A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 510 The new emperor divided Shaanxi and ruled, and conquered the unruly world.
Yongjia Seventh Year
February
In order to completely disrupt the situation in the world, Liu Cong poisoned the Jin Emperor Sima Chi that month.

When the news came out, the world made huge waves again.

April
King Sima Ye of Qin, who had already taken advantage of Liu Yao's withdrawal and occupied Chang'an, became the crown prince with the support of his ministers. Then he ascended the throne as emperor as crown prince, granted amnesty to the world, and changed his reign to "Jianxing".

The first year of Jianxing (the seventh year of Yongjia)
April 20

Sima Ye appointed the ministers who had helped him rise to power, including Qu Yun, the governor of Yongzhou, as envoys, generals, and ministers.

Suo Wei, the prefect of Jingzhao, was a former general, Shangshu Youpushe, leader of the Ministry of Personnel, and Jingzhao Yin.

And because there are not enough households in Chang'an, there are forests of wormwood and thorns, and there are dozens of barns to drive wheat, and there is only one traveler in the crowd.

In order to gain the support of the armed forces of the landowners in Guanzhong, Sima Ye, the commander of Fanwu Barrier, gave him the title of general. Only then did he have a large army that could withstand the offensives of Han and Zhao.

In the same month, the Han and Zhao generals of chariots and cavalry, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Yongzhou Mu, and Zhongshan King Liu Yao once again led Zhao Ran and other generals with 30,000 people to attack Chang'an.

Sima Ye took the leading general Qu Yun as the commander-in-chief and led the army to resist Liu Yao.

Unexpectedly, Ju Yun was defeated in a row, and Liu Yao Bingfeng was about to approach Chang'an City.

Sima Ye immediately changed his generals before the battle, and appointed the former general Jingzhao Yin Suohui as the general of the expedition to the east. He led the troops to help Qu Yun resist.

During the battle, Suo Wei defeated Liu Yao's general Hu Yanmo, but his flank fell, and Liu Yao returned without success.

Suo Wei was granted the title of Duke of Shangluo County due to his meritorious service, and had a household of ten thousand households. He succeeded Qu Yun and became an important official in the court to resist the Han and Zhao Dynasties, and his voice rose sharply.

May

Appointed Zhendong General and Langya King Sima Rui as Shizhong, Zuo Prime Minister, Zuo Grand Governor, and commanded all military affairs in eastern Shaanxi;

Da Sima and Sima Bao, King of Nanyang, were the right prime minister and the right governor, and were in charge of all military affairs in Shaanxi.

At the same time, they were asked to send troops to support Chang'an, regain Luoyang, and fight against Han, Zhao and Bai.

Sima Bao was the son of Sima Mo, who originally guarded Chang'an. After his father died at the hands of Liu Yao, his son succeeded his father, inherited the title of King of Nanyang, and guarded Qinzhou.

Originally, Sima Bao was preparing to send troops, but his officials stopped him and said:
“Hearing about people whose hands were bitten by vipers, strong men would cut off their wrists to prevent the snake’s venom from spreading.

Today, the morale of the Hu people and thieves is at its peak. We should temporarily cut off the road to Longdi to observe the changes in the situation. It is not easy to use weapons without permission, which will cause disaster. "

Only Pei Shen, the minister in charge, retorted:
"Now that the snake has bitten the head, can the head be cut off as well?"

Sima Bao finally rejected all opinions and adopted Pei Shen's suggestion. He appointed the general of the town army Hu Song as the forward commander and waited for all the armies to gather before advancing.

When the court learned that Sima Bao was preparing to come to Chang'an, all parties started a heated debate.

Because Suo Wei had squeezed out a lot of power, Qu Yun was eager to bring in outside forces to fish in troubled waters, so he tried his best to persuade Sima Ye to avoid the enemy's edge and go to Sima Bao first.

Suo Wei, on the other hand, thought that the Han and Zhao armies had their own resistance and were not a threat. Instead, if they went to Sima Bao, they might be kidnapped by Sima Bao and follow in the footsteps of Emperor Huai, so he tried his best to stop it.

In the end, Suo Wei, relying on his military power and strength, was slightly better and rejected the idea of ​​the imperial court moving westward.

