Chapter 129 Chapter 128

One late night in November in the sixth year of Dengguo in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 391), the silver-clad Dailai City was surprisingly quiet.Suddenly, bursts of shouts pierced the quiet night, waking up the sleeping Xiongnu Tiefu leader Liu Weichen and his son.Wei Chen and his youngest son Bobo realized almost at the same time that it was Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty who broke into the city.Wei Chen panicked, put on his clothes and ran out, Bobo was calm, put on his clothes, picked up his sword and followed his father to the outside of the city, and fled for his life to Mugen Mountain.Wei Chen originally wanted to take advantage of the natural barrier of Mugen Mountain to avoid the pursuit of Tuoba Tao's cavalry, but he never expected that his subordinates chopped off his head as soon as he climbed up the mountain out of breath.

After Wei Chen was killed, more than 5,000 of his subordinates were soon killed by Tuoba Tao and thrown into the Yellow River.With a flexible mind, Bobo wittily threw off the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty and fled to the wild. The leader of the cadre Xue, Tai Xi, stood up for his righteousness and took in Bo Bo.However, Tuoba Tao wanted to kill the grass and roots, so he sent someone to ask Tai Xizhan for Qibo.Tai Xizhan ignored this, and said to the visitor: "Bo Bo's country was ruined and his family was destroyed and he defected to me. I should take him in. I would rather turn around with him than let the Northern Wei Dynasty kill him." Send the Northern Wei envoy away Afterwards, Tai Xizhan thought for a second, that his own strength was limited after all, and it would not be a long-term solution to keep Bobo here, so he sent him to Gao Pinggong of the Hou Qin Dynasty where he was not happy.Unexpectedly, he had a good impression of Bobo, so he married his daughter to Bobo.

He Lianbo is eight feet five inches tall, with broad shoulders and a strong body. He has a dignified appearance and strong adaptability. He is highly regarded by Yao Xing, the emperor of the Qin Dynasty.Yao Xing's younger brother Yao Yong advised Yao Xing not to trust Helian Bobo too much. Yao Xing said: "Bobo has the talent to save the world. I want to work with him to calm the world. How can I not trust him!" He led Sancheng, Shuofang and Weichen's original tribe to Gaoping to assist Mei Yiyu.Before Bobo left, Yao Xing named him General Anbei, and assigned him more than 20,000 Xianbei and other ethnic minorities to garrison Shuofang.

Not long after Helian Bobo arrived in Shuofang, he met Rouran Khan She Shanlun who presented Yao Xing with 8,000 horses.When the cavalry arrived in Dacheng, Bobo detained the cavalry, and then summoned 30,000 troops to attack Gaoping under the pretext of hunting in Gaoping, killed his father-in-law Mei Yiyu, and reorganized his troops.Bobo considered himself a descendant of the Xiahou family, so in June of the ninth year of Hongshi (AD 407), he proclaimed himself the Great Xia King, the Great Shanyu, Jianyuan Longsheng, and made his elder brother Youdi the prime minister.At this time, Qi Qi, who was already invincible, proposed to King Jing of Nanliang with bald hair, but who knew that King Jing didn't take him seriously and rejected his proposal.Feeling his self-esteem was bruised, Bobo attacked Nanliang with 20,000 cavalry in a fit of rage, killed more than 10,000 people, robbed 27,000 people, and plundered hundreds of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep, and returned in triumph.When King Jing led his troops in pursuit, Bobo ordered the soldiers in Yangwu to move ice blocks to the road to block them.King Jing chased Yangwu, vigorously concentrated his forces to counterattack, and wiped out more than 10,000 people in Nanliang.King Jing fled back in embarrassment.

Helianbo Boen avenged his revenge, and soon after he took the throne, he sent troops to seize the military stronghold established by Yao Xing in the north of the three cities, and killed generals such as Yang Pi and Yao Shisheng of the later Qin Dynasty.At that time, the generals at that time all persuaded: "Your Majesty, if you want to manage Guanzhong, you should build a capital first, so that people can have something to rely on. Gaoping has a dangerous terrain and fertile land, so you can set up your capital there." Bobo said to them: "You only know one thing. I don’t know the second thing, Yao Xing is also a hero, and his officers and soldiers are willing to work hard, so we don’t dare to have extravagant hopes for Guanzhong for the time being. If we build a capital now and stick to a city, Yao Xing will definitely go all out to attack us .We are in the start-up stage now, and there are not many soldiers, so we are naturally not his opponent. Now we should take advantage of the cavalry's ability to come and go freely, and fight guerrilla warfare with Yao Xing, so that they will be exhausted and exhausted. In 10 years, Lingbei, The east of the river will belong to us. After Yao Xing dies, we will take Chang'an slowly. Yao Xing's sons are mediocre and incompetent, and a plan to capture them has been formed in my mind." The city dare not open the city gate during the day.In the second year of Xia Longsheng (AD 408), when Helian Bobo and Yao Xing's general Zhang Fosheng were fighting in Qingshiyuan, the sky was dark, and Yao Xing sent general Qi Nan to help Fosheng. When Qi Nan withdrew, he rushed to catch up and captured Qi Nan alive in Mucheng. He captured 13,000 officers and soldiers of the Later Qin Dynasty, and all Lingbei belonged to Xia Guo.

