Chapter 105: The Great Changes in the Four Years of Jianxing
Chu Yun had already arranged the territory under his command, and with Liu Bi, a general with great military achievements, staying behind, Chu Yun was very relieved, and after meeting all the Wei generals, Chu Yun left directly with the 30,000 cavalry of the Iron and Blood Guard. Chu Yun would never have imagined that he would be gone for half a year. And he never imagined that when he left and came back this time, the whole world would be turned upside down.
Chu Yun took the Iron Blood Guard after a long journey to the grassland outside the Great Wall, ordinary people will be shocked by the vastness of the grassland when they first see it, but after watching it for a long time, they will not be interested, especially many times they can only look at the grass and the sun in the sky, this kind of boredom few people can bear.
Further north, walking through the fertile pastures formed by the Hu people for many years of grazing, they began to encounter new troubles. In many cases, the grasslands are not all grass, but there are a large number of dense forests and swamps, which are pregnant with great dangers. In just a few days, the Iron Blood Guard died dozens of people due to non-combat losses, Chu Yun called the guide over, and the guide told Chu Yun that there was at least half a month to go to the place where Guo Shuzi was besieged, and Chu Yun could only give an order to be careful and be more careful.
However, on the tenth day, the guide of the whole army was bitten by a poisonous snake, and when Chu Yun knew, the guide was already dead, and there were only two guides in the entire Iron Blood Guard, and the other had already been abandoned by Chu Yun because of inaccurate positioning. What made Chu Yun even more blind was that the Hu tribes near the Great Wall had been dealt with by Guo Shuzi, and they couldn't even find a living person, so they could only rely on that unreliable guide.
Don't look at the guides Chu Yun is looking for are all Hu people, but the Hu people inside the Great Wall and the Hu people outside the Great Wall are not the same concept, the Hu people inside the Great Wall are very sinicized, many of them were born in the area of the Han people, grew up in the area of the Han people, and have never been to the grassland outside the Great Wall.
Half a month later, Chu Yun looked at the guide who was kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy, and he was really completely speechless. They were completely led astray by the guide, and the grassland was full of similar scenery, which Chu Yun's memory could not distinguish, and the Iron Guards were completely lost in the grassland. Chu Yun kicked the weeping guide to the ground, and then walked in the direction of the sun towards what he thought was the northeast, which was more than a month.
And just as Chu Yun was wandering in the grasslands, Liu Kun's hardcore ally Dai Guo was in turmoil.
Many times the history is strikingly similar, just as Liu Bang doted on his youngest son and wanted to abolish the elder and young, the acting king Tuoba Yilu also favored the youngest son Tuoba Biyan. Tuoba was very handsome than Yanchang, similar to himself, and the more the king looked at it, the more he liked him and wanted him to be his heir, so he let his eldest son Tuoba Liuxiu go out to live in Tan Binh City, and deposed his mother. Tuoba Liuxiu is still relatively loyal, and even so, he did not resist.
Tuoba Liuxiu got a few horses, which could travel 500 miles a day, and Tuoba Yilu asked for the horses to give Tuoba Biyan. Tuoba Liuxiu's subordinates were all extremely angry. However, Tuoba Yilu didn't consider Tuoba Liuxiu's face at all, and continued to support his youngest son. This aroused the anger of Tuoba Liuxiu, but the acting king continued to move forward on the road of death.
Tuoba Liuxiu came to see the acting king, and the acting king Tuoba Yilu asked him to salute Tuoba Biyan, of course Tuoba Liuxiu didn't do it, how to say that he was also the eldest brother, how could he salute his younger brother. Tuoba Yilu had a plan, he let Tuoba Biyan take his chariot to go out on a parade, and he came to the site where Tuoba Liuxiu was stationed. Tuoba Liuxiu saw it from a distance, and thought it was Tuoba Yilu, so he bowed his head on the left side of the road and bowed down, and they all knelt down, but when he approached, it turned out to be Tuoba Biyan inside, and Tuoba Liuxiu walked away in shame and anger. Under the persuasion of his staff, Tuoba Liuxiu completely had the intention of rebellion, and Tuoba Yilu didn't know it.
