The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 214 Fu Xie
In the fourth year of Zhongping, in early April.

The war in Hedong County has fallen into a stalemate, and the rebellion of the Xiliang Army by Han Sui and others in Liangzhou has not yet subsided.

Another rebellion broke out in Di County in Liangzhou. The Kingdom of Hanyang claimed to be General Hezhong and attacked counties and counties with great momentum.

Afterwards, Han Sui and Wang Guo joined forces, and the rebel army became more powerful, planning to march eastward.

All this naturally reached the ears of Liangzhou Inspector Geng Bi.

Soon after Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, took office, he began to recruit soldiers and horses from the remaining six counties in Liangzhou to prepare for the joint crusade against the rebels in Liangzhou.

Now in the eyes of Geng Bi, he has recruited these county soldiers for a long time, so facing the invasion of Han Sui and the kingdom's coalition forces, what Geng Bi thinks is to take the initiative to lead the army to meet the enemy and repel Han Sui's coalition forces. committed crimes and regained the lost territory of Liangzhou.

The messenger came to Geng Bi's mansion with the news of Liangzhou's rebel invasion, and stepped out of the mansion with the news that Geng Bi had summoned soldiers from the six counties of Liangzhou. Ji County, where it is located, gathered.

The news that Geng Bi was going to send troops swept through the entire Ji County and even the entire Liangzhou like a hurricane.

Fu Xie (xiè), the new prefect of Hanyang County, heard that Geng Bi was going to take the initiative to attack Han Sui and the Kingdom's coalition forces, so he left all other official duties and brought only a few relatives, and anxiously went to meet Geng Bi.

Fu Xie once also led the army. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was worshiped as the Sima of the Guard, and he went out with Zuo Zhonglang General Huang Fusong.

In the battle at Cangting, East County, Yanzhou, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, and the Han Army beheaded more than [-] ranks.

Fu Xie's troops captured the Yellow Turban Army Qushuai Busi, Zhang Bo, and Liang Zhongning alive, ranking first.

The Liangzhou rebel forces grew stronger and stronger, and even Huang Fusong failed to defeat the rebels. Situ Cui Lie proposed to abandon Liangzhou at the court meeting, but Fu Xie stood up and said sharply: "Behead Situ, the world will be stable! "

Arguing vigorously above the court, he explained to Liu Hong the importance of Liangzhou as the center of the world and the importance of the national guard, which made Liu Hong finally decide not to give up Liangzhou.

But Fu Xie is upright and has a particularly staunch personality, and his relationship with Shi Changshi is very bad.

It is reasonable to say that Fu Xie's military exploits are enough to be named a marquis, but at that time Zhongchang Shi Zhao Zhong sent someone to show his favor, but he sternly refused.

"Whether you meet or not, you are destined; regardless of merit, it is time. Fu Xie is not seeking private rewards!"

Fu Xie's actions made Shi Changshi and others even more resentful towards him, and finally transferred Fu Xie out of Beijing and moved him to be the prefect of Hanyang County in Liangzhou.

After Fu Xie took office, he was an upright official, good at caring for the people, and his government affairs were clear.

Even many Qiang people who had originally rebelled were moved by him, and they came to Hanyang County to ask for surrender. Fu Xie opened up farmland outside the city and set up more than [-] camps.

Moreover, when Fu Xie took office as the prefect of Hanyang County, he also put part of his mind on the rebels in Liangzhou.

Geng Bi is self-willed, and Cheng Qiu is greedy and treacherous, which is not tolerated by Liangzhou scholars. However, Geng Bi trusts Cheng Qiu and appoints him to be the governor of Liangzhou.

Therefore, the relationship between Geng Bi and the powerful families of Liangzhou is not very good. The orders of Liangzhou's aristocratic families are mostly obedient to Geng Bi, and they don't do their best.

Before Geng Bi took office, he ordered all regions to recruit warriors to increase the combat power of the county soldiers. Most of the recruits recruited by the six counties of Liangzhou were recruited with the help of powerful families in Liangzhou.

In fact, the soldiers in the six counties of Liangzhou are almost under the control of these aristocratic families.

But because of Cheng Qiu's incident, Geng Bi had a bad relationship with these powerful families in Liangzhou.

