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Shi Le (274-August 17, 333), courtesy name Shilong, was a native of Wuxiang County, Shangdang County (now Yushe County, Shanxi Province), Shi Zhouhe, leader of the Jie tribe Zhu's son, the founding emperor of Later Zhao (330-333), was the only slave emperor in Chinese history.
Shi Le was strong and courageous, good at riding and shooting, and liked Confucian culture.
followed the refugee commander Ji Sang and took refuge in the general Gongshi Fan of the Chengdu king Sima Ying.
After the Eight Kings Rebellion, he took refuge with Emperor Guangwen of the Han DynastyLiu Yuan.
reused the famous minister Zhang Bin, based on Xiangguo, eliminated the separatist forces of Wang Mi, Youzhou Wang Jun, Bingzhou Liu Kun, Jizhou Shao Xu, and Liaoxi Duan Pixi, and occupied the land of You and Jizhou.
After Jin Zhun launched the Pingyang coup, he officially broke with Liu Yao.
In the second year of Guangchu (319 years), he claimed to be King of Zhao, established his capital in Xiangguo, captured Guanzhong in the west, captured Gou Xi and Cao Yi in the east, destroyed former Zhao, plundered Jin in the south, invaded Dai in the north, and ordered Later Zhao became the most powerful country in the north and implemented many measures to promote cultural, educational and economic development.
In the fourth year of Jianping (333 years), Shi Le fell ill and died at the age of sixty. He was given the posthumous title of Emperor Ming, the temple name of Gaozu, and he was buried in Gaoping Mausoleum.
Biographies
Early life experience
Shi Le's ancestors are descendants of the Qiangqu tribe in the Xiongnu tribe. His grandfather's name is Ye Yiyu, and his father Zhou Huo Zhu (also known as Qi Yijia) was once a small leader of the tribe. Shi Le's nickname was Gu Le. When he was born, the house was filled with red light, and white gas flowed directly into the courtyard from the sky. Everyone who saw it was surprised. When he was fourteen years old, Shi Le went to Luoyang as a hawker with people from his hometown. He once leaned against the upper east gate and roared loudly. Shangshu Zuopushe and Wang Yan were surprised when he saw it. He turned around and said to the people on his left and right: "That just now Huren kid, I heard his voice and felt that he had outstanding ambitions, and I am afraid that he will become a disaster to the country in the future. "I sent someone to catch him quickly, but Shi Le happened to have left.
When Shi Le grew up, he was strong and courageous, brave and fond of riding and shooting. Huo Zhu had a fierce and rough personality, and many Hu people did not get close to him. Therefore, he often asked Shi Le to supervise and govern the Hu people on his behalf. The Hu people in all tribes liked and trusted Shi Le. Most of the trees at the foot of Beiyuan Mountain in Wuxiang where Shi Le lived were shaped like cavalry. Ginseng grew in the garden of his home. The flowers and leaves were very luxuriant and all grew into human shapes. All the elders and fortune tellers said: "This Hu'er has a strange appearance, extraordinary ambition and magnanimity, and his future is immeasurable." They advised the people in the village to be friendly to him. At that time, most people laughed at him, but only Guo Jing from Wu and Ning Qi from Yangqu thought it credible and supported him. Shi Le was also grateful for their kindness and worked hard for it. He often heard the sound of swords, guns and bells. After returning home, he told his mother, who said: "This is tinnitus due to fatigue, not an unlucky sign."
During the Tai'an period of the Western Jin Dynasty (302-303), Bingzhou When famine occurred and society was in turmoil, Shi Le and the Hu people who were fellow tenants fled and became separated, so he returned from Yanmen and joined Ningqu. Liu Jian, the captain of Beize, wanted to tie him up and sell him, but Ning Xi hid Shi Le and saved him from trouble. Shi Le then secretly defected to Li Chuan, the commander-in-chief of Najiang. On the way, he met Guo Jing and kowtowed with tears, complaining of hunger and cold. Guo Jing couldn't help crying, so he sold the goods he brought, bought him something to eat, and gave him some clothes. Shi Le said to Guo Jing: "Now that there is a famine, we cannot stay in poverty like this. The Hu people are very hungry. We should lure them to Jizhou to beg for food and seize the opportunity to catch them and sell them. In this way, we can get the best of both worlds." Guo Jing strongly agrees.
At that time, General Yan Cui of Jianwei persuaded the governor of Bingzhou and Ma Teng of Dongying Company to capture Hu people and sell them to Shandong for military pay. Sima Teng sent generals Guo Yang and Zhang Long to rob Hu people and plan to send them to Jizhou. A barbarian man used a big yoke to restrain him. Shi Le was just over 20 years old at the time. He was also among the Hu people who were robbed. He was beaten and insulted by Zhang Long many times.When Guo Jing entrusted Shi Le to Guo Yang and his nephew Guo, Guo Yang was Guo Jing's elder brother. Therefore, Guo Yang and Guo Shi often persuaded and begged for Shi Le. Hungry and diseases on the way all depended on Guo Yang and Guo Shi for help. Soon, Shi Le was sold to Shihuan, a native of Chiping, as a slave. An old man said to Shi Le: "Your fish dragon has grown four lines on its hairline, so it should be a noble master. In the year of Jiaxu, you can discuss it with Wang Pengzu." Shi Le said: "If it is really like you As you said, I will not dare to forget your kindness." After a while, the old man disappeared. When Shi Le was working in the fields, he often heard the sound of drums and horns. He told the slaves about this, and the slaves also heard it. So Shi Le said by the way: "I always heard this sound at home when I was a child." After the slaves returned home, they told Shi Huan. Shi Huan also felt that Shi Le had a strange appearance, so he was exempted from his status as a slave.
Yingying Zhu Yue
Activity area at the beginning of the army
In the first year of Yong'an (304), Sima Ying, the emperor's younger brother and king of Chengdu, defeated Sima Yue's army in the Battle of Dangyin (Tangyin, Henan) and threatened Emperor Hui of Jin. When he arrived at Ye Palace, Wang Jun led the Xianbei army to attack Sima Ying in the name of Sima Ying humiliating the emperor. Sima Ying was frightened and took Emperor Hui of Jin hostage and fled south to Luoyang. Then, Emperor Hui was coerced by Zhang Fang and moved to Chang'an. Guandong Soldiers and horses were everywhere, all in the name of killing Sima Ying.
Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, was worried that the troops in the east were getting stronger and wanted to reconcile and stabilize the situation in Eastern Xia, so he wrote a letter asking for Sima Ying to be abolished. In this year, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself the King of Han in Liting. Sima Ying's original generals, Yangping Renggong Shifan and others, proclaimed themselves generals and raised troops in Zhao and Wei, with tens of thousands of troops. Shi Le and Ji Sang led hundreds of herdsmen to defect to Gongshi Fan. Only then did Ji Sang ask Shi Le to take Shi as his surname and Yile as his first name. Gongshi Fan appointed Shi Le as the supervisor of the front army and followed the army to Yecheng to attack Ma Mo of Pingchang Company. Sima Mo sent general Feng Song to fight and defeated Gongshi Fan. Gongshi Fan fled south from Baima Crossing the River. Puyang Prefect Gou Xi attacked Gongshi Fan and killed him. Shi Le and Ji Sang fled to the garden. Ji Sang appointed Shi Le as Fuyeya General, led the herdsmen to rob prisoners in the counties, and recruited desperadoes from the mountains and swamps. Most of these people joined Shi Le, and Shi Le led them to respond to Ji Sang. mulberry. Therefore, Ji Sang claimed to be a general, and in the name of killing Sima Yue, King of East China Sea, and Sima Teng, King of Dongying Sima Teng, on behalf of King Sima Ying of Chengdu. Ji Sang took Shi Le as the vanguard and made many military exploits, so he appointed Shi Le as the Sauling General and Zhongming Tinghou. Ji Sang marched to Yecheng, appointed Shi Le as the forward commander, and defeated Sima Teng's general Feng Song. Then he quickly attacked Yecheng, killed Sima Teng, killed more than 10,000 defenders, and plundered the women. The treasure is gone. They crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin and attacked Yanzhou southward. Sima Yue was very frightened and sent Gou Xi, Wang Zan and others to lead an army to attack them.
Ji Sang and Shi Le attacked Youzhou governor Shi Xian in Laoling, and Shi Xian died in the battle. The beggar general Tian Zhen led 50,000 soldiers to rescue Shi Xian. Shi Le fought against him and defeated Tian Zhen. He and Gou Xi and others held a stalemate between Pingyuan and Yangping for several months. There were more than 30 decisive battles, large and small, with both sides winning or losing. Sima Yue was afraid, so he garrisoned troops in Guandu to support Gou Xi. Soon, Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated by Gou Xi, and more than 10,000 people died in the battle, so he gathered the rest of the troops and defected to Liu Yuan. Jizhou governor Ding Shao intercepted them at Chiqiao, and Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated again. Ji Sang fled to Mamu, and Shi Le fled to Leping. The Jin army killed Ji Sang in the plains and threw the coffin of Sima Ying, king of Chengdu, into his old well. Sima Ying's old ministers packed up the coffin and buried it.
defected to the Han Dynasty
At that time, Hu's governor Zhang, Feng Motu and others led thousands of troops and were stationed in the Shangdang fortress. Shi Le went to join them and was loved and respected by them. So Shi Le took advantage of the situation and persuaded Governor Zhang: "Liu Shanyu launched an army to attack the Jin Dynasty, but most of his troops resisted and refused to obey. Can we be independent in this way?" Governor Zhang said: "No." Shi Le said: "If we cannot be independent, the army will The horse should belong to someone. Now, the tribes have been rewarded and recruited by the Chanyu, and people often gather together to discuss that if they want to betray the tribe and belong to the Chanyu, they should find a way early." Governor Zhang and others had no strategy, and were afraid that their subordinates would betray them, so they secretly followed Shi Le and rode alone to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan appointed Governor Zhang as the Prince of Han, Feng Motu as the Commander-in-Chief, and Shi Le as his assistant. The general of the Han Dynasty and the king of Ping Jin were in charge of Zhang Du, Feng Motu and others. Shi Le then made Zhang Du his elder brother and gave him the surname Shi and the name Hui, which meant that Zhang Du was his confidant.
Wu. Maru Ren Fulidu also had 2,000 soldiers stationed at Leping Barrier. Liu Yuan repeatedly recruited him but could not get him to submit. Shi Le pretended to have committed crimes under Liu Yuan, so he defected to Fulidu and was very happy. Shi Le became brothers, and sent Shi Le to lead the Hu soldiers to plunder, and they were invincible. Therefore, all the Hu soldiers were afraid of Shi Le. Shi Le knew that the hearts of the people had turned to him, so he took the opportunity to capture Fulidu and told the Hu soldiers: “Now that something big is happening, who is suitable to be the head coach, me or Volidu? "All the Hu soldiers recommended Shi Le. Shi Le then released Fulidu and led Fulidu's men to surrender to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan gave Shi Le the title of superintendent of the military campaigns in Shandong and gave Zhang Fulidu's troops to Shi Le's command.
Intrusion of Si Ji
In the first month of the second year of Yongjia (308), Han Zhao Wang Liu Yuan sent Fujun general Liu Cong and other ten generals to the south to occupy Taihang, and sent Fu Han general Shi Le and other ten generals to the east to Zhao and Wei areas.
Liu Kun sent escorts. Huang Xiu and others rescued Huguan . Shi Le defeated Huang Xiu in Baitian. Huang Xiu died. Shi Le then captured Huguan. Liu Yuan ordered Shi Le, Liu Ling, Yan Yan and other seven generals to attack Wei County with 30,000 troops. Most of the fortresses at Dunqiu and Dunqiu were captured. Liu Yuan temporarily appointed Shi Le as the general and captain of the fortress, and selected 50,000 strong soldiers as soldiers. The rest, the old and the weak, lived as usual. The army did not plunder privately, and the people were all. I miss him.
When Liu Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he sent envoys to grant Shi Le Chijie, General Pingdong, the captain, the governor, and the king as before. Shi Le led his army to attack Yecheng, and the defenders of Yecheng collapsed, and He Yu fled to Wei. Shi Le also captured Wang Cui, the prefect of Wei County, in Santai, and attacked Feng Chong, the commander of the western Jizhou. Yuan also granted Shi Le the title of General of Andong and the establishment of a government office. Shi Le also attacked Julu and Changshan , and captured more than a hundred fortresses in Jizhou counties. The number of soldiers reached more than 100,000, and the famous and wise men among them were gathered together, which was called Junzi Camp. Therefore, Shi Le cited Zhang Bin as the leader and began to set up military meritorious officials, with Diao Ying and Zhang Jing as his capable assistants, and Kui'an and Zhang Jing as his right-hand men. Kong Chang served as the minion guard, and Zhi Xiong, Hu Yanmo, Wang Yang, Taobao , Lu Ming, Wu Yu and others served as generals. Shi Le also sent general Zhang Si to lead the cavalry to the counties of Beishan in Bingzhou to persuade the Hu people and Jie people. , told them about their safety and security. The Hu people were afraid of Shi Le's reputation, and many people came to join him. Shi Le also marched to Changshan, and sent generals to attack Zhongshan, Boling, and Gaoyang counties.
Shi Le surrendered.
