A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 522: Everyone rebelled and moved the capital to Kaifeng, and Hebei Ding died of melancholy.

June 16

Just when Shi Le was trapped in Xiangguo by Bai Shu, Shi Hu received the order to return to Jinan County and had just arrived at Jinan County. When he was crossing the Yellow River, a piece of news came that made Shi Le restless.

Since the Bai Kingdom occupied Pingyuan County, the distance between Xiang Kingdom and other places in Henan was only a few days longer. Originally, it only took five or six days to cross the river from Pingyuan County to reach any place in Henan.

Now it is necessary to bypass Jinan County and enter Leling, which will take more than ten days.

"Your Majesty, Duan Pixi gathered tens of thousands of Xianbei tribes and local powerful men near Anci, and fought against Duan Mobo at Lingzhi.

At the critical moment, the original begging army, Tian Zhen and others who were now wandering in Youbin and the two places, suddenly appeared and defeated Duan Mobo from the rear.

Duan Mobo led more than 10,000 people to surrender to Murong's tribe in Liaodong. Duan Pixian took advantage of the situation and occupied Jizhou. All tribes in Youzhou changed their tactics and returned to Duan Pixian.

Duan Mobo asked the king for reinforcements.

Not only that, his subordinates received news that Duan Pixi personally led 50,000 troops from Jizhou, preparing to join Bai Shu and attack Xiangguo.

He also sent his general Duan Wenyang to lead 30,000 cavalry into Leling County, intending to force Shao Jie, the prefect of Leling, to surrender and cut off the way for Zhongshan Gong to come from the north for reinforcements. "

After hearing the report from his military intelligence commander, Shi Le kept pacing left and right, thinking about countermeasures.

He summoned the advisers Zhang Bin, Xu Guang, Cheng Xia and others and asked them about countermeasures.

Zhang Binyan said: "Now the Bai army is approaching the city, and the Bai family has lived in Hebei for a long time and has a wide reputation in Hebei. At that time, the Bai army took advantage of our army to go south to attack Anping, so it was able to capture the three counties of Anping, Qinghe and Pingyuan.

It is precisely for this reason that, according to the speed of our army's horse power, reinforcements can be returned overnight.

Unexpectedly, the Cui family, a wealthy family in Qinghe, secretly revealed the truth and opened the city gate, causing Qinghe to fall.

The people in the plains heard that they were old friends of Emperor Liezu, and they also surrendered one after another, allowing the Bai Kingdom to take over all three counties in one month. They also built the so-called Zhangming Defense Line, which prevented our Zhao army from attacking for several years.

Now that the Southern Jin Dynasty general Zu Ti is dead, he is caught up in the internal struggle for power and unable to go north. Qingzhou is in my hands, and Zhongshan Gongye has captured Yanzhou, Sizhou, and Yuzhou, and I can seek hegemony for the king.

Hebei is surrounded by strong enemies. Even if the Bai Kingdom is solved, there is still Duan Pixi, a repetitive villain. Cui Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, has an ambiguous attitude and has shown his disloyalty because of Cui's surrender to Bai.

Not only that, the Tuoba tribe, Murong tribe, and Yuwen tribe in the north are eyeing him.

I thought that since the lands in Hebei are no longer attached to it and are quiet and bitterly cold since ancient times, why not abandon Hebei and focus on the wealthy lands in Henan, leaving the mess of Hebei to the Bai Kingdom.

The king used the land of Qingxu, Yanyu and the four states to concentrate on dealing with Liu Yao and the Southern Jin Dynasty. By the time the Bai Kingdom had solved all the chaos in Hebei, the great cause had been to pacify the south and Guanlong.

At that time, with the general trend of the world, the Northern Expedition, no matter how unwilling the Bai family is, they can only bow to the king. "

Zhang Bin's suggestion was very popular with Shi Le, and he immediately asked his men to prepare for a breakout.

June 21

Shi Le left General Zhixiong to guard the city, and he personally led tens of thousands of cavalry out of the city to attack the White Army's camp in the west of the city.

Under Shi Le's personal leadership, the Hou Zhao army was very fierce.

The White Army defender at Xizhai was defeated and defeated by Shi Le.

Bai Shu left enough troops in other directions to gather the army to attack Shile tribe.

Shi Le seemed to have gone crazy and kept attacking the White Army's formation, causing the White Army to suffer huge losses.

Bai Shu once again sent out Mo Daoying.

Shi Le saw Mo Daoying's figure from a distance and did not rush forward. Instead, he turned to the other white troops. Mo Daoying was heavily equipped and could not pursue them, so he had to watch Shi Le leave.

