Chapter 1015 Outsmarting Heyang
Li Ye was in a daze and had a young man's hair.
After receiving an urgent report from Guandong in the middle of the night, he rushed to the front hall in disheveled clothes. Yang Fugong had arrived early. Li Ye looked at Yang Fugong with a gray face in a daze.
In the empty hall, Yang Fugong knelt on the reed mat, silent for a long time, his body slowly trembled, and cried, "Your Majesty, the soldiers in Heyang are in chaos...Heyang is gone!"
Li Ye's voice was muddy and hoarse, and he whispered: "Mr. Yang, the situation is so corrupt that it is so corrupt. How can we turn the tide?"
Yang Fugong sighed helplessly: "It's time for life and death. We have to fight all our strength. Life and death are here. My brother had proposed to unite with Tian Lingzi, Xuan Wu and Zhu Wen in Chengdu, to abandon past grudges and fight against Li Jing first. I thought that now is not the time to care about other things, and I have to use any strength."
"Is it still too late?" Li Ye asked. Heyang is the northern barrier of the eastern capital Luoyang. Heyang was lost. Li Jing could already send troops from Wei Bo, bypassing Huguan, Tianjingguan, Wulaoguan, Fenglingguan and other important areas of the city, and head directly to Luoyang. The defense of the entire Central Plains will be broken, breaking a little, and completely collapsed. At this time, he no longer cared about the dispute between Hetian Lingzi, nor did he care about the shame that Tian Lingzi had beaten him when he was rushing to the west. However, he was willing to not care about the past for the time being, but is Tian Lingzi willing to cooperate? There is another one, will Li Jing give them such a chance?
"Give Li Jing some more benefits and find a way to slow him down."
Yang Fugong stood up and gritted his teeth and made a decision: Please give Your Majesty the title of Regent of Li Jing and the Governor to control the troops and horses of the world. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and added another sentence, and gave him nine tins!
On the first day of the seventh month of the first year of Zhenlong, Li Ye issued an edict to give Li Jing military power that only the emperor could possess. The governor of governors governing the world's troops, and at the same time gave him the power to almost supervise the country and the title of regent. He also gave Li Jing the glory of almost non-ministered officials. Everything. Just to get a little more time, Li Ye and Yang Fugong have already made it their best. If Li Jing cannot stop Li Jing from entering Luoyang, then the Li Tang court will not last for three years. In this case, it doesn't matter whether it is to let Li Jing control the world's troops, or from the King of Political Affairs to the Regent, or the King of Jiuxi.
The situation is so decayed. Li Ye and Yang Fugong no longer even secretly fight. The king and his ministers began to work together. They were all on the same boat. It is not the most important thing to take the helm. The most important thing is that they cannot be knocked over by the Qin Fan ship. For this goal, they even have to join Hotan Lingzi, and have to join Zhu Wen. All forces are united.
But the situation is getting worse and worse. First, Wang Chucun rebelled and Luoyang was lost. Then, Baoda on the northern plateau of Guanzhong, Dingnan, Tiande and Zhenwu, faced Yang Fugong's summoning order, the four foreign commanders were all sick and could not send troops. This was a huge blow. The four foreign commanders controlled the four towns in the northern part of Chang'an, which was not only a barrier to the north of Chang'an, but also was at the forefront of the eastern border of Li Jing River, and stood firm on the Yellow River on the eastern boundary of Guanzhong River. At the same time, these four towns also faced Chang'an in Guanzhong.
With a huge military threat, the four towns can resist the threat from the Qin vassal from Hedong for the court. On the contrary, once the four towns are used by Li Jing, they will immediately become the biggest threat in Chang'an. Although we have not received news that the four towns have turned to Li Jing, it is not difficult to find out that the four towns are at least no longer obedient to the court. Even if they remain neutral in the struggle between the court and the Qin vassal, this will also be a huge blow to the court.
But now, they still have no choice but to these four ungrateful guys!