Wang Jun sent general Qi Hong to lead Xianbei Duan Wu Wuchen and more than 100,000 cavalry to attack Shi Le. Shi Le was defeated at Feilong Mountain and more than 10,000 people were killed. Shi Le retreated and stationed in Liyang, and ordered the generals to attack Shi Le. After conquering and revolting, more than 30 people surrendered, and they set up guards to pacify them. They also attacked Xindu and killed Wang Bin, the governor of Jizhou. Therefore, the chariot generals Wang Kan and Beizhonglang sent Pei Xian. Luoyang led troops to attack Shi Le. Shi Le burned the barracks and food supplies and returned to fight against them. Liu Ju, the governor of Wei County, led the entire county to surrender to Shi Le. Shi Le sent Liu Ju to lead the troops in his fortress as the left wing of the central army. Shi Le rushed to Liyang, Pei Xian abandoned his soldiers and fled to Huainan , and Wang Kan withdrew his troops to garrison Cangyuan. Liu Yuan granted Shi Le the title of General of Zhendong and the title of Jijun Gong. Chijie, governor, and king remained unchanged. Shi Le resolutely resigned and refused to accept Duke Ji. Shi Le and Yan Yan attacked the second fortress of Zhequan and Yuanshi, and both were captured. Yan Yan was shot to death by a stray arrow, and Shi Le led his troops. Shi Le secretly crossed the Yellow River from the stone bridge, captured Baima, and captured more than 3,000 men and women alive. He attacked Juancheng eastward and killed Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou. Then, they took advantage of the situation to capture Cangyuan and killed Wang Kan.He crossed the Yellow River and attacked the counties of Guangzong, Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Yangping. More than 90,000 people from these places surrendered to Shile. Crossing the Yellow River to the south, the prefect of Xingyang fled to Jianye.
At that time, Liu Cong attacked Hanoi, and Shi Le led his cavalry to meet him. In 武德, he attacked the champion general Liang Ju, and Emperor Huai of Jin sent troops to rescue him. Shi Le left some generals to guard Wude, and he and Wang Sang faced Liang Ju in Changling. Liang Ju asked to surrender, but Shi Le refused, so Liang Ju fled over the wall and was caught by the soldiers. Shi Le rushed to Wude and buried more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers alive. He also listed Liang Ju's crimes one by one and beheaded him. The Jin army retreated, and the fortresses north of the Yellow River were shocked. They all asked for surrender and sent hostages to Shi Le.
In the fourth year of Yongjia (310 years), the Xiongnu Han Emperor Liu Yuan died, Liu Cong proclaimed himself emperor, and granted Shi Le the title of General of the Conquest of the East, Governor of Bingzhou, Duke of Jijun, Chijie, Kaifu, Governor, Xiaowei, and Wang Bianbian . Shi Le resolutely resigned from the post of general, and Liu Cong agreed.
Liu Can led an army of 40,000 to attack Luoyang. Shi Le left the baggage at Chongmen and led 20,000 cavalry to join Liu Can in Dayang. He defeated the Jin army in Mianchi and arrived at Luochuan. Liu Can sent troops to Jianyuan, and Shi Le sent troops to Chenggaoguan. They besieged Wang Zan, the prefect of Chenliu, in Cangyuan. They were defeated by Wang Zan, so they withdrew and stationed themselves in Wenshijin. He also planned to attack Wang Jun to the north. When Wang Jun's general Wang Jiashi led more than 10,000 cavalry from Xianbei in western Liaoning to defeat Zhao Gu in the north of Tianjin, Shi Le burned the ships, abandoned the camp, and led his army to Baimen to meet the heavy gate. With his baggage, he went to Shimen, crossed the Yellow River, attacked xiangcheng prefect Cui Kuang in Fanchang, and killed him.
Plan to conquer Jianghan
Previously, Yongzhou wanderers Wang Ru, Hou Tuo, Yan Yi and others raised troops between Jianghuai. When they heard that Shi Le was coming, they were very scared, so they sent 10,000 troops to resist Shi Le in Xiangcheng. Shi Le defeated them. All were captured. Shi Le arrived in Nanyang and stationed himself on the mountain to the north of Wancheng. Wang Ru was afraid that Shi Le would attack Xiangcheng, so he sent people to reward Shi Le's army with precious chariots and horses, and asked to become a brother with Shi Le, and Shi Le accepted him. Wang Ru was at odds with Hou Tuo, so he advised Shi Le to attack Hou Tuo. Shi Le ordered his soldiers to set out at night when the rooster crows. In the morning, he approached the gate of Wancheng and launched an attack. Twelve days later, Wancheng was captured. Yan Yi led his troops to rescue Hou Tuo, but when he arrived it was too late, so he surrendered to Shi Le. Shi Le beheaded Hou Tuo, imprisoned Yan Yi and sent them to Pingyang, and annexed all their troops, thus making the army more powerful.
Shi Le attacked Xiangyang to the south and captured more than 30 fortresses west of the Yangtze River. He left Diao Ying to defend Xiangyang and personally led more than 30,000 elite cavalry to attack Wang Ru. He was worried about Wang Ru's power, so he rushed to Xiangcheng. When Wang Ru found out, he sent his younger brother Wang Li with 25,000 cavalry, pretending to reward the army, but actually wanted to attack Shi Le. Shi Le attacked and destroyed them, and then stationed in the west of the Yangtze River, showing his ambition to dominate the Yangtze River and Han River. . Zhang Bin thought it was not possible and advised Shi Le to return to the north. Shi Le did not agree and appointed Zhang Bin as the captain of the army and the consul's office. His position was second to Sima and he was responsible for the affairs of the prime minister.
In the first month of the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Shi Le attempted to occupy the Jiang and Han areas, but Zhang Bin, the captain who joined the army, thought it was impossible. When the army was starved and an epidemic spread, more than half of them died, so they crossed the Mian River and invaded Jiangxia. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, they captured Jiangxia.
Before the defeat of Jin Rui
, King Sima Yue of the East China Sea led more than 200,000 soldiers from Luoyang to attack Shi Le. Sima Yue died in the army, so everyone elected Taiwei Wang Yan as the commander-in-chief of the Jin army and led the troops to the east. Next, Shi Le led his light cavalry to catch up with the Jin army. Wang Yan sent general Qian Duan to fight Shi Le, but was defeated by Shi Le and Qian Duan died in the battle. The Jin army was defeated. Shi Le divided his troops to surround and shoot at the Jin army. The corpses of the Jin army piled up like mountains. No one was spared. Wang Yan, King of Xiangyang Sima Fan , King of Rencheng Sima Ji, King of Xihe Sima Xi, and King Liang were captured alive. Sima Xi, King Sima Chao of Qi, Liu Wang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Liu Qiao, the governor of Yuzhou, Yu Yi, the chief minister of Taifu , and others asked them to sit under the curtain and asked them about the past events of the Jin Dynasty.
Wang Yan, Sima Ji and others were afraid of being killed, so they rushed to express their opinions. Only Sima Fan looked calm and composed. He turned around and scolded Wang Yan and Sima Ji, saying: "What happened today, why is it necessary to do this again?" They all said it one after another." Shi Le was very surprised by him. So Shi Le took all the princes, ministers and ministers outside the tent and killed them. Many people were killed. Shi Le valued Wang Yan's righteousness and was surprised by Sima Fan's demeanor. He couldn't bear to kill them with weapons, so he had people push the wall at night and crush them to death. After receiving the news of Sima Yue's death, General He Lun of the left guard and General Li Yun of the right guard escorted Sima Yue's concubine Pei and his son Sima Pi to escape from Luoyang. Shi Le met Sima Pi in Weicang, and the Jin army was defeated. Shi Le captured Sima Pi and all the princes and ministers alive, and killed them all. Many people died. Then, Shi Le took advantage of the situation and led 30,000 elite cavalry into Chenggao Pass, where he joined Liu Yao and Wang Mi to attack Luoyang. After the capture of Luoyang, Shi Le went out of the army and stationed himself in Xuchang, , thanks to Wang Mi and Liu Yao. Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as the general to conquer the east, but Shi Le refused to accept it.
Li Hong, a native of Pingyang, had thousands of soldiers and built a fortress to garrison in Wuyang. Gou Xi temporarily appointed Li Hong as the governor of Yongzhou. Shi Le attacked Guyang, killed the champion general Wang Zi, captured Wang Zan alive in Yangxia, and appointed Wang Zan as the chief minister. He also defeated the general Gou Xi in Mengcheng and captured him alive, and appointed him Zuo Sima. Liu Cong awarded Shi Le the title of General of Zhengdong and Youzhou Mu, but Shi Le refused to accept the title of general.
Merge Wang Mi
Wang Mi and Shi Le were close on the surface but suspicious of each other in their hearts. Liu Tun persuaded Wang Mi to recruit Cao Yi's army to plot against Shi Le. Wang Mi wrote a letter asking Liu Tun to summon Cao Yi and invited Shi Le to Qingzhou with him. When Liu Tun arrived in Dong'a, he was captured by Shi Le's patrolling cavalry. Shi Le secretly killed Liu Tun and secretly made a plan to plot against Wang Mi.
At that time, Wang Mi's general Xu Miao led his men to leave Wang Mi privately, and Wang Mi's power gradually weakened. When Shi Le captured Gou Xi, Wang Mi hated Shi Le even more, so he sent an envoy to pretend to be humble and said to Shi Le: "You captured Gou Xi and pardoned him. You really showed your power! If you let Gou Xi be your Zuo Sima, If I am your right commander, it will not be difficult for the world to be peaceful." Shi Le said to Zhang Bin, "Wang Mi has a high position and speaks modestly. I'm afraid he wants to do the work of a dog and horse for me." Zhang Bin said, "I think Wang Mi." You have the ambition to occupy Qingzhou. Hometown is a place that people long for. Don't you miss Bingzhou? The reason why Wang Mi has not made an attack is because he is worried that you are holding him back. He has already had the idea of persuading you. , It’s just that there is no suitable opportunity. If we don’t deal with him now, I am afraid that Cao Yi will become his wing later. Even if he regrets it later, it will be too late. Xu Miao has left, and Wang Mi’s military strength has been slightly weakened. His desire to rule is still very strong, and he can be eliminated through seduction." Shi Le thought it was right.
Shi Le and Chen Wu attacked each other in Pengguan, and Wang Mi also confronted Liu Rui. The situation was critical. Wang Mi asked Shi Le for help, but Shi Le did not agree. Zhang Bin added: "Ming Gong often worried that there would be no chance to kill Wang Mi. Now God has given us a great opportunity. Chen Wu is a villain, how can he become a great enemy? Wang Mi is a hero among men and will become ours." Disaster." Shi Le then returned to attack and killed Liu Rui. Wang Mi was overjoyed, thinking that Shi Le had sincerely recommended him to help him, and no longer doubted Shi Le. Shi Le led his army to attack Chen Wu in Feize. Li Tou, a member of Chen Wu's Sima Party, advised Shi Le: "You are a natural warrior and should bring peace to the world. People all over the world admire you and hope that you will save them from hardship." If there are those who compete with you for the world, why don't you get rid of them early and go back to attack us exiles? We are all villagers and will support you in the end, so why are you so eager now?" Shi Le thought. It made sense, so he led his army to retreat the next morning. Shi Le pretended to invite Wang Mi to a banquet in Jiwu. Wang Mi's chief historian Zhang Song advised Wang Mi not to go to the banquet for fear of causing trouble such as Zhuan Zhu and Sun Jun, but Wang Mi refused to listen. Wang Mi sat down at the table and drank to his heart's content. Shi Le personally beheaded Wang Mi and annexed Wang Mi's troops. He then reported to Liu Cong and reported Wang Mi's rebellion.Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as the general of Zhendong, the governor of the military affairs of Bing and Youzhou, and the governor of Bingzhou.
Gou Xi and Wang Zan secretly plotted against Shi Le, but Shi Le killed them. Shi Le also appointed General Zuo Fusu as the forward captain. He attacked the counties in Yuzhou and returned to the Yangtze River. He stationed himself at Gebei and surrendered some Yi and Chu tribes. He arranged for officials with less than two thousand shi from the general to pay righteousness. Grain to feed the soldiers.
Dunbing sent troops to Gebei.
Shi Le led his troops to attack and plunder the counties in Yuzhou. After arriving at the riverside, he returned to the army and stationed himself in Gebei.
At first, Shi Le was sold to Pingyuan and separated from his mother Wang. At this time, Liu Kun sent Zhang Ru to send the Wang family to Shi Le, and gave Shi Le a letter saying: "The general made his fortune north of the Yellow River, sweeping across Yanzhou and Yuzhou, crisscrossing the Yangtze River, Huaihe River , Han River, and Mian River. Even the famous generals from ancient times cannot compare with you. The reason why you attack a city but cannot occupy its people, plunder the land but cannot occupy its land, and sometimes gather like clouds, sometimes disperse like stars. General, you know why. Are you like this? Life or death depends on what kind of master you get. The key to success lies in who you belong to. Obtaining the true master is a righteous soldier, and joining a rebellious thief is a thief. Although the righteous soldier fails, his achievements will be achieved. Although the soldiers are temporarily victorious, they will eventually be eliminated. In the past, the red eyebrows and the yellow turbans were rampant in the world. The reason why they were eliminated was precisely because the troops gathered together without a name and became a disaster. Choose a virtuous and respected master and submit to him at any time, then your merits and righteousness will be upright, and your wealth will last forever. . If you can adopt the teachings given to you in the past and change your plans, then the world will not be able to be pacified and the ant invaders will not be able to be wiped out. Now you are given the title of Shizhong, Zhijie, Chariot and Cavalry General, and Hunszhonglang. General, Duke of Xiangcheng County, in charge of internal and external duties, and also has the title of Huarong. I have given you the title of Grand Commandery in recognition of your special talents. General, you should accept these to meet the expectations of people near and far since ancient times. It is true that no Rong people have become emperors. As for famous officials and outstanding achievements, there are some. The reason why we have these dull ideas now is because the world is in chaos and we need talented and strategic people. I haven't read the military books, but they all agree with Sun Wu's art of war. It's true that what you know innately is the best, and what you know through study is the second best! It cannot be destroyed. The sincerity and facts are all in the letter drafted by Zhang Duan."
