Liu She didn't expect that Sun Xiang would be so good at fighting and capable, nor did he expect that the people under his command would be so useless that they couldn't even deal with a single commander of the army. As a result, Prince Zhao's palace was surrounded.
Liu She was frightened and angry. After a period of panic, he calmed down and asked Zhao Guoxiang Fu Qian to solve the problem and ask Fu Qian to give him an explanation.
He thought that Fu Qian could solve Sun Xiang's problem, but Fu Qian actually said that he did not have the authority to command the commander-in-chief of the country's soldiers. The power to command the commander-in-chief of the country's soldiers came from the court, not from him.
Therefore, although Fu Qian was not satisfied with Sun Xiang's "offensive act", he could not order Sun Xiang to lift the siege of Prince Zhao's Mansion.
Of course, Liu She could not accept this statement and was extremely angry at Sun Xiang's offensive behavior. He sent people many times to try to break out of the encirclement and attack Sun Xiang's men.
Of course, Sun Xiang was not a soft persimmon. He launched a defensive counterattack and warned Liu She many times, telling him that he was Liu Bei's subordinate, not Liu She's subordinate. If Liu She continued to do such things, he would be forced to fight back. .
Liu She didn't believe that he dared to take action, so he provoked him many times. As a result, Sun Xiang actually launched a counterattack. He also launched "brazen" feint attacks on Prince Zhao's Mansion many times, which frightened Liu She and the family members in Prince Zhao's Mansion.
Liu She was very angry about this. He sent people out many times to insult and threaten Sun Xiang, saying that Sun Xiang had offended the clan and royal relatives and wanted to kill Liu Bei. Sun Xiang's three clans would be exterminated and his whole family would be killed. He wanted to kill him. Kneel in front of him and lick his shoes to beg for mercy.
However, Liu She's words could not shake Sun Xiang's will. Sun Xiang continued to maintain the siege of Prince Zhao's Mansion while resisting the attack of the rebels outside the city. He worked hard and persisted until Xu Huang arrived and the Zhao rebels were annihilated. The masterminds behind the scenes enjoy the fun of the three clans.
There is no doubt that Sun Xiang became the final winner. Xu Huang was very satisfied with Sun Xiang's persistence and was ready to give him a great credit.
As for Fu Qian's insignificant role in this matter, Xu Huang has nothing to say. Fu Qian must have derelict in his duties, but it is not dereliction of duty, so how to deal with him still has to wait for Liu Bei's decision.
As for Zhao Wang Liushe, Xu Huang felt that there was nothing more to say.
According to his understanding of Liu Bei, it is a high probability event that the three clans will disappear. The prince's participation in the rebellion is a fatal matter in any dynasty. Although the prince is usually honorable, he cannot involve the imperial power. Once it is involved, If you reach the imperial power, you will definitely be hit hard by the emperor's thunderous punch.
When Xu Huang arrived at Prince Zhao's Mansion, the Zhao State Military Division was still maintaining a physical blockade of Prince Zhao's Mansion. No one in Prince Zhao's Mansion was allowed to go out these days, except for the manpower specially selected by Sun Xiang to deliver water, food and rice fields. You can go in and out, but you will be strictly searched when you go in and out to ensure that no contact can be made between inside and outside the house.
Seeing such a blockade, Xu Huang was very satisfied and patted Sun Xiang on the shoulder to express his praise.
Later, Xu Huang entered Prince Zhao's Mansion, fully armed, wearing a helmet and armor, and accompanied by powerful guards. He entered Prince Zhao's Mansion with a very strong posture, like a conqueror, not a minister.
Some servants from Prince Zhao's Mansion stepped forward to stop him. Xu Huang's eyes widened. These servants were beaten so hard by the guards around them that they didn't know who they were. Seeing this, the others turned pale and did not dare to take any action.
King Zhao Liushe was furious when he heard the news, and soon came to Xu Huang. Seeing Xu Huang commanding his subordinates to beat people in his house, and beating his slaves to such a miserable state, he was very angry and pointed at Xu Huang. Akira cursed loudly.
"Who are you? How dare you commit murder in my house?! I am a member of the Han clan! King Zhao! How dare you offend me like this? Do you know the consequences of offending me?"
Xu Huang glared at Liu She.
"I don't know the consequences of offending the king, because this is the first time, but I know the consequences of rebellion, because this is not the first traitor to die in my hands."
Liu She's expression froze, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes.
"Nonsense! Full of nonsense! What kind of rebellion and rebellion? I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and I am the king of the clan, the most important clan! How can I rebel and rebel?!"
"The witnesses and material evidence are all there, what else do you have to argue with?"
Xu Huang sneered and said: "The people who attacked the city gate were the men of your house. They used the special weapons of your house. This is clear evidence. It is also your responsibility to break the sky! Your Majesty, although I am a minister , but for those who rebel and cause chaos, everyone in the world will punish them! How can there be any direct difference between the king and the common people? They are all rebels!"
