Chapter 14 Under the Fence

In the first month of 311 AD, at the same time that Shi Le marched into Jianghan, Liu Cong, the emperor of Han Zhao who had just usurped the throne, sent generals Liu Yao and Wang Mi to Luoyang, and the whole country was shocked by the Jin Dynasty.

In March of the same year, at this time, the new emperor Sima Chi was dissatisfied with Sima Yue's flying and domineering, poisoning Emperor Hui, and monopolizing power.

Wang Yan, the minister who was still in the army and had long been in cahoots with Sima Yue, immediately convened all the soldiers to discuss countermeasures, decided not to mourn, and led the army to return to Sima Yue's fiefdom of the East China Sea, under the name of burying it, but in fact abandoned Luoyang to avoid the sharp edge of Liu Yao and Wang Mi's army. When Wang Yan led the army to return to the east, the Han Zhao army had already known its movements, and Liu Cong, the emperor of the Han and Zhao dynasties, immediately issued an edict to Shi Le, who had marched into Jiang and Han at that time, to let him return to the west and intercept Wang Yan's army.

Shi Le personally led the light cavalry, caught up with Wang Yan's army in Ku County, although the army was numerous, but the morale was low, and Shi Le was full of cavalry, Wang Yan's army could not withstand the impact of the cavalry, and then scattered and fled, Shi Le captured Wang Yan and more than 100 princes and ministers, and then summoned Wang Yan and others to ask him about the Jin Dynasty, Wang Yan saw Shi Le, very surprised, and asked: "The general is not the beard child who sold horses in Luoyang?" ”

Shi Le was also amazed and said, "You are the official who searched for me? ”

Wang Yan leaned over and bowed, and said: "I was a general who was known as a hero, and he would be the enemy of my dynasty, and he was a minister of Jin, and he went against the sky, searching for the general, and then the sky died in the Great Jin, and the court was deceitful, and the chaos was not stopped. ”

Before Shi Le's words, Sima Fan, the king of Xiangyang, scolded Wang Yan and said: "Why should you talk so vainly about the affairs of the court, you have been in the court for several years, rebelled against Sima Yue, sent all the children of the family, and served as the officials of Jiangdong Prefecture and County before the war, and have made plans for the future, and now they are still speaking out loudly, flattering and rebellious, nothing more than wanting to live in the world and flee to Jiangdong.

Seeing that he was scolding, Shi Le didn't want to ask any more, so he immediately asked the soldiers on the left and right to escort all the princes and ministers out of the camp and kill them all.

In June and July of the same year, Shi Le took advantage of the situation to lead 30,000 elite cavalry, entered Chenggao Pass, and joined Liu Yao and Wang Mi to attack Luoyang. At this time, Luoyang City was already precarious, stormy, and then conquered, Shi Le led the cavalry to capture the emperor Sima Chi, who was about to flee to Chang'an, Guanzhong, and dedicated it to Liu Cong, the emperor of Han Zhao. Sima Chi's year name is Yongjia, and this event is known as the Yongjia Rebellion in history.

Shi Le then gave credit to Wang Mi and Liu Yao, and resolutely refused to accept Liu Cong's official position. Immediately led his troops to blitz the Jin army general Gou Xi, captured him alive, and returned with a great victory.

At this time, although the Han and Zhao armies won but their internal instability was now a clue, the general Wang Mi because Liu Yao entered Luoyang first, did not wait for himself, and was dissatisfied with Liu Yao, Wang Mi proposed to Liu Yao that the Han and Zhao move the capital to Luoyang was not adopted, and Liu Yao burned the Luoyang palace to eliminate Wang Mi's suggestion.

Wang Mi was then furious, and also had the idea of self-reliance, and took in the Jin Dynasty minister Liu Jun in Luoyang as a strategist, Liu Jun immediately persuaded Wang Mi that since he had a grudge with Liu Yao, it was better to occupy Qingzhou first to protect himself. Wang Mi immediately ordered Cao Wei to return to Qingzhou to recruit his troops. And he knew that Shi Le was powerful, and he respected him very much on the surface, but secretly he was afraid of Shi Le's courage and deliberately curryed favor. Shi Le captured the Jin general Gou Xi and persuaded him to surrender. Wang Mi wrote a letter of congratulations, with humble and humble words.

Shi Le didn't know what Wang Mi was thinking, so he told the left and right about it. At this time, Zhang Bin, a strategist in the gentleman's camp, advised Shi Le: "Wang Mi's words are humble, but his ambitions are ambitious, and he must have a plan for such a respectful general, and the general should get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a great disaster." However, Shi Le disagreed: "Wang Mi and I are the generals of the Han army, and they have no plan for me, and the division is unknown." ”

Seeing that Cao Wei was recruiting a large number of troops in Qingzhou, Liu Jun immediately suggested that Wang Mi unite with Cao Wei and join forces to attack Shile. Wang Mi acted according to the plan, and then sent Liu Jun to Cao Wei in Qingzhou with a handwritten letter, and ordered him to find an opportunity to attack Shile. But unfortunately, Liu Jun went sneaky and was captured by Shi Le's patrol cavalry, Shi Le was furious when he learned the content of Liu Jun's letter and killed Liu Jun. Then he beckoned Zhang Bin to ask for a plan, and Zhang Bin said: "Wang Mi doesn't know that Liu Jun is dead. is holding on to the Jin army, and asks the general for help, the general should immediately send reinforcements, gain Wang Mi's trust, and find an opportunity to kill him. ”

Shi Le Dayue, then sent reinforcements to help Wang Mi to retreat from the Jin army, Wang Mi immediately thanked Shi Le, I don't know what Shi Le knows.

In October 310 A.D., Shile invited Wang Mi to a banquet, and Wang Mi did not suspect fraud, so he went to the banquet. Just when the wine was hot, Shi Le ambushed his troops, killed Wang Mi, annexed his people, and greatly increased his power.

Shi Le reported to the Han Zhao Emperor Liu Cong that Wang Mi had rebelled. Liu Cong was dissatisfied with Shi Le's first cut and then played, and intended to condemn it, but he was afraid that Shi Le would have great intentions, so he sealed Shi Le.

Shi Le knew that Liu Cong was very jealous of him at this time, so he wanted to seek the land of Jiangdong even more to protect himself.

In February 312, Shile prepared to cross the river, attacked Jianye in the south, and Sima Rui, the king of Langya, who was guarding Jianye, gathered troops in Shouchun in the south of the Yangtze River and sent the general Ji Zhandu to supervise the troops to defend Shile. At this time, heavy rain fell in the Jianghuai area, the epidemic was rampant in the Shi Le army again, the army food was not enough, the casualties were heavy, the military situation was urgent, Shi Le immediately called his subordinates to ask for a plan, and everyone said that they could first vote for the Jin army, so as to wait for the Jin army to retreat south, waiting for the opportunity to move.

At this time, a person made a statement, and Shile was overjoyed, if he knew who he was talking about, what he was saying, and read the next chapter.