Since it was decided to seize Qinzhou first, completely block the Gao family's secret passage to the Chihu people via Qishan Road, cut off their intention to be at odds with the Chihu people, and make a last-ditch plan to resist, the final plan was drawn up in the Military Intelligence Staff Department
After the new strategy, Xu Huai began to make new adjustments to the military deployment of the various camps.
The direction of Yanji's camp was to adjust the strategic goal of conquering the entire Liaodong region within this year and next to capture the former Khitan Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture and initially establish a foundation first.
In order to ensure that Ji Wang Zhao Yin could go abroad to join the feudal vassal after his death, Xu Huai ordered Qilu Province to restore the Dengzhou navy, build sea ships, try to move eastward by sea, and land in the coastal area in the central and southern part of the Silla Peninsula to establish a base.
, to prepare for the subsequent establishment of Lelang County.
Yun Shuo's camp and Shuofang's camp also suspended their plans to build barrier defense lines in the southern and eastern foothills of Yinshan this year and next. Except for Shuofang's plan to regain Yinzhou and Xiazhou, Yun's camp headed by Tang Pan and Chen Jin remained unchanged.
The main plan of the Shuoxing camp for this year and next is to build a defensive line of trenches and forts in Shuozhou and the north of Datong to resist the southward raids of the soldiers and horses under the Zhennan Zong Palace who have shrunk to the north of Yinshan Mountain, and to protect the Sanggan River Valley.
The restoration of agricultural production will not be disturbed, and the larger-scale Northern Expedition strategy will have to wait until the Hexi and Hehuang areas are recovered and the western front defense is completely consolidated.
After April of the fifteenth year of Shaolong's reign, Xu Huai, in the name of Prince Yu's Palace and the Privy Council, successively stationed more troops in the area north of Xishu Road and west of Dongchuan Road and bordered Xiqin Road, and built additional military forts to capture thieves and smugglers.
In addition to the military suppression of the Gao family, Gao Junyang and others were also ordered to send troops from Wuzhou to the north and attack the southern part of Qinzhou via Qishan Road. They selected a group of officials to serve as Hanzhong and Lizhou general magistrates to supervise the military and political affairs of the Western Qin Dynasty——
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Of course, the Gao family will not act according to Xu Huai's orders. A series of military transfer orders will not force the Gao family to transfer troops and horses deployed on the inner lines for civil war to designated areas, but this can further strengthen the Gao family's confidence.
Evidence of evil intentions prompted Xizhou's old officials and generals to accelerate their internal divisions under strong military pressure.
This world has always been about sharing wealth and prosperity, and sharing hardships.
The Gao family is directly related to the old officials of Xizhou and has cultivated the Western Qin Dynasty for nearly twenty years. It can be said that it is deeply rooted. The old officials of Xizhou and the gentry and rural tribes in Hanzhong and Lizhou are also deeply tied to the interests of the Gao family. This is also the reason why the Gao family is deeply entrenched.
At this time, the confidence of the Xizhou clan to fight for the land-breaking feud was based on their delusion; even to a certain extent, the land-breaking feudalism was the strong appeal of Xizhou's old officials and local gentry out of their own interests.
If the Yu Palace directly resorts to force to solve the problem on the West Qin Road, it will only force the old officials of Xizhou and local gentry to have no choice but to tie up with the Gao family in a short period of time, and then coerce the vast number of soldiers and civilians on the West Qin Road to fight together.
However, whether the old officials of Xizhou can withstand external military threats and oppression for a long time, and always choose to be tied to the Gao family unswervingly, and even have the ambition to fight to the death in the end, is a question that is quite debatable.
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In addition to a steady stream of grain and war equipment being transported to Qin Feng and Lingwu camps, Xu Huai also mobilized elite infantry and cavalry from various places to go westward to strengthen the military strength of Qin Feng and Lingwu camps.
