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

Chapter 553: The end of Beiding war resumes, the death of King Yan and the chaos in Longcheng

September
Leading troops in battles for a long time, Bai Shu's body functions were severely overstretched. In addition, during his trip to Liaodong last year, he was infected with wind and cold, which caused the invasion of evil diseases and made his body worse day by day.

September 21

Bai Shu, who had been coughing up blood for a long time, finally fell ill and was bedridden for many days, unable to attend court.

Prince Bai Kai served in front of the bed, showing his filial piety at every step.

September 29
Bai Shu, who deeply felt that his time was running out, called Bai Kai to the couch and entrusted him:

"After I leave, Hou Zhao will definitely attack. You have little experience in fighting. If it is not necessary, you must not use weapons easily.

When there is an unresolved battle, the Northern Territory can ask the generals, generals of hussars and generals of the guards, or they can go to the imperial edict to ask Taishi Jun and Ma Xie for advice.

Wang Meng is a rare military talent. I predict that within two or three years, there will definitely be changes in the Yan Kingdom, and he can lead the army to make decisions.

Ran Zhan's son Ran Min, the leader of the martial arts academy this year, is rumored to be brave enough to be worthy of all men. I ordered people to investigate him and see if he can be a general.

There is also Cui Hao, the servant of the minister, who is really a good talent and can be left to his own devices.

You know more about political affairs than I do, so I won't say much more. Remember, the one-year period of filial piety must be fully served. I don't mean that I want you to be grateful.

But to let the people of Xia know that filial piety is the first of all virtues. If you are a filial son, you are not bad. "

Bai Kai knelt on the ground and cried bitterly:

"My father's orders shall be kept in mind by my sons and ministers."

"That's it, that's good, that's it." Before he could finish his words, Bai Shu passed away suddenly.

On September 29, Bai Shu passed away in Cheng'an Hall of the Summer Palace at the age of seventy-three.

September

Prince Bai Kai ascended the throne in front of the coffin palace. His mother, Xiahou, was the empress dowager. His eldest son, Bai Wang Bai Qian, was the crown prince. His legitimate grandson Bai Ran was consecrated as Bai Wang. The rest of his heirs were all granted imperial titles.

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October 4th
The emperor came to court in mourning clothes and discussed with the ministers the posthumous title of the late emperor. Finally, he decided to give Bai Shu the posthumous title of "Wu". To eliminate falsehoods, he would rather be true and call him Wu; to be powerful and far-reaching, he would call him Wu; to conquer disasters and chaos, he would call him Wu; to expand the territory of Kaifeng. Said Wu.

After discussion, the temple was named "Gaozong".

At the same time, Bai Kai believed that Xia succeeded Han and ruled the world with filial piety, and decided to restore the title "Xiao", thinking that the full name of the late emperor was "Emperor Xia Gaozong Xiaowu".

October th
There was still one day left before the emperor would observe mourning. Bai Kai and the important ministers of the three provinces, six cao and nine ministers discussed the problems that might be encountered during the emperor's mourning period in the Chengzheng Hall.

Finally, the next year's era name was decided as "Yanping", which meant to continue the peace of Xia Kingdom.

October
Bai Shu's coffin stayed there for seven days and was buried on that day according to the regulations.

On the same day, Emperor Bai Kai moved into the Imperial Mausoleum Shouxiao Palace. Counting from today, he will have to leave the palace one year later.

In order to prevent the Xia Kingdom from wasting time due to the emperor's funeral, the "summer saving" stipulates:
When an emperor dies, he will be buried for seven days.

The mourning for the common people lasts for one day; the mourning for the officials lasts for seven days; the mourning for the clan members lasts for one month; and the mourning for the emperor lasts for one year.

When the queen mother, princes or kings pass away, they will be buried for five days.

The common people and officials do not need to mourn. The period of mourning within five months will last for one month, and the period of mourning for close relatives will last for one year.

When ordinary people or officials die, they will be buried for three days.

Beyond the five robes, mourning lasts for three days; within the five robes, mourning lasts for seven days; and for close relatives, mourning lasts for one year.

The first year of Yanping
New Year
And Shi Hu, who officially proclaimed himself emperor last year, heard that Bai Shu had passed away, Emperor Xia was in seclusion, and the Xia Kingdom entered a period of silence.

Thinking that there was an opportunity to send troops at this time, he contacted the State of Yan and made an appointment to send troops together.

March
Shi Hu led 50,000 troops with King Qin Shi Tao to attack Feng Yi County, intending to regain Feng Yi and occupy Hedong.

He also sent Pengcheng King Shi Zun with 60,000 troops to attack the plains.

