Chapter 109: Liang Xiang Wang Meng 2
Wang Meng's rule made Former Qin the most vibrant of all the kingdoms, so he dared to compete with the heroes, and became stronger and stronger, and within ten years he unified the north. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In this process, Wang Meng often commanded the army to conscript, conquered and won the battle, showing his outstanding military ability and general demeanor.
The former Qin was attacked on all sides, with the Xianbei Tuoba clan and other tribes who built the capital of Pingcheng in the north, the Qianliang clan of the Han Zhang clan and the Qiu Chi clan of the Yang clan of the Di clan in the west, the former Yan Xianbei Murong clan who established the capital of Yecheng in the east, and the Sima clan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with Jiankang as the capital in the south.
The rest still have a number of separatist forces that are born and extinguished, and Fu Jian and Wang Meng do not have the idea of dominating a corner of Gou Anguan. Wang Meng's wish was to unify the north and lay a good foundation for the future unification of the whole country, while Fu Jian was even more ambitious, aiming to mix the whole country and help the common people. Their strategy is to stabilize the northwest so that there is no need to worry about the future, and to compete for the southeast in order to achieve great causes.
Through political and military means, the Xiongnu Liu Clan, Wuhuan Dugu Tribe, Xianbei Wuyi Cadres and Tuoba Tribe's Dai Guo all successively subjugated the former Qin. Wang Meng immediately led his army to attack the counties in the north of Jingzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and won the first battle, plundering more than 10,000 households in the north.
Wang Meng fought against the leader of the Qiang rebellion, broke the Tianxi army advocated by the former Liang State, and beheaded 17,000 people; The younger brother of the tyrant Fu Sheng, the Duke of Jin Fu Liu, rebelled against Pu Han according to the military strongholds, and Zhao Gong Fu Shuang, Wei Gong Fu Du, and Yan Gong Fu Wu also rebelled at the same time. At the beginning, Wang Meng had persuaded Fu Jian to get rid of Fu Liu and others, but Fu Jian did not listen, and at this time they rose up at the same time, violent, and threatened to capture Chang'an in one fell swoop. Wang Meng and the generals went to the crusade, and when Fu Liu heard the news, he actually surrendered Yan with Shaanxi City, and invited troops to respond and attack Qin.
Fu Liu went out of the city to challenge, and Wang Meng should not close the base. Fu Liu thought that the king was cowardly, so he left the prince to defend the city, and he personally led 20,000 people to attack Chang'an. Wang Meng pretended not to know, but secretly sent Deng Qiang to lead elite troops to ambush the Liu army, the Liu army was defeated, and was ambushed by Wang Meng's whole division, 20,000 people, only Fu Liu and his retinue fled into Pusaka, and the rest were all taken prisoner. Soon, the Wang army broke through Pu Han, Fu Liu's head was different, and the other three dukes were also captured and killed, and after the rebellion of the four dukes was put down, Former Qin cleared the obstacles on the road to the Central Plains, and actively prepared to eliminate the strong neighbor Qianyan.
Huan Wen cut Yan, the Jin army reached Fangtou, Ye was shaken, and Murong Wei, the lord of Yan, sent someone to ask for help from Qin, promising to cut the land west of the tiger prison to Qin, and the ministers opposed saving Yan. Wang Meng secretly offered advice to Fu Jian, first sent troops to retreat from the Jin army with Yan, and then took advantage of Yan's decline and took it, in order to save first and then take it; otherwise, let Huan Wen capture the Central Plains, and Qin is a major event.
Fu Jian agreed, that is, sent troops to rescue Yan, Yan and Qin allied forces defeated the Jin soldiers, killed more than 40,000 enemies, and Huan Wen fled back to the Jin State in embarrassment. Afterwards, Yan broke the contract and gave it to Qin, so that Qin found an excuse to cut down Yan, and Wang Meng commanded 30,000 troops to attack Yan; the Qin army occupied Luoyang, an important town in the western part of Qianyan, and Wang Meng sent his generals to shoot away Yan, and Murong Zang, the king of Le'an, left Xingyang, left his troops to defend them, and returned to the west in triumph, completing the first stage of destroying Yan.
Wang Meng said goodbye to Fu Jian and went to the army to attack Qianyan again. Fu Jian said that he would personally lead the army to the east, but Wang Meng said confidently: "Sweeping away the remnants of the beard, sweeping the leaves like the wind, do not work Your Majesty to suffer from the wind and dust, just ask the relevant departments to build housing for the captured monarchs and ministers of Yan State in advance." ”
Fu Jian was overjoyed, Wang Meng commanded Yang An and other ten generals, 60,000 soldiers, and Murong Ping, the ruler of Qianyan, led 300,000 elite soldiers to resist the Qin army. Facing an enemy five times his size, Wang Meng had no fear, took the South Road to capture Huguan in one fell swoop, captured Murong Yue, the king of Yannan'an, alive, and all the counties he passed were all looking forward to the wind.
