Chapter 017: The Fox of Xiliang - Han Wenyue
It can be said that Han Sui's own history is the history of Liangzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he participated in the initial Beigong Rebellion, and also witnessed Xiahou Yuandang Liangzhou, after Han Sui's death, Liangzhou's secession power declined greatly, and Liangzhou basically fell into the hands of Cao Cao.
Throughout his life, there is nothing wrong with calling him the "Fox of the Western Cool".
【Fox of the Western Cool】
Han Sui was also a standard Han official earlier, and in September of the first year of Guanghe (178), Jincheng Taishou Yinhua died in office. , Han Sui was Yin Hua's former official, so he and Jiang Ying and others chased Yin Hua's body to Yaqiu and published stones to commemorate his exploits.
In the first year of Zhongping (184), Han Sui went to Luoyang, the capital to handle official business, the general He Jin heard his name for a long time, and met with him, Han Sui persuaded He Jin to kill the eunuchs, He Jin did not listen, Han Sui then asked to return Liangzhou.
Historically, Han Sui would participate in the rebellion because he was forced to get on the thief ship, when Han Sui and Bian Zhang were taken hostage by Beigong Bo and others, and then the rebels captured Jincheng County and killed Chen Yi, the Taishou of Jincheng County, Bian Zhang and Han Sui were coerced into joining the gang, and Bian Zhang was elected as the leader because of his higher status in the imperial court. After the rebels were strong, they began to attack Liangzhou Zhisuo Ji County, where they surrounded Liangzhou Assassin Shi Zuochang, but because Gai Xun came to help in time, they did not succeed, and Houbian Zhang and Han Sui both changed their names to show that they had severed relations with the past.
Han Sui was very scheming within the rebels at that time, after the Battle of Meiyang, he killed Bian Zhang, Beigong Bo and Li Wenhou, annexed their subordinates, a dominant family, and then raised troops to attack Longxi, and then Liangzhou assassin Shi Geng was killed by his subordinates, the kingdom, Han Sui, Li Xiangru, Huang Yan also rebelled, at this time Han Sui's strength was obviously the strongest, but he let the kingdom be the leader, and later after the kingdom lost in Chencang, Han Sui united others to abolish the kingdom, and let Yan Zhong be the leader.
And Han Sui himself is qualified, capable, powerful, and has opportunities, but he doesn't want to be the boss. At the beginning of the Liangzhou Rebellion, there was no chaos in the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time, and the imperial court still had a strong strength. The Liangzhou rebellion threatened the neighboring Sanfu region at most, and did not have a devastating blow to the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the future of these rebels was still very unclear at that time, which is why Han Sui was unwilling to be the first bird, if the rebellion was finally put down, the first offender would never be forgiven, but some accomplices may not be, especially those who are strong, the imperial court is very likely to adopt a tolerant policy, and even give the treatment of Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin army.
However, the Eastern Han Dynasty was later controlled by Dong Zhuo, who adopted a policy of wooing Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, and finally Han Sui was left in Liangzhou, while Ma Teng entered Sanfu.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Ma Teng, Han Sui and Yizhou Mu Liu Yan joined forces to fight against the Xiliang Army Group led by Li and Guo.
After the death of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the original Xiliang Army Group was completely wiped out, when the two major princes in the west, Ma Teng's forces were in the Sanfu area, and Han Sui was entrenched in the Liangzhou area.
In the face of Cao Cao's problem, Han Sui has kept a certain distance from the imperial court, although he basically obeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, sent his son as a hostage, and also sent troops to crusade against Guo Yuan, Gao Gan and others, but later Yan Xing persuaded Han Sui to enter the court, Han Sui took the procrastination trick, Ma Teng went to him did not go, of course, the final result Ma Teng sheep into the tiger's mouth, was easily clicked by Cao Cao.