Gai Xun, the former prefect of the Han Army County, saw Geng Bi's absurd behavior, self-willedness, and antagonism with the powerful Liangzhou family, so he concluded that Geng Bi would definitely lose to Han Sui, and he would lose in the battle.

Gai Xun didn't want to be with Geng Bi, so he abandoned his official position and went home.

After Fu Xie took office, he also discovered the clues. Although he had repeatedly advised Geng Bi on his policy, Geng Bi ignored all of them and refused to take a single word.

Now the relationship between Geng Bi and the powerful families in Liangzhou is almost in dire straits. The Han army is already weak in strength, and the only thing it can rely on is those deep-rooted powerful families with elite troops and strong generals.

But Geng Bi is undoubtedly cutting off his own arm now, not to mention whether these powerful families will do their best, Fu Xie even doubts that these powerful families may even turn against him.

And now the kingdom rebelled again in Di County, and the military strength of the rebel army has been strengthened again. One will ebb and flow, how can the weak defeat the strong?
In such a situation, if Geng Bi took the initiative to attack, he was undoubtedly seeking his own death.

Fu Xie may not care about Geng Bi's life or death, but what he cares about is that if Geng Bi leads the Han Empire's last army in Liangzhou to defeat, the entire Liangzhou will completely fall into the hands of the rebels, and there will be no resistance left.

Now the war in Hedong County is critical, Shangdang County has fallen into the hands of bandits, and the Huns in the north are ready to move. Fu Xie must save Liangzhou for the country.

Fu Xie hurried all the way, and finally arrived at Ji County. At this time, Ji County was full of murderous atmosphere, and the Han army from the six counties was gathering towards Ji County because of Geng Bi's summoning.

Even though these aristocratic families were unwilling, Geng Bi's governor of Liangzhou was appointed by the emperor himself, and he was a symbol of the Han Empire in Liangzhou. Those aristocratic families did not dare to openly disobey Geng Bi's orders.

Fu Xie galloped all the way to the government office in Ji County, and as soon as he tied up his horse, he watched Cheng Qiu walk out of the government office in Ji County.

Fu Xie was furious, and walked forward quickly, grabbed Cheng Qiu's collar, and cursed, "You idiot!"

At first, Cheng Qiu didn't see Fu Xie outside the government office at all, but at this moment someone grabbed his collar and lifted him up, and he trembled in fright.

The guards outside the government office, seeing that it was Fu Xie, did not dare to step forward to dissuade him.

After all, of these two, one is engaged in Zhizhong, and the other is the sheriff of Hanyang County. How dare they intervene as guards.

Looking at Cheng Qiu's face, Fu Xie felt extremely disgusted in his heart. This Cheng Qiu is very cunning, he has no ability other than being good at flattery.

"Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, how dare you confuse the envoy to send troops." Fu Xie said angrily, "If the army is defeated, the entire Liangzhou will fall into the hands of thieves. Have you ever thought about the consequences like this?"

At this time, Cheng Qiu also came back to his senses, seeing that it was Fu Xie and not some assassin and gangster, he no longer panicked.

At that moment Cheng Qiu said in a cold voice: "Who do I know? It turns out that the prefect of Hanyang County is Fu Xie Fu Nanrong."

"In front of Shijun's gate, Fu Nanrong, how dare you be so presumptuous, let go!"

Fu Xie's complexion changed a few times, but he finally let go of his hand. If he played Cheng Qiu here and caused a commotion, he might not even see Geng Bi's face.

"I thought you were just a treacherous villain, but I didn't expect you to be a fool."

Fu Xie glared at Cheng Qiu, snorted coldly with disdain, and walked past Cheng Qiu with two followers.

Cheng Qiu watched Fu Xie go away with a sneer on his face.

In his opinion, Fu Xie was nothing more than a sensationalist. Although Han Sui and Wang Guo claimed to have a crowd of tens of thousands and a great momentum, they were just a mob with only [-] to [-] soldiers under their command.

Then Han Sui's subordinates are only Qiang cavalry and the original Han soldiers who can be used. The Kingdom's subordinates are just a group of mobs, so they have no combat power.

It was only because the Han army didn't react that it was able to invade all the way to Sansuke before. Wasn't it easily defeated by Zhang Wen later?

