?In mid-May of the second year of the Elephant, the Emperor of the Great Zhou issued an edict to attract attention from all parties:

The imperial edict ordered Duke of Yun Wei Xiaokuan to take over the position of General Manager of Xiangzhou, and the former general manager Yuchi Jiong to return to Beijing; the imperial edict ordered Duke of Jiang Liang Rui to take over the position of General Manager of Yizhou, and the former general manager Wang Qian to return to Beijing;

The imperial edict ordered the current position of Xiangzhou General Manager, Wang Yi, Duke of Yang, to take over as the position of Anzhou General Manager, and Yuwen Liang, the former general manager, to return to Beijing. The imperial edict ordered the general Cui Yanmu to take over as the position of Huangzhou General Manager.

The left prime minister Yang Jian, who had been dormant for more than a month, finally took action. Although the edict was issued by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone knew that the young emperor was just a human-shaped seal of his grandfather Yang Jian. Everyone was condensed and his spirit was waiting for the actions of the three general managers.

The reactions of the Xiangzhou General Manager Yuchi Jiong, the Yizhou General Manager Wang Qian, and the Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang were the same: they were in trouble. Of course, this was also expected by everyone.

The states under the jurisdiction of the Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang, who were actually controlled by the Anzhou General Manager, resisted the new officials, and the Yizhou General Manager Wang Qian was preparing to fight for the war.

The general manager of Xiangzhou, Yuchi Jiong, issued a proclamation to fight against Yang in Yecheng, and led the prefectures under Xiangzhou to support the youngest son of King Yuwen of Qi to be the emperor to order the world to raise an army to rebel against Yang. His nephew Yuchi Qin, under the jurisdiction of Qing, Jiao, Guang, and Ju, responded. The governors of several prefectures in Henan and Huainan also responded. A total of hundreds of thousands of troops swore to rebel against Yang.

The court reacted quickly and immediately appointed Duke of Yun Wei Xiaokuan as the marshal of the army to lead a large army to attack the "rebellious" Yuchi Jiong, Duke of Jiang Liang Rui as the marshal of the army to attack the "rebellious" Wang Qian, and Duke of Yang Wang Yi as the marshal of the army to attack the "rebellious" Yuwen Liang.

Yuchi Jiong's proclamation to fight against Yang attracted a lot of attention. Everyone guessed that the content of the proclamation was nothing new, but unexpectedly, Yuchi Jiong also listed one of Yang Jian's charges in it, and the general meaning of the charge was:

Yang Jian coveted Yuchi Chifan, the wife of Yuwen Wen of Xiyang County, who had been the granddaughter of Yuchi Jiong for a long time. On the night of February 27, while the banquet was drunk, Yang Jian's filial daughter Yang Lihua imprisoned her in the palace and wanted to take her out of the palace and put her in a separate courtyard to "respect" her father.

Fortunately, the eunuch who refused to surrender the father and daughter's "despicable power" brought Yuchi out to hide, so Yuchi was able to protect his innocence and finally reunited with her husband.

As soon as the manifesto came out, people were shocked by this big revelation, especially the residents of Chang'an City were talking about it. At that time, the gossip news about the disappearance of Yuchi was spreading in Chang'an City for a month. Her whereabouts have always been the focus of attention of the rough people in the market. Now everyone has finally "suddenly realized".

There are also rumors that the next day when Chang'an received the manifesto, the left prime minister Yang Jian was seen looking very miserable when he went out: his nose, face, and his knees were trembling, and his eyes were still dark.

However, the news was not long afterwards covered by bigger news: a wave of melee that everyone knew long ago must have officially begun!

The first thing that ignited the war was the Anzhou General Administration.

In early May, the Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang successfully attacked the Huangzhou General Manager's Office on the grounds of "conspiring for rebellion". The General Manager Yuan Jingshan, Yuwen Bi, the Huangzhou Governor, and dozens of subordinate officials were killed. In mid-May, Yuwen Liang completely controlled Huangzhou and sent evidence of the Yuan Jingshan "conspiring for rebellion" to the court.