Yang An on the north road attacked Jinyang, but failed to capture it for two months because the city was strong and there were many soldiers. Wang Meng immediately led part of the army to Jinyang, and when he arrived in Jinyang, Wang Meng did not stop, inspected the city, quickly figured out the crux of the problem, and came up with a clever plan to defeat the enemy. He ordered the soldiers to dig tunnels overnight, sent hundreds of strong men to sneak into the city, shouted loudly and killed, killed all the Yan soldiers guarding the gate, opened the city gate, the Qin army swarmed in, and in a blink of an eye, occupied and captured the whole city of Jinyang, and captured Murong Zhuang, the king of the Yandong Sea, Murong Ping heard this report, and his soul flew away.
Wang Meng waved his army south, went straight to Luchuan, and confronted Murong Ping. At this time, a considerable number of Qin troops remained in the newly taken land, and the troops led by Wang Meng were very different from Murong Ping's army. Murong Ping thought that Wang Meng's lone army was deep and lacked food and grass, and he wanted to drag down the Qin army with a protracted war.
Who knew that before the war began, Wang Meng immediately sent 5,000 cavalry to set fire to the baggage of the Yan army, and the flames soared into the sky, and even the officials and people of Yecheng saw it. Murong Wei was frightened, sent someone to severely reprimand Murong Ping, ordered him to give the soldiers the money from selling water and firewood, extortion and extortion, and urged him to fight, so a big battle between Qin and Yan began.
On the morning of the decisive battle, Wang Meng seized the opportunity to swear in front of the battle, and he said impassionedly: "I, Wang Meng, have received the great favor of the state, and have concurrently held important positions inside and outside, and now I have gone deep into the thief land with all the kings. In this battle, if you can defeat the enemy, be rewarded with a bow to the Ming Dynasty, and celebrate and drink in the parents' room, soldiers, what a glory and how proud it should be. ”
Wang Meng's words burned the blood of the soldiers like a raging fire, and everyone enthusiastic, broke the cauldron and abandoned the grain, shouting and racing, and it was unstoppable.
On the evening of the first day, Qin general Xu Cheng returned late from reconnaissance of the enemy camp, Wang Meng wanted to deal with him with military law, Deng Qiang interceded for Xu Cheng, but was not allowed by Wang Meng, Deng Qiang returned to the camp and the whole team wanted to attack Wang Meng. Wang Meng unexpectedly pardoned Xu Cheng in vain, and praised Deng Qiang, saying: "The general is still so righteous to the generals of the same county, let alone to the country? ”
When the war started, Wang Meng ordered Deng Qiang to rush through the enemy's dense place, but Deng Qiang bargained and said: "If you promise to give me a black gauze hat of the lieutenant of Sili, then you can rest assured." ”
Wang Meng felt embarrassed, Deng Qiang ran back to the camp tent and slept with his head covered, so Wang Meng galloped into the Deng camp and agreed to the conditions. Deng Qiang was so happy that he jumped up, picked up the wine jar and drank a lot, and then jumped on the horse and speared, and the fierce generals Xu Cheng and Zhang Hao rushed straight into the enemy formation, rushing back and forth, as if entering a no-man's land. At noon, the Yan army was defeated and lost more than 50,000 people, and Wang Meng commanded the troops to pursue the victory, and annihilated more than 100,000 enemy troops. Murong Ping fled back to Yecheng alone, and the remnants of the army scattered and fled.
Deng Qiang pleaded for mercy and disrupted military law; wanted to attack the commander-in-chief, but had no superiors; and sought a position in battle, which was tantamount to blackmailing the monarch. If you have one of the three, you should be beheaded, not to mention that Wang Meng has always been famous for enforcing the law, but Wang Meng swallowed them all.
He tolerated Deng Qiang's shortcomings, so he mobilized Deng Qiang's strengths, and the result was a complete victory, just like taming a tiger and driving a fierce horse. At that critical juncture of life and death, if you do things according to the routine, stick to one end, and take half a wrong step, you will lose everything. Wang Meng's high level of performance in dealing with the Deng Qiang issue is truly astonishing.
Wang Meng led the army to the east and surrounded Yecheng, which was originally robbed and robbed near Yecheng, but now it became quiet from far and near. Wang Meng's orders were strict, no one dared to offend the people, the law was simple and the government was lenient, and the Yan people all celebrated and ran to tell each other.
Fu Jian personally led 100,000 elite soldiers to join the army, Yan Chen opened the city gate and surrendered, and the fleeing Murong Wei and Murong Ping were all chased back, and Qianyan perished. Fu Jian gave Wang Meng the title of official and marquis of Qinghe County, and gave him a total of 55 beautiful concubines and beautiful singers and dancers, 100 good horses, and 10 Chinese cars. He guarded Yecheng, selected talents and talents, removed the old and the new, stabilized people's hearts, developed production, and the people of the six states in the old land of Yan were like drought seedlings and rain, and they were happy.
