The rebellion set off by the vassal king quickly swept through the entire Central Plains, and the three-way army of the king of Qi, the king of Chengdu, and the king of Hejian continued to advance to Luoyang, the capital division, from three directions. In particular, the king of Chengdu on the northern front achieved impressive results in just a few days, and successively won Wei County, Pingyang, Ji County, and most of Hanoi along the way, and the front of the army was directed at Mengjin.

The progress of the king of Chengdu is inseparable from the support of the local heroes in Sizhou, and the Taishou of Wei County, the Taishou of Ji County, the Taishou of Pingyang County, and the Taishou of Hanoi have surrendered their land. For a time, the king of Chengdu gathered nearly 100,000 troops, but he still encountered resolute resistance from the imperial army in Hanoi.

In order not to delay the plan to attack Luoyang, Sima Ying left the general Gongshi Fan to be responsible for passing through Hanoi and other places to contain the Guanzhong army of the imperial court, while he himself personally led the main force to cross the Yellow River south and attack Mengjin.

After the king of Chengdu left, there were only 20,000 rebels led by the Gongshi clan left in the entire Hanoi line. This prince was originally from Wei County and was quite famous in the local area. After the king of Chengdu left, the Gongshi clan immediately erected a banner to recruit troops, and many people responded, and soon gathered 50,000 or 60,000 people.

I didn't want the Gongshi clan to make trouble, so I actually brought out a Xiongxiong named Shi Le in Wuxiang County, Shangdang County, Bingzhou (now Yushe, Shanxi).

In 274 AD, Shi Le was born in a family of the Qiang people in Wuxiang County, Shangdang County, and his ancestors were descendants of the Xiongnu Qiangqu. Legend has it that on the day of Shile's birth, the house was filled with red light, and there was a white air from the sky to the courtyard (the ancients always loved to play with these things).

Schler did not read as a child, so he was largely illiterate. When he was 14 years old, he was with his fellow villagers. He went to Luoyang, Kyoto at that time, to sell goods. Because Shi Le was shouting and selling on the streets of Luoyang, his voice was unusual. Get the attention of those around you.

It happened that Situ Wang Yan was passing by, so Wang Yan turned to the left and right and said, "That Hu boy just now." I listened to his voice and tone, which was indeed different from ordinary people; Looking at his appearance, he is not ordinary. I can see that this bearded boy must have extraordinary ambitions. ”

Left and right asked, "What does Situ think this Hu boy will do in the future?" ”

Wang Yan said: "I'm afraid it will become a disaster for the world." ”

Wang Yan immediately said to the left and right: "I think it's better to arrest this Hu boy and kill him, so as not to harm the world." ”

Left and right immediately turned back to look for Shile, but he could not find it.

Shile himself was handsome, powerful, and especially good at riding and archery. In addition, Shile also has a special ability for horses: he knows how to use horses, which can be said to be the "Bole" at that time.

Shi Le's father, Zhou Haozhu, had a fierce and rude personality. When he was a tribal leader, the Hu people were not attached to him. Zhou Haozhu often asked Shi Le to supervise some affairs on his behalf, and Shi Le treated people differently from his father, so the Hu people in the tribe trusted Shi Le very much.

Later, the family road fell, and Shi Le farmed in the house of a landlord named Guo Jing, who often financed Shi Le with some money. Shi Le was also very grateful to Guo Jing for his favor and worked hard for him.

In recent years, there has been a famine and many wars in the area of Bingzhou, and once Shile and other slaves who were working with him were scattered by the rebels. Shile once fled to Yanmen County. Later, Shile was really unable to survive. There was nothing to eat, and even the clothes on his body were so tattered that he couldn't cover his body. Shi Le then returned to his hometown from Yanmen.

Just when Shi Le had just returned to his hometown, he didn't know that Sima Teng, the assassin of Bingzhou, was also worried about money. Since Sima Teng and Sima Yue colluded together, he has been worrying about how to expand armaments and warfare every day.

Later, Jianwei's general Yan Cui persuaded Sima Teng: "Now the state is short of funds. Unable to afford the attrition of the army. I heard that Jizhou next to it is rich. We should arrest the young and middle-aged Hu people here, and then sell them to Jizhou to serve as soldiers in exchange for our own military resources. ”

After hearing this, Sima Teng turned his worries into joy and said, "This method is good. Not only can we reduce the number of people who eat in my state, but we can also get a sum of money from it. And then use the money to recruit more soldiers. ”

So Sima Teng sent his two generals, Guo Yang and Zhang Long, to arrest Hu Ren within a few days. Guo Yang and Zhang Long arrested thousands of Hu people, and Shi Le, who returned home, was among them.

Guo Yang and Zhang Long were afraid that after arresting these Hu people, they quickly escorted them to Jizhou and sold them to local powerful families as slaves. After being trafficked to Jizhou, Shi Le was sold into slavery with a landlord named Shi Huan in Chiping County, Pingyuan County, Jizhou.

In Shi Huan, Shi Le, like many Hu people, is cultivating the fields.

And not far from Shi Huan's house, there is a ranch, and the pastor (the person in charge of the ranch) of this ranch is called Jisang, and Shi Huan is a good friend. Later, by chance, Ji Sang got acquainted with Shi Le, who was a slave, but he didn't expect the two to hit it off at first sight and soon became brothers.

Later, Shi Le left Shi Huan's house in Chiping County and went west to Wu'an County in Guangping County, Sizhou at that time, at this time, Shi Le no longer planned to work for others everywhere, so he joined a few people who worked with him as slaves. Specializing in looting the property of the government and large families.

