Chapter 681: Annexation of the Lu State
On August 12, the 12th year of the Han Dynasty, Jiang Sheng, the emperor who created the prosperous era of the Lu State, died of illness in the palace of Mengyuan City.
The day after Jiang Sheng's death, the crown prince Jiang Jing ascended the throne in Mengyuan City, but in the following days, Jiang Ji, the king of Qin, was proclaimed emperor in Anlucheng, the capital of Suizhou, Lu, Jiang Kui, the king of Qi, was proclaimed emperor in Xiuyang City, the capital of Zizhou, and Jiang Cheng, the king of Yan, was proclaimed emperor in Xinliangcheng, the capital of Rongzhou, Lu.
Four emperors appeared in the Lu State at once, which suddenly made the entire Lu State cloudy, Jiang Jing, Jiang Ji, Jiang Kui and Jiang Cheng, while actively preparing for war, while attracting the army that originally remained neutral.
On the morning of September 18, in a palace in the imperial palace of Mengyuan City of Lu State, Jiang Jing, who had ascended the throne and became emperor, asked Liu Mian, the chief lieutenant of the military department, in a deep voice: "Taiwei Liu, how many of those regiments that were originally neutral are now willing to pay allegiance to me?" ”
Liu Mian, the chief lieutenant of the military department, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the nine main army corps and twelve ordinary army corps that originally remained neutral, there are already five main army corps and seven ordinary army corps, and they have clearly expressed their allegiance to Your Majesty. ”
"Then the remaining four main legions and five ordinary legions are all loyal to three rebels?"
At this time, Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly in this palace, immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the information we have received from the Black Butterfly, the other four main legions and the five ordinary legions have not yet made a clear position and are still waiting and seeing. ”
Jiang Jing's face immediately relaxed a little, and then said to Liu Mian, the captain of the military department: "Captain Liu, I am ready to send troops to fight against those three rebels, what do you think?" ”
Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, King Qin...... Those three rebels, together control ten main legions and sixteen ordinary legions, and once they really fight, it will be a lose-lose battle. ”
It turned out that Jiang Jing, as the crown prince, had already controlled the military power of the five main legions and eight ordinary legions, plus after ascending the throne, the five main legions and seven ordinary legions that fell to him, Jiang Jing's strength alone was enough to fight against his three younger brothers.
Jiang Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Between our four brothers, there must be a battle, it is better to fight late than early, the longer the time drags on, the stronger my three younger brothers will be." ”
Soon the army loyal to Jiang Jing began to attack the army of Jiang Cheng, the former Yan King, and Jiang Jing was ready to destroy Jiang Cheng, who was relatively weak, before attacking Jiang Ji and Jiang Kui.
However, Jiang Ji and Jiang Kui both understood the truth of cold lips and teeth, and sent troops to aid Jiang Cheng's army, and the entire Lu country suddenly became a pot of porridge.
Faced with the pressure of the other three families joining forces, Jiang Jing finally overrode the public opinion and adopted the suggestion of Zhang Xiang, the commander of Black Butterfly, to invite the Han army to send troops to quell the rebellion, and took out the territory of the three states as a reward for the Han army.
In a secret room at the Black Butterfly Headquarters in Mengyuan City, the capital of the Lu Kingdom, Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly, said respectfully to a middle-aged man: "Lord Tang, Jiang Jing has agreed to ask the Han army to enter the territory of the Lu State and quell the rebellion of the Three Kings. ”
"Good! Very good! Don't worry, Lord Zhang, your merits will not be forgotten by the great man. Tang Yan said with a smile.
Tang Yan is the confidant of Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the original Southeast Xiang Army, and the founder of the Red Fox Organization of the Southeast Xiang Army.
Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang sighed and said: "Now that the Han Dynasty has become a leader in dominating the world, I just hope that in the process of merging the Lu State into the Han Dynasty, there will be fewer deaths." ”
After Jiang Sheng, the emperor of Lu State, became seriously ill, Zhang Xiang took the initiative to establish contact with Heishuitai and expressed his willingness to do things for the Han Dynasty.
