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

Chapter 565: Detailed operations and personal visits to Shaanxi and Sichuan, the rebellion of the Five Dukes of Liujiabao

When the battle of Kaifeng between Qin and Jin was going on.

Something happened on the Loess Plateau in the north of Yongzhou.

Liu Zhi, the Han marshal who suppressed the barbarians on the plateau, passed away. His two sons, Liu Weichen and Liu Xinyi, had a fierce debate over whether to surrender to Qin or Xia.

Since the Xia army withdrew from Guanzhong, it retreated to the east bank of the Yellow River.

In order to suppress the increasingly powerful Qin State, the Xia court appointed Wang Meng, the hero of the attack on Yan, as the governor of Yongzhou, and also led the governor of Hedong, the general of Zhenxi, the middle rank of servant, and the military commander of Yongqin.

After taking office, Wang Meng first improved the defense line on the east bank of the Yellow River, leaving the Qin army with no opportunity to take advantage of the east bank of the Yellow River.

Then, Wang Meng began to arrange detailed work in Guanzhong.

In just one year, hundreds of spies were planted in Guanzhong, and several officials and generals were even bribed.

This allowed Wang Meng to obtain very detailed information about Guanzhong.

I learned that the current leader of the Qin State is a wise king. He only used a few years to manage the exhausted Guanzhong to a prosperous state.

Wang Meng couldn't help but admire him.

However, everyone is their own master, and no matter how much they are admired, they still have to complete the mission of Xia State to unify the world.

So Wang Meng learned that in the north of Feng Yi County, there was a large vacuum area called Shaanxi and Chuan that was not under the control of Qin and Xia.

Han and Hu people live together in Shaanxi and Sichuan, and since it is difficult to grow food, they mostly rely on raising cattle and sheep as their foundation.

Later, he asked the former captain of Feng Yi County and found out that Xia Jun suffered an unprecedented defeat inside.

After careful consideration, Wang Meng decided to start from here.

As a person with great mobility, Wang Meng felt that there was no need to delay, so he sent a letter to Feng Yijun on the same day to prepare for the reception of envoys from the country.

In fact, it was Wang Meng himself.

Half a month later, Wang Meng changed his name to Meng Wang and arrived at Suyi in the north of Fengyi County of Qin State as a merchant of Xia State.

Relying on money to open a road, he successfully bribed the garrison stationed here and was able to lead the caravan into Sichuan.

Wang Meng and his party, who were fully prepared, followed Zuo Qiuchao's original march route and headed north along Luoshui.

After passing through many settlements, under the leadership of local Han guides and combined with Wang Meng's own alertness, he escaped many barbarian robberies and marched for several days before finally arriving at Liujiabao.

Liujiabao is the largest Han Wubao in Shaanxi and Sichuan.

He does not only have one fort, but controls an area of ​​30 miles in radius. He has five or six forts and a dozen small gathering points, both Han and Hu. He controls thousands of households and can fight with soldiers. There are nearly a thousand people.

Because Shaanxi and Sichuan are isolated from the Central Plains all year round, it is difficult for merchants to come and go.

Hearing that foreign businessmen had arrived at the fort, the fortress owner Liu Zhi immediately came back from outside the fort, hoping to get some outside news from these foreign businessmen.

During the conversation with Liu Zhi, Wang Meng felt that this man was a rare hero who had the desire to make contributions and at the same time had the ability to protect the environment and the people.

So Wang Meng revealed that he was a businessman from Xia Kingdom.

Liu Zhi was shocked because he knew that the road out of Shaanxi had been blocked by Qin and Xia had withdrawn from Guanzhong.

Soon, Liu Zhi revealed his agreement with his old Xia general Zuo Qiuchao.

It's a pity that all the ambitions were ultimately dead.

In the next few days, Wang Meng, accompanied by Liu Zhi, inspected several forts and settlements, and gained a deeper understanding of Liu Zhi's abilities.

Finally, Wang Meng showed his cards to him and confessed that he was an envoy sent by Xia State to seek internal support in Shaanxi and Chuan, and issued the envoy's talisman.

Liu Zhi held the cold talisman in his hand, but his heart was unusually hot.

He stepped forward and held Wang Meng's hands tightly, and said excitedly:

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Afterwards, Wang Meng and Liu Zhi made an agreement with each other.

