Chapter 107: The Fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Loss of Control of the Iron Army
When Chu Yun and Fang Dashan's Great Wall Guard connected, the time had already reached August of the fourth year of Jianxing, and Fang Dashan had been looking for Chu Yun for several months. When he knew that Chu Yun was back, Fang Dashan was overjoyed, and he personally led people to the grassland to greet Chu Yun. Chu Yun and his party walked very slowly, after all, they were carrying a large number of sheep, Fang Dashan could hand over this arduous task to him when he arrived, Chu Yun and the soldiers who came to the grassland together could be said to have had enough of the grassland.
Just when Fang Dashan was about to join Chu Yun with his people, Liu Hu, the leader of the Iron Force, finally found the trace of Chu Yun's army, after all, the Iron Blood Army was so numerous and the speed was so slow, the Iron Buddha who was light and simple was still blocking Chu Yun north of the Great Wall.
Tiefu were the descendants of Xiongnu men and Xianbei women (reversed above), so they also belonged to the Xiongnu, and like Liu Yuan and Liu Cong, they were all nobles of the Southern Xiongnu. At first, Tiefu was still obedient, but with Liu Yuan and Liu Cong father and son against the Jin, Tiefu was also ready to move, but the same clan did not have the same fate, Yongjia four years (310 years) October, the Jin Dynasty and the state assassin Liu Kun united on behalf of the country to crusade against Liu Hu. Tuoba Lu, the acting monarch, sent his nephew Tuoba Yulu to lead 20,000 cavalry to assist Liu Kun in defeating Liu Hu. Liu Hu collected the remnants of his troops, crossed the Yellow River to the west, and garrisoned the Luchuan River in Shuofang, and attached himself to Liu Cong, the emperor of Han Zhao.
It's a pity that the Huns are not next to them, so in order to avoid being pressed to the ground again by Xianbei and Liu Kun, he pretended to surrender to Tuoba Xianbei, how to say that Tiefu also has Xianbei blood, so the acting king Tuoba Yilu allowed them to reproduce in Shuofang. Acting King Tuoba Yilu is also eloquent, he will not find opponents for himself to let them develop, the acting king divided them into large and small tribes, with the secret support of the acting king, many Tiefu tribes did not obey Liu Hu's orders, so Liu Hu lost control of the entire Tiefu, which is why the Iron Blood Army cleaned up a lot of Tiefu tribes, but Liu Hu has not come forward.
Liu Hu wanted to eradicate dissidents with the help of the Iron Army, and then destroy the Iron Blood Army to increase his prestige, but the idea was good, and the implementation was not so smooth. No one knows where a bald Xianbei came from, they actually stole the leadership, Liu Hu has always been unable to bear it, and wait and see what happens.
Sure enough, forbearance worked, the Iron Blood Army increased its troops, and the alliance led by the bald Xianbei was defeated, but Liu Hu was surprised by the combat effectiveness of the Iron Blood Army and hesitated, he didn't want to fight with the Iron Blood Army and waste his own troops, but as soon as he hesitated, the Iron Blood Army actually left directly with the harvest.
At this time, the Tiefu tribe that was robbed by Chu Yun found Liu Hu for help, no matter how Liu Hu said it, he was also the leader of Tiefu, he picked up the original idea again, and wanted to use the Iron Blood Army to establish power, so he went to look for Chu Yun, but he really found it.
This Li Hu doesn't look at him as a noble-born Southern Xiongnu nobleman, but this person is definitely a talented and incompetent person, this person faced a generation of internal and external strife in the original history, and it took decades to not achieve a victory, which shows how incompetent this person is.
"Governor, tens of thousands of cavalry have appeared in the rear of our army. Li Hu found Chu Yun's traces, and the corresponding Chu Yun also found his traces. Chu Yun's entire brows stood up, there were still people who came to look for death, this time from Guo Shuzi sent troops to his aid, the two of them killed at least 100,000 people on the grassland, and they couldn't even deter the Hu people, these guys are really not afraid of death.
