A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 162: The rebellion that was difficult to put down, only one of the eight kings of the early Han Dynasty remained
Chang'an, Huaiyin Marquis Mansion

A middle-aged man was imprisoned in the room.

"Brother! Brother!" A low voice came from the window above.
When the middle-aged man heard that it was his younger brother, he quickly moved the tables next to him, stepped on his feet, grabbed the railing above, and said, "Brother! Why are you here?"

"Brother, I heard that you were imprisoned by the Marquis. Why? How can I help you?"

The middle-aged man looked around first and saw no one, so he said to the outside, "Does anyone know that you are here?"

"No, I followed the cook who delivered the food and came here secretly."

"Okay, listen, I have completely offended Han Xin now, and if I know his secret, I will definitely not be able to survive!"

"Brother, I..."

"Stop talking, listen to me." The middle-aged man stopped and said: "Now there is a road. Once we take it, the wealth of our two brothers is right in front of us. After you go out, you must find a way to meet the queen. Remember , it must be the queen, not anyone else, who told him personally that Han Xin was going to rebel, and has secretly contacted Chen Xi many times. Remember, you must go to the queen, do you hear me?"

"Don't worry, I know what to do!"

After parting with the middle-aged man, he immediately went to Weiyang Palace and, relying on his status as an official, submitted a letter of rebellion.

Lu Pheasant received him personally. He told him that his brother was a retainer of Han Xin. After learning about Han Xin's rebellion, he was imprisoned by Han Xin and was about to be executed on a certain day. He got the news about him and came to report.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Lu Pheasant immediately summoned Xiao He into the palace, told him about Han Xin's preparation for rebellion, and asked him what to do?
Xiao He was shocked and asked: "Queen, I am afraid there is a mistake. How could Han Xin rebel?"

Lu Pheasant said: "Then what evidence do you have to prove that he did not commit rebellion?"

"This..." Xiao He said again: "But arresting Marquis Che without any reason will be a huge blow to the court's prestige!"

Lu Pheasant said: "Now His Majesty is on an expedition, and there is no large army in Chang'an City. It is very empty and there is no room for any mistakes. Since someone has reported it, it means that this matter is by no means groundless. It can be believed that it exists, but it cannot be believed that it does not exist."

Xiao He was silent for a long time and said: "Let's do this! We sent someone to pretend that the Han Emperor had returned victoriously, saying that Chen Xi had been captured and executed. The princes and officials would come to congratulate him, and then imprisoned him. Didn't that person say that Han Xin and Does Chen Xiduo have any correspondence? After imprisoning the Marquis of Huaiyin, they will send people to the Marquis of Huaiyin's Mansion to search and question his family's retainers. If there is really an act of rebellion, the minister will not say anything. If it is false, the Queen Marquis Huaiyin must be released."

Lu Pheasant knew that this was Xiao He's final bottom line, so he had no choice but to agree and appointed Xiao He to personally investigate Han Xin. However, Lu Pheasant asked worriedly: "Han Xin has been ordered to fail several times. What if he doesn't come this time?" "

Xiao He said: "Let me go there myself this time!"

On the same day, Lu Pheasant sent someone to invite Han Xin to attend the celebration banquet. As expected, Han Xin refused to go because he was sick, but Xiao He came. Because Han Xin always respected Xiao He, when Xiao He said: "Even if he is sick, he still reluctantly went to congratulate him." Just take a moment." Han Xin agreed to go and congratulate him.

The celebration banquet was held in Changle Palace. When Han Xin walked to the bell room of Changle Palace, he was caught and tied up by the warriors arranged by Lu Pheasant.

Knowing that Han Xin had been captured, Xiao He personally led troops to surround the Huaiyin Hou Mansion, entered it to search, and rescued the imprisoned retainers of the Huaiyin Hou who had informed him. With the identification of the retainers, Xiao He found several letters written by Chen Xi to Han Xin. The reply, and after interrogating the rest of Han Xin's confidants, obtained Han Xin's preparations to incite the prisoners in Chang'an to rebel.

