Chapter 56 9. Hua Jiao rebelled against Chen

Han Zigao's original name was Han Manzi. According to another theory, his surname was Chen, and he was from Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province).When the Hou Jing Rebellion broke out, he was only twelve years old, living among the people, and was hunted down by the rebels.Strange to say, none of the soldiers who killed without blinking an eye had the heart to attack Han Manzi who was wearing a bun with horns.Relying on his extraordinary beauty, Han Manzi escaped from the dead again and again, saving his life. When Hou Jing fell, Han Manzi lived in Jiankang.Together with the brigade of refugees, he followed Chen Qian's convoy going south from the town of Wuxing, preparing to return to his hometown in Shanyin.Chen Qian herself is also a handsome guy, but when she saw Han Manzi, she was still taken aback. He asked Han Manzi: "Do you want to be rich and famous? Why don't you follow me?" Han Manzi was probably attracted by Chen Qian's heroism. Shocked, he agreed without saying a word.Chen Qian felt that the name "Barbarian" was not pleasant, and she was not arrogant, so she changed his name to Zigao.

Since then, Han Zigao and Chen Qian have been in pairs and inseparable.Han Zigao is considerate and considerate, and he takes care of Chen Qian who is a bit impatient.Chen Qian asked Han Zigao to learn riding and archery and the art of war, so that he gradually grew into a capable and courageous general under his command.According to the "History of Love" compiled by Feng Menglong, the relationship between the two is far better than the relationship between master and servant. What's more, before becoming emperor, Chen Qian once said to Han Zigao: "People say that I have the appearance of an emperor. Really, I will make you my queen." Han Zigao was very moved. (The miscellaneous drama "The Male Queen" by Wang Jide, a writer of the Ming Dynasty, was derived from the unethical affair between Han Zigao and Chen Qian.)

After Chen Qian became emperor, she was limited by secular views after all, so she failed to make Han Zigao the queen, but she also rewarded him greatly and appointed him as the general of the right army to be in charge of the defense of Taicheng.After quelling Wang Lin, Han Zigao led a heavy army and was deeply trusted by Emperor Chen Wen. He performed well in several battles to quell local rebellions.In the sixth year of Tianjia (565 A.D.), Han Zigao was promoted to General Youwei. However, Han Zigao's status was too attached to Emperor Chen Wen. Once Emperor Chen Wen died, he would be in disaster.

Before his death, Emperor Chen Wen worried that the thirteen-year-old prince Chen Bozong would be embarrassing, so he proposed to pass the throne to his younger brother Chen Xu, king of Ancheng. Chen Xu refused with tears streaming down his face.Emperor Wen Wen of Chen was obviously testing Chen Xu's background (it coincided with Yu Wentai's method), because before that, Emperor Wen Wen of Chen Wen had shot at Zhongju with Wubing Shangshu Kong Huan, Zhongshusheren Liu Shizhi, and Shangshupu. When they discussed changing Chen Xu as the crown prince, they were unanimously opposed by everyone, so they dismissed the idea and praised Kong Huan and others greatly.

Emperor Chen Wen vigorously promoted Chen Xu in order to use the power of the clan to fight against the power of the family that had recovered along with the economy and stabilize the Chen family, but he was not generous enough to transfer the country to his younger brother.Chen Xu is also very smart, he expressed his loyalty to his brother face to face and gained his trust.In the imperial edict, Emperor Chen Wen appointed Chen Xu, Liu Shizhi, and Zhongju to assist the thirteen-year-old prince.Chen Bozong succeeded to the throne, changed Yuan Guangda, and took Chen Xu as the general, Situ, Lu Shangshu, and the military governor at home and abroad.

Liu Shizhi was an important minister of Emperor Chen Wu. His greatest "contribution" was to participate in the execution of the task of killing Emperor Liang Jing. Zhongju was an important minister of Emperor Chen Wen. Both of them were civil servants and participated in decision-making in the palace.Chen Xu led his left and right entourages to settle in Shangshu Province and presided over the administrative work. Liu Shizhi and others were afraid.Several people discussed the transfer of Chen Xu, and Yin Buying, the general manager of the Queen Mother's East Palace, gave Chen Xu a false message of the Queen Mother's will, saying: "Now the world is peaceful, and there is nothing wrong with the world. King Ancheng can return to the East Mansion (located in Taiwan) outside the city) to deal with the affairs of Yangzhou."

