Chapter 007 Out to Meet the Enemy

The first year of Yuanxing (AD 402). The first month.

This world is originally an unpeaceful world. Sun En's Rebellion in the East has just subsided, and there is another war in the west. However, this war did not originate from the pseudo-courts in the west and north, but from the internal part of the Jin Dynasty.

The emperor's edict: Huan Xuan killed the feudal minister without permission, and he had the intention of not being subordinate. Sima Yuanxian, the special cavalry general, was the marshal, and Liu Laozhi, the general of the Western Expedition, was the vanguard to lead the army to fight in the west.

It is well known all over the country that this is actually Sima Yuanxian's own idea. The emperor's edict was just a cover. After all, although today's emperor is high on the throne, he is just arched.

After all, a war between Sima Yuanxian and Huan Xuan was inevitable, but they did not expect that this battle would come so quickly, and what was even more unexpected that this battle was provoked by Sima Yuanxian, who had just calmed Sun En's rebellion in the southeast.

Sima Yuanxian's father, Sima Daozi, was assisted by the imperial edict of the previous emperor. Originally, Daozi was expected to assist the young master like Yi Yin, Zhou Gong and Huo Guang, but Daozi took advantage of the emperor's respect and full-time power. On the one hand, he seized the emperor's power, and on the other hand, he excluded other powerful ministers and supported his own power in the court.

Although Taoist son is not the emperor, his honor is better than that of the emperor. He is the only one who is arbitrary in the world. For such courtiers, although the young emperor respected the Taoist son on the surface, he was also secretly afraid of his real power.

In order to contain Sima Daozi, the emperor sent his cronies out as feudal officials. Yin Zhongkan and Wang Gong are the two most powerful. Although Sima Daozi allowed the two to be released, he was not completely unaware of the emperor's plan, but he held his own family and former officials all over the world, and he did not pay attention to these people.

Although those officials can freely cultivate their own power, they still lack strength to compete with Sima Daozi. Under the pressure of Taoist, he had to hide his light and bide his time and dare not do it at will. Huan Xuan attached Yin Zhongkan at this time.

When Wang Gong gathered foreign ministers and led their own troops to attack Jiankang in order to overthrow Sima Daozi and save the emperor from the pain of unauthorized power, Yin Zhongkan also agreed to Wang Gong to send troops together. However, the old treacherous Yin Zhongkan postponed the dispatch of troops for various reasons after Wang Gong's expedition. It was not until Wang Gong defeated Sima Daozi's striker and broke through Jiankang's defense line that Yin Zhongkan quickly sent troops to support Wang Gong.

This time, the princes' action to force the palace was a complete victory, which made Sima Daozi have to compromise with Wang Gong and kill Wang Bao, the confidite minister who took charge of the government instead of the government to thank the army.

Although this incident damaged Sima Daozi's prestige, he found a talent who can restrain the opposition forces. This person is Huan Xuan.

Therefore, Sima Daozi appointed Huan Xuan as the governor of Guangzhou to contain Yin Zhongkan in Jingzhou. Huan Xuan, who was free from the bondage of Yin Zhong, has been like a fish in water. In addition, after governing the army and the people, Huan Xuan soon cultivated his own power in Guangzhou and established his own vassal states independent of Jin and Yin Zhongkan in Jingzhou.

Wang Gong, Yin Zhongkan and other princes only killed a scapegoat. After they retreated from the army, the government returned to its original state. Wang Gong had to summon all kinds of princes again to force the palace again. Yin Zhongkan had to respond to Wang Gong's conscription and lead Huan Xuan and others to lead the troops to the division.

Yin Zhongkan and Huan Xuan, who were blamed for deliberately delaying the dispatch of troops last time, moved forward bravely for fear of falling behind again and losing their military opportunity and losing the benefits at hand. Once Wang Gong breaks through Jiankang and defeats Sima Daozi, his achievements can be said to be great!

Just as the princes from all walks of life waved their horses and waved their troops straight down to Jiankang, they didn't think about it, but they fell down.

