In fact, Xu Huang never told the outside world, but he was always under great pressure.
The pressure of responsibilities and interpersonal relationships often make him feel that it is not easy to cope with it.
Moreover, he was not very good at socializing and did not have many friends in the military. Guan Yu was one of them, but Guan Yu was far away from being in charge of the Jiangnan Military Region and was not with him.
Xun You admired Xu Huang very much and had many contacts with him, but Xun You was in Luoyang and would not meet Xu Huang often.
As a result, Xu Huang was actually in a relatively isolated state in the army. His relationships with his colleagues were mostly colleagues, and he was quite harmonious and caring with his subordinates. However, his subordinates could hardly be said to be friends with him. The relationship between.
He is not a person who likes to drink to escape from reality. For this reason, he often uses math problems to relax his mind and want to escape for a while from the pressure of heavy military affairs and interpersonal relationships.
But after escaping, the pressure is still pressure, and the problems are still problems. He still has to work hard to coordinate, solve, supervise, and rectify.
If there are conflicts and disputes among his subordinates, he needs to deal with and coordinate them.
If the court has any requests, he must provide responses and solutions as soon as possible.
The Privy Council needed him to provide some information about the army and the topography and hydrology of the place where he was guarding, and he had to make arrangements.
He also had to endure the jealous mentality of the military commanders of various armies towards the frequent wars in the areas he guarded.
Being an official and working under Liu Bei is not easy at all.
In this battle, as expected, the Central Plains was under the greatest pressure. Xu Huang even felt that Liu Bei was testing whether he could hold up his trust, so he did not dare to slack off at all.
After learning that the situation in Jizhou was getting serious, Xu Huang directly led his troops to the north to crusade, and curbed the expansion of the situation before it expanded further.
Despite this, Liu She and Liu Zhong's successive rebellions were something he did not expect, not to mention that what Liu Zhong was doing now was almost a political storm, all involving the throne.
If this were placed in the previous Luoyang City, a faction would have to be sacrificed as a sacrifice before it could be solved.
If this cannot be quelled by him personally, there is no telling what kind of sarcastic remarks those who are jealous of his power will say that are unfavorable to him. They may even involve him and hold him responsible for his inability to maintain stability. How much will it bring to him? Some trouble.
The Han army is indeed quite united, and its internal struggles are relatively benign. There is no vicious factional struggle that requires the death of the other party.
However, no matter how benign the internal conflicts are, they are still conflicts and a bit confrontational. As a young and middle-aged general who is not so senior, Xu Huang is ahead of many seniors. This has always been criticized by many people. Don't let go.
He must be more capable, more effective, and better than other Yuan Cong and kin generals, so that he can stop some people's mouths and get a good night's sleep.
Of course, he does not have no means of releasing pressure. For example, dumping all the pressure and negative emotions on the enemy is a good way to balance his mentality.
As far as he knows, many generals and soldiers who feel very stressed even use the excitement of going to the battlefield and killing people to relieve stress. Therefore, war is not only a means for them to pursue fame, but also a way to relieve daily stress. .
For Xu Huang, Liu Zhong brought him so much pressure that he felt he had to use Liu Zhong himself to relieve this pressure.
Then the opportunity came to him.
After Liu Zhong's army was crushed to pieces, Liu Zhong himself was "unfortunately" captured.
It is said that he wanted to escape, but because the armor he was wearing was too conspicuous and he was protected by enough guards, he was spotted by the Han soldiers at the first word, so they surrounded him tightly and refused to let him escape. A siege and kill all the guards around him.
So the guy got caught.
The guy who shamelessly wanted to question the legitimacy of Liu Bei's throne was caught like this. Xu Huang was so happy that he tripped while walking and accidentally dropped a dog to eat shit. He didn't care at all and rushed over to see Liu Zhong with a smile on his face. .
Contrary to Xu Huang's expectations, Xu Huang thought that Liu Zhong, an arrogant guy, should be a relatively hard-core opponent, the kind who would never admit defeat even in the face of his army, and might even clamor to fight with Xu Huang. The kind where Akira has another decisive battle.
But after Liu Zhong was caught, he cried and even peed.
When Xu Huang came to interrogate him, Liu Zhong cried with snot and tears, saying that he had been forced, deceived, and deceived, and that he had no idea what happened, so he joined the rebels inexplicably, and was promoted to the leader by them. Position, none of this was his intention, he didn't want to do such a thing at all.
