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

Chapter 554 Xia Jun arrives at Duke Ke of Yan State, but Mobei State does not tolerate me

The twentieth day of the first lunar month

Not long after the Longcheng rebellion was put down, the news had reached the ears of interested people in the south at an extremely fast speed.

Wang Meng learned from the spies planted in the Yan Kingdom that Murong Jun had passed away and Longcheng fell into civil strife, with powerful figures sending troops to attack each other in Longcheng.

Thinking that the Yan Kingdom would fall into a struggle for the throne, he sent a message to Youzhou to guard Baitie, thinking that this was the best time for Daxia to send troops.

Immediately, the two of them jointly submitted a petition to Qiyang, requesting the Northern Expedition to Yan State.

For such an important decision, the Provisional Auxiliary Council did not dare to make a rash decision, and finally the memorial was sent to the Imperial Tombs and the Palace of Filial Piety.

Bai Kai, who was in the period of mourning, sent Shi Bu, the regular attendant, to issue instructions:
"allow."

March

Youzhou was guarding Ba Tie, and general Wang Meng led 20,000 soldiers from Youzhou to attack Linyu.

At this time, the guarding general of Bintu was Bintu Hou Gengzhan, and his eight thousand Bindu soldiers.

However, two months have passed.

What Bai Tie and the two didn't know was that the civil strife in Yan had been quelled by Murong Ke at an extremely fast speed.

After learning that Xia State was sending troops, Yan State responded as quickly as possible and gathered troops to prepare for resistance.

Murong Wei appointed Murong Ke as the Commander-in-Chief of the Conquest of the South, and led Murong Ke's 30,000 Mobei soldiers, together with the 8,000 Xuantu soldiers of Murong Ping, the Duke of Xuantu, and the 20,000 Changli soldiers of Yang Zhuang, the Duke of Changli.

The starry night rushes to the aid of the guests, this is the southern gate of the Yan Kingdom.

And the time it took was only seven days.

But the guest was only a small county town. Even though it had been reinforced many times by the Yan State, it could not withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Xia troops.

However, Geng Zhan, who was guarding the guests, was very brave.

This caused the Xia army to besiege the guest for seven days.

By the time Bai Tie and Wang Meng learned that Murong Ke's reinforcements were about to arrive, they were not far from the guests.

Knowing that nothing could be done, he led the troops to retreat decisively.

March 28
The Yan army's pursuers were already very close to the Xia army.

In order to ensure the smooth retreat of the army.

Bai Tie and the two discussed that they must give the Yan army a painful beating before they could return to Linyu smoothly, otherwise they might be annihilated in the narrow wilderness outside Linyu Pass.

March 29
Murong Ke led 70,000 Yan troops to fight against Xia's 10,000 troops fifty miles outside Linyu Pass.

However, Xia's army was elite and united, but it was only because of its inferior strength that it led to a small defeat.

However, Bai Tie deliberately made people throw away more flags and abandon more armaments.

Seeing that Xia's army was disorganized in the distance and their formation was disorderly, Murong Ke was pleasantly surprised and decided to personally command his troops to pursue them.

However, Wang Meng had already anticipated this and set up an ambush on the road ahead.

When the Yan army pursued them to forty miles outside Linyu, thousands of Xia troops were ambushed.

The Yan army was unexpected, and their formation was scattered in a panic. All units fled, regardless of Murong Ke's orders.

Unable to organize into a formation, the Yan army fell into disarray and was killed by Wang Meng, leaving behind no armor.

After that, Yan Jun had to hang Xia Jun from a distance and send Xia Jun out of the country as a gift.

Although Murong Ke was defeated in the last battle, he finally repelled the Xia army's northern invasion.

This made many people in the Yan Kingdom regard the Xia Kingdom as a scourge, and regarded Murong Ke as the only famous general who could resist the Xia Kingdom's northern invasion and preserve the country.

As a result, this battle greatly increased Murong Ke's reputation in the country, and some people even compared him to the founding monarch Murong Hui.

In the end, with the assistance of Murong Ke, Murong Ping and other loyal ministers of Yan State, Murong Wei relied on Murong Ke's Mobei troops to successfully fill the gap in the weakness of the emperor's army.

The central government's "strong force" prevented some powerful careerists from various parts of Yan State from causing rebellion.

Under the circumstances, Yan State miraculously survived this extremely dangerous year smoothly.

Murong Ke was hailed as "The Duke of Yan" by the people of Yan.

