Chapter 37 Don't chase after the poor

In July 369 AD, in the palace hall of the former Yan Yecheng Palace, the Empress Dowager Zuhun and the emperor Murong Wei were discussing with the ministers how to return the capital.

At this time, Murong Chui took the prince Murong Ling to the palace, and Murong Chui cried:

"At this time, the country is in danger, the ancestral foundation is not guaranteed, the last general is willing to lead the troops to fight again, and the dog is left in the court, assisting the emperor, if he is defeated by Huan Wen, the last general will not survive, and the emperor will return to Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning), it is not too late."

Murong Chui's words were impassioned, and the princes present all praised him, and at this time, Murong De of the clan also stepped forward and said: "The last general is willing to go with the royal brother to crusade against Huan Wen, not to break the Jin army, and to be willing to accept the guilt!" ”

Emperor Murong Wei saw this scene and thought: Now that the eyebrows are burning, you can use these two people to stop the enemy first, if you can really retreat from the enemy, I also have the skill of knowing people, and the hundred officials are prestigious, and I still sit firmly on the throne, if I leave his son as a hostage, I will make the ministers laugh shamefully!

So he turned around and glanced at the Queen Mother, vaguely saw the Queen Mother nodding, and said: "I and the two imperial uncles are both the descendants of the emperor's ancestors, how to talk about leaving a son in the court, I now order Murong Chui to be the main general, Murong De and Murong Ling are the deputy generals, leading the army and horses of all roads, and conquering Huan Wen!" ”

The ministers then bowed down and shouted in unison: "The emperor's holy name!" ”

So, Murong Chui, Murong De and others led the soldiers and horses of the whole city to march to Fangtou to resist Huan Wen.

At this time, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian learned that Huan Wen Northern Expedition Qianyan, but the Empress Dowager Zuhun sent an envoy to cut the land for help, and was very happy, originally wanted to unite with Huan Wen and divide the land of Qianyan equally, but Wang Meng insisted on aiding the weak and attacking the strong, and admonished with the truth of cold lips and teeth, and even said that the Huan Wen Northern Expedition only seeks a false name, and the internal discord in the Jin court will definitely restrict its profound connotation, Fu Jian immediately according to the plan, sent the general Gou Chi to lead 20,000 troops to aid Qianyan.

Murong Trai saw that Huan Wen's morale was in full swing, so he built a deep ditch and a high fortress to hold the camp, Huan Wen attacked several times, all were repulsed, coinciding with the hot weather, the rainfall decreased, the Cao Yun waterway dried up, the water fell out, the Jin army's grain and grass could not go north along the canal, so it had to be transferred by land, Murong Trai sent Murong De to lead the light cavalry to cut off its grain route.

At this time, Huan Wen's military rations were completely cut off, and when he heard that Qin reinforcements were coming, he ordered the warships to be burned, gave up the baggage, and led the army to retreat by land.

In the camp of Murong Chui of the former Yan Fangtou, the generals learned that Huan Wen was short of food and grass, and wanted to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, so they rushed to ask for troops to pursue, Murong Chui calmed down abnormally, and said: "The veteran of the Huan Wen battlefield has just led the army to retreat, and he must be very alert, and he will definitely send elite soldiers to ambush after the break, if I send troops to pursue, there will definitely be no return, it is better to wait and see what happens." When he knew that our army was not pursuing, he would inevitably rush back to Jiangnan day and night; At that time, the veteran soldiers of his division are tired, and our army will pursue again, and it will definitely win a great victory. ”

The generals will be skeptical, but the commander has made up his mind, and no one will talk about the war again.

Soon, Murong Chui saw that all the Huan Wen army had withdrawn, so he personally led more than 8,000 cavalry to follow the Huan Wen army. Huan Wen did not see the pursuers, sure enough, the ambush behind the palace withdrew, and then accelerated the retreat, a few days, Huan Wen led the army to Xiangyi (now Sui County, Henan), about to cross the Yangtze River in the south, at this time Murong Chui summoned the generals and said: "Huan Wen can cross the river in a few days, the sergeant is slack and tired, you can attack!" ”

Then he ordered the generals to advance quickly, and ordered Murong De to lead 4,000 elite cavalry to ambush in the east stream of Xiangyi, and Murong Chui attacked from east to west, defeated Huan Wen, and beheaded more than 30,000 people.

Huan Wen had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to continue to retreat south, at this time, the former Qin general Gou Chi took the opportunity to lead the army to intercept, and the Jin army was defeated again, with more than 10,000 dead. Huan Wen was defeated this time, and he was no longer able to go on the Northern Expedition.

Murong Chui defeated Huan Wen and returned to Fangtou, his prestige in the court was unprecedentedly high, and he held heavy troops outside, the Empress Dowager Kezuhun and Emperor Murong Wei were even more jealous of it, and Murong Ping, the minister of the clan in the court, was also jealous and hateful. Murong Trai saw that Huan Wen had retired, and then asked the emperor to reward the meritorious soldiers, but the chapter was detained by Murong Ping, Murong Ping knew that the Queen Mother and Murong Trai were like fire and water, so he immediately went to the palace and offered advice to the Queen Mother: "Now Murong Trai, the merit is high, if you bring the troops back to the court, there will be traitors to persuade them, and it is unknown where the emperor and the Queen Mother will die!" ”

But the Empress Dowager hurriedly asked, "What is Aiqing's plan?" Hurry up. ”

Murong Ping cleared his throat and said: "The Queen Mother can ask the emperor to issue an order, summon Murong Chui into the palace to receive the reward, and then order someone to ambush him in the palace and kill him, and the disaster can be determined." ”

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed, so she told the emperor Murong Wei about the matter, but Murong Wei was afraid that killing Murong Chui like this would cause chaos in the court, so he hesitated for a few days and did not dare to make a decision. However, the matter was not confidential, and Murong Kai, the son of Murong Ke, learned that the Queen Mother and Murong Ping were plotting to harm Murong Chui, and he was very upset.

That night, Murong Kai hurried to the Fangtou camp, reported the matter to Murong Chui, and admonished him: "The emperor and the queen mother are not virtuous, reuse villains, and plot to kill Zhongliang, Uncle Wang has no choice but to preemptively kill Murong Ping and others, force the emperor and the queen mother to abdicate, and save the country from danger, there is no other way!" ”

Murong wept and said: "My loyalty, the sun and the moon can be seen, the country's disasters are mostly due to cannibalism, how can I bear it." But once you die, you can make the country stable, what is there to fear! ”

Murong Kai also cried: "Father Wang is wise, Uncle Wang is really a hero in the world, I have returned to the dynasty, and the emperor will make a decision again, and he will definitely tell him." ”

Murong Chu got up to see Murong Kai leave, only to see Murong Kai turn over and get on his horse, his figure gradually disappeared into the night, Murong Chu looked up at the starry sky and fell into deep thought.

If you know how Emperor Murong Wei decided and how Murong Chui's life was, please see the next chapter.