In the summer and April of the ninth year of the Empress Dowager of Hanlu, Xinchou (the eighth day of the first month), a letter was sent from Kanto, from Hangu Pass to Guanzhong, and to Weiyang Palace, an 800-mile urgent military report, which completely broke the tranquility of Chang'an City in early spring.

——On the first day of the fourth month of Xia (the first day of the new year), ten people mourned Liu Feizi, the king of Hui, and respected Liu Zhang, the marquis of Zhu Xu, as the commander, and brazenly launched an armed rebellion against the central power of Chang'an!

Along with the war report, it was sent to Liu Hong's case, and there was also a letter that was sprinkled with fierce words.

Its core content can be summed up in one sentence: if you are not the emperor today, you should not stand!

As for the reason for this uprising, the article gave a detailed and thorough 'explanation'.

——At the end of last year, King Mourning was ordered by the Taiwei to enter the King of Guanqin, and the Later Taiwei once said: Today, it is not the son of Emperor Hui, but the Lu family thieves who fornicate in the harem and want to establish the King of Mourning; Unexpectedly, the puppet emperor stole the tiger talisman and the jade seal, and bewitched the northern army to think that he was in the position by virtue of the battle.

The mourning king couldn't bear the hand of Liu Hanshe's bloodline, so he bent the court to persuade each other, and finally was convicted of the puppet emperor Lu Hong, and was given a bottle of wine; The king ate the country, and the king drove to Linzi and mourned the king.

The thunder, rain and dew are all from above, and there is no reason for people to discuss; However, the pseudo-emperor Lu Hong is crowned by the monkey, stealing the supreme, this sincerity is not tolerated by the ministers, and the loyal society can't bear it!

Today, mourning Prince Hui, the boycott of the army, and the generals and other righteous troops, it is to tell the world Liu Shichen: Emperor Taizu Gao's society is the only way to survive.

If there are loyal ministers and righteous people of the Liu family who want to follow, they should reach it quickly, and they will be in Suiyang, the capital of Liang, and participate in the righteous deeds together!

When the text came out, Chang'an vibrated and the court was shocked!

On that day, the Shuowang Dynasty had just ended, and the officials above the thousand stones in the court, and the officers above the rank of captain? They were all called back to Weiyang Palace!

Even the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan, who was sitting firmly in Changle Palace, was shocked? Accompanied by several retainers of the late Xuanping Marquis, he rushed to the Xuanmur Hall and plundered the battle for the little emperor Liu Hong.

Wait until you've read that article? The Empress Dowager Zhang Yan ordered on the spot without hesitation: Taiwei Zhou Bo? Evil words confuse the public, and there is no king? It's disrespectful, Lieutenant of the Imperial Court!

Unbelievably hard-lined? Rao is emperor Liu Hong was taken aback.

But what makes public opinion even more unbelievable is: the 'chaotic life' of the Queen Mother? Emperor Liu Hong only made a look of 'being a son of man, how can he be disobedient', and watched Zhou Bo go to prison coldly.

This can be regarded as a complete stab at the hornet's nest.

Within half a day? Chang'an Northern Army? The garrisons of the surrounding counties, and even the powerful crossbow lieutenant of the imperial party, all jumped out of the middle-level officers who pleaded for Zhou Bo.

In the end, these people were secretly recorded on the list by Liu Hong, and at the same time, Liu Hong said, "The Han family rules the country with filial piety?" I am the son of man, and there is no reason to rebel against the queen mother's back.

Followed by? Is it that the strong crossbow captains who were already in charge of the ban in Chang'an City were all dispatched, and most of them entered Chang'an City? In the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, the high temple? and the establishment of a strict guard at the Twelve Gates of Chang'an; There is a team of nearly 1,000 people left? Is it under the leadership of Wei Wei Cheng Qin Mu? rushed to the Nine Temples south of Chang'an City.

On this day, Liu Hong spent the day in a high degree of tension, and even the generals who entered the palace to participate in the discussion did not listen to what they said.

And this time, the rebellion initiated by the princes of Qi to mourn the sons of King Hui, and the rebellion of the Kwantung princes who responded to the call either openly or covertly, was finally named by later historians: The Rebellion of the Qi Dynasty...

