In 465, Liu Yu ascended the throne as emperor and changed his era name to Taishi, and Liu Yu was the Song Ming Emperor.
However, the turmoil was not over, and a man named Deng Yu was very dissatisfied with Liu Yu, the emperor. Deng Huan, a native of Nanchang, whose father was the Taishou of Yuzhang.
Deng Wan's younger brother had participated in Zang's rebellion and was executed because Deng Huan was in Guangzhou at the time and had made military merits, so he was not implicated.
Soon after, Liu Jun sent his third son Liu Zixun (劉子勋) to guard Jiangzhou (江州, in present-day Jiangxi) and send Deng Huan to assist Liu Zixun.
At the time of Liu Jun's death, Liu Zixun was still young, but the new emperor Liu Ziye considered him a great threat.
It turned out that Liu Yilong and Liu Jun were the third in the rank of brothers, and finally both ascended to the throne, so Liu Ziye believed that his third brother Liu Zixun was likely to repeat history and take his throne.
For this ridiculous reason, Liu Ziye sent someone to rush to Liu Zixun with poison, ready to let him swallow the medicine to commit suicide.
Liu Zixun's subordinates could not bear to see the young Liu Zixun die so tragically, so they found Deng Wan, who was usually more assertive, and asked him to find a way.
Deng Huan believed that Emperor Xian had entrusted Liu Zixun to himself, and he had the responsibility to protect him, not to mention that Liu Ziye was a tyrant.
So everyone conspired together and decided to save Liu Zixun and send troops to attack Liu Ziye at the same time. Just at this time, the former military commander Made Zhang Yue because he had offended Liu Ziye and was escorted through Jiangzhou, and Deng Huan released Zhang Yue in the name of Liu Zixun and took charge of the military deployment with him.
After that, Deng Huan sent people to block traffic, recruit troops and horses, gathered 5,000 people and horses in a short period of time, and then issued a letter announcing the crusade against Liu Ziye.
Unfortunately, they didn't move fast enough, and before they could fight, Liu Ziye had already been killed by Liu Yu's people. Liu Yu became the new emperor, and he also sent an order to make Liu Zixun a cheri general to appease Liu Zixun and his people.
After seeing Liu Yu's edict, Liu Zixun's subordinates were very happy, because there was no need to fight. If they had accepted this fait accompli, perhaps the Liu Song Dynasty would not have erupted into civil war.
However, Deng Wan, an important figure in Jiangzhou, was not reconciled, and he felt that Liu Jun had the grace of knowing himself and should help Liu Jun's son Liu Zixun to compete for the throne.
Under the plot of Deng Wan, Liu Zixun declared himself emperor in Jiangzhou in 466 AD, and openly confronted Liu Yu. Many of the local governors were Liu Zixun's brothers, and they all raised troops to support Liu Zixun and oppose Liu Yu's uncle to become emperor, and a great war between uncles and nephews began.
Liu Yu, the emperor, only controlled the capital Jiankang (around present-day Nanjing), and many rebels appeared around it.
The rebels came mainly from three directions: Huiji (around present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang) in the southeast, Yuzhou (around present-day Huaiyang, Henan) in the northwest, and Jiangzhou (around present-day Jiangxi) in the southwest.
Liu Zifang was Liu Zixun's brother, and he supported Liu Zixun, but he was still young at this time, and the matter of dispatching troops was entrusted to his subordinate Kong Qi.
Kong Qi is a strange person, he is usually very serious, he is not very polite to his superiors and colleagues, and he especially loves to drink, and he is drunk for more than twenty days a month.
Although he was often in a drunken state, Kong Qi was very quick to think after waking up, his work efficiency was extremely high, and he could handle a large amount of official affairs in a few days, and everyone said: "Kong Gong is drunk for twenty-nine days a month, but he is even more powerful than a person who is sober for twenty-nine days!"
After Liu Yu ascended the throne, some disobedient rebels appeared in various places, and Liu Yu was afraid that there would be changes in the area of Huiji, so he specially sent an emissary Kong Man to stabilize Kong Qi.