"They deceived me, saying that I would be killed, that I would be questioned, and that if I didn't join them, I would be killed by His Majesty. I have no previous friendship with Your Majesty. I only know that His Majesty is coercive in the world and has thunderous methods. I Afraid!
I had no choice but to join them. I didn’t know anything before. Everything they did was done in my name and had nothing to do with me! It really doesn’t matter!
Can the general defend me? I have a lot of money, a lot of money. As long as the general is willing to defend me, I will give him whatever he wants. I can give the general all the money in the palace! I just want the general to give me a kind word! "
Liu Zhong had tears on his face and looked at Xu Huang with extremely expectant eyes, leaving Xu Huang speechless.
This is completely different from your arrogant behavior in the intelligence. Which one is true?
Xu Huang was a little helpless.
But he really had no interest in this matter and didn't feel the need to get involved.
"This matter has nothing to do with me. If you want to ask, just ask His Majesty. Your Majesty will answer you."
After saying that, Xu Huang left with a look of contempt, cursing as he walked, feeling that this guy was really a complete softie.
Liu Zhong was left crying with a collapsed expression——
He really didn't expect the Han army to be so capable of fighting, and he himself was so useless. In just one hour, the 30,000-strong army completely collapsed, with almost no power to fight back. The strength of the Han army was far beyond his imagination.
This huge gap completely destroyed his confidence and will. Especially after being caught, his sense of security was also completely destroyed. He immediately thought of the miserable end he would face, so he instinctively wanted to ask for mercy. Want to live.
Everyone loves money, and no one doesn't love money. He thinks that he can spend money to bribe the senior officials of the Han army in exchange for the hope of survival.
But what he doesn’t understand is that although everyone loves money, not everyone who loves money has no brains. There are always some people who will use their brains before loving money and ask themselves whether they can take the money, and then Judge.
Obviously, Xu Huang made an accurate judgment and knew that the money could not be taken.
After the encounter, Xu Huang did not stay too long. Instead, he immediately ordered an army to attack Ganling City without giving the rebels time to regroup. At his request, a 3,000-man assault force was launched. The troops quickly organized and stormed towards Ganling City without taking any time to rest.
Then Ganling City was successfully attacked by this force.
When the main force launched the raid, the old, weak, sick and disabled people left behind in Ganling City were transporting food into the city. After Liu Zhong led the elite expedition, he left an order to leave a back-up to transport more food to the city. Ganling City is in preparation for emergencies, so many people are transporting food.
The Han army came too fast and attacked too directly. The defenders of Ganling City had no time to react. The city gate was captured by the Han army. The old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city who had no fighting ability or will to fight dispersed in a rush. , there was no resistance, so they fled in all directions.
The rebels actually had more than 20,000 troops in name at that time. When the Han army attacked, there were still more than 10,000 armed troops stationed inside and outside the city.
But after the Han army launched a surprise attack, these people did not organize a counterattack, but fled directly.
In the end, the Han army with 3,000 troops successfully recaptured Ganling City, which was garrisoned by more than 20,000 rebels. They also captured many family members of the main organizers of the rebels, especially the family members of Ganling King Liu Zhong. They were all captured by the Han army. The army caught them all in one fell swoop.
Xu Huang arrived at Ganling City a day later, received the results of the battle, and breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the arrested culprits.
Finally, the war was not made to go in an even more unpredictable direction, and the political incident caused by Liu Zhong was stopped. So far, it has not caused more chain reactions.
To be honest, Xu Huang was really worried that the clan kings in Jizhou would rise up against Liu Bei after being incited by Liu Zhong. If that happened, the entire clan king system of the Han Empire might really have a major earthquake in a short time. .
At that time, his jurisdiction will also have the most unpredictable rebellions due to the largest number of clan kings.
Indeed, they are all military achievements, but when it comes to the military achievements of the Zong King, Xu Huang really feels hot.
He is a general who pursues military glory, but he is also a calm person. After clearing up the rebellions of two sect kings, Xu Huang has begun to feel a little bad. He feels that if he continues to gain more military glory, Or the military merit brought by the Zong Wang would add some unnecessary political risks to himself.
For military achievements of this level, he should not be the one who excels alone. At least the five tiger generals should come together, sit in rows, share the fruits, share the rewards, and bear the political risks together.
And it's best for him not to get involved in royal matters.
