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In the autumn of 396 AD, the situation in the southeast gradually improved as the imperial army continued to advance towards Sanwu. With {dream} small ◢.1a

Xie Yan is the second son of Xie An, who is quite famous in Jiangdong, and has participated in the Battle of Huangshui and made great achievements.

He is also regarded as a general of Beifu, except that his military exploits are inferior to Liu Gao, his reputation and background are much better than those of the other party.

Even from a certain aspect, Xie Yan was the best candidate to succeed Xie Xuan as the commander of Beifu.

However, after the Battle of Weishui, the Xie family was suspicious of Emperor Xiaowu, and Xie An and Xie Xuan were forced to resign from their important positions one after another, and even Xie Yan was also affected.

Later, when Xie Yan finished guarding filial piety and went out of the mountain, Liu Gaozhi had firmly controlled the Beifu soldiers, and he had no chance to intervene in it.

But even so, Xie Yan still has an elite of Beifu, led by his generals Huan Bao and Sima Gaosu.

It was with 8,000 elite Beifu soldiers that Xie Yan was able to drive straight in, kill Xu Yunzhi in Yixing, and recover Yixing County.

Later, Liu Gaozhi unfortunately fell, and Xie Yan thought that the Xie family would be expected to return to the helm of the Beifu soldiers, but unexpectedly killed Liu Yulai halfway.

Although Xie Yan was not angry with Liu Yu to replace Liu Gaozhi, his own strength was insufficient, and he did not dare to openly oppose it.

But in this way, Xie Yan can be regarded as having a holiday with Liu Yu.

Last month, Liu Yu sent a military order to Xie Yan, ordering him to make a feint attack on the northern front of Zhejiang to cooperate with the main force to smuggle into the bay.

Although he didn't dare to openly disobey Liu Yu's military order, he always held his breath in his heart, and he wanted to compare Liu Yu to him.

Later, Xie Yantun sent troops to Wucheng (now Wuxingnan, Zhejiang) and sent Gao Su to lead the troops to assist Liu Yu in advancing to Zhejiang.

Gao Su, the old general of Beifu, was brave and good at fighting, even broke the thieves, and successfully killed the rebel Wu County Taishou Shen Mufu, and the soldiers arrived in Zhejiang.

When Tianshidao received the news of Wu Jun's defeat, Sun Tai was planning to divide the Huiji and follow the example of Goujian, the king of Yue.

Now that Zhejiang's defense line is tight, Sun Tai has to send troops to help, which gives Liu Yu the opportunity to cross the bay.

Liu Yu immediately seized the advantageous fighter opportunity, and with the assistance of the Hexi Naval Division, he successfully crossed the bay and landed in Yuyao, north of Huiji.

Liu Yu's subordinates were well-trained and conquered everything, and easily captured Yuyao County, completely reversing the situation in the southeast.

When the news reached Jiankang, the government and the opposition were boiling, believing that the Heavenly Master Dao was at the end of the road, and the rebellion was just around the corner.

And Liu Yu, who planned the surprise attack plan, has risen in prestige, and has faintly become the number one general in Jiangdong at the moment.

But in this way, Xie Yan became more and more hostile to Liu Yu.

He believes that it is thanks to his own containment and merit that Liu Yu has the opportunity to sneak attack Yuyao.

But the government and the opposition only praised Liu Yu alone, and he didn't take it seriously at all, which really made Xie Yan very unhappy.

When a person has a problem with another person, no matter what the other person does, he will speculate from a malicious point of view.

Now Xie Yan is like this to Liu Yu, obviously Liu Yu is worried that Xie Yan will fall into the traitorous plan of the rebels, so he repeatedly refuses to let him cross the river and go south.

But in Xie Yan's eyes, it turned out that Liu Yu didn't want to recover Shanyin and make great contributions, so he did everything possible to stop him from going south.

So, Xie Yan ignored Liu Yu's kindness and insisted on leading his troops south to Zhejiang, trying to recover Shanyin City before Liu Yu.

When the news reached Sun Tai's ears, he was overjoyed, and he secretly admired Lu Xunshen's calculations in his heart.

It turned out that Xie Yan and Liu Yu's feud had already been detected by the Heavenly Master, and Lu Xun suggested that Sun Tai should make a plan.

At Lu Xun's suggestion, Sun Tai deliberately relaxed his guard on the Western Front in order to lure Xie Yan south.

Sure enough, Xie Yan quickly planned to go south, and once again gave the Heavenly Master Dao a chance to gather and annihilate the official army.

Sun Tai happily said to everyone: "Yuanlong Shenshu, that Xie Yan is self-righteous, thinking that Shanyin City is empty of air defense, and wants to recover it by himself, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break the enemy." ”

"If it's Liu Yu, Poor Dao still has fear in his heart."

"But now? The commander of the army came to be a famous man like Xie Yan, who had no name and no practical work, it can really be said that God helped me to immortal the army! ”

"Hahaha, what the Heavenly Master said is extremely true! As the saying goes, the opportunity cannot be lost, the time will not come again, and the heavenly master will be determined quickly. ”

Lu Xun, Sun En, and Xu Daofu felt that the opportunity for a counterattack had come, and urged Sun Tai to send troops to encircle and annihilate Xie Yan.