Tuoba Yilu summoned his eldest son to come to visit, but Tuoba Liuxiu was afraid that he would be killed, so he did not dare to go. Tuoba Lu was furious, and actually led the army to crusade against Tuoba Liuxiu, Tuoba Yilu despised his eldest son very much, and did not bring many men and horses, and Tuoba Liuxiu had just led an army of 100,000 to beat the Huns, and his prestige was high, and Tuoba Yilu was defeated by Tuoba Liuxiu. Tuoba Yilu put on the clothes of the people and fled to the people, only to be recognized by a poor woman, who was captured by his eldest son.
Tuoba Yilu's failure was completely his own death, and since ancient times, there have been few people who have had a good end, not to mention the eldest son Tuoba Liuxiu and his own army. And the reason why Tuoba Yilu was betrayed by a woman is even simpler. After Tuoba Yilu became the acting king, the usage was severe, and many of the people of the tribes were convicted of violating the law. Anyone who delayed the deadline was put to death by the whole tribe, and sometimes they went to the execution ground with their families, and those who did not know the inside asked them, "Where are you going?" and they replied, "Go and receive the death penalty." No one dared to run away and hide. Because of the harsh usage, Tuoba Yilu was greatly discouraged, and the son of the poor woman was executed by Tuoba Yilu.
After Tuoba Yilu was caught by Tuoba Liuxiu, he still did not repent, and even ordered Tuoba Liuxiu to let him go, otherwise he would give him a good look. As a result, the back road of Tuoba Liuxiu was completely cut off, and Tuoba Liuxiu killed his father without doing anything. A generation of heroes Tuoba Yilu died at the hands of his son, and it can really be said that the world is impermanent.
Tuoba Yilu is handsome, intelligent, and courageous and strategic. And he was very good at using troops, and during his reign, he unified the western Xianbei, and more than 30 countries surrendered to him. And to assist Liu Kun and help the Han forces, he is a good friend of the Han people.
He defeated the Xiongnu army several times, saved the court from danger, and was named the acting king, Tuoba Xianbei's territory was also greatly expanded, Tuoba Xianbei dominated the north, became one of the best forces in the whole world, with hundreds of thousands of cavalry, no one dared to provoke.
It was such an eloquent man who died at the hands of his own son, and after his death, Tuoba Xianbei was in chaos. Tuoba Liuxiu did not have the ability of his own father, he was quickly slaughtered by his cousin Tuoba Pugen, Tuoba Pugen inherited the title of acting king, but died a few months later, Tuoba Xianbei had no leader who could convince the people, and this Xianbei tribe that dominated the north fell into a long-term turmoil. In history, the civil strife of Tuoba Xianbei lasted for several decades, until it was destroyed by the former Qin Fujian, and of course, in later generations, they appeared several powerful leaders and established the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was almost the same as the north.
After the civil strife in Tuoba Xianbei, the new and the old people in the tribe were suspicious of each other and continued to kill each other. Liu Kun was blessed by misfortune, and General Wei Xiong of Zuo and General Ji of Xinyi planned to defect to Liu Kun, so he said to everyone: "I heard that the old people are jealous of the new people and are strong and good at fighting, and they want to kill all the new people, what should I do?" The Jin people and the Wuhuan people were shocked and frightened, so Wei Xiong, Ji Tang and Liu Kun sent their son Liu Zun, who was here as a hostage, to lead the Jin people and the Wuhuan people with 30,000 families and 100,000 horses, cattle and sheep to join Liu Kun. Liu Kun was very happy and personally went to Pingcheng to comfort and accept them, and Liu Kun's army has been cheering up again.
Liu Kun's army had already been lost, and the return of the eldest son brought 30,000 households and nearly 100,000 people, all of whom were soldiers who followed the king to conquer the south and the north.