In early May, Wang Yi, the general manager of Xiangzhou, rectified the troops of various states under his jurisdiction. In the middle of the year, Dugu Yongye, the general manager of Jingzhou, rectified the troops of various states under his jurisdiction. In late May, the general manager of Jingzhou, Wang Yi, was appointed by the court. The marshal Wang Yi led the marshal Cui Yanmu, Li Wei, Feng Hui, Li Yuan, and Dugu Yongye, in the south expedition to "rebel" Yuwen Liang.

During the march, Cui Yanmu believed that Dugu Yongye was abnormal and seemed to have a strange intention, so he took the initiative to kill him and recruited the Jingzhou army under his command. The incident suddenly happened and made people discuss it.

Dugu Yongye's courtesy name was Shiji and his original surname was Liu. He lost his father and remarried with his mother when he was young. He was the brother of the Dugu Jialuo clan, the wife of the current left prime minister Yang Jian. He was originally a minister of Northern Qi. Three years ago, Northern Qi was destroyed and surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty. Cui Yanmu, born in the Cui family in Qinghe, was the first general manager of Anzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty and was the grandfather of Dugu Jialuo.

After this change, the marshal Wang Yi led the troops to the north, and one less marshal was under the marshal. The army was divided into two groups. The general manager Cui Yanmu led the Jingzhou army to the east to attack Suicheng, Suizhou Prefecture, the northern department of Anzhou (now Sui County, Hubei).

The other Xiangzhou army was led by the marshal Wang Yi, and went south to Yingzhou Prefecture to govern Changshou (now Zhongxiang, Hubei), gathered the troops of Yingzhou governors and then attacked the west unit of Anzhou, Wenzhou Prefecture to the east (now Hubeishan County).

However, the Anzhou general manager Yu Wen Liang was also ready to gather heavy troops to defend the city and send a large army to advance westward to attack Changshou. Both sides were facing each other.

On June 10th, follow outside the city.

The continuous camp tents were spread all over the plains. The Eastern Route Army that suppressed the rebellion of Anzhou arrived in Suicheng yesterday and then surrounded it.

There are mountains in the northeast and southwest directions of the city. The city guards the narrow and flat land between the two mountain ranges as the main road to Xiangzhou and Anzhou. It has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times.

The central army tent, the commander of the Jingzhou Army and the general manager of the marching, Cui Yanmu, sat upright on the head and the other generals on both sides. He followed him since Yuwen Tai laid the foundation for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and led the troops for decades to experience in conquest. Now he is already aged to know his destiny.

Nearly twenty years ago, the Great Zhou seized Anzhou and all the states under his jurisdiction from the Southern Dynasty to establish the Anzhou General Administration Office. He was the first Anzhou General Administration and knew Anzhou well. He did not hesitate to kill Dugu Yongye, the marching general manager who was "abnormal" in this expedition. Such a strong move made the other generals in the tent sluggishly and dared not make any mistakes in order to enforce the orders.

They have found that the rebel leader who is now in charge of Suicheng is Yu Wenming, the eldest son of Yu Wenliang, and he is completely disliked Cui Yanmu, a rich man who has not led his troops to fight.

Just kidding, your father was still a novice when I was fighting and dying. How dare you block the way!

“Have all been arranged?”

"Return to the headmaster, I've shot two rounds of letters."

Yesterday afternoon, the army arrived outside Suicheng. Cui Yanmu ordered the camp to siege but did not attack. At night, he sent people to shoot many letters into the city. The letters were filled with inexplicable content, such as "acting according to the agreement", "be patient before the time comes", "be safe and worry-free for the family", etc.

In order to disrupt the morale of the defenders, the generals suspicious of each other. Anyone who reads these inexplicable contents will mutter in his heart. Yuwen Liang's rebellion may not be willing to work hard. Now he has sent a son who is still young to suppress the formation and can't see if he can suppress it?

Today Cui Yanmu sent someone to shoot and persuade the surrender to the city, claiming that as long as everyone cut down the heads of Yu Wenming and several major rebel generals, the court could not blame him.

"Maintain, will you organize a few sieges to put pressure on them first?" asked a general.

"No hurry, build the siege equipment first, and only shoot letters in the past few days." Cui Yanmu stroked the sword grip, "Also, let's make arrangements for people to beat the trumpet every night to give the city a good night's sleep."

"You must also beware of stealing camps."

