【The bad taste of history】
When Qian Liu assisted Yang Xingmi in countering the rebellion, he sent a force to attack Muzhou, because Qian Liu in Hangzhou also faced the problem of internal rebellion.
Let's start with the "Xu Xu Rebellion". In the battle to defend Hangzhou, Chen Zhang performed bravely and was awarded the post of governor of Quzhou. However, Qian Liu was very dissatisfied with Chen Zhang's performance when he took office.
First, it is to recruit surrender and accept rebels.
Zhang Hong, a low-level officer in Yuezhou, had a close personal relationship with Xu Wan and considered himself a ally of Xu Wan. After the "Xu Xu Rebellion" was put down, Zhang Hong was uneasy and feared that he would be counterattacked, so he led 300 of his men to defect to Xu Wan. To Quzhou. Chen Zhang readily accepted them and provided them with political asylum.
Secondly, collaboration with the enemy.
In the same month that Tian Kai lifted the siege of Hangzhou, a mutiny broke out in Wenzhou under Qian Liu's rule, and the general Ding Zhang was driven to seize control by the governor. Tian Kai immediately sent someone to contact Ding Zhang to form an "anti-Qian Liu united front". On the way to Quzhou, Chen Zhang opened the door to facilitate envoys and allowed envoys to travel freely.
Finally, it is the "God's will" that "the camphor will not enter the city".
After Chen Zhang took office in Quzhou, he had to draw a defense map of Quzhou as usual and submit it to the headquarters in Hangzhou for filing. This is not a simple administrative division map, but a precise military map. Important facilities such as city walls, trenches, treasuries, buildings, and wells must be marked one by one in strict accordance with a certain proportion, and even every big tree must be marked. Label it truthfully. In that era without satellite positioning and laser ranging, the wisdom of the ancient working people was a miracle, and this kind of military map could be called a 3D sand table.
When Qian Liu unfolded the Quzhou city defense map and looked at it, he found a camphor tree standing resolutely outside the west gate. Unable to hide his disgust, Qian Liu pointed at the camphor tree and said to the people around him: "If this camphor tree does not enter the city, Chen Zhang will not be able to use it for me!"
After Tian Wei and others rebelled, Chen Zhang was really ready to take action. Qian Liu then ordered his men to assassinate Chen Zhang. Unexpectedly, the matter was exposed, and Chen Zhang rebelled in Quzhou and attached himself to Yang Xingmi in Huainan.
In addition to Quzhou Chen Zhang, Muzhou Chen Xun also launched a rebellion.
Chen Xun, Chen Sheng's younger brother. Chen Sheng, who first commanded the "Eight Capitals of Hangzhou" with Dong Chang and others, first resisted Huang Chao and then eliminated Liu Hanhong. Later, Dong Chang stood out from the "Eight Capitals of Hangzhou" and was promoted to Jiedushi. Later, he promoted Qian Liu to be the governor of Hangzhou and appointed Chen Sheng to be the governor of Muzhou.
Qian Liu was Dong Chang's subordinate, and Chen Sheng and Dong Chang were comrades of the same level. In terms of seniority and qualifications, Qian Liu should stand at attention, salute, and call Chen Sheng "Hello, sir." Dong Chang regarded Qian Liu as a close confidant, so he promoted him vigorously, placing his power position above all his "elders". Promoting direct relatives and suppressing colleagues are the basic operations of power struggle. This made the senior Chen Sheng very dissatisfied.
Later, Qian Liu used Hangzhou as his base to control Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi's competition for Huainan's fishing interests. He also took advantage of the opportunity of his old superior Dong Chang to proclaim himself emperor to counterattack and acquire the land in eastern Zhejiang. Chen Sheng, on the other hand, has been living in obscurity in Muzhou, serving as the governor of Muzhou for eighteen years, and finally died of illness in office.
After Chen Sheng's death, the three armies recommended his son Chen Shaoquan to succeed him as governor. His younger brother Chen Xun took the opportunity to launch a mutiny and overthrew his nephew Chen Shaoquan. After his father died, his son succeeded him as his elder brother and his younger brother, calling himself the governor of Muzhou.
Chen Xun, who came to power through illegal means, has been worried that Qian Liu will use this as an excuse to raise troops to investigate and then annex Muzhou. Coinciding with the "Xu Xu Rebellion", Chen Xun secretly communicated with Tian Kai in order to protect himself.
Unexpectedly, Tian Kai failed to overthrow Qian Liu, which made Chen Xun even more frightened, fearing that his secret liaison with Tian Kai would be revealed. After thinking about it, Chen Xun finally made a bold decision. Instead of being suspicious, it was better to break the window paper, so Chen Xun took Muzhou and rebelled.
During the "Xu Xu Rebellion", Du Jianhui, the son of Du Leng under Qian Liu, made great achievements and was highly regarded. There is an in-law relationship between Du Jianhui and Chen Xun, and they are sons and daughters. A tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. There is a treacherous villain who is jealous of Du Jianhui, so he spreads rumors that Du Jianhui secretly communicates with Chen Xun and wants to cooperate with the inside and outside.
