After Wen Qiao left Luoyang, he immediately took a car east to Qingzhou, and asked Wei Xun to release the sea boat and send him back to Pingzhou. As soon as he arrived in Xiangping, he hurriedly came to see Liu Kun and told Pei that he should receive Zen, Liu Yueshi couldn't help but sigh and said:

"When I was young, I had an appointment with my ancestors, and if the four seas were boiling on a different day, I should avoid each other in the Central Plains...... If you don't want to be an avoider, don't be ...... others."

Then he angrily slapped a few cases and said: "I am a Jin minister, and I have been working hard for the king's affairs for more than ten years, how can I change my banner and usurp it?!" ”

His reaction was naturally expected by Wen Taizhen-it was impossible for him to cry with joy on the spot as soon as he heard that Pei should be called emperor, and he would worship and dance to the south-Wen Qiao immediately advised: "In this matter, my uncle should think twice before acting." ”

Liu Kun asked, "What did Qing say?" ”

Wen Qiao arched his hand and said: "The nephew returned from the Central Plains, knowing that Jin Wei has fallen, the people's hearts are in China, and the Guanzhong army is strong and strong, the grain is abundant, and the ancestors are restored. The uncle first guarded and merged the state, and fought again in the thistle, which was in Jin'en, and the retribution was exhausted, so why go against the trend? After all, Pingzhou is in a corner, it is difficult to shake the overall situation, if from China and the thief, there is still a day of meritorious deeds; If you still serve Jinshuo and become the enemy of the world, is it a plan to establish yourself? ”

Liu Kun said: "It is expected that the king of Danyang will not be from China, but he can be carried to the throne to continue the Jin Zuo, and the north and south will attack the Chinese thieves." ”

Wen Qiao smiled bitterly: "In the past, Hu Qian was raging, the Central Plains was sinking, and only Pei and Zu Yangwu were on the river, and they were restored. At that time, the momentum of the thieves was not as good as today's, and Jiankang did not dare to let the boat go north; Although the king of Danyang now has the ambition of Shaojin, he can only sit and guard, can he count on it? And the north and south are separated, and it is difficult to echo, and the boats and boats on the sea are mostly in the hands of the Chinese......"

Pei Gai originally judged that if Liu Kun was still a smart person and did not hurt his brain because of repeated defeats, then in terms of the situation, he was most likely willing, or had to be subordinate to the Hua Dynasty. Of course, there are many loyal ministers and martyrs in the world who know what they can't do, but the authority of the Sima clan has fallen to the bottom, and how many people are willing to die for them?

In the original history, although Liu Kun succumbed to Youzhou, he still persuaded Sima Rui to ascend the throne and succeed Jinshuo himself, because he had no second force to take refuge in. Hu and Liang are tyrannical and immoral, and the key is that the hatred with Jin is as deep as the sea - he arrested two Jin emperors in a row, and they were all killed not long after- then Liu Kun will inevitably betray virtue and ridicule regardless of whether he follows Hu or Congji.

And in this timeline, Sima Ye's Zen position, theoretically speaking, the Hua Dynasty is the legal successor of the Jin family, not a usurper - although there is no difference in substance, but traditional Confucianism is correct in terms of procedure. For example, in the future, although the Ming Dynasty chased the Meng Yuan, it still claimed to be the orthodoxy of the Yuan Dynasty, instead of going to the Song Dynasty across the Yuan Dynasty; For another example, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroyed the Southern Ming Dynasty and pursued and killed the Yongli Emperor to Burma, they still claimed that they entered the customs to exterminate the Liukou and avenge the Ming Dynasty. In fact, this is just to give the old ministers and scholars of the Victory Dynasty a step down.

Now this step is in front of Liu Yueshi, so do you go down or not?

Wen Qiao repeatedly persuaded Liu Kun to finally decide that the big guys would discuss it together at the meeting. At the meeting, only Liu Yan expressed his attitude, hoping that Liu Kun would still serve Jinshuo, but the other Lu Chen, Cui Yue and others were all inclined to return to China - because the original class of scribes did not have any discipline, and after the military overthrow, they successively returned to Yu Zhao. Wen Qiao argued fiercely with Liu Yan on the spot, Liu Bosheng's eloquence was naturally far from Wen Taizhen's opponent, and he was defeated not long after, so he had to turn his head angrily and say nothing.

