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

Chapter 507: Han Zhao changed and the emperor was captured. The situation showed that Bai Guo wanted to change.
As the last army in Luoyang was annihilated, Han and Zhao seized the opportunity and launched a surprise attack on Luoyang.

However, the monarch of Han and Zhao at this time was not Liu Yuan, but Liu Yuan's son, Liu Cong.

Liu Yuan passed away due to illness last year. He was given the posthumous title "Guangwen" and the temple title Gaozu.

The position of leader of the Han and Zhao kingdoms was passed to his eldest son, Liu He.

Liu Cong is Liu Yuan's fourth son.

Because he was appointed by Liu Yuan many times as the general to attack Luoyang, Liu Cong controlled 80% of the troops in Han and Zhao.

He was also appointed as the Grand Sima and the Grand Chanyu by Liu Yuan on his deathbed. Together with the Grand Prime Minister Liu Huanhui and the Grand Tutor Liu Yang, he recorded the affairs of the Secretariat and became an auxiliary minister.

He also built Shanyu Tai in the west of Pingyang, the capital, as his official office, mainly responsible for managing the affairs of the "Six Barbarians".

But after Liu He succeeded to the throne, he was instigated by Zongzheng Hu Yanyou, Weiwei Liu Rui, and the servant Liu Chengjin who had always hated Liu Cong, and decided to cut down the vassal and eliminate the power of the kings.

Liu Cong, who controlled the 100,000-strong army of Han and Zhao, was the first to bear the brunt.

Just after Liu He launched the coup, Liu Cong had already received the news. He not only resisted the troops sent by Liu He to arrest him, but also counterattacked into the palace and beheaded Liu He in the west room of Guangji Hall.

Later, Hu Yanyou, Liu Rui, Liu Cheng and others were hunted and killed, completely eliminating the opposition to Liu Cong in Han and Zhao.

And in the same month, he ascended the throne as emperor.

Liu Cong then spent another three months to completely consolidate his throne.

He also received a military report from Shi Le, King of Ping Jin Dynasty, saying that he had annihilated the 100,000 troops of Sima Yue, the Taifu of the Jin Dynasty, and that the last effective force of the Jin Dynasty had been defeated.

Liu Cong was overjoyed and granted Shi Le the title of General of the Conquest of the East, Governor of Bingzhou, Duke of Baijun, Chijie, Kaifu, Governor, Xiaowei, and Wang Bianbian.

Shi Le resolutely resigned from the post of general and Liu Cong agreed.

June of that year
Liu Cong sent General Jianwei Liu Yao and his son Liu Can, King of Hanoi, to lead troops to attack Luoyang.

He joined forces with Duke Mi of Donglai and King Shile of Pingjin in Dayang, and defeated the Jin general Pei Miao in Mianchi. Then the three armies went straight to Luochuan, plundered large tracts of land between Liang, Chen, Runan, and Yingchuan, and captured more than 100 a barrier.

The people and scholars of Guandong could not bear the humiliation of the barbarians and bandits. The imperial court was defeated in consecutive battles, and there was no point in resisting.

So hundreds of thousands of people moved south with their families and fled to Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places through various channels.

June
Liu Cong sent former army general Hu Yanyan to attack Luoyang with 27,000 men.

When the Han and Zhao armies marched to Henan County, they had defeated the resisting Jin army twelve times and killed more than 30,000 people.

June 19

Liu Yao, Wang Mi, Shi Le and other tribes who were still plundering the prefectures and counties in Guandong were ordered to send troops to join Hu Yanyan to attack Luoyang.

June 23
Due to the loss of Luoyang's garrison, and the many years of fighting among the kings in the city, there were only ten people left in the city.

Therefore, before Liu Yao and others arrived, Hu Yanyan began to attack Luoyang. In less than a day, he captured Pingchang Gate and burned the Dongyang and Xuanyang gates and various temples.

Sima Chi sent Henan Yin Liumo to resist, but was defeated.

Because the follow-up troops had not yet arrived, Hu Yanyan was afraid of being ambushed and attacked by the Jin army, so he withdrew from Dongyang Gate and burned the boat Sima Chi intended to use to escape in Luoshui.

Sima Chi and other princes and ministers had no way out and had to stay in Luoyang Palace.