The generals nodded when they heard this. They marched for several days before reaching the city. The soldiers were exhausted. If they were rushing to attack the city, they would always suffer some losses. They would have to wait for a few days to rest and keep the soldiers fully energetic. At that time, the siege equipment was also built and they could attack the city in the best condition.

After these days of constant provocation and night harassment, I guess the city is already full of storms and suspicion. At that time, the war is in a critical moment and it is difficult to say that someone has cut off Yu Wenming's head and offered the city to save his life.

‘It’s indeed an old veteran!’ The generals looked at Cui Yanmu with admiration.

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The Yingzhou Prefecture is dozens of miles north of Changshou.

A long fleet was sailing slowly on the Han River to the north and south. The army was marching on the east side of the Han River, which was invisible to the point on the land on the east side of the Han River. From time to time, a small group of cavalry galloped back and forth. They were scouts responsible for guarding and protecting the large army from attack.

This is the southern army that suppressed the rebellion of Anzhou. It is much lighter to carry food, grass and supplies with ships and water and land to the south. Their target is Changshou City dozens of miles downstream. After resting there, they attacked the east of Hujiaoling, the western part of Anzhou.

In a ship, the marching marshal Wang Yi was discussing military affairs with his generals.

"Marson, then Liang State really won't be itchy, right?" asked a general.

"The Left Prime Minister has sent people to reprimand after hearing the unusual movements of Liang State. Now he gives them a few more courage and dare not do anything wrong." Wang Yixin said confidently.

The Liang State is the remnant of the Southern Dynasty Liang Dynasty. It is now a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is located west of the Han River. It is the real Jingzhou area. Now the Jingzhou General Administration of the Great Zhou Dynasty is north of Xiangyang, and the prefecture is in Rangcheng, Xinye County (now Dengzhou City, Henan Province).

Yingzhou, under the jurisdiction of the Xiangzhou General Administration, is like a long knife along the east bank of the Han River, across between the Liang State and the Anzhou General Administration. If Liang State really dares to make some small moves this time, the southern army will be attacked from both sides.

At first, when he heard that the rebellion of Anzhou was a little restless, he began to think about taking advantage of the situation to rob. As a result, the left prime minister Yang Jian sent someone to "visit the door" with a letter. When the Liang king and minister saw it, they were so scared that they dared not have any more delusions.

"This Anzhou rebellion, Changshou City is probably the first to bear the brunt of it, and I don't know how the governor of Yingzhou will deal with it." Another general asked.

"The Marshal urged him to strengthen the city defense at the beginning of last month to take good care of it. In the late month, he sent several groups of people to supervise it. Even if Yu Wen Liang could fight, he would have to surround him for ten days and half a month to capture it."

After hearing a side general's explanation, the generals nodded.

At the beginning of last month, the Anzhou general manager raided Huangzhou and caught Yuan Jingshan off guard. After the incident, under the supervision of the General Manager's Office, the defense of Changshou City became more and more strict. Yuwen Liang would never succeed if he wanted to attack again.

Two days ago, the Changshou Guard sent a messenger to say that the Anzhou rebels had already arrived at the city. Now the army is less than two days away from Changshou. If the rebels know the qualities, they should rescue them. Otherwise, the army outside Changshou City will arrive, and the defenders inside and outside will fight, it will be a battle to complete.

In four days, Yuwen Liang could not conquer Changshou City even with three heads and six arms.

Even if they shrink to Jiaoling, it is useless. This time, they use the advantage of waterways to load a lot of material. Then they will surround Jiaoling and create countless siege equipment. I don’t believe they can withstand ten days.

After the west division of Jiaoling Anlu was captured, the Jingzhou army on the east route also broke through Suicheng and headed south. At that time, the army on the south route directly blocked the south side of Anlu. The two armies went north and south to advance together, what ability did Yuwen Liang have to withstand it?

The most likely thing is that after Jiaoling fell, the rebels could not stand firm in Anlu and fled to Huangzhou. At that time, the two routes cooperated and killed each other, Yuwen Liang had to cross south and go to the Southern Dynasty.

"Everyone, when you make achievements, you must work together." Marshal Wang Yi of the marshal said, and he looked at the generals present with confidence, "Do you have confidence in pacifying peace within one month?"
Chapter completed!