Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 413: Battle in Hedong (I)

Pingyang County, Jiangyi County, formerly known as Xintian, also known as Xinjiang. The capital was moved here in the 585th year of Jin Jinggong (13 BC), and it was passed down for 216 generations and lasted for years.

However, since the three families divided Jin, Jiangyi has declined. Today, it is just one of the twelve counties under Pingyang County, and it is not even the county seat.

But now, Jiangyi County has become the focus of everyone's attention. The reason is that Fu Jian has gone south and stationed in Jiangyi County, and Murong Chui, with 30,000 infantry and cavalry, is about to join forces with him.

Fu Jian did not know much about Murong Chui. After all, his biggest enemy was Huan Xi, and Fu Jian focused more of his energy on Huan Xi and his generals.

Of course, despite this, Fu Jian still understood Murong Jun.

Given Murong Jun's narrow mind, he was still entrusted with important tasks even though Murong Chui had a bad relationship with him. This is the best proof of Murong Chui's outstanding talents.

In the imperial tent of the Yan army camp, Fu Jian read the information about Murong Chui collected by his subordinates and said with emotion:

"This is the talent of Wei Huo, why is there so many talented people in the Murong clan!"

Murong Chui naturally deserved Fu Jian's praise. He joined the army at the age of thirteen and served as a vanguard at the age of sixteen. He fought for more than ten years and never lost a battle. Although Murong Jun hated him, after the destruction of Ran Wei, he unexpectedly appointed Murong Chui as the governor of Southern Jizhou in order to intimidate those Later Zhao generals who surrendered their counties.

It also shows that Murong Jun recognized Murong Chui's ability.

In fact, Fu Jian was just sighing casually. Their Fu family also had many talented people. Not to mention Fu Jian and Fu Xiong of the previous generation, others such as Fu Chang, Fu Sheng, Fu Jing, Fu Fei, Fu Ya, Fu Huangmei and others were also brave men.

However, the population is dwindling now, and the remaining Fu Fei, Fu Ya, Fu Huangmei and others, although brave generals in the army, are far inferior to Murong Ke and Murong Chui.

When Fu Jian was feeling emotional, a close minister came to disturb him outside the door. It turned out that Murong Chui had led his troops out of the Chenguan Pass and was heading towards the Yu army camp.

"The scouts reported that the Yan army is less than ten miles away."

The close ministers reported this.

Fu Jian nodded slightly:

"finally come."

As he spoke, he stood up and said with a smile:

"Let's go! Follow me out of the camp to greet you."

The Yan army came from afar, so Fu Jian naturally could not just sit in the imperial tent and wait for Murong Chui to come and pay him a visit. He just wanted him to walk a few steps.

Murong Chui did not keep Fu Jian waiting for long. At dusk, dust filled the sky ahead. It was Murong Chui who led a detachment of Yan army on a long journey.

When the dust settled, a sturdy man rode on horseback at the front of the team. Fu Jian took a closer look and felt a heroic spirit coming towards him.

He couldn't help but admire:

"What a hero!"

Fu Jian turned around and said to Gou Chang:

"The person who should take the lead must be Murong Chui."

Gou Chang was a relative of Empress Dowager Gou. He was trusted by Fu Jian for his wisdom and courage, and was considered a general that Fu Jian relied on.

In the original time and space, he participated in the war against Yan and was ordered to guard Huguan to resist the main force of the Yan army. In the battle against Former Liang, he was also in command. In just over 20 days, he defeated the main force of Former Liang, captured and killed tens of thousands of elite troops, and destroyed Former Liang in one fell swoop.

Gou Chang echoed:
"This man has a majestic appearance and extraordinary spirit, just as Your Majesty said."

Just as the two had expected, the leader was indeed Murong Chui.

Murong Chui looked towards the setting sun and easily distinguished Fu Jian from the crowd.

Fu Jian was a handsome and majestic man, and his generals and subordinates surrounded him like stars surrounding the moon.

As the two of them got closer, Murong Chui dismounted and quickly approached to pay his respects. It is said that there can be no two suns in the sky, and there shouldn't be two emperors in the world at the same time, but in the context of the alliance between Yan and Yu, Fu Jian, the Heavenly King of Dayu, was naturally recognized by Yan.

Although Murong Chui was not a subject of Fu Jian, since Fu Jian came out of the camp in person today, Murong Chui had to show his courtesy.

"Foreign minister Murong Chui pays homage to the Great Yu Heavenly King!"

Murong Chui bowed solemnly.

Fu Jian was already attracted by Murong Chui's talent just by looking at his figure and appearance. He stepped forward to help Murong Chui up, took a closer look at him, and then smiled and said:
"King Wu, there is no need for you to be so polite. You have gone through so much trouble to come to my aid from a thousand miles away. I will always remember this kindness in my heart."

Fu Jian's admiration for Murong Chui was almost undisguised.

Murong Chui was suspected by Murong Jun in the country, and Fu Jian's enthusiasm made him a little flattered, but he did not dare to get too close to Fu Jian.

After all, Murong Chui had not done anything yet, but he was already under suspicion. If he had too close a relationship with Fu Jian, Murong Jun would never let him off.

"Foreign ministers are only acting on the orders of our emperor."

Murong Chui responded indifferently, with a tone that seemed to keep people at a distance.

This made all the generals and officers behind Fu Jian glare at him angrily.

However, Fu Jian did not care. He had always been like this. When it came to people he admired, Fu Jian's tolerance was amazing.

Otherwise, given Deng Qiang's reckless behavior during the war against Yan in the original time and space, if he were replaced by a ruthless monarch, he would have had several heads chopped off.

Besides, Fu Jian was well aware of Murong Chui's concerns.

Fu Jian waved his hands at everyone and turned to Murong Chui and said:

"King Wu has been traveling a long way. I have prepared a banquet in the camp. Please follow me into the camp."

Murong Chui hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

After all, this war requires the concerted efforts of both countries. He may not be close to Fu Jian, but the relationship cannot be too strained, otherwise how can this war be fought.

Murong Chui handed the matter of setting up camp to his deputy general Yue Wan, and he and Fu Jian walked into the Yu army camp together.

Yue Wan's surname was Yue Li, also known as Yue Li Wan, and he was a Xianbei.

When Ran Min's 100,000 infantry and cavalry besieged Xiangguo County, Shi Zhi was forced to ask Murong Jun for help. It was Yue Wan who led 30,000 troops and joined forces with Yao Xiang and Shi Kun to attack Ran Min. In the end, Ran Min was defeated and fled back to Yecheng in panic with more than ten cavalry. After that, Ran Wei never recovered until it was finally destroyed by the State of Yan.

But after the Battle of Xiangguo, Yue Wan no longer led troops, but served as Shangshu You Pushe and Zuo Pushe successively, focusing on internal affairs.

This time when Murong Jun divided his troops, he arranged Yue Wan to be beside Murong Chui as deputy general.

Although it is said to be assisting, it actually also contains the intention of surveillance.

Murong Chui followed Fu Jian to the imperial tent, and the host and guests took their seats in order according to their seniority.

At the banquet, the civil and military officials of the Yu State forgot about their previous unpleasantness and drank and chatted happily with the generals and officers of the Yan army who followed Murong Chui into the camp.

As for Fu Jian, his attention was always on Murong Chui.

After three rounds of drinks, both the host and the guests were in great joy, and from time to time someone had to be helped away because they could not hold their liquor.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside the tent, Murong Chui stood up and said goodbye to Fu Jian.

Fu Jian did not stop him. There would be plenty of opportunities to test Murong Chui's abilities and get close to him in the future, so there was no need to rush.

(End of this chapter)