King Murong Jun of Yan once again issued the "Xiaxia Order" and repeated his old tricks, hoping to recruit an army to attack Linyu Pass.

However, although the Xia Kingdom was in mourning because of the new emperor's death, it did not mean that the court was paralyzed and there was no one to preside over the government.

Prince Bai Qian, General Bai Lin, Prime Minister Su Zheng and others made reasonable arrangements, leaving Zhao Jun no chance to take advantage of.

Even Ran Min, the son of Ran Zhan, the new general of the Xia Kingdom's Five Bingdu branch, shined in this battle.

With 500 cavalrymen, they rushed out of Linjin City and defeated Qin King Shi Tao's battle formation. The troops reached Shi Tao's big banner and almost killed Shi Tao under his horse.

Shi Tao's horse was fast and he escaped with his life. Seeing the situation, the defenders in Linjin City attacked and killed the Zhao army. In the end, they beheaded more than a thousand people and captured more than 10,000 people.

Zhao Jun's offensive was shattered by Feng Yi.

On the other side, in the direction of Leling, Taiyuan Wang Baihai, who was guarding Nanpi, used 30,000 infantry and cavalry troops to resist the fierce attack of Shi Zun's 60,000 troops under Nanpi City for five days.

Finally, 20,000 reinforcements from the Baiji Division arrived in the plains.

Zhao Jun was threatened from time to time and retreated to Leling. The Hebei offensive was declared a failure.

Finally, in the Battle of Linyu, Murong Jun led a Yan army of 70,000 to attack Wang Meng's 6,000 troops stationed in Linyu.

King Murong Jun of Yan personally supervised the battle, but his soldiers did not listen to him at all.

Linyu City is high and has well-equipped defense facilities, so the losses suffered during the attack were huge. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Yan army were afraid and did not dare to move forward. Often when they reached half way, the Xia army could repel the Yan army with a wave of arrows.

The siege equipment was left on the ground, randomly thrown on the spot, no one cared about it.

Murong Jun also wanted to set up a supervising team and retreat to fight, but he almost triggered a rebellion. In the end, he had no choice but to return to Longcheng angrily.

Wang Meng saw that the morale of the Yan army was low and the flag was tilted, so he led the only one thousand cavalry in the city to attack the Yan army from behind.

The Yan army really did not expect that the Xia army had less than 10,000 people and dared to attack its own army of tens of thousands of people. They were not prepared.

The frightened Yan army collapsed at the first touch, and all the troops fled in all directions with their own troops, none of them willing to damage their own strength for Murong Jun.

This allowed Wang Meng to easily penetrate Murong Jun's formation.

When Murong Jun saw Wang Meng's ferocity, he panicked and ran away.

So there was a scene where Wang Meng's thousand cavalry were in hot pursuit, and tens of thousands of Yan troops were scurrying in front of them. In the end, Wang Meng won the banner of Murong Jun and returned.

After this war, Murong Jun's prestige in the Yan Kingdom was greatly reduced, and many people were very dissatisfied with him as a mediocre leader.

In addition, he has a large number of troops, how can he see Murong Jun leading the Yan country into the abyss step by step.

Among them, the first to take action was Murong Chui, the Duke of Liaodong and General Fuwei who was stationed in Liaodong.

Murong Chui and Murong Jun were half-brothers, but because Murong Chui had always been brave, he was loved by Murong Huang.

But this caused the dissatisfaction of the crown prince Murong Jun.

In addition, Murong Chui's wife Duan was at odds with the Crown Princess Kezu Hun, which the Crown Princess resented.

At that time, someone, on the orders of the Kezuhun family, reported to Murong Jun, the superintendent of the country, that Duan family and Liaodong Dian Shuling Gao Bi were witches, hoping to implicate Murong Chui.

At this time, Murong Huang was personally leading troops to confront the Xia Kingdom, and the Liaodong war had just come to an end.

Murong Jun took the opportunity to imprison Duan and Gao Bi for torture, and asked Murong Chui, who was guarding Liaodong, to come to Longcheng for questioning.

In the end, Duan decided to hang himself in prison in order not to implicate Murong Chui.

Murong Chui was heartbroken and secretly hated him.

Soon, Murong Huang was defeated and Murong Jun ascended the throne. Because Longcheng had insufficient troops and the Xia army was about to attack the city, Murong Chui needed the troops in his hands, so instead he was granted the title of Duke of Liaodong and General Fuwei.

Now that Murong Jun had lost consecutive battles, his prestige had plummeted, and he had less than 10,000 troops at his disposal. It was the time for him to take revenge and revive his father's business.

September
Just when Murong Chui was preparing to send troops.

Because of his long-term grief and anger, coupled with being frightened by Wang Meng, and running in the cold wind for a day and a night, Murong Chui unexpectedly became critically ill within a month of returning to Longcheng.

