Yang Anxuan was most worried that Qin and Wei would take advantage of the war in Jin to send troops to plunder the territory. However, God helped, and Qin, Wei and other countries were not peaceful themselves and had no time to take care of Jin.
The Western Qin Dynasty was restored, and he returned from begging for service. Seeing that the Qin state was weak, he led his army to attack and capture Jincheng County. Helian Bobo of the Great Xia Kingdom sent his nephew Zuo General Helian Luoti to attack Dingyang and buried alive more than 4,000 captured soldiers of the Later Qin Dynasty. ; He also personally conquered Longyou and broke the Baiya Fort, and moved more than 16,000 households of people captured along the way to the big city of Daxia.
Immediately afterwards, Southern Liang and Northern Liang fought with each other, kidnapped each other's people, and the attacks continued. The Rouran Kingdom took advantage of Tuoba Gui's death and the instability in the country to send troops to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Wei Emperor Tuoba Si personally conquered Rouran, and Rouran Khan was on his way to escape. After his death, because his son Hu Jiulu Duba was young, he partially supported his younger brother Yu Jiulu Hulu as the Khan. Tuoba Si returned to Pingcheng in mid-July.
The Qin State became increasingly weak, and Qifu Gangui launched another attack. Yu Yueqiu and Qu Ji took away more than 25,000 people from more than ten tribes and moved them to Yuanchuan. In August, Qifu Ganji moved the capital to Yuanchuan. Then after Qin attacked Lueyang, Nan'an and Longxi counties, they were all defeated. When they withdrew, more than 25,000 households and more than 100,000 people were moved to Yuanchuan and Pohan.
Seeing that the Later Qin did not respond to the Western Qin's attack, the Xianbei Puhun Tribe, the Qiang Gugu Tribe, the Shubao Tribe, and the Dengruo Tribe felt that the Later Qin was in decline, and abandoned the Later Qin and surrendered to the Western Qin, totaling more than 20,000 households.
Yao Xing felt that the Western Qin Dynasty had become a disaster, but he did not have the troops to conquer it, so he appointed his third son, Guangping Gong Yao Bi, as the governor of Yongzhou to guard stability and intimidate the Western Qin Dynasty.
Yao Bi was favored by Yao Xing, and his adviser Jiang Ji suggested to Yao Bi that he should make friends with Shangshu Ling, General Wei, Chang Shangong Yao Xian and the ministers in power around Yao Xing, so that Yao Xian and others could put in good words for him and transfer him back to Beijing. Take a position in the middle school to plan for the future. Yao Xian, the fifth younger brother of Yao Xing, was talented in both civil and military affairs. He was always elegant and respected, and won Yao Xing's trust.
Yao Xian spoke in front of Yao Xing several times and praised Yao Bi for his virtues. In addition, Yao Xing's close ministers often said so. In the first month of the seventh year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the thirteenth year of Hongshi in the Later Qin Dynasty, Yao Xing indeed summoned Yao Bi to return to Chang'an and confer him with him. Shangshu Ling, Shizhong and General, their status is second only to Prince Yao Hong.
Yao Bi left Anding, and Yao Xing was promoted to Taichang Suoleng as Taiwei and the internal history of Longxi. He asked him to recruit the Western Qin Dynasty and sent Zhendong General Yang Fosong to guard Anding.
When Qifu Gan returned home, he accepted the request and sent envoys back to the captured officials of the Later Qin Dynasty to ask for instructions to surrender. So Yao Xing granted Qifu Gan the title of General of Zhengxi, Grand Administrator of Hezhou, and Chanyu, and his son Qifu Chipan was made General of Zhenxi, King of Zuoxian, and Duke of Pingchang.
However, both Yao Xing and Qifu Gangui knew that neither side was able to launch an attack for the time being, and they were recuperating and waiting for the opportunity.
