Chapter 8 Sixth, Shi Le returned to Han

The victory of Ji Sang and Shi Le in Yecheng shocked Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea who had just taken power in the court at that time, and he immediately sent generals Gou Xi and Wang Zanxing troops to crusade. The cavalry led by Shi Le and Gou Xi's army faced each other in the Pingyuan and Yangping areas. They fought dozens of times in a row and fought for several months. Both sides won and lost each other.Sima Yue was afraid that Gou Xi's army would make a mistake, so he personally led troops to station in Guandu to support Gou Xi. Gou Xi was also considered a famous general in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty. He enforced the law harshly and kept military discipline clean.But it was also difficult for him to win against Shi Le. After a tug-of-war, he found his opponent's weakness and turned to directly attack Ji Sang's army. Ji Sang's command level was obviously not at the same level as Shi Le's.In the battle of Dongwuyang, the Jin army defeated the Jisang army and pursued them all the way, and Jisang was defeated.

Ji Sang and Shi Le cleaned up the remnants of the defeated army, they discussed it, and felt that Liu Yuan, the King of Han, was in full swing and wanted to join him.When passing through Chiqiao area, he was attacked by Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou, and was defeated. Ji Sang and Shi Le were separated in the rebellion army, and Ji Sang was killed by the Jin army when he fled to the plains. Shi Le's remnant soldiers fled to Shangdang. Zhang Beidu and Feng Motu, who were based here at that time, were also Hu people. Shi Le joined this Hu people's army. Bei Du and others said: "The current situation in the world is that Liu Shanyu (referring to Liu Yuan) raised his troops against Jin, but our strength has not followed them. Do we have the strength to fight independently?"

Zhang Beidu and the others thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I don't have the strength." Shi Le took the opportunity to respond: "In this case, why not find a way out sooner. Now someone in our tribe has accepted Shan Yu's reward and is ready to defect to Shan Yu!" Zhang Beidu and others took it seriously and admitted that Liu Yuan was the strongest force that could compete with the Jin army, so they followed Shi Le to the Han camp.Liu Yuan, king of the Han Dynasty, was overjoyed, and made Zhang Beidu the pro-Han king, Feng Motu as the governor, and appointed Shi Le as the general of the auxiliary Han and the king of Pingjin to lead the army.

(It can also be seen from some details that Liu Yuan attaches great importance to Shi Le, and he used the word "Ping Jin" as his title. We can roughly guess the mutual affection between the two heroes when they met, which is comparable to that of the Jin Dynasty royal family. You can know who wins the world and who loses it.) The Wuhuan tribe (that is, the Wuhuan tribe when Cao Cao pacified the north, or the descendants of the Wuwan tribe) that caused Liu Yuan a headache had 2,000 soldiers stationed in Leping by Zhang Fulidu. The nomads wanted to recruit him to their subordinates, but the Wuhuan tribe didn't appreciate it.Shi Le offered advice to Liu Yuan. He pretended to be convicted by Liu Yuan and went to join Volido.Fulidu was very happy and became brothers with Shi Le. When Shi Le sent troops, he always went forward and won the hearts of Fulidu's subordinates.When Shi Le realized that the hearts of the people had returned to him, he suddenly hijacked Fulidu at the army gathering, and said to his subordinates: "If a big event happens now, who will be the master, Fulidu or I?" Everyone shouted In the name of Shi Le, Shi Le immediately released Fulidu and led the people to submit to the Han Kingdom.Liu Yuan also won the elite soldiers of the Wuhuan tribe, and granted Shile the title of superintendent of all military forces in Shandong, and also handed over the Fulidu tribe to Shile's command.

Liu Yuan was assisted by Shi Le, and at the same time the troops were rested.In the second year of Emperor Huai of Jin Yongjia (308 A.D.), Liu Yuan marched towards Taihang and Jizhou respectively with his fourth son Fujun General Liu Cong and other ten generals as the South Route Army, and with the auxiliary Han General Shi Le as the East Route Army.The East Route Army encountered resistance from the Jin Army during its march, while the South Route Army went relatively smoothly. Liu Cong captured the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang one after another.Liu Yuan moved his capital to Puzi (now Xixian County, Shanxi) with a strong reputation, and this trick really worked, and some tribes from nearby Xianbei and Di came to surrender one after another.The Jin army was on the defensive.In August, Shi Le of the Eastern Route Army finally captured Yecheng.The Jin army was divided into Wang Kan and Cao Wu to resist Liu Yuan's two armies.The two armies were at a stalemate near Luoyang. (The people in the capital of the Jin Dynasty can be said to be restless.)

The Han army was like a broken bamboo all the way, and even took Weijun, Jijun, Dunqiu and other places.Liu Yuan believes that the Han army holds most of the two prefectures of Anhe and Ji, and has formed an absolute advantage over the Jin army when it comes to Luoyang. Feng, in the territory of Amnesty, the eldest son Liu He was granted the title of General, the fourth son Liu Cong was granted the title of General of Chariots and Riders, the clan son Liu Yao was granted the title of General of Longxiang, and all other clans were named kings.Different surnames are distinguished according to Xunmou, and they are also named princes of counties and counties.

(Compared with Shi Le, Liu Yuan seems to have a little less long-term consideration, and the difference can be seen in the details. Shi Le's early poverty experience has also created his character of forbearance and indifference to temporary gains and losses, and his judgment of current situations is often The accuracy is astonishing, but Liu Yuan seems to be too greedy for power. However, Liu Yuan should be much older than Shi Le, so they cannot be considered the same.) In this way, the Han and Jin countries have become equal in the true sense, and their decisive battle near Luoyang will become a life-and-death contest that will determine the future fate of both sides.