Chapter 37 The Yangzhou Crisis
Today, as usual, he fought with the Yellow Turban Army, and when he came to the front of the Chinese army, Bao Hong unexpectedly saw the famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty who had not appeared before, and was summoned by Liu Biao to resist the fierce general of the Yellow Turban, Cen Peng Cen Junran.
Only then did Bao Hong know that they were going to pursue the Yellow Turban thieves who went to Yangzhou to make contact.
Speaking of which, whether it is the anti-Qin rebels such as Peng Yue and Yingbu, or the anti-Qin rebels such as Chu Xiongxin and Xiang Liang, they don't have much to do with Chen Sheng himself. At most, it is the corresponding Chen Sheng's call, of course, it is inevitable that they will be famous for each other.
Therefore, from the very beginning, they contacted not only Peng Yue, but compared to Peng Yue's actions, the reactions of the leaders of the rebel army in Yangzhou were much slower.
Bao Hong is well aware of this, and the subordinate relationship is relatively clear compared to other places, and the nominal leader of Yangzhou, Chu Xiongxin, is obviously a puppet.
When Xiang Liang got the news that Chen Sheng was defeated and killed by Zhang Han, he summoned his generals to discuss the anti-Qin plan. Xiang Liang adopted Fan Zeng's suggestion and established the grandson of King Huai of Chu as King Huai of Chu, with the same nickname as his grandfather, in order to inherit his prestige and win the hearts of the people of Chu.
Subsequently, due to various political factors and the relationship between the princes' struggle, Chu Xiongxin was killed by Xiang Yu's Yingbu generals, and at the same time, Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to attack Chu in the name of avenging Xiongxin, which opened the prelude to the three-year Chu-Han dispute.
Emperor Yi Xiong Xin in the Qin and Han dynasties of the turn of the Qin and Han dynasties, seems to be just a historical supporting role accompanied by the great heroes Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, often ignored, but a careful study of his life and deeds, it is not difficult for us to find that Emperor Yi Xiong Xin was pushed to the stage of history due to historical opportunities, although short-lived, but an important historical figure. He is courageous and wise, he is the "sage of the world", although he has played different roles in various historical periods, but he has played a role that is enough to affect the overall situation.
As the 'co-master' of the Chu Yi Army, although it was originally Xiang Liang's visit to Xiong Xin to establish himself as the king of Chu Huai, he set up a banner against the Qin Yi Army, and was the "co-master" of the anti-Qin and Chu armies in the south. But it is precisely because Xiong Xin is in the position of the king of Chu that he can effectively unite the anti-Qin forces of Chu State, and has considerable appeal and cohesion, which is an important reason for the growth of anti-Qin forces.
At this stage, he can only be regarded as a symbol, relying on the effect brought by his identity, and the same as the later generations of 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes', it does not matter what ability the Son of Heaven has, the key is his identity; in fact, it is offset by Chen Sheng's identity as the first to raise the banner of anti-Qin, and it has infinite attraction to the rebels from all walks of life.
And the second identity is the "commander" of the Qin and Qin eradications:
After the death of Xiang Liang in September of the second year of Qin II, King Huai took advantage of the situation to obtain the actual ruling power of the Chu army, presided over the military and political affairs of the Chu State, and was the leader of the world alliance and the commander of the Qin Dynasty. This was the peak of King Huai's political status and role. Huai Wang Xiong is courageous and knowledgeable, honest and abides by the contract, uses political strength to practice morality, and supports tolerance and suppresses violence. In the third year of Qin II, it was the main war period of the Qin War, and the two Chu armies reported successes frequently. With the growth of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's power, "the generals will be outside, and the monarch's order will not be subject to it", and the actual control of King Huai is decreasing day by day. However, as the overall commander of the rebel army, King Huai's ability to destroy Qin is undeniable.
As for the final end, as the titular emperor of the entire empire, this mascot naturally became a tool for politicians to use when certain princes were not subject to it. And Xiang Yu, who had already made a bad deal with him because of many things, did not stop doing it and killed him.
However, whether it is Xiang Yu who broke the unspoken rules among the princes, lost morality, and lost the hearts of the people. Or Xiong Xin is still a respectable existence for most princes, so that the princes can jointly crusade against Xiang Yu for him. After all, it was his death that caused Xiang Yu's decline, and even laid the foundation for Xiang Yu's defeat.