In August of the fifteenth year of Shaolong, Wang Xian gathered 60,000 cavalry on the south road and marched west along the Weishui River to Qinzhou to kill. Han Shiliang gathered 50,000 cavalry on the north road and entered the Hengshan area that was originally Dangxiang Fanping.
A group of soldiers under the command of Prince Jingpanzong were restrained in the northern Lingwu area.
After the great victory in Yingzhou, under the persuasion of Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Xu Wuqi and others, Xu Huai no longer went to the front line to command troops; even in order to encircle and annihilate the main force of the East Road captives, Xu Huai once personally led Biyang,
The soldiers and horses left behind in Xiangyang and other places were all mobilized and sent there, but they only stayed in Bianzhou to supervise the war, and did not go deep into the front to interfere with the specific war command and dispatch.
Now Xu Huai can only stay in Biyang and wait for the battle report to be returned from the main battlefield.
Although in the past three or four years, the Central Committee has concentrated resources to build the Xinwuguan Road, and urged Xu Wuqi to concentrate on repairing Yanzhou and Qinfeng Avenues in Shaanxi, giving priority to restoring the post station system connecting Jingzhao Prefecture and Bianzhou, the battle report must come from the main
When the battlefield is transmitted back to Biyang, it will take five or six days at the earliest.
Because of the time delay, Xu Huai could only hand over the front command to Wang Xian completely. Han Shiliang and others would take full responsibility and refrained from gesticulating to avoid unnecessary interference to the front command.
Qin Feng's camp and Lingwu's camp marched westward in two directions. The early war progress was quite smooth, and they successfully recovered Qinzhou and Hengshan Baiyushan area, completing the set campaign objectives. However, they attacked the Xihe area from Qinzhou westward.
, from the Hengshan area to the west to attack the Lingzhou area where the old capital of the Party was located, Xingqing Mansion, but they all suffered setbacks to varying degrees.
In early June, Xu Tan was ordered to lead the cavalry army in the third town to reinforce the Lingwu camp. In August, he first participated in the attack on Hengshan. At the end of the year, he was ordered to lead the main force of the cavalry into Xingqing Mansion from the front. Han Shiliang's original plan was to attack Xu Tan.
He led his troops to march at a slightly slower pace, while his other two generals, Gu Hengjiang and Guan Fan, each commanded more than 10,000 horse infantry from Hengshan and Hebei to march at a faster speed in a roundabout way, so that the three groups of troops could arrive in front of Xingqing Fucheng at the same time.
Rendezvous and besiege the soldiers and horses of Prince Jingpanzong's Mansion garrisoning Xingqing Mansion, or look for an opportunity to fight with them near Xingqing Mansion City.
However, the two roundabout routes of troops and horses set off from the main camps on the north side of Baiyu Mountain and Hengshan Mountain. Unfortunately, they encountered sandstorms on the way, and the marching speed was much slower than expected. Xu Tan's army alone reached the gate of Xingqing Mansion first, and was attacked by Jing Tan Zong.
Mozi, the general of the Xingqing Mansion of the Royal Palace, ambushed his troops. After a fierce battle for half a day, they were defeated and forced to retreat to the western foot of Hengshan Mountain in embarrassment.
Not only did this battle fail to achieve the goal of advancing into Xingqing Mansion and wiping out the main enemy force, but the three armies also lost thousands of elite troops. This was a rare setback after the Yingzhou victory.
And because Qin Feng went to camp, Lingwu The troops on foot, camp, and cavalry failed to successfully enter Xihe, Lingwu (Xingqing Prefecture, Xitao Plain) and other places controlled by Prince Jingpengzong. Su Mou and Xiao Chunquan led 20,000 cavalry from Gongga Mountain controlled by Xiyan Commandery.
Taking advantage of the Tubo Highlands to raid the Hehuang area, it was difficult to gain anything in the face of the red cavalry waiting in the Hehuang area. At the same time, they were unable to gain a foothold in the southern area of Hehuang, and were forced to retreat all the way into the Tubo Highlands.
