At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Chapter 375 .370 Four Li Guo Rebellion kicked off

At the end of July in the first year of Xingping, the three thieves Li Guofan and Jia Xu who were far away in Chang'an learned about this.

I learned about the defeat of Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo, saw their heads, and learned that Guo Peng occupied Taiyuan and Xihe counties and expanded his strength.

Stealing the chicken is not enough to lose the rice, losing the chess piece that can contain Guo Peng, and Guo Peng's counter-general is trying to win over the Southern Huns. The three thieves Li, Guo and Fan are dumbfounded, and Jia Xu also frowns.

And misfortunes never come singly, and Liu Biao's side is not safe.

Liu Biao only obeyed the edict of the Chang'an court, but actually did not intend to directly send troops to restrain Yuan Shu for the sake of the Chang'an court.

Not only did he not restrain Yuan Shu to help Liu Yao, but instead sent people to Yizhou to do things, trying to take advantage of Yizhou.

In fact, Liu Biao wants to take advantage of Yizhou, and the three thieves and Jia Xu will also bear the blame.

Because Liu Yan's eldest son and second son were implicated in Ma Teng and Han Sui's attack on Li Jue's group, which led to the war, they were all killed by Li Jue. , was old and in poor health, so he got gangrene and died.

After Liu Yan's death, important ministers around him, representatives of Yizhou's local gentry and tyrants, Wang Shang and Zhao Wei, together with many local tyrants and gentry, elected Liu Yan's fourth son, Liu Zhang, as the successor of Yizhou Mu, and made a symbolic representation to the court. .

Probably Liu Zhang's weak character is very much in their interest.

But after the court of Chang'an learned of this, it could not allow this kind of thing to happen, so it sent Hu Mao from Yingchuan to be the governor of Yizhou.

Hu Mao entered Hanzhong, took advantage of the conflict between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang in Hanzhong, and tried to overthrow Liu Zhang and occupy Yizhou.

Zhang Lu relied on his mother to win Liu Yan's favor, so he was able to occupy Hanzhong under Liu Yan's instructions and cut off traffic.

But after Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang hated his mother, killed his mother, and sent his general Pang Xi to attack Zhang Lu, tearing his face with Zhang Lu, so Zhang Lu officially became hostile to Liu Zhang.

At this time, Hu Mao lured Zhang Lu to be his assistant to fight against Liu Zhang with Zhang Lu as the official prefect of Hanzhong.

Yizhou was in chaos, and Liu Biao learned that Liu Biao had coveted Yizhou for a long time, so he sent his own driver Liu He into Yizhou to do things in Berkshire.

Liu He contacted Gan Ning, a son of the Linjiang Gan clan in Bajun, who was frustrated under Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, and his friends Lou Fa and Shen Mi, planning to rebel. Liu Biao strives for the greatest benefit.

The Linjiang Gan family is a local rich family in Berkshire, and also a noble family. It is a descendant of Gan Mao, the left prime minister of Qin State, and Gan Ning was born here.

The famous 12-year-old Gan Luo who paid homage to the Prime Minister is the grandson of Gan Mao and the grandson of the Zuo Prime Minister of Qin State.

If you don't understand the connection here, some people will naively think that since ancient times, heroes are born in youth, and celebrities are born in recklessness.

Gan Ning was called the Jinfan Bandit by others, but he came from a well-known noble family with a lot of influence in Yizhou.

Like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, he was a hero in the local area. He used his family power to rampage and act recklessly in Berkshire. It was commonplace to beat officials and rob officials of their property. The local officials could not stop them. Today, he is a silver gun. bully.

In his 20s, Gan Ning came to his senses and felt that he could not continue, or was simply forced by the elders of the family, so he studied and studied symbolically, and after a period of time, he became an official.

The country bully turned into a bureaucrat, and even from a small official to the position of the county magistrate of Shu County, in charge of the military affairs of a county, it sounds a bit mysterious.