However, when Liu Kun was sharpening his knife, Shi Le took the lead in giving Liu Kun a slap, Shi Le had been attacking Youzhou for a long time, so he withdrew the army for repair, and after a year of rest, Shi Le's army finally recovered. Although Shile occupies a vast territory, turmoil and disasters are too frequent, which is why Shile can only fight steadily.
Shi Le secretly allied with Cao Wei in Qingzhou against the Xiongnu court, so that Liu Cong could only appease the two, and then after stabilizing the interior, he aimed his big knife at Liu Yan, who had been bothering him for several years, Liu Kun's nephew Liu Yan, who had been running around in Shile's territory all these years, and would make some trouble for Shile when he had the opportunity, but Shi Le just didn't find a chance to completely destroy Liu Yan. Of course, there is a reason why Shi Le gave Liu Kun face, after all, Shi Le still asked Liu Kun a few years ago, and Liu Kun is indeed extraordinary. Just like the year before last, when he attacked Wang Jun in Youzhou, Shi Le hoped that Liu Kun would not interfere, but Liu Kun was very face-saving but did not interfere. For example, last year, Liu Kun and Shi Le cooperated, and almost made the Iron Blood Army recover, if it weren't for Shi Le's forces, the Iron Blood Army might have been completely killed by both sides.
But there is no eternal cooperation between the two forces, just after Liu Kun consumed his strength in last year's war, Shi Le set his sights on Liu Kun, Liu Kun, who has no strength and has a huge territory, but Shi Le likes to deal with it the most.
However, because of the existence of Tuoba Xianbei and the Iron Blood Army, Shi Le did not dare to do it easily, but now that Tuoba Xianbei has fallen into civil strife, and the strength of the Iron Blood Army is restrained by the forces on the grassland, Shi Le can finally safely and boldly pull out Liu Yan's dog skin candy.
After careful planning, Shi Le sent his nephew Shi Hu to command tens of thousands of troops suddenly appeared in Xiaqiu to attack Liu Yan, Liu Yan couldn't resist in a hurry, so he had to ask for help from Duan Piyan, the assassin of Youzhou, after all, Duan's Xianbei snatched Youzhou from Shi Le, and Shi Le was on the same footing. Duan Piyan sent his younger brother Duan Wenyang to rescue Liu Yan, but as soon as he arrived, Shi Hu conquered Xiaqiu, Liu Yan fled to Duan Wenyang's army, Shi Hu and Duan Wenyang fought dozens of rounds and could not win, and because Shi Le had given a strict order, he could not stalemate with the Xianbei people, so Shi Hu killed all the Han people in Xiaqiu, and returned to Xiangguo with Liu Yan's younger brother Liu Qi, who was captured.
The most stubborn stinger in Shile was pulled out, and Liu Yan never came back again, and when the news reached Liu Kun's ears, Liu Kun, who felt betrayed, was furious, and he realized Chu Yun's mood when he was betrayed by him. Liu Kun always thought that Shi Le could be wooed, but the defeat of his nephew gave him a resounding slap in the face.
Shi Le did not stop after taking Liu Yan, he took advantage of the civil strife in Tuoba Xianbei to recover Changshan County, which was given to the former king by the Chang'an court, Shi Le completely included the entire Yizhou in his hands, and then he stationed troops in Changshan County to threaten Leping County, the east gate of the state, Leping was too guarded by Han and was shocked three times a day, and constantly asked Liu Kun for help.
And just after Shi Le made a move on Liu Kun, the Huns were not idle, when Liu Cong and others heard that the imperial brother was not dead, they were all stunned, many Hanchen who hoped for the imperial brother were overjoyed, and people continued to flee Pingyang and go to Anding County, where the imperial brother was located.
Liu Cong held an unprecedented court meeting and announced that the emperor's brother was dead, and that the Zhao king of Anding County was a conspiracy of the Chang'an court, and Liu Cong immediately announced an attack on Anding to prevent the emperor's brother from being used by villains after his death.
Liu Ji, who became the crown prince, rarely asked for his life to go on the expedition, but Liu Cong refused Liu Ji's request, after all, sending Liu Ji to go out in person didn't tell everyone that it was true that he was named the imperial brother of King Zhao by the Chang'an court?