They marched thousands of miles back and forth, and the harsh weather along the way alone caused the loss of three to four thousand men and a large number of horses.
The war on the Western Front suffered setbacks. On the one hand, the scale of the cavalry was limited. When entering the sparsely populated and vast Hexi region, there were no cities or fortresses to rely on. The mobility of the infantry elite was far less than that of the cavalry, but it was extremely severely restricted.
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At this time, in addition to the strength of the Western Front soldiers who still have a relatively tenacious fighting spirit, the Dangxiang people in Hengshan and the areas west of Qinzhou have fought countless fierce battles with Vietnam over the past hundred years, and they have developed deep hatred for each other.
Difficult to resolve - most of the Dangxiang people in this area would rather endure the conquest and enslavement of the Chihu people than see the Han people from the Central Plains invade.
This also caused Qin Feng's camp and Lingwu's camp to advance into the Hexi area, unable to gain support from the local people.
This is completely different from the previous situation of recovering Hedong, Hebei and other places; the battlefield environment is also completely different from the past.
Of course, it is not unexpected that we could not gain a decisive strategic advantage in one fell swoop on the Western Front; the successful recovery of Qinzhou and Hengshan areas can be said to have initially realized the strategic intention of cutting off the communication between the Gao family and the Chihu people, and also reduced the Western Front
The territory returned to the level of the Yongxi period.
From a grand strategic point of view, the war on the Western Front cannot be regarded as a setback, it just did not achieve the pleasure of venturing thousands of miles away.
In view of this, Wang Xian, Han Shiliang and other generals were no longer obsessed with quickly occupying and controlling the entire Hexi area. Instead, they wrote to Qin Feng and Lingwu to shift their focus to the construction of the Tianshui and Hengshan defense lines in a short period of time.
In addition to operating the Tianshui defense line, the Qinfengxing camp will also build military fortresses in Chencang, Qishan and other places to complete the blockade of the West Qin Road from the north. This also confirms that the Gao family is stubborn and will not hesitate to fight against the Chihu people.
After colluding with each other in an attempt to split the country, the Military Intelligence Staff Department had already formulated a strategy.
While the Lingwu camp was operating the Hengshan defense line, Han Shiliang advocated the need to continuously dispatch elite soldiers and horses to carry out uninterrupted military raids on the Lingwu area that occupies the entire Xitao Plain, even at the expense of destroying fields and houses, and destroying people in this area.
The Party members were forcibly driven or captured and resettled in the hinterland of Guan-Shaanxi.
Since the Dangxiang people in this area would rather serve as the vanguard of the Red Husbands and refuse the Han people to take over, there is no need for Lingwu Camp to try to surrender them in a short period of time.
Han Shiliang advocated seizing the Hengshan defense line and constantly using various military means to weaken or even completely destroy the military potential of the Lingwu area west of Hengshan. In addition to expelling the Chihu people, he also needed to expel or force out those party members who were unwilling to surrender.
They moved to the hinterland of Guan-Shaanxi and even cleared this area at all costs.
Starting from Shizui Mountain in the north and bordering Helan Mountain in the west, the Xitao Plain, with the Yellow River rushing through it, is one of the most important farming and planting areas in the Hexi region.
And because the Xitao Plain to the east is separated from Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Huanzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou in northwest Shaanxi by hundreds of miles of vast desert plateau (located in the embrace of the bends of the Yellow River).
The Ordos Plateau) had a harsh climate and environment, and it was difficult to transport grain and fodder. Therefore, as an important farming area in the northwest, the Xitao Plain had an extremely important strategic position for the empire to rule the vast area west and north of the Helan Mountains in the future.
The only place that can be compared with the Xitao Plain in terms of strategic position is the Hehuang area where the old Qing and Tang Qiang capitals were located.
