Just when the prince led his troops to support the Tiger Pass, on the front line of the southern front of the new city, Xu Chao and Tao Kan broke the current army of King Qi in one fell swoop with sufficient materials and strong troops.

Very early, Sima Jiong, the king of Qi, began to plot the seizure of supreme power, and at first he regarded Empress Jia and King Zhao as his main enemies. Later, the crown prince rose to prominence, and the success of replacing others became a huge obstacle to his ascension to the supreme throne.

Before he was about to take up the banner to clarify his position, just in time for a fierce conflict between the crown prince and the family, Sima Jiong quickly stated his position and won the support of many families as the protector of the family. Later, in order to curry favor with the family, Sima Yi did not hesitate to suppress the Lingbao Sect in Yuzhou.

This move aroused great indignation among the crown prince, and made it clear to the world, announcing the abolition of the king of Qi as a concubine, and forcing the king of Qi Sima Yi into a corner in one fell swoop, Sima Jiong had no choice but to raise troops to rebel in advance.

Fortunately, he succeeded in his diplomatic work, and successively notified his actions to Sima Ying, Wang Sima Ying, Wang Sima Ying, Wang Sima Yi, Changshan, and Ma Xin of Xinye Company. And to force them to take a stand, and even more so to get their solidarity.

At the same time, the king of Qi also spread a message to the world: Sima Shu, a descendant of the unscrupulous descendant, killed his mother and forced his father, did evil, and the crime cannot be punished, all people of insight should go together to crusade against him, and those who do not obey the order will be exterminated!

Although the Sima clan is prosperous and has many princes, there are not many people who really have brains, let alone the so-called talent, and they often rely on their own think tanks to win short-term victories in the ups and downs of the battle.

This was the case with Sima Lun earlier, and the same was true with Sima Yi, the king of Qi who was the first to launch a rebellion. Although Sima Jiong is not a great talent, he is also a strategist, among which Ge Xuan, Wang Bao, Wei Yi, etc. are among the best.

When he received the news that the imperial court was going to abolish him as a concubine, Sima Jiong was panicked for a while, so he had to find all his staff and let them be his military advisers to discuss countermeasures.

Fortunately, Wang Bao and the others were able to speak well, and quickly came up with decent reasons to make King Qi muster up his fighting spirit.

"The prince is perverse, unpopular, angry and resentful, the prince should conform to the will of the people and support the weak to go to him."

Sima Jiong thought that everyone was reasonable, so he appointed He Miao, the assassin of Yuzhou, Dong Ai, the general of Long Xiang, and others as the vanguard of the front department, and raised troops to recruit Sima Shu. As expected by Ge Xuan and others, as soon as the team was dispatched, the powerful families from all over Yuzhou came to take refuge, and in just a few days, their troops increased by tens of thousands, and the total number of people reached more than 80,000. Sima Ying wants the wind and rain in Sizhou, and the majesty is in all directions, and Sima Jiong, the king of Qi, is also not far behind in Yuzhou.

After receiving a letter from the King of Qi requesting an army, Sima Yi of Changsha, although he was farther away from Luoyang, quickly reorganized his troops and horses, and prepared to be Sima Jiong's backup, following closely behind.

Ma Xin of Xinye Company is also a brainless master, after receiving the notice, he hesitated, and he rode on the wall for a long time and didn't know which way to jump.

Later, his military advisor Sun Xun slapped the table and said loudly: "The prince is cruel and unkind, wantonly kills the ministers of the family, and the people and gods should be destroyed together, what else do you have to hesitate at this time?" ”

In this way, the king of Qi led a total of 80,000 generals to prepare to attack Yang Zhai from Xuchang, and after taking Yang Zhai, Sima Jiong planned to cross Yingshui and go straight to Luoyang, but he didn't expect that the army was blocked by the partial division led by Tao Kan in Yang Zhai.

The war between the two sides was the first to start in Yangzhai, and Xu Chao, who was in charge of the southern line in Xincheng, first sent Tao Kan to block Sima Yi, the king of Qi, in Yangzhai.

