Chapter Seventy-Two: The Moon Rises and Eclipses

The bald and haired Wei Tan, the lord of Nanliang, occupied Guzang, and Liu Bobo, the lord of Hu Xia, invaded the north, which made the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing anxious, but soon, a big battle broke out between Nanliang and Hu Xia, who were parasitic on the Later Qin, which made Yao Xing really relieved.

In 407 A.D., the lord of the Northern Liang country, Fuqu Mengxun, saw that the lord of the Southern Liang country, the bald Wei Tan, stole Gu Zang, and personally led an army of 30,000 to crusade against the bald Wei Tan, and also wanted to occupy Gu Zang, Fu Qu Meng Xun led the army to garrison in Xijun, saw the wind blowing from the northwest, the weather was dark, and thought it was a bad omen, so he led the army to the outside of Gu Zang City to show the beauty, plundered thousands of households, and prepared to return to the capital Zhangye. The bald Wei Tan learned that Fuqu Mengxun had withdrawn, so he led the army to pursue, and caught up with Fuqu Mengxun in Poor Spring, built a camp, and intercepted the Beiliang army, Fuqu Mengxun gathered the generals to prepare for the battle, and the generals under him persuaded one after another: "The bald Wei Tan has built a camp and cannot be conquered, so it is better to take a detour back to the army!"

Frustrated Qu Mengxun said: "The bald Wei Tan must think that our army is far away, and the people are sleepy and lacking, so they will not be prepared, and our army can take advantage of the fact that its camp has not yet been built, and defeat it in one go!" ”

After that, Fuqu Mengxun led the generals to lead the army to attack, the bald Wei Tan was not well prepared, and fled back to Guzang in defeat, but the frustrated Qu Mengxun did not follow the chase to the city, the bald Wei Tan was very frightened, so he had to defend according to the city, and sent an envoy to sue for peace, Fuqu Mengxun saw that Guzang was not easy to overcome, and his soldiers were tired of hard work, and he was afraid of Xiliang harassment, so he withdrew and returned.

Liu Bobo, who had just founded the country, saw that although the bald Wei Tan of the Southern Liang State was defeated by the Northern Liang Lord Fuqu Mengxun, but Gu Zang was not lost, and the strength was not damaged, he wanted to intermarry with him, but the bald Wei Tan just happened to fight with the Northern Liang, and was defeated by the Northern Liang Lord Fu Qu Meng Xun, I was afraid that he would intermarry with Liu Bobo and be attacked by the Later Qin, so he refused Liu Bobo's request, Liu Bobo heard the news, he was furious, and personally led the army to attack Nanliang, and the bald Wei Tan led his troops to meet the battle, and returned defeated, losing more than ten generals, and had to lead the troops to flee back to Guzang again, Although Liu Bobo won, he also injured 1,000 enemies and 800 of himself, and he was wounded by an arrow and retreated. At this time, the various domestic departments of Nanliang saw that the bald Wei Tan was defeated one after another, and they rebelled one after another, but they were finally exterminated by the bald Wei Tan.

In 408 AD, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing could not tolerate Liu Bobo and the bald Wei Tan provocations one after another, seeing that the two were fighting, both were defeated, and the lord of Nanliang was the bald Wei Tan suffered heavy losses, the generals suffered more than ten casualties, and the rebellion in Nanliang was repeated, Yao Xing began to raise a large army to crusade against the two.

Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing ordered the general Qi Nan to lead 20,000 troops to the north, directly looking for the main force of Hu Xia, and a decisive battle with Liu Bobo, and ordered his son Yao Bi to lead an army of 30,000 to claim to borrow the road to Nanliang to prevent Liu Bobo from fleeing westward, but in essence, he secretly ordered Yao Bi to take the opportunity to attack and destroy Nanliang. Yao Xing thought that he had planned properly and could accomplish it, and sat in the capital Chang'an and waited for the good news to come.

