Chapter 17 Jinlong fell to the ground again

——Liu Cong captured Chang'an and captured Emperor Min of Jin Since Jin Mindi Sima Ye succeeded to the throne in Chang'an, Liu Cong sent Liu Yao and others to attack aggressively.In the Battle of Weiyang, Qu Yun, the governor of the Jin Dynasty, was defeated. Liu Yao's powerful general Zhao Ran invaded the outer city of Chang'an at night, burned the dragon tail and the barracks, killed more than a thousand people, and shocked Emperor Min of Jin to run away. Hide in the hut in the incident goose building.In the crisis, Qu Yun assembled his army and defeated Liu Yao's army in a row. The prefect Feng Yi of the Jin Dynasty, Suo Yu, and others also raised troops to aid Chang'an.Seeing that they could not win for a while, the Xiongnu troops withdrew one after another and returned to Pingyang temporarily.

After resting, Liu Cong's generals sent out their troops one after another.Liu Yao was stationed at Weirui, and Zhao Ran was stationed at Xinfeng.Suo Yuan, the general of Jin, saw Zhao Ran's arrogance, attacked him unprepared, and defeated the Xiongnu army in the west of Chang'an.Liu Yaoben led the army to attack the Jin army guarding Huaicheng, and Liu Cong sent envoys to ask him to concentrate his forces to attack Chang'an.Outside Chang'an City, Liu Yao fought several battles with the Jin army, but they were all defeated.Therefore, he joined the division of Shangdang again, and after defeating Liu Kun, he first picked soft persimmons and made preparations to attack Yangqu.When Liu Cong heard about it, he hurriedly sent people to urge Liu Yao to return to Chang'an, and concentrated his forces to take down this nail.

On the side of Emperor Jin Min, there are few soldiers, and they can only rely on the governor Qu Yun and Shang Shupu She Suoyu.Qu Yun originally wanted to take Emperor Jin Min to the clan Nanyang King Sima Bao, but Suo Yu and Sima Bao were at odds, saying: "Sima Bao wins the emperor, and he must fulfill his selfish desires." The discussion was shelved.Due to the internal and external discord of the Jin court, food and grass supplies outside Chang'an were gradually cut off, and all officials were hungry, so they went out to collect wild grass to satisfy their hunger. At the beginning of Emperor Jin Min’s succession to the throne, he also declared that he would wipe out the Liu family of the Xiongnu and return the Zi Palace of Emperor Huai. The situation is that Wang Jun wants to separate himself, Liu Kun has only Xianbei soldiers at his disposal, Sima Bao in Gansu has no ability to send troops on a large scale, and Sima Rui in Jiangdong only wants to protect a small corner of the country. "Ji" and "Wearing the Chicken Dance") recruited two thousand soldiers and risked their lives to march northward, pinning down part of the Han general Shi Le's army, which played a role in delaying the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty.

In August of the fourth year of Jianxing Emperor Min of Jin Dynasty, after Liu Yao captured Beidi, he took advantage of the victory and chased and defeated Qu Yun's Jin army, entered Jingyang, and even conquered the cities in the north of Wei. Under the city of Chang'an, soldiers of Jingzhao, Fengyi, Hongnong, and Shangluo, led by Huaji, the regular servant of Sanqi in the Jin Dynasty, were stationed in Bashang. Jin generals such as Jiao Song also led their troops to approach. .Hu Song's first army sent by Sima Bao was very brave, and defeated Liu Yao's army at Lingtai, 40 miles west of Chang'an.However, after the victory of the Jin army, Hu Song did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the Han army to break the siege of Chang'an.He was afraid that Qu Yun and Suo Yi would regain their authority after the siege of Chang'an.Out of factional interests, this general of the Jin Dynasty, who had just won a big victory, actually commanded the soldiers of the counties outside the city to station in Weibei to wait and see.Soon, the Jin army retreated to Huaili County in Shiping County.

Strange as it is, General Liu Yao of the Huns will not let go of the opportunity.He launched a fierce attack and trapped the outer city of Chang'an.Qu Yun and Suo Yi could only withdraw their insurance from the inner city. "Internal and external cutoffs, famine in the city, a bucket of rice is worth two taels of gold, people eat each other, most of the dead, and escape is unstoppable."In the end, there were only dozens of wheat cakes left in Taicang. Qu Yun ground these coarse wheat cakes and cooked porridge for "imperial food", but after a few days of eating, the food was exhausted.

