158, The Three Great Power Groups of the Eastern Han Dynasty (Part 2)
Then Nanyang sent Deng Feng to take revenge.
After Zhu Xiancheng surrendered, Luoyang was still an isolated city, forming a dangerous protrusion south of the Yellow River. The old Gengshi troops were entrenched in nearby Nanyang and Yingchuan, ready to move.
These two places were also the birthplaces of the two major groups and were of great political significance, so Liu Xiu decided to march south.
He held a military meeting in front of the imperial court. In order to boost morale, he threw the written memorandum on the ground and deliberately asked: "The enemy in Lincheng is the strongest, and the enemy in Wancheng is the second best. Who wants to attack Lincheng?"
Zhijinwu Jiafu volunteered and said, "I'll go!"
Liu Xiu laughed and ordered Jia to attack Yingchuan again, Wu Han to attack Nanyang, and then set off.
Wuhan, Jiantan, and Wanxiu led their troops southward and quickly advanced towards Nanyang, including Wancheng, Niyang, Li County, Rangcheng, Xinye and other places. They also defeated Qin Feng's troops in Nanjun south of Xinye.
However, due to lack of food and grass, he allowed his subordinates to plunder the villagers, causing public resentment and causing particularly serious damage to Xinye.
It happened that the Polu general Deng Feng returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but get angry. He gathered the villagers of his clan and counterattacked Wu Han, recaptured the grain, grass and baggage, and stationed himself in the city of Juiyang.
Wu Han was forced to retreat, Wan Xiu died of illness in the army, and Jiantan was trapped in Wancheng. Deng Feng took the opportunity to capture the city and control most of Nanyang County. It is said that at this point, his purpose of revenge has been achieved, and he should write a letter to impeach Wu Han and serve himself
Defend.
If it weren't for the conflicts between the Hebei Group and the Nanyang Group, and Liu Xiu had to rely heavily on Hebei, Deng Feng would not have made such a foolish move and chose to continue the confrontation.
Deng Feng joined forces with Dong Xin, Qin Feng and other forces to communicate with each other, which shocked the government and the public.
The disintegration of the Gengshi regime was largely due to constant internal fighting and killing each other.
Although Wu Han was at fault this time, Deng Feng chose to betray and plunged Nanyang into war. In Liu Xiu's view, it was simply treason. In November, Liu Xiu sent Cen Peng, the general who conquered the south, together with Zhu Hu and Jia Fu, to
Geng Yan, Wang Chang and other generals led their troops to attack Deng Feng.
Cen Peng attacked Duxiang fiercely, and Deng Feng and Dong Xin joined forces to fight fiercely. The two sides were at a stalemate and fought for several months.
Most of Cen Peng's troops were soldiers from Nanyang. Liu Xiu originally thought that this would reduce the resistance, but it had the opposite effect. Instead, he could not let go and fought. The Han army "blocked" Duxiang and made no progress. Zhu Hu was captured in a battle.
Liu Xiu finally became angry and decided to take charge of the army himself.
In April of the third year of Jianwu, Liu Xiu came to the front line of Duxiang. There was no need to fight. Deng Feng's army was so distraught that he fled without a fight and retreated to Tuoyang City overnight. Cen Peng and other generals took advantage of the victory to pursue them. Dong Xin surrendered, and Tuoyang was quickly attacked.
Down.
Deng Feng withdrew to Xiaochang'an again, and Liu Xiu ordered a strong attack. After all, there was a huge disparity in strength, and Deng Feng couldn't support it, so he asked the captured Zhu Hu to leave the camp and ask for surrender.
Liu Xiu considered that Deng Feng was Deng Chen's nephew and Wu Han was at fault first, so he intended to pardon him. The generals were silent, but Cen Peng and Geng Yan expressed their opinions: "Deng Feng was ungrateful and rebellious, and the war started again, and Jia Fu was injured.
Zhu Hu was captured. After His Majesty's personal expedition, he did not repent and persisted in resisting until the end of the road before surrendering. If he did not kill him, it would not be enough to punish those who came after him." In order to achieve the current unity of the two major groups, Liu Xiu finally chose to kill his relatives for justice.
Later, Jia Fu from Nanyang faction and Kou Xun from Hebei faction almost came to blows.