Shi Le wrote back to Liu Kun: "There are different paths to career and merit. This is what corrupt scholars don't know. You should do your best for this dynasty. , and I am a foreigner, so it is difficult for me to serve them." So he gave Liu Kun some famous horses and treasures, entertained Liu Kun's envoys generously, and declined Liu Kun's offer.
Shi Le renovated houses in Gepi, supervised agricultural production, built ships, and planned to attack Jianye. At that time, it had been raining for more than three months. Emperor Jin Yuan sent his generals and soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River to gather in Shouchun on a large scale. More than half of Shile's army died of hunger and plague. Letters of appeal continued to arrive morning and evening, and Shi Le gathered the generals to discuss. Shi Diao Ying, the commander on the right, advised Shi Le to send a letter to Emperor Yuan first, asking him to clear the north of the Yellow River for him, and then consider it slowly after the Jin army retreated. Shi Le changed his appearance and roared. The backbone general Kui'an advised Shi Le to retreat to a higher place to avoid the stagnant water. Shi Le said: "How can the general be so timid?" Kong Chang, Zhi Xiong and other thirty generals further said: "While the Wu army has not yet gathered, I, Kong Chang and others Request each to lead 300 infantrymen, cross the river by boat from more than 30 places, board the city at night, kill the Dongwu generals, seize their cities, and eat their granaries. This year, Danyang will be conquered and Jiangnan will be pacified. , capture the whole family of Sima." Shi Le said with a smile: "This is the strategy of a brave general." Give each one an armor and a horse.He turned back to Zhang Bin and asked: "What do you mean?" Zhang Bin replied: "The general captured the imperial capital, imprisoned the emperor, killed the princes, and robbed other people's concubines and princesses. Even if I pull out your hair, I can't count your sins." , How can I serve the Sima clan as a minister again? After Wang Mi was killed last year, the camp should not be established here. The rain fell for hundreds of miles, which told the general that Yecheng was not strong. Santai is connected to Pingyang in the west and blocked by mountains and rivers. It has the power of a choke point. We should retreat to the north and capture it. We should attack the rebels and make them surrender. After the north of the Yellow River is pacified, no one in the world can surpass the general. Shouchun was afraid that the general would attack. Now that he suddenly heard that the general had returned to the army, he must be happy that the enemy had left and had no time to attack with surprise troops. The baggage took the road north, and the army pointed at Shouchun. After the baggage had been transported, the army slowly returned. When I returned, I was still worried that there would be no place to advance or retreat." Shi Le rolled up his sleeves and raised his beard and said, "Zhang Bin's plan is right." Then he scolded Diao Ying and said, "You are assisting me. You should persuade me to achieve my goals. How can you persuade me?" What if I surrender to others? The plan you mentioned should be beheaded. However, I see that you are cowardly, so I will forgive you." So he demoted Diao Ying to the rank of general, promoted Zhang Bin to the rank of right commander, and was called the general of the middle base. "Youhou".
Shi Le led his army from Gepi and sent Shi Hu with 2,000 cavalry to block Shouchun's pursuers. At that time, a cargo ship from the south of the Yangtze River was arriving and dozens of ships of rice cloth were seized. The soldiers scrambled to grab it without setting up any defenses. The ambush troops of the Jin Dynasty launched a massive attack and defeated Shihu at Julingkou. More than 500 people who drowned to death fled for more than a hundred miles until they reached Shile's army. Shi Le's army was very frightened, thinking that the Jin army had arrived, and Shi Le lined up to wait for the enemy. The Jin army was afraid of an ambush, so they retreated to Shouchun. Every place Shi Le passed through was fortified and clear, and there was no harvest from looting. The army was very short of food, and the soldiers killed each other to eat. When the army marched to Dongyan, they heard that Xiang Bing in Ji County had thousands of soldiers, and the strong wall was at Fangtou. General Shi Le was crossing north at Jijin. He was worried about intercepting Xiang Bing, so he summoned all the generals to discuss. Zhang Bin added: "I heard that Xiang Bing's boats are all in the river, and if they are not in Fang Nei, they can choose thousands of strong and brave soldiers to secretly cross the river and attack Xiang Bing's boats to cross the army. The army will cross Afterwards, Xiang Bing will definitely be captured." Shi Le adopted Zhang Bin's plan and asked Zhi Xiong, Kong Chang and others to pack rafts from Wenshijin, while Shi Le led the soldiers to march from Suanzao to Jijin. When Xiang Bing heard that Shi Le's army had arrived, he began to drag the ship into Fang, but he encountered Zhi Xiong and others who had sneaked across and were stationed in front of his fortress. Zhi Xiong dragged down more than thirty of Xiang Bing's ships to stow away his soldiers, and asked the chief secretary Xian Yufeng to challenge him, setting up ambushes in three places to wait for Xiang Bing. Xiang Bing was furious, so he went to battle. Three ambush troops were launched at the same time to attack Xiang Bing. Xiang Bing was defeated. Shile's army robbed his supplies and his morale was greatly boosted. Shile's army then marched forward to attack Yecheng and attacked Beizhonglang general Liu Yan in Santai. Liu Yan's generals Linshen, Mou Mu and others surrendered to Shile with tens of thousands of troops.
At the time of the capture of Hebei
, the generals discussed that they wanted to capture Santai as a stronghold. Zhang Bin suggested: "Liu Yan still has thousands of soldiers, and Santai is too dangerous to capture quickly. If they abandon him, they will It will collapse on its own. Wang Pengzu and Liu Yueshi are great enemies. They should secretly plan to enter Hancheng before they are prepared, and then transport grain and grass to reserve, report to Pingyang to the west, and pacify Bingzhou and Jizhou. In this way, will The great achievements of Duke Huan and Duke Wen of Jin can be accomplished. Moreover, now the world is in chaos and the war has just begun. People are wandering and have no fixed ambitions. It is difficult to achieve perfection and control the world. Now, those who gain the land will prosper and lose. The land will perish. Handan , Xiangguo is the old capital of Zhao. It is surrounded by mountains and dangerous terrain. You can choose these two places as the capital, and then order the generals to attack in all directions and grant them miracles. The strategy is to overthrow those who are about to perish, preserve those who can surrender, annex the weak, and attack the ignorant. In this way, the stubborn ones can be eliminated, and the emperor's career can be planned."
Shi Le said: "The strategy of Youhou is very good. ." So he entered and occupied Xiangguo.Zhang Bin added: "Now that we are stationed here, Yue Shi and Peng Zu are very taboo. They are afraid that they will come to die when our city is not strong and the material reserves are not sufficient. I heard that the autumn crops in Guangping counties have matured." , you can send your generals to plunder Yegu, and then send envoys to Pingyang to tell you that you should be stationed here." Shi Le agreed again. So he reported to Liu Cong and ordered the generals to attack the fortresses in Jizhou counties. Most of these fortresses surrendered and transported grain to Shi Le. Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as envoy Chijie, regular servant of Sanqi, governor of Ji, You, Bing, and camp of the four prefectures of miscellaneous barbarians, conquered various military forces, and shepherd of Ji Prefecture. , Youzhou Mu, and Dongyi Xiaowei remained unchanged.
Youlun and Zhang Zhen of Guangping had tens of thousands of soldiers. They temporarily accepted Wang Jun's order to guard Yuanxiang. Shile sent seven generals including Kui'an and Zhixiong to attack them and break through their outer barriers. Wang Jun sent the governor Wang Chang and more than 50,000 troops from the Xianbei Duan Juliujuan, Duan Mobo, Duan Pixi and other troops to attack Shi Le. At that time, the city wall and moat had not yet been repaired, so a double fence was built across the city in Xiangguo and obstacles were set up to wait for the enemy. Duan Jiu's six family members were stationed in Zhuyang. Shi Le sent his generals to challenge one after another, but they were constantly defeated by Duan Jiu's six family members. He also heard that Duan Jiu's six family members were building large-scale siege equipment. Shi Le asked his generals: "Now the enemy is constantly attacking. We are advancing, the enemy is numerous and we are outnumbered. I am afraid that we will not be able to relieve the siege by then, there will be no external aid, and the food in the city will be exhausted. Even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi are reborn, we will not be able to hold on. I plan to select soldiers to form a decisive battle with the enemy in the wild. What do you think? "The generals all said: "We should hold on to Xiangguo to defeat the enemy. When the enemy is tired, they will naturally retreat. If we pursue them at that time, there will be no failure." Shi Le asked Zhang Bin and Kong Chang again: "What do you think? ?" Zhang Bin and Kong Chang both said: "I heard that the six families agreed to fight in Beicheng in early next month. Their army came from afar and fought for days. Because our army was weak, they thought that we would not dare to fight and must be mentally slack. . Now among the Duan clan's troops, Duan Moyu is the strongest. Their brave soldiers are all at Duanmoyu. We should not go out to fight again to show our weakness and quickly dig more than 20 gates in the north base. Dao, when the enemy's formation is not yet settled and they unexpectedly rush straight into Duan Mo's army tent, the enemy will be frightened and have no time to plan. As the saying goes, after Duan Mo's army escapes with lightning speed, the remaining enemies will naturally collapse. After Mozhe, Peng Zu will be here soon." Shi Le smiled and adopted their plan, and immediately appointed Kong Chang as the commander of the attack and built a projecting gate in the north city. The Xianbei army stationed at the North Base. Shi Le waited for their formation to be undecided, so he personally led his soldiers to shout on the city. At this time, Kong Chang commanded all the Tumen ambush troops to attack together and captured Duan Mozhu alive, while his six family members and other remaining enemies fled. Kong Chang took advantage of the victory and pursued him. The corpses of the Xianbei army lay on the ground for more than thirty miles and captured 5,000 armored horses. The six family members gathered the remaining troops and stationed them in Zhuyang. They sent envoys to sue for peace, sent armored horses, gold and silver, and took Duan Mobo's third brother as a hostage in exchange for Duan Mobo. All the generals advised Shi Le to kill Duan Mobo to frustrate Xianbei's spirit.
Shi Le said: "Xianbei in western Liaoning is a strong country and has no enmity with me. They were just ordered by Wang Jun. It is not a good idea to kill one person now and have enmity with a country. If he is let go, , they must be happy and will no longer be used by Wang Jun." So he accepted the hostages and sent Shi Hu and Duan Jiu's six family members to form an alliance in Zhuyang. The two parties became brothers, and Duan Jiu's six family members and others retired. Shi Le sent Yan Zong to join the army to report Liu Cong's victory. Therefore, Youlun and Zhang Zhen requested to surrender and become vassal ministers. Shi Le was planning to attack Youzhou and wanted to accept the soldiers, so he tentatively agreed to the surrender of Youlun and Zhang Zhen, and appointed them as generals on the spot. Shi Le also sent troops to attack Xindu and killed Wang Xiang, the governor of Jizhou. Wang Jun also appointed Shao as the governor of Jizhou to defend Xindu.
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Shihu attacked Santai in Yecheng. Yecheng was captured. Liu Yan fled to Linqiu. Generals Xie Xu, Tian Qing, Lang Mu and others led the refugees from Santai to surrender to Shile. Shi Le appointed Taobao as the prefect of Wei County to appease them. He also adopted Duan Mobo as his adopted son, appointed him as envoy Chijie, General Anbei, and Duke Beiping, and asked him to return to western Liaoning.Duan Mobo was grateful for Shi Le's great kindness and bowed south three times a day along the way. As a result, the Duan family wholeheartedly surrendered to Shi Le. From then on, Wang Jun's power gradually weakened.
Defeated Wang Jun
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to capture Yecheng, and all the local refugees surrendered to Shi Le. After Shi Le, he sent Kong Chang to attack Dingling and killed Tian Hui, the governor of Yanzhou. Bo Sheng, the governor of Qingzhou appointed by Wang Jun, also returned to surrender to Shi Le. All counties and counties in Shandong were captured by Shi Le, so Liu Cong promoted Shi Le to the rank of Shizhong and Shizhong. General who conquered the East. Wuhuan, who had always supported Wang Jun, also betrayed Wang Jun and secretly joined Shi Le, making Wang Jun even weaker. [21]
After the Yongjia Rebellion, Wang Jun pretended to be a prince, set up a palace, appointed hundreds of officials, and even planned to make himself emperor, arrogant, extravagant and abusive. Shi Le planned to eliminate and annex his forces, but Zhang Bin proposed that Shi Le pretend to surrender to Wang Jun. Shi Le then humbled himself and asked Wang Jun to surrender. When Wang Jun's envoy came, Shi Le went out of his way to show off his weak soldiers, and pretended to be humble. When he accepted Wang Jun's letter, he bowed to the north and bowed to the envoy in the morning and evening. He even pretended that seeing Chenwei was like seeing Wang Jun; he also sent someone to tell Wang Jun that he wanted to go to Youzhou in person to support Wang Jun in proclaiming himself emperor. Wang Jun then completely believed in Shi Le's loyalty. However, Wang Zichun, whom Shi Le had been sending as an envoy, spied on Wang Jun's true identity for Shi Le and made Shi Le fully prepared.
In the second year of Jianxing (314), Shi Le formally marched against Wang Jun and marched at night to Bairen County. At Zhang Bin's suggestion, he took advantage of the grievances between Wang Jun and Liu Kun and wrote a letter and sent hostages to Liu Kun to invite him. and said that he would destroy Wang Jun for him. Therefore, Liu Kun did not rescue Wang Jun in the end, and was happy to see Wang Jun destroyed by Shi Le. Shi Le marched all the way to Ji County , the seat of Youzhou. He first drove thousands of cattle and sheep into the city on the pretext of sending gifts to Wang Jun, blocking the roads. Later, he allowed soldiers to enter the city to plunder, capture Wang Jun, and accused Wang Jun of being disloyal to the Jin Dynasty. , the crime of killing Zhongliang. Shi Le then ordered the general Wang Luosheng to send Wang Jun to Xiangguo and execute him. He also killed all ten of Wang Jun's elite soldiers and promoted Pei Xian and Xun Chuo to his official posts. Shi Le stayed with Ji and burned Wang Jun's palace for two days, leaving Liu Han to defend the city and return.
