Chapter 120 [Bigger]
This unobtrusive prince of the clan is Yuanjian, the king of Anle. Yuan Jian's official appointment was that Xiangzhou Assassin Shi concurrently served as the governor of the Northern Expedition, and his duty was to crusade against Ge Rong and Du Luo Zhou in Hebei, especially to stabilize the Yecheng defense line to block Ge Rong from going south, but, to the surprise of the emperor, the empress dowager and the courtiers, Yuan Jian actually raised a counter-flag according to Yecheng.
Empress Dowager Hu is too forgetful, Yuanjian's family already has the genetic gene of rebellion, Yuanjian's grandfather Changle is the son of Emperor Wencheng, and was executed by Emperor Xiaowen for rebellion.
Yuan Jian's own talent is vulgar, after Ge Rong besieged Jizhou, the imperial court ordered him to fight for the governor of the north, the left servant of Shangshu, and the Shangshu of the north road, and the governor Pei Yan to rescue Xindu, but Yuan Jian saw that the rebels were many and weighed his own limited ability, so he simply threw himself into the rebel camp. Yuan Jian was originally the prince, and when he mixed up with Ge Rong's team, he continued to be his prince at best, I really don't know what he thought.
The counterinsurgency teams sent out rebelled one after another, and the government and the opposition were shocked, who else could they trust, and who else could they send? Emperor Xiaoming recommended Yuanziyong in Xiazhou, and Yuanziyong did a good job in Kansai.
In this crisis, Yuan Ziyong became a bright spot, in the face of the rebels' fierce offensive, he not only did not retreat, but led his troops to the south, defeated the rebels in the Saw Valley, and captured the rebel commander Kang Weimo.
Then he moved to Huazhou, broke the rebel deed official department in Yang's Fort, and fought thousands of miles from Xixia Prefecture to Dongxia Prefecture, until Quwo defeated the thief Shuai Su single-step Huti, and shocked Guanxi.
Emperor Xiaoming was very happy, and took it as a concurrently Taishang book, a waiter for the Yellow Gate, and a prince of Leping County. The situation in Hebei has reached an existential crisis. It's time for a cow like Yuan Ziyong to appear, so. Emperor Xiaoming issued an edict to Yuanjian with Yuan Ziyong as the governor of the north to conquer Yuanjian. After Yuan Ziyong received the order, he immediately took his son Yanbo and Aijiang Yu Wengui and set off.
Yuwen Gui is forever precious. Changli is a thorny man, the ancestors migrated to Xiazhou, he rarely had great ambitions, and when he was a child, he often stopped reading and sighed: How can a man be a gentleman when he is a sword and a horse to win the prince?
Yuanzi Yong guarded Xiazhou, Yuwengui served as the commander of the army, participated in dozens of fierce battles before and after, and each time he took the lead in charging into battle, and the army admired his bravery. Yuan Ziyong knew that he was not going to enjoy his promotion this time. There must be a tough battle waiting for him in front of him, and he can't do without his own people, so he brought Yu Wengui with him.
After getting the information that Yuan Ziyong took the road back to Luoyang, the various units of the Guanxi rebel army were ready to move, and Yuan Ziyong made them suffer a lot, and now he left his post alone, isn't it a good time to clean him up? The rebel commanders Qigan Qilin, Xue Chongli and others set up ambushes and invited attacks in many places along the line, and Yu Wengui and others fought Baozi Yongshun and left Kansai.
Yuan Ziyong led the governor Li Shenliang and the governor Pei Yan to embark on a journey to defeat Yecheng. The Taiwanese soldiers went to Tangyin, and Yuan Jian's younger brother Yuan Bin attacked at night. I didn't want to fall into Yuan Ziyong's ambush, and Yuan Bin's defeat. Yuan Ziyong took the opportunity to advance and surrounded Yecheng with Pei Yan and Li Shenliang.