"Nonsense! I have never done anything like that! Someone did it behind my back! I am innocent! I want to see His Majesty the Emperor! I want to redress my grievance! This matter has nothing to do with me! You slander me! I'll make you pay!"
Liu She suppressed the fear in his heart and tried his best to refute what Xu Huang said, obviously unwilling to admit it.
Xu Huang could only sneer at this.
"It's useless to tell you. Your Majesty is the one who will judge you, not me. It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is whether your Majesty believes it. Don't talk about anything else. After your Majesty learns about this, let's see if he How to deal with it, but now, Your Majesty, you are in trouble."
Xu Huang waved his hand, and the guards around him swarmed forward, pinned Liu She to the ground and tied him up.
"Xu Huang! Do you dare to arrest me? Do you dare to offend me? I will kill your three tribes! Kill your three tribes!!!"
Liu She was shocked and furious, yelling and cursing, and resisted with all his strength. His family, retainers and domestic slaves were also shocked, and they all stepped forward to try to help him out.
Xu Huang was furious, drew his sword out of its sheath, pointed at the visitor and said angrily: "If you go any further, don't blame me for being rude! King Zhao is suspected of treason, and so are you! There are suspicions of being an accomplice! Right and left! Take them all with me! Don’t let anyone go!"
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The guards around Xu Huang rushed out and captured all of Liu She's family members, retainers and servants. After a flurry of excitement, more than 300 Liu She's wives, concubines, children, relatives in the mansion, retainers, etc. were all captured. They were caught, and they were all tied up, and no one was left behind.
Prince Zhao's Mansion was wiped out by Xu Huang, and no one was left. It ended cleanly.
Later, Xu Huang ordered his officers to lead a group of elite soldiers to quickly escort these people to Luoyang and hand them over to Liu Bei for interrogation.
After he rectified the chaos in Handan City, he sent troops to recover Yiyang County that had been captured by the rebels. Then he organized his troops and joined the troops of Changshan and Zhao who were going south, leading more than 13,000 people. After a slight correction, the troops marched eastward and entered Julu County.
Julu County was the hardest-hit area by the Yellow Turban Uprising. The local wealthy families and large landowners were destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army, and were repeatedly destroyed by the old Han army to suppress the rebellion. After the post-disaster reconstruction, Julu County became a It is a relatively clean and harmonious county with little internal conflicts and disputes. The survivors and the immigrants are working hard to cultivate the land and live a good life.
Therefore, since the development of Julu County, it lacks some powerful local wealthy families, but it has many collective farms, and the government's decrees are very popular here.
The imperial court's land transfer order scratches an itch for most people in Julu County. It will not hurt them, but will bring them some benefits. Therefore, Julu County is relatively stable overall, only in Pingxiang County. A rebel army appeared, numbering six to seven thousand people. Xu Huang sent cavalry to attack and quickly eliminated them.
The next highlight is Ganling Kingdom and Bohai County.
Ganling Kingdom and Bohai County were also the hardest hit areas during the war between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. However, because most of the wealthy families did not think highly of Yuan Shao at that time, they did not seek refuge with Yuan Shao and preserved their respective strengths. They were not liquidated after the war. Their original status was quickly restored as Liu Bei stabilized the place.
Therefore, after most of the wealthy clans fell silent for a while, they quickly restored their original power. In recent years, with the stability of the world, their power has even developed a lot.
Moreover, after the war, Ganling Kingdom and Bohai County were divided by Liu Bei to the eunuch group and the conservatives of the ancient literature school at the time out of necessity to win over them after the war. Liu Bei did not interfere in these two places, and even the administrative officials were not his own.
The administrative officials of these two counties were all members of the Ancient Literature School and the Eunuch Group at that time. Including the entire southern Jizhou, most of them were within the sphere of influence of the Ancient Literature School and the Eunuch Group. Therefore, in various senses, these places could belong to Insect base camp.
Since it is the base camp of insects, it is not strange for a bunch of insects to appear and embarrass Liu Bei at critical moments.
When the Order of Du Tian came to these two places, it basically immediately stirred up a hornet's nest and caused the insects in the two places to jump. Yi Guan, the prime minister of Ganling, and Cai Yong, the governor of Bohai County, were both old-school officials, and they focused on a negotiation for Lord, I didn't want to hurt everyone's harmony, so the two of them went to the local noble families to discuss it to see if the matter could be resolved peacefully.
It has to be said that there are some sensible people among the wealthy noble families in both places. They clearly understand that if they resist or use troops, they will be suppressed by Liu Bei's troops. Moreover, given the proficiency of Liu Bei's men in fighting, they will definitely be severely defeated by him. , and then the three clans were destroyed, the family was ruined, and it ended tragically.
They raised this possibility during internal discussions, and believed that the only loss in accepting the Du Tian Order was the economic loss, and it was even possible that Liu Bei would be compensated at the political level for following him at the political level.
