In that splendid palace, literati and military men quarreled, literati and literati quarreled, and the military men attached to the literati's wings would also quarrel with the military men. Almost everyone seemed to be loyal to the country, and everyone's opinions were fair and upright.
So everyone seems so impassioned, and there's nothing wrong with that.
In this form, Jiang Si, the empress of Western Chu, remained silent and sat on the dragon chair in the main hall, watching all this happen indifferently.
With Jiang Si no longer in charge of politics, the battles in the temples of Western Chu became more and more intense.
At the same time, unfavorable news continued to come back from the front line. Although the Xichu Navy led by Gu Dazu had another great victory, the navy had already lost more than half of it due to the accumulation of losses in many battles.
However, the Qingzhou Navy has Li Yang's full support and has no mercy on the lives of civilians.
Countless giant trees were transported from remote jungles to the shipyard on Jing'an Road.
With the craftsmen working overtime, they built Qinglong and even Huanglong level battleships and sent them to the front line in batches.
The price was that hundreds of thousands of civilian craftsmen died in heavy labor.
It corresponds to the phrase, "When it prospers, the people suffer. When it dies, the people suffer."
Li Yang did not care about the cost, and a group of experienced sailors grew up under the baptism of war and blood.
The Xichu Navy, which had experienced losses and had no effective replacement, faced the increasingly powerful Qingzhou Navy, and was increasingly unable to do anything.
Seeing that the Qingzhou Navy had gained an advantage, Lu Xiangsheng commanded more than 200,000 troops and began to prepare for crossing the river.
As for the Battle of the West Barrier, even though Zhang Bianguan and other famous Western Chu generals worked together and tried their best, it became more and more difficult to face Liyang's most luxurious lineup composed of Chen Zhibao, Gu Jiantang and other generals from the Spring and Autumn Period.
With each battle, Xi Chu lost more and more soldiers.
This made Xi Chu, whose military strength was already at a disadvantage, the situation even more unfavorable.
At this time, more than 300,000 people in Jing'an Road who could no longer endure Liyang's cruel oppression launched an uprising, killing the soldiers in charge, burning the shipyard and unfinished warships, opening the armory, and arming
Own.
Because the troops of the two armies were concentrated under Lu Xiangsheng's command, the defense was weak.
In just a few days, the rebel army composed of civilians attacked numerous cities and villages and killed local county officials.
When Li Yang got the news, the government and the public were shocked.
This is the first large-scale rebellion among the people since Liyang ruled the world for more than 20 years.
Moreover, we should choose this critical moment when Chu will be destroyed.
Even Zhao Zhuan, the Emperor of Liyang, looked very ugly after receiving the news.
If Lu Xiangsheng's troops were transferred back to quell the rebellion, Liyang's hard-won advantage would be in vain.
Fortunately, King Zhao Xun of Jingan came forward and was willing to personally lead the reorganized Qingzhou Army of 50,000 to put down the rebellion.
Liyang readily agreed and appointed Zhao Xun as the commander-in-chief to lead the Qingzhou Army and a few county soldiers to put down the rebellion.
The process of counterinsurgency started smoothly. Although the Qingzhou Army was defeated by the Beiliang Army before, after more than a year of cultivation, and Zhao Xun absorbed the lessons of the previous defeat, he purchased elite soldiers and heavy armor, and practiced day and night.
More powerful than ever.
He fought against the rebels and won several battles in succession.
A total of 200,000 rebels were defeated before and after, and more than 50,000 civilians were captured.
Because most of the troops in Jing'an Road were on the front line, in order to prevent the rebels from resurrecting and to deter Jing'an, the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River were separated from each other, and the dissatisfied people and civil servants were separated.
After Zhao Xun asked for instructions from Liyang Temple, he killed 50,000 civilians.
For a moment, Jing'an and Jiangnan were shaken.
Because of the heavy labor and wars in the past, almost every household in the Erdao people wore sackcloth and mourning.
