The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 773 Liu Zhan's Rebellion
In November in the border town, it was raining and snowing.Yuan Rong has strict orders, and the men and horses are light and fat.The Qiang and Hu have endless days, when will they return from the battle.

——"Miscellaneous Songs and Songs Five Songs of Jimen Xing" Gao Shi (Tang Dynasty)
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At the beginning of November of the first year of Shangyuan, after a period of intensive and careful planning, Liu Zhan led [-] troops from his descendants, surrounded by envoys from various prefectures and counties, to march towards Guangling.

Shoot yourself in the foot.It wasn't until this moment that Xing Yanen realized what a stupid mistake he had made.

Xing Yanen panicked and galloped through the starry night. He rushed to Guangling ahead of Liu Zhan's army.

Li Yao and Deng Jingshan spread a message to all states and counties under their jurisdiction, announcing that Liu Zhan had rebelled.

However, at the same moment, Liu Zhan, the new governor of the Jianghuai River, also issued a similar appeal to the states and counties, announcing that Li Yao and Deng Jingshan would rebel against the imperial order.

Facing the two almost identical proclamations, officials in various states and counties were suddenly dumbfounded and at a loss as to what to do.

The old and new Jianghuai governors each declared that the other party was rebelling. Who can represent the Li and Tang courts?Whom should I listen to?
Li Yao and Deng Jingshan were unable to get off the tiger, so they could only hastily gather troops under their command, lead their own troops, and stationed in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and Xucheng (northwest of Xuyi County, Jiangsu today), forming a corner and waiting for it.

After Li Yao crossed the Yangtze River south, he stationed in Jingkou (the city where the government of Runzhou is located) with Wei Xuan, the prefect of Runzhou (now ZJ City, Jiangsu Province), and Hou Lingyi, the Jiedu envoy of the Western Zhejiang Theater.

Liu Zhan marched concurrently. After the army arrived in Xucheng, Deng Jingshan occupied the city and could not leave.

With Liu Zhan's military power, defeating Li Yao and Deng Jingshan was as easy as pie.But under the suggestion of general Zhang Jingchao, Liu Zhan decided to use Yang to solve the conspiracy and play a good game of cat and mouse.

Liu Zhan sent an envoy to question Deng Jingshan on the spot: "This commander came to take up the post according to the order, and you, Deng Jingshan mobilized the army and sent troops to defend. Is this a rebellion?"

Seeing that Deng Jingshan didn't reply, Liu Zhan put on his clothes and went into battle himself.

Liu Zhan came to the base of the city with the seal and talisman in his hand, and shouted to the guards: "You are all Tang soldiers, how can you disobey the imperial order and serve the traitor Deng Jingshan?

Quickly open the city, I will let the past go! "

Just when Liu Zhan raised his gun and leaped to call the city, Xing Yanen, who made a big mistake, was in Deng Jingshan's barracks, looking embarrassed and ashamed.

The city guards were infected by Liu Zhan's tearful performance. They looked at Deng Jingshan and Liu Zhan, at a loss as to what to do.All the generals whispered to each other and talked a lot.

Liu Zhan was really old-fashioned. Seeing this scene, he knew that the morale of the army was not stable.After teasing Xing Yanen and Deng Jingshan, Liu Zhan quickly ordered Sun Daifeng and Zhang Falei to attack the city.

Sure enough, the defenders had no intention of fighting.As soon as the two armies fought, Deng Jingshan's soldiers collapsed at the touch of a touch.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Deng Jingshan and Xing Yanen abandoned the city in a hurry and fled to Shouzhou (now AH Shou County).

Liu Zhanbing took Guangling without bloodshed, and then sent his general Qu Tu Xiaobiao (Qu Tu, surnamed Fu) with 3000 soldiers to Haozhou (northeast of Fengyang County, AH Province near Huaiguan), Chu State (HA City, JS Province) marched.

Liu Zhan also sent his general Wang Jun to lead 4000 soldiers to attack Huaixi (the upper reaches of the Huaihe River) and other places.

Li Yao was alarmed when he heard that Guangling had fallen, so he urgently dispatched troops to Beigu Mountain (north of ZJ City, JS Province) north of Runzhou, blocked the Yangtze River port with a wooden fence, and approached Guangling.

Liu Zhan immediately sent troops to Baisha (Yizheng City, JS Province) to deploy suspicious soldiers around Guazhou (a small island in the south of the Yangtze River in YZ City, JS Province). attitude.

Li Yao's army was terrified when they heard the news, and hurriedly retracted the defense line, gathered all the elites, and firmly defended Beigu Mountain.

Just when Li Yao was guarding the mouth of the capital tightly, and it was hard to sleep and eat, Liu Zhan had personally led the main force to detour, cross the Yangtze River from the upper reaches, cross the river to make a surprise attack, and captured Xiashu (North Yangtze River Ferry, Jurong City, JS Province) in one fell swoop.All of a sudden, the retreat of Li Yao's army was cut off, forming a situation of catching a turtle in a urn.

There is no way out, only a dead end.The soldiers under Li Yao's command were in an uproar immediately, knowing that something was wrong, they scattered and were defeated before Liu Zhan came to attack.

Li Yao was panicked and had no choice but to flee to Xuancheng (now AH Xuanzhou City) with hundreds of soldiers.

