Chapter 836 Liu Xuanyuan thought
After the Yan army traveled a long distance and marched thousands of miles, after passing through Longlin County, the news soon spread to Jinyang City and was learned by Liu Xuanyuan.
Browsing the letters, when he learned that Lin Feng led the ironclad infantry and drove the expedition in person, Liu Xuanyuan couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
He launched a rebellion in Yandong, the reason is not complicated, the Liu family has maintained a close relationship with the family gate valve in successive dynasties, and the Yan Emperor has destroyed the country one after another, annexed its territory, disbanded its army, and robbed and bloodbathed the wealth of the family gate valve.
As a result, the interests of the family gate valve were seriously lost, and they asked the Liu family for help. When the Liu family could not compete with Lin Feng, the head of the family proposed the Liu family's treason.
At first, their father and son thought of Lin Feng's Longen and the Liu family's strength could not compete with the royal family, and resolutely refused to rebel against the Yan Kingdom and live up to Lin Feng's trust.
During this period, the Liu father and son were named princes, and Liu Xuanyuan was promoted to the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and became the powerful minister of the Yan Emperor after the power of the Yan Emperor.
However, Liu Xuanyuan soon discovered that after being promoted to generalissimo of soldiers and horses, his power was not consolidated, but rapidly diminished.
The generals fought everywhere and made contributions, but he lived in Yanjing City, which made Liu Xuanyuan very annoyed, but he didn't dare to vent it directly to Lin Feng.
At this moment, it coincided with the destruction of Zheng Guo's Han clan, and soon, Zheng Guo was destroyed, Li Zhao was captured, and he committed suicide by biting his tongue when he was escorted to Yanjing City.
For a time, it caused a shock to the gate valve family, and the clansmen of various families secretly visited the Liu family, and many gate valve patriarchs arrived in Yanjing City all the way to personally persuade their father and son to rebel.
Quoting scriptures, patiently persuading their father and son, to avoid the tragic incident of the rabbit dying and the fox from happening.
Later, in the court, there was a debate between the interests of the family and the nouveau riche, and Li Mengchang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who represented the interests of the family, was beaten by Lin Feng, and at that moment, Liu Xuanyuan decided to stop Lin Feng and serve the Yan Kingdom.
After all, Lin Feng doesn't like the family, the Liu family is just the first family of the Yan Kingdom, and now it is no longer reused, when the world is unified and the Liu family is useless, it is the time when the emperor unloads the mill and kills the donkey.
As soon as the decision was made, many declining families in Yanjing City attached themselves to their Liu family, and in just half a month, the Liu family controlled a very large amount of wealth in their hands, which made Liu Xuanyuan's heart swell.
It just so happened that the southern gate lord once again proposed the Liu rebellion, and the two sides hit it off.
The Liu family began to deploy secretly, and united with the officials of the family in the court, the Qian family of the Yue Kingdom, and the Cui family of the Wu State, under the banner of recovering the Great Zhou, they all carried out activities in the south, and the news spread secretly, and was supported by many families in the south.
They quickly amassed money, food, and armament in the south, and even sent family guards north to join the rebels.
The Liu family and his son were also looking for cavalry opportunities, and until the Five Kingdoms attacked Yan and Liu Xuanyuan took charge of the army again, he felt that everything was ready.
The two major armies arrived in Yanjing City, and in order to seize Lin Xiao's military power, he specially set up a banquet and ambushed Lin Xiao and other generals during the banquet.
The military mutiny was surprisingly smooth, he was in Jinyang City, controlled 200,000 Yan cavalry, held a lot of wealth in his hands, and had the manpower, material and financial support of the Southern Gate Lords, Liu Xuanyuan became more and more confident.
felt that if he left the Yan Kingdom and did not work for Lin Feng, he could still hold great power and live a wonderful life.
