Chapter 52 5. The heroes of the world compete

After Liu Futong's incident, the Yuan Dynasty was greatly shocked, and ordered the Privy Council to lead 6,000 Asu troops and various Han troops, with the assistance of Zuocheng Xu from Henan Province, to Yingshanghui to suppress. The Azov army is composed of people from the Azov tribe in Central Asia. They were originally a Persian-speaking ethnic group, believed in the Orthodox Church, and were tall and mostly green-eyed. The "Asu" department, also known as the "Alan" department in the "Historical Collection", is said to live at the northern foot of the Taihe Mountains. It is the ancestor of the Wosheti people in today's Iran. people.In the first Western Expedition launched by the famous Mongolian generals Jebe and Subotai, the two tribes joined forces to fight fiercely with the Mongolian army, and the outcome was uncertain for a while.The Mongols sent envoys to the Kipchak people and said: "We are from the same tribe, from the same clan, and the Alan people are different. Let us conclude a non-aggression treaty! If you want gold and clothes, I can give them to you. Just let me keep the Alan people!" The Kipchak people accepted this suggestion, and happily betrayed the Azhao people—the subsequent ending can be imagined. The Kipchak people who betrayed their friends did not escape either. "The Mongols suddenly attacked them, killed each of them, and took back what was given."

The widows of these two tribes were later adopted by the Mongols. With their bravery and fighting skills, they became the sharp swords of the Mongol Empire to sweep all directions.Yan Timur, a power traitor at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, was born in the imperial inspection, so he received strong support from his fellow countrymen, the Asu Army. He was quite helpful in the war against Shangdu for power. Yan Timur also took special care of this army.However, just like all pampered armies, more than ten years of singing and dancing has made this "very powerful, good at riding and shooting" army degenerate into a bad shape, and its discipline is particularly bad, worse than that of bandits.

Hesi and other generals were only doing wine and sex, and the soldiers naturally followed suit, not doing their jobs, and looting everywhere, completely forgetting that their role was supposed to be a cat catching mice.When confronting the Red Scarf Army, General He saw that the opponent was in a huge formation and did not dare to fight. He just raised his whip and shouted "Abu! Abu!" Then, he ran away at the head of the army. It is said that "Abu" means "go". .The soldiers under General He's command were naturally not to be outdone, and they scrambled to be the first.The Red Turban Army chased afterward and defeated the Yuan Army. Since then, the story of General "Abu" has been passed down in Huaidong Huaixi as a joke for many years.

Although General He escaped from the battle by chance, he was defeated and died in Shangcai. After all, he was doomed. The Asu army under his command died of illness because he was not familiar with the soil and water. Xu Zuocheng was also executed by the Yuan court because of his defeat.Liu Futong took advantage of the victory to capture Bozhou, killed Tulu, the Xuzhou military envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, and captured Xiangcheng, Zhenyang, Queshan and other places in June, and dispatched troops to march towards Wuyang and Yexian counties. Tuotuo, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, sent his younger brother, Dr. Yu Shi, to first appoint Mu'er to know the Privy Council affairs. Together with Wei Wang Kuanchege, he led an army of 100,000 to encircle and suppress Liu Futong. In December, they captured Shangcai and captured Liu Futong's general Han Yao'er.In March of the following year, the Yuan army captured Runing again.In the third month of leap year, the Yuan Dynasty took Pingzhang Gongbuban as the commander, and led tens of thousands of guards from the Han army and Heaima Tatar army, stationed on the bank of the Runing Sha River. This Gong Pingzhang did not dare to look for Liu Futong for a decisive battle. In the color of wine, drunk and lying awake.Liu Futong sent elite soldiers to sneak attack in the middle of the night, and the Yuan army was in chaos and fled in all directions. The next day, they were taken in and inspected, and found that even the commander had been lost.They sent a few brave men to go back and paw, and at least found Gong Pingzhang's body among the dead, and finally had an explanation to the court.

The rulers in the metropolitan city looked through the files of the generals, and felt that only Yexian Timur could gain some advantage against the Red Scarf Army, so he appointed him as the commander-in-chief with 300,000 troops, and wanted to compete with Liu Futong in hunting the Central Plains.It is said that the Yuan army used thousands of vehicles to transport gold, silver, and silk, and the supplies in the north and south of Henan amounted to hundreds of millions.But first Timur is not a general after all, he confronted Liu Futong in Shahe for less than two months, and before a decisive battle, the army suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night, and under the pursuit of the Red Turban Army, discarded food, military supplies, and vehicles piled up like a mountain , let Liu Futong take a big advantage.General Yexian fled back to Bianliang City with only ten thousand remnants.

