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The Eight Kings Civil War of the Western Jin Dynasty: Summed up in one sentence is a dog biting a dog

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From the perspective of the process, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings can be summed up in one sentence: the dog bites the dog, and the mouth is hairy.

If Sima Lun had not carried out the divine operation of claiming the emperor, perhaps the other kings would not have had any reason to oppose him, because from the obvious point of view, he was a hero after the destruction of the demon, but people were simply hopelessly stupid, and once they were called emperor, all political legitimacy was gone. Since you can touch the throne, why can't I touch it, and with this thought, the local Sima kings began a great chaotic battle of drumming and passing flowers.

The first to jump out was Sima Ran, the King of Qi, who had made meritorious contributions after hunting and killing Jia, who was the son of Sima Zhao's second son Sima You, and the name was very joyful, but the ancient meaning of 囧字 was very positive, meaning bright.

The Eight Kings Civil War of the Western Jin Dynasty: Summed up in one sentence is a dog biting a dog

Because Sima Ran was dissatisfied with Sima Lun's gift, he felt that he could take advantage of the opportunity to unite with Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, to openly rebel. At this time, the places controlled by the three kings were all Key Chong, namely Xuchang, Yicheng, and Chang'an. Sima Ying was the sixteenth son of Sima Yan, and Sima Ying's seniority was the grandson of Sima Yi's third brother Sima Fu, and was considered an uncle. And Sima Liang, who hung up before, and Sima Lun, who is now fooling around, are the two generations with the highest score, and they are the grandfathers, so the rebellion of the eight kings is really chaotic, and the four generations of the grandfather and grandson are in the same hall, which can be described as a collection of old and young, chaotic. I can only sigh that the boys of the Sima family are all stallions, too able to give birth, and it is very likely that they are too able to give birth and mutate their genes.

In short, Sima Sanwang, Ying, and Ying raised troops to attack Sima Lun, and Sima Lun was at this time holding a heavy army of the Forbidden Army, and his strength was obviously superior. At the beginning of the battle, Sima Lun's troops won one after another, but Sima Lun was afraid all day long like a frightened bird, and every day he did was to go to the ancestral temple to burn incense and jump the gods and let people pretend to be ghosts on the mountain, and his men were also afraid of the enemy like a tiger and had no intention of fighting, and as a result, in the Battle of Yingshui, the two generals under his command came into contact with Sima Ran's light troops when their strength was completely superior, and they quickly collapsed. For a time, the army was in a state of confusion, and everyone was in danger, but Sima Ran, who did not have the advantage, seized the opportunity to attack all the enemy troops, all of them were broken, and Hebei was greatly defeated.

The Eight Kings Civil War of the Western Jin Dynasty: Summed up in one sentence is a dog biting a dog

Just when Sima Lun and Sun Xiu were in a panic, a general named Wang You suddenly rebelled, leading more than 700 soldiers of the battalion to attack Sun Xiu from Nanye Gate and hunt him down, and then he led his army to hunt down and kill Sima Lun's party, and overnight, Sima Lun became a lonely man. After Wang Yu took control of Sima Lun, he asked him to issue an edict saying: I was mistaken by Sun Xiu and others, and I was angry with the three kings, and now that I have cursed Xiu, I will be reinstated by the Emperor Taishang, and I will return to the farmland." Wang Yu then sent soldiers to welcome Sima Zheng back from Jin Yongcheng, and along the way the people shouted long live, while Sima Lun and several sons were imprisoned in Jin Yongcheng.

Since the jin yongcheng was repaired during the Sima Yan period, it can be said that it has been ushered in and sent, and it is not busy.

After Sima Lun had committed the Fa, Sima Wei, the Liang king who had joined him in killing Jia Hou, reprimanded him for his many evil deeds and deserved the fa, and finally Sima Lun was given gold leaf wine, and ended up with Jia Nanfeng. When he was dying, Sima Lun was ashamed and embarrassed, covered his face with a scarf, and said in a loud voice: Sun Xiu misunderstood me, Sun Xiu misunderstood me.

The Eight Kings Civil War of the Western Jin Dynasty: Summed up in one sentence is a dog biting a dog

The third phase of the Battle of the Eight Kings ended with the three kings fighting against the victorious Sima Lun and killing himself, and the two sides fought for only more than sixty days, losing more than 100,000 troops.

Some people will ask, obviously the three kings rose up, how the battle was fought by Sima Ran, the king of Qi, everyone looked at the map to know, Sima Ran was closest to Sima Lun, naturally bore the brunt of it, and the battle was known for two months.

Sima Lun died, Sima Zheng became emperor again, and Sima Ran took over the power.

But just like the curse of power, after Sima Ran monopolized power, he also began to be proud and arrogant, indulging in wine and reusing cronies, just like the second Sima Lun. And he also continued to exert his fine tradition, and also came to a divine operation, that is, he did not appoint the sons of the late crown prince Sima Song as princes, but chose a young son of the clan who was not directly related, and this divine operation gave Sima Ying and Sima Ying, who were late for geographical reasons and failed to grab the first merit, have an excuse to start an army again.

The Eight Kings Civil War of the Western Jin Dynasty: Summed up in one sentence is a dog biting a dog

According to the blood relationship, his grandfather was Sima Fu, the younger brother of Sima Yi (that is, the one who had a deep affection for Guo Zhaoyi in Uncle Bo's TV series), and to him, he was no longer counted as a concubine of Sima Yi's bloodline, the relationship was relatively distant, and he could become a prince, completely relying on his talent when he was young. He was still relatively clever, and when he rebelled against Sima Yuan, in order to embolden himself and create momentum, he claimed to lead an army of 100,000 people, and went to Luoyang together with Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and Sima Qi, the king of Changsha.

After seeing the battle text, it was Sima Ran's turn to be afraid of the end, but it was useless to hide, or fight hard, who to fight first, looked at the map, just saw that Sima Qi, the king of Changsha, was in Chang'an, and his strength was the weakest, so in the spirit of really picking up the soft pinch, Sima Ran decided to fight Sima Qian first.

This was another divine operation that Sima Ran would regret for the rest of his life.

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