In September of the 15th year of Guangyuan, the imperial court appointed Gan Qian, the general of Zuo Wuwei, as the commander-in-chief. He led an army of 50,000 people out of Wuning Pass and went to Hedong to quell the rebellion.

Gan Qian was mediocre in ability, but cautious. He led 50,000 troops, fought steadily and smoothly, and won three battles and three victories. In less than a month, he had completely wiped out the White Turban Army in Hedong Road, and then marched into Henan Road.

Liu Zhiheng took the initiative to withdraw from Hedong Road, showing the enemy that he was weak, and gave way again and again. Gan Qian was dazzled by the successive victories, and led his army to Sanyuan County, Xingzhou, seeking a decisive battle with the main force of the White Scarf Army. The intention was determined by the first battle. Overall.

Liu Zhiheng was defeated and retreated. Gan Qian led his army to pursue him, but was ambushed at Wushe Mountain. He was caught off guard and was defeated. The entire army was almost destroyed. Gan Qian died in the battle.

The morale of the White Scarf Army was greatly shaken. Liu Zhiheng regained control of Henan Road and immediately led an army of 100,000 to besiege Jinyang City, the capital of Hedong, again. The world was shaken, and the government and the public were shaken.

End of October.

Sima Tu, the deputy envoy of Jiedu of Hedong Road, stayed behind in Jinyang. Sima Tu flatly refused Liu Zhiheng's persuasion to surrender and hung the heads of the envoys sent by him on the city wall.

Liu Zhiheng was furious and immediately led his army to attack the city day and night.

While Sima Tu sent people to the imperial court to ask for help, he gathered ten thousand troops and tens of thousands of young and strong people in the city to resist the city and defend it with all his strength.

The two sides fought for several days, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

November.

Jinyang City could not be attacked for a long time, so Liu Zhiheng ordered people to build a mountain of earth in the south of the city. In order to attack the city from a high position, Sima Tu tied up the wood and raised the city tower, so that the White Turban Army's plan could not succeed.

Liu Zhiheng immediately changed his tactics and ordered an army of 3,000 soldiers to attack the south city. He led an army of 50,000 men to attack the north city at night. He also ordered people to dig more than a dozen tunnels, a two-pronged approach.

Sima Tu saw through his plan and ordered his generals to lead 500 soldiers and make more wooden figures to increase the number to guard the south city and use weakness to fight weakness. He himself led 5,000 troops to guard the north city and dug a long ditch to cut off the White Turban Army's tunnel. , when the White Turban Army dug into a deep ditch, they were captured and killed. Sima Tu piled firewood outside the ditch and prepared fire. When he found that the White Turban Army was lurking in the tunnel, he stuffed the firewood into the tunnel, and the fire burned. The cowhide bags were blown by the wind, the fire was thick, and the smoke was so thick that the White Turban soldiers in the tunnel were burned to death. As a result, thousands of White Turban soldiers suffocated and died in the tunnel. The condition was too horrific to behold.

Outside the city, Liu Zhiheng led his army to attack by force, and at the same time he had people use attacking chariots to ram the city wall. Sima Tu followed the advice of his staff and made curtains out of cloth, which were opened in the direction of the attacking chariots. The impact was immediately suspended, and the city wall was not damaged.

While defending, Sima Tu ordered people to hang down ropes from the east of the city, gathered two thousand men who dared to die, surrounded the white scarf army at night, and suddenly launched an attack, shouting for reinforcements from the court. The white scarf army did not know that there was a trick. , really thought that the imperial army was coming, their morale was shattered, their formations were in chaos, and thousands of people were killed. Liu Zhiheng led his army to retreat for hundreds of miles. It was not until dawn that he realized that he had been deceived. He was so angry that he fainted to the ground.

In mid-December of the fifteenth year of Guangyuan, Liu Zhiheng was unable to attack for a long time and was trapped in Jinyang City.

Wang Huailie, the military governor of Chuzhou, led an army of 20,000, and defeated Liu Zhiheng's general Li Mo'an in Xuzhou. He was killed in front of the army. Wang Huailie led the army northward and entered Henan Road. He was unstoppable along the way and won consecutive battles. He guarded the white scarf of Henan Road. The leader of the army, Huang Baichuan, abandoned all the cities and gathered his soldiers. He gained 50,000 troops and defended Xiangzhou, an important town in Henan Province.

