Chapter 74 5. Liu Bi's fall

Soon after Chao Cuo was cut in half, Yuan Ang also arrived in Wu.At this time, the two armies of Wu and Chu have already started fighting, and their first goal is to try to take down the front fortress of the Han Dynasty: Liang Guo.Liang Wang, that is, Liu Qi's brother Liu Wu is also. At this time, Yuan Ang asked his entourage to come in and tell Liu Bi that the central government sent him to have a good talk with King Wu face to face.However, when Liu Bi heard the message, he just smiled triumphantly, and refused Yuan An's request: I have already become the Eastern Emperor, so why should I still accept the edict of your Western Emperor Liu Qi?

Liu Bi knew that Yuan An was going to negotiate with him.After the fight has been fought, what is the point of negotiating? If you want to talk about it, you have to wait until the fight is going well.So, Liu Bi sent people to tell Yuan An, anyway, wherever you go, you are just eating, and I can give you what Liu Qi gave you; no matter how kind I, Liu Bi, treated you in the past, I still don't change my original intention today.If you don't dislike it, stay in Wu as a general.Of course, if you refuse, I won't talk nonsense, and the consequences can be imagined. Liu Bi's move is called soft, but hard.

Of course Yuan Ang is not a tofu man, if Liu Bi wants to bribe him, two words: no way.Therefore, Yuan An categorically rejected Liu Bi's temptation. Yuan Ang's attitude, in Liu Bi's view, is asking for trouble.Since I don't cooperate, I have no choice but to adopt the method of not cooperating.Therefore, Liu Bi immediately sent a captain and 500 people to surround Yuan Ang, preparing to execute him on a certain day. Yuan Ang, if the gods don't protect him, he will die obediently. The truth is, there really was a god who took the initiative to bless Yuan An.This deity is of course a false deity.He is just an official who worked under Yuan An when he was Prime Minister of Wu.

As the saying goes, evil people have evil rewards, it's not that they won't repay, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.In fact, this remark can also be put forward, good people are rewarded, it's not that they don't repay, it's just that they don't have the opportunity.The person who was kind enough to save Yuan An was currently serving as Captain Sima of the Wu Army, and he happened to be sent to besiege and kill Yuan An. The reason why Sima, the captain of the school, sacrificed his life to save Yuan Ang was not for anything else, but to repay his kindness.The things are as follows: First of all, when Yuan An was Liu Bi's prime minister, he was a servant under Yuan An, and he secretly hooked up with Yuan An's maid.Although it is said that the maid is Yuan An's private property, the maid is also a human being, as long as she is a human, she always wants to have a relationship destination.Therefore, Yuan An pretended not to know about them, a couple of dogs, and let them interact.Unexpectedly, someone with a big mouth told Mr. Sima quietly that Yuan An already knew that he had an affair with his maidservant, so he was doomed.

At that time, Sima knew that something was wrong, so he ran away immediately.What is even more unexpected is that Yuan Ang heard that Sima had escaped, and chased him back on horseback, and even gave him a maid as his wife. good man.Yuan An's move made Mr. Sima very grateful, and he kept this kindness firmly in his heart. In Mr. Sima's opinion, the favor he owes to Yuan An, don't say the favor of a drop of water, but the cliché of repaying each other with a spring, even if it is true that one day he will go through fire and water for Master Yuan, he will not hesitate.Sure enough, he really jumped through the fire to save Yuan An.

However, with five hundred soldiers surrounding Yuan An, he was like a bird in a cage, a fish in a tank, hard to fly with his wings.In this situation, Xiaowei Sima wanted to rescue Yuan Ang, which was tantamount to fishing for a moon in water. However, the world does not lack wisdom, what is lacking is only the head to discover wisdom.The captain, Sima, unexpectedly thought of a good way to save people.The method is: buy wine to intoxicate the soldiers guarding Yuan An, then step on their corpses, tear off a corner and sneak out of the camp. The weather just happened to help the captain a lot.At this time, it will be very cold, and it is a good time to drink to warm up.So the school captain Sima spent all his savings, bought two stones of good wine and carried it to the camp to urge the soldiers to drink.Captain Sima is so bold and unrestrained, of course the soldiers who drink must also put on an unrestrained appearance.As a result, a group of people drank so much that they all lay motionless on the ground.

