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

Chapter 552: After the War of the Three Kingdoms, Huan Wen and Shu were defeated in the Southern Kingdom
Beiding fourteenth year

March
The troops of the Northern Expedition returned to the DPRK.

March 5
When the emperor comes to court, he discusses his merits and rewards:
General of Chariots and Cavalry, Commander of the Navy, and Hou Xia of Wen County. Hou Bo has meritorious service (in the Battle of Bohai Sea, pacified North Korea, and aided Pingzhou). He was promoted to the rank of General of Chariots and Cavalry, and Commander of the Navy, with a rank of second rank.

King Bai Gu of Guangping had meritorious service (suppressing the Korean rebellion and preserving Pingzhou). He was the commander-in-chief of the Jin Dynasty. He was given a special settlement of 3,000 households. He was the general of the hussars, opened the government, and guarded Pingzhou during the holidays as before.

Ma Xie, the governor of Pingzhou, had meritorious service (protecting Pingzhou and resisting the Yan army), and was promoted to the chief historian of Northern Xinjiang, with a rank of third rank.

Shi Ranzhan, the governor of Northern Xinjiang, had meritorious service (assisted Hu Yanying to stop Murong Khan's army and guarded six towns), and was moved to the post of Minister Pushe, and also served as the Minister of Duzhi, with a rank of third rank.

The general manager of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture, the General of the Northern Expedition, and the Marquis of Lu County, Hu Yanying, had meritorious service (guarding the northern border, defending the six towns, and pacifying the Hu people). He was promoted to the second rank of Hussars General and led the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture as before.

General Du Liao, General Linyu Pass, and Changxian Hou Murongxuan had meritorious service (guarding Linyu Pass and resisting the enemy for several years without breaking through the pass). They were promoted to General Wei and ranked second rank.

Wang Meng, the vanguard general and Beizhonglang general, had meritorious service (defeated the Yan camp and commanded the army to retreat). He was given the title of general against the captives, was granted the title of Tinghou, and was appointed as the guard general of Linyu Pass, with a rank of fifth rank.

The Sima in front of the palace and the Marquis of Zhuo County, Liu Meng, had meritorious service (killing Murong Hui, King of Yan), and were promoted to the rank of Lang General in the Chariot and the Chariot Guard in charge, with a rank of fifth rank.

Cui Hao, the Minister of the Fifth Army and a member of the imperial army, was promoted to the third rank of Minister of the Fifth Army for his meritorious service.

The general Bai Lin, the king of Dongwu, had meritorious service (guarding Hedong and capturing Feng Yi County), and gained 3,000 households in the city. In particular, he extended his title to the king by one generation, for a total of two generations.

Baiji, the king of Shanyang, Baihai, the king of Taiyuan, and other kings had meritorious service in guarding, and five hundred households were granted additional food.

The war in the north came to an end, and the battle between Xia and Zhao Yan, plus the naval battle of Jin, lasted for nearly two years.

In two years, the four countries mobilized more than 600,000 soldiers and mobilized no less than 5 million civilians to transport grain and grass. Almost half of the population in the north was involved in this unprecedented war.

The final result was that Xia State, with its own power, blocked the attack of hundreds of warships of Jin State, as well as the attack of a total of 400,000 troops from Zhao and Yan.

King Murong Huang of Yan was beheaded by Xia's army, and Zhao was captured by Xia's Feng Yi County. Only Jin used its navy alone, with almost no casualties.

However, after this war, the vitality of the Three Kingdoms was severely damaged, and it can be expected that they will not be able to make any big moves in the next few years.

While the war in the north was in full swing, Jin was not idle either.

Huan Wen, the governor of Jingzhou in Jin Dynasty, learned about the battle between Xia and Zhao and Yan. He believed that this was an excellent opportunity for Jin to regain Shu. He wrote many times to request a western expedition.

Huan Wen was the son of Huan Yi, the Bada of Jiangzuo. He had a long-standing reputation. He was originally appointed as the governor of Xuzhou and the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of the three states of Qing, Xu, and Yanzhou. He was also the general of the expedition to the west, the governor of Jingzhou, and the governor-general of Jiang Jingsi, Yongliang, and Yi, the military commander of the six states. Wing friendly.

