Chapter 5: Official Coercion and Civil Rebellion

In the summer of 299 AD, there was chaos within the imperial court, and Empress Jia conspired to depose the crown prince. More than 100,000 people of Han and Di ethnic groups in the Guanlong area (now eastern Gansu) went into exile in Shu, preparing to work as domestic servants in various parts of Bashu to make a living.

The scorching sun is scorching, the team of displaced people is ragged, mighty, stretching for more than 100 miles, the Shu road is rugged, and the hunger is everywhere. Several men of the family saw sick and hungry people on the road, and they all gave them relief and protection, and everyone praised and admired them.

The head of the family is surnamed Li Mingte, and the rest of the men are his brothers and nephews.

The procession of displaced people marched to Hanzhong, and the Taishou of Hanzhong believed that the matter was very important, closed the city gates, and refused to let the displaced people pass. Everyone had no choice but to elect Li Teh to write to Taishou on behalf of the displaced people, requesting that the imperial court be transferred to allow the Guanlong victims to send food in Ba and Shu, and Taishou did not dare to delay and immediately sent the edict to Luoyang.

Just after the abolition of the prince, Queen Jia presided over the court meeting, and all the ministers thought that the refugees entered Bashu, which was not conducive to the stability of Bashu, rejected Li Te's performance, and let the refugees return to Guanlong within a time limit, and ordered Hanzhong Taishou to open a warehouse to release grain to relieve the victims, and sent the imperial history Li Mi to hold the festival to comfort him, and at the same time supervise Li Teh and others, so that he led the people to return to Guanlong.

Li Mi arrived in Hanzhong, Li Teh received the edict, grief and indignation, so he gathered his brothers and nephews to discuss countermeasures, Li Te's third son Li Xiong said: "There is no official who does not like money, we might as well take out the gold and silver we brought, and give it away, maybe there will be a turnaround." The crowd said yes in silence.

Li Mi accepted bribes from the displaced people, and said on the table: "There are more than 100,000 displaced people, and it is not possible for a county in Hanzhong to provide relief. There is grain in Shu and the people are rich, so the displaced people can go to Yizhou to solve the problem of eating. The court listened to Li Mi's advice. Then let the displaced people enter Shu.

In a few days,

Li Teh led the displaced people to the Sword Pavilion, and when he saw the precipitous terrain of the place, he couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Chan has such a place, and he even surrenders to others, he is really a person with low ability!" Everyone sighed that Leett's insight was extraordinary. Since then, the displaced people have been scattered in Liangzhou and Yizhou.

In November 300 AD, Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, staged a coup d'état, abolished the queen Jia Nanfeng, mastered the government, and issued an edict to recruit Zhao Diao, the assassin of Yizhou, into the dynasty as the great Changqiu, and let Geng Teng, the internal historian of Chengdu, replace Zhao Diao as the assassin of Yizhou. Zhao Diao and Jia Nanfeng are in-laws, very worried about returning to Beijing to be killed, at the same time he saw the decline and chaos of the Jin Dynasty, and he already had the idea of separating Shu in his heart, so he distributed grain, helped the displaced people, bought the hearts of the people, and saw that the Li Te brothers were brave and abnormal, and their prestige was very high, so they secretly allocated weapons and armor to the Li Te and Li Liu brothers, so that they could set up a large camp in Mianzhu to recruit heroic warriors among the refugees, which had been used for themselves. and left Li Zhen's younger brother Li Zhen by his side and was named a general.

Neishi Geng Teng was dissatisfied with his approach and secretly played to the imperial court: "Zhao Diao refused to obey the edict and colluded with the displaced people to rebel. ”

Sima Lun, who was in power, then asked Geng Teng to proclaim an edict to Zhao Diao, asking him to send the displaced people back to their hometowns and return to the imperial court as soon as possible. Zhao Diao was furious when he received the order, ordered Geng Teng to be killed left and right, and sent Li Zhen to lead his troops to the Sword Pavilion to block the road between Shu and Guanzhong, and appointed his cronies to take over Shuzhong County. In that year, Zhao Diao claimed to be the governor of the capital, the general, and the pastor of Yizhou.

