The Han army in Henan began to gather troops and stationed them in the eastern suburbs of Tan, eight miles away from Kyoto.
The eastern suburbs were the place where the Han Dynasty welcomed the spring and worshiped the Qing Emperor Jumang. Originally, in two months' time, at the beginning of spring, Liu Hong would come here with the princes and princes of the Manchu Dynasty, dressed in blue and blue, to offer sacrifices to the Eight Beauties.
Dance to pray for the health of the world.
But unfortunately, Liu Hong will probably not be able to come this time.
Since returning south in mid-November, the Han army in Henan has been overwhelming and has encountered almost no resistance. They went south from Chaoge and galloped all the way to Juanjin to cross the river, and then joined the 20,000 powerful Henan allied troops in Xingyang.
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The two armies combined, with a strength of several to 30,000. After taking Aocang millet and resting for three days, the Han army in Henan marched westward to Hulao.
On November 25, He Jin, who had been locked in Hulao, opened the door and joined the rebels.
The powerful people in Henan supported He Jin as the general of Fengtian's crusade against rebellion, and used the banner of clearing the emperor's side and punishing the eunuch temple.
There was a sudden tremor in the pass, and Luoyang was even more frightened every day, and the whole court was in chaos. Because, in the 120-mile section from Hulao to Kyoto, there were only three city passes in Gongxian, Baigu, and Yanshi, and
There are not many troops.
Facing the unexpected rebels, Liu Hong urgently summoned the three princes to the palace to discuss the strategy of attacking He Jin.
Liu Hong was worried that He Jin would use his title as General of the Han Dynasty to appease the armies in the pass. After all, the political banner used by the other party was indeed very confusing, so he urgently asked Sangong what countermeasures he had.
The three princes at this time were Situ Cui Lie, Sikong Xuxiang, and Taiwei Zhang Yan.
Among them, Cui Lie was from Hebei, and Cui Jun, the acting general of Youzhou Tuqi, was his son. At this time, Cui Lie did not know that his son had died in Hebei.
Then Xu Xiang was from Runan, and he was the son of Xu Xun, the second-year-old Situ of Jianning in this dynasty. Now he succeeded his father and became Sikong, which can be said to be a father and son in the same family.
Finally, there is Zhang Yan, a military cultivator in Hanoi. He is the son of the old Situ during the reign of Emperor Huan of the previous dynasty. A few months ago, the old Taiwei Deng Sheng became old and frail. Zhang Yan, who was the servant at the time, succeeded Deng Sheng as the Taiwei.
Among the three, Prime Minister Xu was the youngest and most arrogant. Moreover, he knew that the main force of the rebels this time were from Yuzhou aristocratic families. As a Runan native, he could only take a tough stance.
Therefore, Prime Minister Xu asked the state to issue an edict to send the Southern Army, the Eight Pass School Lieutenants, and the Zhenjun Army in the west of Beijing to guard the Yanshi Division at the east gate of Luoyang.
With Prime Minister Xu setting the tone at the beginning, Lieutenant Zhang Yan directly asked for orders, willing to lead 3,000 Southern troops to advance to Yanshi first.
The Taiwei was already in charge of military matters, so Zhang Yan naturally did his part.
But what is surprising is that Liu Hong did not comment, but said this:
"The soldiers of the Southern Army may not be of sufficient use if they have not practiced fighting for a long time."
At this time, Zhang Rang, who had been waiting beside him, suddenly interrupted:
"It's better to patrol Chang'an. With the strength of Weihan, we can defend ourselves against the enemy."
The three princes all saw the singing and harmony of the monarch and his ministers, and knew that the country must have made an agreement with the eunuch to abandon Luoyang and flee to Chang'an.
So Xu Xiang advised:
"Luoyang is the most important thing for the country. If we give it to the rebels without resisting, we may lose the hearts of the world."
Zhang Yan over there also urged:
"If we go west and the rebels choose a clan to establish, I'm afraid that the world will no longer be able to protect the country."