However, Liu Yuwan did not expect that he had chosen the wrong person.
The emissary Kong Man also had the intention of rebellion in his heart, and as soon as he arrived at the meeting, he persuaded Kong to rebel. Kong Man said to Kong Qi, "Liu Ziye has spent all the savings of the capital city, and now that the rebels are everywhere, if you raise an army and respond, you will be able to succeed!"
Kong Qi also felt that Liu Yu was about to collapse, so he mobilized his army and announced his support for Liu Zixun. Under his influence, Wuxing (in present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang) Taishou Wang Tansheng and Yixing (in today's Yixing, Jiangsu) Taishou Liu Yanxi rebelled one after another, and many enemies suddenly appeared in the east of Liu Yu.
After receiving the news, Liu Yu was worried.
Fortunately, an official named Wu Xi took the initiative to ask for help, expressing his willingness to take troops to the east to suppress the rebellion. Seeing that some people stood up to share their worries, Liu Yu turned his worries into joy.
However, some people say that Wu Xi has always been doing clerical work before, and he has never been a general, so he cannot be sent.
But if you haven't done it, it doesn't mean you can't do it well.
The chancellor Chao Shangzhi said to Liu Yu: "Wu Xi used to follow the general Shen Qingzhi and also experienced many wars, he was decisive and brave, if you send him, you will definitely be able to make some achievements!"
Liu Yu was also willing to believe Wu Xi, so he allocated soldiers and horses to him and asked Wu Xi to lead his troops to the east to suppress the rebellion. The first to fight With Wu Xi was Liu Yanxi, the Taishou of Yixing.
Liu Yanxi sent four generals, each with a team of men and horses, more than Wu Xi, but Wu Xi's troops were very strong in combat, and in the fierce battle, they killed three enemy generals and defeated the enemy.
So Liu Yanxi had to personally lead his troops to confront Wu Xi, and he quickly learned Wu Xi's strength. So far, Liu Yanxi's troops were still more than Wu Xi's, and after the two sides began to fight, Wu Xi's side was at a disadvantage.
Wu Xi, who was flexible in mind, quickly came up with a trick.
He took a few cavalry and ran to a very high place to point fingers, as if commanding reinforcements to encircle and suppress the enemy.
When the rebel soldiers looked at it, they thought they were surrounded, and many of them were scared away on the spot. Wu Xi took the opportunity to lead his troops to attack and defeat the enemy, and Liu Yanxi could not bear such a big blow and committed suicide.
The next opponents were Wu Xing Taishou Wang Tansheng and Kong Man.
Kong Man, who had previously persuaded Kong to rebel, was now an "auxiliary general" of the rebel army, and although he had a great tone when he persuaded others, he urinated when he faced the officers and soldiers.
Hearing that Wu Xi's troops were getting closer and closer, Kong Man fell off the bed in fright and jumped out: "This is rushing at me, and if I don't leave, I will be caught alive!"
The subordinates listened to Kong Man's words and fled for their lives, and Kong Man and Wang Tansheng burned the army supplies and joined the fleeing team.
After scaring away Wang Tansheng and Kong Xuan, Wu Xi's troops continued to advance, approaching Kong Qi's base Huiji.
Due to the continuous reports of defeat, Kong Qi's troops had become ants on the hot pot, and when they heard that Wu Xi's army was about to arrive, Kong Qi's soldiers fled one by one, and he could no longer control the situation.
At this time, Kong Qi has become a street rat, and everyone shouts and beats. Wang Yan of Shangyu County also raised an army in response to the officers and attacked in the direction of Huiji.
At this point, Kong Qi had to deal with both Wu Xi and Wang Yan.
Kong Qian was scared to death in his heart, but he couldn't let people see it, and after he thought about it left and right, he decided to make a move to "golden cicada out of the shell".
He took more than a thousand people out of the city and declared that he was going to attack Wang Yan.
In fact, this is his blindfold, after leaving the city, he immediately led people to the sea, ready to escape by boat.
As a result, people are not as good as the sky, Kong Qi rushed to the seashore, only to find that the tide has long receded, the ship ran aground, and could not go out to sea.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers around him scattered and fled for their lives, and Kong Qi had to run away alone.
