Chapter 34 Su Jun raised his troops out of anger

At the end of the first year of Emperor Xianhe (326), the Hou Zhao army in the north stormed Zuyue who was in Shouchun.Zu Yue asked for help many times, "the imperial court does not send troops for this", but Yu Liang himself was indifferent to this. The city of Shouchun was so strong that it could not be attacked by force. Then Zhao's army invaded Huainan and killed more than 5,000 people.In this way, the rule of the Jiankang government was directly threatened. Yu Liang and others panicked, and hurriedly ordered Wang Dao to be the great Sima, and stationed troops in Jiangning to resist the later Zhao soldiers.

At the critical moment, fortunately, Su Jun sent general Han Huang to attack, and drove away the Jie army led by Zhao Shicong, and the crisis was temporarily relieved.In order to prevent Zhao's army from coming again, Yu Liang planned to excavate a big pond and fill it with water as a swamp in the Jiangnan defense line, so that the enemy cavalry could not gallop.Although this move is conducive to defense, it also hangs Shouchun City outside the big pond.Originally, Zu Yue deeply hated the imperial court for not sending rescue troops to help him. Hearing this news, he became even more resentful.

After Zhao's invasion had just passed away, not only did Yu Liang not reward Su Jun for his meritorious service in defeating the enemy, but he wanted to preemptively recruit Su Jun who was in Liyang to enter the court and deprive him of his military power. Wang Dao was scheming and persuaded Yu Liang: "Su Jun is a guessing man, so he will not obey the order. It's better to tolerate him for now, and slowly get along with him." Yu Liang didn't listen.When the ministers gathered at the court, he said loudly: "Su Jun's wolfish ambition will eventually lead to chaos. Today's conquest, even if he doesn't follow his orders, will be a disaster; if it goes on for many years, it cannot be replicated!"

Director Wang stopped talking.All the ministers were the only ones, and only Guanglu doctor Bian Hu expressed his objection: "Su Jun has a strong army in hand, and the town is close to the capital, and he can arrive within a day. Once there is a change, it will easily lead to disaster!" Yu Liang refused to listen. Wen Qiao, Yu Liang's good friend, who was leading the troops outside, also wrote many times to dissuade Yu Liang, but he refused to listen. Su Jun, courtesy name Zigao, was born in Changguangye County (now Laizhou, Shandong). "(Su) Jun Shao was a scholar, talented and learned, and served as a county master. He was eighteen years old, and he was filial and honest."During the Yongjia Rebellion, scholars and people from all over the country built docks to protect themselves. Su Jun also built a fortress in his hometown. Thousands of families joined him, forming a very influential local militia force.Because of his background as a scholar, Su Jun was both civil and military, and good at advising soldiers. Cao Yi, the governor of Qingzhou in the Jin Dynasty at that time (this person was repeated, and whoever was powerful would be a vassal), wanted to lead his army to destroy Su Jun.Su Jun knew that he was far from being Cao Yi's opponent, so he led his troops across the sea to the south and returned to Guangling. "The imperial court is so far away, turn to General Yingyang."

When Wang Dun raised his army for the first time, Su Jun led the army to return late because of bad fortune, so he retreated to Xuyi.Wang Dun raised his troops for the second time. Su Jun was ordered by the court to go to Jiankang to attack Shen Chong and Qian Feng because his army was stronger than before.In the battle of Nantang, Su Jun and his general Han Huang bravely rushed to kill, and won the first battle, which established the final victory.After the rebellion in Wangdun subsided, the imperial court awarded Su Jun the champion general and the internal history of Liyang, and named Shao Linggong for his meritorious service.

Contributing to the country, his prestige is gradually increasing, and Su Jun is also self-inflated. In addition, he has "thousands of sharp soldiers and excellent equipment", and he is one of the best "ace troops" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If there is a delay in paying and transporting food, Su Jun will "speak angrily" and speak out in a condescending manner.Even so, Su Jun actually had no intention of rebelling against warlords in troubled times at first. Hearing that the imperial court wanted to conscript him into the imperial court, Su Jun was flustered. Fish cannot live without water, flowers cannot live without soil, and generals cannot live without big spears.If you really transfer yourself back to the "Central" from the army, your authority will be lost, and it will be useless to say anything.Therefore, Su Jun hurriedly sent his subordinate Sima to Jiankang to meet Yu Liang, and said, "To ask for a thief's foreign appointment, the distance is the only order. As for the internal assistant, it is really unbearable."

