Suiyang Blocking War: the Peak of Zhou Yafu's "Seven-country Rebellion"

Overview of the war: In the third year of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty (before 154), the seven enfeoffment countries of Dahan Dynasty were Wu, Chu, Zhao Wangsui, Jin 'an Wang Bishuang, Zichuan, Jiaoxi and Jiaodong Wang Xiongqu. Together, they launched a rebellion, known in history as the rebellion of the Seven Kings, and Wu was the mastermind of this rebellion. Wu Chu's allied forces crossed Huai River and attacked to the west, but they were blocked by another enfeoffment country, Guo Liang, who could not attack Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan) for a long time. At the same time, the main force of the Han army led by Qiu Zhou Yafu sent by the Han Dynasty was stationed in Changyi, north of Guo Liang. Instead of saving Suiyang, we went south lightly, seized Surabaya and entered Huaikou (now Hongze, Jiangsu), and cut off the route for providing foodstuff for the allied forces. Wu Chu's allies could not resist for a long time and turned to Changyi. Zhou Yafu failed to hold on, and Wu Chu allied forces attacked Suiyang again, but failed. After many twists and turns, the exhausted and eager Coalition finally met the Han army led by Zhou Yafu in Xiayi. Wu led thousands of defeated soldiers to flee hastily and surrendered to Dantu (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) south of the Yangtze River. Han sent people to instigate Dongyue people in the Wu army to oppose Wu. Dongyue people killed Wu. Wu Yejun, King Chu, committed suicide. The rebellion of the Seven Kings basically subsided, and it only took less than three months.

An in-depth interpretation of war;

In BC 154, Liu Wu, the King of Liang, was independent by railings, and the standard inserted in Suiyang Tower danced with the wind in the bloody sunset.

At this time, Suiyang City is already full of wind and rain, just like the mountains and rivers of the Han Dynasty.

"Long live a thousand years later, spread to Liang Wang".

The words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the encouraging eyes of his eldest brother Liu Qi and his mother Dou Hou Cixiang, still reverberate in my mind.

Back to reality, Liu Wu, King of Liang, heard the hooves and drums of the allied forces in Wu Chu.

After Emperor Liu Qi ascended the throne, he accepted the advice of his teacher, Chao Cuo, and then carried out a large-scale system reform. The core purpose of the reform was to weaken the influence of Liu Guo, who had been enfeoffed since the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, and successively cut off Zhaochangshan County, Jiaoxi County and ChuDonghai County. In the third year of Emperor Jingdi's reign, he planned to cut Wu Wang Liu Bi and other counties.

The reform is bound to touch the interests of many people, and the radical action of cutting vassals eventually angered the local separatist forces headed by the king of Wu and Liu Ying. Since I'm not allowed to hold the iron rice bowl firmly, I'd better fight with several people to see if I can win a golden rice bowl.

Wu, Chu, Zhao Wangsui, Ji Biguang, Zichuan, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong Wangxiongqu, etc. jointly launched a rebellion, and the slogan was "over Chao Cuo, on the clean side".

The original plan of the Seven Kings was perfect. Seven Wang Bing was divided into three roads, and Wu led Chu Bing to Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu). * * * Three hundred thousand troops crossed the Huaihe River and marched westward. Qi, Jiaoxi Jiaodong and other countries set up Hejian, Hanoi, Jinguan, and Wu Huishi Luoyang; The northern state of Zhao asked the Huns to unite to commit crimes in the northern part of the Han Dynasty.

The drastic changes caused by the vassal regime were unexpected by the Emperor of Qi, and the instinctive reaction was to look for scapegoats, hoping to calm the anger of the seven countries and solve the problem peacefully.

Chao Cuo, the first imperial envoy who shouted "Defamation", gloriously became an excellent candidate for scapegoat. Chao Cuo dedicated himself to the ideal grand plan he built, and he was not wronged at all!

