"High nose, deep eyes, and many beards", Shi Le's ancestors were originally one of the nineteen castes of the Xiongnu who entered the Country, and by Shi Le's generation, they had completely degenerated into servants of Han landlords. When he was a child, Shi Le was not outstanding, like an ordinary domestic worker, he went around doing miscellaneous work, and when he grew up a little, Shi Le was sold as a slave.
As an adult, Shi Le went from slave owners to various slave owners and became a trade item in their hands, and Shi Le himself was very disgusted by this, always thinking that he could join the army and avoid this life of being trafficked.
Later, there was a famine in Hezhou, and the Hu people could no longer eat, and Shi Le, who had suffered from human suffering, suddenly planned to induce the Hu people who could not eat to go to Jizhou with him, and then sell them to slave owners, so that he could earn a family business.
As a result, Shi Le, who had not yet sold a Hu person, was caught by Ma Teng, a company of the Western Jin Dynasty and Dongying, and the purpose of arresting him was very simple, because Sima Teng was also short of money and needed to arrest Hu Ren and then sell it at a low price.
Statue of Shi Le
Ji Sang, Shi Le's life mentor
Shi Le was once again reduced to a slave from a free body, but fortunately, during his time as a slave, Shi Le recognized his first nobleman, Ji Sang.
Ji Sang was just a horse head for the landlord's family to raise horses, but his cultural level was not low, often teaching Shi Le how to do things, under the teachings of Ji Sang, Shi Le also gradually understood what he should do, so Shi Le reversed.
At this time, although Shi Le was reversed, there were only seven people under his hands, but their business was doing well, robbing, a little more people, a little bolder, a little brighter weapons, and a higher probability of success.
As Shi Le's robbery business in Jizhou got better and better, and his reputation grew, Shi Le was a man with no culture, and he thought that he could not command such a huge team, so he invited Ji Sang, the leader of the horse breeding, transformed into the bandit boss in Jizhou.
Kisang became the leader of the bandits
Ji Sang and Shi Le can be different, Shi Le only knows to rob the house, Ji Sang thought of Zhao'an, the Western Jin Dynasty court at that time has been chaotic into a pot of porridge, eight princes you come and go, the fight is very lively, seeing that no one pulls, Ji Sang took Shi Le to find it himself.
The first person they looked for was Gongsun Fan, the general of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, who was greedy for money and lustful, but had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Ji Sang gave all the looted treasures to Gongsun Fan and made an errand in the military camp.
However, the good times were not long, the greedy Gongsun Clan had a hand, he really couldn't fight a war, and Sima Mo of Yicheng was defeated within a few rounds of fighting, ji Sang left the Gongsun Clan with Shi Le, and resumed the business of bandits, the two people were also considered to be the chosen sons, and soon gathered a large number of people and horses.
This time, Ji Sang learned to be smart, did not run to others, and did it himself.
Under the command of Ji Sang, Shi Le led a large army to attack Yicheng, and unexpectedly killed the Dongying company Ma Teng, who had sold Shi Le to the Western Jin Dynasty in Jizhou, did he think that there would be today's disaster?
At this time, Ji Sang and Shi Le had not yet developed the idea of territory, they were like a wandering force, wherever they went, they did not stop, there was no big rear as support, such a war could be fought several times, if they continued to fight like this, they would definitely fail.
Just when the two attacked Yanzhou, they encountered a famous general of the Western Jin Dynasty, Gou Xi, who fought dozens of battles with Shi Le, and finally destroyed most of Shi Le's soldiers and horses, and Ji Sang and Shi Le could only flee again, but this time the two did not go together, but went to Liu Yuan separately.
Ji Sang's life was not good, before he left Jizhou, he was caught by the Western Jin Dynasty Beggar Army, the Beggar Army has always been a stone in the dung pit that stinks and is hard, and will not leave a living mouth for anyone at all, Shi Le's first friend, Ji Sang, just confessed.
The Western Jin Dynasty begged for a living army
Defecting to Liu Yuan, Shi Le flew Huang Tengda
Ji Sang left, Shi Lema kept running toward Liu Yuan's Pingyang, when passing by the Party, with the prestige that he had built up over the years, he actually gathered thousands of people and horses, and it was not the same as leading the troops to surrender, and Liu Yuan, who was short of people at this time, immediately treated Shi Le with the courtesy of the guests and named him the King of Pingjin on the spot.
