Stirring for four hundred years: Lü Long took the initiative to destroy the country to preserve the clan, and the bald man surrendered to the true development

This article is the 245th in a long series of articles, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

In the first year of Yuan Xing (402 AD), Yao Xing sent envoys to worship bald-haired Wu tan as the che general and guangwu duke, Frustrated Qu Mengxun as the general of Zhenxi, The Assassin of Shazhou, and the Marquis of Xihai, and Li Huan as the general of Anxi and the Marquis of Gaochang, as if he regarded Sanliang as a vassal state of Later Qin.

Subsequently, Yao Xing sent the Zhenyuan general Zhao Yao to lead 20,000 troops to the west to garrison Jincheng, and the Jianjie general Wang Songyi led cavalry to assist Lü Longshu in defending Guzang.

Unexpectedly, when Wang Songyi led his troops through Wei An, bald Wenzhen, the younger brother of bald Man Tan, launched a surprise attack and captured him.

The bald man was shocked and angry, and quickly sent Wang Songxian back to Chang'an, and made a profound apology.

At this time, Yao Xing had just lost to Northern Wei and did not have the heart to worry about him, so the matter was over. But the bald man's guts grew, and he decided to touch the tiger's ass again.

In October, bald-haired Tan led an army to attack Guzang, but although he failed to capture it, he achieved the established goal. Because Hou Qin never reacted at all, bald and secretly rejoiced.

In December, Taishou Liangzhong of Northern Liangxi County rebelled and defected to Western Liang.

After hearing this, Mengxun laughed and said, "I treat Liang Zhongyong like flesh and bones, but he does not pay attention to my faith, and he betrays me as if he were betraying himself, so why should I care?" ”

Therefore, Depressed Qu Mengxun returned all of Liang Zhongyong's wives and children to him. Although this sentence is said beautifully and done beautifully, he must be extremely unhappy in his heart.

When they were in Xiliang, Li Huan and Liang Zhongyong chatted idly about the former deceased Suo Si and asked, "How do I compare with Suo Si?" Liang Zhongyong said, "It's hard to say." "The implication is almost the same.

Li Huan was indignant: "If Suo Si's talent can be equal to mine, how can I kill him thousands of miles away?" "I think I have far more wisdom than Soji.

Liang Zhongyong said, "Wisdom has short and long, and fate has success or failure." His Highness and Suo Si, who is more intelligent, the courtier is really difficult to determine. If he takes death as a defeat and his will wins, is it not that Gongsun Wan is better than Liu Yu? ”

Liang Zhongyong means that a person's success or failure is not entirely determined by the level of wisdom, and the successful person is not necessarily better than the loser, perhaps just luck.

To that end, he also gave an example. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yu rebelled against Gongsun Zhan, but was killed by Gongsun Zhan, can this prove that Gongsun Zhan is more capable than Liu Yu?

After listening to Liang Zhongyong's words, Li Huan was silent, and his heart seemed to be touched. Although this is a small thing, it can be seen that Li Xuan's mind is very human.

The bald man was thinking carefully, and Later Qin was not unaware, and a counselor said to Yao Xing: "Lü Long, with the capital of his ancestors, although temporarily embarrassed, can still be maintained, in case the future is slowed down, Gu Zang will not own it for me after all." Yao Xing thought so, so he recruited Lü Chao to serve.

After receiving Yao Xing's conscription, Lü Long and Lü Chao deliberated and finally agreed that instead of being bullied by baldness and depression in Guzang, it was better to move to Chang'an.

Therefore, Lü Long sent Lü Chao to lead two hundred cavalry, take the treasure with him, and asked Yao Xing to send troops to take him to Chang'an. Yao Xing was reluctant to do so, and immediately sent Shangshu Zuo's servant Qi Nan, Zhenxi general Yao Jie, Zuoxian Wang Qifu Qiangui, and Zhenyuan general Zhao Yao to lead 40,000 horses to meet him.

In August of the second year of Yuan Xing (403 AD), Qi Nan arrived in Guzang, and Lü Long was greeted by a white horse in a vegetarian car.

