Chapter 13 is far away

At the end of 307 A.D., the Gongshi Domain sent Shi Le to Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan asked him where he came from, Shi Le replied: "It's a long story, I am a man, and there is no background, that year, Da Dan Yu defeated Sima Teng, Sima Teng retreated to Shandong, and then caught the Hu people to sell in Shandong to fill the army salary, I was among the arrested, and then was sold to Shi Huan, the landlord of Chiping, as a slave, it happened that Shi Huan's manor was not far from the general Jisang ranch, the general passed by the manor, saw that I was like a strong man, so he asked Shi Huan, Shi Huansu and the general befriended, so I gave it, General Jisang saw that I still have no name, so I named Shile, and then the general of the Gongshi domain rose up to respond to the king of Chengdu, I will follow the general of Jisang to vote, the general often takes me by his side, education and help, I am very grateful, this time to vote, but also because I often hear General Jisang say, Da Shan Yu and the general of the Gongshi domain have old friends, the same as the king of Chengdu to raise troops, and heroic and heroic, prestige broadcast, hope that Da Shan Yu can help me repay the revenge of the Gongshi Domain, General Ji Sang. ”

Liu Yuan laughed and said: "The general is the real hero, and if you get you, you can get twice the result with half the effort!" Lone Zheng wants to crusade against Youzhou and Jizhou, and he is worried that there is no suitable general to command the army, the country and the family hate him, and the general can go to ask for it? ”

Shi Le was categorical and said, "The last general is willing to go!" ”

In the first month of 308 AD, Liu Yuan, the king of Han, sent ten generals including his son Liu Cong to the south to occupy Taihang, and sent ten generals including Shi Le to the east to march east to the Zhao and Wei regions. Liu Kun, the assassin of Bingzhou, immediately sent his troops to block Shi Le with Huang Xiu and others, Shi Le defeated Huang Xiu, Huang Xiu died in battle, and Shi Le captured Huguan. Shi Le led 30,000 troops to attack various villages and forts on the periphery of Wei County and Dunqiu, and was almost invincible. Immediately, 50,000 local strong men were selected as soldiers, and the old and weak in the army stayed behind to live in peace, and issued decrees, and the military discipline was strictly ordered, and the people praised each other.

In October 308 AD, Liu Yuan moved the capital to Pingyang (now Linfen, Shanxi), officially proclaimed himself emperor, and then ordered Shi Le to be the general, and ordered him to lead the army to attack Yecheng, and the defenders of Yecheng were scattered. Shi Le's soldiers occupied Yecheng without blood, took advantage of the victory and occupied Wei County, and captured Taishou Wang Cui alive. Immediately afterwards, he attacked Zhao County and killed Feng Chong, the governor of Jizhou. and defeated and killed the Jin generals Yuting and Tian Yu in Zhongqiu. Shile attacked Julu and Changshan again, killing the defenders of the second county. Captured more than 100 villages and forts in Jizhou counties, and the number of soldiers under his command grew to more than 100,000, and the land of Yan and Zhao was shocked.

Shi Le then gathered the celebrities and wise men in the land of Yan and Zhao together, called the Gentlemen's Battalion, and selected talented people to enrich his army. Shile also sent generals to the Beishan counties of Bingzhou to gather the Hu people and the Qian people. The Hu people knew the name of Shile, and many people came to join him. Shi Le personally led his troops into Changshan, and sent generals to attack Zhongshan, Boling, Gaoyang and other counties, all of which were defeated, and tens of thousands of people surrendered.

In 309 A.D., Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou, knew that the situation was critical, so he colluded with Xianbei again, led more than 100,000 cavalry to attack Shile, and defeated Shile in Feilong Mountain, and Shile's troops died more than 10,000 people. Seeing that the main force was still there, Shi Le ordered the generals to attack the villages and forts that had not yet been captured and rebelled, surrendered more than 30 of them, and set up officials to pacify. He attacked Xindu again and killed the new Jizhou assassin Wang Bin.

Sima Yue was shocked, and then sent the generals Wang Kan and Pei Xian to lead the troops from Luoyang to attack Shile, Shile burned the barracks and grain, returned to the army to meet the battle, and the soldiers were put to death and survived, and they were brave, so they defeated Wang Kan and Pei Xian, Pei Xian left his soldiers and fled to Huainan, and Wang Kan retreated to garrison Cangyuan. Liu Yuan knew that Shi Le had a great victory over the Jin army, and immediately gave him an official position, Shi Le resolutely resigned, and then Shi Le smuggled across the Yellow River from the stone bridge, captured Baima, attacked Juancheng to the east, killed Yanzhou assassin Shi Yuan Fu, took advantage of the situation to capture Cangyuan, and killed Wang Kan. Then cross the Yellow River and conquer Guangzong, Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Yangping counties. So Shile crossed the Yellow River south and occupied Xingyang. The power has increased dramatically. At this time, Shi Le already had the idea of controlling Jiang Han.

In 310 AD, Liu Yuan died of illness, and the crown prince Liu He succeeded to the throne less than a full moon, and was killed by his brother Liu Cong, Liu Cong was proclaimed emperor, and Shi Le was crowned again, but Shi Le continued to resign.

At the end of the same year, Shile attacked Xiangyang to the south, captured more than 30 villages and forts west of the Yangtze River, and occupied Xiangyang. Xiangyang is an important town on the Yangtze River, and Sima Yue sent the general Wang Ru to lead the troops to seize it, and Shi Le personally led more than 30,000 elite cavalry to meet the battle. He was worried that Wang Ru would be strong, so he guarded Xiangcheng. After Wang Ru knew, he sent his brother Wang Li to lead 25,000 cavalry, pretending to reward the army, but in fact he wanted to sneak attack Xiangcheng. At this time, Shile soldiers were strong and strong, stationed in the west of the Yangtze River, Shile often immediately went to the riverside, looking eastward, revealing the ambition of the Yangtze River and the Han River.

In the first month of 311 AD, Shi Le led the army along the Yangtze River to the east, invaded the Jianghan region, unfortunately the plague was prevalent in the army, and the army food was not much, and more than half of the soldiers died of hunger, but Shi Le still insisted on crossing the water, invaded Jiangxia, and conquered Jiangxia on the fifteenth day of the first month. At this time, in the face of the Jiangnan water network, the cavalry's combat power declined, the soldiers were not adapted, the epidemic was more serious, and the army lacked food, so it was impossible to enter the army, and the Jiangnan Jin army had rushed to Jiangxia from all directions. Just when Shi Le was at a loss, he received an edict from Liu Cong, who had just ascended the throne.

If you know why Liu Cong announced an edict to Shi Le, read the next chapter.