Yu Yi is a maternal relative, and is a brother of Yu Bing, the chariot general who assists the government.

It happened that thousands of people from the late Zhao Runan governor surrendered, and Yu Yi petitioned for the Northern Expedition.

Yu Yi planned to go to Danshui with Huan Xuan as the commander-in-chief, the military officers of the three prefectures of Yong and Liang and the four prefectures of Jingzhou and the governor of Liangzhou;

Appointed Huan Wen as the forward commander, Jiajie, and led the army into Linhuai;
The slaves, chariots, cattle, donkeys and horses from the six states under his command moved to Xiangyang, but they were afraid that the court would not allow it, so they petitioned to move to Anlu.

He also made an appointment with Zhang Jun, who was the shepherd of Liangzhou at the time, and attacked Hou Zhao from the north and the south.

The imperial court discussed the Northern Expedition in accordance with its instructions, and finally agreed to Yu Yi's request for the Northern Expedition at the insistence of Yu Bing and others.

And the chariot general Yu Bing was used to guard Wuchang as Yu Yi's backup.

After obtaining the power of conquest from the imperial court, Yu Yi led tens of thousands of troops, together with Huan Xuan and Huan Wen, a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, and attacked Hou Zhao.

However, Huan Xuan, the governor of Liangzhou, failed in the first battle and was defeated by General Li Zhi of Later Zhao. Yu Yi demoted Huan Xuan to the rank of General Jianwei. Huan Xuan was ashamed and angry about this and died soon after.

Yu Yi appointed his eldest son Yu Fangzhi as the prefect of Yicheng, and he took charge of Huan Xuan's tribe and garrisoned it in the west city.

But the next year, Emperor Kangdi of Jin Dynasty Sima Yue died, and the chariot and cavalry generals Yu Bing and Shangshu Ling He Chong were appointed as auxiliary ministers.

The good times did not last long. Yu Bing passed away at the end of that year. He Chong took over the affairs of the court and lost the support of the court. Yu Yi had difficulty taking care of family and state affairs.

He left his eldest son Yu Fangzhi as General Jianwu and garrisoned in Xiangyang to supervise the Northern Expedition. He returned to the town of Xiakou to control the government affairs.

However, within two years, before the Northern Expedition succeeded, Yu Yi died of illness. Yu Yi originally wanted to recommend his second son, Yu Aizhi, to serve as the general of the auxiliary state and the governor of Jingzhou to succeed him.

However, He Chong stopped him and recommended Huan Wen, thus hindering the Northern Expedition.

However, after Huan Wen took over as the governor of Jingzhou, he still carried on his previous ambitions and continued to prepare for the Northern Expedition. At the same time, he sent spies into Shu to collect intelligence.

Knowing that Li Shi, the current leader of the Han Dynasty, was a fatuous, cruel, dissolute and immoral king, and realizing that this was an excellent opportunity to regain Shu and establish meritorious deeds, he decided to go to the Western Expedition.

At the same time, he was afraid that the imperial court would not make a decision, which would lead to the end of the Three Kingdoms War in the north. He missed the opportunity, so he led his army westward without waiting for the imperial court's reply.

He adopted the suggestion of Jiangxia Prime Minister Yuan Qiao and led a light army of 10,000 elite soldiers to advance quickly, preparing to attack Chengdu directly and destroy the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.

In March of the 13th year of Beiding, when the northern war was at its peak, Huan Wen had defeated the army sent by Cheng Han and reached Qingyi.

After three battles and three victories, they advanced to the gates of Chengdu.

Li Shi, the leader of the Chenghan Kingdom, learned that the Jin army had arrived at the city. He hurriedly had to gather all the troops in Chengdu and fight the Jin army at Zuoqiao outside Chengdu.

The battle was fierce at that time. The forwards of the Jin army were defeated and Gong Hu, who joined the army, died in the battle. The arrows of the Han army even hit Huan Wen's horse.

The generals were afraid and wanted to retreat, but the drummer mistakenly hit the advancing drum at this time. Yuan Qiao took advantage of the situation and urged the soldiers to fight hard, and finally turned defeat into victory and defeated the Han army.

Huan Wen took advantage of the victory to invade Chengdu and burned the town.

