Last time, it was said that Liu Yu destroyed the Heng clan and welcomed back the foolish emperor Jin'an Emperor, and the imperial court made Liu Yu the governor of dadu, in charge of the military of the Sixteen Prefectures, Zhen Shou Dantu, Liu Yi fengzuo general, He Wujie sealed the right general, and Liu Yu's younger brother Liu Daogui was made the auxiliary general. The rebellion of Sun En and Heng Xuan eventually made Liu Yu a success, and he transformed from a small army to a governor in charge of the military of the Sixteen Prefectures.
Hengxuan's line was suppressed, but the Sima family did not want Liu Yu's family to dominate, so the imperial court pardoned Huan Chong's grandson Hengyin when it destroyed the Heng clan. Huan Chong was Heng Xuan's uncle and had made meritorious contributions to the imperial court, so the imperial court pardoned Huan Chong. He also made Hengyin the Duke of Fengcheng, and although the emperor was stupid, the Sima family still had capable people.
After Jian Jian's defeat at the Battle of Shuishui, the Former Qin Empire he had painstakingly established also collapsed, and Murong Chui took the opportunity to break away from Former Qin, occupy the Hebei region and establish Later Yan. When Liu Yu suppressed Sun En's rebellion, the north was also fierce, and after Murong Chui's death, Murong Chui's son Murong Bao succeeded to the throne. The chaos of the Later Yan dynasty gave the Tuoba family, who had just established Northern Wei, an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and Northern Wei besieged Later Yan's capital Zhongshan, which was divided in two, and Murong Bao's uncle Murong De established Southern Yan.
On the eastern Jin side, in 406 AD, because Liu Yu recovered the twelve counties of Huaibei, which were occupied by Later Qin, Emperor An of Jin also made Liu Yu the Duke of Yuzhang County. At this time, Southern Yan invaded the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Yu prepared to attack the Southern Yan invaders, at this time the Eastern Jin court was ostensibly harmless to people and animals, secretly turbulent, Fengcheng Gongheng Yin remembered to hate Liu Yu, Yin Zhongwen disobeyed Liu Yu.
At this time, Liu Yu wanted to go north again, and He Wuji saw the pros and cons, and told Liu Yu in the letter that Later Yan's invasion was not worth mentioning, and now Heng Yin and Yin Zhongwen on the side of the imperial court were Liu Yu's confidants, and they must be eliminated first. After Liu Yu thought about it for a while, he and He Wuji devised the story of Luo Qiu's rebellion and killed the Luo family, and Heng Yin and Yin Zhongwen had close contacts with the Luo family and were also implicated. Liu Yu had killed all of Heng's Yu Dang, and at this time, Liu Yu could be said to have only one hand covering the sky.
At this time, Liu Yu's old friend at the Jiankang court, Situ and Yangzhou Assassin Shi Wang Mi, fell ill and died. Originally, Liu Yi was a member of Liu Yu's faction, but after Emperor An of Jin made Liu Yi the Duke of Nanping County, Liu Yi had his own ideas, and the three dukes of the imperial court at that time were Liu Yu, the Duke of Yuzhang County, Liu Yi, the Duke of Nanping County, and He Wuji, the Duke of Ancheng County. Liu Yi did not want Liu Yu to enter the imperial court to assist the government, but he was worried that Liu Yu had heavy troops, so he wrote to Emperor An of Jin and sealed Liu Yu to lead the affairs of Yangzhou, which meant that Liu Yu would be a general outside. Once Wang Mi died, Liu Yi also wanted to control the imperial court.
At this time, Liu Yu's strategist Liu Muzhi took power Liu Yu, and now the Jin royal family is already extinct in name only, it is difficult for you to be willing to be a general for the rest of your life, with your current prestige, you must enter Beijing to control the imperial situation, Liu Yu followed Liu Muzhi's advice, entered Jiankang, and took control of the imperial government.
Originally, Yizhou joined the army, killed Shi Maoxuan, claimed to be the king of Chengdu, and rebelled in Shuzhong. Liu Yu sent Sima Rongqi to assassinate Yizhou and ordered Sima Rongqi to lead an army to fight against Him. Sima Rongqi's younger brother Mingzi (谯明子), who had defeated the White Emperor at the White Emperor's City, did not dare to venture forward due to his own lack of troops, and asked the imperial court to send reinforcements. Liu Yu immediately sent Mao Xiuzhi's troops to join Sima Rongqi, who marched into Chengdu, but did not want to be killed by his subordinate Yang Chengzu, who immediately occupied Bazhou and called himself Bazhou Assassin.
Mao Xiuzhi fought alone in Shudi, and had no choice but to retreat to the White Emperor City. Liu Yu ordered Han Jia Taishou Feng Qian to lead troops to support Mao Xiuzhi, who was originally the former governor of Yizhou, and because of his meritorious efforts in killing Heng Xuan, he was now promoted to Han Jia Taishou. The two joined forces to fight Against Yang Chengzu, and in the Great Battle of Bazhou, Yang Chengzu was defeated and killed, and the Jin army recaptured Bazhou.
