Man, after all, is an animal, retaining killing, selfishness and greed in the survival of the fittest; man, after all, is a human being, and has not forgotten compassion, fraternity and tolerance in the process of natural selection. Human beings are neither great nor insignificant. They are a part of nature. To a certain extent, there is no essential difference from an insect, a bird, a plant, a tree, or even a grain of dust. Our curiosity drives us to explore the laws of nature and the way of all things, and our purpose will be to follow it rather than change it.
When Wang Maozhang retreated, he ordered the vanguard Li Qianyu to lead 500 cavalry to the rear. Li Qianyu and his 500 warriors fought against Zhu and Wen's main force to the last soldier, vowing not to retreat or surrender, and finally all died heroically.
Without the aid of Huainan, Wang Shifan was trapped in Qingzhou and fought against the trapped beast.
Zhu Wen left Yang Shihou to continue the siege of Qingzhou, and returned to Bianzhou.
Yang Shihou made a plan to lure the snake out of its cave and set up an ambush in Linqu. He claimed that he would leave the food and baggage in Linqu and lead the main force to Mizhou. Wang Shifan was fooled and launched a sneak attack on Linqu. He was ambushed and more than 10,000 people were killed. His younger brother Wang Shike was captured alive by Yang Shihou.
Later, Yang Shihou captured Wang Shifan's important adviser Shao Bo alive, and also seized a letter written by Shao Bo to Wang Shifan. The content was all about instructing war guards, and it was actually eight hundred pages long! Zhu Wen was "frightened and killed him".
The next day, 5,000 Laizhou reinforcements from the peninsula were ambushed by Yang Shihou and were completely wiped out. Yang Shihou then completely cleared the outskirts of Qingzhou and set up military camp under Qingzhou City.
His younger brother was captured, his great adviser was killed, a powerful enemy was approaching the city, and he lost help from Huainan... Wang Shifan lost his will to fight and decided to surrender. He sent his deputy envoy Li Siye and his younger brother Wang Shiyue to Bianying in person to express their willingness to surrender to Yang Shihou, and argued that they had never dared to forget Marshal Zhu's kindness, but were bewitched by traitors. The eunuchs Han Quanhui and Li Maozhen forged the emperor's The "handwritten edict" ordered me to send troops, so I had no choice but to send troops. It was a misunderstanding. At the same time, his younger brother Wang Shilu was left as a hostage.
Zhu Wen accepted Wang Shifan's surrender request, sent his generals to take over the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Pinglu Army, and re-appointed Wang Shifan as the post of Pinglu Army in Qingzhou.
Wang Shifan was quite righteous and reported to Zhu Wen that Liu Wei led his troops to occupy Yanzhou under his instructions and it was not Liu Wei's personal rebellion. Please be sure to pardon Liu Wei. At the same time, he also sent envoys to Liu Wei. The order to surrender was given.
When Wang Shifan surrendered in Qingzhou, Liu Shang stood firm in Yanzhou and fought fiercely with Ge Congzhou, who was attacking the city.
Ge Congzhou's mother took a small sedan, climbed to the city tower, and shouted to Ge Congzhou, "My son, General Liu serves me more filially than you! The rest of the family are also treated well. My son, there is nothing between you two." There is no personal grudge, everyone is their own master, you must understand this truth!"
With tears in his eyes, Ge Congzhou bowed his hands to the top of the city, and then suspended his offensive.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Wei expelled all the women, children, old people, and sick people from the city, leaving only the young and strong soldiers. Liu Wei and the soldiers ate together, defended the city together, and shared joys and sorrows. Liu Wei's troops had strict military discipline and did not harm the people. Even when the fighting was at its fiercest, the people in the city could still live and work in peace and contentment as usual.
With the cutoff of foreign aid, Liu Wei's subordinates inevitably showed signs of weakness. Wang Yanwen, the deputy general, climbed over the wall and surrendered, and many soldiers followed him. It was difficult to contain them for a while.
Liu Wei sent an envoy to tell Wang Yanwen calmly, "Don't bring any soldiers unless you have arranged them in advance." He also sent people to the city wall to spread the message: "I didn't go without permission with Deputy Commander Wang under orders. Kill the whole family!"
The soldiers looked at each other and thought that it was a pre-arrangement to fake a surrender at the enemy camp. From then on no one dared to escape again.
As expected, Ge Congzhou also suspected that Wang Yanwen was pretending to surrender, so he arrested him, took him to the city, and beheaded him in public.
Liu Wei only used two simple sentences to achieve the effect of "Jiang Qian stealing books". He not only stopped his own soldiers from fleeing, but also killed his own traitors with the help of the enemy.
As the Pinglu army in Qingzhou lost power, Ge Congzhou continued to analyze the benefits and disadvantages for Liu Wei and persuaded him to surrender.
