Agitation for four hundred years: Liu Yao bluffed to surrender to Qianliang, and Zhang Mao was forced to claim that his subjects were depressed

This article is the 84th in a long series of articles, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

In the third year of Taixing (320 AD), Zhang Mao established Zhang Jun as the son of the world, establishing the inheritance of Former Liang.

In the fourth year of Taixing (321 AD), Liangzhou had no war for many years, and Zhang Mao started the idea of building a large number of civil engineering projects, and wanted to build the Lingjuntai, and the foundation was as high as nine taels.

Not long after the construction began, a man named Yan Zeng knocked on the door of Zhang Mao's mansion at night and shouted, "Wugong Zhang Rail sent me to say: 'Why bother the people to build this platform!'" ’”

The official in charge believed that Yan had been a demon and requested that he be executed. Zhang Mao said, "I have indeed made the people work hard, and Yan once pretended to be the meaning of the ancestor to persuade me, how can I say that it is a demon?" "For this reason, the work was stopped.

It can be seen that Zhang Mao did not become arrogant because of ease, but also maintained a valuable introspection.

In the first year of Yongchang (322 AD), taking advantage of Liu Yao's illness, Zhang Mao sent the general Han Pu to lead his people to seize the lands of Longxi and Nan'an and set up Qin Prefecture, and Qianliang's control was expanded.

In the first year of Taining (323 AD), after recovering from illness, Liu Yao successively surrendered Yang Nan's enemies, pacified Chen An, and his confidence increased greatly, and began to deal with Zhang Mao, who took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the throne.

In the autumn of that year, Liu Yao sent his troops to attack Han Pu, who was stationed in Jicheng, and Hu Yanyan to attack Yin Jian, the Ningqiang protector garrison at Sangbi, and personally led 280,000 soldiers to the Yellow River, and the camp stretched for more than a hundred miles, and the sound of the golden drum shook the earth, and even the water of the Yellow River stirred.

In the face of such a large battle, Zhang Mao's soldiers guarding along the Yellow River all fled in the wind. Liu Yao threatened to cross the river in many ways and directly attack Guzang City, and the soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou were greatly alarmed.

Zhang Mao summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures, and Joined the army ma Qian persuaded Zhang Mao to personally go out of the city to resist the enemy, and Chang Shi Was furious and requested that Ma Qian be beheaded.

Not willing to show weakness, Ma Qian said, "Yi Yi is just a useless student, a little unabashedly talented, but he completely disregards the state's grand plan." The father and son of The Ming Dynasty had always wanted to remove Liu Yao for the imperial court, and now that Liu Yao had sent him to the door, people near and far wanted to see how the Ming Gong would respond. At this time, it is necessary to establish honest and courageous achievements to meet the expectations of Qin Longshimin, although the strength is insufficient, it is reasonable to not go out of the city to meet the enemy. ”

Zhang Mao thought about it, agreed with Ma Qian's view, and went out of the city to raise an army to the stone. However, he had no bottom in his heart about how to defeat Liu Yao, and said to Chen Zhen, who joined the army: "Liu Yao mobilized the Three Qin soldiers and swept in with the victory of attacking Chen An, how will we deal with it?" ”

Chen Zhen replied, "Although Liu Yao has many soldiers, there are very few elite soldiers, most of them are from the Rabble-rousers of the Hu and Qiang tribes, and they have no trust in the trust, and they are suspicious of Shi Le, how can he disregard the troubles of his henchmen and compete with us for a protracted battle for the land of Hexi?" If Liu Yao does not retreat after twenty days, he only needs to give me thousands of troops, and I can capture him back. ”

After listening to Chen Zhen's analysis, Zhang Mao finally put down the big stone in his heart and sent him to lead the troops to rescue Han Pu.

As Chen Zhen said, when the current General Zhao was scrambling to cross the Yellow River, Liu Yao said: "Although our army is very powerful, it is forced by the might, and two-thirds of them have to come, and the Chinese army is tired and sleepy, and it is actually difficult to fight." Now you can only hold your troops still and use your momentum to deter the other side, if Zhang Mao's descending table for more than ten days has not yet come, then withdraw your troops. ”

In the final analysis, this is just a psychological war, to see who shows the flaws first, and can't hold back first.

