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Chapter 116: Defeat South Vietnam (Six and Five Routes Go Out Together)

The fifth year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, 112 BC, was the eighth day of the ninth lunar month.

As Shaofu Guo Sheren discovered that most of the princes' discretionary funds were of insufficient quality, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and ordered to deprive the princes of their titles. As many as 101 people were deprived of their titles. The princes in the court wailed.

They never thought that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not play his cards according to the routine, although the rules of discretionary money were set by Emperor Wen Liu Heng in order to undermine the power of the princes and kings.

But the rules have been in operation for 80 years. Everyone is a little numb and mostly does things perfunctory. The gold presented is not very pure. It is just a ceremony. The royal family is not short of this money, so the emperor is too lazy. Tube.

This is like the later generations. If you leave work a few minutes early, it may be emphasized at first that you cannot leave early, otherwise you will be fined. Everyone abides by the rules at first. After a few years, the old employees start to take advantage of the situation and leave early.

Then everyone left early, and this has been going on for ten years. Suddenly, there was a strict investigation from the superiors, and it turned out that almost everyone in the company left early, and everyone had to pay the fine in tears...

"Historical Records Pingzhunshu": "When it comes to Zhong, the Shaofu Province saves gold, and there are more than a hundred princes who sit in Zhong and lose gold." "Jijie": "For example, Chun said: 'Han Yi Note: The prince is a prince, and the prince is a prince. At the age of [-], gold was poured into the Han temple with the household registration, and the emperor presented gold to assist in the sacrifice.'

Before this, there were a total of 214 princes in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu granted 24 princes, all of which were hereditary.

Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty granted 18 titles to Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even more powerful. He granted 21 titles to meritorious officials and 11 to aliens (mainly those who surrendered from the Huns). One favor order created 140 more titles. , most of them are descendants of kings surnamed Liu.

By the fifth year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was almost full of princes, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty directly took away half of them, and directly deprived 24 of the 20 princes granted by Emperor Gaozu, almost all of them.

When Emperor Hui and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty conferred 18 princes, only 8 were left, more than half of whom were gone. However, he deprived 21 of 5 of his own meritorious officials, and deprived 11 of the 2 foreign princes.

The worst thing was the sons of the King of the Liu family. In the past, except for the crown prince, they could not inherit any land or title from their father. It was not easy for them to get the land from their father. They were not happy for long. 140 of them were directly deprived of 66 indivual.

Because of the existence of the grace order, they were originally grateful to Liu Che, but this time, they wanted to kill Liu Che.

Many people locked themselves in their rooms and secretly cursed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Some were even radical and almost thought of rebelling. Unfortunately, they did not dare to take action after all, so they could only break their teeth and swallow them.

This is not bad, but the most unlucky one is Prime Minister Zhao Zhou. He was accused of knowing that the gold donated by the princes was insufficient but did not report it. He was arrested and imprisoned, and then committed suicide in prison. That was the Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty, Gaoling Hou, once The Prince and Tutor.

Prime Minister, below one person, above ten thousand people, it is so cool. Liu Han was completely frightened by the black fairness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This time, he was even more vigilant. The prince and tutor were both unstable. The former prince and tutor If he dies like this, can his new one be stable?

Not only that, after Liu Han and Shu Yuzhu learned more about it, they found that in the Jinjin case, all the princely states of Hanoi, Henan, Nanjun, Pei, Runan, and Wuling counties were abolished.

Among the above-mentioned six counties, Nanjun and Wuling County originally had only one kingdom. The changes in the feudal states of these two counties did not explain anything.The four counties of Hanoi, Henan, Pei, and Runan had a larger number of princes, and all the princes in the four counties were abolished in the Jinjin Case.

There are special considerations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty behind this. In this era, the three counties of Henan, Hanoi, and Hedong were collectively called "Three Rivers" and were regarded as "among the world", with an unusual geographical status.

The abolition of the feudal states in Hanoi and Henan eliminated the feudal state within the "Three Rivers" and cleared the way for the future expansion of the capital area.

And Nanjun, Nanjun, Pei, Runan, Wuling, these princely states in the Huaihe River Basin were collectively abolished, which may be related to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's war against South Vietnam.

The power of the emperor was clearly demonstrated at this moment. He only needed an excuse to achieve his goal and pave the way for the future. He had a clear idea of ​​depriving him of any title.

And the interesting part emerged. The ancestors of Liu Bei, the later Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, lost their titles during this time and their family fortunes fell into decline.

"The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": "The First Master's Biography": "The first master's surname was Liu, Tabei, and his courtesy name was Xuande. He was a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County. He was also the son of King Jing of Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty. Sheng Zizhen was granted the title of Lucheng Pavilion in Zhuo County in the sixth year of Yuan Shou. Marquis, I lost my Marquis by drinking gold..."

If it hadn't been for this loss of wealth, would Liu Bei have been so depressed that he sold straw sandals?Will you know Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?
Will he succeed?Can we still divide the world into three parts?Or even more powerful, to dominate the world?
No one knows the answer, and there are no ifs in history. Too many accidents make it inevitable.

Those who were not deprived of their titles secretly rejoiced. Marquis of Fuli, Lu Bode, Marquis of Zunye, Zhao Ponu, Marquis of Changwu, Zhao Anji, Marquis of Zhongli, Yijixuan, Marquis of Yiyang, Weishan, Quzhonghou Puluo, and Duhou Futianyu. He personally brought gifts to express his gratitude to Liu Han.

