Chapter 1440 Jiaozhou Rebellion


    Chapter 1438: The Rebellion in Jiaozhou


    Seeing that Sun Jian retreated without fighting, Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Jingnan was not suitable for a war.


    The four counties in Jingnan have just been filled with the barbarian population, which is a great opportunity to concentrate on development. At this moment, fighting with Sun Jian will only lead to a loss of both sides.


    Therefore, Sun Jian took the initiative to stop the war, which was exactly what Liu Xiu wanted, but he also knew that Sun Jian would never give up Lujiang County, and there would be a battle between the two families in the future.


    Jiangdong is much richer than Jingnan. Of course, Liu Xiu also wanted to occupy Jiangdong, but he also knew that it would be extremely difficult to embezzle Jiangdong with the power of the four counties of Jingnan alone. However, if Jiaozhou is unified, he could send troops to attack Jiangdong from both Jiaozhou and Lujiang, so that Sun Jian could not take care of the head but the tail. It would be much easier to occupy Jiangdong in this way.


    In order to achieve his strategic goal of occupying the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Xiu took a defensive position in Lujiang to the east and Nanjun to the north, while cultivating internal health and accumulating strength, while collecting information from Jiaozhou and separating its officials, and using all means to prepare for the capture of Jiaozhou.


    A year later, Jingnan initially digested the Wuling barbarians and the new Lujiang County, and ushered in a great governance, while Liu Xiu took advantage of this to expand his army to 150,000.


    At the same time, a change occurred in Jiaozhou, and the prefect of Jiaozhi, Xie, raised an army to fight against Hong Xiuquan.


    After Hong Xiuquan led his troops into Jiaozhou, he relied on Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng, these three famous generals who were famous during the Yellow Turban period. Although Hong Xiuquan used absolute force to suppress all forces that opposed his entry into Jiaozhou, he only occupied most of Jiaozhou and did not completely occupy the entire Jiaozhou.


    The land of the seven counties and 57 counties in Jiaozhou, Hong Xiuquan only occupied the four counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, and most of the Jiaozhi County. The remaining Jiaozhi and half counties, as well as Jiuzhen and Rinan counties, were occupied by the original Han forces headed by the prefect of Jiaozhi, Shi Xie.


    At the beginning, Hong Xiuquan defeated the Han forces in Jiaozhou and drove them all to the remote and poor south in one fell swoop. He wanted to annex the remnants of this remnant force in one fell swoop, but the Baiyue tribes in Jiaozhou launched a rebellion together at this time.


    In desperation, Hong Xiuquan could only temporarily bypass Shi Xie and turn his guns to suppress the Baiyue rebellion. On the way to suppress the Baiyue rebellion, the Han forces headed by Shi Xie actually surrendered voluntarily.


    In the past, Hong Xiuquan was busy suppressing Baiyue and had no time to take care of Shixie, so he naturally accepted his surrender.


    After suppressing Baiyue, Shi Xie''s performance has always been very respectful, and Hong Xiuquan will do whatever he says.


    At that time, Hong Xiuquan''s ambition was not yet extinguished. Seeing Shi Xie so obedient, he thought he had completely surrendered and wanted the surrendered Shi Xie to set a good example. He did not settle the score after the autumn. He still retained Shi Xie''s military and political autonomy, but in name only accepted the allegiance of Shi Xie and other Han officials.


    In the subsequent battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty, the coalition forces of the princes of Jingzhou attacked Jiaozhou. Although Hong Xiuquan defeated the coalition forces of the princes of Jingzhou, he was defeated by Lu Bu, and even his own sister was stolen by Lu Bu.


    Since this battle, Hong Xiuquan''s ambitions have gradually disappeared. He no longer mentioned the fact that he went north to the Central Plains. He was addicted to wine and **** all day long, so he naturally didn''t care about Shi Xie.


    Although Liu Xiu''s actions on Jiaozhou were secret, it was impossible to completely hide them from Hong Xiuquan.


    When he learned that Liu Xiu, a neighbor in the north, was coveting his territory and learned that his total strength was 150,000, this greatly inspired Hong Xiuquan''s sense of crisis.


