When Wen Bo accepted his surrender, the Youshenwu Army recruited more than 12,000 soldiers from the West, 2,000 of whom were young and strong men recruited from Luoshan County. The families of these generals had become the first few years ago.
The schedule was gradually moved to Le'an and other counties.
There were also 3,000 generals and soldiers. His family was taken over by Tangyi and became a civilian household when Tangyi regained Huailing, Linhuai and Shoudong counties.
These generals totaled more than 5,000 people. Their families were small, and they were also listed as military households in Tangyi household registers. However, they were very different from the military households of the imperial guards and the guards.
Da Chu implemented a military government system, which mainly ensured the replenishment of the forbidden army, the guards and pro-army soldiers, and the reduction of military expenditures as much as possible. The burden was heavier than that of ordinary yeoman farmers, but their status was lower than that of ordinary yeoman farmers. Their children were not allowed to work or do business.
, migration, intermarriage with civilian households outside the military government is not allowed, and you cannot participate in the imperial examinations and local officials. The only way to rise is to establish meritorious service.
The military households in Tangyi, or military households, organized their soldiers into camps. In addition to receiving farming land for their families, they also received military pay that was more generous than farming land. Soldiers did not need to prepare their own soldiers, and they also had the opportunity to obtain various benefits in the army.
This provides opportunities for training and study; and even if one retires from the official service, in addition to a partial salary subsidy, he will also be recommended to work in a preferred place and be appointed as an official, and his children will have preferential treatment in terms of studying, working and even being appointed as an official.
In particular, the junior schools run by the counties in Huaixi have limited resources and currently mainly recruit children from military families.
Such a huge contrast ensures that the middle and lower-level generals of the Tangyi Army have stronger cohesion and centripetal force than the generals of the Forbidden Army and the Guards.
Han Qian planned that after the more than 5,000 generals were transferred back to Huaixi, they would all take a period of family leave to reunite with their families, so that they could participate and truly feel the difference between Tangyi's New Deal and the tradition.
The military attache's vacation is shorter, and then he has to come to Liyang to participate in training ranging from three to five months.
The vacation for ordinary generals will be longer. As long as the situation in Jianghuai does not undergo unexpected bad changes, they may have to wait until after the new year for new regrouping and training.
What is more complicated and troublesome is that the other seven thousand generals and their families are not in Tangyi.
A considerable number of these seven thousand generals fled north across the Yangtze River, and their families and children were abandoned on the south bank.
Their families were small, and after the Jinling Incident, they were all removed from the military camps in various places and served as official slaves in prefectures and counties.
When Wen Boqi's troops were recruited and reduced, the imperial court planned to separate these people from the slaves of state and county officials and integrate them into the camp army. However, as soon as the Ministry of War started to do this, the Youshenwu Army was stranded in Cang.
Langcheng, the attack on Liangzhou, etc., were all bustling, so they stopped.
However, the preliminary list has been calculated by the Ministry of War, and there are about 4,700 households.
Han Qian planned to have Tangyi redeem them and move nearly 5,000 households of official slaves to Tangyi to give them good citizenship, but this would require Chen Jingzhou to fight with the court together with Han Daoming after returning to Jinling.
Tangyi does not need other meritorious rewards this time, but still needs to pay a certain price. I believe that the court does not have the need to detain these small soldiers.
For ordinary generals, the main thing is to follow the trend of their superior military attachés and generals. If the court really wants to detain their families, it will not produce any other effect except to breed resentment.
And Tangyi currently has such a huge population base, and there is no shortage of four to five thousand soldiers.
What is more troublesome is the last remaining two thousand generals. Their families are neither in Tangyi nor on the south bank. Among them, a small number of generals' families have either fled into exile, disappeared, or died of hunger.
There were no corpses left in the wild, but most of the people's families were small and still under the control of the Shouzhou Army.
And these generals happened to be the direct descendants of the most elite Ya army around Wen Bo. Therefore, after crossing the Yangtze River and fleeing north, they were directly relocated to Huoqiu and Shouchun, the two core areas controlled by the Shouzhou army.