On the other hand, Tang Shi'an, Cheng and Rong Jiedushi, led 10,000 elite troops. Taking advantage of the heavy snowfall and freezing weather, they marched 500 miles overnight, attacked Yuanzhou City by surprise, and defeated it in one fell swoop. The 40,000 men who defended the city were

The entire White Turban Army was wiped out, and it took only half a month to basically eliminate all the White Turban Army in Shannan Road.

Yuanzhou City is only more than a thousand miles away from Fengjing. In two days' journey, as the main force of the 40,000 White Turban Army gathered here was wiped out, the threat from Fengjing was suddenly gone. Emperor Zhao Zhi was overjoyed and immediately issued an edict to confer the title of Tang Shi'an.

As the deputy envoy of Shannan Dao Festival, he was given the title of Duke of Shu, and a reward of 10,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of silver.

The situation began to become clear. The White Turban Army could not break out of Hedong Road and could not shake the foundation of the Jin Dynasty. Under this situation, the Jiedushi envoys from various places who had been holding back their troops continued to send troops to quell the chaos.

In March, the 16th year of Guangyuan.

Liu Zhiheng led the last 50,000 white scarf troops to evacuate Jinyang City, preparing to go south to join Huang Baichuan who was stationed in Xiangzhou in an attempt to make a comeback. Unfortunately, when they arrived outside Xiangzhou City, they learned that Huang Baichuan had surrendered to the court and refused Liu

When Zhiheng entered the city, Liu Zhiheng was filled with grief and anger, and cursed Huang Baichuan for his betrayal.

When Liu Zhiheng continued southward and arrived at Yingzhou, he was severely attacked by the army of Chuzhou Jiedushi Wang Huailie. At this time, the White Turban Army had no intention of fighting to the death and had low morale. Although they had the upper hand, they were severely beaten.

When the army was defeated and retreated, Qingzhou Jiedu envoy Zhao Cheng led an army of 20,000 and killed them, blocking their retreat.

With pursuers in front and powerful enemies behind him, Liu Zhiheng still refused to surrender in a desperate situation and was ultimately defeated and died.

The vigorous White Scarf Army rebellion was completely wiped out. Zhao Zhi immediately issued an edict to commend the generals who sent troops to quell the rebellion, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Taiping to show that the White Scarf Army was destroyed and the world returned to peace.

But is the world really at peace? Although it only took half a year from the rise of the White Turban Army to its annihilation, its scale was quite large. It quickly spread to Hedong, Henan, and Shannan. Countless people were displaced, and the powerful people everywhere did not think about relief.

, instead took the opportunity to enclose a large amount of land to show the people that they were like pigs, dogs, and ants.

The military governors from various places were disobeying the imperial edicts to suppress the rebellion and kept their troops stationary to observe the situation. If it were not for the Chuzhou military governor Wang Huailie and Cheng and the Rong military governor Tang Shi'an who were loyal to the Jin Dynasty, they would not care about themselves in times of crisis.

In order to protect people's safety, they mobilized troops to rescue and stabilize the situation. Otherwise, who can know what the consequences will be?

In the fifth year of Taiping, May 18th, the summer solstice.

The outside world may be full of poverty and death, but Fengjing is still prosperous and lively, with bustling pedestrians and busy merchants from all over the world, which seems to give people the illusion that the Jin Dynasty is now in its prime.

In the north of the city, there is a middle house of nearly 20 acres. Above the shiny door are two large characters "Li's Mansion" written in regular strokes. Two imposing stone lions in front of the door make the whole mansion look quite grand, but it is different from the neighboring ones.

Comparing the so-and-so Marquis's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion and even the Prince's Mansion, they are a bit pale and feeble, as if a pheasant squeezed into a group of phoenixes, looking a little out of place. And this Li Mansion is none other than Li Xun. Once Li Gouer is now

's residence.

Li Xun was about to go out with his cross-body bag when Li Mancang came towards him and asked, "Dog, you don't want to have breakfast?"

Li Xun rolled his eyes and said lazily: "I'm in a bad mood and can't eat."

Li Mancang frowned and scolded: "Look at you, you are young and have no vitality at all. Have you read all the books in vain in the past few years?"

It's okay that Li Mancang didn't say anything. When he talked about studying, Li Xun jumped up and said with resentment: "Old man, I blame you for talking too much. What did you tell my aunt to tell me to read and write? Do you know what I have done in the past five years?
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