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Chapter 105 The Past of the Year (Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms)
After Shu Yuzhu's introduction, Liu Han learned about the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion and the kings during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

King Wu Liu Bi (son of Liu Zhong, the second brother of Liu Bang), King Liu Wu of Chu (grandson of Liu Jiao, the fourth brother of Han Emperor Liu Bang), King Liu Sui of Zhao (father is Liu You, the sixth son of Emperor Han Emperor).

There are seven kings in Qi: King Liu Jianglu of Qi, Liu Zhi, King of Jibei, Liu Xian, King of Sichuan, Liu Xiongqu, King of Jiaodong, Liu Xing, King of Jiaoxi, Liu Biguang, King of Jinan, and Liu Xi, King of Chengyang. (Six sons and one grandson of Liu Bang’s eldest son Liu Fei).

King Yan Liu Dingguo (grandson of Liu Bang's cousin Liu Ze), Dai Wang Liu Shen (grandson of Liu Bang, third son of Emperor Wen Liu Heng, brother of Emperor Jing Liu Qi, uncle of Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, and grandfather of Liu Han).

Liang Wang Liu Wu (the third son of Emperor Wen Liu Heng and the younger brother of Emperor Jing Liu Qi), King Liu Fa of Changsha (the sixth son of Emperor Jing Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty and the elder brother of Emperor Wu Liu Che of the Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Jing, the Changsha King of the Wu family had become the Liu family), King Liu Yu of Huaiyang (the fourth son of Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi).

Liu An, King of Huainan, Liu Ci, King of Hengshan, and Liu Bo, King of Lujiang (all three are sons of Liu Bang's son Liu Chang).

There are eighteen princes, big and small.

When Emperor Wen Liu Heng was in power, he allowed the people to mint coins and opened up the mountains, forests and rivers, which greatly improved people's livelihood.Minerals, fisheries, salt production, etc. have all been vigorously developed.

Of course, because of this policy, Wu immediately became the richest vassal state.

On the one hand, there are a large number of copper mines in Wu State that can cast copper coins, so that Wu State's copper coins can be circulated throughout the Western Han Dynasty.

On the other hand, Wu State Linhai can turn seawater into salt and sell it to all parts of the country.As a result, Wu's economy gradually became prosperous, and the people also supported Liu Bi very much.

In the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (155 BC), the reduction of vassal status officially began. The first was King Liu Wu of Chu. When he came to Chang'an to pay homage, Chao Cuo found an excuse, saying that he was secretly having sex while in mourning for Empress Dowager Bo. Therefore, the Donghai County of Chu State was reduced as punishment.

Later, Liu Xuan, the king of Jiaoxi, was reduced to six counties because of fraud in the sale of titles.King Liu Sui of Zhao was also reduced to Hejian County of Zhao State because of his crimes.

Anyway, if the superiors want to touch you, they will always find a reason. Not many princes have clean butts, and even those who do can smear you.

At this time, although the army had not yet been reduced to the state of Wu, Liu Bi knew that he was the one that Emperor Han Jing wanted to weaken most, so he began to make early plans.He personally went to Jiaoxi and secretly negotiated the rebellion with Liu Xuan, the king of Jiaoxi.

He promised that when the matter was completed, he would share the world equally with Liu Xun, the king of Jiaoxi. Liu Xun, the king of Jiaoxi, readily agreed and took the initiative to persuade other princes and kings to make an appointment to raise an army together.

Soon after, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to seize Wu King Liu Bi's Chaojun and Kuaiji counties.

In the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" written by later generations: "The old county of Yuzhang is the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu. The three rivers lead to the five lakes, and the wild thorns are controlled to lead Ouyue. The treasures are rich and natural, and the dragon's light shines. The ruins of Niu Dou; outstanding people, Xu Ru and Chen Fan's bed. Xiongzhou is foggy, and the stars are galloping..."

Among them, "Yuzhang Gujun" refers to the faulty county in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Near Nanchang today, "Dijie Henglu" is near the fiefdoms of Hengshan King Liu Ci and Lujiang King Liu Bo. In "Control the Barbarians and Lead Ouyue" 'Ouyue' refers to places like Dongou, Minyue and Nanyue.

King Wu Liu Bi had been waiting for this day. After receiving the edict, he immediately ordered that all officials sent by the court in Wu State who were less than [-] tons in size be killed.