Where is Yuanjian Yuanziyong's opponent, Xiangzhou quickly broke the city. Yuan Jian's head was cut off and sent to the capital, and Yuan Binzhi defected to Ge Rong. Xiangzhou was pacified, and Xindu also fell.
Originally. It has been nearly a year since Ge Rong besieged Xindu in the spring, and Shi Yuanfu, the assassin of Jizhou, led the army to defend it. As a result of a delay in sowing and harvesting seasons, the city has run out of food. The imperial court reinforcements that were longed for day and night were still far away, and Xindu City could no longer withstand it, and finally Chengpo Yuanfu was captured.
After almost a year of fighting, the city was starving, and Ge Rong, who was besieging the city, was no better, he was expecting to break through the letter to get a good meal, but who knew that he couldn't attack it for a long time, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief, Ge Rong ordered all the residents in the city to be expelled, and he wanted to let the brothers who followed him from birth to death enjoy the life of the big city. The winter of that year came early, and the people who were driven out of their homes lacked food and clothing, and six or seven out of ten people froze to death. Captured with Yuan Fu was his brother Yuan You, the governor of the Great Wall Defense, and his nephew recorded the Yuan Zili who joined the army, Ge Rong planned to kill Yuan Zili first, Yuan Fu knelt down in front of Ge Rong, and asked to exchange his life for Yuan Zili's life, Ge Rong didn't expect Yuan Fu to be so affectionate, and suddenly kindly spared Yuan Zili temporarily. Ge Rong gathered the soldiers to discuss the life and death of these Jizhou generals.
The Yuanfu brothers rushed to take the responsibility on themselves, hoping to leave someone else's life. Jizhou Governor Pan Shao and other hundreds of people kowtowed and mourned, please exchange their own death for Yuanfu's life, it turned out that Yuanfu worshiped Jizhou after the assassination, persuaded the nongsang, and governed Jizhou to the people's customs and wealth.
In order to protect the territory and the people, Yuanfu invited eight powerful people in the state, including Zhang Mengdu and Cui Dulian, who disobeyed the king's orders, to the city, treated each other with courtesy, and discussed with each other to govern the state and county. The people of Jizhou called Yuanfu a loving father, and the neighboring states and counties nicknamed him Shenjun.
Therefore, at this time, everyone in Jizhou has to die for Yuanfu, and in the face of such a scene, no matter how bastard Ge Rong is, he knows that he can't openly go against the will of the people. Ge Rong sighed: This is the bloody real man of Dawei, what is a loyal and righteous man? It's a person like Yuanfu.
Ge Rong left the lives of 500 people including Yuanfu and detained them in the army, Yuanfu was lucky, and later Ge Rong was defeated and all Yuanfu and others were rescued. With the fall of Jizhou, Dingzhou in Hebei became even more lonely, and Yang Jin finally couldn't stand it.
After Ge Rong left Dingzhou, Du Luo Zhou's army surrounded the state city again, Yang Jin tried his best to defend the city, before and after three years, the imperial court in addition to playing the ethereal things such as Fengguan Jin Jue, there was no soldier and a soldier to reinforce, no grain and grass to help, in fact, there was no resentment of the imperial court, the west failed to fight for thieves, Hebei Ge Rong gradually became bigger, where are there still soldiers to send?
Where is the money and food? Ge Rong sent an envoy to come and lure him to surrender with Situ's promise, Yang Jin sternly refused, not only that, but Yang Jin also killed Ge Rong's envoy, which is a bit of a must, but it also shows Yang Jin's determination to live and die with the city.
The imperial court can't count on it, and Yang Jin is very clear about it. In desperation, Yang Jin thought of Rouran's Anagui and Qihu chieftain Er Zhurong, maybe these two could help, so Yang Jin sent his eldest son Yang Dun and second son Yang Yi to break through the siege and move troops to the two places.
