Both Li Jiqian and Yuan Ke could barely be called "criminal thieves". They both had the temperament that people at the time called heroes. They always chose to struggle even when they were not in desperate situations.
However, Liu Yang could sit back and watch the chaos in Yulin and give up control of almost all areas except the towns, but he would not let the rebels move. He would strictly guard against the rebels who attacked the towns, and even more guard against the rebels who looted the transportation lines.
It is a key attack.
Rebel leaders like Li and Yuan, who were registered with the imperial court and even Emperor Liu, were also Liu Fang's key targets. Staying still was just a matter of strategy and tactical silence. It did not mean that they were unchanging and tied their own hands and feet.
Therefore, when the two thieves Li and Yuan attacked one after another, the Han army also followed suit. Li Jiqian led the way, with Meng Xuanzhe as the main general, acting as the Duke of Yuqing, and Wen Mo's cavalry general Pan Luozhi and others as assistants, leading the infantry cavalry.
Fifteen thousand men went north to look for Li Jiqian and attack him.
Meng Xuanzhe and Pan Luozhi need not say more. Zhe Yuqing's identity is obviously more special. He is Liu Fang's cousin, who is twenty-six years old and is also the current head of the Zhe family.
The title of many heroes of the Han Dynasty, twenty-four dukes, descended in three generations. The Dukes of the country, starting from Zhe and Ruan, were first passed on to Zhe De and then to Zhe Yuxun. Zhe Yuxun died early in his prime because he had no children.
Under Emperor Liu's gracious decree, the young Zhe Yuqing succeeded his brother in the title of nobility.
In fact, if it were inherited purely by blood, according to the Han title inheritance system, it would make sense for Zhe Yuxun to have no heirs, and to take back the acting duke. However, there are always exceptions in everything, not to mention the Zhe family's influence in the military.
To undermine Concubine Xian's reputation, Emperor Liu had to make a special exception.
However, by the time of Zhe Yuqing, the Duke of Dai could no longer maintain the hereditary status and was relegated to the rank of Duke of Dai. In addition to its special attribute, it also had another meaning, that is, it became the beginning of the inheritance of the hereditary status of the top nobles of the Han Dynasty.
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After all, among the twenty-four heroes, except for Wang Zhang and Wang Jun, most of the first and second generations of other families are still there, but they have left a little quickly.
Of course, Zhe Yuqing was not reused just because of his status. Although he was young, he had outstanding military talents. He had previously served as the commander of the Taiyuan Army and Horses Command, and he was also among the troops deployed to counter the rebellion in Yulin.
Along the way, Yuan Ke led Tian Chongjin as the chief general, leading more than 30,000 troops, mainly the Forbidden Army, to march westward, supplemented by the Lingyan local army, to jointly attack Yuan Ke's rebels. This was not only to prevent Yuan Ke from crossing the Yellow River and jumping into Hexi, but also to prevent Yuan Ke from crossing the Yellow River and jumping into Hexi.
The plan is to completely eliminate them in Lingzhou.
A military operation of this scale can be said to be the first time since the Yulin Rebellion that the government and army have really exerted their strength, often tens of thousands of people. Of course, this is also the result of Liu Fang's preparation for several months, and it can be like a thunderbolt.
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This is on the basis of ensuring Yulin's "major martial law" and town defense and logistical support. Why do hundreds of thousands of troops have to be mobilized to suppress a mere rebellion in Yulin? This is to ensure complete control. No matter how much trouble you make, the situation will be stable.
The land was placed under the control of the army.
Although it is not a good time to mobilize troops in the middle of winter, the bad weather is the same. Even if the rebels are "fighting at home", their lives are really difficult, otherwise they would not be in a hurry to fight against the trapped beasts. They are all officials.
Forced by the military.
In contrast, in addition to fighting against the severe cold weather, the army's food and clothing are fully guaranteed. If food and clothing are sufficient, the morale of the army will be stable. Killing thieves will be rewarded with military exploits, and casualties will be compensated. This is the crushing of absolute strength.
When Li Jiqian went north, he also had cunning intentions. He wanted to mobilize his officers and soldiers to find an opportunity to annihilate a group, fight a victorious battle, collect the captured troops, and gain space for the next spring's battle.
Judging from the results, part of his goal was achieved. The officers and soldiers were indeed dispatched, but under the leadership of Meng Xuanzhe, they highlighted the word "gou" and did not engage in fancy tactics such as dividing, advancing and combining attacks. They just concentrated their forces and followed the traces.
And go.
The scout posts and cavalry are spread widely, the army is transformed into mules and horses, and the army has sufficient supplies. It is ready to fight at any time, maintains combat effectiveness at any time, and will never advance rashly. When encountering surprise attacks and harassment by the rebels, they will resolutely fight back, but are not eager to disperse the formation and seek to expand.
Results.
The two armies were entangled all the way north, competing and fighting in the Gobi desert and the windy and cold areas. However, no matter what plot Li Jiqian planned or what tactics he implemented, whether he harassed and delayed or pretended to be defeated, the officers and soldiers remained motionless.
In the end, Li Jiqian was forced to have no choice but to come up with some practical temptations, lead his army northward, cross the long-frozen Yellow River, and attack Fengzhou.
As the northernmost jurisdiction of Yulin Road, Fengzhou was like an outsider during the turmoil in Yulin for more than a year, and was never greatly affected, because the hot spot of Li Jiqian's rebellion was always in the south, which was relatively affluent and where party items gathered.
It was not until the autumn and winter of this year that the Yulin rebellion broke out. Under the imperial court's overall counter-insurgency strategy, the local government and military in Fengzhou were really on alert. Fengzhou has a small population and a small army, but it has the most basic infrastructure of Han border towns.
