Three years in Chiayi, Southern Qi

At this time, three months had passed since Xiao Liang became emperor, and Wei Ran had stopped the attack since he conquered Yingzhou, seeing that the time was about to enter winter, so as not to avoid the cold weather, the freezing of the waterways, and the difficulty of supplying grain and grass.

In addition, Yuwenzhi's army is entrenched in Jiangbei, and he can cut off Wei Ran's supply line at any time, and after careful consideration, Wei Ran decided to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to Jiankang, and then added Pei Tu as the assassin of Yingzhou, and supervised the military of Jiangyingyi and the three states to consolidate the Xiakou defense line.

After Wei Ran withdrew his troops, Xiao Liang did have the intention of counterattacking, but he was unable to conquer Xiakou, which Pei Tu was stationing, and had no choice but to temporarily hold his troops in Jiangling.

And Yuwenzhi in Xiangyang also received an urgent letter from Chang'an at this time, and after Yuwenzhi opened the letter, he suddenly showed an unbelievable look.

After Yuan Zhen hanged himself, Yuan Shan could not find a suitable heir at all.

Motomi's descendants were all adults and had already taken up the domain, and although most of them had no real power, they were not easy to control, so Motozen vetoed the idea of a feudal king succeeding him.

Yuan Zhen's only son, Yuan Frame, had escaped from Chang'an at this time, and passed through the Tiger Prison Pass, which was also irretrievable.

Yuan Shan was forced to be helpless at this time, so he had to ascend the throne by himself, but it was difficult to say it clearly.

So at the court meeting, everyone discussed to no avail, although Yuan Shan was anxious, and repeatedly wanted to jump out and say that he was very suitable to be the emperor, but it was not easy to be in a hurry.

The ministers also knew about Yuan Shan's behavior, and naturally knew that Yuan Zhen was victimized by Yuan Shan, but if Yuan Shan wanted the legitimacy of a succession now, he needed to be persuaded by a minister to take the throne.

Wingtech is definitely not good, he is Yuan Shan's henchman. Originally, he was a good candidate for Yuwenshu, but Yuwenshu's old illness recurred, and he couldn't get out of bed.

Therefore, Yuan Shan had no choice but to feast at home for the people who were highly respected among the remaining ministers.

Seeing that it was Yuan Shan's invitation, these ministers were unwilling to go, and Yuan Shan was immediately furious, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to escort them to their seats and forcibly take their seats.

Shangshu Youcheng Gao has seen things so far, and the country really can't be without a king for a day.

So after weighing it, Gao Chang said with the strength of the wine: "Now Your Majesty has unfortunately passed away, and the prince is missing. The country can't be without a king for a day, the king of Pengcheng is wise and martial, and he should inherit the unification and lead our Great Qin to unify Liuhe and sweep the eight wildernesses! ”

As soon as these words came out, although it caused a burst of slander in the hearts of the minister, but he also knew that the situation was stronger than people, and now that Yuan Zhen was dead and Min Guan had also run away, why bother to joke with his own life, so everyone also persuaded Yuan Shan.

Under the drama that I can't be and you have to be me, Yuan Shan finally accepted the kindness of the ministers and decided to succeed to the throne as emperor.

This also made Gao Chang dare not go home every day, and his home was sometimes attacked and disturbed, and Gao Chang even encountered an attack on the way home.

Overly frightened, Gao Chang had no choice but to seek refuge from Yuan Shan, who was the first to support him, and was indeed interesting enough, and immediately sent two hundred forbidden troops to escort Gao Chang every day, and limited Chang'an to order the case to be solved regularly, and this matter came to an end.

Subsequently, on the auspicious day selected by Wingtech, Yuan Shan officially ascended the throne and became emperor in the western suburbs of Chang'an, and changed Yuan Tianyou.

Wingtech was crowned with Wei Shangshu and entered the center of power in one fell swoop.

