Chapter 20 Wine Bags and Rice Bags

In 324 A.D., Shi Le, the lord of Later Zhao, listened to the last words of the strategist Zhang Bin, and then ordered Zi Shisheng to lead the troops to attack the former Zhao Xin'an, and the defending general Yin Ping was caught off guard, and then he was defeated and killed, Shi Sheng took advantage of the victory to attack Xuchang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yingchuan and Yingchuan, but was defeated by Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo, and then retreated to Kangcheng.

In 325 A.D., Shi Sheng made a comeback, attacked Yingchuan again, at this time the Eastern Jin Dynasty Sizhou Assassin Shi Li Ju, Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo knew that the imperial court whip was out of reach, so he had to send an envoy to attach to the former Zhao, and at the same time the Later Zhao and the state assassin Shi Cui Kun was killed by the general Wang Teng, Wang Teng then led the state to surrender to the former Zhao, at this time Liu Yao's strength increased greatly, and sent the clan Liu Yue and the general Wang Teng to lead the troops from Mengjin to cross the river, and Li Ju, Guo Mo defeated Shi Sheng, besieged it in Luoyang Jin Yong City, Shi Sheng had to ask for help Shi Le, Shi Le ordered Shi Hu to quickly reinforce Shi Sheng, Shi Hu led 40,000 cavalry from Gao Pass into the pass, Liu Yue Chen soldiers lined up to wait for Shi Hu, and fought with him in Luoxi, Liu Yue was defeated, Liu Yue was in the middle of the arrow, retreated to Shiliang. Shi Hu then dug a trench and erected a fence to besiege it, cutting off Liu Yue's contact with the outside world. Liu Yue's army ran out of food and grass, and the sergeants had to kill horses to satisfy their hunger.

Liu Yao knew that Liu Yue was trapped and in danger, so he had to personally lead the army to rescue, and Shi Hu personally led 30,000 cavalry to resist Liu Yao. Liu Yao's general Liu Hei defeated Shi Hu's general Shi Cong. Liu Yao immediately stationed in Jingu, however, at night Liu Yao drank and got drunk in the camp, staggered into the stable, and fought with the car for no reason, his car was frightened, neighing, a horse screamed, ten thousand horses wailed, and the sergeants in the camp thought that Shihu had attacked the camp and fled in all directions. The next day, Liu Yao woke up and had to gather his rout and retreat to Mianchi. However, Liu Yao was addicted to alcohol, and drank heavily in the camp until late at night, stumbling and knocking over the candle flame in the camp, lighting the big tent of the Chinese army, and the fire rode the wind to burn the company camp. Liu Yao had not yet fought a decisive battle, and the soldiers were all lost, so he had to retreat to Chang'an.

Shi Hu saw that Liu Yao retreated and retreated, so he sent a horse to learn more about the details, and after knowing the reason for his retreat, he marched into Shiliang, Liu Yue's army was hungry, and then defeated, Liu Yue and his general Wang Teng and other more than 80 people were captured, Shi Hu escorted him to Xiangguo, and killed more than 16,000 people. Li Ju and Guo Mo saw that the Zhao army had become the center of flowering, closed the door and beat the dogs, and then threw down their subordinates and ran south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the subordinate generals had to lead the remaining more than 2,000 people to surrender to Houzhao. In this battle, the Later Zhao army won a great victory, and since then, Si, Henan, Xu, Yan and other prefectures have all been owned by Later Zhao, and the important town of Luoyang has also been occupied by Shi Sheng. The former Zhao state was weakening day by day.

In 328 A.D., Shi Le, the lord of Later Zhao, saw that Liu Yao was drunk and ignored national affairs, so he sent Shi Hu to lead 40,000 troops from Yiguan (now Jiyuan, Henan) to the west to invade the former Zhao Puhan (now Yongji County, Shanxi), Liu Yao heard about it, and personally led the whole country elite soldiers to rescue Puhan, but he was worried that the former Liang State advocated Jun Chengxu to attack Chang'an, so he divided his troops and stationed in Qinzhou. Liu Yao personally led the army from Weiguan to the north to meet Shi Hu. Shi Hu saw that Liu Yao's army was strong, fearful in his heart, led the army to retreat, Liu Yao led the troops to pursue, the two armies fought in Gaohou (now Wenxi, Shanxi), Shi Hu was defeated, his general Shi Zhan was killed, the corpse of the Zhao army was more than 200 miles, and the former Zhao army captured countless people. Shi Hu fled south to Chaoge (now Henan Qi). Liu Yao crossed the river from Dayang (now southwest of Pinglu, Shanxi), took advantage of the victory and marched to Luoyang, where Shi Sheng was stationed, and ordered people to dig the Yellow River embankment to irrigate the city with the water of the Yellow River, Luoyang was shaken, and at the same time, Liu Yao sent generals to attack Ji County and Hanoi County of Later Zhao, and Later Zhao was shocked.