June 28
Liu Yao, Wang Mi and others arrived around Luoyang, and that day they attacked Luoyang with Hu Yanyan and captured Xuanyang Gate.

Then Wang Mi and Hu Yanyan attacked the Taiji Hall of Nangong, looted and looted all the palace people and treasures in the Jin Palace, and Liu Yao massacred more than 30,000 officials and clan members.

In addition, they captured Sima Chi and Queen Yang, and moved them and the Six Seals of the Kingdom to Pingyang, the capital of Han and Zhao.

July
Liu Cong granted a general amnesty to the world, changed the reign name to "Jiaping", and named Sima Chi as the special advance, doctor Zuo Guanglu, and grandpa Ping.

August
The news of the capture of Emperor Sima Chi spread throughout the world, causing turmoil in the world.

At this time, Situ Fuzhi, Sikong Xunfan, General Gou Xi, and Great Sima Wang Jun respectively established their own platforms in various places, each with a clan to announce to the world.

Among them, King Sima Ye Xingtai of Qin, who was established by Xun Fan, had a greater influence. They sent a message asking all parties to send troops to attack Han and Zhao to rescue the emperor.

Among these forces, the most powerful General Zhendong, who also oversees the military affairs of the five states of Yangjiang, Xiangguang and Guangdong, and Langya King Sima Rui, was naturally promoted as the leader of the alliance.

But Sima Rui had no intention of going north at this time and concentrated on running Jiangnan.

September
White House, White House

Bai Yan, dressed in plain clothes, was sitting on the throne of his father Bai Biao.

That's right, today is Bai Yan's mourning period, and he convenes the officials for the first time to discuss the affairs of the world.

In September last year, Bai Biao passed away due to old age and frailty. Bai Gong Yanlingqian succeeded to the throne and inherited the throne of Bai Wang.

The request for canonization was sent to Luoyang. Sima Chi, who had no interest in the affairs of the Bai Kingdom, stamped the seal without even looking at it and agreed to Bai Yan's request to inherit the White King.

At the same time, an envoy was sent to express his condolences on his behalf.

It was precisely because the mourning period had not expired that Bai Yan never held a court meeting and turned a blind eye to Luoyang being captured by Han and Zhao, Hanoi being occupied by Han and Zhao, and the Han and Zhao cavalry wreaking havoc in Henan and Hebei.

"Your Majesty, the current chaos in the world is even worse than that in the late Han Dynasty.

First, Li Xiong separatized Shu and established the Han Dynasty. Another Xiongnu, Liu Yuan, pretended to be a brother of Han and established Han and Zhao. In June, the emperor was captured by Liu Cong, Liu Yuan's son. The important officials of the court in Luo died, left, or were captured. The majesty of Jin had been trampled below the dust.

Although there are soldiers from King Qin in various places now, except for Situ Fuzhi, Sikong Xunfan, General Gou Xi and others who have established platforms in Heyin and other places, the other princes have different intentions.

There were also Wang Mi, Shi Le and others who fled to Henan, Hebei and other places, making it impossible for the towns of all parties to unite. "

Faced with the situation in the world, Su Cheng, the prime minister of Bai State, explained to Bai Yan.

"Previously, during the period of mourning, the king did not interfere in state affairs. He did not know much about the specific situation of all parties in the world. Can someone please correct me?"

Bai Yan looked around at the ministers in the court and spoke in a low voice.

"I am willing to help the king clear up his doubts!"

The speaker was Quan Dou, the secretary of the Bai Kingdom.

Bai Yan looked at Quan Dou:

"Since Quan Qing is willing to clear up my doubts, that's very good.

Today, apart from Han, Zhao and Cheng Han, I urgently need to know how much power the Jin court has left and where it is distributed? "

"Your Majesty, since the emperor was captured, Sima Yue's army has been completely wiped out in Ningping City, and there are no more troops belonging to the central government.

All the towns now turned to support the local Sima clan and carried out separatist rule in the name of King Qin.

Wang Jun, the great Sima of the north, relied on the help of Duanbu Xianbei and Wuhuan people to control parts of Youzhou and Jizhou. His Xianbei cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry were very powerful.

Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, had a Bingzhou cavalry team, and with the help of Tuoba Xianbei, they were also the Fangzhen forces on one side.

