Chapter 65: Ji Sun's Worries

In December 399 AD, the old and sick lord of Houliang Lu Guang was angry because he repeatedly sent troops to recruit troops to conquer Southern Liang and Northern Liang, and he could not afford to be ill, so he knew that his time was short, so he issued an edict to abdicate and proclaim himself Emperor Taishang, and set up his eldest son Lu Shao as the lord of Houliang, and ordered his son Lu Su to preside over military affairs, and his youngest son Lu Hong was in charge of the government.

One day, Lu Guang, who had been bedridden for a long time, felt that the day of the limit was coming, so he hurriedly summoned his sons to make the final arrangements, and he warned Lu Shao: "Now that the country is in danger, there are bald and profitable deer in the south, Duan Ye in the north, and begging in the east to return, all three of them have the idea of plotting our country, I have ordered Lu Su to lead the army, Lu Shao to deal with state affairs, after a hundred years, you should rule by doing nothing, so that the country can tide over the difficulties, if you and other brothers are suspicious of each other, the country will perish!" ”

Lu Shao knelt on the ground and cried, and said, "My son obeys my father's orders!" ”

Lu Guang also instructed Lu Su and Lu Hong: "Lu Shao is not the master of saving the country and helping the need, only because of his old age, I made him the king of heaven, and now the country is in crisis, you and other brothers should live in harmony and help each other in the same boat, if the soldiers are facing each other, a catastrophe will befall you." ”

Lu Su and Lu Hong also knelt on the ground and wept, and said again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Lu Guang took Lu Su's hand again and said: "You have a rough temperament, I am the most at ease, you must do your best to assist the Heavenly King, don't listen to any gluttonous words." ”

Lu Su hurriedly said loudly: "The child doesn't dare, the child doesn't dare!" ”

Lu Guang looked at Zhuzi, slowly closed his eyes, and drove west with infinite regret.

However, what Lu Guang was worried about finally happened, Lu Shao had just succeeded to the throne of heaven, and the clan Lu Chao knew that Lu Su held military power and threatened the status of Lu Shao, the lord of Houliang State, so he advised Lu Shao to get rid of Lu Su, but Lu Shao was loyal and honest, obeyed Lu Guang's orders, and resolutely refused. However, Lu Hong, who presided over the state affairs, knew that his father Lu Guang wanted to make him the son of the world when he raised the army, but when he learned that his eldest son Lu Shao had run from Chang'an to Qiuchi, he gave up, and he held a grudge against Lu Shao from beginning to end, so he persuaded the second brother Lu Su, who held the military power, to kill the eldest brother Lu Shao, and Lu Su also looked down on the cowardly and incompetent Lu Shao, so that Lu Shao succeeded to the throne on the fifth day, led troops into the palace, forced him to commit suicide, and then Lu Su succeeded to the throne.

Lv Su, who sought power and usurped the throne, knew that his brother Lü Hong was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he took advantage of the merit of supporting the establishment to change his title to Fanle Gong, and ordered him to return to the fiefdom and leave Guzang, Lü Hong received the edict, and he trembled with anger, so he raised troops to attack Lü Su, but unfortunately he had no military power, and was quickly defeated by Lü Su's troops, Lü Hong had to flee to Guanggu, was captured by Lü Su's troops, and was escorted back to Guzang to be executed.

In June 400 AD, the lord of Houliang who thought that he was internally stable ignored the opposition of the ministers, rectified the soldiers and horses to crusade against Nanliang, the lord of Nanliang Bald Hair Lilu sent his brother Bald Hair Wei Tan to lead the troops to meet the battle, but the morale of Lu Su army was strong, and he crossed three piles in one fell swoop, the bald Wei Tan soldiers were panicked, the bald Wei Tan saw this, calmly dismounted, took the Hu bed and sat in the shade of the tree to enjoy the cool, and ordered the subordinates to adjust and rest on the spot, and his subordinates gradually returned to calm, the bald Wei Tan turned over his horse, gathered the troops to face the battle, defeated Lu Su, and killed more than 2,000 people.

Lü Su fled back to Guzang, and was not reconciled, and once again led the troops to attack Zhangye, the capital of the Northern Liang State, and the bald Wei Tan got revenge, so he led 10,000 cavalry to attack Gu Zang and break through the outer city, Lu Su had to lead the army to come back to help, and the bald Wei Tan heard the news and plundered the population of 8,000 households and retreated.

Lu Su, who wanted to make meritorious contributions and make great achievements, was defeated one after another, so he was completely discouraged by the revival of Houliang, drank excessively all day long, ignored the government and politics, and the ministers advised him, and he agreed to change his past mistakes on the surface, but continued to do his own thing, so that the national government of Houliang was deserted, the dynasty was relaxed, and the already weak national strength was even worse.

In February 401 AD, the clan Lü Chao saw that the lord of Western Qin was defeated by Later Qin Yao Xing, so he took it upon himself to lead troops to attack Western Qin. After Lu Su learned about it, he ordered Lu Chao to go back to Guzang quickly, and Lu Su, who had just drunk a lot, saw Lu Chao return to the court to ask for guilt, and scolded: "You rely on your extraordinary ability, and if you don't listen to my orders, I hate that I can't kill you!"

Lu Su actually had no intention of killing Lu Chao, but still ordered him to attend the luncheon and treat him as usual. But the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and Lu Chao remembered in his heart that he had persuaded Lu Shao to kill Lu Su, and he was even more terrified.

At the end of the luncheon, Lu Su calmed down, so he took Lu Chao and other clan ministers to visit the palace by car, and when they reached a depression, the wheels fell into the mud, Lu Su had to take the ministers to get out of the car, and wait for the guards to push the car out, and then continue the tour, and Lu Chao thought about how to save his life all the way, and saw that some guards put the sword on the ground for the convenience of the cart, and hurriedly picked up the sword and stabbed Lu Su to death.

Lu Su was stabbed to death, the palace was in chaos, the guards besieged Lu Chao, Lu Chao ran away, at this moment, several ministers of the clan stopped the palace guards, and said: "The matter has come to this, Lu Su has killed the king and usurped the throne, and his life should be like this, it is better for us to set up a new king!" ”

Seeing that the people of the Lu clan no longer pursued Lu Chao's murder, the guards also stopped pursuing, and soon, the ministers of the clan supported Lu Chao's brother Lu Long to inherit the position of the lord of Houliang.

In just two years after the cannibalism occurred in the Houliang Kingdom, Beiliang, which had just been founded, had a major regeneration.

If you want to know what happened in Beiliang Kingdom, please see the next chapter.