Chapter 42 Rebellion is also a technical activity

Tian Yue from Weibo has been getting more and more difficult since he fell out with Zhu Tao. Over the past few months, Zhu Tao has repeatedly sent troops to attack cities and territories in Weibo, burn, kill and loot; Weibo's army has been repeatedly defeated. war weariness. Tian Yue was worried that his followers would rebel, so he hurriedly sent someone to the court to appeal to the court, begging the court to send envoys to comfort and calm Wei Bo's heart. In March of the first year of Xingyuan, Emperor Dezong dispatched Kong Chaofu to Weibo.This Kong Chaofu is the thirty-seventh grandson of Confucius. It is said that he is quite knowledgeable and eloquent.After arriving in Weizhou, Kong Chaofu first expressed the most cordial condolences to the officers and soldiers of Wei Bo on behalf of the emperor and the court, then went deep into the grassroots to understand the sufferings of the officers, soldiers and common people, and finally held a meeting and delivered an important speech.

In his speech, Kong Chaofu worked hard to publicize the central government's various policies and policies for the feudal towns, especially emphasizing that the central government has always trusted and supported Wei Bo. , eliminate all obstacles, unite closely around the leadership with Comrade Tian Yue as the core, consciously draw a clear line with all separatist forces and rebel forces, earnestly study and implement the spirit of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness in Confucian classics, and faithfully fulfill the missions entrusted by the imperial court. The sacred duty of the people, on the road of building Weibo into a model feudal town, go forward bravely and make new contributions!

It is said that Comrade Kong Chaofu’s speech is closely related to the theme, has something to say, clear thinking, profound connotation, and is full of appeal and appeal. Like the warm spring breeze, it deeply nourished the hearts of Tian Yue and all Weibo officers and soldiers... happiness.") Unfortunately, all this is an illusion. On the night when this united and victorious meeting ended, a rebellion broke out in Weizhou, resulting in the deaths of Tian Yue, his mother, wife and children. The name of the rebel was Tian Xu. He is the son of Tian Chengsi, the former Youzhou Jiedu envoy, and Tian Yue's cousin. He used to be the military envoy of Youzhou, but now he is a prisoner.

Yes, he is now Tian Yue's prisoner.According to Tian Yue's public statement, this cousin was born with "dangerous" and "many faults" and should have been beheaded. Tian Yue thought of brotherhood and couldn't bear to kill him, so he "arrested him with a stick". Whether Tian Xu is really as bad as Tian Yue said, outsiders don’t know, but one thing is certain—Tian Xu is absolutely brooding and extremely unwilling for his father to give the throne of Jiedushi to Tian Yue of. What's more, now that Tian Yue has deprived him of his military power and put him in prison, no one will feel happy if this kind of thing is spread to anyone.

On the day of the meeting in Weizhou, Tian Yue was moved to tears by the speech of the central leadership, and held a sumptuous banquet after the meeting to express his gratitude and reverence to Father Kong Chao.Both the host and guest drank happily, and there was a lot of laughter during the banquet. At the same time, Tian Xu was chewing on the anger and sadness that belonged only to him in the dark and damp cell. Fortunately, in the middle of the night, someone finally came to visit Tian Xu.Since Mr. Tian Yue was in a good mood today, he allowed Weibo officers and soldiers to drink freely, so the jailers also relaxed their control.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tian Xu's younger brothers and nephews brought wine and meat to Tian Xu for a tooth-dashing sacrifice.

After three glasses of wine, Tian Xu vented his dissatisfaction and resentment towards Tian Yue through the strength of the wine. His brothers and nephews all advised him to speak less, but Tian Xu got out of control and his voice became louder and louder.The brothers and nephews were shocked and hurried to cover his mouth.Tian Xu could only feel the blood rushing up, and suddenly pulled out the saber from a nephew, and chopped him to the ground with a single swing.The brothers and nephews were stunned by the scene in front of them, and immediately ran away and scattered like birds and beasts.