Just when Liu Hong was about to relax after being persuaded by these two people, Cui Lie, who had been silent until now, said:
"The rebels are strong, and the southern army is too weak to resist them. In addition, the troops in the towns west of Beijing are far away, and it is difficult to save the nearby fire. It is better to move the princess of the clan west to Guanzhong, use the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to merge with the rich Shu land, and regain Luoyang
Just around the corner.”
Prime Minister Xu and Zhang Yan never expected that Cui Lie would say such words, especially when Prime Minister Xu angrily rebuked in front of the court:
"Please kill Cui Lie, and the world will be safe."
Cui Lie didn't dare to say anything when he saw Prime Minister Xu's cannibalistic behavior. In the end, Cui Lie, the Situ, was not in the right position because he spent five million to get out.
Years ago, when he was still a court official, through the relationship between Liu Hong's grandmother, Mrs. Cheng, he spent five million to get the official position of Situ.
At that time, Liu Hong was reluctant to give up. He felt that Sangong was making a loss by selling him for five million, and the selling price was around tens of millions. In other words, for his mother's sake, and Cui Lie, who was indeed a famous person, he left.
San Gong was only one step away from letting go.
Although everyone pays money, it is paid after being appointed and dismissed. How can you directly run for office like Cui Lie? Therefore, Xu Xiang and Zhang Yan have long been ashamed of each other.
Cui Lie felt sad when he saw the devouring eyes of the two men.
To be honest, he didn't want to either. But Zhang Rang had approached him before and asked him to stand by his side during court discussions.
Was Cui Lie afraid of Zhang Rang? Not really. The reason why he sided with Zhang Rang was because he knew that the westward migration must be Liu Hong's idea.
Because everyone knows the current situation in Gyeonggi.
The North and South armies were deployed to put down the rebellion, and the powerful people in the capital were deployed to put down the rebellion. What kind of soldiers does Liu Hong have now? Even if all the people in Kyoto were armed, they could get tens of thousands, but how could these people
The opponent of the main force of the Han army who was good at fighting.
Moreover, after the rebels captured Hulao Pass, Cui Lie noticed a letter of appointment and dismissal.
The former imperial physician ordered Zhang Feng to be sent to Chang'an to serve as Jing Zhaoyin.
Who does this tribute belong to?
He is Zhang Rangshou's adopted son.
Therefore, Cui Lie knew a long time ago that the westward migration was decided.
Now that everything has been decided, why does Cui Lie still want to die? Anyway, his reputation in Shilin has been ruined, so he might as well seek some practical benefits.
However, that Xu Xiang was really fierce. When he said that he would move west again, he crashed into the courtyard pillar and died.
Liu Hong didn't want to cause an ugly scene, and he also knew that giving up Kyoto without any resistance would definitely lose the hearts of the people and cause the descendants of the Liu family to lose face.
Therefore, Liu Hong temporarily changed his decision at the court meeting and no longer talked about moving westward. Instead, he decided to send troops to the south to guard the Gongxian, Baigu, and Yanshi first-line passages.
November 27, Dan.
Liu Hong, accompanied by Sangong, Jiuqing, Shi Changshi and others, observed the troops in the eastern suburbs altar to boost the morale of the southern army.
After that, Liu Hong appointed Zhao Qian as the left colonel of the Southern Army in charge of Yanshi, Chunyu Jia as the lieutenant colonel in charge of Baigu, and Guan Qiuyi as the right colonel in charge of Gong County. The three of them unified the 3,000 soldiers of the Southern Army and conquered Kyoto.
Four thousand of his disciples immediately rushed to Hulao.
At the same time, Liu Hong also appointed Huangmen Ling Jian Shuo as the Colonel of the Military Academy and the Marshal of the Xiyuan Army. He selected soldiers from Kyoto City and organized and trained fifty-four Xiyuan troops, which was a new army establishment of 54,000 people.
Liu Hong has no soldiers now. Whether it is for safety or to fight back in the future, it is impossible to have no soldiers.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Kyoto now, and they cannot give it to the rebels for nothing. He wants to take away the 54,000 most capable people first, and then use his treasures and horses from the West Garden, coupled with the armor from the Kyoto arsenal.