Liu Kun was still hesitant and said: "Since Qing and others are willing to go from China, it is inconvenient for me to block the way of Qing and others...... He will give up his authority and return to the countryside. Turning his head, he ordered Cui Yue: "Dao Ru, draw up a resignation sheet for me." ”

If he resolutely refuses to follow China and is not subject to the edict, there is no need to resign. Liu Yueshi's meaning, I was dragged down by the bureaucrats, so I had to bow down and eat "Huasu", but since I was a Jin minister, it was inconvenient to accept Hualu anymore - when the Chinese Dynasty ruled a flat-headed people.

Cui Yue panicked, and hurriedly persuaded: "The thieves are still raging in You, Ji, Julina Cui is a remnant of the party, Pingzhou is really not a peaceful land, if there is no adult, how will we guard it?" I hope you will think carefully. "You are a big flag, erected here, and we will all obey it; If you retire to Linquan and ignore it, then who is the main person in Pingzhou? Liu Yan? He's going to take all the big guys out into the ditch; Liu Qun? The young fetal hair hasn't faded yet......

Liu Qun and Liu Gongdu are Liu Kun's second sons, but they are the elders, and they are smart by nature, and they are well-trained in the world, and they are deeply loved and respected. However, Liu Qun is still young after all, and he has only been celebrating the crown ceremony for less than two years, even if he is a genius in Tianzhong, his prestige is definitely not as good as Liu Yan, Wen Qiao, Cui Yue and others...... Therefore, in Cui Yue's mind, if Liu Qun is the main one in a hurry, it will definitely lead to the split of the group, so he implores Liu Kun to take back his life.

Liu Qun himself naturally came out to bow down and persuaded repeatedly.

You must know that regardless of the position and power for the time being, just talking about the title, Liu Kun was promoted to the Marquis of Guangwu, but the Hua Dynasty was crowned the Duke of Zhuo County, which is a grade difference after all. Liu Qun is Liu Kun's rightful heir, and if he follows China, he will definitely be able to inherit the county duke in the future; And if he is still in Jinshuo, he will only inherit a marquis. The worst thing is that Liu Kun resigned from the table and Lu, although he reluctantly returned to China, he had no position and no title to pass on to his descendants...... How could Liu Gongdu be willing?

Liu Yueshi had no choice but to follow the words of the group - the key backbone of the Liu Group is mostly relatives, either Liu Yueshi's nephew or nephew, it is impossible for him to harden his heart and ignore it-that is, ask Wen Qiao to take out the edict of Hua Ting, and face the north to accept it. Immediately, Wen Qiao asked Liu Kun to write a handwritten letter, so that he could continue to worship Murong Diao.

Murong Diao Yu Jin, originally the governor of Xianbei, later Sima Ye Jiabai Zhenjun general, Feng Changli, Liaodong two county dukes and two counties, it is really the first one, in fact, it is just a tacit consent to the annexation of the two counties by Murong Ministry.

Of course, in fact, Liu Kun occupied Liaodong, but in addition to Changli, he also gave Liaoxi to the Murong Ministry. Pei Gai once slandered, Liu Yueshi once asked to cut five counties to Tuoba, and now he is serving the second county to Murong, this guy is good at borrowing teachers to help suppress, and is good at cutting land......

Pei Gai didn't plan to let the second county, no matter which county it was, give it to Murong Diao, but he wanted to restrain it and even support it, so that in the future, Murong of Eastern Xianbei could help and resist the extension of Western Xianbei. He asked Pei Wei, and Pei Wenji said, "Why don't you give the title of king?" ”

Anyway, the king of foreign clans and the king of the mainland are fundamentally different things, and since he has been crowned the king of the Tuoba clan, why not give the Murong clan another "Liao king"? After all, compared to the second county duke, the prince is just a virtual name.

Therefore, this time, Wen Qiao was appointed by Hua, and went to canonize Murong Diao for Hua Ting, worshipping him as "the king of Liao, the general, and the Dongxian Beishan Yu". Before leaving, Liu Kun took care of him and said, "Qing can go straight to Murong Ting, don't see Murong Han on the way." Now Murong Han is guarding outside, Murong Hao is following on the side, and when he hears that the two sons are not in harmony, if Murong Han is happy to allow him, Murong Hao will inevitably make an obstacle from it......