Liu Ji learned that Zhang Xiang was willing to take refuge in the Han Dynasty, after all, several of Zhang Xiang's women were in Liu Ji's harem at this time, but after several top ministers analyzed Zhang Xiang's person, Liu Ji decided to accept Zhang Xiang's surrender.
Tang Yan said with a smile: "Master Zhang, you have made the wisest choice. ”
In the middle of October of the 12th year of the Han Dynasty, at the invitation of Jiang Jing, the new monarch of the Lu State, the Han Dynasty sent the Beiting Army, the White Tiger Army, the Qilin Army, the Gaochang Army and the Longwei Army, as well as the Tiger Ben Army, the Xuanjia Army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Congyi, the Cowardly Xue Army and the Beiwei Army, entered the territory of the Lu State and launched an attack on the other three princes of the Lu State who were called emperors.
The war between the four princes of Lu for the throne lasted for almost two years, and a number of originally neutral legions also joined the civil war of Lu State, and finally the other three princes who were called emperors were all defeated and died, and the army of Lu State also suffered heavy losses in the two years of warfare.
Since the other three princes who claimed to be emperors have been eliminated, it is time for the Han army to withdraw from the Lu State, but at this time, Liu Ji, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, suddenly proposed to let the Lu State cede the territory of seventeen states, plus the three states promised by Jiang Jing, the original Lu Emperor, Lu must cede twenty states to the Han at one time this time, in order to make up for the losses of the Han army in the territory of the Lu State.
In the past two years, the Han army has invested more than 15 million troops into the Lu State, with nearly 1.5 million casualties, and when the other three emperors were eliminated, the Han army actually controlled half of the Lu State.
In the face of such blackmail by the Han Dynasty, Jiang Jing, the emperor of Lu State, was of course unwilling to accept it, so the war that had just been quelled was rekindled in the territory of Lu State.
The reason why the war between the four princes of Lu for the throne lasted for almost two years was largely because the Han was playing ghosts, just to consume the strength of the Lu State as much as possible, and in the end, the Han conspiracy succeeded.
When the war broke out again between the Han army and the Lu State, there were only less than 10 million troops left in the entire Lu State, and a large part of them were new soldiers, so from the very beginning of this war, the Han army had the absolute upper hand.
When Jiang Jing, the emperor of Lu State, suddenly died in the palace of Mengyuan City, the Lu army was even more defeated, and a large number of Lu troops chose to surrender to the Han army.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, the important ministers of the Lu State, led by Liu Mian, the chief lieutenant of the Lu State Military Department, ordered the Lu troops everywhere to stop resisting.
On November 20, the 14th year of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's Beiwei Army entered the Mengyuan City, which was once the first powerful country in the East, with 49 states of the Lu State, and thus walked off the stage of history, and the 49 states of the Lu State were divided into the 16 provinces of the Han Dynasty soon after.
The population of the Lu State was about 500 million, and after the annexation of the Lu State, Liu Ji completed a hidden task of expanding the territory, and the system immediately rewarded Liu Ji with 500 groups of cowardly Xue troops and 500 groups of Beiwei troops, as well as five peerless generals and five top civil servants.
Xiang Yu, force value 112 points, intelligence value 82, commander value 87, the grandson of Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu State, followed his uncle Xiang Liang in Wuzhong to revolt against Qin in the early years, after Xiang Liang was killed, he led the army to cross the river to save Zhao Wang Xie, and broke the main force of the Qin army led by Zhang Han and Wang Li in the Battle of Julu.
After the death of Qin, he was called the overlord of Western Chu, the capital of Pengcheng, the implementation of the feudal system, the feudal system was enclosed and the nobles of the six countries were extinguished, and then the Han king Liu Bang sent troops from Hanzhong to attack Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu and launched a four-year Chu-Han war, during which although Liu Bang was repeatedly broken, but Xiang Yu was never able to have a fixed rear supply, the grain and grass were exhausted, and he suspected that the father Fan Zeng, and finally was destroyed by Liu Bang, in 202 BC, Xiang Yu's troops were defeated, and he broke through to the Wujiang River and killed himself.