So Xu Huang didn't touch anything about Liu Zhong. He learned the lesson and was not as arrogant as when he dealt with Liu She. He packed him and his family up and took them to Luoyang together, and then sent him to Ganling Prince's Mansion. It was closed and no one was allowed to enter, waiting for the court to send someone to seal it.
He himself has not even stepped foot into the palace of Ganling Prince.
In the next few days, Xu Huang liquidated the powerful landowners who had joined the rebels in Ganling Kingdom, killed many families, confiscated a large amount of real estate, gold, silver and jewelry, as well as a huge number of slaves.
Later, at the end of July of the first year of Zhenguan, Xu Huang learned of the battle report sent by Cao Ren - the rebellion in Bohai County was successfully put down, the main official groups and the main economic base of Bohai County were still intact, and the damage caused by the rebels was limited.
The performance of the Bohai County Collective Farm Guards was very good. Quite a few rebels were eliminated by the collective farm self-defense forces during the autumn wind. The excellent performance of the collective farm self-defense forces greatly eased the offensive pressure of the official army, so Cao Ren suggested that Xu Akira paid tribute to the self-defense forces of these collective farms.
Cao Ren's suggestion reminded Xu Huang, who went all the way north and conquered all the way, and indeed discovered that although the scale of the Jizhou rebellion was large and there were many people, the damage to the local area was quite limited.
In the past, the rebels' damage to the city was limited, but they caused great harm to the peasant villages. Often after a rebellion, the city might not be breached, but the agricultural villages around the county were absolutely in a mess, with dead people and refugees who had lost their homes everywhere. Local agricultural production will be greatly damaged and will not be able to recover for a long time.
Such secondary disasters of war are often a huge burden for the imperial court and local officials after the war. If not handled properly, it can easily trigger a second round of civil unrest.
But this time, Xu Huang noticed that the damage to the city was limited, and the damage to other places was also very limited. Along the way, he saw a very limited number of refugees. Upon closer inspection, he found that there were almost no farmers in the collective farms. Some are individual farmers who have not joined collective farms.
When he asked again, he learned that because of the excellent organization of the collective farm, they were able to organize a farm self-defense force of more than a hundred people when the rebels launched an rebellion. Relying on the weapons and defense facilities in the farm, they were able to deal with those rebels well. Apart from the large army, a small group of rebels who went out to fight the autumn wind could even cause huge damage to them.
When he was in Weijun and Zhao, people from the collective farm self-defense forces of Weijun and Zhao came to him with the heads and prisoners of the rebels to ask for credit. Afterwards, he arrived in many places and found similar situations. .
In the past, the situation of people being displaced all over the place as soon as there was a war has been curbed to a considerable extent during this rebellion. In comparison, some of the cities that were breached suffered larger-scale damage.
Xu Huang was very happy that this happened. He immediately began to write a war memorial. He wrote down the results of the war and some things on the battlefield, especially the outstanding performance of the collective farm self-defense forces, and sent them to Luoyang for delivery. To Liu Bei, waiting for Liu Bei's further rewards and instructions.
Now that the war has reached this point, the rebellion caused by the Tiandu Order in Jizhou has basically come to an end.
This rebellion involving the fate of two sect kings has almost exhausted the power of the reactionary forces. The reactionary forces in Jizhou have no more strength and courage to launch a new round of actions.
In this battle, the large-scale rebel army's appearance of collapse and weakness when facing the elite Han army really refreshed people's concepts once again, making them realize that the martial ethics of the Han army was indeed not ordinary.
In addition to the rebellion in Jizhou, the largest rebellion occurred in Yuzhou, which is directly under the Central Military Region.
But unfortunately, Yuzhou is also the radiation range of the Central Military Region's strongest military. As soon as the rebellion broke out, the troops of the Central Military Region began to spontaneously put down the rebellion, and the killing was so fast and furious——
It was as if the local garrison was afraid that if they were a little slower, other armies would take away their hard-won military glory.
Coupled with the high level of agricultural collectivization organizations within the control of the Central Military Region, although the wealthy families in Yuzhou have organized a relatively large number of manpower, the scale of the turmoil caused by these rebel teams is smaller than that in Jizhou -
It was not even as large as the rebellions of the clan rebels in Nanjun and Jiangxia counties in northern Jingzhou, which were smaller in number but had a greater impact.
(End of chapter)
