After learning that Meng Longfu successfully captured Chiyang City, Fufeng County, Xinping County, and Beidi County sent people to request the Jin army to surrender. Yang Anxuan ordered Meng Longfu to sit in Chiyang to appease the people and beware of Helian Bobo launching a sneak attack from Anding County.
In Anding City, Helian Bobo learned that the Jin army had taken Chencang, Chiyang and other places, and sighed: "Most of Qin's territory fell into the hands of the Jin people, and there is no way to recover."
Yi Dou, the general who conquered the north, wanted to return to Chang'an and avenge the defeat of Yiyang Township. He said: "Your Majesty, the Jin people have newly acquired the land of Qin and the people are not yet attached to it. Why not take the opportunity to attack the city and seize the territory."
Helian Bobo said: "This defeat at the hands of the Jin people made me feel the importance of strong cities and strong soldiers. The morale of the Jin army is strong and it is not suitable to resist the front. I decided to temporarily return to the army to build a city and establish a capital in Wuding, Hebei; The Jin army's swords and guns are sharp, and our army suffers a loss during the battle. I intend to recruit skilled craftsmen to forge sharp weapons. Also, the Jin army's fire-burning object is very powerful. I must explore this object so that I can be invincible in future encounters. .”
On May 26, when he learned that Helian Bolulu and Helian Lijunti were guarding Anding City, and he led his troops back to Wuding Hebei, Yang Anxuan's tight strings relaxed. The attack on Qin was basically completed. It was time. Returned to Xiangyang.
Liu Wang suppressed the evil and led 20,000 troops to guard Chang'an. Meng Longfu led 15,000 men to guard Chiyang. Chencang left 8,000 men for Zhu Chaoshi. In the first stage, Yang Siping and Zhao Tian took away a total of 6,000 elites, and the rest There are less than ten thousand soldiers and horses. After Yang Anxuan discussed with Wang Zhene and others, they decided to take only 2,000 people back through the waterway. The Qin Dynasty had decided that there were many hidden dangers and more troops and horses should be left for emergency response.
The soldiers had been out for more than half a year and must have missed their hometown. After Yang Anxuan prepared to return to Xiangyang, he organized the garrison troops to come and rotate, and encouraged the soldiers to settle down in Northern Yongzhou with a reward of 200 acres of land. There is no shortage of land, and the official land of Qin and the land of seized princes and nobles are enough to grant rewards.
After Chen Yuchi came to Chenggao's aid, only 5,000 men and 200 ships were left in the navy. After Chang'an surrendered, Yang Anxuan ordered Liu Zhong to dedicate 100 ships and 2,000 soldiers to escort Yao Hong and others to Jiankang.
On May 28, Yang Anxuan took Lu Gui, Zhang Feng, Shen Qingzhi and others to board the ship at Weiqiao, followed the Weishui River into the Yellow River, and prepared to land at Mengjinguan. They would first go to Luoyang and then go south to Xiangyang.
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In Hedong County, Changsun Song captured Anyi City, beheaded the Qin general Yao Chengdu, and forced his troops to attack Yishi City. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yao Yi forced young men to join the army. Within half a month, he forced more than 30,000 people to join the army. insufficient.
The secret guard Tang Ze mingled in Puban City and was also forcibly recruited into the army, as were two of his colleagues. Because of his strong physique, Tang Ze was appointed to the post of chief. His immediate superior was Bu Sima Guo Chun. There were so many new recruits that Bu Sima was in charge of 1,200 people.
When it was time to eat, Guo Chun ordered more than a hundred soldiers to carry the food. They were stationed in Xicheng and usually lived near the city root.
The three-foot-tall, two-foot-diameter paulownia tube was filled with corn porridge, which weighed more than two hundred kilograms. Tang Ze looked into the porridge tube and cursed fiercely: "It's just a few grains of rice soaked in clean water. If you can order porridge, it will be gone after two dips of urine."
The surrounding soldiers started shouting, and Peng Tong, the captain who was giving the porridge, shouted loudly: "Are you going to rebel? The quartermaster issued one stone of grain per hundred people per day. If you can cook such porridge, it will be considered good."