The Jia Kou incident refers to the conflict between Jia Fu and Kou Xun, which happened almost at the same time as the Deng Feng incident. After Jia Fu, Yin Shi and others led their troops to conquer Yingchuan, they transferred their troops to Runan, and Liu Xiu appointed Kou Xun as the commander of Yingchuan.
The prefect of Sichuan was in charge of government affairs. Jia Fu's generals killed people in Yingchuan. Kou Xun enforced the law like a mountain and beheaded him in public.
During the war, laws and disciplines were not strict, and usually these things were turned a blind eye. Coupled with the inherent contradiction between the two groups, Jia Fu was very angry, and the consequences were serious.
Jia Fu had a long-standing temper. When he first returned to Liu Xiu, he had unpleasant encounters with his colleagues. At that time, he was an official under the name of General Polu. At a meeting, he stood side by side with Duan Xiao, an official under the name of Da Sima.
Sitting down. Duan Xiao reminded him: "You are the General Governor, and I am the Grand Sima Governor, we cannot sit together." Jia Fu was angry: "The Grand Sima and General Polu are both Liu Gong, why can't we sit together!" Everyone felt
He was domineering and wanted to push him away, but Liu Xiu suppressed him.
Although Jia Fu was a Confucian scholar, he was highly skilled in martial arts.
Jia Fu returned to Yingchuan and said harshly: "I share the same official position as Kou Xun, but now I am humiliated by him. It is not a gentleman to refuse to avenge a grudge. When I see Kou Xun, I must kill him with my own hands!"
Fortunately, Kou Xun was a sensible man and deliberately hid from Jia Fu. His subordinates were not angry and said that they would bring swords to protect him in case of unexpected events. Kou Xun said: "Back then, Lin Xiangru was not afraid of the King of Qin, but he hid from Lian Po because it was a matter of state. The ancients respected
So, how could I forget?"
He ordered all counties to welcome Jia Fu along the way, with double portions of wine and meat, and plenty of food and drink, but he claimed to be ill. Jia Fu was still angry and wanted to settle accounts with Kou Xun. As a result, the soldiers were all drunk, so he had to give up.
Kou Xun was worried that Jia Fu would not give up, so he reported it to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was still worried about the Deng Feng incident and decided to personally mediate. He first summoned Jia Fu, showing his righteousness, and then summoned Kou Xun. Kou Xun entered the palace and found that Jia Fu was already there.
, and was about to turn around and leave, Liu Xiu stopped him: "Now that the world is undecided, how can two tigers fight privately? I am here to persuade them." So the two sat down side by side, smiling at each other and letting go of their grudges. Finally, there was no surprise.
Now that the dust has settled, I can breathe a sigh of relief.
In the third year of Jianwu's reign, Zhu Fu was besieged by Peng Chong in Ji County and could not move. Geng Kuang of Shanggu County sent troops to relieve the siege but failed.
Soon Zhang Feng, the governor of Zhuo County, believed what the superstitious sorcerer said. The sorcerer said that Zhang Feng should be the emperor. He also wrapped a stone in a colorful cloth and hung it on his elbow, saying that there was a jade seal in the stone. Zhang Feng really believed it and called himself ""
"Supreme General", and joined forces with Peng Chong. After receiving this strong support, Peng Chong became excited and called himself King of Yan, full of confidence.
Zhu Fu panicked and hurriedly wrote a letter asking Liu Xiu to lead the expedition in person, but was dissuaded by the great Situ Fu Zhan. It was not until May of the fourth year of Jianwu that Liu Xiu went to Hebei again to stabilize the strategic rear. However, something happened midway.
Lihua went on an expedition with the army and gave birth to a boy in Yuanshi County, who later became Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.
The vanguard Ji Zun took the lead and stormed Zhuojun. Zhang Feng's meritorious officers did not want to die with him, so they turned around and captured Zhang Feng, and then Kaicheng surrendered. Before his death, the stupid Zhang Feng never forgot: "I have a jade seal tied to my elbow.
Here!" Ji Zun wanted him to die and smashed the stone into pieces. There was nothing inside.