After Shi Le returned to the state of Xiang, he gave Wang Jun's head to Liu Cong. Liu Cong then appointed Shi Le as the governor-general, in charge of all military affairs in eastern Shaanxi , general of hussars, and eastern Shanyu, and granted two additional counties. In the third year of Jianxing (315), Liu Cong granted Shi Le bows and arrows, and promoted him to Shaanxi Dong Bo, who was responsible for conquests. The governors, generals, governors, and princes he appointed could only submit their names and official positions every year. He also made Shi Le's eldest son Shi Xing the crown prince of Shangdang Kingdom.
Bingzhou was captured.
In the fourth year of Jianxing (316), Shi Le led his troops to besiege Han Ju, the prefect of Leping, Jin City, in Dacheng. Han Ju asked Liu Kun for help. Liu Kun had not long ago acquired Tuoba Yilu's old tribe Jidan and Weixiong to join the Daiguo and Wuhuan people due to the civil strife in Dai, which greatly strengthened his military strength, so he planned to use this to attack Shile, so he ignored Jidan and Weixiong. To dissuade him, he mobilized all his military power and sent Jidan as the vanguard with 20,000 troops, while he himself went to garrison in Guangmu to support Jidan. Shi Le was exhausted by the fact that the Jidan tribe had come from afar, and was a ragtag group of people with inconsistent orders. It was not difficult to deal with it, so he decided to attack. Shi Le then set up an ambush in the mountains, led his troops to fight against Jidan, and then retreated north to lead Jidan deep. Finally, he and the ambush attacked Jidan and defeated the opponent. Jidan fled north to Daijun, while Han Zhi abandoned the city and fled. Liu Kun. This battle shocked Bingzhou. Li Hong, the chief official of Liu Kun who was guarding Yangqu, surrendered to Shile in Bingzhou. Liu Kun was unable to advance and retreat, so he had no choice but to defect to Duan Pixi, the governor of Youzhou.
To quell the civil strife
In the first year of Taixing (318), Liu Cong fell ill and recruited Shi Le as a general, a minister, and received imperial edicts to assist the government, but Shi Le did not accept it. Liu Cong then ordered Shi Le to be a general, a charioteer, and governor. He also appointed ten additional counties, but he was not accepted. Liu Cong died soon after, and Prince Liu Can was killed by Jin Zhun shortly after he succeeded to the throne. Jin Zhun claimed to be the King of Han. Shi Le then ordered Zhang Jing to lead 5,000 troops as the vanguard, and he personally led 50,000 troops to attack Jin Zhun. Shi Le marched into the northern plains of Xiangling, and more than 40,000 Qiang Jie surrendered to Shi Le. Jin Zhun challenged Shi Le several times but could not break through Shi Le's defenses. In October, Liu Yao went north to attack Jin Zhun, and ascended the throne as emperor in Chibi. He appointed Shi Le as Grand Sima and Grand General, added Jiuxi, granted ten more counties, and became Duke of Zhao.[25]
Subsequently, Shi Le attacked the capital Pingyang, and more than 100,000 people from all ethnic groups surrendered to Shi Le. In November, Jin Zhun sent Butai to ask for peace from Shi Le. Shi Le imprisoned the envoy and handed it over to Liu Yao to show that the city had no intention of surrendering to Liu Yao. But Liu Yao had Butai send a message to him, urging Jin Zhun to welcome him to Pingyang. Jin Zhun was undecided and was killed by Jin Kang and others in December. Jin Ming was elected as the leader and asked Liu Yao to surrender. When Shi Le saw that Jin did not surrender to him, he was furious and led his troops to attack Jin Ming. Jin Ming went to fight but was defeated, so he defended himself behind closed doors. Soon Shi Hu and Shi Le reunited to attack Pingyang. Jin Ming asked Liu Yao for help. Liu Yao sent troops to welcome Jin Ming out of the city. Shi Le then entered Pingyang City, burned the palaces in Pingyang, moved the armillary sphere and musical instruments in the city to Xiangguo, left troops to guard them, and then returned to Xiangguo.
After the founding of Zhao
In February of the second year of Taixing of Zhao (319), Shi Le sent Wang Xiu, the chief historian of the left, to report his victory to Liu Yao. Liu Yao then awarded Shi Le Taizai, the leading general, and the title of King of Zhao , plus one. The series of special treats are just like the precedent of Cao Cao assisting the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Liu Yao asked Wang Xiu to return to the State of Xiang, Cao Pingle, a native of Shi Leshe, told Liu Yao that the purpose of Wang Xiu's coming was to explore Liu Yao's truth. After Wang Xiu returned and reported, Shi Le would attack Liu Yao. At that time, Liu Yao's strength was indeed greatly depleted. After hearing Cao Pingle's words, he was very afraid that Wang Xiu would report his falsehood to Shi Le, so he chased Wang Xiu back and killed Wang Xiu. The official position, title and courtesy originally granted to Shi Le were also shelved. Wang Xiu's deputy Liu Mao managed to escape. When Shi Le returned to Xiangguo in March, he reported Wang Xiu's death. Shi Le was furious: "I served the Liu family, and I did my duty better than a minister." It’s more than enough. I have laid down their foundation, and now they want to plot against me. I can give it to King Zhao and Emperor Zhao, so there is no need for them to give it to me!” A grudge was made.
In November of that year, Shi Le was named the general, the great Chanyu, the leader of Jizhou Mu, and the king of Zhao. He became the king of Zhao in Xiangguo, and formally established Later Zhao, which was called the first year of the king of Zhao.
Annexed Jiyou
Shi Le killed Wang Jun in the second year of Jianxing (314) and obtained Jixian. Soon, Shi Le appointed Liu Han, a general stationed in Jixian, to betray Hou Zhao and join Pixi, Duanxi, Liaoxi. As a result, Duan Pixi entered Ji County and attacked Duan Mobo many times. In the first year of Taixing (318), Duan Pixi killed Liu Kun, causing a large number of Hu people and Han people to defect to Shao Xu, Duan Mobo or Shi Le, which ultimately greatly reduced their strength. The following year, Duan Pizhen was unable to stand on his own due to Shi Le's general Kong Chang's attack on Youzhou, so he defected to Yanci, the governor of Shanxi and Jizhou, Shao Xuhui. In the third year of Taixing (320), Duan Mobo defeated Duan Pixian again. Duan Pixian and Shao Xu teamed up to pursue Duan Mobo and defeated him, and then he and his younger brother Duan Wenyang attacked Jicheng north where Duan Mobo's younger brother was stationed. At this time, Shi Le knew that Shao Xu was alone, so he sent Shi Hu to attack Yan Ci, and finally captured Shao Xu alive when he came out of the city to attack, but Yan Ci was still defended by Shao Xuzi Shao Ji and others. Duan Pixi returned to the army at this time. When he was still eighty miles away from Yanci City, he heard the news that Shao Xu had been captured. So his troops dispersed and Shi Hu also came to attack. Only because Duan Wenyang fought hard was he able to enter Yanci City.
In the fourth year of Taixing (321), Shi Le sent Shi Hu and Kong Chang to attack Yanci again. Duan Wenyang fought hard and was captured. Duan Pixi was unable to resist. He tried to run south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty but failed and was also captured by Shi Hu. At this point, all the vassal towns of the Jin Dynasty in Hebei have been captured.
Conflict with Yuzhou
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Sima Rui appointed zu Ti as General Fenwei and governor of Yuzhou. Zu Ti began to recover the Central Plains and occupied Qiaocheng.
In the second year of Taixing (319), Chen Chuan, the leader of the dock in Yuzhou, and Zu Ti were defeated in a fight. So he surrendered to Shi Le, and Zu Ti led his army to attack Chen Chuan. Shi Le sent Shi Hu to lead his troops to rescue and defeated Zu Ti, causing him to retreat to Huainan. However, Zu Ti launched a counterattack the next year and defeated the general Tao Bao who was guarding the old city of Chenchuan. He also invited the local Hou Zhao army to attack many times. This troubled the local Hou Zhao soldiers who stayed in the garrison town, and many of them defected to Zu Ti.
Because Zu Ti was good at pacifying, not only the people in the area south of the Yellow River surrendered to Zu Ti, but also the dock master in Hebei, Shile's base, reported to Zu Ti the situation of Hou Zhao. This made Shi Le dare not use military force to attack Yuzhou, so he decided He made peace with Zu Ti and allowed trade between the two places.At that time, Zu Ti's Yamentong Jian killed Xincai's internal history Zhou Mi and surrendered to Shi Le, but Shi Le killed Tong Jian and sent his head to Zu Ti. Zu Ti also did not accept those who betrayed Later Zhao and surrendered. In this way, the border between the two countries was stable, and the people of Yan and Hezhou could rest. However, many people actually had dual identities and belonged to both the Eastern Jin and Later Zhao.
In fact, Zu Ti has never forgotten the Northern Expedition. He used the profits obtained from trade to prepare military supplies, repaired Hulao City, looked out in all directions, and built barriers as a fortress to protect the land of Yuzhou. But Zu Ti died before the barrier was built. In the first year of Yongchang (322 years), Shi Le invaded the south again because Zu Ti had died. Zu Yue, who succeeded Zu Ti, could not resist and retreated south to Shouchun. Shi Le then left troops to station in Yuzhou. Yuzhou was once again in chaos and entered the power of Hou Zhao. scope. At the same time, Shi Le also sent troops to invade Xu and Yanzhou. The troops stationed there in the Eastern Jin Dynasty had no choice but to retreat south, and many local dock owners surrendered to Shi Le.
In the first year of Taining (323), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to attack and destroy Cao Yi, who had been separatist in Qingzhou, and conquered Qingzhou.
Dominated the north
In the second year of Taining (324), Shi Sheng, the governor of Later Zhao Sizhou, attacked Yin Ping, the prefect of Henan Province of former Zhao and killed him. He also plundered more than 5,000 households in Xin'an County. Since then, the war between the two countries has begun, and the two counties of Hedong and Hongnong, which are the borders between the two countries, have become battlefields. The following year, Wang Teng, the general of Xiyi Zhonglang, killed Cui Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, and surrendered Bingzhou to the former Zhao Dynasty. However, the governor of Jinsizhou, Li Ju, and the prefect of Yingchuan, Guo Mo, who were repeatedly defeated by Shi Sheng, sent envoys to attach themselves to the former Zhao State. Former Zhao launched a massive attack on Later Zhao. However, Liu Yue sent by the former Zhao Dynasty was defeated by Shi Hu, and more than 9,000 people were captured and killed. Wang Teng was also attacked and killed by Shi Hu. Li Ju and others were also defeated and fled south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. A large number of people from Zhao's tribe returned and surrendered. . After the war, Later Zhao had the land of Si, Yu, Xu and Yanzhou.
In the first year of Taihe (328), Shihu attacked Puban. Former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao personally led the elite troops from all over the country to rescue Puban and defeated Shihu. He then took advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang, which was guarded by Shisheng, and flooded the city with water. At the same time, he sent generals After attacking Jijun and Hanoijun, the whole country of Hou Zhao was shocked. Seeing this, Shi Le insisted on rescuing Luoyang himself despite Cheng Xia's dissuasion. He ordered Taobao, Shi Cong, and Shi Kan to wait until they met in Xingyang, and then he led his troops to attack Jinyong City in Luoyang. In December, Shi Le and the troops of Hou Zhao gathered in Chenggao. When they saw that Liu Yao had no defenders, they sneaked in with light troops. Liu Yao did not start preparing for defense until Shi Le crossed the Yellow River. He learned from Jie people captured on the front line that Shi Le was leading an army to attack and was even more frightened, so he relieved the siege and formed a formation at Luoxi. When Shi Le started to attack, he said: "Liu Yao's best strategy is to set up a large army to defend at Chenggao Pass; to intercept it with private troops at Luoshui is the next best thing; if we sit in Luoyang, I will capture him alive." Seeing Liu Yao arrayed at In Luoxi, Shi Le was very happy and believed that victory was certain. Then he, Shi Hu, Shi Kan, and Shi Cong attacked Liu Yao in three groups. They finally defeated the former Zhao Dynasty, captured Liu Yao alive and escorted him to Xiangguo.
The next year, Liu Xi, the former Prince of Zhao who stayed in Chang'an, was shocked when he learned that Liu Yao had been captured, so he abandoned Chang'an and rushed westward to Gui. All the towns and towns abandoned their defensive positions to follow, so there was great chaos in Guanzhong, and some former Zhao generals Chang'an City surrendered to Hou Zhao, and Shi Le sent Shi Hu to attack the remaining forces of the former Zhao in Guanzhong. Finally in August of that year, former Zhao Liu Yin led his army to counterattack Chang'an and was defeated by Shi Hu. All the princes and ministers of former Zhao were captured by Shi Hu. In the same year, Shi Le also killed Liu Yao, and former Zhao died. In the second year of Xianhe (327), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to defeat Dai Wang Tuoba Huna, and ordered the opponent to move to Daning to avoid his military threat. From then on, Zhao occupied almost the entire northern China except for the three regimes of Qianliang, Duanbu Xianbei's Liaoxi Kingdom and Murong Xianbei's Liaodong Kingdom. [32]
In February of the third year of Taihe (330), Shi Le was proclaimed King of Zhao, performed the emperor's affairs, established hundreds of officials, and enfeoffed a number of clans. In September, Shi Le officially proclaimed himself emperor.
ying Ye Fuzi
After Shi Le proclaimed himself emperor, he went to Yecheng in April of the following year, planning to build a new palace in Yecheng, as Zhang Bin said in the past, using it as a new capital. At that time, Tingwei Xuxian strongly opposed it, but Shi Le refused to accept it. Later, there was a flood in Zhongshan County, and more than a million large logs washed up with the water in Tangyang. Shi Le regarded this as God's help in building Yedu, so he officially implemented it and personally Inspect the project.