When Wang Meng returns to China, he will report Liu Zhi's situation to the court, and he will definitely be able to obtain an official position for him and ask for assistance at the same time.

Another month later, Wang Meng returned to Hedong.

The first thing was to increase the penetration of Feng Yi County, and then send an envoy to report to the court, requesting that Liu be given an official title.

In the end, the imperial court appointed Liu Zhi as the governor of Shaanxi and Sichuan, the captain of Guiyi, and the marquis of Zhuoshuiting, and ordered a special envoy to go to Shaanxi and Sichuan to seal him.

Along with the special envoy who arrived at Liujiapu, Wang Meng also transported hundreds of weapons and hundreds of pieces of iron through various channels, as well as two or three blacksmiths.

In order to facilitate communication, Wang Meng sent Sima Zhengzhen from another department as his envoy and was stationed in Liujiabao.

With the strong support of Xia Jun and the intermittently smuggled grain and grass transported in.

Liu Zhi's strength has been greatly improved. Originally there were only four or five hundred people with regular weapons, but now he can have all of them with soldiers.

He also used Zheng Zhen as a military instructor to imitate Xia Jun and establish a real military system.

In less than three months, Liu Zhi had formed an elite force of a thousand people.

With these thousands of elite soldiers, Liu Zhi continued to expand in Shaanxi and Sichuan.

In two years, heading south and north, they defeated dozens of Hu tribes and several smaller Han fortresses.

Successfully controlled a thousand-mile area of ​​Shaanxi and Sichuan, and its sphere of influence penetrated the desert in the north and reached Shuofang of Xia Kingdom.

Since having the Shuofang channel, Liu Zhi was able to better communicate with Xia State and was no longer controlled by Feng Yi County of Qin State.

Not only did he send his eldest son Liu Xinyi to the Xia Kingdom to study, but he also continuously purchased urgently needed grain, grass, and soldiers from the Xia Kingdom through Shuo Fang.

A few months before the battle of Kaifeng between the Qin and Jin Dynasties, Liu Zhi already had a Shaanxi-Sichuan army of 20,000 men, equipped with both infantry and cavalry, both Han and Hu.

Liu Zhi himself was also awarded the title of General of Shaanxi and Chuan and Marquis of Guiyi by the Xia Kingdom. It was precisely because Liu Zhi led troops to attack Feng Yijun that Fu Jian could not personally lead troops to resist the Jin army.

Fortunately, Liu Zhijun's successors were weak, and after failing to make any achievements for three months, he ran out of food and grass and retreated to the Shaanxi and Sichuan areas.

Wang Meng originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to cross the river and attack Feng Yi County. Unexpectedly, unexpected changes occurred in the Xia Kingdom, and the court asked Wang Meng not to send troops without authorization.

We had no choice but to give up sending troops, wasting this perfect opportunity.

Not long after returning to Shaanxi and Sichuan, Liu Zhi died of illness, causing a line dispute between Liu Xinyi and Liu Weichen.

Because Liu Xinyi had been to Qiyang, he was very envious of Qiyang's luxury and always wanted to let the people of Shaanxi and Sichuan live a life like Qiyang.

Therefore, we are determined to pacify Guanzhong and lead Guanzhong to repay the country's kindness.

In addition, his biological mother is a Han woman, so she naturally prefers the Xia Kingdom, which is dominated by Han people.

But Liu Weichen is not like that. His biological mother is a Hu, so he naturally prefers the Qin State, which is dominated by Di people.

When he followed Liu Zhi to confront Fu Jian in Suyi, he was captured by him.

But Fu Jian treated him very politely and even wanted to adopt him as his adopted son.

After the war, Fu Jian released him to return home, which made Liu Weichen admire his heroic spirit.

Neither of the two brothers could convince the other.

That night, Liu Weichen contacted the two generals Mi Xiangbo and Ma Mo. They were both Hu people and wanted to attack Liujiabao with their troops and kill Liu Yixin, so as to seize the throne and return home with them thousands of miles away from Shaanxi and Sichuan. Qin.

But he was discovered by Pingxi General Zheng Zhen.

The two sides fought a battle outside Liujiabao. Liu Weichen and his men were outnumbered and were defeated by Zheng Zhen. Liu Weichen had to flee towards Feng Yijun with a few personal guards.

Mi Xiangbo and Ma Mo were arrested by Zheng Zhen and eventually executed.

