Four hundred years of agitation: Murong Ke was born and defeated Shi Hu, and Murong Hao regained his lost territory and annexed Duanbu

This article is the 112th in a long series, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

As Feng Yi said, the walls of Thorn City were strong and well-defended, and it was not easy to attack strongly.

After the Zhao army paid a heavy price for this, in the end had to climb the city wall like ants, Mu Yougen and others stubbornly held out for more than ten days, and the Hou Zhao army was never able to conquer.

On May 13, the fourth year of Xiankang (338 AD), the Later Zhao army attacked fruitlessly and took the initiative to retreat.

While the Later Zhao army was retreating, Murong Hao used a large killing weapon and sent his son Murong Ke to lead 2,000 cavalry to pursue, and the Later Zhao army, which was exhausted by the siege, was defeated and won more than 30,000 first ranks.

Murong Ke was Murong Gao's fourth son, and because his birth mother Gao was not favored, he remained unnoticed by Murong Hao. Until he was fifteen years old, every time Murong Hao talked to him, he could tell the truth of the world, and with Murong Hao's approval, he began to lead the army and started a counterattack journey.

This was Murong Ke's fame battle, known to the world in the First World War, and this year, he was only eighteen years old.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Later Zhao fell for thousands of miles, all armies abandoned their armor and fled, and Shi Hu's generals suffered heavy losses, only one army led by the guerrilla general Shi Min was not traumatized.

In the big defeat, he can still maintain the team without chaos, Shi Min is of course a powerful person, and he must say two more words.

Shi Min, whose original surname was Ran, was a Yellow Man in Wei County, and his father Ran Liang was adopted by Shi Hu as an adopted son when he was twelve, and changed his surname to Shi Zhan(石) and his name was Shi Zhan. Therefore, Shi Min is Shi Hu's adopted grandson.

Shi Min Xiao is brave and scheming, and Shi Hu loves him and treats him like a grandson. Coincidentally, Shi Min and Murong Ke were the same age, and they were only eighteen years old this year.

After returning to Yecheng, Shi Hu appointed Liu Qun as Zhongshu Ling, Lu Chen as Zhongshu Shilang, and Pu Hong as an envoy to Zhijie, dudu Liuyi, and a champion general, and the Duke of Xiping County.

Shi Min said to Shi Hu, "Pu Hongxiong is a martial artist, and he has the strength to die, and his sons have extraordinary talents, and they have 50,000 strong soldiers in the capital, so they should be secretly eliminated to stabilize the country." ”

Shi Hu was not impressed: "I am relying on their father and son to attack Eastern Wu and Bashu, why should I kill them!" "Treat Pu Hong more generously.

After successfully repelling Shi Hu, Murong Hao began to recover the lost land, settle accounts after the autumn, and sent various armies to conquer various betrayed towns, all of which won victories and expanded their territory to Fancheng, Cui Tao and Chang Ba fled to Yecheng, and Fengqu, Song Huang, and You Hong fled to Goguryeo.

Murong Hao rewarded Ju Peng, Mu Yougen, and others, and punished the traitors according to law, killing many people, and because Liu Xiang defended them, some of them were able to save their lives.

The defeat of Thorn City made Shi Hu deeply ashamed, and he vowed to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, sending the Liao general Cao Fu to lead the Qingzhou soldiers to defend the island, transporting three million grain supplies, and using three hundred ships to transport 300,000 grain to Goguryeo, so that The Diannong Zhonglang led more than 10,000 people to reclaim the barren fields on the coast, and ordered Qingzhou to build a thousand warships to prepare for the attack on Qianyan from the sea.

In December of that year, Duan Liao sent emissaries from Miyun Mountain to later Zhao to request surrender, but after learning that Murong Hao had defeated Shi Hu, he sent emissaries to Former Yan again to request surrender.

Shi Hu sent the general Ma Qiu of Zhengdong to lead 30,000 soldiers to welcome Duan Liao's surrender, and issued an edict: "Surrender is like facing the enemy, and it should not be taken lightly!" Because Shang Shu Zuo Yangyu was an old vassal of Duan Liao, he made him Sima of Maqiu.