A few days ago, he was still a bandit who was hunted down and killed everywhere, and now he has become the King of Pingjin, and Shi Le's identity has changed too quickly, but his adaptability is strong, Wang Ye is on it, and things have not fallen, the left sudden, the right sudden, the Hu people near Pingyang have all been made by him as a little brother.
The Lord trusted, Shi Le also had his own cronies, the Eastern Crusade against the Western Jin Dynasty became a matter of certainty, Shi Le and Liu Yao and others set out at the same time, marching to several important cities in the Western Jin Dynasty in multiple ways, Shi Le's life was not good, he was responsible for Jizhou with a governor of Youzhou military Wang Jun, Wang Jun and an old man Xianbei people do not dust, the two people worked together to defeat Shi Le, Shi Le had to turn the gun head to attack other areas.
Shi Le, who lacked Wang Jun's and Wu Beichen's restraints, soon swept through Hebei, Shandong and other regions, becoming the third most powerful force in the local area after Wang Jun and Liu Kun, and at this time, Liu Yuan died.
Liu He was killed by Liu Cong within a few days of succeeding to the throne, and for Liu Cong, Shi Le knew him well, and when he was in his fledgling wings, he did not dare to tear his face with Liu Cong, so he assisted Liu Cong's son Liu Cang to start an attack on the Western Jin Dynasty.
Besieging Luoyang and pacifying the Central Plains, Liu Cang and Shi Le's battle almost swept away the family property of the Western Jin Dynasty for decades, and Shi Le himself went south to Jingxiang, with great intentions to annex Sima Rui, but Shi Le encountered the same problems as Cao Cao, the northern soldiers were not accustomed to water warfare, and plagues were rampant, resulting in a large-scale weakening of Shi Le's soldiers and horses.
Shi Le had no choice but to return to Jizhou at the suggestion of his adviser Zhang Bin, and in the ensuing war he defeated his old rival, the Western Jin general Gou Xi, who had killed him.
Settling in Xiangguo, Shi Le annexed the north
After the capture of Gou Xi, Shi Le's reputation spread at home and abroad, the most important thing is that he began to learn to have his own territory under the advice of Zhang Bin, Yicheng naturally became Shi Le's first choice, but unfortunately, Yicheng was really easy to defend and difficult to attack, Shi Le's soldiers and horses lost a lot, still did not take Yecheng, in desperation, Shi Le had to choose Xiangguo not far from Yicheng as a temporary foothold, through the occupation of Handan and Xiangguo to form a siege of Yecheng.
Not long after settling in Xiangguo, some people disagreed, Wang Jun, who was the governor of youyan military, had already taken Youzhou as his own territory, lying on the side of the bed, how could he let Shi Le sleep soundly, at this time Wang Jun's old partner Wu Beichen had already left, and the relationship between Wu Beichen's son Lu Zhi and Wang Jun was average, but forced by Duan Xianbei to be trapped by Wang Jun's military pressure, he had to follow Wang Jun to attack Shi Le.
Duan Shi is humble
Although Shi Le had not read any books, the battle was like a whirlwind of clouds, Lu Yi was not Shi Le's opponent at all, not only lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, his younger brother Duan Weihuai was also captured by Shi Le, out of the need to win the hearts of the people, Shi Le put Duan Weihuai back to Duan Shi Xianbei, and from then on, the Xian clan and the Duan clan Xianbei exchanged friendship and became an unshakable ally.
And Shi Le is still sandwiched between Liu Kun and Wang Jun, the three forces in Hebei and Shanxi formed three forces of mutual checks and balances, no one dared to rush to attack, the relationship between Liu Kun and Shi Le is not as tense as Shi Le and Wang Jun, on the contrary, Liu Kun because he rescued Shi Le's mother and nephew Shi Hu, he has a kind affection for Shi Le, and Shi Le has always kept in mind, and when he was in trouble with Wang Jun, Shi Le decisively used this favor.
He first made peace with Liu Kun, at this time Liu Kun was also attacked on all sides, in the face of Shi Le's sudden kindness, he was very moved, and immediately agreed to Shi Le's request, and Shi Le, who had lost Liu Kun's balance, began to show weakness to Wang Jun.