Although Zhou Shen and Dong Zhuo failed in pursuit, it was their carelessness. Now the six counties of Liangzhou have recruited more than [-] soldiers, and there are many Qiang cavalry to assist them to attack the kingdom and Han Sui's army. Rebels, however, are a piece of cake.

At that time, with Cheng Qiu's military achievements in pacifying Liangzhou, and the surplus money he has accumulated for so long, he will be able to open up the joints, even if he is named Marquis, it will not be surprising.

Thinking of this, Cheng Qiu straightened his wrinkled clothes and walked out of the mansion slowly.

……

Geng Bi was self-willed and had a plan in mind, so how could he be persuaded by Fu Xie's few words.

Fu Xie was even more furious, and finally the two had an argument. Fu Xie threw the whip in the hall, scolded Geng Bi Zhuzi, talked about his shortcomings and schemes, and walked away angrily.

Although Fu Xie wrote to Luoyang immediately after returning to the county guard's mansion, it took time to deliver the letter after all.

In the end, nothing could stop Geng Bi from calling up an army.

Although Fu Xie didn't want to obey his order, Geng Bi was the governor of Liangzhou personally ordered by the emperor, so Fu Xie could only be called and dispatched his soldiers.

Zhongping four years, mid-April.

Geng Bi led an army to Didao County, Longxi County, confronted Han Sui and the Kingdom's allied forces, and set up a military camp in the east of Didao County.

The vanguard cavalry of the Han army easily expelled Han Sui and the scouts of the Kingdom's coalition forces, which made Geng Bi complacent.

What he didn't know was that the patience of the lieutenant general and the powerful families in Liangzhou had reached the limit.

Li Canduan, the prefect of Longxi County, was sitting in the military tent, and when he thought of what happened this morning, he was completely outraged.

Outside the camp, there was a sound of footsteps, and the heavy camp curtain was lifted.

A middle-aged man in dark clothes walked into the military tent. When Li Shen saw the person coming, he immediately stood up and walked forward.

Li Shen looked annoyed, and said: "Bo Ying, you and I have known each other for a long time, and I don't tell you trivial things. Today, Cheng Qiu made things difficult for you and me many times, and even dared to withhold food and grass when the big battle is coming."

"Gai Yuangu is right. Li Zi is not enough to conspire. Han Sui and Wang Guo's rebel forces are powerful. Geng Bi is at odds with his morality. How can he win? It's better to turn his mother against Cheng Qiu and Geng Bi. Head."

Huang Yan raised his eyebrows. Although he also resented Cheng Qiu, he had no intention of rebelling.

But Huang Yan also knew that if he said no at this time, the soldiers outside the army tent would chop him into pieces in no time.

Huang Yan's complexion changed several times, and finally he became ruthless.

"The two of us have been friends for many years. If you are going to make a big deal today, there is no reason why you should not follow it!"

……

Li Xiangru, the prefect of Longxi County, rebelled, and Huang Yan, the prefect of Jiuquan, led the army to kill Cheng Qiu and then Geng Bi, and the Han army dispersed in an uproar.

Afterwards, Li Xiangru, Huang Yan, Army Sima Ma Teng and others all led their troops to surrender to Han Sui.

Losing the protection of the Han army, Geng Bi died, and the powerful families in Liangzhou who had long been dissatisfied all turned to support Han Sui, and the six counties of Liangzhou almost surrendered.

When Fu Xie received the news, Han Sui and Wang Guo's coalition forces were only fifty miles away from Ji County, the prefecture of Hanyang County.

Some officials advised Fu Xie to abandon the city and flee, but Fu Xie sternly refused, saying that as the prefect, he had the responsibility of guarding the land, so how could he abandon the city and flee.

The Liangzhou rebels surrounded Ji County heavily, but there were only more than [-] county soldiers in the city of Ji County.

The rest of the county soldiers, as well as those Qiang people who had originally belonged to Fu Xie, were conscripted by Geng Bi.

……

Fu Xie was wearing Xuanjia and stood on the city wall of Ji County, his general flag was erected behind him.

What puzzled Fu Xie was that the rebels outside the city had surrounded Ji County for two days, but they did not launch an attack.

Ji County has few soldiers and few generals. If the rebels attack, they can win a battle. They have no reason to stay still.

