From the fact that Shi Le was bought and sold, it can be seen that although it was a chaotic time, he must have had the habit of buying and selling foreign slaves in peacetime, and he still used this method to support the army in troubled times.
Among the many tribes in Taiyuan, there are thousands of Xiongnu and Hu people who make a living by renting farmland. Among them, there are many people without leaders, such as Shi Le. How can they not complain and think of rebellion?
The books all say that the land in Guanzhong is fertile and the products are rich, but in fact it is nothing more than that. The counties and counties are isolated and weak. It can be seen that how can they resist the legitimate expansion of powerful bandits? Moreover, this situation is becoming more and more lax and lax.
, unprepared.
The general Gongshi Fan and others who were originally subordinate to Sima Ying had tens of thousands of cavalrymen. Shi Le and Ji Sang led herdsmen and rode hundreds of horses from the gardens and defected to Gongshi Fan.
Only then did Ji Sang ask Shi Le to take Shi as his surname and Yile as his first name.
However, Gongshifan led his troops to Baima (today's north of Huaxian County, Henan Province), where he fought with Gou Xi who came to attack him. As a result, he was defeated and killed, and Shi Le and Ji Sang fled back to the pasture.
Shi Le led the herdsmen to plunder the surrounding counties, and also attracted desperadoes scattered in the mountains and fields to respond to Ji Sang. Ji Sang called himself the general. The name of their army was: to kill Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, for the king of Chengdu, Sima Ying.
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Ji Sang led his troops to attack Yecheng, beheaded Sima Teng, and then attacked Yanzhou southward from Yanjin (now north of Yanjin County, Henan).
After Sima Yue learned about the situation, he was very scared:
"Damn it! These barbarians are exactly what Kong Xun and Yang Jue said!"
He sent Gou Xi, Wang Zan and others to lead an army to attack Ji Sang, Shi Le and others.
Sima Yue went to Guandu (now northeast of Zhongmou, Henan) to support Gou Xi and others.
Gou Xi sniffed and looked at Sima Yue with disdain, who was still waving at them:
Old boy, if you have the ability, go to the battlefield with us! Support is useful!
The armies of Ji Sang and Shi Le were all ragtag. They were lucky to be able to attack Yecheng and kill Sima Teng. However, the goddess of luck could not always stay by their side, so this time they were defeated by Gou Xi and others.
defeat.
They gathered the remaining people and prepared to defect to Liu Yuan, but unfortunately, the goddess of bad luck came to them.
In Chiqiao (now northwest of Liaocheng County, Shandong Province), they encountered the Jizhou governor Ding Shao, Ji Sang, and Shi Le who came to attack them and were defeated.
After this battle, Ji Sang fled back to the pasture, and Shi Leben fled to Leping (northeast of Jiangxi Province). Later, Ji Sang was killed by the Jin army in Pingyuan (northwest of Shandong Province).
Governor Zhang? of the Hu tribe, Feng Motu and others had thousands of troops and were entrenched in Shangdang. Shi Le went to defect to them. They were deceived by Shi Le and agreed to Shi Le's suggestion and defected to Liu Yuan.
What Gou Xiong said here is a bit exaggerated, but it is not actually a lie. The situation was turbulent at that time. Zhang and Feng only had a few thousand people. They really could not compete with the tide at that time. It was the right choice to defect to Liu Yuan.
Of course Liu Yuan was happy. He appointed Governor Zhang as the King of the Han Dynasty, Feng Motu as the Commander-in-Chief, and Shi Le as the general to assist the Han Dynasty and defeat the King of Jin to lead everyone.
Fulidu, the leader of the Wuwan clan, had two thousand soldiers and was entrenched in Leping. Liu Yuan repeatedly recruited him, but Fulidu was unwilling to submit to Liu Yuan.
I would rather be a chicken head than a cow queen, but it has to be said that Fulidu is short-sighted.
After Shi Le learned about this situation, he said to Liu Yuan:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will settle that boy for Your Majesty!"
Liu Yuan was very happy after hearing this.
According to the plan, Shi Le pretended to have made a mistake with Liu Yuan, so he defected to Fulidu.
Fulidu had no doubt about him and happily accepted Shi Le. However, Shi Le turned his back and arrested him, and led Fulidu's men to surrender to Liu Yuan.
Volidu cried bitterly in prison:
"Who said all Han people are treacherous?! That bastard wrote irresponsibly?! We Hu people are not necessarily all good people!"
Now Shi Le showed his face in front of Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan patted Shi Le on the shoulder very happily:
"Oh my, my brother is so awesome. He defeated Volidu in one go! I admire him very much!"
Shi Le said humbly:
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has given you too much praise. Your Majesty and I are the ones who have been beaten by Zhou Yu."
