Chapter 10: Luring the Wolf into the House

In 304 AD, above the court, political affairs were controlled by Zhang Fang, the general of Sima Ying's department, and Meng Jiu, Sima Ying's confidant eunuch. Zhang Fang, Meng Jiu believes that he has a backer, and he doesn't put it in his eyes at all, especially Meng Jiu, who regards his lord Sima Ying as powerful, and has no one in his eyes, and often blames Sima Yue and the ministers, so that the courtiers are extremely dissatisfied with Meng Jiu, so that they resent Sima Ying, at this time Sima Yue calculated in his heart: Now Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, is powerful, and even Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, has given him three points, but his favorite minister Meng Jiu has committed public anger, so it is better to call on his ministers to unite Sima Ying, the king of Hejian, to crusade against Sima Ying, and take it with him.

So, Sima Yue told Zhang Fang about the crusade against Sima Ying, in order to get Sima Hao's help. Zhang Fang wrote a letter to the king of Hejian about Sima Yue, and explained in the letter that Sima Ying was now powerful, arrogant, and unusual, favored the eunuchs, and acted arbitrarily, and the courtiers were dissatisfied, so that Sima Yue could compete with him in order to weaken his power. After Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, saw the letter, he asked left and right, and both said that what Zhang Fang said was feasible. Sima Hao then replied to Zhang Fang and agreed to this plan.

Sima Yue knew that the king of Hejian had supported him, so he killed Meng Jiu, instigated the emperor, drafted an edict, drove the imperial expedition, recruited soldiers and horses from all over the world to crusade against Yecheng, and gathered 100,000 troops and horses within a few days.

In the Chengdu palace of Yecheng, after Sima Ying listened to Sima Xuan's persuasion speech, he was silent for a while, but when he saw that the guards behind Sima Miao were tall and mighty, heroic and abnormal, and his love for talents, he sat down and asked: "The guards behind you, where are you from?" ”

Sima Miao replied: "This person is Liu Yuan, the son of the Zuoxian King of the Five Huns of Heshuo, who served as a general in the court, and is actually the proton of the five Huns in our court, and this time he escorted me to Yecheng.

Sima Ying said: "You go back to the post house first, and the guards stay." ”

Sima Miao didn't dare to disobey, and immediately retreated. When Sima Ying saw him leave the house, he got up and invited the guards to take a seat, and asked: "The general is heroic and martial, and he must have knowledge.

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Liu Yuan thought to himself: I have been a proton for more than ten years, why not take this opportunity to leave the imperial court and find an opportunity to return to Heshuo. He replied: "The king of the East China Sea coerced the Son of Heaven and gathered 100,000 people, which seems to be powerful, but Sima Yue thinks very highly of himself, his ambition is bound to win, and the arrogant army will be defeated, and all walks of life have their own ghosts, just like the late Han Dynasty against the Dong coalition army, vulnerable to a single blow, not to mention that anyone under the prince can surrender, but the prince cannot." Everyone surrendered to the throne, and the best thing for the prince to surrender was house arrest, and it is unknown to destroy the family. The prince can kill Sima Miao first, and with the heart of the overwhelming people, send a powerful general to it, and he will definitely win. ”

Sima Ying was very happy, so he ordered Sima Ying to be killed, and ordered Shi Chao to lead 50,000 troops to meet the enemy.

Shi Chao reorganized the army for battle, and on the other hand, sent people to Sima Yue to surrender, deceiving Sima Yue that the people in Yecheng were panicked and the army was unstable, and he was only waiting for the imperial army to enter the city. Sima Yue was convinced, so he dreamed of appeasing the world, and the generals also celebrated, relaxed their vigilance, and relaxed the garrison in the army. In the middle of the night, Shi Chao led the troops to attack the camp, Sima Yue was defeated, people from all walks of life scattered and fled, the emperor Sima Zhen was captured, Sima Yue was afraid of Zhang Fang taking the opportunity to ask for the guilt, did not dare to return to Beijing, and fled back to the fiefdom of the East China Sea (near Tancheng, Shandong).

Emperor Sima Zhen was taken back to Yecheng by Shi Chao, and Sima Ying took over the power here, remembering the relationship with Sima Yue's clan, and did not continue to pursue it, in order to show generosity.

Sima Ying was afraid that Sima Yue was accumulating strength in the feudal country, so he sent his cronies and Yan to replace Wang Jun of Youzhou Assassin Shi to monitor Sima Yue, Wang Jun heard that He Yan came to replace him, and was extremely dissatisfied. Several groups of men and horses with Sima Yue as the leader of the alliance, attacked Yecheng again, Sima Ying then sent Shi Chao with his soldiers and horses to meet the battle, due to the help of the Hu cavalry, Shi Chao's army was defeated, and Sima Ying's main force was wiped out.

After the news of Shi Chao's defeat reached Yecheng. Sima Ying was very panicked, and fled to Luoyang overnight with dozens of generals. Sima Yue then occupied Yecheng and acquiesced in allowing the Xianbei soldiers to burn and loot Yecheng for several days.

On the way to escape, Liu Yuan saw the opportunity and said to Sima Yingjin: "Xianbei, the cavalry of the Qianren is mighty, and our cavalry is not inferior to it, the prince can send his ministers back to Heshuo, gather people and horses, and come to King Qin." Sima Ying was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so he allowed Liu Yuan to play, and asked Sima Zhen to canonize him as a general, and the five Huns were a big single Yu. The canonization department made the Gongshi clan a general and went to Hebei to recruit troops and horses in order to plan for the future. Liu Yuan hurriedly rushed back to Heshuo without stopping, and went to Lishi, the gathering place of the tribes. After Sima Ying finished deploying, he also hurriedly set off to Luoyang.

If you know what the situation in Luoyang is, what is Sima Ying's fate, and look at the next chapter

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