The Han regime established by the Xiongnu Liu Yuan was originally intended to replace the Jin Dynasty and then restore the rule of the Han Dynasty. If he really gets this done, then our ancient history is very likely to have the same emperors as Japan.
Although Liu Yuan was not a descendant of Liu Bang's concubine, the Han Dynasty, which lasted for more than 400 years and the Blessing of the Shu Han Dynasty for more than 40 years, had long been deeply rooted in the minds of the people. Moreover, there was only a gap of 52 years between the jin dynasty's rule, and Liu Yuan restored the banner of the Han Dynasty, which was not a big problem.
Unfortunately, Liu Yuan's Han kingdom did not last long before there was a huge split. Due to the Jin Zhun Rebellion, the Han Kingdom was directly divided into two:
Liu Yuan's subordinate Son, Liu Yao (劉曜), who was then the Xiangguo ( Xiangguo ) , chose to move the capital to Chang'an and establish himself as emperor after quelling the Jin Rebellion. At the same time, the name of the country was changed to Zhao, and the history was called Former Zhao.
In the same year, Shi Le, a young boy of the Xiong clan who was born of slavery, broke away from the rule of the Han State with heavy troops, and called himself the King of Zhao and Da Dan Yu in the Xiang Kingdom, and his political history was called Later Zhao.
The plan to restore the foundation of the Han Room was so ruined that neither Liu Yao nor Shi Le carried the banner of "Han" up. It can be seen that the number of Han Dynasty qi has been exhausted. So in the battle between former Zhao and Later Zhao, who can win?
First, Shi Le took Hezhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, and the balance of strength reversed.
Although Shi Le had made outstanding achievements in battle, he was a migrant worker in the past, so when he separated his family and went it alone, he did not have much capital in his hands, and he could not compare with Liu Yao, who occupied Chang'an.
Therefore, after Shi Le raised his army, he did not confront Liu Yao head-on at the first time, but first accumulated strength.
First, defeat Liu Kun and take hezhou.
In 316 AD, Shi Le marched into the prefecture. This was originally Liu Kun's territory, and although Liu Kun was a big hero, his reputation was very loud. However, the real combat ability was not as good as Shi Le, and during the war between the two sides, Liu Kun was ambushed and could only slip away in disgrace.
After Liu Kun ran away, Shi Le's army completely occupied hezhou. Since then, the base of the Jin Dynasty in the north has disappeared, and Sima Rui in the south has only sighed helplessly.
Second, defeat Duan Piluo and take Youzhou.
In 318 AD, Liu Kun had no way to go, and the south road was obstructed and long, so he had to defect to the nearer Duan Pijiao. At that time, the Xianbei chieftain Duan Piluo had just taken Jixian County and occupied Youzhou. Unfortunately, because Duan Pilei suspected that Liu Kun had gathered a crowd to empty himself, he killed Liu Kun.
This matter caused an uproar, Liu Kun is a great hero of the Han nationality, how can he say kill and kill? Therefore, several people and horses who had been attracted by Liu Kun all chose to leave Duan Piling.
Duan Pilei blinked his eyes, and everyone rebelled. Seeing the opportunity, Shi Le sent his general Kong Cang (孔苌) to march into Youzhou, beating Duan Pilei and abandoning his armor, and since then Shi Le has been sitting in Youzhou.
Third, defeat Shao Xu and Duan Piluo and take Jizhou.
In 320, Duan Pi had nowhere to go, so he had to defect to Jizhou to assassinate Shi Shao. Shao Xu and Duan Pilei joined forces and indeed defeated another leader of the Xianbei Duan clan, Duan Mobo (murong Chui, the founding prince of Later Yan).
Just as Duan Pilei happily went out of the city to pursue Duan Wanbo, Shi Le saw the opportunity to attack the city of Weici. Because at that time, Shao Xu was weak and weak, and was transferred by Duan Pilei to take away a group of people and horses, so it was not long before Shao Xu was captured by Shi Le.
After returning, Duan Piluo still wanted to eat a celebration feast, who knew that the home was stolen by others. As a result, his troops scattered and fled, and were once again defeated by Shi Le. Since then, the land of Jizhou has fallen into the hands of Shi Le.