Chen Xu led the decree to retreat to the inner room, and his staff officer Mao Xi said to him: "Now the country is not peaceful and the situation is unstable. This is definitely not what the queen mother meant. I hope that the king will put the country as the most important thing, think twice, and don't let it go. If the traitor succeeds, follow in Cao Shuang's footsteps!" Chen Xu was dubious at first, but after hearing Mao Xi's analysis, he felt that it was justified, so he pretended to be ill, summoned Liu Shizhi to the mansion to talk, and at the same time sent Mao Xi to the East Palace to ask the queen mother and emperor for proof, and immediately exposed the lie. (Liu Shizhi and others also have no experience in political struggle. For such an important decision, at least they have to rely on the backing of the Queen Mother or the Emperor. It is really whimsical to want to be a white wolf without doing any preliminary work.)

Chen Xu got conclusive evidence, immediately imprisoned Liu Shizhi, and went to the palace to report the crimes of Liu Shizhi and others to the Queen Mother and the emperor.Liu Shizhi was sentenced to death in prison, and when Zhongju was demoted to house arrest, Yin Buying, who ran errands, was not bad luck. Because of his good conduct, he was exonerated by Chen Xu, but he couldn't do things well. When Zhongju failed, Han Zigao was terrified. They were both important ministers in the era of Emperor Wen, so it was inevitable that the rabbit died and the fox was sad.Han Zigao knew that he held the military power and would be suspected, so he took the initiative to ask Chen Xu to leave the town.But Chen Xu is different from Chen Wendi, he has no interest in male sex, so he ignores it.Not long after, Chen Xu received a report that Han Zigao and Dao Zhongju had conspired against each other, so they were given to death.Han Zigao was thirty years old at the time, and it seemed that the saying "Heaven is jealous of beauty" is also applicable to men.

The news of Han Zigao's murder set off an uproar in Chen Guo. Huajiao, the governor of Xiangzhou who was guarding Changsha, belonged to Emperor Wen's direct line like Han Zigao, and felt uneasy.In order to protect himself, he secretly recruited troops, contacted the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Jingzhou Houliang regime, and obtained the support of both parties. On the other hand, he turned to the court and asked to be transferred to the governor of Guangzhou. Seeing Hua Jiao's intentions, Chen Xu pretended to agree to his request, but withheld the edict and refused to issue it. He took general Wu Mingche as the new governor of Xiangzhou, and led 30,000 sailors to Yingzhou. The water army followed up; on land, Yang Wentong, the general of the crown military, left Chaling from Ancheng (now Xi'an Fuxi, Jiangxi), and Huang Fahui, the prefect of Bashan, left Liling from Yiyang (now Yichun, Jiangxi); The governor's army of more than 100,000 troops marched into Xiangzhou.

Facing Chen Xu's aggressive offensive, only a few generals on Huajiao's side responded, including Dai Sengshuo, governor of Bazhou, and Cao Qing, prefect of Changsha. After the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent Chen Xu back to Chen State, the two countries resumed normal diplomatic relations, and there was no war for five years.Northern Zhou Yuwenhu was dissatisfied with the status quo, and always felt that Chen Xu, the "hostage" sent back, failed to bring more benefits.He suppressed domestic opposition to sending troops, and made Yu Wenzhi, the younger brother of Emperor Wu of Zhou and the Duke of Wei, the governor. Generals Quan Jingxuan and Yuan Ding led the navy and army to the south to assist Huajiao.

