Chapter 037: Biqiu Jian's Rebellion

Sima Shi's abolition of the king caused the dissatisfaction of many court ministers, and Biqiu Jian, Wen Qin and others stationed in Huainan decided to revolt and send troops to crusade against Sima Shi, which was the second rebellion after Wang Ling's rebellion in Huainan.

【On the eve of the rebellion】

After the Battle of Dongxing, Wuqiu Jian and Zhuge Dan exchanged defense areas, and Wuqiu Jian served as the general of Zhendong and supervised the military of Yangzhou. Wen Qin, the prehistoric general of Yangzhou, was a person from Cao Shuang's Tongyi, brave and decisive, made many military exploits, and liked to falsely report the number of prisoners in an attempt to gain favor, but the imperial court often refused to give it. Because Wen Qin's resentment is getting heavier and heavier day by day. Wu Qiu Jian was very good to Wen Qin out of scheming, and the two had a good relationship. Wen Qin is also grateful to Dade and loyal to him.

In the sixth year of Jiaping (254), Li Feng, Zhang Ji and others attempted to replace Sima Shi with Xiahou Xuan, but Sima Shi was detected and removed, and Sima Shi abolished the young emperor Cao Fang in the same year. Biqiu Jian was friendly with Xiahou Xuan and Li Fengping, and the murder of the two made Biqiu Jian uneasy, and at the same time, he also felt the kindness of Emperor Wei Ming in the past, and wanted to fight to the death for the Cao Wei regime. Biqiujian's son, Biqiudian, also encouraged his father to rebel against Sima Shi.

In the second year of Zhengyuan (255), a comet dozens of zhang long appeared in the sky, crossed the northwest sky, and started from the boundary between Wu and Chu. Wuqiu Jian and Wen Qin were very happy, thinking that this was an auspicious sign, so they borrowed the tone of the empress dowager to issue an edict to count the sins of the great general Sima Shi, publish the world, raise troops to rebel, and coerce Huainan to guard the people of Zhutun and the people to enter Shouchun City, set up an altar in the west of the city, swear to the sky, drip blood for the alliance, and leave the old and weak to defend the city.

Biqiudian was the secretary of the imperial history, Biqiudian ran away privately before the army, and fled to the Lingshan in Xin'an with his family, but the Lingshan was captured and killed. Before launching the rebellion, Biqiu Jian also sent people to find the Zhennan general Zhuge Dan and asked him to recruit the people of Yuzhou to participate in the rebellion. As a result, Zhuge killed the people sent by Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin, and publicized the conspiracy of Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin to the world, so that people would know their rebellious behavior.

【Biqiu Jian Rebellion】

In the spring of that year, Wuqiu Jian and Wen Qin led an army of 50,000 or 60,000 to cross the Huai River and reach Xiangdi westward. Wuqiu defended the city, and Wen Qin protected it outside the city. Sima Shi gathered the ministers to discuss strategies, and most of the discussions in the imperial court believed that it was possible to send generals to send troops, and Wang Fu, Shangshu Fu Bian, and Zhongshu Shilang Zhong would persuade Sima Shi to send troops in person. So Sima Shi led more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry of the Chinese army to conquer. Day and night, the armies of the three parties were gathered on a large scale in the suburbs of Chen and Xu. Soon stationed at Yinqiao, Biqiu Jian's generals Shi Zhao and Li Ji came to surrender successively.

Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin moved troops to Xiangcheng, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Ji repeatedly asked for war, asked to march into the army to occupy Nanton to force Biqiu Jian, but Sima Shi wanted to wait for the army to gather, so he did not allow, and later Wang Ji thought that Nanton had a big granary, to the general's army, the monarch's order was not subject to it, and he took Nanton on his own initiative, and Biqiu Jian and other troops from Xiang also wanted to fight for Nanton, and walked for more than ten miles, I heard that Wang Ji had taken the lead, so he had to retreat to Xiang Di. In the Book of Jin, it is recorded that Sima Shi sent Wang Ji to capture Nanton, which should be dominated by the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms".

