Great Han Empire

Chapter 987 Chapter [-]
In the middle of the night, the Qilin Hall was brightly lit and the atmosphere was tense.

Shi Chenwei, the head of the Grand Sima's Mansion, is reporting the battle situation in various places to the ministers.

On the southern battlefield, the war fell into a stalemate.Beginning at the end of May, General Zhong Yao commanded an army of [-] and Cao Cao and Yuan Tan's rebels fought repeatedly in Xiangxian County and Dangxian County of Yuzhou.General Zhang Xiu of Wu Rui and General Lu Mian of Jianwu launched several counterattacks against Yuan Xi and Kuai Liang's rebels in the direction of Luyang after receiving support from Luoyang.

Under the command of the Son of Heaven and the Great General, the westward marching army on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang has taken all of Hanyang, and is currently advancing towards the south bank of the Yellow River in Jincheng County.General Quyi said in his report that they planned to adopt the strategy of luring the enemy, attracting the Qiang people to the front line of Jincheng and Yuzhong, and then attacking the north and south with the Hexi Iron Cavalry of Yan Rou, the general who suppressed the north, severely injuring the Qiang people, so that the army can quickly recover the river. Huang area.

The army going south on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang was stubbornly blocked by the rebels on the front line of Dasan Pass and Hechi.At the end of May, Yan Liang led his army to break through Zhang Fei's blockade and captured Huanghuachuan.In June, the southward army once again broke through Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong's joint blockade and captured Fengting.On the seventh day of June, the army encountered the main force of the rebels in Gudaochuan. Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Yang Ren, Li Jun and other rebels led the army to fight desperately. The battle was very fierce.Yan Liang commanded the soldiers to fight hard for four days, broke through the old Daochuan with difficulty, and advanced to Malingzhai.According to the latest battle report, Yan Yan's army has withdrawn from Hanyang to Wudu, and appeared on the battlefield of Maling Village.

"The primary attack targets of the southward army are Hechi, Xiabian, and Xianrenguan in the southeast of Hechi. Taking these three places will basically block the rebels from retreating from Chencang Road to Hanzhong and from Jinniu Road to Bashu. "Chen Wei pointed to the map and focused it three times, "There are two dangerous obstacles, Liangdangting and Guting, in the south of Malingzhai. It is very difficult for us to reach Hechi in a short time when the troops are close. Big, unless there is another increase in troops."

"There is another way, which is to send troops to Hanzhong along the plank road, attack Wudu from the direction of the Han army, and carry out an east-west attack with Lord Yan Liang's army." Chen Wei pointed to Hanzhong on the map again, "At the beginning of the year, Hanzhong The prefect Yang Song once sent someone to Chang'an to secretly submit a confession form, intending to surrender to the imperial court. We also sent people to Hanzhong to meet Yang Song in secret and discuss with him the matter of appeasement. Yi was accidentally killed, forcing us to send troops to Western Xinjiang ahead of schedule. This accident disrupted our deployment to attack Longnan, and also made it impossible for us to send troops to Hanzhong."

"The attack strategy that Yang Song and we finally agreed on is that we will contain Liu Bei and Liu Zhang's forces all the way out of the military, and enter Hanzhong from the Meridian Road all the way, hold Yangping Pass, cut off the way for the rebels to return to Hanzhong, and at the same time take the Jinniu to kill Chengdu. The key point of this strategy is that our army must first enter Hanzhong to help Yang Song stabilize Hanzhong, and then attack Wudu from the direction of Dasanguan, otherwise the rebels will try their best to stop the Han army going south while firmly controlling it Yangping Pass and Jinniu Mountain ensure that the retreat is not lost."

"Judging from the current battlefield situation, it is obviously inappropriate to implement this strategy again. We attacked Wudu first, which made Yang Song lose his trust in us. At the same time, all the rebel forces will keep a close eye on Hanzhong. As long as there is a slight disturbance in Hanzhong, we will The army that sneaks into Hanzhong will be completely wiped out, so we plan to send people to the south again secretly to contact Yang Song, first to explain the reason for the early dispatch of troops to Wudu, to rebuild the trust between the two sides, and second, to discuss the attack strategy so that the army can Cross the plank road and enter Hanzhong, implement the strategy of attacking from east to west, and recover Wudu and Hanzhong counties as soon as possible."