"Pass my order, the two Qiang divisions are the vanguard, the first cavalry division is the left wing, the third cavalry division is the dark wing, and I personally mention 30,000 iron-blooded divisions to press the formation for each division, I want to see who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall. Chu Yun directly gave the battle order.
The Iron Blood Army turned their horses to face the Iron Army, Liu Hu looked for the Iron Blood Army all the way, and after finding it, he began to get entangled again, although he had not learned the combat effectiveness of the Iron Blood Army, but it must not be underestimated. After all, in this year, how could the Han forces dare to enter the grassland, and no one dared to go to Liangshan.
In Liu Hu's entanglement, the Iron Blood Army collided with Tie Fu head-on, the Iron Blood Army did not talk nonsense, and began to fight hard as soon as they fought, and Tie Fu was not a soft persimmon, they absorbed the armor and equipment of the Huns, Xianbei cavalry and Han people, so the combat effectiveness was very good, and Liu Hu led an army of seventy or eighty thousand, which was comparable to the number of the Iron Blood Army. The two sides first shot arrows at each other, then charged each other, and finally a large-scale scuffle, it was getting late, and the two sides slowly separated, and they actually fought five or five, and no one had anything to do with anyone.
The next day, Chu Yun personally led people to rush into battle, even with Chu Yun's personal command, the two sides did not distinguish the winner or loser, ancient wars will not be the same as modern wars, there is satellite supervision throughout the process, where is the weak point to fight, ancient wars test the vision and strength of generals. Chu Yun and Liu Hu's command ability is half a catty, and the war strength of the two sides is almost the same, whether it is the Tiefu cavalry or the Tiefu cavalry, they are relatively good cavalry, you must know that the Tiefu people later established Great Xia, once dominated for a while, and the Tiefu cavalry is also a strong army.
Chu Yun really can't win in a short period of time, otherwise the kind of battle that decides the victory or defeat of tens of thousands of people or hundreds of thousands of people in a short period of time will not be a miracle of war, in history, this kind of big war can only be determined by months, or even years, but Chu Yun really can't wait, because Fang Dashan met Chu Yun in person, and something big happened in the Central Plains.
In the fourth year of Jianxing, in 316 AD, the power of the Han people in the north was dealt a fatal blow, and the Western Jin Dynasty, the most incompetent in history, was destroyed. Sima Ye, the last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, led hundreds of thousands of hungry people to surrender to the Xiongnu general Liu Yao, which may be the only time in history that a Han emperor surrendered to a foreign race because of hunger.
In just thirty-seven years, Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, father and son bullied Cao Wei's orphans and widows to obtain the throne, which may also be karma. The Western Jin Dynasty was the loosest and most incompetent dynasty in Chinese history, without one. It has never established a strong central government, has not consolidated the country's borders externally, and has not rectified the various princes internally. The speed at which it lost the country was comparable to that of Qin and Sui. However, the Qin and Sui dynasties had made great contributions to the country, and the peasant leaders after the fall had established powerful empires and opened the Han and Tang dynasties, while the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty had just ended the nearly 100-year division at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the land of China, which had finally been unified, fell back into the abyss of turmoil that was more tragic and turbulent than before, and Chinese history also fell into a long dark period of more than three centuries. It is also the darkness of the entire Chinese nation.
The whole of Chang'an was slaughtered by Liu Yao, and after Sima Ye surrendered to the Xiongnu, almost all the men in Chang'an were killed by the Xiongnu, and women became their tools for fun. It's not that Liu Yao is ruthless to such an extent, but that the Xiongnu don't have extra food to feed the people of Chang'an.
In the fourth year of Jianxing, there was a major drought in the entire north, even in Xihe County, which was occupied by the iron-blooded army, otherwise Chu Yun would not have attacked the grassland and borrowed sheep and horses from the Hu people. Shile, Xiongnu and other forces are no exception, after the drought in Pingyang, the capital of the Xiongnu, even starved to death and went into exile, Pingyang County lost 100,000 households. This is not a joke, 100,000 households is hundreds of thousands of people, and in this era, there are people who have taxes and soldiers.
