Four hundred years of agitation: The Duan brothers were captured, and Duanbu Xianbei was greatly reduced in strength due to infighting

This article is the 75th in a long series of articles, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

As mentioned earlier, Duan Piqiu abandoned Jicheng under Kong Cang's attack and went to Defect to Shao Xu. Who knows, halfway to the road, he was actually attacked by Duan Moli, and suffered heavy losses.

Duan Piqiu could not swallow this breath and continued to say to Shao: "I was originally a Hu person, and because I supported the imperial court and was loyal to the great righteousness, I was defeated and destroyed. If you don't forget the Old Testament, please join me in the final discussion. ”

A Hu person is so loyal to the Jin room, how can he be a Jin person behind? Shao Xu was impressed by him, so he led his troops and Duan Pi to pursue Duan Moli and broke it.

In the first month of the third year of Taixing (320 AD), Duan Piling regrouped at Leling and attacked Jicheng with his brother Duan Wenyan in an attempt to retake the base area.

In this regard, Shi Le could not sit idly by, and sent Shi Hu to attack Yi Ci, surrounded by heavy troops, and sent Kong Chang to attack Shao Xu's eleven other battalions, and all of them were captured.

This is a typical siege to save Zhao, and it is a serial plan, first let Kong Cang force Shao Xu to fight, and then take down Shao Xu's back road to cut off Duan Pilei.

In February, Shao Xu was unwilling to wait and took the initiative to go out of the city to attack Shi Hu, but Shi Hu cut off the back road with an ambush, captured him alive, and let him persuade him to surrender.

Tired of the city, Shao Xu shouted to his nephew Shao Zhu: "I want to repay the country, but unfortunately I have come to this point." Ru and other efforts to serve the main thing, do not have a bad heart! ”

Shi Hu was furious, but instead of killing Shao Xu, he sent someone to send him to Xiangguo and hand him over to Shi Le for disposal.

Soon, Duan Pi and Duan Wenyan attacked Jicheng Buke, returned to Qici, and learned that Shao Xu had been captured, and his subordinates were scattered, and they fled one after another, and were defeated by Shi Hu.

At the critical moment, Duan Wenyan led hundreds of his relatives to fight hard, and finally entered the city of Weici with Duan Pilei, and then held the infant city with Shao Ji,the son of Shao Ji and his nephews Shao Cun and Shao Zhu.

After Shao Xu was sent to Xiangguo, Shi Le admired his loyalty, released him, thought that he was engaged in Zhonglang, and ordered: "From now on, if you defeat the enemy and gain soldiers, you must not kill without permission, you will be born." ”

However, Shao Xu never submitted to Hou Zhao, still wearing Jin Dynasty costumes, irrigating vegetable gardens, planting vegetables, and supporting himself to show his loyalty to the Jin Dynasty.

Shi Le admired Shao Xu's firmness and sighed, "Zhen Nai Gao Ren also!" He was rewarded with grain and cloth several times, and each time when he faced the courtiers, he sighed long and short, and used Shao Xu as an example to inspire the courtiers.

However, Shi Le's patience was limited, and after a while, he still killed Shao Xu, which was considered to be the fulfillment of his ambition.

In June, Shi Le ordered Kong Cang to attack again. Kong Cang thought that the Duan brothers were at the end of their rope, neglected their defenses, and were secretly attacked by Duan Wenyan, who broke them and fled in a panic.

In March of the fourth year of Taixing (321 AD), Shi Hu and Kong Chang joined forces to attack and vowed to uproot Leling. Shi Hu attacked the main attack, and Kong Cang attacked the other cities of Leling, wantonly killing the people.

The enemy army was menacing, and Duan Pilei did not dare to fight, Duan Wenyan said: "I am known for my bravery, so I am trusted by the people and have high hopes." Seeing the people now being plundered and not rescuing them is a sign of cowardice. When people lose their expectations, who else will serve us? ”

Therefore, in spite of Duan Piluo's opposition, Duan Wenyan led dozens of brave soldiers to gallop out into battle, rushing back and forth in the Shihu Formation, invincible, and killing Several times more Later Zhao soldiers than himself.