Gou Xi, the general in Henan, controls the two states of Qingyan and is very powerful.

Together with Situ Fu Zhi, who gathered volunteers in Heyin to prepare for the king, Fangzhen firmly welcomed the emperor.

There is also Sima Rui, the king of Langya who occupies the south of Jianghuai. Relying on the help of Wang Dao, a descendant of the Langya king, he cooperated with the Jiangnan nobles and basically controlled the Jianghuai area and Xuzhou. He was elected as the leader of the alliance by the other forces.

To the west, there was Sikong Xunfan who occupied Chang'an, and he set up a platform in honor of King Sima Ye of Qin. They sent a message asking all towns to send troops to serve the king.

The states of Liang, Qin, Yong, Liang, Jiang, and Yu were all willing to obey the King of Qin's order and sent troops to Chang'an to resist the attack of Han and Zhao. "

After gaining a clear understanding of today's world situation, Bai Yan's long-suppressed idea finally came true:
"Today there is great chaos, but unlike the war between the heroes in the late Han Dynasty, these forces are more or less relying on the help of the Hu people and the Yi people.

Especially the Han Zhao, Shi Le, Xianbei and other tribes, they nominally carried the banner of the Han, but in fact they had nothing to do with the Han. Instead, they used this to massacre the Han people.

This was the biggest turmoil in the Xia since the invasion of the barbarians during the Zhou Dynasty and the Xiongnu raids to the south during the Han Dynasty.

Xianbei people, Huns, Wuhuan people, Qiang people, Di people, etc., they all took advantage of the Sima clan's chaos to fight under the banner of the Han people and spilled the blood of the Han people. This is intolerable.

I can prophesy to you here that according to the nature of the various towns in today's world, I am determined not to win against the barbarians who have absorbed Sinology.

Furthermore, our Bai Kingdom has never participated in the chaos of the world since the founding of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty. This is because we do not want the sword of the Bai Kingdom to be stained with the blood of the Xia Dynasties.

But today, the iron hooves of the Hu people are galloping across the land of Zhuxia, killing our Han people and plundering our Han wealth, just like the Eastern Yi in ancient times.

The ancestors of this king once conquered Dongyi five times, completely disappearing the word Dongyi from the land of Zhuxia, and turning it into the four prefectures of Qing, Xu, Yu, and Yan today.

And as a descendant of the Bai family, how can I lack the courage and confidence of Kru?
Most of the people in this court come from my Bai family. Although hundreds of years have passed between us, the glory of our ancestors still bless us.

How can we allow our ancestors to be shamed by us?
I heard that there is a beggar army in the north. It was formed by a group of warriors who were unwilling to accept the rule of the barbarians. If the people have such courage, how can we, as princes and nobles, lack courage?

Since ancient times, we have only heard of Xia kings and Yi people, but never heard of Yi kings and Xia people.

Therefore, the king decided to issue an order to defeat the Hu.

First take Hanoi, then enter Jizhou, seize Bingzhou, and defeat the puppet Han Liu Cong. "

"Death the Hu! Defeat the Hu!"

The generals on the right of the ministers roared one after another, and their excitement could be clearly seen on their crimson faces.

Who can understand the hearts of these generals? The Bai Kingdom has been at peace for hundreds of years, and these warriors of the Bai Kingdom have also been suppressed for hundreds of years.

In addition to training every day, there are military exercises, and there are few opportunities to fight.

In order to maintain the morale of the army and the eliteness of the army.

The Bai Kingdom has set a five-year service period. After five years, the soldiers and generals can be discharged and returned to their fields, but they can also continue to serve, and they will focus on training.

However, 90% of the soldiers will choose to retire after five years because they understand that there is no future in the White Army.

If the Bai Kingdom's military pay was not too high, it would be difficult for the Bai Kingdom to maintain a force of five thousand elite soldiers.

And every twenty years, the Bai Kingdom would set off a wave of purges in the army, kicking out those officers who had corrupted the army.

The Bai Kingdom also exhausted all means to maintain the elite of the Bai Kingdom's army.

As for the 5,000 battalions that the Bai Kingdom has been maintaining, the annual military expenditure accounts for one-tenth of the Bai Kingdom's income. If this was placed in the imperial court, it could support an army of 50,000 people.

(End of this chapter)