However, he was very unhappy in his position as the county magistrate of Shu County, and soon resigned and left to go home. It was probably because he had an unpleasant fight with some important person in Shu County, and he was not his opponent, so he had to leave.

This news was known by Liu He, so Liu He instigated Gan Ning with his eloquence and promise.

This made Gan Ning pull up a team in Berkshire with the strength of his family. Taking advantage of Liu Yan's death and Liu Zhang's new position of supremacy was unstable, he forcibly resisted Liu Zhang's rule, echoing Hanzhong's offensive from afar.

Liu Zhang's rule was in jeopardy for a while, and was threatened by both the north and the east. The weak Liu Zhang was very afraid.

At this time, Zhao Wei, the old subordinate who followed Liu Yan back to Yizhou from Luoyang, stood up and helped Liu Zhang.

In his opinion, Gan Ning is an idiot, as a native of Yizhou, he actually cheated on himself and cut his own way. He really thought he was someone special, and he didn't take Gan Ning at all.

Liu Biao did the same, since he had teased Gan Ning, he should send troops to help Gan Ning himself, but he didn't send troops.

So Zhao Wei was appointed by Liu Zhang as General Zhengdong Zhonglang, and led the troops to attack Gan Ning. Gan Ning, who was alone and alone, was defeated in World War I. The defeated Gan Ning fled to Jingzhou in embarrassment, and his family was blackmailed by Yizhou , Paying the price for his recklessness.

After defeating the rebels in the First World War and gaining prestige, Zhao Wei took advantage of the victory to pursue the rebels all the way to the border of Jingzhou, stationed troops in Quren County on the border to guard against Liu Biao, and the eastern border of Yizhou was stable.

As for the northern border, Zhang Lu was more than defensive but not aggressive enough. Although he was very powerful and helped by the governor of Yizhou, he was still unable to defeat Liu Zhang's army, so the two armies came to a stalemate, and Hu Mao was still unable to enter Yizhou, and he was in an embarrassing situation.

Through a series of battles, Liu Zhang actively or passively "settled" the position of Yizhou pastor and began his 20-year rule in Yizhou.

However, the intentions of the Chang'an court and Liu Biao both failed, and the internal and external cooperation could not win Yizhou, and the situation became a lose-lose situation.

Liu Biao's ambition was thwarted, and Gan Ning and others lost their use value, and they were placed in Nanyang County regardless of him. Gan Ning has since fallen into a low ebb in life.Nevertheless, his ambition for Yizhou has not disappeared.

The intention of the Chang'an court failed, and it was still unable to intervene to enter Yizhou. Yizhou is still the Yizhou of Yizhou people.

Jia Xu's three-blossom strategy failed completely, and his efforts to expand his power outward and contain the Kanto Group all failed. In desperation, he became even more worried.

But at this time, the three thieves, Li Guofan, unexpectedly had another conflict, this time the conflict was even bigger and even more irreconcilable.

Fan Chou made great contributions in defeating Ma Teng and Han Sui, and then had a conflict with Li Li, Li Jue's nephew.

Li Li was timid and did not dare to fight. After the battle, he was scolded by Fan Chou. Li Li held a grudge and often spoke ill of Fan Chou in front of Li Jue.

During a banquet, Li Jue sent his general Hu Feng to assassinate the unsuspecting Fan Chou on the spot, and Fan Chou died as a result.

Then, the generals of the Liangzhou Army distrusted Li Jue because of this, and everyone was in danger. Everyone was worried that they would be killed by Li Jue, and Li Jue began to lose support, but he didn't care.

Li Jue's behavior made Guo Si, the number two figure in the Liangzhou Army, also very worried.

Guo Bang often attended Li Jue's banquets, and there was nothing wrong with it, but Guo Bang's wife was worried that Li Jue would send a beauty to Guo Bang, which would cause her to fall out of favor, so she provoked him.

She falsely accused Li Jue of poisoning Guo Bang, and after one time Guo Bang was drunk by Li Jue, she tried her best to provoke him, making Guo Bang suspiciously believe that Li Jue had poisoned him, and had no choice but to induce vomiting with feces.