Tang Ze saw the angry soldiers around him and took the opportunity to provoke him: "Eat food to be a soldier. Who the hell should you be a soldier if you can't even eat enough?"
"That's right, let's quit and go home and farm", "I'm better off hunting rabbits and eating wild vegetables", "It would be so nice to occupy a hilltop and become the king on my own"...
Peng Tong ordered the soldiers who were serving porridge to disperse the soldiers who were carrying porridge, which further angered everyone and started fighting. Someone raised his leg and kicked the porridge tube open. The steaming porridge splashed on the ground. Tang Ze waved his arms and shouted: "Go to your majesty for orders."
Seeing Tang Ze jumping up and down, Guo Chun stepped forward and shouted: "Tang Ze, you don't want your life. Inciting a rebellion is a capital crime."
Tang Zedao: "Guo Sima, do you think things will go well today? Your Majesty treats the soldiers so poorly, sooner or later there will be unrest, so I just want to use this matter to make it clear and make a living for all the brothers."
Guo Chundai was persuaded by Tang Ze to be generous under his command. When he was hesitating, a sentry came to quell the chaos. The fight was bloody and the situation worsened. Soldiers gathered continuously and learned that the dispute arose over food. The crowd became furious and clamored to ask Yao Yi for an explanation.
Yao Hao, the quartermaster, was alerted and quickly brought a thousand people to suppress him. If the emperor knew about the withholding of military rations, he would not survive.
Arriving at the scene and forcibly separating the crowd, Yao Hao shouted and asked: "Who is instigating the trouble? Arrest him."
Everyone saw hundreds of archers on both sides with their bows bent, and they all retreated. Seeing that the situation was under control, Yao Hao walked out of the crowd and asked triumphantly: "Whoever kicked the porridge tube broke, stand up for yourself."
Tang Ze stepped forward and said: "This porridge is so thin that you can see the shadow of a human being. There is no way to eat enough. We can't even eat enough. How can we fight?"
When Yao Hao saw someone standing up, he sneered and said, "If you're brave, I'll tie you up."
Some soldiers came forward to arrest Tang Ze. Guo Chun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "General Yao, this subordinate is a fool and boldly bumped into the general. I hope the general will forgive me."
Yao Hao said gloomily: "Could it be that you are in the same group with this person and have him tied up too?"
Guo Chunsu won the hearts of the people. When the soldiers around him saw someone coming to kidnap Guo Chun, they stepped forward to stop him. Tang Ze roared angrily: "This is no way to survive, it's against his mother."
After saying that, Tang Ze rushed towards Yao Hao. Several soldiers stepped forward to stop him. Tang Ze grabbed a knife and swung them away. Yao Hao shouted sternly: "This person is rebelling, kill him."
The bodyguards beside him came towards him fiercely with swords. Tang Ze slashed one of them with his sword and roared: "Brothers, rebel."
Zhang Yue, who was also a secret guard, echoed in the crowd: "Kill this thief because he is depriving us of our military rations."
The soldiers' empathy was aroused and they rushed forward one after another. Tang Ze said to Guo Chun: "Guo Sima, what are you still doing in a daze? Take action."
Guo Chun had no choice but to rush forward with the soldiers. Yao Hao saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly hid behind him. Tang Ze had already stared at him, slashed through the soldiers blocking his way, chased behind Yao Hao, and stabbed him in the back with his knife.
The tip of the knife passed through his chest, and Yao Hao fell into a pool of blood. Tang Ze flicked the blood stains with his knife and said with a cruel smile: "Let's put Guo Sima as the leader and seize Puban to welcome the Jin army into the city."
The shouts of "Kill Yao Yi and welcome the Jin army into the city" spread everywhere. After hearing the news, newcomers from the four cities flocked to gather. Sima and Xiaowei, who were in charge of the army, could not control it and had to follow the brigade to the palace.
In Puban City, Yao Yi changed the prefect's mansion into his palace after becoming emperor. At this time, Yao Yi was discussing with Shangshu Zuopu She Sun Chang and others about rescuing Yishi City.