Shi Le made his son Shi Hong the crown prince when he proclaimed himself emperor. However, because Shi Hong loved writing and respected Confucian scholars, he was not as strong as Shi Le.
Shi Le's Tomb in Lishi Yulin Mountain, Luliang, Shanxi. However, Shi Hu, who was the Taiwei and Shangshu Ling at that time, had many soldiers and real power because of his outstanding military exploits. Both Xu Guang and Cheng Xia believed that once Shi Le died, Shi Hong would not be able to control Shi Hu; at the same time, they Because Shi Hu resented the two of them, they worried that if Shi Hu seized power, they and their clan would be destroyed. Therefore, they repeatedly made suggestions to Shi Le, asking for the strengthening of the crown prince's power, allowing the crown prince to be close to the government, and weakening Shi Hu's power. Shi Le finally ordered the Crown Prince to approve the petition, and Yan Zhen, the permanent minister of the Central Committee, assisted in the judgment. Only major matters of conquest and murder were sent to Shi Le for adjudication. As a result, Yan Zhen's power increased, while Shi Hu lost power and felt dissatisfied. But Shi Le never listened to the two men's suggestion to get rid of Shi Hu.
In the third year of Jianping (332 years), Shi Le went to Yecheng and went to Shi Hu's mansion. Shi Le knew about Shi Hu's dissatisfaction and promised to build a new mansion for him after the palace was completed to appease him. But in fact, Shi Hu was very dissatisfied since Shi Le granted the throne to Shi Hong in the third year of Taihe (330) when Shi Le became the king of heaven. When Santai was built in Yecheng, his family was forced to move, and he also held a grudge.
died of serious illness
Shi Le fell ill in the fourth year of Jianping (333). Shi Hu became a servant and ordered not to allow relatives and ministers to see Shi Le, so that no one knew about Shi Le's condition. Later, he summoned Shi Le to prepare for Shi Hu, and Shi Hong, the king of Qin, and Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, came to Xiang State and left them in Xiang State. Even though Shi Le immediately ordered the two people to return to their bases after knowing about it, Shi Hu still refused. He asked them to go back and even lied to Shi Le that they were on their way home. On Wuchen Day in July (August 17), Shi Le passed away at the age of sixty. His temple name was Gaozu, his posthumous title was Emperor Ming, and he was buried in Gaoping Mausoleum.
Yingying Zhu Yue
Activity area at the beginning of the army
In the first year of Yong'an (304), Sima Ying, the emperor's younger brother and king of Chengdu, defeated Sima Yue's army in the Battle of Dangyin (Tangyin, Henan) and threatened Emperor Hui of Jin. When he arrived at Ye Palace, Wang Jun led the Xianbei army to attack Sima Ying in the name of Sima Ying humiliating the emperor. Sima Ying was frightened and took Emperor Hui of Jin hostage and fled south to Luoyang. Then, Emperor Hui was coerced by Zhang Fang and moved to Chang'an. Guandong Soldiers and horses were everywhere, all in the name of killing Sima Ying.
Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, was worried that the troops in the east were getting stronger and wanted to reconcile and stabilize the situation in Eastern Xia, so he wrote a letter asking for Sima Ying to be abolished. In this year, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself the King of Han in Liting. Sima Ying's original generals, Yangping Renggong Shifan and others, proclaimed themselves generals and raised troops in Zhao and Wei, with tens of thousands of troops. Shi Le and Ji Sang led hundreds of herdsmen to defect to Gongshi Fan. Only then did Ji Sang ask Shi Le to take Shi as his surname and Yile as his first name. Gongshi Fan appointed Shi Le as the supervisor of the front army and followed the army to Yecheng to attack Ma Mo of Pingchang Company. Sima Mo sent general Feng Song to fight and defeated Gongshi Fan. Gongshi Fan fled south from Baima Crossing the River. Puyang Prefect Gou Xi attacked Gongshi Fan and killed him. Shi Le and Ji Sang fled to the garden. Ji Sang appointed Shi Le as Fuyeya General, led the herdsmen to rob prisoners in the counties, and recruited desperadoes from the mountains and swamps. Most of these people joined Shi Le, and Shi Le led them to respond to Ji Sang. mulberry. Therefore, Ji Sang claimed to be a general, and in the name of killing Sima Yue, King of East China Sea, and Sima Teng, King of Dongying Sima Teng, on behalf of King Sima Ying of Chengdu. Ji Sang took Shi Le as the vanguard and made many military exploits, so he appointed Shi Le as the Sauling General and Zhongming Tinghou. Ji Sang marched to Yecheng, appointed Shi Le as the forward commander, and defeated Sima Teng's general Feng Song. Then he quickly attacked Yecheng, killed Sima Teng, killed more than 10,000 defenders, and plundered the women. The treasure is gone. They crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin and attacked Yanzhou southward. Sima Yue was very frightened and sent Gou Xi, Wang Zan and others to lead an army to attack them.
Ji Sang and Shi Le attacked Youzhou governor Shi Xian in Laoling, and Shi Xian died in the battle. The beggar general Tian Zhen led 50,000 soldiers to rescue Shi Xian. Shi Le fought against him and defeated Tian Zhen. He and Gou Xi and others held a stalemate between Pingyuan and Yangping for several months. There were more than 30 decisive battles, large and small, with both sides winning or losing. Sima Yue was afraid, so he garrisoned troops in Guandu to support Gou Xi. Soon, Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated by Gou Xi, and more than 10,000 people died in the battle, so he gathered the rest of the troops and defected to Liu Yuan. Jizhou governor Ding Shao intercepted them at Chiqiao, and Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated again. Ji Sang fled to Mamu, and Shi Le fled to Leping. The Jin army killed Ji Sang in the plains and threw the coffin of Sima Ying, king of Chengdu, into his old well. Sima Ying's old ministers packed up the coffin and buried it.
defected to the Han Dynasty
At that time, Hu's governor Zhang, Feng Motu and others led thousands of troops and were stationed in the Shangdang fortress. Shi Le went to join them and was loved and respected by them. So Shi Le took advantage of the situation and persuaded Governor Zhang: "Liu Shanyu launched an army to attack the Jin Dynasty, but most of his troops resisted and refused to obey. Can we be independent in this way?" Governor Zhang said: "No." Shi Le said: "If we cannot be independent, the army will The horse should belong to someone. Now, the tribes have been rewarded and recruited by the Chanyu, and people often gather together to discuss that if they want to betray the tribe and belong to the Chanyu, they should find a way early." Governor Zhang and others had no strategy, and were afraid that their subordinates would betray them, so they secretly followed Shi Le and rode alone to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan appointed Governor Zhang as the Prince of Han, Feng Motu as the Commander-in-Chief, and Shi Le as his assistant. The general of the Han Dynasty and the king of Ping Jin were in charge of Zhang Du, Feng Motu and others. Shi Le then made Zhang Du his elder brother and gave him the surname Shi and the name Hui, which meant that Zhang Du was his confidant.
Wu. Maru Ren Fulidu also had 2,000 soldiers stationed at Leping Barrier. Liu Yuan repeatedly recruited him but could not get him to submit. Shi Le pretended to have committed crimes under Liu Yuan, so he defected to Fulidu and was very happy. Shi Le became brothers, and sent Shi Le to lead the Hu soldiers to plunder, and they were invincible. Therefore, all the Hu soldiers were afraid of Shi Le. Shi Le knew that the hearts of the people had turned to him, so he took the opportunity to capture Fulidu and told the Hu soldiers: “Now that something big is happening, who is suitable to be the head coach, me or Volidu? "All the Hu soldiers recommended Shi Le. Shi Le then released Fulidu and led Fulidu's men to surrender to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan gave Shi Le the title of superintendent of the military campaigns in Shandong and gave Zhang Fulidu's troops to Shi Le's command.
Intrusion of Si Ji
In the first month of the second year of Yongjia (308), Han Zhao Wang Liu Yuan sent Fujun general Liu Cong and other ten generals to the south to occupy Taihang, and sent Fu Han general Shi Le and other ten generals to the east to Zhao and Wei areas.
Liu Kun sent escorts. Huang Xiu and others rescued Huguan . Shi Le defeated Huang Xiu in Baitian. Huang Xiu died. Shi Le then captured Huguan. Liu Yuan ordered Shi Le, Liu Ling, Yan Yan and other seven generals to attack Wei County with 30,000 troops. Most of the fortresses at Dunqiu and Dunqiu were captured. Liu Yuan temporarily appointed Shi Le as the general and captain of the fortress, and selected 50,000 strong soldiers as soldiers. The rest, the old and the weak, lived as usual. The army did not plunder privately, and the people were all. I miss him.
When Liu Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he sent envoys to grant Shi Le Chijie, General Pingdong, the captain, the governor, and the king as before. Shi Le led his army to attack Yecheng, and the defenders of Yecheng collapsed, and He Yu fled to Wei. Shi Le also captured Wang Cui, the prefect of Wei County, in Santai, and attacked Feng Chong, the commander of the western Jizhou. Yuan also granted Shi Le the title of General of Andong and the establishment of a government office. Shi Le also attacked Julu and Changshan , and captured more than a hundred fortresses in Jizhou counties. The number of soldiers reached more than 100,000, and the famous and wise men among them were gathered together, which was called Junzi Camp. Therefore, Shi Le cited Zhang Bin as the leader and began to set up military meritorious officials, with Diao Ying and Zhang Jing as his capable assistants, and Kui'an and Zhang Jing as his right-hand men. Kong Chang served as the minion guard, and Zhi Xiong, Hu Yanmo, Wang Yang, Taobao , Lu Ming, Wu Yu and others served as generals. Shi Le also sent general Zhang Si to lead the cavalry to the counties of Beishan in Bingzhou to persuade the Hu people and Jie people. , told them about their safety and security. The Hu people were afraid of Shi Le's reputation, and many people came to join him. Shi Le also marched to Changshan, and sent generals to attack Zhongshan, Boling, and Gaoyang counties.
Shi Le surrendered.
Wang Jun sent general Qi Hong to lead Xianbei Duan Wu Wuchen and more than 100,000 cavalry to attack Shi Le. Shi Le was defeated at Feilong Mountain and more than 10,000 people were killed. Shi Le retreated and stationed in Liyang, and ordered the generals to attack Shi Le. After conquering and revolting, more than 30 people surrendered, and they set up guards to pacify them. They also attacked Xindu and killed Wang Bin, the governor of Jizhou. Therefore, the chariot generals Wang Kan and Beizhonglang sent Pei Xian. Luoyang led troops to attack Shi Le. Shi Le burned the barracks and food supplies and returned to fight against them. Liu Ju, the governor of Wei County, led the entire county to surrender to Shi Le. Shi Le sent Liu Ju to lead the troops in his fortress as the left wing of the central army. Shi Le rushed to Liyang, Pei Xian abandoned his soldiers and fled to Huainan , and Wang Kan withdrew his troops to garrison Cangyuan. Liu Yuan granted Shi Le the title of General of Zhendong and the title of Jijun Gong. Chijie, governor, and king remained unchanged. Shi Le resolutely resigned and refused to accept Duke Ji. Shi Le and Yan Yan attacked the second fortress of Zhequan and Yuanshi, and both were captured. Yan Yan was shot to death by a stray arrow, and Shi Le led his troops. Shi Le secretly crossed the Yellow River from the stone bridge, captured Baima, and captured more than 3,000 men and women alive. He attacked Juancheng eastward and killed Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou. Then, they took advantage of the situation to capture Cangyuan and killed Wang Kan.He crossed the Yellow River and attacked the counties of Guangzong, Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Yangping. More than 90,000 people from these places surrendered to Shile. Crossing the Yellow River to the south, the prefect of Xingyang fled to Jianye.
At that time, Liu Cong attacked Hanoi, and Shi Le led his cavalry to meet him. In 武德, he attacked the champion general Liang Ju, and Emperor Huai of Jin sent troops to rescue him. Shi Le left some generals to guard Wude, and he and Wang Sang faced Liang Ju in Changling. Liang Ju asked to surrender, but Shi Le refused, so Liang Ju fled over the wall and was caught by the soldiers. Shi Le rushed to Wude and buried more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers alive. He also listed Liang Ju's crimes one by one and beheaded him. The Jin army retreated, and the fortresses north of the Yellow River were shocked. They all asked for surrender and sent hostages to Shi Le.
In the fourth year of Yongjia (310 years), the Xiongnu Han Emperor Liu Yuan died, Liu Cong proclaimed himself emperor, and granted Shi Le the title of General of the Conquest of the East, Governor of Bingzhou, Duke of Jijun, Chijie, Kaifu, Governor, Xiaowei, and Wang Bianbian . Shi Le resolutely resigned from the post of general, and Liu Cong agreed.
Liu Can led an army of 40,000 to attack Luoyang. Shi Le left the baggage at Chongmen and led 20,000 cavalry to join Liu Can in Dayang. He defeated the Jin army in Mianchi and arrived at Luochuan. Liu Can sent troops to Jianyuan, and Shi Le sent troops to Chenggaoguan. They besieged Wang Zan, the prefect of Chenliu, in Cangyuan. They were defeated by Wang Zan, so they withdrew and stationed themselves in Wenshijin. He also planned to attack Wang Jun to the north. When Wang Jun's general Wang Jiashi led more than 10,000 cavalry from Xianbei in western Liaoning to defeat Zhao Gu in the north of Tianjin, Shi Le burned the ships, abandoned the camp, and led his army to Baimen to meet the heavy gate. With his baggage, he went to Shimen, crossed the Yellow River, attacked xiangcheng prefect Cui Kuang in Fanchang, and killed him.