At first, there were eight people following Shi Le, they were: Wang Yang, Kui An, Zhixiong, Ji Bao, Wu Yu, Liu Ying, Tao Bao, and Lu Ming. Soon ten more people came to meet each other, they were: Guo Ao, Liu Zheng, Liu Bin, Zhang Yifu, Hu Yanmo, Guo Heiluo, Zhang Yue, Kong Chang, Zhao Lu, and Zhi Qu Liu.

They also stole horses, known as the "Eighteen Horsemen". Shile led eighteen horsemen, robbed all the way east, and then reached Pingyuan County. Shile saw Jisang again, and gave him all the possessions they had robbed.

At the end of 299 A.D., when the vassal king was in turmoil, Ji Sang heard that the Gongshi Domain had summoned troops in Sizhou to fight against the crown prince Sima Shu, and he planned to return to Sizhou to join the Gongshi Domain. At this time, Shi Le also had this plan, so Shi Le came to ask Ji Sang: "If there is chaos today, will the herding rate still be trapped in the pasture?" ”

Ji Sang also smiled and asked happily: "If there is chaos today, will you also take your eighteen horsemen to be a thief for life?" ”

Shi Le smiled: "What are the plans of Mu Shu, my brother is willing to lead eighteen horsemen to follow Mu Shu." ”

Ji Sang said: "I heard that the Gongshi Domain is gathering soldiers and horses for the King of Chengdu in Sizhou to crusade against Sima Shu, and the foolish brother plans to go to defect, what does the virtuous brother think? ”

Shi Le immediately said: "The junior brother also has this plan. ”

Ji Sang said: "Very good, you and I brothers join forces, and we will definitely let the world know the prestige of our brothers. ”

So Ji Sang led hundreds of herdsmen to ride the horses, and Shi Le led eighteen horsemen to Sizhou to join the Gongshi Domain. The Gongshi Fan was very happy to see Ji Sang and Shi Le coming to vote. Shi Le also introduced the Eighteen Cavalry to the Gongshi Domain, and the Gongshi Fan was even more pleased to see the Eighteen Cavalry, and immediately appointed Shi Le as the former team governor.

Gongshi Fan said to Ji Sang and Shi Le: "I heard that the king of Chengdu is attacking Mengjin, and he is about to break the city in a few days. We need to take the northern border counties of Sizhou before the king of Chengdu takes Mengjin, and the Guanzhong army of the imperial court is involved for the king of Chengdu. ”

Ji Sang asked: "General, now the imperial army is still on the way to Sizhou, and there is no formed army in the entire Sizhou imperial court, this is the best time for us to take Sizhou, but I don't know how the general plans to use the army?" ”

Gongshi Fan said happily: "Since the general followed the king of Chengdu to raise troops, he has attacked the county and killed the Taishou and the county order, and he has not been defeated. At present, we have tens of thousands of horses, and attacking various states and counties is like a large army pressing the border, and it is enough to directly attack the city. ”

Although Ji Sang, Shi Le and the others did not agree with the suggestion of the Gongshi Domain, because they had just arrived, it was inconvenient for them to express their objections, and they only hoped that the Gongshi Fan would repent after a little rubbing.

In addition, since the counties and counties in Sizhou received the news that the general of the Chengdu royal general, Gongshi Fan, was coming to attack, some people who were loyal to the prince were very afraid, afraid that they would become the rebels' swordsmen; Others were impatient and waited to surrender to the rebels.

The defenders of the county towns of Hanoi County have been closing the city gates, not daring to meet the Gongshi Domain, and everyone is looking forward to the early arrival of the Guanzhong army, only the west of Hedong Taishou Gou Xi is actively preparing for war, ready to meet the rebels.

The reason why the Guanzhong army was slow to move was that on the one hand, it was indeed caught off guard by the rebels, and even Sima Shu did not expect to confront the kings a month in advance. Coupled with the constraints of the family in all aspects, the court was in a passive situation at the beginning of the war.

However, the rebellion of various families also allowed Sima Shu to see the true face of more people, so when he deployed troops, Sima Shu deliberately let the Guanzhong army take advantage of the situation to move slowly, so that more enemies hidden in the depths could emerge, so that he could be wiped out.

The prince's plan to lure the snake out of the hole was really clever, and when the king of Chengdu raised his army, the powerful people from all over the country rebelled one after another to join the rebels, so that the army of the king of Chengdu more than doubled in a short period of time.

And with the help of Ji Sang, Shi Le and others, for a while, the soldiers of the Gongshi Domain were strong and strong, and in a very short period of time, they gathered people to capture many counties and counties, killed Li Zhi, the Taishou of Yangping, Zhang Yan, etc., and turned to attack Hedong County, but were blocked by Gou Xi, the Taishou of Hedong.

Speaking of which, Gou Xi can be transferred to Hedong Taishou, it is still Sima Shu's proposition.

When the imperial court was restructured, Sima Shu discovered Gou Xi of Ren's colleague Ling Shi from the court documents. Soon he was found, and after a long conversation all night, Sima Shu successfully subdued Gou Xi, and soon he passed the order to transfer him to Hedong Taishou, instead of the historical Yangping County.

When Gou Xi arrived in Hedong County, there was already chaos in the Central Plains, and just in case, Gou Xi actively suppressed the family on the side of Hedong County and implemented the new policy of the imperial court; While training the soldiers, actively prepare for battle. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the three kings to rebel in all directions, especially the king of Chengdu all the way, who instantly fought from Yecheng to the neighboring land in the east of the river - Hanoi County.

Before the Guanzhong army arrived, and rebellions broke out in various parts of the place, it was Gou Xi who led the soldiers to block the attack of the Gongshi Domain, and firmly confined the rebels to Hanoi County. (To be continued......)