If the indigenous tribes in these two areas can be cleaned up and expelled more thoroughly, it will naturally facilitate the migration of hundreds of thousands of Han people in the future, completely take root in these two areas, inhabit and multiply - only in these two areas
Only by establishing a firm foothold will the empire be able to rule the vast northwest region more calmly in the future.
Xu Huai quickly approved Han Shiliang's strategy of operating the Hengshan defense line, attacking and harassing the Hengshan defense line, and weakening the Xitao Plain by vacating the area.
The Chidao, which starts from Jingzhao Mansion in Chang'an and goes north to Yanzhou, has been the core thoroughfare for the Central Plains Dynasty to control the northwest region in the past dynasties. It was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and is also one of the most famous straight roads built after the Qin State unified the world.
After that, it was repeatedly repaired during the Han, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties. Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, Yanzhou Road has been the core channel for the Jingzhao Prefecture to reinforce the defense line against the Qiang.
In the past three or four years, Yanzhou Road has been repaired first after Xinwuguan Road to ensure that grain, fodder and other materials and energy can be continuously transported to the garrison areas of Lingwu Xingying and Shuofang Xingying.
The steep and complex terrain of Hengshan Mountain and Baiyu Mountain in the south together form Fanping on the east side of the Xitao Plain. They are also within the radiation range of Yanzhou Road. There is also a Jingchuan Road on its south side, leading to Jingjing via Yuanzhou.
It goes upstream to Jingyuan, and then passes eastwards via Jitou Road, which is roughly parallel to Jingshui River, and enters Chang'an, Jingzhao Prefecture.
The first thing Han Shiliang did was to forcibly move 30,000 to 40,000 party members from Hengshan, Baiyushan and other places to the hinterland of Guanshan and Shaanxi for resettlement through Yanzhou Road and Jingchuan Road, and then recruited some from Guanshan, Hedong and other places to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
The people who were born in the army and who surrendered as soldiers and their families filled in the Hengshan and Baiyushan areas, and
The defenders worked together to consolidate the defense line surrounding the Xitao Plain from the edge of the eastern flank.
Although the entire Central Plains region has experienced a severe population decline after experiencing the brutal ravages of the Red Husbands for nearly two decades, the entire Shaanxi Province still has a population base of nearly three million.
When Dangxiang State was at its peak, its total population was just over three million.
Xingqing Mansion, where the old capital of Dangxiang is located, has also been brutally destroyed in these years. The nobles of Dangxiang were either massacred by the Red Husbands or captured to Mobei. Therefore, not much of the once densely populated Xitao Plain was left at this time.
to a population of 300,000.
Relying on the central government's continuous material support and relying on the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Lingwu Camp, it will take five to ten years to expel the Party members living on the Xitao Plain or forcibly relocate them to the hinterland of Guanshan and Shaanxi.
Relocating about 200,000 people from the mainland is not a whimsical or unrealistic plan.
Once this step is completed, the elite infantry and cavalry troops of Lingwu Camp can directly rely on the Xitao Plain to attack the areas west and north of Helan Mountain. Not only will the supply of food and fodder be directly shortened by thousands of miles compared to the past, military operations will also be faster.
Directly, rather than the previous desert expeditions that often traveled thousands of miles with an unpredictable future...
In the 15th and 16th years of Shaolong's reign, the western front regained Qinzhou. There was no major progress after Hengshan. At the same time, Tang Pan and Gu Cong's troops successfully advanced the northern defense line to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and Shenhekou east of Yinshan Mountain.
On the front line, the Zhennan Zong Palace's control area near Yinshan Mountain was continuously compressed. Yang Qiye's troops even successfully regained the southeastern Liaoning area, completely dismantling the rule of the Chihu people over the former Dayan Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo and nearby areas.
