The king of Nanyang united with Luoyang Fuhong and Wudu Yang in Qinzhou to invade Chang'an, and the first person to bear the brunt was Yao Yizhong, who was stationed in Yumei.

When Yao Yizhong was young, he was smart and brave, wise and decisive, strong and resolute, and was very respected by his clansmen.

In December of the sixth year of Yongjia (312), in the second year of the Yongjia Rebellion, Yao Yizhong moved eastward to Yumei, and there were tens of thousands of Hu and Han people who supported the old and the young.

After arriving in Yumei, Yao Yizhong didn't take the weak Chang'an Emperor in his eyes at first, and actually claimed to be the captain of Huxi Qiang, the assassin of Yongzhou, and the Duke of Fufeng with the intention of separating and protecting himself. It wasn't until the Liaodong Army entered the customs and struck a shocking blow in Shangjun that Yao Yizhong realized that the Great Jin Dynasty was not exhausted.

Yao Yizhong immediately renounced all self-appointed titles and sent an envoy to Chang'an to express his submission. The Chang'an court was considering expanding its influence, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict to entitle the generals of Pingxi, the captain of Suirong, and the governor of Xiqiang.

After becoming a vassal of the Great Jin Dynasty, Yao Yizhong began to recuperate in Yumei. Who knew that this year, Qinzhou will join forces, and Yumei, as the only way for the Qinzhou army to invade Chang'an, will definitely be attacked by the Qinzhou army.

Thinking of the 80,000 Qinzhou coalition troops coming violently, Yao Yizhong was worried, if only the Qinzhou County soldiers were easy to do, only the Di elite cavalry under the command of Fu Hong and Yang Nandi was not easy to deal with.

"What should I do?" Faced with the overall situation of the Qinzhou coalition army, Yao Yizhong muttered, unable to think of a complete strategy.

Nephew Yao Lan hesitated for a moment and proposed: "Uncle, why don't we retreat eastward to the area of Yixian and Meiyang, and join the hussar generals to fight the enemy together?" ”

"How to withdraw? Don't forget, the Son of Heaven issued an order for me to wait to defend Yumei, without the will of the Son of Heaven, how dare I make a claim? ”

If it was possible, Yao Yizhong naturally wanted to evacuate Yumei, he had no intention of getting involved in the dispute between the Great Jin clans, but the holy decree from Chang'an directly pushed it to the opposite side of Qinzhou.

Hearing this, his son Yao Yisheng couldn't help but hate: "Damn it! Father, this is clearly Suo Qi forcing us to fight to the death with Qinzhou, no wonder the King of Nanyang wants to raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, Taiwei Suo Qi is really a big traitor. ”

"If we knew it would be like today, we should have gone north to join General Zhenbei."

Yao Yizhong rolled his eyes when he heard this, and there was a hint of helplessness on his face. When I heard the name of the general Zhenbei, all the Hulu were trembling, and if it wasn't for the situation, which Hulu was willing to throw himself into Liaodong. After all, attachment to Liaodong means that the tribe will lose its independence, and over time, perhaps even the name Qiang people will become a historical term.

"Father, don't you think what is happening in front of you is too strange?" Yao Yisheng's brows furrowed, his face full of puzzlement.

"Oh? What's the trick? ”

"Don't you think Liaodong's reaction is too abnormal? At the beginning, it was General Zhenbei who saved the Son of Heaven from fire and water, and later expressed his support for the Son of Heaven in Chang'an many times. But in the face of Nanyang Wang's large-scale attack this time, Wei Zhenbei's reaction was too calm, and his son always felt that there was fraud in it! ”

"Let's think about the means of General Zhenbei, in the face of the situation in Guanzhong, will there be no back-up arrangements?"

"What does my cousin mean is that the current situation is deliberately provoked by General Zhenbei, and then seeks an opportunity to control the entire Guanzhong?"

"That's right, father, cousin, think about it, if you are in the position of the general of Zhenbei, will you watch Suo Qi, Lu Yun, Hua Ji, Song Zhe and others occupy half of Yongzhou, but you don't know how to run the place well?"

Yao Yizhong's eyes flashed and said, "Naturally not!" If it is replaced by a certain one, maybe after the battle of Shangjun, he will go south and take the entire Yongzhou, where will he take the initiative to stop going south like General Zhenbei, and go north to recover Shuofang. ”

This is the cleverness of General Zhenbei, his retreat not only shows the people of the world that he has no intention of being the second Dong Zhuo, but also can openly conquer Hu Lu and expand his power. Now looking back at Shuofang, it has changed greatly after nearly two years of development. Yao Yisheng said with admiration.

