Chapter Eighty-Seven: Criticizing the Reverse Dragon Scales

The Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao saw that the Western Qin and Hu Xia had been destroyed, and the Central Plains held his hand, and the Northern Liang, which was entrenched in the land of Liangzhou, was still strong under the rule of Fuqu Mengxun, but Fuqu Mengxun was over the age of six, so Tuoba Tao temporarily set his sights on the Northern Yan in Liaoxi.

In September 430 AD, Feng Bali, the founder of the Northern Yan Kingdom, worked hard for more than 20 years, and finally made the Northern Yan Kingdom rich and strong, and shocked the Northeast, but he worked hard, accumulated hard work, and became ill, Feng Ba knew that his time was short, so he ordered the prince Feng Yi to preside over the government. However, Feng Ba's favorite concubine, Mrs. Song, wanted to set up her own son to succeed to the throne, and was deeply dissatisfied with Feng Yi's rule, so she deceived the crown prince Feng Yi, pretending that Feng Ba's illness would be cured, and persuaded him to return to the court.

Mrs. Feng saw that Feng Yi was cowardly and ignorant, and falsely passed the holy decree, prohibiting the ministers of the clan from entering the palace to visit Feng Ba, the holy decree, the ministers were puzzled, and the minister in charge of the palace ban Hu Fu saw that Mrs. Song was acting abnormally, and he was afraid that the court would become chaotic, so he told Feng Ba's brother Feng Hong all the doubts in his heart, Feng Hong had a premonition that there was a change in the palace, so he led dozens of soldiers into the palace overnight and killed Mrs. Song.

Feng Hong saw that the emperor's brother died, so he simply ascended the throne the next day, and issued an edict to depose Feng Yi as the crown prince, Feng Yi wanted to lead the guards of the East Palace to fight back, but Feng Hong had already sent heavy troops to surround the East Palace, Feng Yi was defeated, and he had no choice but to commit suicide, Feng Hong took the opportunity to kill all the descendants of Feng Ba.

When the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao heard of the coup d'état in the Middle of the Northern Yan Dynasty, he often sent troops to encroach on the territory of the Northern Yan, plunder the population, and weaken the national strength of the Northern Yan. After the turmoil in the DPRK and the invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the national strength was not as good as before, and Feng Hong, the lord of the Northern Yan, had to constantly send envoys to apologize for his sins and ask for peace.

In the spring of 434 AD, the Northern Yan Emperor Feng Hong sent an envoy to the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao again to plead guilty, and offered his youngest daughter to Tuoba Tao as a concubine, Tuoba Tao gladly accepted, and let the envoy return to Longcheng, and ordered Feng Hong to let his prince Feng Wangren enter the court as a hostage.

On the main hall of the Imperial Palace of Beiyan Dragon City, Feng Hong received the envoy, and after listening to Tuoba Tao's edict, he was furious and refused to accept it. At this time, the minister Liu Xun advised: "Although the emperor and Tuoba Tao are married, but do not send the prince as a hostage, Tuoba Tao uses this as an excuse to lead troops to attack, I am afraid that there is a danger of losing the country." In the past, although Liu Chan took advantage of the dangers of Shu, he finally fell into self-restraint; Although Sun Hao relied on the moat of the Yangtze River, he also surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. Now Tuoba Tao is stronger than Sima Yan, but the strength of our country is weaker than that of Wu and Shu, and I hope that the emperor will abide by the edict of the great power and send the prince as a hostage on time. Then we will widely implement moral governance, serve the people, open warehouses and release grain, relieve the people, and persuade farmers to teach mulberry and mulberry, so that the country can turn from danger to peace and the society will last forever. ”

When Feng Hong heard this, he was furious, scolded Liu Xun for losing his power and humiliating the country, and ordered him to be executed.

Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty

Tuoba Tao saw that Feng Hong refused to obey his edict, so he used this as an excuse to send a large army to conquer Northern Yan, and the Northern Wei army was like a bamboo, approaching Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning), the whole country was shocked, and the ministers were panicked. Feng Hong hurriedly summoned the ministers to ask for advice, and some ministers played a game, advising Feng Bao and Feng Hong to send the Northern Wei Dynasty to ask for surrender and quickly send the prince to Pingcheng as a hostage. Feng Hong sighed and said: "How can Lone endure this, if the country is unlucky, Lone can temporarily vote in Goguryeo to seek a plan for the future." ”

Minister Yang Min said: "Tuoba Tao is crusading against a corner of the country with the whole country, and according to the minister's humble opinion, our country will collapse." And Goguryeo is the country of Yidi, and it should not be expected too much, even at the beginning of the emperor's refuge, his trust in the emperor is undoubtedly the norm, but the ministers are afraid that they will eventually change their minds. If you don't make a decision early in sending the prince as a hostage, you will regret it too late! ”

Feng Hongzhi shook his head again and again, and said: "The decision has been made, how can the prince be the prince of the country, and I have always been friendly with Goguryeo, how can he take revenge!"

After saying that, he ordered to retreat from the court. Feng Hong led his troops and horses to resist the Northern Wei army, and sent Goguryeo to prepare for the retreat.

In the spring of 436 A.D., the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty after two years of conquest, all over the Northern Yan, the Northern Yan Emperor Feng Hong saw that the army and horses in the country were exhausted, so he stuck to the capital Longcheng, sent Goguryeo again, and asked for troops to accept, the Goguryeo king Gao Lian sent his troops to lead the troops to gallop to Longcheng, Ge Lu led the troops into the city to meet Feng Hong, Feng Hong ordered the palace to be burned, and led the ministers of the clan and the people of the city to flee to Goguryeo. Since then, Beiyan has perished, from Feng Ba's founding to Feng Hong's escape, enjoying the country for 27 years.

Feng Hong's subordinates were placed in Beifeng by the king of Goguryeo, Feng Hong had a foothold, issued a decree such as in Longcheng, and tried to restore the country, which finally caused the king of Goguryeo to be jealous, and two years later, the king of Goguryeo sent troops to kill Feng Hong, and his people scattered and fled.

After the fall of the Northern Yan, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao began to fight hard, preparing to find an opportunity to attack and destroy the Northern Liang.

If you know what the fate of Beiliang Xiongzhu is and what the fortunes of Beiliang are and what the fortunes of Beiliang are, look at the next chapter.