Gao Chang was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, Yuwenzhi was named Da Sima, and he was the governor of the Southern Zhu military and the history of Yongzhou.

At the same time, for the Northern Qin officials outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shan also rewarded them in an attempt to win people's hearts.

After Min Guan escaped from Chang'an, he immediately rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass, intending to exit the Tiger Prison Pass, but soon found that Yuan Shan had sent troops to advance towards the Tiger Prison Pass, and the cunning Min Guan immediately realized that it might be dangerous to go to the Tiger Prison.

So I went around to Tongguan, took advantage of the night to pass through Tongguan by waterway, and then was cautious along the way, resting during the day and walking at night, and finally touched Luoyang.

At this time, Luoyang was left behind by Min Guan's protégé Hu Hua, and Min Guan didn't know if he could fully trust Hu Hua, so he sent someone to send a letter to Hu Hua and ask him to meet.

Later, Min Guan saw that Hu Hua really came alone, and he was relieved in his heart, and then the Ling family took Hu Hua to Min Guan's hiding place.

When Hu Hua saw Min Guan, he fell to the ground without saying a word: "The teacher is not in Chang'an, how can he come here?" ”

When Min Guan saw this situation, he knew that Hu Hua didn't know about Chang'an, so he said regretfully: "Yuan Shan rebelled, Your Majesty thought that something bad had happened, I risked my life to escape, I wanted to get out of the Tiger Prison, but Yuan Shan had already sent someone to block the road of the Tiger Prison, I had no choice but to risk coming out of the Tong Pass in the hands of Yuan Shan, and I had a lot of hard work to put this place." ”

Hu Hua was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked for the details of Min Guan.

The reason why Min Guan had to Zhao Huhua was also because he was scared.

There were only a dozen people around him, and when he walked one night, his family would be tired, so he chose to rest around a cemetery.

Unexpectedly, it was attacked by robbers in the cemetery, fortunately, the Min Guan family general was also quite brave, after leaving a few corpses, he escaped, but the finances and grain and grass were almost taken away, if you don't find a reliable person, I'm afraid that you have to beg all the way to Yecheng.

Hearing what happened to Min Guan, Hu Hua was also silent for a while, and then analyzed: "The prince should have arrived in Yecheng now, should the teacher go directly to Yecheng, or stay in Luoyang?" Although the students are not talented, Luoyang is still stable, and if Yuan Shan has ascended the throne, then the prince will inevitably ascend the throne as the emperor. ”

Hearing Hu Hua's words, Min Guan said without hesitation: "Now Yuanshan occupies the land of Guanzhong, and passes through Bashu, just like the Qin State during the Warring States Period, although Luoyang is the ancient capital of the old dynasty, but it is too close to Yuanshan and Southern Qi, it is not suitable for the capital, and the prince can only be safe if he ascends the throne in Yecheng." ”

Luoyang is located in Henan, as long as the Yuanshan army breaks through the tiger prison can coerce Luoyang, and although the land of the two Huai is currently under control, but after this incident, the national strength of the Northern Qin is greatly injured, and the Southern Qi will definitely take advantage of the void to enter.

Hu Hua had no choice but to nod helplessly, if you want to guard against Yuanshan and Southern Qi at the same time, you need to deploy troops in Henan and the Lianghuai region, and then the base camp Youzhou and Jizhou will be unstable, so it is most secure to command in the center of Yecheng.

Hu Hua no longer hesitated, and sent 3,000 soldiers to escort Min Guan to Yecheng, while he recruited troops near Luoyang to prevent Yuan Shan from breaking through the tiger prison.

But Hu Hua obviously thought too much, Yuan Shan led the army into the Tiger Prison that day, and found that the Tiger Prison had already been prepared, so he knew that he could not do anything, and he was eager to seek the dynasty to usurp the throne, so he temporarily gave up the military action against the Tiger Prison.

