【Qibian Battle】
Zhaozong was coerced by the eunuchs into Xi Xing Fengxiang and hastily formed the "Fengxiang Government in Exile". Like the "Xingyuan Government in Exile" of the Xi Zong Dynasty, its legality has been questioned because the civil and military officials had no followers, and Zhaozong in Fengxiang was just a bare-bones man. Son of Heaven.
Cui Yin refused to follow him because he was incompatible with the eunuch Han Quanhui and the Guanxi Group behind him. If he went to Fengxiang, he would die. It is said (according to Cui Yin) that Zhaozong gave Cui Yin a secret letter in front of Xixi. The words in the letter were very sad, to the effect that I had to go to Fengxiang for the sake of the country and the country, and you should lead all the civil and military officials. Head east (to seek refuge with Zhu Wen). This statement has even been affirmed and quoted by the authoritative history book "Zizhi Tongjian".
The "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang" are more interesting. The consensus is that Cui Yin "resented the emperor and refused to obey him". It is said that the eunuch Han Quanhui and others instigated the imperial army to cause trouble, thus deposing Cui Yin. Cui Yin was favored by Emperor Zhaozong, and later he took advantage of it and demanded that his prime minister be dismissed. Cui Yin therefore hated Zhaozong and refused to follow him to the west. They talk about the facts on the table, but intentionally or unintentionally ignore the undercurrents under the table.
Regardless of Cui Yin's selfish motives, in short, under the protection of Sun Dezhao, he and the civil and military officials were protected from the hijacking of the eunuchs and became the weaklings of the "Fengxiang Government in Exile", shaking its legitimacy and creating the foundation for "two The central government or local powerful vassals forcibly entered Chang'an to provide legal basis.
It is precisely for this reason that when discussing merits and rewards afterwards, Sun Dezhao ranks first.
Although the eunuch Han Quanjie failed to rob hundreds of officials, he robbed all the members of the royal family. This prevented Zhu Wen, Cui Yin and others from establishing new princes and princes as new monarchs, and prevented the "Emperor Taisan's uncle and great-grandfather from usurping the throne." The farce was staged again.
Cui Yin waited eagerly, looking longingly at the eastern skyline, enduring the darkness before dawn, waiting for the east to turn red, the sun to rise, and Zhu Quanzhong (Zhu Wen's current name) came from the east. After finally seeing a glimmer of light, he heard that Zhu Wen had withdrawn his troops midway. He was so anxious that he ordered 263 senior officials including the Crown Prince and Taishi Lu Wo to jointly invite Zhu Wenxi to welcome the emperor back to Beijing; he also sent Prime Minister Wang Pu to Zhu Wen's camp in person , urging him to advance his troops quickly and without hesitation.
Zhu Wen said grandly: "March, I'm afraid someone will slander me and threaten the emperor; retreat -" hold up the joint letter of 263 senior officials, this is his talisman - then everyone in the world will accuse me of betraying the country's favor. . What should I do? Haha, I can only aggrieve myself a bit to live up to the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor. I would rather teach the people of the world to betray me than teach me to betray the people of the world."
On the same day, Zhu Wen sent troops to Chang'an.
Cui Yin led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet them when they left the city. They stood in line at Changlepo in the east of the city to welcome them warmly and played a song "Welcoming Relatives".
Sun Dezhao was also among the welcoming crowd and gave Zhu Wen a military salute.
Zhu Wen was very grateful to Sun Dezhao and ordered him to be put on his mount and they entered Chang'an together. Sun Dezhao was first appointed as the agent of Kuangguo Army in Tongzhou (Quan Zhiliu), and then made him the military and political director of Chang'an (the envoy of the two streets system), and was given millions of dollars.
Sun Dezhao was also very sensible and took the initiative to hand over his military power and dedicated thousands of his troops to Zhu Wen. So Zhu Wen appreciated him even more and gave him a mansion and a large villa.
Zhu Wen sent someone to Fengxiang to report to Zhaozong, saying that he had received a secret edict and a letter from Prime Minister Cui Yin, ordering me to lead an army to the court. Please don't get me wrong.
The eunuch Han Quanjie responded to the edict: I voluntarily drove to Fengxiang to avoid the fire. It was not coerced by the eunuch. As for the so-called secret edict, it was Cui Yin who forged it. Don't listen to the slander and lead your troops home quickly!
The next day, Zhu Wen led his army to march west, and Cui Yin led hundreds of civil and military officials to line up in the west of Chang'an City and played a song "Returning in Victory". Cui Yin hummed in his heart "Send Lover".
Li Maozhen sent his adopted son Li Jiyuan with 10,000 troops to stop the attack. He fought many times, but was repulsed by Bian general Kang Huaizhen, and more than 6,000 people were captured.