But this is not the worst news. The worst news is the Heyang mutiny!
Heyang Town is located north of the Yellow River to the north of Luoyang, Wangwu in Hedong and south of the Taihang Mountains. It is divided according to geographical location. In fact, Heyang has always been located in the Henan area, and has always been an important northern barrier in Luoyang. It has always been a threat to Luoyang from Zhaoyi north of the Taihang Mountains, Wei Bo in the east of the river. Relying on the Yellow River, it has become a key defensive location in the north of Luoyang.
The current Heyang Jiedushi is Zhuge Shuang, a famous fence-in-law.
In other words, Zhuge Shuang's experience is also very legendary. He was once a minor official in Xiabochang County, Ziqing Town. For some reason, he was beaten by the county magistrate and abandoned his official position and became a beggar. In the ninth year of Xiantong, Pang Xun rebelled and captured Xuzhou all the way. Zhuge Shuang joined the rebels and earned military achievements to the small school. When Pang Xun was defeated by Kang Chengxun, Song Wei, Li Guochang and Li Keyong and his son, Zhuge Shuang cleverly led his troops to surrender to the court and was appointed as the defensive envoy of Ruzhou. Li Keyong and his son were on behalf of Beizhi.
During the rebellion, Zhuge Shuang, who had been transferred to Heyang Town as the governor, went to the north to fight against rebellion. Shortly after the battle of Daibei, Zhuge Shuang was appointed as the deputy governor of Heyang and later promoted to the governor of Zhenwu. As a result, Zhenwu Jie Zheng Helianduo disobeyed and refused to hand over. Zhuge Shuang had no choice but to resign him to Xia Yan Jieduo. Zhuge Shuang ran to Xiazhou to take office. Xia Sui Jieduo also disobeyed and refused to hand over the power. Zhuge Shuang became a famous and powerful governor, and could not even stay in Xiazhou.
When Huang Chao was in great power, he went to Luoyang without fighting. Zhuge Shuang simply surrendered to Huang Chao and was appointed as the governor of Heyang. Luo Yuangao, the governor of Heyang at that time, was Tian Lingzi's confidant. He once beaten to Sanchuan with Chen Jingxuan and four others. As a result, he had the worst results. The other three were the governor of Sanchuan, but he gained nothing. When Huang Chao advanced westward, Tian Lingzi hurriedly asked Luo Yuangao to be the commander of Heyang to resist Huang Chao. Zhuge Shuang came to attack. Although he wanted to resist, his subordinates had old friends with Zhuge Shuang. They all surrendered by him secretly encouraged them, and had to abandon Heyang and join Emperor Xizong. Zhuge Shuang took over Heyang. After Huang Chao's failure, Zhuge Shuang surrendered to the court again and served as the governor of Heyang and promoted to the Situ of the Secretariat.
Although he was swaying all his life and was not ashamed of many people, he may have been from a beggar in the past to the current Zhenshang, but he still stood firm. This shows his ability. When Wei Bojie coach Han Jian attacked Heyang, Zhuge Shuang ran faster than a rabbit, but when Han Jian defeated Tianping Town, Zhuge Shuang immediately killed him and took back Heyang in one fell swoop. On this acre of three-point land in Heyang, Zhuge Shuang had strong control.
There was such a guy in Heyang, and this place was stable.
But when the imperial court needed him the most, something happened in Heyang.
Zhuge Shuang, the Heyang Jie general who could not blow the wind and rain, was unable to beat him. Not long after the Luoyang mutiny, he actually couldn't get up and died. There are rumors about Zhuge Shuang's death because he died of a poisonous killing by the assassin. There are two completely different statements about who sent the assassin. One is that Zhuge Shuang was assassinated by the King of Qin, and he was killed because he blocked the Qin army's way. The other is that the person who killed Zhuge Shuang was from the court, and it also said that the person who planned the matter was Yang Fuguang who had been captured. As for the reason, Yang Fuguang had planned to retake the power of Heyang back to the court, just like he attacked Zhu Wen. This rumor even said that Li Keyong's death was actually in Yang Fuguang's plan.
