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

Chapter 506: Yecheng changes to Chang'an repeatedly, and the new emperor's army is lost

July
Just as Sima Yue and other kings of Guandong were retreating.

Sima Yong received the news that Sima Ying's old general Shi Hui from Yangping, and his subordinates Ji Sang, Shi Le and others gathered tens of thousands of troops in order to meet Sima Ying's loss of power and raised troops in Qinghe County.

July 23
The Gongshi Hui tribe gathered a crowd and captured the counties, killing Li Zhi, the governor of Yangping, Zhang Yan, the governor of Dunqiu, and others, and occupied the two counties of Yangping and Dunqiu.

July 25
Gongshi Ai also contacted the ministers on the left and right of Sima Mo, the general guarding Yecheng, and made an appointment to attack Yecheng.

Unfortunately, the news leaked, and Ding Shao, the prefect of Guangping, and Gou Xi, the governor of Yanzhou, rushed to Sima Mo's aid in time. The army of the public division was defeated and the generals were scattered.

However, the remnants of Gongshihui are still active in Baijun and its Jizhou area, and they are a very important force.

When Sima Yong of Chang'an saw that someone in Hebei was supporting Sima Ying, his mind immediately became active. He reported to Sima Zhong and asked him to issue an edict, ordering Sima Ying to return to Yecheng to guard and appease the rebels.

August 5
The Jin court ordered that Sima Ying be promoted to general of the town army and military commander of Hebei Province. Lu Zhi was appointed prefect of Wei County and made general of Zuo. He returned to Ye with Sima Ying.

But the number of soldiers allocated to them was only a thousand.

Later, Diao Mo was sent to guard Tongguan, and general Lu Lang and others were sent to guard Xingyang.

Then, he blamed Zhi Fu for killing Zhang Fang, shaken his military morale, and killed Zhi Fu.

September
Sima Ying led his troops to Luoyang.

October
Sima Gai, the king of Fanyang, crossed the river from Guandu, conquered Xingyang, killed Shi Chao, and then attacked Xuchang. Liu Qiao was defeated in Xiaoxian, and Liu Qiao fled to Nanyang.

Sima Yue's army arrived in Luoyang.

Sima Ying, who only had more than a thousand sergeants, immediately led his men and fled back to Guanzhong.

November

Sima Yue sent general Qi Hong with 30,000 elite troops to attack Tongguan.

November 13
The Tongguan guard general Diao Mo was outnumbered, but Qi Hong seized the flaw and conquered Tongguan in one fell swoop. Diao Mo led the remaining soldiers to flee to Chang'an.

November 20
Most of Sima Yue's subsequent Allied forces crossed Tongguan and entered Guanzhong.

December

The Allied forward, General Wang Jun Qi Hong, arrived in Chang'an.

When Sima Yong and Sima Ying saw the arrival of the Kwantung Allied Forces, they were frightened and abandoned the city and took refuge in Nanshan.

Qi Hong led the army to Chang'an, and Chang'an fell.

Yongxing three years
Qi Hong and others led the Xianbei army to plunder Chang'an and kill more than 20,000 people. Chang'an has been in decline ever since.

New Year
When Sima Yue and others arrived in Chang'an, the allied princes discussed that in order to avoid Liu Yuan's attack, they planned to take Sima Zhong from Huayin out of Xinye via Wuguan and back to Luoyang.

While Sima Yong, Sima Yue and other Sima kings were fighting, Liu Yuan, in the name of welcoming the Jin Emperor, successively conquered various cities in Pingyang and occupied Hedong County.

He also defeated the crusade army sent by Sima Teng, defeated Wang Jun's army, accepted the surrender of the four Xianbei tribes in Shangjun, Lu Zhuyan, the Di chief Dan Zheng, Wang Mi from Donglai, and Shi Le, and occupied almost half of Hebei. area.

The entire Hebei Province, except Jizhou, Youzhou, Liaozhou, and the surrounding areas of Yanmen County in Bingzhou, was in Liu Yuan's hands.

February
Sima Yue and others took Sima Zhong through Xinye. It happened that Liu Hong, the governor of Jingzhou and Duke Yuan of Xincheng, passed away. Sima Ying's old subordinate, Sima Guomai of the prefecture, took the opportunity to launch an attack and prepared to welcome Sima Ying, who lived in Jingzhou, as the new leader.

When Sima Yue and others were trapped in Xinye, Zhongzhong Guo Shu followed the orders of Liu Hong's son Liu Fan to attack Guo Mai and killed him.

Sima Yue asked Sima Zhong to issue an edict to capture Sima Ying and execute her for murdering the emperor.

Sima Zhong was unwilling, so Sima Yue and Sima Gai, the king of Fanyang, issued a corrective edict.

February 15th

Sima Ying, who lived in seclusion in Nanshan, was caught by the local government. Under Sima Yue's suggestion, she was hanged with a rope and pretended to be a suicide in fear of crime. Her two sons were also killed soon after.

March 2
Sima Yue and others returned to Luoyang, and Sima Zhong issued an edict to change this year's reign to "Guangxi".