Yu Liang refused.At the same time, he sent troops to station around Su Jun's army to take strict precautions. In order to lure Su Jun into the imperial court, Yu Liang issued a "You Zhao" in the name of Emperor Cheng, conscripting Su Jun as a great minister of agriculture, a special advancement, and ordered his younger brother Su Yi to lead his army on his behalf.The position of the chief farmer is a high-ranking position, and it is a "pretense" to a discerning person. Su Jun presented the form and said earnestly: "In the past, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally held the hands of his ministers, and sent them to the north to reject the Hu bandits. Now that the Central Plains is not in peace, how dare the ministers be safe! Begging to make up for a deserted county in the border of Qingzhou, so as to show the use of eagles and dogs! "When it came to this, it was almost begging.As long as you don't transfer yourself away from the army, you can let him go wherever you want.

Yu Liang "don't allow it again". "(Su) Junyan pretended to go to the call, but hesitated."The matter is very important, once you go to the capital, the depth is unfathomable, the dragon loses the pond, and it is not as good as the fish and shrimp. Su Jun's counselor, Ren Rang, persuaded him: "General, if you want to live in a barren county, you don't see him. The situation is like this. I'm afraid there is no way out. It's better to rein in your troops and defend yourself." Su Jun thought so, so he should not be ordered. Yu Liang couldn't hold back even more, and sent his envoy "Sarcasm", which was actually a soft threat in his words, and ordered Su Jun to be called to Beijing immediately.

Su Jun was furious, and said angrily: "Yu Liang said that I want to rebel, can I live in Beijing? I would rather look at Tingwei from the top of the mountain than Tingwei look at the top of the mountain (if the anti-corruption bureau wants to arrest me, I will do it myself. I will not throw myself into a trap). The country in the past is in danger, and it is up to me! Now that the cunning rabbit is dead, the hound should cook himself, but death will be reported to the conspirators (referring to Yu Liang who framed him)!" Before the incident, Su Jun sent someone to contact Zu Yue.

Zu Yue has always been resentful towards the court, so he immediately sent a letter to his nephew Zu Huan and son-in-law Xu Liu, asking them to assist Su Jun.Zu Yue is the same father and brother of the great hero Zu Ti, but he is separated from his brother in terms of character and talent. At the beginning, Zu Yue was an official under Emperor Yuan, and he was a super "strict wife" who was afraid of his wife to death.One night when he was staying with a concubine outside his home, he got up to urinate and was randomly chopped up.Zu Yue was afraid, knowing that his wife had sent someone to kill him, so he went up to Emperor Yuan to say that he would give up his official position in the capital.Emperor Yuan didn't allow it, but Zu Yue ran out of the capital privately to avoid his wife's "poisonous hands".Later, due to Zu Ti's meritorious service in the north of the Yangtze River, Zu Yue also became more and more resigned.After Zu Ti's death, the imperial court ordered Zu Yue to replace his brother as General Pingxi and Governor of Yuzhou.At that time, Zu Yue's half-brother Zu Na secretly reported to Emperor Yuan, thinking that Zu Yue "has the heart of the mausoleum in his heart, so as to make it acceptable, if his power is false, his rank will be chaotic." Na is jealous of his younger brother's noble pet.When Zu Yue came to office, he had no talent or virtue, and his soldiers were not attached.After the addition, Zhao Jun continued to besiege and attack, but the court did not help, and Zu Yue was always full of resentment.After receiving Su Jun's secret letter, Zu Yue was overjoyed and catered to him immediately.

