Chapter 24 The Last Years Under the Fence

When the mountains and rivers were exhausted, fortunately Duan Pichen, the governor of Youzhou in the Jin Dynasty, sent someone to invite him.With no way out, Liu Kun had no choice but to go to Jicheng and attach himself to Duan Piling. Duan Piling has always respected Liu Kun very much. When they met, they agreed to help the Jin family together, devoted their loyalty to the court, and became brothers.At the same time, the two went to show Sima Rui, who was far away in Jiankang, and supported him as emperor. Duan Pilin, a native of Xianbei in the east, "is a strong breed, and he is an adult in the world". His father, Wu Wuchen, is the leader of Xianbei who Wang Jun married his daughter to.When Wu Wuchen was granted the title of Grand Chanyu by the Jin Dynasty, Duan Pichen was also given the title of Zuoxian King, and led the people to help the Jin Dynasty conquer the Liu family of the Xiongnu.After Wu Wuchen died of illness, Duan Pichen's elder brother Ji Lujuan inherited the title of Da Shanyu under the support of his uncle She Fuchen.

When Liu Yao attacked Luoyang, Wang Jun sent Ji Lujuan and others to attack Shile in Xiangguo with the Jin army.Duan Piling's cousin, Duan Mobei, pursued Shi Le and was captured. Shi Le not only did not kill him, but sent him back to Ji Lu's family.For this reason, the eastern Xianbei formed an alliance with Jiehu, and the two sides no longer fought, and the Jin generals could not stop it. Duan Piling has always disapproved of his brother's truce with Shi Le, and respected Liu Kun as the governor, and sent troops to attack Shi Le.In great fear, Shi Le sent someone to bribe Duan Piying's cousin Duan Mobei generously.Duan Mobei wanted to repay Shi Le for not killing him earlier, and also wanted to use Duan Pixie to go out to fight and invade his territory, so he advised Ji Lu and She Fuchen, thinking that they, with the respect of Shan Yu's elder brother and uncle, should not Duan Ping should be obeyed.He also said that even if the crusade against Shi Le is successful, the great contribution will be attributed to Duan Pichen alone, and it will not be of any benefit to Ji Lujuan Shanyu.This plan worked as expected, and the main force of Xianbei in the east led the army back.

Duan Pichen couldn't sing alone, so he had to go back to the army.Soon, Ji Lu's family member Shan Yu died of illness.Upon hearing the news, Duan Piling led the army back to attend the funeral for his brother. Duan Mobei declared that he was going to come back to usurp the throne, and set up an ambush to pursue him halfway, but Duan Piling was defeated. Duan Mobei took the opportunity to kill Tang Shu She Fuchen and more than 200 of his children, and made himself Shan Yu. Therefore, when Liu Kun attached himself to Duan Piling, the Xianbei himself was in a difficult situation.Sympathetic to each other, the relationship between the two began to get along very well.

At the beginning, when Duan Pilin was at his brother's funeral, Liu Kun's son Liu Qun was with him.Duan Piling was defeated in the final cup, Duan Piling fled, and Liu Qun was captured.After Duan Mobei captured Liu Qun, he "gifted him generously" and promised to promote Liu Kun as the governor of Youzhou, and formed an alliance to attack Duan Pichen.Liu Qun was young and illiterate, so he wrote a letter to his father, Liu Kun, and sent a secret envoy to deliver the letter.Halfway, the person Duan Mobei sent to deliver the letter to Liu Qun was captured by Duan Pichen's men, and the secret letter was found.

Liu Kun knew nothing about this.Suddenly being "invited" by Duan Piling, Liu Kun happily went.After the two sat down, Duan Piling took out Liu Qun's secret letter and said to Liu Kun, "I didn't suspect you to be involved in this matter, so I purposely told you the truth." After Liu Kun read the letter, his expression was solemn.After a long time, he said with all his heart, "I form an alliance with you, aiming to restore the Jin Dynasty, and take the shame of the country's fall. Even if my son's letter is sent to me, I will not let you down because of my son!" Duan Pi He kept nodding.He has always admired Liu Kun's integrity, knowing that what he said came from the heart, so he wanted to let Liu Kun return to his subordinates.

Meanwhile, Duan Piling's younger brother, Duan Shujun, called his elder brother out of the hall and persuaded him: "We are originally Hu Yi foreigners. In the past, the people of Jin were intimidated, which is why we have a large number of people. Now, our family is fighting each other, which is the time for the people of Jin to have a good plan. If someone worships Liu Kun from this I'm afraid our family will be wiped out!" When Duan Pichen heard the words, he felt that it was reasonable, so he ordered Liu Kun to be placed under house arrest. The news spread that Liu Kun's eldest son, Liu Zun, was afraid that he would also be imprisoned and killed, so he locked himself behind closed doors with Liu Kun's family members.Due to the small number of soldiers, Duan Pi's soldiers will soon attack the camp and arrest everyone.