, enough to escort Liu Hong to Chang'an safely.
Liu Hong also thought about how to compile the fifty-four volumes of Xiyuan.
The number of troops is 54,000, and one for every thousand is the battalion head of the fifty-four divisions. Then the two divisions on the left and right form one army, which is the establishment of ten armies. Each army has a captain, that is,
He is the tenth captain of Xiyuan.
As for who the ten captains are, Liu Hong hasn't thought about it yet and will look at it when the time comes.
These ten armies were compiled and trained with Liu Hong's money. They are Liu Hong's private army. Of course, they can also be called the Forbidden Army. Liu Hong believes that with the help of these new ten armies, he will eventually be able to fight back.
As he was thinking of starting anew, Liu Hong was naturally not very willing to put many elite troops on the Eastern Front. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of the new army behind him would not be guaranteed.
Therefore, the so-called Southern Army soldiers and horses given to Zhao Qian, Chunyu Jia and Guan Qiuyi are very valuable.
Liu Hongbing did not expect that the 10,000 men on the eastern front could stop the rebels. Anyway, as long as they could hold on and buy enough time for him to patrol the west, it would be enough.
But Liu Hong didn't want to think about it, could he stop the rebel tigers and wolves with just these prodigal boys from Kyoto who were completely untrained in military affairs?
Moreover, even the so-called Southern Army is unreliable.
The Southern Army is different from the Northern Army. The Northern Army was mostly selected from good warriors from all over the country, and since then it has been conquering various places. Its combat effectiveness is naturally the best among all armies.
But most of the Confederate soldiers were descendants of Kyoto for generations, and they were doing some ceremonial work. These people like to wear light furs and belts, and wear beautiful clothes and crowns. They know how to fight cocks and horses, but they don't know how to use swords, guns, swords, and sticks. They know how to wander and enjoy themselves, but they don't know how to fight.
Fighting. You can bear wine and beauty, but you cannot bear a halberd and armor.
Therefore, as soon as the Confederate army knew that they had been drafted, nine out of ten were not happy and paid money and hired knights in the market to go out on their behalf.
Finally, when Zhao Qian and other three generals went out into battle, their subordinates were almost exclusively poor children of Kyoto.
The three generals went out together and arrived at Gong County in only two days.
At that time, Gong County was still resisting.
Gong County is one hundred and ten miles away from Kyoto. It is the first level of Luoyang's outer city defense. Its city defense is naturally very tight.
And what is Gong in Gong County? It is a solid Gong. It is named after this place because of its strong mountains and rivers.
It is bounded by a large river to the north, Shouyang Mountain to the east, and is divided by Luoshui River, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Originally, the number of soldiers in Gong County was a thousand, but before the Battle of Xingyang, He Jing mobilized 500 soldiers from Gong County to leave Hulao eastward. These people never came back, so now there are only 500 soldiers in the city.
The county magistrate of this city is called Qi Ke. Under siege by tens of thousands of rebels, the city is short of troops and food.
Originally, they were not short of food, because Luokou outside Gong County was the boundary between Luoshui and Dahe, and all the grain coming from the east would be transferred here.
However, the warehouses in Luokou had long ago fallen into the hands of the rebels. The Gongxian soldiers could only try to defend the city, but there was no way they could take it back. Therefore, they could only hope that reinforcements would send food.
But unfortunately, Zhao Qian and others also have no food.
Liu Hong and others had already made plans to abandon Kyoto and prepare to enter Guanzhong westward. Naturally, the reserves in Taicang had to be transported into Guanzhong. Therefore, apart from giving Zhao Qian twenty days of food, there was no further supply.
Therefore, it is conceivable that when Zhao Qian and other generals arrived in Gongxian with ten thousand Eastern Front troops, their morale was very low.
But Zhao Qian was truly loyal to the country.
He was the prefect of Runan before, but was defeated by the Yellow Turbans of Runan. He himself was sent to the capital and imprisoned. This time the country used him, Zhao Qian was naturally very grateful and determined to live up to the country's importance.
