Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 100 Zhang Yu rebelled against Jin
  Luoyang, Yuzhou Mufu.

Zhang Yu paced the side room irritably.

"This Jin minister, it's okay if he doesn't do it!"

The Eastern Jin Dynasty only gave him the position of General of Zhenxi, which was far from Zhang Yu's expectations. After all, Zhang Yu had already served as the governor of Yuzhou when he was in Later Zhao. When Ran Min became emperor, he even worshiped him as the shepherd of Yuzhou.

Nowadays, Hebei is in chaos. Neither Ran Min nor Shi Zhi have time to take care of the Central Plains. Zhang Yu is alone in Luoyang. Facing many powerful enemies, he really lacks a sense of security, which is why he made the previous plan to demote to the Jin Dynasty.

It's easy to say surrender and then rebel again, but in today's troubled times, you have to find a backer. You can't stand firmly in Luoyang, Xuchang and other places by yourself.

Zhang Yu kept an eye on the map. The forces neighboring him included Xie Shang, Huan Wen, Huan Xi, Fu Jian, Yao Yizhong and others.

Xie Shang had already had a stalemate with him. Huan Wen and Huan Xi were both ministers of the Jin Dynasty. Now that he had rebelled against the Jin Dynasty, it was naturally impossible for him to defect to their service. Yao Yizhong was focused on fighting for Hebei and had no intention of Luoyang, otherwise he would not have been able to let him go in the first place. Zi Yaoxiang left here.

"I have no choice but to defect to the Fu family."

Zhang Yu murmured.

Fu Jian was also a minister of the Jin Dynasty in name, but no one really believed that he would be loyal to the Jin Dynasty. Fu Jian, a minister of the Jin Dynasty, was fundamentally different from Huan Wen and Huan Xi's father and son.

The Huan family father and son are also not very loyal, but they are occasionally bound by their status as kings and ministers. Just like Huan Wen longed for the Northern Expedition, but was never able to make it. He could only watch the great opportunity being ruined by Yin Hao and others.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty had no binding force on Fu Jian.

Zhang Yu's counselors saw that he intended to defect to the Fu family and said:

"My lord returned to the Jin Dynasty before, but now he surrendered and rebelled again, and surrendered to the Fu family. I'm afraid that the Fu family won't believe my lord's sincerity."

Zhang Yu's eyebrows tightened. This was what he was worried about. If he betrayed the Jin State and went to Fu Jian with joy, but Fu Jian refused to take him in, wouldn't it be embarrassing? By then, he would be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and he would probably die too. Burial place.

"Is there any way to help me get through this difficult situation?"

Zhang Yu asked in a deep voice.

The counselor thought for a moment and muttered:
  "If you want to win the trust of the Fu family, please send your family members to Jinyang as pledges."

Zhang Yu was furious:
  "That's it! I will be controlled by others! Could it be that you are a spy of the Fu family!"

With that said, Zhang Yu pulled out the sword from his waist and pretended to kill someone.

The counselor was frightened by this scene, and he quickly explained:
  "My lord, if you want to achieve something big, why bother caring about your family? You only need to keep the eldest son by your side, and the rest can be sent to Jinyang. Could it be that my lord can still be threatened by the Fu family?"

Zhang Yu heard this and finally sheathed his sword. This man was right. As long as his eldest son was still with him, he could still maintain his independence.

"That's all, I'll just do what you say, and I hope Fu Jian can feel my sincerity."

Speaking, Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh:

"The Central Plains is a land of four wars. It is really difficult to become a prince."

In the back house, everyone in the family knew that they were about to be sent to Jinyang as hostages. Zhang Yu only left his eldest son and his beautiful concubine with him.

Everyone sighed, and of course they didn't want to live a life dependent on others.

Among them was a beautiful woman who was unhappy about this.

The woman's surname was Han, and she was about twenty-six or seven years old. She was much younger than Zhang Yu, but she was the stepmother that Zhang Yu's father married after his mother died.