Yang Dun rushed to the court of Rouran, and Anagui was also happy, and immediately sent 10,000 elite horsemen from his grandfather Tudoufa to follow Yang Dun south, and arrived in Guangchang, where the Duluo Zhou rebels were guarding the pass. Rouran people are good at field warfare and are not used to attacking cities, so Tudoufa does not dare to continue walking. After all, the risk is too great, and doing business is to make money. Who will do it when you buy and sell at a loss?
I don't know if Yang Yi has arrived in Xiurong, anyway, there is no news about Er Zhurong's rescue all the way, seeing that the future is unclear, the defenders of Dingzhou feel more and more difficult, and the imperial court has not sent a single soldier for three years, and there is no news of reinforcements from all walks of life.
The soldiers began to make a fuss. Even the governor of the Assassin Prefecture, Shi Liyi, didn't want to continue to work for the bastard court, this No. 2 person in Dingzhou, who was born in the Li clan of Zhao County, secretly contacted the rebels, and then opened the city gate to guide the rebels into the city, and Yang Jin, who was unprepared, resisted desperately and was finally captured.
Dingzhou is broken. Yingzhou Assassin Shi Yuanning felt that there was no hope at all, and decided not to make senseless resistance, and took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender.
The city around Duluo has been around for many years, and the team has suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers have long hated Yang Jin to the root of their teeth, and now that it is in our hands, we must not cheap him, we have to clean up his bad breath. The torture of prisoners in violation of human rights law began.
Yang Jin's clothes were stripped naked, and Lord Yang, who has always been majestic, showed off. But Yang Jin did not give in. Du Luo Zhou temporarily imprisoned Yang Jin in the dungeon, and according to everyone's plan, he was going to make a big pot to cook people in a few days, and it seemed that the rebels really hated Yang Jin.
It seems that the fate of Yang Jin's cooking has been doomed. It has to be said that the Yang family has hard bones, and Yang Jin is not afraid at all, except for scolding or scolding. Since it has fallen into the hands of thieves, how can I love it. I must not lose the face of my Yang family. Scolding and scolding, the time has come to verify the miracle.
In the beginning. Yang Jin scolded, the guards scolded back, and the rebel generals who watched the excitement also scolded. Later, others slowly stopped scolding, leaving only Yang Jin singing a one-man show, and everyone else became obedient audiences.
Later, the scolded person actually ran to Du Luo Zhou, not to ask Du Luo Zhou to hurry up the execution, but to intercede for Yang Jin and let Du Luo Zhou let Yang Jin go. Iron bones, such hard bones are too admirable, and you will be punished for killing such a loyal minister.
Seeing that the public was in a difficult situation, Du Luozhou gave up his vicious plan and detained Yang Jin's family in the camp. Yang Jin used scolding as a weapon to save himself, and it was his loyalty to the court that moved his enemies.
Since I don't plan to kill it, it would be better if I used it. Du Luo Zhou asked Li Yi to persuade him to surrender. The renegade Li Yi opposed the imperial court and had no ill will towards his old superiors, so he came over to pull Yang Jin into the gang.
Yang Jin scolded angrily, tears in his eyes, and reprimanded Li Yi for forgetting the righteousness of the monarch and ministers and tarnishing the style of the Li family of Zhao County. You and I are both from a high family, and you are a thief, are you worthy of your Mu Zili?
Li Yi was deeply ashamed and came out in a huff, and the soldiers guarding the cell reported this scene to Du Luo Zhou, and Du Luo Zhou couldn't help but add a little respect to this hard bone. After the fall of Xindu, Luoyang immediately appointed Yuan Ziyong as the assassin of Jizhou, and immediately led the army north to recover the lost territory.
Pei Yan wrote a letter asking for companionship, and was praised by the imperial court. However, what is unexpected is that Yuan Ziyong wrote: Pei Yan goes, I ask to stay; I'll go, please leave Pei Yan; If we have to go together, we will be defeated. Yuan Ziyong's idea makes people feel inexplicable, the two have just jointly annihilated Yuan Jian, and Pei Yan's courage in asking for battle is commendable, so Yuan Ziyong's words have not been taken seriously by the imperial court.