Tao Kan is brave and good at fighting, and he has won battles even times, although Sima Yan has many soldiers, he is wide and menacing. However, he greatly underestimated Tao Kan's military talent, and in the end, Sima Jiong was beaten by Tao Kan one after another, and had to be temporarily stationed in Yingyin to wait for further adjustments.

At the end of 299 A.D., Tao Kan, who was stationed in Yangzhai, sent one of his troops to lead a small number of elite troops to cross the rear army of Yingshui to attack the king of Qi, and first seized the salt, grain and rice stored in the rear of the king of Qi. Then Tao Kan's vanguard troops were dispatched, and the troops attacked Yingyin in two ways. Some of the rebels were taken by Tao Kan's prestige, and they all looked down on the wind and took the initiative to raise a white flag to Tao Kan.

Tao Kan's vanguard took advantage of the fact that King Qi had just arrived and had an unstable foothold, and won successive battles, and the start was very good, and the King of Qi was in a hurry.

At the beginning of the following year, Tao Kan personally led the main force of nearly 10,000 people, preparing to concentrate his forces to attack Yingyin. At this moment, the other two helpers of the King of Qi, namely the King of Changsha and the Duke of Xinye, arrived.

Sima Yi couldn't take advantage of Tao Kan, and was ready to attack other places, especially Xincheng, which was known as the prince's lair. If he can take the new city in one fell swoop, it will not only make Tao Kan lose the logistics base, but also completely open the road to Luoyang, and at the same time, it can also greatly deter the imperial court.

After setting the direction of attack and the route of marching, and at the same time receiving the supplement in strength from the king of Changsha and the prince of Xinye, Sima Jiong led the rebels to set off immediately, sneaking in by night, first crossing Yingshui in the west, passing through Xiangcheng and Luyang, and then turning to the northwest, crossing the upper reaches of Yishui, detouring to the southwest of Xincheng, and entering the weak point of Xincheng's urban defense.

On the eighth day of the first month, the rebel army of the King of Qi drove to Luhun County, southwest of the new city, and Ge Xuan offered a plan: "King, Xu Chao defends the new city with heavy troops, and it is very difficult to break it, so it is better to break Luhun County first, in order to cut off its wings, and then raise the banner to order the local family, gather the army, and break it with momentum." ”

Sima Jiong said proudly: "Xu Chao is mediocre, how do you know the magic of using soldiers?" If it weren't for Tao Kan's use of soldiers like a god, the widow would have taken the new city a long time ago, and now according to what Mr. said, take Lu Hun first and then enter the new city. ”

So the army of King Qi made a big show of attacking the new city on the surface, in order to confuse Xu Chao of the new city, but in fact, he took advantage of the moonlight and the darkness of the night to take the county seat of Luhun.

Lu Hun's defenders were caught off guard, and because of the small number of soldiers, they could not resist, so they were ready to withdraw their troops while fighting.

Who knew that on the way to retreat, he was hit by the rebels' annihilation, so he heard a sudden cannon sound, Wei Yi led the army to kill, and the defenders were just about to divide their troops to meet the enemy, when suddenly another cannon sounded, and Ai led the army to kill again. At the critical moment, the king of Qi, who took Lu Hun, led his army to kill back, and the defenders were finally defeated, with thousands of dead and wounded.

Lu Hun's defender commander Wang Xiuduwei, surrounded by the rebels in the core, rushed left and right can not be reached, at this time he has dozens of wounds in his body, blood stained his armor and brocade robe, and finally the captain Wang Xiu shouted: "I am exhausted, I should kill myself to repay the prince's great kindness!" Then he drew his sword and killed himself, and several guards around him did not have time to rescue and watched the main general kill himself.

Some of the soldiers of the Xiangjun army who did not rush out of the encirclement were surrounded by the rebels and persuaded: "The main general is dead, why do you want to fight to the death?" Why don't you surrender to the king of my family? ”

These rebels did not know that the Xiang army and the government soldiers were the beneficiary groups of the prince's new system, especially the soldiers around the new city, each of them had benefited greatly from the prince's new policy, and they were the prince's most staunch supporters.