"It will take at least a month for the special envoy to go back and forth to Hanzhong, so in the next period of time, we intend to order General Yan Liang to use the existing forces to continue the offensive and try to drag the rebels to the Wudu battlefield as much as possible, in order to cope with our sending troops into Hanzhong, However, the crisis that broke out in the northern border once again disrupted the deployment of the imperial court. If there is no accident, the imperial court's army may have to fight in the three battlefields of western border, northern border and southern border this year. Chen Wei looked at the ministers and said helplessly, "The most urgent task is to ensure the food and supplies of the Western Expedition Army, to ensure that the Western Expedition Army can complete the attack target, and at the same time try to stabilize the situation in the south so that the imperial court can concentrate on dealing with the crisis in northern Xinjiang."

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On the issue of dealing with the crisis in northern Xinjiang, Grand Sima Xu Rong suggested that Guang Luxun Xianyufu should go to Youzhou to take command as quickly as possible.

"This year, the main force of the army is on the battlefield in western Xinjiang, unable to take care of northern Xinjiang, so the key to dealing with the crisis in northern Xinjiang is not to mobilize the army to deter the tribes of the Hu tribes in the desert, but to make every effort to use the conflicts between the tribes of the Hu tribes to make them interact with each other. attack, further split and weaken the strength of the various Hu tribes, and prepare for the army to go north to counter the rebellion next year."

Grand Sima Xu Rong looked serious, walked in front of Xianyufu with his hands behind his back, and solemnly said to Xianyufu's anxious eyes: "The chaos in northern Xinjiang is not terrible, what is terrible is that the Xianbei people in the desert may take advantage of this chaos to go back to their hometowns." Come together and work together to fight against my big man, so the bottom line given to you by the imperial court is that you would rather lose control of the desert than let the Xianbei people rise again."

Xian Yu Fu understood and bowed to accept the order.

If the Xianbei tribes were allowed to rebuild the royal court of Danhan Mountain and dominate the desert, the big man would not only have to bear endless wars again, but would even lose the great cause of ZTE.

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Da Sima Xu Rong then suggested that the imperial court borrow money and food on credit from wealthy families and wealthy families in various places to ease the sudden financial crisis.

The ministers are very divided on this. They believe that the imperial court forcibly issued an order to borrow money and food on credit from the powerful families and rich people in various places. as well.Now the tax of the Han Dynasty is collected by "mouth", and the population of the prefectures and counties actually controlled by the imperial court is at least 800 million to 2000 million. If each mouth is levied an extra [-] yuan, the treasury can increase the tax by [-] million yuan. It will hurt the people, and it will not arouse public anger. It is obviously better than forced credit.

In addition, it is also possible to appropriately increase the taxation of merchants.The New Deal encourages business, gave many preferential policies to merchants from all over the world, and gave them a high status. They have made a lot of money over the years, and the government and the opposition are very good. They should be grateful for the mighty emperor’s grace and repay the court. Don’t forget about the scars Pain, repeating the disaster of "reporting" in Emperor Xiaowu's dynasty.

After heated debates, the ministers finally decided on a way to alleviate the wealth crisis. One is to increase the tax, but only ten yuan per mouth, and only one year; Solicit donations from government offices, powerful families and rich and powerful businessmen everywhere.Anyone who donates a certain amount of money can send a man to study at the Taixue in Chang'an or Luoyang.

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The next day, Grand Sima Xu Rong, Grand Tutor Yang Biao, and Prime Minister Li Wei rushed to Liyang to report.

On the same day, the eldest princess made a decree to worship Xian Yufu as the general of hussars, hold a festival axe, supervise the military affairs in northern Xinjiang, handle the crisis in northern Xinjiang with full authority, and defend the safety of northern Xinjiang.

Worship the Right Guard General Zhao Yun as Guang Lu Xun.Although he is still in mourning, state affairs are the most important thing, and he will immediately take up his post with "feeling".

The many memorials and proposals of the imperial edicts and quasi-ministers on alleviating the financial crisis were promulgated and implemented.

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In June, Yuzhou.

Lu Bu, the general of the left guard, led his troops to Suiyang to meet with Zhong Yao, the general who had arrived here earlier.

The imperial edict of the imperial court is very clear, calling for an immediate end to the war in the south, but even if Lv Bu arrives in Suiyang now, the strength of the army has increased, and he can defeat the rebels in Dangxian and Xiangxian counties, but it may not be able to stop the rebels from continuously counterattacking. It is necessary to find a way to negotiate with Cao Cao and drive a wedge between Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and Liu Biao, thereby destroying the alliance of the rebels.

