Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 437 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])
more than three years later
Spring of the sixth year of Yanhou 140 (356 years)
Qingzhou
Beihai County

剧县
It used to be Zhang Bu's stronghold against Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, but now the county has declined, with a population of just over [-], and is being ruled by the new warlord Duan Kan.

Duan Kan is a descendant of the leader of Duan Xianbei. After the fall of Duan Xianbei, he hid in Tibet and waited for an opportunity. It was not until the Jiezhao Civil War broke out that he led Duan Xianbei's clansmen into Qingzhou to attack the city, establish Qi State, and head south The Da Jin proclaimed himself a minister, and was canonized as the King of Qi by the Da Jin court.

Today, on the streets of Ju County.

"Everyone line up and move immediately!"

Duan Qi's soldiers forcibly relocated the people in the county, planning to sell the entire county to Yan, and then buy a cavalry armor from Yan, so as to conquer the world.

Among the crowd, a young man was given special treatment because he could read and write. Duan Qi's soldiers tied him up.

The name of this person is Wang Meng, and he is a child from a poor family in Qingzhou.

Most of his friends took the initiative to go to the Yan country in Liaodong to be a teacher. Although they couldn't realize their ideals and ambitions, at least they lived a safe life and had no worries about food and clothing.

But Wang Meng has great ideals, and he wants to be famous in history. Therefore, he did not choose to be a teacher in the Yan State of Liaodong, but to show his talents in the Donglai area of ​​​​the Yan State, and then wait for Yan Houxue to hire him. He invited Yandu to be his guest of honor.

However, how could Yan Houxue hire an ordinary scholar from a poor family, so Wang Meng waited and waited, but finally failed to wait for Corporal Yan Guoli.

Therefore, Wang Meng simply returned to his hometown in Ju County.

But he had just returned to his hometown for a few months, and the new ruler of Qingzhou cooperated with Yan Guo.

Duan Kan, the ruler of Qingzhou, captured people in Qingzhou and sold them to Yan State, and Yan State sold weapons and equipment to Qi State.

This is the first time that Yan State has cooperated with the ruler of Qingzhou. The locals of Qingzhou are no strangers to it, but Duan Kan, as a foreigner, naturally does not feel deeply. Even if a local of Qingzhou reminds him that Yan State is not trustworthy, He doesn't care, but thinks that he is special, and he can rely on his personal charm to subdue the country of Yan and make the country of Yan cooperate sincerely.

In order to distinguish the Yan State established by the Wang family from the Yan State established by Murong Xianbei, the people of the world called the Yan State established by the Wang family "Liaodong Yan State", and the Yan State established by Murong Xianbei as "Murong Yan State".

Just when Wang Meng was tied up and was about to be sold to Yan, Duan Qi's soldiers rioted. Someone shouted "Yan soldiers are coming", and then Duan Qi's soldiers scattered and fled.

Yan Bing?Does it refer to Liaodong Yan State or Murong Yan State?Wang Meng thought in his heart.

After a while, many Murong Xianbei soldiers came, and the county magistrate abandoned the city and fled.

In the confusion, Wang Meng hid in the corner of the street and asked a beggar next to him to untie the ropes that bound him.

Not long after, Wang Meng heard that Duan Kan, king of Qi, had fled to Liaodong, and wanted to seek asylum from Yan Guo in Liaodong.

However, Yan State of Liaodong cut off Duan Kan's head, and then the envoys of Yan State of Liaodong took Duan Kan's head to Yecheng, and Yan State of Liaodong took Duan Kan's head as a gift to Murong Yan State.

As a reward, Murong Yanguo sent [-] young and middle-aged men and women to Liaodong Yanguo every year to help Liaodong Yanguo open up wasteland and farm.

Don't be too familiar with this process, so Wang Meng had already expected it.

At this time, an exciting news spread to Ju County, that is, the Great Sima Huanwen of the Jin Dynasty personally made the Northern Expedition.

In the past two or three years, the Jin Dynasty launched many Northern Expeditions, each time Yin Hao, who was born in a family, led the army.

However, Yin Hao could only talk about metaphysics and didn't know how to lead troops to fight at all. Huan Wen once asked him how to govern an army, but he replied: "To govern an army is to govern its own army. Therefore, there must be an army to govern. If there is no army to Rule, why rule the army? So it is to rule the army, not for the army!"

