Yang Anxuan sent the edict presented by Zhang Gang to Liu Yu. Soon after the edict was delivered, Yao Xing was defeated by Helian Bobo, and the news of recalling the Eastern Expedition army also came.
Liu Yu said in frustration: "Yang Anxuan is so lucky, Helian Bobo actually helped him a lot."
Liu Muzhi said: "Yang Anxuan's letter said that Emperor Yan sent the Minister to ask Han Fan to go for help. At this time, the reinforcements did not arrive, and Han Fan was in a dilemma. Why don't the Lord surrender Han Fan and let him go to the city to shout for the city to surrender as soon as possible, or Works wonders.”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Dao He is right." He immediately sent a letter to Han Fan who was stranded in Tongguan, and summoned him as a regular attendant of the scattered cavalry.
In Xintai City, Yang Anxuan received a letter from Xiangyang. Both Kong Miao and Yin Huizhen expressed their longing for each other in the letter, which aroused his homesickness.
For Yang Anxuan, this war against Yan has achieved the desired result. Only the inner city of Guanggu is still guarding the Yan Kingdom. Its demise is only a matter of time. This victory over Yan cannot be overtaken by Liu Yu.
After thinking carefully, Yang Anxuan decided to return to Xiangyang. Now is not the time to break up with Liu Yu. First, Liu Yu has great righteousness. If he attacks rashly, he will be despised by the world; second, most of the soldiers and horses in his hands are stationed troops and lack of training. At a disadvantage in the fight with the Beifu Army, there is little point in staying in Xintai.
The last letter was sent by Kou Qianzhi. Last year, Kou Qianzhi sent his third disciple Hua Daoning to Liang to preach, and he was very popular among local scholars and people.
After the war in Liangzhou, Hua Daoning led his disciples to Guanghan County to preach, and took a fancy to Jinhua Mountain, forty miles north of Suining City. According to legend, this mountain was the place where the Taoist Immortal Chi Xianzi ascended to the real world.
Hua Daoning wrote to Yang Anxuan, expressing his intention to build a Taoist temple in Jinhua Mountain. True to his word, Yang Anxuan gave Hua Daoning four hundred taels of gold and asked him to build the temple on his own.
Opening Kou Qianzhi's letter, Yang Anxuan felt the panic between the lines. Since Tuoba Gui, the leader of the Wei Dynasty, fell ill, he became moody and killed the clan members and ministers without any reason. m.
After killing Mo Ti and his son last year, he also killed more than 100 Murong families in the country. Taiwei Mu Chong conspired with King Tuoba Yi to kill him, but Tuoba Gui thought of his merits and did not pursue any further investigation. Mu Chong's attack on Jin was defeated by Yang Anxuan. He became ill in bed and was recalled to Pingcheng by Tuoba Gui. He died of illness soon after.
King Tuoba Yi of Wei saw that Tuoba Gui kept killing important ministers, and there was a rumor that "the emperor will be killed for his traitorous ministers." Even Mo Ti's mistake twenty years ago could not be avoided, and he felt deeply that he would not be spared, so he fled to Rouran. Tuobagui sent troops to arrest him and ordered him to commit suicide.
After falling ill, Tuoba Gui often felt uneasy and asked witches to perform rituals. The wizard said that there will be a violent disaster, and the only way to solve it is to "kill Qinghe and kill ten thousand people". Tuoba Gui ordered the massacre of Qinghe County, killing tens of thousands of people.
Kou Qianzhi knew that Tuoba Gui's cruelty was closely related to the golden elixir he offered. In the letter, Kou Qianzhi panicked and asked Yang Anxuan for advice on how to avoid disaster, revealing his intention to stay away from the mountains.