Ran Min, force value of 111 points, intelligence value of 80, commander value of 95, the founder of the Ran Wei regime during the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, known for his bravery, his life has experienced countless battles of all sizes, six of the most vicious battles, the first battle was to break the Hun camp with Han cavalry 3,000 nights, kill several enemy generals, chase a hundred miles, and behead the first 30,000 Huns; In the second battle, 5,000 Han cavalry broke Hu and 70,000 cavalry; In the third battle, 110,000 broke the Hu coalition army of more than 300,000; The four battles were defeated first and then won, with 10,000 people beheading 40,000; In the fifth war, the Han army of 60,000 was almost completely annihilated, and the Qiang and Di coalition forces were almost completely annihilated; In the six battles, Murong Xianbei had 140,000 iron cavalry with less than 10,000 foot soldiers, and ten battles and ten victories.
In the third year of Yongxing, Ran Min failed to break through the siege, was captured by the former Yan Emperor Murong Jun, and was beheaded in the Containment Mountain, and was posthumously named the King of Martial Mourning.
Liu Yu, force value of 107 points, intelligence value of 90, commander value of 93, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty, poor since childhood, at the beginning of the Beifu army general, since Long'an three years later, to pacify Sun En and Huan Xuan, eliminate Huan Chu, Xishu, Lu Xun, Liu Yi, Sima Xiuzhi and other separatist forces, so that the south has not been unified for a hundred years, external elimination of Southern Yan, Hou Qin and other countries, surrender Qiu Chi, and with the moon array to break the Northern Wei Dynasty, recover Huaibei, Shandong, Henan, Guanzhong, recover Luoyang, Chang'an, after ascending the throne, and send troops to the south to conquer Linyito annex its entire territory.
In the first year of Yongchu, Liu Yu became self-reliant on behalf of Jin, set the capital Jiankang, the country name "Song", known as Liu Song or Southern Song Dynasty in history, during the reign, learned the lesson of the former dynasty scholars and the tyranny of the lord, centralized the central government, suppressed the merger of the powerful and powerful, implemented the land break, rectified the rule of officials, reused the cold door, developed production, lightly punished the meager endowment, abolished the harsh law, personally heard the lawsuit, revitalized education, tried the show of talent in the states and counties, and sent envoys to visit the people's suffering, improve the political and social conditions, and ended the era of the dictatorship of the gate valve, and was known as the first emperor of the Southern Dynasty.
In the third year of Yongchu, Liu Yu planned to go to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he did not have time to send troops, so he died of illness in the same year, at the age of fifty-nine, the temple name was Gaozu, and the name was Emperor Wu, and he was buried in the Chuning Mausoleum.
Zhao Yun, force value 101 points, intelligence value 87, commander value 88, the Three Kingdoms period Shu Han famous general, the late Han warlord melee, Zhao Yun was recommended by the county, led the righteous to join the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, during which he got acquainted with Liu Bei, the emperor of the Han family, but soon after, Zhao Yun left because of the death of his brother, Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan about seven years later, met Liu Bei in Yecheng, and followed Liu Bei from then on.
Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei for nearly 30 years, and successively participated in the Battle of Bowangpo, the Battle of Changbanpo, the Battle of Jiangnan Pingding, and commanded the Battle of Irichuan, the Battle of Hanshui, and the Battle of Keigu alone.
Ma Yuan, force value of 101 points, intelligence value of 82, commander value of 84, one of the founding heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the last years of the new Mang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Ma Yuan was a subordinate of the warlord Kui Huan of Longyou, and won the trust of Kui Huan, and then returned to Liu Xiu, Emperor Wu of Shunguang, and made great achievements for Liu Xiu to unify the world.