Imprisoning Lin Xiao and other generals, Liu Xuanyuan felt that the 100,000 troops under his command and the army under the command of Lin Xiao, a total of 200,000 cavalry, could rely on Jinyang City to be strong and defend it for a long time, so as to concentrate on managing Yandong.
Liu's father and son were full of ambition to live in Jinyang Palace, enjoying the treatment of the emperor, preparing to actively control Yandong, accumulate strength, take advantage of Lin Feng's attention in the south, take the opportunity to go west, take the lead in seizing Yanxi, and hold the old land of the Jin Kingdom.
However, after the middle and lower-level generals of the Yan cavalry, including the cavalry he had personally trained at the Black Flag Pass, learned that he had colluded with the family gate lords to defect from Dayan, they quickly mutinied with two thousand and directly attacked Jinyang Palace.
The mutiny was extinguished in time, but the whole army underwent great changes, and many generals prevaricated military orders, did not regard his words as military orders, and did not buy his account for a word.
In order to establish prestige in the army, by the way, to suppress the dissident soldiers in the army, Liu Xuanyuan suppressed it with iron and blood, and killed hundreds of soldiers who he thought had ill intentions.
This move completely shocked the Yan Qi under his command, and the mutiny did not happen again.
However, the military discipline of the Yan cavalry quickly deteriorated, and the phenomenon of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling began to occur in the army, and the soldiers did not return at night.
The cavalry who fought with him, although not the elite of the Yan army, were all in a hundred battles, and since they learned that he was self-reliant in Jinyang City, they became slack, and the morale of the whole army dropped suddenly.
Military discipline is corrupt, government orders are not enforced, and the former invincible force has become a puddle of mud.
Not long after, Xiong Kui, the general of the Chu army, led the Xuanjia soldiers to land on the eastern front, and the Yan State Naval Division, which had not had time to recover, under the leadership of Jian Yuyan, Gu Lefeng and the Su family's disciples, fought against the Xuanjia soldiers in the coastal area of Yandong.
After receiving the news, Liu Xuanyuan quickly sent 50,000 cavalry as the vanguard and went to Yandong to block the Xuanjia soldiers.
Although he rebelled against Dayan, he did not allow foreign enemies to invade the territory he led his troops to conquer in the past, not to mention, now that he is self-reliant in Jinyang City, the land of Yandong has become his foothold, and he must not afford to lose.
He sent cavalry, hoping to quickly go to the eastern front, but unfortunately, after leaving Jinyang City, 50,000 cavalry directly turned against the water.
The attempt to rescue Lin Xiao and others failed, and the 50,000-strong army rushed to the eastern front under the banner of restoring Dayan, looking for Jian Yuyan, Gu Lefeng and others, intending to jointly block the Xuanjia soldiers.
This move caused Liu Xuanyuan to panic, and the cavalry he personally trained at the Black Flag Pass did not support him, so what would happen to the 100,000 cavalry he obtained by forcibly seizing Lin Xiao's military power?
In addition to being angry, he personally went to the army, promised glory and wealth, persuaded the Donghu cavalry under the command of Lin Xiao to be loyal to him, and rewarded gold and silver on the spot, and many middle and upper-level generals swore to serve him.
When the panic in his heart was dispelled, he tried to send 30,000 eastward marches, and installed cronies in the army, and the forward left, and he was ready to go to Yandong in person, repel Xiong Kui, and restore peace to Yandong.
However, the Donghu generals accepted the gold and silver, but they still killed his cronies on the Yandong Road after the army left Jinyang City, changed course, and restored the banner of Dayan.
The cavalry under his command rebelled twice in a row, changed course, and restored the Dayan banner, which made Liu Xuanyuan realize the seriousness of the problem.
He is the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Yan State, and he can dispatch the entire army of the Great Yan, but only when he is loyal to the Yan State.
Now he betrayed the Yan State, did not have the prestige of the past, and although he stood on his own in Jinyang City and became more powerful, he was spurned by the soldiers of the Yan army.