Huan Wen asked him how to take care of the horses in the army, and how to know how many horses died every day. This was originally a statistical question, but he replied: "You don't know life, how can you know death?"

When Huan Wen asked him how to motivate the morale of the soldiers, he replied: "Morale is the shape of Qi. Qi is the beginning of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are the origin of the universe. Morale needs to explore the primordial universe and find the illusory truth in the infinite avenue."

Under the command of such a coach, the Northern Expedition of the Great Jin Dynasty can be imagined. It will naturally be defeated again and again. There is no need to lose.

Now, hearing that Huan Wen personally made the Northern Expedition, the people of the Central Plains are looking forward to it very much. They are eager to get rid of the rule of the Hu people.

Wang Meng is also going to visit this Sima Huan to test whether Huan Wen has the determination to attack the Central Plains.

Another year later, Wang Meng came to Chang'an.

At this time, Huan Wen had already recovered Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and the old capital Luoyang. Now he has occupied Tongguan, and his troops have reached Chang'an.

Now is the brightest moment in Huan Wen's life, with the halo of the Central Plains recoverer on his head, who dares to refuse to accept it?
Huan Wen Military Tent
Wang Meng has shown his talents in Chang'an for more than half a year, and he is already well-known, so when he took the initiative to visit Huan Wen, he was received by Huan Wen.

"Countryman Wang Meng, I have met the general." Wang Meng said respectfully to Huan Wen.

"The last one who humbled himself as a countryman was Zhuge Kongming." Huan Wen smiled slightly, and he was going to see if this well-known scholar in front of him was really talented, or if he boasted it just like the children of the aristocratic family in Dajin.

Afterwards, Huan Wen asked Wang Meng: "The people in the Central Plains are all looking forward to the Northern Expedition of Master Wang, but when my soldiers arrived outside Chang'an City, why didn't the people in Chang'an City refuse to go out of the city to welcome me?"

Huan Wen remembered that a few months ago, when he had just recovered Luoyang, the people in Luoyang wiped their tears and cried to him: "I never thought that I would see officers and soldiers again in my lifetime."

"The general arrived in Chang'an, but he refused to attack the city. The people didn't know your determination, so naturally they didn't dare to go out to meet you." After all, Wang Meng had stayed in Qingzhou for many years and had contact with Yan State in Liaodong, so he naturally understood that "the people are just a group of people." Crowd" this principle.

The people will only follow the crowd, and they will help whoever wins, so as long as you show that you must win, the people will naturally follow, but if you stand still and dare not even attack the city, the people naturally don't know whether you can win or not. I don't know if you can win, so naturally I dare not follow you, for fear that if you go back, they will be punished by local snakes for helping you.

"If the general attacks the city with all his strength, even if he can't for the time being, the people will naturally join you when they see your determination and strength to attack the city." Wang Meng continued to test Huan Wen.

But Huan Wen was in a difficult situation. He had been away from the Jiankang court for too long, and things would change if he was too late. What if the political opponents in the Jiankang court took over his old place?He was anxious to go back to Jiangdong and continue to control the government, so how could he continue to recover the Central Plains?

What's more, the original purpose of recovering the Central Plains is to make one's power more stable. The recovery of the Central Plains is only a means, and the purpose of stabilizing the power is the goal.

Continuing to regain Chang'an will only increase the territory of the Jin court, but will not bring Huanwen much benefit. There is no need to waste one's own troops to expand the court's territory.

Looking at Huan Wen's expression, Wang Meng knew that Huan Wen's mind was mainly on controlling power, and the Northern Expedition was just incidental, so he stopped talking about this topic, and discussed the general trend of the world with Huan Wen.

"Now the Central Plains is fighting endlessly..."

After some discussion, Huan Wen felt that Wang Meng was a great talent and wanted to bring Wang Meng back to Jin.

But Wang Meng has the ideal of making great achievements. He knows that the Jin court cannot tolerate poor families. If he goes to the Jin court, he will never be able to get ahead in his life. Then he might as well go to Liaodong Yan to be a teacher, so he shook his head and said: "The general doesn't want to take back Chang'an, so how could Meng be willing to follow the general to the state of Jin?"

(End of this chapter)