Xiao He sighed, knowing that Han Xin could not be saved, but the fact was that he had no choice but to truthfully report the search results to Lu Pheasant.

After reading it, Lu Pheasant snorted coldly: "Sure enough, now the Prime Minister has nothing to say!"

Xiao He also wanted to argue: "After all, Han Xin has made great contributions to the country, why not spare his life and imprison him!"

Lu Pheasant said: "When he rebelled as the King of Chu, Your Majesty already spared his life because of his merits. No matter what you say this time, you can't let him go. Besides, for a hero like him, imprisoning him is more difficult than It would be even more uncomfortable to kill him!”

Xiao He sighed and did not stop him.

Lu Pheasant sent an order to hang him in the bell room of Changle Palace, leaving a whole body for Han Xin.

Soon, about two-quarters of an hour later, a warrior came to report that Huaiyin Hou Han Xin had been hanged. After examination by the imperial doctor, it was confirmed that he was not breathing.

Xiao He was still beside him, lost in memories, but Lu Fei didn't care. She didn't have much affection for Han Xin. When she came to the Han Emperor to help him handle political affairs, Han Xin was already conquering Dai and Zhao, and there were few people after that. Meet.

But he still asked: "Does the Marquis of Huaiyin have any last words?" Seeing that the warrior was hesitant, Lu Zhi forcefully asked him to say it, and would forgive him no matter what he said. The warrior said respectfully: "Marquis Huaiyin said: Isn't it God's will that he regretted not adopting Kuai Che's plan and was deceived by women and children?"

Lu Pheasant sneered and said, "Really? According to my order, the Marquis of Huaiyin intended to rebel, and was discovered by the court. There are both witnesses and physical evidence. According to the law, the three tribes will be destroyed!"

Xiao He wanted to say something more, but looking at Lu Pheasant's eyes, he knew it was irreversible, so he had to sigh and resigned to Lu Pheasant.

In this way, Han Xin, a generation of outstanding men and a god in military skills, hanged alone in front of the bell chamber of Changle Palace.

"Dong dong dong!" This is the bell that represents the closing of Changle Palace.

May
The original Zhao Wangli who was recruited by Chen Xi, and now Chen Xi's general Zhao Li, was arranged by Chen Xi in Dongyuan, leading an army of 50,000, with the intention of resisting the Han army.

Because the army was facing Chen Xi's army in Changshan County, the Han Emperor personally led a hundred thousand Chinese troops to attack Dongyuan.

twenty days later
The Han army arrived at Dongyuan City. The Han Emperor did not come last time because of Zhang Ao's affairs, but he came this time. Dongyuan City is not a big city like Handan or Julu, but it can be regarded as a middle city. As long as there is enough food , with enough troops, it can also be used as a fortified city.

When they first arrived at Dongyuan, before the Han Emperor could say anything, he heard personal attacks from the top of the city saying that the Han Emperor was treacherous, unkind, and ungrateful. This was because of his nature. After all, the Han Emperor was a gangster.

The Han Emperor was very angry. He summoned the generals Fan Kuai and Guan Ying to come, while Jin She took command of the frontline army. Under the fierce attack of Fan Kuai and Guan Ying, Dongyuan City finally couldn't hold on anymore and surrendered.

After the Han army entered the city, the Han Emperor ordered that all soldiers who had scolded him would be beheaded, while other soldiers who had not scolded him would be tattooed, had words tattooed on their faces, and Dongyuan was renamed Zhending.

Fan Kuai was also promoted to the right prime minister by the Han emperor because of his attack on Dongyuan, while the left prime minister was Li Shang.

Because the situation on the frontal battlefield could not be opened for a long time, and the governor of Yanmen County surrendered to Chen Xi under the constant threat of harassment by the Huns, Chen Xi's situation suddenly improved, but the situation on the western front of the Han army was not optimistic. Upon seeing this, the Han Emperor appointed Taiwei Zhou Bo to lead an army of 200,000 across the Taihang Mountains and march through Taiyuan County to conquer Dai Di.

