Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 34 The Rebel Army is Destroyed
  Wang Meng scanned the first half of the letter, but stared at the second half of the letter, silently for a long time.

Until Mrs. Wang saw that he didn't respond for a long time, she said:

"What exactly is written in this letter that can make my husband so fascinated?"

Wang Meng did not reply immediately, but carefully put the letter away and said:
  "Please also ask Madam to pack my bags for me."

Wang was shocked:

"My husband must be going to Hanzhong. There is a war and banditry outside now. Didn't my husband say that he wants to wait for the Lord? Why are you taking the risk?"

Wang Meng said seriously:
  "I have found someone worthy of my help."

Wang said doubtfully:
  "Only by a letter?"

Wang Meng nodded and said:
  “That’s right, extraordinary actions must be accompanied by extraordinary ambitions.

"Huan Xi came from a high family, and his father was a powerful official in the Southern Kingdom. He could have made good friends with the nobles and invited fame and fortune, but instead he restrained the powerful in Liangzhou and developed production. If he was not really interested in the Northern Expedition, how could he have made peace with the nobles for this purpose? Make enemies."

After Huan Wen fell and became the Han Dynasty, his reputation became great and he started to build up his army in Jiangling. Wang Meng claimed that he had the talent to manage the world. As a Han Chinese, he never went south to seek refuge. He was worried that he was born in a poor family and whether he would be able to survive in the Eastern Jin Dynasty where family status was important. a place.

Nowadays, not to mention that Huan Xi's kindness is difficult to refuse, but his attitude towards the noble family has undoubtedly made Wang Meng feel like a confidant.

The land equalization system he implemented also made Wang Meng further realize Huan Xi's talents.

Wang Meng had treated the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty hard for many years. Now that the north was about to be in chaos, he finally couldn't sit still and was willing to go south to Hanzhong to meet Huan Xi.

Wang was persuaded by him and said:
  "My husband only asked me to pack your bags for you, why don't you want to take me with you?"

Wang Meng laughed and said:

"Madam also said that there is war and chaos outside, and it will be inconvenient for you to travel alone as a woman. It is better to stay in Huashan for now, because my husband will lead the Northern Expedition to greet madam."

"Husband, please don't try to trick me and let me grow old in Huashan, longing for your husband day and night."

Wang said quietly.

For a long time, the rebellious East Palace guards had only one desire, which was to go home. They had no intention of staying in Guanzhong to rule.

Even if they captured Chang'an, they would only supply supplies in the city and then continue eastward, hoping to find a way to reunite with their families.

Soon, the rebels came out from the east of Tongguan and fought with Li Nong who led the guards general Zhang Hedu, the conquest general Shi Min, the conquest general Zhang Liang and others in Xin'an (today's Xin'an County, Luoyang, Henan). Both sides had a total of 200,000 troops. , Killed till death.

The rebels who were obsessed with returning home pushed forward and defeated the Zhao army. Li Nong led his army to retreat to Luoyang. After regrouping, he fought another battle with the rebels. Li Nong was defeated again and had to retreat to Chenggao, Hulao Pass, abandoning the Yellow River Bridge. , which is tantamount to opening the way to the rebels.

Sure enough, after Liang Du looted Xingyang, he did not continue to advance into Chenggao, but prepared to cross the Yellow River north through the river bridge.

News of Li Nong's defeat in both battles reached Yecheng, and the whole court was shocked. Seeing that the rebels were about to cross the river and kill them, within a few days, the troops were approaching the city. Shi Hu, who was seriously ill, had to brace himself for the illness and kill the prince. , Yan Wang Shi Bin, who was good at military affairs, called him to him, drew a cake for him and said:
  "Li Nong is holding back his troops. I will give you an army to replace Li Nong, suppress the rebellion, and work hard to maintain a good life. When you succeed, I will make you the prime minister."

"My father's days are numbered. The prince is young. In the future, you will be in charge of the government and follow the example of Duke Zhou." Shi Bin's ambition is not with Duke Zhou. What he covets is the throne, but in front of Shi Hu, Shi Bin dare not Showing his strength, he quickly agreed and took the ten thousand elite cavalry allocated to him by Shi Hu, as well as the two surrendered generals and their troops, and left the city overnight to rush to Chenggao.