Liu Yu also sent Liu Jingxuan to be the Taishou of Xiangcheng, and asked Liu Jingxuan to lead 5,000 troops to fight against The Emperor, and appointed Liu Daogui, the assassin of Jingzhou, as the governor of The Shu Capital, and dispatched all the Shu military. When he heard that the Jin army had come to ask for help, he ran to Later Qin in fear and declared himself a vassal to Later Qin. When Liu Yu asked Later Qin for the twelve counties of Huaibei, The Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing did not want to fight on two fronts, so he had to agree to Liu Yu. Now that there was a matter of stealing chickens, Yao Xing must have done it, and sent his general Yao Xiang to lead the soldiers and horses to help Yu Chuang.
With reinforcements and sufficient supplies, He defeated Liu Jingxuan. Liu Yu used liu jing's declaration of defeat in the middle of the dynasty to test how many political enemies there were, so he asked Emperor An of Jin for guilt, and now who in the court dared to offend Liu Yu, emperor of Jin Also meant that Liu Yu would be demoted to a general in the Chinese army, and other positions would remain unchanged. No one in the DPRK and China dared to oppose Liu Yu, which also gave Liu Yu great confidence in the future to depose the emperor and stand on his own.
When Liu Yu was preparing to attack the Shu lands, Southern Yan led a large army to attack and swore to seize the Huaibei region. So Liu Yu decided to cut down southern Yan first, and then flatten the Shu land. Southern Yan was originally founded by Murong De, who had no sons, so after Murong De's death, the throne passed to his nephew Murong Chao. After Murong Chao ascended to the throne, he sent soldiers to invade the Huaibei region of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Liu Yu appointed his younger brother Liu Daopi to send troops to Huaiyin, first taking precautions, and waiting for Liu Yu to gather soldiers and horses to go to Yan.
Liu Yu led a large army to kill all the way, Murong Chao also led a large army to resist, the two sides fought a big battle outside Linqu City, from morning to night, did not distinguish between victory and defeat, at this time Liu Yu's army Hu Fanbai told Liu Yu that the Yan army raised the strength of the whole country to fight, the rear must be empty, why not send a strong brigade to sneak up on Murong Chao's rear.
When Liu Yu heard this, he said that this was a good plan, and immediately sent the Jianwei general Xiang Mi to lead five thousand soldiers and horses, bypassing the Yan soldiers, and heading straight for Linqu City, just as Hu Fanbai expected, the city was full of old, weak, sick and disabled people defending the city, and Xiang Mi's five thousand soldiers and horses effortlessly captured Linqu City. The defenders of Linqu City came to report to Murong Chao, Murong Chao was surprised and prepared to lead some soldiers and horses to take the city, the Yan army's forward troops saw the commander retreat, and heard that Linqu City had been breached by a sneak attack, and instantly lost morale.
Liu Yu saw this opportunity and took the lead and led his troops to rush to the town, while Liu Yu went straight to Murong Chao. Murong Chao was not Liu Yu's opponent in singles, and was stabbed off his horse by Liu Yu and was about to be killed, at which time Murong Chao's general Gongsun Fifth Floor came to save Murong Chao. Murong Chao hurriedly fled back to Guanggu, and before he could reorganize his troops, Liu Yu pursued and killed him, Murong Chao actually negotiated with the Later Qin emperor Yao Xing, and the two attacked Jin together, but Murong Chao was defeated but did not see Later Qin's reinforcements.
At this time, Later Qin was too busy to take care of themselves, and was beaten fiercely by Emperor Xia Helian. Liu Yu attacked Guanggu fiercely, and Murong Chao learned that the Houqin reinforcements were no longer coming, and he had no choice but to offer Liu Yu a surrender table. Willing to cede da Nang Mountain as a boundary and claim the domain to Jin, Liu Yu disagreed, saying that the Xianbei people were greedy and untrustworthy, and this time they must destroy Southern Yan, and Murong Chao, after learning that the peace talks were hopeless, struggled to resist Liu Yu's army. The Jin army besieged Murong Chao in the capital and let the Jin army attack fiercely, and when the food and water in the city were cut off, the Southern Yan Shangshu Yueshou opened the city gate to welcome the Jin army into the city.
Murong Chao knew that the city was broken, led more than a dozen horses to escape, was captured by Liu Yu, and defeated King Cheng, and now Murong Chao was defeated by Liu Yu, who, after counting Murong Chao's guilt, killed more than 3,000 of Murong Chao's ministers and sent Murong Chao back to Beijing to present him to Emperor An. Liu Yu requested to garrison Xia Pi and prepare to capture Later Qin. After Emperor An of Jin killed Murong Chao, he created Liu Yu and Qing and Ji Erzhou the Assassin of Shi. Liu Yu's power grew larger and larger, and after the destruction of Southern Yan, his prestige in the country also became higher and higher.