In other words, sending people south to Jiaozhou to open a family branch is not something that cannot be considered.
But if they refuse the land transfer order, they may face ruthless political and military attacks. They may not be able to survive it. Even if they did it during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, they would have to pay heavy losses. , many people died for this, in exchange for Emperor Guangwu's compromise.
Now, if they can still pay so much, can they still get Liu Bei's compromise?
Although the risk was huge, because there was too much land and the taxes were too heavy, the insects couldn't bear this outcome, so most families chose to refuse the land transfer order, and united to rebel, using military force to directly attack Liu Bei. Apply pressure.
Because the internal quarrels were too fierce, and some officials in the official families did not want to be enemies of Liu Bei, nor did they want to lose their official positions and futures, let alone take risks, they chose to leave the family after the fierce quarrels.
These officials even took the risk of being expelled from their ancestral home, and they must draw a clear line with the insects in the family. Some even took huge risks to inform the officials, asking the administrative chief to take action quickly.
For example, Cai Yong received a tip from Bohai County officials and Meng Yuan, a member of the Meng family, and was shocked to inform Jiang Xian, the captain of the Bohai County army, and was able to arrange the south of Bohai County before the rebels took action. The defense of Pi County successfully protected Nanpi County when the rebels attacked, and also defeated some rebel organizations in the city who tried to cooperate with the outside world.
Cai Yong had never experienced war, so he was still somewhat capable in handling government affairs, but when it came to military affairs, he was really not good at it, and his military sensitivity was not good enough, so he almost made a mistake.
Despite this, he was also old, but he did not flinch when faced with the dilemma of tens of thousands of rebels siege and attack.
Wearing his helmet, he climbed up the city tower to deliver hot meals to the soldiers, and beat drums to cheer up the rebels' attack. Several arrows passed by him but could not break his courage. He successfully demonstrated himself. As a county guard, his courage and responsibility boosted morale and made a considerable contribution to this defensive battle.
The situation in Ganling Kingdom is a bit worse.
Like the situation in the Zhao Kingdom, Ganling King Liu Zhong was also one of the princes who was deeply dissatisfied with Liu Bei's method of inheriting the throne and a series of policies. Because the rebellion in the Ganling Kingdom was strong, everyone was willing to elect Liu Zhong as the leader, so Liu Zhong decided to join the rebellion and lead everyone against Liu Bei.
But at first, Liu Zhong didn't want to reveal his identity, nor did he want to be regarded as a rebel so quickly, thus attracting Liu Bei's army to attack him, so he hid his existence and wanted to wait for the situation to become clear before standing in front of the stage.
This decision confused the imperial power in Ganling, especially when Gan Lin's Prime Minister Shi Yiguan went to report the news. Liu Zhong fully agreed and said that he would never be an enemy of the imperial court. Shi Yiguan was very happy and thought that he had left. If you have good luck, other governors and ministers must be envious of you to death.
When the rebels attacked Ganling County, Liu Zhong did not take action immediately. Instead, he smartly waited for seven days. When the defenders in the city gradually became exhausted under the siege of the rebels, he chose to take action. .
He dispatched the guards from the mansion to form a team, made a sudden attack, and cooperated internally and externally, which eventually led to the loss of Ganling County.
It must be said that the Ganling Kingdom had bad luck. Wei Chang, the captain of the Ganling Kingdom's military forces, was seriously ill at the time. At the critical moment when the rebels were gathering to launch an attack, Wei Chang died of illness and failed to fulfill his responsibilities.
The successor deputy Wang Ke took office in a hurry. There were too many things to deal with, and the defense layout was not strong. In addition, the rebels attacked for seven days, and the number of defenders in the city was not large. They consumed a lot of energy, so he was dispatched by Liu Zhong at the East Gate. The team of dead soldiers succeeded in a sneak attack.
After the East City Gate was lost, rebels swarmed in. Wang Ke tried to lead his personal guards to counterattack the East City Gate. However, because there were too many rebels, Wang Ke was unable to fight. He could only abandon Ganling County and chose to break out and protect the city. Shi Yiguan moved towards Ling County, trying to seek help from the south, and then counterattack Ganling.
But all this happened so quickly that Xu Huang didn't even know it when he led his troops north to Jizhou.
When Liu Zhong suddenly rebelled, Xu Huang had already led his troops to attack Wei County.
And by the time Xu Huang learned about the incident in Ganling Kingdom, everything was settled on Ganling Kingdom's side.
Xu Huang was very annoyed, but he had no choice but to continue leading his troops in the direction of Ganling Kingdom, hoping that the situation would not become too bad when he arrived at Ganling Kingdom.
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PS: I have always heard from my family that there is a ancestral shredded pork noodle shop nearby that is very delicious. I went to eat it this morning. Oh my god, it is really delicious. The noodles are very chewy, the soup is very fresh, and it is cheap. I just wish I didn’t discover this earlier. Treasure shop.
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