Zhu Wen took advantage of the victory to advance towards Fengxiang and set up camp in the east of the city.
Li Maozhen personally climbed up the tower and reprimanded Zhu Wen for being disrespectful: "The emperor is hiding from the fire and has come to a humble residence temporarily. You were misled by the traitor's slander and led his troops to commit the crime. Can you bear the crime of being surprised?"
Zhu Wen didn't want to yell at him, so he sent someone to choke him, "The eunuch Han Quanjie kidnapped the emperor. I came here to investigate and escort him back to Luan. What's your business here? Do you need to explain?"
Li Maozhen was at a loss for words and was busy discussing countermeasures with Han Quanjie.
Han Quanjie and others continued to forge edicts, first scolding Cui Yin in the tone of Zhaozong, "It is difficult to fill up the leakage, and it is easy to fill up the small vessel. He had no intention of serving the country, but he made plans to endanger the country." "Rights and wrongs in the four directions are based on his instructions." occasion", and said that he had sent people to Chang'an five times to urge him to report to Fengxiang, but he "could not come" and refused to obey the edict;
And once again emphasized that there was a fire in the palace, and then the soldiers caused trouble (the soldiers surrounded the chariot hub, the palace was illuminated by fire, the smoke and dust rose into the sky, and there was fighting in the wilderness), so I had to come to Fengxiang to take refuge (which caused me to rush, and even to Qiyang), and the result Woolen cloth? Before I could catch my breath, you came with your troops. Who was responsible for killing people and setting fires outside? (execution)?
Then he once again emphasized that Zhu Wen's so-called "secret edict" was all forged by Cui Yin, severely reprimanded Cui Yin for his illegal behavior, and announced that he would be dismissed as prime minister.
The edicts came like snow flakes, again and again, accusing Cui Yin of falsely issuing edicts, accusing Zhu Wen of being deceived by rumors, and ordered Zhu Wen to lead his troops back to town.
Knowing clearly that this was an edict issued by Han Quanjie, the eunuch, there was nothing he could do. This is the political advantage of "holding the emperor's hand to command the princes".
Zhu Wen retreated slightly and turned to attack Pizhou in the northeast.
Li Jihui (the adopted son of Li Maozhen), the envoy of Jingnan Festival in Pizhou, held on for three days and Kaicheng surrendered.
Zhu Wen took Li Jihui's wife as a hostage and sent her to Hezhong Prefecture, but still ordered Li Jihui to stay in Pizhou and restored Li Jihui's real name - Yang Chongben. As usual, we will still call him Li Jihui in the following text. In just three days, Zhu Wen captured the second-ranked leader of the Kansai Group, the Pizhou Jingnan Army.
After capturing the Jingnan Army in Pizhou, Zhu Wen continued to retreat eastward and garrisoned in Sanyuan.
Hearing that Zhu and Wen's army was slowly withdrawing eastward, Cui Yin couldn't sit still and hurried to Sanyuan in person to persuade him not to fail in his success or to fish for fame, but to go west, west, and west again, and that's it.
Cui Yin repeatedly stated the pros and cons, telling Zhu Wen that the emperor must be recaptured. Once he complies with the eunuch and returns to town, if Li Maozhen and Han Quanjie issue another edict asking you to die, will you really die? Since you will resist the imperial edict then, it is better to resist the imperial edict now. The emperor is in my hand, and I own the world.
With Cui Yin blocking the way, what worries does Zhu Wen have? He immediately sent his nephew Zhu Youning to continue westward to attack the important stronghold west of Chang'an - Yuxi. This is the transfer station from Chang'an to Fengxiang, and its geographical location is very important.
Zhu Youning attacked for nearly ten days, but to no avail. Zhu Wen was furious and went to the front line to supervise the battle. Yu Si looked at the wind and descended. Zhu Wen ordered: Massacre the city!
Subsequently, Zhu Wen ordered Cui Yin to lead all civil and military officials and residents of Chang'an to move to Huazhou.
The eunuchs Han Quanhui and Li Maozhen continued to issue edicts in the name of Zhaozong, denounced Zhu Wen for claiming that his troops were invading the palace and had disobedient intentions, and called on all the vassal towns in the world to raise troops to fight against the traitor Zhu Wen.
Among the "vassal towns in the world", the only ones capable of serving the king were Wang Jian of Xichuan, Yang Xingmi of Huainan, and Li Keyong of Hedong. These three bosses happily obeyed the order. Everyone is responsible for attacking Zhu Wen, but the key is that everyone can benefit.
Zhu Wen will face an important test and a major turning point in his life.
