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

Chapter 563: The Battle of Xingyang is a chain of iron ropes, and the horse stumbles and the Wei Kingdom is doomed

March
After handling domestic political affairs and initially regaining his strength, Yao Yizhong became interested in conquest again.

March

Wei Emperor Yao Yizhong ordered Prince Yao Xiang to lead 20,000 people to attack Luozhou, and he led 50,000 troops to hold back.

March 28
Yao Xiang's troops arrived in Xingyang, and Du Heng, the governor of Luozhou in Jin, led his army to compete here.

April
Just as Yao Xiang and Du Heng were resisting each other in Xingyang, the Qin army suddenly came out of the pass and marched 10,000 cavalry straight into the empty Luoyang.

Luoyang fell to the Qin army.

The Qin army that followed quickly captured all the places in Luozhou except Xingyang, and even the Jin court did not react.

Du Heng on the front line was shocked. After careful consideration, he accepted all the conditions of the envoy Fu Jian sent to persuade him to surrender, and took Xingyang to surrender to Qin.

Knowing that his attacks over the past few days had all served as a wedding dress for Qin, Yao Yizhong was very angry and personally led his troops to attack Xingyang.

Encouraged by the emperor's personal leadership, the Wei army was extremely ferocious.

At this time, the Qin army's reinforcements had not arrived, and there were still only Du Heng's 10,000 defenders in Xingyang.

Under constant attack by tens of thousands of Wei troops day and night, Xingyang City was destroyed and Du Heng was captured.

Yao Yizhong ordered him to be beheaded and his head to be sent to Luozhou.

April 21st

The armies of Wei and Qin fought fiercely at Chenggao Pass.

The Wei army was personally commanded by Wei Emperor Yao Yizhong, and the Qin army was also led by Fu Jian.

The king faced the king, and the generals faced each other. More than 100,000 troops from both sides came and went. The battle was very fierce.

June
The two armies have been fighting fiercely for more than two months.

The long battle, on the surface, is a battle between the generals and soldiers of the two countries, but in fact it is a struggle between the two countries' national strength.

The Wei army, which was not good at governing, soon became unable to succeed and was in short supply of military supplies.

Looking back at the Qin army, they have been recuperating and recuperating for several years, coupled with various prosperous policies formulated by Fu Jian.

As a result, Qin's national power has far exceeded that of the founding of the country, with a hundred thousand men in armor, a granary full of dendrobium, and a home from all over the world.

Wei army camp
Dong Run, the great general of Wei State, was well aware of the current situation and advised Yao Yizhong:

"Our army is short of food, but looking at the Qin army, there is a constant supply of food, and they have newly conquered Luozhou. They are so powerful that they cannot resist forcefully.

Why not temporarily avoid the enemy's edge and wait until next year when food is abundant to attack again? ".

Chariot and Cavalry General Zhang Wen disagreed, but he also had his own opinion:
"This year, both Xia and Jin have no time to pay attention to the Central Plains because of the new death of their monarch. If they cannot defeat Fu Jian quickly and seize Luozhou.

When the two countries free up their hands in the coming year, it will be even more difficult for our army to win.

But what the general said is also a matter of old age. Compared with the enemy and ourselves, we are at an absolute disadvantage.

Why don't you, Your Majesty, stay away for a while to increase their arrogance?

It is said in the art of war that an arrogant army will be defeated. When they are arrogant and the light army advances, our army can organize an offensive and win. "

Unexpectedly, Yao Yizhong didn't adopt it, thinking that he had conquered the world with swords for decades and had never been afraid of anyone:
"Do you want me to learn from cowards?

I definitely won't do it. A man lives to die before fighting. How can he die on the way to retreat?
I gathered the army and went out to pacify Luozhou and kill the rebellious people. Now that Fu Jian is here, he is bullying me for not having the courage.

How can I do what he wants?
If I retreat when I encounter Fu Jian, it will make him look down on me, which I really don't want to do. "

The two wanted to persuade them again, but were forcefully stopped.

He had no choice but to listen to Yao Yizhong's order and go down to organize the army. He must break through the enemy's position before the army's supplies are exhausted.

In the next few days, Yao Yizhong personally went into battle and fought ten battle formations with the Qin army, winning every battle.

This made Yao Yizhong think that his decision was wise.

June 19

Yao Yizhong once again led the army to attack the Qin army's battle formation.

Fu Jian, who was in the formation, looked on with cold eyes and asked Zhang Hao, the general of Huben Zhonglang on the side:
"Are you all ready?"

