Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 135 Friendship between Yin and Yao

Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

Listening to the assassin's story, Yao Xiang couldn't help clenching his fists, and Yao Chang, who was called to sit with him, was even more surprised in his heart.

The assassin explained his intention and retreated temporarily. Yao Xiang's grip was already turning white. He looked at Yao Chang and said in a deep voice:

"Jingmao, I have followed all my father's instructions before his death. I am willing to be a minister of the Jin Dynasty and I dare not have any second thoughts. But after all, the Jin Dynasty cannot tolerate us."

Although this is Yin Hao's personal behavior, considering Yin Hao's identity, it is difficult not to think that this is the attitude of the court.

Yao Chang said angrily:

"Brother, in that case, why not go north and join the Xianbei people!"

Yao Xiang shook his head and said:

"Yin Hao is unkind, but I cannot do such an unjust thing. Besides, it is already too late. If you surrender and rebel again today, how can the Murong family sincerely accept us?"

The second half of the sentence was the real reason. Yao Xiang took into account the situation and endured his anger for a while.

Soon, Yin Hao received news from Pengcheng. It was said that the assassin was impressed by Yao Xiang's magnanimity and gave up the assassination.

Yin Hao had no doubt at first. This kind of thing had no precedent in ancient times.

When Liu Bei was the commander of Pingyuan, someone sent an assassin to assassinate him. Liu Bei had no idea about it, but he treated the assassin with great courtesy, so the assassin told Liu Bei everything and left decisively.

When Yin Hao sent assassins through Yao Xiang's brothers for the second time, the result was the same. He finally realized that this was just the Yao brothers acting in front of him.

Yin Hao became angry because of shame, but he could not punish Yao Xiang's five younger brothers for this. After all, no matter which dynasty they were in, their behavior could not be said to be fault.

There is no reason why you would actually send out assassins if others instigated you to commit fratricide.

Even Yin Hao couldn't find a legitimate reason to retaliate.

But when the assassination failed, Yin Hao did not give up on getting rid of Yao Xiang. This time, he changed his plan.

Previously, Wei Tong, the governor of Yanzhou in the Ran Wei Dynasty, surrendered to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was granted the title of General Anbei. In the past, he also lent Zhou Cheng a way to go to the land of Xu Luo.

But not long ago, Wei Tong died of illness, and his younger brother Wei Jing succeeded him to lead the army.

Wei Jing and Yao Xiang were both ministers of the Jin Dynasty, but in the early years, one of the two families obeyed the orders of Ran Wei and the other belonged to Shi Zhao. They had long had old grudges. Now that they are neighbors, there are often frictions on the border.

Yin Hao then sent an envoy to Yanzhou to instigate Wei Jing to attack and kill Yao Xiang.

Now is the autumn harvest, and Yao Xiang's disbanded tribesmen are busy harvesting, so they must be unprepared.

If he could kill Yao Xiang, he would definitely support him in annexing Yao Xiang's tribe and occupy the two states of Xu and Yan.

Wei Jing was persuaded by Yin Hao and immediately led five thousand troops to cross the state border and attack Pengcheng.

When Yao Xiang heard the news, he had no time to gather his troops, but with only the thousands of cavalry around him, Yao Xiang defeated Wei Jing in Xuzhou.

Wei Jing was killed, and the tribe he brought with him was annexed by Yao Xiang.

When Yin Hao saw this, he knew that he had no means and could not kill Yao Xiang. He had no choice but to give up.

However, what is unexpected is that Yin Hao's attitude has undergone a 180-degree change.

Before, he was still planning to get rid of Yao Xiang, but now he seems to have forgotten all the feuds with Yao Xiang. He actually plans to rely on the Qiang people during the Northern Expedition and let Yao Xiang be his vanguard.

Different from the original time and space, because Huan Xi occupied Guanlong, at this time, south of the Yellow River, only Duan Xianbei was not respectful to the Jin Dynasty.

In order to protect himself, his leader Duan Gong once attached himself to the Jin Dynasty and granted the title of General of Zhenbei and Duke of Qi, but he claimed to be the King of Qi internally.

