The second year after the sage Cao Chenan fled Jiangdu, it was also the second year after the Deposed Dragon Gang took place. A series of wars surrounding the Deposed Dragon Gang occurred in the east. This can be discussed in terms of military and political discussions from multiple angles.
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But no matter how we discuss it, we have to admit that the biggest turning point so far is the fall of Yuncheng.
With the arrival of the rainy season in May, Zhang Xuguo succeeded in his sneak attack, and Yuncheng suddenly changed hands, which directly caused the Qilong Gang to lose its strategic fulcrum on the eastern front, and quickly evolved into the collapse of the entire Eastern Front main offensive force of the Qilong Army. Immediately afterwards
, the Wei court, which had long been sharpening its sword, immediately made internal political compromises and launched the advance of Qu Tuda on the northern front and Han Yingong on the southern front to respond to Zhang Xuguo on the eastern front.
Attacking from three sides, a siege and suppression force was immediately formed.
In fact, considering that there are already Xiongguan garrison in Xingyang to the west, and it is close to the Eastern Capital where the Grand Master is stationed, it is a dead end, it can almost be called a comprehensive siege.
Correspondingly, the Deposed Dragon Army, which had only two counties left, basically fell into a certain kind of military desperation - the aggressive field army that had been created before was reduced to a rout, and the remaining 20,000 people were left to fight.
Generally, the defensive forces gathered together can fight in a small way, but they lack experience in large battles and their combat effectiveness is worrying. Coupled with the loss of strategic fulcrum, the east door is wide open, and the southern route of Jiyin City-Bianshui, Northeast is immediately opened.
The old defense line of Mianbaima-Puyang has lost its significance.
After that, Zhang Xing's decision was nothing more than forced desperation, and he decided to rely on the excellent management of the two counties by the deposed dragon army, and the fact that the officers and soldiers were unlikely to believe that a group of bandits could effectively manage the place.
Due to this information gap, in the smallest strategic turning space, a quick ambush battle, encounter battle, and head-on battle can be fought to resolve the military crisis.
Yes, Zhang Xing's biggest reliance in this battle was that within one year after the uprising, the Deposed Dragon Gang effectively ruled Dongjun and Jiyin counties, maintained the traditional local bureaucracy, and transformed this bureaucracy
The organizational structure of the two counties was grafted with the Deposed Dragon Gang, so that the logistics and military systems of these two counties were perfected, and the people's livelihood and military supplies were abundant, so that they could quickly mobilize troops, collect defeated troops, and organize counterattacks.
As for the officers and soldiers, it is impossible to realize this without accurate and in-depth observation. Even common sense would tell them that a group of bandits cannot do this anyway.
At the very least, it is unlikely that Zhang Xuguo, Han Yingong, Qu Tuda, and the actual commander-in-chief Cao Lin knew this.
And if they don't know, it means they will make major strategic and tactical misjudgments.
It means an opportunity to depose the Dragon Army.
Turning back to the present, and continuing from a military perspective, on the evening of May 28, Han Yin Gong's two generals, Lu Changheng and Li Qingchen, led five thousand people in Yucheng and suddenly encountered the Mangdang Mountain bandits, a peripheral military force of the Deposed Dragon Gang.
Blocking is undoubtedly the prelude to a new battle.
At this time, Zhang Xuguo's troops had just finished another day of hard march and arrived in Dongjun; Han Yingong was waiting for the surrender of his inner servants with a subtle attitude at the foot of Xiayi City in Liangjun; he knew nothing about the situation.
Qu Tuda was in Liyang making comprehensive supplements while thinking about the direction of march.
Zhang Xing was building a stronghold and paving roads at the foot of Mount Li northeast of Lihu, waiting for the enemy to come; Li Shu was preparing to abandon the city from Zhencheng at the junction of Dongping County and Dongjun to lure the enemy to flee.
Uncle Cao continued to suppress the Eastern Capital, and Sima Zheng was sitting in Xuzhou.