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Within a few days of the military report being transmitted, the grand and solemn atmosphere in the Weiyang Palace was swept away, and it was filled with a solemn atmosphere in the face.

The Xuanshu Palace, which was decorated with screen futons and incense candles and feasts, has also been replaced by a cloth that is several zhang wide and more than ten zhang long.

In the center of the hall, a short and thin figure was 'surrounded' by tall and strong powerful bodies in front of the high-hanging Kanyu, with his hands behind his back, his brows tightly locked, and from time to time he made a low questioning voice.

This sudden rebellion of the 'princes and kings' can be said to have caught Liu Hong off guard.

The original arrangements for the Han-Hungarian diplomatic strategy and the political game of Chen Ping and Zhou Bo were also turned upside down by this sudden rebellion.

Now Liu Hong can't care about the problems of the Huns at all - as long as the Huns can guarantee not to interfere in this rebellion, Liu Hong is even willing to meet all the requirements of the Huns, including materials, rice and grain, and even weapons and ordnance!

Except, of course, for armed stationing.

As for why he put quotation marks on the words 'princes and kings', it is the point that Liu Hong feels the most painful.

——In this rebellion, among the twelve people who first raised the army, the only genuine prince and king was the third king of Qi, who was only ten months old, was about the same age as Liu Hong, and more than ninety percent of them could be coerced: Liu Ze.

There are eleven people left, and only Liu Zhang has the title of Marquis of Zhu Xu, and the rest of the ten people are all white!

The unsightly rebellion and plastic surgery made Liu Hong unable to understand no matter what: when did an armed rebellion become something that could be launched by a person?

But in the end, reality hit Liu Hong on the head...

——Only two days after the outbreak of the rebellion, that is, on the third day of the fourth month of the fourth month of Xia, Liu Ze, the king of Langya, was cut down by the court because he was coerced in the process of Zhulu, and his kingdom army fell into the hands of the rebels again.

Coupled with the fact that the Qi State was already standing and had only experienced the war half a year ago, as well as the domestic soldiers and servants raised by Liu Fei's dozen sons, the rebel national model that looked extremely shabby expanded into a huge army of more than 150,000 fighters in just a few days!

- The ghost only knows that the inexplicable extra tens of thousands of people were secretly sent by the princes and kings who were 'loyal and courageous'!

Compared with the Wu and Chu Rebellion in history, although the scale of the rebel army this time is a bit shabby, the peasant households of '14 to 62 years old in the whole Wu territory' who were forcibly pulled into the battlefield by the order of Liu Bi, the king of Wu in history, undoubtedly experienced an armed struggle only half a year ago, and still retained some of the Qi troops left behind in the Chu and Han dynasties, and have higher combat effectiveness.

Compared with the sixty-two-year-old Liu Bi and the first pig teammate Liu Wu in Chinese history, Liu Zhang, the commander of the Qi army, can undoubtedly be regarded as a 'knowing soldier'.

Combined with all these things, it can be said that the rebels of the princes that Liu Hong faced this time are not much different in combat effectiveness compared to the rebels of Wu Chu in history.

Compared with Liu Qi, the historical Emperor Jing, the situation faced by Liu Hong is undoubtedly much more difficult.

When the Wuchu Rebellion broke out in history, Emperor Jing Liu Qi was in power, whether it was the court or the army, it was under Liu Qi's absolute control.

On the other hand, Liu Hong at this time, although he roughly took the court back into his control, he was more than a star and a half away from 'having a heavenly constitution in his mouth and following his words'.

For the army, as well as the control of the basic plate - Guanzhong, it is far less stable than that of the Jingdi Dynasty.

Especially the 'righteousness' is useless, but there is no factor that will be very troublesome, Liu Hong's situation is much more difficult than Liu Qi in history.

In history, Wu Chu launched the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and the banner of righteousness raised was 'Punish Chao Wrong, Qing Jun Side' - Chao Wrong bewitches the present, in order to seize the princes' fiefdom and cause chaos in the world!