Min Guan arrived in Yecheng under the escort of soldiers and horses, and Min Shiyuan and Min Shichuan couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw that Min Guan had escaped.

When the two learned that it was Yuwenshu who opened the east gate of Chang'an, Min Shiyuan was suddenly surprised. After all, he is an old minister who followed Yuan Jian to raise troops, and it is normal to not allow the royal blood to wither.

Within a few days, the news of Yuan Shan's proclamation as emperor reached Yecheng, and Min Guan had also received the jade seal that Min Zhong had stolen from the Yang Palace at the risk of death.

So on the fifteenth day of the same month, Min Guan established Yuan as the emperor, and publicly displayed the jade seal of the country, accusing Yuan Shan of being unjust and rebellious.

At the same time, Min Shiyuan was crowned as the right man of Shangshu, Zhao Zhao was crowned as a general, and Fu Yuan was crowned as the general of Lianghuai.

But Min Guan's plan was very beautiful, thinking that he was sitting on the land of Lianghuai, Henan, and Hebei, with a vast land and a large population, and occupied the tiger prison and grasped the offensive initiative, but in the first step, Fu Yuan turned against the water.

Fu Yuan's brother Fu Yong once fought side by side with Yuwenzhi, and he himself was also dispatched by Yuwenzhi, so he admired Yuwenzhi a lot.

Seeing that now Daqin is cracked, Fu Yuan did not hesitate to lead his troops to attack Luoyang, Luoyang left behind Hu Hua defenseless, Luoyang was conquered by Fu Yuan, fortunately Hu Hua escaped, and sent people to transport all the grain and grass of Hongnong to the Tiger Prison Pass overnight, so that the army entered the Tiger Prison together, and he led an army to flee to Yecheng.

After Fu Yuan captured Luoyang, he originally planned to directly attack the Tiger Prison, but seeing that Hu Hua had already made arrangements, he had no choice but to temporarily garrison Luoyang without moving, and at the same time let people transmit the news to Chang'an through the direction of Lianghuai, so that Yuan Shan could attack the Tiger Prison together.

When Hu Hua spread the news to Yecheng, Min Guan was particularly shocked.

Min looked at the gray-faced Hu Hua in front of him, and originally planned to severely punish Hu Hua, but he didn't know that it was because he had experienced too many things, so Min Guan did not punish Hu Hua later, but said: "I didn't expect the old man to be wise and was deceived by Fu Yuan." ”

After listening to Hu Hua's narration, Min Shiyuan immediately followed up and said: "Father, now is not the time to be discouraged, Fu Yuan occupies Luoyang, and he will definitely invite Yuan Shan to attack the tiger prison before and after. ”

Min Guan naturally understands the reason, but there is nothing to do at the moment, although Zhao Zhao has 100,000 soldiers and horses in the state, but after Fu Yuan's affairs, Min Guan really does not dare to easily announce that Zhao Zhao will come to Yecheng.

Qingzhou Thorn Shi Duan was matched, although he accepted the official position given by Min Guan, but he did not show too much enthusiasm, which also made Min Guan a little wavering.

Now Fu Yuan is entrenched in Lianghuai and half of Henan, which cannot be underestimated, and if he wants to crusade against Fu Yuan, it is basically impossible to succeed without 200,000 troops.

Faced with such a passive situation, Min Shiyuan proposed at this time: "Father, the only way to do this now is to go to Jiankang by sea and invite Wei Ran to attack Fu Yuan together, then the land of Huainan can be returned to Southern Qi, and we only need the land of Huaibei and Luoyang." ”

Faced with Min Shiyuan's proposal, Min Guan fell into a deep confusion at the moment.