Perhaps Xiang Liang's ambition to make a marker was still very immature, but in the past few years of anti-Qin career, his ability has improved by leaps and bounds and grown rapidly. Although in the end, he still made a fatal mistake, which made the power fall and the princes became powerful, but in the process, he showed the strategy that the ruler should have. Send Pei Gong into the customs alone, not send Xiang Yu. Zhiqingzi was the champion among the dense people, and was promoted to general. In the end, he still failed to take back his rights, and after all, it was considered 'all the same'. This kind of character, after this new life, how can he still let Xiang Liang fiddle?
What's more, the two princes who really elbowed him, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, were not there, Xiang Liang died early, and only a small part of the old department could be collected, and the group of heroic generals in Yangzhou, a large part of which can be said to be the descendants of Chu Xiongxin, the two sides are fighting openly and secretly, and they don't distinguish between winners and losers, how can they have time to pay attention to others?
Of course, given their allegiance to Zhang Jiao, overthrowing the Han family was the first priority, and it was impossible for them to fight openly, but the grudges that had been staggered between them would not put them in a state of healthy competition for common progress.
However, if it weren't for that, it would be easy to say whether Hanting would be able to hold on until now. Although Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and other important princes are missing, the remaining forces are not too difficult to deal with the small Yangzhou Han army, not to mention overthrowing the whole country.
But in any case, in the face of Chen Sheng's 'request for help', Yu public and private could not refuse. Yu Gong is all for the great cause of the Yellow Turban, and cooperation is an inevitable trend. Yu Private, after all, Chen Sheng is an old acquaintance who has been friends for a long time, and the old-timers, even if they are for his subordinates to see, cannot refuse Chen Sheng's request.
Of course, these Liu Biao people didn't know, but when they first surrounded Xiangyang, some of the Yellow Turban Army scattered and continued to cause chaos in Jiangxia and other counties that had been recovered. And Cen Peng and Liu Biao divided their troops to suppress the Yellow Turban rout.
I have to say that if the Yellow Turban Army that Cen Peng dealt with was also to meet the Yangzhou Righteous Army, then compared to the Yellow Turban Army lurking in the Jingbei area to meet Peng Yue, this group of people can be said to be too unreliable.
No, it didn't take much time for Cen Peng to wipe out most of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and rectify the defense of various counties, so Shi Shiran joined Liu Biaojun to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in Xiangyang City.
However, as soon as he came back and heard the news of Peng Yue's departure, it was not difficult to think that the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai in Yangzhou would also send someone to unite Chen Sheng.
If it weren't for the fact that these few days were the days of implementing the plan and fighting the Yellow Turban Army, Cen Peng would have led the army directly to the Yangzhou border to fortify.
As for whether anyone in Yangzhou Yellow Turbans has sent reinforcements, and if they do, in what form they will support, no one knows.
The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, a hundred battles will not be defeated, everyone knows nothing about Yangzhou Yellow Turban, let alone knowing who will lead the army over, what can be done is to take Xiangyang as soon as possible, otherwise whether they want to or not, they have to give up encircling Xiangyang and go to the junction of the two states to fortify, so that the situation in Jingzhou will also fall into a long-term tug-of-war.
Under the Chinese army, Liu Biao informed Bao Hong of these situations, and on the battlefield, there was still a sound of killing, gongs and drums, and dust and smoke.
The most fierce ones are still those battles.
Huang Zhong is in the prime of life, Li Qi is even younger and more vigorous, both of them are full of energy, they can't stop fighting all day and night, they have enough strength, and there are no flaws.
However, the battle between Xu Chu and Zhou Wen has changed compared to a few days ago.
Naturally, it is not the old man Zhou Wen who has changed, but the fledgling young man Xu Chu.
On the one hand, it is naturally Xu Chu's own research, and more of it is also a collective effort, and the generals analyze Zhou Wen's knife technique and find out how to deal with it.
So compared to Xu Chu's offensive against Zhou Wen two days ago, it seemed dangerous, and now he seems to be much more at ease.
However, Xu Chu didn't show too much, but only showed part of his strength, and it looked like he was constantly adapting to Zhou Wen's knife technique.
Outside the battlefield, everyone naturally stared at the fighting generals, observing their spear skills and knife skills, and preparing for the next battle.