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

Chapter 557: The chaos in Guanzhong enters the Jin Kingdom, and the Loess Army is defeated.

The book continues from the above. After plundering some money and cities from Zhao, the Xia and Jin countries either retreated or occupied part of the city.

Just when Shi Zun thought everything was settled and was ready to learn from his father and brother and enjoy the life of an emperor, an urgent news from Guanzhong broke his illusions.

In the first month of the third year of Yanping, King Shi Bao of Leping, who was originally appointed as the garrison of Chang'an by Shi Zun to replace Fu Hong, rebelled.

He recruited 30,000 troops from Guanzhong to attack Tongguan, and Tongguan was in danger.

But Shi Bao, who wanted to send troops to fight for the throne, did not get the support of the local wealthy families in Guanzhong.

Because the current Shi Zun in Kaifeng was originally promoted by the wealthy families in Guanzhong, and many people's fathers and brothers even served in the central government.

Furthermore, Guanzhong was in the recovery period after the war in the previous two years, so it was not easy for them to go to war again.

Therefore, they were very reluctant to follow Shi Bao in rebellion, and they all advised Shi Bao to stop his troops.

This move aroused Shi Bao's anger, and they believed that they objected because they felt for Shi Zun.

Among them, Zuo Chang Shi Shiguang, Sima Cao Yao and others who advocated a break in the army were beheaded by Shi Bao. More than a hundred officials who were implicated were also ordered to be killed by Shi Bao.

The whole of Chang'an is full of Shibao soldiers who confiscate homes and exterminate clans.

The wealthy families in Chang'an City were executed, which aroused the anger of the wealthy people in Yongzhou. They believed that Shi Bao was greedy by nature and had no strategy, and would definitely fail.

So they sent people together to report Shi Bao's plan to attack Kaifeng to Sima Xun, the governor of Jinliang Prefecture.

Sima Xun was overjoyed after receiving the news and believed that with the help of Guanzhong Haoyou, this was the best opportunity for Jin to regain Guanzhong.

By then, the Jin Kingdom will restore its old capital and rule the world again.

It was too late to report to the imperial court, so he led his troops to attack Shi Bao first.

Sima Xun sent his troops out of Luo Valley, conquered the Great Wall garrison set up by Zhao State, and set up a camp at Xinghu, which was only more than 200 miles away from Chang'an.

He also sent Zhizhong Liu Huan to attack Chang'an, killed Liu Xiuli, the prefect of Jingzhao of Zhao State, and captured Hecheng.

At the same time, most of the heroes in the Sanfu area killed county governors, magistrates and other officials in response to Sima Xun.

Bian Huan, the governor of Yongzhou in the Xia Kingdom and the governor of Feng Yi, also got the information and took the opportunity to send troops out of Beidi County and successfully pushed the border to the east of Jingshui River.

And sent troops to continue north along the Luoshui River, intending to control the vast plateau area where Qiang and Hu were intertwined.

After learning that Xia and Jin had sent troops, Shi Bao quickly gave up his plan to attack Kaifeng and retreated from Tongguan.

At this time, Sima Xun had more than 30 forts and 50,000 soldiers gathered in Xugou; Bian Huan had more than 10 forts and 10,000 soldiers gathered in the Chiyang area.

Moreover, a partial army of the Jin army had already captured Hecheng, which was only ten miles away from Chang'an.

Shi Bao had no choice but to send his generals Ma Qiu and Yao Guo to lead soldiers respectively to resist Sima Xun and Bian Huan.

In February, after receiving the news, Shi Zun sent Chariot and Cavalry General Wang Lang to lead 20,000 elite cavalry. In the name of attacking Sima Xun, he hijacked Shi Bao and sent him to Kaifeng.

The Guanzhong rebellion was easily put down by Shi Zun.

At the same time, Sima Xun had insufficient troops at this time and was afraid of Wang Lang's elite cavalry, so he did not dare to continue advancing.

Bian Huan on the east bank of the Jing River had to return his troops to garrison Feng Yi because of the disadvantages of advancing northward. He also left general Bai Zheng to garrison Chiyang and led his troops to Suyi County, Feng Yi.

Suyi County was Feng Yi's gateway to the Loess Plateau. Since the plateau could not be cultivated, the plateau had been abandoned by the Central Plains since the Jin Dynasty lost its customs.

Dozens of Qiang and Hu tribes settled here, and Han people fleeing from trouble often entered this area, forming small forts.

