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The prince's shirking of responsibility that day completely angered Murong Chui.

Unexpectedly, in addition to being emotional, Emperor Yan vomited blood from his mouth and fell unconscious.

What worries everyone even more, Murong Chui's condition not only shows no signs of improvement, but causes the old disease to worsen day by day.

A few days later, Murong Chui, a generation of heroes, died of illness in Jicheng with infinite regret, at the age of sixty-nine, and reigned for eleven years.

After Murong Chui's death, the crown prince Murong Bao did not mourn until he returned to Zhongshan, and did not announce Murong Chui's death.

Later, he held a mourning ceremony in Zhongshan, posthumously admonishing Murong Chui as Emperor Chengwu, and the temple name was Shizu.

Immediately afterwards, the then forty-year-old crown prince Murong Bao ascended the throne, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the yuan to Yongkang.

Because Murong Chui's death was too sudden, all parties were caught off guard, and people inside and outside were panicked for a while.

Taking advantage of the late reaction of all parties, Murong Bao quickly grasped the power of Yan State.

He took Murong De, King of Fanyang, and Murong Nong, King of Liaoxi, to share the military and political power in the north and south, divided the towns of Yecheng and Longcheng, and appointed Murong Lin, King of Zhao, as the left servant of Shangshu, Murong Long, King of Gaoyang, as the right servant of Shangshu, and his son, Murong Sheng, the Duke of Changle, as the captain of Sili, and his cousin, Murong Feng, King of Yidu, as the assassin of Jizhou.

After arranging the officials of all parties, Murong Bao couldn't wait to do a stupid thing - that is, to force his mother Duan Yuanfei to death.

The reason why he was in such a hurry to kill Duan Yuanfei was that in addition to the fact that Duan Yuanfei had always had a bad relationship with him, he was also afraid that Duan Yuanfei would leak out the matter of Murong Chui who was angry that day.

Murong Bao then handed over the matter to King Zhao, although after he ascended the throne, he appointed King Zhao as the left servant of Shangshu, but it was just a move to appease.

Speaking of which, he was still a little jealous of this cunning fifth brother, so he just took the opportunity to try King Zhao.

And after Murong Lin received the order, he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to obey the edict, not to mention that he also had a grudge against Concubine Duan Yuan.

As a result, Murong Bao, who had only been on the throne for a few days, forced his mother-in-law Duan Yuanfei to death in the midst of everyone's dumbfounding.

At the time of the national crisis, it was very unwise for Murong Bao to ignore the impending crisis and force his stepmother to death in the face of the world's condemnation.

Concubine Duan Yuan, as the granddaughter of Duan Moqi, forced the Duan family to death, which meant breaking with the Duan family.

As an old Xianbei clan, the Duan clan has intermarriage relations with all Xianbei tribes, and has a huge influence in Houyan.

Among them, Concubine Duan Yuan's brother-in-law is Murong Bao's uncle Murong De.

Originally, this was a force that could be relied on, but because of Murong Bao's irrationality, it went to opposition.

At the same time, Murong Bao's move was not only irrational, but also showed his narrow-mindedness.

Although he was quick for a while, he lost the hearts of the people morally, and there was great criticism inside and outside the government and the opposition.

In addition to forcing his mother to death, another absurd thing that Murong Bao did after succeeding to the throne was to appoint his youngest son Murong Ce as the crown prince.

At the moment of the great enemy, the canonization of Murong Ce, who was only eleven years old, obviously not only failed to play a role in consolidating the country's foundation, but instead caused contradictions between the older sons.

Sure enough, when Murong Hui heard the news, he immediately became angry.

In addition, in order to strengthen Zhongshan's strength, Murong Bao ordered the transfer of Liaodong troops to the south.

This move will undoubtedly weaken the strength of the Murong Society, which will further cause the Murong Society to be dissatisfied.

As a result, Murong Huiyang disobeyed, not only refused to carry out the order, but took the opportunity to return to Liaodong, laying the groundwork for the future division of Houyan.

Just when Murong Lin made a series of faint moves, the Southern Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty suddenly attacked Houyan in a big way, kicking off the Northern Expedition.

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Before and after Murong Bao succeeded to the throne, the news of Murong Chui's death reached Xuzhou, which made Sima Shangzhi and other Jin generals breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, this year, due to Hou Yan's large-scale campaign against Wei, the exploitation of various places was serious, resulting in poverty among the people.

In particular, the Yanqing area was ruled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty for nearly ten years after the Battle of Weishui, and it was not until last year that it was taken away by the Later Yan.

The local family Haoqiang saw the decline of Houyan and very much hoped to return to the embrace of the Great Jin.

As a result, the powerful families of Qingyan sent representatives to Xuzhou one after another, expressing their willingness to assist the imperial court in recovering the lost territory.

