Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 207 Become a vassal

It was hard to disobey the king's order. Liu Kuren learned that Shengle City was in danger. Faced with the urging of the envoy, Liu Kuren had to speed up his march.

Of course, the more important reason was that Liu Kuren learned from the envoy that the Yu army was still gathering under Shengle City, so he no longer worried about being ambushed by the Yu army on the way.

However, the development of things is often unexpected. Logically speaking, the main cavalry of the Yu Kingdom, which should be stationed outside Shengle City to hold down the infantry, has already ambushed Liu Kuren on his only way.

The combined forces of the Dugu and Bai tribes were unprepared, and they were out of men and horses. Facing the sudden attack of Yu's elite cavalry, they were powerless to parry.

Finally, Tuoba Shijun waited for Liu Kuren and the leader of the Bai tribe to come, but they were escorted to the city by the Yu army's cavalry.

The defenders took a clear look at the two men who were in a panic. The excitement they had felt when they learned that reinforcements were coming turned into endless disappointment at this moment.

Soon, people's hearts were shaken, and the Han officials who had been favored by Tuoba Shiyiqian contacted the nobles in the city, launched a rebellion, and opened the city gate for Fu Jian.

Yu Jun took the opportunity to enter the city and captured Lord Tuoba Shi alive.

In the Shengle Palace, Fu Jian looked at Lord Tuoba Shi who was kneeling in the palace, waiting for his resignation, and asked the ministers:

"How do you think I should deal with him?"

Fu Jian, King of the East China Sea, was the first to say:

"Tuoba Jun killed his father to seize power, and his crime cannot be punished. Since Tuoba Shiyijian still has other children, your majesty might as well appoint someone else instead, so why should you spare the life of this thief?"

Fu Jian hated Tuoba Shijun's behavior from the bottom of his heart. Even looking at him felt like his eyes were dirty.

Lord Tuoba Shi was horrified, kowtowed repeatedly and begged:

"Please spare your life, your majesty. Jun Shi is willing to serve your majesty wholeheartedly and serve as a barrier for the country forever."

Pingchang Wang Fujing saw this and said:

"Your Majesty, Tuoba Jin is still in the north. If Lord Tuoba Shi is executed, I will worry about the death of the rabbit and the fox will be sad. How can Tuoba Jin dare to surrender?"

Fu Jian sneered at his cousin's statement and retorted:

"Tuoba Jin instigated Tuoba Shijun to kill his father, which was also a heinous crime. In the country of Dai, there were many people who wanted to eat his flesh alive.

"The reason why he was able to rule the north was because he relied on Lord Tuoba Shi.

"Now that Lord Tuoba Shi has been captured and all the Tuoba tribe has been wiped out, how can the other tribes continue to obey Tuoba Jin's orders.

"Your Majesty! Don't encourage this trend, otherwise the country will be ruined. Please kill Lord Tuoba Shou to set the record straight!"

After hearing this, Fu Jian finally made up his mind.

Ignoring Tuoba Shijun's pleading, he pushed him out of Shengle Palace and beheaded him, spreading the news to all the tribes of Dai. He also supported Tuoba Shiyijian's only seven-year-old fourth son Tuoba Yanpo in Shengle. For the acting king.

The reason why he had to kill Tuoba Shijun was precisely because Fu Jian was worried that someone in Dai would follow suit in the future.

There is no better son than a father. Fu Jian knew the temperament of Prince Fusheng best, but in the end he could not make up his mind to depose him as the prince.

As for Liu Kuren and the leader of the Bai tribe, Fu Jian did not blame them. Especially after learning what happened, he regarded Liu Kuren, the leader of the Dugu tribe, in a different light and treated them as honored guests.

The Dugu tribe and the Bai tribe also joined.

Things went as Fu Jian expected. Tuoba Shijun was reported to the northern tribes. After learning that the Dugu tribe and the Bai tribe had surrendered one after another, the Tuoba tribe also had a new acting king.

Although the young Dai Wang Tuoba Shoujiu was actually just a puppet in Fu Jian's hands.

But the other three major tribes have decided not to wait and see.

Dou Zhen, the leader of the Wuluhui tribe, and He Yeqian, the leader of the Helan tribe, jointly sent troops to capture the northern master Tuoba Jin alive and sent him to Shengle to proclaim his vassalship to Tuoba Shoujiu.