Wen Qiao heard that Su Jun refused his order, so he wanted to lead the army to Wei Jiankang immediately.Yu Liang refused to approve, and wrote back, saying: "I am more worried about Xizhen (referring to Tao Kan) than Liyang (referring to Su Jun). There is no one step beyond Lei Chi (Lei Chi is in Wangjiang County, Anhui today, and the later idiom "do not go beyond") "Lei Chi One Step" comes from Yu Liangyan)." Tao Kan lives in Jingzhou, sitting in a high-class place, and Yu Liang's suspicion and fear of him is not entirely groundless.As far as the Eastern Jin Dynasty (together with the later Southern Dynasties) was concerned, Jingzhou and Yangzhou were its political, economic and military centers.Jingzhou has always been a place where "armored soldiers gather". Not only is it a special geographical location, the supply of supplies is sufficient, but also the customs of Jingchu are fierce and brave, and there are many local "barbarians" serving as soldiers. The combat effectiveness is very strong, and various advantages are almost all.Jiankang is located in the lower reaches. Although the Jiuchong Emperor lives and is surrounded by officials, the capital will be in danger as soon as Jingzhou soldiers are pointed at them. Tao Hui, Wang Dao’s Sima (military adviser), had foresight. He advised Wang Dao: “Before Su Jun’s army arrives, we should cut off Fuling and stick to the ferry crossings in Jiangxi. We can win the first battle if we don’t strike first. Su Jun will occupy Fuling, and by then people will be terrified, and it will be difficult to compete with him!" Director Wang told Yu Liang.Not from. Sure enough, Su Jun's army went first, and Han Huang and Zhang Jian fell into Gushu in the first battle. All the food, rice, military supplies, boats and equipment of the Eastern Jin army fell into Su Jun's hands. Jiankang was terrified, and the capital was under martial law.The imperial court granted Yu Liang the military conquest power, appointed the left guard general Zhao Yin as the prefect of Liyang, and ordered the clan left general Sima Liu to lead troops to garrison Cihu to resist. In the first month of 328, Wen Qiao also joined Jiankang and stationed troops in Xunyang (now southwest of Huangmei, Hubei). Sima Liu is soft-boned, has no plans, and is cowardly by nature.Su Jun's army won the attack and killed Sima Liu. Su Jun himself, together with Zu Huan and Xu Liu sent by Zuyue, together with a total of more than 20,000 troops, crossed the Hengjiang River (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) and stationed troops in Lingkou.During this period, Jin soldiers came to fight several times, but they were all defeated.The soldiers of Su Jun, Zu Huan and others have rich combat experience, and they will not suffer losses if they attack the latter Zhao soldiers. Therefore, when they meet the same Taiwan army (the main force of the government), they will naturally have an advantage. In March of the third year of Emperor Cheng Xianhe (328), Su Jun's army had reached Fuzhou Mountain near Jiankang (near Taiping Gate in Nanjing today).Tao Hui once again directly offered advice to Yu Liang: "Su Jun knew that Stone City was heavily guarded, so he didn't dare to go straight down. He would definitely walk from the south of Xiaodanyang. He should set up an ambush on the way, and suddenly invite an attack, and he will succeed in one fell swoop." Is not from. Sure enough, Su Jun made a detour from Danyang when he was a child, and the army lost its way in the middle of the night, causing great disturbance. If the Jin soldiers set up an ambush here, they could kill Su Jun and others in one go. "(Yu) Liang heard it, but regretted it." Seeing the retreat, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Yu Liang, did not step forward, and issued an edict to appoint the minister Bian Hu as the commander of the front army. Together with his servant Zhong Ya and others, he led the army to fight Su Jun's army in Xiling.When the two sides fought, the Jin army was not Su Jun's enemy at all, and was defeated in the first battle, with thousands of casualties. Su Jun's army stormed Jiankang Qingxi gate, but Bian Hu and others failed to resist and retreated repeatedly.Su Jun also sent people to set fire to the wind, "burning down the Taiwan province and all the temple offices, all of which were wiped out for a while." The great loyal minister Bian Hu died of a wound on his back, fighting with left and right. His second son followed closely behind and went to the enemy to die.Bian Hu's old mother wept while caressing the corpse, and sighed: "The father is a