Chapter 1844: A tumultuous nine months
Chapter 1844 A Turbulent Nine Months
Chapter 1842: Nine Turbulent Months
On January 5, the first year of Xingping (AD 194), Qin Hao proposed marriage to the empress of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang asked her to marry Taihang.
On January 15th, Qin Hao went to Taihang to ask for his hand in marriage.
On January 17, Zhu Yuanzhang faked a marriage with Emperor Ming, and launched a Taigong Revolt on the same day, but failed and was captured. Luo Shixin, the most powerful general of Ming Dynasty, died in battle.
On January 18, Zhu Yuanzhang died at the hands of Qin Hao, and his son Zhu Di succeeded to the throne with the support of Fan Zeng.
At the beginning of February, Qin Hao and Emperor Ming got married in Taihang, and Qin and Ming Dynasty officially merged.
On February 2, Zhang Liao was the vanguard and Guo Jia was the military advisor. They led 80,000 Qin cavalry eastward from Taihang and met with Long Qie's 20,000 Ming cavalry.
On February 5, Zhang Liaolong officially joined forces, and then a hundred thousand cavalry swept through the land of western Hebei, catching the princes of Jizhou by surprise, and defeated Han Xin for the first time, forcing Han, Zhao and Yan to form an alliance to fight against Qin.
On February 9, Song Jiang from Liangshan was persuaded by Wang Mang to join the Hebei coalition. Chao Gai opposed it and launched a coup. After the failure, he led part of the Liangshan army to defect to Li Jing, and Liangshan split.
On February 10th, Liu Ji, King of Shu, Li Shimin, King of Tang, Liu Yu, King of Chengdu, and Liu Xiu, Marquis of Chu, jointly supported Liu Bian, the deposed young emperor of Hongnong, and officially ascended the throne as emperor in Chengdu, and the Southern Han Dynasty was established.
On February 15th, Xuzhou general Xue Ju raised troops to rebel against Zhu Di. Zhu Di activated Guan Yu and personally led the army to suppress it.
At the end of February, with the support of the princes of Hebei, Liu Che ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Jixian, Youzhou. The Northern Han Dynasty was established. From then on, the world entered the era of coexistence of the North, South, Middle and Three Han Dynasties.
On March 3, the main force of the Qin army led by Bai Qi formally joined forces with Zhang Liaolong. The main force of 500,000 Qin troops gathered in western Hebei. At the same time, the Northern Han coalition forces also gathered from all directions.
On March 13, the Qin army divided into three groups to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. Bai Qi, Su Ding, and Fang Huo Qubing each led an army. Hebei entered a situation where three major battlefields started fighting at the same time.
On March 17, Wang Mang and Gongsun Shu launched a coup and succeeded. Later, the Liao Kingdom joined the Northern Han Alliance and formed a coalition to invade Beihai County.
On March 18, Xue Ju was defeated by Zhu Di and had no choice but to seek refuge with Cao Cao, Duke of Wei.
On March 19, Wei Gong Cao Cao raised 100,000 troops to attack Xuzhou.
On March 20th, Song Gong Zhao Kuangyin raised 80,000 troops to attack Jianghuai, and the Central Plains War officially broke out.
On March 22nd, King Zhu Tianpeng of Qi joined the Northern Han coalition forces, but his troops were divided into two groups, one to save Xuzhou and the other to attack the Qin army in Beihai.
On March 23, the Beihai Qin Army, which was under siege by the Northern Han Allied Forces, chose to take the initiative under the leadership of Li Jing before the enemy forces had converged.
On March 28, Li Jing defeated the Liangshan army, beheaded Liang Wang Song Jiang, and surrendered Lu Junyi and other generals.
On April 5, Li Jing dug the Yellow River crossing and flooded seven armies, defeating Zhu Tianpeng.
On April 15, Li Jing fought a decisive battle with Wang Mang, but Zhu Tianpeng led his navy across the sea and formed a pincer attack on the Qin army. Li Jing had no choice but to retreat, and Ran Min cut off the rear of the army and died in the battle.
On April 25, Zhou Yu led the Yellow River navy to Beihai and joined forces with Li Jing. After Li Jing regained his strength, he once again led the army to fight Wang Mang in a decisive battle.
At the end of April, Li Jing led an army of 40,000 to defeat the 80,000 Han, Liao and Qiliang allied forces, and then led an army of 30,000 to support Julu. The war situation in Hebei completely turned towards the Qin army.
On May 3, Chen Baxian launched a coup, changed the Liao Kingdom to the Chen Kingdom, proclaimed himself King of Chen, and professed his vassalage to the Northern Han Dynasty.
On May 5th, Zhou Yu led his army out of Beihai to fight against Qingbei, and finally unified the four counties of Qingbei.
On May 10th, Hong Xiuquan of Jiaozhou surrendered to Liu Xiu, and Chu State officially occupied the entire territory of Jiaozhou.
