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The form of the struggle at that time was like this:

On the frontal battlefield, Wei Chi Hui was under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou as the center, and the Xiang (Zhiye, southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), Wei (Zhichaoge, now Qi County, Henan), Li (Zhiliyang, northeast of Junxian County, Henan), Marsh (Zhiguangnian, southeast of Yongnian, Hebei), Bei (Zhiwucheng, northwest of Qinghe, Hebei), Zhao (Zhiguang'a, now Longyaodong, Hebei), Ji (Zhixindu, now Ji County, Hebei), Ying (Zhizhao Juncheng, now Hejian, Hebei), Cang (Zhirao'an, now southwest of Yanshan, Hebei) and other prefectures, In addition to the Qing, Qi, Jiao, Guang, Ju and other prefectures under the jurisdiction of his nephew Wei Chiqin (all of which belong to present-day Shandong Province), the number of people who took up knives and guns has reached hundreds of thousands.

Those who promised to raise troops and declare independence, and temporarily adopted a wait-and-see attitude, were: Xingzhou (Zhichenggao, now Bishui, Henan) assassinated Shi Yu Wenxuan (this person's deeds have been introduced earlier), Shenzhou (Zhipingyang, now Xinyang, Henan) assassinated Shi Li Hui, etc.

Those who surrendered without a fight were: Huaixian County (now southwest of Wuzhi, Henan) Yongqiao Town, the general Sudou Linghui, heard that Wei Chi Ming General raised troops and offered the city first.

Those who began to send troops to support and attacked the city and plundered the land on their own were: Xuzhou (Zhipengcheng, now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) Governor Si Lu, that is, Xi Piluo, a good and evil official (this person's deeds have also been said earlier), have occupied Yanzhou (now Yanzhou, Shandong Province); The former Dongping County (Jining City, Shandong) was too shou Bi Yixu and occupied Lanling (now Cangshan County, Shandong Province); Eastern Chu Prefecture (now Siyang County, Jiangsu) assassinated Shi Fei Ye, but began to send troops and horses, and there was no news about fighting there.

Based on the above situation, from the perspective of the famous general Wei Chi, half of the territory of Henan Province, the whole of Shandong (east of Taihang Mountain) except for Yizhou (Zhilang Evil, now Linyixi, Shandong), should be in Weikong zhì.

Before Yang Jian organized the conquest army, General Wei Chi had actually taken the first step and attacked by different routes.

Sudoulinghui captured Julu (now southeast of Pingxiang, Hebei), and then besieged Hengzhou (now Datong City, Shanxi Province);

The general Shi Xun attacked Jianzhou (Zhigaodu, northeast of present-day Jincheng, Shanxi), and Shi Yuwen Ben, the assassin of Jianzhou, also surrendered with the state city;

Han Changye, the governor of the western region, had captured Luzhou (now Shangdang District, Shanxi Province), captured Zhao Wei, the assassin of Luzhou, and appointed Guo Zisheng, a native of Luzhou, as the assassin;

Shangda general Yu Wenwei attacked Bianzhou (Kaifeng City, Henan Province);

Juzhou (present-day Juxian County, Shandong Province) Karasumuni and others led the Qing and Qi armies to besiege Yizhou (present-day Linyi City, Shandong Province);

After the general Tan Rang conquered Cao (Zhizuocheng, northwest of present-day Cao County, Shandong) and Bo (Zhixiaohuang, present-day Bo County, Anhui), he garrisoned Liang County (this matter was mentioned earlier);

With 80,000 troops, Xipilo garrisoned Fancheng and conquered the two county towns of Changxi (now Yangzhuang Town, Tengzhou City, Shandong Province) and Xiayi (now Xiayi, Henan). Li Hui attacked Yongzhou (Zhichu City, now Changtai Guanxi, Xinyang, Henan) from Shenzhou and conquered Yongzhou City.

At the same time, General Wei Chiming strategically took one of his sons to the Chen Dynasty in Jiangnan to ask for international assistance, but the matters to be guaranteed for this move are not clear.

Whether it is about whether there is a promise to cede the city if Yang Jian is defeated, or whether he will pay the soldiers, it is not known.

But in doing so, it should be seen that this kind of practice of luring the wolf into the house and ignoring a qiē is unforgivable, and it is harmful to him.

Because of the Chen Dynasty at that time, although the national fortunes were already in decline, after all, they had been in confrontation with the Northern Zhou Dynasty for many years, which was really a big trouble.

As soon as this incident came out, the traitor's hat would be turned out from under the box and put on this father's head, which was a little bigger, but he could still wear it.

From the above situation, it can be seen that Wei Chi Yuan's hundreds of thousands of horses were centered on the Guanzhong soldiers led by him, and most importantly, with the support of his nephew Wei Chiqin, it should be said that this person actually played a very important role in exemplary leadership, so that almost the entire prefecture of Shandong Province participated in this rebellion.

The reason for this is because Fangyuan was the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it had just been destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty for only a few years (Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty in 576 AD), and the people's hearts were unstable, which was a major reason.