However, the notice of the reward for Kong Qi had already reached the local area, and he did not escape far before he was kidnapped by the people.
Kong Qi was escorted to Wang Yan and was soon executed. At this point, the rebels around Sanwu were basically wiped out.
In addition to the Area around Sanwu, there were also rebels in Yuzhou, and the leader of the rebels was Yuzhou Assassin Shi Yinyan. Yin Yan's rebellion was different from others, he was forced.
When Liu Zixun had just become emperor, Liu Yu appointed Yin Yan as the Assassin of Yuzhou, hoping that he would be on his side.
Yin Yan was persuaded to join Liu Zixun's camp, and Yin Yan had intended to support Liu Yu considering that his family was under Liu Or's control of Jiankang.
However, Du Shubao, a local officer in Yuzhou, and others advocated supporting Liu Zixun, and Yin Yan was alone and had no choice but to declare that the Yuzhou soldiers and horses supported Liu Zixun and opposed Liu Yu.
In order to deal with this rebel army, Liu Yu sent the general Liu Xun.
Liu Xun was a veteran general who had been in the battlefield for a long time, and during the Yuan Jia years, he led the troops to fight and made a lot of merits, and he led the troops with a characteristic - to treat people with leniency.
After receiving Liu Yu's order to put down the rebellion, Liu Xun immediately gathered his troops and advanced in the direction of Yuzhou. Yin Yan also sent generals such as Liu Shun, Liu Lun, and Emperor Fu Daolie to lead troops to meet the enemy. The two sides soon met on the road, when Liu Xun's troops had not yet built a fort, and Liu Shun was ready to take the opportunity to attack.
That's when he found a serious problem.
Yin Yan was not entirely in charge of Yuzhou, so the army he sent out could not have a commander. Liu Shun, Liu Lun, and Emperor Fu Daolie did not obey anyone, Liu Shun said that he wanted to attack, but Liu Lun and Emperor Fu Daolie did not listen at all.
Liu Lun and Emperor Fu Daolie's men and horses did not move, and Liu Shun's troops alone were difficult to compete with Liu Xun, and Liu Shun had no choice but to hold his troops still.
Although the number of rebels was large, they were scattered, and the opportunity was missed. Soon after, Liu Xun's troops built a fort, at which time it was difficult for the rebels to fight, and the two sides entered a confrontation.
As time passed, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the rebels.
In the early days of the rebellion of Yin Yan and Du Shubao, the officers and soldiers along the way fled one after another, which made Du Shubao think that the officers and soldiers were vulnerable.
Therefore, when liu shun was sent to attack them, Du Shubao only brought them grain for one month. Unexpectedly, Liu Xun was not easy to deal with, Liu Shun confronted him for a long time, and he could not find any flaws, and the grain was almost finished.
Liu Shun had no choice but to send someone back to the rear and ask Du Shubao to send some grain over.
Du Shubao immediately prepared a large amount of grain, loaded it into more than a thousand grain trucks in batches, and personally led the troops to escort them.
This matter was known to Liu Xun's side.
Liu Xun's deputy general Lu Anguo said: "The reason why we dare to confront Liu Shun is that we have enough grain than Liu Shun, and if we let Du Shubao send grain to Liu Shun, it will be very difficult for us to win, so we must destroy this grain delivery team!"
Liu Xun was deeply impressed, so he handed over to Lu Anguo more than a thousand elite soldiers and asked him to go with another subordinate, Huang Hui, to intercept the enemy's grain delivery team.
Lu Anguo estimated the speed of the grain delivery team, and then led the people to quickly rush to the necessary road of the grain delivery team and ambushed it. The rebels' grain was easily burned and thousands of cattle were brought back. After the news of the burning of grain came, Liu Shun and them quickly fled, and Liu Xun successfully marched forward, and soon after surrounded Yin Yan.
Yin Yan was originally forced to participate in the rebellion, and under the constant persuasion of the officers and soldiers, he finally decided to surrender to the officers and soldiers.