In November of the same year, Shi Le heard the news in Xiangguo, and knew that the former Zhao army was menacing, and it must be Liu Yao who poured troops from all over the country to attack, and it was the time to fight with him, so he immediately ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates and insisted on rescuing Luoyang in person. So, Shi Le ordered Taobao, Shi Cong, and Shi Kan to each lead soldiers and horses, and the troops were divided into three routes, gathering in Xingyang, attacking Liu Yao, and aiding Shi Sheng.

At this time, there was already the news that the former Zhao Tanma had discovered the rescue of Shi Le's army, but when Tanma returned to the camp to report the news, it happened that Liu Yao was drinking in the camp, Liu Yao was drunk and hazy, and saw that someone had recklessly entered the big tent, swept away its wine, and before Tanma could speak, he pulled out his sword and stabbed him to death.

In December, the Later Zhao Zhujun gathered in Xingyang, at this time Shi Le saw that Liu Yao was not fortified here, and then he was very emotional, and said to the generals: "Liu Yao set up a large army to defend in Chenggao Pass, which is his best policy; The private Yu Luoshui interception is one of the strategies; Luoyang City is the next battle to fight, it is its next strategy! ”

Shile immediately ordered the army to sneak to the Luo River. At this time, Liu Yao learned that Shi Le personally led a large army to rescue Luoyang, and hurriedly withdrew to the army besieging Luoyang, and arranged troops in Luoxi to block Shi Le. At this time, Shi Le's army had crossed Luoshui and approached Luoxi, Shi Le saw that Liu Yao had chosen a strategy, and decided that he would definitely win, and then led a large army to attack Liu Yao.

I didn't think that Liu Yao was drunk before the battle, and when he turned over on his horse when the battle started, he fell several times and couldn't ride, so his subordinates could only change him to a pony. Shi Le ordered the generals to flank Liu Yao, and the Former Zhao army was defeated. When retreating, Liu Yao rode a pony and staggered, but when crossing the ditch, the horse lost its forefoot, Liu Yao fell, and was captured by the Shile generals. In the first battle of Luoxi, Shi Le won a complete victory, killing more than 50,000 people of the former Zhao army and capturing the former Zhao emperor Liu Yao.

Shi Le knew that Liu Yao's crown prince Liu Xi was still in Chang'an, so he asked Liu Yao to write a letter ordering his son to surrender. Shi Le was furious after reading the letter and killed Liu Yao.

At the beginning of 329 A.D., Liu Xi, the former prince of Zhao who stayed in Chang'an, knew that his father was captured, and was shocked, knowing that he was invincible, abandoned Chang'an and ran west to Shangqi (now Tianshui, Gansu), and several guards of Guanzhong counties abandoned the city to lead the troops to Qin Wang, and the people in Guanzhong were in turmoil, and there were more former Zhao generals who offered Chang'an City to surrender to Zhao, and Shi Le sent Shi Hu to lead troops into Guanzhong to defeat the remnants of the former Zhao.

In August of the same year, Liu Yin, the former Zhao clan, was defeated by Shi Hu when he led his army to counterattack Chang'an, and Liu Yin fled to Shangtai.

In September, Shi Hu took advantage of the victory to pursue and break through Shangqi, and Shi Hu captured more than 3,000 former Zhao princes and ministers such as Liu Xi and Liu Yin, and killed all of them. Since the fall of Zhao before, from Liu Yuan's Jianhan to Liu Xi's killing, he has enjoyed the country for 25 years.

At this time, the land of the Central Plains returned to Hou Zhao, but the Shu land became a Han, Guan Long was cool before, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty of Jiangnan was still there.