The Han army commanded by Gai Yan won a complete victory in the Battle of Suiyang. The only regret was that they failed to capture Liu Yong and Liu Yong managed to escape. However, this battle was enough to seriously injure Liu Yong.
Yes.
Of the more than 100,000 defenders, only a few thousand escaped in the end. Liu Yong could not take away much of the money he had collected over the years. Most of them were intercepted by the Han army. Even many of Liu Yong's ministers were captured.
He became a prisoner of the Han army.
After Gai Yan captured Suiyang, he rested for a while, then led the main force of the Han army to leave Suiyang and pursue Liu Yong.
Liu Yong fled all the way east to Xue County, the county seat of Lu County. After Gai Yan learned the news, he led his army and attacked Xue County. The prefect of Lu County was named Liu Zhi, who was Liu Yong's clan.
He was also a confidant promoted by Liu Yong.
Liu Zhi was very loyal to Liu Yong. After hearing the news that Gai Yan led his army to attack, Liu Zhi asked Liu Yong to leave Xue County first, while he stayed to resist the Han army.
Liu Zhi summoned county soldiers from various counties in the county, organized 10,000 people, and assumed a posture of defending Xue County to the death.
Not long after, Gai Yan led his army to Xue County and approached the city.
As usual, Gai Yan sent a soldier to the front of Xuecheng City to recruit surrender. Unexpectedly, the defenders in the city not only did not accept the surrender of the Han army, but actually shot an arrow and killed the surrendered Han soldier directly under Xuecheng City.
Upon seeing this, Gai Yan was furious and ordered the three armies to attack Xuecheng with all their strength. Xuecheng, as the county seat of Lu County, had a strong defense, but the number of defenders inside was too small, and most of the defenders were fighting from east to west.
They are gathered together, but their combat effectiveness is limited.
In front of the main force of the Han army, the Xuecheng defenders were completely vulnerable. They could not even withstand the first round of Han army's attack, and the city defense was torn apart by the Han army. The Han army that attacked the city began to attack from the city.
Fight to the bottom of the city, and then open the west city gate.
As soon as the city gate opened, Gai Yan rode into the formation, led the Han soldiers, and rushed directly into the city.
The Han army commanded by Gai Yan has already experienced hundreds of battles, and is extremely strong in both overall coordination and individual combat capabilities.
The defeated defenders who retreated into the city were no match for the Han army. After casualties of two to three thousand elite county troops, the remaining soldiers lost their fighting spirit and began to surrender to the Han army.
Gai Yan led his troops and went directly to the county government to pluck out Liu Zhi, the prefect of Lu County who was in charge of the county government. Without any unnecessary nonsense, Gai Yan gave an order and the swordsman and axe-hand hacked him to death at the gate of the county government.
Liu Zhi.
The Han army captured Xuexian County with lightning speed and killed the prefect Liu Zhi, which shocked all the counties in Yuzhou. In just a few days, the Han army first captured Suiyang and then Xuexian County.
Simply unstoppable.
Liu Yong, who escaped from Xue County, was heartbroken when he heard the news that Liu Zhi was killed by Gai Yan, but he had no choice. The only thing Liu Yong could do now was to run away.
He fled from Lu County to Pei County. However, as soon as Liu Yong entered Pei County, the county seat of Pei County, the Han army led by Gai Yan also approached Pei County.
The governor of Pei County was named Cui Ying, who was also promoted by Liu Yong. He was Liu Yong's direct confidant.
At this time, the morale of the Han army was as high as a rainbow. After entering Peijun, all the towns they passed were surrendered, including Fuyang, Xiaoxian, Pengcheng and other places.
Facing the menacing Han army, Cui Ying had a premonition that his own Peixian County might not be able to withstand the Han army.
Like Liu Zhi, he also asked Liu Yong to run away first, while he stayed in Peicheng to resist the Han army.
The Battle of Peixian County is a replica of the Battle of Xue County. The defenders led by Cui Ying could not withstand the fierce attack of the Han army. In front of the wolf-like and tiger-like Han army, the defense of Peicheng was like paper.
The Han army tore it to pieces.