Plan to conquer Jianghan
Previously, Yongzhou wanderers Wang Ru, Hou Tuo, Yan Yi and others raised troops between Jianghuai. When they heard that Shi Le was coming, they were very scared, so they sent 10,000 troops to resist Shi Le in Xiangcheng. Shi Le defeated them. All were captured. Shi Le arrived in Nanyang and stationed himself on the mountain to the north of Wancheng. Wang Ru was afraid that Shi Le would attack Xiangcheng, so he sent people to reward Shi Le's army with precious chariots and horses, and asked to become a brother with Shi Le, and Shi Le accepted him. Wang Ru was at odds with Hou Tuo, so he advised Shi Le to attack Hou Tuo. Shi Le ordered his soldiers to set out at night when the rooster crows. In the morning, he approached the gate of Wancheng and launched an attack. Twelve days later, Wancheng was captured. Yan Yi led his troops to rescue Hou Tuo, but when he arrived it was too late, so he surrendered to Shi Le. Shi Le beheaded Hou Tuo, imprisoned Yan Yi and sent them to Pingyang, and annexed all their troops, thus making the army more powerful.
Shi Le attacked Xiangyang to the south and captured more than 30 fortresses west of the Yangtze River. He left Diao Ying to defend Xiangyang and personally led more than 30,000 elite cavalry to attack Wang Ru. He was worried about Wang Ru's power, so he rushed to Xiangcheng. When Wang Ru found out, he sent his younger brother Wang Li with 25,000 cavalry, pretending to reward the army, but actually wanted to attack Shi Le. Shi Le attacked and destroyed them, and then stationed in the west of the Yangtze River, showing his ambition to dominate the Yangtze River and Han River. . Zhang Bin thought it was not possible and advised Shi Le to return to the north. Shi Le did not agree and appointed Zhang Bin as the captain of the army and the consul's office. His position was second to Sima and he was responsible for the affairs of the prime minister.
In the first month of the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Shi Le attempted to occupy the Jiang and Han areas, but Zhang Bin, the captain who joined the army, thought it was impossible. When the army was starved and an epidemic spread, more than half of them died, so they crossed the Mian River and invaded Jiangxia. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, they captured Jiangxia.
Before the defeat of Jin Rui
, King Sima Yue of the East China Sea led more than 200,000 soldiers from Luoyang to attack Shi Le. Sima Yue died in the army, so everyone elected Taiwei Wang Yan as the commander-in-chief of the Jin army and led the troops to the east. Next, Shi Le led his light cavalry to catch up with the Jin army. Wang Yan sent general Qian Duan to fight Shi Le, but was defeated by Shi Le and Qian Duan died in the battle. The Jin army was defeated. Shi Le divided his troops to surround and shoot at the Jin army. The corpses of the Jin army piled up like mountains. No one was spared. Wang Yan, King of Xiangyang Sima Fan , King of Rencheng Sima Ji, King of Xihe Sima Xi, and King Liang were captured alive. Sima Xi, King Sima Chao of Qi, Liu Wang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Liu Qiao, the governor of Yuzhou, Yu Yi, the chief minister of Taifu , and others asked them to sit under the curtain and asked them about the past events of the Jin Dynasty.
Wang Yan, Sima Ji and others were afraid of being killed, so they rushed to express their opinions. Only Sima Fan looked calm and composed. He turned around and scolded Wang Yan and Sima Ji, saying: "What happened today, why is it necessary to do this again?" They all said it one after another." Shi Le was very surprised by him. So Shi Le took all the princes, ministers and ministers outside the tent and killed them. Many people were killed. Shi Le valued Wang Yan's righteousness and was surprised by Sima Fan's demeanor. He couldn't bear to kill them with weapons, so he had people push the wall at night and crush them to death. After receiving the news of Sima Yue's death, General He Lun of the left guard and General Li Yun of the right guard escorted Sima Yue's concubine Pei and his son Sima Pi to escape from Luoyang. Shi Le met Sima Pi in Weicang, and the Jin army was defeated. Shi Le captured Sima Pi and all the princes and ministers alive, and killed them all. Many people died. Then, Shi Le took advantage of the situation and led 30,000 elite cavalry into Chenggao Pass, where he joined Liu Yao and Wang Mi to attack Luoyang. After the capture of Luoyang, Shi Le went out of the army and stationed himself in Xuchang, , thanks to Wang Mi and Liu Yao. Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as the general to conquer the east, but Shi Le refused to accept it.
Li Hong, a native of Pingyang, had thousands of soldiers and built a fortress to garrison in Wuyang. Gou Xi temporarily appointed Li Hong as the governor of Yongzhou. Shi Le attacked Guyang, killed the champion general Wang Zi, captured Wang Zan alive in Yangxia, and appointed Wang Zan as the chief minister. He also defeated the general Gou Xi in Mengcheng and captured him alive, and appointed him Zuo Sima. Liu Cong awarded Shi Le the title of General of Zhengdong and Youzhou Mu, but Shi Le refused to accept the title of general.
Merge Wang Mi
Wang Mi and Shi Le were close on the surface but suspicious of each other in their hearts. Liu Tun persuaded Wang Mi to recruit Cao Yi's army to plot against Shi Le. Wang Mi wrote a letter asking Liu Tun to summon Cao Yi and invited Shi Le to Qingzhou with him. When Liu Tun arrived in Dong'a, he was captured by Shi Le's patrolling cavalry. Shi Le secretly killed Liu Tun and secretly made a plan to plot against Wang Mi.
At that time, Wang Mi's general Xu Miao led his men to leave Wang Mi privately, and Wang Mi's power gradually weakened. When Shi Le captured Gou Xi, Wang Mi hated Shi Le even more, so he sent an envoy to pretend to be humble and said to Shi Le: "You captured Gou Xi and pardoned him. You really showed your power! If you let Gou Xi be your Zuo Sima, If I am your right commander, it will not be difficult for the world to be peaceful." Shi Le said to Zhang Bin, "Wang Mi has a high position and speaks modestly. I'm afraid he wants to do the work of a dog and horse for me." Zhang Bin said, "I think Wang Mi." You have the ambition to occupy Qingzhou. Hometown is a place that people long for. Don't you miss Bingzhou? The reason why Wang Mi has not made an attack is because he is worried that you are holding him back. He has already had the idea of persuading you. , It’s just that there is no suitable opportunity. If we don’t deal with him now, I am afraid that Cao Yi will become his wing later. Even if he regrets it later, it will be too late. Xu Miao has left, and Wang Mi’s military strength has been slightly weakened. His desire to rule is still very strong, and he can be eliminated through seduction." Shi Le thought it was right.
Shi Le and Chen Wu attacked each other in Pengguan, and Wang Mi also confronted Liu Rui. The situation was critical. Wang Mi asked Shi Le for help, but Shi Le did not agree. Zhang Bin added: "Ming Gong often worried that there would be no chance to kill Wang Mi. Now God has given us a great opportunity. Chen Wu is a villain, how can he become a great enemy? Wang Mi is a hero among men and will become ours." Disaster." Shi Le then returned to attack and killed Liu Rui. Wang Mi was overjoyed, thinking that Shi Le had sincerely recommended him to help him, and no longer doubted Shi Le. Shi Le led his army to attack Chen Wu in Feize. Li Tou, a member of Chen Wu's Sima Party, advised Shi Le: "You are a natural warrior and should bring peace to the world. People all over the world admire you and hope that you will save them from hardship." If there are those who compete with you for the world, why don't you get rid of them early and go back to attack us exiles? We are all villagers and will support you in the end, so why are you so eager now?" Shi Le thought. It made sense, so he led his army to retreat the next morning. Shi Le pretended to invite Wang Mi to a banquet in Jiwu. Wang Mi's chief historian Zhang Song advised Wang Mi not to go to the banquet for fear of causing trouble such as Zhuan Zhu and Sun Jun, but Wang Mi refused to listen. Wang Mi sat down at the table and drank to his heart's content. Shi Le personally beheaded Wang Mi and annexed Wang Mi's troops. He then reported to Liu Cong and reported Wang Mi's rebellion.Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as the general of Zhendong, the governor of the military affairs of Bing and Youzhou, and the governor of Bingzhou.
Gou Xi and Wang Zan secretly plotted against Shi Le, but Shi Le killed them. Shi Le also appointed General Zuo Fusu as the forward captain. He attacked the counties in Yuzhou and returned to the Yangtze River. He stationed himself at Gebei and surrendered some Yi and Chu tribes. He arranged for officials with less than two thousand shi from the general to pay righteousness. Grain to feed the soldiers.
Dunbing sent troops to Gebei.
Shi Le led his troops to attack and plunder the counties in Yuzhou. After arriving at the riverside, he returned to the army and stationed himself in Gebei.
At first, Shi Le was sold to Pingyuan and separated from his mother Wang. At this time, Liu Kun sent Zhang Ru to send the Wang family to Shi Le, and gave Shi Le a letter saying: "The general made his fortune north of the Yellow River, sweeping across Yanzhou and Yuzhou, crisscrossing the Yangtze River, Huaihe River , Han River, and Mian River. Even the famous generals from ancient times cannot compare with you. The reason why you attack a city but cannot occupy its people, plunder the land but cannot occupy its land, and sometimes gather like clouds, sometimes disperse like stars. General, you know why. Are you like this? Life or death depends on what kind of master you get. The key to success lies in who you belong to. Obtaining the true master is a righteous soldier, and joining a rebellious thief is a thief. Although the righteous soldier fails, his achievements will be achieved. Although the soldiers are temporarily victorious, they will eventually be eliminated. In the past, the red eyebrows and the yellow turbans were rampant in the world. The reason why they were eliminated was precisely because the troops gathered together without a name and became a disaster. Choose a virtuous and respected master and submit to him at any time, then your merits and righteousness will be upright, and your wealth will last forever. . If you can adopt the teachings given to you in the past and change your plans, then the world will not be able to be pacified and the ant invaders will not be able to be wiped out. Now you are given the title of Shizhong, Zhijie, Chariot and Cavalry General, and Hunszhonglang. General, Duke of Xiangcheng County, in charge of internal and external duties, and also has the title of Huarong. I have given you the title of Grand Commandery in recognition of your special talents. General, you should accept these to meet the expectations of people near and far since ancient times. It is true that no Rong people have become emperors. As for famous officials and outstanding achievements, there are some. The reason why we have these dull ideas now is because the world is in chaos and we need talented and strategic people. I haven't read the military books, but they all agree with Sun Wu's art of war. It's true that what you know innately is the best, and what you know through study is the second best! It cannot be destroyed. The sincerity and facts are all in the letter drafted by Zhang Duan."
Shi Le wrote back to Liu Kun: "There are different paths to career and merit. This is what corrupt scholars don't know. You should do your best for this dynasty. , and I am a foreigner, so it is difficult for me to serve them." So he gave Liu Kun some famous horses and treasures, entertained Liu Kun's envoys generously, and declined Liu Kun's offer.
Shi Le renovated houses in Gepi, supervised agricultural production, built ships, and planned to attack Jianye. At that time, it had been raining for more than three months. Emperor Jin Yuan sent his generals and soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River to gather in Shouchun on a large scale. More than half of Shile's army died of hunger and plague. Letters of appeal continued to arrive morning and evening, and Shi Le gathered the generals to discuss. Shi Diao Ying, the commander on the right, advised Shi Le to send a letter to Emperor Yuan first, asking him to clear the north of the Yellow River for him, and then consider it slowly after the Jin army retreated. Shi Le changed his appearance and roared. The backbone general Kui'an advised Shi Le to retreat to a higher place to avoid the stagnant water. Shi Le said: "How can the general be so timid?" Kong Chang, Zhi Xiong and other thirty generals further said: "While the Wu army has not yet gathered, I, Kong Chang and others Request each to lead 300 infantrymen, cross the river by boat from more than 30 places, board the city at night, kill the Dongwu generals, seize their cities, and eat their granaries. This year, Danyang will be conquered and Jiangnan will be pacified. , capture the whole family of Sima." Shi Le said with a smile: "This is the strategy of a brave general." Give each one an armor and a horse.He turned back to Zhang Bin and asked: "What do you mean?" Zhang Bin replied: "The general captured the imperial capital, imprisoned the emperor, killed the princes, and robbed other people's concubines and princesses. Even if I pull out your hair, I can't count your sins." , How can I serve the Sima clan as a minister again? After Wang Mi was killed last year, the camp should not be established here. The rain fell for hundreds of miles, which told the general that Yecheng was not strong. Santai is connected to Pingyang in the west and blocked by mountains and rivers. It has the power of a choke point. We should retreat to the north and capture it. We should attack the rebels and make them surrender. After the north of the Yellow River is pacified, no one in the world can surpass the general. Shouchun was afraid that the general would attack. Now that he suddenly heard that the general had returned to the army, he must be happy that the enemy had left and had no time to attack with surprise troops. The baggage took the road north, and the army pointed at Shouchun. After the baggage had been transported, the army slowly returned. When I returned, I was still worried that there would be no place to advance or retreat." Shi Le rolled up his sleeves and raised his beard and said, "Zhang Bin's plan is right." Then he scolded Diao Ying and said, "You are assisting me. You should persuade me to achieve my goals. How can you persuade me?" What if I surrender to others? The plan you mentioned should be beheaded. However, I see that you are cowardly, so I will forgive you." So he demoted Diao Ying to the rank of general, promoted Zhang Bin to the rank of right commander, and was called the general of the middle base. "Youhou".
