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This article is written by Jinfan Ranger
Although Zhao Liao had acquired the position of Yizhou Mu with the help of Li Liu, For Zhao, Li Li had become a more dangerous opponent.
As a famous general of the Eastern Qiang, Li Yu was very good at commanding the army. Others commanded the march to fight with flags and gongs and drums, but he used the spear in his own hand.
But even those who have participated in basic military training know that light can swing a spear has no blessing effect on commanding the army, and what is needed is to prohibit orders and retreat.
Li Yu's practice of implementing this is to kill people. During each training, Li Yu killed the first three soldiers who did not follow the orders, and under the threat, the soldiers naturally obediently obeyed the orders and retreated on a basis. And Li Yu will not only use killing to establish his power, but in peacetime, he will also love and protect the soldiers, care about their lives, and get their love.
In the general state of combat at that time, the two sides started to fight, not more than anyone, but which side was able to maintain the formation and not be in danger. Because in most cases, the losing side is not too many dead people, but the collapse of morale caused by the collapse of the formation. Li Yu was able to train such an army, and the combat effectiveness in his hands was naturally stronger. Even Zhao Liu had to sigh: Li Yu was also quite heroic like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the world.
However, Zhao Liu was not happy about this: because Guan Zhang and Liu Bei were brothers and sisters, and for Zhao Liu, who wanted to be Liu Bei, Li Li's army was only subordinate to Li Li himself, and he could not command it. And when Li Yu's strength was strong enough to surpass Zhao Liao, he would obviously no longer obey orders.
What's more, the relationship between the displaced people in the six counties and the local tycoons in Yizhou was very tense, and if Zhao Liao planned to divide Yizhou, he would certainly rely on the military strength of the displaced people, but without the support of the local land snakes in Yizhou, he himself could not stand.
Zhao Liao's aides Du Shu and Zhang Yue put forward their views: "We think it is unreliable that you let Li Yu, who controls a powerful army, lead the troops out as soon as you started your army. If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, but this is to give the weapon to someone else to let him attack us, general, you should think clearly. ”
"What you said is exactly what I want, and I have this intention, but at present, there is no suitable reason to deal with Li Yu, what should I do?" Zhao Liao was a little worried.
At this time, someone came to report to Li Yu for a meeting, and Zhao Yu immediately let Li Li in, he wanted to see Li Yu's current situation, so as to decide on future countermeasures.
And Li Yu also wanted to test Zhao Liao's thoughts, in his opinion, if he wanted to become a general like Guan Yu Zhang Fei, Zhao Yu also had the intention of dividing one side like Liu Bei. What's more, the direction of the development of the displaced people's group itself also depends on Zhao Liao's political intentions. In that case, I had to give him firewood. So he suggested to Zhao Liao: "The Central Plains is in chaos, the Gangji does not exist, and in my opinion, the imperial court can no longer be revitalized." When Ming Gong did not go along with the heavens, he responded to the hearts of the people and imitated the story of Tang Wu, calling the emperor on one side and saving the people. With the talents of Ming Gong, how could he not just divide Bashu? ”
Zhao Liao was surprised and delighted, surprised that Li Yu could actually see through his ambitions, and happy that li Li's words now gave him an excellent excuse.
"Is this what a subject should say?" What do you think he deserves? Zhao Yu sneered, changed his face, and gave Du Shu and Zhang Yue a look.
"Great rebellion should be put to death!" Du Shu and Zhang Yue spoke in unison, they immediately moved, and at the same time, li Yu's sons and nephews were executed, a total of more than a dozen people.
Li Li's death meant a break between the exile clique and Zhao Liu, and it also meant that Zhao Liao no longer had a reliable army in his hands, and on the day of Li Li's execution, Zhao Li felt the consequences.
Zhao's general Xu Ti (yǎn) always wanted to take up the post of overseer of Padang, but Du Shu and Zhang Yue refused to agree, and the three of them quarreled. In a fit of rage, Xu Yi drew his sword and killed Du Shu and Zhang Yue, while Du Shu and Zhang Yue's retinue killed Xu Yi. Watching his three henchmen kill each other in front of him, Zhao Liao didn't have any way, and he immediately regretted his sloppiness: he knew that his confidants were all this kind of straw bag, so it was better to leave Li Li.
But people have been killed, regret pills must not have to eat, can only do the aftermath of the work a little more beautiful.
At this time, Li Yu's brothers Li Te and Li Liu were leading the troops outside, and in order to appease their emotions and avoid bringing more serious mutinies, Zhao Yu packed Li Li's body in a coffin and sent it to Li Te's camp.