After the spring of this year, Anfeng Canal and Yongyang Canal were built one after another, allowing Tangyi navy warships to directly enter Hongzepu and Bei Feishui Rivers. This also opened up naval warships to enter the Huaihe River, blocking Shouchun and Huoqiu cities.
of waterways.
No matter how the situation in the Central Plains develops, even if Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty does not promise, Han Qian will plan to seize the cities of Shouchun and Huoqiu from Xu Mingzhen, completely complete Huaixi, and will not let the Shouzhou Army continue
There is an opportunity to wedge itself on the south bank of the Huaihe River, making Huaixi like a stick in the throat.
Of course, even with Liang Emperor Zhu Yu's promise, even if Xu Mingzhen would give up Huoqiu, Shouchun and other cities and fully shrink them to the north bank of the Huaihe River due to practical military pressure, it does not mean that Xu Mingzhen would agree to move them to the north bank of the Huaihe River.
The elite family members of Wen Boya's army were released back to Tangyi.
Therefore, the next thing to do is to form a trap for the Tangyi Navy from Bei Feishui River and Linhuai to attack Shouchun, Huoqiu, Fengtai and other cities; the main force of the infantry camp will be in Shouchun,
Gather in the south of Huoqiu, Fengtai and other cities.
Maintaining military pressure on the Huoqiu, Shouchun and Fengtai garrison also has the advantage of ensuring that Xu Mingzhen will not fall into the arms of the Weizhou rebels.
After Liang Emperor Zhu Yu's Xuanjiadu elites joined Caizhou's soldiers and horses, and showed their ferocious fangs in Bianjing or Luoyang and other places, Xu Mingzhen must have thought that if the Xuanjiadu elites entered Caizhou, it must be Tangyi who secretly
If he cooperates, he still wants to join the Weizhou rebels when the time comes. He will no longer be under the orders of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu, and will face attacks from the north and the south.
Only if Xu Mingzhen re-enters the arms of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the issue of the ownership of the three ruined cities of Huoqiu, Shouchun and Fengtai can be resolved through consultation, can it become a reality.
Han Qian asked Wen Bo to serve as Gao Shao's deputy in the Military Intelligence Staff Department, and work with Xi Fa, Wang Zhe and others to plan the encirclement of Huoqiu and the subsequent withdrawal of the Right Shenwu Army and cover the Liang Army's crossing.
The generals of the Tangyi Army are familiar with it, and at the same time they have a deeper understanding of the Tangyi Army's combat methods.
For the Wen family, the younger generation of children have been officially admitted to Liyang Academy. Like the young children of Chen Qiao and other families and even the Han family, even if they have a good or even a solid foundation in family education, they must first study for two years.
When the time comes for the new students to learn, they will select the best to take up their posts.
The basis of the new policy implemented by Han Qian lies in new learning.
From the earliest time when the first batch of 500 craftsmen's children went to school ten years ago, after the Jinling Incident, Han Qian returned to Xuzhou and officially promoted the establishment of junior schools in counties and townships, as well as the establishment of craftsmen and craftsmen in Qianyang and Chenzhong.
There were three types of intermediate schools for physical education and martial arts. After Tangyi, a more advanced comprehensive Liyang school was established on the basis of the three types of intermediate schools. The development of new learning continued in Tangyi.
How could Mr. Wen refuse if his children could enter a new school?
They also know very well that Xinxue not only cultivates a large number of qualified military attachés, craftsmen and subordinate officials for Tangyi, laying the foundation for Tangyi's current situation, but as far as the army is concerned, Jiangwu Academy is different from the traditional military attaché training system for generals.
It also breaks the tradition of lower-level military attaches being attached to superior military attaches, and the generals' disciples forming a group within themselves and standing on their own, strengthens the connection and friendship between middle and low-level generals in various towns and brigades, and promotes the formation of the Tangyi military attache group.
Han Qian also plans to transfer all Tan Yuliang's troops to Tangyi this time to strengthen the training of middle and lower-level military attachés and promote integration. At the same time, he will arrange for a group of Xuzhou veterans to retire from active service and enter the local reserve ranks. On the one hand, he will control the active soldiers.
On the one hand, it ensures that the military potential that can be mobilized in Syria is not reduced.
