Chapter 45 Nine, the death of the former Yan

From the moment Murong Chui threw himself into Qianqin, Qianyan was actually sentenced to death.However, Murong Ping, the Grand Tutor who assisted the government, didn't pay attention to the small former Qin Dynasty at all, and dreamed of "the Great Yan Kingdom is the best in the world" all day long.The young emperor Murong Wei was even more ignorant. He actually regretted the conditions he had promised Qin Qin to cede the land west of Hulao. He sent an envoy to Fu Jian and said, "We are all people with a state and a family. Do me a favor." "It's only logical to save a disaster. At the beginning, it was just a momentary slip of the tongue by the envoy."

Fu Jian got Murong Chui to vote, and was worried that he had no excuse to kill Yan. How could he not accept the door-to-door business?Immediately accused Yan Guo of violating the covenant, and ordered Wang Meng and others to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Yan. (Hehe, the long-awaited opportunity has finally arrived.) Wang Meng was really extraordinary. Before sending troops in person, he used a letter to recruit Murong Zhu, the former general of Yan who was stationed in Luoyang. On the line of Shimen. At this time, Wang Meng was not worried about the former Yan army in front of him. In his eyes, the army led by Murong Zang, Murong Ping and others was no different from nothing.What worried him the most was Murong Chui who had just landed from the rear, so he took the opportunity to make a move: It turned out that when he was going to the expedition, Wang Meng asked Murong Chui's eldest son, Murong Ling, to take a step first in the name of needing a guide, and then He personally came to invite Murong Chui to have a drink, and when he was drunk, he said some friendly words to Murong Chui and said: "I am going to travel far away now, what do you have for me so that I can see things and think about others?" ?" Murong Chui thought that Wang Meng was really thinking of him, so he gave Wang Meng his saber.

As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, Wang Meng bribed Murong Chui's cronies and asked him to take Murong Chui's saber to Murong Ling's camp, saying: "Your father is afraid that Wang Meng will ostracize and slander you, and you can't figure out what King Qin is thinking. I'm going back to my home country, I want you to leave as soon as possible." When Murong Ling saw his father's token, he hesitated for a long time, because he was on the front line of the battlefield and couldn't check the accuracy of the news.Finally, on the second day, he took his old troops and defected to Murong Zang in Shimen in the name of hunting.

Here, Wang Meng sent the written statement to Chang'an to report the news of Murong Ling's rebellion to Fu Jian. Murong Chui fled in surprise and was overtaken by Fu Jian's pursuers in Lantian.Desperate Murong Chui went back to Chang'an and killed him, but he didn't want Fu Jian to lead him to the East Hall himself, and comforted him by saying: "Your family and country are at peace, and you have committed yourself to me. Your good son never forgets his roots and misses his homeland. It's just that people have their own ambitions, so it's not a big mistake. It's just that the country of Yan is about to perish, and Murong Ling can't change it. It's a pity that only one person has re-entered the tiger's mouth." At the end, he patted Murong Chui on the shoulder and said: " Father and son are brothers, the crimes are irrelevant, why did Aiqing run away in such fear?" He still treats Murong Chui with the old Juelu.

Wang Meng's countermeasure did not bring Murong Chui down, but made Fu Jian trust him more.Murong Chui is really thankful, in which life did he get the blessing?If he could meet a good person like Fu Jian (too good to be true), if he were to be someone else, he might not have the Houyan in the future.Originally, it was fine to laugh at this place, but it was just the opening episode of the grievances and vendettas between the two contemporary heroes, Fu Jian and Murong Chui. It just so happened that Sima "joined in the fun" when it was mentioned in "Tongjian" Guang, said that Wang Meng was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and he was helping the Yan State to do immoral things. Fortunately, Fu Jian managed it properly and regained the support of the Yan State.Although the words are not wrong, but pushing Wang Meng's behavior to an extreme, it still makes people dizzy.Not to mention that Wang Meng was always thinking about what Fu Jian couldn't think about, because of what Fu Jian couldn't do. Looking at Fu Jian's achievements in the first few years of his reign, most of them were related to Wang Meng.Fu Jian is a person who cherishes his talents as much as his life, but he often doesn't consider the consequences. He seems to think too simply about the hardships and dangers of the world and the unpredictability of people's hearts.Without Wang Meng's assistance, I really doubt whether he would have survived the day of the Battle of Feishui—but his personal charm still has to be admired.

