【Xia Road Civil War】
Just after the "Qianneng Civil Rebellion" subsided, another civil uprising broke out on Xia Road (today's Three Gorges of the Yangtze River). The rebels Han Xiusheng and Qu Xingcong cut off the Xiajiang Road, preventing the imperial court from paying tribute.
Han Xiusheng and others were so powerful that it was difficult for the officers and soldiers to put them down.
In the end, it was the veteran who took action, led by Gao Renhou.
Gao Renhou investigated the true strength of the bandit army and formulated targeted strategies to defeat the enemy. He succeeded in one battle, captured Han Xiu Sheng alive and obeyed him, and a great chaos was easily quelled.
The soldiers tied Han Xiusheng and the two men with ropes and threw them in front of Gao Renhou.
Gao Renhou asked: "The Holy Emperor is above and the world is bright. Why do you rebel?"
Han Xiusheng sneered and replied: "Since the death of Emperor Xuanzong, is there still justice in the world? Is there still king's law? Is there still law? Morality has been corrupted, and human nature is distorted. Am I the only one who rebels in the world? Since ancient times, success has led to failure. It's just a bandit. Now that I've been defeated, what else can I say? People are like swordsmen and I'm like fish and meat. It's up to you to kill or cut into pieces."
This is rebellious, but it is also true. You are a wise king and a holy master, you are a peaceful world, you are kind and kind, don't you feel guilty?
Gao Renhou was silent for a long time and said nothing more. Secretly he told his subordinates to treat Han Xiu Sheng favorably and obey him in terms of food and drink, and not to embarrass or humiliate them.
Afterwards, the two chief culprits were sent to Chengdu and beheaded in public display.
【Dongchuan Mutiny】
Gao Renhou made great achievements in protecting the Chengdu government-in-exile and protecting the safety of the emperor. His immediate boss, Chen Jingxuan, the governor of Xichuan, was naturally also very popular. Coupled with the fact that the eunuch Tian Lingzi ignored him, Chen Jingxuan became the most favored by the emperor. Foreign official.
When sending Gao Renhou to attack the Xialu rebels, Chen Jingxuan promised Gao Renhou that as long as he returned triumphantly, he would be rewarded as the governor of Dongchuan.
Well, borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and be generous to others.
In Chen Jingxuan's view, Dongchuan Jiedushi Yang Shili should be a "one of his own" who knows the rules. Yang Shili had tried his best to lick Tian Lingzi in the early days, and was gradually promoted by Tian Lingzi. In the "Battling Betting on Three Rivers" event, he won the title of Dongchuan Jiedu Envoy. Chen Jingxuan really didn't see anyone else, so he opened his mouth and gave Yang Shili's throne to his subordinates.
Although Yang Shili used to be Tian Lingzi's horse boy, he is now a vassal town and is unwilling to give up Dongchuan.
When he heard that Chen Jingxuan had made his own decisions, he couldn't help but became furious and made a public statement: "Chen Jingxuan and I are on the same level and both are military governors. Why should he give my position to others? Is there still Wang Fa? There is also Legal?"
Without further delay, in order to avoid long nights and many dreams, Tian Lingzi quickly issued an edict in the name of the emperor and transferred Yang Shili back to the court to serve as the right servant. The old routine of ups and downs.
After receiving the edict, Yang Shili was furious, "You really want to trick me?" He immediately killed the envoys who sent the edict and the eunuchs who were supervising the army, and quickly launched a mutiny.
Yang Shili mobilized the entire army and declared a crusade against Chen Jingxuan. He spread the word to all directions, listed Chen Jingxuan's ten major crimes, and told the world. He claimed that he was leading 150,000 elite troops from the eight states of Dongchuan to go to Chengdu Prefecture to Qingjun's side.
The imperial court issued an edict to deprive Yang Shili of all official positions and titles, declared him a rebel, appointed Chen Jingxuan as the commander-in-chief of counter-rebellion, and appointed Gao Renhou as a post-reservist in Dongchuan.
Gao Renhou led an army of five thousand and entered the battlefield.
People from both sides soon came into contact in Zizhou. The Dongchuan Army launched a night attack. Yang Maoyan, the deputy commander of the Xichuan Army, was afraid of the enemy and fled before the battle. When the other generals saw the deputy commander fleeing, they also fled. The Xichuan Ping rebels were in danger of collapse.
At the critical moment, Gao Renhou was calm and composed, and devised an empty city strategy. He ordered the soldiers to open the camp gate and light torches, which illuminated the camp as bright as day.