The "sheep head" was given to the prince of Wu and Liu Bi, but it could not stop the rebellion. This is not a dinner party. Cancel it if you cancel it, and reschedule it if you reschedule it. I underestimated the IQ of the Seven Heavenly Kings and their determination to break the iron rice bowl and carry out the rebellion to the end.

Chao Cuo's death did not stop the rebellion of the Seven Kings, but quelled the internal war and peace struggle in the Han Dynasty. Chao Cuo's head can't satisfy the appetite of the Seven Kings, so what they want is Liu Qi's own head.

Liu Qi looked and said nothing. Fight for the mountains and rivers of the Han Dynasty and for your own head.

Therefore, Liu Qi sent Qiu Zhou Yafu to lead 36 generals to fight against Wu, sent Li to attack Zhao and crusade against traitors, and sent generals to Xingyang to supervise Qi Zhao.

Zhou Yafu

The three-way joint attack plan of the seven kings was abandoned from the beginning, and the king of Qi regretted guarding the city for a while. Rebels such as Jiaoxi Jiaodong besieged the capital of Qi, and the central military exercise was turned into a civil war in the local kingdom, while Zhao in the north did not send troops on time. The real threat of the Battle of the Seven Kings is only Wu Chu's 300,000 allies.

Both eyes were focused on Liang.

Liang is a big country with more than 40 cities, with Mount Tai in the north and Levin in the west. Geographically, it is in the key position to contain the eastern countries and protect the imperial court, and it is the throat of the allied forces against Wu Chu.

When Emperor Wen was in power, he was very cautious about the choice of Liang Wang. First, he sent his son Liu Sheng. After Liu Sheng's death, Emperor Wendi listened to Jia Yi's advice and gave the scepter to his youngest son, Liu Wu.

Liu Wu's attitude in this war will inevitably affect the direction of this war.

In fact, it is not only the seven kings and Liang Wang Liu Wu who want to replace the iron rice bowl with the golden rice bowl. They have taken a fancy to the position of the Han emperor for many days.

It is not unreasonable for Liang Wang to want to be emperor. He is the youngest son of Dou Hou and is deeply loved by the old lady. More than once, the old lady proposed to Jing Liu, the Emperor of Qi, to imitate the ancient system-the younger brother. Let yourself see two sons when you are alive, and you can wear a dragon robe to play.

With the support of Dou family, Liang Wang felt that his dream of emperor was not just a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror.

It was these hopes that made him flatly refuse to join when the seven kings rebelled in partnership and exchanged iron bowls for gold bowls.

The risk and cost of rebellion are too great. Even if the golden rice bowl is robbed, who should I give a golden rice bowl to eight people?

Instead of fighting with the gang, it is better to help eldest brother keep a golden rice bowl before waiting, and pray that the old lady will live for a few more years, and it is best to live in front of eldest brother Liu Qi. Everything looks promising.

Liu Qi knew his brother's thoughts very well, so when the Seven Kings started the war, he made a promise to Liu Wu and his mother: "Long live the Millennium, and it will be passed on to King Liang".

A word makes Dou Hou smile on his face, and also makes Liang Wang Liu Wu have a boiling passion.

Liu Wu, King of Liang, decided to bind his fate with the Dahan Dynasty because of the bad check made by Emperor Jing Liu Qi.

Wu Chu's allies are aggressive. First, it broke the spine wall in the south of Liang (now northwest of Yongcheng, Henan Province) and lost tens of thousands.

Liu Wu listened to the advice of Han Anguo, a doctor in China, and ordered Han Anguo and Changyu to lead Liang Bing in guerrilla warfare on the eastern border of Liang Dong, and personally led the people to defend Suiyang City. At the same time, request the support of the Central Army of Han Dynasty.

Wu Chu's 300,000 troops arrived in Suiyang at the gates and launched a crazy attack on Du Liang.

For Wu Chu's allies, after the capture of Suiyang, they saw the shadows of Luoyang and Chang 'an.

