Chapter 633: Border Crisis

Sima Rui died, died as the king of a country, causing a shock in the imperial court. Everyone speculated about what the disease was. At the beginning, Empress Liu Yuyingxia issued a decree saying that Emperor Sima Rui died of a violent illness. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and within a few days, it came out that Sima Rui said many times after getting drunk that he would abolish Liu Yuying, the queen, and set up his favorite Wang Guifei as the imperial concubine to take charge of the East Palace. Just this sentence, Liu Yuying was angry, she was also a fierce woman, and when she saw Sima Rui like this, she killed Sima Rui with a sword in her hand one night. He set up his second son Sima Shao as the emperor and announced it to the world. But when this happened. There were also two eunuchs present, and Liu Yuying said to them: "As long as you don't talk outside, I won't kill you, not only will I not kill you, but I will also reward you." The two nodded again and again, swearing to the sky.

Afterwards, the more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, this queen was so terrible that she even dared to kill her own husband, let alone us? When they heard that the emperor Sima Rui was killed by Liu Yuying, they were furious at that time, and everyone wanted to go to the court to arrest Liu Yuying, and finally Xie An said: "Now that the new monarch has ascended the throne, as a courtier, he must not do anything contrary to common sense. So the movement flew like snowflakes towards the middle of the court.

Sima Shao saw that this matter could not be suppressed, so he sent someone to tell his mother about this matter, Liu Yuying saw it, in a helpless situation, issued an edict of guilt, saying that he had an unshirkable responsibility for the death of the emperor, and degraded himself by three levels from now on, but this still could not calm the anger of the minister, and the ministers led by Xie An wrote to express their dissatisfaction. To say that this kind of punishment is indeed serious enough, you must know that he is the emperor's mother and the queen mother. Now Xie An and they have nothing to say, you can't let Sima Shao kill his mother?

After the new monarch ascended the throne, he vigorously supported his own strength, and the power of the previous dynasty headed by Xie An was suppressed, Xie An saw that he had to resign to the emperor, Sima Shao was not allowed several times, but Xie An had already decided, and finally Sima Shao agreed to Xie An's resignation as prime minister, and he could still retain the prime minister's treatment and honor guard, which could be said to be a special honor in that era. Within a few years, Sima Shao took his mother Liu Yuying back to the palace, and soon after, he issued a special decree to pardon his mother, so Sima Ruihui's murder was over. The South is engaged in infighting, but the North is getting stronger.

Since Fu Jian became the emperor, he made great efforts to develop production, and did not have enough soldiers and food in a few years, and after many years of conquest, he gradually unified the entire north, and at this time formed two major forces, one was the Eastern Jin Dynasty court headed by Sima Rui in the south, and the other was the Great Qin headed by Fu Jian. After the unification of the Great Qin, it gradually formed an absolute superior pressure on the Great Jin, when Sima Rui was alive, Fu Jian was still jealous of him, but as soon as Sima Rui died, Fu Jian had a strong interest in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he wanted to unify the whole country in one fell swoop. He told the ministers about this idea, and eight out of ten ministers in the audience shook their heads in disagreement, Fu Jian was very disappointed, and he said: "Why don't you agree with my suggestion, do you say that we will always be in this ice and snow for the rest of our lives? Don't you want to go to the south and enjoy their sunshine and air, and the land and beauties there?"

As soon as his words fell, he heard a minister say: "Your Majesty, we all want what you said, but our current situation does not allow us to have such thoughts. Fu Jian said: "Why?" The minister said: "Your Majesty, we have just unified the entire grassland, and we have come here to confront the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, which is indeed a lot hasty, you know, there are many places that are not stable, I am afraid that as soon as we go on the front foot, there will be people on the back foot to rebel." Fu Jian said: "Aiqing is too worried. Now that Sima Rui is dead, Xie An has been squeezed to resign and go home, the entire Great Jin Chao is like a plate of scattered sand, as long as we send troops, in less than a year, their land will be occupied by us, and then they will rush to surrender to us. ”

For Fu Jian's words, many people shook their heads and sighed, at this time a minister said: "Your Majesty, you have to think twice before attacking the Great Jin, now the Southern Dynasty has passed through Sima Rui, and now Sima Shao is being the emperor." They are orthodox. As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Jian said: "What orthodoxy? Liu Bei is still orthodox? What was the result? Not to lead thousands of people to flee from east to west. Later, with the help of Zhuge Liang, a small country was established in the southwest. When he had finished speaking, the crowd was silent. A doorman came over and said, "Long live, Murong Daotong is back." When the horse returned, Fu Jian was very happy in his heart, and he hurriedly announced: "Call Murong Daotong to meet the emperor." ”

Murong Daotong walked into the Golden Palace, and Fu Jian couldn't wait to say, "Let me ask you a word." Murong Daotong said, "Your Majesty has something to say, please speak." Fu Jian said: "I want to send troops to the Great Jin, take advantage of their chaos, and take health in one fell swoop, what do you think?" Murong Daotong said: "Your Majesty is too wise, now that our soldiers are well fed, coupled with their internal strife, this is the best time for us to send troops, but don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." If His Majesty the Emperor sends troops to the Great Jin, I am willing to lead all the way to attack the Great Jin. ”

Fu Jian was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "It's still my uncle, just with me." So he ignored the opposition of many ministers and issued an order to the whole country to send troops to the Great Advance. In order to boost morale, first sent Murong Daotong to lead an army of 200,000 to arrive at the crossing of the Yellow River, stationed on the Yellow River is the marshal Wang Daolin, at this time Wang Daolin originally had 100,000 elite soldiers, after so many years of peacetime, his troops are often reduced, and now it is less than 50,000. Faced with such a grim situation, Wang Daolin hurriedly appealed to the imperial court and asked for troops to be rescued. His recitals were sent, but there was no response.

Coincidentally, on this day, a soldier came to report: "A large number of Qin ** teams were found in front." Wang Daolin felt bad, he hurriedly brought the pioneer officer Xu Bao and the generals to discuss countermeasures. At this time, everyone knew that Murong Daotong was a famous general of the Great Qin State, and this person was resourceful and brave. An iron stick in his hand is invincible all over the world. And there are no less than 100 famous generals under him, what should he do in the face of a strong enemy?

Xu Bao was an anxious man, and when he heard that the situation was so serious now, he said: "Marshal, please give me a general order, I will go out to fight this Murong Daotong." "Wang Daolin also understands that at this time, we should win a battle to improve morale, otherwise, if 200,000 people rush forward, we will be overwhelmed. So he said: "General Xu Bao, I have already sent an urgent message to the imperial court, and I think that there will be reinforcements coming back in a few days." If General Xu fights this battle, we will be able to stand on the pillar, otherwise, we will be ashamed of the imperial court. Xu Bao said loudly: "Marshal, please rest assured, I will definitely kill him on his back." So he led 30,000 horses out of the city to meet the enemy.