Li Shi fled at night, covering a distance of ninety miles, and finally decided to surrender. Huan Wen accepted the surrender and sent Li Shi to Jiankang.

The Chenghan regime thus perished.

After Huan Wen settled Shu, he appointed talented people in the local area and used them for his own purposes. He recruited the old ministers of the Cheng Han Dynasty, Wang Shi, Wang Yu, Deng Ding, Chang Xu and others, to join the army, and successfully pacified the Shu area.

However, Wang Zhao and Deng Ding soon raised their troops to rebel, and were eventually defeated by the Jin army. Huan Wen stayed in Shu for a month and then returned to Jiangling with his troops.

This battle lasted only more than four months from the beginning to the end, which shows that Li lost the people's support in Shu.

The fundamentals of gathering must start with Li Xiong.

Since Li Xiong inherited the ambition of his father and brother and established the Han Dynasty, he has conquered the south and the north. In his reign for more than 30 years, he captured Liangzhou in the north and Ningzhou in the south. He expelled all the old forces of the Jin Dynasty and completely occupied the southwest corner. . However, the issue of selecting the princes has been unresolved.

In the end, Li Xiong decided that his more than ten sons were insignificant and inferior to his elder brother Li Dang's son Li Ban.

Li Ban was a humble man who could widely accept opinions. He respected and cared for Confucian scholars and sages. From He Dian to Li Jian, Li Ban treated them with the courtesy of a teacher.

He also accepted the famous scholar Wang Gu, Dong Rong from Longxi, Wen Kui from Tianshui, etc. as guests and friends, so he gained a wide reputation.

Although many ministers wanted to establish Li Xiong's biological son, Li Xiong said:

"When we first raised the army, we were just like ordinary people raising their hands to protect their heads. They didn't originally want the emperor's inheritance.

At a time when the world was in chaos, the Jin family was in exile, and the people rose up in arms to revolt, aiming to save the desolate living beings, and everyone elected me to be above the status of a prince.

The credit for establishing this foundation originally belonged to the late emperor.

My brother is a direct bloodline, and Da Zuo should be his successor. Hua Hongyimei is wise and wise, as if God has given him this mission. He died on the battlefield after accomplishing great things.

Li Banzi has a kind and filial nature, and is eager to learn and achieve success. He will definitely become a great person. "

Then Li Ban was made the crown prince and the crown prince of the country.

Not long after, Li Xiong suffered from malignant sores on his head and died suddenly at the age of sixty-one.

Li Ban ascended the throne by virtue of his status as prince.

He appointed Li Xiong's younger brother and his cousin Li Shou, King of Jianning, as the Minister of Records to assist in government affairs.

He also mourned in the palace according to the formal attire, preparing to follow the example of Han Xia, mourning for a year, promoting virtue, and entrusting political affairs to Li Shou, Situ He Dian, Shangshu Ling Wang Gui and others.

However, Li Ban's succession made several of Li Xiong's sons dissatisfied. Among them, Li Xiong's eldest son, Li Yue, who was ordered to guard Jiangyang, was the most dissatisfied, believing that Li Ban had usurped the throne that should have been his.

In September of the same year, he returned to Chengdu to attend his father's funeral, and conspired with his third brother Anton general Li Qi to get rid of Li Ban, restore the lineage, and not teach the ancestors to move the country.

Not that no one had heard about the conspiracy of Li Yue and others.

Li Ban's brother Li Jue had some insights and thought that Li Yue must have a plan in mind when he came back at this time, so he persuaded Li Ban to send Li Yue back to Jiangyang and appointed Li Qi as the governor of Liangzhou, and to go to the outer town.

However, Li Ban believed that Li Xiong had not yet been buried and it was immoral to drive away his blood relatives and could not bear to let them go.

So he treated people with sincerity and kindness, as always, without any resentment.

At this time, Taishi ordered Han Bao to use celestial phenomena to tactfully persuade Li Ban:
"There are two white qi appearing in the sky today. This is the reason why there is a secret conspiracy and murderous aura in the palace. In my opinion, it is better for your Majesty to be on guard against your relatives."

But Li Ban didn't understand.

In October, Li Ban went to Li Xiong's funeral palace to mourn as usual at night. Li Yue and Li Qi ambush here and killed Li Ban while he was mourning.