Yin Hao planned to attack Duanbu Xianbei, which was bounded by the Yellow River from Qian Yan. This was why he wanted to use Yao Xiang as the vanguard. Yao Xiang occupied Huaibei and blocked Yin Hao's Northern Expedition.

Maybe Yin Hao really thought that Yao Xiang had a good temper when he saw that Yao Xiang was almost killed because of him, but he did not rebel against the Jin Dynasty.

But they forgot that Yao Xiang was praised by people at the time as the reincarnation of Sun Ce. The little bully was not a soft persimmon, and he could be manipulated by Yin Hao.

Just when Yin Hao was going to reclaim 1,000 hectares of paddy fields in the Huainan area west of the Yangtze River as a military grain reserve in preparation for the attack on Duanbu Xianbei after next year's autumn harvest, Yao Xiang was also working hard in Xuzhou.

Yao Xiang is not a Qiang person or a simple martial artist in the traditional sense.

In fact, his degree of Chineseness is quite high. He is not only good at military affairs, but also eager to learn and knowledgeable, and good at talking. He is also famous even in the Jiangnan area.

In addition, Yao Xiang was good at winning over people's hearts. In the original time and space, Yao Xiang experienced several defeats, but the Hu and Han people who had followed him would definitely help the old and the young to seek refuge as soon as they heard of his whereabouts.

Even when Huan Wen defeated Yao Xiang, more than 5,000 Han people abandoned their wives and followed Yao Xiang wholeheartedly. According to historical records: All the ladies and gentlemen obtained by Wen's army looked north and shed tears.

After Yao Xiang found a place to stay, more than 4,000 households spontaneously followed him.

Of course, the reason why Yao Xiang is so popular is that he attaches great importance to production and can give the people a peaceful paradise in this troubled time.

This is also the reason why the people of Guanlong can support Huan Xi so much.

After experiencing Zhao's benevolent government, they would never leave anyone who could help them live a stable life.

Yao Xiang is now recruiting refugees and resuming production in Huaibei.

At the same time, although Ran Wei perished and the Murong family obtained Wei County and Xiangguo County where Yecheng was located, these areas had been severely damaged. It would take several years, or even more than ten years, to recover. .

And Hebei was not unified because of the fall of Ran Wei.

In Jizhou, there are still Zhutu in Leling, Du Neng in Pingyuan, Dingrao in Qinghe, Sun Yuan in Yangping and others who have their own armies and occupy the cities.

But at this time, Murong Jun was already preparing to proclaim himself emperor and had no time to pay attention to them.

In November of the eighth year of Yonghe (AD 352), after forging a large number of auspicious signs, King Murong Jun of Yan proclaimed himself emperor in Zhongshan, with the founding name of Yan and the founding year of Yuanxi.

Those who encouraged the advance were promoted to the third rank, and the officers and soldiers who participated in the southern expedition were each rewarded. Those who died in battle were given an additional second rank and were exempted from taxes for their descendants.

He also made Princess Yan Kezuhun the queen, and his eldest son Murong Ye the prince.

When the news spread, it did not arouse everyone's surprise. After all, Murong Ke had been tinkering with the so-called auspicious things for some time.

Yin Hao An An was planning the Northern Expedition in Huainan. At this time, he had already stationed in Shouchun. After the autumn harvest next year, he would lead the Eastern Jin Dynasty's 70,000 troops and Yao Xiang's 60,000 cavalry in the Northern Expedition to Qingzhou.

Huan Wen knew about this and was quite worried. He couldn't bear Yin Hao's corruption of state affairs, so he deliberately reminded him, but then he thought, if he dissuaded Yin Hao, how could he take the opportunity to make trouble and control the court instead.

Moreover, Yin Hao tried to put Yao Xiang to death several times. Huan Wen was not the only one who knew about this. Now that Yin Hao is planning to reuse Yao Xiang during the Northern Expedition, there must be no shortage of knowledgeable people in Jiankang City. He must have also dissuade him.

