Chapter 740: Sweeping Yuzhou
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The Han army commanded by Gai Yan won a great victory in the Battle of Suiyang, but the only pity was that he failed to capture Liu Yong and was successfully escaped by Liu Yong. However, this battle is enough to make Liu Yong's vitality greatly damaged.
Of the more than 100,000 defenders, only a few thousand people ran out in the end, and Liu Yong failed to take much of the money and property looted over the years, most of which were intercepted by the Han army, and even many ministers under Liu Yong's command became prisoners of the Han army.
After Gai Yan broke through Suiyang, he temporarily rested, and then led the main force of the Han army to leave Suiyang and chase Liu Yong.
Liu Yong fled all the way east and fled to Xue County, the county seat of Luguo County. After Gai Yan learned the news, he commanded the army and went straight to Xue County. The Taishou of Lu County is named Liu Zhi, who is Liu Yong's clan and a confidant who was promoted by Liu Yong.
For Liu Yong, Liu Zhi can be described as loyal. Hearing the news of Gai Yan's attack with his army, Liu Zhi asked Liu Yong to leave Xue County first, while he himself stayed behind to defend against the Han army.
Liu Zhi summoned the county soldiers of each county in the county, organized more than 10,000 people, and put on a posture of defending Xue County.
A few days later, Gai Yan led his army to Xue County, and the troops came to the city.
According to the usual practice, Gaiyan sent a soldier to surrender in front of Xuecheng City. The defenders in the city not only did not accept the surrender of the Han army, but also shot an arrow, shooting the surrendered Han soldiers directly under the city of Xuecheng.
Seeing this, Gai Yan was furious and ordered the three armies to attack Xue Cheng with all their might. As the county seat of Lu County, Xuecheng is not weak in defense, but the number of defenders in it is too small, and most of the defenders are pieced together, and their combat effectiveness is limited.
In front of the main force of the Han army, the defenders of Xuecheng were completely vulnerable, and even the first round of attacks of the Han army failed to withstand it, and the city defense was torn apart by the Han army. The Han army that attacked the head of the city killed from the top of the city to the bottom of the city, and then opened the west gate.
As soon as the city gate opened, Gai Yan rode a horse and rushed into battle, leading the soldiers of the Han army, and fought directly into the city.
The Han army commanded by Gai Yan has long been experienced in a hundred battles, and it is extremely strong in both overall coordination ability and individual combat ability.
After suffering two or three thousand casualties of the elite army army, the rest of the soldiers lost their fighting spirit and began to surrender to the Han army.
Gai Yan led his troops to kill directly to the county government, and pulled out Liu Zhi, the Taishou of Lu County, who was sitting in the county government, from it, there was no superfluous nonsense, Gai Yan gave an order, and the knife and axe hand slashed Liu Zhi at the gate of the county government.
The Han army captured Xue County with lightning speed and killed Liu Zhi, the Taishou Emperor, which shocked all the counties in Yuzhou. In just a few days, the Han army first took Suiyang and then Xue County, which was simply unstoppable.
Liu Yong, who escaped from Xue County, was heartbroken when he heard the news that Liu Zhi was killed by Gai Yan, but there was no way, the only thing Liu Yong could do now was to run.
He fled from Lu County to Pei County. However, as soon as Liu Yong entered Pei County, the county town of Pei County, the Han army led by Gai Yan also approached Pei County.
Peijun Taishou's name is Cui Ying, and he was also picked up by Liu Yong, and he is Liu Yong's henchman.
At this time, the morale of the Han army can be said to be like a rainbow, after entering Pei County, all the towns they passed through were all surrendered by the wind, including Fuyang, Xiao County, Pengcheng and other places.
Facing the menacing Han army, Cui Ying had a hunch that it would be difficult for his Pei County to resist the Han army.
Like Liu Zhi's approach, he also let Liu Yong run first, and he stayed in Peicheng to defend against the Han army.
The battle of Peixian is a copy of the battle of Xue County. The defenders led by Cui Ying could not resist the onslaught of the Han army at all, and in front of the wolf-like Han army, the city defense of Peicheng was like paper paste, and was torn to pieces by the Han army.
