Chapter Twenty-Eight: Xingbu Died in Battle
What you are afraid of, there will be.
Just a few days after Changsun Sheng returned home, the news came that Yang Liang, the king of Han, had rebelled.
I didn't expect things to go so fast and so suddenly.
The life of the eldest grandson Wunai also hung by a thread with the rebellion of the King of Han, and it was in danger.
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Why did Yang Liang, the king of Han, raise troops so quickly?
It turned out that after the death of Emperor Wen of Sui, before it was announced to the public, Yang Guang sent the chariot general Qu Tutong to summon Yang Liang to Beijing with an edict printed with the jade seal of Emperor Wen.
Before Emperor Wen of Sui was alive, he had a secret agreement with Yang Liang. He once said to Yang Liang:
"If the seal book summons you to Beijing, add a little more next to the word 'edict', and you can answer the call."
Yang Liang saw the edict sent by Qu Tutong, and there was no additional point next to the word "edict", so he knew that something was wrong.
He interrogated Qu Tutong, who flickered and did not explain what was going on.
Yang Liang had deeper doubts, and decided not to enter Beijing first, let Qu Tutong return to Chang'an alone, and then send someone to Chang'an to inquire about the news.
Bad news came from Chang'an one by one, first the death of Emperor Wen of Sui, and then the death of Yang Yong and Princess Lanling.
Yang Liang expected that Yang Guang would clean up next.
He decided to rebel.
Sima Huangfu, the head of the palace, earnestly advised Yang to forgive.
Yang Liang didn't listen and put Huangfu in prison.
Yang Liang had made up his mind, so he set up troops under the banner of "Yang Su rebelled and killed Yang Su".
Of the fifty-two states under its jurisdiction, nineteen of them followed.
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The news of Yang Liang's army reached Chang'an, and Yang Guang convened Yang Su, Changsun Sheng and others in the Daxing Hall to discuss countermeasures.
Changsun Sheng knew that Yang Liang's rebels were a rabble, and they would not succeed in a big event, and they would be defeated sooner or later. secretly plotted to let the eldest grandson Wunai take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, or he could be blessed by misfortune.
Changsun Sheng offered a plan to Yang Guang: "It is necessary to form an encirclement of Yang Liang's rebels in order to quickly destroy the rebels." In the west and northwest, Li Jing, the governor of Daizhou, sent troops to resist the enemy; In the south, Yang Su led the army as the main attack, blocking the route of the rebels to Chang'an; The eastern and northeastern states sent people to occupy Xiangzhou and Youzhou, while the eastern states were still waiting and watching, and they wanted to cut off the communication between the rebels and the eastern side to prevent other states from taking the opportunity to rebel again. ”
Yang Su recommended that Changsun Sheng and Li Zixiong fight together in the east, defend Xiangzhou and Youzhou, stabilize the situation and then lead the troops westward, and the situation can be formed on all sides.
Yang Guang agreed with the suggestions of Changsun Sheng and Yang Su, and immediately issued an edict: Li Jing, the governor of Daizhou, was ordered to send troops to defend the west of Kunshan and the north to Huaishuo; Yang Su led an army of 100,000 to attack the rebels in the north.
Ren Changsun Sheng was the assassin of Xiangzhou, and Li Zixiong was the assassin of Guangzhou to take over Youzhou, and the two of them sent troops east of Kunshan to attack the rebels in the east.
Changsun Sheng resigned because his son Changsun Wunai was among the rebels.
Yang Guangdao: "Qing can understand the difficulties of the country, and will not damage the country's righteousness because of his son. ”
Changsun Sheng had no choice but to kowtow to receive the order, and said to Yang Guang: "My son Buxing is not sincere in rebelling with Yang Liang, and he has secretly sent back the letter, and I am willing to take the opportunity to do it anyway." ”
Yang Guangdao: "I am convinced of the loyalty of the eldest grandson family, Xianzhou assassin Dou Lu Xian played to report to me, and his brother Dou Lu Yu is also willing to do internal response, I have secretly ordered him to see the opportunity to act." The general can tell Xingbu to unite with Dou Luyu. ”
The eldest grandson Sheng promised to follow the plan.
Dou Lu Yu is the second brother of Princess Han, and he secretly contacted his eldest brother Xianzhou Thorn Shi Dou Lu Xian.