After the unification of the world, although Ma Yuan is old, but still ask Ying to go east and west, the west to break the Qiang people, the south to Jiaozhi, the official to the general Fubo, because of the merit of the new marquis, is respected as Ma Fubo, its old and strong, horse leather shrouded spirit is even revered by future generations.
Later, he was seriously ill during the crusade against Wuxi Man, Ma Yuan unfortunately died, because Liang Song framed him, and was later recovered by Liu Xiu after his death, and it was not until Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty that he sent an envoy to pursue Zhongcheng.
The system also added an additional six points of force to the weapons and mounts equipped by Xiang Yu and Ran Min, and the weapons and mounts of Liu Yu, Zhao Yun, and Ma Yuan added four points of force value to them.
Zhao Pu, force value 52 points, intelligence value 96, commander value 92, prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, in the first month of the seventh year of Xiande, and Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, with a yellow robe on Zhao Kuangyin's body, overthrew the Later Zhou, and established the Song Dynasty.
In the second year of Qiande, he served as the prime minister, assisted Taizu in planning to cut down the town, abolished the military power, implemented the law of changing the law, reformed the official system, formulated many major measures such as guarding the border and defending Liao, Chunhua died of illness in July of the third year, gave the book order, posthumously crowned the king of Zhending County, and was loyal to the present, in February of the following year, he was buried in Luoyang Mountain, the first year of Xianping, posthumously Fengpu was the king of Han, and the following year, Zhao Pu was accompanied by the Taizu Temple.
Fan quality, force value 43 points, intelligence value 91, commander value 86, five dynasties after the Zhou period to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty prime minister, its studious, erudite and well-informed, after Tang Changxing four years, ascended to the Shidi, the official to the household squire, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, successively served as the military squire, privy deputy envoy and other positions.
In the sixth year of Xiande, Zhou Shizong was critically ill, entrusted to Fan Zhen and others, and was awarded the title of Xiao Guogong, after the Chen Qiao Mutiny, Fan Zhen and the prime minister Wang Pu and Wei Renpu were forced to support Zhao Kuangyin as the Son of Heaven, and recommended Zhao Pu, Lu Qingyu, Dou Yi and others, in the first year of Qiande, he was named Lu Guogong, and the prime minister was dismissed the following year, and he died in September of the same year, and was given a book order.
Wang Pu, force value 47 points, intelligence value 92, commander value 89, successively served as Zhou Taizu, Zhou Shizong, Zhou Gong Emperor, Song Taizu, two generations of four dynasties of the prime minister, born in the official family, Qianyou years, the first place in the first branch of the Jinshi, as the secretary Lang, Guangshun for three years, the official to the prime minister, the first month of the second year of Qiande, the prime minister, the crown prince Shaobao, Wang Pu served as the prime minister for ten years, three times to promote a product, the early years of the Taiping Xingguo, the title of the Duke of Qi, the Taiping Xingguo died in August of the seventh year, the court stopped the court for two days, and gave the service, and the literature.
Xue Juzheng, with a force value of 49 points, an intelligence value of 91, and a commander value of 85, has served in the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Northern Song dynasties.
In the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo, Xue Juzheng was poisoned to death due to taking Dansha, at the age of seventy, posthumously presented Taiwei, Zhongshu Ling, nicknamed Wenhui, Xianping two years, with Taizong Temple.
Lv Mengzheng, force value of 56 points, intelligence value of 92, commander value of 87, prime minister in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taiping rejuvenation of the country in the second year, Ding Chouke champion, Lv Mengzheng after the champion, awarded the general as a supervisor, sentenced to ascend to the state, after three ascending to the phase, named Xu Guogong, awarded the prince and the teacher, Lv Mengzheng is generous and upright, dare to speak out about the courtesy, and be tolerant and elegant to the bottom, died in the Northern Song Dynasty Dazhong Xiangfu four years, Zhen Wenmu, give the book order.