And that saint should be covering his ears in Jiangdu and looking forward to enjoying his old age.
It was from this night that what was undoubtedly the most important battle since the establishment of the Deposed Dragon Gang officially began.
In the evening, in a town more than ten miles south of Yucheng, the rain had already stopped, and in a second-story bedroom with the door open, Li Qingchen, who was lying on the couch, once again heard shouts and quarrels coming from outside.
The sound... This kind of noise and noise has been continuous since the troops retreated to camp here. Basically, the soldiers were harassing the local people who did not escape in time... However, this time it seemed to be particularly long-lasting and chaotic, which is also true.
As the commotion subsided slightly, after a while, an obviously heavy footsteps sounded from behind, and it became more and more obvious. It was obvious that this was a person wearing heavy armor who walked up the stairs and walked into this room.
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Under the light, Li Qingchen turned around, and not surprisingly saw the livid-faced Lu Changheng.
"What's going on again?" Li Twelve asked with all his strength. "Is the noise coming from the backyard of the rich man's house across the street?"
"Someone raped that family's daughter." Lu Changheng sat down feebly. "I wanted to enforce military law, but as soon as I entered, a bunch of officers started making a noise and tried to persuade me to make the decision and let this rich man marry his daughter.
That gang leader..."
"Don't you dare to take action?" Li Qingchen asked seriously.
"Yes." Lu Changheng took a long, suffocating breath. "I was actually persuaded by several people... In this situation, I can't think of a better way... If military law is really enforced, according to this military morale,
The rich man's family probably won't survive the night. Even if the soldiers don't dare to use violence, the daughter of this family will not have a good outcome in the future. It's better to marry that gang leader."
"This is troubled times, and this is the result of the world's bad ways." Li Qingchen responded with the same annoyance. "When the situation is bad, everything will fall, and no one can control it... When the Eastern Qi Dynasty and the previous dynasty were fighting for supremacy, the daughter of the Cui family in Hebei Province
They were all publicly robbed by military leaders and raped on the roadside to be the Cui family's son-in-law...but those people still felt that rebellion was right."
"Actually, even in troubled times, capable people can still control their subordinates." Lu Changheng shook his head. "I'm not the kind of person who cares and speculates blindly, but when I just went upstairs, I couldn't help but think,
If Sima Erlang were in charge of the army, how could such a thing happen? In the final analysis, it is because I have insufficient cultivation, insufficient experience, undecided determination, and lack of official position and reputation, so I cannot control this army and am forced to make confused accounts with those sergeants.
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"That's true." Li Qingchen was silent for a moment, and then replied on the couch. "If Sister Sisi leads the army, there is nothing to say. That person will definitely be chopped in half with a sword, and the rest of the people will never dare to
Say something... Or, these two people will lead the troops, and this group of arrogant soldiers will be honest from the beginning, how can such a thing happen?"
"Who says it's not the case?" Lu Changheng nodded. "The world's elites, dragons and phoenixes in the Eastern Capital, are not just blown away... Others don't know, but we don't know?"
Hearing this, Li Qingchen hesitated for a moment, but still said it: "Actually... I want to say, let alone these two people, just say that if the traitor Zhang Xing is leading the army here, facing such a situation, he
So what happens?”
Lu Changheng was startled for a moment, and then fell silent. After a long time, he spoke again: "He will definitely kill people, but he has the ability to comfort others after killing people, so that others will not make noise and cause chaos!"
Li Qingchen nodded, but then shook his head: "I'm not just talking about this matter, but also the current affairs in Yucheng."
Lu Changheng was silent for a while again, and then gave the answer: "I think he will abandon the city, abandon the baggage, take advantage of the rainy night, take a few days of dry food, directly lead his troops north, and continue to Jiyin...
Because the city is full of bandits, they look fierce, but in fact they lack the courage to go out and fight."
