Gu Quanwu was indeed thoughtful and said, "You're just going to let me go empty-handed?"
"Bring great gifts."
Gu Quanwu shook his head, "It doesn't matter how many gifts you bring (it won't help if you do it alone)!"
"Look...it's you who says it works, and it's you who says it doesn't work..."
Gu Quanwu waved his hand, "What Yang Xingmi is after is not the petty profits of three melons and two dates. What he wants is your sincerity, Your Majesty."
“What kind of gift is considered sincere?”
Gu Quanwu stopped trying to keep his secrets and said, "Please, Your Majesty, choose a young master to send your own son to Huainan as a hostage!"
Qian Liu selected the sixth son (someone said the fourth son, it is suspected that the ranking of the same mother and half-mother is different, it does not matter) Qian Yuanhuang, and Gu Quanwu went to Yangzhou as hostages, expressing his willingness to form an alliance with Yang Xingmi to be a good friend of the Qin and Jin Dynasties.
One more thing to mention, "Qian Yuanhuang" at this time should be called "Qian Chuanhuang", and Qian Liu's son is ranked in the generation with the word "chuan", as Qian Chuanying appeared in the previous article. After Qian Liu's death, Qian Chuanguan inherited the great cause and changed his name to Qian Yuanguan, and changed the word "chuan" of his brothers to the word "yuan". Therefore, later history books directly recorded Qian Liu's sons as "Qian Yuan", while those recorded in the history books as "Qian Chuan" should be sons who died earlier than Qian Liu, such as Qian Chuanying.
Qian Yuanhuang changed into a slave's clothes and disguised himself as Gu Quanwu's slave. When they passed by Runzhou, Yang Xingmi's general An Renyi warmly entertained Gu Quanwu and others. He fell in love with this handsome "slave" at a glance and expressed his willingness to exchange ten slaves for Gu Quanwu's one slave.
Gu Quanwu was lightly dressed and obedient, succumbing to the fence, relying on others, and being controlled by others. If he didn't agree, he might anger An Renyi and cause an accident; if he agreed... of course he couldn't agree!
So Gu Quanwu bribed the city defenders with a lot of money, escaped quietly in the middle of the night, and passed the Runzhou pass without any danger.
When he arrived in Yangzhou, Gu Quanwu Jin met Yang Xingmi and stated his interests to him, implying that Tian Kai also had a disobedient heart. If he allowed him to seize Hangzhou, Tian Kai would betray Yang Xingmi; and if Yang Xingmi was willing to restrain Tian Kai, then Qian Liu is willing to marry him as his son and daughter.
The butt determines the head. Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu are both commanders, and they have more in common with each other. As lords, the most taboo thing is the betrayal of their subordinates. You must not take advantage of others' danger at this time to encourage or condone your generals to betray your lord.
Gu Quanwu stated the reason for rebellion, and Yang Xingmi was moved by it. He stated on the spot that the Huainan authorities resolutely opposed any form of rebellion and separatism, and unequivocally opposed all forms of betrayal of the master.
Therefore, Gu Quanwu introduced Qian Liu's beloved son, Qian Yuanhuang, to Yang Xingmi.
People match clothes with horses and saddles, the scenery of the West Lake matches foreign movies, and dogs wear bells and run happily. Dressing up as a slave can make An Renyi smitten. When he puts on the clothes of a young master, Qian Yuanhuang is simply a popular young man.
Yang Xingmi fell in love at first sight and couldn't help but sigh: "Having a son should be like a money man, my son has the ears of a dog!"
Cao Cao once expressed similar praise to Sun Quan, but what Cao Cao said was, "If you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou, and if you are the son of Liu Jingsheng, you should have pig ears!" Cao Cao praised Sun Quan and scolded Liu Biao's son; Yang Xingmi praised Qian Yuanhuang and scolded him. His own son.
Everything went as Gu Quanwu expected, and Xu Wan contacted Xuanzhou Tian Kai and asked for support. And Tian Kai immediately sent troops to help the rebellion, and wrote a threatening letter to Qian Liu, saying that he heard that the houses in Yuezhou had been vacated, and he was waiting for your visit, and welcomes you to move to Yuezhou. In this way, I will also No need to kill more of your soldiers.