Under the command of Shi Le, the Hou Zhao army was like a flexible python, constantly scurrying around the White army's battle formation, causing the White army to suffer huge losses.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon. The battlefield to the west of Xiang Kingdom was littered with corpses. Both sides lost no more than 10,000 people, among which the White Army lost 6,000 people.

Seeing this, Bai Shu had no choice but to withdraw his troops and prepare to fight again in the future.

Shi Le did not pursue, but occupied Xizhai. He quietly passed the city's treasures, civil and military officials through Xizhai, and turned to Leling's army.

In order to withdraw as much of the city's reserves as possible, Shi Le personally went into battle for several days, preventing Bai Shu from capturing Xizhai.

After thinking about it, he had no choice but to let Yuan'an command a part of the army to attack Xiangguo, while he led the troops to fight against Shi Le.

However, under the defense of Zhixiong, Xiangguo was also airtight and it was difficult to make achievements.

Bai Shu only hoped that Duan Pixi's reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible so that he could rely on his cavalry and leave Shi Le behind.

June 28
Duan Pixi's coalition force of 50,000 people arrived in Xiangguo. Bai Shu left Yuan'an and led 40,000 people to attack Xiangguo City. He led the remaining 30,000 elite troops, as well as 50,000 people from Duan Pixi, Tian Xu and other troops. A total of 80,000 people prepared to attack Xizhai.

But after waiting for a long time, I could only hear the thunderous war drums of the Zhao army in the rear of Xizhai, but there was not a single soldier in sight.

Bai Shu led a general and five thousand troops to attack the stronghold.

As a result, it was reported that Xizhai had long been deserted, and the sound of war drums could be heard. It was the sound made by Shi Le's hanging sheep, which kept stepping on the war drums.

It can be seen that Shi Le left quietly last night.

Bai Shu was furious and ordered an all-out attack on Xiang State. He ordered Duan Pixi, Tian Zhen and other 50,000 cavalrymen to pursue Shile's army westward. Because General Zhi Xiong of the Hou Zhao Army who was defending Xiang State had retreated from Xizhai with Shi Le last night along with his trusted followers and soldiers.

Therefore, in just half an hour, Xiangguo was captured by the White Army, and only one-tenth of the treasures that Shi Le left in Xiangguo were captured.

June 29
News came from Leling County:
"Shao Jie, the prefect of Leling County, pretended to surrender. During the battle between Duan Wenyang and Shi Hu, he attacked from behind. As a result, Duan Wenyang's troops were defeated and Leling revolted against Later Zhao."

Not only that, Duan Pixi and others who were chasing Shi Le were ambushed by the ambush left by Shi Le. They suffered huge losses and had to retreat to Xiangguo.

Bai Shu had no choice but to give up the pursuit of Shi Le and sent troops to capture the counties of Zhao, Julu and Bohai.

Most of the other counties in Jizhou were also decided by the public.

July rd
Shi Le took the assets of Xiang State and joined Shi Hu in Leling.

At Cheng Xia's suggestion, Shi Le prepared to move the capital to Kaifeng, indicating that he valued Henan and preferred to conquer Guanzhong and attack the former Zhao Dynasty.

July
Cui Kun, the governor of Bingzhou appointed by Shi Le, sent a letter of surrender to Bai Yan, expressing his intention to surrender.

July

Bai Shu led Duan Pixi, Tian Zhen and others back to the court.

August
Bai Wangyan met with Duan Pixi, Tian Zhen and others in Chaotian Hall, praised Duan Pixi, Tian Zhen and others for their actions for the country and the people, and asked them to keep up their efforts.

Soon, Bai Yan appointed Duan Pixi as the Great Chanyu of Xianbei, the governor of Youzhou, and the Duke of Western Liaoning, to guard Jizhou and pacify the Xianbei tribes in Youzhou;
Tian Tian was appointed as General of the Northern Expedition, Chijie, Kaifu Yitong, and Fan Yanggong, and stayed in Beijing;
He sent people to Bingzhou and appointed Cui Kun as the governor of Bingzhou, the general of Zhenbei, the third division of Chijie, Kaifu Yitong, and the Duke of Qinghe to guard Jinyang;
Gongsun Baiyan was appointed as the General of Hussar, Chijie, Kaifu Yitong, and Duke of Xiangguo to guard Xiangguo;
Appoint Yuan An as the general of Zhenbei, Jijie, Kaifu and Zhangwuhou, and also as the prefect of Zhongshan to guard Lunu;

Appointed Qiyang Governor Bai Chuan as the governor of Jizhou;
The other heroes were rewarded in turn.