Zhong Yao said to Lu Bu, "You lead the army to attack, and I will go back to Xuchang to gather famous scholars and scholars to discuss how to persuade and divorce.

On June 24, Lu Bu ordered Wei Xu to lead an army of [-] to quietly cross the Bian River, waiting for an opportunity to attack Xiao County and cut off Cao Cao's grain and grass transportation; he ordered Peng Lie to take [-] troops to stand by in Dang County, waiting for his attack order .

On June 25, Lu Bu assembled an army of [-] and took the initiative to attack.Yuan Tan, Cao Hong, Liu Xun, Man Chong and others marched against the enemy, and the two sides fought bloody battles by the Suishui River.

On June 26, Cao Cao went to the front in person and commanded an army of [-] to attack.Lv Bu was unafraid, and Lei Zhong, Song Xian, Sun Luan and others took the lead and led the soldiers to fight to the death. The Northern Xinjiang Army suffered extremely heavy losses.

Cao Cao was very happy. He thought that the attack in the direction of Jingzhou had an effect. Zhong Yao took some troops to support Luyang. It was severely damaged, and it was already in jeopardy.He ordered all the thousands of defenders in Xiangcheng and Xiaoxian to be transferred to the battlefield overnight, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Lu Bu the next day.

In the early morning of June 27, Peng Lie led his army to the front line. Under the command of Lv Bu, [-] troops attacked the exhausted rebel camp with overwhelming momentum.

Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and others were caught off guard, and the soldiers who had been fighting for two days were already exhausted. Seeing the Han army attacking overwhelmingly, they turned around and ran away.

The rebels were defeated.

The Han army covered up and killed them all the way, beheading countless people.

Cao Cao fled to Xiao County and regrouped his army while crossing the river.Suddenly, Wei Xu led his army out.Wei Xu found out that Xiao County's army had crossed the south of the river overnight, so he decided to attack Xiao County. He didn't expect that when he attacked the city, it was the moment when Cao Jun fled back in embarrassment.

Cao Jun was terrified and fled in all directions. Countless people fell into the water and drowned.

Wei Xu was also panicked. He thought that Cao Cao had withdrawn his army and the main force was behind him, so he hurriedly led the army back.

Lu Bu, Peng Lie and others led the army to fight until dawn before stopping.Nearly ten thousand enemies were killed in this battle, without a single prisoner, and there were as many heads as mountains.

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When Cao Cao was defeated and returned to Pengcheng, he was panicked and worried that the northern army would take advantage of the momentum to attack Xuzhou.

Yuan Tan fled to Qi (qi) city, dying.

Zhong Yao was very excited when he heard of the great victory in Dangcheng. While rushing to the court, he sent messengers to Pengcheng to appease Cao Cao and told him to present his confession immediately, otherwise he would attack Xuzhou immediately.Zhong Yao said in the letter, do you think Liu Biao will help you fight Yuzhou?He had already sent someone to contact us in secret. Without his "tacit understanding", would I have been able to transfer all the main forces of Yuzhou to the Dangcheng battlefield?Liu Biao is a minister of the clan. If he surrenders, he can at least be a happy prince, but what about you?If you don't wake up again, it will be a disaster to wipe out the nine clans.

Zhong Yao sent Han Ji (ji) to Xiangyang to appease Liu Biao.Zhong Yao said in the letter, man, you don't know who Cao Cao is?A few years ago, he did not hesitate to marry his daughter to a barbarian in order to gain breathing time. Now that he has defeated again, do you think he will surrender?He surrendered and was caressed. Whether he is sincere or not, he will sacrifice your interests without hesitation. He may even give us food and grass, and secretly help us fight Jingzhou in exchange for time for him to recover his strength. So, brother, you still Be sober, see the situation clearly before you fight, don't be fooled by others, fall into the tricks of others, and even die without knowing how you died.

It was Yuan Ba ​​who came to Qicheng to appease Yuan Tan.Yuan Tan now has only half of the Pei Kingdom left, and his strength has almost been lost. However, Yuan Ba ​​persuaded him to take advantage of Cao Cao's defeat and before he regained his vitality, he immediately sent people to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and seize Jiujiang and Lujiang. Find a new foothold for yourself.Yuan Ba ​​said, if you have difficulties, just mention it, and I will use the power of Yuan Clan in Yuzhou to help you secretly.Yuan Tan was very grateful, although he knew that Yuan Ba ​​might not really help him, but he really needed to cheer up and survive, otherwise he would be completely ruined.

