Chapter 83 The fourth quarter chooses handsome

When Liu Xiu became emperor, he was only 30 years old, and he was hungry and thirsty.When Gongsun Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he was nearly sixty years old, and the sun was dying.Once a person gets old, his mentality is inevitably conservative. After several failed military attempts, Gongsun Shu soon became depressed. He never went to Sichuan when he was young, and never left Shu when he was old. Joy. Gongsun Shu was familiar with the royal system. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he went in and out of the law, rode with a flag, and put a halberd on display. The emperor was full of style.However, when doing things, he still behaves like a petty official when he was the county magistrate of Qingshui County.He is also fond of tossing around, changing the names of counties and official positions indiscriminately at every turn, scrapping copper coins, casting iron coins, currency is not good, and the people suffer.

Gongsun Shuli's two sons were kings, and Shiqianwei and Guanghan counted counties each.The ministers came up to stop them, saying: "Success or failure is not yet known. The soldiers exposed and the former king loved his son, showing that he has no ambition!" Gongsun Shu would not listen.The power in the court is also in the hands of the Gongsunshu family, and foreign surnames cannot be reused, so all ministers complain. Gongsun Shu was the emperor of Anle for nine years. In the ninth year of Jianwu, when Kai Xiao was defeated, Gongsun Shu woke up like a dream, and the chill suddenly rose.Before he knew it, he had become Liu Xiu's only enemy in this world.It is no longer realistic to compete with Liu Xiu for the world. He has already missed the best opportunity. The only thing he can do now is to defend the enemy from outside the country and guard his one-acre three-point land.

Gongsun Shu then worshiped Kai Xiao and surrendered Wang Yuan as a general. He and the leader Huan'an refused to guard Hechi and defended the attack from the direction of Guanzhong.He also ordered Yijiang Wang Tianrong, Da Situ Renman, and Nanjun Taishou Cheng Fan to lead tens of thousands of people to Jiangguan to attack Yidao and Yiling, and to guard Jingmen and Huya to prevent the Han army from entering Shu by water. On Liu Xiu's side, as soon as Kai Xiao died, he quickly began the deployment to attack Shu. For the Guanzhong army, She was the commander in chief, with Feng Yi, Ji Zun, Geng Yan, Gai Yan, Ma Cheng, Liu Shang and others as assistants.

Liu Xiu's appointment of Lai She as the commander-in-chief obviously went through some careful consideration.In the Guanzhong theater, there is a gathering of famous generals, which can be called an all-star lineup.In particular, Feng Yi, Ji Zun, Geng Yan, and Gai Yan were all handsome talents of the Megatron side before—Feng Yi was the commander of the Guanzhong theater, wiped out the Red Eyebrow Army, and put down the Sanfu; Ji Zun was the commander of the Hebei theater, Destroy Peng Chong; Geng Yan is the commander of the Qingxu theater and destroys Zhang Bu; Gai Yan is the commander of the Eastern theater and destroys Liu Yong.

In the past, there were many enemies, and Feng Yi and others had the opportunity to be alone. Now there is only one enemy left, Gongsun Shu. The so-called monks are too many, everyone can only huddle together. Literati look down on each other, and so do generals.Among the four Feng Yi, everyone is qualified to be the coach, which means that no matter who Liu Xiu chooses as the coach, the other three may not be willing to accept it. If you want to suppress these rebellious generals, ensure that the army will not suffer from internal strife, and command it smoothly, apart from Liu Xiu personally supervising the formation, only Laishe is the most suitable one.

Compared with the other generals, Laishe defected to Liu Xiu much later, but there was a tendency to come from behind, especially in the battle of Lueyang, when Laishe destroyed the entire Longshan Mountain of Kaixiao with two thousand strong men All the generals were convinced by making the first contribution in the battle of Pinglong.Moreover, Lai She is Liu Xiu's cousin, and even Liu Xiu respects him three points. Since She is the coach of Guanzhong, the generals naturally have nothing to say. After Lai She took office as the commander-in-chief, on the one hand, he continued to eliminate the remaining party of Kui Xiao, worshiped Ma Yuan as the prefect of Longxi, and appease the two counties of Longxi and Tianshui, so as to relieve the worries of the future attack on Shu; With 60,000 dendrobiums, they attacked the Qiang people in Jincheng, beheaded thousands of people, obtained more than 10,000 cattle and sheep, and hundreds of thousands of dendrobiums.