Afterwards, all men in the Wu Kingdom aged over 14 and under 62 were called into the army, and a 20 rebel army was soon organized.

Why a man under 62?Because he himself was 62 years old at this time.

At the same time, he also sent people to establish alliances with the Xiongnu, Dongou, Minyue, Nanyue and other places, and agreed to fight against the Han together.

The princes and kings of the six countries including Chu King Liu Wu, Zhao King Liu Sui, Jiaoxi King Liu Xian, Jinan King Liu Biguang, Sichuan King Liu Xian, Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu and other six countries also successively announced to join Liu Bi's camp.

At this point, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion officially began.

In 154 BC, the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, King Wu Liu Bi united with six other kings to launch a rebellion in the name of punishing Chao Cuo, which was known as the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in history.

In fact, it was originally supposed to be the Nine Kingdoms Rebellion, but before sending troops, Jibei King Liu Zhi was kidnapped by Lang Zhongling and was unable to participate in the rebellion.King Liu Jianglu of Qi suddenly repented and withdrew from the rebellion.

King Liu Xing of Jiaoxi informed Wu King Liu Bi and asked the Wu-Chu coalition to send troops first.Several princes and kings from Qi first united to destroy Qi, and then came to join forces with the Wu-Chu coalition.

Therefore, Liu Bi raised troops from the State of Wu, placed the granary in Dongyang in Huainan, led his army to cross the Huaihe River westward, joined the Chu army, and then attacked Liang State together.

King Liang Liu Wu is the younger brother of Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi. This Liu Bi is not Liu Bang's son, but the son of Liu Bang's brother. Why should he steal his brother's kingdom?
Besides, he commanded more than forty cities and lived in the most blessed place in the world. His mother, Empress Dowager Dou, liked him very much and wanted to make him the emperor's heir.

It was not just his mother. At that time, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty had not yet established a prince. The year before last, he entered the palace and had a banquet with Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. During the chat, his brother also said: "After my long life, I will pass on you, the King of Liang."

Liu Wu declined humbly. Although he knew that this was not true, he was secretly happy in his heart. Both his eldest brother and his mother said so, and there was hope for the throne.

It can only be said that the cakes painted by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty were large and round. This is the same as the later Emperor Yongle's painting of cakes for his son, the King of Han. "My son is so sick, you should encourage him!"

Perhaps because he felt that he had a chance to become emperor, his will to resist was very strong.

However, the Wu-Chu coalition troops were outnumbered. After repeated fierce attacks, they finally defeated Liang Jun at Jibi, and Liang Jun had to retreat to the capital Suiyang.

At this time, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and Chao Cuo were completely panicked. They did not expect that the consequences of cutting down the vassal would be so serious. If this was not done well, the country would be in danger of overturning at any time. It was much more dangerous than when Zhu Yunwen faced Zhu Di in later generations. .

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty asked Chao Cuo, "Ai Qing, what should I do now?"

Good guy, Chao Cuo was so powerful that he actually asked the emperor to lead the expedition in person, and he stayed in the capital. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was helpless. My life is so unimportant, why don't you go to fight? Why should I stay in the capital?
At this time, Yuan Ang believed that the rebellion of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu was not enough to cause trouble, and asked Emperor Jing to withdraw from others, and offered advice: "The purpose of the rebellion of Wu and Chu is to kill Chao Cuo and restore the original fiefdom. As long as Chao Cuo is killed, an envoy is sent to announce the amnesty of the seven kingdoms and restore the original fiefdom." The deprived fiefs can eliminate the rebellion without any bloodshed."

Emperor Jing was silent for a long time, maybe he was frightened. He decided to sacrifice Chao Cuo in exchange for the princes to withdraw their troops. At the same time, he named Yuan Ang Taichang and asked him to secretly prepare his clothes and go on a mission to Wu.

More than ten days after Yuan An offered his advice, Prime Minister Tao Qing, Lieutenant Chen Jia, and Ting Lieutenant Zhang Ou jointly submitted a letter to impeach Chao Cuo and proposed that Chao Cuo be executed.Emperor Jing actually approved this memorial.

That is, the loyal Chao Cuo had no idea.Emperor Jing actually sent a lieutenant to Chao Cuo's house and issued an edict to trick Chao Cuo into going to court to discuss matters.When the carriage passed through the east city of Chang'an, the lieutenant stopped the car, read out the edict to Chao Cuo, and beheaded Chao Cuo. Chao Cuo was still wearing court clothes at the time, so he was beheaded.

