In Wuhu, when Yin Zhongkan received the edict, he was shocked and angry. If the person who issued the edict was not his uncle, Yin Zhongkan would have ordered someone to drive the emissary out.
In front of Yin Mao, Yin Zhongkan said angrily: "Although Wang Gong was defeated, Yu still had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. Chao Ting'an dared to humiliate me like this. Send an order and order Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi to march quickly and seize Stone City. .”
Outside Stone City, Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi received the imperial edict first. Yang Quanqi saw that the court appointed him as the governor of Yongzhou, and he was very satisfied with the military supervision of the three states of Liang, Yong and Qin. Huan Xuan was able to serve as the governor of Jiangzhou, plus The Huan family's power in Jingzhou can be regarded as controlling the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and both of them wanted to obey the court.
When Yin Zhongkan's order came, Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi hesitated. They discussed whether to go to Wuhu and talk to Yin Zhongkan face to face.
Yin Zhongkan's younger brother Yin Yuan was a subordinate of Yang Quanqi. Seeing that the army had no order to attack, Yang Quanqi and Huan Xuan secretly discussed in the tent. They had a bad secret. It seemed that they wanted to accept the appointment of the court.
Driving overnight to Wuhu, Yin Yun told Yin Zhongkan that Yang Quanqi and Huan Xuan intended to accept appointments from the court. Yin Zhongkan was shocked and immediately ordered his 20,000 troops to return to Jiangling, Jingzhou.
Before leaving, Yin Zhongkan sent an envoy to warn Huan Xuan, Yang Quanqi and their soldiers, "If anyone dares to disobey orders and return to Jingzhou, I will kill you and your whole family when you return to Jiangling."
Yang Quanqi's Liu family was originally a general under Yin Zhongkan. After receiving the order, he immediately led his 2,000 troops to withdraw. Afterwards, large boats and small boats were everywhere on the Yangtze River, all of which were returning to Jingzhou.
The morale of the army was in chaos, and Yang Quanqi and Huan Xuan were deeply afraid. How could they resist if Liu Laozhi of Xinting led his army to attack. Faced with Yin Zhongkan's plan to draw money from the cauldron, both Yang and Huan felt helpless and had to order to return to Jingzhou.
Hurrying slowly, they finally caught up with Yin Zhongkan in Xunyang. The three of them all felt that they should sit down and talk to eliminate their suspicions.
A rift has arisen, but if they go their separate ways at this moment and the court army pursues them, no one can escape the fate of destruction. At the banquet, everyone was talking and laughing, but everyone had their own thoughts and ideas.
After the Jingzhou soldiers and horses withdrew, Sima Daozi breathed a sigh of relief and did not continue to divide Yin, Huan, and Yang, nor did he pursue the victory.
Seeing that the court soldiers and horses did not pursue them, the three decided to camp in Xunyang first and wait for discussion before deciding where to go. Among the three, Yin Zhongkan was the strongest, and most of the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou obeyed his orders. However, at this moment, he had nominally lost his official position as the governor of Jingzhou and needed the support of the Huan family and Yang Quanqi.
Yin Zhongkan was a scribe and had no military knowledge. If he wanted to lead troops to fight, he could not rely on Huan Xuan, but could only rely on Yang Anxuan. Only by firmly holding Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi and stabilizing Jingzhou from unrest, could Yin Zhongkan have the capital to bargain with the court.
Huanxuan was very popular in Jingzhou because of his father and brother's family. However, the court imposed many restrictions on him. Most of the Huan brothers were loyal to the court and did not attach themselves to him. Hengxuan often felt that he had great ambitions but no strength.
The court promised the position of governor of Jiangzhou, and Huan Xuan liked it very much. Jiangzhou is a prosperous place, located between Jingzhou and the capital. It only takes a few years to recruit more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. By then, Jiangzhou and Jingzhou will be as powerful as Jiangzhou and Jingzhou. , there is a lot to be done.
The biggest profit from this dispatch of troops was made by Yang Quanqi, the governor of Yongzhou, who was in charge of the military affairs of Liang, Yong and Qin states. He suddenly stepped from the fifth rank to the fourth rank, which was a big step. It was the opportunity that Yang Quanqi had dreamed of. Among the three, He most wants to accept the imperial decree.
However, the Yang family is the weakest among the three families, with less than a thousand troops. The soldiers and horses in the eldest brother Yang Guang's Nanman captain's mansion are also Jingzhou soldiers, and they will not obey the command in case of trouble.
Yang Quanqi was the Prime Minister of Nanjun and the Sima of the Prefecture. On the surface, he had to listen to Yin Zhongkan's orders. What's more, he was recommended by Yin Zhongkan when he was reborn. With this kind of kindness, he couldn't do too much.