Liu Yuan was even more happy when he heard that Shi Le compared him to Zhou Yu. He gave Shi Le the title of superintendent of various military expeditions in Shandong, and assigned Fulidu's tribe to Shi Le's command.
Shi Le was quite happy when he heard the first part. He was getting more and more powerful, which was good for him. But when he heard the second part, he felt unhappy:
They said they were granting me a title, but they assigned Volidu's men to me. Do you want those people to kill me and avenge Volidu? It seems that Liu Yuan is also a smiling tiger, so I can't believe it completely.
There was a man named Wang Mi in Donglai (today's Ye County, Shandong). His grandfather was Wang Qi, a general of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. After arriving in the Jin Dynasty, Wang Qi was appointed as the prefect of Runan. His family background was two thousand shi, so he could be considered a
The gentry.
Wang Mi was a very talented man with extensive knowledge and knowledge. He traveled to the capital (Luoyang) when he was young.
? County (now southwest of Huang County, Shandong) County Magistrate Liu Bogen rebelled!
Liu Bogen, according to records, was the same figure as Sun En's uncle Sun Tai in the later "Sun En Uprising". He relied on some crooked ways to deceive the masses. If this is true, a county magistrate is such a person.
Refresh your understanding of the Western Jin Dynasty again.
There is no way to verify whether this is the case. History is written by people, and people are inevitably biased in their emotions, and they are also easily controlled and influenced.
This man saw that the Jin Dynasty was in chaos, and people from all walks of life were raising armies to seek their own interests, so he was moved. He was not a county magistrate, so he quit! He also jumped on the trend and went with it!
Wang Mi learned that Liu Bogen was rebelling. I guess Wang Mi himself had this idea, but conditions did not allow him to jump around. Now Wang Mi saw the light and led a kind of family boy to defect to Liu Bogen.
Liu Bogen was very happy and made Wang Mi the chief official.
However, Liu Bogen did not dance for long, and was soon beheaded by Wang Jun, who was sent by the imperial court to attack them.
Wang Mi gathered a crowd on the island and was defeated by Gou Chun. He fled to the mountains of Changguang County (now Laiyang County, Shandong Province) and became a bandit, invading Qingzhou and Xuzhou, but was defeated by Gou Xi.
Wang Mi is about to cry:
"Did I steal your Gou family's steamed buns? I was beaten first by my younger brother, and then by my older brother. How did I hurt you?!"
However, Wang Mi is a weakling who cannot be defeated, so he gathers the remaining tribesmen and raises another army!
This time the troops were raised fiercely, but Gou Xi failed to defeat him and led his troops all the way to the outside of Luoyang City. The court was frightened again!
If Wang Mi conquered Luoyang, the subsequent history would have to be rewritten, but how could history allow Wang Mi to leave such a heavy mark so easily?
Wang Yan led his troops and killed Wang Mi in Qilijian, east of Luoyang, and was severely defeated.
After being defeated this time, Wang Mi probably realized that in troubled times, without certain strength, he could easily be destroyed by other forces, so he defected to Liu Yuan.
Although the Xiongnu were strong, they seemed to have lost their strength by the early Jin Dynasty. Therefore, when Liu Yuan first raised his army, he must have pretended to be descendants of the Han people and hoped to get the support of the Han people.
This is because the Xiongnu and Han people have lived together for a long time since the Han Dynasty. The Xiongnu were mostly tenants of the Han people, and their aggressive style has also declined.
Luoyang was the capital of the country during the Cao and Wei Dynasties. Although Liu Yuan also wanted to capture Luoyang, his own strength failed. Therefore, Liu Yin, Wang Yuquan and Liu Yuan first pacified Hedong and then captured Chang'an.
However, several years after Liu Yuan launched his army, his power was still only in the east corner of the river. This shows that his military strength was really limited. Even if the weaker Wang Mi and Shi Le joined later, it would not be a serious problem.
Wang Mi and Shi Le were just bandits and bandits at first. If the Jin Dynasty had a powerful emperor, someone who was talented and resourceful in politics or military affairs would be the prime minister, commanding the states and counties, and pacifying Liu Yuan and others, it would not be difficult.
But unfortunately, Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty was controlled by Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, and could not do anything. Sima Yue had neither wisdom, courage, nor measure. Not only was he unable to command the states and counties, but he also caused mutual suspicion and resentment.
Among the zhengzhens (zhengzhen refers to the titles of generals and generals since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, including Zhengdong, Zhendong, Zhengxi, Zhenxi, etc., they supervise the military and guard the place, collectively called Zhengzhen), only
Liu Kun was fair and loyal, but the Bingzhou he ruled was in dilapidated state and he didn't have enough worries to defend himself, let alone pacify the place. (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!