The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 76 The Jin Master was defeated and the people were slaughtered
The southern border of Zhao State, the land of Huaisi.This place is the place where the Jin and Zhao countries are fighting each other. The governance is neglected, the river network is criss-cross, and the roads are muddy.Although it is the beginning of summer, there is no life at all, only a few dead trees and jackdaws, and there are always few people.

At this time, a large group of people gathered on the north bank of the Huai River.I saw those people dragging men and women, helping the old and the young to go to the shore first. At a glance, it was a dense area. It was estimated that there were about 10,000+ population. This desolate place has not seen such a large population for many years.

Among the crowd, there was a young boy with a general horn, "Mother, how long will it take to get there." A childish child shouted while tugging at his mother's dress.

The young woman comforted the child and said, "Hurry up, cross the Huai River in front and we will be there."

The boy wondered, "Daddy hasn't come yet?"

The woman stroked his head lovingly, "Your father is the head of the village, he went to the south to explore the way first, and I heard that there are people from the south to guide us."

"Ahem." An old man sitting next to the woman coughed continuously.

The woman hurriedly stepped forward and patted him on the back, "Father, take a rest, your husband should be able to contact the boat immediately. After we cross the river, we will arrive at the state of Jin, and we Han people don't have to suffer from that bullshit anymore." People are bullying you." "I have lived for most of my life, and half of my body is almost buried in the ground. I never thought I could return to the Jin Dynasty. My Lu County is the hometown of the sages of Confucius and Mencius. How can the people of the sages' village commit themselves to Jiehu? To die is to die in the south."

A guy came over, "Father, let your sister-in-law rest for a while, there is still a long way to go to Jiankang."

"Okay, I'll wait for the boat on the shore."

Seeing that the old man was out of breath, the woman hurriedly took out the water bag from the wheelbarrow, "Father, drink some water."

In the drinking room, the drums in the north are loud, like thunderstorms.

"what sound?"

The woman shouted: "My dear brother, go and have a look."

The man climbed up and looked far away, and ran over in a panic after a while, "Sister-in-law, my father is not well, and the barbarian came to kill me."

"Ah..." The old man picked up his crutches and stood aside blankly, unaware that the water bag had fallen off.

Some of the refugees in the back had already run to the front, shouting: "The pursuers are coming, everyone, run away."

The crowd was already in chaos. There was a big river in front of them, and there were no ferries on the river. The people behind slowly squeezed to the front, and the people on the bank shouted: "Don't go forward, don't go forward, there is a big river ahead..."

It's a pity that the refugees behind can no longer hear it.

Zhao Guo's army got closer and closer, the sound of horses' braying, the sound of soldiers' fighting, and the sound of horse's hoofs overwhelmed the shouting crowd.Someone was squeezed and fell into the water. It was summer tide and the river was raging.The person who fell into the water only splashed a few waves and was never seen again.

The child cried out in fright, and the adults were pushed aside.

"Child, child." The woman hurriedly turned her head to look for her child, but the crowd was so crowded that it was impossible to distinguish her figure for a moment.

"Mom, where are you?" A childish cry sounded, and the child stood there, crying in panic.The woman pushed forward with all her strength and finally caught him.

"Mom, I want to go back, I want Daddy."

The woman hugged him tightly: "Don't be afraid of prison, mother is here."

The woman looked back to the shore, her father-in-law had disappeared, so she left the crutches on the shore, and there were already many people in the water who were squeezed into the water.

The voice of Zhao Guo's army got closer, and someone in the crowd shouted, "The enemy army is coming."

Everyone crowded towards the river, and many people fell into the water.

"Mom, I'm afraid."

The woman hugged him tightly, and she was dragged towards the river, one foot was almost touching the river.

At this time, on the south bank of the Huai River, a group of people was outside the gate of the army, asking for an audience from the commander.A deputy general was passing by the gate at this time, and the leader shouted: "General, I beg you, hundreds of families in our village are counting on this official boat to cross the river, don't take them all away."

The deputy general stepped forward and said helplessly, "Liu Lichang, I can't do anything about it. This is an order from the imperial court, and we can't do anything about it."