Just when Fu Xie was puzzled, suddenly there was a commotion in the rebel camp outside the city, and then a brigade of cavalry rushed out of the rebel camp, about three or four thousand cavalry.

Fu Xie's face was solemn, he clenched the Han sword slung around his waist, and at the same time the trumpet sounded at the head of Ji County.

But to Fu Xie's surprise, these rebels stopped not far outside the city, and then three or four thousand cavalrymen knelt down on the ground together.

A Qiang cavalry soldier holding a talisman walked to the city gate with a Han cavalry. The Han cavalry was Huang Yan, the former prefect of Jiuquan.

The Qiang people asked Fu Xie to give up resistance and leave the city, and vowed to ensure that Fu Xie returned to his hometown Beidi County safely.

Fu Xie was a native of Lingzhou, Beidi County, and was born in the Fu family of Liangzhou.

These people who begged for mercy were the Qiang people from Beidi County. Fu Xie had kindness to them, and they came here to repay their kindness. There were also the Qiang people who were originally sent by Hanyang County to belong to the Qiang people outside Fu Xie's city.

Fu Xie looked around at the soldiers on the city wall, and he saw the desire for life in their eyes.

Fu Gan is the son of Fu Xie. Although he is only thirteen years old, he also took up the weapon, put on the armor, and stood on the city wall with his father.

He heard the Huns outside begging Fu Xie to give up resistance, but knowing his father Mo Ruozi, he also knew that his father had a strong character and valued fame and integrity, so he might not accept the Qiang people's suggestion.

Fu Gan pondered for a long time, but decided to persuade his father, saying: "The country is in a state of confusion, so the lord is not allowed to be in the court. Today, the people have rebelled, and the soldiers are not enough to defend themselves. The Qiang Hu in the village was first benevolent, and he wanted to order the county to return. The wish must be granted. Xu went to the village, led the righteous disciples, and helped the world when he saw the way..."

Before Fu Gan could finish speaking, Fu Xie interrupted his words and sighed emotionally:
"Bie Cheng (Fu Gan's small characters), do you know that I have to die here today? It's the so-called 'Shengda Festival, the next festival', and the tyranny of Yin and Zhou, Boyi died without eating Zhou millet, Zhongni called him a virtuous .The current imperial court is not very Yin and Zhou, how can my virtue be absolutely unmatched by Boyi?"

"The chaos of the world can't foster great aspirations, and food and wealth want to avoid the difficulties? What do I do, I must die like this, don't make it, I know that you are smart since you were young, and you will definitely achieve great things in the future..."

At this time, Fu Gan was choked up and could not speak anymore, and the guards beside Fu Xie turned their heads away one after another. They had been favored by Fu Xie for many years, and they knew that their lord already had the will to die.

In April of the fourth year of Zhongping, Fu Xie led his troops out of the city and died in a fierce battle.

At this point, the entire territory of Liangzhou fell, and the Han Empire completely lost control of Liangzhou.

　The wording of this chapter has been revised many times, but none of them are completely satisfactory.

　　Every time I revisit Fu Xie's life, I always feel admiration.

　　When I learned about the period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, the two people I remember the most are Ding Guan and Fu Xie, and they made me understand the meaning of the word "Qijie" for the first time.

　　Fu Xie did not appear in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and many people should not be familiar with it.

　　Ding Guan appeared for the fourth time in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Perhaps many book friends who have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have forgotten the existence of this person, but for me it is really memorable.

　　I will add the original text.

　　When Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor.

　　A minister under the steps shouted angrily: "The traitor Dong Zhuo, dare to plot to deceive the sky, I will splash the blood on my neck!" He waved the elephant slip in his hand and hit Dong Zhuo directly.

　　Zhuo was furious, and the warrior took it down: it was Shangshu Ding Guan.

　　Zhuo Ming pulled out and cut him.

　　Ding Guan scolded endlessly, his expression remained unchanged until his death.

　　Later generations have poems sighing and saying: "Dong Thief concealed the waste and erected the map, and the Han Family Clan Committee Qiu Ruins. All the courtiers and ministers were included, but Ding Gong was the husband."

　　There is a part of the CG of Total War Three Kingdoms that uses this poem as the bgm, the name is: The Tyrant Dong Zhuo
　　Interested readers can listen to it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)