The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 300 Wang Dun’s Rebellion

Zhao An made a surprise attack on Yuzhou. At this time, Dai Yuan deployed a large number of soldiers to Yuzhou. When Zhao An made a surprise attack, Yuzhou did not have much resistance at all.

Coupled with Zhao An's policy of attacking local tyrants and dividing their land, he quickly attracted some northern refugees who had fled to Yuzhou.

This made the process of occupying Yuzhou extremely smooth, and in the blink of an eye, they turned from invaders to settled households.

Especially when these northern refugees saw that Zhao Anzhen gave them the land of a wealthy family, the northern refugees immediately put on a flattering smile and said, General Zhao, this way, there is a wealthy family here.

Zhao An didn't hesitate much, and immediately surrounded Huan Xuan's hometown with his soldiers, and packed up all the people who had any blood relationship with him and gave them to Liu Tai.

By then, whether Liu Tai wanted to intimidate Huan Xuan or persuade Huan Xuan to surrender, it would have nothing to do with Zhao An anyway.

For Zhao An, all he has to do is take advantage of the lack of troops in Yuzhou at this moment, attack as many cities as possible, and then harvest as much food and grass as possible.

After the autumn harvest of grain and grass has been harvested by itself, it would be a bit of a dream for the Jin court to take back the counties of Yuzhou in a short period of time.

Just when Zhao An was going smoothly on his journey, he directly intercepted a group of families fleeing from the south.

The leader even claimed to be Liu Wei, who could inform Wang Dun of the latest situation of the rebellion, but this made Zhao An stunned.

Because Wang Dun's crusade against the Jin court was in the name of crusade against Diao Xie and Liu Wei, but now Liu Wei actually escaped.

This shows what? It shows that Wang Dun must have won the Wang Dun Rebellion, so this kind of thing happened!

At this time, Zhao An did not hesitate and immediately sent Liu Wei to Liu Tai, asking Liu Wei to report to Liu Tai the whole story of the Wangdun Rebellion and what was going on in the Jin court.

To be honest, when Liu Tai and others saw Zhao An sending Liu Wei over, they were more or less in a daze.

After all, Liu Wei and Diao Xie were almost the masterminds behind Sima Rui's fight against the aristocratic family, but now Liu Wei actually came over.

Liu Tai did not hesitate much and spoke decisively: "Mr. Liu, can you tell me what happened in Jinting?"

Liu Wei saluted Liu Tai, and then said, "I am reporting this to the King of Han. I will tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything."

But Liu Wei immediately followed Liu Tai and told the whole story of the Wangdun Rebellion.

First of all, he and Diao Xie assisted Sima Rui in implementing the policy of "controlling the subordinates with the law" and implemented a series of "cut-to-death policies" of "exalting the superior and suppressing the inferior and suppressing the powerful", and worked closely with the Langya Wang family and other clans. The forces compete with each other.

This caused Wang Dao, the representative of the Langya Wang family in the court, to be alienated by Sima Rui, which directly intensified the conflict between Wang Dun and Sima Rui.

For this reason, Wang Dun also wrote a special letter, saying that your majesty should be close to virtuous ministers and distant villains, discuss matters with Director Wang more often, and not mix with Diao Xie and Liu Wei.

Sima Rui's mood at that time was definitely, are you teaching me how to do things? !

However, in the view of Diao Xie and Liu Wei, this was more like deliberately giving an excuse to kill Director Wang, so as to facilitate Wang Dun's army.

Therefore, not only did Sima Rui not blame him, but he also increased the rewards for both Wang Dun and Director Wang, but became even more distant.

With the implementation of the Kesuizhi, there was opposition from both the local aristocratic families and the aristocratic families that had moved north.

When Wang Dun saw this scene and the fact that Zu Ti was dead, he decisively rebelled.

Of course, Wang Dun's banner was to be on the Qingjun side, and he even targeted Liu Wei and Diao Xie, saying that as long as Sima Rui killed Liu Wei and Diao Xie, he would immediately withdraw his troops. Sima Rui gritted his teeth and chose to go first Let’s talk about resisting the wave.

To be honest, Sima Rui should look more like Emperor Jing of Han at this time.

Think about it, the great Han chess master never followed an ordinary path. Apart from killing people in chess, the most classic one was his response to the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

These princes proposed to punish Chao Cuo, and when the Qing emperor sided with him, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty backhandedly sent his closest officials to the guillotine, which directly deprived these princes of the reason for the conquest, thus proving that they were really treason, which simply made the emperor's callousness unbearable. Justice was demonstrated to the fullest.

And Sima Rui was completely able to copy this operation, because he killed Diao Xie and Liu Wei, and recruited generals to attack Wang Dun. If Wang Dun was destroyed, it would naturally be presumed that Wang Dao made treacherous words and ordered himself to kill capable ministers.

If you defeat yourself, you can even kneel down and say to Wang Dun, "I personally delivered the traitor's head to you, General. Now that the General is with me, I can stay in peace!"

Anyway, no matter what, if you kill them, you will at least have a chance of surviving.

As an emperor, it can only be said that Sima Rui was not able to be both shameless and shameless, which made him very passive in dealing with the Wangdun Rebellion.