The first year of Guangxi (the third year of Yongxing)
May
Fan Changsheng, the prime minister of the Cheng Han Dynasty, persuaded Li Xiong to proclaim himself emperor. Li Xiong then ascended the throne, pardoned criminals in the territory, and changed the reign name to "Yan Ping" and the country name to "Dacheng".

He honored his father Li Te as the Emperor Jing, the ancestor of the temple, and his mother Luo Shi as the Queen Mother. Fan Changsheng was granted the title of Grand Master of Heaven and Earth, and was granted the title of Marquis of Xishan. His subordinates were allowed not to participate in military expeditions, and all taxes and taxes were transferred to his family.

November

Sima Zhong died in Luoyang Xianyang Hall at the age of 48 and was buried in Taiyang Mausoleum. His posthumous title was "Hui" and he was Emperor Xiaohui.

Sima Yue supported the emperor's younger brother Sima Chi as the new king and changed the name to "Yongjia".

The first year of Yongjia
New Year
Sima Chi took Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, as the Taifu to assist him in government.

Same month
Liu Yuan officially proclaimed himself emperor, granted amnesty to prisoners in the territory, and changed his reign to "Yongfeng".

In the clan, the hierarchy is based on kinship and distance, and everyone is granted the title of king of counties and counties. Among those with different surnames, the hierarchy is based on merit and strategy, and everyone is granted the title of prince of counties and counties.

At the suggestion of his ministers, the capital was moved to Pingyang.

Yongjia five years
February
Since Sima Chi ascended the throne, he not only failed to cooperate sincerely with Sima Yue to solve the domestic rebellion and the separation of Han, Zhao and Cheng Han, but instead devoted himself wholeheartedly to the struggle for power with Sima Yue.

In order to resist the threat of Han and Zhao, Sima Yue had to gather all the power within himself and sent troops to attack Liu Yuan many times.

However, Han and Zhao occupied the dangerous terrain between Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, and the imperial court's many expeditions ended in failure.

Moreover, in Shandong, Hebei and other places, Wang Mi, Shi Le and other troops controlled by Liu Yuan were constantly wandering around, destroying the rear of the Jin court and constantly killing the effective forces of the court in the local areas.

It was difficult for the Jin court to organize the logistics of the army, and it had to mobilize soldiers and horses from various places many times to kill these bandits.

However, Sima Chi ignored the overall situation and believed that Sima Yue was monopolizing power and usurping his own rights, so he prepared to launch a coup by force, regardless of the fact that Han and Zhao were in the east of the river, and iron hooves only needed to cross the Yellow River.

On February 15, Sima Chi secretly ordered Gou Xi, the governor of Qingzhou, who was also dissatisfied with Sima Yue's monopoly on power, to issue a "Call to Sima Yue" to summon all the princes to attack Sima Yue.

However, Gou Xi had no time to take care of Luoyang because Wang Mi's general Cao Yi was wreaking havoc across the land and sent troops to pacify it, so he had to delay again and again.

Wang Mi was the leader of the rebel army in Donglai. He was dissatisfied with the Jin Dynasty's continuous wars due to the struggle for the throne. He took advantage of Sima Yue's Kwantung army to conquer Chang'an and gathered to revolt.

He also heard that Liu Yuan claimed to be a Han Dynasty, but he didn't know the true situation. When he saw his surname was Liu, he thought he was a legacy of the Han Dynasty, so he professed his vassalship to him.

Liu Yuan also quickly sent an envoy to Donglai to accept Wang Mi's appointment as a minister and appointed him as the general to conquer the east and the governor of Qingzhou.

With Liu Yuan's edict, heroes from Qingxu and Xuzhou who were dissatisfied with the status quo joined Wang Mi's army one after another, and soon occupied Donglai County and swept Qingzhou.

At the critical moment of the Western Expedition, Sima Yue had no choice but to appoint a Donglai governor, hoping that he would pacify Wang Mi.

But he was killed by Wang Mi instead. Later, Sima Yue moved Yanzhou Governor Gou Xi to Qingzhou Governor and asked him to strangle Wang Mi. In the end, Wang Mi was defeated by Gou Xi.

Wang Mi had no choice but to collect the remaining tribesmen and move to Yuzhou, where he successively attacked Taishan, Lu, Qiao, Liang, Chen, Runan, Yingchuan, and Xiangcheng counties.

But Cao Yi was still left to harass Qi, leaving Gou Xi with no time to take care of himself.

March
Sima Chi, who had been waiting for a long time, never heard from Gou Xi, and sent many edicts in succession, urging him to take action as soon as possible.

Gou Xi had to reply frequently to agree.

But such frequent secret messages were eventually intercepted by Sima Yue.

Sima Yue saw that he had worked so hard to restore the Jin Dynasty, but was secretly ordered to attack by his own monarch. He was furious. On one hand, he sent troops to attack Gou Xi, and on the other hand, he entered the palace to confront Sima Chi.

When Sima Chi saw the angry Sima Yue, he broke out in cold sweat, and quickly said that it was Gou Xi's plan and a false edict, and that he had never done this at all.

Seeing that Sima Chi refused to admit it, Sima Yue had no choice but to become more and more frustrated.

March

Sima Yue gathered all the troops in Luo and personally led the troops to conquer Gou Xi eastward.

March 28
Facing internal and external troubles, Sima Yue became worried and became ill. When the army marched to Xiangcheng, Sima Yue suddenly died of illness.

Sima Yue's subordinates were very panicked and didn't know what to do. In the end, Taiwei Wang Yan decided not to announce the funeral secretly, and appointed King Sima Fan of Xiangyang as the general to command his troops. They returned to Donghai Kingdom first, buried Sima Yue, and then made a measurement. .

Unexpectedly, when the army arrived at Ningping City, it was attacked by Shi Le, a general of Jisang tribe, and the army was defeated.

Shi Le led the Yan and Zhao cavalry, relying on their speed advantage to surround the defeated 100,000 soldiers and shoot them with bows and arrows. More than 100,000 princes, soldiers and common people were all annihilated.

The last army of the Jin Dynasty was destroyed near Ningping City.

After Shi Le burned Sima Yue's coffin, he roared away with his cavalry, leaving only a mess on the ground.

Shi Le was originally from a family of a small chief of the Jie people, and his ancestors were descendants of the Qiangqu tribe of the Xiongnu tribe. By Shi Le's generation, his words and deeds were not much different from those of the Han people, except for some special places.

Later, he went to Luoyang with his tribe to sell horses, where he was exposed to Sinology and learned some truths. After returning home, he was close to the Hu people from all tribes because he was strong and courageous, brave and fond of riding and shooting, and was kind to others.

In the following years, Shi Le traveled to Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou, selling horses and herding horses for others.

Until Gongshi Fan, in the name of rescuing Sima Ying, wanted to take advantage of Sima Ying's departure from Ye and the city's defenses were empty, occupy Ye City, and display his grand plan. Then he called himself a general and called on the heroes from all over to join the cause.

Shi Le followed Ji Sang and led hundreds of herdsmen to defect to Gongshi Fan.

But soon, Gongshi Fan was defeated by Ma Mo of Pingchang Company. Gongshi Fan fled south from Baima Crossing River and was killed by Gou Xi, the governor of Puyang.

Shi Le and Ji Sang fled to the garden.

Then Shi Le, under the leadership of Ji Sang, robbed prisoners from counties and counties, and recruited desperadoes from the mountains and swamps to form his own team.

Soon the team grew, Ji Sang claimed to be the general, and Shi Le was the general to sweep the prisoners. He raised troops in the name of killing Sima Yue and Sima Teng on behalf of Sima Ying.

With Shi Le as the vanguard, Ji Sang marched into Ye City, defeated Sima Teng's generals and the Baijun prefect, and captured Ye City.

Ma Teng of the Japanese company was killed by his subordinates on the way to escape.

Ji Sang and Shi Le then set fire to the Ye Palace and killed more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Ye City. After plundering the entire city, they crossed the river and headed south, preparing to continue their march.

However, he was defeated by Gou Xi, the governor of Yanzhou at the time, and had to flee to Pingyuan and Yangping counties. Relying on the advantage of horses, he and Gou Xi and others held a stalemate for several months. They fought more than 30 decisive battles, each of them winning or losing.

Not long after, Ji Sang was killed by Gou Xi. Shi Le annexed Ji Sang's tribe and fled with the remaining defeated soldiers between Youzhou and Qingzhou.

He also became brothers with Zhang Fulidu from Wuwan in Youzhou. Taking advantage of his relaxation, he captured Zhang Fulidu, exiled him, and annexed his tribe.

When Liu Yuan heard about Shi Le, he immediately sent an envoy to confer him the title of Assistant General of the Han Dynasty, King of Ping Jin, and supervise the military campaigns in Shandong.

After Shi Le surrendered to Liu Yuan, he nominally accepted the command of Han and Zhao, but in fact he also received support and cooperation from other troops under Liu's command, such as Wang Mi and others.

Later, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and granted Shi Le the titles of Chijie and Pingdong General, and he remained the captain, governor, and king of Ping Jin.

Then he relied on the advantage of the cavalry and was active among Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou, complying with the tasks given to him by Liu Yuan, and killing and injuring the Jin court's troops as much as possible.

It was learned that Sima Yue's army was originally going to attack Gou Xi, but for some reason they went to the East China Sea.

According to the analysis of Zhang Bin, a counselor under his command, who was a native of Zhaojun and the son of Zhang Yao, the former governor of Zhongshan, this may be because Sima Yue had died of illness and his men were leaderless, so they had to go to the East China Sea.

When Shi Le heard this, he immediately thought it was a good opportunity, so he crossed the river from Jizhou overnight, took more than ten thousand cavalry, and captured Sima Yue's army near Ningping City.

After a sudden attack, it turned out that all the ministries had no unified command and could only flee in all directions.

Shi Le ordered the army to ride and shoot around the enemy. Under constant strangulation, Sima Yue's remaining army, the last viable force of the Jin court, was completely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)