Compared with Huan Xuan, Yin Zhongkan trusted Yang Quanqi more. Although the Yang family was famous, it had no help in the court, so he first found Yang Quanqi and analyzed with him the viciousness of the court's strategy of dividing the court, and explained that only by uniting can we survive together. Difficulties.
Finally, the marriage of children was mentioned again. This time Yin Zhongkan asked for marriage for his concubine Yin Benzhi, and married Yang Quanqi's concubine Yang Li, and promised that after the marriage, Yin Benzhi would accompany Yang Quanqi as an official.
Yin Zhongkan had reached this point, what else could Yang Quanqi say, and he readily agreed to follow Yin Zhongkan's arrangements.
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An Shen was a Jingzhou law cao who joined the army. Yin Zhongkan felt that although he sent his concubine to Yang Quanqi, with Yang Anshen as a hostage and the two families becoming in-laws, they should have nothing to worry about.
Next, the matter of Huan Xuan was discussed, and the two of them had differences on whether to recruit Huan Xuan into the gang. Yang Quanqi came from the Yang family of Xu Hong's family and had a noble status, but Huan Xuan thought that the Yang family was the son of a military family and came from a poor family, so he humiliated Yang Quanqi in person several times. And because his father Yang Liang was once a subordinate general under Huan Wen, he regarded the Yang family as his subordinate.
Yang Quanqi showed a fierce look in his eyes and said: "I have tried to persuade Brother Yin several times to find an opportunity to kill Huan Xuan, but Brother Yin gave up because he was afraid of chaos in Jingzhou. But this time is a good opportunity to kill Huan Xuan and tell the court. It is speculated that the army is raised this time because of Huan Xuan's intention, and I believe that the court will be happy to see it."
Yin Zhongkan shook his head repeatedly and said: "That's not right. The Huan family has been in charge of Jingzhou for more than forty years. Huanxuan relies on the name of his father and brother, and his reputation is far higher than that of you and me. If he is executed and Jingzhou is in chaos, not to mention the people of Jingzhou will However, even this army of tens of thousands will probably fall apart soon. When we are recruiting people now, we must not kill Huan Xuan."
In addition to the possible turmoil caused by killing Huanxuan, Yin Zhongkan also had the intention of using Huanxuan to contain Yang Quanqi. If he really killed Huanxuan, Yang Quanqi might become another Huanxuan. Only by restraining each other could he be able to sit down. Stable.
The troops and horses were in Yin Zhongkan's hands. Since he disagreed, Yang Quanqi had no choice but to give up.
After the two reached an agreement, they went to Huan Xuan to discuss an alliance. Although they each had their own agendas, they finally reached an alliance and elected Huan Xuan, the most prestigious, as the alliance leader.
Huan Xuan was a little proud. It seemed that Yin Zhongkan and Yang Quanqi still knew the current affairs and knew that the current situation could only compete with the court by supporting themselves. …
On October 23, the three of them set up an altar by the Xunyang River to make a blood alliance and jointly refused the imperial edict. Later, they jointly petitioned the Emperor Shu to avenge Wang Gong's grievances, and requested that Sima Shangzhi and Liu Laozhi be killed. They also said that Yin Zhongkan was not guilty and should not be demoted.
The Jingzhou army retreated from Wuhu, Jiankang City was filled with joy, and the court issued a decree for amnesty. The palace was full of banquets and singing and dancing for days, and Sima Daozi thought the victory was certain. This time, the allied forces of Wang, Yu, and Yin were all defeated by the court. Let's see who dares to cause chaos in the future.
After receiving the joint memorial from Yin, Huan, and Yang, Sima Daozi summoned the ministers to discuss matters and inquired about Jingzhou's true situation to see if he could take advantage of the great victory to solve Jingzhou's troubles once and for all.
The person in the court who knows the most about the situation in Jingzhou is Yushi Zhongcheng Jiangji, who was originally the prime minister of Nanjun. Jiang Ji told Sima Daozi that Jingzhou had nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, and more than a thousand warships. Their strength was not to be underestimated. If they wanted to send troops to attack Jingzhou, the outcome would be uncertain.
After careful consideration, Sima Daozi decided to compromise and sent Yin Mao to Xunyang again to announce the decree. "The general is attached to Wang Gong, and the government and the public are worried. However, it is not appropriate to dwell on the past. Please obey the imperial order and withdraw the troops, restore the general's original position, and appease the troops." When we disarm and retire, there will be peace both internally and externally.”
When the decree arrived, Yin Zhongkan was reinstated in Jingzhou, while Huanxuan's Jiangzhou and Yang Quanqi's Yongzhou remained unchanged. Everyone was happy. Yin, Huan, and Yang readily obeyed the edict and led their troops back to Jingzhou.
This time the three factions raised troops, and in Jingzhou, which finally benefited, Wang Gong died, and Yu Kai refused to pardon him, so he had to follow Huan Xuan in despair.
