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Chapter 524 Competing in the Central Plains (48)

Six months later
The summer of the ninth year of Duke Yan 310 (529 years)
Luoyang
The Luoyang Imperial Guards took the initiative to open the city gate, and Chen Qingzhi easily captured Luoyang City.

main hall
"Long live! Long live! Long live!"

A group of civil and military ministers shouted respectfully to Yuan Hao, the puppet emperor supported by Liang Guo.

After more than half a year of the Northern Expedition, the God of Chen Qing blocked and killed the gods, and the Buddha blocked and killed the Buddha, and finally invaded Luoyang. Along the way, they inevitably looted some cities to supplement logistics, which aroused Wei people's disgust for Liang Guo's army.

After hundreds of years of separation, the northerners no longer have any emotional affiliation with the so-called orthodoxy of the Southern Dynasty. They have regarded themselves as the orthodoxy and the people of the Southern Dynasty as the Southern Barbarians.

Therefore, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition regained the Central Plains, but he did not get the support of the people in the Central Plains. On the contrary, because the army harassed the people in the city, the northern people hated Liang's Northern Expedition Army very much.

Along the way, there are three reasons why Chen Qingzhi was so powerful. One is that Chen Qingzhi has strong military capabilities, often breaking through [-] or even [-] in seven thousand; , This made some officials of Wei State who hated Er Zhurong adopt a non-resistance policy towards Liang Guo’s Northern Expeditionary Army. Both sides were hurt by the fight; third, there were frequent wars in the Central Plains, and all forces were busy grabbing territory, and no one was interested in defending the emperor of Luoyang.

Because the State of Wei established by Yuan Hao was controlled by the State of Liang, in order to distinguish it from the State of Wei of Yuan Ziyou under the control of Er Zhurong, here we call the State of Wei of Yuan Ziyou the "Orthodox State of Wei" and the State of Yuan Hao's Wei State is called "Liang belongs to Wei State", and Yuan Zhao's Wei State is called "Yan belongs to Wei State".

Three Wei states existed in the Central Plains at the same time, and the emperors of the three Wei states were all descendants of Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong.

Liang's Wei State army is divided into two parts, one is Chen Qingzhi's 5000 Qingqi Northern Expedition Army, after more than half a year of wear and tear, now only 5000 are left, and the other is the Great Wei Army under the command of Yuan Hao and Wei Guo's officials, with 4 people , but because they also know that they are just puppet troops serving as cannon fodder for Liang Guo, so their combat effectiveness is worrying.

Every time there was a battle, Chen Qingzhi's Qingqi would charge up and attack first. When the enemy was a bit overwhelmed, the [-] puppet troops would swarm forward and completely defeat the enemy.

However, just after they captured Luoyang, they were faced with internal and external troubles.

The first is foreign aggression. Er Zhurong just pacified the rebels in Youzhou a month ago. More than 30 rebels in Youzhou have fled towards Shanhaiguan and are now being taken over by Yan.

For the time being, Er Zhurong didn't want to make Yan the enemy, so he didn't care about it. Instead, he quickly mobilized 20 troops and rushed to Luoyang without stopping, hoping to regain the land of Henan.

Ever since Er Zhurong raised his army, he was either fighting or preparing to fight. He had just finished suppressing the rebels in Youzhou, and was in a hurry to recover Luoyang, which was occupied by Chen Qingzhi.

Due to the haste, Er Zhurong's 30 troops were somewhat exhausted.

The white-robed general Chen Qingzhi saw the opportunity, so he shouted to the soldiers of the Northern Expedition: "Since our Northern Expedition, there have been many incidents of robbing local people, which made the people in Henan hate our Northern Expedition Army. Twelve spirits, give the Xianbei people a fatal blow, let them understand our might!"

Five thousand light cavalry charged towards Er Zhurong's 20 army, and immediately killed Er Zhurong a little bit overwhelmed.

Er Zhurong didn't expect that the 5000 people on the opposite side would dare to charge. He was a little flustered at first, and the army retreated a few steps. At this time, if someone followed Zhu Xu's example back then, the Battle of Feishui might repeat itself.

However, Er Zhurong is not Fu Jian, and his generals Gao Huan, Yu Wentai, He Bayue and others are not yet two or five youngsters, let alone trash. order, there was no tragedy like "our army was defeated" in the Battle of Feishui

Er Zhurong, who had calmed down, immediately ordered Gao Huan and others to fight back, and soon defeated Chen Qingzhi by virtue of his absolute strength.