So, the captain, Sima, immediately rushed into the camp, grabbed Yuan An and ran out. At this moment, Yuan An didn't know that a kind-hearted man descended from the sky, and was immediately taken aback by the captain's sudden rescue, and refused to leave.Mr. Sima sighed, and told Yuan An, "Master Yuan, hurry up, the king of Wu is going to kill you tomorrow morning." Yuan Ang stared at Sima in disbelief, because he seemed to have never seen this person before him, and he didn't know what his intentions were. Why should I, Yuan Ang, believe you? At this time, Mr. Sima was so anxious that he was about to jump up, and said to Yuan An: "My benefactor."How did you forget me?I am the servant who once stole your maidservant.

Only then did Yuan Ang remember that you are a conscientious person, and you know how to repay my debt of favor at this time.At this time, Yuan Ang sighed and said to Sima: You must be an old man at the top and a young man at the bottom.If you do this, I'm afraid you will hurt your family. Sima said: Don't worry, benefactor, I have already arranged for my family's escape.Please go quickly. Yuan Ang finally nodded and agreed to run away.So, Sima swung his knife to cut open the tent, and the two of them tiptoed and carefully stepped on the gap between the drunk soldiers stacked horizontally and vertically like stepping on a minefield.In the end, the two finally managed to escape the encirclement.Afterwards, the two separated and fled. Yuan An walked seven or eight miles before meeting Liang cavalrymen and successfully fled back to Chang'an.

At this time, Liu Qiwen really regretted hearing Yuan An's thrilling escape story.It turns out that killing Chao Cuo is really a bad idea.However, after this lesson, Liu Qi finally fully recognized Liu Bi's true face: he was pretending to punish Chao Cuo, but in fact he came for Liu Qi's throne.Liu Bi is already sixty-two years old this year, and now he has called himself the Eastern Emperor. It turned out that he had worked hard for forty years to prepare for the emperor's addiction before he was buried. For the title of Liu Bi, the emperor of the East who knows nothing about heaven and earth, Liu Qi really can't help but fight.

Therefore, Liu Qi was the first to order Zhou Yafu to immediately lead his troops to face Liu Bi's Wu-Chu coalition forces. At this time, Zhou Yafu led thirty-six generals, with a force of about 300,000.In terms of numbers, the strength of the troops is comparable to that of Wu and Chu's rebels. If 300,000 troops fight against 300,000 troops, what a grand and intense scene it would be.However, Zhou Yafu believed that the Chu army was fierce and flexible, and if the Central Army fought with them, they might not necessarily have the upper hand.The general does not fight uncertain battles, and in this case, he must make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

