On the fifth day of November, Luoyang ushered in the first snow after the beginning of winter. Although it was not heavy, it was continuous and continued for four or five days.
The capital is quite good, and efforts are being made to clear the snow in all areas. It is cleared as it falls, and no matter how heavy the snow is, it will not hinder pedestrians.
But there is no such convenience outside the city. When it clears up on the tenth day of the lunar month, all official roads and horse roads are blocked by snow. By the time Henan Yin thought of clearing the snow, it was already ten days later and the ice on the road was frozen for five days.
Six inches.
I don’t know why, but this year’s climate is extremely cold, and it gets cold very early. Although the snow in Luoyang fell late, there were already signs of freezing in the Luo River before the beginning of winter.
Not only the capital city, but also the Huai River and Si River were completely frozen by the end of October.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Baoyu, the governor of Southern Xuzhou, sent an urgent report, saying that he did not know that it would be extremely cold this winter. Due to lack of preparation, a battalion of Wei soldiers stationed at Fushan Weir on the Huaihe River (in today's Wushan County) actually froze to death.
This is not Xiao Baoqian's excuse, it is really a lack of preparation.
In previous years, no matter how cold the weather was, there was no record of the Huaihe River being frozen. However, in the year of the Battle of Zhongli, during the first lunar month, both sides were still engaged in boat battles on the Huaihe River.
Therefore, we were not prepared for the cold this year. Winter clothes and tents were all the same as in previous years, and no firewood was prepared. Therefore, the cold suddenly hit, and no soldier was immune to the wind and cold.
After that, it became colder and colder every day, and many soldiers got better and sicker, and got better and better again. Over and over again, the condition became worse and worse again and again. In addition, there was a lack of medical treatment and medicine, how could there be any reason for immortality?
Of course, if only five or six hundred soldiers froze to death, it would not even be considered a scabies disease to the imperial court. After all, the number of soldiers who died in Guanzhong last year was probably less than 100,000, and the four states in Guanzhong were lost.
But a glimpse of one spot tells the whole story. If Southern Xuzhou is like this, are there any exceptions for other states near the Huaihe River?
The same was true in Nangun Prefecture (north of the Huaihe River, south of today's Tuzhou). Many soldiers, generals and officials were injured due to cold diseases. For this reason, the governor Yuan Faseng issued a decree and ordered the people of the prefecture to go into the mountains to cut wood and burn charcoal.
In such weather, how can anyone survive if they go into the mountains? Naturally, the people will not obey, so Monk Yuanfa can only send troops to force him. This force is like poking a hornet's nest?
In less than a month, residents of three of the four counties of Nangun Prefecture rebelled. Fortunately, Nanxu Prefecture was an important town. The city was high enough and there were many troops stationed there, so the city was safe for the time being.
Coincidentally, in mid-October, the Jiangxia clan was dissatisfied with the brutal exploitation of the governor Yuan Mi and raised their troops to rebel. They destroyed Wuyin City (the administrative seat of Jingzhou in the East of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, now Biyang, Henan), and killed the governor Yuan Mi and more than a hundred officials.
It was also a coincidence that regardless of whether it was Nangun Prefecture or Dongjing Prefecture, these two groups of rebels immediately sent envoys to Nanliang to request the surrender of the city.
Fortunately, Zhendong General Fu Shu, who was guarding Yangzhou (today's Shouxian County, Anhui Province) and supervising the military expedition in the south, saw the opportunity quickly and sent troops overnight to quell the rebellion. If he was delayed for a few days, the surname of these two states would be Xiao.
In this way, it was considered a near miss for the imperial court and it did not cause much trouble.
Now, two months have passed since the emperor decided to go on a personal expedition. Li Chong had rushed to Huazhou more than a month ago to supervise the rebel army. Then Yuan Yi followed Li Chong's request and moved Xuzhou Governor Fu Shuyan to replace Yang Dayan.
The governor of Yangzhou, the governor of Zhendong military affairs.