In my memory, Tuoba Gui's life was not long ago, but after his son Tuoba Si succeeded to the throne, he managed the country well and revitalized the Wei state. By the time the Northern Wei Dynasty was passed on, Tuoba Tao was able to flourish, and finally unified the north, which evolved into a confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Yang Anxuan frowned and thought, the rise of the Northern Wei Dynasty would be his biggest enemy, and he should take action to curb it as soon as possible. However, Qiao and Shu were not at peace, the Later Qin Dynasty was still there, and Daxia was in trouble. It was inevitable to compete with Liu Yu for supremacy in the country. It was really not appropriate to make any more powerful enemies and provoke the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Zhang Gang entered the room excitedly, holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, and said with a smile: "My lord, I have improved the nest cart and installed a rotating shaft at the lower end, so it can be rotated in all directions for observation."
Yang Anxuan put the letter away, put his thoughts aside, and discussed the nest car with Zhang Gang with great interest.
The next day, Yang Anxuan ordered Shen Qingzhi to hand over Linqu City to the imperial soldiers and horses. The grain, grass and baggage in the city and what Murong Chao's chariot could take away were simply given to the imperial soldiers and horses.
Yang Anxuan used Linqu City as a condition and asked Liu Yu to select two hundred people from the common people after breaking the city. Liu Yu naturally agreed, and these two hundred people were the foreshadowing Yang Anxuan had laid for Zhang Gang's mother and family.
Zhou Ning, the captain who captured Zhang Gang, was promoted to General Danglu and guarded Laiwu City; Xintai City left three thousand soldiers and horses for Wang Quanyi to guard, and Yang Anxuan returned with Zhang Feng and Shen Qingzhi. After leaving Xiangyang for more than half a year, Zhao Xuan gave birth to a son, and Yang Qiu's delivery date was approaching. Yang Anxuan wanted to return to Xiangyang before his sister gave birth.
When he learned that Yang Anxuan had left, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The knife at his waist has finally been taken away, and we can deal with Guanggu City with all our strength."
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In Tongguan, Han Fan received the letter from Liu Yu and hesitated, so he called Wang Pu, the accompanying Changshui captain, for discussion.
Wang Pu said: "Shang Shuling and the Emperor of Qin are old acquaintances. Why not take the opportunity to stay in Qin? With Han Gong's ability, he will be put to good use."
Han Fan was silent for a moment and said: "When I came to Qin to ask for help this time, Yu found that Qin was far worse than before, and this time he was bullied by Helian Bobo of the Great Xia. Yu saw that after Yan's death, it would not be long before it was Qin's turn. "
Wang Pu sighed softly and said: "How long has it been? Yan's country is about to be destroyed, and the powerful Qin is also declining. I wonder who will dominate the country in the future?"
Han Fan said calmly: "It's just two countries, Wei and Jin. The leader of Wei was cruel and unkind. On the other hand, Liu Yu of Jin had a clear and clear government, so he had a greater chance of winning. Liu Yu was born in a commoner family, defeated Sun En, destroyed Huan Xuan, and revived the Jin Dynasty. "Leading an army to attack Yan and being invincible is a matter of God's will and not of human power. If we don't surrender to Liu Yu, we will be humiliated again soon."
Wang Pu asked: "What does Mr. Han think of Yang Anxuan?"
Han Fan thought for a while and said, "You don't know much about Yang Anxuan. He is also a hero of the moment. But Liu Yu controlled Jiankang and used the emperor to command the princes, which was better than Yang Anxuan."
Wang Pu said: "You have an old relationship with Lu Zong, the governor of Sizhou. I forgive you for not being able to accompany Han Gong and join Liu Yu."
Han Fan sighed: "Everyone has his own ambitions, so there is no need to say more. We will meet again someday and let's talk about our old friendship."
On September 13th, Han Fan went to Guanggu City and surrendered to Liu Yu. Liu Yu was overjoyed and took Han Fan around the city. He ordered Han Fan to shout into the city: "Qin Guoxin was defeated by Helian Bobo and will not send reinforcements."
When the garrison at the head of the city heard what Han Fan said, they were depressed and their morale was low. Situ Murong Hui strongly recommended Han Fan to go to the Qin State to mobilize reinforcements. When he saw Han Fan surrendering to the enemy, he was afraid of being punished by them, so he recommended that the entire Han Fan family be killed.