Liu Wei replied: "I am guarding this city under the order of the king. How can I surrender when my lord loses power? Since I am guarding under the order of the general, I must have the order of the general before I dare to surrender."
After Wang Shifan's envoy arrived in Yanzhou, Liu Wei followed the order and gave up resistance and surrendered to Kaicheng.
Ge Congzhou prepared carriages, horses and luggage for Liu Wei and respectfully sent him off to Bianzhou to report.
Liu Wei politely declined, saying that he was just a surrendered general. How dare he wear leather clothes and ride a big horse before receiving the order of forgiveness from King Liang? So Liu Wei changed into plain clothes, rode a donkey, and went to Bianzhou to plead guilty.
When he arrived in Bianzhou, Zhu Wen gave him gorgeous clothes and hats, but Liu Wei still politely declined and insisted on wearing plain clothes for the visit. After Zhu Wen's repeated insistence, Liu Wei obeyed the order and changed.
Zhu Wen hosted a banquet for Liu Wei and expressed his admiration for his loyalty and courage, as well as his literary and military skills. Of course, he also drank wine during the banquet.
Liu Wei declined, saying that he was too small.
Zhu Wen laughed "haha" and joked: "You ate my Yanzhou in one bite. How big is that!"
Later, Zhu Wen awarded Liu Wei a very high position, ranking him at the head of the generals. Zhu Wen's senior generals went to pay their respects. As a surrendered general, Liu Wei was neither humble nor overbearing. He sat in the main seat and accepted it calmly, with a calm expression. This was the best display of strong self-confidence, and won Zhu Wen's further favor. Soon after, Zhu Wen told Liu Wei to stay behind to protect the army in Yanzhou.
After the battle in Yanzhou, Liu Wei made his official debut.
In fact, as early as the beginning of Wang Shifan's accession to the throne, there was the earliest record of Liu Wei. However, according to historical records, the chief architect of the counter-rebellion was Wang Shifan, and Liu Wei only showed his "brave" side. The face of the thug was the first to be revealed.
I personally think that maybe Liu Wei should have been more intellectually involved in the counter-insurgency struggle, and we can even suspect that he was the brains behind the scenes, helping the 16-year-old young master Wang Shifan successfully ascend to the throne. Regarding the records of Wang Normal University, the history books should have been beautified to a certain extent.
Regardless of Wang Shifan's accession to the throne, the Battle of Yanzhou should be regarded as Liu Wei's official debut indisputably. After returning to Zhu Wen, Liu Wei, who was both civil and military, was reused and made great contributions to Zhu Wen in the future.
Liu Wei was fierce, brave, and wise, and was good at outsmarting others. He was known as "one step can make a hundred plans", and his reputation in history was mostly due to his loyalty and courage. The story of his loyalty will be detailed later.
With Wang Shifan's surrender, Zhu Wen learned that former prime minister Zhang Jun was also a participant in the Qingzhou rebellion, and it was he who encouraged Wang Shifan to rebel. In order to show his submission to Zhu Wen, Wang Shifan would naturally not protect Zhang Jun, and would even pass the blame to him. Thus, Zhang Jun, who has been funny all his life, finally met his end.
Zhu Wen ordered Zhang Quanyi to get rid of Zhang Jun. Zhang Quanyi sent his general Yang Lin to lead troops in disguise to kill Zhang Jun as a "bandit".
A county government official named Ye Yan, who was usually highly regarded by Zhang Jun and had a close personal relationship with him, received news of Yang Lin's imminent arrival in advance, so he secretly leaked the news to Zhang Jun's son Zhang Ge, telling him to flee for his life. .
Zhang Ge did not want to abandon his family. His father Zhang Jun said to him: "If you stay, you will just die with us. Why don't you fly away and preserve a bloodline for our Zhang family."
Zhang Ge wanted to persuade his father to escape with him. Zhang Jun waved his hand and said that this disaster could not be avoided, and if he escaped, it would be equivalent to betraying Ye Yan, and Zhu Wen would know that someone had leaked the secret, and he would be sorry for his friend.
Zhang Ge burst into tears and kowtowed to his father to say goodbye.
Ye Yan led thirty loyal men and escorted Zhang Ge across the Han River before returning. Zhang Ge crossed the Han River, took the route to Jingnan, and finally succeeded in escaping into Xichuan.
Later, King Jian of Xichuan established the Shu regime, which was known as "former Shu" in history, and Zhang Gerong was promoted to prime minister. This is something.
More than a hundred members of Zhang Jun's family were killed.
The evaluation of him in history is quite objective. It is said that he "stopped chaos with chaos and went against his will", which is a derogatory statement anyway. In my words, it is a lifetime of fun.
After regaining the Pinglu Army in Qingzhou, Zhu Wen's power was consolidated and strengthened. At this time, a bolt from the blue came from Chang'an - Zhu Youlun was dead.
