Chapter 30 Chapter IX Qin-Jin Battle of Feishui

In 316 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty collapsed.In the second year, Sima Rui (ruirui), the royal family of the Western Jin Dynasty, re-established the regime of the Han landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River, and established the capital of Jiankang (now Nanjing), which was called the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.When the Eastern Jin Dynasty settled in the south, many ethnic minorities in the northwest frontier took the opportunity to enter the Yellow River Basin, mainly including the Huns, Xianbei, Jie (jiejie), Di, and Qiang.The aristocratic rulers of these ethnic minorities fought each other and fought for years. In more than 130 years, they established more than a dozen regimes, large and small. Historically, this period was called "Sixteen Kingdoms".

In the chaos of division, in the middle of the 4th century AD, a country established by the Di people - the former Qin became stronger.In 357 AD, Fu [fu Fu] Jian became the emperor of the former Qin Dynasty.He appointed Wang Meng, a Han nationality, as his mastermind. After more than 20 years of hard work, he successively eliminated the powerful Qianyan established by the Xianbei people, Daiguo outside Yanmen Pass, and the Qianliang regime established by the Han Zhang family in Gansu, and unified the Yellow River. The basin area became the country with the largest territory among the northern countries at that time.In this way, with the Huaihe River as the boundary, a situation of confrontation between the former Qin and the Eastern Jin was formed, and the conflict between Qin and Jin became sharper.

In the early morning of October in the seventh year of Taiyuan, Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 382), the civil and military ministers of the former Qin Dynasty in Chang'an City gathered in front of the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace, waiting for King Fu Jian of Qin to come to the court and hold an imperial meeting . Fu Jian looked around majestically, and said, "It's been nearly 30 years since I inherited the throne, and all directions have generally settled down. Only the state of Jin is still entrenched in a corner in the southeast and refuses to surrender. It's really embarrassing. You are so annoying! Now I have 970,000 soldiers in my hands, and I plan to personally lead the troops to attack Jin, do you think it will work?" Among the ministers, there was a man named Zhu Xun [Rong Rong] who flattered and agreed with Fu Jian. , They all think that the time is not yet ripe, and there is no guarantee of victory in attacking the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Minister Quan Yi said: "Your Majesty, although the state of Jin is now weak, it is still not disorganized internally, and the monarch is not guilty of obvious crimes; what's more, their ministers Xie An and Huan Chong are outstanding people in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have some ways. In Yichen's opinion, destroying Jin Let’s talk about it later.” Minister Shi Yue also said: “Not only is the state of Jin consistent from top to bottom, but it also has the Yangtze River as a natural barrier and the support of the common people. It seems that it should not be underestimated!”

Fu Jian was very unhappy when he heard that both Quan Yi and Shi Yue opposed his use of troops. With a straight face, he said very confidently: "I have so many troops. As long as I give an order, everyone will throw their whips into the Yangtze River. It can block the flow of the Yangtze River. What's so great about the Yangtze River!" The meeting lasted for a long time, and the ministers spoke one after another. Almost all the ministers stood on the side of Quan Yi and Shi Yue, and firmly opposed sending troops to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Fu Jian was very angry, and asked the ministers to resign, leaving only his younger brother Fu Rong behind, and said to him: "Since ancient times, state affairs have been decided by one or two people. After yelling for a while, it disturbed people's thoughts in vain, and there was no result, so you should give me some advice!" Fu Rong sat silently beside the table without making a sound; Fu Jian pressed him again, and he said: "In my opinion, there are three major difficulties in attacking Jin at present: first, many people in the north are still facing Jin, and the timing of sending troops is not good; second, Jin is still united, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it; third, our army Years of fighting, the soldiers are very tired, and they all have complaints. Therefore, it is reasonable for everyone to oppose sending troops at today's meeting, and I hope His Majesty will adopt their opinions." Then Fu Rong further pointed out: "At present, the Xianbei, Qiang, Jie People are filling the vicinity of the capital, and they all have deep hatred against our country. If His Majesty leads the army to march south, leaving only the crown prince and some old and weak soldiers to guard the capital, I am really worried that they will rise up and rebel. At that time, it will be too late to regret I hope His Majesty will think twice!"

Fu Jian didn't expect that Fu Rong would also object to his sending troops to attack Jin. He stood up and said angrily: "Huh! Even you say such a thing, who do you want me to discuss with? Now I have strong soldiers With millions of supplies and weapons piled up like a mountain, with these, are you afraid that the Jin Dynasty will not be destroyed? I will never allow the Jin Dynasty to threaten me in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and I have made up my mind to attack Jin!" Fu Rong urged Fu repeatedly Jian didn't want to use troops, but Fu Jian didn't listen to a word.In this way, Fu Jian finally rashly decided to launch a war to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty.