A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 504: After the failure of Hejian’s monopoly on power, Sima Ying fled to the Bai Kingdom
Three years of Tai'an
New Year
Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, used various means to mobilize the troops and support the soldiers, and finally formed a situation where the top and bottom were united.

Relying on his trust and the lives of his soldiers, Sima Yi defeated Sima Ying's army many times, beheading and capturing as many as 60,000 to 70,000 people.

As for the army of Hejian King Sima Yong, he sent his generals to resist outside Tongguan.

But due to the protracted war, Luoyang began to lack food, and even Sima Yi's army began to drink gruel.

In addition, there was nothing wrong with Sima Yi's respect for Sima Zhong. Although they were exhausted, the soldiers worked together and wanted to die in service.

However, King Sima Yue of the East China Sea saw that Sima Yi's troops were starting to run out of food. Considering that things might be difficult, he colluded with the generals in the palace, falsely conveyed an edict, recalled Sima Yi from the front line, and detained him in Jinyong City.

He also made a speech to Sima Ying, saying that all the trouble here lies with the King of Changsha. The emperor Qun Cheng was all coerced by Sima Yi, and he hoped that the general would be more generous.

The twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month
Before Sima Yue's letter reached Sima Ying, the news that Sima Yi was detained by him spread. Everyone in the palace regretted that Sima Yi failed and wanted to kidnap him out and rely on him to resist Sima Ying.

After Sima Yue learned the news, he was afraid of disaster and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Sima Yi.

Immediately, he sent someone to find Zhang Fang, the general of Sima Yong who was stationed outside the city, and told him what happened.

Zhang Fang was the general sent by Sima Yong to assist Sima Ying in attacking Luoyang and killing Sima Yi.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fang immediately sent General Zhi Fu and three thousand soldiers to Jinyong City to arrest Sima Yi, and finally burned him alive.

The 30th day of the first lunar month

Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, entered Luoyang, while Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, intervened in state affairs through remote control.

On the same day, Sima Zhong issued an edict appointing Sima Yong as Dazai, Grand Governor, and Yongzhou Mu;

Because Sima Ying had always had prestige in the government and the public, he was worshiped as prime minister and granted twenty additional counties.

February
Since Sima Ying was attached to Yecheng, he left some troops behind and led his troops back to Yecheng.

February 3rd
Although Sima Ying and Sima Yong are not in Luoyang, their minions are everywhere in Luoyang.

Under Sima Yong's instructions and operation, Sima Zhong had no choice but to issue an edict to abolish Sima Tan's position as crown prince and make Sima Ying the crown prince. The position of prime minister remained unchanged. He also issued an edict to change this year's reign to "Yong'an" and issue an amnesty to the world.

Sima Qin was promoted to the throne by Sima Juan after the death of Sima Zhong's only grandson Sima Shang. He followed the example of Emperor Cheng and Emperor He of the Han Dynasty and adopted from his clan.

Sima Ying does not care about political affairs, but Sima Yong is different. He has endless energy for national affairs and has to intervene in every matter, no matter how big or small. It is completely different from when Sima Juan and Sima Yi were in power.

Whenever the court made a decision, it would need to send someone to Chang'an to have Sima Yong review it before promulgating it.

This made Sima Zhong miss the days when Sima Juan and Sima Yi were around.

Feeling depressed, Sima Zhong had no choice but to find Sikong and Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, to talk to him.

Sima Yue felt very sad when he saw Sima Zhong being so aggrieved. After leaving the palace, Sima Yue immediately contacted Zuowei General Chen Jin, the palace's lieutenants Lu Bao, Cheng Fu, and Changsha King's former general Shangguan Si.

Discuss with them how to restore Sima Zhong to the true power of the emperor.

Chen Jin believed that Sima Yong was so domineering mainly because he had Sima Ying behind him. Otherwise, how could he dare to bully the imperial court with only the 20 to 30 thousand people in Sima Yong's hands, who were also members of the clan.

Therefore, if you want to solve Sima Yong's dictatorship, you must get rid of Sima Ying.

They finally decided to summon heroes from all over the world to fight against Sima Ying, restore the imperial power, and end the chaos among the kings.

The first year of Yong'an (the third year of Tai'an)
May
Sima Yue spread the message to all directions, and together with Zuowei General Chen Qi and others, they gathered more than 100,000 people. Under the leadership of Sima Zhong, they launched a northern expedition to Yecheng, hoping to regain power from Sima Ying.

July
Sima Ying was shocked when she learned that Luoyang had sent a large army to attack, so she dispersed the army she had recruited. Now she only had 30,000 to 40,000 people in hand. How could she stop the imperial court's army of more than 100,000 people? She immediately wanted to escape, but was His subordinates advised him to stop.

So Sima Ying prepared to call everyone to discuss countermeasures.

Sima Yao, King of Dong'an, believed that now that the emperor was personally coming to crusade, Sima Ying, as a minister of the emperor, should surrender and plead guilty. Since he was a member of the Sima clan, the emperor would not make it difficult for him.

However, he was sternly rejected by Sima Ying's other advisers and generals, saying:
"Has the Prime Minister forgotten the death of the King of Changsha? In the past few years, among the kings who have failed in the struggle for power, has any one survived?"

When Sima Ying thought about the fate of her uncles and brothers, she broke into a cold sweat behind her back.

He immediately expressed his determination to resist to the death and would rather die than surrender.

But now that he had insufficient troops, it was difficult to gather more than 100,000 troops in a short period of time, so he asked everyone for advice.

Cui Kuang, who joined the army, said: "Prime Minister, don't worry. Isn't the King of Hejian still in Chang'an? You can send a letter and the King of Hejian will definitely send reinforcements to arrive."

"But Sima Yong has too few troops after all, only 20,000 to 30,000 people. Even if he sends all of them, it will make no difference to the war situation.

Now the governor of Bingzhou, Ma Teng of the Dongying Company, and General Wang Jun of Anbei have summoned soldiers under their rule, as well as Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, and others to form a combined force of 100,000, and they are also ready to attack Yecheng. Our army is surrounded by enemies on both sides, and the situation is critical. "

Seeing Sima Ying so worried, someone from the team came out and shouted:
"The final general is willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of troops for the Prime Minister."

Sima Ying looked up and saw that it was Liu Yuan, the commander of the Tun Cavalry School.

After Liu Yuan was dismissed from his post by the imperial court, he came to Yecheng and sought Sima Ying's protection. Sima Ying was also willing to get the power of the Huns, so he declared himself General Ning Shuo and supervised the five military departments.

Now he has been reused by Sima Ying and appointed as the Tunqi Colonel.

"Prime Minister, the people in the second town are now arrogant and violent, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. I'm afraid the Su Wei army and the soldiers near the capital can't resist. I will ask you to go back to your highness to persuade the troops from the fifth department to come and go to the national calamity."

"Oh? Can the people from the fifth department guarantee their coming? Even if they can come to participate in the battle, the people of Xianbei and Karasuma are as strong and fast as the wind and clouds. Are they so easy to resist?"

Liu Yuan replied:
"Your Highness is the son of Emperor Wu. He has made outstanding contributions to the royal family, has great prestige and great benevolence. Everyone in the world admires your demeanor. Who wouldn't want to go through fire and water and sacrifice his life for you, Your Highness?

In this case, General, adhering to your will and having your orders, what is the difficulty in recruiting soldiers from the five divisions? "

Sima Ying was overjoyed and immediately appointed him as Shanyu in the north and prime minister's military affairs. He was asked to return to the five Xiongnu tribes and summon Xiongnu soldiers to fight against the national calamity.

August
Sima Ying sent Fenwu General Shi Chao with 50,000 troops to Dangyin to fight against Sima Yue's army.

Chen Wei, the general of the left guard who raised the army with Sima Yue, had two younger brothers, Chen Kuang and Chen Gui, who were working under Sima Ying at this time.

Although they were Chen Jin's younger brothers, they had different political stances from him and were loyal to Sima Ying. They offered to send Sima Yue as envoys to confuse him and create opportunities for Shi Chao.

Sima Ying agreed. August 13

Chen Kuang and Chen Gui personally came to Sima Yue's army and claimed that Sima Ying's subordinates in Ye City heard that the imperial army had arrived. They were frightened and fled in panic. They were separated. Now Sima Ying is alone.

The more Wang Sima believed it, the more his army became less prepared.

August th

Shi Chao led his troops to raid Sima Yue's garrison. The two armies fought fiercely in Dangyin. Sima Yue was defeated and completely routed. Everyone on the left and right scrambled to escape, leaving Sima Zhong on the grass without anyone paying attention.

In the end, Sima Zhong was captured by Shi Chao and sent to Yecheng. Sima Ying asked him to change his reign name to "Jianwu" to show his martial arts skills.

After hearing that Sima Yue's army failed and that the emperor was captured by Sima Ying, Chen Jin and Shangguan Si, who were in Luoyang, took the prince Sima Tan to guard Luoyang to plan for the future.

However, Zhang Fang, sent by Sima Yong, defeated him and took the opportunity to enter Luoyang.

The first year of Jianwu (the first year of Yongan)
September
After learning that Sima Yue was defeated, Sima Yue's brother Bingzhou Governor, Dongying Company Ma Teng and Anbei General Wang Jun not only did not stop, but accelerated their efforts to gather troops.

The two first killed He Yan, the governor of Youzhou appointed by Sima Ying, and captured Youzhou.

Wang Jun then united with Duan Wuwuchen, the Xianbei leader of the Duan tribe, Jie Zhu, the Wuhuan leader, and Sima Teng's troops, with a combined force of more than 100,000, and attacked Yecheng.

Sima Ying sent the newly appointed Youzhou governor Wang Bin, Shi Chao, Li Yi and others to resist Wang Jun's Youzhou soldiers.

General Wang Cui led the army to resist Sima Teng's Bingzhou soldiers, and mobilized Liu Yuan's Huns soldiers to assist in the battle.