"It's his style, and it's the same truth, but will the warriors from Dongdu follow him?" Li Qingchen didn't have time to ask.
"There will be many people who will stay, but there should be some people who are willing to obey him and take a gamble with him." Lu Changheng hesitated to answer. "He is a person who is good at winning people's hearts. If he follows me
Taking over this army on the same day, even if it only lasts for half a month, there should be some results."
"Actually, if we really assume this, when Zhang Xing was ordered to come here, he would have immediately used bluffs and lies to convince Han Yingong, instead of being controlled by others like us. Since we are controlled by others, it would be ridiculous to say this." Li Qingchen.
He also woke up and then became powerless. "Everything has to be accumulated. It would be ridiculous for us to worship the Supreme Being temporarily."
Lu Changheng paused for a moment and looked a little disappointed: "It's true, it's true!"
"But when things have reached this point, we can't just waste it in vain and end up with nothing in the end." At this point, Li Qingchen was the one who cheered up and was unwilling to give in. "Captain Lu, you have someone send me there overnight.
How about the city?"
"You are in such a difficult condition, so what if you go?" Lu Changheng was embarrassed for a moment. "Han Yingong looked like a ghost, he only had his own 10,000 Kansai soldiers in his mind."
"It's only when your body has reached this point that it is of some use." Li Qingchen tried his best to smile. "I have already figured out Han Yingong's style, but after all, he is from Guanlong, otherwise why would even the last remaining soldiers be Guanlong?
Xitun Army? I don’t believe he dares to take the name of forcing and killing a descendant of the famous Guanlong clan like me..."
This is to threaten death with someone's head.
But I have to admit that since ancient times, this kind of confrontation has been more or less effective when encountering someone who wants to face someone.
Lu Changheng was not a pedantic person. After thinking about it, he agreed directly, then picked a group of people and drove them in a car. I don’t know whether it was due to Zhou Xingfan’s anger, or whether he was imprisoned for days, exposed to the rain, and fell off his horse.
Li Twelve, whose old injury recurred, returned to Xiayi.
He continued to stay in the town and continued to take charge of the unruly army.
Let us also say that Han Yingong sat firmly in the central military tent, originally only waiting for the surrender of Xiayi during the day today. As a result, in the middle of the night, a messenger sent a letter, informing him of the incident in Yucheng ahead, and he was frightened for a while; early in the morning, another messenger came and asked directly
He quickly sent out troops and became even more anxious... And as Li Qingchen was carried down and publicly begged to send troops, even though he was perfunctory like Han Yingong, he couldn't sit still.
The reason couldn't be simpler. Li Twelve Lang may really die if he looks like this...especially since the accompanying sergeant has made it very clear that Li Twelve Lang was probably scolded like this by Zhou Xiaoming's youngest son.
...With this kind of psychological quality, if he really died here because he delayed sending troops, then when he returned to the Eastern Capital, whether it was Cao Lin who asked why his confidant died and raised doubts about it, or the Li family who had always been an in-law asked him.
, where is Li Twelve Lang's life? He may not even be able to resist.
Of course, the most fundamental problem is that Li Qingchen's request was just to send troops as early as possible, which did not violate Han Yingong's core demands.
"Let the city surrender quickly." Han Yingong hesitated for a moment, and he finally made a compromise and passed on the conflict. "Li Shisanniang, brother You is like this, it is really difficult to be bumpy. Now go into the city yourself and tell the prince, As long as the chamberlain army surrenders before noon today, orders three thousand chamberlains to become civilian husbands, and orders three thousand palace men to leave the city and follow the camp, I can bypass the search for the city and go directly north to attack Yucheng early tomorrow morning... This is the final step. The conditions are met.”
As a woman, Li Shisanniang was instinctively dissatisfied with the palace men accompanying the camp, but she had also known for a long time that she had no real say in front of Han Yingong, and seeing her clan brother in such a posture, the conditions He has indeed become superior... After thinking about it, he has finally become a messenger again.
