Shi Huan was Shi Donglai's eldest son. Because his father's legs were inconvenient, he made this trip for his father.
In fact, Shi Donglai also wanted his eldest son to have more contact with the King of Jin. As the eldest son is the heir of his family, he must be able to take charge of his own affairs and cannot rely on himself for everything.
Shi Huan was about fifty years old. In his early years in Hexi, he became very familiar with Guo Song and established a good personal relationship.
In the guest hall, Shi Huanzheng was pacing back and forth with deep thoughts. Today is the first day of the New Year. Is it appropriate for him to tell King Jin the news?
But the news was indeed important and he could not delay it any longer.
At this time, there were rapid footsteps outside. Shi Huan turned around and saw Guo Song walking over quickly, followed by Pan Liao and Zhang Qiu'an.
Shi Huan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See His Highness the King of Jin!"
"You're welcome, let's sit down and talk! Did something happen to Sui Ye?"
Shi Huan nodded, "I just received news from my third uncle Shi Dongyu that Suiye City has been lost!"
Guo Song was shocked and asked quickly: "Why was it lost? Who captured it?"
"We were attacked by the Khazar army and occupied Broken Leaf City."
"What about Ma Weijiang? Don't worry, tell me what happened in detail."
"Reporting to Your Highness, about two months ago, the black-clad Dashi sent 30,000 troops from Khorasan to Shiguo. A month ago, the black-clothed Dashi suddenly attacked the Kesai City of Bakhna. The Tang army defending the city asked Suiye for help.
, Ma Weijiang asked the chief general of the Khazar army, Groling, to send troops to Bukhana. The Khazar army seemed to have sent out part of its army, and Ma Weijiang personally led an army of 20,000 to fight against Bukhana. About ten days ago, Groling suddenly led an army
An army of ten thousand attacked Suiye and captured Suiye City. I don’t know the situation of Bukhanna yet. At the moment, I only know that Suiye was lost."
"Bang!" Guo Song punched the table with great anger.
"Is this the strategic partner Ma Weijiang introduced? He clearly introduced a wolf, and was eventually eaten by the wolf. I was so disappointed."
"Your Highness, please calm down first!"
Pan Liao advised: "There is no news from Anxi yet, let's see if Ma Weijiang can counterattack Suiye and succeed."
Guo Song shook his head, "Do you think it's possible? They are facing an elite army of 30,000 people. Will Dashi give him a chance?"
Zhang Qiu'an also advised: "Now that things have happened, it is useless for us to be anxious. We can only find out the situation first and see if Ma Weijiang wants to lead his army to withdraw to Beiting. Your Highness, this cannot be solved in a short while."
We can only take a longer-term view of things."
Guo Song thought about it and could only do this. He was really depressed. On the first day of the new year, something happened to Suiye.
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The news of broken leaves will not arrive for at least ten days and a half, so let’s not mention it for now.
Let's turn the time back one day, to noon on New Year's Eve.
At the Tian Clan Ancestral Hall in Yuancheng County, the Tian family's sacrifices began at noon. Tian Chengsi's sons, brothers, nephews, and Tian family members who came from Yanmen County, Hedong, totaled one to two hundred people.
The Tian family's sacrifices are more complicated. They first sacrifice to the ancestors of the Tian family, sacrifice at noon, and then drink and eat. At midnight, Tian Yue will lead his brothers and uncles to worship Tian Chengsi.
Because Tian Chengsi founded the Wei State, ministers and generals will also participate in the sacrifice. This is not an ordinary family sacrifice, but more like a national sacrifice.
After the family sacrifice at noon, it was time for the whole clan to have a dinner together. The Tian family had always been heroic and drank like a cow. Everyone took turns toasting to Tian Yue. Tian Yue could not resist the enthusiasm of the clan members. He drank many large bowls and was drunk.
drunk.
Several soldiers helped him to sleep in the back room of the ancestral hall.
Tian Xu hid aside, drinking and watching Tian Yue's every move.
Xu Shize told him that an opportunity would appear today and asked him to seize the opportunity. Tian Xu found that there was indeed an opportunity. Only a few of Tian Yue's 300 soldiers were with him, and Tian Yue was drunk in the ancestral hall.
Instead of the tightly guarded Wei Palace, Tian Xu immediately realized that an opportunity had come.
Of course he would not do it himself. He had ambushed hundreds of dead soldiers and could frame the bandit Li Bao in Chiyan Village. In order to cooperate with Tian Xu, Li Bao received Zhu Si's order and led a group of people to appear in the Yuancheng area. Once
If Tian Xu succeeds, they will show up and focus everyone's suspicion on him.
Tian Yue was very drunk and was sleeping soundly in the back room of the ancestral hall. Several personal guards stood at the door. Their main duty was to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in and disturbing the lord's rest.
At this time, several men in white appeared on the back wall. They jumped over the wall and rolled to the back window of the house. The leader poked a hole in the window and looked inside, only to see Tian Yue.