After Zhang's father died, the Han family had been a widow at home for several years.

Now that Zhang Yu is sending his wife and children to Jinyang as hostage, how could this stepmother stay with him? Otherwise, rumors are spreading that he has evil intentions in keeping this young stepmother.

The convoy left Luoyang and headed for Heqiao. Zhang Yu watched his family walking away and thought to himself: Fu Jian must be able to feel my sincerity. If I can separate Xu and Luo with his support, it will not be in vain for me today. Take great pains.

The reason why Zhang Yu was so anxious to send off his family and get Fu Jian's support was because Xie Shang's army was coming and wanted to take over Luoyang and Xuchang. The situation was urgent and there was no room for him to hesitate.

He looked at his eldest son beside him and said:

"My father has gathered soldiers to seize Cangyuan (20 miles northeast of today's Kaifeng, Henan Province) to prevent Xie Shang from going north. You should take good care of Luoyang for my good life and don't slack off."

His son naturally agreed and did not dare to disobey his father.

On the same day, Zhang Yu led his troops eastward, seized Cangyuan, confronted Xie Shang, and openly rebelled against the Jin Dynasty.

Xie Shang actually heard some rumors and knew that Zhang Yu had second thoughts, but in the end it was a step too late, allowing Zhang Yu to occupy Cangyuan.

Cangyuan was built by Zheng Zhuanggong during the Spring and Autumn Period. It has been used for transportation since ancient times and was a battleground for military strategists. During the Yongjia period, Gou Xi, the general and governor of the Western Jin Dynasty, requested to move the capital to Cangyuan, but the move failed.

Xie Shang was blocked, and Cangyuan City was well-defended and guarded by Zhang Yu's heavy troops. If we really tried to attack by force, we would definitely lose our troops and generals, and it would be difficult to conquer.

Looking at the fortified city in front of him, Xie Shang said angrily:

"Had I known this, I should have trapped and killed this person!" But now even if he regrets it, it is too late.

Zhang Yu in Cangyuan City felt quite proud. If he hadn't made a decisive decision, if Xie Shang had occupied Cangyuan, Xu and Luo Na would still have a foothold of their own.

Unlike Xie Shang who was furious, Zhang Yu was content and contented. He looked back to the north. Presumably, his family must be arriving in Jinyang soon.

However, the development of the matter was different from what Zhang Yu expected. Before Huan Xi sent out troops, he had assigned Deng Qiang two thousand soldiers and asked him to join the three thousand soldiers in King Gao's city to raid the southern part of Bingzhou.

Five thousand soldiers could not be used to attack the city, but Deng Qiang followed Peng Yue's example and launched a guerrilla attack in the southern part of Bingzhou, which left Lu Polou, who was ordered to guard Hedong County, unbearable.

Hedong County was now divided into two parts. Huanxi occupied Puban, Gaowangcheng and other areas, with Shen Jin as the governor of Hedong.

Fu Jian occupied most of Hedong County such as Wenxi and Dongyuan, and Lu Polou was the governor of Hedong.

Since Fu Jian took the main force to the north, the army left to Lu Po Lou was only enough to defend the city. Facing Deng Qiang who was attacking everywhere, Lu Po Lou could only hope that Fu Jian could send troops south to support him as soon as possible.

Lu Polou was not unaware of Huan Xi's intention of ordering Deng Qiang to harass Hedong County. It was simply to force Fu Jian to divide his troops so that he could not spare any extra troops to reinforce the Hetao battlefield.

After all, Fu Jian still had to maintain a certain size of army on the border with Dai State as a deterrent to prevent Tuoba Shiyiqian from sending troops to interfere.

But now is the spring plowing season. If you guard the city and let Deng Qiang roam freely in the wild, how can you carry out spring plowing? You can't lead the people to farm in the city.

