Chapter Eighty-Three

Five years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Wei moved the capital to Jiuquan, frequently harassing the western border of Beiliang, the lord of Beiliang was frustrated by Meng Xun, fortunately, the land of Xiliang was sparsely populated, and the lord of Xiliang Li Wei mainly took the development of production as the established national policy, and the raid of Beiliang was more about robbing people and livestock, and there was little occupation of Beiliang counties.

Moreover, after the Southern Liang perished under the attack of the Northern Liang and the Western Qin, the Northern Liang lord Fuqu Mengxun began to fight fiercely, trying to destroy the Western Liang, preparing to reunify the Liangzhou that had been divided for many years.

In February 417, Li Wei, the lord of Xiliang, died of illness, and his son Li Xin succeeded to the throne.

In April of the same year, Meng Xun, the lord of Beiliang, heard that Li Wei had died, so he wanted to take the opportunity to attack Xiliang, so he ordered Zhang Ye to defend Fuqu Guangzong to surrender to Xiliang, luring Li Xin, who had just succeeded to the throne, to send troops to respond, and then personally led the army to ambush on the road it must pass.

Li Xin, the lord of Xiliang, received the letter from Fuqu Guangzong, and was suspicious, but he was unwilling to easily give up the low-hanging hands of Zhangye, and after thinking twice, he sent his subordinate Wen Yi as the vanguard to march into Zhangye, and he personally led the army as a backup, and sent a scout horse to disguise himself as a village and a wild man to go out to investigate. Soon, Tanma reported, saying that he found that signs of a large army could be faintly seen in the mountain streams near Zhangye, Li Xin got the report, secretly rejoiced, and then led the troops to retreat, and feared that Qu Mengxun pursued, and he personally led the strong army behind the palace.

Beiliang lord Fuqu Mengxun is leading 30,000 troops to set up an ambush near Zhangye, heard that Li Xin led the army to retreat, he personally led the army to pursue, Xiliang, Beiliang two armies in the Zhijian battle, because the Xiliang lord Li Xin was well prepared, defeated the Beiliang lord Fuqu Mengxun, killed more than 7,000 Beiliang soldiers, Fuqu Mengxun had to return to the court, and then wait for the opportunity.

Li Xin knew that he was frustrated with Mengxun's cunning and cunning, and that the country was in great mourning, and he was afraid of accidents, so he also led his army back to the capital Jiuquan.

Li Xin, the lord of Xiliang, returned to the dynasty victoriously, relying on his outstanding achievements and being proud and complacent, but instead repaired the palace and formulated severe punishments, and turned a deaf ear in the face of the advice of hundreds of officials.

In September 418 AD, the lord of Beiliang who wanted to unify Liangzhou was unwilling to fail, and once again led his troops to conquer Xiliang, Li Xin wanted to send troops to meet the battle, but his ministers were dissuaded on the grounds that the Beiliang army was prosperous and should stick to avoid the war. Seeing that the cities of Xiliang were difficult to conquer, the lord of the Northern Liang Kingdom saw that the cities of Xiliang were difficult to conquer, so he returned again, and at the same time ordered soldiers to grab the crops in the fields of Xiliang along the way. Frustrated Qu Mengxun's heart to destroy Xiliang did not die, although he returned twice without success, but he learned from the pain and thought about the good strategy again. Frustrated Meng Xun is a veteran of the battlefield, and when he saw Li Xinguang repairing the palace room, he knew that he was very happy, so he had a plan.

In the summer of 420 A.D., the lord of the Northern Liang Kingdom, Fuqu Mengxun, summoned the elite divisions of the country with great fanfare, declared that he was crusading against the Western Qin, and personally led the army all the way to the Western Qin Haogan (now Datong River).

As expected, Li Xin, the lord of Xiliang, heard that Fuqu Mengxun was pouring the elite of the country to attack Western Qin, so he also wanted to take the opportunity to capture Zhangye, an important town in Northern Liang, and immediately ordered soldiers and horses from all over Xiliang to gather in the capital Jiuquan to prepare to conquer Northern Liang.

