Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Great Pilgrimage 23

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c_t; In many cases, once the original trajectory of an event changes, the outcome of such an event may become different. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The same is true for interpersonal relationships.

In this squad of professionals, there are five people who are quite famous during the New Dynasty, and they would not have been able to gather together to work together, and they are even enemies of life and death.

It's like Wu Han and Gongsun Shu, the two real enemies who don't share the same sky, because Zhang Jiashi has influenced the trajectory of history, and the life path between them has also undergone tremendous changes.

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In the history known to Zhang Jiashi, Wu Han (?-44 years), the name Ziyan, Han nationality, Nanyang Wan County (now Nanyang City, Henan Province), the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the second of the 28 generals of Yuntai.

Wu Han once served as the pavilion chief of Wan County in the new dynasty, and later sold horses in Yuyang County. In the first year of the change (23 years), he was appointed as an order of peace. Later, he returned to Liu Xiu, and was named a general and a marquis. After that, Wu Han killed Miao Zeng and Xie Gong, pacified the peasant armies such as Tongma and Qingli, and assisted Liu Xiu in establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After Liu Xiu became emperor, Wu Han served as the Great Sima and the Marquis of Guangping, and successively swept away Liu Yong, Dong Xian, Gongsun Shu, Lu Fang and other separatist forces. After Wu Han's death, he was nicknamed Zhonghou.

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Wu Han was born in poverty and later became a pavilion chief in the county.

At the end of the New Dynasty, Wu Han fled to Yuyang County because of the illegal behavior of his guests, and took horse trading as a business, going back and forth to the land of swallow thistle (now northern Hebei and Beijing), and befriending heroes from all over the world. In the 23rd year (the first year of the change), Liu Xuan proclaimed himself emperor and sent an envoy Han Hong to recruit the prefectures and counties of Hebei. Someone told Han Hong: "Wu Ziyan is a strange man, you can plan things with him." Han Hong summoned Wu Han and held him very seriously, appointing him as the county magistrate of Anle County (near present-day Shunyi County, Beijing) in the name of Liu Xuan.

In the 24th year (the second year of the change), Wang Lang falsely claimed to be the son of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, started an incident in Handan, and sent people to Hebei to surrender, and Liu Xiu was also passing through Hebei at this time. Wu Han heard that Liu Xiu had the style of an elder, and decided to belong to him, and said to Yuyang Taishou Peng: "Yuyang, Shanggu Tuqi, famous all over the world. Why don't you gather the elite of the two counties and join Liu Gong to attack Handan, this is a rare merit. Although Peng Pet is willing, the officials and subordinates all want to belong to Wang Lang.

After Wu Han resigned, he saw a Confucian on the road, and the Confucian thought that where Liu Xiu had passed, the county would return to his heart. Wu Han deceived Liu Xiu into writing a letter, moved Yuyang, and asked Confucian to hand it over to Peng Chong, so that he could persuade Peng Pet what he heard, and Wu Han also followed him to Yuyang. Peng Pet thought so deeply and sent Wu Han and Shanggu generals to the south. Wu Han and others beheaded Wang Lang's generals along the way, and finally caught up with Liu Xiu in Guang'a (now east of Longyao County, Hebei). Liu Xiu appointed Wu Han as a partial general, so that he led the cavalry to besiege Handan, and after conquering Handan, he was given the title of Jiance Hou.

In order to replenish the source of troops, Liu Xiu prepared to go to Youzhou to recruit troops, but he was worried that the Youzhou Mumiao appointed by Liu Xuan had made an obstacle. In the evening, Deng Yu was summoned and asked who could complete the conscription task. Deng Yu recommended Wu Han and said: "His people are brave and resourceful, and few generals can reach them." "Liu Xiunai worshiped Wu Han as a general, and levied the cavalry of the ten counties of Youzhou with festivals. After Miao Zeng heard about it, he secretly deployed and ordered the counties not to send troops. Wu Han led an entourage of 20 people to Miaozeng's garrison (now Jixian County, Hebei). Miao Zeng thought that Wu Han was defenseless, so he personally went out of the city to greet him. Wu Han took advantage of his unpreparedness and ordered his entourage to kill him on the spot and seize his soldiers and horses. The counties of Youzhou were terrified, and they all obeyed the wind. Wu Han recruited all his troops to the south and joined Liu Xiu in Qingyang (now southeast of Qinghe County, Hebei).