As a result, zhang Maoxian instigated it and took the initiative to send emissaries to surrender to Liu Yao, offering countless horses, cattle, sheep, and treasures. From this point of view, Zhang Maoshi is a yongcai.

For this result, Liu Yao was most pleased to see, and awarded Zhang Mao shizhong, DuDuLiang, Northern and Southern Qin, Liang, Yi, Ba, Han, Longyou, Western Regions Zaoyi, Xiongnu military, Taishi, Liangzhou Mu, Fengliang Wang, jia jiuxi. All the officials who can think of it are sealed, as long as they are soft.

The failure to resist Liu Yao was a great blow to Zhang Mao, who was quite angry, and he became depressed and lived up to his previous self-denial and enterprising. After Liu Yao retreated, he immediately built a large number of construction projects in Guzang, repaired the city wall, and the Lingjuntai project was restarted.

Don't drive Wu Shao advised: "The reason why Ming Gong built the city wall and built a high platform was probably to prevent external troubles. But I think that as long as the subjects have not universally felt the grace of the king, even if they are on the high platform, it is useless, but it will make the subordinates have doubts in their hearts, lose their expectations, and show weakness to the outside world, how can this assist the Son of Heaven and dominate the princes! Hope it stops soon. ”

These words suddenly touched zhang Mao's sore spot, and he retorted: "Is it because there are no loyal and righteous soldiers to die for him?" It's just that the disaster happened suddenly, although the wisdom and courage were both there and the inability to exert it. The princes set up dangers and obstacles to defend the country, and the brave men set up many passes to hold their places, which was the way of the ancients. Today's country is not peaceful, and we cannot use the principles of peace and prosperity to demand harsh people in this difficult era. "Insist on construction.

On May 14 of the second year of Taining (324 AD), Zhang Mao died depressed at the age of forty-seven.

Before dying, he took the hand of his nephew Zhang Jun and said: "My family has been known for filial piety and loyalty for generations, and although the world is in chaos today, you must inherit the family legacy and not lose it." ”

He also ordered: "My official position is not appointed by the imperial court, and I am willing to take charge of myself in order to comply with the events, how can I be proud of it!" When I die, I should wear a white beanie into the coffin and not be buried in a court dress. ”

In fact, Zhang Mao was not so loyal to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but was humiliated or uneasy about liu Yao, who had once submitted to Liu Yao, and wanted to gain inner balance in this way.

In short, if he could, of course he hoped to be able to stand on his own, and if his strength did not allow it, then he would nominally submit to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but in fact dominate the side, and the most unacceptable thing was to submit to Liu Yao.

Not only did Zhang Mao think so, but so did his subordinates. After Zhang Mao's death, the left governor of Liangzhou, Shi Yiyi, and the right chief Shi Mamu thought of Sima Ye's emissary Shi Shu and asked him to grant Zhang Jun the title of Grand General, Liangzhou Mu, and Duke Xiping in the name of the Jin Dynasty. Of course, all this was hidden from Liu Yao.

Soon, Liu Yao learned of Zhang Mao's death and sent emissaries to give him the title of Dazai, the King of Chenglie, and Zhang Jun as the Great General, Liangzhou Mu, and Liang Wang, and Zhang Jun was forced to become a two-faced man.

By the way, introduce the next Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun is the son of Zhang Mao, because Zhang Mao has no son, he was able to successfully inherit the throne of Liang, if Zhang Mao has a son, it is estimated that there will be a storm.

According to historical records, Zhang Jun was a big handsome man and a big prodigal son, who looked strange and magnificent, could write articles at the age of ten, was outstanding and uninhibited, and often served privately at night.

This year, Zhang Jun had just turned seventeen, which was the age of Fang Gang. As the third generation of Zhang's family, how will he deal with this complicated situation? Where should the former cool go?