To put it simply: we are not a rebellion, there are traitors around Your Majesty, and we are going to Chang'an to help Your Majesty eradicate traitors.

It was also based on this that Emperor Jing Liu Qi would endure the pain of killing the emperor's master, so as to tear the fig leaf of the Wuchu Alliance.

Aren't you going to kill Chao Wrong?

Do you want to punish the traitor?

Okay, I'm going to punish myself, it's none of your business!

With one hand, he immediately put the Wu and Chu coalition troops on the fire, which dealt a huge blow to the morale of the rebels and made the ignorant people see the true purpose of the rebels.

And now, the banner of righteousness raised by Liu Xiang cannot be regarded as a fig leaf at all.

- Emperor Hui!

In a word, it directly denied the legitimacy of Liu Hongdi's throne, and directly pressed the hat of a 'puppet emperor Lu Hong'!

This alone is enough for Liu Hong to rack his brains and explore a solution.

In the feudal era, when the means of communication were about equal to none, a good banner of righteousness could often provide an extremely effective spiritual gain for the rebel side.

For example, in the early stage of the Wu-Chu Rebellion, under the banner of righteousness of 'Zhu Chao Wrong', the Wu-Chu coalition army can be said to have a high fighting spirit, and the momentum is like a bamboo, but in ten months, it arrived all the way from the distant southeast coast to Suiyang, the capital of Liang.

As a result, Chang'an just came with the news of Chao Cuo's death, and found that the coalition soldiers who had not withdrawn from their own king, finally understood that the nature of the war was a rebellion, and then the army's morale was in turmoil.

After more than a month of death under Suiyang City, the Wu-Chu coalition army, known as 1.2 million soldiers, collapsed after Zhou Yafuqi's attack on Huaisikou, and the famous rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu in history was finally pacified in March.

And Liu Hong is now directly denied the throne, and even the legitimacy of the 'surname Liu' has put Liu Hong in an extremely dangerous public opinion disadvantage.

If he didn't make an effective response, Liu Hong couldn't even guarantee that among the forbidden army attendants around him, there would be 'loyal ministers and righteous men' who would borrow Liu Hongxiang's head.

Even if these factors are not considered, the most intuitive strategic situation in terms of light, compared with Emperor Jing Liu Qi, Liu Hong also has an extremely significant disadvantage - Liang State!

Historically, the Wu-Chu coalition army marched all the way, and it can be said that it was through an armed march that they arrived in Suiyang, the capital of Liang.

As long as Suiyang City is broken, the gate of Guanzhong will be opened, and in front of the Wu-Chu coalition army, there will be only one Hangu Pass left.

In fact, if the Wu-Chu coalition army captured Suiyang, there would be no need to attack Hangu Pass at all - at that point, there would be good birds in Chang'an City that 'chose trees to perch' to eat pot pulp to welcome the king's division, and before the Wu and Chu army rushed to Chang'an, the Weiyang Palace would be cleared.

- Just like when Liu Heng entered Chang'an, Xiahou Ying and Liu Xingju cleaned Liu Hong.

But in the end, Suiyang became the Waterloo of the Wu-Chu coalition army, and the final burial place.

The reason for this is because: as early as when Liu Qishang was the prince, Emperor Wen Liu Heng was fully prepared for the possible rebellion of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and while continuously strengthening the military strength of Liang, Liu Qi's brother Liu Wu was named the king of Liang.

After Liu Qi ascended the throne, in the process of implementing the policy of cutting the domain, he was also preparing for the rebellion of the princes at all times - the weapons and baggage sent to the Liang State were constantly being carried out from the advent of the policy to the chaos of Wu and Chu.

In history, Suiyang City, which faced the Wu-Chu coalition army, can be described as heavily garrisoned, with abundant arrows and grain and grass, and elite fighters; There is also the queen mother's parent, and the emperor Kunji is in charge!

And now?

- Mrs. Liu, the king of Liang, is still studying in the Weiyang Palace, accompanied by several cousins!

The state of Liang, which did not have princes and kings in charge and did not make strategic preparations in advance, could not be compared with Suiyang, where King Xiao of Liang was stationed in history!