There grew up anxious, "The imperial court, didn't the imperial court say a few days ago that it promised us survivors that it would send troops to support us going south, and we left our homes and businesses and went south just to return to my country of Jin."

"Why is the army so slow? The entire army will withdraw from Shouchun within today. The food and grass that can be taken away will be taken away, and the grain of rice that cannot be taken away will not be left to the enemy. All these ferries will be burned and scuttled. You can’t even keep a boat.” I saw Xu Kan, the advance supervisor, leading people to patrol and pass by here.

"General, don't burn the boat, don't burn the boat!" Hearing the words, the captain and the refugees beside him immediately exploded.

The man said displeasedly, "What's the matter with those people."

His lieutenant bowed and apologized: "Master Supervisor, the head there said that the adherents from the Central Plains have reached the north bank of the Huai River, and the imperial court promised to send a boat to take them to the south."

"I only listen to, Chen Kui, General Chen's orders. Now my front army is at a disadvantage in fighting, and the Huai River is a barrier to block the enemy cavalry. General Chen said, we must fortify the walls and clear the fields, and drag those Zhao troops to death by starvation. Now you Telling me to keep these ferry boats is not to use the enemy's country. Besides, the identities of these people are unknown, and who knows if there are barbarian espionage in it."

Hearing this, the head of the village defended himself and said: "General, this statement is wrong. There are more than [-] members of our family, and we sold our ancestral property, just to return to the Jin Dynasty. General's words have chilled the hearts of all people in the world."

After speaking, the chief there took out the reply letter from Chu Po and handed it to the supervisor.

After Xu Duhu read it, his face softened a little, "It is true to have the letter from the current king, Chu Shizhong, but..." The commander said a little apologetically, "Our army fought against the enemy in Pengcheng in the Northern Expedition. Unfavorable, now the army is ready to return to the division, and the territory north of the Huai River is completely abandoned."

The crowd on the sidelines were furious, "Commander, Commander, now the Han refugees in the northern border want to join Nandu, Commander must not abandon."

"Report, urgent report from Daipi", while speaking, a messenger came on horseback, flew off the horse and reported to the general.

The supervisor had read it, tightly grasped the urgent report, with a serious expression, as if he was about to crumble the urgent report into a ball.

In the end, Duhu Xu said, "Li Chang, it's not that the commander is ruthless, but the military situation is changing too fast. Today I am advancing to the division, and I am defeated by Daipi. The division intends to return to the south of the Yangtze River for repairs, with a view to fighting again in the coming year."

The head of the village said anxiously: "Our Lu County people, with their families and their families, are all concentrated on the north bank of the Huai River, only blocked by the big river. Will the general want to see death without saving them, and the hearts of the people in the world will be chilled?"

One of the generals said angrily: "Presumptuous, this time in the battle of Daipi, all the elites of our Jin army died. They also have wives and children. Isn't the commander sad? Now Shouchun soldiers are all under the supervision of one person. Take them all back safely."

The person next to him also almost begged: "Master Supervisor, just ask us to take all the people on the north bank away, and only stay for two or three days."

At this time, a fast boat sailed on the water in the distance. It was a scout sent by the Jin Shi Navy to detect the enemy's situation.Seeing that the man was disheveled, his armor was broken, and there was blood on his face, he just got off the pier and went straight to the gate of the army and said: "The enemy army has reached the north bank and is plundering. The Jin army we responded to has been dispersed. Then The remnants of the North..."

Everyone felt uneasy, "What happened to those survivors?"

"Those barbarian troops have already started massacring the survivors, I'm afraid."

While everyone was talking, I saw a person next to the head of the village silently leaving the crowd, walking alone to the south bank of the Huai River, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "Son, I'm sorry for not being able to bring you out. "

Seeing this, the commander-in-chief said anxiously: "Stop him quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, there was only a "plop", and the man threw himself into the river.

Everyone was silent for a long time, and the guard next to him asked cautiously: "General, the people in the north..."

"Military orders are hard to disobey. Let all our troops withdraw to the south and destroy all ships. We are only following orders."