However, because the Bai Kingdom annexed too much land this time, it was in a state of indigestion.

First of all, although Cui Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, submitted to the Bai Kingdom under the bridge of his family's front line, he still seemed to be in a state of strong vassalage.

In order to ensure a smooth transition, most of the newly annexed counties in Jizhou still use their original governors, so their loyalty is yet to be determined, but they are definitely not as good as the governors of the counties in Sizhou.

There is also Duan Pixun. Although Bai Yan is very kind to him, after all, he holds great power and is from a foreign race, so he is very wary. Youzhou seems to be like Duan Pixun.

Therefore, the Bai Kingdom still has a long way to go to completely pacify Hebei.

Just when the war in Hebei had calmed down, and the Bai Kingdom was known as the lord of Hebei, but was actually in a crisis-ridden state, great changes occurred in Jiangnan.

November

Sima Rui, a heroic hero, was resentful that he had become a puppet. He was melancholy day and night. He finally passed away and died of illness in Jiankang Palace at the age of forty-seven.

According to the imperial edict, Prince Sima Shao succeeded him to the throne, and Sima Rui was given the posthumous title "Yuan". He was the emperor of Jin and Yuan Dynasty, with the temple name Zhongzong, and he was buried in Jianping Mausoleum.

Before his death, Sima Rui chose Wang Dao as the Minister of Guan Ming, hoping that he would follow the story of Xu Shu of the Yan Han Dynasty who assisted Emperor Yi of the Han Dynasty and become the "Xu Shu" of the new emperor Sima Shao.

After succeeding to the throne, Sima Shao issued an edict to name the next year's reign "Taining".

Wang Dun in Wuchang was very uneasy when he heard that Sima Shao had succeeded him.

Because there were often rumors among the government and the public that Sima Shao was brave and scheming, so in order to nip it in the bud, he planned to depose him for being unfilial and set up another young master to succeed him, so as to facilitate control.

However, it encountered strong opposition from Wen Qiao and other ministers, and ultimately failed.

Although Wen Qiao and others secretly indulged Wang Dun at that time, it did not mean that they wanted Wang Dun to become emperor, but that they expressed dissatisfaction with him because Sima Rui had suppressed the southerners and favored the northerners.

Now that Sima Shao has succeeded to the throne, Sima Shao is not as good as his father. He attaches great importance to the attitude of the southerners. After he succeeds to the throne, he repeatedly summons Wen Qiao and other southern leaders to confront him.

He also treated Director Wang as a mentor and often talked about the hardships that Director Wang and Sima Rui had when starting their business.

This made Jiankang's ministers very satisfied with Sima Shao, the new king, and believed that under the leadership of Sima Shao, they could achieve a balance between the north and the south.

Director Wang and other members of the Wang family, seeing that Sima Shao did not pursue their crimes and remembering Sima Rui's kindness in forgiving them, moved closer and closer to Sima Shao and away from Wang Dun.

The institution set up by Wang Dun in Jianye to control the imperial court remained in the government. Wang Dun was quickly informed of the news.

In order to control the government affairs nearby, he hinted that the court would recruit him into the court.

Sima Shao knew that now was not the time to fall out with Wang Dun, so he issued an imperial edict to summon Wang Dun to the court, and gave him a fake yellow ax and other special gifts such as "It is not famous to do things, and it is not popular to enter the court, the sword covers the palace", and also gave him a ban sword. Twenty soldiers.

The first year of Taining
April
Wang Dun moved from Wuchang to Gushu, stationed in Yuhu in the east of the city, and led Yangzhou Mu by himself. Because this place was only a hundred miles away from Jiankang and could be returned in half a day on horseback, Wang Dun directly controlled the Gyeonggi area.

After moving to the town of Gushu, Wang Dun became more powerful and almost wanted to surpass Sima Shao, reaching the point where "many contributions from the four parties entered his house, and the general, Yue Mu, was sent out of his house."

In order to face Wang Dun's autocratic situation and the internal and external dangers, Sima Shao ordered Xi Jian to guard Hefei as the governor of Yanzhou, hoping to use him as foreign aid to fight against Wang Dun.

However, Wang Dun saw through Sima Shao's methods and directly recommended Xi Jian as Shangshu Ling, forcing Sima Shao to recall Xi Jian to the court.

He also detained Xi Jian in Gushu on his way to the court. However, because of Xi Jian's reputation, Wang Dun did not dare to harm him easily, and finally had to release him to Jiankang.

Xi Jian returned to Jiankang and immediately began to conspire with Sima Shao to attack Wang Dun.

(End of this chapter)