"Li Yu just said something he shouldn't have said and was executed, it has nothing to do with your brothers, Li Li's position was taken over by Li Te, what should have been done before, or how, everyone should not care." These were the words passed down by Zhao Liao's emissaries.
Don't care? To put it mildly! The Li Te brothers were very angry, and they led their men to immediately pull up camp and go to Mianzhu to show their break with Zhao Liao, and also decided to embark on the road of independent development.
Li Yu was usually very kind to the displaced people and soldiers, and when they learned of his death, the displaced people in the six counties wept bitterly from top to bottom, and in order to avoid continuing to be brutalized by Zhao Yu, they chose to defect to Li Te. Therefore, on the basis of the original people, Li Te absorbed more than 7,000 new people, which brought great pressure to Zhao Liao.
On the one hand, Zhao Liao was afraid that Li Te's power would regurgitate himself, on the other hand, with Li Li's death, the northern defensive line that was originally undertaken by him was now vacant, and once the imperial court sent troops to fight Against Zhao Liao, the north could be said to be extremely empty.
Therefore, Zhao Yu sent Chang Shi Feiyuan, Qian Wei Taishou Li Mo (bì), and the overseer Chang Jun with more than 10,000 soldiers to fill the northern defensive line, and stationed at the stone pavilion near Mianzhu to temporarily rest and observe Li Te's movements, but Li Te did not appear in front of them.
Li Te must have been scared away, right? They put their minds at ease. In the dead of night, everyone let their guard down, and suddenly there was a heaven-shaking shout of killing near Fei Yuan's military camp, and countless fires suddenly lit up around them. In a panic, the morale of Fei Yuan and the others' army collapsed instantly, and the soldiers were frightened and fled.
This was a night attack launched by Li Te with more than seven hundred soldiers, and countless soldiers under Zhao Liao died in this attack, and he no longer had any military strength that could resist Li Te.
Li Te began to march towards Chengdu, and upon hearing the news, Zhao Yu panicked and quickly gathered the defenders to defend the city gate. However, the civil and military officials in the city were unwilling to give Zhao Liao a funeral, and under the leadership of Fei Yuan, Li Yuan, Zhang Zheng and others, these officials burst out of amazing combat effectiveness, forcibly broke through the barrier of the defenders, and disappeared into the vast night.
[1] November 301 AD
Zhao Liao was dumbfounded, he had truly become a lonely man at this time, he hurriedly fled by boat with his wife and children, and was killed by domestic servants in Guangdu (now Shuangliu District, Chengdu).
At dawn, Li Te led his army into the city, out of hatred for Zhao Liao and hostility towards the natives of Yizhou, he ordered the soldiers to plunder, and killed Zhao Liao's subordinates led by Changshi Yuanzhi, and then wrote a letter stating Zhao Liao's guilt, and handed them to the two young minions who had not been executed, and asked them to take them to Luoyang to state the legitimacy of their actions.
After this great chaos, many Yizhou Hao clans either died under Li Te's knife or were forced to move out to form a new factor of turmoil, and their hatred for the displaced people in the six counties was even more unforgettable. However, at this time, Li Te did not have the idea of establishing himself as king, and he still held the policy of developing under the premise of respecting the Jin Dynasty, but the imperial court had prepared a powerful opponent for Li Te.
[2] Li Te asked Zhao Liao
As early as the time of Zhao Liao's rebellion, the imperial court appointed Liangzhou Assassin Shi Luoshang as the new Yizhou Assassin, and worshiped him as the general of Pingxi and the lieutenant of Xiyi, controlling the military and political power of Yizhou.
The reason for the appointment of Luo Shang is because as early as the time of Zhao Liao's rebellion, Luo Shang pointed out to the point that Zhao Liu had no ability, and could not get the support of the local heroes in Yizhou, and sooner or later he would fail. The imperial court considered him to be very prescient, and Liangzhou and Yizhou were very close together, and in line with the principle of proximity, there was this transfer order. And Luo Shang has a special identity: he is the nephew of Luo Xian, the last famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty.
In order to facilitate Luo Shang's appointment, the imperial court allocated 4,500 soldiers to Luo Shang, and also transferred more than 7,000 troops under the command of the Yamen general Wang Dun (not Wang Dao's cousin Wang Dun), Shangyong Du Wei Yixin, Shu Commandery Taishou Xu Jian, Guanghan Taishou XinRan, and others to enter Shu, which gave Luo Shang a strong momentum.
