In September of the fifteenth year of Guangyuan, the imperial court took Gan Qian, the general of Zuo Wuwei, as the governor of the capital, and led 50,000 troops out of Wuning Pass to Hedong to quell the rebellion.

Gan Qian's ability is mediocre, but he is cautious, leading 50,000 troops, fighting steadily, all the way smoothly, three battles and three victories, less than a month, has been completely cleared of the White Turban Army in Hedong Province, and then marched into Henan Province.

Liu Zhiheng took the initiative to withdraw from Hedong Road, showing the enemy weakness, and giving in again and again, Gan Qian was carried away by the successive victories, and led the army to Sanyuan County, Xingzhou, seeking a decisive battle with the main force of the White Turban Army, intending to decide the overall situation in a battle.

Liu Zhiheng retreated in defeat, Gan Qian led the army to pursue, was ambushed in Wushe Mountain, caught off guard, defeated, almost the whole army was wiped out, and Gan Qian died in battle.

The morale of the White Turban Army was greatly shaken, Liu Zhiheng reoccupied Henan Province, and then led 100,000 troops to besiege Jinyang City, the capital of Hedong, again, and the world was shaken, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

End of October.

The deputy envoy of Hedong Province, Jinyang stayed behind, Sima Tu categorically refused Liu Zhiheng's persuasion to surrender, and showed the head of the envoy he sent to the public and hung it on the city wall.

Liu Zhiheng was furious, and immediately led the army to attack the city, day and night.

On the one hand, Sima Tu sent people to the imperial court to ask for help, and on the other hand, he gathered 10,000 troops and tens of thousands of young and strong people in the city, refused to defend the city, and tried his best to resist.

The two sides fought for several days, and both suffered heavy casualties.

November.

Jinyang City could not be attacked for a long time, Liu Zhiheng ordered people to build a mountain in the south of the city, and wanted to attack the city from a high position.

Liu Zhiheng immediately changed his tactics, ordered people to lead 3,000 troops to attack the southern city, and he led an army of 50,000 to attack the northern city at night, and let people dig more than a dozen tunnels, both prongedly.

Sima Tu saw through his plan, and ordered his generals to lead 500 soldiers, make more wooden people to fill the number, guard the southern city, and fight the void against the void, and I led the army to guard the northern city with 5,000 soldiers, and dug a long ditch, cut off the tunnels of the White Turban Army, and when the White Turban Army dug a deep ditch, they were captured and killed. Sima Tu piled up firewood outside the ditch again, prepared the fire, and found that the White Turban Army was lurking in the tunnel, so he stuffed the firewood into the tunnel, the fire burned, and also used the cowhide bag to blow the wind, the fire was thick with smoke, and the soldiers of the White Turban Army in the tunnel were burned to the ground, so that thousands of White Turban soldiers suffocated to death in the tunnel, and the situation was unbearable.

Outside the city, Liu Zhiheng led the army to attack on the one hand, and on the other hand, let the attacking car hit the city wall, Sima Tu obeyed the plan of his staff, made a curtain with cloth, and opened it in the direction of his attacking car, and the attacking car hit it, and the cloth was immediately suspended by the impact, and the city wall was not damaged.

At the same time, Sima Tu ordered people to hang the rope from the east of the city, gathered two thousand people who dared to die, took advantage of the night to surround the back of the White Turban Army, suddenly launched an attack, and shouted the imperial court reinforcements, the White Turban Army did not know that there was a fraud, really thought that the imperial army was coming, the morale was dispersed, the formation was chaotic, and thousands of people were killed, Liu Zhiheng led the army to retreat for hundreds of miles, until dawn, only to know that he had been deceived, and suddenly became angry and fainted to the ground.

In the fifteenth year of Guangyuan, in mid-December, when Liu Zhiheng could not be captured for a long time, he was trapped in Jinyang City.

Chuzhou Jiedu made Wang Huailie, led 20,000 troops, broke Liu Zhiheng's general Li Mo'an in Xuzhou, his people were beheaded in front of the army, Wang Huailie led the army to the north, killed into Henan Province, all the way like a bamboo, even the battle Lianjie, the main general of the White Turban Army Huang Baichuan who guarded Henan Province, gave up all the cities, gathered soldiers, won 50,000 troops, and defended Xiangzhou, an important town in Henan Province.

