The eighth year of Yixi arrived with the sound of firecrackers. One hundred and twenty golden branches and copper lamps were lit in the Chang'an Tai Chi Hall, shining like golden light.
The shengs and chimes were playing in unison, the zithers and zithers were playing, and all kinds of delicacies were piled on the tables. The monarchs and ministers feasted while enjoying the singing and dancing.
At Mao hour, the bell rang and the banquet was withdrawn. Yao Xingduan sat on the majestic throne, watching Prince Yao Hong, Shangshu Ling, and General Yao Bi leading the civil and military forces to congratulate and offer gifts to him, laughing loudly, as if in amusement.
After Yao Bi returned to the capital, he followed Jiang Ji's advice and made friends with court ministers and courteous corporals. Many people spoke well of him in front of Yao Xing, and the power gathered around him gradually surpassed that of the prince.
The prince Yao Hong was weak and sickly. Although Yao Xing made him the prince, he thought he was generous by nature and could not govern the country. He preferred to
The third son Yao Bi was "talented in both civil and military affairs". Yao Bi coveted the position of crown prince, and first framed the crown prince's confidant Yao Wenzong. Yao Xing believed the slander and had Yao Wenzong killed. At this time, the original Shangshu ordered Yao Xu, the Grand Prime Minister Yao Shuode, the Taifu Yao Min, and the Grand Sima Yao Chong all died. Servant Yin Wei was lying ill in bed. Seeing that Yao Xing loved Yao Bi so much, the ministers in the court kept silent.
Yao Xing followed Yao Bi's advice and appointed his close confidant Yin Chong as the Minister of Huangmen, and Tang Sheng as the Secretary of the Censor. All the confidential positions around Yao Xing were filled by Yao Bi's cronies, and Yao Xing's every move was ignored. But Yao Bi’s eyes.
Da Sinong Dou Wen, Situ Zuo Changshi Wang Bi and others secretly went to Shu to establish Yao Xing and changed Yao Bi to be the crown prince. Yao Xingsi repeatedly refused to listen, but he did not punish Dou Wen and others for their advice to Yichu.
When the news leaked out, Liang Xi, the right servant, Ren Qian, the servant, and Yin Yinzhao of Jingzhao all went to court to say that the prince was benevolent and had nothing to do with his morality. Yi Chu would only cause civil strife and destabilize the country.
Yao Xing denied it. Liang Xi and others suggested reducing Yao Bi's power and removing his party members, so as to protect Yao Bi but avoid chaos. Yao Xing bowed his head and remained silent.
After Yao Bi learned about the secret report from his chamberlain, he deeply hated Liang Xi and others, but he also felt that the time had not come yet, so he treated his officials more humbly and secretly spied on Yao Xing's actions.
Hearing the laughter of his father on the throne, Yao Bi knew that Yao Xing was actually not happy. The day before yesterday, Yao Xing sent someone to Yin's mansion to inquire about Yin Wei's condition and learned that he would die soon. Yao Xing paid tribute to Yin in front of the Buddha. Wei prayed for blessings and didn’t even eat dinner.
As a general, Yao Bi knew that the Qin State was in a bad situation, with enemies on all sides. In order to increase its military strength as quickly as possible, he forced 30,000 people from various tribes to join the army in August last year. The taxes were also increased by 30%, and there were many more people in Chang'an City. Refugees begging, not to mention Fufeng and Shiping counties, there are people begging everywhere.
Years ago, Yao Bi received a report that many tribes were unable to bear the heavy burdens and fled to places such as Western Qin and Zhuliang. Yao Bi was afraid of offending Yao Xing and did not dare to report during the New Year.
.........In Hanzhong County, Liangzhou, millet from Yongzhou arrived from the Han River, and Sima Xiu ordered porridge to be given to provide disaster relief.
Every day, he would personally go outside the city gate to check on the porridge distribution and found many victims who had fled from Shiping and Fufeng counties in Qin.
After detailed questioning, I found out that what Yang Anxuan told him was true, and that the Qin State was already extremely weak. For Yang Anxuan, the weaker the Qin State, the better. He asked Yuan He to send out news of buying cattle and horses through the cattle and horse market, and at the same time secretly purchased Qin's refugees, men, women, old and young.
A few years ago, Yang Anxuan redeemed Han slaves through merchants and was reported to Yao Xing by Yin Wei. Yao Xing issued an order to strictly prohibit human trafficking at the border.
However, there are still merchants who bribe the border guards to transport people through the customs. Some people who had nowhere to flee heard that as long as they fled to the Jin Kingdom, both men and women could be granted land, and the government would support even the incompetent old people and children. So they tied gourds to their bodies or blew up sheepskin rafts and swam across the river at the risk of death. He fled to Jin State to fight for a chance of survival.
