The Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms | Northern Liang Duanye, why is he the most timid and incompetent emperor?

"Karma, the confucian elders, have no other power, cannot be forbidden, the group is good at orders, you believe in Bu Zheng, Wu Yi, so it is defeated."

——Sima Guang, "Zizhi Tongjian"

Duan Ye (?) ~401)

A native of Duanye Jingzhao Commandery (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), he was a Han Chinese and founding monarch of Northern Liang.

Most of the founding princes of each of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms were both literate and martial, so as to lay the foundation of dividing one side. However, the founding emperor of Northern Liang that we want to talk about today said that he himself did not have great talent and great talent, and it is not difficult for us to imagine the end of such a person! How was he recommended? Why am I called the most cowardly and incompetent emperor?

Pushed as the Lord

Duan Ye followed Du Jin in his conquest of the Western Regions, and was appointed Taishou of Jiankang (建康, in modern Jiuquan, Gansu) for his military exploits. In 396 (the first year of the Later Lianglong Fei), Lü Guang proclaimed himself The Heavenly King and appointed Duan Ye as Shangshu.

In 397 (the second year of Long Fei), Su Wei Frustrated Qu Mengxun and his cousin Yu Qu Nancheng had a feud with Nakata's protector Ma Yao and Linsong Lingjing Xiang, so they plotted to behead them both. Fearing that the above would be held accountable, they decided to raise an army, and gathered more than 10,000 people in Jinshan (present-day southwest of Shandan, Gansu) for more than ten days.

Frustrated, He knew that it was too weak to gain a foothold in the current world, so he wanted to find someone to rely on to seek a way to survive.

In May 397 (the second year of Long Fei), Yuqu Nancheng attacked Jiankang. Wanting Duan Ye to provoke a banner to attach himself to him, he sent emissaries to persuade Duan Ye: "The foundation of the Lü clan is already in jeopardy, the power is in charge, the people are in pain, and the thieves are born. At such a time of crisis, you should stand up and call on me to achieve hegemony. Duan Ye was timid and incompetent and did not dare to do something rebellious, so he refused.

After more than twenty days of stalemate, there were still no reinforcements to relieve the siege of Jiankang. Gao Kui, Shi Hui, and others approached Duan Ye and lobbied bitterly to accept The Discouraged Mancheng's suggestion. Duan Ye was embarrassed and uncertain, and finally thought of his discord in Hou Liang's servants, Fang Zhao, and Wang Xiang. Often worried that the two would get rid of him, he made up his mind to accept The Discouraged Mancheng's suggestion.

Frustrated Qu Nancheng and others together elected Duan Ye as an envoy, a governor of Dadu, a general of Long Jun, a pastor of Liangzhou, and the Duke of Jiankang, changed his era name to Shenxi, and established a political power, known in history as Northern Liang.

Frustrated, he was awarded the title of Auxiliary General for his meritorious service, and all the military and political power of the country was entrusted to him. (From this point of view, it is not difficult to see Duan Ye's fainting and incompetence)

After hearing this news, Mengxun (The cousin of Frustrated Canal Male Cheng) also led his subordinates to come to the rescue and was made the general of Zhenxi and the taishou of Zhangye.

Timid and incompetent

In August 397 (the first year of shenxi), Lü Guang summoned Lü Lu, the duke of Taiyuan, to attack Duan Ye, but Guo Huang had no choice but to go back to quell the rebellion. The generals were afraid that Duan Ye would launch an attack when the army was retreating, and Lü Lu smiled and said, "Duan Ye is a man who has no courage and no strategy, I only need to write a letter to let him go out of the city to fight, he will not dare to attack" Sure enough, when Lü Lu withdrew and merged, Duan Ye did not pursue him!

In June 398 (the second year of Shenxi), Houliang Lühong abandoned Zhangye, Duan Ye led the army in pursuit, and Mengxun of The Depression Canal said: "The ancient saying has yun poor Komo chasing, and Lü Hongzhi abandoned the city and was defeated. Duan Ye did not take his advice, and the result of the pursuit of the leading troops was a big defeat, if it were not for the desperate efforts of MengXun to protect xiaosheng, he would have confessed!

Duan Ye built the city of Xi'an and appointed his general Zang Mobao as Taishou. Frustrated Qu Mengxun also advised: "This man has courage and strategy, a reckless man, let him guard the side is undoubtedly digging his own grave" But Duan Ye did not listen, and it was not long before he was defeated by Lü Lu.

At this time, Frustrated Qu Mengxun was already disheartened, and he also saw clearly that Duan Ye was not the Lord. So I felt that I was hiding my sharp edge, afraid of being jealous and suffering from the disaster of innocence.

The pro-villain Yuan Xianchen was eventually killed

In 401 (the third year of Tianxi), the most feared thing about The Depressed Canal Mengxun finally happened, and Duan Ye was jealous of the courageous strategy of the Frustrated Canal Mengxun and planned to alienate him.

Frustrated, Meng Xun was terrified in his heart, and he was fiercely prepared to overthrow Duan Ye and replace him. With his cousin Frustrated Qu Nancheng said: "Duan Ye is stupid, pro-villain yuanxian, timid and incompetent, no male talent is almost worthy of our support for him, the people we are afraid of are already dead, I am willing to take my brother as king, what do you think?" ”

Frustrated, He said, "Although Duan Ye is immoral and incompetent, he is okay with me, and I don't want to betray him."

Fearing that he would be murdered by Duan Ye, He asked to go to the border to serve as a place of taishou principle, and Duan Ye agreed to his request.

After taking office, Monson had been making excuses for the start of the army, and one day he came up with a vicious plan. That is to falsely accuse his cousin of rebellion, set a trap and become a man who trusts this cousin and does not suspect it. As a result, the defendant was killed by Duan Ye for his rebellion, and he was depressed and had a lot of prestige in the hearts of the military and the people.

Frustrated, Mengxun incited everyone's emotions, and as a result, everyone turned to him and participated in the crusade against Duan Ye.

Duan Ye saw that things were not good, but there were no available soldiers in the interior, and remembered the right general Tian Ang, who had been imprisoned by him before, confessed his mistake to him, and asked him to lead the troops to put down the rebellion. Tian Ang led the troops to surrender directly after attacking, and Duan Ye's anger jumped like thunder.

In May 401 (the third year of Tianxi), the army of Mengxun of The Depression Canal arrived in Zhangye, and Tian Ang's nephew Tian Cheng'ai opened the city gate to lure the army into the city. Duan Yezhong rebelled and left his guards to escape first, but he could only plead bitterly to let him die, and Mengxun killed him decisively and did not give him the opportunity to kill him directly.

Conclusion: He was the founding prince of the Sixteen Kingdoms who I estimated to have the lowest rating, who was originally elected by everyone, and it was not good to maintain the relationship between his generals. If you don't listen to advice, you can be timid, but you have to be able to use people, you can't do anything, and you end up being killed!