Yao Bi led his army to Jincheng, and some generals suggested that he should take the bald Wei Tan to guess about the westward advance of Later Qin, and selected elite cavalry to raid Guzang, but Yao Bi thought that this method was too risky and did not agree.

When Yao Bi led the army into the territory of Nanliang and went straight to Guzang, the bald Wei Tan, the lord of Nanliang, had already understood that the Hou Qin army was false in intercepting Liu Bobo, and the plot was true, so he designed to resist Yao Bi's army.

The bald Wei Tan ordered a large number of cattle and sheep to be driven outside the city of Guzang to lure the Later Qin army to plunder. Sure enough, Hou Qin Qianfeng Cheng led the army to the outskirts of Guzang, and saw the cattle and sheep everywhere outside the city of Guzang, thinking that the bald Wei Tan had collapsed, so he ordered the sergeant to snatch the cattle and sheep, so that the battle array was chaotic, and the bald Wei Tan took the opportunity to lead the army to kill, and was defeated, and his subordinates died more than 7,000 people.

Yao Bi learned of the defeat and saw that the bald Wei Tan took advantage of the victory to attack, so he had to lead the army to defend Guzang Xiyuan, and sent people to Yao Xing for help, and the Qin Emperor Yao Xing got to report and sent the clan Yao Xian to lead the troops to rescue quickly. Yao Bi commanded the army desperately to defend Xiyuan, the bald Wei Tan led the army to be unable to conquer for a while, so the Xiyuan water source was cut off, and when Yao Bi's army was seriously short of water and was about to disperse, Yao Xian led the reinforcements to arrive, and the bald Wei Tan had to withdraw the army, Yao Bi's department was rescued, but the morale of the Hou Qin army was low, and he could not fight again, so he had to retreat.

Yao Xian was afraid of the bald Wei Tan pursuing, so he pretended that the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing edicted, and said good words to the bald Wei Tan, and the bald Wei Tan also knew that the Hou Qin was a hundred-legged insect, and he was dead but not stiff, so he did not order the pursuit, and Yao Xian and Yao Bi were able to lead the army back to Guanzhong. Since then, Qin has no threat to the Northwest Zhuliang, the lord of the Southern Liang State is bald, the Northern Liang lord is frustrated with Qu Mengxun, and the Western Liang lord Li Wei has broken away from the Later Qin and claimed the kings respectively.

At the same time, it was much more difficult for the Later Qin general Qi Nanyuan, who led his army north to defeat Hu Xia, and led his army to defeat Yao Bi in Southern Liang.

Liu Bobo, the lord of Huxia, knew that the Later Qin army was coming, so he chose to avoid its edge, and led his troops to retreat north to the river, waiting for an opportunity to move. Later Qin's army went all the way north, such as entering a no-man's land, the commander of the army general Qi Nan gradually became proud and arrogant and lax in defense, Liu Bobo naturally saw all this in his eyes, saw Qi Nan led the army to Mucheng (now Huanxian County, Gansu) camp, he personally led the elite cavalry to attack the Qi Nan camp at night, the Hou Qin army was caught off guard, either killed or captured, and the general Qi Nan was also captured by Helian Bosheng. Liu Bobo led the army to the south by victory, breaking several cities in a row, and threatening the central and northern parts of the Guanzhen.

In 409 AD, Yao Xing, who was unwilling to fail, once again sent the clan Yao Chong to lead 40,000 troops to the north, wanting to attack Huxia Liu Bobo, but Yao Chong led the troops to make a rebellion, trying to return to Chang'an, and establish himself as the emperor.

At this time, the power of the Later Qin State declined, and half of the land was lost, but the Northern Wei Dynasty, which occupied the eastern part of the country and coveted the Guanzhong at all times, did not take advantage of the fire to rob it.

If you know why the talented Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue did not take this opportunity to send troops to Guanzhong, and look at the next chapter.