He thoroughly understood that he was not so much the generalissimo of the Yan State as the chess piece in Lin Feng's hands, and he was nothing without Lin Feng.
Because the Yan army is up and down, the person who is loyal from the bottom of his heart is not him, but Lin Feng, and even the troops he trained do not regard his military order as the highest order after he betrayed the Yan country.
Losing 80,000 troops in a row, coupled with the fact that Yandong was attacked by Xiong Kui, the situation was unknown, and Liu Xuanyuan felt a deep sense of frustration.
The army did not obey his orders, and the land of Yandong was attacked by the Chu army, and more importantly, his rebellion made it possible for Dayan to lose the eastern region.
If he fails to stand on his own, he will become a sinner in the Yan Kingdom.
Throughout April, Liu Xuanyuan fell into a deep panic, he didn't know how to eat, he couldn't sleep at night, compared to before, he was always worried in his heart.
Now that he heard that Lin Feng was personally driving, he completely turned into a frightened bird, and he was sincerely afraid.
Although after he governed Yandong, the Yandong family took refuge one after another, and many young people joined the army by themselves, and they were supported by money and food from the southern gate lords, and the situation was very good.
However, the Yan cavalry under his command was not of the same mind as him, Lin Feng personally led the army eastward, he was worried that on the battlefield, all the troops would mutiniate and fall directly to Lin Feng.
Judging from the various performances of Yan Qi in Jinyang City, his worries are not impossible.
Even if the Yan cavalry under his command did not defect to the battle, Lin Feng personally led the ironclad infantry to go, and he might not be able to defend it to the death.
He is known as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Yan State, but Lin Feng is not only the emperor of the Yan State, but also the first general of the Yan State, and there are few opponents on the battlefield.
After getting the letter, Liu Xuanyuan didn't dare to stay for a long time, and strode straight to the inner palace to find Liu Chengfeng's traces, after all, his father played a great role in contacting the family and rebelling against the Yan Kingdom.
What's more, Liu Chengfeng is a veteran of Yanguo and knows military strategy, and because of his old age, he was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department by Lin Feng.
At this moment, when the generals under his command were not credible, he did not dare to spread the news of Emperor Yan's personal conquest for the time being, lest Yan Cai learn that the whole army mutinied and directly attacked the Jinyang Palace.
In the depths of the palace, Liu Chengfeng stayed in the garden pavilion and looked at the book of soldiers, since he came to Jinyang City, only when the year passed, he and the patriarch of the Yandong family gathered, everyone was like-minded, ready to crusade against Lin Feng, and the performance was high-spirited.
After that, for a few months, with the continuous mutinies in the army, Li Kui, Ashina and other generals were imprisoned, Liu Xuanyuan had no generals to adjust, and the situation was getting worse day by day, even a person like him, who had not been in charge of the army for a long time, had to participate in the management of military affairs and solve problems for Liu Xuanyuan.
The father and son worked hard, but instead of getting better, things continued to deteriorate, and the two crusades, Yan Qi rebelled twice, and changed course.
Let him understand how stupid it is to unite with the gate valve family and betray the Yan Kingdom.
It's a pity that the wood has become a boat, even if it is regretful, it is too late, and the only way to go to the dark is to bite the bullet.
Liu Xuanyuan hurriedly grabbed the letter, and when he ran from the study to the garden, he didn't know if he was in a hurry, or if the weather was too hot in April, and his armor was wet with sweat, and there were water stains in many places.
The moment he saw his father, he propped up one hand on the stone table, and quickly sent the letter to his father with one hand, panting and said: "Father, the big thing is not good, Emperor Yan personally led the army to the east, and has passed through Longlin County, and soon, the generals will come to the city." ”
Rumble! Liu Chengfeng's body was shocked, one hand was also propped up on the stone table, his face became pale, and he stared at Liu Xuanyuan and asked incredulously: "Really, the emperor personally led the army here, and the five countries attacked Yan, did the emperor ignore the southern army?" ”