In Jiangling, Jingzhou, Emperor Xuan of the Later Liang Dynasty, Xiao Qi, had passed away, and his son, Emperor Liang Ming, Xiao Kui, was in power.This person was very keen on fighting against the Southern Dynasties, so he readily accepted Hua Jiao's letter of surrender, and sent Zhu Wangcao to join Hua Jiao with 20,000 sailors. Zhou, Liang Yuanjun and Huajiao's army were divided into land and water. The navy was led by Huajiao, including Quan Jingxuan's Northern Zhou navy and Wang Cao's Houliang navy. They went down the river and stationed at Bailuoji on the Yangtze River (now southeast of Jianli, Hubei); the army was stationed in Lushan, under the command of Yu Wenzhi, and thousands of Northern Zhou infantry and cavalry from Yuan Ding entered Yingzhou.Nan Chen did not show weakness, Wu Mingche went up the river and confronted Hua Jiao, while Chun Yuliang stationed troops in Xiakou to block Yuan Ding's retreat.For a time, Zhou, Liang, Hua, and Chen Sifang's troops galloped freely, and it was very lively. Huajiao received reinforcements, and his confidence doubled. The navy fleet set off from Baling mightily, sailing down the current and riding the wind, and soon met Wu Mingche and others' Chen Jun at Zhuankou near Yingzhou. A thrilling battle The scale water war has begun. Huajiao's Zhou-Liang allied forces occupied the upper reaches, and had obvious advantages, especially the main ships were huge in size and equipped with shooting poles, which made it difficult for Chen Jun to approach.The so-called pole is actually a heavy weapon equipped on a large ship. The general form is: erect a mast on the ship, and fix a thick crossbar (similar to the arm of a giant trebuchet) on each mast, and hang one end The boulder protrudes out of the ship, and the other end is connected to the windlass with a rope. It is controlled by a number of soldiers. Once the enemy ship moves within the attacking distance, the pole is driven to smash down the boulder and break it into pieces.As a weapon of water warfare, the paddle first appeared in the Jin Dynasty, and it became more and more frequently used in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties.Chen's army also had poles on board, but their numbers and power were far less than those of Zhou and Liang's allied forces. Wu Mingche and Chun Yuliang were not intimidated by the momentum of the coalition forces. After analyzing the battle situation, they finally came up with a good strategy: spend a lot of money to recruit a group of daredevils from the army, and drive many small boats to Huajiao's fleet. to harass.The coalition forces counterattacked with clapping poles, and the boat was broken into pieces, but the coalition forces also ran out of stones.At this time, Chunyu Liang commanded Chen Jun's large ships to attack with poles. The large ships of the coalition forces who had lost the power of their poles were unable to resist the enemy, and they were all broken and sank in the Yangtze River. Unwilling to fail, Huajiao loaded the boat with dry firewood, lit it on fire, and sailed towards Chen Jun, intending to burn Chen Jun's boat, but the wind changed suddenly, and his own boat was burned instead.As a result, the coalition forces were defeated, and Hua Jiao, Dai Sengshuo, Yu Wenzhi and others fled to Houliang in small boats.Yuan Ding's army couldn't attack Yingzhou, so they retreated to Baling in a hurry, and were captured alive by Chen generals Xu Du and Yang Wentong who occupied Baling, Changsha and other places in advance. Wu Mingche took advantage of the victory and pursued, and conquered the east of Houliang (now Songzi, Hubei) in one fell swoop, and in the second year (the second year of Guangda, AD 568), he came to Jiangling and poured water into the city. Emperor Liang Ming fled to Jinan (now Hubei) in fright. Gangneung North).Seeing that Jiangling City was in danger, Northern Zhou did not want to lose this vassal. General Tian Hong led Zhou Jun to assist Hou Liang's army to fight hard day and night, and finally defeated Chen Jun.Wu Mingche saw that Liang's support was strong, so he retreated to the public security, so that Emperor Liang Ming was able to return to Jiangling and continue to maintain his puppet regime. Chen Xu put down Huajiao's rebellion and wiped out the forces loyal to Emperor Wen.At the end of the second year of Guangda, he borrowed the order of the Empress Dowager (that is, the mother of Chen Qian and Chen Xu) to abolish Chen Bozong, establish himself as emperor, and change Yuan Taijian to Xiaoxuan Emperor Chen Gaozong.Two years later, Chen Bozong died suddenly at the age of seventeen. Needless to say, readers can probably guess the inside story.