As the Han and Tang dynasties opened up the north and northeastern regions for thousands of years, the proportion of Han people in Yanji, Yunshuo and Liaodong was quite high. This is also the reason why Dai Viet has been obsessed with the Yanyun area since the establishment of the dynasty. After the rise of the Khitan, they occupied
Yanyun, Liaodong and other places also quickly implemented Chineseization from top to bottom, promoted Han people to officials on a large scale, implemented Han customs and etiquette, and also took active measures to appease the Han people.
Therefore, since the conflict between Dai Viet and the Khitan for 156 years, the Han people in the north do not have a strong sense of identification with the Central Plains. Instead, they believe that the dynasty established by the Khitan people was also the Zhengshuo of China.
When the Khitan ruled Yanyun, Liaodong and other places, the Han army was also an important military force in the southern defense of Dai Viet.
After the fall of the Khitan, the Zhennan Zong Palace and the Yan Zong Palace went south. An extremely important source of recruitment was the recruitment of young Han people from Yanyun and Liaodong.
However, Yan Yun, the Han people in Liaodong are more of a drifting mentality, and there is no strong rejection of the Central Plains. There is not even any barrier in cultural identity, let alone hostility and hatred.
Therefore, after Yang Qiye's troops successfully recaptured the southeastern Liaoning region, the local Han people's mood was quite stable and accepted the reality - not to mention the previous Han army. The Han people's large-scale resistance and riots against the Chihu people contributed to the improvement of the Yunshuo area.
The key factor for early recovery.
This also means that it is much easier for Liaodong and the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to reintegrate into the Central Plains than in areas like Hexi where the Han people have long been massacred, expelled or vassalized by the Dangxiang, Tubo and Chihu people.
Although since the Han and Tang Dynasties, troops have been sent from Liaodong to conquer the Silla Peninsula, the rugged terrain and harsh climate surrounded by mountains in the northern part of the Silla Peninsula have also brought extremely heavy costs to the military conquests of the Silla Peninsula in the past dynasties.
Xu Huai knew better that as sea navigation became more and more mature, it would be a better choice for the navy to cross the sea from Dengzhou and land on the plain area in the southern part of the Silla Peninsula to conquer the Silla Peninsula.
Therefore, after Yang Qiye led his troops to conquer the southern region of Liaoning and Liaoyang Prefecture, Xu Huai ordered Yang Qiye, Yan Xiaoyi, Yang Ji and other generals to prepare for the establishment of Liaodong Province in Liaoyang, and extend the ruling order as effectively as possible to the greater Xianbei
Deep in the mountains.
In addition to the garrison of 20,000 elite infantry and cavalry in Liaodong Province, in addition to clearing out the unwilling tribal forces in the north, the main purpose was to be on guard against the possibility of the Red Husbands once again crossing the Great Xianbei Mountains and invading eastward.
Sending troops to conquer Silla is not among the core tasks of Liaodong Province. If necessary, it is enough to send a partial division to cooperate with the Dengzhou Navy affiliated to Shandong Province.
After the establishment of Liaodong Province, the original Yanji camp was dismantled. About 20,000 elite soldiers and horses accompanied the Yanji area and were formally brought under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province. They were assigned to the Hebei Province Military and Horse Deployment Department to obey the deployment and were mainly stationed.
In Yuzhou, east of Shuozhou, together with Yunshuo's camp and Shuofang's camp, they jointly maintained military suppression against the Chihu people who occupied the Monan grassland.
Throughout the 15th and 16th years of Shaolong's reign, the center focused more of its military resources on the Qinzhou defense line and the Hengshan defense line.
Although by the end of the 16th century, Han Shiliang's strategy to vacate the Han barbarians in the Hengshan area and implement the cleanup strategy had taken less than a year, the scope involved was still limited to Hengshan, Baiyu Mountain and nearby areas, but it had already made Yi Jing fear.
The soldiers of the Western Route, led by Prince Zong's Mansion, were deeply fearful.
Although Prince Jingpan Zong's Mansion is based in Wuwei, Liangzhou, the Hehuang area with Qingtang City as its core and the Xitao Plain with Xingqing Fucheng as its core are actually the two flanks of Liangzhou's vassal territory controlling Hexi.