It is said that when Yexian Timur ran away, the local magistrate became anxious and held on to his horse's rein and refused to let go, saying that you, this... are too irresponsible, right?General Yexian was also anxious, he drew his sword and slashed. He was so wronged that he almost shed tears: "Isn't my life?" Fortunately, his brother is the prime minister. You can also continue to be a royal doctor. His elder brother Tuotuo prime minister always avoided Han and Nan people when discussing military affairs in the court.Tuotuo also said to the emperor: "Nowadays, the Han people in Henan are rebellious. It is appropriate to show the world and order them to be arrested. All Mongolians and Semu who were relegated to the outside world will be called back to the capital. Don't let them make mistakes." Ethnic conflicts at that time It was already serious enough, but this Mr. Tutuo didn't think it was enough, so he made things even more embellished.As a result, needless to say, as soon as the announcement came out, the Han people in the north and south of the river were all resentful, and they raised their flags to rebel.

However, Monk Peng, who fled to Huaixi area, was unyielding, continued to preach, and accumulated a force for several years.Three months after Liu Futong's incident, that is, in August of the 11th year of Zhizheng, he, Macheng ironworker Zou Pusheng, Huangpi fisherman Ni Wenjun and others also launched an uprising in the Qizhou area. There is a Luotian native, Xu Zhenyi, who wanders around the rivers and lakes and sells cloth for a living. Because of his occupation, he is very popular and has friendships with people from all walks of life. It is said that he has a special appearance—historical books say that he has "unusual appearance" , or "Big and tall, strong and incompetent", these meanings are still neutral; but if you go further, it is simply extended as "burly and magnificent, outstanding in appearance", "outstanding" and "extraordinary". "It is very different; further, the cloth merchant is extended to be a handsome man... In fact, this "different" does not necessarily mean handsome, it may mean that he looks like an idol, for example "Maitreya Buddha", there seems to be some gap between "Maitreya Buddha" and the handsome guy.

After the uprising by monk Peng and others, they said that Xu Zhenyi, who was "out of the ordinary" in appearance, was the descendant of "Maitreya Buddha" and was promoted as the leader. Since then, he has been recorded in history under the name of Xu Shouhui. It is said that Monk Peng and the cloth dealers also carried out a mobilization activity before the incident.They built a "House of Saints" in the cloudy mountains, with a stream beside it, and the tide rose twice a day.There is a boat-shaped boulder beside the stream. Xu Shouhui ordered people to drill holes in the stone for a tree mast, and then asked God in public: If you really want to bless me, let this stone boat float out of the mouth of the stream—then a miracle happened, and the stone actually Drift more than ten feet!I personally always suspect that this is a magic show.

This dramatic scene strengthened the hearts of the people, and the congregants wrapped their heads in red scarves and rose up, also known as the Red Scarf Army. In Mianyang, there was a small civil servant in the county government who was born in a fisherman's family and had a little knowledge of literature and ink. He also resolutely abandoned the lucrative career of civil servants and devoted himself to the torrent of rebellion.The reason is as follows: this little civil servant asked someone to tell his fortune. The fortune teller said that his ancestral tomb was prosperous in feng shui, and he looked like a nobleman.His father was not as optimistic as he was, he grabbed his son and said, "Why is it a matter of extermination?" The little civil servant was full of young people's ideals and aspirations, and said carelessly: "The words of the magician are proven!" Without looking back gone.This trip was more than ten years of dragon fighting, until the vast expanse of blue waves and smoke covering the sun of Poyang Lake buried this dream of a hero.

After the incident, Monk Peng and others captured Qishui City in September and killed Li Xiaoxian, the governor of Qizhou.Yuan Weishun Wang Kuanche Puhua, who guarded Wuchang, sent troops to suppress it, but was defeated by Ni Wenjun at Jingangtai. In October, Xu Shouhui was made emperor by Monk Peng and others.According to the information provided by Ming Yuzhen, who later became the emperor of Daxia and was a general of Xu Shouhui at that time, they once "issued the Wanshou calendar, established Yuan Dynasty and ruled peace, and the country was named Song", with Qishui as their capital.But not long after, the name of the country was changed to "Tianwan", which meant that it overwhelmed the "Great Yuan". Zou Pusheng was named Grand Master, and Ou Puxiang was named Great Situ.