Later Qin's bad luck continued. The gourd had just been knocked down and the gourd was raised again. The Daxia Kingdom in the north refused to let the Later Qin go. They first sent troops to break the Dasu Fort and killed Anyuan General Yao Xiang; they also attacked Anding City and defeated the Zhendong General Yang Fosong. Fifteen thousand Qin troops surrendered; they attacked Dongxiang again, captured more than 3,000 households and moved them to Ercheng. Later Qin's military strength was reduced to less than 100,000, and it was unable to use external troops.
The leader of the Rouran Kingdom, Yu Jiuluer Hulu, was under pressure from the Northern Wei Dynasty, so he paid tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty with 3,000 war horses and asked to marry Princess Lelang, the daughter of Feng Ba, and Feng Ba agreed. Rouran and Northern Yan formed an alliance to jointly resist the Northern Wei.
Yang Anxuan looked at the intelligence sent by the secret guards, and estimated in his mind that the remaining troops of Later Qin should be almost the same as his own, and it was time to prepare for the attack on Qin.
However, attacking Later Qin will inevitably attract a pack of wolves. First of all, Helian Bobo of Daxia will take advantage of it, Western Qin will also be ready to take action, and Zhu Liang may also want to take a share of the pie. It is not difficult to deal with the declining Hou Qin, but what is difficult is how to deal with the wolves that follow.
Yang Anxuan planned to gather his scattered subordinates to unify their thoughts for the future attack on Qin, prepare supplies and supplies, and make sufficient preparations for the battle to destroy Later Qin.
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Lu Xun and Xu Daofu have reached their end. Going south along the waterway from Yuzhang, he gathered more than 6,000 defeated militiamen all the way. Seeing them return to Shixing County, Lu Xun was reassured. When Dongyang was defeated and fled to Panyu, there were only a few thousand soldiers. After arriving in Guangzhou, I can rest for a few years before making a comeback.
However, when Lu Xun saw his father Lu Xia, Sun Jianzhi and others in Shixing City, he learned that his hometown Panyu had been occupied by imperial troops, and he felt worried.
What made Lu Xun even more anxious and angry was that Liu Yu obviously did not intend to let him go easily. Not long after he arrived in Shixing City, Liu Fan and Liu Huaishen led the imperial troops to chase him over the mountains and ridges.
Lu Xun replied to Xu Daofu: "The matter has come to this, and we can only fight to the death. Daofu, you hold Shixing City securely, while Yu goes south to capture Panyu. If things go well, lead reinforcements to come back, otherwise you and I will end up in hell." See."
Leaving 2,000 soldiers and horses for Xu Daofu, Lu Xun took the remaining 4,000 people south to Panyu, searching for people along the way and forming an army. When they arrived at Panyu City, there were more than 10,000 people.
Liu Fan's troops arrived at Shixing City and ordered an attack. Shen Tianzi happened to be leading his army in Yangshan to attack Guiyang City. After hearing the news, he led his army to join Liu Fan. Xu Daofu's soldiers and horses were exhausted and barely managed to hold on for five days in the face of the numerically superior Jin army. The city was broken and Xu Daofu was killed.
At the foot of Panyu City, Lu Xun attacked the city. There were only 2,000 soldiers and horses left in the city. Sun Chu mobilized the people to go to the city to help defend. Lu Xun sent people to attack the city, and at the same time searched the people everywhere for food. He continued to attack Panyu City for more than 20 days and still did not conquer it.
Shen Tianzi led his army to rush for reinforcements. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted. At this time, Lu Xun had gathered more than 20,000 people and wanted to defeat Shen Tianzi first with superior force. Shen Tianzi formed a formation with his back to the water and took the lead in killing Lu Xunjun.
Before Shen Tianzi could rush to the front of the formation, Lu Xun's army panicked. At this time, Sun Chu led his army out of the city and defeated Lu Xun's rebel army in one fell swoop, killing more than 10,000 prisoners.