After entering the city, the prince and his father-in-law didn't say much after hearing the cause and effect. He just summoned the backbone of the inner army again to discuss it in public.
The servants gathered together, and they all spoke differently, and the argument was quite obvious.
At this time, although they were politely separated, Li Shisanniang still realized that every family had an unforeseen debt. The servants had only occupied the land for a few days, so how could they be integrated?
Although the prince himself is experienced, he may still want to delay things, but what about his subordinates?
Regardless of whether they want to surrender or resist, I'm afraid it will be difficult to unify their opinions, and there will definitely be chaos inside. And it is unlikely that the prince himself can quickly establish any strong authority in this area in just a few months... At most, he is It's amazing to lead and lead.
In other words, under the general situation, the surrender of the internal servants seems to be inevitable, and even people like the prince can only succumb to the situation under certain conditions.
Han Yingong never underestimated Wang Gonggong, he just saw it more clearly.
But I don’t know why. After thinking about this, Li Qingzhou felt a little uncomfortable, as if she had expected something... But this was not reasonable at all. She was from the Li family in Longxi. At this time of turmoil, Thanks to Uncle Cao's promotion, he has just been promoted to the commander-in-chief of Huaiyang County... Does this mean that he does not have the ability to see the overall situation and be forbearing like his clan brother?
"We surrender." About a quarter of an hour later, Eunuch Wang found Li Qingzhou. "We will surrender before noon...but you must keep your word and try to give us good treatment."
Li Shisanniang was stunned, nodded, and said no more.
At noon, the rain started to fall again, and the gates of Xiayi City were really opened. The servants who were ridiculed as white-skinned dumplings really came out naked... There was no conspiracy as expected, and there was no persistence. , just like that, they walked out naked, wearing only a pair of trousers and tied their hands.
Things went smoothly, and this attracted officers and soldiers to flock to watch in the rain.
Frankly speaking, the surrender of the Imperial Guards is actually pretty much what most rational people expected. Even Zhang Xing and Zhang Dalongtou, who single-handedly supported the Imperial Guards, did not truly regard the Imperial Guards as a military force that could be relied upon when making military plans. In his opinion, it would be enough if the chamberlain army could delay Han Yingong for a day or two with its presence, or if Han Yingong could divide his troops to retrieve it.
Moreover, not only was there no Deposed Dragon Gang, nor was there the Huaiyou League, there were still no dead Meng rebels. No one had any extra expectations for this exiled military group composed of internal servants.
Now, the internal servant army has personally verified this.
If there is something surprising, it is that Eunuch Wang, one of the powerful father-in-laws of Beiya in the past, could obviously avoid this humiliation by relying on his face, but he still wore trousers and shirtless like everyone else. I walked out in the rain with my bare feet in the mud.
And he was the first to walk out and the first to enter the camp gate.
"Invite the prince."
Inside the camp gate, the general platform collapsed due to rain. Han Yingong felt embarrassed, because with the arrival of the surrendered servants, the words of his subordinates around him became more and more obscene... White dumplings are all delicious. , some people have already shouted for these chamberlains to take off their undergarments... But just a year ago, the princes and princes were still acquaintances of these generals and the Prime Minister of Nanya.
Li Qingchen and Li Qingzhou are not qualified to go up and talk.
The prince was brought over immediately.
"Old Wang." Han Yingong avoided the opponent's skin and body that were like white dumplings with some embarrassment. "Why is this? Could it be that Li Shisanniang didn't explain clearly? You don't have to be like this."
"Let's make it clear." The prince climbed onto the slippery rammed earth platform in the rain, and even slipped in the middle, forcing him to hastily fix his bun, which made him look even more embarrassed. "I also know. General Han’s generosity, but this is my own choice..."
"Are you crazy?" Even Li Qingchen, who was lying on one side with a guard holding a tarpaulin above his head, had a flash of expression, because when he saw the other party yesterday, he still looked very decent. "Okay. You can't live in peace, so you can become a military slave... You are in Beiya, don't you know what kind of treatment official slaves get when they join the army?"
