Chapter 49 empire crumbling

——The Black Rest of the Former Qin Dynasty After Fu Jian died in Xinping Buddhist Temple, the crown prince Fu Hong who was staying in Chang'an couldn't keep Chang'an either. Fu Pi, the eldest son of Fu Jian who had been guarding Yecheng, was besieged by more than 200,000 soldiers and horses from Xianbei Murongchui. In desperation, he also asked Jin general Xie Xuan for help.Xie Xuan sent general Liu Laozhi with 20,000 soldiers to rescue them with food and grass.Everyone in Xianbei was capable of fighting, but the Eastern Jin government had no intention of centralizing the Plains. Soon Liu Laozhi was ordered to lead the Jin soldiers back to Jiangdong, and Fu Pi had to flee to Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi).Hearing the news that Fu Jian was dead and Fu Hong had descended to Jin, Fu Pi simply proclaimed himself emperor in Jinyang.

Fu Pi, courtesy name Yongshu, was "young but intelligent and eager to learn, comprehensive in classics and history". He once studied the art of war with the veteran Deng Qiang.This man is versatile in both literature and military affairs, and his ambition is to revive, so he left the general Wang Teng to guard Jinyang, and led an army of 40,000 to attack Pingyang (now Linfen, Shanxi).At that time, the Xianbei people in Guanzhong, led by Murong Yong, were going back to Hebei via Hedong. At first they were unwilling to fight Fu Pi, and they only asked for a way.Fu Pi refused, and sent a large army of subordinates to attack, but was defeated by the Xianbei people who were anxious to return.It is really God's blessing for Qin, and when the gold and iron were transported, there were only 3,000 people left under Fu Pi, and he went south to Dongyuan (now Xin'an, Henan), and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the cities of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.General Yang Wei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was looking for a soft persimmon to pinch and claim credit for. Hearing the news, he invited the defeated Di army to attack them on the way, beheaded Fu PI during the battle, captured his prince Fu Ning and others, and sent him to Jiankang. "The imperial court pardons but does not punish, and it belongs to Fu Hong."

Fu PI was defeated and died, and Fu Deng, the grandson of the Fu Jian family, was the main leader. He raised troops from Fanghan and started a fierce war with Yao Chang and others. Fu Deng was good at fighting, and he especially resented the Qiang people who killed Emperor Fu Jian.At that time, the world was in chaos, and all parties to the war were short of military supplies.Every time Fu Deng attacked the Qiang army, he called the corpses of the Qiang people "cooked food", and encouraged his soldiers to say: "When you wait for the court battle, you will be full of meat in the evening, so why are you hungry!" The Qiang army died of human flesh, "happy and healthy and able to fight".When Yao Chang heard the news, he hurriedly called back Yao Shuode, the younger brother who was at odds with Fu Deng, and said, "If you don't leave, you will be eaten by Fu Deng!" Yao Shuode was so frightened that he fled back to Yao Chang's camp.

After Fu Deng proclaimed himself emperor in the eleventh year (386) of Taiyuan, Emperor Xiaowu of Jin Dynasty, he established Fu Jian as God Lord in the army. He built a yellow flag on his car, and a green cover with feathers on his back. He was guarded by 300 warriors in fine armor. Salute to Lord Fu Jian in advance.Fu Deng deeply remembered the "cool injustice" of Emperor Fu Jian, and he shed tears generously every time he told the gods. His soldiers were all moved, and they all engraved the word "death rest" on their armor to show that they must die. "In every battle, the long lance and hook blade are used as a large square circle. Knowing the thickness and distribution, the old man fights for himself, and there is no way forward."

The battle went smoothly all the way, and when Fu Deng arrived at Hukongbao, more than 100,000 Di, Han and other ethnic groups had joined him.Di and Qiang fought each other, and there was no food for a long time. Fu Deng's army could not eat enough human flesh, so they could only pick mulberries for food.Fu Deng was eager to fight, and led more than ten thousand cavalry to gallop around Yaochang's camp, "crying loudly from all sides, and the wailing was moving".Yao Chang heard it and hated it, so he ordered the three armies to cry back.Such a scene is indeed the most interesting scene in the history of ancient Chinese warfare: the Di army cried together because of anger, and the Qiang army howled together because of fear.There are no two things in this situation.

Yao Chang was repeatedly defeated and believed that Fu Jian had a miracle. He also carved a wooden statue in his army as the god of Emperor Fu Jian. My elder brother Yao Xiang was killed by His Majesty and Fu Huangmei in northern Shaanxi in the past. It was he who told me to kill Your Majesty for revenge. It is reasonable and reasonable for a brother to avenge his shame. Your Majesty passed away as a god, so how can you use Fu Deng's hand to take revenge as a minister, and here is a statue of your majesty, I hope you will listen to your sincerity, and don't count your faults." He rambled on without any reason or logic Word.