Yang Anxuan was eager to make the fire hotter. He ordered Sima Xiuzhi, the governor of Liangzhou, Lu Zongzhi, the governor of Sizhou, and the three counties of Shangluo, Hongnong and Shunyang to receive the refugees and resettle them properly. He also ordered the four counties of Nanzheng, Shangyong, Shangluo and Hongnong to receive the refugees. The military camps near the city secretly accumulated food and grass to prepare for war.
After the New Year, Yang Anxuan began to deploy troops and generals in the name of drills: in Hongnong City, with Yang Anyuan as the leader, Kuai En and Lu Gui as deputy, unifying 16,000 troops; in Shangluocheng, with Zhu Lingshi as the general, Yin Ji and Zhang Feng were deputy officers, stationed with 16,000 men and horses; Yang Siping was secretly assigned to Shangyong City, and Cen Minghu and Shen Qingzhi were deputy officers, stationed with 12,000 men; Yongzhou Navy had 600 warships and 10,000 soldiers. Liu Zhong was in command, with Chen Yu and Qian Lei as his deputies, stationed in the area of Mengjin Pass and Hulao Pass. In Nanzheng City, Meng Longfu was the general, Zhu Chaoshi was the deputy, and he led 10,000 troops to garrison in Chenggu City on standby.
In Beiqingzhou, Yang Zijing led the Hu vassal to garrison the state; Xi opened the frontier to guard Yanzhou; in order to prevent the Northern Wei Dynasty from going south, Wang Huilong was appointed as the governor of Xingyang and Pei Qiang, the general of Hulaoguan Town, to jointly guard; Jiangzhou City was handed over to Fu Hongzhi and so on.
Now that he decided to attack Qin, Yang Anxuan first sent secret guards to sneak into the Qin State to destroy it, recruited thieves to cause chaos, destroyed farmland, roads, and bridges, and spread rumors disguised as merchants. People in the Qin State were panicked and frightened every day.
After the first month, the general Yao Bi, who was tired of dealing with the situation, reported to Yao Xing the unrest in the country and asked to send troops to exterminate the bandits. He reported that Jin soldiers and horses had gathered in the Hongnong and Shangluo areas with unknown intentions.
Yao Xing was shocked and quickly issued an order to conquer the South. General Chen Liugong and his fourth son Yao Gu led the Yue Cavalry School Lieutenant Yan Sheng to guard Tongguan; Bingzhou governor, Taiyuan Gong's second son Yao Yi guarded Puban and Hedong areas north of the Yellow River, echoing each other with Tongguan. , cut off the Yellow River waterway; use Pingyang Prefect, Ningdong General Yao Chengdu and his brother Yao Hedu to control Hedong County to prevent the Northern Wei Dynasty from advancing westward; Wuwei General Yao Yinan guarded Chiyang to prevent Helian Bobo from going south; his nephew conquered the Northern Wei Dynasty General , Qi Gong Yao Hui guarded Anding City, and he and Yao Yinan were the horns of each other, defending Southern Liang and Northern Liang; the sixth son Yao Chen was the general of Zhenxi, stationed in Chencang, guarding Wuzhangyuan, and guarding against the Western Qin; the general of Zhenbei Yao Jiang guarded the south of Chang'an In Hu County, General Yao Nan of Huiwu Town suppressed Wugong City to defend Liangzhou soldiers and horses.
The Eighth Route Army surrounded Chang'an City in the middle. Yao Xing regained his composure and ordered General Yang Fosong of Zhendong to lead eight thousand soldiers and horses to quell the chaos. Farming must not be delayed.
......... In Yuanchuan, the capital of the Western Qin State, in the main hall of the palace, a large banquet was held for the return of Qifu Gan, to celebrate the success of his nephew, General Zhenwu, who had returned from the victorious battle against Peng Lihua.
West Qin borders Qin to the east, Daxia to the northeast, Nanliang to the northwest, Tyuhun to the southwest, and Qiuchi to the south.
The land area of Western Qin is similar to that of Qiuchi, but it is divided into twelve counties and has more than 30,000 troops. After the founding of the country, Qifugan returned to conquer Lueyang, Nan'an, Longxi and other counties of the Later Qin Dynasty, and captured more than 25,000 people and resettled them in Yuanchuan and Panghan. Yao Xing was unable to attack them, so he had to send envoys to negotiate peace with Qifugan. Gui accepted the title of Later Qin and nominally became a minister to Yao Xing.