The nephew who was cut down was killed on the spot.Looking at the bloody knife in his hand, Tian Xu knew that he had no choice. He has nowhere to go but to rebel. That night, Tian Xu rushed out of the cell with a knife, quickly gathered a group of cronies from the past, and entered through the back door of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, and went straight to the inner courtyard where Tian Yue was, drinking and eating, sleeping soundly Tian Yue hacked to death on the bed, and then hacked and killed his mother, wife, children, a dozen or so people. In the early morning of that day, under the guise of Tian Yue's order, Tian Xu summoned Tian Yue's confidantes Hu Ling, Xu Shize, and Jiang Ji to the Jiedu envoy's mansion for a discussion.Hu Ling drank too much last night and fell asleep dizzily. After receiving the notice, she turned over and fell asleep again.But Xu and Jiang didn't have time to think about it, so they rushed to the meeting.As soon as they entered the gate of the mansion, Tian Xu's ambush soldiers rushed up and hacked them to death.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the nearby barracks had already sounded the call for early training.Tian Xu immediately rushed to the barracks with a few of his men, preparing to seize military power.At this moment, just as Tian Yue's trusted general Liu Zhongxin had assembled his troops, Tian Xu rushed in and shouted at the soldiers: "Hu Wei and Liu Zhongxin colluded in rebellion and killed Master Tian last night!" All the soldiers were in an uproar, and immediately became commotion.Before Liu Zhongxin could defend himself, he was chopped down in a pool of blood by a group of soldiers who didn't know the truth.

At the same time, Hu Lai, who came belatedly, witnessed the tragic situation of the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and knew that something was wrong, so he hurried to the military camp, preparing to organize forces to suppress the rebellion. Hu Ling was Wei Bo's number two man, and his words were quite effective, and soon almost one-third of the soldiers flocked to his command.Tian Xu was startled and angry, hurried up the tower, and shouted condescendingly towards the school grounds: "I am the son of the former commander in chief, and you have received great kindness from the commander in chief. If you can make me a commander in chief today, the envoys will reward you with two ounces of money." Thousands of coins, one thousand coins for generals, one hundred coins for each soldier. Even if I use up all my public and private property, I will definitely send all the reward money to everyone within five days."

At critical moments, silver bullets are still the most effective psychological weapons.The soldiers gathered around Hu Ling turned their heads and looked at Hu Ling with excited and weird eyes. Of course, what they saw was not Hu Ling, but strings of copper coins. There is no suspense about what happened next.The soldiers killed Hu Lai, all submitted to Tian Xu, and then surrounded him to find Kong Chaofu.The central leader responsible for promoting stability and unity had just woken up when he suddenly discovered that Wei Bo had changed. Of course, the resilience of leaders is usually very strong.Kong Chaofu looked at Tian Xu, who was covered in blood, and then at Wei Bo, who had drawn his sword out of its sheath. Immediately, as Wei Bo's consolation envoy, on behalf of the emperor and the court, he granted Tian Xu the title of "Quanzhijunfu" duty.The so-called Quanzhi Junfu is almost equivalent to acting as an agent of Jiedushi.

