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

Chapter 521 Jiankang changes power and shuffles, Henan Luo Mo Dao shows his power
The first year of Yongchang (the fifth year of Taixing)
Sima Rui issued an edict to change the name of this year's reign to Yongchang, and to change the country's capital Jianye to Jiankang.

New Year
When he learned that Zu Ti had passed away and that Zhou Fang was no longer here, two of his close friends died of illness one after another, Wang Dun, who had long wanted to abolish Li Li, could no longer bear it.

The twentieth day of the first lunar month

Wang Dun, the general of the Jin Dynasty and the governor of Jingzhou, raised troops in Wuchang and attacked Jiankang eastward in the name of defeating the treacherous minister Liu Wei. He listed Liu Wei's ten major crimes in his Shangshu, saying that he would withdraw his troops as long as Liu Wei was appointed leader.

At the same time, Wang Dun's party member Shen Chong raised troops in Wuxing to respond.

Since Wang Dun was named the governor of Jingzhou, but his administrative office was in Wuchang, the administrative seat of Jiangzhou, he actually controlled the two states of Jingjiang. Wang Dun's army soon arrived in Wuhu, and he also accused Sima Rui of being unfaithful to his close ministers.

When Sima Rui heard this, he was furious and issued an edict to label Wang Dun as a "great treason". He expressed that he would personally lead the Sixth Army in a decisive battle with him, and urgently transferred Liu Wei and Dai Yuan to defend Jiankang.

But at this time, most of the noble families in Jiangdong had an ambiguous attitude towards Wang Dun's revolt.

Even Wen Qiao, a famous scholar from Jiangdong, once told Sima Rui that there must be a reason for Wang Dun's actions and it was not excessive. As long as Liu Wei and Diao Xie were killed, his army would retreat.

But Sima Rui was not stupid. Liu Wei was a foreign vassal he relied on, and Diao Xie was a close minister he valued. If they were killed by him in order to serve Wang Dun, he would eventually betray his relatives and leave.

When Wang Dun started his army, he sent envoys to Liangzhou and Xiangzhou behind his own power, and asked Gan Zhuo, the governor of Liangzhou, and Sima Cheng, the governor of Xiangzhou, to go east together.

Although Gan Zhuo agreed in person, he never sent troops and maintained a wait-and-see attitude between the court and Wang Dun.

Sima Cheng then imprisoned the envoy, raised troops in Changsha to denounce Wang Dun, and attacked and killed Wang Dun's brother-in-law Zheng Dan, the governor of eastern Hunan.

After Wang Dun learned about it, he ordered Nanman captain Wei Yi, general Li Heng and others to lead 20,000 troops to attack Changsha; at the same time, he ordered Le Daorong to join the army to lobby Gan Zhuo to send troops to support him.

Le Daorong was dissatisfied with Wang Dun's rebellion, so he took the opportunity to betray Wang Dun and persuaded Gan Zhuo to attack Wuchang.

It happened that Deng Qian, the chief secretary of Sima Cheng's account, also went to Liangzhou to persuade Gan Zhuo and urged him to raise troops to serve the king.

After much hesitation, Gan Zhuo finally decided to support the court and spread the word to denounce Wang Dun.

When the news came, Wuchang was shocked. Wang Dun hurriedly sent envoys to Gan Zhuo to sue for peace and asked him to stop his troops and return to Liangzhou.

After Gan Zhuo received Wang Dun's letter, he hesitated again and stopped advancing just as he reached Zhukou.

Here, Liu Wei and Dai Yuan, who had received orders from King Sima Ruiqin, led their troops back to Jiankang one after another.

On the same day, he and Diao Xie entered the palace and asked Sima Rui to kill the members of King Langxie's clan who stayed in the capital.

Logically speaking, this request should be reasonable, but Sima Rui refused.

Since Wang Dun rebelled, in order to protect the family members in Beijing from being implicated and executed, Wang Dao led more than 20 members of the family to Taicheng every day to plead guilty.

Sima Rui remembered Wang Dao's old kindness and already needed him to mediate between himself and Wang Dun, so he forgave him.

March
Wang Dun led his troops to the vicinity of Jiankang.

Sima Rui appointed Wang Dao as the forward commander, and also ordered Dai Yuan, Zhou Wei, and Wang Sui to command the army respectively.

The right generals Zhou Zha and Liu Wei were ordered to guard the two military fortresses built in Ye City, Stone City and Jincheng respectively.

In addition, Sima Rui also ordered Gan Zhuo, the governor of Liangzhou, and Tao Kan, the governor of Guangzhou, to take charge of Jingzhou and Jiangzhou respectively and attack Wang Dun from the rear.