"At the beginning of Yongjia, Liaodong was in turmoil, and Murong Han once advised Murong Diao, Yun: 'Liaodong is falling, Jing is already two years old, the Central Plains is in turmoil, and the state division has been defeated repeatedly. Alone in the Ming Nine Expeditions, to save the suffering of the hanging, the righteous soldiers to punish the chaos of Yi Sulian, Mujin, etc., the upper is to restore the Liao State, the lower is to annex the two, loyalty is manifested in the dynasty, and private interests are attributed to our country. This is the beginning of our success. ’

Judging by this statement now, Murong Han will be willing to serve Hua Shuo, and when Murong Hao hears about it, he may rebel against his brother's actions. Whether Murong is in chaos because of this, or refuses to follow China, it is not good for me. However, if Taizhen is no more than Murong Han, he will pay tribute to Murong Hao first, so that Hao Hao will obey, and Han will not be able to stop him, and it can be done. ”

Wen Qiao obeyed the order and left, and really went straight to Murong Ting, first went to visit Murong Hao, and said that the Hua Dynasty is now enchanting the king of Liao, and if the king helps Yu to do his thing, he is the son of the world, and he will be able to succeed his father in the future. Murong Hao was overjoyed, and sure enough, he spoke to his father, and finally Murong Diao was also ordered by the Hua Dynasty.

Murong Diao held a banquet to entertain Wen Qiao, and asked him during the banquet: "Thanks to the wrong love of the Son of Heaven, my king is in Liaodi, and he should gallop the territory for the country and destroy the thieves." However, Yuwen is in the west, bewitched by thieves, and every time he is disturbed, I want to destroy Yuwen first, and I am afraid that Tuoba will hinder him. The Great Commonplace ...... No, now it's the young master and Zhuo Gong, I don't know if I can play for me, and I will order to crusade against Yuwen? ”

Wen Qiao replied: "The Yuwen Department is just a scourge of ringworm scabies, why does the prince of Laoliao personally open the jade toe?" Now Tuoba is back, it is still unknown, and that is, it is returned to China, Fu Zhuo Gong asked the Son of Heaven to ask Yuwen, Tuoba may not help Yu Wen, Tuoba may not help the ...... "Originally, when the big guys were attached to the Jin, it was like this, Xianbei attacked each other, but have you ever worried about the anger of the Central Plains court?"

"Instead of attacking Yuwen, it is better to help Zhuo Gong to conquer Julie first, so that my two families have no worries, but can echo Wang Shi and destroy Zhao. If he can destroy the karma and make meritorious contributions, then Murong will be right to Tuoba, and with the help of the king, are you still afraid that Yuwen will be in trouble? The king of Liao is the left of Wang Xianbei, and Yuwen should be under the rule of the king of Liao. ”

Murong Diao just smiled at the time, and no longer insisted on it, but after coming down, he whispered to his sons Murong Hao and Murong Ren, saying: "The Central Plains is in turmoil, and my family has obtained the land of western Liaoxi because of this. The situation is like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight, so I respect Hua Shuo, and I want to take the opportunity to destroy Yuwen, who grows in the grassland, but Wen Taizhen doesn't allow it, but what? After a pause, he said, "The envoy is also coming, but do you want to summon him to see him and tell him about the conditions?" ”

Murong Hao waved his hand and said, "No, since Grandpa has received the edict from Hua, how can he see Zhao Envoy again?" Now that Hua and Zhao are contending, not to mention that Hua is strong and Zhao is weak, even if Shi Le finally wins the world, he will probably expel Ah Ye from outside the Saiwai - he Chinese own land, how can he easily let people - even if he temporarily allows to cede the land, or even sell Yuwen, it is only perfunctory.

"Erchen heard that there is a saying in China, 'distant friendship and close attack', then my family wants to get a household registration, cattle and sheep, and a strong country, but only take it from a close place, how can it be reasonable to attack China from Zhao and far away? Could it be that Grandpa wants to attack Zhuo Gong? Although Shi Zhao is weak, if he goes all out, he is enough to annex the Northeast, but only my family and the Liu family can resist it. If you turn your back on China and attack Liu, you will weaken yourself.