Sun Tai's eyes flashed, his fists slammed on the desk, and he shouted, "Okay! Defeat the enemy only in this day. ”

At dawn one day, when countless stars were still twinkling in the sky, the Heavenly Master Dao rebels had quietly surrounded them.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing woke up the Jin soldiers who were still in a dream, and the soldiers hurriedly woke up Xie Yan.

"Hurry up, general, the rebels are coming."

"What? The rebels are coming? Hurry up and let the generals meet the enemy. ”

Hearing that the enemy was coming, Xie Yan was frightened into a cold sweat, hurriedly lifted the brocade futon, put on his clothes, and lifted his sword out of the big tent.

At this time, the entire Jin army camp was already in chaos, and there were Heavenly Master Taoist troops chasing the Jin army everywhere.

This time, in order to achieve a quick victory, Sun Tai sent them were all the elite of the Immortal Army, and their combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the old soldiers of Beifu.

And because the battlefield is between the river and the pond, the land route is narrow, which is not conducive to the development of the cavalry.

And this kind of terrain is more favorable to the rebels who are good at water warfare and foot combat.

When Xie Yan and his personal guards appeared, he was stunned to find that due to the narrow road, the officers and troops were crowded and difficult to deploy.

And the thieves rode on the ships, taking advantage of their naval superiority, and constantly shot arrows at the officers and soldiers.

The arrows were as dense as locusts, and the officers and soldiers were cut into two sections in an instant, and the lineup was chaotic.

Hungry, thirsty, tired, and chaotic, Xie Yan's troops suffered heavy casualties, including some brave and warlike generals such as Gao Su and Huan Bao.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Xie Yan hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, but unfortunately it was too late.

Chased Xu Daofu Pegasus behind Xie Yan, raised the sharp horizontal knife in his palm, and slashed at Xie Yan.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yan's war horse rushed forward and dodged the fatal blow, only allowing Xu Daofu to cut off the horse's tail.

The pain of the war horse was unbearable, and he accidentally fell to the ground with a thud, slamming Xie Yan to the ground.

Xie Yan just got up from the ground, but saw Xu Dao staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, and raised his knife to chop head-on.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xie Yan struggled to get up with all his strength, wanting to turn around and escape.

It's a pity that he was a step slower, and he was swept away by Xu Dao and slashed at the opponent's neck mercilessly.

There was a pop twice, and blood splattered three feet away.

After Xie Yan's artery was cut by a sharp blade, the whole person lay on the ground weakly, and after a few convulsions, he died.

And Xu Daofu was already hating the children of the family, but now he still didn't stop killing Xie Yan, and turned around and killed Xie Yan's two sons.

Fortunately, Xie Yan's youngest son is in Beijing, otherwise this time I am afraid that he will be the last one.

After the news of Xie Yan's death came out, Juchao was shocked.

No one expected that the officers and troops who had won successive battles would suffer heavy losses again.

As a result, only Liu Yu's army was left in the entire southeast, and the situation suddenly became critical again.

In the face of the rebel counterattack, the government and the opposition panicked, so they had to give Liu Yu an edict ordering Liu Yu to supervise the military of the five counties of Huiji, lead the elite of Beifu, and exterminate the rebels.

In order to explain to the imperial court, Liu Yu ordered Liu Huaisu, Gao Yazhi and other generals to march into Shanyin.

At that time, the rebels attacked with the power of a great victory, and the two sides fought a small battle in Shangyu, and after the rebels were defeated by Liu Yubu, they retreated to Shanyin.

After the victory, Liu Yu did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, but ordered the army to retreat to Yuyao to standby.

In Yuyao City, a group of henchmen are surrounding Liu Yu to say goodbye.

"Congratulations to the general, the governor, the five counties."

"This is all the trust of the imperial court, and I will deserve it."

Although Liu Yu was happy in his heart, he was humble in his mouth.

Then he let out a long sigh, and said with a bleak look on his face: "Alas, General Xie was unfortunately martyred, and I would have regretted it very much. ”

"Xie Yan ignored the reminder of his lord, he had to go south, and unfortunately died in battle, which is also his own fault."

"However, as soon as Xie Yan died, it gave the lord a chance." Suo Chengming's expression was inexplicable

Liu Yu removed the Qi Rong on his face and said solemnly: "As Mr. said, Xie Yan's death in battle is self-inflicted. ”

"However, now that the officers and troops on the Western Front have been wiped out, the unfavorable situation faced by the rebels has been greatly alleviated."

"On the contrary, our army only occupies Yuyao, and the situation is a little critical."

"Yu thought about it again and again, and felt that he had to take the initiative to attack, and it was best to take Shangyu, Juzhang and other places first, and recover the northeastern counties of Huiji."

"Well, the lord's discussion is very good, as long as we take Shangyu, Juzhang and other cities, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in Huiji."

"However, the lord can't focus all his energy on the southeast, and the minister is worried about ......"

"What are you worried about?"

"The minister is worried that Huan Xuan will take advantage of the new defeat of the official army to raise troops."