"(Liu) Kun is loyal to the Jin family and has great expectations. He has been detained for a long time, and he is indignant from far and near." Even the Daijun prefect appointed by Duan Pichen and the Yanmen prefect appointed by Liu Kun conspired together to prepare The army was called together to attack Duan Piling and rescued Liu Kun.Soon, two eunuchs were murdered for seeking revenge.Although Duan Piling killed several people, he was also terrified. Since Liu Kun was detained, "I knew I was going to die, and I looked happy. I gave him a farewell to Lu Chen for the five-character poem."This poem is the "Gift to Lu Chen" at the beginning of the article.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dun sent someone to inform Duan Pilin to kill Liu Kun.Duan Pixi was forced by Wang Dun externally, and internally feared that his subordinates would rebel, so he claimed the emperor's decree and ordered Liu Kun to be killed. When Liu Kun heard about Wang Dun's arrival, he had already anticipated his own fate. He said to his son Liu Zun: "The envoy Chu Zhong (Wang Dun's word Chu Zhong) came and didn't sue me. He killed me. Life and death have fate, but hate There is no shame for shame, and there is no way to see two relatives." The great hero said this, and tears fell like rain.

Duan Pi sent soldiers to break in and hang Liu Kun, who was forty-eight years old.Four of Liu Kun's nephews and nephews were killed at the same time.Since the Jin court was still relying on Duan Piying to resist Shi Le, it did not immediately rectify Liu Kun's name and mourn. More than two years later, the Jin court ordered Liu Kun to be given the title of Shizhong and Taiwei, and his posthumous title was Min.Lu You, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wen Tianxiang, a national hero, both have excellent poems to praise Liu Kun: Get drunk and return home in the middle of the night, the moon falls on the western mountain and shines on the firewood gate.

After Liu Kun's death, there were no strangers, only listening to Huang Ji's tears. "Night Returning to My Love" Lu You Liaoyang Hall steps up to gold, and once it falls off the cliff, it is deep in hell. Su Wujiao prefers to lie down, but Liu Kun may as well sing in prison. I have seen Yaksha's face before I was alive, and I died only because of the Bodhisattva heart. Thousands of miles of wind and sand, who will have the sound of Guangling. "Ode to Jimao on October 1st" Wen Tianxiang After Duan Piling killed Liu Kun, most of his Han and Hu people scattered.Killing Liu Kun was Duan Piling's biggest failure in his life, but this Xianbei man has always been loyal to the Jin family.Not long after, he joined forces with Jin Chen Shao Xu to attack the final cup.Taking advantage of the mutual attack of the Duan brothers, Shi Hu took advantage of the time to cover up the attack, and finally surrounded Duan Pichen in Jicheng.

Duan Pizhen wanted to break out of the encirclement and escape, but was dissuaded by others.In the end, seeing that there was no hope of rescue, Duan Pichen, wearing a Jin Dynasty uniform and holding a Jin Festival, led the people to see the stone tiger who besieged him, and said solemnly: "I have received the grace of the country, and I am determined to destroy you. Unfortunately, the family is in chaos. , so much so. I can neither die, nor will I serve you as master." Shi Hu and the Duan Xianbei clan used to deal with each other frequently, and the two even sworn brothers.Although Shihu was brutal by nature, he still respected Duan Piling very much, "rise up and worship him". After Duan Pizhen was sent to the state of Xiang, he was placed under house arrest by Shi Le, and was often "invited out" by Shi Le to participate in the "challenge meeting" of Zhao State.Duan Pilin was always dressed in the court dress of the Jin Dynasty, holding a Jin Festival, and never bowed down to Shi Le.Due to the violence of Shi Le and Shi Hu, he didn't dare to attack Duan Piling for a while. It can be seen that the might and charisma of this Lord Xianbei are absolutely incomparable. Shi Le endured it for more than a year. Seeing that he was still unable to subdue this Xianbei from western Liaoning, and fearing that his people would take the opportunity to embrace him and make a comeback, he charged him with conspiracy and sent someone to kill Duan Pichen. "Book of Jin" has a very pertinent evaluation of Duan Pilin: Duan Piqin originally came from Yafang, but he cared about the imperial court. At the beginning, he was loyal to the country, and finally he was against the imperial court. Since Su Ziqing, he has been alone.When Yue Shi (Liu Kun) saw and executed the Duan family, he was famous for his prestige; when he killed Shilong (Shi Le), he was also expected by everyone.How swift is the response of good fortune and misfortune! "Poetry" says: "No speech is not rewarded, no virtue is not rewarded." This is what it means.