Chapter 182: Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are really picturesque
Liu Ling waved his army southward and followed the Yan army step by step. The Han army was not very fast and drove the Yan army's defeated troops back to Qingzhou Prefecture like sheep. Liu Ling took Du Yi and Wang Banjin all the way.
Going south, he handed over the task of suppressing bandits and pacifying the people along the way to Zhou Yangong. By mid-March of the third year of Jiafeng of the Han Dynasty, the territory of Dayan Kingdom, which had only been established for just one month, only had six areas around Qingzhou Prefecture.
Half of the county including the county.
While Ouyang Zhuan was on the defensive, he sent people to capture the men in the six counties that he could still control in Gyeongju Prefecture. All men between the ages of twelve and sixty must join the army, otherwise they would be executed. The soldiers recruited were
Bring your own weapons and armor. If you have horses, you can directly join the cavalry team.
The six counties of Gyeongju were brought into chaos by Ouyang Zhuan. He originally had the intention of not eating the grass on the edge of the nest. At the beginning, Ouyang Zhuan did not squeeze the counties near Gyeongju too hard. Since he went north, he suffered continuous defeats. Yan Jun's
The number of people has shrunk significantly. This forced Ouyang Zhuan to carry out a carpet-like arrest in front of his own house to replenish his troops. This move was a desperate move, forcing the people in the six counties of Gyeongju to follow him in a complete rebellion.
There were no less than 100,000 men captured from six counties. After a little counting, they were divided into ten battalions. Ouyang, a swindler, once again pieced together a cavalry of 4,000 men to serve as his own imperial army. The most ridiculous thing is that in the cavalry team
Donkeys actually appeared in the battle. The common people were discussing privately that if the Emperor of Yan was happy, he might one day form an invincible pig cavalry to ensure victory in every battle. This was just a matter of enjoyment for the common people. In fact, everyone
I feel like I have a mirror in my heart, this country of Yan will not grow long.
After returning to Qingzhou Prefecture, Ouyang Zhuan held a grand funeral for his third son Ouyang Ziyan. The whole army showed mourning and the whole city was white. Ouyang Zhuan cried and fainted several times while holding the coffin, and vowed to kill Liu Mao, the Marquis of Huting.
Five horses cut the body into pieces to avenge his beloved son. While the procession was going out, Liu Mao, the Marquis of Huting, ordered the soldiers to wear red and colorful clothes and beat gongs and drums in front of the two armies to celebrate that Emperor Ouyang Zhuan of Yan Dynasty had begun to embark on the road of annihilating his descendants.
Seeing that the Han army in the opposite camp was making a big fuss, General Mu Tu wanted to send his troops over to teach the enemy a lesson. Sun Shubao tried hard to persuade him before he stopped him. Liu Mao waited for a whole day but no Yan army came to attack, so he just stopped.
He collected the ambushed men and returned to the camp. At night, Liu Mao ordered his men to fire seven or eight giant crossbows with bed crossbows. Because the distance was too far, the giant crossbows had lost their power when they arrived at the Yan army camp. But these giant crossbows
The purpose is not to hurt people, the point is that there are many written leaflets tied to the giant crossbow.
Liu Mao called on the brothers of the Yan Army in the leaflet to see the situation clearly. The so-called Great Yan Kingdom was about to destroy the country and the family. Ouyang Zhuan had no choice but to follow him and die together. He called on the Yan Army soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Those who surrendered were not held accountable for the crime of rebellion. The Han army in Beiying was even more sharp. Liu Ling ordered people to make countless simple loudspeakers overnight, which were the kind of things rolled up with a layer of leather, one big at one end and a small at the other.
Five hundred soldiers were sent to the Yan army every day to proclaim the policy of surrendering without killing and forgetting to blame.
