In July 392 AD, not long after Wang Maide took Tianshui County, another Hexi general, Li Wei, rushed thousands of miles and captured Jincheng in one fell swoop. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the same day, the two sides fought in a scuffle, and the defenders of Western Qin were scattered countless times, with 36,000 people captured and more than 60,000 horses captured.

Because Li Hui's attack was so sudden, that the important ministers of the Western Qin Dynasty were almost captured, and only the beggar Qiangui escaped on his own.

After occupying Jincheng, Li Wei strictly enforced military discipline to win the hearts of the local people, and then led the army to the southwest to recover the entire Jincheng County.

Although he escaped by chance, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Western Qin, which has survived for seven years, is about to come to an end.

It is said that the beggar is by no means the king of the dead country, and he is quite capable.

Since the succession of Qifu Qiangui, he has successively defeated Wu Yigan, Shizhen, and Yue Qiangui, and surrendered many tribes in Longxi, so that the small country of Western Qin once shocked the northwest.

It's just that the enemies of Western Qin are too strong, with Fu Deng and Yao Xing in the east, Lü Guang in the west, and later Wei Shuo.

None of these opponents were easy to deal with, so that for a long time, Western Qin could only retreat in the surrounding area of present-day Yuzhong and do nothing.

Even if the beggar Qiangui tossed hard, it could not expand the territory of Western Qin much.

Moreover, the two strategic goals of occupying Longshan in the east and controlling the Yellow River in the west have not been achieved.

Compared with the surrounding forces, especially compared with Hexi, Western Qin has always been at a disadvantage.

The best opportunity came when he killed Yang Ding last year, but he unexpectedly killed a ginger milk halfway, making Xi Qin miss Tianshui County.

The ginger milk attack occupied Shangqi, which also made the beggar lose his coolness.

In the end, the main army of Western Qin was deeply involved in the Shangqi war, but he forgot that he was still a man-eating tiger in Hexi.

Even begging for Qiangui to fantasize in the dead of night that if he hadn't been trapped in Shangqi, he would definitely stop Nan Liang from attacking Hou Liang.

In this way, it will not attract the Hexi army to the south, and it will not fall into such a miserable situation as it is today.

In fact, to put it bluntly, begging to return to the south to attack Shangtai was the same as the bald and lilu lonely after the destruction of Liang Si, and they were all deceived by Wei Shuo's superficial efforts.

In the winter of 390 AD, after Hexi defeated the Northern Wei Dynasty and occupied Shuofang, he did not make great achievements.

Most of the guards put all their attention on restoring Shuofang's economy and rectifying order.

Throughout last year, with the exception of a small war in Shangjun, the whole body of Hexi was engaged in rectifying the administration of officials, providing relief to the poor, selecting talented people, streamlining laws and regulations, and other internal affairs, and the governance of Hexi was flourishing day by day.

It's a pity that he didn't know that Hexi, who was busy cultivating inside, did not give up looking for the next prey.

At that time, Wei Shuo chose to reconcile with the Northern Wei Dynasty, which showed that he had the intention of going south, but he lacked the opportunity.

Later, Lingnan was in turmoil, and Houliang's internal strife led Nanliang to send troops, so that Hexi saw the opportunity to take Hehuang and even Longyou.

Sure enough, the next development of the situation was as expected in Hexi, and the three-way army progressed smoothly, successively occupying Hehuang Valley, Tianshui County, Luoyang County, and Jincheng County, compressing the remnants of Western Qin in the territory of small Longxi County.

……

"Yu Daduhu, Li Wei's department has successfully taken the Qijia Ferry, the main force of the army is moving south along the east bank of Taoshui, its forward has entered the territory of Longxi County, and is approaching Didao from the north."

"In the east, Wang Maide's ministry has already plotted against the Yue and returned to the country, and has taken Zhongtao, Xiangwu, Pingxiang and other places, which are only less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Di Dao, and there is a possibility that troops will come to the city at any time."

"Conquer the governor Wang Maide to spread the counties of Longyou, claiming that all those who rebel against Hu Lu will exterminate the clan, and this order will force them to kill their names and surrender one after another."

When Frustrated Meng Xun finished reading the military report, Wei Shuo snorted coldly, and couldn't help but sigh: "Originally, Shuo was worried that the killing of Maide would be too heavy, and it would backfire, but I didn't expect that Haoqiang was among the foreign powers, not only did he not choose to resist, but accelerated his pace of surrender. ”

"My lord, the heroes of Longyou have surrendered one after another, not only because of Wang Maide's fierce majesty, but also because of Li Wei's shocking blow."

"You must know that if Jincheng is lost, the Western Qin regime will definitely be finished, and those heroes are not fools, they know that there is no good end to confronting Hexi at this moment."

"In addition, the Hu commanders surrendered one after another, leaving the Han people who were strong and lonely, so they had to surrender as soon as possible."