Even Liu Han's brother Qinghe King Liu Yi took a breath of cold air. He was also lucky that even though there was no deposed king this time, who knows what will happen next time?Therefore, it is inevitable to have a good relationship with this prosperous younger brother.

His sister-in-law Zhang also sent someone to bring gifts and a letter to him. The letter implicitly expressed "concern". Liu Han could only sigh: "Sister-in-law, I am not such a person. I can't be sorry to my brother." !”

In the same year, Chongguang Chifenruo, September, Ding Haishuo, Jiyou (September [-]).

Liu Han led his troops on an expedition. He arranged for five routes of troops to march directly to Panyu (the capital of South Vietnam, now Guangzhou): On the first route, General Fubo Lu Bode and Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zhaoye, left Guiyang and along the Huishui River. March forward with 3 troops;

On the second route, Louchuan General Yang Pu and Yiyang Hou Weishan left Yuzhang and marched along the water relief, leading 2 troops;

On the third route, General Ge Chuan Yan Bing and Changwu Marquis Zhao Anji left Lingling and marched along the Li River, leading 2 troops;

On the fourth route, Xiase General Jia Jin and Zhongli Hou Yi Jixuan marched towards Cangwu, leading 2 troops.

In these four groups, they led a total of 11 troops composed of criminals and elites, and then recruited 10 naval troops south of Jiang and Zhun, for a total of 21 people to march together.

On the fifth route, Liu Han himself led the criminals from Ba and Shu, and then recruited the army of Yelang Kingdom. A total of [-] troops, including [-] cavalry, marched along the Ke River.

It was agreed that all five groups of troops would meet at Fanma and attack South Vietnam together.

At this point, the war against South Vietnam officially began.

Liu Han specially brought Shu Yuzhu and Ayimei with him. They had been practicing martial arts in their free time over the past few years, and they wanted to be good at archery and riding.

Their physiques are not as good as those of men, but at least they can kill enemies on the battlefield. This is the reason why Liu Han has been so stable in the backyard over the years. Why are they jealous?If you have this time, wouldn't it be nice if you went to practice martial arts and study for me?

Ayimei is almost 30 years old. Maybe it is because she has been practicing martial arts for many years. She does not look old, but compared to Liu Han and Shu Yuzhu, she does look a bit older.

There are fewer women on the battlefield, but they are not absent. They appeared in the Shang Dynasty. Fu Hao is the earliest female politician and military strategist in our country's historical records. She is also the first well-documented heroine in Chinese history. She is One of the more than 60 wives of Shang King Wuding.

A large number of oracle bone inscriptions unearthed in later generations show that during Wu Ding's series of wars against neighboring countries and tribes, Fu Hao was ordered to recruit soldiers on behalf of the Shang king many times and served as a general to fight on the battlefield many times.

He once commanded 1.3 troops to attack the Qiang side and captured a large number of Qiang people. He became the general who led the most troops in one campaign during Wu Ding's reign.He participated in and commanded major battles against the Turkish, Pakistani and Yi forces. Famous generals such as Jun and Hou Gao were often under his command...

He pacified Guifang, Qiangfang, Tufang and other places, fought bravely and commanded well, and many men were far behind.

In order to prevent them from being injured, Liu Han specially customized new armor for them.

Armor has a long history. It was a protective equipment for ancient soldiers in battle. Armor is used to protect the body, and armor is used to protect the head. It can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. It is rumored that the origin of armor was invented by Zhu of the Xia Dynasty.

"Shiben" says: "Puer is used as armor" and "Puer is used as spear".Zhu originally invented armor to help his father attack Dongyi and revive the Xia Dynasty. Because the Dongyi people were very powerful with bows and arrows, he invented armor made of animal skins. Soldiers wearing animal skins were no longer afraid of bows and arrows, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved. Enhanced and finally won the war.

During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, armor was mainly a simple protective equipment made of rattan, wood, leather and other materials.

The real period when iron armor appeared was the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, wars continued year after year. "Wars and wars" prompted the further development and improvement of defense equipment. The armors of this period mainly included leather armor, bronze armor and iron armor.

The iron armor of the Western Han Dynasty, also known as "Xuanjia", was due to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launching large-scale military operations to fight against the Xiongnu, which promoted the development of weapons and protective equipment, and also made the style of iron armor begin to evolve from the previous single-piece Zhajia. It is a fish scale armor with finely arranged nail plates.

Liu Han, Shu Yuzhu, Ai Mei, and generals above the rank of lieutenant basically all wore Xuanjia. This armor consists of three parts: body armor, sleeves and skirt-like hanging edge. It has no collar, double placket, and is made of brocade. Hemmed and lined in leather and silk.

The shape is similar to a waistcoat, consisting of a front body piece, a back body piece and two shoulder pieces. The neckline is low in the front and high in the back, so the front body piece is shorter and the back body piece is longer. There is also a helmet.

Shu Yuzhu and Ai Mei's ones are naturally lighter and look better. When they put them on, they look like female generals.

Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty wrote in his book "Feng Yanran Ming": "Xuanjia shines brightly in the sun, and Zhuqi crimson in the sky".

Ordinary soldiers and even criminals rarely have armor. It is relatively expensive to make a pair of armor. Some elite soldiers or even longer ones only have armor plates on their chest and back.

The chest armor and back armor are connected by straps at the shoulders, and there are also straps at the armpits.The nail plates used are all rectangular, with three rows at the front and back, six in the highest row, and eight in the lower two rows.

(End of this chapter)