Chapter 1053: Missed opportunity, the opportunity will never come again
The third day of June.
Wang Ke, the governor of Shaanxi Province, promised to compensate Su Mingzhe 500,000 guan of silver, 100,000 stones of grain and grass, and 30,000 households in order to get Su Mingzhe to remove the blade from his neck.
Su Mingzhe returned to Yongle County with the compensation agreement and the compensation given by the Shaanxi governor.
Among them, among the 30,000 households, another 10,000 Yinu troops can be provided.
The sixth day of June.
Shaanzhou was destroyed and the news of Wang Ke's compensation reached the Liang Dynasty court.
Zhu Wen, who was already seventy-five years old, was so angry that he shouted:
"Wang Ke is incompetent and has lost his power and humiliated the country!"
Wang Ke’s father is Wang Chongrong.
Zhu Wen once recognized Wang Chongrong as his uncle, and Wang Ke was considered his cousin.
Although he was angry that Wang Ke had lost his face, Zhu Wen could only dismiss Wang Ke from his post and could not really yell at him to kill him.
On the other side, Zhu Wen sent four governors from Huazhou, Tongzhou, Guozhou, and Shangzhou near Yongle County to mobilize all their troops to encircle and suppress the Yinu army.
There were 150,000 soldiers under the command of the four prefecture governors. After receiving the order from Zhu Wen, they all felt that it was a bit trivial.
There are only 20,000 soldiers and horses, why do we need 150,000 people to dispatch together?
Although they were puzzled, the governors of the four states did not dare to disobey their orders, so they had to leave 10,000 people behind and mobilized an army of 110,000 to rush towards Yongle County.
Mid June.
A mighty 110,000-strong army surrounded Yongle County from all directions.
Su Mingzhe asked the newly recruited 10,000 Yinu troops to guard his lair. He took 20,000 Yinu troops with him. Using various blocking methods, he defeated the four invading armies and collected 60,000 surrendered troops.
Late June.
Su Mingzhe ordered 20,000 Yinu troops to guard the governor of Shaanxi Province to prevent Liang Jun from sneaking into his hometown. He also led 60,000 surrendered troops who had just returned to his homeland to counterattack the four prefectures.
The deadline is July 15th.
Su Mingzhe occupied six places: Chang'an, Huazhou, Tongzhou, Shaanzhou, Guozhou and Shangzhou.
After occupying the six states, Su Mingzhe was not satisfied and continued to lead troops to attack Liang State.
July 20th.
Su Mingzhe brought 100,000 surrender troops, and with the support of 100,000 civilians, the so-called 200,000-strong army was displayed at the foot of Luoyang City, demanding that Liang Emperor Zhu Wen "apologise."
In the 20 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, this was the first time that someone had attacked the city of Kyoto.
Zhu Wen had the heart to resist with troops, but most of the remaining 500,000 troops in the Liang Kingdom were still distributed on the border.
It will take at least half a month to mobilize troops to resist.
At this time, distant water cannot quench the near thirst.
What's more, Su Mingzhe conquered six states in a row and was very powerful.
Everyone in Luoyang City is already in danger.
Not to mention holding on for half a month, even if we were besieged for five or six days, the city could be destroyed at any time and anywhere.
In desperation, Zhu Wen could only choose to "apologise" and cede Chang'an, Huazhou, Tongzhou, Shaanzhou, Guozhou, and Shangzhou to Su Mingzhe, and incidentally compensated 1 million yuan of money and 100,000 households. , five hundred thousand stones of food and grass.
Seeing that Zhu Wen was so sensible, Su Mingzhe led the army back to his territory after taking the compensation.
It's not that Su Mingzhe doesn't want to expand his victory.
In fact, the six states had just been occupied by Su Mingzhe, and all the officials in various places were "rough men" selected by Su Mingzhe from the army.
These "rough guys" followed Su Mingzhe to attack the city and build strongholds, and they were all good players.
And if you let them govern the prefectures and counties, they will be blinded immediately.
Chuntao, who was temporarily selected by Su Mingzhe to be the logistics housekeeper, was so busy that he could only select some talents from various trading firms.
Seeing problems on the home front, Su Mingzhe could only accept Liang Guo's peace talks.
Early August.
Su Mingzhe brought his daughters to Chang'an, preparing to found a country and proclaim himself emperor.
After discussing with the generals, it was decided to name the country Han.
Next year will be the first year of Jianwu of the Han Dynasty.
Wei Yi, the head of Yinu Military Trading Company, saw that Su Mingzhe wanted to proclaim himself emperor as the tide was rising, so he first congratulated him and then reminded him:
"General, you now have six states, millions of people, and an army of 100,000 in your hands. Even if you are proclaimed emperor, no one dares to object. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. If you want to establish a new dynasty, We still lack a large number of officials from three provinces and six ministries.”
"It's true."
Su Mingzhe had already made plans for this matter.
This time he attacked the Liang Kingdom. If it weren't for the lack of officials in the rear, he could have captured Luoyang in one fell swoop, and then sent a message to the Liang Kingdom to determine the state capitals.