Although Li Ban was dead, Li Ban benefited the court and the people, and they were very disgusted with Li Yue who killed Li Ban. In the end, after the recommendation of the officials, Li Qi was made emperor.

After Li Qi came to power, the first thing he did was to kill Li Ban's brothers Li Du and Li Wei, as well as He Dian and others who were loyal to Li Ban.

Among them, only Fucheng, where Li Wei was stationed, was close to the Jin state. He abandoned the city and surrendered to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, saving his life.

Afterwards, Li Qi made Li Shou the King of Han, the governor of Liangzhou, the captain of the Eastern Qiang army, the central protector of the army, and the official secretary of the Han Dynasty, and he controlled the military and political power.

His elder brother Li Yue was the King of Jianning, prime minister, general, and secretary of the imperial court. He was responsible for the government affairs together with Li Shou, Wang Gui and others.

But not long after, Li Qi thought that his big plan had been successful, so he ignored his old ministers and honored his former ministers Ling Jingqian, Tian Bao and others.

Li Qi was very brutal during his several years in power. He beat, scolded, and killed or deposed his clan members. In particular, he poisoned Li Shou's adopted brother Anbei General Li You, which made Li Shou deeply afraid.

Li Qi was very dissatisfied with the restriction of Li Shou's power. He conspired with Li Yue, Jing Qian, Tian Bao and others to burn down the city bridge and send troops to kill him.

Unexpectedly, Xu Fu, the regular servant of the Central Committee, was Li Shou's man, and he informed him. Li Shou escaped from Chengdu overnight and returned to Fucheng the next day, mobilizing 10,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Chengdu.

He claimed that Shangshu ordered Jing Qian and Shangshu Tian Bao to disrupt the government and wanted to sideline the emperor.

Because Li Shou arrived suddenly and there were many old troops of Li Shou in Chengdu, they entered Chengdu and garrisoned troops in front of the palace that night.

Li Qi was very afraid and sent his servants to comfort Li Shou and wanted to persuade him to retreat.

But how could Li Shou dare to stop when his arrow was already out of the bow? He wrote a memorial saying that Li Yue, Jing Qian, Tian Bao and others had treacherous intentions to disrupt the government and plot to overthrow the country. They were treasonous and should be executed.

Forced by Li Shou's military power, Li Qi completely obeyed Li Shou's advice and killed Li Yue, Jing Qian and others.

Later, Li Shou issued an order in the name of the Queen Mother, deposing Li Qi as the Duke of Qiongdu County and imprisoning him in a separate palace.

Without the emperor, Li Shou's men who were looting Chengdu slowly stopped, and Li Shou had time to deal with the follow-up of that position.

At this time, the subordinates were roughly divided into two groups.

One group persuaded Li Shou to become king, believing that Shu was weak and should rely on a powerful force to survive for a long time. They could surrender to the Jin Dynasty and seize one side.

One group advised Li Shou to proclaim himself emperor, because the horoscope said that Li Shou had the destiny of being emperor for several years. They thought that if he were the emperor, he would be satisfied with it in one day, let alone several years!
In the end, Li Shou, surrounded by his subordinates, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the country's name from "Cheng" to "Han".

After Li Shou became emperor, he inherited Li Xiong's frugal style and had just usurped the throne. Therefore, he followed Li Xiong's policy and did not indulge his desires.

A few years later, I heard that Hou Zhao Shihu was mighty and powerful, and his palace was magnificent. Even though he abused the criminal law arbitrarily, he could control his subordinates and control the country he ruled by just killing and punishing him. I felt envious.

He changed his mind and began to follow his example. If his subordinates made minor mistakes, he would kill them to establish his power. He also recruited civilians on a large scale, built palaces, and pursued luxury.

Before long, the people around Chengdu were forced to serve and were exhausted. Cries and sighs could be heard everywhere, and nine out of ten families wanted to rebel.

Fortunately, Li Shou died in the tenth year of Beiding and only reigned for six years.

After Li Shou died, his eldest son Li Shi succeeded to the throne and continued his father's style. This allowed Huan Wen to invade Shu so easily. This shows that the people of Shu have been looking forward to Wang Shi for a long time.

(End of this chapter)