Seeing that the imperial court had no intention of moving westward, Sima Bao was worried that he would rush eastward to give someone a hand, so he also gave up his plan to send troops to welcome Sima Ye.

The final plan to move westward was stillborn.

However, Sima Rui in the south had no intention of obeying the imperial edict. "We will pacify Jiangdong, but there is no time for the Northern Expedition" was his final decision.

Sima Rui really had no intention of caring about the affairs of the Chang'an court at this time.

After successively capturing Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, Sima Rui's sphere of influence expanded to the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

But now, he was only thinking about how to capture Jingzhou and deal with the internal struggle between the northern and southern gentry.

However, due to Shi Le's plundering in various places in Henan, millions of refugees entered Jingzhou from the south, thus forming more than a dozen refugee armies.

Even though Sima Rui relied on political means to recall Wang Cheng, the governor of Jingzhou appointed by the original court, who was driven away by the refugee army, and replaced him with Zhou Wei, a close celebrity, he took over Jingzhou.

However, because the refugee army in Jingzhou was too powerful, Zhou Yi was unable to establish a foothold in Jingzhou.

Even though Sima Rui continued to grant important positions to the refugees who came south, so that they could work for him, he even set up a temporary household registration for the immigrants from the north - Baiju, so that they could enjoy long-term tax exemptions and reductions in taxes and servitude.

However, as long as the war in the north continues, the number of refugees pouring into the south will continue. This also leads to an increasingly fierce struggle for power within Sima Rui between scholars from the north and the south.

A typical example is that Zhou Qi, a representative of the Jiangnan gentry who was dissatisfied with Sima Rui's oppression, had prepared to join forces with King Hui of the Donglai clan to raise troops to eliminate the northern gentry and replace them with southern gentry.

In the end, the plot was exposed and the operation was terminated, and Zhou Qi killed Wang Hui to silence him.

Although Sima Rui was angry, he was worried about the Jiangnan nobles behind Zhou Qi, so he had to hold it up high and put it down gently, so he could only vent his anger on Zhou Qi.

By constantly changing Zhou Qi's position, the purpose of humiliating Zhou Qi was achieved, and Zhou Qi eventually died of worry and anger.

However, this move did not ease the contradiction between the north and the south. Before his death, Zhou Qi even asked his son to take revenge on "Zhu Jizi (a disparaging name for the northerners from the south)".

June
Bai Wangyan sent Da Sima and Gongsun Baishu to lead troops to attack Guangping, and General Andong Yuanan led troops to capture Dunqiu and Yangping counties.

On June 15th, in Chaogedong, Bai Yan held a military parade and personally sent off the troops:
Bai Shu led five thousand, four battalions of five soldiers, hussars, and strong crossbows, and twenty thousand new troops. The combined force was 40,000, and the army was sent to Guangping.

Yuan'an led the elite camp and 10,000 new troops. Together with 15,000 troops, he sent to Dunqiu and took over Yangping.

In the Baiguo military system, there are two types of soldiers: elite soldiers and trained soldiers.

Among them, the elite soldiers are paid higher than the trained soldiers, and the equipment is more complete. For example, the Sixth Battalion of the Bai Kingdom is composed of 30,000 elite soldiers. In a field battle, it can withstand the enemy's 100,000-strong army.

The newly recruited 30,000 new troops are trained soldiers. Their equipment is similar to that of the Jin army. They are all leather armor and the weapons are conventional equipment. However, the advantage over the Jin army is that they have full soldiers and full pay, so The morale is higher than that of the Jin army.

Today, corporals are divided into three classes according to their origin, training level, and armor equipment:
The first class is elite soldiers like the Sixth Battalion of the Bai Kingdom, with excellent armor and rich experience, one is worth ten.

Others include the personal barracks under the generals of the Jin army; the clan cavalry selected from the tribes under the kings of Han and Zhao; the imperial cavalry formed by Wang Jun recruiting warriors from various Xianbei tribes;
Shi Le relied on fellow Jie people and his own cavalry battalions accumulated from many battles; Wang Mi's old battalions that survived many years of fighting can all be classified into this category.

