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Chapter 115 The aftermath of the Luma Rebellion!
It is worth mentioning that Chu Shizhao actually has no experience in large-scale army combat.

Because Chu Shizhao had never fought such a prosperous battle.

In fact, many of the battles won by Chu Shizhao were very "legendary" and were won by taking risks.

In the Battle of Poyang, Chu Shizhao had less than 10,000 troops. Except for the Jingzhou army, which was at least an official army with a certain quality of soldiers, Chu Shizhao had no advantage at all against Wang Shouyi's army.

That great victory was due not only to Chu Shizhao's courage to fight, but also to the right time and place. If it hadn't been for the sudden thunderstorm that concealed the exact number of Lan Shu's troops, and if both sides hadn't simultaneously reported the flags of reinforcements thousands of miles away, they would have used the information gap to disrupt all of Wang Shouyi's deployments.

Chu Shizhao personally led the troops to fight, and the maximum number of troops under his control was only about 100,000.

Moreover, these 100,000 people are the most common and basic soldiers.

If you give Chu Shizhao 100,000 Beiwei troops and the baggage can keep up, Chu Shizhao will dare to devote all his energy to the Western Expedition.

These two raids also gave Chu Shizhao enough confidence that the fighting methods of those famous generals in his memory could be fully applied.

Although Chu Shizhao could not accurately determine the environment and era in which the Great Zhou Dynasty existed, as well as the extent of the total productivity, he could not do so with 100% accuracy.

However, the main combat force on the battlefield is still the legion composed mainly of cavalry.

So Chu Shizhao referred to Xiahou Yuan, Gao Xianzhi and Gan Ning, who was good at night raids and robbed camps, and used the ideas of these famous generals to deal a severe blow to Ma Suan.

In particular, Gao Xianzhi's combat guidance of long-distance raids and coordinated attacks.

The blitzkrieg was launched by taking advantage of the cavalry's superior mobility.

But Chu Shizhao was not completely a reckless man. He used the strategy of tiring out the enemy's troops repeatedly against Ma Su'an, disrupting the enemy's normal rest and recuperation, which was also a guerrilla tactic.

When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.

There is simply no solution to this problem when applied to the Beiwei Army.

Because the mobility of the Beiwei Army is currently unique in Chu Shizhao's hands, and even in the entire Zhou Dynasty.

Moreover, Chu Shizhao discovered that if he married into the Jinyang Li family, he would be able to obtain a set of established famous generals.

A famous general who can fight immediately.

The biggest benefit of marrying into the Huan family for Chu Shizhao was not the two ambitious ministers Huan Sheng and Huan Jie.

It was Huan Sheng who was able to provide Chu Shizhao with armor and weapons.

Huan Jie was able to get a batch of high-quality war horses for Chu Shizhao.

The strength of the Beiwei Army lies not only in the high military literacy of these soldiers, but also in the powerful weapons they have.

Many of the local official troops stationed in cities across the Zhou Dynasty had aging and degraded weapons and armor.

They couldn't fight at all and could only bully the rebels who had no weapons and were just starting out.

The best-equipped troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty were the border troops stationed at the vassal states, each one more capable than the other.

Because these border troops guard the border all year round and have to fight with foreign ethnic groups, if their combat equipment could not keep up, they would have been defeated long ago.

The Beiwei Army now has the best resources in Chu Shizhao's hands.

For Chu Shizhao, the ultimate goal of using those tactics was just to reduce the casualties of the Beiwei Army.

Even if just one person was lost, Chu Shizhao would feel a deep pain in his bones.

If the Beiwei Army was completely wiped out, Chu Shizhao would probably want to die.

[On April 7, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, Chu Shizhao defeated Ma Suan's army and pursued the remnants of Ma Suan all the way to Yangquan.]

[After Ma Su'an was defeated, he immediately sought help from the Xiongnu.]

[The Jinyang government troops lost 7539 men, and Ma Su'an's rebels lost 59231 men in the battle.]

[On April 8, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, Chu Shizhao captured Yangquan, then moved to Xinzhou, and took it in one fell swoop, and then attacked Shuozhou.]

[After Ma Suan's defeat, the remnants of his rebel army could only retreat step by step, and most of the cities he originally occupied were occupied by force, and the people's hearts were unstable. ]

[After Chu Shizhao led the royal army to come, many places did not resist, leaving only a group of rebels to fight stubbornly, but they were ultimately defeated by the army led by Chu Shizhao.]

[On April 12, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, the Xiongnu burned down the city of Datong. They plundered the people of Datong, made them slaves, and withdrew to the grasslands with them.]

[Faced with Ma Suan's request for help, the Xiongnu people avoided talking about it. ]

[On April 17, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, when Yang Yanchao led a Northern Army vanguard to recapture Datong City, he saw the city in ruins and ashes. He was overwhelmed with emotions. After getting off his horse, he searched everywhere in Datong City for any surviving civilians, only to find that the entire city was already empty.]

[He pounded his fist to the ground in grief and anger.]