Dou Lu Xian reported to Yang Guang: "Dou Lu Yu was forced by the ferocity of rebellion, and he couldn't be autonomous, so he pretended to follow. I asked to lead the troops and join Dou Luyu inside and out. ”
Yang Guang agreed to the Doulu brothers' plan.
Dou Luxian secretly sent his family to deliver the edict to Dou Luyu's residence.
When Changsun Sheng received the appointment, he immediately revised the letter and sent someone to send it to Bingzhou, sneaked into the city and handed it over to Changsun Wunai.
The letter roughly stated Yang Guang's plan to exterminate the rebels, and asked him to contact Dou Luyu to discuss contingencies.
After proper arrangement, Changsun Sheng went to Xiangzhou to rectify the local soldiers and horses and prepare for the west.
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After Yang Liang raised his troops, he discussed with everyone how to send troops, and his subordinates all believed that the generals and officials of the Han Dynasty and their families were all in the capital and its surroundings, and they should drive straight into Kyoto, causing a thunderous situation.
In this way, the Beijing division was shaken, Yang Guang did not have time to mobilize the army, and the top and bottom were suspicious of each other, and the minister was shocked. The army of the king of Han is approaching the city, and the overall situation can be determined within ten days.
If the battle was indecisive for a long time, Yang Guang was given a chance to breathe, and he was able to mobilize troops and horses from all over the country to form a joint siege against the state, the situation would be very unfavorable to the Han king. Yang Guang may have taken the family members of King Han as hostages, causing the centrifugal of the soldiers to affect the morale of the army.
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Yang Liang decided to make a quick decision.
The army was led by Pei Wenan and went straight to the Beijing Division.
In addition, the four-way army was sent out of Taigu, Fukou, Jingcheng and Yanmen.
He led the Chinese army out of Jiezhou.
Liudou Lu Yu and Zhu Tao guarded and merged the state.
Pei Wen'an led the army that smashed the Beijing division to win the victory, successfully took Puzhou, and then continued to move forward.
But just more than 100 miles out of Pujin, Yang Liang ordered Pei Wen'an's army to retreat and let him hold on to Puzhou.
It turned out that something big had happened in the state.
After receiving the letter from Changsun Sheng, Changsun Wunai immediately found Dou Luyu to discuss countermeasures.
Dou Luyu said: "After the Han King's army sets off, Yang Liang will leave Bingzhou with the army, and I will definitely be sent to stay behind when the time comes." I will ask Yang Liang to let him keep you too, and we can take advantage of the emptiness in the city to take the opportunity to take the city of Bingzhou.
Sure enough, when Yang Liang was leaving, he asked Dou Luyu and Zhu Tao to guard and merge the state.
Dou Luyu asked to let the eldest grandson Wunai stay, and Yang Liang agreed.
After Yang Liang left the state, Dou Luyu and the eldest grandson Wunai called Zhu Tao to Dou Luyu's residence and said to him: "Yang Liang, the king of Han, has constituted the crime of rebellion and is doomed to failure. We will be implicated in the crime of extermination, and you and I should resist Yang forgiveness anyway. ”
Zhu Tao was shocked: "The King of Han entrusted us with a big matter, how can you say such a thing?" ”
After that, he was leaving.
Dou Luyu and the eldest grandson Wunai killed Zhu Tao on the spot.
They released Huangfu from prison and closed the city gates to resist Yang Liang.
Someone in Bingzhou City flew to report to Yang Liang, saying that Dou Luyu, Changsun Wunai and others had rebelled, and Bingzhou had been lost.
Bingzhou is Yang Liang's old nest, military resources and family are all in Bingzhou, losing the state is equivalent to breaking Yang Liang's foundation, how can he not be shocked?
Yang Liang ordered Pei Wen'an's army to return and retreat to hold Puzhou.
Taking advantage of the fact that Dou Luyu, Changsun Wunai and others had not yet been fully deployed, Yang Liang personally led the army to attack and merge the state.
When Dou Luyu saw Yang Liang leading the army to come, he coaxed the defenders of Bingzhou and said: "This is a thief army!" ”
Yang Liang attacked the south city gate, and the people guarding the south city gate did not know Yang Liang, so they shot with bows and arrows, and arrows rained down.
Yang Liang couldn't attack it for a long time, so he turned to attack the West City Gate.
The guards at the west gate knew Yang Liang, so they opened the city gate and let Yang Liang enter the city.