With a long sigh, "Leave two ships for those people, and destroy all the rest."

The supervisor returned to the army tent, and murmured as he walked: "The lost homeland can be taken again, how can the lost people's hearts be regained?"

Suddenly Xu Duhu said loudly: "I will go back to the north bank with the boat to meet the refugees."

"My lord, there will be no return to this trip."

"You should lead the soldiers back to Jiankang and preserve your strength. In the end, we will lose our trust in the world and live without face."

After Shi Jilong's death, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the Jin division wanted to take advantage of the chaos and send troops to the Northern Expedition in an attempt to restore the Central Plains.There are more than [-] survivors of the Han nationality in Lu County, and their families belong to them.However, the Jin division was defeated, and the survivors traveled to the north bank of the Huai River, intending to cross the river to join them.The Jin division was defeated and lost its power. It was slaughtered by Shi Zhao's chasing soldiers, and almost died.

Outskirts of Dragon City in Yan Kingdom
Spring is coming and autumn is coming, and now the autumn harvest is over, the territory of Yan Kingdom is full of harvest, the treasury is full, and the troops from all over the country of Yan have gathered outside Longcheng.at this time

On the high platform, Murong Jun proclaimed loudly: "Soldiers of my Yan army, this is the battle to destroy Zhao. Our country of Yan destroyed Goguryeo, Ping Fuyu, and Yuwen. Go south. China is in turmoil today. When the time comes, destroy Zhao! Destroy Zhao!"

"Destroy Zhao! Destroy Zhao! Destroy Zhao!" All the soldiers shouted loudly.

Murong Jun raised his arms, looked up to the sky and shouted, "The generals of the Great Yan are mighty, and the Yan Kingdom will last forever!"

"Wannian King! Wannian Yanyan!"

The Yan army's fighting spirit was high, and their voices penetrated the northern border.

Murong Jun signaled Nie Hao to read out the imperial edict.

"An edict."

I saw Nie Hao slowly unfolding the imperial edict, proclaiming: "Feng Murong Ke is the general of the auxiliary country, Murong is named the general of the auxiliary prime minister, Zuo Chang Shi Yang is the general of the auxiliary righteousness, so-called "three assistants", assisting the prime minister of the country of Yan, and commanding our country. The country's 20 troops took the opportunity to go south. Feng Murongba was appointed as the forward commander, general Jianfeng, commanded the troops in the headquarters, and paved the way for our Yan army."

All the officials under the seal took orders, and slowly went up to the high platform one by one to receive the tiger talisman.

"Liu Xiang." Murong Jun called out loudly.

"The minister is here."

"The former king was alive, and he did not disgrace his mission when he sent an envoy to the Jin family. Now our army is going south to meet with the Liang country to attack Jie Zhao. The journey is long and dangerous. Can you take the order?"

Liu Xiang accepted the order with great emotion: "But for the sake of the world, why should I cherish this body."

"Come here, serve wine, and drink with the generals."

King Yan, all the generals and Liu Xiang were on the high platform, and the attendants poured wine for everyone one by one. When they reached Murong Ba's place, King Yan stopped for a while, and said: "Brother Ba."

I saw King Yan raised his wine glass from the tray by himself, and respected Murong Ba: "When the former king was alive, Badi made great achievements in battle, and his reputation spread far and wide in the remote and flat land. Murong's family, the long-cherished wish of going south to the Central Plains."

Hearing these words, Murong Ba couldn't calm down for a long time, he was just stunned for a while, King Yan smiled and said: "Brother Ba thinks this wish is too small, don't you want to unify the world?"

Murong Ba hurriedly bowed and saluted and said: "I am the heir of the former prince, and even more a subject of King Yan, but following the orders of King Yan, I will never hesitate to die."

"Sigh." Murong Jun said while holding his hand, "You and I are brothers, don't talk about the division of life, Yan Kingdom will rely more on Badi in the future."

Then Murong Jun picked up the wine glass from the attendant and said: "Raise the glass, I will attack Zhao Guo with all the generals alone, and pray for a triumphant return."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank.