After many things were discussed, the reception banquet ended late at night, and everyone went home. Chen Jingzhou also had to stay in the guest house for a day, and then return to Jinling tomorrow to reply. At that time, Feng Liao would need to accompany him back to Jinling to meet Han.
The key figures in the government informed Liang Jun about using the road to cross the border.
In fact, when Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty deployed troops in Bianjing or Luoyang, it would be difficult to conceal the matter of crossing the border. At that time, it would inevitably cause a wave of controversy, and Chen Jingzhou and the people in the Han government would need to deal with it in the court; they would even need them
Promote the Chu-Liang peace negotiation, and the court officially agreed that part of the Liang army would continue to move through Liangzhou and Xiangbei to Caiying and other places.
Han Qian still couldn't rest, or it could be said that his brain couldn't rest at the moment, so he sat in his study drinking tea and reviewing official letters.
"Zhu Yu seems to be ill. Maybe he was injured in the battle at Hejin?" Xi Rong watched Wang Jun busy in the outer room, opened Han Qian's hand to hold her waist, and discussed matters with him seriously.
Han Qian was deep in thought. He could see that Zhu Yu was in poor health. He was completely different from when he met Guishan in the early years. He was clearly hiding in Shen Peng and Jing Zhen's house.
Among the entourage, Guo Rong, Wang Che and even Wen Bo failed to recognize him.
Zhu Yu was both civil and military. When the Liang Kingdom was founded, he led troops in battles. Xuanjiadu was an elite combat force created by him. In his early years, he often took the lead and charged forward, which was how he gained the respect of middle and lower-level generals.
support.
Before the Battle of Hejin, the situation was extremely unfavorable to the Liang Army in Guanzhong. In order to boost morale and win this battle, Zhu Yu would probably risk his own safety and sit in the front line to supervise the battle. On the extremely chaotic battlefield, Zhu Yu
It's not unimaginable that Yu was injured.
Although Zhu Yu had three sons and two daughters besides Princess Yunhe, he secretly left Guanzhong this time, but secretly stayed with his eldest son Luo, who was over 18 years old during the Northern Expedition to Jin.
Wang Zhuzhen was in charge of Yongzhou - he also had two sons and two daughters who were still young. Together with Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun and others were rebelled against the state and besieged in Bianjing City.
However, if something goes wrong with Zhu Yu's health, Han Qian really can't imagine how bad the situation in Hehuai will be. Zhu Zhen, the king of Liang Luo, currently doesn't see the ability to turn the tide.
Of course, he couldn't worry too much at this time.
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In the summer of the seventh year of Yanyou, there was still severe drought in the Hehuai area. Due to disasters and wars, a large number of refugees were left in the wild.
After the surprise incident at Heshuo, although Caizhou had 14,000 to 5,000 soldiers and horses, people were panicked on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Xiangbei Army and the main force in the south retreated to the north of the Huaihe River and expanded in all directions.
The enemy even invaded the eastern part of Caizhou and restrained the Shouzhou Army, so that for more than a year and a half, they did not dare to leave Caizhou to reinforce the Liang Army trapped in Bianjing.
Throughout August, the rainy season in the Jianghuai region has not ended, and floods are still common in various places. However, the severe drought in the Hehuai region has not been alleviated at all.
After recruiting more than 20,000 generals, Caizhou's troops and horses took a short rest and finally fought their way out of Caizhou before the end of August. They followed the hills at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain, passing through Yinzhai in the east of Ruzhou, and Changge in the north of Xuzhou.
Advance into Xinzheng County in the south of Xingzhou (Zhengzhou).
Most areas in Xingzhou, including Xinzheng, Xingyang and other counties, are currently occupied and controlled by Weizhou rebels.
Yingzhou is located between Huaizhou, Weizhou, Bianjing, Luoyang (Henan Prefecture), and Xuzhou. It is located on the west wing of the Hehuai Plain.
Caizhou, the core node connecting Huaizhou and Henan Prefecture, naturally does not allow Caizhou's soldiers and horses to invade.