And Wei Chi Zhi raised the army, because of his personal influence and strength, the shock caused was still very great.

It sent troops or ordered the rebels to respond to the state to attack in separate directions, directly to Shanxi and Henan, in order to echo Wei Chiqin, who was advancing from the east and west of Shandong.

But the men from all walks of life did not, and it was impossible to unite their troops at once.

Therefore, its momentum is very large, but the men and horses who attacked from several ways spread out, and they could not form a superior force, not to mention that the dragons were leaderless, and the soldiers from all walks of life were brave, once the city was captured, they would occupy the city as the king, waiting for others to fight.

So later, Yang Jian seemed to be unhurried and sent Yu Zhongwen and Yang Su first, each of them to break through, like chasing ducks, and beat Tan Rang and Xi Piluo to the ground.

And Wei Chi Hui himself did not go out in person, and stayed in the old place of Yecheng until Yang Jian sent Wei Xiaokuan to lead the troops.

It's a little puzzling that he did this.

It is likely that he will wait for all the soldiers and horses to move closer to him, and then take Chang'an. Including Sima Xiao's fight from the eastern border, and Wang Qian's arrival from Sichuan.

However, not only was this idea questioned, but it was also likely that the famous generals at that time did not have any decent plans, because it was obvious that these people did not have a clear unified order.

After the response of Henan and Shandong prefectures, they fought separately or accepted commands, but they did their own thing, even the soldiers sent by the famous generals of Wei Chi were like scattering beans, and it seemed that it would be difficult to take them back later.

This lieutenant Chi Yu did not directly choose to attack Chang'an, but waited for others to fight. Maybe he didn't think about it, and some maybe, he was hesitant, he couldn't hit the key point with a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, so Yang Jian could see through him and was not afraid.

Let's talk about the battlefield in the southeast.

This direction is behind Yang Jian, if he first has to face Wei Chi Hui and Wei Chi Qin.

On the day, Sima raised troops in response to Wei Chi Yuan, according to the nine prefectures in Jiangbei, with a strength of about 110,000.

Sima Xiao was unable to carry out a military coup d'état on the basis of the army formed by the soldiers set up by his own government, that is, the family members of Sima Fu. The leader was Tian Guang, a confidant general, who killed the chief of staff of his military region, Hou Mo Chen Gao, who was the chief of staff of the military region, that is, Hou Mo Chen Gao, who was the chief of staff of the military region, and the mayor of Yunzhou City, that is, Cai Ze, the assassin of Yunzhou, and more than 40 people involved.

It seems that this Sima is not an iron-fisted person, and his subordinates can't handle it, so they can only kill him.

Not only that, but he Sima Xiaonan was a relative of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his daughter Sima Lingji married Emperor Jing of Zhou as Empress Yuwenyan. And his father, Sima Ziru, is the iron buddy of Yang Jian's father Yang Zhong, he himself was originally suspicious of the Northern Qi and surrendered to the Northern Zhou, but at this time he took a way of action that is easily reminiscent of what he did before -

He led the nine prefectures under his jurisdiction, including Yun (Zhi'an Lu, now Hubei), Sui (Zhisui County, now Hubei), and Shun (Zhisui County, now Hubei), as well as the eight towns of Lushan (now Hanyangdong, Hubei) and Yongshan (now Hanchuandong, Hubei), to surrender to the Chen Dynasty, and took his son Sima Yong as a hostage to the Chen Dynasty in order to gain the Chen Dynasty's trust and provide assistance.

This public is easy to revert, but he is not a villain, this is because of the reason and purpose of his actions, and it is not so despicable.

This time it was Wei Chi Yu who asked him to do it, and he also had to be loyal to the Northern Zhou Yuwen clan, because his daughter was the little queen of the little friend Yuwen Xian, as the head of the country, she had the responsibility to protect the country, but she once again took the form of surrender, which made it difficult for future generations to comment on his character.

But because of this case, later people, if they want to say that someone is easy to reverse, will use this public as an example. The so-called idiom is lighter than going, in addition to talking about Lu Bu's villain, there is also talking about him.

The emperor of the Chen Dynasty at this time was Chen Xuandi Chen Xuan.

This emperor was the emperor at the beginning of the decline of the Chen Dynasty, and should be regarded as competent, and his basic actions during his reign included the recapture of the old land of Huainan from the hands of the Northern Qi, but finally in 577 AD, it was taken away by the Northern Zhou.

So this time, when I saw that there was this Sima to dedicate the land, I couldn't think about it. Soon on August 6, an edict was issued appointing Sima Xiaonan as the governor of the capital and the governor of the eight towns of Kyushu, and the military and commonplace, and gave him the title of the duke, that is, to stay in office for the time being.

It's just that giving this Duke Sui is a bit clear that he wants to work against Yang Jian, the Duke of Suiduke in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

And, on the second day, immediately after that, let Fan Yi, the general of Zhenxi, supervise the military in the Han and Han regions (Han River Basin); ordered Nanyu Prefecture (now Xuanzhou City, Anhui Province) to assassinate Shi Renzhong and lead the army to Liyang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province); Chen Huiji, the general of Chaowu, was appointed as the former military governor and led the army to southern Yanzhou (Suqian City, Anhui Province).