Yang Dayan was convicted of Zhongli's defeat and demoted to Yingzhou (today's Chaoyang, Liaoning). Four years ago, in the spring of Gao Zhao's rebellion, Li Chengzhi sealed Pingzhou (today's Dalian, Liaoyang, Liaoning). At that time, Gao Zhao
Both Zhao and Yuan Cheng were worried, so they decided to resurrect Yang Dayan and move him to be the governor of Liaodong County, and later he was promoted to the governor of Yingzhou.
The year before last, Rouran and Tuyuhun were driven back to their hometown by Li Chengzhi. The imperial court could only recruit troops from various states and counties and entrust important generals to fight against them. Gao Ying responded to the request of Yuanyi, Xi Kangsheng, Xing Luan and others, and moved to Zhendong General Yuan.
The governor from afar punished all things that went against him.
At that time, there were many choices, and Xi Kangsheng, Xing Luan and Yang Dayan all oversaw the military affairs of Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and their qualifications, prestige and military achievements were enough to convince the public.
However, both Xi Kangsheng and Xing Luan were the commanders of the military forces against the rebels and could not be separated from each other, so they ordered Yang Dayan to take over the post of governor of Yangzhou in Yuanyao and the commander of the Southern Affairs.
Now that Cui Yanbo was defeated, a general was needed to guard Guanzhong, so Li Chong could only take the initiative to ask for a post to supervise the military at the age of seventy.
After the New Year's Day, the emperor would go on an expedition in person and must choose a general who was good at fighting to lead the army, so he recalled Yang Dayan from the Huaihe River and ordered him to train the soldiers and prepare food and fodder.
There were not many soldiers. There were only 20,000 Chinese troops accompanying the emperor on the expedition, but they were already one of the few assets of the imperial court.
They are all the best among the best, and they can go to the battlefield if they are pulled out. In addition, the weather is good this year, and there is no shortage of food and grass in Beijing, so they can go to war at any time.
However, as the commander-in-chief, traveling was not so easy.
Although it is wartime, there is no need to be so particular about it, and there is no need for the counties along the way to set up carriages to welcome them, but the accompanying etiquette is indispensable.
For example, food, lodging, shelter, transportation, etc. are all necessary, and more importantly, who should be sent to serve as civil servants and generals. Yuan Yi even considered who would treat the emperor if he caught a cold on the way or in the army, and who would use it.
How many herbs are there?
None of this could be prepared in three or five days. The ministers also thought that it was so cold this winter that the rebels would not be good at fighting, so there was no need for the emperor to brave the severe cold and travel hundreds of miles.
Therefore, we decided to send out troops after the Lantern Festival.
But who would have expected that God would not fulfill his wishes.
On November 12, Pei An, the governor of Xiurong (now Xinzhou, Shanxi), rebelled. On the 18th of the same month, Du Zuyue, the governor of Fenzhou (now Fenyang, Pingyao), raised his troops to respond.
Fenzhou sounds like a prefecture, but it is pitifully small. It only governs one county and four counties, which is not as big as Xiurong County in Sizhou. So just looking at the scale, these two places are larger than the two prefectures of Nangun Prefecture and Nanjing Prefecture last month.
It's better to be rebellious than to be rebellious.
But when Di's report was sent to Beijing, it was like an earthquake.
Xiurong County belongs to Sizhou, adjacent to Xiazhou in the east and Pingcheng in the north. Fenzhou is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, adjacent to Dongqinzhou in the west and reaches Taiyuan in the north.
The two places are not bordering each other and are hundreds of miles apart. How can they contact each other and start a rebellion together without a reason?
And this is only the second step. The most important thing is that Pei Anzhi was born in the Pei family in Hedong, and Du Zuyue was born in the Du family in Jingzhao. Both of their surnames belong to high-ranking families, and they can be said to have disciples all over the government and the public.
These two people are both heroes of the clan, and they hold the positions of governor and county magistrate, so it is inevitable that people will not associate them with each other.
What's more, although these two places are separated by Bingzhou to the south and north, they are both adjacent to Lishi Town. So just by guessing, you can know why they raised armies at the same time and they all responded to each other?
Thinking further, what about Bingzhou, which is separated in the middle and is also adjacent to Lishi Realm?
And what about the wealthy river families that have lived in Taiyuan for generations, such as the Wang family, the Guo family, and the Wen family?
The more you think about it, the more it makes you feel chilly.
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