"Well, that's true."

Wei Shuo smashed it, and felt that what Cui Hong said was not unreasonable, and Longyouhao was vying to surrender, which was indeed inseparable from the current good situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, at present, the remnants of Western Qin are divided into two parts, east and west, and they are gathered in the two cities of Caohan and Didao."

"And the Hexi army has been pressed towards the enemy from three directions, and it will not take long to completely destroy the enemy."

"Lord, you went to great lengths to recruit the bald brothers, why did you never think of recruiting the beggars?"

"Huh?!"

In the face of Cui Hong's question, Wei Shuo was speechless for a while, he couldn't tell his subordinates that in history, the beggar Qiangui father and son were a little strong who couldn't be killed, and he thought about recovering the country at every opportunity, so he subconsciously wanted to cut it down.

Fortunately, his brain spun fast enough, and he quickly thought of a reason that was not a reason.

"I also want to recruit beggars and ambushes, but I can't blindly be gentle when I calm the world and exterminate Hulu, I have to be prestigious."

"Now that Hexi has recruited the two major Hu forces of Lu Shuihu and Bald Xianbei, it is really not appropriate to recruit more powerful beggar Xianbei than the two."

"I see, the lord is far-sighted, and the minister can't do it!"

"Yes...... But what if the enemy takes the initiative to surrender? ”

"That'...... That's just one step at a time. ”

……

While Wei Shuo was busy launching the final blow on Western Qin, Qifu Qiangui, who had fled to Di Dao, was also discussing a way out for Western Qin with his brother Qifu Yizhou.

Due to the gradual collapse of the situation, surrender to Hexi was no longer a taboo topic, on the contrary, if suitable conditions could be obtained, the Western Qin people did not reject surrender.

"Brother Wang, have you ever thought about surrendering to Hexi?"

Qi Fu Qiangui was stunned for a moment, and said insincerely: "I thought about it, why haven't I thought about it!?" When Nanliang was destroyed, the widow thought about surrendering to Hexi. ”

"But the rules in Hexi are big, we are really going to demote people, I'm afraid there will be no chance to resurrect in the future."

If it weren't for the rules of Hexi, I'm afraid that Qifu Qiangui would have surrendered early, and the reason why he is still insisting is that he is unwilling to give up the foundation of the Qifu clan.

He is different from the bald brothers, after all, Nanliang has not been established for a long time, and the bald and bald Lu Gu and the bald Wei Tan will not have such a deep obsession as him.

"Brother, do you think Hexi is willing to let us maintain tribal independence?"

This is where Qifu Qiangui's biggest worry lies, he definitely doesn't want the Qifu clan to be mixed like the bald Xianbei and Lu Shuihu.

Because then he will lose the support of the tribe forever, and there will be no hope of recovering the country.

"If Hexi promises not to break up the tribe, the widows will not oppose surrender!"

Qifu Yizhou couldn't help but remind: "Brother Wang, I'm afraid most of you won't agree to this condition." ”

At this time, Qifu Qiangui suddenly stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and said in an excited tone: "Brother, I know that you are worried that if you resist stubbornly, you will die without a place to be buried, but you must know that if you surrender to Hexi like this, the entire tribe will be reorganized by Hexi, and you and I will do nothing but eat and wait for death in Guzang." ”

"Are you willing to be a waste person in Hexi for the rest of your life?"

"Yes...... But if we don't surrender, is there any other way out? ”

"Yes, of course!"

At this time, Qi Fu Qiangui's eyes lit up and said: "First of all, brother is right, we really shouldn't resist anymore, we should find an opportunity to surrender to Hexi." ”

"It's just that this candidate is not for brother, but for you."

"Me?" Qifu Yizhou asked puzzledly: "What do you mean?" ”

"Originally, this throne was not mine, but it was only because the begging mansion was young that he was elected as the king by everyone."

"Since Lone succeeded to the throne, he did not dare to live up to the expectations of his father and brother, and always took it as his responsibility to calm the world and glorify the begging family, but because of his lack of virtue, he suffered this fiasco."

"Now that the people have been scattered, it is difficult to compete with Hexi, and I am ready to go south to seek refuge with Yang Sheng, the king of Qiuchi."

"And brother, you go to Hexi to surrender in order to save your wife and children."

Seeing that his brother said so pitifully, he couldn't help but feel sad, so he swore to the sky: "My brother is willing to live and die with the king." ”

"Why are you doing this? Since ancient times, there has never been a country that does not perish, prosperity and decay, this is the destiny of heaven. ”

"If the heavens don't destroy my Xiqin, maybe they will be able to prosper in the future!"

"Brother, the responsibility of reviving Western Qin in the future will be entrusted to you. For his brother, he will go to another country to beg for food, so as to survive the old age. ”