But because of the previous intimidation, most people dared not speak out.
Liyang's approach really worked,
Therefore, the remaining rebels did not dare to go out of the city to fight. They stayed in the city and waited for Zhao Xun to lead his troops to knock them out one by one.
Within a month, the huge Jing'an Dao Uprising was about to be extinguished by Zhao Xun.
At this moment, Beiliang, which had been silent for nearly half a year, made a move.
Autumn, the fourth year of Xiangfu.
Xu Feng annually led 10,000 snow dragon cavalry, 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry, and 20,000 white horse cavalry, for a total of 50,000 cavalry.
Leave Beiliang and go down to Jiangnan.
In Liangzhou City, the civil and military officials of Northern Liang saw him off together.
The young King of Northern Liang gave an order, and after two years, the Northern Liang cavalry will once again ride in the Central Plains.
What stood in front of Xu Fengnian was the Qingcheng Mountain defense line carefully built by Li Yang.
This line of defense, built by Lu Baijie himself and known as "unbreakable" and "impregnable", has not played any role.
It collapsed under the attack from inside and outside by Beiliang Iron Cavalry and the six thousand soldiers hidden in Qingcheng Mountain.
The Tangxi Sword Immortal himself was even captured after the defeat.
The iron cavalry of Beiliang is the best in the world, and the great snow dragon cavalry is the best in Beiliang.
The Xu family's iron cavalry, which shocked the world, during the Spring and Autumn Period National War, was as powerful as the enemy, fighting all the way from north to south, and then back to the north. This time, it was about to move southward again.
Now, in the hands of Xu Fengnian, that unparalleled style has once again blossomed.
The Qingcheng Mountain defense line, which Liyang had high hopes for, was breached in less than three days. The Beiliang cavalry broke into Jing'an Road to wait for my news, leaving Tai'an City in the morning and the ministers all frowning.
At the court meeting, Zhao Zhuan, the emperor of the capital, suppressed his overwhelming anger.
Xu Fengnian's move can be said to have struck three inches above the Yangtze River.
At this critical moment to destroy Chu, except for the immobilized 100,000 elite soldiers of Liang Liao, there was no elite soldier in the territory who could compete with the Beiliang cavalry.
We can only hope that Cai Nan, the governor of the Lianghuai Road, can cooperate with Zhao Xun's Qingzhou Army to block Xu Fengnian's Beiliang rebel army in the Jing'an Road and prevent Beiliang from joining the Western Chu.
As early as the early years of Xiangfu, there were rumors in the capital that the Xu family of Northern Liang had harbored evil intentions for a long time, and the fact that they secretly hid the princess of the conquered Chu country was proof of this.
Under the advice of Jin Lanting, the Minister of Rites, the imperial court passed a series of policies on the spot without a small court meeting, and ordered Xu Gong, the defeated general two years ago, to lead 20,000 elite troops from the capital to go south to reinforce Zhao Xun.
Cai Nan led 100,000 troops from counties and counties along the Huaihe River, Zhao Xun's 50,000 Qingzhou troops, and Xu Gong's troops who came over, making the three parties a total of 170,000 troops.
A decisive battle with the Beiliang cavalry from afar in Huxin County.
Facing the aggressive Beiliang elite soldiers, Cai Nan, Zhao Xun, and Xu Gong made the following arrangements after deliberation and set up the pinzi formation.
Cai Nan's troops, who had the largest number of troops, were at the front of Pinzi. Their purpose was not to kill or injure the enemy, but to resist the charge of the cavalry and wear down the enemy's physical strength at the cost of the lives of county soldiers.
Zhao Xun and Xu Gong, who had fewer troops but were the most elite, formed formations on the left and right of Cai Nan.
As long as Cai Nan's tribe can entangle Xu Fengnian's 50,000 cavalry as they wish, Zhao Xun and Xu Gong can attack from the encirclement on the left and right and trap Xu Fengnian's tribe to death.