The court has lost face, so of course there must be a scapegoat. The imperial censor Zhongcheng Jiangji impeached General Huan Xiu of the Zuowei, "Accepting Yang Quanqi's words, trusting orders in communication, not doing enough publicity, thinking of oneself, suspected of misunderstanding the government, please accept it as a Tingwei."
Unlucky Huan Xiu, the differentiation plan he proposed had already caused Yin, Huan, and Yang to withdraw their troops. Chaoting Gou'an could not seize the opportunity, but put the blame on him.
Sima Daozi knew that blaming Huan Xiu was far-fetched, so he just dismissed Huan Xiu from his official position.
Speaking of being unlucky, there is one person who is even more unlucky than Huan Xiu, and that is Xi Hui, the governor of Yongzhou. If you really comply with those words, if you sit at home behind closed doors, disaster will come from heaven.
Wang Gong raised troops, and Xi Hui received the court's order to suppress the rebellion and decided to raise troops to contain Jingzhou's troops. Xiangyang Governor Xiahou Zongzhi and Prefecture Sima Guobi believed that it was impossible for the court to resist the three coalition forces, and urged not to go south.
Xi Hui beheaded the two men and prepared to lead eight thousand soldiers and horses southward. While he was still raising supplies and supplies, news came that Wang Gong had died and the Jingzhou army was besieging Stone City.
In order to alleviate the urgent need, the court used Huan Xiu's plan to transfer the governor of Yongzhou to Yang Quanqi, and ordered Xi Hui to come to Beijing as Shang.
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After Xi Hui received the order, he was so angry that he cursed. This is how the court treated loyal ministers. It is true that good people can be bullied. This time Xi Hui decided to follow the advice of Lu Qiuxian, the prefect of Nanyang, and raised his troops to refuse to defend, to see how Yang Quanqi could capture his Xiangyang city.
Huanxuan did not return to Jiangling, but directly took his troops to take up his post in Jiangzhou. Huanxuan was a good friend of Bian Fanzhi, the prefect of Shi'an. He knew that he was resourceful and talented, so he recruited him as a long history to make suggestions. Because the court did not pardon Yu Kai, Huan Xuan ordered Yu Kai to be the prefect of Wuchang, without giving any face to the court.
Yin Zhongkan and Yang Quanqi returned to Jiangling, and Yang Quanqi was preparing to go to Xiangyang to take over as the governor of Yongzhou. I heard that Xi Hui had appointed Lu Qiuxian, the prefect of Nanyang, to lead an army of 10,000 men to garrison Yicheng, and he was not allowed to go to Xiangyang City.
Except for more than a thousand clan troops, Yang Quanqi's other troops and horses were all owned by Jingzhou. Since he had been promoted to the governor of Yongzhou, he naturally could not command the troops and horses of Jingzhou.
Borrowing 3,000 troops from Yin Zhongkan, Yang Quanqi led 4,000 men in hundreds of warships and sailed north along the Mian River to Xiangyang City.
When the court appointed Huan Xuan as the governor of Guangzhou, Huan Xuan was unwilling to move forward and exchanged words with Xi Hui. Xi Hui was very frightened and asked his subordinates for their opinions. All his subordinates said that Huan Xuan was so famous that it would be difficult to resist him if he came to Yongzhou.
On this trip to the north, Yang Quanqi made people publicize that Huanxuan wanted to capture Yongzhou and sent Yang Quanqi as the vanguard. Yongzhou soldiers were afraid of Huanxuan's reputation and collapsed without a fight. Yang Quanqi arrived at Xiangyang City without any bloodshed.
Xi Hui had no choice but to open the city and let Yang Quanqi enter Xiangyang. The first thing Yang Quanqi did when he entered the city was to kill Lu Qiuxian, the prefect of Nanyang.
When he met with Xi Hui, Yang Quanqi felt a little embarrassed when he recalled what happened back then. He said, "Mr. Xi, I came to Xiangyang just because of the court's order, but it was not my intention. I hope Mr. Xi won't be surprised. The Chinese New Year is about to come, and it's cold. The ground is freezing, so Mr. Xi might as well stay in Xiangyang for a few days, and wait for the spring to warm and the flowers bloom. I will send Mr. Xi back to the capital."
Now that things have come to this, Xi Hui has nothing to say. Yang Quanqi still let Xi Hui live in Qixin Hall, and strictly ordered not to disturb Xi Hui's family.
After taking over as the governor of Yongzhou, Yang Quanqi comforted the former Yongzhou soldiers, ordered disaster relief, repaired the city, and trained the soldiers. Compared with Xi Hui's collapse, Yang Quanqi was more diligent in governing, and people gradually became more at ease.
The storm seemed to have calmed down, but who would have known that troubled times were already coming.