Yao Xing hated Helian Bobo's revenge and arrogance so much that Xia Longsheng personally led troops to attack Helianbobo in the third year of Xia Longsheng's reign (409 A.D.). Yao Xing captured Yao Yusheng, the general of Yao Xing, and Yao Xing returned to Chang'an very frustrated. After defeating Yao Xing, Helian Bobo changed his surname to himself.Helianbobo was originally a descendant of the Huns. The Huns once married their clan daughter to Modun Shanyu, and the Huns took the surname Liu. This was originally a symbol of friendship between the two nations, but Helianbobo felt that this was a great shame. Hou, because the ancestors did not know the rules, so in the seventh year of Xia Longsheng (AD 413), they changed their surname to the Helian family grandly, and said that the emperor is the son of heaven. The concubine's sons took Tie Fa as their surname, hoping that all the descendants of the clan would be as hard as iron and be able to subdue others.

Don't look at Helian Bobo's tone so big, in fact he has no big ambitions, the highest goal is only to capture Chang'an. Just at this time, Liu Yu, a general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, took advantage of the death of Yao Xing, the leader of Houqin, and led his army to attack Houqin in the north.After hearing the news, He Lianbo couldn't restrain his inner excitement, and said to the minister with a smile: "Liu Yu defeated Qin and advanced by land and water. How can Yao Hong be an opponent! In my opinion, after Liu Yu captured Chang'an, I will definitely not stay for too long, and after Liu Yu leaves, I will take Chang'an as easily as pulling out a small dish." So he made preparations vigorously.

In September of the fifth year of Xia Fengxiang (AD 417), Liu Yu eliminated Yao Hong, entered Chang'an, and sent a letter to Helian Bobo, requesting the establishment of diplomatic relations with Xia.Bobo was very cunning. Before meeting the envoy Liu Yu, he asked Huangfuhui, the servant of Zhongshu, to prepare a reply letter for him. The reply letter with a very complete expression of meaning was sealed in front of Liu Yu's envoy and handed over to him to bring to Liu Yu.Liu Yu didn't know the inside story, and after reading the letter, he immediately paid respect to Helian Bobo, and sighed repeatedly: "I am not as good as Bobo." Soon, Liu Yu let his son stay in Chang'an, and returned to Jiangnan by himself.

As soon as Liu Yu left, Helian Bobo was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his son Helian Wanggui to take 20,000 cavalry to attack Chang'an south. In order to prevent the Eastern Jin soldiers from escaping, he also ordered his son Helianchang to station troops at Tongguan, and ordered Shi Wang Maide, the right commander of the Fujun Army, to attack Chang'an. After blocking the green mud, Helian Bobo also personally led the army to Chang'an to occupy Xianyang.Liu Yu hurriedly asked Zhu Lingshi to defend Chang'an, but the citizens of Chang'an expelled Zhu Lingshi and welcomed He Lianbo into the city.In November of the sixth year of Xia Fengxiang (AD 418), Helian Bobo held a banquet in Chang'an to celebrate.Soon, He Lianbo built an altar in Bashang, which was the emperor's throne, and changed Yuan Changwu.

After Helian Bobo became the emperor, he became more brutal and murderous.He used to observe pedestrians in the city with a bow and arrow, and when he saw which one was not pleasing to the eye, he raised an arrow and shot at that person.If he thinks that a minister shows disrespectful eyes, he will order the minister's eyes to be dug out; if the minister laughs at him, he will have the minister's lips torn; Cut off, then slaughtered, made the ministers miserable, and everyone was in danger. In the seventh year of Xia Zhenxing (AD 425), Helian Bobo died of illness, ending his sinful life, and was buried in Jiaping Mausoleum.His posthumous title is "Emperor Wulie", and his temple title is "Shizu".