There are more people than Chen Qingzhi, better weapons and equipment than Chen Qingzhi, and the internal generals are more united than Chen Qingzhi. Unless a miracle happens, there is no suspense in this war.

Chen Qingzhi was defeated, and fled back to Luoyang City with the remnants of the Northern Expedition Army, and soldiers from the Wei State of Liang also fled into Luoyang City.

Chen Qingzhi suggested that Emperor Yuan Hao hand over all the military power to him alone, so that he would not have to lead thousands of people to charge every time, and the tens of thousands behind would only be responsible for watching the theater.

However, a Wei minister reminded Yuan Hao: "After all, Chen Qingzhi is a general of Liang Guo. Liang Guo helped us restore the country, but he wanted to treat us as puppets. If Chen Qing alone holds the military power, your majesty, you can leave Liang Guo alone." Butchered!"

Yuan Hao is not a competent puppet emperor. Although Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang State supported him to become Emperor Wei State, he is not willing to be a dog for Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang State, so he is always on guard against Chen Qing. When Ronghuo was fighting to the death, he ordered the soldiers to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, allowing Chen Qingzhi's five thousand Qingqi to be besieged by Er Zhurong's 20 troops.

"Now that Er Zhurong's 20 enemy soldiers are approaching Luoyang, His Majesty can only preserve Luoyang by handing over the military power to me. In the future, I will ask the emperor (Xiao Yan) to send more troops to support, and the Central Plains can be pacified!" Chen Qingzhi said. very excited.

However, Emperor Yuan Hao was still very wary of Chen Qingzhi, so he felt that Chen Qingzhi was sent by Xiao Yan to monitor him.

Two months later, the Luoyang imperial guards opened the city gate again and again, and took the initiative to welcome Er Zhurong's 20 troops into Luoyang. Emperor Yuan Hao was captured and then killed by Er Zhurong.

Chen Qingzhi fled back to Jiangzuo with Liang's Northern Expeditionary Army. Along the way, gods blocked and killed gods, and Buddhas blocked and killed Buddhas. They successively conquered more than a dozen cities that blocked the road, so that no one dared to stop Chen Qingzhi in the second half of the journey, and they were all confined. Chen Qingzhi was allowed to pass through the city gate at will from his own jurisdiction.

Now that the various forces in the north are fighting on their own, the only one who can stop Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition is Er Zhurong, who has just been named the Great General of Zhu Kingdom.

Er Zhurong helped Yuan Ziyou regain Luoyang, so he was appointed as the Great General of the Zhu Kingdom from the Great General. Two months later, Er Zhurong divided his troops into two groups. Yue led the army, and took Yuwentai with him, and went west to attack the rebels near Chang'an in Guanzhong.

Another three months later, Er Zhurong completely put down the rebels in the six towns, and the seven-year-long uprising in the six towns came to an end.

The seven-year-long uprising of the Six Towns completely shattered the state of Wei. Er Zhurong, Gao Huan, Yu Wentai and others also rose up during this period.

Having made great contributions in pacifying the rebels in the Six Towns, Er Zhurong was once again named General Tianzhu from Zhuguo General, and his power was comparable to that of General Sima in the former Han Dynasty.

However, seeing that the north is about to be reunified by Er Zhurong, a new storm is coming.

In Luoyang City, Emperor Yuan Ziyou was discussing with Situ Yuanhui the plan to kill Er Zhurong.

In the past, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty conspired with Situ Wangyun to kill the powerful minister Dong Zhuo, and now there is Wei Emperor Yuan Ziyou and Situ Yuanhui conspired to kill the powerful minister Er Zhurong.

However, their plan was soon revealed to Er Zhurong by an insider. Er Zhurong was furious. He was about to put down the Hetao rebels, and he entered Luoyang with an army of [-]. He confronted the emperor Yuan Ziyou and asked: "I heard Your Majesty wants to kill me?"

"If Er Zhurong didn't exist, how many people in the world would become kings, how many people would become emperors, and I reunified the mountains and rivers for His Majesty. Your Majesty is not grateful, but plots to murder his ministers. What's the reason?"

"Has the general heard any rumors? The world is in chaos today, and there are rumors of sowing dissension everywhere. Some people sow discord, saying that the general wants to kill me and make a new emperor. I wonder if there is such a thing?" Yuan Ziyou, the emperor, rebelled against the army and dismissed the whole thing as a misunderstanding.