[On April 23, the 33rd year of Yongjin, after failing to borrow troops and horses from the Xiongnu, Ma Su'an turned to Lu Yi for help.]

[On April 25, Ma Su'an surrendered to Lu Yi and became a general under Lu Yi's command. He defended the Fanyang area and resisted Chu Shizhao's army.]

[In May of the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, the political turmoil caused by the Lu-Ma Rebellion dragged down the entire northern chaos.]

[In June of the 33rd year of the Yongjin era, Lu Yi knew that the war had reached a stalemate. If he could not break the deadlock, he would be attacked from all sides. He led his army to attack Suiyang, the last line of defense in Henan.]

[The general guarding Suiyang was the deputy envoy of Henan Jiedushi, his surname was Zhang and his name was Bu. He was the confidant of Emperor Yongjin and the most important link in Henan's defense line.]

【After seeing what happened to Zhao Zhengji after he surrendered to Lu Yi, Zhang Bu adhered to his attitude and resolutely resisted the offensive of the rebels. 】【Lu Yi dispatched Yan Ming, a powerful and brave general who surrendered to him in Qingzhou, to lead 150,000 rebels to attack Suiyang, and promised Yan Ming that as long as Suiyang was captured, he would be the new governor of Henan. 】

【Yan Ming was from Qingzhou, and was born into a powerful family. For many years, he had no way to be promoted. In order to gain a higher position and power, he took a risk and joined the rebels led by Lu Yi. Now, after all the hardships, he was able to lead an army. In order to sweep Henan for Lu Yi, he conquered many cities.】

[At this time, towns in Henan fell one after another, except for the important military town of Suiyang.]

【Xu Xiangyang, the governor of Suiyang, knew that he was not capable enough to continue, so he placed the important task on Zhang Bu.】

[Zhang Bu immediately dispatched 4,000 troops from Ningling to Suiyang, where he joined forces with Xu Xiangyang to form a total of more than 8,000 troops. He also sent scouts to immediately ask for help from the Great Zhou Dynasty.]

[In order to take over Suiyang and occupy the entire Henan Province, Yan Ming attacked the city with all his might. Zhang Bu took advantage of the city and led his soldiers to fight hard day and night.]

[Xu Xiangyang was a civilian official with no combat experience, so he was responsible for transporting military rations for Zhang Bu, repairing war equipment, and other logistical support work. He often went to the battlefield in person to deliver military rations to the soldiers defending the city.]

[Under the close cooperation between Xu Xiangyang and Zhang Bu, the two of them took advantage of the city's advantageous terrain and were able to repel Yan Ming's vanguard charge more than 20 times a day. They fought for seven consecutive days and nights, killing more than 30,000 rebels, which doubled the morale of the Suiyang defenders.]

【Zhang Bu held a wait-and-see attitude towards the new emperor Chu Shizhao. He did not know what happened in the court of Chang'an, nor did he know why the fourth prince Chu Shizhao would eventually succeed to the throne. However, at this critical moment, Zhang Bu was not defending Chu Shizhao's country, but the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the safety of the people in the south.】

[He knew that once Suiyang was captured, Jianghuai would inevitably be plunged into a new war, and the South would be in danger.]

[At this time, Suiyang cannot be lost, nor can it be retreated. The only position left is to fight. ]

[Yan Ming was not incompetent, however. He encouraged the army day and night to issue a call to recruit Zhang Bu who was guarding Suiyang, saying that with Zhang Bu's ability, if he could surrender to Lu Yi's rebels, he would be given a high position and a high salary, and be awarded a title of nobility.]

[Yan Ming even brought up Lu Yi's identity as a descendant of a famous family.]

【However, Zhang Bu did not buy this account at all. Instead, he ridiculed Lu Yi, a descendant of a famous family, for openly betraying the court. This was a moral breach and a loss of integrity for a minister.】

[The enraged Lu Yi once again increased his efforts to attack Suiyang, but after many battles, the food and grass consumed by Lu Yi's march had long been insufficient.]

[The more troops are used, the greater the losses Lu Yi needs to incur. Having just conquered so many places, Lu Yi has adopted a policy of appeasement based on generosity in order to win the hearts of the people.]

[However, at this point, with Ma Su'an's defeat on the front line, Lu Yi no longer had time to manage his own base, and no longer had enough time to dawdle here. He changed his previous style and levied heavy taxes everywhere to meet the needs of the war.]

[He pardoned all the powerful and wealthy families who had surrendered to him, and robbed the property of those who were neutral. When necessary, he even plundered all the property of small farmers to ensure that he would have enough for the war.]

[Lu Yi's actions caused rebellions in many places under his command, but Lu Yi used a large army to suppress them, killing these people and then robbing them of their property and food.]

[In September of the 33rd year of Yongjin, Chu Shizhao finally conquered Fanyang. Ma Suan's defeat this time left him with no way to retreat, so he could only flee towards the grassland.]

【And Chu Shizhao immediately double-teamed Lu Yi from behind, trying to help Sui Yang out.】

[On September 15, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, an uprising against Lu Yi's rebels occurred in Cangzhou. The rebels, led by Dou Li and Gao Jiu, were dissatisfied with Lu Yi's rule and exploitation, and started a war with Lu Yi in the territory.]