Even the territory of the Huns is so miserable, Chang'an, which has experienced war, can be imagined, after Chu Yun is gone, the iron-blooded army is divided in civil and military, and Chang'an's support is cut off, which gives Chang'an a fatal blow. Although Chang'an City is full of soldiers, both men and women help the court defend the city, but Liu Yao doesn't fight with you at all, just consumes you. As the saying goes, a momentary hero is easy to be, but a lifetime hero is difficult to be. In fact, starvation is similar to this, I haven't eaten for a day, I can help the imperial court defend the city, I can withstand it, but after being hungry for half a month, no one can stand it, and people in Chang'an City have begun to eat people. Therefore, after Emperor Sima Ye of Jin Han ordered the surrender, the entire Chang'an from the important ministers to the civilians did not object, and Emperor Jin Han sat in a sheep cart and surrendered in order not to starve to death.
Things are so dramatic, Chang'an Jiancheng is often opened from the inside. Before Sima Ye surrendered, he hoped that Liu Yao would not harm the people of Chang'an, and it could be regarded as a bird dying and mourning, but Liu Yao did not keep his promise. Liu Yao sent Emperor Han of Jin and several important ministers to Pingyang, and the rest of the courtiers were all killed, and the whole of Chang'an fell into despair, even the new second brigade sent by the iron-blooded army to help the imperial court defend the city was besieged by the Huns and all killed.
However, the iron-blooded army has gained a lot, several Wei generals joined forces, replaced the governor's mansion and the county guard to grasp the power, the iron-blooded army completed the strategic goal, occupied Fufeng County and Xinping County, plus Beidi County, Anding County, half of the territory of Yongzhou was occupied by the iron-blooded army, and the iron-blooded army was finally no longer a long and narrow one. But in Chu Yun's opinion, these gains are completely disproportionate compared to the pay.
In addition, what shocked Chu Yun was that after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Kun, the staunchest supporter of the entire Northern Jin Dynasty, also followed suit, and the entire Merge Prefecture, except for Shangdang County and Xihe County occupied by the Iron and Blood Army, the rest were all lost.
Liu Kun defected to Youzhou Assassin Shi, Xianbei Zuoxian King of Liaoxi, and Duan Piyan, the general of the fake Fu Army, and became brothers with him, and Bingzhou surrendered to Shile under the leadership of Shi Li Hong, the governor of Sikong Prefecture, and Shile occupied most of the Bingzhou.
When Fang Dashan finished speaking, Chu Yun's whole person was not good, although Fang Dashan was politically insensitive, but Chu Yun heard from Fang Dashan's description that there was a problem within the Iron Army, Chu Yun had told Zhang Tong and Mo Han before leaving, he would never allow the court to have an accident, and now the court has fallen, it is never a good thing, the strength of the Iron Blood Army is not strong, and there is friction with Liu Kun, now it can only be barely supported by the tiger skin of the imperial court, if the imperial court falls, the Iron Blood Army will become the target of the entire north, and the Iron Blood Army may not be able to hold on at that time, but now, the imperial court is captured, and the Iron Blood Army actually sits idly byIsn't that what went wrong?
And Liu Kun is also finished, the Iron Blood Army is Shi Le to the north and east, the Xiongnu is to the south, and Qiang Hu and Zhang Yu are to the west, this is definitely the place of the four wars, when the Iron Blood Army has a problem, they don't even have a helper, what are Zhang Tong and Mo Han doing?
But Liu Hu, the guy with his head in the water, firmly dragged Chu Yun, Tiefu's combat effectiveness was not weak, and Chu Yun's subordinates took the first iron-blooded division, the iron-blooded second division, the first cavalry division, the third cavalry division and two Qiang divisions. Chu Yun is not at ease with so many troops no matter who they hand them over, Mao Yu and Ran Liang are too young after all, and Huang Cun of the first cavalry division and Lu Zhong of the third cavalry division are not handsome, and Chu Yun can't do it if he hands over so many people to them, and it is even more impossible for the two commanders of the Qiang division to be handed over. Even if it was Fang Dashan, the Great Wall guard general who came to meet Chu Yun, Chu Yun was not at ease.