Lying on his back and sleeping soundly, his snoring filled the room. Looking around, he didn't even see any personal guards.
The leader of the men in white was overjoyed. He pulled out his dagger and pried open the back window. He pointed at the window to his men behind him. Two of his men quickly held up the window for him. The leader of the men in white jumped into the room with a slight jump and quickly rushed to the bed.
side.
Slowly pulling out the horizontal knife, he raised the horizontal knife high and chopped it down hard. Poor Tian Yue was sleeping soundly and without any precautions, his neck was cut off by the knife...
"Who?"
The two personal guards guarding the door of the outer room heard the noise and rushed in immediately.
Several men in white clothes at the window fired crossbows at the same time. One of the guards was hit, and he immediately let out a scream.
Under the cover of the crossbow, the leader of the men in white jumped out of the back window and led everyone to escape over the wall.
At this time, the guards outside rushed in and found that the body of the lord had been separated. They screamed in shock. The Tian clan members who were drinking came to hear the news and learned that King Wei Tian Yue had been assassinated. Everyone was shocked.
Already.
Tian Xu was extremely angry and shouted: "The assassins must still be in the city, close the city gate immediately, conduct a thorough search, and cut them into pieces!"
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The news of Tian Yue's murder spread quickly throughout the city. Meng Xiyou, the defense commander of Yuancheng, had already been bribed by Tian Xu. He immediately ordered the city gates to be closed, the entire city under martial law, and the assassins arrested. At this time, someone broke out in the west city.
Tian Xu, wearing a helmet and a sword in his hand, led two thousand troops and rushed to the west gate. They saw that the west gate was in a mess, with corpses strewn on the ground. The city gate was wide open, and some people escaped.
"What's going on?" Tian Xu yelled.
The school captain stepped forward and said tremblingly: "General Qi, a group of people, about four to five hundred people, suddenly rushed out just now."
"Who are they?" Meng Xiyou asked next to him.
"The leader seems to be Li Bao!"
"Chiyan Village Li Bao?" Tian Xu was stunned.
"It seems to be him!"
Tian Xu and Meng Xiyou looked at each other in shock. Everyone knew that Zhu Si was behind Li Bao. Li Bao appeared in Yuancheng at this time. I am afraid that the death of King Wei was related to Zhu Si.
Tian Xu sent an army to chase Li Bao, and he immediately summoned the generals at the Wei Palace to discuss the funeral. It happened to be the New Year, and Wang You went back to his hometown in Bozhou to worship his ancestors. Xu Shize was the only military advisor.
Meng Xiyou said to everyone: "Li Bao broke out of the city just now. The death of King Wei must be related to Zhu Si. Everyone, Zhu Si's army will definitely take the opportunity to invade the north. When Wei's life and death are at stake, we must prepare for war immediately. I suggest that Shenwu Da The general will serve as the governor."
General Shenwu was Tian Xu, and all the generals started talking about it. No one expressed support. Tian Xu was greedy for money, lustful, and morally dissatisfied with others. Tian Xu was a little anxious. He stepped out and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. Say something."
The generals calmed down, and Tian Xu said: "I understand everyone's feelings. I, Tian Xu, am not coveting my brother's throne. I just don't want to see my father's foundation destroyed by Zhu Si's thieves. I must stand up. I promise everyone with my father's spirit in heaven." , I am only temporarily acting as the military governor, and will not serve as the king of Wei. When my nephew grows up, I will definitely return the position of military governor to him and support him as the king of Wei."
This was Xu Shize's plan. Tian Xu would only temporarily take over the position of Jiedushi instead of becoming the King of Wei, so that everyone's resistance would be less.
As for swearing and swearing, that's just a play on words. When the nephew grows up, the seat will be returned to him, but what if the nephew doesn't grow up?
Tian Xu made it clear that he was only the temporary leader, not the king of Wei, and was using the name of the old prince as a guarantee. The generals considered that if Zhu Si really attacked, it would be difficult for them to resist, so everyone reluctantly expressed their willingness to obey Tian Xu's command. , to resist Zhu Si’s attack.
Tian Xu got his wish and sat on the position of Jiedushi, but he was still unwilling to accept it. In the room, he said to Xu Shize angrily: "What I want is the King of Wei. This Jiedushi of Wei Bo is useless!"
Xu Shize smiled sinisterly and said: "Sixth Master, whether it is the king of Wei or the position of Jiedushi, they are all empty. Military power is the most important. As long as the sixth master has the military power, not to mention the king of Wei, you You can be an emperor if you want."
Tian Xu thought it was right. He felt much better and asked again: "What should I do now?"
Xu Shize said calmly: "There are two urgent tasks now. One is to open Tian Yue's treasury and reward the powerful generals with gold, silver and jewels to win over people's hearts; and the second thing is to send people to Bozhou to kill the king. Yu."