They are usually organized with thousands or hundreds of people, and will not exceed 5,000 people.

Most of these armies were selected by veterans of many battles or recruited through public announcements. They had high morale, adequate training, and were valued by the generals, so they were well equipped.

The second class is the regular soldiers of each party's town, and can also be called the regular army.

They were all recruited through conscription and had undergone certain military training, but they were quickly dragged onto the battlefield, mostly just to make a living. If they could win, they would fight, and if they couldn't, they would run away.

Therefore, if you fight with regular soldiers, the key to victory depends mainly on the general who leads the army.

In addition, there are cavalry units belonging to each force. Because of their inherent advantages, they can be regarded as the strongest regular army between elite soldiers and regular soldiers.

The third class is miscellaneous soldiers, that is, the refugee armies from various places who chop wood into soldiers, as well as the herdsmen who can mount their horses and serve as soldiers when the Xianbei, Xiongnu and other tribes encounter crises.

This group has the largest number of people. Nowadays, because all parts of the Central Plains are under the iron heel of the Hu people, there are as many as hundreds of thousands, as few as tens of thousands, wandering in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places.

They had no training, no armor, and only had sticks and farm tools in their hands to fight for their lives.

However, herders from nomadic tribes will also gather to fight in wars. Because of their innate advantages, their combat power is stronger than that of ordinary refugee armies, but they will certainly not be able to stop the regular army.

But there is a special group among them. They are the "Begging Army" located in the land of Youji. Although they also cut down trees to become soldiers, their strength is close to that of the regular army by relying on the war horse resources that are easily obtained in the north.

It's just that their number is too small, usually appearing in thousands, and they are too scattered, so they don't form a system.

June 27
Bai Shu led his troops to Handan and fought with Sima at the foot of Handan City.

Sima Jiao was defeated. Due to the urgency of Bai Guo's cavalry pursuit, Sima Jiao had to bypass Handan and head towards Yi Yang.

In this battle, the White army beheaded 900 people and captured 3,000 people.

June 29
Baishu captured Yiyang, and Sima Jie was defeated and retreated to Quliang.

On the same day, Bai Andong's general Yuan'an defeated the 30,000-strong coalition of Dunqiu Prefect Tian Pu and Yangping Prefect Cen Cun in Yin'an.

Tian Pu led his troops to retreat into Dunqiu City, and Cen Cun was captured by the White Army.

July

Yuan'an led troops to surround Dunqiu. Tian Pu, the governor of Dunqiu, led five thousand defenders and vowed not to surrender.

Yuan'an surrounded Dunqiu on all sides, and then sent another Polu general Bai De to lead five thousand troops, leading Cen Cun to capture Yangping.

July 25
Bai Shu conquered the counties of Quliang and Guangnian along the way, and defeated the ambush laid by Sima Jiao fifty miles south of Guangping, and approached the city of Guangping.

While Sima Jiao occupied the city and defended it, he hurriedly sent people to ask for help from Wang Jun, Liu Kun and others based on the principle of "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold".

August 3rd
With the cooperation of large households in the city, Yuan'an attacked the south gate of Dunqiu at night and Dunqiu city was destroyed.

Tian Pu hanged himself in the government office, and the following three thousand defenders surrendered.

August 4th
Dunqiu's subordinate Wei County submitted a surrender form.

Yuan'an left 3,000 partial generals to garrison Dunqiu, waiting for Chaoge's arrangements to take over Wei County and lead his army to Yangping.

August
With the cooperation of Cen Cun, Yangping sent messages to all counties to decide. Only Qingyuan did not surrender because Sima Jiao's army was stationed there.

August th

Yuan'an and Bai De's troops came to Qingyuan City.

After Yuan'an secretly contacted the officials in the city, the Qingyuan County Magistrate, along with more than 20 minor officials including the county magistrate and county lieutenants, and dozens of government officials, kidnapped the general sent by Sima Jiao to garrison Qingyuan that night and forced him to Kaicheng surrendered.

August

Yuan'an did not waste a single soldier, so the 3,000 Jin troops stationed in Qingyuan to guard the flanks all surrendered.

August 19

Yuan An set off and continued north to support the Guangping battlefield.

(End of this chapter)