Suiyang was in an emergency, and the emergency report was sent to the Han army coach Zhou Yafu again and again.

Zhou Yafu made an unexpected decision. The army was stationed in Changyi, Liang, and refused to rescue Liu Wu, the king of Liang.

Liu Wu was angry, and the battle of Suiyang was crucial. Once lost, the gap to Luoyang Chang 'an was immediately opened, and Zhou Yafu, as the coach of the Han army, dared to sit idly by. This is obviously to let Liang Xian kill the allied forces, and then he will use Zhou Yafu.

General Liu Wu sued Dou Hou.

After the sinus was impatient, Suiyang fell, which means that the younger son's life is hard to protect, and the older man is also in danger. Dou Houhuai, who is experienced in politics and has experienced numerous storms, wonders if this is Liu Qi's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Dou Hou found his son and made a scene, saying that you wanted to kill your own brother.

Liu Qi was scolded and his vest was cold and sweaty. He thought, Zhou Yafu, Zhou Yafu, you are standing on the wire rope and playing hard tricks.

This kind of malice frightened Liu Qi and made him feel comfortable at the same time.

No matter how noisy Dou Hou is, Liu Qi insists on not changing coaches. He believed what his father said to him before he died: "Zhou Yafu has something urgent to be a general." .

He only symbolically ordered Zhou Yafu to send troops to rescue Suiyang.

Zhou Yafu ignored Liu Qi's orders, saying, "Your life will not be affected while I am away" and sent the emperor away. As stubborn as Emperor Wen of Xiliuying.

Liang Wang Liu Wu was helpless and hopeless. The only way out is to do your duty and then do it.

Wu Chu's allies were very happy at first, thinking that there was infighting between Zhou Yafu and Liu Wu, which was a godsend opportunity to attack Suiyang desperately.

However, Suiyang remained calm under the attack of allied forces in Wu Chu. Suiyang city is high and deep, and the soldiers are full of Mazhuang. Liu Wu, King of Liang, tried his best to defend his position. The allies in Wu Chu found it impossible to attack without equipment.

When the allied forces were sighing for the loss of Yang, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, heard a bolt from the blue. It turned out that Zhou Yafu was not idle in Changyi. He sent a light cavalry (now Qingkou, Huaiyin County, Jiangsu Province) to cut off the route for providing foodstuff for the Wu Chu allies.

Liu Bi, the prince of Wu, knew that he had been cheated. He remembered the advice of a young general before the war. Wu Chu's allies are infantry, so they should attack the city and withdraw from the village. They should make a decisive move, go straight to Luoyang and occupy Luoyang armory and Ao's grain depot. At that time, he thought Heng was too young to accept General Heng's advice.

Now unconsciously, he found himself in the quagmire of Liang.

Logistics problem, Wu Chu coalition forces sit still, since the enemy of the patrol stick to difficult to attack, Wu Chulian * * * and attack Zhou Yafu stationed in Changyi.

Zhou Yafu can't hold on. He knew that the coalition forces in Wu Chu were at a strong turning point, and now they were just dying.

Wu has been attacking Changyi for a while. Seeing no hope of conquering, he turned around and attacked Suiyang.

Seeing that the enemy had been strung up like a headless fly, Zhou Yafu made a move. He set an ambush in Xiayi to attack the main force of Wu Chu allied forces trying to attack the Han army from the northwest.

Wu Chu's allied forces were defeated, and Liu Bi, the king of Wu, fled to East Vietnam with only a few thousand cavalry.

The Suiyang War ended with the victory of Zhou Yafu and Liang Wang Liu Wu.

Wu Wang Liu Bi, the fate of war figures: Wu Wang Liu Bi fled to Dongyue with only a few thousand riders, and Zhou Yafu led the army to pursue him. In order to protect himself, the King of East Yue cut off Liu Bi's head and claimed credit from the Han Dynasty. Zhu Hou, the largest local kingdom in the Han Dynasty, accumulated wealth and military forces for 20 years, and was pacified in less than three months, which proved that Liu Bi was just a paper tiger.

