The occurrence of this solar eclipse seemed to indicate something ominous about the Jin Empire.
In the imperial capital of Luoyang, Sima Yue, the master who controlled the affairs of the state in Xuchang, issued an edict of amnesty in the name of the emperor, hoping to alleviate the dissatisfaction of heaven.
However, this edict of amnesty did not bring good luck to the crumbling Jin Empire. A few days later, the Xiongnu Liu Yuan appointed Liu Cong, the general of the puppet Han Fu army, to go south along the Taihang Mountains to the Kuluo Sili, and sent the newly surrendered Shi Le In order to assist the generals of the Han Dynasty, he headed east to attack Wei and Zhao counties.
At this time, Liu Yu, who had occupied most of Beihai County, certainly did not know that Shi Le, the founder of the post-Zhao Jie and Hu empire, already had the qualifications of a warlord.
Shortly after occupying most of Beihai County almost without a fight, Liu Yu saw the envoy sent by Wang Mi.
This envoy had already been acquainted with Liu Yu when he was among the Donglai rebels, and he brought Wang Mi's proposal.
Wang Mi, who was originally roaming around Xuzhou and Qingzhou, had won many battles at this time, and his army had expanded to nearly 100,000 people.
Because so many people gathered together, even supplies and meals became a big burden. Wang Mi had no choice but to assign his troops to Cao Yi, Xu Miao, Gao Liang and others to disperse the Kouluo states. county.
As a result, the area destroyed by Wang Mi's rebel army became even larger, but the local prefectures and counties in the Western Jin Dynasty did not have enough troops to fight back.
Wang Mi attacked Yanzhou many times before, but was defeated repeatedly by Gou Xi. Therefore, when Wang Mi learned that Liu Yu and Gou Xi were attacking each other, he immediately sent people to contact Liu Yu and made an appointment to attack Gou Xi at the same time, so that he could not look after each other. Predict Qingzhou, Wang Mi won Yanzhou.
After listening to Wang Mi's proposal, Liu Yu refused without hesitation. It was not because Liu Yu and Wang Mi had a bad relationship among the Donglai rebels.
It's because Wang Mi has no bottom line, unlike those who kill for power and fame.
In Liu Yu's view, this Wang Mi was the kind of person with an "anti-social" personality, and his actions were completely in the style of a bandit, not the behavior of a normal contender at all.
When Wang Mi was wreaking havoc in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, he didn't care about the aristocratic families or the poor families in Guizhou. There was no difference in killing people. Therefore, although he won many battles, he still didn't have a stable rear.
And if Liu Yu colludes with people like Wang Mi, most of the aristocratic families in Beihai County who have finally taken the initiative to join Liu Yu will run away in an instant.
Because although Gou Xi is known as "Uncle Butcher", he has rules to follow, while Wang Mi has the face of a perverted murderer, which is enough to shatter all the prestige Liu Yu has just accumulated.
Later, Liu Yu convened a meeting with the powerful people in Beihai County, because these powerful people were basically recruited by Liu Yu to become his subordinate officials.
Liu Yu told them that Wang Mi, who had a crowd of 100,000, sent an envoy to join Liu Yu in attacking Gou Xi.
Hearing this, the Beihai County magnates present all spoke out against it. Although Gou Xi is cruel and unkind, he is still a normal person, and Wang Mi is indeed a complete lunatic. If he cooperates with such a person, he will probably be looked down upon by the world's scholars.
At the same time, one of the powerful people also spoke to Liu Yu.
"Wang Mi is a ruthless jackal. Has the general forgotten how Liu Bogen died under Linzi City?"
Since Liu Bogen died in the battle, Wang Mi led his cronies to escape. Almost the entire Qingzhou said that it was Wang Mi who fled before the battle, which exposed Liu Bogen's flank and killed him this time.
After giving enough face to these powerful officials in the north, Liu Yu called Wang Mi's envoy over, expressed the position of the entire army, and rejected Wang Mi's invitation.
He will rely on his own ability to defeat Gou Xi in an upright manner.
Yuzhou.
The general amnesty can only be implemented in the Sili area around Luoyang for the time being, because at this time, the Central Plains was already experiencing barbarian rebellions, frequent rebel armies, and the rise of thieves.
The Xiongnu and Han kingdoms in Bingzhou would attack and encroach on the areas controlled by the Jin court almost every month.
Refugees who fled from Guanzhong and Bashu lived together in the Jingxiang area. These refugees soon broke out in turmoil, which has not subsided until now, cutting off the transportation between Luoyang and Jingnan.
Wang Mi, who was running around in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, causing trouble.
Just when the solar eclipse occurred, the Luoyang court received news that Liu Yu, the governor of Qingzhou Donglai County, claimed to have received the emperor's secret edict, and a conflict broke out with the Qingzhou governor. He had led tens of thousands of troops to capture Beihai County.
Although Grand Tutor Sima Yue was afraid of Gou Xi, he still counted on Gou Xi to extinguish Wang Mi's rebellious army and be a good firefighter for the Jin Empire. He never expected that this would happen at such a critical moment.
Sima Yue couldn't help but cursed in the court, why was it that Donglai County, a ghost place, was free of these rebellious officials and traitors?
Liu Bogen, the demon thief of Tianshi Dao.
Liu Yu came from a lowly and humble family, surrendered to thieves to seek peace, and was involved in internal strife.
Of course, there is also Wang Mi, who comes from a famous family, but his mind is full of murder and arson, and enjoys causing chaos.
As for Liu Yu, the prefect of Donglai County, who claimed to have accepted the emperor's secret edict, Sima Yue felt that as a court, it was better to treat it as invisible and not hear, because this kind of falsely following the emperor's edict had already happened.
In the second year of Yongxing, the right general Chen Min faked an imperial edict and proclaimed himself the governor of Yangzhou, governor, Duke of Chu, etc. He once occupied Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and even used the imperial edict to go north to Luoyang to snatch the emperor's southern tour.
Therefore, it is better not to mention this kind of false edict at all, so as not to avoid the dissatisfied careerists in other places and counties from imitating the same example.
After Liu Yu began to attack Gou Xi, Gou Xi hastily put down the riots of the refugees in Yanzhou and returned to Qingzhou. This gave Wang Mi, who was fleeing in Yanzhou, an opportunity. Wang Mi gathered the scattered refugees and moved Yanzhou south of the river as if After a sweep, more than twenty county guards, captains, and county magistrates were killed.
Taifu Sima Yue, the "king of the survivors" of the Eight Kings Rebellion, now became a poster artist of the Jin Empire. He led the army from the base camp of Xuchang to the north of Yanzhou Juancheng, hoping that when Gou Xi had no time to take care of it, he He personally went into battle to quell Wang Mi's rebellion.
However, I never expected that after Sima Yue's army arrived at Juancheng, Wang Mi suddenly divided his troops into two groups. One group stayed in Yanzhou and fled around Juancheng, while the other group Wang Mi personally led south and fled to the east of Yuzhou.
At this moment, Xuchang, the hometown of King Sima Yue of the East China Sea, was in danger.
Sima Yue, who was short of troops, was extremely anxious. The Chinese army in Luoyang needed to defend against the Huns and barbarian troops. The only thing Sima Yue could count on was the army in Gou Xi's hands.
Therefore, Sima Yue felt that his top priority was to put an end to the mutual attacks between Liu Yu and Gou Xi, and to mobilize Gou Xi's Yanzhou strong army to attack Wang Mi, who was already overwhelmingly in control.
If Wang Mi continues to wreak havoc, not only Xuchang, but also Luoyang will be in danger.