Even if Suiyang barely held on, the rebels could also choose other routes.

The Wu-Chu rebellion was eventually suppressed, not entirely due to the failure to capture Suiyang.

The failure of the strategic purpose of taking Suiyang to the west and thus advancing to Xingyang was naturally a major blow to the Wu-Chu coalition army, but what really made Wu King Liu Bi desperate was the Zhou Yafu army that garrisoned Xiayi and blocked the allied army's northward detour!

And now, Liu Hong can neither ensure that Suiyang is not lost, nor can he send a strategist like Zhou Yafu to drag all the main forces of the rebels outside Suiyang City.

As for domestic and foreign affairs, Liu Hongzi can learn and sell through the knowledge reserves accumulated in later generations and his super memory, but this kind of strategic plan specific to the campaign is undoubtedly not within the scope of Liu Hongdi's cognition.

"Your Majesty, the minister foolishly thinks that within ten months, the rebels have not yet been able to attack the Liang State."

An old greeting came from behind him, and Liu Hong's gaze locked on Kanyu was pulled back to the military generals who were gathered behind him.

"It's okay for the captain to say, I should listen to it."

Hearing this, the insect with the same heavy face bowed slightly, and then stepped forward, came to Kanyu hanging high on the beam, and pointed his finger in a palm-sized circle.

"Your Majesty, look, this Qi is all in Linzi."

"The rebels are the Ming Dynasty to start the incident, since they should be the first to worship the ancestors in the Qizong Temple, and to correct their actions; Therefore, on the day the document was issued, the rebels should still be close to the left of Qidu. ”

As he spoke, Wormda's hand swiped slightly to the right, and then said: "Since the soldiers of Langya are in the hands of the rebels, it can be known that the rebels should be stuck in Linzi, and when the Langya soldiers come from the east, they will make a place with the rebels, and then march west." ”

With that, Worm slowly moved his right hand back to the circle with 'Linzi' written on it, spread his left arm, and put his left hand on another circle: Suiyang.

"Regardless of the twists and turns of the road, the mountains and rivers are blocked, from Linzi to Suiyang, it is thousands of miles away."

"If the rebels pass through the county and do not attack, and avoid the road, they will not travel more than fifty miles a day."

"In this way, if the rebels send Suiyang from Linzi to the west, it will take more than a month."

Panting and withdrawing his hand, Worm Da adjusted his breath a little before he continued: "The counties and counties along the way are mostly filled by the officials and ministers of Emperor Gao, and when he sees this change, he should also do something." ”

"For the defense of Suiyang, Your Majesty may be able to ease your worries; For today's first priority, it is to pass on the edict to the general of the chariot cavalry: strictly lock the way of Yan Zhao, so as not to make traitors and Huns, thinking that it is a scourge..."

Spit out all his opinions, and Worm Da laboriously bent down and bowed deeply.

In just a few months, the originally tough worm has languished as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and his eyebrows are no longer determined.

Looking at the deep bending of the spine of the insect in just a few days, Liu Hongzhong was so sad that he could only sigh bitterly and move his gaze to the side.

- Old worm, I don't have many days left...

Ignoring the sorrow for the life span of the worm, Liu Hong strengthened his complexion and moved his gaze back to Kanyu.

Wormda was right.

Qidu Linzi and Liangdu Suiyang, their straight-line distance is more than 1,000 miles.

If the distance is calculated, I am afraid that the Qi army will have to cross a distance of more than 1,500 miles to reach Suiyang.

Even according to the most pessimistic 'the Qi army marched all the way without encountering any resistance', and it was guaranteed that according to the standard march of the Han army soldiers of fifty miles a day, it would take at least a month for the rebels to reach the outside of Suiyang.

In a month's time, Liu Hong can do a lot of things – even if ten days have passed now.

The most important thing now is to cut off the road between the rebels and the Huns, so as to prevent the Huns from making a cross-fertangle in this situation, adding to the already chaotic situation.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Hong's face sank, and he gave the first order issued by Weiyang Palace since he stood up.

"The envoys of the Huns came to see me, and the princes and daughters of the Shang Dynasty married the Huns!"