Although Liu Guanghui's sudden remarks caused a great sensation, it only made everyone more speculation and more topics after the meal. Another thing that really shocked the world.

The civil unrest in Henan and Huaibei areas became increasingly serious. Although local troops were mostly wiped out, they were revived by the spring breeze and could not be eradicated. By September, the riots had grown to more than twenty, including Wang Kui and Su Chi.

In the first year of Tianhe, in mid-August, the mob leader Wang Kui and Su Chi led 8,000 rebels to the territory of Henan Road. The local government sent troops to conquer several times, but they all returned in great defeat. On the sixth of September, Wang Kui and Su Chi led a group of fake defeated officers and soldiers to raid Qiyang County, and broke into one fell swoop. When the news came, Zhao Xun was quite shocked.

Qiyang County may be just a small county town, which is nothing, but this city is less than 300 miles away from the Eastern Capital Luojing. The rebels took Qiyang City in one fell swoop and went south. It took less than two days to reach the Eastern Capital Luojing.

The court quickly made a decision. Crown Prince Zhao Xun immediately issued an urgent order, ordering the Luojing garrison commander Zhan Tai Jingming to lead troops out of the city to wipe out the rebels, and never let the rebels approach the Eastern Capital, so as not to disturb the hearts of the people.

Although Wang Kui and Su Chi took over Qiyang City, the number of people was not large. After several battles, they were less than 5,000. The equipment was simple and the combat power was chaotic. Zhan Tai Jingming had a total of 15,000 elite soldiers in his hands. In Zhao Xun's opinion, it was no problem to eliminate Wang Kui and Su Chi.

But how can the war be taken for granted?

What everyone never expected was that this stalemate quell of rebellion ended in a crushing defeat, which led to a sharp turn for the entire battle situation and the overall situation in Henan.

On the tenth day of September, Zhan Taijingming was ordered to lead the army to quell the rebellion. Luojing had 15,000 defenders. He did not take Wang Kui and Su Chi seriously. He originally planned to bring 5,000 troops out of the city, but was persuaded by his general Zhao Tianyuan, and finally brought 10,000 people.

The five thousand troops to which Wang Kui and Su Chi are said to be an army, but in fact they are just a group of people. The combat effectiveness can be imagined. Zhan Taijingming led the army and immediately attacked Qiyang City. In less than half an hour, he broke through the city. Wang Kui and Su Chi led less than 3,000 remaining troops and abandoned the city and fled in a panic.

Zhan Taijingming was greedy for military achievements, so he naturally refused to let go of these rebel people. So he led the army to chase after him for more than a hundred miles without giving up. Zhao Tianyuan tried his best to dissuade him, saying that he was too surviving the enemy and his side was not energetic. If there was any change, he would be defeated.

Zhan Taijingming refused to listen to the dissuasion and ordered the entire army to continue pursuing.

Zhan Taijing was too arrogant and underestimated others. Wang Kui was brave and Su Chi had a plan. They had already planned everything. As early as when they captured Qiyang City, Su Chi sent people to contact other rioters. Several of them followed Su Chi's orders and went north secretly, entering Langheshan to lurk, waiting for Wang Kui and Su Chi to lead the enemy.

Zhan Taijingming led the army to pursue it desperately, and finally the army rushed into a narrow area. At this point, nearly 20,000 rioters surrounded and killed from all directions.

Zhan Tai Jingming's army came from afar, exhausted his strength, and his men and horses were exhausted. Although the 20,000 rioters who were ambushing here were simple and had low combat power, they were waiting for their hard work. They were unexpected and attacked the tired army with all their strength. How could it be unbeatable?

The two sides fought fiercely for two hours, and the official army was finally defeated. Zhan Taijingming was trapped in a heavy siege and committed suicide in despair. He was blocked by Zhao Tianyuan, the general of the Central Army. Afterwards, Zhao Tianyuan gathered 500 soldiers and led the way, and broke through and fled with Zhan Taijingming.

In this battle, more than half of the 10,000 elite soldiers died in battle and thousands were captured. Zhan Taijingming led a remnant army of less than 2,000 people and fled back to Luojing after a day and a night.

Zhan Tai Jingming's defeat immediately caused a chain reaction. First of all, the mob rebels. After a big battle, the morale was suddenly boosted. Wang Kui and Su Chi immediately became famous. They took advantage of the opportunity of great victory to occupy Qiyang City again. They used this as a stronghold to continuously break through the surrounding six counties and eight cities, and obtained a large amount of food and equipment. Wang Kui and Su Chi used this as their confidence to recruit troops and call on the rioters from all over the country to come and join together to seek major events.

On September 14th, the news of Zhan Taijingming's defeat was sent back to Fengjing. The court was shocked. Zhao Xun was a little panicked and hurried to find Zhao Zhi to ask for countermeasures. What the father and son said was unknown to outsiders, but soon, Zhao Xun held a court meeting on the grounds that he had received full support from Zhao Zhi and discussed countermeasures with all officials.

Just when Zhao Xun held a court meeting and had just discussed some things with the officials, the next day, news came from Henan Road, and dozens of rioters in Huaibei and Huainan area actively responded to Wang Kui and Su Chi, and a large number of refugees went north to Henan Road. By September 15, Wang Kui and Su Chi, who used Qiyang City as the base camp, had more than 80,000 troops gathered in their hands.

Everyone elected Wang Kui as the king of heaven and established thirteen armies. After a grand army assembly ceremony, Wang Kui left 20,000 troops to guard the rear, personally led more than 60,000 troops out of Qiyang, and began to march towards the second political and economic center of the Jin Dynasty, the eastern capital Luojing.

The momentum and actions of the rebels and civilians in Henan immediately shook the whole world. In fear, Zhao Xun finally listened to the military suggestions of the left prime minister Li Zhong and the political suggestions of the right prime minister Yang Daolin, and began to work in two ways to actively mobilize the world's strength and prepare to quell the chaos in Henan as quickly as possible.

First, Zhao Xun obtained all the authorization from Zhao Zhi, and ordered Zhao to order Chuzhou Jiedushi Wang Huailei to send troops to Huaibei, seize the border city of Henan Road, cut off the rebels' retreat, and ordered Huang Xian, the governor of Yunzhou Jiedushi to lead 15,000 troops and immediately rush to Luojing.

Finally, Yun Ji, the governor of Puzhou, Henan Province, was appointed as the general of suppressing the rebellion, and belonged to all local troops in the prefectures in Henan Province, and were all under his control.

The rebel leader Wang Kui led his troops to attack Luojing for three days, but he did not stop. At this time, the 20,000 troops of the governor of Chuzhou, Wang Huailei, had already entered Huzhou, and the imperial army was approaching Luojing.

Huang Xian, the governor of Yunzhou, led 15,000 troops to fight the rebels from the north of Luojing. He fought against Wang Kui's rebels at night, defeated the rebels of the civilians in one battle, and killed more than 10,000 enemies. Yun Ji, the governor of Puzhou, also led nearly 20,000 troops at this time, coming from the south of Luojing, less than a hundred miles away from the battlefield.

The rebels had nearly 50,000 troops to fight at this time. Although the number was greater than that of the official army, their combat effectiveness was far less than that of the people. In addition, there was a danger of being surrounded at this time, and the morale of the army was dispersed and they could only retreat immediately, otherwise they would definitely die.

But if you retreat, you cannot retreat together in a swarm. That will only lead to the fact that the morale of the army will immediately collapse and the army will scatter.
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