March

On the advice of counselor Du Hong, Wang Dun took the lead in attacking Zhou Zha's troops, who were unkind and unmotivated.

Sure enough, Zhou Zha, who was beleaguered internally and externally, quickly surrendered to Kaicheng.

Stone City was captured, and Diao Xie, Liu Wei, Dai Yuan and others found it difficult to survive. They were defeated by Wang Dun one after another, and Wang Dun invaded Jiankang City.

Wang Dun's soldiers and horses were looting everywhere in Jiankang City, but Sima Rui had no choice but to retreat into Taicheng to save his life, with only Anton general Liu Chao and two attendants at his side.

Fortunately, Wang Dun was wary of Gan Zhuo, Sima Cheng, Tao Kan and others who were leading troops outside, so he did not take the opportunity to kill Sima Rui.

Sima Rui had no choice but to send envoys to Wang Dun to ask for peace.

He ordered his ministers and hundreds of officials to pay homage to Wang Dun in Stone City, and at the same time he granted amnesty to the whole country, declaring Wang Dun and others innocent. He made Wang Dun the prime minister, the commander-in-chief of all Chinese and foreign military affairs, the official secretary, and the shepherd of Jiangzhou. household.

At this point, the power of the government was completely vested in Wang Dun, and Sima Rui was completely ignored.

After Wang Dun came to power, Dai Yuan and Zhou Wei were arrested and killed because they were popular.

At this time, Ganzhuo was still stationed at Zhukou. Wang Dun sent out Zouyu banners in the name of the court and ordered Ganzhuo to retreat. Gan Zhuo was worried that continuing to attack Wuchang would force Wang Dun to kidnap the emperor, so he ordered his troops to withdraw.

Subsequently, Wang Dun made some adjustments to the court officials and military generals, and completely took control of important official and military positions inside and outside the court.

April 6
Wang Dun was worried that something might happen when he entered the court, so he was stationed in Stone City and was unwilling to go to Taicheng to meet Sima Rui.

On the same day, he "left without going to the court" and went back to Wuchang to control the government affairs.

Soon, Wei Yi conquered Xiangzhou and captured Sima Cheng. At the same time, he ordered Zhou Lu, the governor of Xiangyang, to attack Ganzhuo and control Xiangzhou and Liangzhou, two important military towns that could contain Jiangzhou.

Shen Chong also invaded the state of Wu from Wuxing and killed Zhang Mao, the national historian of Wu.

May
Wang Dun wanted to murder Zhongliang in Wuchang and support pro-party forces. Later, he took over the post of governor of Ning and Yi prefectures.

He also abolished the position of Situ and merged all the officials of the Situ Palace into his own Prime Minister's Palace.

Sima Rui became ill with worry because of the loss of power, and was about to die soon.

Just when great changes occurred within the Jin court, power was reshuffled, and Zu Ti was newly mourned.

Shi Le made a comeback and sent Shi Hu to lead 50,000 troops to invade Henan.

Zu Ti's younger brother, who inherited the ancestral promise of his tribe, could not resist. Liu Wei and Dai Yuan took all their troops to Jiankang. Without reinforcements, they had to retreat to Shouchun. At this point, the large area of ​​Henan land recovered by Zu Ti finally fell into the hands of Hou Zhao.

May 20

Bai Yan learned that Shi Le had sent troops to Henan and that the capital was empty of troops. He also found out about Hou Zhao's internal affairs, but Duan Pizhen was still dissatisfied with Shi Le.

In the territory of Shizhao, he often wore the imperial uniform of the Jin Dynasty and held the Jin Festival to lobby the nearby powerful people and the surrendered Duan Xianbei leaders to resist Jiehu.

Then he sent an envoy to contact Duan Pixi and agreed to attack Zhao together.

"General, when I was in Hanoi, I often heard that the general was loyal to the Jin court. His reputation was resounding throughout the world, and all the great commanders and generals admired him. Even cruel people like Shi Le and Shi Hu had to rely on his reputation to govern Youzhou.

Today, our country, Bai, rebels against Zhao, aiming to restore the Central Plains, recreate Han costumes, and splendid civilization.

My king often says that a gentleman's deeds have no regard for his heart. The general's behavior is that of a true gentleman. Even some Han people are not as good as him.

If you are worried that our Bai Kingdom might be suspicious of General Xianbei’s identity, then there is no need to do so.

The general may not know that there are many Hus in our country who are attached to China. Although they were born into the Hu and Qiang tribe, their actions are no different from those of the Han people, and no one has any other opinions about them.

The general is loyal to the Jin court, but in fact he is loyal to the Han Dynasty, which has its roots in the Xia civilization.