Whether Zhuge Shuang was poisoned or died of illness was not determined.
However, in Mengzhou, the Yacheng, the resident of the Heyang Town General's Mansion, there was an undercurrent surging due to this emergency.
As soon as Zhuge Shuang died, the atmosphere in Mengzhou became very tense. After Zhuge Shuang's death, Zhuge Shuang's son Zhuge Zhongfang was immediately supported by Zhuge Shuang's son Zhuge Zhongfang as the Jieduan and asked Chang'an to ask for advice and confer Zhuge Zhongfang as the Jieduan. However, under this surface, Zhuge Zhongfang was actually just a child, just like Li Yan, Li Ye of the court, Wang Rong of Chengde Town, and Li Cunxu of Hedong Town. Although he was supported by the generals as the Jieduan, in fact, in Heyang Town, three generals were headed by Zhuge Shuang's confidant general Liu Jing, and Li Hanzhi and Zhang Juyan, who had had a rebel background.
The Heyang Army was led by these three generals, but they were divided into two camps. Liu Jing defeated Zhuge Shuang's old subordinates in a group, while Li Hanzhi and Zhang Juyan, who were also later generations, were in a group. The two forces confronted each other, and they were equally matched.
Li Hanzhi, like Zhuge Shuang, is also a legendary guy. He was born in Xiangcheng, Chenzhou. He was originally a rich peasant family. He was forced by his father to study at home when he was a child. Unfortunately, he was a scoundrel, and like Zhu Wen, he was a material that could not read books. He was forced to be forced to do so. He escaped from the monk, shaved his hair, and then went to the temple to become a monk. Hanzhi was his name. It was his magic name. As for his original name, it didn't take long. Li Hanzhi was tall, extremely powerful, brave and aggressive. A person like Hua Monk Yong and Deep Wisdom was like the three famous monk generals today, and was as famous as Gu Quanwu, one of the five tiger generals under Qian Li.
However, a guy like Li Hanzhi was destined to be a good monk like Lu Zhishen. Not long after he became a monk, he had become a disaster star in the Chenzhou monk world. No temple dared to accommodate him. In the end, he settled in a distance and had to travel around. Like Emperor Zhu Wusi, the monk in Huangjue Temple, it was called Yunyou Huazhai, but in fact he was driven out of the temple to beg for begging.
One day, he was wandering to Huazhai, Xinzao County, Henan Province to beg for begging, but probably because of his fierce appearance, he didn't even want a grain of rice from morning to night. Li Hanzhi was angry. He tore up the monk's robe, smashed the broken bowl that only rice was enough to be eaten on the ground, threw the broken jar, and then ran to Taihang Mountain to be a bandit. With his natural evil appearance, his tall figure and extraordinary strength, and his bravery, his bandit's new career was very outstanding, and he transformed from a failed monk into a successful bandit.
When he was a bandit, there was a mountain called Moyun Mountain in their territory. It was surrounded by steep cliffs on all sides. There was only a narrow path to reach the top of the mountain. There were dozens of hectares of flat land on the top of the mountain to live in. In order to avoid bandits and chaos, a large number of armed refugees were built on the mountain and built cities and villages. With natural dangers, they repeatedly defeated the invading robbers, which became the eternal pain in the hearts of nearby bandits. Li Hanzhi did not believe in evil. He led more than a hundred bandits to climb the cliff at night and captured Moyun Mountain in one fell swoop. He gained the ambition of the bandits and became famous since then, and was nicknamed "Li Moyun".
Later, Li Hanzhi accepted the invitation from Zhuge Shuang, the governor of Huaizhou, Heyang, and became a military envoy under Zhuge Shuang. He also participated in the Battle of Daibei with Zhuge Shuang. However, Zhuge Shuang himself became a baseless short-selling military governor. When Li Hanzhi returned home in glory, he met Huang Chao's soldiers.