So, what strengths does Zhou Yafu want to make use of, and what weaknesses does Zhou Yafu want to avoid? His battle plan was as follows: first, he was going to abandon Liang Guo, and use Liang Guo to hold back the Wu-Chu coalition forces and consume the rebel forces;To sum up the above two points: Liang Wang Liu Wu only needs to hold Liu Bi for two months, and the rebels will cause food shortages.At that time, the anti-military internal and external troubles will naturally collapse! Therefore, Zhou Yafu passed the battle plan to Liu Qi.Unexpectedly, Liu Qi quickly approved Zhou Yafu's battle plan. Zhou Yafu finally sent troops.His route is to pass through Hangu Pass and advance towards Xingyang, waiting for a fighter.However, when he sent his troops to Bashang, a man jumped out suddenly and gave Zhou Yafu a killing plan. The person who jumped out was Zhao She.This is what he said to Zhou Yafu: Liu Bi is rich and famous in the world, and he has always been famous for accepting desperadoes.If the Central Army goes west to Hangu Pass, it must pass through narrow and dangerous places such as Xiaoshan and Mianchi (west of Mianchi County, Henan Province).I concluded that Liu Bi must have ambushed killers between these two places to attack the Han army.Let's change the route, take Lantian, leave Wuguan, and arrive at Luoyang.Then drum up momentum in Luoyang to deter the rebels!So, isn't it better? Fortunately, Zhao She's words immediately moved Zhou Yafu.Zhou Yafu made up his mind and decided to leave Lantian and leave Wuguan.At the same time, a small detachment was sent from Hangu Pass to search along Xiaoshan and Mianchi. Facts have proved that this little-known Zhao She has superhuman foresight.Sure enough, Zhou Yafu arrived in Luoyang unharmed all the way.Luoyang is only 80 kilometers away from Xingyang in a straight line.When the army arrives in Luoyang, Xingyang will be far away.At this time, news came from Soushan's team that Liu Bi had indeed ambushed the killer in the Xiaoshan area, and they had found many ambush soldiers from the state of Wu. It's dangerous!Surprised and delighted, Zhou Yafu immediately marched towards Xingyang, all the way to Pengyue's hometown, Changyi City.Changyi is about 100 kilometers away from Suiyang, the capital of Liang State. At this time, Suiyang is staging a struggle between fire and iron.The 300,000 troops of the Wu-Chu Allied Forces launched a fierce attack on Suiyang.So Liang Wang Liu Wu was very anxious, and immediately sent a distress signal to Zhou Yafu: Zhou Taiwei, please come and save me! However, Zhou Yafu, who was a hundred kilometers away, remained motionless and calmly replied: No help! Liu Wu: Do you dare to see death without saving him?Are you not afraid that I will sue you? Zhou Yafu: Anyway, if you don't save him, please feel free to sue. Liu Wu was at a loss, so he had to send people flying into Chang'an to tell Zhou Yafu that he would die. My brother was beaten badly, and I felt very uncomfortable when I was a brother.Therefore, Liu Qi decided to change his plan and send troops to rescue Liang Guo.And the great task of rescuing Liang Guo, of course, fell on Zhou Yafu.However, when Zhou Yafu received Liu Qi's edict, his expression was strange, he didn't say anything, and he didn't move a single soldier. He still said the same thing: If you don't save it, you won't save it, and it doesn't count if the emperor says it. I have seen General Niu, but I have never seen a general who dares to resist the imperial edict and is not afraid of death! ! In fact, the purpose of Zhou Yafu's refusal to obey the edict was not to disrupt the overall battle plan.Although it is said that the war is changing rapidly, the plan will never keep up with the changes.However, if you blindly use the brakes, you may be led by the nose by the enemy.That would be too passive. Fighting passive battles has never been the habit of the Zhou family leading troops. In fact, Zhou Yafu's failure to save Liang Guo does not mean that he did not act.He has moved quietly.This action is to send a light cavalry unit, like a mouse flying into the sky, bypassing the Wu and Chu coalition forces without anyone noticing, copying their backs, and cutting off the food road for the Wu and Chu armies. The news that Zhou Yafu cut off the coalition army's back route was immediately sent back to the anti-army curtain, and Liu Bi was stunned for a while. what to do?If you divide your troops and copy them back to your hometown to serve as Zhou Yafu's light soldiers, there is a shortage of manpower to attack Liang now.Why don't you fight? The grain road is impassable. Didn't the soldiers drink the northwest wind? Finally, Liu Bi decided: continue to attack Liang Guo.As long as Suiyang is captured, the food inside will be ours. For Liu Bi's plan, the stakes are too high.When he made this bet, he could only have one thought, and that was: only win, not lose.If Liang Guo cannot be taken down in a short period of time, the Wu-Chu coalition forces are very likely to lose their combat effectiveness due to lack of food. Sure enough, Liu Bi stepped up his firepower with the confidence of winning, and attacked Liang Guo fiercely. At this time, Liu Wu stood on Liangcheng, looking at the densely packed rebels outside the city from afar, the sadness and despair in his heart was self-evident.Zhou Yafu refused to save him, and the enemy fought like crazy again. Liu Wu could only command the battle with a more violent belief than Liu Bi: I can't lose!Once they lose, Liang Guo will really be doomed. The book of war says that mourning soldiers will win.These words really did not come out.Sure enough, in the next battle, Liu Wu frequently defeated the Wu army because of his proper employment.This time, Liu Bi jumped out like a mad dog in a hurry.what to do?If you fight and don't fight into the city, it's even more nonsense to retreat. Suddenly, Liu Bi set his sights on Zhou Yafu in Changyi City. Liu Bi finally saw through Zhou Yafu's trick: he was the one who broke Wu Chuliang's way, and he was the