Gongsun Shu was isolated and helpless, and the area of ​​Bashu only accounted for one-ninth of the empire. The soldiers and horses had not moved, and the victory and defeat had already been divided. It can be said that it was only a matter of time before Gongsun Shu was eliminated.Even so, Liu Xiu still sent all the famous generals to the battle. The meaning is obvious. This is the last battle to unify the world. After defeating Gongsunshu, there will be no more big battles to fight. The use of these famous generals is to go to their merits Sending up points, giving their military career a perfect curtain call, and then directly recommending them to the Hall of Fame in history is also a reward for their years of military exploits.

However, despite Liu Xiu's intentions, the two famous generals withered prematurely, and it was too late to enjoy the blessing of continuing to score points in the credit book. First, Ji Zun, the general who conquered the captives, died of illness in the army.Ji Zun was Liu Xiu's direct descendant in his early years, and he followed Liu Xiu all the time. When Liu Xiu heard of Ji Zun's death, he was deeply saddened.When the funeral car drove to Henan, Liu Xiu dressed in plain clothes and went to meet the funeral in person, crying and mourning; when the funeral car entered Luoyang City, Liu Xiu greeted him at the city gate, weeping like rain; after the funeral, Liu Xiu personally worshiped Sacrifice, the temple is too prison; when the burial, Liu Xiu went to the funeral in person; after the burial, Liu Xiu went to the grave in person to pay his respects.Visited in person five times before and after, the mourning and glory are unmatched.

Liu Xiu recalled Ji Zun, and whenever he met at court, he often sighed: "When will there be another good minister who cares about the country and serves the public like Ji Zun?" The ministers heard this, and they felt unhappy, just like your Liu Xiu's implication , We ministers, don't worry about the country and serve the public? Liu Xiu talked about Ji Zun endlessly, Wei Wei Yaoqi bit the bullet and advised, "Your Majesty is most benevolent, mourning Ji Zun endlessly, and all the officials are ashamed." It means that when Ji Zun died, you mourn It should be, but we can't keep talking about sacrifices and compliance. We living ministers should continue to be human beings and continue to make a living.Liu Xiu then stopped mentioning Ji Zun.

In the tenth year of Jianwu, Feng Yi also died of illness in the army.Compared with Ji Zun, the relationship between Feng Yi and Liu Xiu is closer, but with Yao Qi's advice first, Liu Xiu's performance this time has been much restrained, and everything about the funeral is in accordance with the etiquette of the Marquis. In the future, among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, Feng Yi will be ranked seventh. With Feng Yi's meritorious service, this ranking is obviously a bit low.If Feng Yi had not died young and had the opportunity to participate in the battle to destroy Shu, his hero ranking would undoubtedly rank among the top three.

Besides, in the Jingzhou theater, there was a dual coach system at the beginning-Wu Han and Cen Peng were both coaches.Wu Han's official residence is Da Sima, the highest rank among all military generals, so it is not a problem to be the coach.However, Cen Peng should not be underestimated. Cen Peng's official residence is General Zhengnan (roughly equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the South). General Feng Yi), is fully qualified to stand against Wu Han. Gongsun Shu sent Tian Rong and Ren Man to defend Jingmen and Huya, Wu Han and Cen Peng attacked several times, but they all returned without success.Cen Peng knew very well that infantry and cavalry alone were not enough to break through the natural dangers of Jingmen, and a powerful navy must be established, so he built thousands of warships and mobilized boatman Wan Wan from the three counties of Guiyang, Lingling, and Changsha. The rest of them practiced day and night. Wu Han and Cen Peng have similar qualifications and military exploits, so it is inevitable that they will fight openly and secretly, and they both want to monopolize the command of the Jingzhou theater.Wu Han started his career by relying on infantry and cavalry. Seeing Cen Peng training the navy day and night, he felt disapproving. These more than ten thousand boatmen can only row boats, but they cannot fight the enemy. There was a large amount of food, so the boatmen were ordered to be dismissed and returned to their hometowns. Cen Peng was furious when he heard the news, and said: "If you want to defeat the soldiers of Shu, these boatmen must be indispensable." He argued hard with Wu Han.Wu Han also showed no sign of weakness, and refused to take back his life no matter what he said. The two couldn't argue, and neither of them would obey the other. In the end, they could only write to Liu Xiu, asking Liu Xiu to make a decision.The two tigers were fighting, but Liu Xiu was not a peacemaker, and he replied unceremoniously, saying: "The great Sima Wu Han is used to riding on foot, and he doesn't know water warfare. The matter of Jingmen is decided by Cen Peng, the general of Zhengnan." As soon as Liu Xiu opened his mouth, the battle for the coach was settled, and the supreme command of the Jingzhou theater belonged to Cen Peng alone.Although Wu Han was the great Sima, he had to be inferior to Cen Peng from then on.