Chapter 67: Murder with a knife

At the beginning of 401 A.D., Duan Ye, the lord of the Northern Liang Kingdom, learned that the Dunhuang Taishou Li Wei supported the army to stand on his own, and founded the Xiliang, and he wanted to send troops to fight, and deeply felt that the national capital Zhang Ye Shou was far more talented than Li Hui, and there was a frustrated Qu man in charge of the court, fearing that the two brothers would take advantage of their own troops and regenerate, so they wanted to separate the two brothers, so they appointed the frustrated Qu Mengxun to be reappointed as the Linchi Taishou, and transferred him from the capital Zhangye.

Duan Ye knew that his cronies Ma Quan were brilliant and strategic. He ordered Ma Quan to replace Fuqu Mengxun as Zhang Ye's Taishou. Ma Quan was very close to and reused by Duan Ye, the main lord of the Northern Liang Kingdom, so he naturally slandered and bullied the frustrated Qu Mengxun who had been transferred out of the capital.

Frustrated Qu Mengxun was therefore very jealous and resentful of Ma Quan, and took the opportunity to return to Zhangye, and when chatting with Duan Ye, the lord of Beiliang State, he said casually: "There is nothing to worry about in the world, but some people in the court rely on the favor of the king and form a party to plot chaos. ”

Duan Ye didn't know what to do, and hurriedly asked curiously, "Who is the general talking about?" ”

Frustrated Qu Mengxun pretended to be speechless and stopped, and said: "This person, this person is, the last general is afraid that the king will be sad, so it's better not to say it." ”

Duan Ye was even more puzzled by the second monk, and said: "The general said that it doesn't matter, this king forgives you for not guilty." ”

Fuqu Mengyu hurriedly knelt down, and Chen said: "This person is the guard of the capital, Ma Quan. ”

Duan Ye was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and said: "General, retreat first, and let King Ben think about it in the long run." ”

Seeing this, Fuqu Mengxun was secretly happy in his heart, so he retreated and left, Duan Ye saw that Fuqu Mengxun had left, and without distinguishing, he quickly summoned Ma Quan into the palace and booby-trapped him.

When he learned that Duan Ye had killed Ma Quan, he hurried to his cousin Fuqu Nancheng's mansion and said: "Duan Ye is stupid, not a genius to save the world, and he is willing to listen to slander, and he has no ability to distinguish between right and wrong. I think about abolishing Duan Ye and taking my brother as king, what does my brother think? ”

Frustrated Nancheng shook his head and sighed: "Duan Ye lives alone in a foreign country, but he is supported by us as the king, and he has two brothers, which is like a fish in water." Moreover, it is not foregoing that they will be of great use to us, and that we will rebel. ”

Fuqu Mengxun saw that his brother Fuqu Nancheng wanted to be Duan Ye's minister, so he no longer advised. He was also worried that Duan Ye was still suspicious of him, so he asked him to serve as the Taishou of Xi'an. Duan Ye was also frustrated by Meng Xun's outstanding ability, and he wished that he would leave the court, so he allowed him to play.

As soon as Fuqu Mengxun arrived, he began to plan the raising of troops, and soon, he asked his brother Fuqu Nancheng to go to Lanmen Mountain to worship, Fuqu Nancheng did not doubt it, readily agreed, and made an appointment with him to sacrifice time.

Fuqu Mengxun sent people to Zhangye again, and secretly reported to Duan Ye, the lord of Beiliang State, saying that Fuqu Nancheng was planning to rebel on the opportunity of going to Lanmen Mountain to sacrifice, and Duan Ye was suspicious and did not take any action.

However, within a few days, Fuqu Nancheng Shangcheng asked to leave Zhangye and go to Lanmen Mountain to worship, Duan Ye was shocked, and quickly ordered someone to arrest Fuqu Nancheng and ordered him to commit suicide. Fuqu Nancheng received the edict in prison, shouted that he was wronged, and cried to the envoy of Duan Ye who coerced and supervised his suicide: "Fuqu Mengxun tried to stand on his own, and he had already told Weichen, but Weichen did not expose it because he was a brother to each other. Because Weichen was alive, he was worried that the tribe would not listen to his orders, so he agreed with Weichen to sacrifice the mountain, but came to make false accusations. If the minister dies, the frustration will be reversed. Please tell the king that Weichen is dead, and the frustration of Meng Xun will definitely raise troops, and Weichen will lead the troops to fight again, and he will definitely pacify it. ”

The messenger hurriedly brought a message to Duan Ye, but Duan Ye did not give up, and finally gave the frustrated Nancheng to death.

When Fuqu Mengxun heard that Fuqu Nancheng had died, he gathered his subordinates and cried: "Fuqu Nancheng is loyal, but he was wrongfully killed by Duan Ye, and the monarchs are willing to avenge him?" And the war in the country is not something that Duan Ye and his ilk can deal with. Our brothers originally supported him as king, thinking that he was the hero of Chen Sheng and Wu Guangzhi, but they did not think that they listened to slander and believed in it, and killed Zhongliang, how could we sit idly by and make the people suffer! ”

The frustrated man became loyal and kind, and at this time, the crowd of the frustrated tribe was agitated and shouted: "Revenge!" ”

Fuqu Mengxun immediately led his troops to force Zhangye, and most of the Qianghu tribes along the way responded with troops, and Beiliang counties also surrendered one after another. Fuqu Mengxun led his army to Houwu near Zhangye.

Regardless of the minister's opposition, Duan Ye ordered Tian Ang and others to face Fuqu Mengxun. Tian Ang led his army to Houwu, and because he hated Duan Ye for listening to slander, he imprisoned him for no reason, and directly led his troops to surrender.

In May 401 AD, Fuqu Mengxun marched under the city of Zhangye, Tian Ang's nephew Tian Chengai opened the city gate and let Fuqu Mengxun enter the city. Duan Ye was extremely helpless and begged Fuqu Mengxun to let him return to his hometown in Guanzhong, but Fuqu Mengxun resolutely refused to allow him and killed him.

In June of the same year, Tian Ang and others elected Fuqu Mengxun as the general, Liangzhou Mu, and Zhang Yegong. Fuqu Mengxun inherited the lord of Beiliang and granted amnesty to the territory.

At this time, the four countries of the northwest land stood side by side, the bald deer was lonely in the south, the north was in the north of the frustrated canal Mengxun, the west was in the west of Li Wei, and the cold after Lu Long, and they attacked each other continuously, and after Lu Long, Liang became the target of the public, and was attacked by the north and south of the Liang and only kept the land around the capital Guzang, and the west Liang frequently harassed the north Liang. Just when the Liang Kingdom was divided, after the begging and returning to Western Qin and Yao Xing, Qin went to war again.

If you know that the two Qin are fighting, who the victory and defeat are, and what the result of the four Liang attacks is, please see the next chapter.