Shi Le led his army from Gepi and sent Shi Hu with 2,000 cavalry to block Shouchun's pursuers. At that time, a cargo ship from the south of the Yangtze River was arriving and dozens of ships of rice cloth were seized. The soldiers scrambled to grab it without setting up any defenses. The ambush troops of the Jin Dynasty launched a massive attack and defeated Shihu at Julingkou. More than 500 people who drowned to death fled for more than a hundred miles until they reached Shile's army. Shi Le's army was very frightened, thinking that the Jin army had arrived, and Shi Le lined up to wait for the enemy. The Jin army was afraid of an ambush, so they retreated to Shouchun. Every place Shi Le passed through was fortified and clear, and there was no harvest from looting. The army was very short of food, and the soldiers killed each other to eat. When the army marched to Dongyan, they heard that Xiang Bing in Ji County had thousands of soldiers, and the strong wall was at Fangtou. General Shi Le was crossing north at Jijin. He was worried about intercepting Xiang Bing, so he summoned all the generals to discuss. Zhang Bin added: "I heard that Xiang Bing's boats are all in the river, and if they are not in Fang Nei, they can choose thousands of strong and brave soldiers to secretly cross the river and attack Xiang Bing's boats to cross the army. The army will cross Afterwards, Xiang Bing will definitely be captured." Shi Le adopted Zhang Bin's plan and asked Zhi Xiong, Kong Chang and others to pack rafts from Wenshijin, while Shi Le led the soldiers to march from Suanzao to Jijin. When Xiang Bing heard that Shi Le's army had arrived, he began to drag the ship into Fang, but he encountered Zhi Xiong and others who had sneaked across and were stationed in front of his fortress. Zhi Xiong dragged down more than thirty of Xiang Bing's ships to stow away his soldiers, and asked the chief secretary Xian Yufeng to challenge him, setting up ambushes in three places to wait for Xiang Bing. Xiang Bing was furious, so he went to battle. Three ambush troops were launched at the same time to attack Xiang Bing. Xiang Bing was defeated. Shile's army robbed his supplies and his morale was greatly boosted. Shile's army then marched forward to attack Yecheng and attacked Beizhonglang general Liu Yan in Santai. Liu Yan's generals Linshen, Mou Mu and others surrendered to Shile with tens of thousands of troops.
At the time of the capture of Hebei
, the generals discussed that they wanted to capture Santai as a stronghold. Zhang Bin suggested: "Liu Yan still has thousands of soldiers, and Santai is too dangerous to capture quickly. If they abandon him, they will It will collapse on its own. Wang Pengzu and Liu Yueshi are great enemies. They should secretly plan to enter Hancheng before they are prepared, and then transport grain and grass to reserve, report to Pingyang to the west, and pacify Bingzhou and Jizhou. In this way, will The great achievements of Duke Huan and Duke Wen of Jin can be accomplished. Moreover, now the world is in chaos and the war has just begun. People are wandering and have no fixed ambitions. It is difficult to achieve perfection and control the world. Now, those who gain the land will prosper and lose. The land will perish. Handan , Xiangguo is the old capital of Zhao. It is surrounded by mountains and dangerous terrain. You can choose these two places as the capital, and then order the generals to attack in all directions and grant them miracles. The strategy is to overthrow those who are about to perish, preserve those who can surrender, annex the weak, and attack the ignorant. In this way, the stubborn ones can be eliminated, and the emperor's career can be planned."
Shi Le said: "The strategy of Youhou is very good. ." So he entered and occupied Xiangguo.Zhang Bin added: "Now that we are stationed here, Yue Shi and Peng Zu are very taboo. They are afraid that they will come to die when our city is not strong and the material reserves are not sufficient. I heard that the autumn crops in Guangping counties have matured." , you can send your generals to plunder Yegu, and then send envoys to Pingyang to tell you that you should be stationed here." Shi Le agreed again. So he reported to Liu Cong and ordered the generals to attack the fortresses in Jizhou counties. Most of these fortresses surrendered and transported grain to Shi Le. Liu Cong appointed Shi Le as envoy Chijie, regular servant of Sanqi, governor of Ji, You, Bing, and camp of the four prefectures of miscellaneous barbarians, conquered various military forces, and shepherd of Ji Prefecture. , Youzhou Mu, and Dongyi Xiaowei remained unchanged.
Youlun and Zhang Zhen of Guangping had tens of thousands of soldiers. They temporarily accepted Wang Jun's order to guard Yuanxiang. Shile sent seven generals including Kui'an and Zhixiong to attack them and break through their outer barriers. Wang Jun sent the governor Wang Chang and more than 50,000 troops from the Xianbei Duan Juliujuan, Duan Mobo, Duan Pixi and other troops to attack Shi Le. At that time, the city wall and moat had not yet been repaired, so a double fence was built across the city in Xiangguo and obstacles were set up to wait for the enemy. Duan Jiu's six family members were stationed in Zhuyang. Shi Le sent his generals to challenge one after another, but they were constantly defeated by Duan Jiu's six family members. He also heard that Duan Jiu's six family members were building large-scale siege equipment. Shi Le asked his generals: "Now the enemy is constantly attacking. We are advancing, the enemy is numerous and we are outnumbered. I am afraid that we will not be able to relieve the siege by then, there will be no external aid, and the food in the city will be exhausted. Even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi are reborn, we will not be able to hold on. I plan to select soldiers to form a decisive battle with the enemy in the wild. What do you think? "The generals all said: "We should hold on to Xiangguo to defeat the enemy. When the enemy is tired, they will naturally retreat. If we pursue them at that time, there will be no failure." Shi Le asked Zhang Bin and Kong Chang again: "What do you think? ?" Zhang Bin and Kong Chang both said: "I heard that the six families agreed to fight in Beicheng in early next month. Their army came from afar and fought for days. Because our army was weak, they thought that we would not dare to fight and must be mentally slack. . Now among the Duan clan's troops, Duan Moyu is the strongest. Their brave soldiers are all at Duanmoyu. We should not go out to fight again to show our weakness and quickly dig more than 20 gates in the north base. Dao, when the enemy's formation is not yet settled and they unexpectedly rush straight into Duan Mo's army tent, the enemy will be frightened and have no time to plan. As the saying goes, after Duan Mo's army escapes with lightning speed, the remaining enemies will naturally collapse. After Mozhe, Peng Zu will be here soon." Shi Le smiled and adopted their plan, and immediately appointed Kong Chang as the commander of the attack and built a projecting gate in the north city. The Xianbei army stationed at the North Base. Shi Le waited for their formation to be undecided, so he personally led his soldiers to shout on the city. At this time, Kong Chang commanded all the Tumen ambush troops to attack together and captured Duan Mozhu alive, while his six family members and other remaining enemies fled. Kong Chang took advantage of the victory and pursued him. The corpses of the Xianbei army lay on the ground for more than thirty miles and captured 5,000 armored horses. The six family members gathered the remaining troops and stationed them in Zhuyang. They sent envoys to sue for peace, sent armored horses, gold and silver, and took Duan Mobo's third brother as a hostage in exchange for Duan Mobo. All the generals advised Shi Le to kill Duan Mobo to frustrate Xianbei's spirit.
Shi Le said: "Xianbei in western Liaoning is a strong country and has no enmity with me. They were just ordered by Wang Jun. It is not a good idea to kill one person now and have enmity with a country. If he is let go, , they must be happy and will no longer be used by Wang Jun." So he accepted the hostages and sent Shi Hu and Duan Jiu's six family members to form an alliance in Zhuyang. The two parties became brothers, and Duan Jiu's six family members and others retired. Shi Le sent Yan Zong to join the army to report Liu Cong's victory. Therefore, Youlun and Zhang Zhen requested to surrender and become vassal ministers. Shi Le was planning to attack Youzhou and wanted to accept the soldiers, so he tentatively agreed to the surrender of Youlun and Zhang Zhen, and appointed them as generals on the spot. Shi Le also sent troops to attack Xindu and killed Wang Xiang, the governor of Jizhou. Wang Jun also appointed Shao as the governor of Jizhou to defend Xindu.
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Shihu attacked Santai in Yecheng. Yecheng was captured. Liu Yan fled to Linqiu. Generals Xie Xu, Tian Qing, Lang Mu and others led the refugees from Santai to surrender to Shile. Shi Le appointed Taobao as the prefect of Wei County to appease them. He also adopted Duan Mobo as his adopted son, appointed him as envoy Chijie, General Anbei, and Duke Beiping, and asked him to return to western Liaoning.Duan Mobo was grateful for Shi Le's great kindness and bowed south three times a day along the way. As a result, the Duan family wholeheartedly surrendered to Shi Le. From then on, Wang Jun's power gradually weakened.
Defeated Wang Jun
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to capture Yecheng, and all the local refugees surrendered to Shi Le. After Shi Le, he sent Kong Chang to attack Dingling and killed Tian Hui, the governor of Yanzhou. Bo Sheng, the governor of Qingzhou appointed by Wang Jun, also returned to surrender to Shi Le. All counties and counties in Shandong were captured by Shi Le, so Liu Cong promoted Shi Le to the rank of Shizhong and Shizhong. General who conquered the East. Wuhuan, who had always supported Wang Jun, also betrayed Wang Jun and secretly joined Shi Le, making Wang Jun even weaker. [21]
After the Yongjia Rebellion, Wang Jun pretended to be a prince, set up a palace, appointed hundreds of officials, and even planned to make himself emperor, arrogant, extravagant and abusive. Shi Le planned to eliminate and annex his forces, but Zhang Bin proposed that Shi Le pretend to surrender to Wang Jun. Shi Le then humbled himself and asked Wang Jun to surrender. When Wang Jun's envoy came, Shi Le went out of his way to show off his weak soldiers, and pretended to be humble. When he accepted Wang Jun's letter, he bowed to the north and bowed to the envoy in the morning and evening. He even pretended that seeing Chenwei was like seeing Wang Jun; he also sent someone to tell Wang Jun that he wanted to go to Youzhou in person to support Wang Jun in proclaiming himself emperor. Wang Jun then completely believed in Shi Le's loyalty. However, Wang Zichun, whom Shi Le had been sending as an envoy, spied on Wang Jun's true identity for Shi Le and made Shi Le fully prepared.
In the second year of Jianxing (314), Shi Le formally marched against Wang Jun and marched at night to Bairen County. At Zhang Bin's suggestion, he took advantage of the grievances between Wang Jun and Liu Kun and wrote a letter and sent hostages to Liu Kun to invite him. and said that he would destroy Wang Jun for him. Therefore, Liu Kun did not rescue Wang Jun in the end, and was happy to see Wang Jun destroyed by Shi Le. Shi Le marched all the way to Ji County , the seat of Youzhou. He first drove thousands of cattle and sheep into the city on the pretext of sending gifts to Wang Jun, blocking the roads. Later, he allowed soldiers to enter the city to plunder, capture Wang Jun, and accused Wang Jun of being disloyal to the Jin Dynasty. , the crime of killing Zhongliang. Shi Le then ordered the general Wang Luosheng to send Wang Jun to Xiangguo and execute him. He also killed all ten of Wang Jun's elite soldiers and promoted Pei Xian and Xun Chuo to his official posts. Shi Le stayed with Ji and burned Wang Jun's palace for two days, leaving Liu Han to defend the city and return.
After Shi Le returned to the state of Xiang, he gave Wang Jun's head to Liu Cong. Liu Cong then appointed Shi Le as the governor-general, in charge of all military affairs in eastern Shaanxi , general of hussars, and eastern Shanyu, and granted two additional counties. In the third year of Jianxing (315), Liu Cong granted Shi Le bows and arrows, and promoted him to Shaanxi Dong Bo, who was responsible for conquests. The governors, generals, governors, and princes he appointed could only submit their names and official positions every year. He also made Shi Le's eldest son Shi Xing the crown prince of Shangdang Kingdom.
Bingzhou was captured.
In the fourth year of Jianxing (316), Shi Le led his troops to besiege Han Ju, the prefect of Leping, Jin City, in Dacheng. Han Ju asked Liu Kun for help. Liu Kun had not long ago acquired Tuoba Yilu's old tribe Jidan and Weixiong to join the Daiguo and Wuhuan people due to the civil strife in Dai, which greatly strengthened his military strength, so he planned to use this to attack Shile, so he ignored Jidan and Weixiong. To dissuade him, he mobilized all his military power and sent Jidan as the vanguard with 20,000 troops, while he himself went to garrison in Guangmu to support Jidan. Shi Le was exhausted by the fact that the Jidan tribe had come from afar, and was a ragtag group of people with inconsistent orders. It was not difficult to deal with it, so he decided to attack. Shi Le then set up an ambush in the mountains, led his troops to fight against Jidan, and then retreated north to lead Jidan deep. Finally, he and the ambush attacked Jidan and defeated the opponent. Jidan fled north to Daijun, while Han Zhi abandoned the city and fled. Liu Kun. This battle shocked Bingzhou. Li Hong, the chief official of Liu Kun who was guarding Yangqu, surrendered to Shile in Bingzhou. Liu Kun was unable to advance and retreat, so he had no choice but to defect to Duan Pixi, the governor of Youzhou.