At this time, Liu Xiu had already passed Lunu. One of the princes was born, and the other was that the war was going well, so he decided to return to Luoyang. Ji Zun stationed in Liangxiang, and Liu Xi, the heroic cavalry general, stationed in Yangxiang to resist Peng Chong.
The well-informed Peng Chong personally led tens of thousands of the main force, and sent his younger brother Peng Chun to lead 2,000 Xiongnu cavalry to launch an active attack on the Han army. When Peng Chun's troops passed through Jundu Mountain southward, they were attacked by Geng Shu's troops in the upper valley, and the two Xiongnu kings were killed.
Peng Chun fled back to Yuyang.
Ji Zun also used offense as defense. He attacked Peng Chong's general Li Hao in Lucheng and beheaded more than a thousand people. After that, the two sides were in a stalemate for more than a year. Ji Zun defeated Peng Chong several times, which gradually stabilized the situation in Yuyang.
When they heard the news of Liu Xiu's return, the generals were puzzled. Only Wu Han said: "Your Majesty is proficient in military affairs, and there is a reason for it." When they greeted him, the generals asked carefully, and Liu Xiu said mysteriously:
"There are thieves in Wei County, so I returned." Based on the actual situation, Liu Xiu said this, perhaps to keep it secret. First, he took Yin Lihua, who was pregnant with Liujia, with him, and then concealed the truth from the generals. Obviously, he was afraid of certain people.
thing.
Liu Xiu wanted to enjoy family happiness in Luoyang, but was turned off by Zhu Fu. It turned out that Peng Chong couldn't defeat Ji Zun, but he was more than enough to deal with Zhu Fu. He besieged Jixian for several months, the food in the city was exhausted, and people began to populate the city.
At this time, Geng Kuang sent a reinforcement army to try to relieve the siege. The reinforcements failed to break through the encirclement, but attracted the attention of Peng Chong's army. Zhu Fu desperately broke through the siege southward and moved closer to Liangxiang.
Zhu Fu's soldiers mutinied, and he killed his wife to avoid being humiliated, and fled back to Luoyang alone. The minister ordered Hou Ba to write a letter for impeachment, saying that Zhu Fu caused trouble in Youzhou and forced Peng Chong to rebel, but he did not dare to die to clear the festival, so he should be executed according to the law.
Liu Xiu missed his old friendship and appointed him as Zhijinwu, responsible for the defense of the capital.
In the fifth year of Jianwu, Peng Chong's rebellion finally came to an end in a dramatic way. Recently, Peng Chong has been restless and even had auditory hallucinations. He always felt that there was a toad under the stove, and he dug it open to look for it.
There was nothing, and the fortune teller said that this was a sign of civil strife. He felt that the person most likely to betray him was his cousin Peng Zihou who had been held hostage in Luoyang, so he asked him to lead the troops outside and was not allowed to enter unless anything happened.
It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves day and night. One day, Peng Chong was taking a nap on the couch. Three of his servants had malicious intentions and wanted to take his head to collect the reward. Three people, led by Zimi, sneaked in quietly and took Peng Chong's head.
Chong was tied up tightly, and then he pretended to pass on Peng Chong's order to control the people in the mansion. Peng Chong hurriedly called his wife, and she ran over to see her, and was shocked. The three of them were about to kill.
Let the wife buy her luggage.
Zimi understood this, so he and one of them followed Peng's wife to get the property, and asked the other person to watch Peng Chong. Peng Chong took the opportunity to trick him into letting him go. The man was shaken and went out to look around to see if there was anyone around. The result was that
Zimi came back soon, locked up Peng Chong and his wife, and began to collect the gold and silver.
At dusk, Zimi asked Peng Chong to write a handwritten letter as an ultimatum for customs clearance, then cut off the heads of Peng Chong and his wife, and went straight to Luoyang. However, when the generals of Yuyang saw that Peng Chong had not shown up for a long time, the gate opened again.
After being kept tightly closed, he climbed over the wall and found out that something big had happened, so he elected Peng Chong's son Peng Wu as king. But after all, people's hearts had dispersed. Soon, the puppet national preceptor Han Li killed Peng Wu and led his people to surrender to Ji Zun.
Yang declares peace.
