Chapter 92: The Great Pilgrimage 18

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c_t; If Zhang Jiashi knew what happened later, maybe he would take tough measures to deal with the remnants of the Six Kingdoms to prevent future troubles. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, the Wang family, which had formed certain hidden dangers at that time in the Great Qin Empire, and even threatened the power of the imperial family, was the descendant of Tian Qi, and it was said that it was the direct bloodline of Tian Jian, the king of Qi.

But there is no doubt that Zhang Jiashi did not know that such a situation would return to his own trajectory again under the wheel of history, and let the Wang family appear, naturally there was no way to deal with it.

Moreover, even if Zhang Jiashi knew this, he would not take any means, after all, Zhang Jiashi did not think that even if he strangled everything in the cradle or even wiped out his ancestors, he would not let the Great Qin Empire, which already had a big problem, be able to escape this catastrophe.

Besides, even if Zhang Jiashi strangled the ancestors of the Wang family, as long as the environment was suitable, the hidden danger of destroying one Wang family might appear in other powerful families. Zhang Jiashi is naturally very clear about this.

Since ancient times, it is more the times that make heroes, and it is not the heroes who make the times.

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The same is true for Wang Mang and the Wang family, in the original history, it was the Wang family who replaced the Han family, which then made the problems at the end of the Western Han Dynasty more acute, and these problems broke out together, and finally created a large-scale internal war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty.

And in this large-scale internal war, the people who rebelled against the new dynasty led by Wang Mang at the beginning were not Liu Xiu, who depended on the rise of the Green Forest Army, but Fan Chong, who started an incident in Shandong.

Fan Chong (?—27 A.D.), a native of Langxie (now Zhucheng, Shandong), was a famous peasant uprising leader and leader of the Red Mei Army in the last years of Xinmang.

In the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (9 AD), Wang Mang, the nephew of Wang Zhengjun, the empress of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, established a new dynasty on behalf of the Han Dynasty and began the famous cruel rule of Xin Mang in history. He implemented a series of so-called "new policies" such as the "Wang Tian system", the Wang Tian slave and maid policy, and the "five equals and six controls" law, intensifying social contradictions and increasing the burden on the people.

Wang Mang's tyranny hastened a series of peasant uprisings.

In the first year of Tianfeng (14 A.D.), Lu Mu, a native of Langxihaiqu (now Rizhao, Shandong), rebelled and gathered tens of thousands of people. In the fourth year of Tianfeng (17 A.D.), Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, people of Xinshi (now Beijing County, Hubei), revolted in the "Green Forest Army", and soon grew to 50,000 people.

Fan Chong also rose during this period of time, in the fifth year of Tianfeng (18 AD), Fan Chong gathered more than 100 people in Ju County (now Ju County, Shandong) in Chengyang State to revolt. He called himself the "Three Elders" and led his troops to fight in Mount Tai, constantly attacking the officers and soldiers, and the team grew to more than 10,000 people.

Soon, the Lang evil man Xiao An, the Donghai people Xu Xuan and others revolted one after another, led the team to join the army, and in less than a year, the uprising team led by Fan Chong expanded to tens of thousands of people. They laid down a simple and straightforward discipline: "Whoever kills dies, and whoever wounds repays the wounds"; They also did not have red tape, "bound by words, without documents, banners, ministrys, and orders", and the official positions and titles also followed the names of the lowest-level local officials in the Western Han Dynasty, "among them, the most venerable is called the three elders, the second engaged, the second is the history of death, and the general is called a giant." The simple and simple purpose of the peasant revolt was expressed.

After Fan Chong's uprising, he successively fought many battles with Wang Mang's Tantang Hou Tianqing, Taishi Xi Zhong Jingshang and other subordinates, destroying more than 10,000 enemies. In the second year of the emperor (21 years), Wang Mang sent Wang Kuang, the imperial master, and Lian Dan, the first general, to lead more than 100,000 officers and troops to encircle and suppress the rebel army. Fan Chong led his troops to meet the battle at Chengchang (present-day Dongpingxi, Shandong). Fearing that it would not be easy to identify the rebel army and the official army mixed together, Fan Chong ordered the rebel soldiers to dye their eyebrows red, and from then on, there was the "Red Eyebrow Army".

At that time, the Red Mei Army was strictly disciplined, but the official troops of Wang Kuang and Lian Dan were plundering the people everywhere, and the people in the Kanto region were all yearning for the Red Mei Army. After the two armies fought, the officers and troops of Wang Kuang and Lian Dan were beaten and fled, with more than 10,000 dead and wounded. The Red Mei army took advantage of the victory and pursued fiercely, and fought fiercely again in Wuyan (now Wenshangjing), killing Lian Dan, driving away Wang Kuang, and eliminating more than 100,000 official troops. After that, Fan Chong's army marched south, attacking Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu), Peijun (now Suixi, Anhui), Runan (now Shangcai, Henan), Chenliu (now Kaifeng, Henan) and other places. Then, it went east to Lucheng (now Qufu, Shandong) and west to Puyang (now Jinxian County, Henan). In the five years before and after, Fan Chong led the Red Mei Army to fight hard, basically eliminating the main forces of Wang Mang's new dynasty in East China and the Central Plains, and contributed to the overthrow of the new Mang dynasty.