To quell the civil strife
In the first year of Taixing (318), Liu Cong fell ill and recruited Shi Le as a general, a minister, and received imperial edicts to assist the government, but Shi Le did not accept it. Liu Cong then ordered Shi Le to be a general, a charioteer, and governor. He also appointed ten additional counties, but he was not accepted. Liu Cong died soon after, and Prince Liu Can was killed by Jin Zhun shortly after he succeeded to the throne. Jin Zhun claimed to be the King of Han. Shi Le then ordered Zhang Jing to lead 5,000 troops as the vanguard, and he personally led 50,000 troops to attack Jin Zhun. Shi Le marched into the northern plains of Xiangling, and more than 40,000 Qiang Jie surrendered to Shi Le. Jin Zhun challenged Shi Le several times but could not break through Shi Le's defenses. In October, Liu Yao went north to attack Jin Zhun, and ascended the throne as emperor in Chibi. He appointed Shi Le as Grand Sima and Grand General, added Jiuxi, granted ten more counties, and became Duke of Zhao.[25]
Subsequently, Shi Le attacked the capital Pingyang, and more than 100,000 people from all ethnic groups surrendered to Shi Le. In November, Jin Zhun sent Butai to ask for peace from Shi Le. Shi Le imprisoned the envoy and handed it over to Liu Yao to show that the city had no intention of surrendering to Liu Yao. But Liu Yao had Butai send a message to him, urging Jin Zhun to welcome him to Pingyang. Jin Zhun was undecided and was killed by Jin Kang and others in December. Jin Ming was elected as the leader and asked Liu Yao to surrender. When Shi Le saw that Jin did not surrender to him, he was furious and led his troops to attack Jin Ming. Jin Ming went to fight but was defeated, so he defended himself behind closed doors. Soon Shi Hu and Shi Le reunited to attack Pingyang. Jin Ming asked Liu Yao for help. Liu Yao sent troops to welcome Jin Ming out of the city. Shi Le then entered Pingyang City, burned the palaces in Pingyang, moved the armillary sphere and musical instruments in the city to Xiangguo, left troops to guard them, and then returned to Xiangguo.
After the founding of Zhao
In February of the second year of Taixing of Zhao (319), Shi Le sent Wang Xiu, the chief historian of the left, to report his victory to Liu Yao. Liu Yao then awarded Shi Le Taizai, the leading general, and the title of King of Zhao , plus one. The series of special treats are just like the precedent of Cao Cao assisting the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Liu Yao asked Wang Xiu to return to the State of Xiang, Cao Pingle, a native of Shi Leshe, told Liu Yao that the purpose of Wang Xiu's coming was to explore Liu Yao's truth. After Wang Xiu returned and reported, Shi Le would attack Liu Yao. At that time, Liu Yao's strength was indeed greatly depleted. After hearing Cao Pingle's words, he was very afraid that Wang Xiu would report his falsehood to Shi Le, so he chased Wang Xiu back and killed Wang Xiu. The official position, title and courtesy originally granted to Shi Le were also shelved. Wang Xiu's deputy Liu Mao managed to escape. When Shi Le returned to Xiangguo in March, he reported Wang Xiu's death. Shi Le was furious: "I served the Liu family, and I did my duty better than a minister." It’s more than enough. I have laid down their foundation, and now they want to plot against me. I can give it to King Zhao and Emperor Zhao, so there is no need for them to give it to me!” A grudge was made.
In November of that year, Shi Le was named the general, the great Chanyu, the leader of Jizhou Mu, and the king of Zhao. He became the king of Zhao in Xiangguo, and formally established Later Zhao, which was called the first year of the king of Zhao.
Annexed Jiyou
Shi Le killed Wang Jun in the second year of Jianxing (314) and obtained Jixian. Soon, Shi Le appointed Liu Han, a general stationed in Jixian, to betray Hou Zhao and join Pixi, Duanxi, Liaoxi. As a result, Duan Pixi entered Ji County and attacked Duan Mobo many times. In the first year of Taixing (318), Duan Pixi killed Liu Kun, causing a large number of Hu people and Han people to defect to Shao Xu, Duan Mobo or Shi Le, which ultimately greatly reduced their strength. The following year, Duan Pizhen was unable to stand on his own due to Shi Le's general Kong Chang's attack on Youzhou, so he defected to Yanci, the governor of Shanxi and Jizhou, Shao Xuhui. In the third year of Taixing (320), Duan Mobo defeated Duan Pixian again. Duan Pixian and Shao Xu teamed up to pursue Duan Mobo and defeated him, and then he and his younger brother Duan Wenyang attacked Jicheng north where Duan Mobo's younger brother was stationed. At this time, Shi Le knew that Shao Xu was alone, so he sent Shi Hu to attack Yan Ci, and finally captured Shao Xu alive when he came out of the city to attack, but Yan Ci was still defended by Shao Xuzi Shao Ji and others. Duan Pixi returned to the army at this time. When he was still eighty miles away from Yanci City, he heard the news that Shao Xu had been captured. So his troops dispersed and Shi Hu also came to attack. Only because Duan Wenyang fought hard was he able to enter Yanci City.
In the fourth year of Taixing (321), Shi Le sent Shi Hu and Kong Chang to attack Yanci again. Duan Wenyang fought hard and was captured. Duan Pixi was unable to resist. He tried to run south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty but failed and was also captured by Shi Hu. At this point, all the vassal towns of the Jin Dynasty in Hebei have been captured.
Conflict with Yuzhou
In the first year of Jianxing (313), Sima Rui appointed zu Ti as General Fenwei and governor of Yuzhou. Zu Ti began to recover the Central Plains and occupied Qiaocheng.
In the second year of Taixing (319), Chen Chuan, the leader of the dock in Yuzhou, and Zu Ti were defeated in a fight. So he surrendered to Shi Le, and Zu Ti led his army to attack Chen Chuan. Shi Le sent Shi Hu to lead his troops to rescue and defeated Zu Ti, causing him to retreat to Huainan. However, Zu Ti launched a counterattack the next year and defeated the general Tao Bao who was guarding the old city of Chenchuan. He also invited the local Hou Zhao army to attack many times. This troubled the local Hou Zhao soldiers who stayed in the garrison town, and many of them defected to Zu Ti.
Because Zu Ti was good at pacifying, not only the people in the area south of the Yellow River surrendered to Zu Ti, but also the dock master in Hebei, Shile's base, reported to Zu Ti the situation of Hou Zhao. This made Shi Le dare not use military force to attack Yuzhou, so he decided He made peace with Zu Ti and allowed trade between the two places.At that time, Zu Ti's Yamentong Jian killed Xincai's internal history Zhou Mi and surrendered to Shi Le, but Shi Le killed Tong Jian and sent his head to Zu Ti. Zu Ti also did not accept those who betrayed Later Zhao and surrendered. In this way, the border between the two countries was stable, and the people of Yan and Hezhou could rest. However, many people actually had dual identities and belonged to both the Eastern Jin and Later Zhao.
In fact, Zu Ti has never forgotten the Northern Expedition. He used the profits obtained from trade to prepare military supplies, repaired Hulao City, looked out in all directions, and built barriers as a fortress to protect the land of Yuzhou. But Zu Ti died before the barrier was built. In the first year of Yongchang (322 years), Shi Le invaded the south again because Zu Ti had died. Zu Yue, who succeeded Zu Ti, could not resist and retreated south to Shouchun. Shi Le then left troops to station in Yuzhou. Yuzhou was once again in chaos and entered the power of Hou Zhao. scope. At the same time, Shi Le also sent troops to invade Xu and Yanzhou. The troops stationed there in the Eastern Jin Dynasty had no choice but to retreat south, and many local dock owners surrendered to Shi Le.
In the first year of Taining (323), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to attack and destroy Cao Yi, who had been separatist in Qingzhou, and conquered Qingzhou.
Dominated the north
In the second year of Taining (324), Shi Sheng, the governor of Later Zhao Sizhou, attacked Yin Ping, the prefect of Henan Province of former Zhao and killed him. He also plundered more than 5,000 households in Xin'an County. Since then, the war between the two countries has begun, and the two counties of Hedong and Hongnong, which are the borders between the two countries, have become battlefields. The following year, Wang Teng, the general of Xiyi Zhonglang, killed Cui Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, and surrendered Bingzhou to the former Zhao Dynasty. However, the governor of Jinsizhou, Li Ju, and the prefect of Yingchuan, Guo Mo, who were repeatedly defeated by Shi Sheng, sent envoys to attach themselves to the former Zhao State. Former Zhao launched a massive attack on Later Zhao. However, Liu Yue sent by the former Zhao Dynasty was defeated by Shi Hu, and more than 9,000 people were captured and killed. Wang Teng was also attacked and killed by Shi Hu. Li Ju and others were also defeated and fled south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. A large number of people from Zhao's tribe returned and surrendered. . After the war, Later Zhao had the land of Si, Yu, Xu and Yanzhou.
In the first year of Taihe (328), Shihu attacked Puban. Former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao personally led the elite troops from all over the country to rescue Puban and defeated Shihu. He then took advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang, which was guarded by Shisheng, and flooded the city with water. At the same time, he sent generals After attacking Jijun and Hanoijun, the whole country of Hou Zhao was shocked. Seeing this, Shi Le insisted on rescuing Luoyang himself despite Cheng Xia's dissuasion. He ordered Taobao, Shi Cong, and Shi Kan to wait until they met in Xingyang, and then he led his troops to attack Jinyong City in Luoyang. In December, Shi Le and the troops of Hou Zhao gathered in Chenggao. When they saw that Liu Yao had no defenders, they sneaked in with light troops. Liu Yao did not start preparing for defense until Shi Le crossed the Yellow River. He learned from Jie people captured on the front line that Shi Le was leading an army to attack and was even more frightened, so he relieved the siege and formed a formation at Luoxi. When Shi Le started to attack, he said: "Liu Yao's best strategy is to set up a large army to defend at Chenggao Pass; to intercept it with private troops at Luoshui is the next best thing; if we sit in Luoyang, I will capture him alive." Seeing Liu Yao arrayed at In Luoxi, Shi Le was very happy and believed that victory was certain. Then he, Shi Hu, Shi Kan, and Shi Cong attacked Liu Yao in three groups. They finally defeated the former Zhao Dynasty, captured Liu Yao alive and escorted him to Xiangguo.
The next year, Liu Xi, the former Prince of Zhao who stayed in Chang'an, was shocked when he learned that Liu Yao had been captured, so he abandoned Chang'an and rushed westward to Gui. All the towns and towns abandoned their defensive positions to follow, so there was great chaos in Guanzhong, and some former Zhao generals Chang'an City surrendered to Hou Zhao, and Shi Le sent Shi Hu to attack the remaining forces of the former Zhao in Guanzhong. Finally in August of that year, former Zhao Liu Yin led his army to counterattack Chang'an and was defeated by Shi Hu. All the princes and ministers of former Zhao were captured by Shi Hu. In the same year, Shi Le also killed Liu Yao, and former Zhao died. In the second year of Xianhe (327), Shi Le sent Shi Hu to defeat Dai Wang Tuoba Huna, and ordered the opponent to move to Daning to avoid his military threat. From then on, Zhao occupied almost the entire northern China except for the three regimes of Qianliang, Duanbu Xianbei's Liaoxi Kingdom and Murong Xianbei's Liaodong Kingdom. [32]
In February of the third year of Taihe (330), Shi Le was proclaimed King of Zhao, performed the emperor's affairs, established hundreds of officials, and enfeoffed a number of clans. In September, Shi Le officially proclaimed himself emperor.
ying Ye Fuzi
After Shi Le proclaimed himself emperor, he went to Yecheng in April of the following year, planning to build a new palace in Yecheng, as Zhang Bin said in the past, using it as a new capital. At that time, Tingwei Xuxian strongly opposed it, but Shi Le refused to accept it. Later, there was a flood in Zhongshan County, and more than a million large logs washed up with the water in Tangyang. Shi Le regarded this as God's help in building Yedu, so he officially implemented it and personally Inspect the project.
Shi Le made his son Shi Hong the crown prince when he proclaimed himself emperor. However, because Shi Hong loved writing and respected Confucian scholars, he was not as strong as Shi Le.
Shi Le's Tomb in Lishi Yulin Mountain, Luliang, Shanxi. However, Shi Hu, who was the Taiwei and Shangshu Ling at that time, had many soldiers and real power because of his outstanding military exploits. Both Xu Guang and Cheng Xia believed that once Shi Le died, Shi Hong would not be able to control Shi Hu; at the same time, they Because Shi Hu resented the two of them, they worried that if Shi Hu seized power, they and their clan would be destroyed. Therefore, they repeatedly made suggestions to Shi Le, asking for the strengthening of the crown prince's power, allowing the crown prince to be close to the government, and weakening Shi Hu's power. Shi Le finally ordered the Crown Prince to approve the petition, and Yan Zhen, the permanent minister of the Central Committee, assisted in the judgment. Only major matters of conquest and murder were sent to Shi Le for adjudication. As a result, Yan Zhen's power increased, while Shi Hu lost power and felt dissatisfied. But Shi Le never listened to the two men's suggestion to get rid of Shi Hu.
In the third year of Jianping (332 years), Shi Le went to Yecheng and went to Shi Hu's mansion. Shi Le knew about Shi Hu's dissatisfaction and promised to build a new mansion for him after the palace was completed to appease him. But in fact, Shi Hu was very dissatisfied since Shi Le granted the throne to Shi Hong in the third year of Taihe (330) when Shi Le became the king of heaven. When Santai was built in Yecheng, his family was forced to move, and he also held a grudge.
died of serious illness
Shi Le fell ill in the fourth year of Jianping (333). Shi Hu became a servant and ordered not to allow relatives and ministers to see Shi Le, so that no one knew about Shi Le's condition. Later, he summoned Shi Le to prepare for Shi Hu, and Shi Hong, the king of Qin, and Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, came to Xiang State and left them in Xiang State. Even though Shi Le immediately ordered the two people to return to their bases after knowing about it, Shi Hu still refused. He asked them to go back and even lied to Shi Le that they were on their way home. On Wuchen Day in July (August 17), Shi Le passed away at the age of sixty. His temple name was Gaozu, his posthumous title was Emperor Ming, and he was buried in Gaoping Mausoleum.