A few days later, Wei Bo's officers and men found out that they had been fooled by Tian Xu. It turned out that the people who murdered Tian Yue were not Hu Ling and Liu Zhongxin, but their leader Tian Xu who had just been supported by them. However, the uncooked rice has already been cooked, and everyone can only admit the reality, not to mention that there are extra heavy things in their pockets, so they don't care about Tian Xu anymore. Afterwards, Tian Xu killed Tian Yue's trusted general Xue Youlun and more than 20 people one after another, and Wei Bo's soldiers also pretended to be deaf and dumb. Anyway, if he didn't kill himself, he had no right to ignore it. After hearing the news of Wei Bo's mutiny and Tian Yue's murder, the happiest person was Zhu Tao from Youzhou. He looked up to the sky and laughed wildly: "Tian Yue is ungrateful, God finally killed him with Tian Xu's hand!" Afterwards, Zhu Tao seized the opportunity to loot and attack Weizhou with large-scale troops. Into no man's land. At the same time, Zhu Tao also sent someone to send a letter to Tian Xu, expressing his recognition of his status as Wei Bo Jiedu envoy.Tian Xu was overjoyed, and quickly presented a large amount of gold and silk to Zhu Tao.Zhu Tao was very satisfied with Tian Xu's performance, and asked the envoy to go back and tell Tian Xu that the covenant that was torn up because of Tian Yue's treachery would be restored from now on. Regarding Wei Bo's incident, the people who were more embarrassed were Wang Wujun from Hengji and Li Baozhen from Zhaoyi.More than ten days ago, they learned that Tian Yue had been beaten by Zhu Tao so that they could not fight back, so they personally led troops to rescue them. Unexpectedly, a rebellion suddenly broke out in Wei Bo, so they had to stop advancing and wait and see.Later, Tian Xu quickly took control of Wei Bo's situation, and Zhu Tao was the first to restore the covenant with Tian Xu. Wang Wujun and Li Baozhen reacted quickly and sent someone to inform Tian Xu that Hengji and Zhaoyi were always Wei Bo's most steadfast Allies, as long as Wei Bo is in trouble, Second Town will definitely support him with all his strength. The implication is that I hope Tian Xu will not form an alliance with Zhu Tao. Facing the olive branches thrown by all parties, Tian Xu was suddenly flattered, but at the same time he was a little hesitant.He convened a discussion with his generals, and several staff members agreed: "Youzhou's army is extremely vicious, and everywhere it goes is filled with bones. Although it was caused by the former commander's breach of trust, what is the fault of the people to suffer such a catastrophe? Zhu Tao's current situation Although the military force is strong, he is not benevolent and righteous, and he can wait for death. What's more, Hengji and Zhaoyi are preparing to attack him. There is no need for the commander-in-chief to submit to him and follow him to rebel against the court. The current plan should be to send envoys to the court immediately. The above table surrenders. The emperor is in exile, and he must be very pleased to hear that Wei Bo has surrendered sincerely. I believe that in a few days, the commander-in-chief's official title will definitely be obtained." Tian Xu laughed, and followed his plan, sending envoys to the court. Although Li Huaiguang raised the banner of rebellion, his situation is actually not comfortable, and it can even be said to be quite embarrassing. The reason is simple - his rebellion is unpopular. From the following series of events, it is not difficult for us to get a glimpse of Li Huaiguang's embarrassment. First of all, while sending troops to annex Li and Yang's two tribes, Li Huaiguang attempted to instigate two old Shuofang tribes to launch a mutiny in Fengtian City and kill Dezong in one fell swoop.These two old ministries, one named Han Youhuan (the envoy of Binning soldiers and horses at the time) and the other named Zhao Shengluan, were both escorted by Fengtian at that time.If they really launched an attack at the same time as Li Huaiguang, Dezong would surely be doomed.Fortunately, both of them have hearts for Li Tang.After receiving Li Huaiguang's secret letter, Han Youhuan took the initiative to submit a secret report to Emperor Dezong, exposing Li Huaiguang's conspiracy; The report made Li Huaiguang's wishful thinking come to nothing. Later, when Dezong fled Fengtian in a hurry, Li Huaiguang sent three generals, Meng Bao, Hui Jingshou, and Sun Fuda, to lead elite cavalry to hunt down the emperor.But after the three were ordered to set off, they deliberately stayed on the way and let Dezong go.Although they were dismissed by Li Huaiguang immediately after they came back, they all believed that they had done the right thing, so they had no complaints or regrets. Next, Li Huaiguang wanted to send troops to attack Li Sheng, but he issued three mobilization orders in a row, but the soldiers refused to obey.They said: "If it is to attack Zhu Shi, we must die; if we want to rebel, we would rather die than follow!" In addition to the tribe and Li Huaiguang's separation of