On May 12, the Southern Han Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Qin in five groups. Liu Xiu attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia, and Sun Jian in Jiangdong sent troops to support Huang Zu.
On May 13th, Emperor Tuolei of the Yuan Dynasty was assassinated and died.
On May 14, Qin Hao ordered an emergency conscription of 100,000 troops, reactivated Yue Fei to guard Jingzhou, and released Kublai Khan, the prince of Yuanmeng who was held as a hostage in Luoyang, back to his country.
On May 15th, Meng Tian led the army in Hetao and faced the Liangzhou coalition, and the third Hetao War broke out. On May 17, Li Jing set up an ambush to kill high-ranking officials, and then joined forces with Su Dingfang to attack Lian Po, defeating the main force of 100,000 Zhao troops. Lian Po died at the hands of Li Jing.
On May 20th, Su Dingfang's army surrounded Bohai and issued a "Letter to the People of Bohai" to instigate civil strife in the city.
On May 23, Xiao Yan opened the city gate and took the initiative to welcome the Qin army into the city. After Bohai fell into Su Dingfang, Yuan Shao committed suicide with his sword.
On June 2, Kublai Khan returned to Longcheng, and one month later he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, becoming the third emperor of Yuanmeng.
On June 5, Yuan Tan succeeded to the throne as King Zhao, and then he and Han Xin abandoned Yecheng and withdrew from northern Hebei. Yecheng fell into the hands of the Qin army.
On June 15, Bai Qi set up an ambush from ten sides and completely wiped out the Zhao-Han coalition forces. Yuan Hong, the most powerful general in Hebei, was killed in the battle. Han Xin, the king of Han, and Yuan Tan, the king of Zhao, were both captured.
On June 18, after Meng Tian defeated the Liangzhou Allied Forces several times, the Liangzhou Allied Forces officially switched from offensive to defensive.
On June 19, the war situation in the Central Plains reached a stalemate. Guan Yu sealed the gold with a seal, abandoned Zhu Di and joined Liu Bei.
On June 20th, Bai Qi forced Zhang He to surrender. Han Xin surrendered and was renamed Hejian County Marquis. From then on, Jizhou was unified.
June 23rd, a large number of Japanese pirates appeared in the eastern coastal areas, and there were wars of war all over the coastal areas.
On June 24, Qin Hao appointed Qi Jiguang to lead the army against the Japanese pirates.
At the end of June, Nurhaci personally led an army of 200,000 people south to Youzhou, and Gongsun Xuanyuan was forced to retreat into the mountains.
On July 10, with the support of the Liaodong family, the Qing army took control of the entire Chen Kingdom without spending a single soldier.
On July 12, due to the harassment of Japanese pirates and the rebellion of Shanyue, Sun Jian was forced to withdraw his troops from Jiangxia, and Jiangxia quickly fell into the hands of Liu Xiu.
On July 13, Qi Jiguang defeated Uesugi Kanenobu and beheaded Maori Motonari. Qingzhou Japanese pirates were basically eliminated.
On July 15th, the Qin army stopped advancing towards Youzhou, switched from offensive to defensive, and began to reorganize the rear areas of Hebei and Qing Dynasties.
On July 20th, Liu Xiu completely captured Jiangxia, and then divided his troops into two groups, attacking Nanjun along the way and Zhangling County along the way.
On July 30th, Liu Xiu defeated Han Shizhong, then landed in Nanjun, and fought all the way to Jiangling City, but was blocked by Meng Gong.
On August 1, Jiangling City was fiercely attacked by the Chu army. Qin Qiong was forced to withdraw from Yiling. At the same time, Qin Zheng led the Wei army to support Jiangling.
On August 3, Qin Hao got married to the Hebei family and formally submitted the marriage certificate to the Zhen and Xiao family.
On August 5, the Tang army failed to attack Nanxiang for a long time and turned to attack Hangu Pass. Li Cunxiao fell into a trap and left the pass to fight, but his whereabouts were unknown. Gongsun Yan withdrew his troops from Yewang City and set fire to Hangu Pass.
On August 10, the Tang army surrounded Yewang City, and then divided its forces to attack Yiyang City, but failed.
On August 15, Li Shimin took the risk and bypassed the two cities of Yiyang, the wild king, and directly led his army to attack Luoyang.
On August 20th, Jia Xu was assassinated, causing chaos in Luoyang.
On August 21, Mu Guiying came out and led the Detachment of Women to restore public order in Luoyang.
On August 25th, the prisoners of Han and Zhao were formally organized into an army. The Qin army's final war preparations were over and they could launch the Youzhou Campaign at any time.
The first update to guarantee... It took me two days to sort out the timeline for everyone's convenience. If there are any unreasonable things, I will point them out and Liuxiang will make changes as soon as possible.
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