Therefore, the political forces here are intertwined and extremely complex.

When the Xia army entered, they suffered huge losses due to lack of water sources and constant attacks by Qiang and Hu soldiers.

There was even a small defeat.

Zuo Qiuchao, the Sima of Xia Yong Prefecture who led the team, believed that the cost of recovering and managing this area was much higher than the harvest, so he decided to change the method.

He found the local Han powerful Liu Zhi, the master of Wubao, and made an appointment with him to expel the Qiang and Hu tribes. After the success was achieved, he reported to the court and appointed him as the local governor.

The ambitious Liu Zhi also had the idea of ​​establishing a career. In the past, he was only concerned about the strength of the Qiang and Hu tribes and could only swallow his anger.

Now that the imperial court is helping, everyone is naturally happy.

With an additional area in Xia Ting, Liu Zhi has a way forward to achieve greatness.

So the two agreed with each other that when Zuo Qiuchao comes in next time, he will definitely bring him the seal and ribbon from the court.

Unexpectedly, when Zuoqiu crossed the mountain, he was ambushed by the Qiang and Hu coalition forces.

Most of the passable places in the plateau area are narrow strips. The Xia army was unfamiliar with the place and lacked available water. Their morale was extremely low. In addition, the weather was hot and the soldiers were weak.

The Qiang and Hu troops suddenly emerged from the top of the mountain and threw stones and arrows at the Xia army in the valley. Even if Liu Zhi got some gossip and dispatched troops in time, it still did not change the outcome of the Xia army being annihilated.

The leader of the Qianghu tribe saw Liu Zhi coming with hundreds of soldiers and asked him why he was bringing his troops there.

Liu Zhi had no choice but to say against his will:
"I heard that the clan leaders were strangulating outsiders here, so I came here to help in the fight."

One of the Qiang leaders laughed loudly:
"Clan Leader Liu, you're late."

Liu Zhipi smiles but doesn’t smile:
"Really, what a pity? In that case, I'll take my leave first and leave without disturbing the clan leaders in sharing the spoils."

After the Qiang and Hu leaders saw Liu Zhi retreat with their own eyes, they happily began to clear the battlefield.

All Xia Jun's wounded soldiers were beheaded, and everything present, including Xia Jun's clothes, were looted. An hour later, only naked corpses were left on the scene.

After another two hours, Liu Zhi led his troops to this place again. Looking at the thousands of naked Xia soldiers in the valley, he sighed and ordered them to be buried.

He came to Zuo Qiuchao and personally dug a hole to bury him.

After staying for a while, he led the people away, leaving only undulating pimples on the hillside. After confiscating the baggage and weapons of the Xia army, the Qiang and Hu leaders present enjoyed the benefits, so a dozen of them decided to go out and plunder Han counties.

If a county could be conquered, it would at least pay for the tribe's expenses for several years, and maybe it could lay the foundation for the tribe's hegemony.

In September, thousands of Qiang and Hu coalition troops came down from the Loess Plateau to attack Suyi County, a small county in the north of Xia Fengyi County.

Because it was a small county, all the available troops in the county were gathered to get more than 600 people. Suyi was in danger.

But all the county soldiers in Linjin were taken to the Chiyang front line by the prefect, so they had to try their best to resist, hoping that Bian Huan's reinforcements would arrive soon.

Fortunately, the Qiang and Hu armies were not good at attacking the city. Even if they captured thousands of weapons from the Northern Xia expedition, they were still able to capture it quickly.

On September 10th, Bian Huan led a vanguard of 3,000 cavalry and, traveling day and night, arrived at Suyi ahead of the rest of the army.

And outside the city of Suyi, they defeated the Qiang and Hu troops. The Qiang and Hu troops were defeated and fled to the plateau one after another.

In the end, more than a hundred Qiang and Hu soldiers were beheaded and returned.

At this time, Bian Huan also received the news that Zuoqiu Chao's entire army had been annihilated.

Bian Huan felt very guilty and wrote to the court overnight to apologize. He left a thousand troops stationed and returned to Linjin to wait for the court's reply.

On the other side, Sima Xun also gave up the hook, captured Wancheng, killed Yuan Jing, the prefect of Zhao Nanyang, and returned to Liangzhou.

In the same month, Shi Zun, who had solved the rebellion in Guanzhong, began to be suspicious of Yao Yizhong.

He refused Yao Yizhong's request to reward the soldiers who conquered the Xia Kingdom in the east and recovered Licheng, making Yao Yizhong extremely angry.