"Of course I know." Wang Gonggong turned his head, his face was calm, and his words were appropriate. "I just feel that since I led them up and took the knife that day, I should suffer the result with them today... No matter the crime or the punishment, it doesn't matter. It should be mine."
This is quite a statement.
A sense of responsibility!
And everyone likes a responsible person, even if he is a chamberlain.
"General Han." Li Qingzhou moved his eyes away from the messy hair sticking to his face around his bun and looked at Han Yingong. "Can't you be a little considerate?"
Han Yingong wanted to speak for a moment, but then looked around and sighed. More naked servants had entered the camp gate and were then driven back to the rear camp.
On the contrary, it was the prince who looked at Li Qingzhou and said something: "Li Shisanniang thinks too much... General Han can understand everything, but it is wrong for us white dumplings to be used as civilian husbands and to serve as sergeants for the generals." This is incomprehensible, because these are the two things that General Han's army needs most at this time. Those of us who are used to doing things can become military slaves, so that the sergeants can have a rest, and the troops can also get rid of the logistic dependence of the Huaiyou Alliance. "If the palace rations sergeants, the morale of the soldiers will be revived, they will be grateful to General Han, and then they will continue to listen to him wherever they go."
At this point, Wang Gonggong obviously paused for a moment before continuing: "I only came to my senses after being besieged. For General Han who just led these troops out of Xuzhou, there was no such thing as the Deposed Dragon Gang and us. The importance of these people has never been that we attract troops for the Deposed Dragon Gang and delay time, but that the Deposed Dragon Gang attracts troops for us and delays time... We, ourselves, are the trophies they want most."
Han Yingong laughed dryly.
Li Qingchen felt like he had something stuck in his throat.
Li Qingzhou simply said: "So you surrendered? Do you know you can't escape?"
"We can't do it without surrender." Wang Eunuch remained magnanimous. "Actually, I want to defend myself, and I will defend with all my life, so that I can repay Zhang Dalongtou and those who deposed the Dragon Gang, but I really can't control other people, but I I can’t let go, who am I without them? I can only accept my fate by following them!”
"Take it down!"
Han Yingong finally became impatient. "Lock them up first! The same goes for those palace servants later! Tell the army that these servants will be their military slaves, and the palace servants will be their wives... I will do what I say !Officers are given priority, and the rest will be divided according to their military merits in this battle!"
The surrounding sergeants were obviously excited, cheered, and couldn't wait to push the prince down. As the message was conveyed, the entire army cheered, and the cheers became louder and louder.
Li Qingzhou's face was pale. She was frightened by Han Yingong's unabashed last act, and she felt sympathy for the prince... unmistakable sympathy.
As for Li Qingchen, he couldn't help but think of a question similar to last night - what would he do if Zhang San was here?
Whether he replaces Han Yingong or himself, Zhang Xing is here, what will he do?
The evacuation and storage of thousands of people was not an easy task. It was not until the evening that the evacuation and evacuation of the entire Xiayi was completed.
Then of course a riot broke out.
Although Han Yingong repeatedly emphasized that the troops would be dispatched tomorrow and that the servants and palace servants should be under unified custody and distributed according to rules, the fact was that after making the promise, the troops began to lose control with an unbridled attitude.
Han Yingong adopted a passive and laissez-faire attitude towards this.
As a result, a considerable number of the troops who were the first to be loyal to him began to enter Xiayi City to rob. Some senior officers were the first to put forward the need for wives, and first went to the palace to select them. Then as night fell, the scale expanded rapidly. .
More troops want to enter the city, and more officers want to marry their wives in advance. It is best to get married tonight.
There were also many chamberlains and palace servants trying to hide and escape, which gave these sergeants a better excuse to "search" inside the city and "pursue" outside the city.
