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

Chapter 561: Hu Yuan went to Lichuan to fight, famine arose, Wei Emperor destroyed Zhao

Yanping seven years
February
Wei Emperor Yao Yizhong led more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Puyang.

At the same time, in order to make better use of the remaining Hu soldiers under his command, Yao Xu, king of Taiyuan, was appointed as the Great Chanyu and Hussar General, and a thousand surrendered Hu soldiers were assigned to his command.

May
Yao Yizhong attacked Puyang for more than a hundred days, digging tunnels, building mountains, building houses, and plowing the land. All methods were used, and Shi Zhuan was very frightened.

He sent an envoy to get along with Yao Yi Zhong, expressing his willingness to give up his imperial title and be demoted to the king of Zhao.

At the same time, Shi Zhuan continued to send envoys to Qin and Xuzhou, wanting to request reinforcements from Fu Jian and Zhang Hedu.

June
Fu Jian, who was well aware of the danger, sent General Zhengdong, Sizhou Mu, Jin Gong Fu Liu and General Zhengxi, Qinzhou Governor and Zhao Gong Fu Shuang to lead 30,000 troops out of the pass to support.

On the other side, Zhang Hedu also personally led 30,000 soldiers from Xuzhou.

At the right time, Shi Kun, the Prime Minister of Zhao State who was stationed in Qingzhou, also led the Qingzhou Army to support.

The reinforcements from the three parties combined, totaling more than 100,000 troops.

June 23
Yao Yizhong, who learned of the arrival of Shi Zhuan's reinforcements, still besieged Puyang day and night in person, but still sent partial troops to block the incoming troops from all sides.

He sent his chariot general Hu Mu to stop Fu Jian's army at Xingyang, his general Sun Wei to stop Shi Kun's army at Zhouqiu, and his son Qin Wang Yao Chang to stop Zhang Hedu's army at Rencheng.

July nd
Wei general Hu Mu's 30,000 men were defeated by the Qin army at the foot of Xingyang City. Hu Mu only led the remnants of his army to escape.

On the other side, Sun Wei of Cunqiu did not stop Shi Kun. He lost his troops and fled back with only a few thousand soldiers.

Fortunately, Yao Chang successfully blocked Zhang Hedu to the east of Rencheng, otherwise Yao Yizhong would have faced a more difficult situation.

Facing the upcoming three-sided siege, Yao Yizhong had no choice but to seek countermeasures from his subordinates.

At this time, General Wei Wang Tai suggested:

“The enemy in trouble is stubborn and therefore relies on foreign aid.

At present, powerful reinforcements are gathering from all directions, trying to lure us to send troops to fight, so as to attack us from both sides.

In this case, we should strengthen the fortress without sending troops, wait and see the situation and act, and use this tactic to defeat their plans.

Now that your Majesty is personally engaged in the battle, if we don't have a perfect plan, our great cause will be lost.

Therefore, I sincerely ask you to be careful not to go out. I can lead the generals to destroy them. "

Yao Yizhong, who had been in the military for many years, knew that what Wang Tai said was correct. Just when he was about to adopt it, Taoist priest Fa Rao put forward a different suggestion:

"The Taibai Star is traveling through the Pleiades. It is time to kill King Hu. You will be victorious in one battle. Your Majesty must not lose this opportunity."

Fa Rao was originally a Taoist priest from the Tianshi Mansion, but for unknown reasons, he was expelled from the Tianshi Mansion, and his ultimatum and Dharma name were also withdrawn.

Unable to survive in Xia Kingdom, he could only come to Guanzhong.

Yao Yizhong also met him at that time, and often regarded him as an angel, thinking that God had sent him down to assist him.

It was by obeying the words of heaven that he conveyed that he was able to become the emperor step by step.

Now God is warning me that if I personally lead the troops to attack, I can wipe out all the Hu kings.

In this way, he can rely on this battle to eliminate the two kingdoms of Zhao and Qin and restore Shihu's glory.

So Yao Yizhong, who believed deeply in the proverb, suddenly rolled up his sleeves and announced loudly:
"I have decided to go to war. Anyone who dares to remonstrate will be killed!"

So all the soldiers were gathered to fight, and Prince Yao Xiang was left to lead a part of the soldiers to supervise the battle in Puyang.

July
Yao Yizhong fought with the Qin army of Fu Liu and Fu Shuang, and the Zhao Yuan army of Shi Kun at Lichuan, thirty miles south of Puyang.