At this time, they blocked the way out of Guanzhong to the east for the Liang army, occupied and digested the Heluo area where Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang had the most influence, and expanded southward from Yingzhou to Xuzhou, Ruzhou and other southwest areas. It was the Weizhou rebels in the west.
The main combat mission of the line.
Caizhou's soldiers and horses moved northward with great momentum. At this time, Xu Mingzhen, who had expanded his sphere of influence to the southern area of Xuzhou but was facing great military pressure from the Tangyi Army in the south, naturally chose to sit back and watch, but Liang Shixiong, the general manager of Henan Prefecture, personally led
, but could not just sit back and watch Caizhou's soldiers and horses rush into the hinterland of Yingzhou and trigger a series of chain reactions. He ordered him to lead the eldest son of the Yingzhou governor, Wuyang Hou Liangren, to gather 20,000 elite troops in the south of Xinzheng County to intercept Caizhou's army.
The two armies met at the Chuoxi Plain in the south of Xinzheng County in early September. The two armies took up positions on both sides of the Chuoxi River, which was extremely shallow due to the severe drought.
Running in the wilderness.
Before the war, Emperor Zhu Yucai of the Liang Dynasty officially raised the dragon flag, and he himself appeared in front of an orderly array surrounded by more than a hundred armored guards.
Although a total of 5,000 Xuanjia Army elites entered Caizhou under the cover of Tangyi, the main force heading north this time was still Caizhou soldiers and horses with low morale and panic. They could not boost their morale before the war.
It is still unknown to defeat the Weizhou elite on the other side of the river in one fell swoop.
Although Han Jian, the governor of Caizhou, initially did not support the conspiracy to usurp the throne and was executed by Han Yuanqi, after Liang Emperor Zhu Yu succeeded to the throne, he sent a large number of direct generals and officials to help Han Yuanqi control the situation in Caizhou.
Even though a large number of Caizhou Army generals were transferred out of Caizhou to fight in the same year, and most of the troops were trapped in Bianjing with Han Yuanqi, the soldiers, horses and generals who stayed in Caizhou still supported Liang Emperor Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu's appearance immediately aroused a sea of welcome on the south bank of the Zhuoxi River. War drums were beating. Three groups of elite cavalry from the Xuanjia Army, headed by three groups, waded directly through the water and established a beachhead on the north bank to push the enemy's troops north.
Suppress in order to leave space for the 5,000 Caizhou Army infantry in the vanguard to build a pontoon bridge, so that more generals can enter the north bank and attack the Weizhou rebel positions on the north bank.
The Battle of Xinzheng lasted two days and one night, but most of the time was wasted on the battle for the river beach on the north bank.
After the Caizhou Army established a foothold on the north bank of the river and built several pontoon bridges, more than 2,000 elite cavalry from the Xuanjia Army went around the dense forest in the upper reaches of the Xiangxi River to attack the enemy's flank, and the battle began in full swing.
From this moment to the complete defeat of the enemy army, it did not take even an hour. The next step was mainly to pursue death and defeat.
After Liang Emperor Zhu Yu entered Xinzheng City, he immediately stopped pursuing the defeated troops.
This battle still caused nearly ten thousand enemy soldiers to flee to Xingyang City with Wuyang Hou Liangren. After all, before the war, a group of Mongol cavalry crossed the river from Huaizhou to the south and entered the territory of Xingzhou to supervise the battle. They may insert themselves southward at any time.
And the distance for enemy soldiers to escape into the city is short.
These are all limited to Liang Jun's ability to expand his results in pursuit of death and defeat.
However, this battle was of extraordinary significance to the Central Plains war that had been stalemate for more than a year, as if thunder exploded over the Hehuai land.
After the sudden change in Heshuo, the situation in Hehuai deteriorated rapidly. The main reason was that the main force of the Liang army led by Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty was blocked by the Weizhou rebels in collusion with the Mongols in Luzhou.
Even though Zhu Yu finally succeeded in leading part of the main force of the Liang Army to withdraw into Guanzhong through the Fenshui River Valley, the key passes from Guanzhong to the east, such as Hangu Pass, Luoyang, Xingyang, and Yanshi, which occupied the northern foot of Funiu Mountain, were all rebelled by Weizhou.