In addition, in the third year of Jianwu, due to Deng Yu's defeat in Guanzhong, Liu Xiu worshiped Feng Yi as the general to conquer the west to replace Deng Yu. After the two armies joined forces, Deng Yu ignored Feng Yi's dissuasion and insisted on fighting a decisive battle with the Red Eyebrow Army, which resulted in great disaster.
Defeated. Deng Yu only led 24 cavalry and fled back to Luoyang, leaving the mess to Feng Yi. This incident can be regarded as a friction between the Nanyang faction and the Yingchuan faction. It was only because Feng Yi kept a low profile and tolerated it, and finally turned defeat into victory, that there was no
lead to more serious consequences.
The fortress is easiest to break from the inside. Don't think Liu Xiu's opponents are too weak. The process of unifying the world will go smoothly. Just coordinating internal conflicts and maintaining the balance between interest groups will take up a lot of energy. Starting from the fourth year of Jianwu
, Liu Xiu then patrolled various battlefields in the east, west, north, and south, firstly to supervise the battles, and secondly to coordinate the generals, which achieved very good results.
The struggle of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai is just a microcosm of the struggle of the three major groups under Liu Xiu. The struggle of the three powerful groups lasted throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty, and did not stop even in the Three Kingdoms period. Moreover, Shandong powerful groups also joined in.
There are many powerful groups such as Xi Haoqiang, Shuzhong Haoqiang, Huainan Haoqiang and Jiangdong Haoqiang.
In general, the Three Kingdoms is a war in which many powerful people choose their spokesmen.
The chaos in the central government at the end of the Han Dynasty caused the original balance to be broken. The powerful families across the country were no longer glorious. They each found agents, and the era of the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony began. Due to the rise of Cao Cao, why is it called the rise of an odd number?
Because each of the eighteen princes was a famous official, who had served as an official for many generations, or was a member of the Qubu of these aristocratic families, Cao Cao was considered a member of a poor family and an eunuch. The Yingchuan Xun family had the advantage of being the first mover to join Cao Cao, and the emperor had the geographical advantage of making Xuchang his capital.
, the wealthy families of Yingchuan began to rise nationwide.
As the person in power in Hebei, Yuan Shao became the agent of the powerful families in Hebei. If Yuan Shao became the unifier, then the powerful families in Hebei would once again become a national powerful family. Unfortunately, Yuan Shao lost and the wealthy families in Hebei were forced to integrate into the Cao Wei regime.
With Cao Cao unifying the north, the Yingchuan noble family is not far away from becoming a national legal wealthy family. Coupled with the marriage with the Peiqiao military nobles, this trend is unstoppable.
However, as an anomaly, Sima Yi appeared. Sima Yi was from Hanoi. As a powerful minister who wanted to replace Cao Wei, although he did not kill all the Cao Wei royal family, the surrounding branches and leaves, the Yingchuan nobles and the Peiqiao nobles were killed and demoted one by one, leaving behind
With a power vacuum, he had to rely on the wealthy families of Hebei and the Sima family.
As a northern power, southern forces could not interfere. As the capital of Luoyang was geographically located, excluding Guanzhong forces, Hebei's wealthy families began to revive.
Yingchuan is the place where the Fourth World War was fought. The country is unified and stable. Local powers can get a share of the pie. Once the war breaks out, the population will wither and lose its foundation. The rise of Yingchuan's powers is as unusual as the rise of Cao Cao in the Central Plains. The rise of Hebei's powers
His tenacity is really unexpected. From the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, he was always active in the political power and ran through the entire process of clan politics.
Most of the talents currently recruited by the Liu Bei Group come from humble backgrounds, and some are not even from humble backgrounds. This is also the result of Chen Yuan's conscious choice.
Otherwise, if too many talents from powerful families are brought in, not to mention whether they will pee in a pot, Liu Bei will eventually become the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and eventually become the spokesperson of the powerful families. This is different from Chen Yuan.
The plan does not match.
Therefore, when recruiting talents, Chen Yuan tried his best to recruit talents from poor families and poor people. However, this does not mean that talents from powerful families should not be used. After all, they are too popular, but the proportion must be paid attention to.
Chen Yuan naturally knew in his heart that after recruiting these people on a large scale in Hebei this time, he would no longer recruit talents casually in the future, because now Liu Bei's talents are enough.