Half-forced and half-hearted, he turned to Huang Chao and devoted himself to a broader cause of rebellion. Because of his bravery, Li Hanzhi really shone everywhere and soon became a thief general. However, when he followed Huang Chao to fight against Jiangdong, he was defeated by the Tang Dynasty general Gao Pian. Li Hanzhi, Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo and others eventually became prisoners of Gao Pian's general Zhang Zi, and they simply surrendered to Gao Pian.
However, under Gao Pian's men, Li Hanzhi was not as good as his brothers Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo. He was sent to Guangzhou, a remote Dabie Mountains area in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, as the governor. He stayed in that place where birds were not shit for a few years. Seeing Gao Pian being beaten by Qin Fan, his territory became smaller and smaller, and his Guangzhou was even completely separated from Yangzhou. Later, he was oppressed by Qin Zongquan from Caizhou and Yang Xingmi from Luzhou, but no one came to rescue him. He called Tian Buling and Earth, so Li Hanzhi had to throw him down and escape back to his hometown Chenzhou. He stayed there for a while, and used the money he brought to recruit a group of village party members. Finally, he defected to Zhuge Shuang, an old boss who had become the governor of Heyang.
Zhuge Shuang was still very good to Li Hanzhi. Li Hanzhi was a powerful general under Zhuge Shuang back then, and he earned a lot of face for him during the Battle of Daibei. Moreover, Li Hanzhi's departure from the team could not be blamed. Therefore, Zhuge Shuang valued trust for his return. Not long after he worked with him, Zhuge Shuang recommended to the court, allowing Li Hanzhi to be promoted to the deputy envoy of Heyang Jiedu and the commander of Huaizhou at the beginning of the year, and asked him to be responsible for guarding the Heyang Bridge and guarding the passage between Luoyang and Heyang Town.
Li Hanzhi's ally Zhang Juyan is also an old friend of him, an old brother when he was in Caojun. Zhang Juyan's real name was Zhang Yan, whose courtesy name was Guowei. He was from Linpu, Puzhou. He worked as a farmer for generations, but he was a landlord family and had no land. When he was young, Zhang Juyan studied books and became an insignificant minor official in the county government office like Zhuge Shuang. He was roughly the same position as Li Jing's father Li Gang. However, unlike Li Hanzhi, who was born to be aggressive, Zhang Juyan was born with a loyal and kind personality, and had a bit of aggrieved and humiliated in the county government office.
Although Zhang Juyan was loyal, he was also a person who could tolerate it if he could tolerate it, but if he could not bear it, he would no longer bear it. Therefore, when Huang Chao came to fight, he finally could not bear it anymore. He abandoned his post and defected to Huang Chao. Under Huang Chao, because he knew the writing and writing, he could write and calculate, and he also worked as a minor official in the county government. Therefore, he was also a special talent. Although he rarely went to fight to kill the enemy, he was trusted by Huang Chao and made many achievements and was highly valued by Huang Chao. After Huang Chao became emperor, Zhang Juyan was able to become the Minister of Personnel, the head of the six ministries, and also served as the Water Transport Commissioner. In terms of official positions, he was still far above Zhu Wen.
Moreover, Zhang Juyan is not only a capable staff member of affairs, but also can be civil and military. In the Battle of Chang'an, Zhang Juyan led a partial division to attack Li Quanzhong, and defeated Li Quanzhong several times, seized a large area of territory, and even defeated the four foreign troops in Guanzhong. The two armies of Baoda and Dingnan fought several times in succession, winning a lot of glory for the Daqi at that time and making the world look at it. However, the Daqi at that time, no matter how Zhang Juyan supported it, it was eventually defeated. Chang'an was defeated and Huang Chao burned himself.