Qian Liu wrote back: "Rebellions and mutinies are common in the army. But you are the commander-in-chief of a town (the military governor of Ningguo Army in Xuanzhou), and you actually help the traitor betray his lord! Stop talking nonsense, just do it!"
Tian Bo built a fortress on the main transportation road, cut off Hangzhou's communication and supply lines with the outside world, and planned to besiege Hangzhou.
Qian Liu offered a reward: Anyone who can destroy Tian Liu's fortress will be rewarded by the governor!
A junior officer named Chen Zhang led a death squad of 300 people out of the city to fight and destroyed a stronghold. He was immediately appointed governor of Quzhou.
Later, Tian Wei personally led an army to approach Hangzhou and stationed in the north of the city. Tian Kai came to the front line, hid behind the flags and drums, and inspected the Hangzhou city defense.
Qian Liu also climbed up the city wall in person, waiting for an opportunity to shout to Tian Liu.
The wind blew, the flag fluttered, and Tian Kai finally showed his dignity.
Qian Liu shouted to him and taught him the principles of obedience and loyalty.
Whether out of a guilty conscience or out of arrogance and rudeness, Tian Kai always avoided seeing and kept silent.
Qian Liu personally fired the crossbow, and the flag-bearer beside Tian Liu was shot to death. The defenders in the city beat drums and shouted, the sound shook the heaven and the earth. Tian Wei was afraid and ordered to retreat a certain distance and re-set up camp in the northwest corner of Hangzhou.
During this period, in order to show his disdain for Qian Liu, Tian Kai sent people to take turns picking enemies outside the city and scolding him.
After taking the first blood, Qian Liu also turned on the super god mode. Regardless of the disparity in status and superiority, he became addicted to playing crossbows and completed the super god himself. He was awarded the best shooter and the MVP of the game.
Although Tian Kai's official status was the military commander of the Ningguo Army in Xuanzhou, and he had an equal relationship with Yang Xingmi in name, he was actually not on an equal footing with Yang Xingmi. His actual political status was that of Yang Xingmi's vassal and subordinate. Just like Ding Hui, Zhang Cunjing, and Ge Congzhou were to Zhu Wen.
Big bosses such as Yang Xingmi and Zhu Wen occupied too much territory. Firstly, they wanted to facilitate management. Secondly, they wanted to avoid being too big to attract trouble. Thirdly, they wanted to reward meritorious generals. In short, they wanted to expand and consolidate their sphere of influence. After taking over a number of vassal towns, they had to show off. The meritorious generals under his command were appointed as the governor of the new town. After the generals have served as Liuhou or Jiedu envoys, their old chiefs still enjoy indirect rule over the region and are the "overlords" of the region. In peacetime, the generals can protect the land and bring peace to the people for them; in times of war, they are completely obedient to their orders. command and dispatch.
Therefore, when Xu Wan asked Tian Bo for help, Tian Bo should ask Yang Xingmi for instructions instead of sending troops without authorization.
Tian Kai's wishful thinking was to win the battle quickly and win Hangzhou before Yang Xingmi could react. By then, even if Yang Xingmi objects, Tian Kai will gain actual control of Hangzhou, and "holding two towns" will become a fait accompli. Yang Xingmi will be helpless.
Under Gu Quanwu's planning, Qian Liu had already seen through Tian Liu's tricks. As long as the war was dragged into a stalemate, it would be considered a victory.
There is not much time left for Tian Kai.
After setting up camp again, Tian Wei couldn't wait to launch a fierce attack on Hangzhou. He didn't even wait for dawn the next day and launched a fierce attack at night. Using the northwest corner of Hangzhou City as a breakthrough point, he gathered ladders, rams and other siege equipment, and he was bound to win.
The defenders were heavily guarded and resisted fiercely. The Xuanzhou soldiers suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy casualties. They failed to capture the city wall, so Tian Kai had to break camp and retreat temporarily.
