Yao Chang was defeated by Fu Deng many times. He ordered Yao Chong to attack Fu Deng's baggage in Dajie, but he failed, and Fu Deng threatened the stability.
Faced with this situation, Yao Chang refused to engage in a decisive battle with Fu Deng and tried to win through tricks. So he led 30,000 troops at night to attack Dajie again, and finally conquered Dajie, killing Fu Deng, Empress Mao and others, and capturing dozens of former Qin soldiers alive. Famous general.
Yao Chang was not greedy for victory and refused to take advantage of the victory to attack Fu Deng. Fu Deng then gathered the remaining troops and retreated to Hu Kong Fort, but his vitality was seriously damaged.
Fu Deng attacked Anding, and Yao Chang defeated him in the east of Anding city.
The next year, Yao Chang fell ill.
Fu Deng took the opportunity to attack Anding. After Yao Chang's condition improved, he personally led his troops to resist. When Fu Deng left the camp to meet the attack, he ordered Yao Xilong to attack the former Qin army camp.
Yao Chang asked the army to follow Fu Deng. Fu Deng learned that the Hou Qin camp was empty and was even more frightened after losing his shadow. He had to be defeated and returned to Yongcheng (south of Fengxiang County, Shaanxi today).
Yao Chang died of illness, and his son Yao Xing succeeded him. Fu Deng was still a powerful threat to the Later Qin Dynasty.
Yao Shuode had the highest prestige and the strongest military force. In order to dispel Yao Xing's concerns, he went to Chang'an to express his attitude and recognized Yao Xing's leadership status, thereby easing the tense atmosphere in the Later Qin Dynasty.
If at this time, the three generals who controlled the heavy troops of the Later Qin divided their towns into stables, and their uncles Yao Xu and Yao Shuode of Yinmi (today's west of Lingtai County, Gansu) and their younger brother Yao Chong, who was guarding Chang'an, took the opportunity to launch a mutiny to usurp the throne, it is estimated that there would be Without Hou Qin, Fu Deng would definitely take the opportunity to attack and restore the country.
However, Yao Xing had a good uncle, and the former Qin Dynasty became history.
When Fu Deng heard the news of Yao Chang's death, he mobilized his army and marched eastward with all his strength, preparing to wipe out the Later Qin in one fell swoop.
The two armies fought a decisive battle at the abandoned bridge. In this battle, the Later Qin Dynasty won a complete victory. Fu Deng's army collapsed completely. Fu Deng gathered the remaining troops and fled to Pingliang (today's west of Pingliang, Gansu) and hid in Ma Mao Mountain.
Only then did Yao Xing officially mourn Yao Chang and ascended the throne in Huaili near the battlefield and proclaimed himself emperor.
Later, Yao Xing personally led his army to attack Ma Mao Mountain and defeated Fu Deng in one go. Fu Deng was also defeated and killed in this battle. In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Yao Xing dismissed Fu Deng's tribe and arranged for them to resume agricultural production.
By 399, Yao Xing began to encroach on the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At this time, the emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the Jin'an Emperor Sima Dezong, who was even more stupid than the Jin Hui Emperor Sima Zhong. The people who controlled the government were Sima Daozi and Sima Yuanxian's father and son.
In the volume "Overview of the Two Jin Dynasties", we have already mentioned that during this period, the political situation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was corrupt and corrupt, and the society was in turmoil.
After he led his troops to conquer Luoyang City, many local forces north of the Huaihe River and the Han River surrendered to Yao Xing.
Be diligent in political affairs, govern the country and bring peace to the people. Develop the economy, build water conservancy projects, care about agriculture, inherit Yao Chang's policies, vigorously promote Confucianism, and establish schools.
Unifying the Guanlong area, the three pillars of the Later Qin, Northern Wei, and Eastern Jin were established, and it became a powerful dynasty in the late Sixteen Kingdoms, second only to the Later Yan in national power.
Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Gui, sent an envoy to propose marriage to the Later Qin Dynasty, but was rejected. Later, the Northern Wei army attacked the Later Qin Dynasty and deposed Fu, Suguyan and other tribes. From then on, there began to be friction between the Later Qin and the Northern Wei Dynasty.
In 402, Yao Xing officially attacked the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the two armies fought in Chaibi (now Chaizhuang Village, Shishili south of Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province). Later, Rouran had a tendency to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, so Tuoba Gui led his troops and After returning, Qin was defeated and ended.
Yao Xing took advantage of the "Huanxuan Rebellion" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to expand his territory to the south and achieved results.
Taking advantage of the fall of the former Qin Dynasty, Qiu Chi was the one who restored the country.
Yang Ding, who followed Fu Jian, took the opportunity to return to Longyou, gathered his old tribesmen, and called himself General Longxiang and Duke Qiuchi. He recruited Di people, and the Han people became self-reliant. They went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and proclaimed themselves a vassal, which was known as the Houqiuchi Kingdom in history.
Later, Yang Ding returned to the battle with Qifugan of the Western Qin Dynasty, but was defeated and killed.
After the death of Yang Ding, his cousin Yang Sheng succeeded to the throne, with only two cities in Wudu and Yinping under his jurisdiction. In order to stabilize the situation, Yang Sheng successively claimed vassal status in the Later Qin, Eastern Jin, and Liu Song.