Next, Wang Dun and Sima Rui began to show the lower limit of rebellion and quelling rebellion.

It can only be said that China's excellent matching mechanism matched them together, which still felt somewhat destined.

When Wang Dun raised his army, he also knew the principle of combining vertical and horizontal lines, so he decisively sent people to contact Gan Zhuo first, and marched with him down the Yangtze River to Xia Ningze.

Gan Zhuo verbally agreed, but when Wang Dun boarded the ship and prepared to set off, Gan Zhuo did not come. Instead, he sent his own soldiers to persuade Wang Dun, otherwise we should not commit suicide and give up.

Wang Dun seriously doubted whether this old boy was playing tricks on him, but he only pretended to be shocked and said that he was a loyal minister:

"Gan Zhuo, why did you change your mind again? He must be worried about me harming the imperial court.

I just want to get rid of the treacherous ministers and clear the emperor. I have absolutely no bad intentions. Just do it with me and I will make you a duke after that! "

Sun Shuang went back to report, but Gan Zhuo was still hesitant. After all, Wang Dun was a cheater, and he made too many promises that he didn't repay.

Seeing Gan Zhuo's hesitation, people around him immediately persuaded him: "Let's promise Wang Dun for the time being. If Wang Dun's progress goes well, we will attack the treacherous ministers. If Wang Dun's progress does not go well, we will attack Wang Dun."

Gan Zhuo sighed: "When Chen Min started the rebellion, I followed him first, and then planned to fight back. People who commented on the matter said that I changed my position because I was afraid of persecution. I often felt ashamed in my heart. If I do it again this time, I will have another chance. What a shame!"

It has to be said that Wang Zhuo is a little bit ashamed. This kind of obedience first and then betrayal was also very common in the late Jin Dynasty.

But Wang Zhuo felt ashamed after doing it once, so he wanted to struggle a little.

It's just that no one knows how long this kind of indecision can keep him going.

Therefore, Gan Zhuo, with the intention of dragging people into the water, tried to recruit as many people as possible to make collective decisions, and told Wei Gai, the prefect of Shunyang, about the matter. Wei Gai firmly refused to go with Wang Dun.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Dun sent Huan Zong to the army to lobby Sima Cheng, but Sima Cheng expressed his intention to defend his Sima clan and imprisoned Huan Zong decisively. , together with Yin Feng, the prefect of Lingling, the prefect of Jianchang, Wang Xun of Changsha, the prefect of Hengyang, Liu Yi of Huailing, Chung Lingling, and Yi Xiong of Changsha, jointly raised troops to conquer Wang Dun.

He also circulated a proclamation everywhere, listing Wang Dun's crimes, so all the counties and counties in the state responded to Sima.

Only Zheng Dan, the governor of eastern Hunan, who was Wang Dun's brother-in-law, refused to obey the order. Sima asked Yu Wang to attack and behead him as a warning to other places.

Sima Cheng also knew very well that he could only resist Wang Dun and attract Wang Dun's troops. The real key was Gan Zhuo behind Wang Dun, so he sent his master Bo Dengqian to Xiangyang to lobby Gan Zhuo. Wang Dun was also afraid that something might happen to Gan Zhuo behind his back, so he decisively sent out his army soldier Le Daorong to appease Gan Zhuo and let Gan Zhuo march eastward with him.

Especially when Sima Cheng resisted and he had to divide his forces to resist, he needed Gan Zhuo's help even more.

So after Le Daorong came to Gan Zhuo's military camp, he directly advised Gan Zhuo:

"The Lord came to Wanji in person and appointed King Qiao for Xiangzhou, instead of Liu Kui. However, the Wang family had been in power for a long time, and when they saw the division of government, they derelict in their duties, betrayed their kindness and rebelled, and raised their troops to attack the palace.

The country treated the king with great kindness, and if he treats him the same way now, wouldn't it violate the great righteousness, live as a rebellious minister, die as a fool, and forever be the shame of the clan? It's not a pity!

For the king's plan, don't make a false promise and attack Wuchang. If the generals and soldiers hear about it, they will collapse without fighting, and you will be able to achieve great honors. "

To put it simply, the envoy sent by Wang Dun to appease Gan Zhuo turned against Gan Zhuo as soon as he saw him.

This kind of envoy is quite explosive even among all the envoys on the mission.

But for Gan Zhuo, who was hesitant, he was persuaded by Sima Cheng's envoy and defected by Wang Dun's envoy. He immediately understood that Wang Dun's raising of a rebel flag was definitely not what the people wanted.

So I finally made up my mind and said, "Crunt against Wang Dun and bring order to the chaos. This is my original intention."

So he issued a memorandum to denounce Wang Dun's rebellious behavior, and led his troops to begin the expedition.

Sima and Sun Shuangzhi were sent to join the army and sent to the court with a petition. Luo Ying was sent to Guangzhou and asked Tao Kan to join the crusade.

Dai Yuan was stationed in the west of the Yangtze River. He received Gan Zhuo's letter first and wrote it in the form of a memorial. Everyone in the court cheered long live the letter.