Next, on August 8, the third day, an edict was issued to appoint Sima Xiaonan as the governor of the land and water forces, that is, the generalissimo of the navy army.

Yunzhou, a border city at the junction of the Chen Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, has a river flowing through it, facing each other across the river, and it was originally on the border Chen Bing, and there is a standing naval army garrison.

& On the day, Tongzhi Sanqi Chang Shi Chun Yu Ling, Tongzhi Sancai Chang Shi, that is, the attendant officer next to the emperor, was sent to conquer Linjiang County (Wujiang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province).

On the tenth day, August 18, Lu Guangda, the general of Zhiwu of the Chen Dynasty, conquered Guo Mocheng (now northeast of Jiujiang, Jiangxi) in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

& Day, Tongzhi scattered cavalry Chang Shi Chun Yu Ling, conquered the city of Youzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (in present-day Hubei Province, the specific location is unknown).

The above people from all walks of life did not go straight to the territory where Sima eliminated difficulties, but each took the opportunity to seize the territory, which is of course what Chen Dynasty, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, likes to do.

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During this period, Sima did not wait for the Chen Dynasty to come to his aid, and he sent Shangkai Fuyi and the general Duan Xun to attack Shunzhou (north of present-day Suizhou City, Hubei Province).

Shunzhou guard general Zhou Fashang, was a general of the Chen Dynasty who had surrendered to the Northern Zhou Dynasty not long ago, because of mutual prejudices with Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shujian fabricated a reason to Chen Xuandi Chen Xuan to report that Zhou Fashang was going to rebel, so Emperor Chen Xuan detained Zhou Fashang's brother on behalf of Zhou Fazeng, who was the assassin of Dingzhou (now Dingzhou City, Hebei Province), and prepared to send troops to attack Zhou Fashang.

Zhou Fashang had no intention of rebelling, but because of the persuasion of his subordinates, he followed the example of Le Yi and surrendered to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was courteous to Zhou Tianyuan.

But then Chen general Fan Meng led the army to crusade, Zhou Fashang used a trick to surrender, but used elite soldiers to set up an ambush, defeated Fan Meng, captured 8,000 enemies, and Fan Meng escaped alone.

Sima, who had just revealed the legacy of the Han general Han Xin, hit him first, probably thinking that this person should also be a person who is easy to turn around.

Therefore, once a person becomes a villain, he often unconsciously wants to find someone who is similar to himself to find a reason for his behavior and carry out **.

Sima sent Duan Xun to lead his troops forward, in order to help defend the name and earn the city gate.

This week, Fa Shang was born in the door, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he has been in battle for a long time, I don't know why, I can see that there is fraud in it, that is, it does not open and close.

Duan Xun had no choice but to have people surround the city and then attack.

Zhou Fashang may have just won a big victory, and his soldiers may have taken a big vacation and rushed to the battle, so he had to recruit those civil servants who usually can't dance knives and guns, but can only dance and write, plus a few professional soldiers on duty, there are only about 500 people.

But this city was guarded for twenty days.

Later, seeing that there was no hope of waiting for reinforcements, the battle could not be fought, so he had to take a few men and horses, probably through a secret passage, and abandoned the city to escape.

However, his mother, brothers, and other family members of more than 300 people were captured, and Sima Xiao, who came later, took them with him and headed south.

Fan Yi, a general of the Chen Dynasty, led his army to meet Sima to eliminate difficulties, but he did not catch up.

And Fan Yi and Yuan Jingshan, the governor of Bozhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (now Haozhou City, Anhui Province), met unexpectedly, and the two armies met, this Fan Yi was unwilling to fight, but in order to make the trip worthwhile, this person took the opportunity to plunder the people, and then retreated.

Before this, Yuan Jingshan received a letter from Xingzhou Assassin Shi Yu Wenzhou and Wei Chi Hui, in which he strongly urged Yuan Jingshan to join the organization, but this person was unmoved, tied up the messenger sent by the two, and sent someone to Yang Jian's prime minister's mansion together with the letter.

As a result, Yuan Jingshan received a commendation issued by Prime Minister Yang Cheng in the name of the child emperor Yu Wenxian, and immediately cashed in and promoted him to a general, only one step away from becoming a marshal.

Therefore, after Sima Zhenzhi announced that he would take Yunzhou and other places as a greeting gift and surrender to the Chen Dynasty, and the Chen Dynasty sent the general Fan Yi and the deputy general Ma Jie to receive it, this Yuan Jingshan actually only led five hundred light horses, galloped over, and came to resist the enemy, so that Fan Yi, who had been in the battle for a long time, was afraid, did not fight much, only robbed a handful of ordinary people, and ran away, which was regarded as a trip here.

It can be seen that this Yuan Jingshan is not an ordinary person.