At this time, Fu Jian had also learned about the situation in Hedong County. Deng Qiang's scope of activities was no longer limited to Hedong County, but spread to the entire southern region of Bingzhou. He hurriedly sent his nephew Fu Jing to lead 30,000 troops south, which was bound to Deng Qiang should be expelled from the southern part of Bingzhou to prevent him from continuing to disrupt the production order in the southern region.

Fu Jing was not the son of Fu Xiong. Her father was one of the Fu brothers who were executed by Shi Hu. This man was brave and good at fighting and was highly regarded by his uncle Fu Jian.

However, the army heading south was a step late after all. Under Deng Qiang's mysterious attack, trouble still broke out.

Hedong County, Anyi County.

Lu Polou slapped the table and exclaimed:
  "What did you say! Say it again!"

His hair and beard were flaring, obviously extremely angry.

Although the person who came to report the news was scared, he still said tremblingly:
  "Master Fu, we were ordered to escort Zhang Yu's family. We were attacked by the Jin army on the way. In a hurry, Zhang's mother's carriage overturned. Seeing the Jin army approaching, we did not dare to fight, so we had to protect Zhang Yu's family first. My wife and children have left, and now Zhang’s mother is afraid that she will fall into the hands of the Jin people.”

Lu Polou was not worried about Zhang Yu's mother, Han. After all, she was just a stepmother, so how much influence could she have.

As long as he can keep Zhang Yu's wife and children.

He was angry because Deng Qiang came and left whenever he wanted. He missed Lu Polou, who had followed Fu Hong to Guandong when he was young. How had he ever been so angry again?

But Lu Polou still suppressed his anger, and for the sake of the general, he should not raise troops in anger. Once he led his troops out of the city, Deng Qiang would find an opportunity to capture the county, which would be the real disaster.

Regardless of how much trouble Deng Qiang is making now, as soon as Fu Jing's reinforcements arrive, preparations can be made to encircle and annihilate him.

Deng Qiang was also well aware of this. After hearing the news that Fu Jing had gone south, he was leading his troops to evacuate.

The purpose of Huan Xi sending him eastward was to contain the Fu clan's forces. Now that he has accomplished this goal, he will naturally not stay in the Fu clan's sphere of influence. Getting out as soon as possible is the right way.

Deng Qiang just felt that it was a pity that he could not capture all Zhang Yu's family members.

After all, it was because he had no cavalry under his command that Zhang Yu's wife and children were able to escape in a carriage under the protection of the cavalry.

But if you think about it carefully, since Zhang Yu could ruthlessly send his wife and children as hostages, these people must not be particularly important to him.

Even if they are really captured, Zhang Yu will not be threatened.

When he thought of this, Deng Qiang was relieved.

Not far away, although the captured Han was not bullied, she was still a little afraid. She didn't know what these people were going to do with her.

Seeing that the leader of the other party did not seem to be a tyrannical person, Han summoned up his courage and said to Deng Qiang:
  "General, if you can let me go, my son will thank you with a lot of money."

When Deng Qiang heard this, he set his sights on Han. He thought this matter was really interesting. He arrested the woman that day, thinking she was Zhang Yu's wife and concubine, but she didn't expect the woman to say she was Zhang Yu's mother.

"It's not up to me to decide whether you stay or go. You might as well go west with me and wait for the fate of my lord."

As Huan Xi's trusted general, Deng Qiang certainly knew Huan Xi's preferences, and Quan Yi was very busy with this at the beginning.

The King of Chu had such a thin waist that many people died of starvation in the palace.

As a subordinate, if you want to show your loyalty, there is no better choice than to go along with it.

This Han family is beautiful, and she is Zhang Yu's stepmother. From this status, she is completely worthy of being a concubine for the lord.

It's not surprising that Deng Qiang had such thoughts. In fact, the Han family was so beautiful. In the original time and space, Fu Jian insisted on accepting the Han family as Zhaoyi, and almost suffered a fatal disaster.

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