loyal minister, and the son is a dutiful son. Why do you hate me!" Near Yunlong Gate, Danyang Yin Yangman and others also died in battle. Yu Liang had no choice but to bite the bullet and go out to fight in person, and he and the generals led soldiers to line up at Xuanyang Gate. "Before forming a column, all the scholars abandoned their armor and left."It can be seen how unpopular this uncle of the emperor is. Helpless, Yu Liang had to take his three younger brothers, Zhao Yin and others by boat and fled to Xunyang, relying on Wen Qiao. Su Jun's soldiers rushed into Jiankangtai City.Wang Dao and the four ministers rushed into the inner palace, carried the baby emperor to the front hall of Taiji, boarded the imperial bed together, and protected the dragon child with their bodies. "At that time, all the officials scattered, and the palace province was desolate."After the rebels entered the palace, they loudly reprimanded several people in the palace to leave the palace. Chu Chong, the waiter, replied loudly: "Su Champion (Su Jun's title is General Guanwei) has come to meet the Supreme Being, how can the soldiers invade him!" The rebels did not receive the order, so they did not know what attitude and etiquette they should use to treat the emperor and his ministers.After being scolded by Chu Shizhong, no one really dared to go to the hall. Soldiers loved money, so they swarmed into the harem, robbing whatever they saw, and even Empress Dowager Yu's left and right servants were robbed. In order to vent his anger, Su Jun was also happy to indulge the soldiers to plunder everywhere in the capital. "Naked and stripped women and men, they all use bad mats and thatch to cover themselves, and those without grass sit on the ground and cover themselves with soil, and the sound of wailing shakes inside and outside."This group of soldiers is really vicious. In early spring, they robbed all the people in the capital, even their clothes inside and out.Not only that, they expelled hundreds of officials, Guang Luxun, Wang Bin and others were forced to carry soil to Jiangshan as hard labor, and were kicked and whipped by rebels along the way, just like slaves. "At that time, the government had 200,000 bolts of cloth, 5,000 catties of gold and silver, billions of dollars in money, and tens of thousands of silk. Other things called it."Su Jun ordered the sergeants to search and loot them all. The most pitiful thing is that the "royal chefs" couldn't even find the ingredients to cook for the little emperor, so they could only sweep out a few stones of rice grains scattered on the ground after the robbery from the warehouse floor, and cook porridge for the children. After Su Jun took full control of Jiankang, he "declared an amnesty", except for the Yu Liang brothers.Wang Daode was highly respected, Su Jun didn't even move a hair on him, and still let him enter the court as an official, above Su Jun himself. Su Jun granted himself the title of Hussar General and Lu Shang Shushi; the ancestors of the Allied Army were Shizhong, Taiwei, and Shang Shuling; Xu Liu was named Danyang Yin; Zu Huan was named Xiaoqi General. Sima Yi, the king of Yiyang County who was demoted by Yu Liang and left home, finally hoped to come to "one of his own". He met Su Jun in person and flattered him fiercely.When Su Jun was happy, he resumed his title of King of Xiyang, made him Dazai, and recorded his affairs. The extremely anxious Wen Qiao was waiting for the news in Xunyang, but what was ushered in was the distraught brother Yu Liang.Knowing that Jiankang was not guarded and the emperor fell into Su Jun's hands, Wen Qiao burst into tears. After crying for a long time, tears can't save the country, so Wen Qiao can only discuss with Yu Liang, the troublemaker, how to put down Su Jun.The two had always been wary of Tao Kan, and now they could only be cheeky and send someone to beg Tao Kan to send troops. Tao Kan, who was stationed in Jingzhou, was full of bird spirits, and immediately said to Wang Qian, the governor sent by Wen Qiao: "I am an outsider on the battlefield, and I dare not overstep the game." Wen Qiao begged many times, and almost went to Jingzhou to beg Tao Kan himself, but Lao Tao just stood still.In the end, it was Wang Zhen's words that made Tao Kan feel enlightened and boarded the ship in uniform. "Su Jun, the wolf is also, if you have the ambition, although the world is vast, is there a place where Minggong is content?" As a result, all the people went around to protest, displaying the rebellious appearance of Su Jun and Zu Yue, and moved to the town to send troops together.