Later, Wang Meng entered the court as the prime minister, supervised the Chinese and foreign military, and Fu Jian turned back to solve the remaining separatist forces in the northwest and other places, and first destroyed the enemy pool and isolated Qianliang. When Wang Meng defeated Zhang Tianxi, he had captured 5,000 of his subordinates and soldiers, and then sent someone to send them back, and brought a letter from Wang Meng to Zhang Tianxi. In the letter, Wang Meng quoted the past and discussed the present, thoroughly analyzed the general trend of the world and the dangerous situation of the Liang country, and persuaded Zhang Tianci to repent. Zhang Tianci was frightened when he read the letter, and he was restless when he slept and ate, and finally apologized to Qin.
Then the Xianbei beggar tribe in Longxi and the Tuyuhun between Ganqing and Qing also surrendered to Qin, and Qin pacified Bashu and the southern regions. By the time Wang Meng died, Qin had basically unified the north, ten points of the world, Qin occupied seven points, and the Jin state in the southeast had felt great pressure, and no one dared to go north again.
When Murong Trai came to defect to the former Qin, Wang Meng was quite wary of him, and once said to Fu Jian: "Murong Trai and his son, like dragons and tigers, are not people who can be tamed, if he takes advantage of the situation to make chaos in the future, it will be impossible to control them, it is better to get rid of them as soon as possible." But Fu Jian refused.
When Wang Meng set out to attack Luoyang, Murong Chui gave Wang Meng his saber while drinking with Wang Meng. Because Murong Chui's eldest son Murong Ling participated in Wang Meng's military entourage, Wang Meng bribed Murong Chui's confidant Jin Xi to pretend to be Murong Chui's envoy, and falsely claimed to Murong Ling that Murong Chui would rebel against Qin and return to the east in Chang'an.
Murong Ling hesitated all day long, but because he couldn't find his father to verify, he finally pretended to be out hunting and defected to Qianyan. Wang Meng then took the opportunity to express Murong Ling's rebellion, which frightened Murong Trai and left Lantian, but Fu Jian still chased Murong Trai back and did not add to the crime, and still treated him kindly. On the contrary, Murong Ling was never trusted by Qianyan, and finally failed to raise troops and was killed.
Wang Meng became ill from hard work and finally fell ill. Fu Jian personally prayed for Wang Meng, and sent his courtiers to pray all over the famous mountains and rivers. It happened that Wang Meng's condition improved, and Fu Jian was overjoyed and ordered an amnesty for capital crimes. Wang Meng wrote: "I can't imagine that Your Majesty has lost the virtue of heaven and earth because of the humble life of the lowly ministers, and there has never been such a thing since the beginning of the world, which really makes the ministers both grateful and uneasy." ”
"I have heard that the best way to repay kindness is to speak out, so please let me dedicate my will to the death of my dying life. Your Majesty is majestic and intimidating the desolate land in all directions, and the prestige of Dehua is within the Liuhe; the hundred counties of Kyushu Island, seven out of ten; Pingyan Dingshu, such as picking grass mustard. However, good authors may not be good at success, and good beginnings may not end well, so the ancient Ming monarch and the holy king knew that it was not easy to start a business and keep it successful, and they all trembled, as if facing the abyss. I hope that Your Majesty will follow their example, and the world will be very fortunate. ”
Fu Jian read a line of words, wiped two lines of tears, and was overwhelmed with grief. Fu Jian saw that Wang Meng was critically ill, and hurriedly asked about the future, Wang Meng opened his eyes, looked at Fu Jian and said: "Although the Jin Dynasty is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is orthodox in China, and it is peaceful from top to bottom. The nobles of Xianbei and Xiqiang who have subdued are the enemies of our country, and sooner or later they will become a scourge, and they should be gradually eradicated for the benefit of the country. ”
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he stopped breathing, Fu Jian wept three times in the coffin, and said to the crown prince Fu Hong: "God doesn't want me to unify the world, why did you take away my Wang Meng so quickly." ”
So according to the highest specifications of the Han Dynasty to bury the great Sima general Huo Guang, Wang Meng was ceremoniously buried, and Wang Meng was posthumously honored as the Marquis of Wu, just like the Shu Han Dynasty chased Zhuge Liang as the Marquis of Zhongwu, and the crying of the Qin State shook the wilderness, and it was endless for three days.
Fu Jian often compared his relationship with Wang Meng to that between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and once he lost his brother, teacher, and most powerful assistant, Fu Jian suddenly fell into extreme grief and often burst into tears. In the past six months, Fu Jian scrupulously followed the teachings of Wang Meng's legacy, conscientiously handled state affairs, and focused on the two major matters of expanding Confucian education and caring for the people's weal and woe, and both of them were very effective.
Later, Fu Jian quickly destroyed the former Liang and Dai kingdoms, and completely realized the unification of the north, and the Dongyi, the sixty-two states of the Western Regions and the Southwest Yi all sent envoys to pay tribute; Nanxiang, Xiangyang and other counties that originally belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty were also captured, and Qin Zhen was extremely prosperous before that.