Chapter 110 Chapter 109

In June of the fourth year of Jianyi (AD 388), Qifu Guoren, the king of the Western Qin Dynasty, died of illness suddenly. Guoren's son Gongfu was too young to inherit the throne.The ministers were in a dilemma. Qifu Guoren's younger brother Qifu Gangui said: "Since a person is dead, someone must take his place." , Great General, Great Chanyu, King of Henan.Qiangui is not welcome, and he changed the Yuan Taichu with peace of mind, and moved the capital from Warrior City to Jincheng (now Lanzhou, Gansu).At this time, Lord Tuyuhun (the leader) saw Lian, and the Xianbei Doulugeqi tribe, Chidouhun tribe, and Lu Shuiwei Diba all joined in begging for Gangui.In October of the seventh year of Taichu (394 A.D.), Qifu Gangui eliminated Di Wang Yangding, occupied Longxi and Brazil, and became another powerful regime in the northwest.

In July of the eighth year of Taichu (AD 395), Lu Guang of Houliang led an army of 100,000 to attack the Western Qin Dynasty.At this time, Zuofu Miguizhou and Zuowei Mozheyi persuaded Gangui to become a minister to Lu Guang. Gangui was so frightened by Lu Guang's loud voice that he fainted, so he gave his son Chibo as a hostage to Lu Guang, expressing his surrender.Lu Guang saw that he had succumbed before returning from the battle, so he withdrew from West Qin in a brazen manner.As soon as Lu Guang withdrew, Gangui felt very useless again. In a fit of anger, he killed Mi Guizhou and Mo Zheyi who persuaded him to surrender, and scolded Lu Guangshou.Lu Guang was very disgusted with the back-and-forth of begging for money, so he attacked the Western Qin Dynasty in January of the tenth year of Taichu (AD 397), and quickly captured Jincheng, Lintao, Wushi, and Heguan in the Western Qin Dynasty.Seeing this, the ministers of the Western Qin Dynasty were all frightened, and they all urged Fu Qian to return to the east and run to Cheng Ji in unison.Gangui had a plan in mind, carefully considered the battle plan, and then lured Lu Guang's younger brother Lu Yan, who had elite soldiers, into an ambush, beat Lu Yan's officers and soldiers to the ground, and Lu Yan died on the battlefield.After Lu Guang heard the news of Lu Yan's defeat, he hurriedly led his troops back to Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu).

After defeating Houliang, Qifu Gangui wanted to conquer his neighbors, so he sent Qifu Yizhou to conquer the three cities of Zhiyang and Yunwu in the second year (398 A.D.), and soon he sent troops to Tuyuhun. Zhou Chuan defeated Tuyuhun.Although the Eastern Expedition and Western Expedition of Begging for Qiangui won for a while, it seriously consumed the national power of Western Qin.In the thirteenth year of Taichu (AD 400), Later Qin Yaoxing led troops to attack Western Qin.Begging Qiangui heard that Yao Xing was coming, and he said confidently to the generals: "Since I took the throne, I have eliminated powerful enemies many times. Now Yao Xing has brought the whole army to invade, and he is very arrogant. Life and death, this is the one action If Yao Xing is eliminated this time, all the land in Guanzhong will belong to us.” Now the generals split up, Murong Yun stationed troops in Baiyang, Luodun stationed troops in Hou Chengu, and Gan Gui personally led thousands of cavalry to wait for Yao Xing’s army.However, the sky is not helping people, suddenly a gust of wind blows up, the yellow sand flies up, and the sky is dark for a while, Gangui loses contact with the Chinese army, loses the battle with Yao Xing early the next morning, and has to surrender Yao Xing.After seeing Qiangui's surrender, Yao Xing smiled happily and named him Marquis of Guiyi, allowing him to continue to manage the original tribe.Afterwards, Qifu Gangui obeyed Yao Xing's will, successively attacked the leader of the Qiang Party in Zichuan, conquered Yang Sheng's Pishi Fort and Guyang Fort, and defeated the Tuyuhun general Dahai. He made great contributions to Yao Xing, and his own power gradually grew. .Yao Xing was afraid that Qiangui would not listen to his command if he became powerful, so he took the opportunity of Qiangui to worship in Chang'an in December of the eighth year of Hongshi (406 AD) and left him in Chang'an. military power.

Qifu Chipan, the son of Qifu Gangui, also came to Chang'an from Xiping in the fourth year of Hongshi (AD 402), and was named General Zhenzhong and Taishou of Xingjin by Yao Xing, and led troops to garrison Yuanchuan.After Qifu Qiangui was left in Chang'an by Yao Xing, Qifu Chipan gathered 27,000 people to occupy Shankangshan Liangshan as a base.When Gangui heard the news, he secretly ran back to Yuanchuan from Chang'an, and then recruited 30,000 people to Dujian Mountain to proclaim himself emperor again. All the ministers were restored to their posts.Then, troops were sent to conquer Jincheng, Nan'an, Longxi and other counties in the later Qin Dynasty, and 25,000 households were moved to Yuanchuan and Fanghan (now Linxia, ​​Gansu).In the third year of Qin Gengshi (AD 411), Gan Guiqin led 30,000 soldiers to Fuhan to attack Peng Lifa of the Qiang nationality. Peng Lifa fled south after hearing the wind.In June of the same year, Gangui was killed by his nephew Gongfu and buried in Qianghan with the posthumous title of "King Wuyuan".