Therefore, Chu Yun finally realized the feeling of being in a dilemma, he couldn't do it if he wanted to return quickly, and he was full of worries if he didn't go back quickly.
"Governor, the last general is willing to replace the governor to stop the army of Tiefu, if it is not against me, I am willing to die to apologize. "Ran Liang, who has been with Chu Yun for two years, has changed very much, not only has his martial arts increased greatly, and he has become a number of generals in the Iron and Blood Army, but Chu Yun also let him learn the art of war, Ran Liang is very hardworking and is valued by Chu Yun. Moreover, he was so thoughtful that he could see Chu Yun's thoughts, and he directly asked for battle.
Chu Yun has some confidence in Ran Liang's ability, after all, Ran Liang was grown up by Chu Yun, but his qualifications are not enough to serve several other division commanders, which division commander of the Iron Blood Army is a person with outstanding military achievements, although Ran Liang also has military achievements, but he is not enough to suppress other division commanders. Ran Liang and himself were both master and apprentice and brother, Chu Yun was thinking about how to refuse, but Ran Liang spoke again.
"Dudu, I only need 30,000 people in the second iron-blooded division and two Qiang divisions, which is enough to fight against the Tiefu army. Ran Liang's words finally aroused Chu Yun's interest.
"Ran Liang, although you and I are like brothers, there is no joke in the army, if you can't do it, you know the consequences. Without waiting for Chu Yun to finish speaking, Ran Liang knelt down again to ask for an order, and he directly signed the military order.
Chu Yun thought about it again and again, and agreed to Ran Liang's request, but it was really Chu Yun who couldn't continue to stay, the world had completely changed, and if he waited one more day, he would lose one more opportunity.
Chu Yun ordered the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Cavalry Division to each take out a brigade and assign it to Ran Liang's name, and Ran Liang commanded the 2nd Iron-Blood Division, 2 Qiang Divisions and 2 Independent Brigades, a total of more than 36,000 people to resist the Tiefu army. Fang Dashan led the Great Wall Guard to be ready to support Ran Liang at any time, and he now had to transport tens of thousands of horses and hundreds of thousands of sheep brought by Chu Yun from the grassland, so Ran Liang would have to fight alone in the coming days.
That night, Chu Yun left with the rest of the people, when Chu Yun returned to Lishi City, the situation in the whole world changed greatly, after Liu Yao occupied Chang'an, repaired for more than half a month, and directly acted as an agent for the army to enter Anding County to find trouble with the emperor's brother, and Liu Bi led tens of thousands of troops to prepare to close the door and fight dogs.
After Shile occupied the annexed state, he began to move the population on a large scale, preparing to turn the annexed state into a ghost, which is to use the way of others to govern the body of others, so that the iron-blooded army can also understand. In addition, he directly sent the general Kong Chang to attack Tuoba Xianbei's core fiefdom Daijun, hoping to capture and kill Ji Tang, and Tuoba Xianbei's family pretended to turn a blind eye, Tuoba Xianbei, who dominated the world back then, has completely lost its sharpness, you must know that it has only been a few months, and Tuoba Xianbei has declined like this. But unlike in history, in history, Ji Tang had nowhere to run after Liu Kun's defeat, and could only be eliminated by Shi Le in Daijun. Now there is a change in the iron-blooded army in Bingzhou, so Ji Tang actually fled from Dai County to Shangdang County with thousands of cavalry to ask for help, and Zhou Bin, the general of the left guard of Shangdang County, actually accepted Ji Tang directly, and Shi Le and Zhou Bin confronted each other in Shangdang County.
Anyway, when Chu Yun came back, Chu Yun couldn't see what was going on in the world, Wang Lian knelt in front of Chu Yun with dozens of subordinate officials of the Governor's Mansion and cried, Chu Yun couldn't wait to kick them to death, they bastards completely ruined the reputation of the Governor's Mansion, even if Chu Yun came back, he couldn't save it for a while. And Wang Lian, a bastard, was taken advantage of, and he didn't know that he was really old. Fang Qing has been recuperating at home, and this old thing can see farther than Wang Lian.