Li Te also felt a lot of pressure, and forced by the situation, he had to send his younger brother Li Jun to meet Luo Shang to show his deference to the imperial court, and at the same time he was thinking about countermeasures.
People have weaknesses, and Li Te believes that Roshan is no exception, and Li Jun's report confirms his judgment: Roshan does have the weakness of greed for money.
Li Te was completely relieved: the exile army had just finished the capital, and the most important thing was money. He sent someone to send a batch of treasures to Li Jun, asking him to pay tribute to Luo Shang, and he and his brother Li Liu also set out from Chengdu and prepared delicious and delicious drinks to meet him.
As Roshan was about to arrive in Mianzhu, Li Te finally met Roshan and his subordinates.
Luo Shang was very satisfied with Li Te's hospitality, but his subordinates felt a different temperament from Li Te.
"Li Te, these displaced people, who specialize in stealing chickens and dogs, should be eliminated as soon as possible, and the general might as well entertain Li Te and solve him during the banquet." This is the proposal made by Wang Dun and Xin Ran.
Roshan refused: Li Te's posture was obviously intended to obediently obey himself, and if he was solved without knowing what to do with the other displaced people?
Everything was normal at the banquet, and Li Te saw Xin Ran in the middle of the banquet and went forward to greet him: "Is Xin Jun not here unharmed?" ”
Xin Ran was a native of Longxi, and Li Te was also an old acquaintance, but at this time, everyone was their own master, and Xin Ran replied without anger: "Who said that it is a good thing for the deceased to meet?" ”
The smell in the air was a little awkward, and Li Te felt that even if he obediently served the imperial court, the attitude of the imperial court towards them still did not change much, and at the same time, the aboriginal dislike of their group of displaced people was also overflowing with words, plus Luo Shang's subordinates also regarded the displaced people as untrustworthy people, and he gradually began to consider changing the original policy of respecting the imperial court and carrying out independent development.
The arrival of a person has made Li Te more determined.
With the revolt of Qi Wannian being put down, the imperial court decided to let the displaced people return to their hometowns and sent two imperial historians to supervise the implementation. At this time, Li Te stayed in Luoyang, and did not follow li fu, the eldest brother who entered Shu, from his hometown to Chengdu, bringing Li Te information about the central plains.
Li Fu only told Li Te eight words - "China's chaos is not enough to recover." ”
Since the situation in the Central Plains was completely out of control, the imperial court's control over the local area was not as good as a day, instead of returning to his hometown and waiting for death, it was better to divide Bashu and learn from Liu Bei to dominate the side!
[3] Zhao And Li Te's idol, Liu Bei
Just when the Li Te brothers were planning to divide Bashu, the governors of the six counties where the displaced people had moved out also sent an official letter to Luo Shang, saying that the counties and counties under the local rule were extremely short of population, the land was deserted, there was no taxpayer, and there was no people to use, and asked Luo Shang to help supervise and urge the displaced people to return to their hometowns.
Hearing the news, Li Sent Yan shi to bribe Roshan to request an extension of his return to his hometown, at least to give the displaced people some time to prepare. Roshan collected money to run errands and promised to let the displaced people go on the road again in the autumn.
However, Xin Ran's greed further intensified the contradictions between the displaced people and the imperial court.
In order to encourage the displaced people to move back to their hometowns, the imperial court first adopted the method of co-optation, rewarding Li Te and Li Liu for their exploits against Zhao Liu, and sealing the leaders of the displaced people with official titles. But Xin Ran wanted to take the credit for himself and suppressed the edict of reward.
What's even more excessive is that Xin Ran also stared at the wealth of the displaced people, thinking that they snatched it from Zhao Liao's hands anyway, and there was nothing wrong with snatching it back himself. He planned to kill the leaders of the displaced people, take their money and put it in his own pocket. So he suggested to Roshan that the displaced people who were sent to supervise themselves must return home in July, and then sent people to set up checkpoints on the road that the displaced people had to pass on their way back to their hometowns and rob them of their wealth.
In order to survive in the Bashu region, most of these displaced people worked for short-term jobs, worked as farmers, and slowly took root in a few years. What is even more difficult is that july has not yet reached the autumn harvest, the displaced people do not have the food they need to return to their hometowns, the imperial court has not given them a solution to the road fees, plus the road is the time when the rain is abundant along the way, this road is windy and sleepy, the displaced people return to their hometowns, it is estimated that 30% of the ten percent can live is good. They gathered around Little, hoping that Little would give them an idea.
