Chapter 254 Fate is unpredictable, miserable Ma Yuan
The people who came to Fubo Temple to worship with Nie You also emptied the water bags, and each of them stepped forward to pour some spring water into the water bags. Seeing that it was still early,
Nie You then continued to stroll around the Fubo Temple. Nie Youwang looked at the main hall of the Fubo Temple and said: "General Fubo fought in the north and south throughout his life, and made great military exploits for the Eastern Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, he died unjustly in the end.
What happened is that fate has played a trick on people, and fate is unpredictable!"
In the 17th year of Emperor Guangwu's reign, Ma Yuan was conscripted into the court and served as Huben Zhonglang General.
Li Guang, a disciple of Wei Si (who once deceived the people and was later killed) gathered his disciples, captured Wancheng, killed Wanhou Liu Min, and called himself "Nanyue Marshal".
The imperial court sent envoy Zhang Zong to lead thousands of troops to attack, but was defeated by Li Guang, so he sent Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan organized more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from various counties to kill Li Guang and others.
In the 18th year of Jianwu (42 years), Ma Yuan led his army to Langbo, where he defeated the rebel army, beheaded thousands of people, and surrendered more than 10,000 people. Ma Yuan took advantage of the victory to advance, and was defeated several times in the Jinxi area.
Running away in all directions.
In the first month of the 19th year of Jianwu (43 years), Ma Yuan beheaded Zheng Side, Zheng Er, and passed the news to Luoyang. The imperial court granted Ma Yuan the title of Xinxihou, with a settlement of 3,000 households. Ma Yuan rewarded the three armies and expressed great emotion.
The soldiers all shouted long live.
Then, Ma Yuan led more than 2,000 large and small ships and more than 20,000 soldiers to attack the remaining party Duyang and others. From futile to strong winds, he captured more than 5,000 people and pacified Lingnan.
Ma Yuan saw that Xiyu County had a vast territory with more than 32,000 households, and the remote areas were more than a thousand miles away from the administrative center, making it difficult to manage. So he wrote to Liu Xiu and requested that Xiyu be divided into two counties: Fengxi and Wanghai.
Everywhere Ma Yuan went, he organized manpower to build cities and towns for counties and counties, and opened canals to divert water and irrigate fields for the convenience of the people.
Ma Yuan also compiled the Yue laws with reference to the laws of the Han Dynasty, corrected the conflicts between the Yue laws and the Han laws, and made it clear to the locals for the purpose of restraint.
Since then, the local area has always followed the laws proposed by Ma Yuan, so-called "following General Ma's story."
In the 20th year of Jianwu (44 years), Ma Yuan led his troops to return to Beijing in triumph. Liu Xiu was given a horse reinforcement chariot and was ranked as the ninth minister when he met with him.
Ma Yuan returned to the capital for more than a month, when the Xiongnu and Wuhuan invaded Fufeng. Seeing that the Sanfu area was invaded and the royal cemetery could not be preserved, Ma Yuan voluntarily requested to lead his troops on an expedition, and Liu Xiu agreed.
In the 21st year of Jianwu (45th year), Ma Yuan led 3,000 cavalry out of Gaoliu, and patrolled Yanmen, Daijun, Shanggu and other places. When the Wuhuan sentry noticed the arrival of the Han army, the troops dispersed, and Ma Yuan gained nothing.
And return to the teacher.
Ma Yuan was once ill, and Liang Song went to visit him and saluted Ma Yuan at his bedside, but Ma Yuan did not return the salute.
After Liang Song left, Ma Yuan's son said: "Liang Song is your majesty's son-in-law. He is very valuable to the court. Everyone below is afraid of him. Why don't you just pay him a courtesy?" Ma Yuan said: "I am a friend of Liang Song's father, even if he is
How can a noble person lose his seniority?" Liang Song hated Ma Yuan because of this. This was because Ma Yuan was too upright, which led to the disaster later.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jianwu (48 years), Wuxi barbarians in Wuling County in the south rioted. Wuwei General Liu Shang went to conquer and suppress the rebellion. He advanced in depth and was annihilated.
Ma Yuan was sixty-two years old at the time and asked for orders to march south. Liu Xiu did not agree to his request because he was too old and it was not easy to go out on an expedition, risking his own life and causing trouble in military affairs.
Ma Yuan asked Liu Xiu to fight in person and said, "I can still mount a horse while wearing armor." Liu Xiu asked him to try. Ma Yuan wore armor and carried soldiers, flew onto the horse, held the saddle, and looked around. For a moment, his beard and hair were fluttering, and he was in high spirits. He was truly a martyr.
In old age, one should grow stronger.
Liu Xiu was deeply moved when he saw Ma Yuan's arrogance and ambition. He smiled and said, "This old man is so healthy!" So he sent Ma Yuan to lead the lieutenant generals Ma Wu, Geng Shu, Liu Kuang, Sun Yong and others.