From this point of view, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty did not act in an honest way. If you want to kill others, just kill them. He also lied to others about going to court, and then caught them by surprise.

It's fine if you kill one person, but if you kill the whole family, the blame is too big.

Smart people know that this is just an excuse, so when Yuan Ang came to Liang to negotiate with Wu King Liu Bi, Liu Bi believed that Emperor Jing of Han was weak and incompetent, so he immediately called himself the Eastern Emperor and completely broke with the Western Han Dynasty.He didn't even see Yuan Ang's face, and almost killed Yuan Ang.

Good guy, if God allows him to perish, his ancestors must have gone crazy. Liu Bi is more courageous than his father Liu Zhong, but his military ability and vision are indeed not good. The genes may have mutated, but they have not mutated too much.

Helpless, Yuan Ang could only flee back to Chang'an in disgrace.After some reporting and crying, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty realized that he had killed Chao Cuo by mistake.Seeing that there was no hope for negotiation, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty made up his mind and could only use force to suppress it.

At this time, he thought that Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty had said to him before his death that if the country was in trouble, Zhou Yafu could be used.This Zhou Yafu is the son of Liu Bang's veteran Zhou Bo. He was appointed as a general during Emperor Wen's reign. He garrisoned Xiliu Camp to guard against the Huns. He was rigorous in running the army and had outstanding talents.

Therefore, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty worshiped Zhou Yafu as Taiwei and went to fight against the Wu-Chu coalition.Then he asked Li Ji, the son of the famous general Li Shang, to immediately lead troops to attack Zhao.Luan Bu led his troops to attack Qi, while General Dou Ying led his troops to garrison Xingyang to prevent Qi and Zhao's troops from supporting Liu Bi.

After the arrangements were completed, Zhou Yafu led 36 generals and an army of 30 people and set off from Bashang, which was where Liu Bang's troops were stationed when the Hongmen Banquet took place.

In order to prevent Liu Bi from ambushing troops in the narrow area of ​​Yaoshan, he adopted Zhao She's suggestion and walked through Lantian, out of Wuguan, and then arrived in Luoyang unexpectedly.

After arriving in Luoyang, he led his army to Changyi. The straight-line distance from Changyi to Suiyang, the capital of Liang State, was only more than 100 kilometers.

At this time, Liang Wang Liu Wu in Suiyang City was struggling to resist the Wu-Chu coalition forces.After he learned that Zhou Yafu had led an army to Changyi, he immediately asked Zhou Yafu for help, but Zhou Yafu did not send a single soldier.

Helpless, King Liang sent for help again, but Zhou Yafu still did not send reinforcements.Liu Wu was so worried that he immediately wrote to his brother Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty issued an edict asking Zhou Yafu to send troops for reinforcements.

But Zhou Yafu remained unmoved, saying that the general was outside and the emperor's order was not accepted, so he continued to stand still. .The King of Liang could only tearfully appoint Han Anguo and Zhang Yu as generals, fight to the death, and stand in a stalemate with the Wu-Chu coalition.

The reason why Zhou Yafu did not rescue Liu Wu was because he knew that a decisive battle with the Wu-Chu coalition would cause heavy casualties, and he was not sure of victory.

But he had a better strategy to defeat Liu Bi. Just when the Wu-Chu coalition was in a stalemate with Liang Jun, Zhou Yafu had secretly sent an elite cavalry south to seize the entrance from the Four Rivers to the Huai River and successfully cut it off. The rebels' food routes were blocked.

At this time, King Wu Liu Bi was completely dumbfounded. If he divided his troops to rescue the grain road, Liang would be unable to succeed for a while. Once the reinforcements of the Han army arrived, all the previous attacks would be in vain.

But if he does not rescue the food road, his more than 30 soldiers will risk running out of food. This is a dilemma.

Finally, Liu Bi decided to continue his fierce attack on Liang. As long as he could capture Suiyang, all the food of Liang would be his own.

Of course, his military ability was average and he made a wrong decision, which completely ruined him.

However, Liu Wu relied on his strong city to resist desperately, and the Wu-Chu coalition still could not capture it.Therefore, Liu Bi decided to mobilize his troops north to attack Zhou Yafu in Changyi.