As the Han army broke through the city, Cui Ying followed in the footsteps of Liu Zhi, the prefect of Lu County. After being captured alive by the Han army soldiers, he was dragged to the gate of the county government. Then Gai Yan gave an order and slashed Cui Ying's head with an axe.
Also moved.
Now Liu Yong has almost become a living king of hell. Wherever he goes, he leads the Han army. Then the defenders suffer heavy casualties and the prefect is killed.
Liu Yong, who escaped from Pei County, ran to Yu County again. If in the past, the people of Yu County had seen Liu Yong coming, they would have lined the streets to welcome him, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times.
But now that they heard the news that Liu Yong had fled to Yu County, the soldiers and people of Yu County felt as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Magistrate Yu was so frightened when he was sitting in the county government office.
Liu Yong has already tricked two prefects to death, and now he wants to trick himself as the county magistrate. The county magistrate is afraid of death, and the county officials are also afraid of death. If they and the county magistrate are calculated, they will die anyway.
Just do the opposite!
Liu Yong led the remaining troops and fled to the county seat of Yu County. What awaited him this time was the siege of the soldiers and civilians of Yu County.
The soldiers of Yu County, together with the people of Yu County, launched a frantic siege on Liu Yong's troops who had fled into the city. Liu Yong never dreamed that Yu County, which belonged to his own territory, would suddenly turn around and come to kill
Own.
In this big melee, Liu Yong finally managed to escape. However, only about thirty people around him followed him out of Yucheng. As for the other ministers, soldiers, horses and even his family, they all died.
In Yucheng.
The rebellion in Yu County dealt a huge blow to Liu Yong. It also made Liu Yong feel so disheartened that he even lost his desire to survive. He looked at the thirty or so people who survived around him, and all of them were injured.
Gray-headed and dirty, miserable.
Liu Yong looked up to the sky and sighed, saying: "God will destroy me Liu Yong! God will destroy me Liu Yong!"
As he spoke, he drew out the sword from his ribs and placed it across his neck, as if he was about to wipe his neck and kill himself. Seeing this, everyone around him hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Liu Yong, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please do not commit suicide! Your Majesty, please do not commit suicide."
ah!"
"Now that things have happened, I have no other choice but to die." As he spoke, Liu Yong turned his eyes, slowly scanned the people around him, and said: "After my death, you will divide them into pieces and disperse.
go home!"
"Your Majesty!" Everyone knelt on their knees, each one sobbing.
The people who can still follow Liu Yong now are his most die-hard subordinates. People kept kowtowing forward and crying: "Your Majesty cannot die, Your Majesty cannot die!"
One of them suddenly straightened up and said: "Your Majesty, please take us to Qiao County. Qiao County Magistrate Liu Zan is your Majesty's clan. Magistrate Liu will definitely not betray Your Majesty!"
This man's words moved Liu Yong's heart, and he nodded secretly, yes, he can still go to Qiao County now!
As long as there is still a way to live, no one wants to die, and Liu Yong is no exception. He pondered for a long time, slowly put down the sword across his neck, sheathed the sword, and said: "Forget it, let's go to Qiao County!"
Qiao County is located to the west of Peicheng and south of Suiyang. It is not too far from Suiyang. After the Battle of Suiyang, Liu Yong ran a large circle eastward and almost returned to the starting point.
Liu Yong's subordinates were right. Liu Zan, the magistrate of Qiao County, did not betray Liu Yong. When he learned that Liu Yong had fled to Qiao County, Liu Zan immediately brought him into the city.
This made Liu Yong, who was so disheartened, finally feel a little warmth. Soon, Liu Yong even saw the hope of turning defeat into victory.
Su Mao, who had previously betrayed Liu Xiu and defected to Liu Yong, joined forces with Liu Yong's most powerful men, Zhou Jian, to form a coalition of 50,000 to 60,000 men to reinforce Qiao County.
(In history books, Jiaoqiang is usually written as Jiaojiang. In ancient times, Qiang and Jiang had the same pronunciation. Liu Xiu’s eldest son Liu Qiang was also usually written as Liu Jiang.)