Even if Duan Wenyan kills people without blinking, his eyes will not dry, but the horse's physical strength is limited. By the end of the killing, his mount was too tired to stand up.

Shi Hu cherished his bravery and persuaded, "You and I are both Yidi, and we have long wanted to be with our brother." Today, the heavens are not against their wishes, and they can meet each other, so why fight! Please lay down your arms. ”

Duan Wenyan scolded, "You are a thief, you should have died a long time ago, only because my brother did not use my plan to let you live to this day." I'd rather die than give in!" "Keep getting off the horse and fighting hard.

After the spear broke, Duan Wenyan fought with his sword again, from Chenshi to Shenshi.

Finally, the Hou Zhao soldiers surrounded him on all sides, untied the luo phi of the war horse to protect his body, and slowly advanced forward, which combined to capture him.

Duan Wenyan was captured in exhaustion, and the morale in the city was depressed and the people were panicked. Cornered, Duan Pilei planned to flee to Jiankang on a single horse, but Shao Xu's younger brother Le Annei Shi Shao huan did not listen to his orders.

Later, Shao Huan wanted to surrender to Shi Hu, and Duan Pi scolded: "You can't obey your brother's will, forcing me not to return to the imperial court, this is already very excessive, and even want to capture the emissaries of the Son of Heaven!" Although I am a Yidi person, this kind of thing is unheard of! ”

Soon, Shao Huan and Shao Xu's sons Shao Ji and Shao Zhu carried the coffin out of the city and surrendered, and Duan Pilei was wrapped up. As a result, Youzhou, Jizhou, and Hezhou were all incorporated into the Later Zhao territory.

When he saw Shi Hu, Duan Piluo still said, "I have inherited the favor of the Jin Dynasty and am determined to destroy you, but now that I have the misfortune to reach such a point, I will not submit to you." Remembering the worship of that year, Shi Hu still paid tribute to him.

After being sent to Xiangguo, Shi Le, with Duan Pilei as the champion general and Duan Wenyan as the left lieutenant general, dispersed more than 30,000 families in exile and let them return to their old business.

However, Duan Piqiu was obsessed and often wore the imperial clothes of the Jin Dynasty and held the runes of the Jin Dynasty. Finally, Shi Le lost patience and killed Duan Piluo and Duan Wenyan.

Looking at Duan Piluo's words and deeds after Liu Kun's death, I have to admire Liu Kun's powerful brainwashing ability to educate a capricious person to be so loyal and righteous, which is really terrible.

But if you think about it carefully, I am afraid that this is not the result of brainwashing, but out of guilt for Liu Kun.

Duan Piling felt sorry for Liu Kun and transformed this guilt into loyalty to the Jin Dynasty. Only by doing so will his conscience be at peace and give himself a spiritual relief.

Between the brothers, one glory and one loss, the death of Duan Pi and Duan Wenyan, so that Duan Moli has no competitors in Duanbu, but how can Duanbu, who is seriously injured, face external threats?

In December of the first year of Yongchang (322 CE), Murong Xi sent his son Murong Hui (慕容皝) to attack Duan Moli ( Duan Moju ) , invading Duanbu 's capital Lingzhi , robbing the famous horse treasures and plundering more than a thousand residents.

In the face of such a naked provocative act, Duan Moli did not react, not because he did not want to, but because he could no longer afford to provoke Murong Xi, and if he dared to fight back, he would beat him even harder.

In March of the third year of Taining (325 AD), Duan Died of Illness and was succeeded by his younger brother Duan Ya.

When he was dying, Duan Moli may have remembered the days when he and his three cousins, Duan Qilu, Duan Piluo, and Duan Wenyan, rode on the northern grasslands, how spirited and wild, that was the most glorious time for DuanBu. Unfortunately, all this was ruined by his selfishness and short-sightedness.