Liu Wu, King of Liang: After the rebellion of the Seven Kings was put down, Liu Wu, King of Liang, saw Liu Qi, King of Jing, waving his written cheque, but it turned out that the politician's promise was as unreliable as the confession of * * *, and Liu Wu's dream of being an emperor was soon shattered. In the twenty-ninth year of Jingdi, Jingdi abolished Rong. After Dou, Liu's bad check was finally put on the agenda-Liang Wang was appointed as the custodian. When Liu Qi made a promise, he couldn't say anything, but he sent cultural thugs Dou Ying and Yuan Ang out to kill Dou Hou. Dou Hou and Liang Wang finally understand that Liu Qi's throne has never been given to Liu Wu. Afterwards, Liu Wu was very angry and sent someone to kill Yuan Ang unreasonably. Brother's recklessness, let Liu Song breath a sigh of relief, very satisfied with the political IQ, the Yuan Ang incident, did not carry out too much investigation, with Yuan Ang's head in exchange for his original empty promises, or very cost-effective.

Liu Wu, the King of Liang, lost his dream. He became a local tyrant in Liang, bought a big palace and accepted beautiful women. He lived a drunken life for the rest of his life, and consciously mentioned that the future emperor Liu Qi died three years ago, which was a good start and a good end.

Zhou Yafu, the fate of war figures;

Zhou Yafu became the most beautiful political figure in the Han Dynasty after the Seven Kings Rebellion, and was worshipped as the Prime Minister in Jingdi for five years.

However, Zhou Yafu, who has the courage to play "I won't suffer if you live outside", may be a good general, but he is not a mature politician. His stubbornness, arrogance, ignorance and other shortcomings were exposed in his political career. Finally, Emperor Jingdi Liu Qi wrote such a sentence on Zhou Yafu's personal evaluation form, "This disgruntled person is not a young master or a minister."

With this assessment, it is conceivable that Zhou Yafu ended up in prison for treason and died of vomiting blood in prison.

Zhou Yafu, who has been in prison, remembers that when he was young, a fortune teller said that he would meet visiting relatives, but he would starve to death. He didn't believe it at that time, saying that since he could meet people visiting relatives, how could he starve to death?

He believed it before he died, because sometimes, character is fate.

Li Guang: In this war, a young general stood out in this war and attracted many people's attention, that is, Li Guang, one of the three great generals who shocked the world.

At that time, Li Guang was comforted and followed Zhou Yafu to attack Wu. At the gates of Changyi, he once captured the handsome flag of the rebels alone and made great achievements. However, after the war, Li Guang fell instead of rising. He was relieved of his post in Xiaoqi's comfort station and moved to northern Xinjiang. There is a simple reason. He made a low-level political mistake. As a consolation to Xiao Qi, the Han army, he publicly accepted general print presented by Liu Wu, Liang Wang. From then on, he was secretly marked as "Liang Wang's man" by Jingdi.

Since the battle of Suiyang, Li Guang has been doomed to have a bumpy career. "Feng Tang is easy to get old, but Li Guang is hard to seal". Is it really just that Emperor Jingdi loves the old but not the young, and does Emperor Wudi love the young and not the old? Not necessarily!

War conjecture:

1. If Liang Wang had chosen to join the team of seven kings for hegemony, the rebellion of seven kings would have turned into the rebellion of eight kings. What would history be like? Without the weakening of local political power in the Jingdi era and other local political power in the country, what would be the final decisive battle between Emperor Wu and Xiongnu?

Zhou Yafu concluded that if Suiyang was breached at that time, he could resist the siege of 300,000 troops in Wu Chu by himself? Can Zhou Yafu is still the head coach of the Han army? How should he explain Zhai Jing, Liu Qi and Dou Hou? Will the Wu Chu Coalition forces occupying Suiyang be so vulnerable?