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In July, Xijiang.

At the beginning of July, with the unremitting efforts of Pang De and Ma Chao, and under the frequent attacks of the Han army cavalry, the vigilance and timidity of the Qiang people were gradually replaced by burning hatred and anger. They gradually gathered in Jincheng and Yuzhong. They were preparing for a decisive battle with the Han army, but Hong Ri, the commander of Shaodang Qiang, repeatedly warned them not to leave the banks of the Huangshui River, and not to cross the Yellow River to fight the Han people.

Hongri, Tietou, and Storm's cavalry have been fighting with the Han cavalry on the north bank of the Huangshui River. They noticed that the Han cavalry had signs of crossing the river, and then suspected that the Han army was going to encircle and wipe out the Qiang cavalry on the Jincheng and Yuzhong lines, so they stopped them several times. Tang Xiao led the army across the river, but the arrogant Tang Xiao ignored it, and led 1 cavalry to attack Yuzhong on the seventh day of the seventh month.

The Han army was defeated, retreated again and again, and was defeated into the Kuiyuan Canyon.The Qiang roared in.

Suddenly, the drums of war were like thunder, and all the ambush soldiers came out. Tens of thousands of Han troops surrounded the Qiang people and attacked and killed them bravely.The Qiang people were defeated and broke through desperately, leaving thousands of corpses behind and fled in embarrassment, but they encountered the Xiliang army lurking from the Tuoling trail near Jincheng.Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and others commanded the army to fight tenaciously, blocking the Qiang people on the bank of the Yellow River.

Qu Yi, Pang De, Wei Jun, Ma Chao, Ji Feng, Nie Xiao and others led their cavalry to catch up quickly, and once again fought with the Qiang people.

At this time, Jiang Wu and Mustafa came across the river with [-] cavalry, and tens of thousands of troops surrounded the Qiang people and slashed at them.

Qu Yi gave the order to kill and leave no one behind.The war intensified.Tang Xiao, commander of Shaodang Qiang Qu, was beheaded by Ma Chao, and thousands of Qiang people fell off their horses one after another under the stormy attack of the Han army.

At dusk, when Xiaotianzi, Li Hong, Yushi and others rushed to the battlefield with the Huben Yulin Battalion, the Northern Army Yueqi Battalion and the Infantry Battalion, the battle was over.

Li Hong ordered to cross the river and kill Hehuang directly.

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In mid-July, the news that the Son of Heaven and the Great General Li Hong led the army to advance to Hehuang reached Longxi, and everyone was shocked.

Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Guan Yu, Pang Yi and others to discuss.Zhuge Liang, who has been by Liu Bei's side, suggested that Liu Bei withdraw from Longxi immediately and seize Hanzhong quickly, otherwise the army is very likely to be wiped out in the two counties of Longxi and Wudu.

At this moment Liu Bei was completely in trouble.

Since the northern border army broke out of Dasan Pass, the food supply to Longxi was completely cut off.Although Liu Bei was farming in Longxi, the climate in Longxi was not suitable and the output was extremely low. That little grain was like a drop in the bucket, and he couldn't support himself.To transport grain from Bashu and Hanzhong to Longxi, more than half of the consumption on the road will be removed. Therefore, Liu Bei's army has been struggling for survival. This is also one of the important reasons why Liu Bei was stranded in Longxi and unable to conquer Hehuang.

Now there is no food to ensure the survival of the army, and not only the Qiang people are threatening the safety of the army, but also the powerful northern Xinjiang cavalry. In this case, withdrawing to Wudu has become the only way out.

Thinking about his courage to go forward three years ago, Liu Bei felt very desolate and painful.Xijiang is indeed not a place for people to live in. Even if I have lofty ambitions, but in the face of hunger and cold, I can only restrain myself. Now I don't even have the desire to fight like a cornered beast, and I wish I could leave early.

But leaving Longxi, where is his way out?

"For more than a month, the northern army has been attacking continuously and has approached Hechi. If Hechi falls, we will be in a desperate situation and have no chance of survival." Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation in detail, thinking that now Liu Zhang and Yang Song are afraid of Li Hong, They all want to preserve their strength as much as possible. They may not do their best to protect Wudu, so the army should quickly withdraw to Hechi and go down to the front line to avoid the fate of the entire army. Both Liu Zhang and Yang Song need the opportunity for us to help by force, first take Hanzhong, and then take Chengdu, so as to ensure the safety of Yizhou and stop the northern Xinjiang army from going south."