Therefore, the besieged soldiers did not hesitate to reject the rebels' proposal to surrender, and instead shouted: "The captain is a loyal minister, and we do not want to disgrace our family by rebelling!" May I fight to the death to repay the prince's great kindness! ”

Everyone shouted and fell into battle, and they all fought to death! The performance of Lu Hun's defenders greatly shocked the rebel troops.

After Lu Hun was lost, some of the remnants of the army withdrew into the new city, and Xu Chao was not panicked when he learned that Lu Hun was lost. Xu Chao knew that his troops were strong and brave, and with sufficient logistical supplies, he was confident that he would hold the new city even in the face of more powerful rebels. But if you want to further eliminate the rebels, I'm afraid you will need the cooperation of Tao Kan, who is on the go.

The rebels were about to descend on the city, and the new city was like an exploding pot, and it suddenly became lively and tense. On the one hand, Xu Chao, the commander of the new city, actively dispatched troops to prepare to defend the city, and on the other hand, he sent people to send news to Tao Kan, asking him to find an opportunity to eliminate the rebels.

Compared with the offensive and defensive battles of Xincheng and Mengjin and Hujiaoguan, the defenders here fought relatively easily. Despite the ferocity of the rebels, after several rounds of attack by the ample forces and firearms of the new city, the rebels failed in several sieges, but the defenders suffered many losses, with thousands of dead and wounded.

At the same time, Xu Chao sent someone to contact Tao Kan, who was outside the garrison, and asked him to find an opportunity to destroy the enemy. Tao Kan, who is well versed in the art of war, quickly agreed to Xu Chao's suggestion and immediately sent troops to Xincheng at night.

A few days later, Tao Kan led his army to the battlefield of Xincheng. Xu Chao originally had only 10,000 troops under his command, but later added the conscription of local government soldiers and militia, which quickly increased to 30,000 before the war.

In the end, 10,000 elite soldiers were distributed to Tao Kan, and after several battles, there were more than 20,000 people on the side of the imperial court. After the king of Qi received the help of the king of Changsha and others, his army increased to 100,000. The situation is still that the enemy is strong and we are weak.

The rebels of the king of Qi took Lu Hun, and after a short rest, they joined forces with the local rebel family tribes and immediately marched to the new city. For a time, the banner was 700 miles, the army was mighty, and some local families who were not accustomed to seeing the prince as a powerful man saw the king of Qi raise troops, so they secretly ordered their own troops to move chaotically, and cooperated with the king of Qi to attack the new city. Soon, a situation of attacking the new city from the east, west and south was formed.

The army of the King of Qi on the west road was very strong, and there were wise men to help, Xu Chao took this road as the main defensive direction. In order to concentrate his troops, Xu Chao took the initiative to retreat from the surrounding satellite cities, shrink his forces, and defend the new city.

The army led by Tao Kan walked along the official road, did not encounter any decent rebels along the way, and soon arrived at the battlefield of Xincheng. At first, the generals wanted to fight the rebels to the death immediately.

Tao Kan knew that after the Qi Wangjun received assistance, he had experienced a hundred battles, and after being vigorously rectified by Ge Xuan and others, his combat effectiveness had recovered a lot. Coupled with the fact that the other party was outnumbered, Tao Kan decided to temporarily avoid the enemy's edge.

In this way, the front line of the new city entered the stage of strategic stalemate, and at this time, all the eyes of the world were shocked by the East China Sea King Alliance, which was another powerful military alliance of vassal kings after the Yecheng Three Kings Alliance.

The rebellion of the king of the East China Sea made some big families even more happy, and they regarded this as ironclad evidence of the prince's unpopularity! The family thinks that the crown prince Sima Shu has not been able to step on it for long, and sooner or later he will be ousted from the crown prince throne by the princes and kings.

At this time, the king of the East China Sea had received the news that Wang Jun of Youzhou Assassin Shi and Wang Jun of Bingzhou Assassin Shi would raise troops to respond, and he was overjoyed, he quickly reorganized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and sent troops to the tiger prison.

And the crown prince Sima Shu also entered the Tiger Prison Pass with his pro-army, and a big battle that decided the fate of the world was about to start in the Tiger Prison Pass! (To be continued.) )