Liu Yuan, who returned to Zuoguocheng, also sent Liu Hong, the Xiongnu Zuoyulu King, under the orders of Sima Ying, leading 5,000 elite Xiongnu cavalry.

By the way, after Liu Yuan returned to Zuoguocheng of the Xiongnu tribe, he became ambitious to seize the Central Plains on his own under the instigation of Liu Xuan, the former northern captain and the Xianwang of Zuo, and others.

He accepted the title of "Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu" recommended by them, and within twenty days he gathered 50,000 people and made Lishi the capital.

Not long after, he received an order from Sima Ying asking him to send troops. Seeing that his forces had not gathered yet, Liu Yuan had to send Liu Hong to lead five thousand Huns knights to rescue.

October
Wang Cui's army sent by Sima Ying was defeated by Sima Teng first, even before the 5,000 Huns cavalry led by Liu Hong gathered.

Helpless, Liu Hong had to lead his troops back to Zuoguocheng.

Subsequently, Sima Teng, who defeated Wang Cui, relied on the swiftness of the cavalry and quickly joined forces with Wang Jun's troops to attack Wang Bin. Wang Bin died in the battle.

Then he defeated Shi Chao Yu Pingji and took advantage of the victory to march to Yecheng.

When the news reached Yecheng, Sima Ying was very panicked when she saw that the entire army had been wiped out, so she and her general Lu Zhi led dozens of cavalry and took Sima Zhong hostage and rushed to Luoyang overnight.

But the Wuhuan cavalry behind them got the news and learned that the Emperor of Jin and the Prime Minister of Jin were in the hundred-man team in front. Wuhuan King Jie Zhu immediately ignored everything else and pursued Sima Zhong and Sima Ying with all his strength.

Just when Jie Zhu was only a few dozen steps away from Sima Zhong and others, he was about to catch up, and the Wuhuan people's wealth was about to come.

Sima Zhong and others crossed a boundary marker and slowly stopped.

Although Jie Zhu felt strange, seeing the Jin people just standing there and trying to capture them still made him unbearable and greedy, and he rushed forward with more than a thousand people roaring.

The Wuhuan cavalry controlled their horses, crossed the long and small pit dug in the ground, and killed the Jin army.

Suddenly, dense arrows appeared from behind a hill, and Jie Zhu's formation became much sparser for a while.

Jie Zhu was horrified and quickly reined in his horse, looking around in horror.

I saw infantry and knights wearing iron armor, leather armor and other elite armors constantly appearing around them.

It can be seen that these Jin soldiers are all well-trained soldiers. Not only are they well-equipped with weapons, but their formation is like a sophisticated machine.

A knight jumped out of Jie Zhu's sight, obviously their general. The Bai country general pointed his gun at him and yelled:
"This is the boundary of the Bai Kingdom. Anyone from a foreign race who dares to violate the boundary will be killed!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The sound of roaring mountains and tsunami came from the soldiers behind them.

Jie Zhu was frightened and wanted to explain something, but General Bai didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He led the two to three hundred elite knights behind him and quickly came towards him.

Jie Zhu was taken by their evil spirit and quickly ordered a retreat.

After a while.

After a bloody battle, Jie Zhu finally led his men out of the border of Bai Kingdom.

The knight of the White Kingdom stopped at the boundary, shaking off the blood on his sword, and looked coldly at Jie Zhu and the other ten riders who were running for their lives.

The Bai Kingdom general turned his horse's head and slowly came to Sima Zhong and Sima Ying. He stood on his horse and gave a slight military salute:
"Foreign Minister Yuan'an, Lieutenant of the Hussars School of the Bai Kingdom's Five Thousand Battalion, was ordered by King Bai to escort His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister out of the border."

Although Sima Zhong had seen Bai Wangbiao, this was the first time he saw the Bai army, so cold and distant, completely different from the respect and fear that the others showed when they met him.

It made him look like he didn't know how to respond.

In contrast, Sima Ying, who guards Yecheng all year round and is actually on guard against the Bai Kingdom, is more realistic and slightly cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you, General."

Yuan An nodded, and then led 300 cavalry and 500 infantry, surrounded by Sima Zhong and dozens of people, through the Bai Kingdom and sent them to Hanoi County.

Even when passing by Chaoge, they didn't show any signs of stopping. It was obvious that King Bai and Duke Bai didn't want to talk to them.

On the border between Bai Kingdom and Hanoi, on one side of the boundary monument, Yuan An said to Sima Ying with a military salute:
"The foreign minister will send you two here. We are going to Wude County, Hanoi County. There is a ferry, and you can cross the river into Henan County. The foreign minister takes his leave."

Sima Zhong looked at Yuan An who led the troops away without any hesitation. Then he thought about the peaceful scene that was completely different from the outside world along the way, and couldn't help but sigh:
"I would rather be a member of the Bai Kingdom than be the king of the world."

"Your Majesty, it's time to hit the road!"

Sima Ying on the side did not sigh so much and hurriedly urged Sima Zhong to go on the road. He also wanted to return to Luoyang quickly in order to get Sima Yong's protection. The longer he stayed outside, the more dangerous he would be.

(End of this chapter)