For the future of Yan State, Murong Jun decided to convene brothers from all parties to discuss and discuss.

Then he summoned Murong Chui back to Longcheng.

Murong Chui hesitated for a moment. Now that Xia's troops are pressing down on Liaodong, it is better not to fight if Yan can avoid chaos. If things turn around, it is better not to fight.

After all, this Yan country still belongs to the Murong family.

Then he took three thousand cavalry and headed for Dragon City.

end of november
Murong Jun died of illness, and Prince Murong Wei came to the throne.

December

Honor the Kezu Hun clan as the Queen Mother, and use Duolun Gong and Murong Ke, the general of the auxiliary state, as the Grand Prime Minister to take charge of the affairs of the court;
Duke Xuan Tu and General Fu Bi were named Grand Tutors;

Duke Changli and General Yang Qian of Fuyi were the Taibao;
Yang Wei Gong and the leading general Mu Yugen were appointed as Taishi, and the three of them assisted Murong Ke in participating in the government affairs.

But Murong Chui had nothing. He understood that he had been deceived into Longcheng by Murong Jun.

But Murong Chui did not dare to do anything, because the three thousand people he brought were not even a fraction of the troops brought by Murong Ke, Murong Ping, and Yang Qian.

In Murong Jun's vision, although he was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, he could serve as an intermediary broker and profit from the various forces in the Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, the people he arranged were all his hopes for the prince Murong Wei.

However, what Murong Jun did not expect was that Mu Yugen, the leading general he trusted most, would give him the first blow shortly after his death.

Muyugen is from Xianbei, but not from the Murong tribe, but from the Muyu tribe, from a small and medium-sized tribe.

Because of his bravery, he made many military exploits with Murong Huang in his early years and was highly used. He even captured King Fuyu for a time, and together with Murong Khan, he was known as the Twin Tigers of Liaodong.

Later, relying on the trust of Murong Huang and Murong Jun, he was promoted to the leading general today, which is the only 10,000 Dragon City Guards in Murong Jun's hands.

However, Murong Jun died only a month ago. Mu Yugen relied on his ancestors and was dissatisfied with Murong Ke's decision to assist the government. He believed that he controlled Longcheng and behaved arrogantly.

At this time, the Queen Mother was also quite involved in foreign affairs.

Mu Yugen wanted to rebel, so he persuaded Murong Ke to join him in the name of eradicating the Queen Mother's interference in politics, so that he could be killed together with the rebel army.

However, Murong Ke did not want to cause chaos in the country and refused him.

By chance, Murong Chui came to visit, and Murong Ke told Murong Chui about the matter.

Murong Chui rolled his eyes. If there was chaos in Dragon City, he could take advantage of the chaos to leave and return to Liaodong. It would be better than living under someone else's roof and being threatened by others.

He then advised him to kill Mu Yugen.

But Murong Ke said that the overall situation was the most important thing and did not agree.

The second year of Yanping
New Year
Mu Yugen learned that the conspiracy was exposed and plotted to kill Murong Ke and Murong Ping, but the two knew about it in advance. They left the city overnight and contacted the headquarters troops outside the city. That night they launched troops to attack Longcheng with the intention of killing Mu Yugen.

But at this time, all the Su Wei army was controlled by Mu Yugen. Although Murong Ke and others arrived in time, they broke through the city gate and entered the city.

But Mu Yugen was not a vegetarian. He led thousands of Su guards and kidnapped King Murong Wei of Yan and the Queen Mother Kezu Hun.

The intention was to confront Murong Ke's troops through the palace wall.

And thinking that both the King of Yan and the Queen Mother were in his hands, Murong Ke and others would still use the rat weapon.

Unexpectedly, Murong Ke was sure that Mu Yugen would not dare to harm the King of Yan. In addition, if Mu Yugen took control of the political power of the Yan Kingdom, it would be a disaster for the Murong family.

So he decisively ordered a strong attack.

The fighting lasted for several days.

Corpses were strewn inside and outside the palace walls, and the corpses at the palace gate could be as high as the palace walls.

Murong Ke's soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades, finally stormed the palace wall and entered the palace.

Seeing that the situation was over, Mu Yugen apologized to King Murong Wei of Yan and led more than a hundred of his followers to launch a final charge against Murong Ke.

In the end, Murong Ke killed Mu Yugen and his followers.

Then, after this battle, because Mu Yugen led all the Su Guards directly under King Yan, Mu Yugen deceived Murong Ke into rebelling, so in the end there were only five or six thousand people left.

The palace could barely be kept safe, but the defense of Dragon City had to be handed over to Murong Ke's soldiers.

(End of this chapter)