On the eighth day of November, Liu Zhan pursued the victory and took Runzhou in one fell swoop.

On the same day, [-] Tang troops stationed in Shengzhou (now NJ City, Jiangsu Province) suddenly mutinied and turned against Liu Zhan.Hou Lingyi, the Jiedu envoy of the western Zhejiang theater, abandoned the city and fled, entrusting the responsibility of defending the city against the enemy to Jiang Changqun, the army envoy.Jiang Luqun, the envoy of soldiers and horses, saw that the general situation was over, so he sent his general Zong Xi to meet Liu Zhan and surrender in Kaesong.

On the tenth day of November, Liu Zhan occupied Shengzhou. He appointed Zongxi as Sima of Runzhou and commander of Danyang Army, Jiang Changqun as prefect of Shengzhou, and Liu Boying, nephew of Liu Zhan, as Jiang Changqun's deputy.

In December, Liu Zhan sent generals Fu Ziang and Zong Xi to attack Xuanzhou, where Li Yao lived. Zheng Jiongzhi, the governor of the Xuanshe war zone, abandoned the city and fled without a fight.Like a dog in mourning, Li Yao fled to Hongzhou (now NC City, Jiangxi Province) in the midst of chaos.

In the following period of time, the originally peaceful and prosperous Jianghuai area encountered an unprecedented catastrophe.At the point of Liu Zhan's rebel soldiers, Tang Guan fled.Suzhou, Huzhou, Changzhou and other places fell one after another.

Liu Zhan's general Zhang Jingchao occupied Suzhou, and Sun Daifeng captured Huzhou (HZ City, ZJ Province).Liu Zhan ordered Xu Yi to be the prefect of Runzhou, Li Ke to be the prefect of Changzhou (CZ City, JS Province), Yang Chibi to be the prefect of Suzhou, Sun Daifeng to be the prefect of Huzhou, and Li Huang to be the prefect of Sizhou (the north bank of the Huaihe River in Xuyi County, JS Province). The prefect and Zong Xi are the prefects of Xuanzhou.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhan's rebel army divided into two groups and advanced steadily:

On South Road, General Fu Ziang garrisoned Nanling (now AH Nanling County), preparing to go south to attack Jiangzhou (now JJ City, Jiangxi), and then seize Jiangnan West Road (now JX Province);

On the North Road, Qu Tu Xiaobiao captured Haozhou (now near Huaiguan in the northeast of Fengyang County in AH), Chuzhou (now HA City in Jiangsu); Wang Jun captured Shuzhou (now Qianshan City in AH), Hezhou (now AH and County), Chuzhou (now AHCZ City), Luzhou (now AHHF City) and other places.

In just two months, Liu Zhan's rebel army assembled a total of 1 infantry and 3000 cavalry, sweeping across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, as if entering a land of no one...

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Regarding how to suppress the rebellion, the court was arguing endlessly, and the quarrel became a pot of porridge.

After retiring from the court, Bai Fu returned to the mansion and ordered people to invite Iron Hammer, Lone Wolf, Xiucai and others to the mansion to discuss matters.

While waiting for everyone, Bai Fu looked at the large Jianghuai map hanging on the wall, thinking about everything, and stood there for a long time.

After the generals arrived, they didn't dare to disturb Bai Fu, and they didn't enter the meeting hall until Bai Fu returned to drink tea on the couch.

Bai Fu briefly described the situation on the Jianghuai battlefield.

All of them were scouts, and they paid the most attention to military reports. Before that, they had heard a lot about the Jianghuai Rebellion.After Bai Fu's narration, he already had a preliminary insight.

Bai Fu said to the generals: "Your Majesty wants me to go to Jianghuai to lead the troops and put down the chaos in Jianghuai."

The lone wolf said: "Jianghuai is a tax-heavy place in the Tang Dynasty, and it is related to the overall situation of countering the rebellion. It is of great importance, so Your Majesty let you collect it yourself, right?
The things about Chang'an Chaotang are really annoying.Since the white dragon is allowed to lead the army, why not take the opportunity to flatten the Jianghuai River and occupy Jinling? "

Iron Hammer said: "Guo Linggong is guarding Binzhou (now Binzhou City, Shaanxi Province). He is called to defend the Dangxiang tribe, but he is actually at home. Why don't you ask Guo Linggong to go out? Is it possible that the old Linggong is still responsible for the battle of Yecheng?"

Everyone couldn't help but sigh when they thought that Guo Ziyi had great ambitions and devoted himself to serving the country but received such a cold reception.

Tang Huan spoke bluntly, and said: "General, Liu Zhan is just an ordinary general of the Tang army, and he has no outstanding military achievements, so what is there to be afraid of?
Let Yuchi Hussars and Li Fei Shubao lead the army, and they can be pacified, so why bother with the general. "

Bai Fu smiled, and said to Tang Huan, "I really didn't take Liu Zhan seriously. But the Jianghuai Rebellion was definitely not as simple as Liu Zhan' holding troops in Henan and harboring different ambitions."

I suspect that there are inner ghosts who are instigating and instigating, cooperating vertically and horizontally, jointly composing and influencing His Majesty's attitude and strategy towards Liu Zhan.

Liu Zhan's rebellion is likely to be a fire oil barrel. If it is not handled carefully, it will definitely bring disaster to the people of Jianghuai. "

(End of this chapter)