"Yuan'er, this matter is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger." Min Guan frowned, and said: "Not to mention that being a father is Wei Ran's number one enemy, that is, at this moment, the internal power of Southern Qi is unstable, Xiao Liang is still entrenched in Jiangling, Yuwenzhi is still occupying Xiangfan, Southern Qi has just experienced a war, how can he have the spare strength to march north?" ”

Min Shiyuan shook his head and said, "Father, Wei Ran is determined to swallow the world." As you said in the past few days, my Daqin is also inseparable from Wei Ran, and he must have a plan like this. Fu Yuan's backlash was beyond everyone's expectations, but it was also an opportunity for Wei Ran. Although Fu Yuan occupies the land of Luoyang and Lianghuai, there are many soldiers and horses, but he is in the land of four battles, if he can't get in touch with Yuanshan, then under the enemy, his people will collapse. ”

Hu Hua also said at this time: "The second prince is reasonable, Nanqi has now lost half of the world, and only confronts Daqin across the river, and Daqin has mastered all the outlets, although the student doesn't know what Wei Ran's plan was before, but the current situation is definitely not what he wants to see." Therefore, the land of Huainan is a place that Wei Ran must fight for, so that Jiankang's safety can be guaranteed at that time, otherwise Jiankang will be exposed to the enemy at all times, and Xiao Juyan can rest assured? ”

After listening to the words of the two and thinking for a long time, Min Guan decided to send his eldest son Min Shichuan as an envoy and hostage, preparing to go around to Qingzhou and go to Jiankang by sea to negotiate peace with Wei Ran.

Min Shiyuan was suddenly shocked, and after Hu Hua left, he immediately said to Min Guan: "Father can talk about sending others, why do you need the eldest brother to go, the eldest brother is a father who doesn't know it, he had a personal grudge with Wei Ran in the past, and his skills are commonplace." ”

Min Guan just sighed silently and did not speak, and under Min Shiyuan's constant questioning, Min Guan told the truth: "I am overworked today and my body is already unwell, you are my most outstanding son, and you will definitely replace me in charge of the government in the future." But after all, your brother is the eldest son, I am afraid that people with a heart will sow discord, and now there is internal instability, and there is Yuanshan Nanqi outside, if your two brothers turn against each other because of this, can the country be stable? ”

Although Min Shiyuan knew that what Min Guan said was quite reasonable, although he also looked down on this brother who could only eat, drink and have fun in his heart, he was more merciful than Min Guan.

Seeing that Min Shiyuan couldn't bear it, Min Guan said: "Besides, it's just an envoy, although Wei Ran is not a downright person, he will not slaughter the envoy." Let your brother go out and suffer a little, so that he knows how many pounds and taels he has. Let your brother be a hostage, on the one hand, it is to remove obstacles for you, on the other hand, it is also to show our sincerity, so that Wei Ran will favor us between my dynasty and Yuan Shan, if Yuan Shan is smart, he will definitely return the land of Xiangfan to Wei Ran, but I have been fighting with Yuan Shan for a long time, he is not a person with such capacity, so if I take this fierce medicine, Wei Ran will definitely send troops! ”

At this time, Yuwen Zhi, who had been promoted to general, received a secret letter from Yuan Shan, which ordered him to send troops to attack Yiyang, Yuan Shan's eyes were bright, and after getting the news of Fu Yuan's anti-water, he sent Chen Hu to attack the tiger prison on the one hand, and ordered Yuwen Zhi to attack Yiyang on the other hand, intending to bloom on both sides.

Yu Wenzhi looked at this letter, and he really couldn't cry or laugh. He found his younger brother Yuwen Ji and threw the letter to him, and after Yuwen Ji read it, Yu Wenzhi said: "Your Majesty is really not a hero, you don't know the military, the land of the tiger prison is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can Chen Hu get a straw bag?" Now although Fu Yuan occupies the land of Lianghuai and Henan, but under the attack of Min Guan and Nanqi, at this time Xiangfan should be given to Xiao Liang, and the army should withdraw from Xiangfan, so that Wei Ran can lead the army to attack Xiao Liang, and we will attack the tiger prison. Now His Majesty's move is to push Nanqi to Minguan. ”