"I want to recruit Enke, regardless of his place of origin or family status. As long as he has skills, I dare to use him! What do you think?"
Everyone present heard this and quickly handed over their hands:
"General Shengming!"
Su Mingzhe started the rebellion too quickly. At the beginning of the year, he robbed Sun Feihu of 5,000 troops, and in April and May, the number expanded to 20,000.
In June, he attacked Shaanzhou and obtained another 10,000 troops.
In July, he conquered six states and obtained 100,000 troops.
After excluding the losses and eliminating the old and weak, there are about 100,000 troops left.
Letting these 100,000 soldiers and horses guard the six states is a mistake.
However, these 100,000 soldiers and horses can conquer the world, but they cannot rule it.
Soon, the news that Su Mingzhe was going to establish his country in Chang'an and proclaim himself emperor and Kai Enke spread around.
The Han Kingdom was surrounded by the four kingdoms of Liang, Shu, Qi, and Tang.
Among them, the three kingdoms of Liang, Shu, and Tang have all proclaimed themselves emperors. The heads of the kingdoms are Liang Emperor Zhu Wen, Shu Emperor Wang Yan (who has just ascended the throne), and Tang Emperor Li Cunxu.
The leader of the Qi Kingdom is Li Maozhen.
Because the Liang Kingdom was the dominant one, the other three countries formed an alliance to protect themselves in order to deal with the Liang Kingdom.
Today, Su Mingzhe seizes food from the tiger's mouth and seizes the land of six states from Liang to establish a country.
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Shu, Tang, and Qi all sent envoys to express their congratulations.
In addition, the Three Kingdoms are strictly guarding against the outflow of their own talents.
In a blink of an eye.
It's October.
Su Mingzhe opened Enke and recruited 300 scholars to form a temporary small court.
Wei Yi, the founding prime minister and the head of the commercial bank.
Wei Yi was born in Jingzhao Webster.
Jingzhao Weishi, in the Tang Dynasty, was a noble family, the most powerful noble family.
Later, in the late Tang Dynasty, Jingzhao was plundered by various vassal towns. The former Jingzhao Weishi has now declined.
This time, there were thirty-six disciples of Jingzhao Webster participating in Enke, and twelve were eventually admitted.
Among many families, the number of talented people in Webster's family is far lower than that of Cui family, Zheng family, Wang family, Li family and other famous families.
After the imperial examination.
Su Mingzhe was busy with everything, and spent several months finally establishing the framework of the Han Dynasty.
Turn around the new year.
Su Mingzhe formally established the country and proclaimed himself emperor, with the country named Han and the reign named Jianwu.
When Su Mingzhe proclaimed himself emperor, he sent a notice to the four surrounding countries.
The four countries all sent envoys to watch the ceremony.
At this time, the Han Dynasty had no more than six states in its territory, no more than a thousand vertical and horizontal areas, millions of people, and an army of 100,000.
Such national power is indeed a bit 'weak' in the eyes of the leaders of the four countries.
However, although the Han Dynasty is currently weak, Su Mingzhe, the leader of the country, is very capable of leading troops and fighting. As long as it is given time to develop, he will definitely surpass other countries.
Therefore, the four countries sent envoys to watch the ceremony.
In the letter of credence, the leaders of the four countries all hope to peacefully establish diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty and become a brotherly state.
Su Mingzhe did not agree to an alliance between several countries, but he received the envoys from the Liang, Shu and Tang Dynasties in a kind manner.
Only when he received the envoy from the Qi Kingdom, Su Mingzhe became furious and rebuked the envoy from the Qi Kingdom on the spot.
The leader of the Qi Kingdom didn't even dare to proclaim himself emperor, but he actually wanted to become a 'kingdom of brothers' with himself. It was really suspected of being disrespectful.
Spring begins on the first day of February.
Su Mingzhe personally commanded an army of 30,000 men to attack the leader of the Qi Kingdom for the crime of disrespect.
Late February.
Less than twenty days after the army set off for the campaign, the Han army captured Fengxiang Mansion, the capital of the Qi Kingdom.
Li Maozhen, the leader of Qi Kingdom, surrendered.
Su Mingzhe was a little at a loss when he saw Qi Kingdom surrendering so quickly.
You know, before the conquest of Qi Kingdom, Su Mingzhe had widely publicized it and also sent notices to Liang, Shu, and Tang Dynasty, warning them not to meddle in other people's affairs.
Now, I am going to destroy the Qi Kingdom so quickly, I am afraid that the Liang, Shu, and Tang Kingdoms have not yet reacted.
"If this group of troops returns to the DPRK, the Three Kingdoms will definitely not dare to make any move, and I will not find a reason to attack the Three Kingdoms."
Su Mingzhe gritted his teeth and simply sent another wave of envoys to the Liang, Shu, and Tang kingdoms for the sake of "fishing" and issued a notice stating that the Dangxiang, Uighur, and Tubo tribes often plundered Han people, and he would lead the army to continue sweeping westward.
"I hope that this time, the Three Kingdoms will work harder and stop being so weak..."