As the saying goes, "Show the enemy to be weak, pretend to be foolish, and be proud of the military's strategy", everyone can see that Shi Le's wolf ambitions are gone, only Wang Jun is addicted, this guy who has been fantasizing about being the emperor all day has suddenly lost Shi Le, the most powerful obstacle, how can he not dream first.
Wang Jun's dream did not have a few days left, he actually whimsically invited Shi Le to bring troops to come, Shi Le pushed the boat along the water, with soldiers and horses to kill Wang Jun's hometown, Wang Jun's people had no time to take precautions, they were captured by Shi Le in the first battle, sitting and watching the rebellion of the Eight Kings, Wang Jun, who was swept up in the clouds, could not imagine that he would die at the hands of a fallen Qi people.
Wang Jun was removed, and only Liu Kun was left, as a supporting role in smelling the chicken dancing, Liu Kun's military ability was still there, that is, the territory was somewhat small, and when things happened, he always had to rely on the humble tuoba Lu, Tuoba Kunlu was very good to Liu Kun, and when Liu Kun was most dangerous three times, his divine soldiers descended from heaven to save Liu Kun, and even after Liu Kun's parents were killed by Liu Cong, Tuoba Kunlu was also very sad.
However, good people often do not live long, Tuoba Yilu did not die at the hands of the enemy, but died at the hands of his son Tuoba Liuxiu, Tuoba Yilu died, Tuoba Xianbei scattered, Liu Kun lost the most important military reliance, at this time he wanted to confront Shi Le, he was already hitting the stone with an egg.
Defeating Liu Kun, the north was no longer invincible, at this time just in time for Liu Cong's violent death, the successor Liu Cang was killed by his grandfather Jin Zhun, Shi Le took this opportunity to march westward, hunted Pingyang with Liu Yao, and set fire to the city of Pingyang, and then returned to Xiangguo, proclaiming himself the King of Zhao, and singing the opposite tune with Liu Yao, who inherited Liu Cong's mantle.
Later, in the Battle of Luoxi, Shi Le defeated Liu Yao, captured him and successfully occupied Chang'an City, annexing Former Zhao, and by this time Shi Le's Later Zhao had basically achieved the unification of the north. (This matter has been mentioned before, without too much explanation, interested can click on the link to see: how hateful are stupid people? Liu Yao's father and son did not understand until they died, they were actually stupid to die.)
Former Zhao and Later Zhao
Shi Hu, Shi Le's lifelong regret
The bravery and courage shown by Shi Le before the unification of the north was extremely rare, in such a chaotic world, there were not many monarchs who were brave and resourceful, and they could make decisions on the spot, shi Le was definitely the best of them, but after Shi Le became emperor, everything changed.
Shi Le claimed that the greatest hero of the emperor was undoubtedly his nephew Shi Hu, who made outstanding contributions in the war to capture Yecheng and pacify Former Zhao, although Shi Hu liked to kill people indiscriminately, but was not punished by Shi Le.
Shi Le himself also formulated a system of considerable death after becoming emperor.
The general meaning is that in the Later Zhao country, only the People of the Qi are people, the others are not people, the People of the
The Karma
This kind of self-digging of the grave has simply become a carnival of the Qi people, and other ethnic groups in the Later Zhao country have all become the objects of enslavement, they are killed and insulted at will, even if they are the prime minister of the dynasty, they can only whisper in front of the ordinary People.
Out of consideration for the future of the Later Zhao state, Cheng Xiangcheng once urged Shi Le to weaken the military power of Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan, to prevent him from causing chaos in the future, but it was not long before Cheng Hui's wife and daughter were gang raped in front of Cheng Hui, and Shi Le knew that he would remain silent.
The chancellor Xu Guang reminded Shi Le many times that leaving Shi Hu was leaving a butcher for Shi Le's descendants, but Shi Le just wouldn't listen.
Not long after, Shi Le was seriously ill and had reached the point where he could not get up, and Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan, quickly took control of the capital and outside the capital with his soldiers and horses, and transferred all of Shi Le's two sons who were stationed abroad to Xiangguo under house arrest privately, and when Shi Le died, Shi Hu completely released himself.
The irony is that until his death, Shi Le still hoped that Shi Hu would learn from Shi Hu to assist his youngest son Shi Hong, and not learn from Sima Shi to cause chaos in the world, not knowing that Shi Le was only a few days ahead of his son.