After solving the worries in the east, Qifu Gangui sent Qifu Chipan to lead an army to attack Nanliang and captured more than 100,000 cattle and horses. In the first month of this year, he sent his nephew Qifu Gongfu to attack Penglifa of the Western Qiang and captured 13,000 Qiang people. Thousands of households.
Qifu Gongfu looked at his uncle who was joking with the ministers on the throne, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes. This throne should have belonged to him.
In the thirteenth year of Taiyuan of the Jin Dynasty, King Xuanlie Qifu Guoren, the founder of the Western Qin Dynasty, died of illness. His son Qifu Gongfu was only eight years old. The ministers elected his younger brother Qifu Qiangui to succeed him.
In the view of Qifu Gongfu, his uncle is only temporarily acting as the emperor. Now that he is an adult, he should return the throne to himself.
However, after his uncle returned to the country, he established his capital in Yuanchuan and made his cousin Qifu Chipan the crown prince, thus ending his own hopes.
This time he led his army to attack Peng Lifa. Qifu Gongfu really wanted to take the opportunity to lead his army to attack Yuanchuan and regain his throne.
Secretly contacted his brother Qifu Achai, the prefect of Xingguo, to send troops together, but was rejected, so Qifu Gongfu had no choice but to give up.
Prince Qifu Chipan, who was sitting next to the throne, smiled and said: "There is a rumbling in the city of Chang'an. I heard that the Jin army is stationed in Shangluo and Hongnong, and they have the intention to attack Tongguan." Qifu Gangui said disdainfully: "The Jin people are weak, but they are weak. It's a bluff. Yao Xing was scared out of his wits by Helian Bobo, and even the people of Jin were scared." Qifu Chipan persuaded with a straight face: "Father, I heard from merchants that Yang Anxuan, the governor of Yongyan in Jin State, was a ruthless man. When Yao and Qin were prosperous, they were defeated by him several times; Mu Chong, Ding Gong of the Wei State, once went south to attack Yanzhou of the Jin State, but was also defeated by Yang Anxuan. My father should not underestimate this person." Qifu Gangui said with a smile. : "If the Jin people really attack Yao Qin, we might as well take advantage of the situation and send troops to seize Tianshui, Lueyang, Pingliang and other places. Today is a celebration for the Duke, and everyone toasts him."... On the north bank of Wuding River, King Helian of Daxia The prosperous royal tent is stationed here.
Surrounding the tall royal tent, countless tents of different colors are spread out on the green grassland. Cattle and sheep are grazing in the distant mountains. Knights are galloping back and forth. Women in colorful costumes are milking or washing. From time to time, bursts of noise are heard. laughter.
A caravan appeared in the distance, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. A Qingqiu greeted it, and after a conversation, they led the caravan to the edge of the tent.
The leader of the team, a man dressed as a Xianbei man, ordered his entourage to unload the goods, took eight gifts and followed Qingqi to the king's tent to meet with Helian Bobo.
Brother Zena approached the king's tent and was stopped by the guards outside the tent. The gifts were taken and sent into the tent first. After waiting for a cup of tea, someone came out of the tent and called him in.
Zongti is now dead, but his family has settled down in Luoyang. Zhena brother was favored by Yang Anxuan and became a member of the secret guard, under the command of Huang Fu.
In recent years, Brother Zena has used the opportunity of doing business to inquire about news from various countries. He has visited Chang'an in the Qin State, Pingcheng in the Wei State, and even visited Dragon City, but this was his first time to meet the Lord of Daxia.
He Lian Bo Bo's vicious reputation was already well known. The king of Great Xia was cruel and murderous, and would cut off people's heads and pile them into a mountain of skulls. The brother was so worried that he quickly came to the seat in the middle and prostrated himself on the ground.
"Brother Zena of Shanxi merchants pays homage to the king and wishes the king good health."
"Shanxi merchants?" A clear voice said: "Looking at your attire, you are clearly from Xianbei." Then the brother raised his head slightly, took a quick glance, and saw a stern face, thick eyebrows, straight nose, clear outlines, and radiating With a powerful aura.
Not daring to look further, the brother lowered his head and replied: "I am from Xianbei. When Wei conquered Zhongshan City, he fled to Luoyang and made a living by doing business in Luoyang." Helian Bobo asked: "What did you do when you came from Luoyang?" knowledge?"
"I heard that the Jin army was gathering for training in the Hongnong area, and the Qin State sent heavy troops to defend Tongguan. All the way north, the checkpoints were very strict, and the cost was nearly 40% more than before." Helian Bobo said to his younger brother, General Zhengnan, who was standing beside him. , Sili Colonel Helian Aliluo said: "It seems that the news that the Jin people intend to attack Qin is true. You might as well lead 10,000 cavalry with Jin Zhuan to attack Dingyang City and help the Jin people."