At the same time, Zhang Tong, the county guard of Xihe County, also received the news of Chu Yun's return, and he immediately put down all government affairs to greet Chu Yun.
Moreover, the generals of the guards and the commanders of the divisions, only Niu Gensheng, the commander of the reserve, came, and the rest gathered around Beidi County, and Liu Bi actually transferred the troops from Shicheng.
In Chu Yun's opinion, these subordinates already had a tendency to be disobedient, especially after they had been stationed in one place for a long time. When they heard that they were coming back this time, the generals must have been afraid of being punished, so they were ready to return with their battle exploits, did they really want to wipe out Liu Yao's army of more than 100,000 in Anding County? Is this a dream of some fools? Chu Yun is not optimistic about their behavior.
"Give me all back. Chu Yun said with a gloomy face. This time, the governor's office and the county magistrates fought in the ring, and there were problems on both sides, and what was even more infuriating was that the military generals also had problems, and after the supervision department disappeared by itself, it actually got together with the army, and the entire iron-blooded army was in a miasma because of his absence for a few months.
"That's what you did? Wang Lian and Fang Qing, you two were the first ministers to follow me, and you are the left and right long history of the Governor's Mansion, and you are a high authority, so you led the Governor's Mansion? Wang Lian, these are your orders?" Zhang Tong handed Chu Yun all the orders issued by the Governor's Mansion during this time, including the order to exempt Zhang Tong from the Xihe County Guard, and there was also a scolding document that scolded the Xihe County Governor's Mansion for not obeying the order, the whole thing was a bunch of jokes, this is a document issued by the Governor's Mansion, which represents the highest authority of the Iron Army? Isn't this a slap in the face to Chu Yun?
Wang Lian took it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, he had never seen many orders, but the big seal on it was the big seal of the Governor's Mansion, he immediately knew that there was a big problem in the Governor's Mansion, and using the Governor's Mansion to issue false orders without permission was a big crime comparable to rebellion.
"Governor, I really don't know, I haven't seen it, Governor Mingcha. Wang Lian collapsed directly on the ground.
"Zhang Tong, tell me, what else have you done during this period of time, apart from fighting with the Governor's Mansion? Who commanded the Iron Blood Army during this time? What are they going to do? Are they all going to rebel? What is the Supervision Department doing, what is Huang Kai? A bunch of bastards. Chu Yun overturned the table, and everyone knelt down.
"Governor, Liu Yao's 90,000-strong army has entered Kouanding County, and now General Cui Zhenwei is commanding the army to fight with Liu Yao. Liu Bi and Liu Dutong were waiting for the fighters in Heping Xiwei General Guo Yong and Zhongyang Weiwei General Ma Hui, so Liu Dutong, General Cui, General Guo, General Ma and all the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army could not come to greet the Governor in person, and they would come to the Governor with a great victory a few days later. "Huang Kai, the Supervision Division, who Chu Yun didn't come back to greet in person, finally appeared, and as soon as he appeared, he represented more than half of the senior generals of the Iron and Blood Army.
Chu Yun walked down from the seat directly, he walked towards Huang Kai step by step, Huang Kai, who had bowed down to report to Chu Yun, felt that it was difficult to breathe, he began to sweat all over, and the clothes behind him were soaked in a short time, when Chu Yun walked three steps in front of him, Huang Kai finally couldn't bear the pressure and knelt down.
"The governor spares his life, I am loyal to Huang Kai, I am all for you, I listened to Cui Zhen's bewitchment, but I never betrayed the governor. Huang Kai, the big devil of the Iron Blood Army, was so frightened by Chu Yun that he couldn't cry.
Chu Yun kicked Huang Kai out with one kick, Huang Kai flew out more than ten zhang away, only to hit a pillar and fall down, and the pillar that the three people couldn't hold was knocked out by Huang Kai with several cracks.
"Huang Kai, you are still lying to me at this time, do you think my temper is too good?" Chu Yun's cold words exploded in the hall like thunder, everyone felt that their heads were buzzing, especially Huang Kai, Chu Yun's words were directed at him, Huang Kai snorted and spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were full of panic.