After Zhou Yafu learned about it, he immediately led his army to fight against Liu Bi.The two armies met in Xiayi and prepared for a decisive battle.

However, after arriving at Xiayi, Zhou Yafu stood firm and refused to leave. He ordered the soldiers not to go into battle on their own initiative.

Only then did Liu Bi realize that Zhou Yafu was going to fight a war of attrition with him.But he was already short of food and could not afford to consume any more.So he decided to divide his troops into two groups and take the initiative.

First, he sent a large army to attack Zhou Yafu's southeastern position, inducing Zhou Yafu to send his elite to fight.Then he secretly moved his elite division to the northwest position of the Han army, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to break into the Han army's camp and defeat the Han army.

However, his plan had already been seen through by Zhou Yafu. When Liu Bi's feint attack troops arrived at the southeastern position, Zhou Yafu ordered all the soldiers to hold on and not attack.

When Liu Bi's elite troops secretly arrived at the northwest position, they discovered that Zhou Yafu had already been waiting there.

Therefore, Liu Bi did not dare to attack rashly, but at this time, the Wu-Chu coalition could neither attack nor retreat.More importantly, food and grass were completely cut off, many soldiers starved to death, the morale of the army began to collapse, and a large number of soldiers began to defect.

Zhou Yafu was waiting for this opportunity. He decisively ordered the Han army to launch a full-scale attack on the Wu-Chu coalition forces.Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bi left Chu King Liu Wu and fled to the southeast with thousands of people alone. Chu King Liu Wu had no choice but to commit suicide.

At this point, the Wu-Chu coalition forces became leaderless, and they laid down their weapons and surrendered one after another.

Liu Bi fled all the way south, crossed the Yangtze River, and reached Dantu.Here, he collected more than [-] remaining defeated generals and prepared to gather generals to defend.As a result, before they had time to reorganize, the defense line was overwhelmed by the chasing Han army.

Liu Bi could only continue to flee south and ask for support from King Dongou (also called King Dongyue).But Zhou Yafu had already sent people to coerce and induce the King of Dongyue and bribed him.

Therefore, King Dongou pretended to agree to lend troops to Liu Bi and asked him to use the money to reward and lead the army.As a result, when Liu Bi arrived, the killer who had been ambushing him immediately beheaded Liu Bi, and then used a fast horse to send Liu Bi's head to Chang'an.

At this point, the Wu-Chu coalition was completely defeated.

Let's talk about the other princes and kings. Several princes and kings in Qi first united to attack Qi. As a result, they fought for Linzi City for two months but failed to capture it.

How to put it, one soldier is in raging state, and the generals are in raging group.

When Luan Bu arrived with his troops, they were defeated in one blow.Several princes and kings also fled back to their own kingdoms, and were finally defeated one by one.

Good guy, what kind of brain do you still want to rebel and become the emperor?Since they are rebelling, they must unite as one, and as a result, each one will run faster than the other.

The princes and kings who participated in the rebellion were either killed or committed suicide. The rebellion was put down before they even left Qi.

Zhao Wang Liu Sui was extremely stubborn. He united with the Xiongnu to deal with the Han army, making Li Jiji unable to attack.After Luan Bu secured Qi Land, he also led his troops north to support Li Ji.

When the Xiongnu found out, they took the initiative to withdraw, leaving only Zhao Wang Liu Sui to fight alone.

So Luan Bu diverted water to flood the city, and King Liu Sui of Zhao committed suicide after being defeated.

At this point, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion that had lasted for more than three months had been completely put down.

From then on, the power of the princes and kings could no longer become stronger, which gradually consolidated the centralization of power in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, after Liu Bi's death, his sons Liu Zihua and Liu Ziju fled to Minyue. Liu Ziju resented Dongou for killing his father and often provoked Minyue to attack Dongou.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Yafu, who judged the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, did not end well.
Because he did not send troops to rescue King Liang in time, King Liang was resentful and spoke ill of him in front of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty many times...

There are also various reasons that make him jealous and depressed in old age.

In the first year of Houyuan Dynasty (143 BC), his son was accused of stealing official organs.Because he was implicated, he summoned the Tingwei and went on a hunger strike for five days. He vomited blood and died...

Since ancient times, famous generals are like beautiful women, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world!
(End of this chapter)