Among the two surrendered generals accompanying him, one was from the Di tribe, named Fu Hong.

Fu Hong's original surname was Pu, because when his grandson Fu Jian was born, he had the word "Cao Fu" on his back, so Fu Hong changed his surname to cope with the prophecy that Cao Fu would be the king.

He succeeded his father at the age of twelve and became the leader of the Di people. He was once attached to the former Zhao. After Shi Le rebelled and destroyed the former Zhao, Fu Hong surrendered to Shi Hu and submitted to the latter Zhao.

After Shi Le's death, Shi Hu fought for the throne. Fu Hong took advantage of the chaos to occupy Yongzhou and returned to Qianliang. After Shi Hu took power, he returned to Hou Zhao and led more than 100,000 households of the Di and Qiang tribes under Shi Hu's order. Moved to Kanto.

Another person was from the Qiang people, named Yao Yizhong. He was not a Qiang who followed Fu Hong and moved to Guandong. As early as the Yongjia Rebellion, Yao Yizhong led tens of thousands of Qiang people out of the east and surrendered to the former Zhao and later Zhao. .

Shi Hu took Shi Bin as the commander-in-chief and commanded 10,000 fine cavalry. He also appointed the champion general Yao Yizhong and the chariot and cavalry general Fu Hong to lead their respective troops. Among them, Yao Yizhong had 7,000 Qiang soldiers under his command. The number of Di soldiers under Fu Hong's command was equal to that of Yao Yizhong's Qiang soldiers.

Although the two were surrendered generals, they were brave and good at fighting and could be regarded as heroes for a while.

At the suggestion of the two men, Shi Bin made no announcement in advance, held the imperial order, and broke into Chenggao. Li Nongcuo was caught off guard and took over Chenggao's army.

Due to Li Nong's prestige in the army and the intercession of generals such as Zhang Hedu, Shi Min and Zhang Liang, Shi Bin did not kill Li Nong. He took a short rest in the city and then led his troops out of the city to the west to face the rebels.

At this time, the rebels had not yet crossed the river. The two sides fought a battle near Luoyang. Liang Du was killed in the battle. The rebels were defeated and collapsed. Because the rebels were eager to go eastward, they failed to effectively occupy Guanzhong. When the news of the rebels' failure came back, overnight , Guanzhong changed its flag again, and the flag of Hou Zhao was once again erected on the top of the city.

It also stunned Zhu Xu and others who were in Hanzhong and wanted to sit back and watch the success or failure. Only Huan Xi had expected this.

Compared with the regrets of his cronies, Huan Xi knew that now was not the time for his Northern Expedition.

The reason is that although he has strong generals under his command, he has too few elite soldiers.

Now Shi Bin has strong soldiers and horses, with an army of 100,000. With only a family of more than 10,000 people, if he takes the initiative to attack Guanzhong, he will definitely lose everything.

Soon, news came from the border of Liangzhou, and Zhao She finally invited Wang Meng over.

Huan Xi was overjoyed. If he had not worried that he was too eager and would cause Zhu Xu, Deng Xia and others to be dissatisfied with Wang Meng, Huan Xi would have to leave Hanzhong and go to the border to welcome him.

With Wang Meng's talent and his achievements in the original time and space, he definitely deserves this courtesy.

When Wang Meng followed Zhao She to General Zhenglu's mansion, Huan Xi put down what he was doing and met him immediately.

In the side room, the two sat opposite each other. Huan Xi looked at Wang Meng carefully and saw that he was handsome and majestic. He was different from the way he looked when he visited Huan Wen in time and space, wearing a linen short coat and holding lice while sitting and chatting with Huan Wen.

Wang Meng met Huan Xi, dressed neatly.

Because he had long confirmed Huan Xi's attitude towards the poor, especially since he entered Liangzhou, he had heard that Huan Xi had issued an order to seek talents based on merit. Naturally, there was no need to deliberately look slovenly to test Huan Xi's intentions.

(End of this chapter)