In December 316 AD, Sima Ye, the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty who was hungry and thirsty, cried and said to Qu Yun: "Now that we are so poor, and there is no rescue from outside, we should bear the shame and surrender to live the people." Emperor Jin Min sent his servant Zhong Zongchang to deliver the letter of surrender to Liu Yao, but was intercepted by Suo Yu on the way.He transferred his son as an envoy and went out of the city to say to Liu Yao: "The food in Chang'an City can still last for a year now, and it is not so easy to capture. If you promise to make Suoyu the Duke of Wanhu County, you should use Chang'an City to surrender to the Han army .”

Liu Yao doesn't like this at all.With a swing of his sword, he cut off the head of Suo Yu's son, and sent a message to his entourage: "A teacher of the emperor, he acts with righteousness. He has been a lonely general for fifteen years, and he has never defeated anyone with tricks. , So what Suo Yi said today is that good and evil are the same in the world, and they will kill each other (kill their sons). If the soldiers and food trials have not been completed, you should stick to it; if your food is exhausted and your soldiers are weak, you should realize the destiny early!"

Suo Yu failed to sell the city, and also risked his son's life. The seventeen-year-old Emperor Min of Jin called Tian Tian Ying, and the land was not working, so he could only perform a full set of surrender rituals according to the etiquette, "ride a sheep cart, expose the meat (expose the left arm, cut off the sleeve of the robe), hold the biscuit (in the mouth) titled jade bi), Yu Zi (with the coffin on the cart) came out of the east gate and descended." After the prisoner was sent to Pingyang, Emperor Min of Jin knelt down in the hall of Guangji to judge his head, and was named "Marquis of Huai'an".Qu Yun committed suicide.Liu Cong thought he was a loyal minister, he was buried generously, and he was given a chariot and cavalry general as a gift, and he was posthumously named Jiehanhou. "If you are unfaithful, you will be killed in the city."

With the same death, Qu Yun and Suo Yu had the same ending.I think that when they supported Emperor Jin Min, the city of Chang'an was dilapidated, with less than 2,000 residents, and only four or five vehicles. Playing in circles won Jiangdong's Sima Rui a rare chance to breathe.Of course, the two were very selfish. Before Jin Min surrendered, he cried and said: "Qu, Suo Ergong misunderstood me." That is to say, these two people would not let him go out to other Jin Dynasty generals.As long as the emperor can escape, there is hope of restoring the country.But no matter what, Qu and Suo's contributions to the Jin Dynasty were not small, but at the last moment, Suo Yu betrayed the country and sought glory, making a wrong step that would embarrass the world forever!Suo Yu's father was Suo Jing, a well-known calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty. There are "Suozi", "Jin Shi", "Cursive Script" and other works.When the Eight Kings rebelled, Suo Jing led the rebels to fight against the thieves. He was seriously injured and died.It is a pity that such a loyal and filial person should give birth to such a repetitive generation like Suo Yuan!In his youth, Suo Yu once killed 37 people in one hour to avenge his brothers. Such a bloody man, who lost his chain at the critical moment of life and death, is really unprincipled.

Speaking of the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, Fang Xuanling and others who wrote "Book of Jin" once sighed: ... If the law is governed, the disadvantages are still chaotic; if the law is in chaos, who can save it!He Yuanhai (Liu Yuan) is the general and captain of Lishi; Wang Mi is the scattered official of Qingzhou.They are all men with bows and horses, and those who drive them away are not capable of Wu Xianzhu or Zhuge Kongming; the new rise of dead bandits and mobs are not the enemies of Wu and Shu; It is not the trend of neighboring countries to go against the top from the bottom.However, disturbing the world is like driving a flock of sheep, raising two capitals is like picking up leftovers, slaughtering princes and princes by the neck, and concubines and concubines being humiliated by soldiers, isn't it a pity!

This passage obviously inherits the style and writing style of Jia Yi's "On the Passing of Qin Dynasty".Then, Shi Chen pointed out the corruption of the society in the Western Jin Dynasty: "...the customs are obscene, and the shame is lost. Scholars regard the "Lao" and "Zhuang" as their sects and depose the "Six Classics", and the talkers use their vainness as arguing and lose their reputation. Inspecting, those who walk in the body regard letting go of turbidity as clear and narrow faith, those who enter the official position regard the pursuit of success as the most precious and live in the right, and those who become officials regard the sky as the highest and laugh diligently..." In this way, what do you do if you don't die! It goes without saying that Liu Cong was arrogant and domineering when he captured the two emperors of the Jin Dynasty.Apart from hunting and drinking, Liu Cong's other hobby is to wander around the homes of various ministers and try new things when he sees beautiful girls.Once, he "fortunately" came to the home of Jin Zhun, the Central Guard, and saw that Jin Zhun's two daughters, Jin Yueguang and Jin Yuehua, were as beautiful as flowers.A few months later, Liu Cong felt that Jin Yueguang tasted better, so he issued an imperial edict to make her queen.