On the 11th day of the first lunar month of the following year, the Tianwan regime sent Ding Pulang and Xu Mingyuan to lead an army to capture Hanyang; on the 12th, Yang Puxiong captured Xingguo Road.On the 14th, Zou Pusheng led an army to attack Wuchang. The Yuan army did not make a decent resistance due to internal conflicts. Yuan Weishun Wang Kuanche Puhua, Huguang Province Pingzhang Zhengshi monk and others fled. . Another headache for the Yuan Dynasty was Fang Guozhen from Taizhou, Zhejiang.To be honest, this old man is always rebelling; to be honest, he is always trying to get the court to recruit peace. Fang Guozhen rebelled for the first time in the eighth year of Zhizheng. The Yuan Dynasty sent Jiangsu and Zhejiang political parties to lead the army to suppress it. Fang Guozhen fled by sea by boat.Duo'erzhiban drove all the way to Wuhumen in Fuzhou, but instead of catching the mouse, Fang Guozhen caught him alive in a daze.Fang Guozhen treated this high-ranking prisoner kindly and asked him to seek peace from the imperial court, so the Yuan Dynasty appointed him Qingyuan Dinghaiwei.In any case, Duo'erzhiban finally completed the task of "suppressing bandits".But this kind of comedy will happen again and again in the future. Fang Guozhen rebelled again shortly after being recruited, and in May of the tenth year, the Yuan Dynasty sent Marshal Hu Hai and Wanhu Sun Zhaoyi to crusade—this time the result was the same as before, Yuan soldiers suffered another defeat, and Marshal Hu Hai was captured alive.In the eleventh year of Zhengzheng, the Yuan Dynasty decided to carry out a large-scale "suppression of bandits", and sent Zuocheng Polo Timur of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces together with Marshal Tai Buhua, the propaganda envoy of East Zhejiang Province, to attack Fang Guozhen.In the middle of the night, Fang Guozhen sent powerful soldiers to set fire and clamor, the Yuan army collapsed without a fight, and the coach Polo Timur was captured alive.Next, of course, was Zhaoan again, and this time Fang Guozhen was upgraded to Qianhu. Just a year later, Fang Guozhen rebelled again, and Tai Buhua personally conquered him. He was stabbed to death in the fierce battle, and his body sank in the sea. His subordinates were also wiped out.In the thirteenth year of Zhengzheng, the imperial court had no choice but to grant Fang Guozhen a fifth-rank official in Luzhizhong, Huizhou.Because she still thought the official was too small, Fang Guozhen continued to rebel after the new year... Li Er from Xiao County, because of the local famine, gritted his teeth and donated the only sack of sesame seeds in his family to help the hungry people. It was quite popular and he was nicknamed "Sesame Li".At that time, the river industry was booming, thieves were everywhere, and people in Xiaoxian County were panic-stricken. Zhima Li Sui and the president Zhao Junyong discussed the rebellion: "There is an army in Yingshang, but the officers and soldiers are nothing like this. This man is in the autumn of wealth and honor!" Zhao Jun Yong also agrees with the rebellion, saying that our area is only an old Peng in the south of the city, and it is impossible to have him join the gang, so he must be pulled in.So President Zhao went to talk to Lao Peng himself, and enlightened him for a long time. When Lao Peng heard that Zhima Li was about to rebel, he readily joined the group.So eight of them pretended to be river bearers and sneaked into Xuzhou—four outside the city and four inside the city. On the fourth watch, they echoed inside and outside, seized the weapons of the gatekeepers, broke in, set fire and made noise.Xuzhou's soldiers and civilians have not known the military revolution for a long time, and they all obey orders with their hands tied.At dawn, these eight people raised their flags to recruit soldiers, and soon gathered a crowd of one hundred thousand, and captured Xuzhou like a myth. Three brothers, Guo Zixing from Dingyuan, are good at managing property, rich and powerful in the local area.Seeing the chaos in the world, he also gathered together with Sun Deya, Yu, Lu, Pan and others to rebel and captured Haozhou City. Zhu Chongba, the little grandson of the Yashan veteran Chen, was in his late twenties at the time, and he hadn't eaten a few full meals since he was a child.There was also a disaster year and plague, and family members died of the disease one after another, and there was no place to bury them.He had to become a monk—or rather, a novice monk without a license—in order to earn a living, but in those days, even such a life was considered a luxury.According to his own later memories, this period of time was simply horrible, and he was in danger of starving to death at any time.The temple where he became a monk is called "Huangjue Temple", because such a big man once lived there, so his name can last forever. After Guo Zixing and others started the incident, Zhu Chongba in Huangjue Temple suddenly received a letter from a friend asking him to join the gang.He was the exact opposite of the little civil servant who gladly participated in the rebellion. He always felt that rebellion was too dangerous, and he was quite hesitant, so he did divination in front of the Garan statue in the temple to decide what to do.On that day, Jialan Bodhisattva just watched so stupidly, watching how this naughty boy who threatened to "stab him for three thousand miles" planned his future in fear in front of the gods—asking to avoid chaos, it is not good; asking to keep the old ways , or bad luck.Then, the only way left is to rebel! Zhu Chongba walked out of Huangjue Temple in such a panic, to Haozhou, to Jinling, to the peak of power... In the future, he will create a dynasty that will enjoy the country for nearly three hundred years.