Liu Weichen, who escaped from Shaanxi and Chuan, temporarily stayed in the mountains between Shaanxi and Chuan.

Because he didn't present Fu Jian's gift, he was encouraged by the guards on the side.

Liu Weichen set his sights on a small village not far away.

In the end, Liu Weichen robbed more than fifty people from the border people as slaves as a sign of his sincerity in surrendering to Qin.

But Fu Jian was a very human being, and he was extremely angry after learning that these people were the people of Qin who Liu Weichen had plundered.

Not only did he write a letter to reprimand Liu Weichen, but he also asked him to release the captive people, otherwise he would send troops to attack.

Being reprimanded by his admirer, Liu Weichen was not convinced and became resentful. He actually returned to Liujiapu and confessed to Liu Yixin.

But the generous Liu Yixin did not blame him for wanting to defect to Qin. Instead, he allocated thousands of people to guard the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan.

Knowing that Liu Weichen had thousands of people under his command, Fu Jian sent an envoy to confer Liu Weichen the title of Zuoxian King and control thousands of miles of Shaanxi and Sichuan. However, this did not weaken Liu Weichen's resentment towards him.

Not long after, Fu Teng, Duke of Runan of the Qin State, took advantage of the Qin State's army to fight the Jin State in Guandong, intending to rebel.

Fortunately, Fu Jian had known the news and killed him in advance.

In June of the third year of Jingping, Liu Weichen colluded with Cao Hub, the right virtuous king of the Xiongnu who moved to Fengyi County, to rebel, sweeping the entire Guanzuo area.

After Fu Jian learned about it, he personally led his army to quell the rebellion.

While Fu Jian was leading his troops outside, Fu You of General Zhengbei, who was stationed in Fufeng, took the opportunity to lead his troops to attack the capital city of Chang'an, which was guarded by Prince Fu Hong and Taiwei Li Wei at that time.

Thanks to Li Wei's outstanding ability, he led his troops to kill Fu You and quell the chaos.

In July, Fu Jian beheaded Cao Hub and drove Liu Weichen back to Shaanxi and Chuan.

Fu Jian, who returned to Chang'an, gave Li Wei a large reward, and then sent people to investigate a group of people related to Fu You's rebellion.

Unexpectedly, Wei Gong Fu Liu and Zhao Gong Fu Shuang, who guarded Guandong and Guanyou, were involved.

In the end, Fu Jian refused to plead guilty or make the matter public on the grounds that they were his uncle Fu Jian's beloved son and his half-brother.

However, the two conspired with Jin Gong Fusui, who was the general of Zhendong and the governor of Luozhou at the time, and the general of Anxi and the governor of Yongzhou, Yan Gong Fuwu.

Fu Jian learned that he first summoned four people to Chang'an.

No fate.

In February of the fourth year of Jingping, the four rebelled according to their respective prefectures.

Fu Liu occupied Yuzhou, Fu Shuang occupied Qinzhou, Fu Sui occupied Luozhou, and Fu Wu occupied Yongzhou.

Fu Jian, who did not want to fight with his brothers, sent envoys again to try to persuade him to stop the army, promising that everything would remain as before without any further investigation, and he took the pear as a token.

But none of the four wavered.

Jingping five years
New Year
Fu Jian formally sent troops to quell the rebellion, and sent Yang Chengshi, Mao Song, Deng Qiang, Zhang Hao and others to attack the four places separately.

In March, Yang Chengshi and Mao Song were defeated by Fu Shuang and Fu Wu's rebels respectively.

The two rebels once reached Linwei and Tongguan.

The sluggish situation forced Fu Jian to send Wang Jian, Lu Guang and other generals to lead their troops to attack again.

June
Wang Jian, Lu Guang and others defeated and killed the four princes one after another, and then the chaos was successfully put down that year.

When Fu Jian attacked Fu Sui, Fu Sui ignored the interests of his family and took the initiative to offer Shaanxi Province to govern Shaanxi and surrender to the Xia Kingdom, and asked Xia soldiers to support him.

This move shocked the former Qin Dynasty and forced Fu Jian to send a large army to Huayin for defense.

Fortunately, Xia State was also subject to domestic rebellion and refused to surrender, thus avoiding a greater crisis for Qin State.

As for where the crisis in Xia came from, we have to start after Bai Wenxian's rebellion.

(End of this chapter)