The soldiers of the Qi army broke through each other. Zhang Juyan failed to break through with the monk and others. He broke eastward and finally fled to Heyang to escape to Li Hanzhi, who had a good relationship in the Cao army, and he introduced him to Zhuge Shuang. After Zhuge Shuang recommended him to the court, Zhang Juyan also officially became a Tang minister. Because of his position in the pseudo-Qi and his impressive series of achievements, his surrender was highly valued by the court, and the emperor even gave him the name Quanyi. Zhu Wen gave him Quanzhong and Zhang Juyan gave him Quanyi.
However, although Zhang Quanyi was able to be civil and military, he was a surrendered minister after all, and he came to Heyang late. Therefore, in Heyang, Zhang Juyi's position was ranked behind Li Han. After Zhuge Shuang's death, Zhuge Zhongfang was appointed as the descendant of Heyang, General Liu Jing was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, Li Hanzhi was appointed as the governor of Huaizhou, and Zhang Quanyi was appointed as the governor of Weizhou.
When Zhuge Shuang died, under the calmness on the surface, there was a undercurrent.
The local corps led by the Heyang elders led by Liu Jing had long been dissatisfied with foreign corps such as Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi. There were only three states in Heyang in total, and outsiders occupied two states. How could they bear it? It turned out that Zhuge Shuang was suppressing it, but as soon as Zhuge Shuang died, the young Zhuge Zhongfang succeeded the throne. The conflict between the local and foreign factions began to intensify, and everyone wanted to defeat the other party and control the entire Heyang.
Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi formed an alliance to fight against the local rank led by Liu Jing. The battle began, Zhuge Shuang's first seven passes, and the civil war in Heyang began. However, the civil war ended at the beginning. Although Liu Jing and other local ranks were not weak, they were the opponents of a fierce general like Li Hanzhi and a person who was both civil and military, not to mention that both Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi were experienced in battles for more than ten years.
After a battle, Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi completely controlled Huaizhou and Weizhou, and occupied the Zezhou where Zhuge Shuang had captured Zhaoyi Town. Liu Jing took Zhuge Zhongfang to guard Yuzhou and supported him hard. In desperation, Liu Jing contacted Meng Lifang in Zhaoyi and asked Zhaoyi to send troops to support him. Heyang Town returned to the Zezhou where Meng Lifang took office as Zhaoyi Jieshi, which Zhaoyi had swallowed by Zhuge Shuang before. This condition touched Meng Lifang. He immediately sent troops across Taihang Road and raided Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi from the north, and quickly captured Zezhou and Huaizhou. Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi, who were caught off guard, retreated to Weizhou. The house was caught off guard. The two people retreated to guard Weizhou immediately met Guo Chongtao, the general of Qin vassal who came from Wei Bo to overwhelm.
Faced with Guo Chongtao's 30,000 elite troops who had just won over Weibo Town in one fell swoop, Zhang Quanyi finally told Li Hanzhi to surrender to the Qin vassal.
The two surrendered to Qin, turned around and took Guo Chongtao back to Heyang.
Almost at the same time, Li Jing and Zhou Dewei's two troops attacked Zhaoyi Luzhou. Yu Lifang hurriedly fought, but was attacked by the enemy on both sides and lost one after another. He had to hurry back to the troops entering Heyang and guard Tianjing Pass with Taihang Mountain. In this way, Liu Jing could no longer stop the attack of Guo Chongtao, Li Hanzhi, Zhang Quanyi and tens of thousands of elite troops, and suffered losses. Not long after, Huaizhou and Yuzhou were lost one after another. In addition to Zezhou, which was originally stolen from Zhaoyi Town, which was north of Taihang Mountain, it was also occupied by Meng Lifang. The traditional cities of Mengzhou, Huaizhou and Weizhou in Heyang were completely under the control of the Qin army.
Liu Jing took Zhuge Zhongfang and a small number of defeated generals, fled to Zheng Bian by boat and defected to Zhu Wen.
Chapter completed!