Soon the Karasuma tribe also sent envoys to join them, and other small and medium-sized tribes followed suit.

Since then, the state of Dai has become a vassal state of the Fu family.

Liu Kuren, the leader of the Dugu tribe, was entrusted with an important task by Fu Jian because of his loyalty, and he and Xue Zan jointly took charge of the Dai Kingdom. At the same time, Murong Ke, who had been in a stalemate with Huan Wen at Hongchipi for more than ten days, finally learned about the civil strife in Dai and Fu Jian took the opportunity to send troops.

Murong Ke was stunned, and after a long while, he sighed:

"I underestimated Fu Jian's ambition, and I also underestimated Tuoba Shijun's stupidity!"

How dare Tuoba Shijun plot to kill his father and seize power when Tuoba Shiyiqian was in his prime.

In the handsome tent, everyone was silent.

No one could have predicted that civil strife would break out in the Congress at this juncture.

After being silent for a while, Murong Chui said helplessly:

"It's time to retreat."

Without Fu Jian threatening Guanzhong, Wang Meng would not have left. He would have stayed in Luoyang and waited for Huan Xi to return and lead his cavalry out east. It would be too late to leave again.

Murong Ke nodded when he heard the words and said to everyone:

"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Everyone, go and prepare."

After all the generals left, Murong Ke walked out of the commander's tent and looked to the north with deep thoughts.

At this moment, what he was most worried about was that after he returned to the army, he would have to go to Monan to compete with Fu Jian for the Kingdom of Dai.

The current situation is obvious. The State of Yu is a key link in preventing Huan Xi from going east, and at the same time, he can go south to threaten the Luoyang area.

For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if the Jin State had not split, the Qin State might still be able to break through Hangu Pass, but in the end it would be more difficult than defeating the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han one by one.

In Murong Ke's opinion, Yu State can be a friend but not an enemy.

Once there was a war between Yan and Yu in Monan, Wei, Yan and Yu would fight and the Huan family would gain.

Therefore, Murong Ke hoped that Fu Jian could surrender to Dai as soon as possible, instead of not eating the mutton, causing a scandal, and quarreling with Dai from then on. He had to gather heavy troops for defense in the north, and Tuoba Xianbei dragged his troops away, making him unable to fully respond. Huan Xi's attack.

After all, if Fu Jian could win the battle quickly, Murong Jun would not be able to send troops to represent the country when he saw that the overall situation was decided.

However, the strength of Yu State increased greatly, and it resisted Guanzhong to the west and threatened Luoyang to the south, which was enough to make Yan State free its hands and feet to attack the Central Plains.

In the tenth year of Yonghe (AD 354), on September th, early in the morning, in the south of Hongchi, the Chu army camp was located.

Huan Wen thought it was another ordinary day, until the sentinels hurriedly came to report that the Yan Army camp in the north of Hongchi had been deserted, leaving only an empty camp.

It turned out that the Yan army had left the camp in the dark last night and returned to Hebei via the Fupingjin Bridge.

Murong Ke left Jia Jian to guard the sandbank in the middle of the river and guard the middle section and northern end of the Fupingjin Bridge.

Huan Wen was overjoyed after confirming that the Yan army had indeed withdrawn to Hebei and was not a suspicious enemy.

After accepting the congratulations of the generals, Huan Wen sent his subordinate Gao Wu to lead the army and move to Fupingjin to guard the southern end of the Fupingjin Bridge.

After Gao Wu left, Huan Wen immediately broke camp and moved to Luoyang.

At this time, both Zhou Cheng and Lu Hu had learned about the Yan army's retreat. Soon, under the persuasion of Huan Wen's envoy, the two cities of Luoyang and Jin Yong changed their flags.

Zhou Cheng and Lu Hu surrendered their tribes to Huan Wen. While reporting his victory to the court, Huan Wen reported that Zhou Cheng was the Duke of Liyang County and Lu Hu was the Duke of Yichun County. In Chu State, Zhou Cheng and Lu Hu were commissioned. A leisurely position with high authority and low authority.

If they were to win over the two men before the Yan army retreated, it would be difficult to persuade them to hand over their troops.

(End of this chapter)