Yes, Guo Si vomited with feces, and he vomited until it was dark, and he never went to Li Jue's banquet again. Li Jue sent someone to ask, but Guo Si prevaricated. After going back and forth many times, Li Jue and Guo Si turned against each other.

So at the end of August in the first year of Xingping, Li Jue and Guo Si officially turned against each other, and the Li Guo Rebellion kicked off.

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Chapter 376

Li Jue and Guo Si completely torn skins and began to attack each other. The blood flowed into rivers and piles of corpses near Chang'an City, and the only remaining civilians who had not escaped were also slaughtered.

Although Liu Xie was only fourteen years old, he felt afraid and worried, but he did not intend to sit idly by, but immediately sent officials from the DPRK and China to dissuade him.

However, Li and Guo both had muscles and brains, and they didn't listen to Liu Xie's dissuasion at all.

Li Jue remembered that Jia Xu was smart, so he appointed Jia Xu as General Xuanyi to win over Jia Xu.

And Guo Si united those younger brothers who had lost trust in Li Jue, such as Anxi General Yang Ding and others, to attack Li Jue together.

Yang Ding hated Li Jue because of Li Jue's behavior, so he suggested to Guo Si that the emperor should be hijacked from the palace and taken to his own military camp to attack Li Jue in the name of the emperor. If Li Jue dared not resist, Guo Si would surely win.

Guo Bang thought it was okay to do so, so he started planning, but the news leaked out and Li Jue knew about it, so Li Jue decided to act first.

So Li Jue ignored Jia Xu's dissuasion, and sent his nephew Li Xian to lead thousands of troops to surround the Chang'an Palace and snatch Liu Xie into the barracks.

Taiwei Yang Biao and many other ministers tried to stop them with their integrity, but their integrity could not match the soldiers and horses, so Liu Xie was forced to enter Li Jue's barracks.

Later, the Chang'an Imperial Palace was looted and set on fire by Li Jue's soldiers, and the intact Chang'an City was completely destroyed.

From the end of August to the end of September, in a month's time, Li and Guo disregarded dissuasion and fought each other, resulting in the death of more than [-] soldiers and countless others.

At the same time that the war in Guanzhong was rekindled and turned into a purgatory on earth, Guo Peng was enjoying the warm and fragrant nephrite in Puyang County.

Before the crusade against Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo, Guo Peng decided to take a concubine after winning the battle, so he secretly ordered Cheng Yu to choose a suitable family and a suitable candidate for him.

After the return, Guo Peng bestowed a group of former officials in Hebei, added officials and ranks to stabilize their hearts, and then set about arranging concubines.

At his level, if you want to go further, you can't take a concubine just as you like, but you have to go deep and find out the reason and purpose of taking a concubine to ensure the maximum benefit.

The first thing Guo Peng decided was to take a woman from the Xiahou clan as his concubine.

Originally, Guo Peng didn't have this idea, but after Cao Hong's crime happened, Guo Peng felt more and more that the Xiahou family and the Cao family should not be so closely integrated.

The Cao family and the Xiahou family have me in you and you in me. The two families that have been so reused under their command have such a close alliance, which obviously cannot meet their needs.

In the peaceful era, it is to keep warm in groups. The traditional dilapidated nobles and the low-status upstarts hold together for warmth and need each other.

In the era of war, we also hugged together to keep warm, and started a business together to survive.

However, since the era of war and chaos, the close alliance between the Cao family and the Xiahou family made Guo Peng feel less at ease.

Many people are generals in the army, and many people are chief executives in the local area. If things go on like this, what will happen?

No, no, you have to help them.

So Guo Peng decided to serve as a concubine a woman of the right age from the Naxiahou clan.

After learning of Guo Peng's thoughts, Xiahou was first astonished, then pleasantly surprised, feeling that Guo Peng finally no longer just appointed Cao vigorously, but also noticed Xiahou who made silent contributions.