When Tao Kan saw Gan Zhuo's letter, he immediately sent Gao Bao, a member of the army, to lead the troops north. Word spread in Wuchang that Gan Zhuo had arrived, and everyone fled.

However, although Gan Zhuo decided to resist Wang Dun and openly declared war, his character was not courageous and resolute, and he was old and suspicious.

Still hesitant at this time, the army stopped at Zhukou, intending to first rescue Sima Cheng who was besieged by Wang Dun's general Wei Yi.

Although Sima Cheng asked Gan Zhuo to attack Wuchang first, the siege of Changsha was naturally resolved with the fall of Wuchang.

But Gan Zhuo still did not move. At the same time, Wang Dun knew that Gan Zhuo was very afraid of raising his troops, so he sent Gan Zhuo's nephew Gan Xian to persuade him to make peace. However, Gan Zhuo inexplicably stayed at Zhukou for dozens of days.

At the same time, all the Langya Wang clan in the city were captured by the court, waiting for Sima Rui's fate. Sima Rui chose to let Wang Dao go. Sima Rui also sent envoys to tell Wang Dun to stop the rebellion, but Wang Dun refused. He obeyed the order and detained the envoy.

It can be said that at this time, Wang Dun also knew that he had reached the point where he could retire from the army.

Behind him, Sima Cheng dispersed his troops, and Gan Zhuo was ready to stab his hometown. If he retreated, he would really become a turtle in the urn.

So Wang Dun felt cruel and hurried on his way decisively, and soon arrived at Jiankang. Of course, out of anger in his heart, Wang Dun wanted to attack Liu Wei who was stationed in Jincheng.

But Du Hong, who joined the army, suggested to Wang Dun: "Liu Wei has many soldiers who are not afraid of death, and it will not be easy to defeat him. It is better to attack Stone City. Zhou Zha lacks kindness to people, and the soldiers are unwilling to serve him. Once attacked, they will definitely be defeated." "

Zhou Zha was greedy and stingy by nature. He usually focused on amassing money, and his soldiers often lacked the same armor and weapons. Therefore, facing Wang Dun, he decisively opened the city gate to welcome Wang Dun into the city, allowing Wang Dun to easily clear the last obstacle to the attack on Jiankang.

At this time, Liu Wei no longer had to resist, but he had to lead the crowd to rescue him.

Diao Xie, Liu Wei, and Dai Yuan all attacked Stone City, but Wang Dao calmly sent out soldiers to defeat them easily.

Even Prince Sima Shao personally led his soldiers to fight against Director Wang, but he was still defeated and easily captured by Director Wang.

Diao Xie and Liu Wei retreated to the Taiji Hall. Sima Rui held their hands, crying and sobbing, and asked them to flee Jiankang to avoid disaster.

Diao Xie expressed his loyalty to the emperor at the risk of death, but Emperor Yuan dissuaded him. Emperor Yuan assigned the two soldiers and horses to find their own way out.

Then Liu Wei took the opportunity to escape with his family. Looking back at this moment, it is still a bit thrilling.

"In other words, Wang Dun won. Did the Langya Wang family ascend to the throne? No impression?" Liu Tai couldn't help but think as he listened to Liu Wei's story.

But soon, Liu Tai said to Liu Wei, "To be honest, although you are a great talent, Mr. Liu, logically speaking, I should grant you a high official and a generous salary.

But if you come, sir, I will grant you a high position, I am afraid that the soldiers will not accept it.

Why don't you go to Changyi as an envoy for me to persuade Huanxuan to surrender to the Han Dynasty, so that Changyi will not suffer from war. "

"Me?!" Liu Wei was a little stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words. He always felt that Liu Tai wanted to die on his own!

Liu Tai said calmly, "Of course, since we want to persuade Huan Xuan, we naturally have to prepare gifts.

I have 257 people here who are related to Huan Xuan by blood. These people are my gifts to Huan Xuan.

If he chooses to be loyal to the Jin court, I respect his choice and guarantee that his entire family will follow him on the journey and will never be alone.

If he chooses to surrender to the Han Dynasty, it will not only save the lives of his soldiers, but also allow his family to continue to exist!

In order to show sincerity, all these people can be sent to Huan Xuan first, adding more than 200 people to him. "

When Liu Tai said this, he turned to Wen Qiao beside him and said: "Draw portraits of all these two hundred people and tell them that Huan Xuan's choice will determine the fate of their entire clan. Don't hide it and tell them the truth." !”

"Follow the order!" Wen Qiao heard Liu Tai's words and responded.

Liu Tai continued to say to Liu Wei, "Next, I will trouble Mr. Liu for your hard work. On the day of the mission, I will hold a banquet and wait for your triumphant return, Mr. Liu."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" When Liu Kai heard Liu Tai's words, he didn't know whether he should be impressed by Liu Tai's confidence or feel anxious about his future fate.

As for Liu Tai, no matter whether Liu Wei succeeded or failed, he would have a big meal in the military camp that day.

On the second day, we were really ready to launch a general attack on Changyi.

As for Huan Xuan's choice, surrender is naturally the best. If he doesn't surrender, his clan will be exterminated.

(End of this chapter)