Chapter 52 Throwing bricks and leading the way

In April 384, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian learned that there was another former Yan clan rebelling and self-reliant, and he was extremely sad and angry, and ordered his son Fu Rui to be the main general, and Yao Chang to lead 50,000 troops as the deputy general to attack Murong Hong, and ordered Dou Chong to lead the army to defeat Murong Chong.

However, Fu Rui and Yao Chang led their troops north, and Yao Chang offered advice to Fu Rui: "The Xianbei people in Guanzhong all have the idea of returning to their homeland in the east, so the best way to rebel is to let them return to the east, stay away from Guanzhong, and not forcibly intercept them." Grab the tail of the mole, and it can bite back on people. If the Xianbei people know that they have been besieged, they will fight to the death with our army, and if they lose, they will regret it too late! Now you can bluff and enter the army, not in a hurry to fight, the Xianbei people will be eager to return to the east, and Guanzhong can be stable. ”

Fu Rui disagreed, and said: "My father ordered us to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, how can we not annihilate the rebellion and let it return to his hometown, the general is timid, I should lead the soldiers to fight!" ”

He immediately ordered Yao Chang to lead his troops into Huayin, and led his troops to intercept the road back to the east.

Murong Hong saw that Fu Jian sent a large army to conquest, I was afraid that he would be defeated, and then led his troops to return to the east, but was soon intercepted by Fu Rui with his troops, and the two armies fought in Huaze, as a result, the Xianbei people were put to death and survived, and defeated Fu Rui's department, Fu Rui was killed, and at the same time, Murong Chong was defeated by the former Qin general Dou Zhen, and had to lead 8,000 troops to Murong Hong, who had just won, Murong Hong's strength increased greatly, and he had the idea of seeking to win Guanzhong.

Yao Chang learned that Fu Rui's army was defeated and killed, and his own unit was not Murong Hong's opponent, but he was afraid that Fu Jian would be blamed, so he did not dare to return to Chang'an. After thinking about it, he sent his subordinates Zhao Du and Jiang Xie to return to Chang'an to apologize to Fu Jian, so as to observe Fu Jian's attitude towards this defeat.

However, when Fu Jian learned that his beloved son Fu Rui was defeated and died, he was not only furious, but ordered Zhao Du and Jiang Xie to be killed.

Yao Chang heard that two of his subordinates were killed by Fu Jian, and knew that he would not escape death when he returned to Chang'an, so he led his subordinates to flee to Weibei. At this time, the big clans in the central and western parts of Guanzhong saw that the general trend of the former Qin had gone, and they all attached themselves to Yao Chang, gathering more than 50,000 households for a time. Yao Chang was elected by everyone and proclaimed himself the King of Qin for 10,000 years, known as Later Qin in history.

In May of the same year, Yao Chang led his troops to enter the north, and more than 100,000 local Qiang households attached to Yao Chang. The following month, Fu Jian was even more annoyed when he learned that Yao Chang was self-reliant, and personally led 20,000 cavalry to attack Yao Chang, winning a small victory at first and cutting off his water supply. Some of Yao Chang's people have died of thirst, and all the soldiers are afraid of themselves. But soon, heavy rain fell from the sky, and the water in Yao Chang's camp was three feet, and the military prestige was greatly boosted.

When Fu Jian was eating, when he heard about this, he had no intention of eating again, and said angrily: "Heaven has no heart, why is it raining in the thief camp!"

Yao Chang led the army to counterattack, winning many battles, and Fu Jian had to retreat to Chang'an.

At the same time, after Murong Hong defeated Fu Rui, he wanted to plot against Guanzhong and was unwilling to return to the east, but was murdered by his subordinates who were eager to return to the east, and his subordinates jointly elected his brother Murong Chong to succeed him. At this time, Yao Chang wanted to plot against Guanzhong, but he was afraid that his strength was insufficient, so he sent a letter to Murong Chong, persuading him to capture Chang'an and occupy Guanzhong as the emperor. wants Murong Chong to compete with Fu Jian and make his own profits.

Murong Chong was just supported by the subordinates, naturally full of ambition, seeing Yao Chang persuaded him to occupy Guanzhong, naturally did not doubt, so he led his troops to force Chang'an, Fu Jian was defeated several times, and there were no troops available in Guanzhong, so he transferred Luoyang to guard Fu Hui's more than 70,000 people to withdraw to Guanzhong to resist Murong Chong.

In July, Murong Chong saw that Fu Hui led a large army to meet the battle, and he was afraid that his morale would be damaged, so he ordered the women in his subordinates to fill the army with cattle and horses, raise poles and raise soil, encourage all the soldiers to fight, and take the initiative to attack Fu Hui in Zhengxi. Fu Hui sent troops to meet the battle, and the women in Murong Chong's battle shook their poles and shouted in the dust, and all the soldiers in the formation fought bravely to be the first and defeated Fu Hui. Fu Jian sent Fu Lin and Jiang Yu to lead an army of 30,000 to Bashang to block Murong Chong, and was defeated by Murong Chong, Jiang Yu died in battle, Fu Lin was lost, and Murong Chong led his troops into Afang.

In September, Murong Chong led his troops into Chang'an, and Fu Jian climbed to the top of the city to watch, sighing: "Where did such a strong Xianbei thief soldier come out!"

Fu Jian saw that Murong Chong was under the city, and rebuked loudly: "You and the other group of slaves are suitable for grazing cattle and sheep, why are they sent to death!"

Murong Chong shouted loudly: "We are tired of being slaves, and now we will replace you."

Murong Chong served Fu Jian in Chang'an when he was a child, and Fu Jian sent an envoy out of the city to send a brocade robe to Murong Chong, and ordered the envoy to issue an edict: "Qing came from afar, everything was created hastily, and it was very hard, so I gave a brocade robe to show my heart." How do I have a relationship with Qingqing, how did such a change happen overnight!"

Murong Chong sneered and said loudly: "Lonely is concerned about the world, how can I miss the small favor of a brocade robe." Thou shalt know the destiny of heaven, stop resisting, tie up thy hands, and be alone and will forgive the Fu clan in return for the old good, and in the end thou shalt not let the good deeds thou hast done in the past go unrewarded! ”。

When Fu Jian heard this, he trembled all over, and roared angrily: "I didn't listen to Wang Meng and Fu Rong for a long time, which made you and other Xianbei slaves so presumptuous!"

At this time, Fu Jian had reached the point of recovering from poverty and water, so he had to be trapped in Chang'an, and personally led Gou Chi, Yang An and other generals and soldiers in the city to fight with Murong Chong's army, and even launched a tragic street battle.

If you know what Fu Jian's fate is, please see the next chapter.