So when he saw that the morale of the troops was low, Zhao Qian spent all his money as a monk to reward the three troops. Then he encouraged everyone with his loyalty to the emperor and his righteousness.
Not to mention, these wandering kids in Kyoto all want to do big things, and they were really inspired by this to dare to fight.
But the spirit can never be eaten.
When the army supplies were no longer available, Zhao Qian tried to lead his army to rescue the Gongxian soldiers in the city, so that they could all retreat to Baigubi and continue to hold on.
The wall of Baigu was built as a barrier for the Luo River to pass through Baigu. It was the place where Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came here and was embarrassed by his father. This place is an important place on the western Henan passage. There is no turning point in the valley, and it is sandwiched by a plateau.
Important fortress.
But unfortunately, Zhao Qian overestimated his ability.
His army wanted to attack the rebels outside Gong County at night, but Cao Cao led his cavalry to attack the fortress. Before Zhao Qian could capture the rebel wall, the camp behind him had been breached by Cao Cao.
Amidst the fire, Zhao Qian's army collapsed.
Later, the city of Gong County was destroyed and Qi Ke committed suicide.
Zhao Qian led the remaining troops to retreat to the wall of Baigu, but Huangfuli led her cavalry to chase and kill him. The dead man was lying on the road, and the Luoshui River was cut off.
The disciples of Fulang, who had lost any fighting spirit, supported Zhao Qian, who still had authority, and marched all the way to the west, bypassing the wall of Baigu, leaving Yanshi behind.
When they were defeated outside Yanshi, they met the 500 soldiers of Xuanyuan Pass who had been ordered to go north.
Knowing that there was a huge defeat ahead and all the Western Henan Passages were lost, these Guan soldiers could only follow Zhao Qian and others back to Kyoto, intending to enter the city to defend.
But when they arrived at the altar in the eastern suburbs, they met the Southern Army officials stationed here.
Looking at these Southern army officers and soldiers with bright clothes and angry horses, when they thought that they died on the battlefield for these people, the wandering children in Zhao Qian's army became furious.
Not only did they beat these people up, they also looted them.
At this time, Zhao Qian and others were coerced into causing chaos and could no longer return to Luoyang City. So in the end, the Eastern Front Army of less than 3,000 people was stationed in the eastern suburbs and sat on the wall to watch.
The news of the collapse of the troops on the Eastern Front accelerated the retreat of Liu Hong and others.
They didn't expect Zhao Qian to be so provocative. He bought them five days, not to mention ten days.
At this time, Liu Hong had no time to organize the fifty divisions of Xiyuan. After setting up a framework of a hundred people for each division, Liu Hong hurried out of the city with the ten permanent attendants, the harem and others.
Zhao Qian's rebel army outside the city saw a team coming out of the west gate, and originally wanted to plunder. However, seeing the long team and the escort of more than 5,000 well-dressed military officials, the rebel army stopped thinking.
, had no choice but to focus on the city.
They wanted to take the opportunity to enter the city and plunder it.
But unfortunately, before they even entered the city, the city gate was closed.
Now, the only way out for the rebels is to join the rebels behind.
Therefore, they spontaneously went east to meet the Henan rebels and served as their guides. On December 2, they arrived in the eastern suburbs to watch.
After Liu Hong moved westward, the ministers who stayed in Kyoto were Sikong Xuxiang and Taiwei Zhang Yan.
They organized the troops of various ministers to go up to the city to defend the city.
In addition to being Kyoto, Luoyang is also a huge fortress.
The Henan rebels stationed in Dongjiaotan also had different ideas and did not want to send troops to attack.
After all, we are here. After losing our strength, how can we discuss profit sharing later? All the generals who have already thought of being a military leader are not stupid.
In the end there was only one way, to persuade him to surrender.
So, two days after Liu Hong moved westward and the second day after the Henan rebels arrived, Zhong Yao, the envoy elected by the generals, entered Luoyang City, pulled by a basket.
This day happens to be December 3rd, the sixth year of Guanghe.