one who sat and watched the dragon and tiger fight.Such a big man, with such a huge army, waited and watched what happened, he just wanted to wait for Liu Bi to run out of strength, and then he would come to reap the benefits of the fisherman. When Liu Bi thought of this, he couldn't help sneering.Zhou Yafu, you have such a beautiful idea.I'll kill you now, and then turn around and kill the stubborn Liu Wu.Therefore, Liu Bi transferred his army to the north and marched towards Changyi, preparing to fight Zhou Yafu. Liu Bi's move really went wrong again.When Zhou Yafu heard that Liu Bi was about to attack, he immediately moved to face Liu Bi, and the two armies would be in Xiayi, preparing for a big battle.However, Zhou Yafu suddenly announced to the soldiers: No matter how the rebels challenge, they must not go to battle without the general's order. Sure enough, Liu Bi barked wildly outside the formation, but Zhou Yafu just ignored him. Liu Bi was stupid again.You Zhou Yafu, what on earth do you want to do? Suddenly, Liu Bi figured it out again.It turned out that Zhou Yafu was fighting a protracted war of attrition.If we really want to fight a protracted war, it will really ruin Liu Bi's event.Because the food brought by Liu Bi has already begun to be tight.Even if it is delayed for one more day, it will be dangerous for one more day! no!It must be done quickly. So, Liu Bi took the initiative to attack.First of all, he divided his troops into two places, and some of them pretended to attack the southeast position; his elite troops quietly moved to the northwest position of the Han army.Liu Bi's wishful thinking was: the coalition forces pretended to attack the southeast position of the Han army, and Zhou Yafu would use all his best to defend the city, and then the coalition forces would tear through the gap in the Han wall from the northeast and enter the Han camp. However, Liu Bi's calculation failed again.Because Zhou Yafu, who is extremely cunning, has seen through Liu Bi's tricks.When Liu Bi attacked the southeast position of the Han army, Zhou Yafu ordered that he must stick to the northeast wall.Sure enough, when Liu Bi's elite troops rushed to the northwest, they discovered that Zhou Yafu had erected an iron wall.As a result, the two armies were at a stalemate, making Liu Bi unable to move. It's over, the coalition forces are already short of food. It's over, Zhou Yafu's conspiracy is about to succeed. Sure enough, the coalition forces, who were short of food and clothing, started a famine at this time.Some of Liu Bi's troops starved to death first, and the other part saw that the rebellion had nowhere to go, and suddenly turned back and rebelled. The time for Liu Bi's death has arrived. In February, the spring is warm and cold.Like a sleeping giant snake, Zhou Yafu finally came out of the hole on his own initiative.Zhou Yafu's troops rushed towards Liu Bi like a cold current from Siberia, smashing the Wu-Chu coalition forces.At this time, Liu Bi was no longer able to dream of his Eastern Emperor's dream, so he quietly left Liu Wu, King of Chu, and fled southeast with thousands of strong men in the cold night. The next day, King Chu woke up and found that Liu Bi had run away, so he had to hang a knife around his neck to kill himself. At this time, Wu and Chu soldiers found that the dragon head was missing, and they all panicked.At this point there is only one way: surrender.So they divided into two groups, one group surrendered to Zhou Yafu, and the other group ran back to Liang Guo to surrender to Liu Wu. On February 30, a solar eclipse appeared in the sky. This ominous sign was of course reserved for the old thief Liu Bi.At this time, Liu Bi crossed the Yangtze River south and fled to Dantu (Dandantu Town, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province).Here, he collected more than 10,000 remnants and defeated generals, preparing to retreat to the East Vietnam. However, death still came after him. This god of death has changed to a stranger: Mr. Luo Wang, the king of Dongyue.When Liu Bi fled to the King of Dongyue, the Han Dynasty sent people to bribe the King of Dongyue early on, and at the same time warned Luo Wang: If the King of Dongyue can kill Liu Bi for the Han Dynasty, he will be rewarded greatly; . Luo Wang had no choice but to be bribed obediently. It was not very difficult for Luo Wang to kill Liu Bi on his own territory.The process of his trapping and killing Liu Bi is as follows: First, he tricked Liu Bi into saying that he would lend him troops to continue the rebellion, and asked him to come out to serve in the army; Sure enough, Liu Bi believed Luo Wang's nonsense and went out to work in the army.Unexpectedly, as soon as Liu Bi arrived at the scene of Lao Jun, it was too late to say, but soon, the killers jumped up and chopped off Liu Bi's head.Immediately afterwards, Luo Wang quickly passed Liu Bi's head to Chang'an with a fast horse. Good news kept coming to Chang'an.In the east, Luan Bu, who once cried and buried Peng Yue, took care of Jiaoxi Wang and other four bitch kings.In the north, the king of Zhao was stubborn and refused to surrender, and Li Ji could not attack for a long time.In the end, Luan Bu moved his army to the north, and the Xiongnu heard the news and withdrew from the border without helping King Zhao.As a result, the king of Zhao named Liu Sui was flooded with water by Luan Bu, the city was destroyed, and he committed suicide. it's over.Finally, it's all over.At this point, the rebellion farce of the Wu-Chu coalition forces, after three months, was shattered like a dream. Under the city of Chang'an, Liu Qi was like someone who woke up from a nightmare. He opened the window and looked at the sky in the distance.At this time, the sky that seemed to have experienced a heavy rain last night became particularly vast today.The air is very fresh, the bright sunlight shines on the trees, and the water droplets hanging on the leaves reflect colorful luster. Suddenly, Liu Qi discovered that today is really a good weather!