Shi Zun, who had eyes and ears everywhere, learned of Yao Yizhong's grievances from a servant in his house.

So Shijian, the king of Yiyang, Shibao, the king of Leping, Shikun, the king of Ruyin, Shizhao, the king of Huainan, and others were summoned to the palace, and they came together to discuss with the biological mother, Queen Mother Zheng.

"After all, Yao Yizhong is not a member of the Shi family. Now he has indeed shown his ambition. The signs of disloyalty to the monarch have gradually become obvious. Now I want to kill him. What do you think?"

Shi Jian and others said:

"That's how it should be!"

But the biological mother, Queen Mother Zheng, hesitated and said:

"How could we be here today without Yao Yizhong when we first raised troops in Chang'an?
Yao Yizhong was a little arrogant, but as a king, he should be lenient and restrained. How could he be killed in a hurry? "

Shi Zun began to persuade Empress Dowager Zheng, and kept talking about some of Yao Yizhong's unknown little actions in the past.

At this time, Shi Jian went out for an excuse and secretly sent the eunuch Yang Huan to quickly tell Yao Yizhong the news.

Because Shi Jian saw his opportunity in this.

Sure enough, when he heard that he was going to be killed, Yao Yizhong immediately asked people to invite Sikong Li Nong and Youwei General Wang Ji to his residence in the name of discussing important matters.

When the two arrived, they immediately sent troops to guard each exit. The threat was already obvious.

So under Yao Yizhong's coercion, he rebelled with him.

He sent generals Su Yan and Zhou Cheng to lead 3,000 armored soldiers to Nantai to capture Shi Zun who was discussing with the Queen Mother at Ruyi Temple.

When the soldiers came to Ruyiguan, Shi Zunzheng obtained the consent of Empress Dowager Zheng and went out, but was caught by the rebel soldiers.

Before dying, Shi Zun didn't want to die in confusion, so he asked Zhou Cheng:
"Who is rebelling?"

Zhou Cheng said:
"Shi Jian, King of Yiyang, should be appointed as his successor."

Shi Zun laughed loudly:
"If I am like this, how long can Shi Jian last!"

In the end, Zhou Cheng and others killed Shi Zun in the Kunhua Palace. At the same time, they also killed more than a hundred Shi Zun's relatives and party members, including Empress Dowager Zheng, Empress Zhang, Prince Shi Yan, Meng Zhun, Wang Luan, and Guanglu doctor Zhang Fei. .

On September 21 of the same year, Shi Jian succeeded to the throne and implemented a general amnesty.

Yao Yizhong, Duke of Wuxing, was appointed as the general and promoted to King Wude.

Sikong Li Nong was appointed as the Grand Sima, and he also took charge of the ministerial affairs.

Rely on the two of them to assist you in handling state affairs.

In the same month, when the Zhao court experienced another major change, refugees in Guanzhong fled everywhere due to the previous chaos in Shibao.

Countless refugees from Qinzhou and Yongzhou returned to their homeland in the west together.

Most of these people were forcibly moved from their areas to Guanzhong by Shi Hu in order to weaken the Qiang and Di forces under Fu Hong and Yao Yizhong.

They jointly elected Fu Hong as their leader, and Fu Hong's tribe now numbered more than 100,000.

It happened that Fu Hong's eldest son Fu Jian took advantage of the civil strife in Kaifeng to break through the blockade and return to Fangtou, the core of the power.

At this time, Shi Jian was afraid that Fu Hong's power would get too close to him, so he wanted to use tactics to divert him away.

Fu Hong was ordered to be appointed as the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Guanzhong, the general of the expedition to the west, the pastor of Yongzhou, and the governor of Qinzhou.

When Fu Hong was considering whether to accept this condition, the envoy previously sent to the Jin court came back and brought the imperial edict from the Jin emperor.

Sima Dan, Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, conferred the title of King of Di on Fu Hong, envoy Chijie, general of the expedition to the north, governor of all military affairs in Hebei, governor of Jizhou, and Duke of Guangchuan.

He also appointed Fu Hong's eldest son, Fu Jian, as the false commander and general on the right, supervising the military forces in the vanguard of the Hebei expedition and the Duke of Kaifeng.

Yanran had the attitude that if Zhao could be destroyed, everything would belong to him.

But whose appointment will he accept? Fu Hong fell into extreme entanglement.

(End of this chapter)