Chapter Twenty-Eight

At the end of 349 A.D., the news that Shi Zun was killed by Ran Min spread all over the country, and Ran Min issued an order to kill Hu, so that the Qiang and Di Hu people who were moved to the eastern part of the country by Shi Hu were frightened, and began to return to the west together. So everyone elected Fu Hong as the leader, and in just a few days, more than 100,000 people gathered. At this time, Fu Hong's son Fu Jian, who was hostage in Yecheng, saw the civil strife in the DPRK and China, and also escaped and returned, Fu Hong was even more relieved, thinking that he could finally achieve great things.

At this time, Ran Min, who was in charge, knew that Fu Hong had gathered a lot of people, and he must have bad intentions, and was worried that Fangtou would approach Yecheng and threaten the government, so he crowned Fu Hong as a general, guarded Guanzhong, and asked him to lead his troops to leave Fangtou and return to Guanzhong.

Fu Hong received an edict and gathered his officials to discuss how to deal with it. Strategist Cheng Pujin said: "Guanzhong is the homeland of our people, the lord can temporarily make peace with Ran Min, and return to the west by edict, my tribe has a very good foundation in Guanzhong, and can be like the princes and countries, divide the land and rule." ”

As soon as the words fell, Fu Hong, who was bent on being the emperor of the Central Plains, was furious and said, "Am I not worthy of being the Son of Heaven?" Why hast thou spoken that the nations would divide the land and rule it? Then he ordered someone to pull Cheng Pu out and kill him.

At the beginning of 350 A.D., Fu Hong's partner Yao Yizhong saw the resurgence of the beacon smoke, and also occupied the heart of the Central Plains, and sent his son Yao Xiang to lead 50,000 troops to attack Fu Hong on the grounds that Fu Hong did not obey the edict, Fu Hong personally commanded the army to meet the battle, defeated Yao Xiang, and killed more than 30,000 people, Yao Yizhong had to send an envoy to sue for peace, Fu Hong won a great victory, and the idea of being the emperor was stronger.

At that time, there was a folk prophecy that "Caofu should be called the king", and the subordinates also advised him to be called the king, Fu Hong saw that his grandson Fu Jian had a birthmark on his back, such as the word "Caofu", so he set up a hundred officials, called himself a general, the king of the three Qin, and established Fu Jian as the son, known as the former Qin.

Fu Hong summoned all his subordinates and encouraged: "When Ran Min is a lonely day in chaos, it is a lonely place to occupy Fangtou, and it is a lonely place to gather 100,000 people, Ran Min, Murong Jun and others can be destroyed in the near future, and capturing Yao Xiang's father and son is also like exploring the bag and taking things, and the position of the Son of Heaven is not lonely." ”

Everyone cheered, as if Fu Hong had already claimed the title of emperor according to the Central Plains.

At this time, Ran Min was confronting Shidi in Xiangguo, and when he heard that Fu Hong had established himself as king, he ordered Ma Qiu, the old general of Shihu, who was stationed in Guanzhong, to lead his troops back to defend Yecheng. Fu Hong learned that Ma Qiu was returning to the east, so he ordered his son Fu Xiong to set up an ambush on his way back and capture Ma Qiu, Ma Qiu saw that Fu Hong was strong, and immediately surrendered, Fu Hong was very happy, and appointed him as a military advisor. Ma Qiu saw that Fu Hong relied on him very much, so he advised: "Ran Min and Shi Yi can't hold each other, Murong Jun's Yan Kingdom is bent on reaping the benefits of the fisherman, and the rebellion in the Central Plains is difficult to settle, so the king might as well attack Guanzhong first, wait until the foundation of the great cause is solid, and then go east to the Central Plains to seize the world." ”

Fu Hong knew that Murong Jun was powerful at this time, and he intended to go south, and he had a premonition that he was bound to win, and he agreed with Ma Qiu's words, but he was unwilling, and stationed troops to observe the situation. Ma Qiu saw that although Fu Hong agreed with his words, he did not act according to the plan, so he had the idea of killing Fu Hong, supporting his subordinates, and returning to the west to establish a country.

In March of the same year, at a banquet, taking advantage of Fu Hong's unpreparedness, Ma Qiu poisoned his wine, but the antidote to the wine, Fu Hong's abdominal pain was unbearable, and he suddenly became suspicious, and hurriedly ordered someone to catch Ma Qiu, and summoned the son Fu Jian. Fu Hong had already felt the poison attack on his heart, held Fu Jian's hand and said: "I haven't entered the customs before, so I thought that the Central Plains could be determined." Now Murong Xian is humble and powerful, and he wants to build a country and become the emperor. Pacifying the Central Plains is not something you can do, after I die, you will lead the people to enter the customs quickly! ”

After Fu Hong finished speaking, he died of poison, Fu Jian cried, and stabbed Ma Qiu to death with a sword. After Fu Jian ascended the throne, he often conspired with his subordinates to seize Guanzhong.

At this time, the general of Chang'an was Du Hong, the general of Hou Zhao, and when he saw the chaos in the Central Plains, he had the heart of separation. Fu Jian knew that Du Hong would inevitably prevent him from returning to the west, in order to paralyze Du Hong, so he pretended to accept the official position of Emperor Shi Yi of Later Zhao, repaired the palace in Fangtou, urged the people to sow seeds, and made a permanent posture of Fangtou. Soon after, Fu Jian personally led all the horses into Guanzhong. He sent his younger brother Fu Xiong to lead 5,000 cavalry into Tongguan, and his nephew Fu Jing entered Hedong from Yiguan (now northeast of Jiyuan, Henan). After crossing the Yellow River, the pontoon bridge was burned, and after leading the army to follow Fu Xiong.

Du Hong was shocked when he heard this, and sent his general Zhang Xian to intercept Fu Jian at Tongguan, and everyone in Fu Jian's soldiers thought of returning and defeated Zhang Xian. Although Fu Jian won, in order to be safe, he sent an envoy to Chang'an with a famous horse treasure and gave it to Du Hong, and promised that he would return to Guanzhong and support Du Hong as the emperor. Du Hong laughed and said: "The gifts are expensive, and the words are pleasant, so I want to trap and kill me." ”

immediately poured the soldiers in the pass to block Fu Jian. Fu Jian believed in divination, knowing this battle, he divined the hexagram to measure the good luck, the hexagram was like good luck, Fu Jian Dayue, so he marched, stationed in Chishui, sent Fu Xiong to occupy Weibei, and defeated and captured Du Hong's general Zhang Xian in Yinpan, and won the battle wherever he went, and the attack must be overcome. Fu Jing's army was even more overwhelming all the way, and the counties along the way looked at the wind and fell, Fu Jian soon came to Chang'an, Du Hong knew that he was invincible, and abandoned the city and fled. Fu Jian then occupied Guanzhong and set the capital at Chang'an.

At this time, Murong Jun knew that Fu Hong was dead, and his son Fu Jian did not map the Central Plains, but went west to Guanzhong.