In this case, after discussing with the forward general Liu Yu, Sima Shangzhi immediately decided to go on the Northern Expedition.

In mid-November, Sima Shangzhi personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack Houyan.

The main force, with Yingyang's general Liu Yubu as the vanguard, marched north from Pengcheng and directly took Qingyan Erzhou.

Tens of thousands of Jin army banners stretched for more than 1,000 miles, along the way the flags were unfurled, drums and horns sounded in unison, and the momentum was very huge.

I have to say that this time the imperial court's Northern Expedition was okay.

Although Sima Shangzhi and Liu Yu are both newcomers, because both of them are interested in the Northern Expedition, although they belong to different factions, they can work together.

As early as a month ago, the two had drawn up a detailed battle plan.

That is, when the Yan army was heavily damaged by the Wei army, with Liu Yu's elite cavalry as the lead, he quickly went north to Qingyan, and strived to defeat the Yan army south of the Yellow River in the shortest possible time.

After recovering Qingyan and gaining a firm foothold, adjustments will be made according to the actual situation.

As a result, at the beginning of the war, Liu Yuqin led 10,000 foot cavalry and set out for the Northern Expedition.

Under Liu Yu's strict order, the army marched in a hurry and rushed to Taishan, Lu and other Yanzhou counties.

In the next five days, Liu Yu's army was like a chicken.

Taking advantage of the panic of the people in Yan Kingdom, with the cooperation of various powerful people, most of the cities of Yanzhou were quickly recovered.

When Murong Bao received the report, Liu Yu's forward cavalry had already penetrated deep into the south bank of the Yellow River.

The Northern Expedition of the Jin Army was completely unexpected by Murong Bao, and he was not psychologically prepared for the current situation.

He couldn't even understand why the defenders in various places did not block the Jin army's advance, but let the other party drive straight in.

When Murong Bao continued to be at a loss, Liu Yu left Yanzhou to Sima Shangzhi to be responsible, and he marched east to Qingzhou as planned.

On this day, at night, Liu Yu led the army to arrive thirty miles outside the city of Guanggu, which was the main station of the Yan army in Qingzhou.

Liu Yu did not rashly order an attack, but stopped and began to rest for a while.

From Xuzhou to Guanggu City, the army has been galloping back and forth for hundreds of miles, and it has long been exhausted.

It took less than ten days for Liu Yu and his subordinates to go before and after, not to mention the dense water network along the way, and they had to attack the local garrison.

As far as the conditions at this time are concerned, Liu Yu's army has created a military miracle!

In the end, Liu Yu's army did not collapse, and Liu Yu's command was well-trained.

Second, the army has won successive battles, and the morale of the generals is high, and they have long forgotten what fatigue and hunger are.

But Liu Yu, as the main general, has always kept a clear mind, anyway, the enemy army is already a turtle in the urn, so he immediately ordered a rest.

At dawn the next day, after a short rest, the whole army regained its strength.

Before the war, Liu Yu gave an impassioned speech, which suddenly raised the morale to a fixed point.

At the beginning of the battle, General Liu Yu ordered General Xiang Jing to lead the elite forward to charge the enemy's position.

Then he personally led the main force to follow up and kill, which suddenly disrupted the formation of the Yan army, resulting in the complete collapse of the Yan army in Qingzhou.

In the vast and flat field, thousands of elite cavalry swooped down like flying eagles and slaughtered into the Qingzhou Yan army.

Since the elite of the Yan army has already been transferred to the north, only some old, weak, sick and disabled remain.

When the soldiers of the Yan army saw the Jin cavalry approaching, many people trembled with fear.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Yan army, which had no fighting spirit, immediately began to rush wolf, and gaps appeared in the formation one after another.

Liu Huaisu, Xiang Jing, Liu Daolin and others each led the elite to rush into the Yan army array, setting off pieces of blood.

Seeing that the enemy army was about to collapse at the first touch, Liu Yu decisively seized the fighter plane and ordered the drums of war to be beaten to launch the final blow to the enemy.

Seeing that the front line was broken through, the cavalry of the Jin army was about to rush in front of them, and a few clever Yan troops turned their heads and ran.

Suddenly, the domino effect was driven, and more than 10,000 Qingzhou garrisons retreated like a tide.

On the battlefield, the Yan army collapsed too quickly, and neither the enemy nor the enemy had time to react.

Although the sporadic resistance lasted for a day, the Yan army was powerless to save the situation.

When the sun set, except for a few remnants of the Yan army who fled, most of them had been completely wiped out.

However, although he had recovered a large amount of territory, Liu Yu did not relax in the slightest.

Because he knew that the bloody battle had just begun, and whether the Northern Expeditionary Army could hold on to the results or go further depended on whether it could block the counterattack of the Yan army next.

(Tianjin)