The expedition was about to end, and Nie Hao hurriedly stepped onto the stage and reported to King Yan: "Your Majesty, the envoy from the Jin Dynasty has come to ask for an audience, and the canonization ceremony is like the story of Murong Hao."

"Canonization?" The King of Yan had just rewarded the ministers, his heart was surging, and he said, "Today, my military power is so powerful that no one in the world can match it. The position of King Yan, I will take the last king's will alone, inherit the destiny, and the next Follow the hearts of the people. I heard that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty is a yellow-haired child, an orphan and a widow.

However, Liu Xiang felt uneasy, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Central Plains is now in turmoil. Seeing this, the Jin family will definitely attack the north. If the north and the south attack, Jie and Zhao will not last long. If we can use the power of the Jin division to form our country of Yan, we will go south to the Central Plains." It’s a blessing to have a long-cherished wish.”

King Yan thought about it for a while, "The matter of the former king's request for title was due to the power of Liu Changshi. It is not bad to think about it. If that is the case, I will send an envoy to the stage."

Chen Chen, the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, held the edict of the Jin Dynasty, followed Nie Hao slowly onto the stage, just stood still, and said politely: "Order Murong Jun, the King of Yan, to set up the incense table, welcome..."

"Huhu." At this moment, the north wind howled, only blowing the emissary E Guanbo's belt up and down, and it was too late to finish.The envoy glanced at the audience, and saw that the soldiers on the outskirts were neat and orderly, and the military flags were unfurled, but they were majestic and majestic.

The envoy of Jin tidied up his official uniform, thinking that the king of Yan hadn't heard clearly, so he continued to repeat what he had just said: "Death..." Before the envoy could finish speaking, the Yan army in the audience spontaneously shouted: "Long live the king of Yan, long live the kingdom of Yan! .” The sound spread far and wide.

The envoy had seen such a mighty army before, his legs trembled, and he managed to hold on. At this moment, he no longer had the aura of an envoy from the kingdom of God, and was only a head short.Regardless of etiquette, he quickly issued an edict.

"Worship Murong Jun as envoy Chijie, attendant, governor, governor of Hebei military forces, Youji and Pingping four prefectures, general, great chanyu, king of Yan, just like the story of Murong Hao."

After finishing speaking, the envoy saw that King Yan had not moved, and said, "King Yan, please kneel down to receive the imperial edict."

At this time, King Yan walked straight over, grabbed the imperial edict from the envoy, and held it up high.

Yecheng Taiwu Hall

Since Ping Shichongzhi's rebellion, Ran Min's power has been overwhelming, above the court, Ran Min is at the head of all the officials, and all the officials look at him sideways.

Since Shi Zun seized the throne in Zhao State, there have been rebellions one after another in Zhao State. The south of Zhao State was just flat. A few days ago, it was heard that Shi Bao in Guanzhong rebelled.Fortunately, Shi Zun sent troops to quickly quell the rebellion and prevent Guanzhong from falling into crisis.Now King Leping is on his way back to Yecheng.

On this day, at the Great Court Meeting, Ran Min said: "Your Majesty, Leping Wang Shibao rebelled, and Yi Xiao first showed the public to deter the rebellion, so as to bring peace to the world."

Meng Zhun said: "Shi Baosu is friendly with His Majesty, he should be bewitched by traitors, unlike some people who privately slaughtered His Majesty's clan members."

Ran Min was furious when he heard the words, "Keeping tigers is a problem, I don't know what Meng Zhun's intentions are."

"General Ran Min, in Yuanshan Town that day, before His Majesty's order, he killed his clan's relative Shi Chong and killed [-] soldiers. Now everyone in the world has heard that our Zhao army is terrified, calling it tyrannical, Straightforward words cannot be communicated." Immediately, Meng Zhun bowed his hands to His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty, because of the fact that Ran Min was not appointed as the crown prince, he harbored evil intentions, I beg you to punish him."

Ran Min also stepped forward and stood side by side with Meng Zhun, "I'm in a hurry, Master Meng, do you want to try my weapon?"

