Chapter 205: Where in the vast land is there no smoke of war?

The Yuzhou Rebellion came to an end.

For the Luoyang court, it was a mixed bag.

The good news is that all the rebels that were causing chaos in Yuzhou are gone.

However, nearly 100,000 rebels from Yuzhou have fled into Jingzhou, which is a cause for concern.

Yuzhou had been suffering from severe population loss, with refugees running around everywhere.

Now there are also a large number of the elderly, the weak, women and children among these 100,000 people, but this is equivalent to the fact that Yuzhou, which already has a small population, has lost tens of thousands of households.

It also indicates that a lot of land will be left fallow next year.

In Yuzhou today, except for some powerful families and wealthy people in Runan County and Chen County who still guard the fortresses and hide a large number of people, ordinary people are almost extinct. They either become bandits or refugees.

This also means that Yuzhou has basically lost its ability to generate revenue.

The basis for the localities to provide money and food to the imperial court was population and land. Now that people have fled to Jingzhou, who will farm the land in Yuzhou? Who will perform corvée labor?
It will become increasingly difficult for county officials to complete the task of collecting grain issued by the court. They may even be forced to join the ranks of escapers, because the consequences of failing to complete the task are also serious.
Therefore, this situation was very uncomfortable for the imperial court.

Although both the Western Wei army and the Yuzhou rebels were chased and attacked by the Eastern Yan army, their gains were not significant.

There is a saying that goes "You have the upper hand but cannot score points", which is probably what it means.

The general Lou Jushi, who was commanding the battle, was so angry that he almost killed Qu Tu Shi'an, but was dissuaded by a group of generals.

However, he first lost the three passes of Yiyang, and then was defeated by the Western Wei army, with many casualties. Even if Lou Jushi did not kill him, it meant that his military career was over.

In fact, there is another reason why Lou Jushi did not kill him. Qu Tushi'an was a Xianbei. His father Qu Tudian and Lou Jushi were old friends, both of whom had experienced the founding war.

Mr. Lou himself is also a Xianbei.

Whether it is the civil officials in the court, the generals of the central army, the governors, provincial governors, and prefects of various states and counties, there are not only few members of the royal family.

Even the Xianbei people were few in number, and most of them were from the great Han clans.

This certainly proves that the Murong Dynasty was very successful in sinicization and ruled the world together with the aristocratic families in the Central Plains.

But it also means that the Xianbei nobles are being, or have been, marginalized.

Among the Xianbei noble families now, the Duan and Lou families are the only ones who are able to maintain their glory because they still have two great generals supporting them.

As for the future, whether Dayan can exist is a question.

As the unrest in Yuzhou was quelled, Li Yuanhui was able to withdraw his troops to deal with the south.

It can be almost determined from the Jianghuai side that once the flood season arrives, Jiangdong will definitely send troops, either to attack Liyang or Ruxuwu.

The Huainan area is too important for the defense of Jiangdong, so to defend the Jiang one must also defend the Huai River.

The reason why all the staff had previously dissuaded Li Yuanhui from attacking Jiangdong first was that

The reason is that Cao's father and son have high prestige in Jiangdong and the people are loyal to them. This does not mean that there is no chance of winning if we attack Jiangdong.

But if you want to attack Jiangdong at this time, you must first make sufficient preparations. Without sufficient accumulation of troops, food, and equipment, you can't launch a war like destroying a country.

In addition, given the prestige of the father and son of the Cao family in Jiangdong, if a war really broke out, it would definitely be protracted.

At the same time, they had to guard against Cao Xuan of Western Wei in the direction of Jingchu, which could easily lead to the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

Therefore, in addition to guarding against Jiangdong, Jingzhou must also be careful.

To this end, Li Yuanhui specifically asked Zhang Gonglie to lead more than 10,000 new troops to replace Yin Gong's troops and station them in Anfeng and Yulou to defend the northern foothills of Dabie Mountain.

Although the troops that Zhang Wuye brought with him were new troops, they were actually the troops of the heroes of Guangling. Many of them had experienced small-scale wars, such as resisting bandits and robbers, guarding merchant ships, etc.