Lu Xun led the remnants of his troops to the west and entered Jiaozhou. Sun Chu and Shen Tianzi led their troops to pursue him. They won three battles in Cangwu, Yulin, and Ningpu. However, Sun Chu could not adapt to the climate and fell seriously ill, and died soon after. When Chu Yuzhi, the governor of Guangzhou, took office, Liu Fan, Shen Tianzi and others were ordered to lead their troops back to the capital.
Lu Xun fled to Jiaozhou and captured Hepu. It happened that the bandit Li Yi and others had a grudge against Jiaozhou governor Du Huidu, so the two joined forces to attack Longbian, the governor of Jiaozhou.
Outside Longbian City, Du Huidu used a pheasant-tail torch to burn a civilian army ship. Lu Xun was hit by an arrow and threw himself into the water. Du Huidu fished out his body and beheaded him, along with Lu Xun's father Lu Xia, four sons, and Ruan Jing, who joined the army as a recorder. All human heads were sent to Jiankang.
At this point, the eleven-year rebellion of Sun En and Lu Xun was completely put down.
The imperial court decreed that Liu Yu should be rewarded for his merits, and Liu Yu was awarded the title of Taiwei and Zhongshu Supervisor. His official positions such as Shangshu Shi and Yangzhou Governor remained unchanged. Liu Yu knew that the overall situation had been decided, so he no longer refused this time and accepted it happily.
The emperor also appointed Yang Anxuan as a minister and a general of cavalry on the grounds that the Yongzhou army went south to help suppress the rebellion. Later, general Liu Yi guarded Jiankang and supervised the transportation of baggage and was reinstated as general of the Wei. Yang was appointed governor of Yuzhou; other meritorious generals were also rewarded.
Liu Muzhi was transferred to the post of Sima of the Taiwei Mansion, and recruited talented people in the capital for Liu Yu, and absorbed a large number of Meng Chang's counselors into the Taiwei Mansion, including Yin Jingren, the grandson of Yin Mao, the former doctor Zuo Guanglu, and the son-in-law of Situ Wang Mi; Therefore, talented people such as Xie Zhi's great-grandson, brother of Taiwei Xie An, and Xie Hui, son of Hussar Commander Shi Xie Zhong, were highly valued by Liu Yu.
Liu Yi found that Liu Muzhi was of great help to Liu Yu and made suggestions for Liu Yu behind his back. Many nobles were attracted by him and took refuge in Liu Yu, and they were deeply jealous of him. So he often mentioned in front of Liu Yu that Liu Muzhi's power was too heavy and would be difficult to restrain in the future. However, Liu Yu knew his intentions and trusted Liu Muzhi even more.
After Leichi and Zuoli defeated the rebel army, Xiakou, Xunyang, and Liyang were recovered. Liu Yi returned to Liyang City and soon went to the court to request military supervision in Jiangzhou.
Liu Yi reported that Jiangzhou was at the strategic point, connected with Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and acted as a barrier for the capital. After the Lu Xun disaster, Jiangzhou was in decay, with few people and inconvenient transportation. Now that the Yan Kingdom has been pacified, it is difficult for the barbarians to invade Jiangzhou. The Jiangzhou government should be separated from the military and government, and simple and benevolent policies should be implemented to reduce the burden on the people.
Because Liu Yu had too much power, King Langya wanted someone to decentralize the power. In the name of the emperor, he ordered General Wei and Yuzhou Governor Liu Yi to supervise Jiangzhou affairs and moved the town to Yuzhang. Jiangzhou Governor Yu Yue was under Liu Yi's control.
Liu Yi moved the town to Yuzhang, and Yu Yue's good days came to an end. At that time, Liu Yi lived in Jingkou and had not yet become an official. He went to the east hall with his relatives and friends to shoot arrows. It happened that Shi Yuyue, the right commander of Situ, wanted to use the shooting range. Everyone had to avoid it, but Liu Yi did not leave and stayed in the east hall to shoot arrows.
Yu Yue brought a chef with him to cook delicious food. When Liu Yi saw him, he asked for roast goose, but Yu Yue flatly refused. Liu Yi held a grudge and always wanted revenge.