Although it is said that the Green Forest Army at the same time as the Red Eyebrow Army and the new regime established by it were the biggest contributors to the demise of Wang Mang's new dynasty. But if it weren't for the appearance of the Red Eyebrow Army and the defeat of several main forces under Wang Mang's command, it is still unknown who will die in the Battle of Kunyang, not to mention that after that, the Green Forest Army broke through Chang'an (that is, Chang'an, after Wang Mang established a new dynasty, Chang'an was renamed Chang'an), and killed the Wang family led by Wang Mang and his henchmen.

In the same way, if it weren't for the appearance of Fan Chong and the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Xiu would have been very difficult to easily obtain the Hebei region and lay the foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After all, before the Battle of Kunyang, many of the new dynasty armies in Hebei had been defeated successively by Fan Chong's Red Eyebrow Army and the Hebei Righteous Army led by the Bronze Horse Army, which led to the rapid demise of the new dynasty's control in Hebei.

In the first year (23 years), Wang Mang's new dynasty fell, and Liu Xuan, the first emperor, ascended the throne and moved the capital to Luoyang under the support of the Green Forest Army. Soon, Liu Xuan sent envoys to recruit Fan Chong and the Red Eyebrow Army. Fan Chong expressed his attachment to the change of the original regime, and was enthroned as a marquis in Luoyang with more than 20 leaders of the Red Mei Army. The Red Mei Army also fought in conjunction with the Genshiguan Army, and won a series of great victories, expanding its strength to 30 battalions and more than 300,000 people.

However, as the regime was stabilized, Liu Xuan began to betray the peasant rebel army that supported him as emperor and sent troops to attack the rear of the Red Mei Army, and Fan Chongsui broke with Liu Xuan's regime. He decided to set up the 15-year-old Liu Penzi of the Han clan as the emperor and called himself the founder of the world. In the first three years (the first year of the founding of the world, 25 years), the Red Mei Army established a regime with Liu Penzi as the emperor, and Fan Chong was appointed as the imperial historian. In September of the same year, the Red Mei Army captured Chang'an (now Xi'an), overthrew Liu Xuan's regime, executed Liu Xuan, Liu Penzi entered Changle Palace, and Fan Chong led a million troops to guard the streets and alleys of Chang'an. For a time, the soldiers rejoiced, the people were inspired, and everywhere there was a scene of peace. However, this situation lasted only a short time.

Almost at the same time as the establishment of power by the Red Mei Army, Liu Xiu, a wealthy family of the Han Dynasty and Nanyang, also established the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as Emperor Guangwu. He not only vigorously entangled the landlords and aristocratic forces, but also divided and weakened the ranks of the peasant uprising. In the second year of Emperor Guangwu's establishment (26 years), under the blockade of Liu Xiu and the local nobles and the destruction of years of war, due to the attack of Liu Xuan's old department and Guanzhong's powerful armed forces, Chang'an was starved of food and the situation was difficult. Most of the soldiers of the Red Mei Army were from Shandong, and at this time they were homesick, and their discipline was becoming more and more lax, and accidents occurred one after another. In order to get out of the predicament, Fan Chong was forced to withdraw from Chang'an in December of the second year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (26 AD).

In December of the second year of Jianwu (26 AD), the Red Mei Army returned to Chang'an with only 200,000 people after continuous hard battles with the Han general Deng Yu, the Hanzhong County Shouyanling, and the general Li Baosuo of the first regime.

In the first month of the third year of Jianwu (27 AD), Deng Yu and Feng Yijun were defeated in Huxian County (now northwest of Lingbao, Henan) by feint defeat and lure the enemy. In March, Fan Chong led his army to Hu (now Lingbaojing, Henan) and Kundi (now Mianchijing, Henan), but was attacked by the generals Deng Yu and Feng Yi sent by Liu Xiu, and suffered heavy losses. Then, in Yiyang, it was intercepted by the army led by Liu Xiu himself, most of them were annihilated, Liu Penzi, Fan Chong and others were forced to surrender, and the resistance struggle of the Red Mei Army also failed. In the same year, Fan Chong and the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, Xiao An, and others revolted again, but they failed and were killed by Liu Xiu.

It can be said that Fan Chong can be regarded as a pivotal existence in the chaotic history of the New Dynasty. However, because of its relative lack of foresight, it did not have the thinking of establishing a fixed control area to develop forces, and in the early stage, it was even more mobile in its operations, which led to its lack of corresponding preparations in many aspects.

If Fan Chong adopts a steady combat policy, then it will be a great basis for change in the future.

Of course, the tactics of mobile warfare were not useless, and in many respects, if it had not been for Fan Chong's approach to mobile warfare, I am afraid that they would have lacked the strength to put up frontal resistance to the regular army of the new dynasty from the beginning, and would have ended up in a dismal end.