    Although Hong Xiuquan has no ambition to continue fighting, he also wants to guard his own acre of land and become a land tycoon.


    But when he learned that Liu Xiu was so strong and was ready to attack and hit him, this naturally made Hong Xiuquan feel uncomfortable.


    Hong Xiuquan finally stopped enjoying decadently. Instead, he tried his best to enhance his strength to resist Liu Xiu''s invasion soon after, in order to protect himself. The fastest way is to completely annex Shi Xie. After all, the troops in Shi Xie''s hands are ready-made.


    The reason why Shi Xie surrendered to Hong Xiuquan was nominally inferior to him just to retain the right to autonomy. Now that Hong Xiuquan wants Shi Xie to hand over military power, it is like directly pinching Shi Xie''s throat. How can Shi Xie be willing to do it?


    After several negotiations failed, Shi Xie chose the most intense method and directly raised an army to fight against Hong Kong. Shi Xie, who owns a military force in Jiaozhou, is naturally one of the goals Liu Xiu won over.


    Shi Xie also knew that relying solely on his own troops to fight Hong Xiuquan was undoubtedly a mantis armed chariot. Only when the other force intervened and completely disturbed the situation in Jiaozhou could he have another glimmer of hope.


    So Shixie agreed to Liu Xiu''s favor and formed an alliance with him, making an appointment to defeat Hong Xiuquan and divide Jiaozhou equally.


    Shi Xie was in front of him to attract the main force of the Taiping Army, and indeed led most of the Taiping Army over, while Liu Xiu took advantage of the opportunity to lead the army into Jiaozhou.


    Although Liu Xiu wanted to capture the entire Jiaozhou as soon as possible, he did not dare to take away too many troops. After all, there were many princes around him who covet his territory. He did not want to get Jiaozhou but lost Jingnan.


    Therefore, to be on the safe side, Liu Xiu only led 50,000 troops into Jiaozhou, leaving behind 100,000 troops to guard all over the country.


    Because the main force of the Taiping Army was attracted by Shi Xie, Liu Xiu did not suffer much resistance after leading the army into Jiaozhou, and almost no casualties were paid, so he occupied the six counties of Yulin County.


    Liu Xiu''s 50,000 troops attacked and entered Jiaozhou, and had already captured half of Yulin County, which naturally made Hong Xiuquan panic.


    Hong Xiuquan immediately Yang Xiuqing and Li Xiucheng ordered them to lead 30,000 Taiping Army and 30,000 Taiping Army composed of various tribes of the Baiyue tribes to quickly return to the rescue to resist Liu Xiu''s invasion, and at the same time, let Shi Dakai continue to lead the army to suppress Shi Xie.


    In order to avoid being attacked by Liu Xiu and Shi Xie on both sides, Hong Xiuquan''s Taiping Army could only choose to go to war on two fronts, which was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will end up destroying both fronts.


    Yang Xiuqing''s army will return to aid, Shi Dakai will also take time to suppress Shi Xie, and the Taiping Army must seize the time to race against time.


    At this moment, Hong Xiuquan''s younger brother Hong Renyu took the initiative to persuade Sun Jian to send troops to attack Jingnan to force Liu Xiu to withdraw his troops.


    After Hong Renyu arrived in Jiangdong, he stated his interests to Sun Jian. Sun Jian deeply hated Liu Xiu for taking him into Lujiang, so he naturally could not watch Liu Xiu capture Jiaozhou, so he sent 60,000 troops to attack Lujiang County.


    After executing Sun Jian, Hong Renyi rushed to Jiangxia County without stopping, and Huang Zu also sent troops together, while Huang Zu led his son Huang Xie to lead 30,000 troops to attack the Changsha army.


    Afterwards, Hong Renyu was about to convince Yue Fei, but before others arrived in Xiangyang, Yue Fei had already taken the initiative to get involved and personally led a 70,000 army to capture Nanjun.


    During the period of rest and recuperation, although Qin Hao did not want to start the war lightly, he did not want Liu Xiu to occupy Jiaozhou, so it was inevitable that he would send troops to stop him directly.


    The battle of Yue Fei''s attack on Nanjun was also the only war after the Qin army''s two years of cultivation, and it was at the end of the two years of cultivation.


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