Du Jianhui never defended and ignored these malicious smears. Qian Liu didn't believe it at first, because Du Jianhui had a good foundation and both father and son had made great contributions. However, the three of them became tigers. Gradually, Qian Liu's trust in Du Jianhui was shaken.
Later, Du Jianhui's brother Du Jiansi was also forced to "exterminate relatives for justice" under pressure. He reported that Du Jianhui secretly hid weapons at home and had evil intentions. Qian Liu immediately sent someone to check.
When the investigators stormed into Du Jianhui's home aggressively, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and digging into the ground, Du Jianhui was having dinner. Faced with the search, Du Jianhui was extremely calm, as if they were nothing but nothing, and didn't pay any attention to them. A gentleman is magnanimous.
As a result of the search, no weapons or sharp edges were found, only a mountain of books.
Later, some of Chen Xun's cronies defected to Qian Liu and took with them some of Chen Xun's correspondence, including correspondence with Du Jianhui. In the letter, Du Jianhui was full of words of advice and warning.
Qian Yi suddenly felt ashamed and ashamed.
Chen Zhang in Quzhou and Chen Xun in Muzhou both chose to attach themselves to Yang Xingmi in Huainan, and with Yang Xingmi's support, they invaded the southwestern territory for the sake of trouble.
Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu are happy enemies in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Sometimes they help each other, sometimes they fight. Yang Xingmi helped Qian Liu to quell the "Xu Xu Rebellion", and Qian Liu helped Yang Xingmi to quell the rebellions of Tian Kai and An Renyi. Brothers in distress helped each other; at the same time, Yang Xingmi openly funded the Qu and Mu rebels under Qian Liu's rule.
This is politics, a pure consideration of interests without any emotional factors. There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
The troops sent by Yang Xingmi to support Muzhou not only repelled Qian Liu's counter-rebellion troops, but also captured Qian Liu's younger brother Qian Yi alive.
While Qian Liu was in a hurry, Lu Yue, the governor of Chuzhou, took advantage of the situation and occupied Wenzhou under Qian Liu's rule.
Quzhou, Muzhou, and Wenzhou can be seen as ripples of the "Xu Xu Rebellion", and it took Qian Liu several years to quell them one by one.
When everyone is in chaos, it is really chaos.
Li Keyong in Hedong also encountered a rebellion. Qibirang, the chief of the Tuyuhun tribe, launched a rebellion; a mutiny also occurred in Yunzhou, but the rebellion was smaller in scale and was quickly put down.
This is the bad taste of history, where misfortune is shared equally:
Zhu Wen——Qingzhou King Normal Rebellion;
Yang Xingmi—Tian, An, and Zhu rebelled;
Qian Liu - Erchen rebellion;
Li Keyong - Tuyuhun and Yunzhou mutinies.
At this point, we have solved a previous question, that is, Zhu Wen confronted the Guanxi Group on the western front and faced the Qingzhou rebellion on the eastern front. Before Zhaozong was taken hostage to Luoyang, he continued to issue edicts to order the vassals to attack King Zhu Qin, in the face of huge threats, powerful vassals such as Yang Xingmi and Li Keyong remained indifferent and missed the opportunity to attack Zhu.
This is the answer, everyone has a fire in their backyard and has nothing to do.
Among them, the most seriously damaged was Yang Xingmi in Huainan.
After the rebellions of Tian, An, and Zhu were put down, Yang Xingmi appointed Li Shenfu as the military envoy of Ningguo Army in Xuanzhou. Li Shenfu said the same heroic words as Huo Qubing, "If Ezhou is not destroyed, why should we take care of our family?" He resigned from Jiedushi and insisted on returning to the front line of Ezhou. However, when Li Shenfu returned to the Ezhou front line, he fell ill and died. Huainan lost another good general.
Another general, Tai Meng, also unfortunately died of illness.
At the same time, Zhu Wen had emerged from the quagmire, subdued King Shifan of Qingzhou, kidnapped Zhaozong to Luoyang, and killed him.
As a result, we finally reached an important node in the previous article: Zhu Wen decided to march south.
Zhu Wen personally led an army of 50,000 people across Huainan, intending to annex Huainan.
The Huainan Army immediately lifted the siege of Guangzhou and returned to Yangzhou, unable to hold on. The Bian army plundered and destroyed Huainan's territory wantonly, weakening Huainan's power to the greatest extent.
House seemingly endless rain. Yang Xingmi's condition suddenly deteriorated at this time and he was bedridden.
Yang Xingmi's eye disease is fake, but the disease is real. It was precisely because he had been seriously ill for a long time that Mrs. Zhu firmly believed in his statement that he was "entrusting an orphan brother-in-law".
After Tai Meng died of illness, Yang Xingmi ordered his eldest son Yang Wo to replace Tai Meng and take up his post in Xuanzhou. Just as Yang Wo was packing his bags and preparing to go to his post, Xu Wen, Yang Xingmi's great thinker, suddenly found him and reminded him: "My lord is ill in bed, yet he leaves his eldest son out at this time. There must be some villainous plot in this!" Remember, if the lord calls you back in the future, you must not leave in a hurry unless you are an envoy sent by me."