The arrival of these 50,000 to 60,000 allied troops suddenly boosted Liu Yong's confidence. You must know that the troops led by Su Mao, Jiao Qiang, and Zhou Jian were fresh troops who had never experienced combat.
Although Gai Yan's troops were more numerous, numbering 70,000 to 80,000, they were all tired troops from continuous battles.
Not to mention the battles along the way, just chasing Liu Yong for such a long circle was enough to exhaust Gai Yan's troops.
Therefore, in Liu Yong's view, this battle was his own desperate counterattack, and he could completely turn defeat into victory and severely damage the Han army.
Su Mao, Jiao Qiang, and Zhou Jian also held the same idea and believed that their side was capable of fighting the Han army.
The Han army set out from Peicheng, marched westward, and headed straight for Qiao County. The coalition forces of Su Mao, Jiao Qiang, and Zhou Jian did not defend Qiao County, but took the initiative to attack.
The soldiers and horses of both sides marched in opposite directions from east to west and from west to east, and finally met in the west of Peixian County. The soldiers of both sides took up their positions in front of the two armies, each set up a battle formation, and both blew the whistle.
The clarion call for attack.
To sum up this battle, we can only say that the allied forces of Su Mao, Jiao Qiang, and Zhou Jian were really courageous. They did not avoid the sharp edge of the Han army, nor did they station themselves in Qiao County to wait for work, and fought with the Han army where it was beneficial to their own side.
Attack and defense, but unexpectedly choose to take the initiative to fight.
The final result was not unexpected. The three-party coalition was defeated by the Han army commanded by Gai Yan.
In the head-to-head confrontation, the powerful combat effectiveness of the Han army was vividly displayed. On one side was the new force in its prime, and on the other was the tired division that had been fighting continuously and running around. Moreover, the strength of the two sides was also about the same. But in this case, the Han army commanded by Gai Yan
army, still achieved an overwhelming advantage over the three-way coalition.
This also makes people sigh. The Han army under Gai Yan is really powerful. They will win every battle and conquer every attack. They are rampant in Yuzhou and no one can match them.
The three-way coalition army was defeated by the Han army. Su Mao led his remnants and fled to Guangle in a hurry. Jiaoqiang and Zhou Jian led the remnants and fled back to Qiao County. When they arrived in Qiao County, they did not dare to stay and took Liu with them.
Yong fled to Huling in Shanyang County, Yanzhou.
Because Liu Yong ran far this time, Gai Yan did not lead his troops to pursue him again. The main force of the Han army stayed in Yuzhou. Gai Yan reorganized his troops and attacked Liu Yong in Peijun, Chujun, Linhuai and other places in Yuzhou.
The remaining forces carried out a purge.
At this point, Liu Yong's power in Yuzhou basically collapsed.
Although Liu Yong has fled to Yanzhou now, Liu Yong's foundation is in Yuzhou. Gai Yanqing wiped out Liu Yong's remnants in Yuzhou, which is like directly cutting off Liu Yong's foundation. No matter how talented Liu Yong is, he
There is no way to overcome the stormy waves in Yanzhou.
Furthermore, Yanzhou belongs to Zhang Bu. When Liu Yongxiong dominated Yuzhou in the past, Zhang Bu was willing to bow to him and respect him as the emperor. Now Liu Yong's foundation in Yuzhou has been destroyed by Gai Yan. He is in exile.
After arriving in Yanzhou, how could Zhang Bu continue to respect him?
At this point in the war, Gai Yan's Eastern Campaign came to an end. Liu Xiu issued an order for Gai Yan's troops to return to the court. Gai Yan left nearly ten thousand Han troops to garrison Suiyang, and he led the main force of the Han troops back to Luoyang.
The Jianwu court's eastern expedition was much smoother than the western expedition against Chimei and the southern expedition against Deng Feng.
First, although Liu Yong's territory is large, his overall strength is relatively weak. Second, the local separatist forces such as Zhang Bu that Liu Yong attracted did not give him timely reinforcements. Third, Gai Yan's combat capabilities are indeed strong.
He ran the army well, and under the leadership of Gai Yan, the Han army under his command showed extremely strong combat effectiveness.
These three points became the key factors for Gai Yan to defeat Liu Yong.