As for the white dumplings who landed as agreed, they were trapped in the back camp, which was only half a shed with a roof, sitting on the muddy water and crushed crops, with the summer rain falling continuously above their heads... Han Yingong was still very trustworthy in some respects. The servants even ate a rain-soaked meal of old rice and barnyard grass the night after they were imprisoned... After eating, everyone huddled together, either in panic or quietly listening to the rain. Sounds and cries, noises, and cheers mixed in my ears, one after another.
To be honest, thousands of naked waiters crowded together really looked like white-skinned dumplings that had been cooked.
And these dumplings who were cooked soon began to regret it.
As most people have observed, and as the prince himself said, he is not afraid, he wants to resist, but just a few months are not enough for him to establish absolute authority over the internal servants... ...After all, he had no way to lead his army of chamberlains to rob the queen, nor could he give wives to his army of chamberlains. He was just a chamberlain... So, the final result was that most of the chamberlains were plotting against the imperial officers and soldiers and Han Yin Gong from the very beginning. They were afraid of the name of Dang County, which led them to give up Dang County again as they did last time. Then they rejected the requests of the princes and some of the warring factions again and again at internal meetings in Xiayi, and agreed with the Li brothers and sisters. They chose to surrender under the conditions of both inducement and forced surrender.
Then, they regretted it in the gradually heating pot.
But once the dumplings are out of the pot, what can you do if you regret it?
Many people looked at Eunuch Wang, hoping that Eunuch Wang, who was now proven to be on the right side, could do something or say something for them. However, Eunuch Wang sat there cross-legged from the beginning and quietly finished his meal.
Rice, quietly listening to the movements in the city, quietly listening to the cries and laughter around him and on the other side of the camp, which grew louder and then gradually subsided.
In this way, amid the noise and silence, midnight gradually came.
"Everyone."
At the moment when all the white dumplings were almost resigned to their fate, Wang Gonggong suddenly spoke, his voice was neither loud nor quiet, just barely enough for hundreds of people around to hear in the rainy night. "After such a long time, you should also
You have to understand one truth...that is, if you want to survive, if you want to be respected by others, if you want to have a place to live, you have to fight for it yourself. Only then will you have a chance! By surrendering and relying on others' pity, you will only make yourself worse.
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In response to the prince, there were still low cries and the patter of rain, but there was also a terrifying silence.
"I don't know what you think, but after these few months, I don't want to be a military slave anymore, I don't want to be any slave anymore!" Wang Gonggong continued, his voice seemed to be slightly louder and his tone was a little bit louder.
Choking. "Why should I be a slave when I'm a human being?! It doesn't matter if I die or run away. Anyway, we can't be so useless and be eaten as dumplings in the pot, and we can't watch those who take the initiative to defect to us.
The palace people and the people of Xiayi were sold out by us like this... We have to treat ourselves as individuals, and we have to treat those who are willing to treat us as individuals, right?"
The words seemed to be getting more and more chaotic, but the surrounding quiet area seemed to be constantly expanding.
"There is a three-finger-long knife in my bun. If no one lies to me, we have fifty knives like this." Wang Gonggong continued, his voice louder. "Now, the people outside are crying.
Keep crying, the people who brought the knives in crawled over with me, killed the guards, and grabbed their knives and guns! If you don’t have knives and guns, just tear down the fence, or use your fists! I will fight with my life tonight to let Han Yingong
You know! If he doesn’t treat others as human beings, what will happen? A white dumpling can choke him to death!"
At the back camp, the crying outside suddenly became louder, causing the guards who were not too much and impatient to stop shouting and scolding. However, soon, the rain also became faster, which made the guards quickly give up.
He yelled and scolded, and then adapted to the noise again.
On the night of May 28th, the annoying rain came again.
PS: Sorry, I got into a fight with someone over nonsense two nights in a row...I feel so ashamed at such an old age.
Continue to dedicate a new book "My Father Cao Cao, courtesy name Mengde"