When the generals saw that Wu Han's horses were very strong, they all thought that he would not give his troops to others. Wu Han returned to the shogunate and presented the list of soldiers, and all the generals requested that the soldiers be transferred to their command. Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I was afraid that he would not be willing to be with others before, why are there so many requests now?"

At first, Gengshi sent Shangshu Ling Xie to lead six generals to attack Wang Lang, and Liu Xiu arrived just in time to pacify Handan. Xie bowed to rob and plunder, Liu Xiu hated it deeply, although they were all in Handan, they were still divided into cities. Later, Xie Gong led tens of thousands of troops and returned to Tunye City (now south of Cixian County, Hebei). Liu Xiunan attacked the Qingcalf Peasant Army and asked Xie to stop the Youlai Peasant Army. After the Qingli army was defeated, the Youlai army really attacked and went north to Longxi Mountain. Xie bowed to the general Liu Qing and Wei Jun Taishou Chen Kang guarded Yecheng, and led the generals to attack the Youlai army. As a result, the Youlai army fought to the death and was defeated.

Liu Xiu took Xie to bow to the north and ordered Wu Han and Cen Peng to attack Yecheng. Wu Han sent people to persuade Chen Kang to surrender, and Chen Kang surrendered in Kaecheng and thanked his wife. Xie bowed and returned defeated, but he did not know that Chen Kang rebelled, and was killed by Wu Han after entering the city.

After that, Wu Han followed Liu Xiu to the north to attack the peasant armies of Tongma, Chonglian, and Gaohu, and often led the assault cavalry to charge. After Liu Xiu pacified Hebei, Wu Han persuaded him with the generals. After Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he appointed Sun Xian as the Great Sima according to the proverb, which led to the opposition of the ministers. Liu Xiu had to let the ministers nominate them, and the ministers all elected Wu Han and Jing Dan. Liu Xiu thought that Wu Han had the credit of "Zhu Miao Youzhou and Xie Shangshu", and named him the Great Sima, commanded the whole army, and even named the Marquis of Wuyang. Soon, Wu Han led Zhu Hu and other eleven generals to crusade against Zhu Kun and besiege Luoyang.

The corresponding record above shows that Wu Han was recommended by Deng Yu to Liu Xiu, and in history, the relationship between Deng Yu and Wu Han is quite good.

But in the subsequent historical descriptions, Wu Han and Kui Huan also fought with each other:

After the pacification of the Kwantung region, Kui was arrogant and opposed, and Liu Xiu ordered Wu Han to lead the army to guard Chang'an. In the 32nd year (the eighth year of Jianwu), Wu Han accompanied Liu Xiuxi to conquer Kui, and Cen Peng surrounded Kui in Xicheng, and the soldiers of Guanzhong counties were also transferred to besiege the city. Before Liu Xiudong returned, he warned Wu Handao: "The soldiers of the counties are sitting on food, and if they flee, they will be frustrated by the people, so they should be stopped." "Wu Han and the generals were outnumbered, and the soldiers of the counties were left to borrow their strength, so they did not obey the order. Later, there was a shortage of food, and the soldiers fled. The Kui Huan Department will patrol, and Zhou Zong also led the borrowed Shu soldiers to come to the rescue, and Wu Han finally retreated with no military rations.

In the 35th year (the eleventh year of Jianwu), Wu Han led the southern general Cen Peng to conquer Gongsun Shu from Jingzhou to Shu. After Cen Peng broke through Jingmen, he led the army commander into Shu. Wu Han stayed behind in Yiling, repaired boats and ships, and led 30,000 people to go west to the west. coincided with the assassination of Cen Peng, and Wu Han led his army. In 36 years (the twelfth year of Jianwu), Wu Han led his troops to fight with Gongsun Shu's generals Wei Ke and Gongsun Yong in Yufujin, broke the Shu army, and then went north to attack Wuyang, defeated the Shu general Shi Xing who came to the rescue, captured Guangdu, and approached Chengdu directly;