However, these two rebels were at best partial divisions, and the main force of the rebels was Liu Zixun from Jiangzhou. After openly turning his face to Liu Yu, Liu Zixun sent the generals Sun Chongzhi and Tao Liang to lead their troops to attack in the direction of Jiankang. The rebels along the way were numerous and soon killed to the ochre fold (west of present-day Fanchang, Anhui).
Liu Yu immediately sent the general Yin Xiaozu to lead troops to meet the enemy, and the two sides launched a fierce battle at Ochre. The rebels made a good start, shooting the officer general Yin Xiaozu with an arrow and winning the first game.
At this time, Sun Chongzhi said to Tao Liang: "Yin Xiaozu is a well-known fierce general, he was killed by us at once, the overall situation has been decided, we should immediately attack the capital Jiankang (today's Nanjing). "
At that time, Tao Liang and Sun Chongzhi each led a part of the rebel army, and if Tao Liang listened to Sun Chongzhi's words and quickly attacked Jiankang, Liu Yu would have a lot of trouble.
However, this Tao Liang was not very good at fighting, did not agree with Sun Chongzhi's plan, and missed a great opportunity in vain.
At this time, Liu Yu's side produced a powerful figure - Shen Youzhi.
When the main rebel force was approaching the ochre, several official armies were ordered to go to the conquest, and Shen Youzhi led one of the troops.
Various officers and troops gathered at Tiger Sill (east of present-day Fanchang, Anhui) to confront the rebels, but Shen Youzhi soon discovered a problem.
At that time, the commander of the whole army appointed by Liu Yu was Wang Xuanmo, but before Wang Xuanmo could arrive, Tiger Sill had already gathered five troops, and these five troops did not have a unified order, and no one obeyed anyone, and the scene was very chaotic. Shen Youzhi's proposal was based on the orders of a unit, which won the support of everyone and quickly stabilized the situation.
Soon after, reinforcements came again, and the general Jiang Fangxing led his troops to support Shen Youzhi.
It is a matter of good luck that there are helpers, but new problems have also emerged. Shen Youzhi's men and horses listened to Shen Youzhi, and Jiang Fangxing's people and horses listened to Jiang Fangxing's, and now that they are in one place, who will they listen to?
Jiang Fangxing did not express his position for a long time, and he was not willing to submit to Shen Youzhi.
Shen Youzhi had a lot of people on his side, and he wasn't bad at strength, so he didn't have to listen to Jiang Fangxing. Those who achieve great things can often take into account the overall situation.
Shen Youzhi took the initiative to find Jiang Fangxing and proposed that Jiang Fangxing be the commander, and everyone attacked the enemy under his unified command.
With unified command, the combined forces of Shen Youzhi and Jiang Fangxing exerted strong combat effectiveness and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop, and Sun Chongzhi's two camps were breached by the officers.
When the news came, Tao Liang was shocked, before Sun Chongzhi asked him to attack him together, he did not dare, and now it was very active to escape. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Tao Liang asked his subordinate Xue Changbao to stay in Ochre Fang, and he and Sun Chongzhi fled to Quewei (near present-day Fanchang, Anhui).
Not to be outdone, Liu Zixun's side sent the fierce general Liu Hu.
Liu Hu has been in the battlefield for a long time, and he is very cunning. This time he brought 30,000 horses to reinforce Quewei, and the morale of the rebels was greatly boosted.
Liu Hu and Shen Youzhi, the two masters, prepared to make a move.
After coming, Liu Hu needed to solve the first problem: how to supply the rebels who remained in the ochre?
The area around the ochre mill had been blocked by the officers and soldiers, cutting off the rebels' supply lines, and the grain there was almost exhausted, and it could not last long.
Liu Hu thought about it and came up with a trick: to hide the sky and cross the sea.
He had the food tightly packed, tied to the boat, and then buckled the boat upside down and floated down the water to the ochre to supply the rebels there.
This idea was very creative, but it was a pity that it could not escape Shen Youzhi's eyes.
Seeing these strange boats floating in the water, Shen Youzhi immediately became suspicious, sent someone to fish the boat up and look at it, and understood the intentions of the rebels, so he calculated and took the rebels' grain one by one.