Since those people couldn't persuade Huan Wen to remind him, how could Yin Hao appreciate it? He might have thought that he was deliberately preventing him from making meritorious deeds.

Jiangling, in the palace of General Zhengxi.

Huan Wen sighed to Xi Chao:

"Chu Pei failed, but only lost 3,000 soldiers and horses. Now Yin Hao wants to use Yao Xiang as the vanguard, but he is afraid that next year's Northern Expedition will cause the army to overthrow."

Xi Chao said:

“Since the Yongjia Rebellion, countless people have died, including many of Yin Hao’s soldiers.

"If my lord can seize the opportunity to take control of the court, get rid of the fetters, start the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, and pacify the Central Plains, then he will live up to the country and the people."

After hearing Xi Chao's words, Huan Wen finally felt much better.

He then mentioned to Xi Chao Huan Xi’s draft of the chaste woman’s chant. Huan Wen shook his head and said:

"Xi'er gave the poem to Xie Ai, perhaps in order to win over Xie Ai, but he used too much force. Once this poem came out, Xie Ai would imitate a chaste woman, so how could he betray Zhang Chonghua." This is why Zhang Chonghua believes that Xie Ai cannot let him down. One of the reasons is that, after all, while this poem was passed down as a good story by people at the time, it was also equivalent to putting Xie Ai on the fire.

In his poem, Huan Xi compared Xie Ai to a chaste woman. If Xie Ai betrayed Zhang Chonghua and served the two masters, he would be ridiculed by the people of the world and future generations.

Xi Chao said with relief:

"The prince has always acted with discretion and never acted without aim. I think this move also has his intention."

Huan Wen said helplessly:

"Jingxing, in your eyes, everything Xi'er does is right."

Xi Chao smiled and said:

"Because he is the eldest son of the lord."

Huan Wen laughed and cursed:

"Sharp-tongued."

There was no longer any melancholy caused by Yin Hao's possible loss of tens of thousands of troops.

In fact, not only Huan Wen but also Huan Xi could not let go because of Yin Hao's stupidity.

But if he is not allowed to experience this defeat and his reputation is ruined, the other party will continue to hold back their father and son in Jiankang, so Huan Xi can only ignore it and be indifferent to it.

At this time, it was the middle of winter, and all the autumn taxes had been collected in various places. The rice cloth from Yongzhou counties had basically been sent to Chang'an. Qin and Liangzhou, according to common practice, would also be sent via the Wei River after the ice and snow melted.

But today is different from the past. The rice cloth in Qinzhou will stay in Tianshui. This is what Huan Xi ordered Zhu Xu to do before leaving Qinzhou.

After all, hoarding grain in Qinzhou for the conquest of Liangzhou would result in less loss than transferring grain from Chang'an.

After this year's autumn harvest, Huan Xi also dispatched all the newly recruited 5,000 soldiers to Puban and Gaowang City to replace the 3,000 soldiers stationed in Gaowang City.

Shen Jin was summoned by Huan Xi and took the time to return to Chang'an to report on his work.

Because Shen Jin made great achievements when following Huan Xi to capture Guanzhong.

With Huan Xi's help, the Wuxing Shen family was no longer among the Xing family, and the clan's descendants were free to serve as officials.

Shen Jin recalled that when he was young, shouldering the expectations of his tribe and the ambition to wash away the shame, he went to Jiankang to make a living.

I just wanted to be heard by the princes in various towns, but I wasted my time in my thirties.

During this period, he was looked down upon by many officials, but no one was willing to use him. It was not until Huanxi went to Jiankang that he finally met the Ming Dynasty master, who enabled him to establish his merits.

Shen Jin's gratitude and loyalty to Huan Xi are no less than anyone else's.

Huan Xi and Shen Jin were walking in a garden of Weiyang Palace.

Shen Jin did not dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with him and deliberately fell half a body behind.

Huan Xi said seriously:

"Shi Jian, if I want to go east, I need to capture Liangzhou first. If I send troops to the west of Hexi, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of the east of Hedong.

"Fu Jian will definitely take the opportunity to attack Guanzhong when he hears that I am sending troops.