The army of all walks of life is like a broken bamboo, and Sima Daozi is as dangerous as an egg. However, Sima Yuanxian, the 16-year-old eldest son of Sima Daozi, believes that he should not sit on Jiankang and be captured, but needs to take the initiative with the opportunity of various generals and discord.

Sima Yuanxian's judgment is undoubtedly correct.

Wang Gong is the mastermind. As long as Wang Gong is defeated, other armies will be invincible. So Sima Yuanxian designed to disintegrate Wang Gong's troops. The first goal is Liu Zhenzhi, the general under Wang Gong's account.

Although Liu Laozhi was a famous general in the Battle of Weishui, he was not reused under Wang Gong. Just like a partial general, he is at the mercy of the general.

Sima Yuanxian understood Liu Laozhi's heart, so he sent Liu Laozhi's son and daughter-in-law Lujiang Taishou Gaosu to persuade him. At the same time, he promised that if Wang Gong was killed, Liu Laozhi would replace Wang Gong. Liu Laozhi, who had been unable to do it for a long time, naturally became anti-Wang Gong's heart. So he defected with his son Liu Jingxuan and his son-in-law. Sima Yuanxian took the opportunity to order Xie Yan, Huan Wucai, Gao Su and other generals to launch a fierce attack and defeat Wang Gong in one fell swoop.

Yin Zhongkan, Huan Xuan, Yang Qiqi, Yu Kai and others who came from the west saw that Wang Gong in the east were defeated, and Sima Yuanxian's army was powerful, so they retreated without fighting.

This time, the princes forced the palace to fail. In addition to the defeat of Wang Gong, the most heartfelt thing is Yin Zhongkan.

The last time the army was delayed, but Wang Gong was defeated. Everyone got a good job, and even the generals under the account, such as Huan Xuan, were promoted to the governor of the state. Only Yin Zhongkan himself did not get any benefits, but was criticized by the princes for being weak in attack;

This time, he actively sent troops and cooperated fully. He sang triumphantly all the way. Seeing that Jiankang Stone City was far away, he didn't expect that Wang Gong himself lost the battle. Yin Zhongkan fled back to Jingzhou with his head like all kinds of princes.

The first attack was weak, which offended the princes; the second attack was too fierce, and it offended Sima Dao's father and son. Yin Zhongkan made people, money and contributed twice, but the result was that both ends were not human. It can be imagined that he was depressed. He simply nestled in Jingzhou and no longer paid attention to the court.

However, Yin Zhong ignored the court, and the court could not ignore him. His presence in Jingzhou is ultimately a threat to Sima Daozi and Yuan Xian. Therefore, Sima Yuanxian took advantage of the subtle relationship between Yin Zhongkan, Yang Tongqi and Huan Xuan to deliberately provoke, so that Yin, Yang and Huan, like the Cao, Sun and Liu families in the Wei Dynasty, had no time to worry about the internal consumption of fighting all day long.

This is the result that Sima Daozi and Sima Yuanxian would like to see most.

How did you expect that Yin Zhongkan, who has been in his official career for many years, and Yang Qiqi, who has been in the military for many years, is not Huan Xuan's opponent at all. The territory of Yixiang was annexed by Huan Xuan within a few months. With his powerful power, Huan Xuan forced Sima Yuanxian to admit that he was the governor of Jing, Jiang and Guang.

Sima Yuanxian was being stirred up by Sun En in the east at this time. In order to stabilize Huan Xuan, he could only be forced to allocate the three states to Huan Xuan.

Huan Xuan is nominally only the three prefectures, but these three states are the three states with the largest territory, the largest population and the largest number of soldiers. The three states account for two-thirds of the country's territory. Although the Great Jin Kingdom is the emperor's Great Jin Kingdom, in essence, it has almost become Huan Xuan's Great Jin Kingdom.

After Sun En's rebellion was paced down, Sima Daozi, Yuan Xian and his son thought that they could finally free up their hands to solve the problems in the west. Therefore, Sima Yuanxian asked the court to appoint himself as the marshal of Huan Xuan, with Liulaozhi as the vanguard governor and general of the west, leading Jiangzhou affairs and leading his subordinates to meet the enemy.