Dou Luyu, Huangfu Dan and the eldest grandson Wunai and others were finally outnumbered, and they all died in battle.
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Dou Luyu, Changsun Wunai and others, although they did not hold the annex state, but in the process of suppressing the Han rebels, they played a decisive role.
Due to the changes in the annexation of the state, the speed of the Han Dynasty's army to Chang'an was delayed.
Mobilize troops for Yang Guang and encircle the army of Yang Liang, the king of Han, and gain time.
The five-way army of the Han Dynasty did not achieve the predetermined strategic goals.
In September, the Han king Yang Liang's five-way army was completely defeated.
Yang Liang retreated to Jinyang.
Yang Su marched to besiege Jinyang.
Yang Liang saw that the general trend had gone, and he was helpless, so he had to surrender to Yang Su.
Yang Liang was escorted to Beijing, and the ministers proposed that Yang Liang, the king of Han, should be executed, but Yang Guang did not agree, demoted him to a concubine, and removed him from the clan.
Yang Liang's officials and subjects were implicated and convicted, and more than 200,000 families were executed and exiled.
The eldest grandson has no merit due to his internal merits, and the eldest grandson's family has not been implicated.
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The autumn breeze in September is bleak.
The frost has passed, and the dead leaves are torn by the autumn wind, and they can no longer hold on to the branches, so they have no choice but to fall to the ground.
In the immediate aftermath of the war, there were few pedestrians on the streets, and many homes were closed.
The rich family, either went out to escape the war, or was implicated in the rebellion of the King of Han and was raided and destroyed.
Changsun Sheng had already learned the news that Changsun Wunai had died in battle.
As soon as the war ended, he rushed from Xiangzhou to Bingzhou to find the whereabouts of his son's body.
Lu Fangzhuo, the defender who took over the defense and annexed the state, told Changsun Sheng about the situation of the battle at that time.
Listening to the people in the city, the two sides were at the intersection of the cross street that day, and there was a scuffle, and the eldest grandson Wunai and others died in the battle because they were outnumbered.
After the end of the battle, Yang Liang, the king of Han, came to the scene, saw the corpses of Dou Luyu and others and was very angry, took the spear from the hands of the soldiers, and stabbed Dou Luyu a few more times, shouting while piercing: "Wait for me to do a big thing!" ”
Ordered his soldiers to find a place and dig a big pit and bury it.
The soldiers of the Han King who participated at that time have now fled in all directions.
So far, no one knows where the eldest grandson Wunai and others are buried.
Lu Fangzhuo took the eldest Sun Sheng to the intersection where the fighting took place at that time.
More than a month has passed, and there are no traces of the fight between the two sides at that time, but the blue bricks on the ground are still soaked with dark blood stains.
Changsun Sheng has experienced a hundred battles and experienced countless battles,
Death on the battlefield has become commonplace,
Sometimes, in the face of a cold corpse,
In his consciousness, it was even just a number, a number that didn't contain any emotion.
However, this time, looking at the dark blood stains on the green bricks, Changsun Sheng looked stunned.
The blood may have come out of the body of his own son.
In his impression, the eldest grandson Wunai still exists alive.
His voice and smile came to life in Changsun Sheng's mind, as if he was standing in front of Changsun Sheng and looking at him and laughing.
A life was gone, and that was his son, a son he had watched grow from a baby waiting to be fed.
Changsun Sheng suddenly felt that life was too easy to lose, and once it was lost, it was impossible to get it back.
He couldn't believe it, his eldest son was gone, never to be seen again, not even his bones could be found, and it was difficult to keep even a green mound for his thoughts.
Seeing that Changsun Sheng was sad, Lu Fangzhuo comforted: "General, now that the war is over, the people are fleeing in fear, and when the situation is stable and order is restored, the people who have fled abroad will return to their hometowns, and then I will order someone to find out where the martyrs are buried." ”
"I wanted to dig such a big pit and bury many people in one place, it would definitely be a shock to the place at that time, and it wouldn't be too difficult to find. Besides, today's Supreme will reward meritorious deeds and praise martyrs, if even the remains of martyrs can't be found, wouldn't Lu deserve death? ”
Hearing what Lu Fangzhuo said, Changsun Sheng was also reasonable, and felt a little better in his heart, and said, "Then there is General Lao." ”