I Can Control My Ancestors-Chapter 161 - 61: Man Cannot Turn the Heavens; Gu Xi Dies and Han Falls

Chapter 161: Chapter 61: Man Cannot Turn the Heavens; Gu Xi Dies and Han Falls

Xiuwu County.

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The situation on the battlefield is becoming increasingly tense.

The rebels have been having a very hard time lately.

Gu Xi showed no mercy whatsoever. Since the battle of Huai County, he has fiercely attacked the rebels, forcing them to retreat step by step.

Within ten days, he had completely driven the rebels back into the dense forests and swamps between the southern foothills of Taihang Mountain and the Yellow River.

This place is indeed suitable for hiding troops.

The most crucial point is that there are evidently people among the rebels who understand the terrain here.

With the advantage of terrain, they managed to stabilize the situation.

Gu Xi was helpless about this.

The topography here is quite variable.

Although there are dense forests, being close to the great rivers, Dan River, the swamps are numerous as well.

He couldn’t even use fire attacks.

Without a good understanding of the terrain, he could only send people to block the Qin River channel, planning to cut off the rebel supplies and drag the entire rebel force to death here.

This was indeed a good strategy, as rebels repeatedly attempted to break out.

But such terrain has its advantages and disadvantages.

Gu Xi only needed to have people occupy the high passes and shoot the breakout attempts to keep all the rebels contained here.

Currently, the whole world seems to be watching the battlefront in Henei.

This war is nominally about Gu Xi pacifying the rebellion.

But who, besides the common people living at the lowest level, could fail to see the power struggles going on behind the scenes?

When the news was heard, everyone was shocked!

Even though they had already known the strength of Gu Xi.

But such battle outcomes still shocked everyone.

These people are not those unarmed and untrained rebels!

And yet, they still couldn’t withstand Gu Xi’s offensive?

The atmosphere throughout the Great Han seemed to change from this day.

Turmoil was stirring in various places.

Although no one would be willing to be the first to stick their neck out, they also couldn’t possibly let Gu Xi continue like this.

Within a few days, rebel forces arose one after another in various places.

The momentum was tremendous, shaking the world.

The rebels almost seemed to have been scheduled in advance, heading straight for Henei.

But Gu Xi was not unprepared for this.

Why hadn’t he joined forces with the Gu Clan’s former allies?

Because such an alliance was a complete fantasy.

How could there be a constantly unchanging alliance in the world?

The clans that allied with the Gu Clan in the past, although not comparable to the Gu Clan, were without exception among the most prestigious groups of the current time.

The reform that Gu Xi intended to carry out this time would most directly affect them.

Forming an alliance was a pure fantasy.

But such is this era; Gu Xi’s actions could harm one group and benefit another.

What he wanted to do was redistribute resources.

Who wouldn’t envy the status of the aristocratic clans?

Given the current situation in the world, who couldn’t see what Gu Xi was trying to do?

This is a struggle between two classes!

Even if these people could never surface publicly, and could only act in the shadows, it was already sufficient for the current situation.

Where there are rebels in various places, there will be righteous people recruiting troops to resist.

The policy of encouraging the "common people" that Gu Xi promoted back then was still in place.

Facing these so-called rebels, quelling the rebellion inherently carries the just cause.

For a moment, storms arose across the world.

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Mengjin Pass.

As one of the eight passes of Luoyang, the geographic location of Mengjin Pass is extremely important.

Not only is it one of the gateways north of Luoyang, but it is also an important crossing of the Yellow River, considered a transportation hub connecting north and south.

Gu Xi made extensive arrangements within all eight passes of Luoyang.

The commanders controlling each pass are all loyal to the Gu Clan.

Each one of them is a child of Julu.

Families that benefited from the Gu Clan for generations.

Moreover, there is not only one person in each pass; among the upper and lower ranks of commanders, nearly half are this kind.

But no matter how tight the defenses are, there will always be loopholes.

Anyone facing huge interests could potentially turn into a devil.

——On July 20, in the second year of Zhao Ning.

All eight passes suddenly changed almost simultaneously.

Warriors successively attacked their leaders of ten, and some leaders even led their men to kill the military superiors.

This was destined to be a massive upheaval.

No one knew what exactly happened within.

But in the face of this sudden internal rebellion, although the generals guarding the passes reacted swiftly, they simply couldn’t stop it in time.

Who could have imagined?

This was one of the eight passes of Luoyang, the last line of defense for the capital of the Great Han.

Since Liu Xiu reestablished the Great Han, when had there ever been a rebellion near Luoyang, let alone one arising internally?

And just after the upheaval.

The letter from Empress Dowager He quickly spread.

This letter quickly stabilized those soldiers who were completely unaware.

On this day, the entire Luoyang Eight Passes opened wide, and it was under such circumstances that Dong Zhuo led his troops straight through Mengjin, crossing the Yellow River and detouring through the Dan River Valley to avoid being detected by Gu Xi’s scout.

Thus, he marched directly towards Henei.

This time, Dong Zhuo was obviously fully prepared.

Even now, he hadn’t informed his subordinates who exactly their target was.

He simply led his army on a rapid assault.

His original thought was to directly attack the rear of Gu Xi’s army.

But a subordinate named "Jia Xu" suggested a different plan.

Which was to divide the troops into two paths; one to attack Gu Xi’s logistics camp.

The other, led by himself, to directly assault.

According to Jia Xu, the plan would be useful regardless of the outcome.

Even if the assault failed, cutting off their supplies could still control the victory.

They must not give Gu Xi a chance to retaliate, or else they would all be in grave danger.

Dong Zhuo found this reasoning very sound and thus divided his three thousand troops into two.