The two leaders of the Xiahou family, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, have been guarding the rear for Guo Peng. Although their status is important, their military achievements are not obvious, making the Xiahou family seem like Cao's vassals.

Although Xiahou's family didn't say anything internally, they still had some thoughts in their hearts.

Guo Peng helped them amplify this idea.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan also got the news later.

Overjoyed, they wrote letters to the clan one after another, saying that they were too busy with affairs to go home, and they asked the clan to do a good job of selecting and choosing the most beautiful, gentle and virtuous girl to send.

The Xiahou clan carefully selected, left and right, and finally selected a sister of the same generation as the two Xiahous, Xiahou Lin, who was only 17 years old and had not yet betrothed to others, and sent her to Guo Peng's mansion as a concubine for Guo Peng .

When Guo Peng heard that the elders of Xiahou's family praised Xiahoulin so much, he nodded happily and agreed to accept Xiahoulin as his concubine.

And decided to give birth to a child with the blood of the Xiahou family, and then appoint some people from the Xiahou family.

This is the first one.

And then the second one.

Guo Peng feels that he still needs to use Jizhou in many places in the future, and the civil servants and generals from Jizhou will naturally form a faction.

For example, the three major factions of Yanzhou faction, Qingzhou faction and Yuancong faction under Guo Peng's command.

The Yuancong faction is the main one, supplemented by civil servants and generals from the Qingzhou faction and Yanzhou faction, and there are a few Yuzhou people, Youzhou people, Sili people and Bingzhou people.

The subordinates of the Yuan Cong faction also have their own origins.

From Yuzhou, Youzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, these subordinates may become the leaders of the major factions in the future.

Among these groups, the Jizhou faction is undoubtedly the weakest and the most disadvantaged, because except for Zhao Yun, they all surrendered.

Zhao Yun is also a member of the Yuan Cong faction. He fought with Guo Peng very early and was born as a soldier, which is not comparable to them.

The group of people who surrendered after losing the battle with Guo Peng are in a bad situation and their identities are embarrassing, but in the future to attack north, Guo Peng needs Jizhou to make great efforts.

So now it is very important to appease the people of the Jizhou faction and give some signals to the people of the Jizhou faction to let them know that they don't mind what happened before.

From the very beginning, Guo Peng supported Zhao Yun as the leader of the military generals from Jizhou. In the early days, Guo Peng’s army also had a group of Jizhou warriors. Now there are several middle-level officers in this group. The relationship is good.

Originally, he wanted Zhao Yun to go further, but Zhao Yun's family had no more women, and he had no daughter, and Zhao Yun also married a wife, so the marriage couldn't be done.

So after thinking about it again and again, Guo Peng decided to support Tian Feng, who was very obedient to him, as the leader of the officials from Jizhou, and Na Tian's daughter as a concubine, so as to balance the power of the various factions a little.

Don't let the Jizhou faction be too weak, take care of the interests and power of the Jizhou people, so as to win the hearts of the Jizhou people and make the Jizhou people closer to themselves.

The other factions cannot be allowed to humiliate the Jizhou faction and suppress the Jizhou people as victors. That is not conducive to internal unity and is not in the interests of Guo Peng.

The strong should be suppressed, and the weak should be supported. The same means can achieve different goals. This art of balance is also very interesting.

As for myself who holds the initiative, I should make good use of this initiative.

Slightly suppressing Cao's and other Yuancong factions, splitting the power of Yuancong factions, and supporting the weak Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou factions, these are the main themes for the next period of time.

Of course, in Guo Peng's view, this in itself is a kind of protection, a kind of favoritism.

Chapter 377 .370 Liu Xie's Life Is Really Difficult

For the lord, when the power of a certain faction is too strong to be stopped, it is not a simple division and suppression, but a killer.

Mr. Guo didn't want to make a fuss to the point of killing the hero in the end.

Therefore, it is necessary to make some balanced measures in the early stage to give full play to one's subjective initiative as the lord, instead of doing nothing.

Of course, if some people who are not sufficiently enlightened openly express their dissatisfaction, Guo will not be relentless.