Liu Xiu once warned Wu Han: "Chengdu has more than 100,000 troops, and it should not be taken lightly." As long as you hold on to Guangdu, don't fight them when they come to attack. If they don't dare to attack, you move to force them to fight, and you must wait until they are exhausted before you can attack. Wu Han was eager to win, and led 20,000 troops to force Chengdu, relying on the river as a camp. Since stationed in Jiangbei, Liu Shang, the deputy general, led more than 10,000 people to guard the south of the Yangtze River, more than 20 miles apart, and built a pontoon bridge on the river bank as a liaison. Liu Xiu was shocked when he heard this, and sent an envoy to ask Wu Handao: "I have given you many orders, why did you get out of order when the matter came to an end? If the enemy army sends troops to contain you, and attacks Liu Shang with a large army, Liu Shang is broken, and you are defeated. Fortunately, it's okay now, you hurry up and bring your troops back to Guangdu. Before the edict arrived, Gongsun Shu had already sent Xie Feng and Yuan Ji to lead more than 100,000 troops to besiege Wu Han, and sent more than 10,000 people to attack Liu Shang, so that the two could not be saved.

Wu Han and Xie Feng fought for one day, and the army was defeated and returned to the camp, and the generals were summoned to speak: "Today, Liu Shang is surrounded by two places, and the situation is not accepted, and the disaster is immeasurable." If you want to dive into the south of the Yangtze River, you will still be in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will be able to control it. If we can work together, we will fight for ourselves, and great achievements will be achieved, but if not, we will be defeated. The chance of success or failure is here. "The generals promised. So he closed the camp for three days and did not come out, taking advantage of Xie Feng and others to be unprepared, he pulled out the camp at night and walked quickly to join the army with Liu Shang. Xie Feng and Yuan Ji hurriedly led their troops to pursue after discovering this, and Wu Han and others fought hard to meet the battle, defeated the Shu army, and beheaded Xie Feng and Yuan Ji.

After Wu Han returned to Guangdu, he left Liu Shang to refuse to tell his grandson, wrote a report to Liu Xiu, and condemned himself. Liu Xiu said: "It is very appropriate for you to return to Guangdu, Gongsun Shu will not dare to ignore Liu Shang and attack you." If he attacks Liu Shang first, you will lead all the cavalry to the enemy from Guangdu fifty miles, and just encounter his danger, you will definitely be able to break the Shu army. After that, the two armies fought fiercely between Guangdu and Chengdu, and the Han army won all eight battles and besieged Chengdu. Gongsun Shuzi led tens of thousands of people out of the city to fight, and Wu Han made the guards Gao Wu and Tang Han lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to charge into battle. The Shu soldiers were in chaos, Gao Wu rushed into the battle and stabbed Gongsun Shu, who returned to the city and died of his injuries. The next day, Gongsun Shu's general Yancen opened the city and surrendered. Wu Han led his troops into the city, released troops and plundered, exterminated the Gongsun Shu and Yancen families, burned down the palace, and killed the people. Liu Xiu was furious, severely condemned Wu Han, and accused the deputy general Liu Shang of losing the crime of hanging the people.

It should be noted that after Wu Han broke through Chengdu, he let his troops plunder, exterminated the Gongsun Shu and Yancen families, burned down the palace, and killed the people.

It can be said that Wu Han did this, and there was also some possibility of Mingzhe protecting himself, because Xiao He also did not hesitate to defile himself in order to protect himself.

After all, in terms of military affairs, Wu Han's previous achievements are second only to Liu Xiu and Deng Yu, if you add the merits of defeating Gongsun Shu, once Liu Xiu listens to some slanderous rumors about Wu Han, Wu Han may end miserably.

Of course, Cen Peng was assassinated by an assassin sent by Gongsun Shu and died, which may also be the reason why Wu Han did such a thing.

But no matter what, compared with the relevant records about Gongsun Shu, Wu Han's approach can be regarded as quite unkind.

