Chapter 6 Drawdown from the Bottom of the Cauldron

In 301 AD, after Li Teh killed Zeng Yuan, Zhang Xian, and Liu He, he commanded the troops and troops with Li Liu to march into Chengdu.

When Luo Shang, the assassin of Yizhou, heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly sent a letter to Li Te's brother-in-law, Yan Shi, explaining that the previous events were all misled by villains, which was really a misunderstanding, and he hoped to make peace with the soldiers.

Yan Shi replied to the letter to reproach him for the villain who was blind and his credit was repeatedly slandered, and the exiles were not guilty, so why did he crusade, and stated that the Li Teh brothers had contributed to the society, but they were framed by traitors, and now they are raising troops to crusade against the rebellious ministers and thieves to stabilize the Yizhou region.

Luo Shang saw the letter and knew that Li Teh and others wanted to occupy Shu, so he dispatched troops to defend the city, and sent people to Liang and Ning for help.

Li Teh saw that Luo Shang was stubbornly resisting, so he proclaimed himself the envoy of the festival, the governor of the capital, and the general of the northern part of the town, and the people of Shu made three chapters of the law, and gave favors all over the place, canceled labor, opened a warehouse and released grain, and gave relief to the people of Shu, and treated the sergeants of Shu with courtesy, and everyone in Shu praised the righteous army, and the military and political affairs of the righteous army were also orderly.

Under the city of Chengdu, Luo Shang's army went out of the city many times to meet the battle, but was defeated by Li Te, so he built fortifications, set up a village along Pishui, confronted Li Te, and sent people to Liangzhou and Nanyi Lieutenants to ask for rescue again.

In 302 A.D., at this time, Sima Hao, the king of Hejian who was guarding the Guanzhong, heard that the Yizhou Dynasty was not in danger, so he sent the superintendent Yabo and Guanghan Taishou Zhang Zheng to conquer Li Te. Li Yi, the captain of Nanyi, also sent 5,000 troops to aid Luo Shang, and Luo Shang sent Zhang Gui to lead his troops into battle. At this point, the officers and soldiers were divided into three ways to crusade against Lee.

Li Te then sent Li Xiong, Li Dang led the troops to attack Yabo at night, taking the opportunity to harass Brazil, Yabo was defeated and fled, all the troops surrendered, Li Dang continued to march into Brazil, Brazil County surrendered without a fight, Nanyi Lieutenant Li Yi fled, Li Teh personally led the army to defeat Zhang Gui. The three-way army was wiped out one by one.

In the first month of 303 A.D., Li Te's soldiers were strong and strong, and with the power of victory, the soldiers pointed directly at Chengdu. At this time, the reinforcements sent by Xu Xiong, the assassin of Liangzhou, also rushed to the city of Chengdu, Li Teh waited for work, took the lead, and before the official army lined up, he led the army to attack, the official army was defeated, and fled back to Liangzhou.

At that time, the people in the outer cities of Chengdu felt danger and fear because of the war, so they all built barracks in their respective villages, also known as Wubao, and selected strong men to form a militia group in order to protect themselves. Li Te's soldiers and supplies were stationed at the dock fort to show appeasement.

In the Yizhou Assassin's Mansion, Luo Shang learned that the outer city had been broken, and he was panicked, so he hurriedly ordered his family to go to the city to buy civilian clothes, and was ready to flee at any time. The lord can order Zai to surrender by deception, take the opportunity to contact the village outside the city, and persuade the dock lord to make a secret appointment with the date, and attack inside and outside, and he will inevitably capture and kill this thief. ”

Luo Shang was suspicious, so he had to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor. Then he ordered Ren Rui to surrender.

Li Teh was overjoyed when he saw Ren Rui coming to vote, and hurriedly asked Ren Rui about the reality in the city, Ren Rui said: "The general has besieged the city for several days, the grain and rice in the city will be exhausted, and the soldiers who defend the city have vegetables on their faces, and they have no fighting spirit, and the gold, silver and cloth in the treasury still exist." ”

Li Te was convinced, and Ren Rui continued: "My old mother is still alive in my family, living in a village in a foreign city, and this time I came to vote, they are all old mothers, can the general allow me to go home to visit." ”

Li Tedao: "Gong is a filial son, I should have gone to visit together, but the army is busy with affairs, and I now order my subordinates to prepare gifts for Gong to bring to show my gratitude." ”

Ren Rui left and came to the village, secretly met with the owners of each village, stated the interests, and persuaded the owners of each village to make an appointment to send troops together. After the agreement, Ren Rui returned to the inner city overnight and reported to Luo Shang.

At midnight on February 13, 303 A.D., Luo Shang poured all the troops out of the city to attack Li Te, all the villages and forts, all responded, the two armies fought for two days, Li Teh was defeated due to internal and external difficulties, collected the remnants of the army, and retreated to Xinfan (now Xinfan Town, Xindu District, Chengdu). Luo Shang did not give up and continued to pursue, Li Te's army was defeated and killed, and Luo Shang sent his head to Luoyang.

Li Teh was defeated, and his brother Li Liu took over his throne and Li Xiong contained the remnants and retreated to Chizu.

In May of the same year, Jingzhou Assassin Shi Zongdai led his troops into Shu and prepared to flank the rebels. However, Li Xiong resolutely opposed it, and led his army to attack Sun Fu at night alone, and won a great victory. Coincidentally, Zong Dai had just arrived in Dianjiang (now Hechuan, Chongqing) and died of illness, and the Jingzhou soldiers retreated.

In June, Li Xiong captured Picheng (now Pidu District, Chengdu) and once again attacked the city.

In September, in view of Li Xiong's repeated victories in leading his troops, Li Liu was so ashamed that he took the initiative to let Xian and died of illness soon after. Li Xiong led his troops to attack the outer city of Chengdu at night and won a great victory, and Luo Shang retreated to the inner city. The inner city was repeatedly attacked, seeing that the grain and grass in the army were approaching, Li Xiong was very anxious, and after carefully inquiring and checking the captured soldiers, he found that the grain and grass in Chengdu were all transferred from Qianwei, so he ordered Li Xiang to lead the troops to attack Qianwei, and he was too protective of Gong Hui, paralyzed carelessly, and was captured and killed. Since then, the grain route has been blocked, and the city is just around the corner.

Luo Shang struggled to hold on to the inner city until December of that year, and saw that there was no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, trapped in the lonely city, and he would definitely die, so he abandoned the city overnight and fled, and Chengdu fell.

Shuzhong County looked at the wind and fell.

In the first month of 304 AD, Li Xiong, under the persuasion of his subordinates, issued a decree to seal the vassals, proclaimed himself the king of Chengdu, and established the Han Dynasty.

The founding of the Han Dynasty is not only the eloquence of Li Te's father and son, but also the reason for the court. If you want to know what happened to the government at the same time, please see the next chapter.