If a large-scale battle is conducted in the wild, it may not meet Li Yuanhui's current requirements for elite troops due to lack of organization and discipline, but it is definitely enough in city defense operations.

This is also the reason why Li Yuanhui stationed the Lujiang New Army in Chaisang and other places. Because these people, to put it bluntly, usually put down their hoes and pick up swords and guns. Some of them have never even picked up a hoe, but were raised as private soldiers.

So, when it comes to defending the city, these people are actually quite reliable.

In April, Zhu Yuanzhang, Yu Zhongheng, Dou Xianjun and Dou Fengjie led their troops back.

Although this battle was just a minor event for the Jianghuai Army, a banquet was still held.

The Jianghuai side sent a total of 18,000 people. Li Yuanhui sent four battalions of infantry, and Gao Ang led the governor's troops, totaling about 15,000 people, and the rest were Huainan County soldiers.

Basically, they all came back intact.

Battle damage can be ignored.

Afterwards, Li Yuanhui expanded his Wuwei Battalion again and recruited 800 new soldiers, all of whom were children of powerful families in Guangling and Lujiang counties who came to serve him.

This is the same reason why the emperor likes to have royal nobles and children of aristocratic families serve as guards.

Having the properties of a proton can be considered a blessing and talent cultivation.

These people were not forcibly recruited; they all came to surrender voluntarily.

Li Yuanhui naturally accepted it with a smile.

With several rains, the water level continues to rise.

Cao Yuanjing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty could no longer bear it and led a large army to Wuhu. He also ordered General Miao Xianyun to lead his army to station at the lake. The two armies formed a pincer attack.

After hearing this, Li Yuanhui also led his army to the East Gate behind Ruxuwu, where a major battle was imminent.

Thousands of miles away, the war has already begun.

Li Erlang led 40,000 Liangzhou troops across the Yellow River and headed straight for Xiaoguan.

Li Sanlang and Chai Rong led 40,000 troops out of Longshan Road and headed straight for Anding.

Li Yuan led an army of 60,000 out of Sanguan and besieged Chencang.

Under the city of Chencang, the army led by Li Yuan was endless. They surrounded Chencang and built siege equipment under the city, preparing to attack the city.

The pressure from Longyou forced Western Yan to give up the idea of ​​attacking Luoyang through the Qiaohan Pass.

General Yuwen She hurriedly led a large army to rescue Anding. On the other hand, Yuwen Xiao also returned from Nanyang County via Wugu Pass and rushed to support Chencang.

At the same time, Duan Yihong, the auxiliary general of Luoyang, led an army of 100,000 into Tongguan.

At this time, the Western Wei took action, which could be regarded as a return of favor to the Western Yan's attack on Murong Deyu last year.

Cao Xuan personally led an army of 80,000, and joined forces with Huang Niu Jiao's 30,000 troops, with an army of 110,000 to attack Murong Deyu's troops stationed in the Ye County area.

On the other hand, two months later, Grand Commander Martin Jingzhen, together with Sun Bai and others who had just defected to the Western Wei, sent out more than 60,000 troops and marched out of the three passes of Yiyang again, threatening the directions of Runan and Chenjun, making it impossible for the Tianxiong Army, Tianwu Army and part of the elite central army that had not yet withdrawn to support the Ye County battlefield.

After reorganization and training, the Western Wei army has made great progress compared to last year.

In fact, the Western Wei army was not a simple peasant uprising. Instead, it was a regime established by a variety of forces including military generals, royal family members of the previous dynasty, and local tyrants.

These people were not lacking in knowledge. They knew how to build the army, how to govern the local area, how to register the people and collect taxes.

Not only the Western Wei, but also the Eastern Wei and the Wagang that had occupied Qingzhou, actually had a large number of scholars, local tyrants, former military generals and others joining.

The current situation is such that there are no longer any pure peasant uprising forces among the various forces in the world.

The fight for supremacy has now become a game for warlords.

(End of this chapter)