The courtier rushed in and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, the new soldiers made a rebellion and killed Yao Junzhi, and they are coming here to kill them."
Yao Yi jumped up in shock and asked: "What's going on?"
Sun Chang immediately understood that due to insufficient military rations, Yao Yi ordered to halve the rations for new recruits. Yao Hao must have deducted from them. The serious shortage of military rations caused dissatisfaction among the recruits and led to riots.
"Your Majesty, first distribute some military rations to appease the rebels, and be sure not to cause a big chaos." Sun Chang said urgently.
During this period, Yao Yi was very worried and angry because of the Wei army and the rebellious Huns Cao Hong. He said angrily: "Some peasants dare to bully me. They lined up in front of the house and dared to charge." The formation will kill you without hesitation."
Sun Chang advised: "These new soldiers are your Majesty's foundation. You must not kill them lightly."
Yao Yi smiled evilly and said: "There are plenty of young men in the countryside. Just kill some and recruit some more."
Sun Chang wanted to persuade him again, but Yao Yi had already strode towards the door of the mansion. The generals and guards around him were surrounding him. Sun Chang could not move forward, so he had to stamp his feet bitterly and said: "Destroy the Great Wall." Unfathomable stupidity.”
Yao Yi rushed outside the gate of the mansion angrily and saw thousands of soldiers surrounding the mansion. The new soldiers who came after hearing the news all brought weapons with them, and the two sides faced off in a tense confrontation. Yao Yi felt that he was famous and shouted angrily: "You are so bold. You dare to gather people to cause trouble. Why don't you disperse quickly?"
Tang Ze spoke out without fear: "Your Majesty recruits servants to join the army, but they don't even have enough to eat. How can we fight the enemy? Please give your servants a way to survive."
"A way to survive? You are going to starve to death in the countryside. I dug you out of the mud pit. You dare to say that I didn't give you a way to survive. Ask yourselves where your conscience is?"
Tang Ze sneered coldly: "What a good way to survive. Two bowls of gruel every day. We are so hungry that we can't walk. Even if we forage in the fields, it is far better than what we eat in the army."
These words caused everyone to echo in unison, "Yes, what's the use of this little food", "My servant has farmland at home, how can I come to join the army if I don't force the servant to do it", "Let me go home"...
Yao Yi's expression changed, he drew his sword and shouted: "You are so impudent, kill me!"
The soldiers in front of the mansion were charging down with their spears. Tang Ze waved his saber and said: "Since we don't treat us as human beings, let's risk our lives and seize Puban City with Guo Sima as the leader."
When swords and guns are at hand, who is willing to sit back and wait for death? The two sides fight together. To Yao Yi's surprise, he originally thought that the newly recruited rabble could be suppressed by just killing dozens of people. As a result, rivers of blood flowed and corpses covered the street in front of the mansion, but the fighting did not subside.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer personal guards around him, General Guo Guo said: "The rebel army is fierce, Your Majesty should take shelter in the palace temporarily."
Yao Yi took the remaining soldiers and horses into the mansion and closed the door. When he first became independent, Yao Yi ordered the walls of the Prefect's Mansion to be reinforced, and a wooden fence was built inside so that one could stand on the fence and shoot outwards.
The soldiers in the mansion stood on the fence and shot outwards, but the troublemaking soldiers fled away. In the evening, the rioting soldiers pushed out eight people, including Tang Ze, who expressed their willingness to obey Guo Chun and listen to his orders.
Guo Chun was forced into power, and now, the situation is no longer under his control. Tang Ze said to Guo Chun: "General Guo, first send people to seize the granary so that the brothers can eat."
The large bucket of corn was enough, which was extremely satisfying for the soldiers who had not had enough to eat for many days, and their restless moods quickly settled down.
In the government office, Yao Yi finally recognized the facts and sent Sun Chang to negotiate a settlement.
In Xicheng, Sun Chang met Guo Chun, the elected leader of the rebel army, and expressed that the emperor was willing to let bygones be bygones, severely punish those who deducted military rations, and ensure the needs of the soldiers.