Qin's rescue failed, and he was trapped in Guanggu City waiting for death. Murong Chao was disheartened and stood up and said: "The leading general Han Zhong is very loyal and loyal to me. How can I bear to kill Zhongliang because of Han Fan. That's all. Pardon the sins of Han Fan’s family.”
Han Fan was the minister of Nanyan, and Liu Yu humbly asked him for advice on the wise men of Yan and how to destroy the city. Han Fan replied: "If Zhang Gang is obtained, it will be easy to defeat Guanggu's inner city."
"Zhang Gang?" Liu Yu asked, "Who is this gentleman?"
"Zhang Gang is the Minister of Yan, and he was also sent to Chang'an to ask for help from the Qin State." Han Fan said: "I once ordered him to go back to Guanggu City with the imperial edict. Didn't Liu Gong capture him? This man is good at making ordnance, like horses in the Han Dynasty. Jun.”
As soon as Liu Yu heard the edict, he hurriedly asked someone to fetch the edict sent to him by Yang Anxuan, handed it to Han Fan and asked, "Mr. Han, is this the edict?"
Seeing Han Fan nod, Liu Yu sighed: "Zhang Gang has fallen into Yang Anxuan's hands."
Yang Anxuan gave Liu Yu too many "surprises". Yang Jiali, forged iron swords, and ships whose details are still unknown will all be turned into combat power on the battlefield. According to what Han Fan said, this Zhang Gang is an expert in manufacturing ordnance. With his help, Yongzhou's combat power will be greatly improved.
Liu Yu said to Liu Muzhi beside him: "Daohe, after returning to the capital, remember to remind Yu to recruit craftsmen from all walks of life. Last time you said that you found the descendant of Marquis Fu Gang in Jiangxia County, so let Daoze send him to the capital to have a look. Do his descendants have any relics of Ma Deheng? I heard from Wanshou that Ma Deheng invented the trebuchet and improved the Zhuge Liannu. If he can reappear in the army, it will double the strength of our army."
Liu Muzhi felt the same and said: "I think that in the name of the imperial court, we should select talents from among the craftsmen and appoint them as officials. If there are inventions that increase military power and promote farming, I will give him a heavy reward. I believe there will be many people who will respond."
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The Southern Yan Kingdom is still in the midst of the storm, but the Northern Yan Kingdom has changed first. Two years ago, Feng Ba launched a coup to annihilate Later Yan, proclaimed Murong Bao's adopted son Gao Yun as emperor, made Longcheng the capital, and used the name of the Yan Kingdom as "Northern Yan".
Feng Ba made Gao Yun emperor just to appease the Murong family and the Xianbei people. Gao Yun knew that he was just Feng Ba's puppet, so he felt deeply uneasy and recruited warriors to protect him.
Gao Yun trusted the two jesters Liban and Tao Ren the most, and wanted to use their hands to deal with Feng Ba, and rewarded them generously. Liban and Tao Ren were greedy and took the opportunity to assassinate Gao Yun. They were killed by Zhang Tai and Li Sang, Feng Ba's generals. So Feng Ba naturally ascended the throne and called himself the king of heaven. He still called him "Yan" and changed his reign name to Taiping.
Gao Yun died on October 13th. On this day, a major event also happened in Pingcheng, the capital of Wei.
Tuoba Gui's concubine and aunt, Mrs. He, was offended, so Tuoba Gui ordered her to be imprisoned in the palace. It was getting late at that time, and he was preparing to kill her tomorrow.
Mrs. He was unwilling to die and sent a maid to inform her son Tuoba Shao to come and rescue her. Tuoba Shao is sixteen years old this year. He is named the King of Qinghe. He is cruel and likes to wear civilian clothes and go to the streets for fun.
After Tuoba Gui learned about it, he caught him and hung him upside down in a well until he almost died. Tuoba Shao was both afraid and hated his father.
After receiving his mother's secret letter, Tuoba Shao was deeply frightened. His father had a violent temper and was planning to kill his mother. Would he also kill himself? He was not pleased by his father at first, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
He was so frightened that he risked his life. Tuoba Shao prepared to enter the palace and strike first. At Haishi, in the dead of night, Tuoba Shao led a few trusted warriors and jumped over the wall into the palace.