On the third night after Ouyang Ziyan's funeral, thousands of Kongming lanterns appeared in the sky over Qingzhou City. The Yan army soldiers who had good intentions shot down the Kongming lanterns and found that they were calling for the Yan army soldiers to surrender. It was best to
It was a leaflet for uniting to resist Ouyang Zhuan. The next day, such leaflets appeared all over the streets in Qingzhou City. The Yan army dispatched five thousand soldiers to patrol the streets. They burned every one they saw and arrested anyone who read the leaflets.
One. But later on, even the general who was leading the street patrol could not help but pick up a leaflet and read it carefully, sighing while reading it.
In this way, under the Han army's successive heart-attack tactics, the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered by Ouyang Zhuan to capture Ding defected on a large scale. In just three days, no less than 10,000 people ran to the Han army's positions at night to surrender.
Ouyang sent General Song Guang to lead his troops to capture the defecting Yan soldiers, and beheaded more than 2,000 people within three days. However, instead of stopping the tide of rebellion among the Yan soldiers, it intensified.
It took more than ten days like this. At the beginning of April in the third year of Jiafeng in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ouyang Zhuan of the Yan Dynasty was already surrounded by enemies. Four of the six counties around Qingzhou Prefecture were eaten away by the Han army, three of which were
The guard opened the door and surrendered himself. The other two did not raise the flag of rebellion because they were too close to Gyeongju Mansion and were guarded by close disciples of the Ouyang family.
In mid-April, Emperor Xiao of the Han Dynasty personally went south to express condolences to the soldiers, and the morale of the Han army was unprecedentedly high.
In the commander's tent of the northern camp of the Han army, Emperor Xiao was very happy after reviewing the soldiers. He arranged a banquet for the generals of each camp in person. Except for Liu Mao, Hou Tinghou, the commander of the southern camp, who could not come to see the emperor, even Zhou Yangong and Wang
Half a catty came over. While everyone was drinking, the soldiers outside came to report the Yan army's sneak attack at night. As a result, they fell into an ambush set by Liu Ling in advance, and retreated in embarrassment after losing more than a thousand people.
Emperor Xiao looked at the smiling Liu Ling at the table in surprise and asked, "Old Jiu, how did you guess that the rebels were coming to rob the camp tonight?"
Liu Ling smiled, clasped his fists and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I have rewarded you for this small victory."
Emperor Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "You old man, you actually use me as bait? But I am very happy. If you use me as bait, you can catch thousands of big fish every time.
If he comes a few more times, Ouyang Zhuan will have no more troops to send."
Liu Ling bowed and apologized: "My brother, I don't dare. It's just that after discussing with the generals before, everyone thought that Ouyang Zhuan would definitely rob the camp tonight because of his self-deceiving temper. He heard that Your Majesty brought three hundred jars of fine wine.
I’m going to reward everyone. I’m so greedy that I’m drooling and insisting on grabbing it. How can I stop you?”
Emperor Xiao said: "I am not as good as you in military matters, and I will not interfere with your deployment and decision-making. I am here just to see you all and give you some good wine. By the way, if I can see you fight, I will give you some good wine."
If I win this battle, I will be satisfied."
While everyone was drinking, they were still worried. What if His Majesty Emperor Xiao suddenly felt itchy when he saw how good the situation was now and planned to command the army to fight against the rebels? Everyone admitted that Emperor Xiao was a rare good emperor, but
After all, the emperor is not omnipotent. Commanding tens of thousands of troops is no small matter. If you are not careful, you may lose in a good situation. Seeing Emperor Xiao's magnanimity, everyone can't help but feel guilty and moved.
Liu Ling bowed in admiration and said: "Your Majesty believes in me, and I will not disappoint you. Now the rebels are at the end of their fight. In the past month, there have been no less than 20,000 rebel soldiers who have abandoned the secrets and turned to the bright side. There are still more rebel soldiers who are afraid
He surrendered, was beheaded and fled back to his hometown. The morale of the rebels was low, and it would not take more than a few days for ministers and others to launch a full-scale attack and wipe out the Ouyang rebels in one fell swoop."