In fact, at the beginning, Pei Yan accompanied the governor of the capital Yuan Yuan to the north, and the governor of the left capital Yuan Rong was killed, and he did not see the movement of Pei Yan's department, and later Yuan Yuan was defeated in Dingzhou, and Pei Yan was not seen.
Yuan Ziyong knows that Pei Yan, as a son of the Pei family of the Hedong Wang clan, has a family background and a general strategy, and is by no means a person who is willing to submit, marching and fighting, and maintaining unified command is the prerequisite for defeating the enemy, and although Pei Yan is capable, what he lacks is execution, which is the taboo of marching. Moreover, Yuan Ziyong knew that Pei Yan was so happy that he was impulsive.
Regarding the war in Jizhou, Yuan Ziyong has his own opinions: don't look at Ge Rong's great momentum, but he has a fatal weakness, he has no food, that is, no logistics support, and he specializes in robbing to supply military rations.
The soldiers of the imperial court were well fed, as long as they held on to the danger, they did not fight him, and at that time, Ge Rong could not fight, and he could not grab food, and he died without a fight in a few months.
Yuan Ziyong's view is clever, but there are no like-minded people in the court. Therefore, the instructions of the imperial court were to urge Yuanzi Yong to fight against Ge Rong. Yuan Ziyong had no choice but to march hard.
The army marched to Zhangqu, northeast of Yangping County, Ge Rong led 100,000 people to meet the battle, the result of the war was very helpless, Yuan Ziyong did not continue his legend, and the official army was defeated. Yuan Ziyong and his sons Yuan Yanbo and Pei Yan were all killed, and Yu Wengui escaped and fled to Yecheng. Taken in by Li Shenjun, the assassin of Xiangzhou.
At this point, all the north of Xiangzhou was occupied by Ge Rong. Just when Ge Rong was getting bigger step by step. His real opponents are just like him, striding towards the pinnacle of their careers.
What Ge Rong didn't know was that his real opponent was not Yang Jin or Yuan Ziyong, his name was Er Zhurong. It's just that when the two of them were expanding their power, one was in Hebei, the other was in the parallel and the Taihang Mountain, which was separated by 800 miles, and they still did not intersect, but they basically consolidated their own bases.
In the growth of a person. Opportunity is very important, if there is no rebellion in the six towns, Er Zhurong's life may be like his father and grandfather, after inheriting the great chief of Qihu, he will live the life of a soil emperor in Xiurong for a lifetime, and then grow old, then die, and then disappear into the long river of history.
History has no ifs, and if the "ifs" are true, history will not record the shining name of Erzhurong. Yes. It's a remarkable name
Relying on the considerable wealth accumulated by his ancestors, relying on the terrifying Qihu iron cavalry, and relying on the cattle people with heroic or heroic temperament, such as Yuan Tianmu, He Ba Sanying, and Hou Jing, Er Zhurong went from victory to victory. In the counterinsurgency wars, it has become bigger and bigger, and has become the boss of the annexed area.
As his strength grew, Er Zhurong's ambitions began to swell. It is no longer his ideal to merge with the state and the state, as he said when he received the first income: with the help of your brothers. The world is not certain.
Flat world is the ultimate ideal of Er Zhurong now. The first leader of the Chihu Army, Er Zhurong, and the second leader, Yuan Tianmu, exchanged views on the current situation, and both agreed that it was useless to hide in the mountains. Only by going out of the state and entering the Central Plains can we realize the great cause of helping the world.
Du Luo Zhou occupies Youzhou and Dingzhou, Ge Rong occupies Jizhou and Yingzhou, Er Zhurong is worried that the rebels will cross the Taihang Mountain to threaten and rage, and the above table takes He Basheng as the capital governor to lead 5,000 troops to guard one of the eight Taihang Pass, as the east gate of the state, the terrain of Jingcheng is dangerous, and the strategic position is extremely important.