Just as the three armies were fighting to a pitch of darkness, Shi Zhuan's army in Puyang suddenly rushed out of the city, defeated the few Wei troops, and slammed Yao Yizhong's rear.

Yao Yizhong was defeated and the remaining Wei generals fled in all directions.

Yao Yizhong, who had been sneaking all the way, fled to Kaifeng with only a dozen knights.

Yao Yizhong appointed Yao Xu, the Great Chan Yu, who specially managed the Hu soldiers. When he led the Hu soldiers to prepare to flee to Kaifeng, his Hu soldiers rebelled and handed him over to Shi Zhi.

Shi Zhuan killed them all.

This battle lasted for four or five days in total. The Wei army was almost completely wiped out, and more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides suffered casualties as a result.

Among them, all the ministers of Wei State were lost, including Sikong Shi Pu, Shangshu Ling Xu Ji, Chariot and Cavalry General Hu Mu, etc., and the court hall was completely empty.

The central court of Wei State was paralyzed, the army was exhausted, and people and materials were all gone. Bandits and thieves swarmed in. There was a serious famine in Si and Hezhou, and everyone was eating each other.

What's more serious is that in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Yao Yizhong distributed all the savings in Zhao's warehouse to build his own kindness.

Therefore, the government was simply unable to provide disaster relief, which made the disaster worse.

September
After regaining his breath, Shi Zhuan sent Zhao Guotai Lieutenant Liu Xian to lead 70,000 soldiers to attack Kaifeng.

Prepare to take advantage of Yao Yizhong's whereabouts and Kaifeng's emptiness to recapture the capital of Zhao State in one fell swoop.

At this time, Yao Yi Zhongqian returned to Yecheng, and no one knew about it. There were a lot of discussions inside and outside, everyone thought he was dead, and they were even discussing which prince should be appointed as the new emperor.

Because Yao Xiang also disappeared after the battle in Lichuan.

Knowing that only Yao Yizhong personally came forward to stabilize the morale of the army at this time, could he have a chance to fight Zhao Jun.

So Zhang Ai, the captain of Shesheng who had been following Yao Yizhong, persuaded him to go to the suburbs to worship in person, so as to calm the hearts of the people, and maybe there would be a turn for the better.

Yao Yizhong, who had already fallen into decadence and confusion after beheading Fa Rao because of his anger, regained his composure.

September
Yao Yizhong went out to worship in person. Sure enough, when the Wei army officers saw that the emperor was still alive, their morale was greatly boosted and they no longer thought about escaping.

September 10th
Liu Xian's army had arrived more than 20 miles outside Kaifeng City. At this time, Yao Yizhong, who only had more than 20,000 men in his hands, seemed extremely panicked.

It just so happened that Wang Tai also escaped back. Because he always regretted not listening to his advice, he summoned him again to seek good advice.

However, Wang Tai resented Yao Yizhong for not following his plan, so he refused to give the imperial edict because he had a sore that would not heal.

Yao Yizhong was furious and said to his left and right:

“Banu, without you Wang Tai, would I still eat preserved mutton with hair on it?
I'll kill you when I come back after I've killed all the barbarians.

Come and pass on my military orders. I will personally lead the troops to defeat Liu Xian.

Let those cowards see that I am the son of destiny. "

With a surge of anger, Yao Yizhong led the remaining 20,000 cavalrymen in Kaifeng and immediately galloped towards the north.

We had received a tip from Kaifeng before and found out that there were only 20,000 people and that there was no backbone. The army was morally disorganized and they were all discussing how to surrender to Zhao.

The careless Liu Xian never thought that a strong enemy would come from the front. He believed that as long as he approached Kaifeng, Kaifeng would surrender without a fight, so his defenses were extremely loose.

Relying on the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry, they arrived at Zhao Jun's garrison in just a few hours.

It was getting late at this time, and Zhao Jun was preparing to set up camp.

Seeing the scattered Zhao army stationed, Yao Yizhong personally led the army to charge.

With the emperor personally taking the lead in the charge, the morale of the Wei army was extremely high, and the Zhao army collapsed at the first touch.

The powerful cavalry of the Wei army penetrated directly from the head camp to the rear camp. The Zhao army was defeated and defeated.

Yao Yi Zhong led his army to pursue them all the way to Gukuang City, beheading more than 30,000 people.

