Yan State, Zhongshan.
Murong Chui already knew the news that the Jin army surrendered to Shangyong and attacked Hedong, but he did not expect that the Jin army stationed in Linqiu and Xingyang also began to coordinate Xu Zongwen's westward expedition and began the vigorous Northern Expedition!
"That's too much!" Murong Chui's third son, Murong Shao, king of Chenliu, threw a silver cup filled with kumiss at Yan Kingdom Tan Ma.
The kumiss spread out in a graceful arc in the air, and the top of the horse's head was instantly drenched with kumiss!
Gao Hu, the always polite and courteous servant of Sanqi, couldn't help but cursed: "This Xu Xiao is capricious, he is really a villain! He signed an alliance with us years ago, how long has it been? How is it different from betraying the alliance? ?”
Xu Zongwen assassinated King Sima Daozi of Kuaiji, then quelled Sun En's rebellion, pacified the Jin Palace, and the news of his control of power had already reached Zhongshan.
Therefore, everyone knows that it is actually Xu Zongwen who calls the shots in the Southern Jin Dynasty.
Zhang Xiang, the general of the auxiliary state, also pointed to the sky and cursed: "The Han people in the Southern Dynasties have always been cunning and cunning. It is not surprising that Xu Xiao went back on his word. However, our army is about to conquer Bingzhou. At such a critical moment, the Jin army besieged our city of Ye. This is to defeat us." Drive out of the Central Plains!"
"Are you afraid? Your Majesty, please give me five thousand elite soldiers. I will cut off the head of old Zhu Xu and present it to Your Majesty!" Duan Zan, the general of the rear army, stood up and offered his tassel to Murong Chui who was sitting on the throne.
"Okay!" Murong Chui put down the golden knife in his hand that was cutting the roasted whole lamb, raised his eyes and looked at Duan Zan, and gave him the praise that belonged to the Emperor of Dayan without hesitation.
Duan Zan is the leader of Duan Xianbei. Murong Chui regained Yecheng and went north to attack Zhongshan. Duan Zan led 7000 Duan Xianbei tribesmen to surrender and made great achievements in the battle of Zhongshan. His fear of death was quite appreciated by Murong Chui.
"Your Majesty, wait a minute!" Shangshu's right servant shot Zhao Qiu, who was originally just a small soldier. Because of his support, he was appointed to the position of prime minister. Just when the generals scolded Xu Zongwen for being "unethical", he continued to After thinking carefully about it, he has now thought of a solution.
"Oh? Is there anything you can do to make the Jin army retreat?" Murong Chui is not afraid of Zhu Xu and Xu Zongwen, but the Yan State is still in its infancy stage and lacks national strength. It cannot move west and north like the Jin Dynasty. When a war begins, stability must be the first priority.
When the ministers heard that Zhao Qiu offered advice to retreat from the enemy, they all pricked up their ears and focused their attention on Zhao Qiu, who was in the first row of the court class.
"Marriage!" Zhao Qiu woke up the dreamer with a word, "Xu Xiao once had a relationship with Murong Ling, the princess's daughter, and everyone knew that the princess had a deep affection for Xu Xiao. It's better to take advantage of this. Isn't it the common wish of the people of Yan and Jin to take this opportunity to forge a good relationship between the two countries and turn hostilities into friendship?"
Murong Chui frowned. Murong Ling was his most beloved granddaughter. He was afraid it would break when he held it in his hand, and he was afraid it would melt when he held it in his mouth!
However, after being captured by the Jin army, when he returned to Yan State, he felt like a different person. He stood looking south of the city without thinking about food and food every day. I wonder what he was thinking about?
It wasn't until one day when Murong Chui asked Murong Ling's maid that he found out that his granddaughter's soul was no longer in the Yan Kingdom, but had been seduced away by the cunning villain Xu Xiao!
Do you really want to get married so that the villain who deceived my girl can get what he wants?
Murong Chui was extremely entangled in his heart. He was thinking back and forth between family matters and family ties. The wrinkles on his face became deeper and deeper, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed!
"No, we must not marry the princess to Xu Xiao. Doesn't this increase Xu Xiao's arrogance?"
"That's right! The Jin army thought that we, Dayan, were afraid of them, and we have always been Han kin, so how could we do the opposite? Isn't this a sign of weakness?"
"We must not take advantage of that boy Xu Xiao. He wants to marry our princess and let him marry me, Dayan..."