"The land of China, although fertile, is not something that we can govern in the end, it is better to follow Wen Taizhen's words, find an opportunity to expedition to Juli, capture its people, echo the king's extermination of karma, and return to the teacher to merge Yuwen. At that time, the soldiers will be strong, and even if they retreat to the outside of the fortress, they can also be safe; Besides, although Hua won the world, after all, it was decided, or he didn't dare to raise troops to chase me for the time being, and he didn't know - Grandpa thought twice. ”

The reason why Murong Hao said these words was because he had been asked by Wen Qiao in advance, and secondly, because he was plotting against his cousin Murong Han. Although the Murong clan has obtained a large piece of land in the Old Jin Dynasty, Murong Diao still lives outside the fortress and hands over all those farmland areas to Murong Han to take care of, so in Murong Hao's opinion, even if we are forced to retreat north in the future, the biggest loss is you, the eldest brother, so do you dare to fight with the five people and six people in front of me? Besides, I still hope that you will resolutely refuse to retreat at that time, and then I can borrow the hands of the Chinese to get rid of you!

Murong Diao finally listened to Murong Hao's words, and without seeing Zhao Envoy, he was directly expelled from the country.

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Shortly after Pei Gai practiced Zuo, Zu Tiqin led a large army to leave Xingyang, first successfully conquered Juan County, crossed the Yellow River again, and marched north. The striker Zu Ji arrived at Chaoge, and Shao Zhu welcomed him in, and discussed the next step of the battle together.

Zu Ji said: "The thieves have been defeated and retreated, and the elite has suffered a heavy setback, and in the marshal's opinion, the only way to hold on to the cities is to prevent me from going straight to Xiangguo, and I will no longer be able to fight in the field, unless Shi Le urgently summons the party to come to An." Therefore, our army should first go to Lin Xi and Shexian to block the kettle and block, so that the Shangdang army cannot come out, and the victory will be decided. ”

Shao Zhuyu reported: "Before the last general, people were sent to investigate, and Lin Xian's soldiers were only thousands, so there was no need to worry. However, it must also be fast, otherwise Xiangguo will send a great future to guard ......"

The Taihang Mountain is majestic and steep, and the terrain at its eastern foot is also very complex. If you go along the main road, a hundred miles to the northeast of Chaoge is Dangyin, and more than 60 miles north of Dangyin is Anyang, all of which belong to important towns, and it is estimated that it is not so easy to get down. Lin Xi County is more than 100 miles west of Anyang, surrounded by four mountains, the surrounding terrain is flat, and the city is small and weak, so it should not be difficult to attack - but it is impossible to bypass Dangyin and Anyang, and go to Lin Shu first.

However, to the west of Lin Shu is the branch of Taihang Mountain, Lin Shu Mountain, with steep cliffs and cliffs, extremely steep, and there is no road at all; On the other three sides, the mountains are relatively gentle, and there are many canyons in the mountains, and there are trails that can be passed - the southwest road is connected to Gongxian County, the southeast road is connected to Chaoge, the northeast road is connected to Anyang, and the north road is connected to Shexian County.

Therefore, Zu Ji estimated that if Lin was worried about the heavy guards of the thieves, he would send an army to fortify in front of the mountain, and his army would not be able to fight at all if he did not take Dangyin and Anyang first. However, according to the sentry of the Shao Jiajun, the current city defense is still weak, so you can take this opportunity to attack Lin Shu through the southeast Dao, and then Lin Shu will attack Shexian County. It's just that as Shao Zhu said, the action must be fast, a little slow, the enemy is not a fool, and he will inevitably plug this gap.

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So he only rested for a day in Chaoge, and then personally led more than 4,000 Ma Bu troops to attack Lin Xi - Duan Wenyang had itchy hands, so he also asked for orders to accompany him. It happened that Shi Le released the confined general Guo Ao and ordered him to bring his son Guo Tai - who was injured by Shi Hu before and was almost well - to lead the army to guard the forest, and the two armies met face to face.

This is the beginning of the battle of extermination.