June
Zhou Bo's army arrived at Pingyi, the old capital of King Xin of Han Dynasty. They could not attack it for many days, and it was only captured half a month later. Zhou Bo ordered the massacre of the city for the future war, and issued a notice to the surroundings: "This is to help Chen Xi and surrender to the Huns." , the consequences of stubborn resistance.”

This effect was also very significant. People surrendered wherever they went. Soon, Zhou Bo's army captured the main force of Chen Xi's army in Loufan, Yanmen County. This army was led by Chen Xi himself, and he actually intended to confuse the Han army. Lou Fan secretly attacked Taiyuan, but fortunately Zhou Bo discovered him.

Although Zhou Bo's army only had 200,000 troops and Chen Xi's army had more than 300,000, because Changshan County was mountainous and in order to better utilize the combat effectiveness of Bai Wei and other cavalry generals, the Han Emperor allocated 50,000 cavalry troops to Zhou Bo. Therefore, Among the 200,000 troops, there were a few elite cavalry troops of the Han army.

With Bai Wei as the vanguard and Zhou Bo leading the attack, Chen Xi's army collapsed and kept running towards Yanmen County in an attempt to get out of the pass.

However, under the interception of the cavalry led by Bai Wei, only more than 100,000 Huns cavalry ran away, and the rest were left behind.

In this battle, Chen Xi's general Song Zui and Yanmen County Shouxuan were captured alive, but Chen Xi escaped. Afterwards, the army took advantage of the momentum and turned to attack Yunzhong County. They captured the governor of Yunzhong County, Ji Si, the Prime Minister of Dai, and the general Xun. They pacified seventeen counties in Yanmen County and twelve counties in Yunzhong County.

After Zhou Bo's army defeated the main force of Chen Xi's army, the main force of the Han army in the east, led by Fan Kuai, defeated Yin Pan's army in Guangchang and captured Qi Wuyan in Wuzhong County.

And at Lingqiu in the south of Dai State, they defeated another Huns army under Chen Xi and Wang Huang's army. They also took advantage of the fact that Han Wangxin's army did not react and surrounded it in Shenhe County.

Ten months later, when Zhou Bo's army was still pacifying Yanmen County, it defeated Shenhe County. Chaiwu, the Marquis of Jipu, won the first victory of the general and took the head of King Xin of Han.

At this time, only the remnants of Chen Xi's troops and a part of the Huns' cavalry, totaling nearly 200,000 people, resisted fiercely in Daijun.

July
The King of Liang, Peng Yue, had a conflict with the servant of the Liang Kingdom and was accused of treason by the servant. In addition, he did not obey orders during the previous crusade against Chen Xi. The Han Emperor sent people to arrest Peng Yue, demoted him to a commoner, and exiled him to Qingyi County, Shu County.

On the way, Peng Yue wrote many times that he was not guilty, but now the head of Chang'an was Lu Pheasant, who had no social relations with Peng Yue. Lu Pheasant thought that Peng Yue was an outstanding person, and saw that the Han Emperor was getting older and his health was getting worse and worse. , fearing that keeping him would be detrimental to Liu Ying's future ascendancy, so Peng Yue's relatives accused him of plotting to rebel again.

So Tingwei went through the sentencing process again and passed it to the Han Emperor who was far away in Handan. The Han Emperor had a clear understanding with Lu Zhi and approved it. Finally, Peng Yue was executed in Luoyang, his family was destroyed, and the feudal state was abolished.

After doing this, Lu Pheasant turned it into meat sauce and distributed it to the princes as a warning. However, Huainan Wang Yingbu was greatly frightened. He saw that he was the only one left among the former princes, and he was surrounded by some people surnamed Liu. The princes and kings secretly deployed troops to guard the surrounding princes and counties.

(End of this chapter)