Chapter 40: The End of the Rebellion
The Wu-Chu coalition army was in a hurry to defeat Zhou Yafu because of a lack of food.
One night, the Wu-Chu coalition army attacked from the southeast. Zhou Yafu ordered to focus on the defense of the northwest direction. Sure enough, the momentum was nothing but a feint, and the main force of the Wu-Chu coalition army focused on the northwest position. This move was seen through by Zhou Yafu, and the counterinsurgency army quickly defeated the Wu-Chu coalition army.
Liu Bi, the king of Wu, wants to sigh, it is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake Zhou Yafu!
The Wu-Chu coalition army was defeated, and there was no food to eat, the army's morale was shaken, and many people became deserters.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bi crossed the Huai River with more than 1,000 elites and fled south to Dantu. As soon as the initiator of the rebellion, Liu Bi, fled, the Wu-Chu coalition army immediately collapsed, and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, had no choice but to commit suicide.
Ou Zhenming, the younger brother of the king of Dongyue, led an army of more than 10,000 people to join Liu Biao. The Han Dynasty offered a reward for Liu Fei's head, and Ou Zhenming thought about it and felt that this deal was a good deal. He lied about asking Liu Bi to work for the army, assassinated Liu Bi, and sent Liu Bi's head express to Chang'an. The Han Dynasty pardoned Dongyue, renamed Ou Zhen, the king of Dongyue, as the king of Pengze, and named Ou Zhenming as the king of Pingdu.
Liu Ju, the crown prince of Wu, fled to Minyue, and the king of Minyue took him in. His father was killed, and Liu Ju hated Dongyue the most, and constantly instigated Minyue to attack Dongyue.
Decades later, when Ou Zhenming's son was the king of Dongyue, because he could not bear the harassment of Minyue, he wrote to the Han Dynasty and led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to move inland.
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Here, the Wu-Chu coalition army has been defeated, and Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, is still surrounded by several younger brothers in Linzi City. As soon as the general Luan Bu and the Gonggaohou Han Yandang led the counterinsurgency army, Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, Liu Xian, the king of Suchuan, and Liu Piguang, the king of Jinan, withdrew to the country with their respective men and horses.
Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, wanted to ask the court for guilt. This prince, are you rebelling as a joke? On weekdays, he is so brave and ruthless, and he dares to love a paper tiger!
Liu Debi, the crown prince of Jiaoxi, was more sober than his father, and he dissuaded: "The imperial court has begun to withdraw its troops, and according to my observation, they are already exhausted. You can take advantage of the opportunity to attack them. Let me gather my soldiers and fight them to the death! If defeated, it's never too late to flee to the sea! β
"The people's hearts are weak, and they can't fight." Liu Wei replied dejectedly.
Liu Wei refreshed the lower limit of IQ, and at this point, he still fantasized about being able to live. He was naked, kowtowed to the garrison of the counterinsurgency army, and met Han Rongdang, the marquis of the bow.
Liu Wei explained: "We raised the army to kill Chao Cuo. When we heard that Chao Cuo was dead, we hurriedly withdrew our troops. β
Han Yan couldn't cry or laugh, are you too naΓ―ve, or are you insulting my IQ?
Han Yan said patiently: "You have an opinion, why don't you report it to the imperial court?" What kind of crime is it that you didn't transfer troops and sent troops without authorization, you don't need me to say that you know it, right? β
In order to convince Liu Wei, Han Yandang read the anti-rebellion edict again before dropping the words: "King, you can do it yourself!" β
A low IQ is a fool. Liu Wei was convinced and said, "People like me are damned!" Then he committed suicide.
Liu Wei's brothers, Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, Liu Xian, the king of Jiangchuan, and Liu Piguang, the king of Jinan, were all killed. When Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, heard that the imperial court was also going to pursue him, he was so frightened that he committed suicide.
Among the anti-kings of the Seven Kingdoms, only Liu Sui, the king of Zhao, is still holding on. Luan Bu led his troops to help Qu Zhou Hou Liji, and they designed to flood Handan City, and Liu Sui committed suicide.
At this point, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was all put down. Except for the state of Chu, all the lands of the other six countries were incorporated into the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. The imperial court abolished the power of the princes and kings to appoint and dismiss officials and collect taxes, and the prime ministers of the vassal states could only be called prime ministers. From then on, the vassal states could no longer compete with the imperial court.
Liu Jiao, the first king of Chu, had a very good reputation, and Liu Qi couldn't bear to abolish his descendants, so he let Liu Jiao's third son, Liu Li, succeed him as the king of Chu. Liu Zhi, the king of Jibei, escaped and was renamed the king of Suchuan. Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, committed suicide, and Liu Qi considered that he had meritorious service in guarding Linzi, so he let the crown prince of Qi succeed him as king of Qi.
Originally, Liu Qi planned to let the nephew of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, succeed the king of Wu, but the Empress Dowager Dou spoke: "The king of Wu is a long house, and he should be an example and guard the vassal country." But he took the lead in the rebellion, and what kind of heir did he find! β
Liu Qi listened to his mother's advice.
Since her son ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Dou has played an increasingly important role in court politics.