Later, the unwilling Tian Bo mobilized a large number of ships and planned to cross the Qiantang River eastward and attack Yuezhou with a leap-frog tactic, but he also suffered a failure.
In fact, Tian Kai was destined to be unable to win before he even fought.
The art of war goes like this: attack the enemy with troops first, attack the enemies next, attack the troops next, and then attack the city.
When Xu Wan and Xu Zaisi first launched the rebellion, Qian Liu's side had already won the "strategy". He not only expected that the rebels would turn to Tian Kai for help, but also expected that Tian Kai would turn to attack Yuezhou when he could not gain advantage in Hangzhou. Therefore, we had already made preparations; we also achieved a great victory in "Jiao" and won the support of Yang Xingmi, the boss behind Tian Kai.
On the other hand, Tian Kai only worked hard on "soldiers" and "siege".
Tian Wei and Qian Liu are not on the same level at all. There is a gap in realm between them. Qian Liu's four-word evaluation of Tian Liu is very insightful, "paradox but inorganic".
After the failed attack on Yuezhou, Yang Xingmi's envoy arrived at a place called "Bandaohong" a few miles north of Hangzhou.
The envoy conveyed Yang Xingmi's words to Tian Kai, "Go back to Xuanzhou quickly! If you don't come back, I will let someone else guard Xuanzhou on your behalf."
This was the last thing Tian Kai wanted to see and had to face. After all, he failed to win the race against time and received Yang Xingmi's order to withdraw before taking control of Hangzhou.
Now Tian Wei did not dare to openly break with his boss Yang Xingmi, so he gathered his troops and returned to Xuanzhou with Xu Wan and Xu Zaisi. Before leaving, he asked Qian Liu for 200,000 yuan in labor and military expenses.
Losing money and avoiding disaster, Qian Liu agreed.
Tian Kai also asked Qian Liu to send a son as a hostage, and asked for a marriage through this son, so that Qian Liu's son could marry Tian Kai's daughter.
According to records, Qian Liu had 38 sons, and the number recorded in history is 35.
Qian Liu called all the disciples to him and asked which one of them would like to be Tian Liu's son-in-law. No one answered. Qian Liu then forcibly apportioned the money and planned to let Qian pass the ball forward as a hostage.
Qian Chuan refused, and Qian Liu was so angry that he almost wanted to execute him.
At this time, Qian Yuanguan came out to rescue the siege and said he was willing to go to Xuanzhou to be a hostage. Qian Liu was very happy and immediately ordered people to prepare.
Qian Liu's wife, Wu, cried, "Why do you want to send your child into the tiger's mouth?" Qian Liu was speechless, and Qian Yuanguan helped rescue him again, saying that the country was in trouble, how could he survive? If I don’t go to hell, who will? Then he kowtows to his mother and bows before going out.
Qian Liu also cherishes his children and does not want to send his son into the tiger's mouth, but if he does not send the proton, the war will continue endlessly, with long nights and many dreams, and I am afraid other things will happen. As an upright man and a responsible ruler, Qian Liu could only put his personal interests after collective interests and exchange his own flesh and blood for a peaceful and prosperous age.
In addition to having to deal with external pressure and inner pain, Qian Liu also had to bear the incomprehension and complaints from his family. Qian Liu felt extremely aggrieved. On the way to send Qian Yuanguan out of the city, Qian Liu, a seven-foot-tall man who had spent his life in the military, finally couldn't help crying loudly. Father and son hugged each other and cried all the way.
Later, Qian Yuanguan, accompanied by several servants, descended from the north gate to the city and followed Tian Kai to march to Xuanzhou.
Xuanzhou Tian Kai and Runzhou An Renyi were both meritorious generals under Yang Xingmi, but their performance in the "Xu Xu Rebellion" is worth savoring.
Although the "Xu Xu Rebellion" was quickly put down, it had an extremely profound impact on the political structure of the Jianghuai region like dominoes. We will discuss its butterfly effect in detail later.
