The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 89: Xiliang Rebellion 1
General died in a hundred battles, and the warrior returned for ten years.
This sentence at this time is profoundly reflecting the current situation of the regular army and county soldiers throughout the Han Dynasty.
Since February of the 7th year of Guanghe, all the borders and counties of the Han Dynasty have been littered with smoke, and people who cannot survive everywhere rise up.
They joined the Yellow Turban Army, burned down the government, killed officials, and looted everywhere. Within a month, war broke out in 28 counties in seven states across the country.
All the official squires who were unwilling to lose their status and wealth, all gathered.
Join forces with other places that have not been affected by the war, and together advise the court to organize troops and horses to quell the Yellow Turban chaos that has harmed the entire man.
Because of the Yellow Turban army looting regardless of class and situation, villagers filled with fear and indignation have also formed volunteers.
To treat these rebels, all the local gentry paid money, food, and weapons. Dispatched the outstanding talents of their own clan, organized them, and brought them after a little training to resist the Yellow Turban Army's first-line battlefield.
Suddenly, this dynasty that had been passed down for hundreds of years, organized his army of hundreds of thousands in an instant, and quickly calmed down the Yellow Turban army that had eroded the entire northern part of the Han Dynasty and was spreading everywhere.
The Yellow Turban Army, which had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and millions of people wrapped up, was put down in this way, but it took only nine months.
used a **** example to tell posterity that since ancient times, the peasant army's uprising did not have a clear goal and command.
After more than half a year of the counterinsurgency war, the hundreds of thousands of rebels and officers, only the current 200,000 people are left, and most of them are already exhausted, especially hated of war, and eager A stable life.
But this wish did not satisfy them. After the court had just put down the Yellow Turban, it discovered that a Xiliang Qiang rebellion had appeared in its Guanzhong area.
The emperor’s own ancestral grave and rear area were threatened by the enemy, and this rebellion must be put down to ensure the normal operation of the entire dynasty.
So following the emperor’s imperial decree, this has just put down the 200,000 army of rebels in the Central Plains, and it hasn’t had time to rest.
In addition to leaving tens of thousands of people to stay at the necessary counties, the remaining 150,000 to 60,000 people were all transferred to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion that was raging in the northwest of Dahan.
Under this order, all the soldiers at the bottom complained. Only those high-level generals who are eager to make meritorious deeds and seize more meritorious deeds can happily and eagerly look forward to the coming of this war.
Soldiers have no intention to fight, they will have the intent to fight. This sentence is a profound experience of the reality of the entire Han Dynasty army. The heart is not at the same time, but the mind is different.
The resentment of the soldiers, the chief did not regard them as human beings, and called them at will; when the generals complained, the soldiers under his command did not obey the command, and resisted the fight with cowardice.
The two naturally contradictory classes are in an explosion at this time. What is missing is just a fuse to ignite the disappointment and indignation in the soldiers' hearts towards the court.
Sure enough, when this group of soldiers was transferred to the Guanzhong battlefield, a large number of soldiers were passively idle, and those Xiliang rebels were defeated at the touch of a moment.
made the situation of the entire Guanzhong battlefield completely eroded, and the influence of the rebellion became greater and greater. Either take the initiative to join the rebel army, or more and more people are being held hostage, the royal army is at a disadvantage on the entire battlefield.
The generals who have been defeating the war constantly blamed all their anger on the soldiers. They continued to beat and scold those soldiers, and the reprimands took place every day.
Contradictions and anger, slowly accumulating, and finally in one night, all the soldiers who had endured to the limit united together.
They mutually agreed that when the torch was raised, they would kill the main general’s camp together, and they would jointly rebel, attack the capital together with the rebellious Xiliang army, destroy this decaying and tattered dynasty, and then return to their own Hometown, waiting for the end of the war.
Finally, as one torch was lit, countless torches appeared like fire dragons.
"Kill!"
, following a few prestigious people among the leaders, gave an order. All the soldiers, full of anger and desire to return home, rushed towards the center of the entire camp like a dark cloud, where the commander of this army lived.