After Tuoba Gui became ill, he became paranoid and feared that someone would harm him. Only a few people knew where he stayed at night. Tuoba Gui favored thousands of beauties, and all of them had an affair with Tuoba Shao.
Mrs. He's maid summoned ten thousand people, and Tuoba Shao asked the ten thousand people to hide the weapons he brought with him while Tuoba Gui was sleeping. After waiting for thousands of people to come out to signal, Tuoba Shao led his men straight to Tian'an Hall, Tuoba Gui's residence.
The attendant outside the palace screamed, "There is a thief" and was hacked to death by Tuoba Shao. In the palace, Tuoba Gui was awakened. He jumped up from the couch and touched the saber hanging at the end of the couch, but found nothing.
At this time, Tuoba Shao barged in with murderous intent, and Tuoba Gui shouted: "Niezi, what are you going to do?"
Tuoba Shao knew there was no way out, so he slashed with his knife. Tuoba Gui touched each other with his left arm and was cut off with a single blow. Tuoba Shao stepped forward and stabbed Tuoba Gui into the abdomen. Tuoba Gui fell into a pool of blood.
Seeing the beauties Ten Thousand People beside Tuoba Shao, Tuoba Gui murmured to himself: "So Qinghe and Ten Thousand People refer to you two evil beasts."
On October 14, the courtiers gathered outside the imperial city, but the palace gate was still not open until noon. Tuoba Shao claimed in the palace that the emperor had an edict and ordered all civil and military officials to gather in front of Duanmen.
Tuoba Shao did not dare to face the ministers and asked through the crack in the door: "I have an uncle and an elder brother. Who do you support?"
Everyone was shocked and didn't know how to respond. After a long time, Nanping Duke Sun Song said: "I support the king."
When the news of Tuoba Gui's death spread, Fei Ruhouhe's guardian lit a beacon, and various tribes gathered one after another, causing unrest in the country.
When Prince Tuoba Si heard the news, he immediately returned to the capital and sent his confidant Wang Luoer as a messenger to contact the court ministers. When the civil and military ministers learned that Tuoba Si was coming, they all went out of the city to greet him. The palace guards captured Tuoba Shao and presented them to Tuoba Si.
Tuoba Si killed Tuoba Shao, Mrs. He, ten thousand people, and those in the palace. On October 17th, he ascended the throne as emperor, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yongxing.
In Xiangyang, it was nearly the twelfth lunar month, and Yang Anxuan received the news that the Northern Wei and Northern Yan had changed their emperors. He smiled and said: "Both the Northern Wei and Northern Yan have changed. It's really weird that Liu Yuzhang, the small inner city of Guanggu, still can't conquer it. "
In the outer city of Guanggu, Liu Yu was furious when he saw that the inner city could not be conquered after more than half a year of siege. He ordered his soldiers to shout that the defenders and people in the city should leave the city and surrender years ago, otherwise they would massacre the city in revenge when the city was broken.
Li Xuan, the prime minister of Lingtai, no longer said that the stars of the year were all in harmony, but instead called the two stars of Venus and danger, which were extremely bad, and persuaded Murong Chao to surrender.
Murong Chao hated Li Xuan very much. If you hadn't said that Suixing Juqi might not be in trouble today, he would draw his sword and stab Li Xuan to death.
On the first day of the first month of the sixth year of Yixi, Murong Chao went to the Tianmen of the inner city to receive congratulations from all the civil and military officials.
Murong He Lailu and Gongsun Wulou dug a tunnel to the outside of the city, hoping to break out of the siege while the Jin army was celebrating New Year's Day. Liu Yu had already been prepared, and the Yan army retreated into the city.
Starting from the second day of the first lunar month, the Jin army attacked the city vigorously. By the fifth day of the second month, the south gate of Guanggu City was broken and Nanyan was destroyed.
Some people died, but not completely...