morality, Zhu Xi's relationship with him is also rapidly deteriorating. Before Li Huaiguang's rebellion, he had many generals and powerful forces. Zhu Xi respected him very much. Not only did he send a letter to respect him as his elder brother, but he also made an appointment to proclaim himself emperor in Guanzhong with him, wishing to be a country of brothers.But when Li Huaiguang raised his troops, Zhu Xi found that Li Huaiguang quickly lost the support of his followers, so Zhu Xi put on an arrogant face again and gave Li Huaiguang an "edict" to treat him as a minister, and planned to recruit him troops.Li Huaiguang was furious, but there was nothing he could do.Because he was worried about the mutiny of his subordinates and Li Sheng would attack him from behind, so he didn't dare to meet Zhu Xi in battle. In the spring of the first year of Xingyuan, the situation in Guanzhong was delicate and complicated: Li Huaiguang, Li Sheng, and Zhu Xi were both hostile and restrictive to each other, and no one dared to take the lead; each party was afraid of being copied by a third party, so They all want to wait for the other two sides to start fighting, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman. The mentality of the three parties is the same, and no one dares to act rashly. As a result, a situation of confrontation and stalemate is formed. Finally, Li Huaiguang finally broke the deadlock. However, he didn't send troops to fight someone, but the best strategy was to run thirty-six - run away! Li Huaiguang couldn't run away. Because among the three parties, his situation is the most embarrassing and the worst. Zhu Xi wears the crown of the "Emperor of Han and Yuan Dynasties" and sits in the imperial capital. He has money and food, and he can spend it in the year of the monkey. Li Sheng has replaced Li Huaiguang and has become the number one figure in the military circle of the Tang Dynasty. He is favored by the emperor. , I have the support of my subordinates, as long as I prepare my troops and wait for changes, I don't have to worry about other things at all. Only he, Li Huaiguang, was guarding an isolated city of Xianyang. There was a threat of mutiny inside, and powerful enemies were watching outside. He had neither foreign aid support nor logistics supplies. What reason did he have to spend with others? At the beginning of March of this year, Li Huaiguang ordered his troops to burn down the barracks, and then sent troops to plunder the twelve counties of Jingyuan, plundering the entire area, and finally led his troops to withdraw from Guanzhong. At this moment, Li Huaiguang has no other place to go except to withdraw to his old Chaohe Zhongfu. However, even if Li Huaiguang voluntarily gave up the fight for Guanzhong, the road home is still very uneven for him. Because people kept betraying him along the way. As soon as he reached Fuping (now Fuping County, Shaanxi Province), generals Meng She and Duan Weiyong suddenly turned around and defected to Li Sheng with thousands of people; He wanted to burn down the bridge on the Yellow River to prevent him from entering the city. Later, considering that the guards were too small and might not be able to resist, he bravely opened the city gate. Tongzhou (now Dali County, Shaanxi Province) on the west side of the Yellow River, in order to prevent the invasion of the Tang army in Guanzhong, unexpectedly Zhao Guixian surrendered to the court as soon as he arrived in Tongzhou; finally, Li Huaiguang ordered General Fu Qiao to enter Fangzhou (now Huangling County, Shaanxi Province) Unexpectedly, Fu Qiao immediately surrendered to the nearby army... Li Huaiguang never imagined that he had only been rebelling for more than ten days, and he had already fallen into a situation where all his relatives were deserted and he was struggling.They also raised their heads to rebel, Zhu Xi and Li Xilie at least won the support of the people, at least earned a crown of emperor, no matter what happens in the future, at least they have passed the addiction of being an emperor, but what did Li Huaiguang get? ? Not only did they get nothing, but even the original troops and territory were shrinking day by day.If things go on like this, Li Huaiguang will become a loner sooner or later, and even become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats! It seems that rebellion is also a technical job.If you don't carefully consider the three basic elements of "time, location, and harmony", and if you don't do market research, risk assessment, and feasibility analysis in advance, and rebel on the spur of the moment, the result is likely to be playing with fire and setting yourself on fire! But what can Li Huaiguang do? Now he is already "on an embarrassing journey" and can't help himself. Knowing that the future is bleak, he can only bite the bullet and go on, and it is impossible to turn back. Because, even if he is willing to turn around now, although the imperial court will give him a chance to reform himself, Li Huaiguang will still worry about one thing, that is, being settled by Emperor Dezong at some point in the future.