In 185 A.D., in the second month of the first year of the Ling Emperor Zhongping, soldiers who had been war-weary and expected to return to their hometowns finally inspired a mutiny under the persecution of their officers.
Among the 120,000 remaining counterinsurgency forces, 20,000 participated and dealt a heavy blow to the unsuspecting officers. Dozens of generals were killed in the turmoil. The army suffered 50 to 60 thousand casualties. The remaining 10,000 or so rebels fled in the direction of Xiliang, bringing this news to the Xiliang army, and merging with it.
The Xiliang Army was overjoyed when he got the news of the civil unrest in the army, and immediately summoned 30,000 cavalry to attack the already panicked army camp.
The unprepared officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses once again. After a civil strife, only 20,000 of the remaining 40,000 to 50,000 troops fled to the Great Wall, defended the city, and hurriedly sought help from the court.
The entire west of Guanzhong, except for a few counties around Chang'an City, are also in the hands of the imperial court. All other places are occupied by the Western Liang rebels. For a time, the Western Liang army's chances of winning have increased greatly. The response was the uprising of the Xiliang Army.
Three days later, I received the news that the counterinsurgency army had returned in a terrible defeat, and that there were only more than 20,000 left behind in the Great Wall.
The Han Lingdi, who was enjoying the life of the Jiuchi Meat Grove in the Luoyang City Palace, was greatly furious and panicked. He urgently ordered the officials in the DPRK to come up with countermeasures to curb the rampant offensive of the Xiliang Army and prevent him from spreading to Luoyang, Guandong.
After an emergency meeting, the court officials tried to prevent the Xiliang army from coming to their old base camp. One after another, they gave money and food, sent troops and people, once again assembled an army of about 100,000, and transported it to Chang'an.
Let the Guanzhong gentry, who had been suppressed by them for hundreds of years, gain power again. At that time, what will the Guanzhong gentry who have been oppressed by the Kwantung clan for a long time treat their enemies for hundreds of years? That's really hard to say.
Therefore, the gentry and clans are working hard to support the territory. This time, they put down the rebellion, even more effort than put down the Yellow Turban rebellion.
Those yellow turban thieves are at best troublesome little noble clans, and they still don't pose any threat to the big family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.
These top families~IndoMTL.com~ each can pull out thousands of well-equipped armors. Moreover, he has a good reputation in the local area. When he speaks from the heights at any time, he will have tens of thousands of people Yun Congjing Ji.
This is a huge force, one, two, five or six is nothing, but in the entire big man, he has dozens of such powers, plus a few big families, united, it can be said to be An extremely terrifying force.
and these families colluded with each other to form in-laws. It can be said that every family has a few blood ties to him, and his blood ties are enough for them to unite and protect each other.
Anyone who dares to violate their class interests will be united by them, attacked and overthrown together.
Just like Wang Mang two hundred years ago, he promoted the New Deal, demanding that the interests of the gentry should be delegated to the poor. But it was immediately obstructed by the gentry, and his government orders were twisted everywhere.
In the end, it was discovered that Wang Mang's will could not be stopped, so he simply rebelled and overthrew it and established a dynasty that was in line with the wishes of the nobles and protected their class interests.
So the Han Dynasty, which had already perished, was renewed again, and a so-called Eastern Han Dynasty appeared, but in fact it was just a puppet of a noble family.
The Guanzhong gentry who I am participating in the rebellion are the victims of the change of Wang Mang's dynasty. Because he stood in the wrong team and chose Wang Mang, he was suppressed by Liu Xiu and the entire Kwantung clan.
made Guanzhong, which was originally extremely wealthy in the Western Han Dynasty, gradually turned into the now sparsely populated and barren land of Xiliang. Now, how dare those Kwantung clan let those Xiliang army enter the pass? Are you not afraid of becoming the second member of the Guanzhong gentry?
When it comes to dealing with the nobles, the Xiliang Army, also a noble, is more skilled and wise than the Yellow Turbans born of peasants.