"Hetao is a long way away. If we were to go south from Xitao, I would have already heard about our teacher.

"Tongguan is a world-famous dangerous pass. I predict that after I leave, Fu Jian will attack Gaowang first, then take Puban and enter the pass via Weibei.

"It is an arduous task for you to guard Gaowang City. The success or failure of my western expedition will ultimately fall on your shoulders."

Hearing this, Shen Jin felt deeply responsible for shouldering a heavy responsibility:

"As long as the last general has a breath left, he will never let the Di people go beyond Gaowang City."

Huan Xi nodded slightly. He arranged five thousand soldiers in Hedong County of Yongzhou, and Shen Jin had another thousand troops stationed there.

Although Huanxi only established Puban and Gaowang counties in Hedong County, he also moved many people to Hedong County.

In addition to the families of these soldiers, there are still 8,000 households in Puban and Gaowang counties. Excluding the old and weak, they can gather another 5,000 state and county soldiers at any time. If you think about it carefully, it will be enough to support Wang Meng to bring reinforcements from Chang'an.

After all, Huan Xi had previously focused on repairing the official road from Chang'an to Puban. The road was smooth and smooth, and the march could be accelerated even if it was not driven by ox carts or horse-drawn carriages.

That night, Huan Xi, Wang Meng, and Shen Jin held candlelight talks and exchanged experiences on defending the city.

Needless to say, Huan Xi and Wang Meng, but Shen Jin is by no means an ordinary person.

After all, in the original time and space, he held Luoyang for a long time with only five hundred soldiers under the attack of Murong Ke, Murong Chui and others.

This is also the reason why Huan Xi has to guard Gaowang City with Shen Jin all year round.

As long as Gaowang City is not breached, Puban will not be in danger, otherwise Gao Huan would not have had to fight against the jade twice in a row, and finally left the reputation of Gaowang Happy City.

The three of them talked all night long and each gained something. The next day, Shen Jin said goodbye and left, and Huan Xi went out of the city in person to see each other off hand in hand.

During this period, the two of them looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and their parting words were stuck in their throats and they could not say them out.

Shen Jin choked and said:

"I hope my lord will take care of himself. Shen Jin just wishes he couldn't be with you forever."

Huan Xi patted him on the shoulder and gave Shen Jin many instructions.

The two started talking, and naturally they reluctantly told each other about their separation.

When leaving, Shen Jin suddenly requested:

"Shen Chiqian, the son of the lower official, is fourteen years old. I would like to be a personal attendant by my lord's side and be at my disposal."

Huan Xi did not hesitate and nodded immediately in agreement.

Shen Jin then turned around and called Shen Chiqian out of the carriage and told him:

"As your father is not in Chang'an, you must serve the lord wholeheartedly and never slack off!"

Shen Chiqian hurriedly bowed to Huan Xi and bowed to his subordinates.

Huan Xi helped him up and said seriously:

"I share the same brotherhood with Shi Jian. You are his son. If you are not in the military mansion in the future, you can still hold the courtesy of son and nephew without any restrictions."

Shen Chiqian agreed happily.

Huan Xi knew that they must have something to say after their father and son were separated, so he left first.

After seeing Huan Xi off, Shen Jin calmly said:

"My lord treats you as his nephew out of love, but you must not act arrogantly because of this. You must abide by the law and abide by your duties.

"If my father hears that you dare to commit adultery and commit crimes in Chang'an, I will ask my lord to punish you severely. Even if my lord wants to protect you, the family law will not show mercy!"

Shen Chiqian said seriously:

"Father, please rest assured. The child will not dare to do anything that will harm the family name. He must serve the master with all his heart."

Shen Jin nodded after hearing this, and then left with confidence.

　Looking at ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, there are very few people who have such a friendship between Yin Hao and Yao Xiang. Yin Hao tried unsuccessfully to murder Yao Xiang several times, but he was so arrogant that he thought Yao Xiang could be like him and not take it seriously.

　　Chapter 1 tomorrow before 1pm.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)