After taking office in Yuzhang, Liu Yi ordered his general Zhao Hui to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to Xunyang. He sent orders from the left and official letters from the right, leaving three thousand civil and military officials in Jiangzhou exhausted. Even so, Liu Yi was critical of Jiangzhou affairs and went to Xunyang to reprimand him. Finally, Liu Yi ordered Yu Yue to come to Yuzhang to listen to the lecture.
Yu Yue knew that Liu Yu was avenging his personal revenge. He was angry and frightened. When he got to Yuzhang, gangrene developed on his back and he died of the illness. Liu Yi took advantage of the situation and reported to the imperial court, asking him to be appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou. The emperor agreed to report.
Liu Yu watched Liu Yi making trouble with cold eyes. At this time, Liu Yi no longer cared about him. When the time came, Liu Yu was confident that he could destroy him at any time.
The person Liu Yu really regarded as his opponent was Yang Anxuan, the governor of Yongyan. Yang Anxuan was the governor of Yongyan. Yang Siping, the governor of Liangzhou, and Yang Zijing, the governor of Beiqingzhou, were his uncles. Lu Zongzhi, the governor of Sizhou, was once his subordinate. Sizhou was more Being sidelined by Yang Anxuan's cronies is just like being under Yang Anxuan's rule.
Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi have compared the strength of the two companies many times, and both think that they are only slightly better than Yang Anxuan.
The biggest advantage comes from the fact that Liu Yu controls the court, and he governs Xuzhou, Northern Jizhou, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, Jingzhou and other places. As for Yuzhou and Jiangzhou, although they are governed by Liu Yi, they are actually similar to the situation in Sizhou. out of Liu Yu's palm.
Liu Yu occupies more territory than Yang Anxuan, but the wars in Jiangnan have continued in recent years, and people have suffered serious casualties and fled. The people under the two rule should be about the same. Recently, Liu Yu is preparing to move the people of the original Nanyan from northern Jizhou to the south to enrich Xuzhou. , Yangzhou.
Although Liu Yu was full of confidence in the combat power of the Beifu Army, he did not dare to underestimate the Yongzhou Army. In particular, the weapons displayed by the Yongzhou Army were obviously better than those of the Beifu Army. The number of light cavalry should also be far greater than that of the imperial troops. Equally In a battle between the two armies, Liu Yu really didn't dare to say that he would win.
During the battle with Lu Xun's navy, Liu Yu captured six "eight-ships" and learned the secret of the watertight cabins. He also found out the reason why Shen Tianzi didn't sink the ship in the first place.
Liu Yu ordered the navy to renovate the ships. This time the battle with the rebel army exposed many loopholes in the imperial navy, which must be repaired in time, hoping to be able to compete with the Yongzhou Navy on the water in the future.
Yang Jiali, cutting iron knives, and watertight cabin ships, these technologies made Liu Yu deeply uneasy. He asked the emperor to reset the general as a master craftsman, appoint a supervisor with a rank of two thousand stones, the same rank as the nine ministers, two minor ministers, and a number of officials. In addition to being in charge of civil construction such as palaces, ancestral temples, and mausoleums, he was also in charge of the world's craftsmen and selected skilled craftsmen as officials. He ordered Shen Tianzi to take charge of the intelligence department. His main task was to spy on the secrets of Yongzhou's ordnance and inquire about the intelligence of Yongyan land.
I feel that the war has caused devastation in various places, and people have either died or fled. In many counties, the number of people in many counties is only 30% or 30% compared to 20 years ago. Liu Yu asked the emperor to place the captured rebel soldiers in Guangling, Jingkou and Sanwu areas to farm, and to take out the ownerless fields and grant them to the people who fled the mountains. Each naturalized citizen would be granted fifty acres of land.
To defeat Yang Anxuan, we must use the imperial power to implement benevolent policies and win the hearts of the people. After many discussions with Liu Muzhi, Liu Jingxuan and others, Liu Yu was ambitious to carry out a series of "reforms."
Some people died, but not completely...