Upon seeing this, the Dongchuan soldiers suspected that the Xichuan soldiers were faking defeat to lure the enemy, so they did not dare to enter rashly. After a moment of hesitation, they retreated. So Gao Renhou waved his flag to cover up the killing. Dongchuan soldiers fled in panic, causing many casualties.
Next, Gao Renhou showed his demeanor as a famous general. He knew that the law did not punish the masses, and if he was held accountable for escaping from battle, it would inevitably implicate many people, which would not only weaken the combat effectiveness, but also shake the morale of the army.
Therefore, Gao Renhou secretly found Zhang Shao, the clerk, and secretly ordered: "Hurry up and find dozens of trustworthy comrades, let them chase the deserters separately, and tell them in your tone, 'It's lucky that Marshal Gao didn't leave the camp. I don’t know about you guys running away from the battle, so come back quickly and go out to do some work as usual tomorrow morning, nothing will happen.”
Zhang Shao has always been known as a loyal elder. Everyone respects and trusts him. So the officers and soldiers who escaped returned to the camp before sunrise. Only Yang Maoyan ran the farthest, to Zhangba (today's Santai County, Sichuan Province). The intelligence personnel finally tricked him into coming back.
After dawn, Gao Renhou gathered the generals as usual to give lectures.
"Yang Maoyan, I heard that you took the lead last night and fought until the end, right?"
This is very telling. First, let me tell you that you bravely took the lead and chased the enemy... but how did you end up chasing behind them? A person who understands will know as soon as he hears it that the case has been solved.
Yang Maoyan was sweating profusely and hesitantly said: "Well... yes... there were thieves who stole the camp last night. I heard that you, Marshal, have withdrawn. I hurriedly led people to chase and escort... Later I found out that there was information. Wrong, I rushed back immediately..."
Gao Renhou was not angry and proud, his eyes were like torches, and he stared at him with an expression that said: "Fool, keep fooling."
"Vice Commander Yang, you and I are both appointed by the Emperor to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. Let me ask you, what should you do if I abandon my formation and run away?"
"me……"
"You should catch up with me, pull me down, and engage in military law! First chop off my head, take over my duties, and then report it to the emperor. Why are you still catching up with me and protecting me?"
Yang Maoyan was ashamed, his face was red, he lowered his head and said nothing, sweating like rain.
"Then let me ask you again. If you, the deputy commander, abandoned your formation and ran away, and then deceived you with lies, how should you deal with it?"
With tears in his eyes, Yang Maoyan cupped his hands and said, "He should...should be executed!"
Gao Renhou lowered his head, sighed, waved his hand, and sword and ax hands appeared on his left and right sides, "Master Yang, please take a step forward."
Yang Maoyan also sighed deeply, followed the sword and ax hand out of the tent, and beheaded him in public.
The other generals present were all so frightened that their legs trembled.
However, Gao Renhou stopped pursuing the matter and summoned dozens of Dongchuan soldiers who had been captured last night, and then ordered people to untie them and release them all.
After the Dongchuan generals heard what Gao Renhou had done, they were greatly frightened and talked to each other, saying that Gao Renhou had strict military laws and knew how to use kindness and power at the same time, so it was difficult to deal with him!
They were right.
In less than half a month, Gao Renhou successfully instigated the rebellion of General Dongchuan. The Dongchuan soldiers in Zizhou mutinied and surrendered, and Yang Shili committed suicide.
The "Dongchuan Mutiny" was successfully put down by Gao Renhou.
Gao Renhou arrested Yang Shili's wife and children, and sent them to Chengdu together with Yang Shili's head.
Chen Jingxuan nailed Yang Shili's son to the north city wall in public display. For some reason, Bashu people like to nail people to the wall.
Chen Jingxuan's three sons came to watch with great interest.
Yang Shili's son shouted to them: "Brothers, it will be your turn soon. You have to work hard for it!"
Chen Jingxuan and Yang Shili were once good friends who were brothers, and their sons were also close friends for generations. Unexpectedly, they would turn against each other today, and the boat of friendship between the dandy boys would capsize at the drop of a hat.
When the Chen family's son heard this, he was ashamed and frightened. He turned his horse's head quickly, covered his face and ran away.
Gao Renhou successfully became the governor of Dongchuan.
Guo Qi's mutiny, Chengdu uprising, Xialu uprising, and Dongchuan mutiny, Tang Xizong's position in Chengdu was also shaky and in danger.
However, the crisis in Datang did not end there.