Its characteristic is that it is sturdy and reliable.
When the rebels came, they were not in a hurry, they just fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and just defended the city. The rebels raided the Fengzhou area, but after not gaining much, they forced themselves towards the city and quickly launched an attack.
The rebel army led by Li Jiqian has more than 30,000 people, and they are basically all party members. Even if they rely on human lives, Fengzhou may not be able to hold on for long. However, when Fengzhou's request for help reaches the Han army camp heading north
Afterwards, Meng Xuanzhe still did not move lightly.
Because he was too familiar with the formation that Li Jiqian put up in Fengzhou. The defeat of Zhen'an Fort a few months ago was still fresh in his memory, and the Han army was no stranger to the tactics of encircling a point and attacking for reinforcements.
However, the key to the success of this strategy is that it must be saved when attacking the enemy. Since the rebellion in Yulin, the rebels have been rampant, but they have never conquered any city in Yulin.
Even if Fengzhou is just a small border town, if it falls, the political price behind it is not something Meng Xuanzang can bear. Therefore, if Fengzhou is in danger and calls for help urgently, he still has to lend a helping hand. He cannot just sit back and watch Li Jiqian conquer Fengzhou.
The state remained indifferent.
Li Jiqian also had the idea of encircling the point for reinforcements. Fengzhou was just a bait. However, Meng Xuanzhe's stability finally let him down. The Han army made rescue movements, but they were not impatient. They still fought steadily and advanced slowly.
Proceed with caution.
Under the leadership of Li Jiqian, the rebels' raid did not achieve the desired effect, or in other words, they were just waiting for them to take action. The entanglement between the two sides finally came to an end along the Yellow River.
In terms of hard power, even if the rebels are twice as many as the official army, they are still weaker than the official army. Although the party members are fierce, they are far inferior to the official army in terms of organization and training.
In the previous entanglement, although Meng Xuanzhe was conservative and prudent, the rebels were also cautious and did not want to make a quick gamble. Of course, it was not the two warring parties that determined the outcome of the battlefield. Li Jiqian set a trap in Fengzhou.
But they ignored the principle that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind.
The fatal threat came from behind, of course not Fengzhou. The Prince Consort and Shanyang Commander Li Jilong led five thousand Shanyang cavalry and divine soldiers descended from the sky to severely defeat the rebels. Together with Meng Xuanzhe, they completely defeated Li Jiqian's rebels.
More than 30,000 rebels were wiped out in one day, and Li Jiqian fled in embarrassment without knowing where he ended up. The government troops only captured more than a thousand people. Under the fierce pursuit of the government troops, less than a thousand people escaped. As for such a result of the war,
How this is achieved will be apparent to the viewer.
Therefore, before the end of the 21st year of Kaibao, the main force of Xiazhou Dangxiang's rebellion had been eliminated. Although Li Jiqian, the leader of the bandit, was still on the run, the imperial court never really cared about such a person.
Without the support of the party rebels, Li Jiqian was, in the final analysis, just a bandit. And given the current situation in Yulin, it would be even more difficult for Li Jiqian to continue to attack again and again as he had in the past year or so.
Li Jiqian was defeated, and his power fell to the bottom. Yuan Ke, who marched westward to Lingzhou, was also a sibling. He faced the elites of the imperial court, including the Forbidden Army, and a battlefield veteran like Tian Chongjin. He also completely exposed the Han army's
within sight.
Different from the constant entanglement in quelling the rebellion in Xiazhou, the Yuan Ke rebels were completely encircled and suppressed. Before Yuan Ke's rebels even left Yanzhou, they were captured by Tian Zhong's army. In three consecutive battles, the rebels
After three battles and three defeats, by the time Yuan Ke's rebels fled into Lingzhou, they had already collapsed, and their situation became even more dangerous. With the cooperation of the Lingzhou officers and soldiers, they were completely trapped, with no way to go to heaven, and to the ground.
There is no way until they are all killed.
The "anyway" rebel general Wang Qi confessed that all the rebel generals under Yuan Ke were killed on the battlefield or beheaded after being captured.
Even Yuan Ke, the leader of the Yanzhou rebellion, could not escape a dismal end. He did not seem to take advantage of Li Jiqian's escape attribute, and was trampled to pulp on the battlefield.
Yuan Ke is an acceptable person for Song Jiang. If he is allowed to lead the troops in battle, fight with the imperial court face to face with gongs and drums, he is really not strong enough. After all, he is just a man who cannot recognize himself and has unrealistic ambitions.
It's just a family, it took advantage of the situation to rise, flourish and die suddenly. In fact, it was even defeated earlier than Li Jiqian.
In fact, twenty-two years after entering Kaibao, there were no large-scale rebels in the entire Yulin. The rapid defeat of the two thieves Yuan and Li basically announced the final outcome of the Yulin Rebellion.
However, after the two decisive victories, Yulin did not calm down. It was not that the rebellious party members were unwilling to compromise, but the imperial blockade continued.
After the beginning of spring, the officers and soldiers attacked again, freeing their hands and feet to attack and kill the bandits suspected of being rebels. In Yulin, whether they were bandits or not had already been determined. Of course, in this matter, except for a part of the officers and soldiers, they were responsible for the butcher's knife.
Those who play the role are the attached miscellaneous tribesmen.
Under Xingying's indulgence and even encouragement, whether for survival or wealth, these miscellaneous servants did not hesitate to raise butcher knives at those "traitors", kill them wantonly, and ask for rewards from the court with their heads.
The entire Yulin, at the beginning of the 22nd year of Kaibao, gradually became a colosseum. All the people who were excluded by the government had to transform into animals, bite each other, and kill each other until the blood was drained and everyone died.