Zhang Hao, who was full of confidence, responded with clasped fists:
"Your Majesty, don't worry, everything is ready."

"very good."

Soon, Yao Yizhong's troops came into contact with the Qin army's front line. Under the impact of Yao Yizhong's elite Qiang cavalry, the Qin army was about to collapse.

"Send the order and order the iron horse to attack."

"Order!"

Zhang Hao controlled his horse and returned to a group of armored knights.

Only three thousand men were seen wearing iron armor, and the horses were also wearing vests. The horses were connected by iron ropes, and every five horses were connected.

Each knight holds a long iron hammer in his hand, knowing that with one hammer blow, both men and horses will be shattered.

"Boom!"

The sound of three thousand galloping horses was duller than that of ordinary cavalry.

Yao Yizhong raised his sword to smash a Qin soldier in front of him, and saw dust flying in front of him. A group of black-armored knights formed a square formation and charged towards him.

In Yao Yizhong's frightened eyes, he was so proud that thousands of Qiang cavalry across the world fell in pieces.

Although he tried his best to kill several cavalry, he was eventually outnumbered and saw that he was about to die.

"Father, leave quickly!"

Hearing Prince Yao Xiang's reminder, he saw him leading hundreds of knights from the East Palace to rush in front of him and block the black-armored cavalry who wanted to pursue him.

With Yao Xiang at the rear, Yao Yizhong quickly reined in his horse and turned around, breaking through the scattered Qin army's infantry formation behind him.

Yao Yizhong, who broke out of the siege, thought of heading all the way back to Kaifeng. Unexpectedly, his horse, which had followed him for thousands of miles, suddenly died suddenly.

Yao Yizhong, who suffered a sudden change, fell off his horse. The guards around him wanted to rescue him, but were blocked by the Qin army.

In this way, Yao Yizhong was captured by the Qin army and brought to Fu Jian.

In the end, the Qin army beheaded more than 30,000 people and captured Dong Run, Zhang Wen and others. Fu Jian and Yao Yizhong were sent to Chang'an to be imprisoned and reported to the temple of their grandfather Fu Hong, father Fu Xiong, and uncle Fu Jian.

July
Fu Jian sent two generals, Wang Jian and Lu Guang, to take advantage of the victory to encircle Kaifeng. He took Yao Yizhong and other Wei prisoners and returned to Chang'an first. Hearing that the emperor had been captured, Su Hai, the prefect of Jiyin, abandoned Jiyin and fled to Gaoping.

Tian Tong, the governor of Puyang, surrendered the city to Liu Qi, the governor of Yanzhou in Xia.

July
The Qin army approached Kaifeng City.

At this time, the general stationed in Kaifeng was General Jiang Qian, who was protecting the emperor's grandson Yao Ke.

Yao Ke was still young and after much thought, Jiang Qian decided to send his ministers Miao Song, Zhan Shi Liu Yi and others southward to surrender to the Jin State and ask for reinforcements.

Just after Liu Yi left Kaifeng, they met Dai Shi, the prefect of Chen County of Jin State, in Yongqiu.

Hearing that Liu Yi was going south to ask for help from the imperial court, Dai Shi immediately stopped Liu Yi and refused to let him continue, and asked him for the imperial seal.

Liu Yi asked Miao Song to return to Kaifeng to report, while he stayed here.

Miao Song, who returned to Kaifeng, immediately told Jiang Qian about the matter. He learned that Dai Shi had thousands of people, and he pondered for a long time about the matter.

In the end, it was decided to let Miao Song go back to deliver the message. He was afraid that Dai Shi would cause trouble, so he only asked him to come with a few soldiers first.

So Dai Shi led more than a hundred sergeants into Kaifeng to assist the Wei army in guarding Santai.

He also lied to Jiang Gan and said:
"Please take out the seal and give it to me.

The bandits are out now and the roads are blocked, so I don't dare to deliver the message.

If I get the seal, I will ride on horseback to report it to the emperor.

When the emperor hears that the seal is with me, he will definitely believe in your loyalty and will send enough troops and rations to help you. "

Jiang Gan believed it to be true, so he took out the seal and gave it to Dai Shi.

Dai Shi was overjoyed, but remained calm on the surface. He announced that he would send the governor He Rong to Yongqiu first to meet his troops and come to help him defend the city.

In fact, He Rong was ordered to carry the seal and send it to the capital.

Just when Jiang Gan was relieved and waiting for the Jin army's assistance.