On the other hand, Cheng and Rong Jiedu made Tang Shi'an, lead 10,000 elites, take advantage of the heavy snow, endure the cold and the cold, march 500 miles in one night, surprise attack Yuanzhou City, and break it in one fell swoop, according to the 40,000 White Turban Army guarding this city, all the troops were wiped out, and then it took only half a month to basically wipe out all the White Turban Army in Shannan Province.

Yuanzhou City is only more than 1,000 miles away from Fengjing, two days away, with the main force of the 40,000 White Turban Army gathered here was exterminated, the threat of Fengjing was suddenly gone, the emperor Zhao Zhi was overjoyed, and immediately issued an edict, and named Tang Shi'an as the deputy envoy of Shannan Province, and gave the Duke of Shu Guo, a reward of 10,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of silver.

The situation began to become clear, the White Turban Army could not break out of Hedong Road, unable to shake the foundation of the Jin Dynasty.

The sixteenth year of Guangyuan, March.

Liu Zhiheng led the last 50,000 white turban troops to evacuate Jinyang City, preparing to go south to join Huang Baichuan stationed in Xiangzhou, in order to make a comeback, but unfortunately, outside Xiangzhou City, I learned that Huang Baichuan had surrendered to the imperial court and refused Liu Zhiheng to enter the city.

When Liu Zhiheng continued to go south, when he arrived in Yingzhou, he was hit head-on by the army of Wang Huailie, the white turban army at this time had no heart to fight to the death, morale was low, although the army had the upper hand, but was defeated, when the army retreated, Qingzhou Jiedu made Zhao Cheng lead the army to 20,000 kills, blocking its retreat.

There were chasing soldiers in front and strong enemies in the back, and in a desperate situation, Liu Zhiheng still refused to surrender, and finally died in defeat.

The vigorous rebellion of the White Turban Army was completely suppressed, and Zhao Zhi immediately issued an edict to reward the generals who sent troops to quell the rebellion, and changed the first year of Chengping to show that the White Turban Army was destroyed and the world returned to peace.

But is the world really peaceful? From the rise of the White Turban Army to its extermination, although it was only a short period of half a year, the scale was quite large, and it quickly spread to Hedong, Henan, and Shannan, and hundreds of people were displaced.

If it weren't for the Chuzhou Jiedu to make Wang Huailie and Cheng, Rong Jiedu to make Tang Shi'an loyal to the Great Jin, in times of crisis, regardless of their own safety, raised troops to rescue the trouble, and stabilized the situation, otherwise what the consequences would be, who can know?

In the fifth year of Chengping, May 18, the summer solstice.

The outside world may be full of poverty and death, but Fengjing is still prosperous and lively, bustling with pedestrians, busy with merchants, as if giving people an illusion that the current Dajin is in a prosperous era.

In the north of the city, a mansion of nearly twenty acres, the two big characters 'Li Mansion' are written neatly above the oily gate, and the two imposing stone lions in front of the door make the whole mansion appear quite atmospheric, but compared with the neighboring Marquis Mansion, Guogong Mansion and even the Prince's Mansion, it is a little pale and weak, as if a pheasant squeezed into a group of phoenixes, which seems a little out of place, and this Li Mansion is Li Xun, where Li Gou'er now lives.

Li Xun was about to go out with a cross-body bag, Li Mancang came up to him and asked, "Dog, you don't have breakfast?" ”

Li Xun rolled his eyes and said lazily: "I'm in a bad mood and can't eat." ”

Li Mancang frowned and scolded: "Look at you, you are young, you have no vitality at all, and you have read books in vain in the past few years?" ”

Li Mancang didn't say that it was okay, but when it came to reading, Li Xun suddenly jumped up and said angrily: "Old man, it's all your fault for talking too much, what did you say to your aunt to make me read and write, do you know how I've lived in the past five years?" It's better to live than to die! ”