Li Xin gave an order, the government and the opposition were shocked, and Song Xuan, the minister of Xiliang, and others hurriedly persuaded him to withdraw his fate, but Li Xin was confused and indifferent.

Li Xin's mother, the Empress Dowager of Xiliang, heard the news and knew that the matter was very important, so she also entered the palace and warned Li Xin: "Our country is newly established, the land is poor and the people are sparse, and the national strength is still insufficient for self-protection, so how can we have the strength to go on an expedition!" When the first king was dying, he repeatedly told him that he should be cautious in the use of troops, and that the great plan of the country was to rest with the people and protect the territory and wait for the opportunity. The words of the first king are still in your ears, why are you anxious for quick success? Besides, the frustration and scheming of Meng Xun are not dead, and you are not his opponent. Although our country is small, it is enough to recuperate and wait for the situation. If you are depressed and tyrannical, the people of Liangzhou will be attached to you; If they are wise and powerful, you should serve them. How can you just try to get lucky and act rashly, and pour the whole country's troops out to fight. According to the old woman's expectation, if you act rashly, not only will the whole army be annihilated, but you will also be in danger of losing the country! ”

Li Xin still ignored his mother's advice, and personally led 30,000 cavalry to Zhangye, the old capital of Northern Liang.

Frustrated Qu Mengxun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and feared that Li Xin would realize the fraud again, so he ordered his soldiers to spread the news that he had conquered Haoqian and marched into the hinterland of Western Qin.

Li Xin heard that Fuqu Mengxun was still far away in the territory of Western Qin on the way to the army, and had no doubt, and personally led the army to attack Zhangye non-stop, and traveled to Huaicheng near Zhangye, and was ambushed by Fuqu Mengxun, the Western Liang army was defeated, Li Xin led the remnants to escape from the encirclement, and some generals persuaded Li Xin's class to return to the dynasty in order to plan for the future. Li Xin said with tears in his eyes: "I didn't listen to my mother's teachings, so I suffered such a miserable defeat. ”

After that, the leading troops attacked Tatequan again, and the frustrated Qu Mengxun personally led the army to meet the battle, the Xiliang army was demoralized, and suffered a heavy defeat, and Li Xin died in battle.

Fuqu Mengxun took advantage of the victory to lead the army to Jiuquan, the capital of Xiliang, and the Empress Dowager Yin of Xiliang fled to the west with hundreds of civil and military officials and clan ministers, and set up Li Xin's brother Li Sui to inherit the throne of Xiliang. The soldiers of Fuqu Mengxun occupied Jiuquan without blood, and then they entered Dunhuang without stopping.

In the spring of 421 A.D., Fuqu Mengxun personally led the Northern Liang army to besiege Dunhuang, the lord of Xiliang Li Sui held on to the city, refused to fight, Fuqu Mengxun led water to irrigate the city, Li Xun knew that the country would not be guaranteed, so he sent an envoy to surrender, Fuqu Mengxun was not allowed, Li Xun was helpless, killed himself, Fuqu Mengxun led the army to attack Dunhuang, Xiliang perished, from Li Hui's founding to Li Xun's suicide, enjoying the country for 21 years.

Dunhuang fell, most of the Xiliang clan fled west to the Western Regions, Xiliang Empress Dowager Yin and her daughter Li Jingai wanted to hang themselves and martyred, and were rescued by Fuqu Mengxun, Fuqu Mengxun admired the loyalty of his mother and daughter, so he brought the two back to Guzang, the prince of Beiliang Fuqu Muqian saw that Li Jingai was in the cardamom years, such as out of the water hibiscus, so he invited his father Fuqu Mengxun to marry Li Jingai as the crown princess, and the husband and wife respected each other like guests, and raised their eyebrows.

However, because of the rise of a country, the story of the originally happy prince and princess turned into a tragedy.

If you know which country rose to destroy this beautiful marriage, and what kind of crisis Beiliang faced after the unification of Liangzhou, please see the next chapter.