After that, Ma Chao persuaded Han Sui to rebel against the imperial court with him, at that time, Han Sui's territory was in Liangzhou (Guanxi), Ma Chao's territory was in Sanfu (Guanzhong), and Cao Cao's army needed to borrow Guanzhong to defeat Zhang Lu, that is, the soldiers of Cao Cao's army did not directly point at Han Sui, Han Sui could actually stay out of the matter, which was different from Ma Chao, who bore the brunt.
However, Han Sui is a very clear person, he knows very well the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, if Ma Chao kneels, the next one is himself, so in the end, Han Sui will send troops to help Ma Chao despite Yan Xing's advice. In the Battle of Weinan, when the Guanzhong coalition army learned that Cao Cao was preparing to cross the river, Ma Chao proposed to strictly prevent Cao Cao from having a chance to cross the river, but Han Sui advocated attacking him halfway. At that time, Ma Chao meant that we should be safe, and drag Cao Cao to retire from the army until he had no food, but Han Sui thought more deeply than Ma Chao, compared to Cao Cao, the supply of the Guanzhong coalition army could not afford a protracted war, so Han Sui vetoed Ma Chao's opinion on this point, and instead persuaded Ma Chao to use this opportunity to give Cao Cao a heavy blow in order to solve the battle as soon as possible, even if Ma Chao failed, it was just two face-to-face, and the battle would not drag on for a long time.
However, later Han Sui regarded Cao Cao as Fan Chou, not only failed to solve the problem, but fell into Cao Cao's divisive plan, and finally failed miserably in Weinan.
After the defeat in this battle, Han Sui suffered heavy losses, and there was Ma Chao in front of him, but then Ma Chao did not have prestige in Liangzhou for a long time because of the rebellion of his subordinates and was driven out, and he became a thorn in the side of Xiahou Yuan, Han Sui finally suffered a second painful defeat in the area of Xianqin, and then his son-in-law Yan Xing betrayed him, Han Sui was already disheartened at that time, if it were not for Cheng Gongying's persuasion, he would probably have left Liangzhou and went to Shu. Later, although Han Sui punished Yan Xing and defeated him, this seventy-year-old man also came to return to heaven, he was born in Liangzhou and died in Liangzhou, thus ending his life.
Han Sui was the strongest and most influential prince of Liangzhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Han Sui participated in the Liangzhou rebellion earlier than Ma Teng, and may be slightly better than Ma Teng in strength, and was the most representative figure among the princes of Liangzhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
【Han Sui in History】
Name: Han Sui (Han Yue)
Attributes: Leadership (B) Although Han Sui has always been quite powerful in Liangzhou, he has never become the lord of Liangzhou in the true sense
Commander (B) Han Sui had considerable military ability, but he was not very strong
Politics (B) Han Sui's political sense of smell is still good
Strategy (B) Han Sui has a certain ability to strategize
General Comment (A-) As one of the two veteran princes of Guanzhong and Guanxi, Han Sui still had a position in the Three Kingdoms era
Aliases (titles): Han Wenyo (Han Yue)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Han
Profession: Prince, Commander, Traitor
Official position: General of Zhengxi
Family background: Liangzhou soldier
Birth and death: ??? ——215
Place of birth: Jincheng County, Liangzhou
Major Experience:??? In 184, he served in Xiliang and once persuaded the general He Jin to act decisively against the eunuchs
From 184 to 189, he was forced to be a thief, and later killed Bian Zhang and others to annex his subordinates, and later abolished the kingdom of the rebel leader of Liangzhou
From 189 to 211, he was entrenched in Liangzhou and was one of the two strongest princes in Guanxi and Guanzhong at that time
After the defeat in the Battle of Weinan from 211 to 215, the rivers were declining, and finally they were disheartened and died in Huangquan
Summary: Although the fox is smart, it is still a fox, and in the face of the king tiger in the mountains, the ending is still doomed.
Note: This is the end of the Liangzhou chapter, and the next chapter will return to the main line