The army or the Mongol people took control first, which still left Liang's subjects with little hope.
The reason why the situation in Hehuai River did not completely collapse was thanks to Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun who led his troops in time to save Bianjing City from falling into the hands of the rebels.
However, there were several fierce battles to capture Bianjing City. Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, and Lei Jiuyuan, Jing Hao and others who stayed behind in Bianjing also suffered heavy losses in their troops. After that, other than being trapped in Bianjing City and awaiting reinforcements, they were unable to launch a counterattack.
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Under this situation, the prefectures and counties between Hehuai and Huaihe responded in different ways.
Strong vassal forces such as Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan either gathered troops to protect themselves or took the opportunity to expand their territory.
They waited for the battle between Bianjing and the Weizhou rebels to decide which company to sell to, and they may not have wanted to seize the opportunity to establish themselves as kings.
But one thing is for sure, they will not easily get involved in a chaotic battle.
Most of the weak states, counties and local forces close to the areas controlled by the rebels were forced to surrender to the rebels and help the rebels; while those far away from the rebels and temporarily beyond the reach of the rebels, the vast majority remained neutral and waited and watched.
Situation development.
When the situation was at its worst, apart from the Guanzhong area, between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River, the Liang Kingdom had a total of thirty-five states in the core area of rule. Outside of Bianjing, only Caizhou and Mizhou in the southeast corner openly denounced Weizhou.
Rebels.
However, Caizhou and Mizhou were surrounded by tigers and wolves, and they were unable to send reinforcements to Bianjing.
The thirty-five Hehuai prefectures include Xingzhou, Heluo (Henan Prefecture), Weizhou, Huaizhou, Xiangzhou, Weizhou, Bozhou, Qizhou, Zizhou, Yunzhou, Chengzhou, Qingzhou and other twelve prefectures.
In addition to being occupied by rebels or Mongolians, in addition to Bianjing City, Caizhou, and Mizhou publicly denounced or confronted the rebels, there are nearly twenty states in the central, southern, and southeastern parts of the country that are facing difficulties in the Hehuai region.
In such a chaotic situation, some people remain silent, some wait and see the situation, some secretly recruit troops, or some take advantage of the opportunity to expand.
Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty appeared in the south of Xingzhou and led the Caizhou soldiers and the elite Xuanjia Army to kill the elite Weizhou rebels who had been rampaging across the Hehuai River for more than a year.
, the military front threatened Xingyang, Yanshi and other places. Not only the Weizhou rebels on the western front were in panic, but even the rebels besieging Bianjing were forced to shrink to the core cities on both wings, fearing that they would be attacked from within.
For those local forces such as states, counties, vassal towns, etc. that still maintain wait-and-see and neutrality, how can they be less alarmed at this time?
Prefectures and counties in the northern part of Ruzhou and Xuzhou had previously ignored Caizhou soldiers passing through the territory and marching northward. However, after the Battle of the Chuxi River, Zhu Yu's orders were received from groups of Xuanjia cavalry.
Within a few days, officials from various counties entered Xinzheng City with six to seven thousand men and tens of thousands of grains and grains to see Zhu Yu.
Xu Mingzhen was also very honest and withdrew from the southern Xuzhou, eastern Caizhou, and western Songzhou areas, shrinking her troops to Yingzhou and Qiaozhou, and then sent her adopted son Xu Jin to Xinzheng to see Liang Emperor Zhu Yu, crying about the past two years.
Difficulties and concerns and longing for Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty.
Unlike the hinterland where there are large areas of valleys, river valleys and plains, the Funiu Mountains between Guanzhong and Heluo have vast mountains, dangerous peaks and deep valleys.
This area has been close to the Gyeonggi region of the Central Dynasty since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. How could Xu Mingzhen not know whether there was an easy passage from Huazhou to Caizhou in the mountains?
Of course, it is not impossible for Liang Jun in Guanzhong to open a plank road connecting Huazhou and Caizhou in the Funiu Mountains. The capital of Shu back then was also opened up from the skyscrapers and dangerous peaks and deep ravines. The Tangyi Army still forced its way to Huaizhou
The Huazhu Peak Plank Road was built in Yangshan Mountain, but how difficult would it be to build a dangerous plank road that spans more than 400 miles from Shangluo County under the control of Liang Jun in Guanzhong to the western region of Caizhou?