Liu Xian, who stopped, had already been psychologically shadowed by Yao Yizhong, and he quickly sent an envoy to secretly request Yao Yizhong to surrender.

He also said that he was also a Han, but was afraid of Shi Zhuan's force, so he recognized the thief as his father and expressed his willingness to return to Puyang and kill Shi Zhuan as repayment.

Yao Yizhong, who fought continuously for a day and night, knew that his army was at the end of its strength and was unable to fight Liu Xian anymore, so he agreed to his surrender.

September

Just as Yao Yizhong was preparing to return to Beijing, someone from Kaifeng reported to him that General Wang Tai of the Guard wanted to summon the old Qin people in Kaifeng to go to Guanzhong and surrender to the Qin State.

When Shihu decided to settle Guanlong in the west, he moved 70 to 80% of the Guanlong people to Guandong, and moved some of the Huawai Hu people to Guanzhong.

A considerable number of Guanzhong people were used by Shi Hu to fill Kaifeng.

Feeling betrayed again, Yao Yizhong was furious. He immediately abandoned his army and hurried back to Kaifeng with more than a thousand knights himself.

He personally led people to arrest Wang Tai and exterminated his three clans.

October rd
Liu Xian, who returned to Puyang, indeed kept his promise to Yao Yizhong. He stormed the palace with his troops and killed more than ten people including Shi Zhi and his Grand Prime Minister Zhao Lu. Only Shi Ning, the hussar general, fled to Linzi Shi Kun.

He also sent someone to transport Shi Zhuan's head to Kaifeng, and sent his son as a hostage, asking Yao Yizhong to save his life.

At this point, Zhao State was completely destroyed.

Seeing the enemy's head, Yao Yizhong was overjoyed and ordered Shi Zhi's head to be burned at the intersection, so that all the people in Beijing could come and watch.

November

Liu Qi, the former governor of Yanzhou in Zhao who lost his emperor, surrendered to the Xia Kingdom in Juancheng, thereby severing the connection between Puyang and Qingzhou Shikun.

Xia State sent Jinan Governor Ran Min to lead 20,000 troops to Juancheng to meet Liu Qi.

Yanping eight years
New Year
Liu Xian, who had been suffering from Yao Yizhong's nightmare, realized that he could only be at peace if he killed Yao Yizhong himself.

So on the 13th, Liu Xian once again led his soldiers to attack Kaifeng.

Unexpectedly, it suffered another disastrous defeat.

Devastated, Liu Xian returned to Puyang and finally sought spiritual comfort from a local temple.

The temple abbot said to Liu Xian:
"General Liu, whose surname is Liu, is originally a descendant of the Han Dynasty, but now he is suffering from nightmares. This was something that would never happen in the past.

Because the children of the Liu family were entangled by the dragon's luck in the past, even if the Han Dynasty was destroyed, there would still be residual luck surrounding the Liu family's children, protecting them from ghosts and monsters. "

After hearing what the host said, Liu Xian understood immediately and asked people to leave a lot of money to repair the temple.

Returning to Puyang, Liu Xian immediately built an altar and ascended the throne. He claimed to be a descendant of the Han Dynasty.

In order to show the majesty of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xian recruited a lot of laborers, not to mention building a palace.

On the other side, Ran Min, the prefect of Xia Jinan, had already captured the important town of Licheng, and successfully captured Jibei and Dongping counties with Liu Qi, taking most of Yanzhou.

March
Emperor Xia Bai Kai ordered Liu Qi to be appointed as the governor of Yanzhou, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Gui Ming.

Bai Ming, the Taiwei King of Dongwu, came out of the town of Xuchang, Dongping County, to record the affairs of the minister, open the mansion, maintain the integrity, and lead the Taiwei as before.

Ran Min, the prefect of Jinan, was promoted to the governor of Qingzhou, and general Andong was promoted. During the holidays, Gao Wan was stationed at Gao Wanru.

Bailang, the king of Liaodong, went out to Qingzhou to guard Qingzhou and garrisoned Licheng.

(The former Dongwu Wang Bailin and Shanyang Wang Baiji passed away in the first year of Yanping and the second year of Yanping respectively.

Bai Lin was posthumously named King of Yan, with the posthumous title "Wu Ping"; Bai Ji was posthumously named King of Qi, with the posthumous title of "Ding'an". )
(End of this chapter)