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In the first three years (25 AD), after the defeat of the first emperor Liu Xuan, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was busy with Shandong affairs and did not have time to go west. Guanzhong Haojie Lu Kun and others often have tens of thousands of soldiers, do not know where they belong, and most of them go to Gongsun Shu, and Gongsun Shu worships them as generals. So he made a camp, rode on a chariot, practiced war and shooting, gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers, accumulated grain in Hanzhong, and built a palace in Nanzheng; and built a ten-story red building and a blue boat. Engrave the seal of the world's shepherds, and prepare the ministers and officials. The generals Li Yu and Cheng Wu led tens of thousands of troops out of Chencang and invaded Sanfu with Lü Kun. In the third year of Jianwu (27 AD), Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west, attacked Lü Kun and Li Yu in Chencang, defeated Lü Kun and Li Yu, and Lü Kun and Li Yu fled to Hanzhong. In the fifth year of Jianwu (29 AD), Yancen and Tian Rong were defeated by the Han soldiers, and Yancen and Tian Rongjun fled into Shu.

Yan Cen, the word Shuya, a native of Nanyang. At the beginning of the army, Hanzhong was possessed, and the army was in Guanxi, and the Guanxi was scattered, and then went to Nanyang, occupying several counties. Tian Rong, a native of Runan, first raised troops in Yiling, but then invaded the county and grew to tens of thousands. Yan Cen and Tian Rong both joined Qin Feng, and Qin Feng married his daughter to Yan Cen and Tian Rong as his wife. Later, Qin Feng failed, and Yan Cen and Tian Rong both surrendered to Gongsun Shu. Gongsun Shu took Yancen as the great Sima, named the king of Runing, and sealed Tian Rong as the king of Yijiang.

In the sixth year of Jianwu (30 AD), Gongsun Shu sent Tian Rong and the general out of Jiangguan (now the south bank of Kuimen), and went down to the Fu and Yiling to recruit his old people, so he wanted to capture the counties of Jingzhou, but failed to conquer them.

At that time, Gongsun Shu abolished copper coins and placed iron officials to mint money, and the currency in the hands of the people could not be circulated. The Shuzhong nursery rhyme says: "The ox has a white belly, and five baht should be restored." People who do good things whisper that Wang Mang is called "Huang", and Gongsun Shu calls himself "Bai", five baht money, which is a Han product, and says that the world is in charge and returns Liu. Gongsun Shu also likes to quote the book absurdly. I thought that Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and cut off the twelve dukes for the red system, indicating that 12 generations have passed from Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, and the calendar has been completed, and a surname can no longer be appointed as the emperor. He also quoted the "Recording and Transportation Law" and said: "Abolish Emperor Chang and establish a grandson." "The Elephant of the Ground" said: "Emperor Xuanyuan was ordered, and Gongsun held it." "The Deed of Aiding God" said: "West Taishou, Yi Mao Jin." "It is said that the West is too conservative and the Jin Liu family is overwhelmed. The luck of the five virtues, Huang Chengchi and white followed Huang, Jin according to the West for Baide, and on behalf of the Wang, get the right order. He also said that his hand tattoo was strange, and he was able to build a Yuan Longxing Rui. Several times these things were moved to the original book, hoping to confuse the hearts of the people.

Emperor Guangwu was worried, so he wrote to Gongsun and said: "The 'Gongsun' mentioned in the diagram is Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. You are not my chaotic minister and thief, everyone wants to be the emperor when he is in a hurry, and there is no blame for it. The sun and the moon have passed away, and your wife and children are weak, so you should have made a plan as early as possible, and you can have no worries. The throne of the Son of Heaven is inextricably linked, and you should think twice. Signed "Emperor Gongsun". Gongsun Shu did not reply.

It can be seen from the letters of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to Gongsun Shu that Gongsun Shu's family is relatively weak, although Gongsun Shu is said to be the emperor, but his subordinates are relatively stronger than his children.

In other words, Liu Xiu thought that once the very old Gongsun Shu had a good character, it would be difficult for his children to control the arrogant soldiers under his command.

It can be seen that the clansmen of Gongsun Shu, especially the children of Gongsun Shu, could hardly threaten the rule of the Eastern Han court.

However, out of many considerations, Wu Han finally chose to punish Gongsun Shu.

Of course, it is very likely that this clan only refers to the immediate family members of Gongsun Shu, such as the three or five clans. But it is also possible that Gongsun Shu's family in the palace was basically slaughtered.

After all, with Wu Han's means, the latter is not impossible.

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