I, the Bai Kingdom, inherited the clothes and crowns of the Xia Dynasty from above, and brought the glory of the Three Han Dynasties from below. I am more representative of the Zhengshuo of China than Sima Jin. Why does the general abandon the near and seek the far, favor the other but despise the other?
Since General Kuang was defeated at the hands of Shi Zhao, he always wore Han clothes and persuaded the tribal leaders to rebel against Zhao. He had become a thorn in Shi Le's side and a thorn in his flesh. Soon he would send people to destroy the general.

At this time, if the general does not rely on me, Bai Guo, who else can he rely on?
If the general is willing, the door of Bai Kingdom will always be open to the general. "

Under the persuasion of the Bai State envoy, Duan Pixi wavered, but he always thought of the Jin court and was unwilling to agree.

However, Bai Shi's reminder also made him strengthen the defense of his residence.

Coincidentally, in order to prevent Duan Pixi from stabbing him in the back during the war between himself and the Bai Kingdom, Shi Le sent troops to capture him.

After careful investigation, Duan Pizhen knew about this in advance, and finally no longer wavered. After killing the incoming soldiers with Duan Wenyang and his cavalry, he submitted a surrender form to Bai Envoy.

June 5th
Bai Shu led 80,000 white soldiers and fought with Shi Le at the gate of Xiangguo.

Because Shi Hu had taken away the Black Cavalry Army, Shi Le wanted to rely on his Su Guards to tear through the White Army's defense line. Unexpectedly, Bai Shu had already been prepared for this.

Bai Shu saw the flag of Shi Le's pro-army troops turning towards the right formation:

"Send the order and order Tai Shi Jun to lead the Mo Daoying Camp to rush to the right formation to support."

Taishi Jun, who had been promoted to the general of the middle base, took the command flag, galloped into Mo Dao camp, and led Mo Dao camp quickly to the right formation.

When Taishi Jun arrived, Shi Le's general Shi Kuizheng led the Su Guard cavalry to slaughter the white soldiers wantonly, and the white army's right formation was crumbling.

Taishi Jun adjusted his formation first, and then pressed forward with his troops.

Shi Kui saw a military formation with strange weapons appearing in front of him. Although he was confused, his confidence in the Su Wei Army was stronger than his doubts, and he immediately rushed forward with his troops.

The intention was to defeat the formation in one fell swoop.

Taishi Jun calmly directed the Mo Dao camp to form an array:
"The enemy cavalry is coming, prepare your troops!"

Ling Qi ran back and forth on the galloping road left by Mo Daoying, conveying Taishi Jun's order:

"The enemy cavalry is coming, prepare your troops!"

The military princes and Sima Wenwen of Mo Daoying roared angrily:
"The enemy cavalry is approaching, raise your sword!!!"

The soldiers of the Mo Daoying camp were seen with their knees slightly bent, their hands clenched tightly on the handles of their swords, and their eyes fixed on the approaching Su Wei army.

"cut!!!"

"Shh!"

The swords flashed everywhere, and the Mo Dao camp was like a group of ruthless harvesting instruments. They kept swinging their swords, and the Su Wei army fell down row by row like ears of wheat.

Shi Kui couldn't believe it, his eyes gradually became dull, and his body was cut in half by a Mo Daoying commander.

"this!"

Shi Le stood on the high platform, Qingyan witnessed all this, and asked around in disbelief:
"Which unit in the White Army is so terrifying!!!"

Sima, who was in charge of military intelligence, came out and reported in Cold Sweat:
"It is said that a new battalion in the White Army was named Mo Dao Camp. It replaced the Hussars Battalion and became one of the six battalions. It is said that it was specially set up to deal with cavalry. Everyone holds Mo Dao and wears heavy armor, making them invincible.

However, the Bai Kingdom attaches great importance to Mo Daoying. Many of the spies we placed there have disappeared without any news. We have also told the king about this. "

Shi Le was silent. Seeing that Su Wei's army was about to be wiped out, he immediately asked people to raise gold and sent an order to Shi Hu from Henan to come to rescue immediately.

At this time, the soldiers of the Suwei army died, and fell into the terror of Mo Dao. They relied on their loyalty to Shi Le to persevere.

Now when I heard the sound of gold, I ran towards the direction of Xiangguo as if I had been granted amnesty.

At the same time, Bai Shu ordered the entire army to cover up and kill.

Even though Shi Le relied on the speed of his cavalry, more than 30,000 people were left behind.

In this battle, the White army beheaded more than 10,000 people and captured 30,000 people. Shi Le, with only 40,000 cavalry, fled back to Xiangguo City to garrison.

Bai Shu's army surrounded Xiangguo and vowed to kill Shi Le in Xiangguo.

(End of this chapter)