Losing one of them is equivalent to breaking an arm.
The soldiers on the Western Route were unwilling to let the Xitao Plain be encroached upon by the Lingwu camp. At the end of the 16th year of Shaolong's reign, he assembled 100,000 infantry and cavalry in Xingqing Mansion to attack the Hengshan defense line.
Han Shiliang personally led the main force of the Lingwu camp to defend the villages in Hengshan. , and sent Xu Pang to lead his cavalry to join up with Sun Yanguan's cavalry who were heading north from Tianshui via Jingchuan Road, march west from the valley road at the southern foot of Baiyu Mountain, and enter the west of Xingqing Prefecture to search for the soldiers and horses behind the annihilation troops. They won consecutive battles, and finally
In the spring of Shaolong's seventeenth year, he forced the main force of the Western Route Army soldiers to withdraw from Hengshan.
At the same time, Su Mi led Zhao Shan, Liu Fujin, Lu Jing and other generals to once again lead more than 10,000 cavalry from the Tubo Highlands into the Hehuang area. They defeated Qingtang and other cities, and then rushed to abandon the west route before the soldiers retreated.
Qingtang and other cities marched eastward along the Huangshui River and entered the old land of Xihe River. Finally, they joined forces with Jiang Ang's troops at the northern foot of Minshan Mountain and jointly conquered Xizhou City, repelled the chasing horsemen and recovered Xizhou.
Although in the spring of Shaolong's seventeenth year, the armies on the western front did not achieve a great victory in strategically suppressing the Chihu people, a series of battle victories had greatly weakened the Chihu people's power over Hehuang, Xihe and Xingqing Mansion.
The control of strategically important areas on the flank also wiped away the humiliation caused by Shaolong's successive setbacks at the end of his fifteenth year.
What's more critical is that the cavalry of the armies on the Western Front has been continuously strengthened, and Su Mou led his troops to the north to rendezvous. The total size has increased to more than 50,000, with a relative strength of 60,000 elite cavalry and 50,000 to 60,000 auxiliary troops.
From the infantry, the soldiers marching west of Prince Jingpanzong's mansion were evenly divided.
In the spring of Shaolong's seventeenth year, Xu Huai also officially ordered to cut off the communication between the West Qin Road and the outside world, and ordered Gao Junyang, Gao Juntang, Gao Mingde, Ye Changbin and other generals to go to Xiangyang to defend themselves against the Hulu affairs. In addition, he transferred Wang Jun
, Cheng Xiao each led 10,000 soldiers into Jinzhou, and together with Du Wu's troops, they accepted Liu Shiwang's control. As soon as Gao Junyang refused the edict, he went directly up the Han River to capture Hanzhong...
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At the beginning, Gao Junyang still had illusions and sent envoys to Biyang to negotiate, intending to hand over military power and exchange Hanzhong, Lizhou and other places for the Spyker reward.
Two years ago, even if Xu Huai knew that the Gao family secretly made peace with the Chihu people, the Gao family did not betray them openly after all, and he did not want to be too stingy towards the Gao family - even if he would not agree to the Gao family breaking up the soil and sealing the vassal,
But it cannot be said to be unkind for the Gao family to inherit the position of Duke.
However, while the Gejiadu escorted Zhao Xian, Prince of Yongjia County, across the sea to establish a vassal state overseas, and southern Zhejiang was gradually merged into the two Zhejiang provinces, the Gao family still dreamed of becoming rivals with the Western Route soldiers and wanted to separate Xizhou.
It was precisely because of the failure to solve the remaining problems on the West Qin Road in advance that Shaolong failed to dispatch a partial army to fight out from Qishan Road according to the established plan in the 15th year to cooperate with the main force of Qin Feng's camp to advance westward.