Meng Zhun turned his head and cast a glance at Ran Min, "North of the Huai River, the remnants of the Central Plains also fell on your sword, your sword is so fast."

"Your Majesty, what I want is Zhao's government and the people's safety, not the position of the prince. With such treacherous evil in the court today, my government will be disordered, and the princes at home and abroad will despise our country. Please get rid of this traitor for your majesty."

"The general is really selfless, don't you know that he wants his selflessness to become his own selfishness?" Meng Zhun only shouted to the ministers, "Since Ran Min is the governor, he is in charge of the internal and external military power, and now the people who are asking for recommendation are all his old friends. If you have a little meritorious service, you will play it as a general outside the palace, confer titles on the outside of the pass, and treat the famous imperial treasures as your own things. If things go on like this, we only know that there are great generals in the territory of Zhao, but not your majesty."

At this time, Ran Min's subordinates were furious, and Wang Tai first said: "The general is loyal to defend the country, he is born and dies, if there is no general, how many people in the country of Zhao would break the soil and seal the borders to call themselves kings."

Zhang Wen, who has now been promoted to General Zhonglang, also scolded angrily: "General, Meng Zhun is jealous of talents and has repeatedly slandered the general, but the general doesn't care. Now that Meng Zhun is in court to frame loyal ministers, we are all cold-hearted."

Meng Zhun leaned over and said to His Majesty: "The great falsehood seems to be true, and the great loyalty seems to be traitorous. There is no place for our Jie family to stand in the court of our Zhao country today."

Meng Zhun stood up quickly, and only said to Ran Min: "If the general is really loyal to the country of Zhao, now because of the general, the government is in turmoil, I would like to resign with the general and go back to the mountains and forests, and indulge in the wilderness how."

After finishing speaking, Ran Min didn't talk, he saw that he stretched out the thumb of his hand holding the saber tightly, and the saber was pushed away, and it was already out of its sheath.

Seeing this, General Wang Luan of the Left Guard hurriedly raised his saber and stood in front of Ran Min, "You must be too impatient, General, now you have your troops inside and outside, so don't be in a hurry."

Ran Min slowly put away the saber in his waist, and Li Nong also advised the ministers, "The Kingdom of Zhao has changed three masters within a hundred days, and there have been frequent changes in the country. I hope His Majesty will make amends."

Seeing this, Ran Min also knelt down slowly, "Your Majesty, I have acted recklessly, and I have no way to control you. Please forgive me."

Shi Zun said with a smile: "The general is loyal to the country, and he has not been able to go up to the performance. His feelings are encouraging. I..."

Before Shi Zun could finish speaking, Ran Min took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this is the roster of meritorious soldiers who conquered Shi Chong and blocked the Jin Division from the south. These people are all loyal to our Zhao Kingdom." Geng Geng, you have made great achievements in battle, and I invite you to give me a reward."

Shi Zun motioned to Yang Huan beside him to bring it up. Shi Zun held it in his hand and just glanced at it in a hurry, puzzled, he said, "General, I'm afraid there aren't enough officials to reward so many people this time."

"Your Majesty, at this moment, why would you cherish the official position? I heard that the army of the Yan State has gone south to Youzhou, and will soon arrive at the city of Jicheng. I also heard that Liang advocated that Chonghua send troops to attack the counties in Longxi. If senior officials are not allowed to be rich, Who will work hard for our Zhao Guoshi clan."

"This..." Shi Zun was at a loss for words for a moment.

Zhang Fei, the Guanglu doctor in charge of ceremonial officials, said: "In the past, Sima Lun seized the artifact and rewarded his fellow party members arbitrarily. Every court meeting, Diao Chan was full, and people laughed at him and said: 'The mink is not enough, and the dog's tail continues.' Today What Ran Min asked for was so much that he made the world laugh."

Seeing this, Shi Zun hurriedly comforted Ran Min, saying: "The general asks for a lot, and I ordered the general to plan carefully, and I will definitely live up to the general's wishes."

Immediately winking at Yang Huan, Yang Huan immediately announced: "Retire."

(End of this chapter)