Fourth, defeat Cao Ling and take Qingzhou.
In 323, Cao Ling had been emperor of Tu in Qingzhou for 12 years. In the past, he was ostensibly attached to Former Zhao, but in fact his heart was to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while his body was very honest, and he always relied on Qingzhou and expanded it into his own sphere of influence.
Shi Le really couldn't stand it, how could there be such a great character under his eyes? Therefore, he sent his nephew Shi Hu to attack Qingzhou with more than 40,000 people.
Although Cao Ling had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, he had not fought a war for a long time and lived a leisurely life in Shandong. Seeing so many Tiger and Wolf Masters at this moment, I was instantly instigated.
Cao Ling had planned to find a small island to hide, but he encountered the epidemic again, and in desperation, he had to raise his hands and surrender. Since then, Qingzhou has fallen into Shi Le's pocket.
After 8 years of hard work, Shi Le finally took Hezhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou one after another, sitting on the entire land of Hebei. In contrast, Liu Yao, who was self-reliant in the same period, the gap was immediately reflected.
Second, Liu Yao was not idle, but he could not catch up with the pace of Shi Le's progress.
Between Liu Yao and Shi Le, there should have been a battle a long time ago, in fact, the sooner he started, the more advantageous it would be for Liu Yao. Unfortunately, Liu Yao did not see this clearly at that time, he felt that everyone had developed well and there was always a day to fight.
In fact, Liu Yao has his own calculations, and if Shi Le wants to expand, the difficulty coefficient is at least five stars, because Liu Kun in Hezhou, Duan Pilei in Youzhou, and Shao Xu in Jizhou are not easy to provoke, and they can be described as difficult.
On the other hand, Liu Yao's own side, these "small miscellaneous hairs" in the Guanlong area, are easy to clean up, and the difficulty coefficient is about equal to zero. Are you saying that Liu Yao should laugh?
What Liu Yao asked to clean up was basically the gathering tribes of the Hu and Qiang ethnic minorities in the Guanlong area, which were scattered and weak, and could not be compared with Liu Yao's regular army.
Therefore, Liu Yao spent several years to subdue the Qiang and Yu military groups in the Guanlong region.
After eliminating these small forces, Liu Yao began to mobilize troops against the Zhang clique (formerly Liang) in Liangzhou. The founder of the Zhang Group, Zhang Rail, was the Liangzhou Assassin of the Western Jin Dynasty. After the great chaos of the Western Jin Dynasty, the old Zhang family occupied the mountain here as king.
When Liu Yao came, Zhang Rail had died, and now the person who serves as the Assassin of Liangzhou is Zhang Mao, Zhang Rail's second son. Zhang Mao was accustomed to a peaceful life, and when he saw Liu Yao coming with 200,000 troops, he was frightened and rushed to pay tribute, and liangzhou became Liu Yao's territory from then on.
In this way, Liu Yao has also successively pacified the Guanlong region in recent years, occupied the territory of the former Qin state, swept away the worries of the future, and finally had the idea of marching into the Central Plains. But looking back at Shi Le, he was dumbfounded, he had been in vain for so many years, Shi Le had occupied all the states and counties in Hebei, and his strength was far beyond himself.
Third, the narrow road meets the brave to win, and Shi Le fights Liu Yao.
In 324 AD, the first to do it was Shi Le. Shi Le had already taken Hebei, and at this time, of course, it was time to march into the Central Plains. Only by taking Luoyang can we declare the legitimacy of Later Zhao to the world in a dignified manner, otherwise no matter how strong the strength is, it will only be a divided regime.
In the first battle, Former Zhao won a complete victory.
Shi Le sent Shi He to attack the Northern Qiang king Pengju Jie, who was attached to Former Zhao. The process was very smooth, and Shi He was still a little excited, after all, he had captured a lot of soldiers and cattle and sheep.
But before he could hold a celebration banquet, Liu Yao got the news, and without saying a word, he sent Liu Yue to pursue Shi Him. At the same time, Liu Yao himself also led troops to Fuping to support Liu Yue.