In desperation, the rebels of the ochre had no choice but to break through and leave, and the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to recover the ochre. Shen Youzhi and Liu Hu's first round of confrontation: Shen You's victory.
However, Liu Hu still had a strong military strength, and it was difficult for Shen You to eliminate him at one time, and at the critical moment, Luck chose to side with Shen Youzhi.
The two sides fought mainly in water warfare, which required a lot of wood to build ships, and Shen Youzhi wanted to build many ships, but there was not enough wood.
Liu Hu also needed wood to build ships, and Deng Huan in the rear deliberately sent someone to send a batch of wood.
As a result, during the transportation process, the wind and waves suddenly broke out, blowing the wood originally given to Liu Hu onto Shen Youzhi's position.
It's really hard not to win. Shen Youzhi happily received this batch of wood, and the rebels could only stare dryly.
Because Liu Hu was unable to open the situation for a long time, Liu Zixun in the rear sent the minister Yuan Yan to bring some warships and soldiers to Quewei to urge Liu Hu to attack.
Liu Zixun sent Yuan Yan over, which was equivalent to sending a supervisor to Liu Hu, but because Yuan Yan did not understand military affairs, he helped him.
Every time Liu Hu held a military conference, Yuan Yan could not say why, which made the generals feel very dissatisfied.
Liu Hu's army lacked military uniforms and other things, and wanted to borrow some from the Xiangyang area under Yuan Yan's control, but Yuan Yan said: "My own family also lacks things, and I can't borrow them." "
At that time, there were rumors that prices in the capital area had soared, and Yuan Yan believed it without investigation, so he ordered the troops to stand still and wait for Liu Yu's side to collapse on its own.
Yuan Yan's various performances made people suspect that he was an undercover agent sent by Liu Yu's side.
Just when the rebels were not moving, the general Zhang Xingshi led his troops to cut off Liu Hu's grain route.
At this moment, Liu Hu couldn't sit still.
Liu Zixun in the rear sent a lot of grain, but because Zhang Xingshi's troops were stationed on the only road that the grain delivery team had to pass, the grain delivery team did not dare to approach Liu Hu's position, so Liu Hu had to send people to get grain.
Zhang Xingshi waited for this opportunity, he led his troops to rush over, beat the rebels, and burned the rebels' grain clean with a fire.
Man is iron, rice is steel. Without food, Liu Hu despaired.
Looking at Yuan Yan, who would only help him around him, Liu Hu was angry and decided to play him once and run away.
Liu Hu said to Yuan Yan, "I am going to organize a cavalry attack on Zhang Xingshi, please allocate all the horses to me for use." "
Yuan Yan did not know that there was deception, and handed over the horses to Liu Hu, who fled on horseback that night. By the time Yuan Yan reacted, Liu Hu had already run away, and Yuan Yan, who was aware of it in hindsight, panicked, so he also ran away, and as a result, he was killed by the officers and soldiers on the road.
After the commander fled, the rebel army quickly collapsed, and Shen Youzhi and others took the opportunity to lead the troops to attack, defeating the rebels to the ground, and soon after they hit Jiangzhou and killed Liu Zixun.
The rebel forces supporting Liu Zixun were basically quelled, leaving only Xue Andu, who was guarding Xuzhou. Xue An knew that he alone could not fight Against Liu Yu, who controlled the overall situation of Liu Song, so he planned to surrender, and Liu Yu also thought that he had eaten Xue Andu.
But at this juncture, things have changed.
Liu Yu was ready to send a large army to suppress the people and force Xue Andu to surrender immediately.
Xue Andu was already ready to surrender, but as a result, Liu Yu sent so many people, which made him feel frightened, thinking that Liu Yu wanted to settle accounts after the autumn. In order to protect himself, Xue Andu turned to surrender to the Wei army to the north.
So a large number of Wei troops rushed to join forces with Xue Andu's troops and defeated Liu Yu's men and horses. Liu Yu, who had secured the throne, not only failed to achieve his goal, but also lost a lot of territory in the north.