"Okay, don't talk about General Zhenbei yet, let's talk about what to do next to let the clansmen avoid the calamity in front of you!"

"In fact, there are not many paths for the Qiang people to choose from, and the simplest but endless choice is to directly change the banner and join the king of Nanyang, which may also make the king of Nanyang give his father a big official, but in the future, once the Liaodong army intervenes in the Yongqin dispute, we are likely to be destroyed with the king of Nanyang."

"No, it's absolutely impossible to take refuge in the King of Nanyang! Although I, Yao Yizhong, am not a big hero, I will not betray the Son of Heaven at this time, otherwise how different is it from a villain? ”

In addition to Yao Yizhong's reluctance to bear the reputation of a repeated villain, he is not optimistic about the king of Nanyang at all, and does not think that he has the ability to unify the world and end the troubled times.

"In addition, if we want to get out of the current predicament, we have to go north to seek refuge in Liaodong!"

Cast Liaodong! Hearing this, Yao Yizhong's face twitched, he knew very well what it meant to take refuge in Liaodong, the entire tribe would be disbanded and reorganized, he was no longer the leader of the Qiang tribe, he could only become an ordinary Jin general. If you don't take refuge in Liaodong, will you stick to Chang'an and disappear with Suo Qi and others?

"Since I have passed on my order: Yao Lan led the forward 3,000 cavalry to intercept the enemy, and Yao Yisheng immediately packed up his personnel and materials with me and withdrew to Wangxian in the upper reaches of Huangshui in the north, and let go of the Yumei gate."

"No!"

……

While tensions were mounting in Guanzhong, Wei Shuo was still entertaining the mission from Rome in Yizhou. Lawrence was disappointed to learn that war was raging in the capital of the Syris Empire and that he was unable to travel to Chang'an to meet Emperor Seris.

"Isn't Your Excellency the Governor ready to send troops to help your Imperial Majesty?"

"Hehe, General Lawrence, it's an internal dispute within the royal family, and I, as a local feudal town, am not suitable to meddle! But please rest assured, as soon as the situation improves, I will immediately arrange for you to go to Chang'an. However, if the general doesn't mind, he can choose to cooperate with someone. ”

"Working with the Governor?"

Lawrence was unhappy, and as the representative of the Eastern Emperor Licinius, he was unwilling to cooperate with a local governor of Seris. In the end, he still had some doubts about Wei Shuo's strength, in his eyes, no matter how powerful and powerful the local governor was, it was not as cost-effective as directly cooperating with the emperor.

"Yes, there are many special products of the Great Jin Dynasty in Liaodong, such as silk and porcelain, which are highly sought after by your country, and even the glassware that Your Excellency likes very much. Commercial cooperation does not necessarily have to be approved by the emperor, as long as you are interested, Liaodong can fully meet Rome's commercial pursuits. ”

"In this way, the general doesn't have to wait in Liaodong to wait for the emperor to summon him!"

Wei Shuo's suggestion made Lawrence's eyes shine, his biggest purpose in coming to Seris was to promote maritime trade exchanges between the East and the West, if Liaodong really had the strength that Governor Wei said, maybe he could really give it a try. Is it just that as a local governor, Wei Shuo has the strength to meet the needs of Rome?

"Maybe the general is still doubting Liaodong's strength, it doesn't matter! I don't mind at all, after a month's time, you and the mission will be able to arrive in Liaodong, and then you can take a walk in person, take a look, and you will have a clear and intuitive understanding of Liaodong. ”

As soon as the banquet ended, Feng Yi said angrily in Wei Shuo's ear: "I didn't expect those Romans to be very arrogant, and the lord offered to cooperate, but they even pushed back!" ”

"The powerful Roman Empire will naturally make Lawrence full of confidence, and it is not normal for him to look down on the power of Liaodong? What is there to complain about? However, when I visited Liaodong, I was confident that he would change his mind. Although the Romans were anxious to meet the Son of Chang'an, they came to the Great Jin Dynasty from the sea at great risk mainly for the purpose of doing business. ”

"Taizhen, Zizhuan, now that Nanyang has been controlled by Liaodong, Funan and other countries have surrendered to Liaodong, it can be said that the southern expedition has ended smoothly. I intend to return to Jicheng in three days, and leave the rest to the sailor, and I don't know what the situation in Chang'an is? ”

"What? The lord is worried that the situation in Chang'an has changed? ”

"Yes! It's been almost half a year since I left Jicheng, and now that the situation in Nanyang is becoming more and more stable, it's time to go back! (To be continued.) )