Yanping three years
March
Murong Ke was seriously ill and worried that Murong Wei had no power in his hands, and Murong Ping was very suspicious.

I also thought that Murong Chui had guarded Liaodong for many years without any mistakes, and I knew that the survival of Yan State in the future would probably depend on Murong Chui.

He recommended Murong Chui to King Yan to preside over the affairs of the country.

May
Murong Ke died of illness. Before his death, Murong Wei came to comfort him in person. When asked about the future, Murong Ke once again recommended Murong Chui to Murong Wei.

However, Murong Wei was influenced by the Queen Mother and thought that Murong Chui had second thoughts, so he finally refused.

June
Because Mobei lost Murong Ke's suppression, more than a dozen tribes rebelled, sweeping across the entire northern Yan Kingdom.

Murong Ke's son, Murong Kai, who inherited the Dukedom of Duolun, had no choice but to return to Mobei with the 30,000 Mobei soldiers stationed in Longcheng to suppress the rebellion.

However, there were many tribes in rebellion, and they united with each other, allowing Murong Kai to enter the ambush.

June 23
Murong Kai's 30,000 Mobei soldiers were besieged by hundreds of thousands of rebels.

Fortunately, Murong Kai successfully broke out of the siege under the protection of the personal guard camp.

However, all the Mobei soldiers who relied on to suppress Mobei were trapped in the formation.

At this time, Murong Kai, who fled back to the Duolun area, only had more than 3,000 cavalry in his hands, and was unable to suppress the tribal rebellion sweeping the entire northern Yan Kingdom.

There are even some scattered tribes that have spread to Changli County and the Monan area of ​​​​Yan State.

Fortunately, Murong Khan, Duke of Rouran, suppressed the Monan area and there was no major chaos.

However, the scattered rebels who appeared near Changli and Longcheng made Murong Wei and Murong Ping very frightened.

Then he met Murong Ke's son, Murong Kai, who inherited the dukedom of Duolun. He sent many cavalrymen to Longcheng to ask for support. No matter what, although Murong Wei had no power in his hands, Murong's relatives and princes had military power in their hands, so the Yan State was still the Murong family's Yan State.

This was Murong Huang's plan at the beginning, because no matter how rotten the meat was, it would rot in Murong's pot.

When the court was worried and worried about having no one available, Murong Chui asked to lead troops to suppress the Mobei rebellion.

After discussing with Murong Ping, Yang Qian and others, Murong Wei had no other option, because after Mu Yugen's death, the only generals available to the Yan Kingdom were Murong Khan, Murong Chui, and Geng Zhan.

Murong Khan needed to guard against the invasion of Monan by the six towns of Xia Kingdom, and because of his age, he could not move lightly.

Geng Zhan needed to guard his guests to guard against Wang Meng's surprise attack, so he couldn't move lightly. In conclusion, he could only use Murong Chui.

July
Murong Wei used Murong Chui as the northern governor to challenge the governor of Mobei.

Murong Chui was asked to lead Murong De, the general who conquered the north, and a total of 30,000 Yan troops allocated by Murong Ping and Yang Qian through conscription, plus 10,000 Liaodong troops from his own headquarters, to march to Mobei.

At the same time, Murong Wei asked Duke Xuantu Murong Ping to also serve as the prefect of Liaodong to fill the defense gap after Murong Chui left.

September
Murong Chui led his troops to set up an ambush in the Zuoleshui area, and personally led thousands of Liaodong cavalry as bait to lure the rebels into the ambush.

Finally, the ambush was exhausted, and the neighing of the war horses echoed throughout the grassland.

Murong Chui relied on the elite Liaodong soldiers and preemptive strikes to behead more than 20,000 rebels and captured the most powerful tribal leaders among them.

Knowing that killing alone cannot pacify Mobei.

After having a heart-to-heart talk with several leaders, he promised that he would never disturb the peace of the tribe in the future. As long as he paid tribute on time every year, he could enjoy the protection of the Yan army.

In all the rest, the Yan State did not interfere. They were still the tribal leaders of their own tribe.

Also mentioned the Xia Kingdom:
"Do you want to lure Xia's troops into the grassland?

Don’t you know Xia’s attitude towards tribes like us? We are all Xianbei people, born to be eagles soaring on the grassland.

Are you willing to be imprisoned by the Xia people and reduced to lambs to be slaughtered?
I can tell you clearly that if Yan State had not resisted Xia State's army, Xia State would not have just set up six towns to bully us grassland people.