When the news reached Luoyang, the government and the opposition were shocked. Sima Lun sent Liangzhou Assassin Shi Luoshang and concurrently served as Yizhou Assassin Shi to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

In February 301 AD, Changshi Du Shu and Zhang Cang persuaded Zhao Diao: "As soon as the general raised his troops, he hastily sent Li Zhen to control the heavy troops outside. He is not our race, he will definitely not be of the same mind as us, Li Zhen recruited homeless people in the Sword Pavilion, and his wings are getting fuller, and he will take the lord's place in the future. Coincidentally, Li Zhen persuaded Zhao Diao to be called the emperor, Du Shu and Zhang Cang took the opportunity to tell Zhao Diao that this was a good time to get rid of Li Zhen, and he could be killed on the charge of great rebellion, so Zhao Diao sent people to the Sword Pavilion to take over the military power, and killed Li Zhen and more than ten of his sons and nephews.

In March, Zhao Diao sent someone to appease and comfort Li Te's Li Liu brothers, saying: "Li Zhen said something that should not be said, and he is innocent of death." It has nothing to do with your brothers. ”

After Li Teh and Li Liu left, they beat their chests and feet, wept bitterly, and swore to the sky to avenge this revenge.

It coincided with Luo Shang's army, the soldiers arrived in Mianzhu, Li Te, Li Liu's brothers led the troops to attack Fei Yuan, the general of Zhao Diao's troops stationed in Mianzhu Shiting to resist Luo Shang, Fei Yuan was defeated, and then joined forces with Luo Shang and invaded Chengdu, when Zhao Diao was defeated and fled to Guangdu (now Chengdu Shuangliu), he was killed by his entourage.

After Luo Shang settled in Chengdu, he was afraid that the power of the displaced people would be too great, so he resolutely carried out the imperial edict, sent people to urge and supervise Li Te's dispatch of the displaced people, and ordered the displaced people to return to their hometowns on the road in July.

At that time, the displaced people were distributed in Liangzhou and Yizhou, working as helpers for the locals, and when they heard that the prefecture and county were forced to repatriate, everyone was sad and resentful, and they did not know what to do. Li Teh and others repeatedly knelt down and begged Luo Shang, hoping to relax the deadline until after the autumn harvest, but Luo Shang refused. When the homeless people learned that the Leet brothers frequently asked for grace, everyone was grateful. Moreover, the rainy season was coming, and the crops of that year had not yet been harvested, and the displaced people had no money to go on the road, so they went together to attach themselves to Leete. Li Teh settled the displaced people in Mianzhu and continued to write to Luo Shang, with humble words and asking for a time limit.

Luo Shang was furious and sent people to the pass to ask for a bang and offer a reward for the capture of the Rite brothers. The displaced people were terrified, fearing for Lee's safety and losing their support, so they armed themselves and went to join Lee, and in less than a month, 20,000 men had gathered.

Li Teh sent his brother-in-law Yan Shi to see Luo Shang again and ask for a new deadline, but Yan Shi saw the fence being built at the pass on the road, and Luo Shang did not give a clear answer. He judged that Luo Shang wanted to use troops to capture the exiles, and then ordered people to return, and suggested that Li Teh should always be ready to be attacked, and sure enough, after Luo Shang waited for Yan Shi to leave, he sent Zeng Yuan, the commander of the Guanghan Dynasty, Zhang Xian of Yamen, Liu He, and others to secretly lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Li Te's camp at night. As a result, Li Teh had already taken precautions, and the official army was defeated, and the three were killed by Li Te. As a result, Li Te's fame grew, and the number of displaced people became more and more obedient, and Li Teh was unanimously elected as the leader, and he rose up and marched into Chengdu.

If you know how the soldiers will win or lose, and look at the next chapter.