The frontline war suffered one setback after another, and tens of thousands of soldiers were lost in vain. How could Xu Huai be tolerant to the Gao family at this time?
What's more, at this time, Xu Huai had already publicly questioned the Gao family's suspicion of collaborating with the enemy. If the matter was not thoroughly investigated and the world was given a clear explanation, how could it have ended so hastily?
Xu Huai summoned the envoy sent by Gao Junyang, but did not listen to his excuse. After scolding him, he just ordered him to return to Hanzhong and urged Gao Junyang and others to go to Xiangyang as soon as possible to plead guilty and not to make any mistakes again.
Until August of the seventeenth year of Shaolong, when the flood season in the upper reaches of the Han River had passed, the Gao family did not respond. They even continued to mobilize troops and horses from various places to strengthen the defense east of Hanzhong. At this time, Liu Shiwang left Zhou Lianggong in charge of Jinzhou, and he personally
He led 30,000 horsemen up the river and marched westward to conquer Hanzhong.
In the fourteenth year of Shaolong, the old officials of Xizhou and the local forces in the Western Qin Dynasty hoped that the Gao family could maintain the status quo of the Western Qin Road by relying on their achievements in the war against the captives in these years and their management of the local area for nearly twenty years.
However, two or three years later, they watched helplessly as Qin Fengxingying regained Tianshui and built a fort deep in the West Qin Mountains, causing the West Qin Road to be completely surrounded by soldiers and horses directly from the Prince of Yu's Palace. Now, they watched helplessly.
Liu Shiwang led 30,000 elite troops to come in by land and water. How many people were really willing to tie themselves up with the Gao family and fight to the death against the elite direct lineage of Prince Yu's palace that was sweeping the world?
Not to mention the broader grassroots military and civilians, how many people are willing to follow the Gao family to fight against the Wang division who came to represent the central government?
Of course, before officially sending troops to conquer Hanzhong, the Yu Palace also did a lot of work on the middle and lower-level generals of the Western Qin Army, and pointed out in the expedition document that only a few members of the Gao family were suspected of collaborating with the enemy.
The soldiers still had merit in fighting the captives, but they were deceived by Gao Junyang and others. The Prince of Yu's Palace and the Sikong Palace issued an order to send troops to conquer Hanzhong, which was definitely not aimed at the generals of the Western Qin Army.
Zhenfu, Chenggu, Xingdao and other cities located on both sides of the upper reaches of the Han River were the eastern gates of the Hanzhong Basin that resisted the westward march of the conquest army. However, as Du Wu led his troops to advance westward, Zhenfu, Chenggu, and Xingdao were
Dao and other city defenders and local officials opened the city gates one after another and accepted the takeover of the conquest army with great calmness.
The Xizhou army generals sent by Gao Junyang in advance entered Zhenfu, Chenggu, and Xingdao to supervise the battle. He thought that these people were trustworthy direct descendants, but these people were very cooperative and accepted the defenders' binding and surrendered out of the city.
After the follow-up soldiers and horses took over the defense of Zhenfu, Chenggu, Xingdao and other cities, Du Wu led the forward soldiers and horses to Caofengpo, east of Hanzhong City, to set up camp, and then threw a letter into the city, urging the defending generals to open the city.
The gate accepted the reorganization and urged Gao Junyang to leave the city and surrender.
Seeing that the Xizhou military generals who were regarded as his direct lineage were no longer under control and no longer listened to greetings, Gao Junyang no longer had any illusions in his heart, and committed suicide by swallowing medicine that night when the conquest army set up camp in the east of Hanzhong City; the next day Gao Junyang
Tang, Ye Changbin, Gao Mingde and others surrendered out of the city, and Hanzhong City was officially placed under the jurisdiction of the central government that day.
After Liu Shiwang arrived in Hanzhong, he divided his troops and went to Lizhou, Wuzhou and other places to take over defense and military affairs, disarmed the Western Qin army in various places and waited for reorganization...