"Your majesty, you are loyal to the great Wei. How could you do such a rebellious thing? Please don't listen to rumors!" Er Zhurong frowned, then left Luoyang without saying a word.

On the streets of Luoyang, there are nursery rhymes everywhere. Some nursery rhymes say that the emperor wants to kill Er Zhurong, the general of Tianzhu, while others say that Er Zhurong, the general of Tianzhu, wants to kill the emperor Yuan Ziyou.

Er Zhurong didn't take it seriously when he heard it. When he first heard this kind of rumor, he was scared into a cold sweat. He listened to it every day, every night, and every day. He heard the same content, and gradually he didn't take it to heart.

However, another month later, Er Zhurong attended the banquet held by Emperor Yuan Ziyou without any precautions, just like Dong Zhuo attended the festival banquet held by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

However, in the middle of the banquet, the courtiers of Emperor Yuan Ziyou suddenly dropped the wine glass with a "bang", drew out his sword with a "clang", stood up and shouted: "Heaven punishes the country's traitor!"

Afterwards, several other courtiers drew their swords one after another, ready to kill Er Zhurong.

Er Zhurong was half drunk, but seeing this posture, he hurried forward to control the emperor Yuan Ziyou, and took the emperor Yuan Ziyou as a hostage to keep himself safe.

However, Emperor Yuan Ziyou, with a beast-like mentality, pulled out the dagger he hid in his sleeve, and stabbed Er Zhurong who was rushing towards him.

A generation of heroes was killed by the puppet emperor with a dagger when he was half drunk at a banquet.

After the execution of Er Zhurong, Situ Yuanzheng imitated Situ Wang Yun at the beginning, suggesting that Er Zhurong's family and his accomplices should be executed, and all the rebels should be killed.

Emperor Yuan Ziyou said: "After Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, he refused to pardon the Xiliang rebels, which led to the Xiliang rebels attacking the city directly in despair."

"We can't repeat the same mistakes. We must learn from Wang Yun's lesson, pardon those rebels, and let them disband and go home with peace of mind."

The emperor Yuan Ziyou's analysis was sound, but it didn't work.

As the edict to pardon the rebels arrived at the barracks, Er Zhurong's generals were shocked. Their General Tianzhu was killed by the emperor while drinking?And they were also identified as rebels by the court?Now the court wants to forgive their rebellion?
Some people really chose to disband and go home to farm for the elderly, but one person persuaded Er Zhurong's family members: "Our General Tianzhu was killed unjustly, and we were designated as traitors by the court. Although the imperial court issued an edict to forgive us, who knows if the imperial court will go back on its word, and when we go home to farm, they will suddenly be held accountable for our rebellion. Wouldn’t we die without a place to die? Instead of letting others slaughter us, Why don't you fight to the death and directly capture Luoyang, on the side of the Qing emperor, to wash away the grievances of General Tianzhu!"

His words are very familiar, as if Jia Xu had said this to the Xiliang rebels at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Facts have proved that when things come to this point, whether they choose to pardon or choose not to pardon, the rebels will rebel.

Wang Yun refused to pardon the rebels, but was finally killed by the rebels. Yuan Ziyou pardoned the rebels, but was finally killed by the rebels.

Situ Yuanzheng, who proposed that Emperor Yuan Ziyou kill Er Zhurong at the banquet, ran away when he heard that the rebels had rebelled and had already invaded Luoyang, but was arrested by his own disciples and old officials on the way.

The former student official did not appreciate Yuan Zheng's promotion, but killed Situ Yuanzheng, robbed Yuan Zheng's money, and used Yuan Zheng's head to please the rebels, just like Dong Zhuo's treatment of promotion. Yuan Kui.

When the north fell into new chaos because of Er Zhurong's death, more and more gentry officials from the Central Plains fled to the Wei State of Yan to seek refuge.

In order to win over these Central Plains scholars, Yan Lian said a good word to them: "The Central Plains is such a good minister."

An aristocrat of the Yan Kingdom couldn't bear it anymore, and retorted: "There are many good ministers in the Central Plains, and they change masters every year. There are no good ministers in Liaodong, and they change masters once a hundred years old."

You think the courtiers in the Central Plains are better, but have you ever thought that coups, internal strife, and rebellions happen almost every year in the Central Plains, and our Liaodong Yan Kingdom, this kind of thing happens only once in 100 years, so now you still think that the Central Plains Are the courtiers of Liaodong better than those of Liaodong?
(End of this chapter)