Good fellow, the two sides fought a big battle, Shi his army was killed more than 1500 people, and more than 5000 people fell into the Yellow River, drowning alive. Even Shi He himself was defeated and died. This battle Liu Yao can be said to have taken full advantage.
In the second battle, Shi Hu beat Former Zhao to the point of abandoning his armor.
Before Liu Yao could be happy, Shi Le actively responded to it. Later, Zhao Shisheng first invaded Xin'an, killed Taishou, and captured more than 5,000 prisoners.
Liu Yao was furious and immediately counterattacked:
First, Liu Yao sent Liu Yue to lead 15,000 troops to cross the river from Mengjin to Luoyang and attack Shisheng.
Secondly, Liu Yao joined forces with Li Zhi (李矩) and Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo (颍川太守郭莫) to attack Shi Sheng in Luoyang.
In addition, Liu Yao sent the Zhendong general Hu Yanmo to lead the men and horses of Jingzhou and Sizhou to march east from Kunshu and approach Later Zhao territory.
After this wave of arrangements, Shi Sheng, who was alone and deep, immediately couldn't laugh out loud, and he saw that he was about to eat soil in Jin Yong City, at this time there was good news from Shi Le's side, and reinforcements arrived!
The person leading the reinforcements was none other than Shi Hu, Shi Le's most famous nephew. Shi Hu came from Gaoguan with an army of 40,000 and fought Liu Yue first, defeating him and cutting off his grain routes. Subsequently, he beheaded former Zhao's Zhendong general Hu Yanmo.
This wave of operations frightened the Few Taishou of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who did not dare to move. Liu Yao had no choice but to support Liu Yue with his scalp, not knowing that this was Shi Hu's move to besiege the city and provide aid.
Before Liu Yao arrived at the scene, due to the panic in the army (the reason is unknown), the soldiers scattered in large numbers, and had to return to Chang'an in advance. Liu Yue was thus abandoned for treatment.
Although Shi Hu was a little disappointed, he still had Liu Yue in his hand, and he didn't suffer a loss. He sent Liu Yue to Xiangguo, and himself killed 16,000 former Zhao soldiers.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty Assassin Shi Li Zhi saw that the situation was not right, and chose to surrender to Zhao. Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo was not Shi Hu's opponent at all, so he had to go south to Jiankang and take refuge. From then on, Sizhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and other places also fell into Shi Le's Later Zhao territory. The balance of strength is completely reversed.
Ending: The Battle of Luoyang, Shi Le won a complete victory.
At this time, Former Zhao was far from being Hou Zhao's opponent. From active attack to passive beating, it is only a matter of moments. But Liu Yao still wanted to struggle, and he began to actively defend.
Shi Le naturally refused to let him go, and continued to send Shi Hu to march on Kasaka. Under the battle of the backwater, Liu Yao selected the most elite troops to rescue Kasaka. A miracle finally happened, in this battle, Shi Hu was defeated miserably, and history said: after the Zhao army Chen corpse more than 200 miles.
Good guys, Liu Yao seems to have the hope of overturning! Shi Le was also alert, when Liu Yao led an army of 100,000 troops to Luoyang, Shi Le also marched into Luoyang in three ways, and the final battle finally began!
It can be said that this battle is a matter of life and death, and whoever wins is the hegemon of the north. But at this critical moment, Liu Yao's drinking addiction actually rose again!
What's going on? Say drink and don't ride a horse, ride a horse and don't drink? Liu Yao drank wine and rode his horse to this great armageddon. As a result, he fell off his horse countless times.
The boss is such a virtuous person, do you think his men can still work hard? Therefore, in the great armageddon, Liu Yao's army was defeated miserably, and more than 50,000 people were captured, and Liu Yao himself was drunkenly captured by Shi Le's army.
Good fellow, this is obviously a waiver of treatment! However, Liu Yao was still very dignified before his death, and when Shi Le asked Liu Yao to write to his son Liu Xi and let Liu Xi surrender, Liu Yao wrote such a sentence: Do a good job, leave me alone!
Since then, Former Zhao has perished, and Later Zhao has become the hegemon of the north.
Reference: Book of Jin