With the Han army breaking the city, Cui Ying also followed in the footsteps of Liu Zhi, the Taishou of Lu County, and after being captured by the Han soldiers, he was dragged to the gate of the county government, and then Gai Yan gave an order, and the knife and axe hand made Cui Ying's head move.
Now Liu Yong is almost the king of living Yama, wherever he runs, he will lead the Han army to wherever he goes, and then the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and Taishou was killed.
Liu Yong, who escaped from Pei County, ran to Yu County again. If it was before, the people of Yu County saw Liu Yong coming, then they would definitely have to welcome him and bow three times and bow nine times.
And now that I heard the news that Liu Yong was running to Yu County, the soldiers and civilians of Yu County were all mourned.
Yu County Ling was stupid when he sat in the county government.
Liu Yong has already killed two Taishou, and now he is coming to kill his own county order. The county order is afraid of death, and the county government officials are also afraid of death.
Liu Yong led the remnants and fled to the county seat of Yuxian County, but what awaited him this time was the siege of the soldiers and civilians of Yuxian County.
The county soldiers of Yu County, together with the people of Yu County, launched a crazy siege on Liu Yong, who fled into the city. Liu Yong never dreamed that Yu County, which belonged to his own territory, would suddenly turn the spearhead and kill himself.
In this big scuffle, Liu Yong finally escaped by luck. It's just that the people around him, there are only about thirty people who ran out of Yucheng with him, and as for the other ministers, soldiers and horses, and even his family, all died in Yucheng.
The rebellion in Yuxian County dealt Liu Yong a great blow, and also made Liu Yong disheartened, and even lost his desire to survive. He looked at the only thirty or so people around him, all of them were injured, disgraced, and embarrassed.
Liu Yong looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Heaven is absolutely me, Liu Yong!" God is my Liu Yong! ”
As he spoke, he drew his saber from his side and placed it across his neck, making a gesture to wipe his neck and kill himself. Seeing this, everyone around hurriedly stepped forward, pulled Liu Yong one after another, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty must not commit suicide!" Your Majesty must not be killed! ”
"Now, I have nothing else to do but die." As he spoke, Liu Yong's eyes turned, slowly scanned the people around him, and said, "After I die, you will divide the fine and soft, and scatter them all and go home!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Everyone knelt on their knees in unison, crying silently.
The people who can still follow Liu Yong's side now are his most hardcore subordinates. People kept prostrating their heads and crying, "Your Majesty can't die, Your Majesty can't die!" ”
One of them suddenly straightened up and said, "Your Majesty can take me and others to Qian County, Liu Zan is Your Majesty's clansman, and Liu County will definitely not betray Your Majesty!" ”
This person's words made Liu Yong's heart move, and he nodded secretly, yes, he can still go to Qian County now!
As long as there is a way to live, no one wants to die, and Liu Yong is no exception. He pondered for a long time, slowly put down the saber that was lying across his neck, put it into its sheath, and said, "Okay, let's go to Qian County!" ”
Qian County is located in the west of Peicheng, south of Suiyang, not too far from Suiyang. After the Battle of Suiyang, Liu Yong ran a big lap to the east, and finally almost returned to the original point.
Liu Yong's subordinates did not make a mistake in judgment, and Liu Zan, the county commander of Qian County, did not betray Liu Yong, and when he learned the news that Liu Yong had fled to Qian County, Liu Zan immediately brought him into the city.
This made Liu Yong, who was like a dead heart, finally feel a little warmth. Soon, Liu Yong even saw the hope of turning defeat into victory.
Su Mao, who had previously betrayed Liu Xiu and defected to Liu Yong, united with Liu Yong's subordinates Jiaoqiang and Zhou Jian to form a coalition army of 50,000 or 60,000 people to reinforce Qiaoxian.
(In history books, Jiaoqiang is usually written as Jiaojiang, and in ancient times, qiang and Xinjiang were the same sound.) Liu Xiu's eldest son, Liu Qiang, is also usually written as Liu Jiang. )
The arrival of these 50,000 or 60,000 coalition troops made Liu Yong's confidence suddenly sufficient. You must know that the soldiers and horses led by Su Mao, Jiaoqiang, and Zhou Jian are new forces that have not experienced battle.