He Batsheng knew that appointing himself as the governor of the capital to the imperial court was just a formality, so how could the imperial court not allow it? In order to quell the rebellion, the imperial court has never dismissed the face of General Erzhu.
However, a formal appointment document from the imperial court will give people a solemn and formal feeling, and usually, people like the formal feeling. Before leaving, Er Zhurong gave He Batsheng his war horse and silver saddle, and Pohu was gratefully ordered to set off.
Er Zhurong once wanted to participate in the counterinsurgency in Hebei, but Empress Dowager Hu refused. The reason for refusal is quite far-fetched and ridiculous, saying "Nian Sheng is killed, Bao Chu is captured, ugly slave, Mingda, and send sincere money, Sanfu is silent, Guan Long Zaining." "Isn't this talking nonsense with your eyes open?
In the final analysis, Empress Dowager Hu is wary of Er Zhurong. Er Zhurong has always admired He Batyue's strategic vision, so he specially called He Batyue over and asked He Batyue to talk about his views on the current situation. He Bayue said: Extraordinary things must be treated by extraordinary people, the generals are strong, the position and fame are there, if you hold high the banner of righteousness, you will definitely move forward bravely.
Er Zhurong and Yuan Tianmu smiled at each other. At this time, another hero came to join the Erzhu Army, it was Gao Huan of Huaishuo Town, Gao Huan had not been happy in recent years, and joined Du Luo Zhou's department first, because he saw that Du Luo Zhou was short-sighted and difficult to achieve a big thing, so he had the idea of replacing it, but he was discovered by Du Luo Zhou before he took action, so Gao Huan took Duan Rong and Cai Jun to flee to Ge Rong's army, and similarly, Ge Rong did not look down on Gao Huan at the level of the squad leader, and when Gao Huan was depressed, Liu Gui, who was mixed well under Er Zhurong, invited him to Xiurong, Gao Huan then came to Xiurong after all the twists and turns.
However, Gao Huan, who looked tired from the dust, did not attract Er Zhurong's attention, and later, with Liu Gui's efforts, Er Zhurong finally agreed to meet Gao Huan again. It was a pleasant meeting. Gao Huan relied on his in-depth understanding of the current situation and pointed out that "now the Son of Heaven is weak, the Queen Mother is autocratic, the Queen Mother is lustful, and villains like Zheng Yan and Xu Su are reused, and the government is disordered."
Ming Gong should seize the opportunity and raise the banner on the side of the Qing monarch, so that the hegemony can be whipped. Only then did Er Zhurong know that Gao Huan was really an unusual person, and he was immediately cited as the governor of the tent and the military staff. The long talk with Gao Huan strengthened Er Zhurong's confidence and determination to go out.
Er Zhurong, Yuan Tianmu, He Basheng and Gao Huan have a surprisingly consistent understanding of the current situation, so there is no way for Er Zhurong not to be moved.
In view of the fact that Er Zhurong's Qihu Army became the most powerful army outside the regular army of the government, in order to win over Er Zhurong, Emperor Yuanxu of Xiaoming took Er Zhurong's daughter to the palace to become a concubine, so that Er Zhurong and the royal family became close to each other, and Er Zhurong's wife was also a member of the Yuan royal family, and the aunt of Shangshu Ling Dongping Wang Yuanluo.
Soon, he fell out with his mother Empress Dowager Hu, and Emperor Xiaoming secretly issued an edict ordering Er Zhurong to enter Beijing to get rid of Empress Dowager Hu's mistress, Xu Su and Zheng Yan, who controlled the government, Er Zhurong almost jumped up with joy when he heard the news, and he immediately ordered Gao Huan to set off for Luoyang as the striker. (To be continued......)