Not to mention that to the north of Funiu Mountain is the Heluo area controlled by the Weizhou rebels.
If Liang Emperor Zhu Yu really wanted to devote all his efforts to building a plank road on such a large scale in Funiu Mountain, other forces might be neglectful, but how could they hide it from the Weizhou rebels?
Not to mention building a plank road, even if ten or twenty people pass through this rugged and dangerous mountainous area, they may run into the scouts of the Weizhou rebels.
For Xu Mingzhen, who is always keeping a close eye on the development of the situation in Guanzhong, he can think with his toes that the only possibility is that the elite Xuanjia Army will use the cover of the Chu army to cross the Qinling Mountains, enter Cai Cai from Liangzhou and the territory of Chu State
state.
Xu Mingzhen was even directly sure that it was Han Qian, the grandson, who secretly helped the elite Xuanjia Army return to Caizhou.
Xu Mingzhen didn't know what the secret discussion between Emperor Liang Zhu Yu and Han Qianda was. At this moment, she could only choose to surrender to Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang again.
Otherwise, what can he do?
After the beginning of summer, Han Qian completed the military build-up in the south. The Tangyi navy built new shipbuilding yards and navy bases in Huangchuan, Linhuai, Wabu Lake to the east of Shou and Liangang Lake to the north of Gaocheng.
The Yi navy army has added more than 6,000 troops to the four capitals.
As long as necessary, the Tangyi navy can rush into the Huaihe River at any time, fight with the Zuolou naval force, which is already at a disadvantage in terms of warship size, expel it from the Huaihe waterway, and then cut off the three cities of Shouchun, Fengtai, and Huoqiu.
North Shore Contact.
In addition, the Tangyi Army also assembled 50,000 cavalry and infantry in the south of Shouchun, Fengtai, and Huoqiu. The distance between them was so short that it only took half a day for these 50,000 troops to advance directly.
Arrive at the foot of Sancheng City.
At this time, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty appeared in the north of Shouzhou Army to summon the troops of King Qin. Xu, Ru, Song, Bo, Chen and other states in the south of Bianjing responded one after another and offered people and food. For a time, they were able to overwhelm the rebels on the west flank.
potential.
Although Xu Mingzhen knew that when the Mongols reacted and mobilized more soldiers and horses to cross the Yellow River from Huaizhou and go south to Xingzhou, Liang Emperor Zhu Yu's life might not be easy, but at the same time, he knew in his heart that if he did not give in at this time,
Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the Tangyi Army will most likely join forces to attack the Shouzhou Army as soon as possible.
Under the pincer attack of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the Tangyi Army, how could the Shouzhou Army gain a foothold in the Qiaoying area where most people were still thinking about Liang Ting?
Although after Zhu Yu usurped the throne, his father Zhu Wen died violently in the palace soon. Zhu Yu could not escape the suspicion of patricide, which made the generals of Liang State deeply fearful. This was also the reason why the Weizhou Rebellion became popular.
A foundation, but less than two years after the sudden change in Heshuo, there were endless wars between Heshuo and Huaihe, frequent disasters, people were in dire straits, and the local wealthy and powerful families were also in danger, with the danger of overthrowing at any time, which made many people think again.
Zhu Yu is getting better.
Xu Mingzhen intends to re-loyalty, and everyone is not a child. Of course, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty will not hold him accountable for not supporting Bianjing and waiting with troops. Instead, he decreed the establishment of the Chenzhou Jiedu Envoy Office to govern Yingqiao and Chen
Bo Sizhou changed Xu Mingzhen to be the military envoy of Chenzhou, and urged him to send troops from Chenzhou to attack the rebels in the south of Bianjing, so as to open the connection between Bianjing and the south of Liang State.
Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty also ordered Xu Mingzhen to withdraw his troops from Fengtai, Shouchun, and Huoqiu cities on the south bank of the Huaihe River, and hand them over to the Tangyi Army, which he used as a bargaining chip to negotiate peace with Chu...