Wei Changshui captain Ma Yuan and Longxiang general Tian Xiang opened the city gate first and surrendered to the Qin army.

July 12

The Qin army entered the city.

Dai Shi and Jiang Gan, who were surrounded in the city, had no choice but to hang down from the city wall with ropes and escape to Yongqiu.

After the fall of Kaifeng, the Qin army looted the city of Kaifeng.

Hundreds of Wei's ministers were beheaded, and dozens of Yao family members in Beijing, including the emperor's grandson Yao Ke, were all massacred.

September
Yao Yizhong was killed in Chang'an, and the state of Wei was officially declared destroyed.

Qin went eastward and captured Luozhou and the southern part of Yanzhou.

Especially after taking the big city of Kaifeng, millions of people were annexed by Qin.

The first year of Jingping
New Year
In order to gain Huan Wen's support, Sima Pi, the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty, removed Huan Wen from being the governor of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, and instead appointed him the governor of the three states of Hebei and military affairs.

However, Huan Wen refused and refused.

After discussing with the ministers in the court, Huan Wen was finally given the title of Shizhong, Grand Sima, Commander-in-Chief of all military affairs at home and abroad, a fake yellow ax, and Yu Bao to advocate for him.

Sima Pi was the brother of Jin Mu Emperor Sima Dan, the nephew of Jin Kang Emperor Sima Yue, and the eldest son of Jin Cheng Emperor Sima Yan.

When Sima Yan died, because Sima Pi was still young, the ministers in the court were concerned about the chaos in the world and decided to make their elder brother Sima Yue, King of Langye, the new emperor.

It was time to confer Sima Pi the title of King of Langya.

After Sima Yue died, his eldest son Sima Dan succeeded him.

Now Sima Dan died young and left no heirs.

Empress Dowager Chu believes that Langya King Sima Pi should have ascended the throne as emperor a long time ago. It is the orthodoxy of the royal family. Now no one is more suitable to be emperor than him.

Therefore, Sima Pi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

After Sima Pi ascended the throne, he granted a general amnesty to the world and named his younger brother Sima Yi King of Langya.

With the DPRK stabilized, Sima Pi moved on.

Nowadays, the local military power is held by Huan Wen, the governor of Jingzhou, who has the largest number of soldiers, and Huan Wen's younger brother Huan Chong also serves as the governor of Jiangzhou.

In addition, Yizhou was appointed by Huan Wen, so Yizhou often obeyed Huan Wen's orders.

The Huan family had one clan and two governors, and controlled almost half of the military power of the Jin Kingdom.

Only Xi Min, the governor of Xuzhou, and Yuan Zhen, the governor of Yuzhou, could compete with them.

In order to win over Huan Wen, Sima Picai was promoted to Grand Sima and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese and foreign military forces because of his contribution to the conquest of Shu and his previous contribution to the capture of Luozhou.

After getting rid of the constraints of the court, Huan Wen once again stationed in Hefei to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

This was Huan Wen's third Northern Expedition.

The first two Northern Expeditions ended in failure.

Once, Hanzhong attacked Guanzhong and was defeated by Fu Jian.

Once, he attacked Luozhou from Xiangyang and was defeated by Yao Yizhong.

April
Xi Min, the governor of Xu Yan's two prefectures, wrote to Huan Wen, expressing his willingness to assist the royal family with him and requesting to lead his troops out of the river.

Because the Beifu soldiers stationed at Jingkou were extremely brave, Huan Wen was unwilling to let Xi Min take control of the important town of Jingkou.

Discuss with subordinates how to solve Xi Min.

When Xi Chao, the son of Xi Min, joined the army for Huan Wen, he learned that Huan Wen was planning to attack his father in order to preserve the family and prevent Huan Wen and Xi Min from fighting each other.

He secretly destroyed the original letter and forged it in his father's name, claiming that he was old and sick and asked to take a break from work.

Huan Wen was very happy to learn that Xi Min knew the general situation and knew how to advance and retreat.

He then took advantage of the situation and appointed Xi Min as the internal historian of Kuaiji, and took charge of Xu Yan as the governor of two states, and annexed Xi Min's army.

April 27
Huan Wen personally led 50,000 infantry and cavalry, and together with Huan Chong, the governor of Jiangzhou, Yuan Zhen, the governor of Yuzhou, and Zhou Chu, the governor of Yizhou, made the northern expedition to Qin.

Prepare to attack Qin in one fell swoop and take back the old capital Luoyang and the Guanzhong area.

(End of this chapter)