At the same time, Murong Hao personally led the generals to meet Duan Liao, and preemptively joined Duan Liao, and also conspired with him to attack the Later Zhao army.

Murong Hao sent Murong Ke to ambush 7,000 elite cavalry at Miyun Mountain, and defeated Ma Qiu at Sanzangkou, killing 67 out of 10 of the Later Zhao army. Ma Qiu escaped on foot, while Yang Yu was captured.

Later, General Zhao Xian Yuliang, because of the loss of his mount, climbed on foot and climbed the mountain, it was difficult to climb, simply stopped, and sat upright. Former Yan soldiers surrounded him on all sides and ordered him to get up.

Xian Yuliang said boldly, "I am a nobleman, and I will never be subjugated by a villain according to morality." If you can kill me, kill me quickly, and if you can't kill me, I will leave here!" ”

Xian Yuliang was tall and majestic, and his voice was majestic, and the Former Yan soldiers were afraid and did not dare to go forward to kill, so they reported Murong Hao.

When Murong Hao heard this, he personally went to greet him, talked with Xian Yuliang, was overjoyed, appointed him as Zuo Chang's attendant, and betrothed Cui Yi's daughter Xu as his wife.

Murong Hao thus won Duan Liao's soldiers, and in contrast to the courtesy of the guests, he also appointed Yang Yu as Lang Zhongling. When Shi Hu heard of Ma Qiu's defeat, he was furious and stripped him of his official position and title.

As the saying goes, thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi, but in this chaotic world, where it takes thirty years, less than half a year, Murong Hao has changed from almost destroying the country to becoming the biggest winner.

When Duan Liao's army was defeated, Yang Yu took the initiative to surrender to Shi Hu and was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng (尚書左丞). Now, he was defeated at the hands of Murong Hao and was once again entrusted with an important position.

If it was in other eras, Yang Yu's behavior would definitely be denounced as shameless, but at that time it seemed commonplace, and he himself did not have much psychological burden, just unwilling.

Why is this happening? I am afraid that this is related to the unique values of the scholars.

In the hearts of ancient Chinese scholars, there has always been a political ideal of "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the king is light". In their minds, if the monarch is unqualified, the courtiers are not necessary to be loyal.

If they were Han Chinese monarchs, they might still have some entanglements and struggles in their hearts, but now they are all Hu people, and deep down they don't regard these Hu people as real monarchs at all, and there is no loyalty.

From another point of view, these Hu people are okay at fighting, and when it comes to governing the country, they are all laymen, and in order to collect more taxes and stabilize the people's hearts, they must rely on scholars.

Therefore, the scholar is like a kind of hard currency at this time, no matter who sits in the world, you must rely on them. Otherwise, you will not be righteous in your name, nor will you govern the country well.

In addition to Yang Yu, Lu Chen is also a clear example. He was from the Fanyang Lu clan, his great-grandfather Lu Yu was the Cao Wei Sikong, his grandfather Lu Jue was the Western Jin Dynasty Wei Wei Qing, and his father Lu Zhi was Sima Ying's mastermind.

After Sima Ying's defeat, Lu Chen followed his father to Liu Kun. After Liu Kun was killed, Lu Chen had to defect to Duan Moli and drifted in Duanbu for nearly twenty years.

This time, Lu Chen fell into the hands of Shi Hu and was reused again, and was appointed as a Zhongshu Waiter, and Liu Kun's son Liu Qun was also entrusted with a heavy responsibility for Zhongshu Ling.

The following year, Duan Liao was not willing to accept the fate of destroying the country, plotted a rebellion, was pacified by Murong Hao, and together with his henchmen, dozens of people were killed, but the head was given to Shi Hu, which was a gesture of goodwill.

At this point, the Duan Kingdom had been virtually destroyed, leaving only Duan Lan in exile, and he could not live in fear.