Although there were more soldiers and horses under Gaiyan's command, there were 70,000 or 80,000 men, but they were all tired troops who fought continuously.
Not to mention the battles that have been fought along the way, just chasing Liu Yong for such a long lap is enough to exhaust Gai Yanbu.
Therefore, in Liu Yong's view, this battle is his own Jedi counterattack, which can completely turn defeat into victory and severely damage the Han army.
Su Mao, Jiaoqiang, and Zhou Jian also had the same idea, believing that they had the strength to fight with the Han army.
The Han army set out from Peicheng, marched westward, and went straight to Qiaoxian. The combined forces of Su Mao, Jiaoqiang, and Zhou Jian did not defend in Qiaoxian, but took the initiative to meet them.
The soldiers and horses of the two sides, one side from east to west, and the other side from west to east, marched in the opposite direction, and finally met in the west of Pei County. The officers and men of both sides opened their positions in front of the two armies, set up battle formations, and both sounded the horn of attack. In this battle, to sum up, it can only be said that the combined forces of Su Mao, Jiaoqiang, and Zhou Jian were really courageous, and they did not avoid the edge of the Han army, nor did they garrison in Qian County to wait for work, and the Han army fought offensive and defensive battles that were advantageous to their own side, but unexpected
Choose to take the initiative.
The final result was very unexpected, the tripartite alliance was defeated by the Han army commanded by Gai Yan. In a head-to-head confrontation, the strong combat effectiveness of the Han army was vividly displayed, on one side was the new force in its heyday, and on the other side was the tired division of continuous battles and rushes, and the strength of the two sides was also about the same, but in this case, Commander Gaiyan
The Han army still achieved an overwhelming advantage over the three-way coalition army.
This also has to make people sigh, the Han army under Gai Yan's command is really strong, the battle will be won, the attack will be overcome, rampant in Yuzhou, no one can match it.
The three-way coalition army was broken by the Han army, Su Mao led his remnants and fled to Guangle in a hurry, while Jiaoqiang and Zhou Jian led the remnants and fled back to Qian County, and when they arrived in Qian County, they did not dare to stay, took Liu Yong with them, and fled to Huling in Shanyang County, Yanzhou.
Because Liu Yong ran far this time, Gai Yan did not lead his troops to chase and kill again, and the main force of the Han army stayed in Yuzhou, while Gai Yan rectified the soldiers and horses under his command, and carried out a great cleanup of Liu Yong's remnants in Pei County, Chu County, Linhuai and other places in Yuzhou.
At this point, Liu Yong's power in Yuzhou basically collapsed. Don't look at Liu Yong's escape to Yanzhou now, but Liu Yong's foundation is in Yuzhou, Gai Yanqing exterminated Liu Yong's remnants in Yuzhou, as if directly cutting off Liu Yong's foundation, even if Liu Yong has great ability, he can't afford to turn over the turmoil in Yanzhou
Wave. Furthermore, Yanzhou belongs to Zhang Bu's territory, when Liu Yongxiong dominated Yuzhou in the past, Zhang Bu was willing to bow down to him and respect him as the Son of Heaven, and now Liu Yong's Yuzhou foundation has been destroyed by Gaiyan, he is in exile in Yanzhou, where will Zhang Bu be
Continue to honor him?
At this point, the war came to an end, and Gaiyan's crusade came to an end. Liu Xiu issued an order to let Gai Yan's class return to the court. Gaiyan left a Han army of nearly 10,000 people to garrison Suiyang, and he himself led the main force of the Han army to return to Luoyang.
The eastern crusade of the Jianwu Imperial Court was much smoother than the western expedition to Chimei and the southern expedition to Deng Feng. First, although Liu Yong's territory is large, his overall strength is relatively weak, second, Liu Yong's local separatist forces such as Zhang Bu did not give him timely reinforcements, and third, Gaiyan's ability to fight is indeed strong, and he has a good way to govern the army
Under the leadership of Gaiyan, the Han army exerted extremely strong combat effectiveness. These three points became the key factors for Gai Yan to sweep Liu Yong.