Forty thousand people marched to Wuling.
Before the expedition, relatives and friends came to see Ma Yuan off. Ma Yuan said to Du Min, an old friend and visitor: "I have been favored by the country. I am young and have only a few days left. I am often afraid that I will not die in national affairs. Now I have the opportunity to go to the expedition.
I am willing to die with peace of mind, but what I am afraid of is that some elderly family members may be around or participate in the funeral affairs, which is particularly difficult to manage. I am only worried about this."
In the 25th year of Jianwu (49th year), Ma Yuan led his troops to Linxiang. The barbarians came to attack. Ma Yuan met them, defeated the barbarians, killed more than 2,000 people, and captured more than 2,000 people. The barbarians fled into the bamboo forest.
Previously, when the troops arrived at Xiajun, there were two ways to go, one was through Hutou Mountain, and the other was through Chongxian County.
Passing through Hutou Mountain, the road is short, but the mountains are high and the rivers are dangerous. Passing through Chongxian County, the road is far, and grain transportation is inconvenient, but the road is flat.
Liu Xiu couldn't make up his mind about where to start from. Geng Shu, one of the powerful men whom Ma Yuan mentioned when he set out, wanted to start from Chongxian, but Ma Yuan believed that marching into Chongxian would be a waste of time.
Instead of wasting food, it is better to go straight into Hutou and strangle him by the throat. The barbarians in Chongxian County will definitely defeat him without attacking.
The two people disagreed, so they went to the table to explain the situation and asked the emperor to make a decision. The emperor agreed with Ma Yuan's opinion.
In March, Ma Yuan led his army to Hutou. The barbarian soldiers took advantage of the high ground and guarded the pass. The water was so strong that it was difficult for the Han army's ships to advance.
In addition, the weather was extremely hot and many soldiers died of infectious diseases such as summer plague. Ma Yuan was also seriously ill, and the army was in trouble.
Ma Yuan ordered a cave to be built near the river bank and on the mountain side to avoid the hot summer weather. Although there were many difficulties, Ma Yuan was confident and ambitious.
Whenever the enemy climbed the mountain and made loud demonstrations, Ma Yuan dragged his seriously ill body out to observe the enemy's situation. His officers and soldiers were deeply moved by his spirit, and many of them shed tears.
But at this time, Geng Shu wrote to his brother Geng Yan, the Marquis of Haoji, and complained to Ma Yuan: "Last time I wrote a letter suggesting that we attack Chong County first. Although food was difficult to transport, soldiers and horses were able to be used, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers scrambling first.
Forge ahead. It is a pity that we are now trapped in the pot head and unable to advance, and everyone is dying of depression.
The last time he came to Linxiang, the thieves arrived without any reason. At that time, if they attacked at night, they could be wiped out. Fubo used his troops like Jiahu in the Western Regions. He stopped at one place and lost the battle. Now he is really trapped by the epidemic.
Everything is as I predicted." Geng Yan received this letter and immediately informed Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu sent Huben Zhonglang General Liang Song to question Ma Yuan and ordered him to supervise Ma Yuan's troops. When Liang Song arrived, Ma Yuan was dead.
Liang Song could not get rid of his old grudges, so he took the opportunity to frame Ma Yuan. Liu Xiu was furious and pursued Ma Yuan's new information, Hou Yinshou.
Liang Song had always had resentment towards Ma Yuan, and the reasons were complicated. First, Ma Yuan wrote a letter to warn his juniors that Liang Song had been implicated.
When Ma Yuan was marching south to Jiaozhi, he heard at the front that his nephews Ma Yan and Ma Dun were making random comments, ridiculing others, and associating with some frivolous and unruly people, so he immediately wrote a letter to admonish them.
The letter cited the example of Du Jiliang. Du Jiliang was serving as Sima of the Yue Cavalry at that time. His enemies used Ma Yuan's letter as evidence and wrote a memorial to accuse him, saying that he "acted frivolously, confused the masses, and General Fubo came from thousands of miles away."
I wrote back to him to admonish my brother, and if Liang Song and Dou Gu associate with him, he will incite frivolity and hypocrisy and bring chaos to our country."
Liu Xiu read the memorial, summoned Dou Gu and Liang Song to severely rebuke him, and showed them the memorial and Ma Yuan's letter.
The two kowtowed and bled, and were absolved of their sins. As a result, Du Jiliang was dismissed from office, and Long Bogao was promoted to the prefect of Lingling. However, Liu Xiu, who had rebuilt the foundation of the Han Dynasty, still did not rehabilitate Ma Yuan.
Although Ma Yuan followed him in the southern and northern wars very early and made great contributions to restoring the foundation of the Han Dynasty, sometimes slander can still overshadow many things.
One of the people on the left and right who was familiar with Ma Yuan's deeds said: "What the general said is that it is a pity that such a loyal and brave man ended up like this, but fortunately two generations later Emperor Zhang of Han rehabilitated him."