Liu Yu conquered Shu and recaptured Hanzhong. Qiu Chi's defenders were routed thousands of miles away and evacuated Liangzhou. Later, Qiu Chi's state presented a form of surrender, surrendered to Liu Yu, and surrendered to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
After being severely injured by Yao Xing of the Later Qin Dynasty, Yang Sheng was forced to send his son as a proton and accept Yao Xing's title.
After Yang Sheng's death, his son Yang Xuan succeeded to the throne.
In the early years of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, Yang Xuan accepted the canonization of the Liu Song Dynasty and became a minister of the Song Dynasty. Later, he also became a minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty and accepted the canonization of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
A weak country is not easy to mess with...
After Yang Xuan's death, his son Yang Baozong succeeded to the throne, but Yang Xuan's younger brother Yang Nandang deposed Yang Baozong and established himself on his own. Yang Nandang tried to make a difference and raised troops year after year.
Starting from 432, Qiuchi experienced successive years of famine. In order to get rid of the predicament, Yang Nandang sent troops to Liu Song and Northern Wei one after another.
Nine years later, Yang Nandang attacked Liu Song's Yizhou again, and Liu Song sent troops to counterattack. The Houqiu Chi Kingdom was also destroyed in this battle. Yang Nandang defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Perhaps because he occupied some southern land and Hou Qiu Chi became a vassal to Hou Qin, Yao Xing felt a little better about himself.
Under Yao Xing's advocacy and encouragement, the whole country of the Later Qin Dynasty believed in Buddhism. At that time, there were many temples and pagodas, and there were more than 5,000 monks in Chang'an alone. The number of Buddhists in various places reached "nine out of ten households" situation.
The style of sycophancy advocated by Yao Xing consumed a lot of material wealth, exhausted reserves and exhausted the people, which seriously affected the further development of social productivity in the Guanlong area. The national power of the Later Qin Dynasty began to decline and went downhill.
When things go to extremes, they must be reversed. No matter how good things are, they must have a limit.
Later, Yao Xing made a mistake in his decision-making, which caused the forces of the Later Qin to gradually withdraw from Hexi. In the same year, Yao Xing made another mistake and returned the twelve counties of Nanxiang to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which greatly weakened his own power.
What followed was Helianbobo's rebellion, which has been discussed before and will not be repeated here.
Taking advantage of the decline of the power of the Later Qin State, the Houqiu Chi State, which had been forced to surrender at first, took the opportunity to rebel. Yao Xing sent troops to attack Yang Sheng, but Yang Sheng defeated the many with less and fought back.
In May 414, Yao Xing suddenly fell seriously ill, and the princes began to fight for the throne. The "Eight Kings Rebellion" was staged again, but this time it was more pitiful than the Eight Kings Rebellion. The Sima brothers seized the throne. At least Sima Yan had already He died, but Yao Xing is still alive. His sons can no longer bear it.
This civil strife was quelled by Yao Xing's execution of Yao Bi. After Yao Xing died of illness, Prince Yao Hong ascended the throne.
However, at this time in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Yu appeared.
In the volume "Overview of the Two Jin Dynasties", when talking about the "Huanxuan Rebellion", it was mentioned incidentally that Liu Yu led troops to attack Jiankang and defeated Huanxuan who had proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang.
In fact, Liu Yu also followed the same path as Huan Wen. He first established achievements, such as pacifying Shu and pacifying Qiuchi. Now he took advantage of the civil strife in Later Qin and the new emperor had just ascended the throne to attack Later Qin.
Until the Eastern Jin army approached Luoyang, its Yuzhou prefecture, the Later Qin Dynasty was still at war with Daxia and Western Qin.
Such a situation was certainly not conducive to the Later Qin Dynasty. The battles with the Jin army could be described as defeats and retreats. Yao Hong was forced to surrender, and the Later Qin Dynasty was destroyed. It lasted for thirty-four years with three masters.
These emperors worked hard and worked hard in the past, but why did they relax after the country was stabilized? The right time, right place, and right people, but a key figure fell out of control, alas.
Helianbobo, who founded Daxia, was also recorded as a tyrant by historians.
"Book of Jin" contains:
Helianbobo was violent by nature, fond of killing people, and had no routine.
He often stood on the top of the city, with his bow and sword beside him, and killed anyone he felt disgusted with. If the ministers looked at him face to face, he would blind his eyes, and if anyone dared to laugh, he would cut off his lips.
If the remonstrator is accused of slander, his tongue will be cut out first, and then he will be killed.
The barbarians and Han people are all restless, and the people are in dire straits.
Someone analyzed Helianbobo’s psychology:
The enhancement of military strength and the expansion of the scope of jurisdiction increased the national self-confidence and pride of the Tiefu Xiongnu. At the same time, the Tiefu Xiongnu in the process of marching south also had deeper contact and realized the profoundness of Han culture, so they also showed
A cowardly mentality of not being confident.
As the nomads continue to penetrate into farming areas, the advantages of farming culture are increasingly felt by the nomads migrating south. Out of their yearning for farming culture and political needs, the inward-moving ethnic minorities invariably take various measures to improve their political, economic, and cultural
Absorb Chinese culture in many aspects. (To be continued)