Lü Long hated ThatoQu Mengxun for bullying him many times and persuaded Qi Nan to attack Northern Liang. Frustrated, Monxun sent Zang Moxiao to meet the battle and defeat Qi Nan's forward troops.

Qi Nan was somewhat embarrassed to ally with Frustrated Canal Mengxun, and Frustrated Canal Mengxun did not dare to offend Later Qin too much, and sent his younger brother Frustrated Canal to Later Qin as a hostage.

Before leaving Guzang, Lü Long sent Lü Yin to bid farewell to Lü Guangmiao: "Your Majesty used to strategize and build a country in Western Xia. However, one by one, the heirs of the side branches usurped and killed each other, and the two prisoners also persecuted each other, intending to surrender to Chang'an, and hereby bid farewell to His Majesty. ”

As soon as the words came out, the sorrow and weeping, the sour feelings moved the Later Qin Army to a great extent.

Before leaving, Sima Shang, the prince of Qi, acted as the assassin of Liangzhou, and allocated 3,000 troops to guard Guzang, with the general Yan Song as the Cangsong Taishou, and Guo as the Fanhe Taishou and the two cities divided.

After Lü Long led more than 10,000 households to Chang'an, Yao Xing took Lü Long as a regular attendant, and the duke continued as usual; Lü Chao was the stable taishou; and more than thirty civil and military officials were promoted and appointed.

In a political sense, Hou Liang perished, but for Lü Shi, it was not the best ending.

Soon, Yao Xing sent an emissary Zhang Zhao to send an envoy to Northern Liang to appease Mengxun.

At the reception banquet, MengXun suddenly asked, "The bald-haired Yu Tan is in the position of the highest duke, but I have only sealed the hou, so why should the imperial court favor one over the other?" ”

Zhang Shuo explained: "The bald-haired Andantan was cunning and unkind, and he had not yet made a great contribution after his submission, and the Holy Dynasty gave him a heavy knighthood because he wanted to be imprisoned under a false name. The general is loyal to the day, his merits are high, he should enter the government of the DPRK and support the royal family, how can he not treat him with sincerity? The knighthood and merit of the Holy Pilgrimage are commensurate with merit, and the official position does not exceed virtue. For example, Yin Wei and Yao Huang assisted Kaiji, qi nan and Xu Luo were founding fathers, and their titles were no more than Hou Bo. Why should the general be above them? At that time, Dou Rong was sincerely humble and did not want to put officials above the old ministers, so I wonder why the general had such a question? ”

Frustrated Qu Mengxun asked again, "Why didn't the imperial court seal Zhangye to me, but also seal the West Sea from afar?" Zhang Shuo said, "Zhangye is already owned by the general, and the conferral of the Western Sea is to expand the general's feudal state." ”

With Zhang Zhao's three-inch tongue, Frustrated Qu Mengxun finally accepted the title happily.

After Lü Long took the initiative to surrender, Qin let the bald man go a little unexpectedly, and the difficulty of plotting against Gu Zang also increased greatly. But he did not give up his efforts, and decided to first cultivate obscurity and strengthen his body.

In February of the third year of Yuan Xing (404 AD), the bald-haired Yu Tan removed the era name, removed Shang Shu Lang from his official position, and sent Guan Shang to Chang'an to repair Yao Xing.

Yao Xing asked Guan Shang, "Is this the way of the courtiers who have sacrificed their loyalty to Yuan, as the vassal of our country, but they have raised their own divisions and mobilized the masses without authorization to build a great city?" ”

Guan Shang explained: "The prince sets up danger to defend his country, and the system of the first king is also. We are in a remote area, the rebel Qiang in the south has not yet been annexed, and the depressed canal in the west is flying and flying. The construction of the city originally wanted to set up more barriers for the country, but it did not expect to arouse the doubts of His Majesty, and the subjects were uneasy. ”

Looking at Guan Shangzhan's trembling look, Yao Xing smiled: "You are right. Since then, he has let go of most of his heart for Nanliang, and the bald man has also taken this opportunity to recuperate.

All in all, although Houliang had perished, the situation in Liangzhou was still very unclear, and if the bald Man wanted to dominate Liangzhou, in addition to conquering Mengxun and Li Huan, he must also defeat Later Qin.