Seeing that Murong Chui was wavering, the important ministers began to worry that their master would really listen to Zhao Qiu's advice and marry the princess to Xu Zongwen.
It is unprecedented for Xianbei to marry Han people!
"Who said there were five precedents for marriage?" Zhao Qiu seemed to have heard the discussion among the ministers, and stepped forward to accuse the minister who spoke out.
"When Emperor Xuanwu was Emperor Xuanwu, the princess Murong married the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian. During the reign of Emperor Taizu Wenming, Zhaochengjun married the acting king Tuoba Shiyijian and gave birth to sons Tuoba Jianjun and Tuoba Han. Emperor Jingzhao of Liezu His daughter, Princess Qinghe, married King Fu Jian of Qin in the sixth year of Taihe, the late emperor's reign."
"These are all examples!" Zhao Qiu said loudly. He knew that Murong Chui was already leaning toward marriage and withdrawal. What he needed at this time was someone to stand up and speak out his true feelings for him, so he refuted the minister in public.
"But that was a marriage with Xianbei and a Di people. Xu Xiao is a Han!" A civil servant born in Xianbei muttered quietly in a remote corner of the palace.
Unexpectedly, these words completely angered Zhao Qiu!
Han people? What happened to the Han people?
"I am also of Han origin. Do you mean that I, Zhao Qiu, am not worthy to stand in the Dayan Temple and make suggestions for Your Majesty to relieve your worries?" Zhao Qiu's face turned red. He was not a pure Xianbei, his father was a Han As a civil servant, the blood of Han people still flows in his body.
After the Battle of Feishui, Zhao Qiu followed Murong Chui to Yecheng. When Fu Feilong secretly planned to attack the Yan army, he came up with a clever plan to help Murong overcome the difficulties.
After the Northern Expedition in the autumn and winter of the ninth year of Taiyuan of the Jin Army ended, it was Zhao Qiu who made plans for Murong Chui to seize Yecheng and Zhongshan first to lay the foundation for the Yan State. Zhao Qiu was also involved in the plan to merge. Zhao Qiu and Murong Chui naturally could not have a normal relationship between monarch and minister. Treat it.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Qiu's words, Murong Chui waved his hand, and two soldiers rushed outside the palace. Soon, Murong Chui's loud voice came from the throne: "Push the ministers Jiang Rang and Zhongshan Yin... out and behead them!"
Hearing this, all the officials fell silent one after another, and the screams coming from outside the palace also made them tremble with fear, feeling quite like a rabbit dead and a fox dead!
Kill whenever you say, Your Majesty is really...
Murong Chui's attitude towards Zhao Qiu immediately made everyone start to re-examine Zhao Qiu's status.
Murong Chui was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Female Murong Ling Princess Gaoyang, send an envoy to Luoyang to convey my Dayan's intention to form an alliance and marriage with Xu Xiao, abandon Ji County and all the cities in the south of Ye City, and concentrate all the troops to defend Ye City! "
Jijun and Dunqiu were originally the lands promised to Jin in the Jin-Yan Alliance. If Xu Zongwen hadn't been ordered to go south to build Kang, the alliance would have been difficult to maintain for even a year.
Nowadays, people are invading in large numbers to regain their own territory. The Yan State is in the wrong, and dividing its troops to resist Xu Zongwen will shake the Yan State's hard-won solid foundation. It would be great if Xu Zongwen could stop the war.
After thinking about this, Murong Chui accepted Zhao Qiu's advice.
"Your Majesty, think twice."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Your Majesty, Dayan might not be able to defeat the Jin army!"
Among the officials, Murong Shao and Duan Zan, the kings of Chenliu, wanted Murong Chui to change his mind. None of them wanted to show weakness to the enemy. How could the Xianbei people be in chaos without fighting?
"I have made up my mind, no more words!" Murong Chui's attitude was surprisingly tough. He held the golden knife again. At the moment before cutting the mutton, he seemed to feel that he had missed something. He looked at the officials and added : "Of course, if marriage cannot defeat the Jin army, we can't be the lambs to be slaughtered. Send the order to gather the troops near Zhongshan and prepare to go south at any time!"
"I will obey His Majesty's order!"
When the officials heard that Murong Chui was especially on guard against Xu Zongwen, they felt relieved.
"Right servant shoot, come with me."
The banquet ended and the officials bowed their heads and left, but Murong Chui stopped Zhao Qiu.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