Fu Deng waved his troops to attack, and Sheng Mulou pointed at Yao Chang and shouted: "From ancient times to the present, there have been people who killed the emperor and erected statues to pray for blessings. Don't think about it anymore!" Jun thief Yao Chang, come out, I will fight with you alone!" Yao Chang "did not respond".Since the statue of Fu Jian was erected, the Qiang army was still losing every battle. The army was terrified every night. Fu Deng won successive battles and captured and beheaded tens of thousands of Qiang troops.But under the paralysis, he was suddenly attacked by Yao Chang at night. Fu Deng's wife Mao, his second son, and dozens of generals were killed, and more than 50,000 civilians were lost.Soon, Fu Deng was defeated several times in Yangquan Fort, Silla Fort and other places.Matouyuan and Anding fought in World War II, and Fu Deng was defeated again.

Although he has won several battles, Yao Chang, the "Killer Thief" who has always been superstitious about gods and monsters, has dreamed of Fu Jian at night and is in a trance, and he is dying.Upon hearing the news, Fu Deng paid homage to God Lord Fu Jian, hoping that the soul of the great emperor would bless him with success.Knowing that Yao Chang's camp was safe and sound, Fu Deng led his army in a hurry.Yao Chang's condition slowed down a little, and he personally arranged the strategy of the army, and sent Qiang generals to attack Fu Deng's camp at night.Fu Deng was afraid of retreating.Yao Chang personally led the army to chase Fu Deng's army for more than 30 li.At Ping Ming, the sergeant reported to Fu Deng: "The camp of the bandits is empty, and I don't know where they are going."

Fu Deng was shocked, and sighed: "What is the old Qiang? I don't know what it is, and I don't know when it comes. It is said that it is about to die, and it will come back suddenly! I live with this Qiang, what a misfortune!" So Fu Deng withdrew his troops The crowd returned to Yongzhou. Soon, Dou Chong, the right prime minister appointed by Fu Deng, rebelled and claimed to be the King of Qin.Fu Deng led his troops to attack, Dou rushed to Yao Chang for help, and Fu Deng lost another army. Yao Chang died of illness, and his son Yao Xing succeeded him.When Fu Deng heard the news of Yao Chang's death, he was overjoyed and said, "Son Yao Xing, I will break my stick and flog him." So he led all the Di troops and marched towards Guanzhong.After Fu Deng attacked and slaughtered Yaonubao and Bopubao, Yao Xing, the new emperor of the Later Qin Dynasty, led his army to counterattack the Di army.

After Fu Deng saw that the Qin army was overwhelmingly strong, he retreated to the ruined bridge.Unexpectedly, Yin Wei, one of Yao Xing's generals, was waiting on the bridge.Di's army was pursued by soldiers behind and blocked in front. They ran and marched without a sip of water, and a third of them died of thirst.In desperation, Fu Deng sent his army to fight Yin Wei and was defeated.The army collapsed at night, and Fu Deng fled to Yongzhou alone on horseback. Fu Chong, the son of Fu Deng, and Fu Yong, the younger brother of Fu Deng who were staying at Hu Kongbao, heard the news of Fu Deng's defeat, and they ignored the last lair and ran away, causing the rest of the people to disperse and cannot be copied.Fu Deng returned to Hukongbao and had no refuge, so he had to flee to Pingliang, where he collected the rest of the people in Mamao Mountain (now Guyuan, Ningxia).Begging to send 20,000 troops and horses to help.Fu Deng fought desperately and fought Yao Xing in Shannan.The time is fate, heroes are not favored, the two armies engage in battle, Fu Deng is defeated and killed at the age of fifty-two.His sons were all killed soon after.

So far, Fu Jian from the former Qin Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor in the seventh year of Yonghe (351) of Emperor Mu, and Fu Deng was killed in the nineteenth year of Taiyuan (394) of Emperor Xiaowu. There were five generations in total, for forty-four years. Feishui was defeated in the former Qin Dynasty. After the defeat, the generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty took over Xiangyang, Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places one after another.At the same time, Xie Xuan also led an army to the Northern Expedition, including Pengcheng, Juancheng, Qingzhou, and Yecheng, forcing Murongchui to flee to Zhongshan (now Ding County, Hebei) to avoid the advance of the Jin army.But the good times didn't last long. The Eastern Jin Dynasty had no determination to restore the Central Plains, and soon withdrew Liu Laozhi and others to Jiangdong.The areas of Hebei and Guanzhong cannot be restored, and the land of Henan will soon be lost.After the Feishui War, in less than ten years, the strategic areas south of the Yellow River were lost one after another. Nanyan (Murongde Xianbei) finally established the Nanyan Dynasty in Qingzhou (now east of Shandong). Great irony. The Han people in the north who escaped from death were not only not welcomed by the "children" of the imperial court on the way to escape from the north to the south, but many of them were plundered by the Jin army as "students" and sold. He worked as a servant in the manors of the noble families in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.How can such an officer and army really win the sincere support of the Han people in the Central Plains? Therefore, after the Battle of Feishui, Northern China fell into division again.Houyan, Xiyan, Nanyan, Beiyan, Daxia, Xiqin, Nanliang, Houliang, Xiliang, Beiliang, etc., I will appear on the stage after you sing, fighting for a long time, fighting each other endlessly, soldiers and horses for many years, blood The rain did not stop until the rise of the Northern Wei Dynasty finally brought the chaos to an end.