Twelve towns, twenty-six towns, or even a hundred towns will be set up to completely turn the grassland into the farmland of their Xia people.

This will not be allowed by Changshengtian. "

Several people had heard about the herdsmen in Monan and talked about the Xia Kingdom's dominance over the grassland people, and they hated being controlled from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, the weather has turned cold, and if you continue to fight, your own tribe will perish in the cold winter before Murong Chui can wipe it out.

So several people knelt down to Murong Chui and said:
"The Changsheng Heaven is above. We are willing to accept the rule of the Yan Kingdom. We will hand over the cattle and sheep we have to the Yan Kingdom every year. The Changsheng Heaven will bear witness."

With the surrender of these main leaders, Murong Chui completely put down the Mobei Rebellion after defeating several tribes that were unwilling to surrender.

November

With the victory of the Northern Army, Murong Chui's reputation suddenly reached its peak and his reputation was greatly enhanced.

Some people even believe that Murong Chui is the second Murong Ke. Under the leadership of Murong Chui, the Yan State will defeat the Xia State and enter the Central Plains.

However, this aroused Murong Ping's jealousy.

In order to pacify Mobei, Murong Chui's core army, the Liaodong soldiers, suffered heavy losses, while the other troops were in Murong De's hands.

Therefore, Murong Chui proposed to reward his soldiers to win over the troops.

But Murong Ping suppressed him and refused to report it.

Murong Chui was very dissatisfied and thought he was justified, so he argued with Murong Ping.

But the Queen Mother had always hated Murong Chui, so she not only ruined his military exploits, but also conspired with Murong Ping to kill Murong Chui to prevent Murong Chui from avenging the murder of his wife.

But this incident was known to Murong Kai, who returned to court with Murong Chui, and Murong Chui's uncle Lan Jian, and they told Murong Chui.

Because Murong Kai had a good relationship with Murong Chui when they were in Mobei and admired Murong Chui very much, he persuaded Murong Chui to strike first.

I don’t know if Murong Ke said something to Murong Chui before he died. Murong Chui actually said:

"I can't bear to do this if I kill my own flesh and blood and lead to chaos in the country."

Not long after, the two told Murong Chui:
"I have made up my mind and must act early."

Murong Chui has decided to learn from Murong Ke and is determined not to betray the Murong clan:
"The gap must not be closed. I would rather stay away from it. The rest is beyond discussion."

Finally, under the persuasion of the crown prince Murong Ling, he prepared to leave Longcheng incognito on the pretext of hunting, and secretly returned to Mobei with a small number of soldiers.

After returning to safety in Mobei, recall the remaining troops.

November 27

When Murong Chui and his disciples arrived at Wuchengshui, the youngest son Murong Lin, who had never been favored by Murong Chui, secretly left the team and rushed back to Longcheng overnight to complain to Murong Ping.

After Murong Ping found out, he quickly entered the palace and spoke ill of Murong Chui in front of Murong Wei, saying that Murong Chui returned to Mobei without orders, in order to summon soldiers from Mobei to rebel.

Murong Wei, who didn't know the inside story, believed him to be true, so he sent Murong Qiang, Duke of Xiping, with three thousand elite cavalry to chase him all night long, hoping to keep him in the south of Mobei.

At the same time, Murong Lin was asked to take charge of the 7,000 Liaodong soldiers outside the city as Murong Chui's son.

Soon, based on Murong Lin's information, Murong Qiang chased Murong Chui and his party.

But Murong Chui, who had been on the battlefield for many years, remained calm and calmly sent Murong to stop the rear.

Seeing Murong Ling's subordinates of one thousand elite Liaodong soldiers, they were afraid of ignoring them or being deceived, so they did not dare to pursue them.

It was getting late and Murong Ling said to Murong Chui:

"I originally wanted to protect Mobei for self-protection, but now the situation has been revealed and there is no way to plan.

I heard that the Lord of Qin has established a stronghold in Guanzhong, and he is a barbarian like me. He is recruiting heroes, so it is better to go back. "

Murong Chui agreed, so he dispersed his cavalry all night and wiped out the traces, and quietly entered Monan near Yanshan Mountain.

Yanping four years
June
Because the group consisted of one man with two or even three horses, they passed through the Monan area very quickly, and then entered the Shanan area from Monan, passing through the former northern Han Dynasty where Qiang and Hu were all over the place, and arrived at Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)