And although Liu Yao's first two attacks on Chang'an failed, they were not without results, Feng Yijun, the gateway to Chang'an, has been beaten into a blank field, and the walls of each county have basically been scrapped, so whether it is through Feng Yijun to attack Beidi County, or directly attack Chang'an, it is possible.
Moreover, Liu Yao's two times of using troops to clean up a circle of hardcore supporters around Chang'an were almost done, and some of them were Chu Yun who helped a lot. Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, decided to reduce his support for Chang'an because of the consumption year after year. Xiliang Assassin Shi Zhang Yu and Liangzhou Xiping County Shou Zhu Hui were cut off from Beidi County, which was controlled by the Iron Army, and Anding County, which was controlled by the emperor's younger brother.
And Jiao Song, the former county guard of Anding County, and the supporters of the imperial court were all cleaned up by Chu Yun, and the supporters of the imperial court were not able to use their strength at all for one reason or another.
Jianxing four years, early summer.
Liu Yao commanded an army of 120,000 pretending to invade Chang'an, Chang'an gathered 30,000 troops under the leadership of Zuo Servant Ju Yun to meet the battle, Sima Bao and Liangzhou's materials were cut off, although there was tribute from the iron-blooded army, but the materials of the iron-blooded army were not blown by the wind, hundreds of thousands of Chang'an, the iron-blooded army alone was not enough, and Chu Yun didn't go to grab food with the Hu people on the grassland because of the materials?
The materials were insufficient, the personnel were few, Ju Yun's army was defeated in a battle, and the entire Yongzhou was panicked, Liu Yao swept around Chang'an, and captured Jianwei General Lu Chong, Liang Wei, a scattered cavalry servant, and Shaofu Huangfuyang. Liu Yao usually heard that Lu Chong was virtuous, so he wanted him to surrender, but Lu Chong refused to surrender and only wanted to die quickly, Liu Yao gave him a sword and asked him to commit suicide. Liang Wei's wife Xin's is beautiful, Liu Yao summoned her and planned to marry her, after all, Liu Yao is good at marrying a wife, and he also has a criminal record, isn't his current wife the queen of Emperor Jin Huai, the sheep queen?
The whole Chang'an was fluctuating from top to bottom, and the little emperor hoped to go to Qinzhou to find Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, for refuge, but Sima Bao's behavior of closing the road last year and watching the defeat of Chang'an deeply hurt the monarchs and ministers of Chang'an. Ju Yun told the little emperor that Sima Bao had different intentions and must not be gullible, so the little emperor could only cancel his own idea.
The imperial court began to ask for help as much as last year, the leader of the Iron Blood Army, Chu Yun, was not there, the court knew about it, and after the court's request for help arrived, the Iron Blood Army immediately sent the commander of the new second brigade, Zhao Sigu, to lead the new second brigade to rescue Chang'an. At the same time, the imperial court sent the scattered cavalry Chang Shi Hua Ji to recruit and supervise the troops of Jingzhao, Feng Yi, Hongnong, and Shangluo around Chang'an to rescue Chang'an, but they were also afraid of Liu Yao's troops, so they all stopped moving.
Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, also felt that his lips were cold, and he took the general Hu Song to rescue Chang'an, Hu Song just came to Lingtai and met with Liu Yao's partial division, and Hu Song's army attacked and defeated Liu Yao's partial division. However, Hu Song also had selfish intentions, he was worried that the revival of national prestige would make the power of Qu Yun and Suo stronger, so he led the troops of the counties in the west of the city to be stationed in the area north of Weishui and not advance.
And before that, Xiliang Zhang Yu also sent thousands of people to Chang'an, which should be all the support of Chang'an City.
However, Liu Yao put everyone aside, Liu Yao's army suddenly went north into Beidi County, the Iron Blood Army was shocked, the Iron Blood Army and the Huns after a few years, in a head-to-head battle, the two sides fought back and forth in Beidi County, and Chang'an, a seemingly undefended city, was ignored by both sides, and the Chang'an court was greatly relieved.