His father, Murong Chui, escaped, but this plan made Murong Chui's "good son" Murong Ling miserable. Suspecting that Murong Ling was a spy sent by the former Qin Dynasty, he was sent to guard Shacheng, six hundred miles northeast of Longcheng. Murong Ling knew that his death was inevitable, so he simply recruited men in Shacheng, preparing to capture the old capital, Longcheng.This time, it was his younger brother Murong Lin who informed Murong Liang who was guarding Dragon City again. Murong Ling was unable to attack Dragon City, but was rebelled by his surrendered subordinates, and ended up in ruin.

Wang Meng quickly defeated Murong Zang's army, retreated and returned to Chang'an. In June of the sixth year of Jianyuan (AD 370) of the former Qin Dynasty, Wang Meng, Yang An and others were dispatched by the former Qin Dynasty to launch a general offensive against Qianyan. The strategy of conquering Huguan first, then taking Shangdang, advancing both land and water, and directly taking Yecheng, the capital of Yan. Wang Meng and Yang An successfully captured Huguan and Jinyang, and in October of that year they faced off with the Yan army in Luchuan.At this time, the comparison of troops was about 60,000 in the Qin army, and 300,000 in the Yan army. It seemed that the Yan army had a great advantage, but it proved the truth from the negative side that "a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find".Murong Ping, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, is completely a "rookie-level" character. He has no intention of fighting in front of the enemy.If you say this person is an idiot, he doesn't look like one. He does have his own experience in leading troops - take the opportunity to make a fortune.He saw Wang Meng go deep alone, so he planned to play with him for a long time.So Murong Ping occupied the mountain spring and collected money from those who came to chop firewood and fetch water. The money piled up like a mountain, causing the officers and soldiers to complain, and the army had no fighting spirit. (Doing business while fighting wars, Murong's evaluation is really "unique" through the ages!)

When Wang Meng heard about this, he laughed loudly: "Murong Ping is really a slave, even if there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he is not afraid! What's more, there are only hundreds of thousands - he is dead." He sent General Guo Qing to lead 5,000 cavalry to go around behind the Yan army and set fire to Murong Ping's luggage. Murong Wei was afraid and angry, so he sent someone to scold him: "As a member of the royal family, why don't you put the country's interests first? The money in the treasury is not shared by you and me, so you are still afraid of being poor?! The enemy If you enter the army and your family and country are ruined, where can you put the money?" He ordered him to distribute all the money to the soldiers and urged him to fight quickly.Murong Ping was furious, and temporarily changed his strategy and sent envoys to challenge the Qin army.

This is what Wang Meng was waiting for, so he swore to teach Weiyuan, and said to all the soldiers: "I, Wang Jinglue, has been greatly favored by the King of Qin, and has great power both inside and outside. Now that I have gone deep into the land of Yan with all the lords, I should do my best to make great contributions together. , To serve the country. When the triumphant return comes, all the lords can also add officials to honor their ancestors. Success or failure depends on one action!" After saying that, the Qin army marched eastward, and the Qin army defeated the Yan army with one to ten, and the Yan army suffered casualties and surrendered. There were nearly 200,000 soldiers, and Murong Ping fled back to Yecheng on Danqi.

Fu Jian was overjoyed when he got the good news, and he led 100,000 elite soldiers to Anyang within seven days, and joined forces with Wang Meng. Yecheng was in danger, and the city was in chaos. Another rebel army opened the north gate at night to welcome Qin soldiers. Murong Wei, Murong Ping and others still wanted to go out to Longcheng and surrender the old capital, but their subordinates didn't give them face. Along the way, they ran away with fewer and fewer entourages, and ran into robbers who robbed. Murong Wei was desperate and lost his horse He fled on foot, and was finally chased by the light cavalry led by Guo Qing on the way.Murong Ping fled to Koryo anyway, but was sent to Qianqin by the king of Koryo, and guards from all over Qianyan descended to Qin one after another.This former great empire has gone through four generations, and the foundation created by hard work, just fell apart in a few nights.