Liu Bei had no choice.If he wanted to survive, he needed a place to live, and he had to grab it.

"Withdraw..." Liu Bei no longer hesitated, and ordered decisively.

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Under July, Youzhou, Jicheng.

After Hussar General Xian Yufu arrived in northern Xinjiang, he played a role in deterring the Hu people outside the Great Wall. Lou Lu and Neng Chen Di stopped their troops, and She Long and She Ying Tong also temporarily stopped fighting, but a bad news followed. It was reported that Mi Jia of Eastern Xianbei died of illness, and Que Ji, Huaitou, Su Li and others immediately made Mi Jia's son Jia Mo the Eastern Xianbei King, and he and Kebi Xiong had a knife.

Of course, Kebixiong couldn't tolerate the betrayal of Que Ji and others, and immediately raised troops to attack the eastern Xianbei tribes.

Kirby bear ignited the second smoke on the desert.

Before Xian Yufu could stop Kirby, the third puff of smoke rose from the desert, and Fu Luohan and Shelong teamed up to attack Sheyingtong and Shehu.The two were caught off guard and lacked strength, so they had to abandon the tribe and flee to Juyongguan with thousands of people, seeking help from Xian Yufu.

With the support of Fu Luohan, Shelong became the king of Xianbei in the south. The two joined forces and attacked the Xianbei in the middle.

Kebixiong was under attack from the front and back, and was unable to parry, so he quickly sent someone to ask for help from Xian Yufu.

But Xian Yufu had already fallen into the Liaodong battle at this moment, and he was powerless to take care of him.

Karasuma Grand Chanyu Tadun in Liaodong was assassinated and died, and his son Dunjie succeeded him.Lou Ban was furious and united with Wu Yan and Su Puyan to attack and kill them.Dunjie asked Li Su, the governor of Liaodong, and Gongsun Xu, the general who sought captives, for help. The two immediately sent troops to help Dunjie put down the rebellion.Liaodong suddenly billowed with smoke and horns blared.

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In August, Kebixiong, Que Kun and others led the army to fight fiercely with Jiamo and Queji. The Xianbei army in the east retreated again and again, gradually luring Kebixiong's army to the vicinity of Wuhou Qinshui.

At this time, the army of Fu Luohan and Shelong crossed the Lightning River and directly killed Huoyunyuan.Xiong Ba led his army to block the attack, but was killed by an arrow.In desperation due to the violent wind and torrential rain, they had no choice but to take tens of thousands of tribal people and flee day and night to Da Xianbei Mountain for refuge.

After hearing the news, Kirby Bear knew that he had been fooled by the lack of opportunity, and hurriedly withdrew his troops, but what he never expected was that Fuyu's army suddenly appeared, blocking Kirby Bear's way to retreat to the Great Xianbei Mountain.

Kebi Xiong rushed to kill, led the army to turn south, and broke out in the direction of Dayan Mountain.

Fu Luo Han, She Long, Jia Mo, Que Ji, Su Li and others chased and intercepted him, vowing to kill Kirby Bear.If Kirby Bear escaped from Dayan Mountain, based on his relationship with General Li Hong, the cavalry of the Han army would soon enter the desert, and everyone would have a hard time.On the contrary, if Kirby is killed, a scapegoat is found, and the general is perfunctory, the matter may be reduced to a minor one.When the desert is stabilized and the ministries of Xianbei are unified, the Xianbei people will not be afraid of Li Hong and his cavalry, and will retake the desert.

Kirby Bear obviously knew better than his enemies what it meant to escape Dayan Mountain, so he led the black eagle cavalry to fight all the way, invincible, and led all the enemies to the northern foot of Dayan Mountain. When there were many traps, he suddenly turned around again, led the army and ran eastward, successfully broke through from the direction of Bailang Mountain, fled to the west of Liaoning, and quickly rushed to Lulongsai.

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In August, Xijiang, Hehuang.

The Qiang people fled after hearing the news, and the Han army could not find their main force, so they had to station troops on the banks of the Weishui River, patiently looking for opportunities.

Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, led his army across the Yellow River and joined the Western Expeditionary Army.

Jia Xu suggested that divide the troops to lure the enemy.The main force pretended to attack Longxi, lurking in Heguan and Fanghan.Leaving an iron cavalry to travel around Hehuang to lure the main force of the Qiang people.

According to his plan, Li Hong led his army to the south, crossed the Yellow River from the direction of Heguan, and began to attack Longxi.

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