Sima Shi built a high barrier and waited for the army from the east to assemble. The generals asked to march to attack Xiangcheng, and Sima Shi said, "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other. The soldiers south of the Huai River originally had no intention of rebelling. Moreover, Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin wanted to take the road of the Zongheng family, learn the doctrines of Zhang Yi and Su Qin, and thought that far and near would definitely respond. However, when the rebellion was launched, the north of Huaibei was disobedient, and Shi Zhao and Li Ji collapsed successively. Disobedience from within, betrayal from without, and self-defeat, trapped beasts want to fight, and it is more desirable to engage them quickly. Although the enemy must be defeated, there are many dead. Besides, Biqiu Jian and others deceived the soldiers, they were very cunning and fickle, and if they held on to them for a while, the deception would naturally be exposed, so that they could win without a fight. So Sima Shi sent Zhuge Dandu to lead the troops from An Feng to Shouchun, and Hu Zundu, the general of Zhengdong, led Qing and Xu Zhujun to send troops between Qian and Song to cut off the rebellious retreat.

Sima Shi ordered all armies to hold their positions and not engage them head-on. Biqiu Jian, Wen Qin and others could not fight forward, and they were afraid of being attacked when they retreated to Shouchun, so they had no way forward and there was nothing to do. Huainan soldiers, their hometowns are all in the north, the army is discouraged, and they surrendered one after another. Only the newly owned local peasants of Huainan were willing to fight for them. Sima Shi stationed troops in Ruyang, and sent Deng Aidu, the assassin of Yanzhou, to lead the Taishan troops into Lejia to show weakness and lure the enemy.

At that time, Deng Ai pretended to be vulnerable and used it to induce Biqiu Jian and Wen Qin to attack. Sima Shi soon led his army from Sudi. Wen Qin didn't know what to do, and really wanted to attack Deng Ai at night. Wait until dawn, when you see that the soldiers and horses are strong, and then withdraw your army. After Wen Qin's army attacked Deng Ai, Sima Shi secretly sent troops and went straight to Lejia to meet Wen Qin. Wen Qin's son, Wen Yang, eighteen years old, was the most courageous of the three armies, and said to Wen Qin: "While the feudal side is not firmly established, please climb the city wall and beat the drum and shout, you can defeat the opponent." Then he acted according to the plan, shouted three times and Wen Qin could not respond, Wen Yang retreated, and led the troops to the east together. Wei Chen Yin Damu chased after Wen Qin and tried to persuade Wen Qin to surrender, but Wen Qin refused.

Sima Shi said to the generals, "Wen Qin has fled. "Ordered to send elite troops to pursue Wen Qin. All the generals said: "Wen Qin has been on the battlefield for a long time, Wen Yang is young and sharp, he led the army into Xiangcheng, and he did not lose, and he will not escape." Sima Shi said: "One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion." Wen Yang beat the drum three times, Wen Qin didn't respond, their momentum had exhausted, what were they waiting for if they didn't escape? ”

Wen Qin was about to flee, and Wen Yang said: "You can't leave without first defeating the enemy's sharp spirit." So he and the ten brave cavalry attacked the position of Emperor Jing's army, invincible, and then led the troops to withdraw. Sima Shi sent Zuo Changshi Sima Lian to lead 8,000 elite cavalry to pursue the enemy on the flank, and sent the general Le Lin and other governors to lead the infantry as a follow-up. When he arrived in Shayang, he broke through Wen Qin's army many times, and the arrows shot were dense and rained, and Wen Qin fled with his shield. The enemy army was broken, everyone threw down their weapons and surrendered, and Wen Qin's father and son and his subordinates fled to Baoxiang City. When he heard that Wenqin was defeated, he abandoned everyone and fled to the south of the Huai River overnight. Lieutenant An Fengjin caught up with Biqiu Jian, killed him, and sent Biqiu Jian's head Fu to Kyoto. After Huainan was pacified, the people of the Biqiu clan and the Wen family, all those who remained in the Wei state, were all beheaded. Wen Qin, Biqiu Xiu, Biqiu Chong and others defected to Wu, and Wu appointed Wen Qin as the protector of the capital, the general of Beida in the town of False Festival, the pastor of Youzhou, and the marquis of Qiu.

Because Zhuge Dan took the lead in leading troops to occupy Shouchun, the stronghold of the rebels, to stabilize the war situation. In addition, he was stationed in Huainan for a long time, so he was appointed as the general of Zhendong, the third division of Yitong, and the military governor of Yangzhou.