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And Fan Chong in this world is because of one of Wang Mang's henchmen, and the county guard of Qi County at that time decided to issue treasures in his jurisdiction because of currying favor with Wang Mang, and ended up with a miserable end of a broken family.

Because the actual value of the treasures is basically zero, Fan Chong, who was originally just a county school tutor, could not afford to use these treasures to buy rice and grain to support his family.

After a short but long three months, Fan Chong's wife, children, and even his elderly mother starved to death.

Although Fan Chong did not die in this great change, he defected to Dou Rong, the city guard of Jimo City, who had rebelled against the county guard of Qi County at that time, and joined the queue of rebellion against Wang Mang's tyranny.

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Dou Rong is also a famous historical minister, Liu Xiu has a very high evaluation of him: "Lao Zhen guards the five border counties, the soldiers and horses are strong, the warehouse is saved, the people are rich, the outside is frustrated by Qianghu, and the people are blessed inside." ”

Dou Rong (16 BC - 62 years), the word Zhou Gong. A native of Fufeng Pingling (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi). From the end of the new mang to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the warlord and the famous minister, the end of the new mang, from Wang Kuang to suppress the green forest, red eyebrows, and worship the general Boshui. Later, he returned to Liu Xuan and was the lieutenant of Zhangye's subordinate state. Liu Xuan was defeated and was promoted to the military of the five counties of Hexi, and the territory was self-protective.

Emperor Guangwu ascended the throne, and then decided to return to the Han Dynasty, appointed Liangzhou Mu, and sealed the Marquis of Feng. And "Dou Rong returned to Han" has also become a famous allusion in later generations. After entering the dynasty, he will be a general, and he will be a captain. In his later years, he was reprimanded for the indulgence of the children of the family.

In the fifth year of Yongping (62 years), Dou Rong died at the age of seventy-eight, and his nickname was "Dai".

And in history, Dou Rong was the founder of the famous Dou family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. If it weren't for Dou Rong's devotion to Liu Xiu, I'm afraid the glory of the Dou family would have lost a lot.

Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu's trust in Dou Rong, his official position continued to rise, and he successively served as Jizhou Mu, Da Sikong, and Wei Wei, ranking as the third duke. His sons and nephews also soared, his son Dou Mu married Princess Neihuang as his wife and served as the captain of the city gate; Dou Mu's son Dou Xun married Princess Xiangyang as his wife; Dou Rong's nephew Dou Gu married Princess Nieyang as his wife, and his father was the marquis of Huangmen, and later moved to Zhonglang General and Fengche Duwei. Dou Rong's cousin Dou Lin is the captain of the Qiang school and guards the border passes.

At that time, the first duke, two marquis, three princesses, and four people of the Dou family each had 2,000 stones, and thousands of slaves and maids were driven by them.

After Liu Xiu's son Liu Zhuang ascended the throne, he adopted a strict policy of suppressing the powerful clans, meritorious heroes and foreign relatives. First of all, Dou Rong's nephew Dou Lin, the captain of Huqiang, was convicted and sentenced, and Dou Rong was severely reprimanded by Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and was dismissed from the post of guard lieutenant and went home to recuperate.

At this time, his son Dou Mu still did not know the inspection, in order to satisfy his greed, he faked the will of the Empress Dowager Yin, colluded with the law enforcement officials, and occupied other people's fiefdoms. This year, Dou Rong died of illness, and Dou Mu and his son Dou Xun died in prison. The Dou family was dealt a heavy blow.

It wasn't until Dou Gu got the favor of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty that the Dou family improved again.

Dou Gu (?-88 years), the word Mengsun. A native of Pingling County, Fufeng County (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi). A famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the nephew of Dou Rong. When he was young, he was appointed as the squire of the Yellow Gate because he married Princess Nieyang, the daughter of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiunu, who was a good reader and loved the art of war. Hereditary father Xianqin marquis, once served as a Zhonglang general, and Ma Wu broke the burning Qiang. He was implicated in the wrongdoing of his cousin Dou Mu and was imprisoned for ten years.

If it weren't for Dou Gu being the brother-in-law of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid Dou Gu's punishment would not have been so light.

In the sixteenth year of Yongping (73 years), he was appointed as the commander of Fengche, and Geng Bing and others attacked the Northern Xiongnu in four ways, Dou Gu broke the king of Huyan in the Tianshan Mountains, and captured Yiwulu, set up the Yihe commander, and took Ban Chao as a fake Sima to envoy to the Western Regions, and finally reattached the countries of the Western Regions. In the following year, he led the army Geng Bing and others to defeat the Che Division, and suggested that the Western Regions Metropolitan Protector and Wuji Lieutenant be re-established, which opened the throat to the Western Regions.

After Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, he recruited Dou Gu as the Great Honglu, successively served as Guangluxun, Wei Wei and other positions, and the number of food towns increased to 1,300 households. In the second year of Zhanghe (88), Dou Gu died, and he was called Wen.

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