[On September 20th, Chu Shizhao accepted the rebels of Dou Li and Gao Jiu and incorporated them into the imperial court. With the help of both the internal and external forces, they took Cangzhou.]

[After Cangzhou was pacified, Chu Shizhao appointed Dou Li as the new governor of Cangzhou and continued to encircle Lu Yi's rebels with a large army.]

[Under the pressure from Chu Shizhao, Lu Yi had no choice but to intensify his offensive against Suiyang.]

[In June of the 34th year of Yongjin, Suiyang City was captured. Zhang Bu and Xu Xiangyang were outnumbered. After entering the city, Yan Ming was dissatisfied with the other party's attitude of not surrendering to the death, so he insisted on resisting. As a result, they were caught in such a pressing situation that he dispatched troops to kill all the defenders who stubbornly resisted in Suiyang City.]

[On June 25, the bodies of Zhang Bu and Xu Xiangyang were hung on the top of Suiyang City. Yan Ming used this to promote military power and disintegrate those government troops who still wanted to resist.]

[In July of the 34th year of Yongjin, Chu Shizhao learned that Suiyang City had been captured and most of the defending generals had fought to the death and were eventually killed. He was completely enraged by the actions of Lu Yi's rebels. He chased them relentlessly in order to ease the crisis in Suiyang City, but he did not expect Lu Yi's rebels to be so crazy.]

[In September of the 34th year of the Yongjin reign, because Lu Yi had been levying heavy taxes everywhere in order to fill up the military, Chu Shizhao received support from the locals. Wherever he went, there were people to support him.]

【Since Lu Yi started his army, he had won battle after battle and thought he could unify the world. However, after Ma Su'an's defeat and the Xiongnu's unwillingness to lend him troops and leaving, he faced increasing pressure, which made him behave extremely violently. He would whip his subordinates out of anger and beat or scold his attendants if he was not satisfied with them. He would kill them if they made the slightest mistake.】

【Seeing the growing power of the Zhou Dynasty, Lu Yi knew the situation was critical, so he proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang and named his country Dayan.】

[In October of the 34th year of the Yongjin reign, Lu Yi was defeated in Luoyang. On his way back, he was murdered by his trusted general Yan Ming.]

[In November of the same year, Yan Ming surrendered and presented Lu Yi's head to Chu Shizhao.]

[Chu Shizhao originally wanted to defeat these rebels in one fell swoop to comfort the subjects who were loyal to the emperor, but he did not expect Yan Ming to judge the situation and surrender without a fight. ]

[In December of the 34th year of the Yongjin reign, Chu Shizhao had no choice but to reward Yan Ming in recognition of his merits because Yan Ming had saved the people from the chaos of war and had taken the initiative to surrender.]

[Chu Shizhao's actions appeased the rebels, and the war finally came to an end. The Luma Rebellion was settled by Chu Shizhao.]

[Chu Shizhao ordered Yan Ming to bury the bodies of Zhang Bu and Xu Xiangyang with great ceremony, which made Yan Ming dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to obey Chu Shizhao's order.]

[In the same month, Chu Shizhao changed the reign title to Kaihuang.]

[In January of the first year of the Kaihuang reign, Chu Shizhao rewarded the generals and ministers who fought against the rebels to the death during the Lu-Ma Rebellion, posthumously conferred titles on the loyal ministers who unfortunately died in battle, and conferred titles on them as the Three Dukes. He also established a Temple of Loyalty to the Emperor and placed these officials there to receive incense from the people.]

[In February of the first year of Kaihuang, Yan Ming, who believed that he was the first to suppress the rebellion, was only posthumously conferred the title of Pingli Hou. He began to recruit generals who were once his subordinates, but Chu Shizhao arrested him in advance on the charge of "harmful intentions."]

[In the same month, Chu Shizhao issued an edict to exterminate the three clans of Yan Ming. Yan Ming's eldest son got the news in advance and raised an army in Qingzhou to rebel against the court again.]

[In March of the first year of Kaihuang, the aftermath of the Lu-Ma Rebellion reappeared. Chu Shizhao issued an edict to the Yi people, which led to the uprising of the rebels led by Yan Xu. This triggered the Qingzhou Incident. However, Yan Ming's son Yan Xu was a minor general with few soldiers and was unable to face Chu Shizhao's army to suppress the rebellion.]

[In April of the first year of Kaihuang, the rebellion of the vassal states that had swept across nearly half of the Zhou Dynasty was finally put down by Chu Shizhao.]

[However, the Lu-Ma Rebellion plunged the Great Zhou Dynasty into an extremely dark period. The society was in chaos, and most of the separatist vassal states had their own ideas. In addition, this war increased the exploitation and taxation of the people. In order to quell the war, the economic expenditure invested was extremely heavy. Whether it was the border or the western region, the Great Zhou Dynasty completely lost its original control. ]

[At this moment, the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost on the verge of collapse. ]

(End of this chapter)