Emperor Xiao wiped the greasy palms and said solemnly: "Don't worry, you can't mess up your previous deployment just because of my few words. The traitor Ouyang Zhuan still has 60,000 to 70,000 troops under his command. Those are all
My people chose a wrong path because I did not do a good enough job. I am responsible. I have seen that the attack plan you formulated a few days ago is indeed very good. You can subdue others without fighting.
Soldiers, call on more rebel soldiers to surrender. This is better than winning a few battles and killing countless people. They are all my people, and I can't bear to see them bleeding and dying."
Liu Ling and other generals prostrated themselves in the tunnel and said: "I am so frightened. It is not your Majesty's fault that Ouyang Zhuan is causing trouble. First, Ouyang Zhuan has had a rebellious intention for a long time. If he does not rebel today, he will do so in the future. Second, it is not good for me and others to defend the territory.
As for the rebels who have gained momentum in the past few days, it is difficult to complete their victory in one battle. Third, the people are ignorant and were bewitched by Ouyang Zhuan before they took up arms and acted as traitors."
Emperor Xiao waved his hand and said: "You are all generals whom I can trust. I don't mean to blame you. Although I don't understand military affairs, I can see that your strategies were correct a while ago. As you said, Ouyang
Sooner or later, the ambitions of a wolf will be reversed. Now he is taking advantage of my weakness to plot rebellion, which also gives me a chance to stand up again. As for you saying that the people are ignorant, I don't believe it. The people are neither stupid nor stupid, but they are just.
My life was too hard and I ended up on a dead end. This is really my fault, and the people are not guilty."
He signaled Liu Ling and others not to apologize, and said with a smile: "Actually, I also know that the Han Dynasty is like a big tree full of moths. If you don't ruthlessly reject the branches and re-sprout and take root, sooner or later you will be destroyed.
Those borers chewed the big tree alive and ate it all. Ouyang Zhuan's reaction also exposed the borers. Countless aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty followed suit and there were no fewer than a dozen families. These aristocratic families
He is the biggest worm in my big man!"
He said in a gentle tone: "I know why you advanced at a slower pace a few days ago. Is it because you want to expose more of those duplicitous families? When all the powerful and capable thieves' families have come forward, you will
You're giving it a thunderous blow, right?"
Liu Ling bowed in admiration and said: "My brother made a mistake in his decision-making and delayed the opportunity to fight. Please punish him."
Emperor Xiao walked over and helped him up and said: "Didn't I say it? I don't think you did anything wrong! If I were to command, I would do the same. Since the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, how many dynasties have changed and the rise and fall have been controlled by those who
In the hands of aristocratic families? Yang Jian built the Sui Dynasty, and his national and military power was unparalleled in the world. Wasn't it because of the torment of those aristocratic families that the country was destroyed? Even though it was as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, it was still constrained by those big aristocratic families. Most of the government orders came from the hands of aristocratic families, how many of them
Is it the emperor who has the final say in making decisions? These so-called children of aristocratic families eat the flesh of the imperial court and drink the blood of the imperial court but do not do anything for the imperial court. They only care about their own interests and even hope that one day when they are strong enough, they can turn their family into a country! Ouyang Zhuan
Isn’t this a living example?”
Emperor Xiao asked all the generals to stand up and said: "I trust you and know that everything you do is sincerely considering me and the great man. I am happy before it is too late, so how can I blame you?"
He walked to the door of the tent and looked at the bright and picturesque starry sky and said: "The empire of the Han Dynasty has been passed into my hands, so I can't just watch it collapse! I know that if I want the country to be strong and the people to be prosperous, changes must be made.
Blindly seeking common ground with those aristocratic families is tantamount to playing with fire and burning yourself! So I want to break this pattern and re-establish order, so that I can rule this country of thousands of miles, it will be really picturesque!"
Make these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers truly picturesque! (To be continued)