Guo Chun was a little moved and looked at Tang Ze. Although he was promoted as the leader, Tang Ze was the one who really started the trouble.
Tang Ze sneered and said: "Sun Pushe, the granary is already in our hands, why are you talking about empty words to protect the needs? I'm afraid the food in the palace depends on me and others."
Sun Chang's face turned pale. There were more than 2,000 people in the palace, and the food reserves were limited. They would be exhausted in a few days. By then, their fate would really be in the hands of these rebels.
Seeing that the nominal leader Guo Chun was interested in reconciliation, Sun Chang did not talk to Tang Zedong, but smiled and said to Guo Chun: "Where is General Guo from? How many years has he been in the army? What is his current position?"
Guo Chun replied: "The humble post is from Anding County. He has been in the army for eight years and is now the Sima of the Central Army."
Sun Chang said: "General Guo is supported by all the troops, so he must be outstanding. Your Majesty is very thirsty for talents. If General Guo can help your Majesty calm down this turmoil, your Majesty will definitely not hesitate to reward you."
Guo Chun smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want any reward, as long as your Majesty doesn't punish the brothers who cause trouble."
Tang Ze sneered in his heart. This Guo Sima was too pedantic. He could only wait for Yao Yi to free his hand and his life would be saved.
Sun Chang said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, General Guo. Your Majesty is deeply regretful when he learned that Yao Hao withheld military rations. He deeply regrets that he trusted the wrong person. He expressed his willingness to apologize to the soldiers, not to mention that he will not blame them."
Tang Ze interjected: "General Guo, we have to gather everyone together to discuss this matter. We cannot agree hastily."
Guo Chun was a little at a loss and said: "Yes, let's wait until everyone has discussed it. Please ask Sun Pushe to come back tomorrow to listen to me."
At Chen time, Guo Chun summoned eight people from his army to the tent and explained to everyone what Sun Chang had come to discuss. Only two of the eight agreed to reconcile. Among the remaining six, some wanted to go out and stand on their own, and some wanted to defect. There are those of the Jin and Wei armies who plan to wait and see for changes.
Tang Ze pointed out that when the Jin army besieged Chang'an, the emperor ordered Yao Yi to lead his army to return for reinforcements. However, he abandoned his family and country, ignored his father and brother, and established himself as emperor, ruining the Qin Dynasty. Such a monarch is not worthy of trust. The Qin Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, and the crown prince Yao Hong issued an edict to surrender to the Jin army, and they should act in accordance with the edict.
The discussion in the tent was still unresolved, so Tang Ze asked Zhang Yue to find an opportunity to go out of the city to Tongguan to report the news last night, and asked Tongguan guard Yang Anyuan to send troops quickly. Zhang Yue hijacked a fishing boat on the river and ventured down the river to Tongguan, where he saw Yang Anyuan reporting the chaos in Puban.
Yang Anyuan was both happy and worried. Tongguan only had 2,000 defenders and lacked warships. He could not go to Puban at all. He sent people to Chang'an to deliver the message. He was afraid that he would waste time by going back and forth and waste the opportunity to capture Puban. .
After thinking again and again, Yang Anyuan decided to take a risk. He sent someone to deliver a message to Chang'an quickly, leaving 400 people to guard Tongguan. He prepared to lead 1,600 people on fishing boats to risk crossing the river and crossing Leishou Mountain to Puban City.
Twenty-six fishing boats, each with a capacity of twelve people, started crossing the river at Chen hour. By noon, a thousand people had not yet crossed the river. Yang Anyuan stood on the shore anxious.
"General, there are warships coming from the Weihe River." Some soldiers rushed forward to deliver the message. Yang Anyuan was overjoyed. The Qin Dynasty was dead. There was no need to ask whether the ships on the Wei River were Liu Zhong's navy.
As the ship approached, the Yang flag flying high on the first midship ship could be seen clearly. Yang Anyuan's heart was filled with excitement. The navy arrived in such a timely manner and the capture of Puban was a foregone conclusion. Could it be that God's will was on Yang.