Yang Wo had an epiphany and thought of Qin Shihuang and his eldest son Fusu, Jingzhou Liu Biao and his eldest son Liu Qi. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and he even shed tears of gratitude to Xu Wen.
Xu Wen was to Yang Xingmi as Zhuge Liang was to Liu Bei. However, the later plot is slightly different. Xu Wen's version of Zhuge Liang interprets the inner world of countless people and puts his lust for Zhuge Liang into practice. This will be discussed in detail later.
Huainan has lost many veteran warriors internally, and externally it has been threatened by Zhu and Wen's force. The situation is not optimistic. Yang Xingmi had a strong general named Ma Ji, who was an old subordinate of Sun Ru. After Sun Ru was killed, he surrendered to Yang Xingmi. This man fought bravely and made many military exploits. As a general, he was promoted to the commander of Huainan's elite ace "Black Cloud City".
One time, Yang Xingmi was chatting with him about his family life and accidentally asked about his life experience. Ma Xi said bluntly: "I am Ma Yin's younger brother."
Yang Xingmi was startled and said that I have always seen you as someone extraordinary and different from ordinary people. You are indeed not an ordinary person! Since your brother is now in a high and powerful position, I will send you back to your brother's place to enjoy your happiness.
Ma Xi burst into tears and said: "I am just a soldier who surrendered to Huaixi. Thanks to the king's grace of not killing, I am not abandoned and supported by many people. Yangzhou is only a short distance from Tanzhou, and the exchange of letters is very convenient, which is enough to express my thoughts. I am willing to continue to follow the king."
Now, in order to create a livable external environment, Yang Xingmi had no choice but to sacrifice Ma Xi again and said to him sincerely: "I hope you can be a bridge of friendship between Yangzhou and Tanzhou." He also paid farewell to Ma Xi in person.
After Ma Ji arrived in Tanzhou, Ma Yin was overjoyed and immediately appointed him as deputy envoy of Jiedu.
As mentioned before, there was no deep hatred between Ma Yin and Yang Xingmi, but the Ma Yin Group inherited the mantle of Sun Ru, and Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi were incompatible over the ownership of Huainan. Therefore, Yang Xingmi has always been my general with his heart towards the bright moon, while Ma Yin has been reluctant to let the bright moon shine on the ditch.
Ma Yin conscientiously played the role of peace envoy, and persuaded Ma Yin to form an alliance with Yang Xingmi. Firstly, he could take advantage of Huainan's power, and secondly, he could also gain the convenience of trade.
However, Ma Yin sternly refused and scolded: "Yang Xingmi does not respect the imperial court. Once the imperial court issues an edict, we will be implicated by him. This is suicidal! Put this stupid idea behind you quickly, don't Bring disaster upon me!”
Yang Xingmi's plan to ease relations with Tanzhou Ma Yin completely failed.
After Zhu Wen penetrated deep into the hinterland of Huainan and plundered, he retreated to the north of the Huaihe River with satisfaction, and then sent troops to reinforce Duhong in Ezhou.
Huainan was repeatedly bullied by Zhu and Wen, and its coach, Comrade Li Shenfu, a role model, unfortunately passed away. The Huainan Corps on the Ezhou front shared the same hatred. Lieutenant General Liu Cun took over Li Shenfu's baton, turned grief into strength, and launched a more violent attack on Ezhou. The city wall of Ezhou was burned down.
The war situation was urgent, and the Bianzhou reinforcements in the city planned to break out.
At this time, the Huainan soldiers who were furious immediately requested to fight, but Liu Cun blocked them. Liu Cun explained: "The Bian army is eager to break out of the encirclement. If they are blocked, they will inevitably turn back to the city. Once they enter the city, their defensive strength will be strengthened. It is better to let them escape. In this way, the city of Ezhou will fall in a matter of seconds."
In the fierce battle, Liu Cun showed the calmness that a general should have, grasping the main contradiction-Ezhou, and giving up the secondary contradiction-Bian Army.
The generals suddenly realized this, so they stood aside and allowed the Bian army officers and soldiers to break through and escape. On the same day, Ezhou was captured. Du Hong and his son, as well as more than a thousand Bian soldiers who had not had time to escape, were captured alive and taken to Yangzhou to await their fate.
Yang Xingmi reprimanded Du Hong in person for clinging to the Zhu Thief, and Du Hong behaved like a pure man. Faced with Yang Xingmi's insults and insults, Du Hong responded with only five words, "I can't bear to betray Duke Zhu."
Later, Du Hong and his son were beheaded in public display.
Zhu Wen was also moved by this sentence. Later, Zhu Wen built ancestral halls for Du Hong and Cheng Rui in the name of the imperial court to commemorate them forever in recognition of their "deaths in state affairs". In today's terms, they were posthumously recognized as martyrs.