Li Te set up a camp in Mianzhu to resettle these displaced people, and at the same time wrote to Xin Ran requesting a grace period, and also sent Yan Shi to see Luo Shang again, asking for an extension until winter before going on the road.
Yan Shi first went to see Luo Shangxin's newly recommended Xiucai, who was also his aide Du Tao, and told him about the difficulties of the displaced people. Du Tao's father, who had served as a protector of Liuyang, knew more about the situation of the displaced people and believed that difficulties did exist, so Du Tao suggested to Luo Shang that the exiles be forgiven for one year.
But this proposal was still rejected by Xin Ran.
Xin Ran saw that his plan to make a fortune was about to collapse, and in a fit of rage, he sent people around to list and ask for the heads of the Li Te brothers.
You are not merciful to me, and Li Te and Li Jun took back the list and instead listed all the major chiefs of the displaced people in the six counties, turning Xin Ran's spearhead to the entire group of displaced people, so that they were completely tied to themselves.
[4] Little
Therefore, under the fright, more and more people were attached to Li Te, more than 20,000 people in a month, and Li Liu also gathered thousands of people, and Li Te divided these people into two large camps, the North Camp and the East Camp, which were managed by himself and Li Liu respectively.
Seeing the huge momentum of the displaced people, Xin Ran became more and more frightened, and set up camps in various key places to prepare to search for the displaced people. The two sides are tense and the conflict is on the verge of breaking out.
Ready to test Roshan's thoughts again, Li Te sent Yan Shi to see Roshan again and continue to ask for an extension of the date of the road.
Seeing the endless camps along the way, Yan Shi sighed: "There are no thieves but so many camps have been set up, which is to treat us as thieves." The beams on both sides are deep, and chaos will soon occur. ”
Yan Shi knew very well that this was Xin Ran's idea, and Luo Shang's own attitude was no longer so important, so he bid farewell to Luo Shang and prepared to return to Mianzhu.
Luo Shang made a false statement: "You go back and tell them, just say that I have agreed to the extension." ”
Yan Shi sneered inwardly, but the appearance still had to be done, so he stabbed Luo Shang: "You are now being deceived by adulterers, and I am afraid that you do not intend to forgive us." What I want to say below is that although these people are humble, you cannot despise them. If you do not reason now and blindly urge them on the road, then you will be angry, and I am afraid that it will be a disaster. ”
Luo Shang continued to prevaricate Yan Shi: "You are very right, I really don't lie to you, you go back and tell them like this." ”
Yan Shi returned to Mianzhu and said to Li Te: "Although Luo Shang promised to postpone it, he may not be credible, why?" For neither his authority nor his punishment was established below. Xin Ran and the others each controlled a powerful military force and did not take Luo Shang's words seriously, so once something happened, Luo Shang could not restrain them, so let's make preparations early. ”
Li Te took Yan Shi's advice and began to train his soldiers to guard against Xin Ran.
Here, Xin Ran and Qian Wei were playing their own little calculations.
"Although Roshan is greedy, he is not decisive, and if it is prolonged, the displaced people will grow further, and the Litter brothers are all men of great talent, and if they become the climate, we will have no place to die." The two looked at each other and nodded.
"For today's measures, decisive measures should be taken, cutting first and playing later!"
Under the plan of Xin Ran and Li Mo, a force of 30,000 people quietly went to sneak up on Li Te's camp, and Luo Shang, who heard the news, also sent reinforcements.
The sneak attack troops sneaked into Litt's camp, but found it empty, and when half of them entered the camp, the displaced people suddenly rushed out from all sides.
Li Te had already made preparations and gave them a counter-sneak attack, he cut off the main generals of this unit one by one, and sent them to Luo Shang and Xin Ran.
Luo Shang was very angry: "I have long seen that Li Te, a thief boy, wants to rebel, and I want you to be careful." You are good, especially Xin Ran actually made up his own mind, this is good, Li Te's arrogance is even more arrogant, now what to do? ”
Roshan's regret medicine was not enough to eat, because with the defeat of this battle, and the oppression of the exile clique by him and his subordinates, they broke up completely, and Li te formally established the exile military government, embarked on the road of separation, and became Rochamp's most dangerous opponent.
The displaced people of the six counties unanimously elected Li Te as the general of Zhenbei, Li Liu as the general of Zhendong, Li Fu as the general of the Hussars, and Li Jun as the general of the Xiaoqi, forming the prototype of a new government. For Li Te, he has embarked on a road of no return, whether he succeeds or fails, it depends on his own ability.
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