In 319 A.D., Shile began to proclaim himself King of Zhao. It means that I will no longer listen to your Liu Yao's orders, and I will go it alone. And Shi Le quickly occupied a large area of land during Liu Yao's westward expedition, including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and other places. In this way, the situation in the world at that time began to change. The north was controlled by Liu Yaoshile, and the hometown of the Three Kingdoms in the south became the place controlled by the Sima family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was actually a copy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Shi Le in the north disobeyed Liu Yao, Liu Yao disobeyed Shi Le, and both of them cleaned up the surrounding forces that disobeyed them. Then these two people also have the possibility of war at any time. In the end, Shi Le couldn't help but make the first move.
In the seventh year of Guangchu, in the first month of 324 AD, Later Zhao (Shile's regime) Sizhou Thorn Shi Shisheng attacked the former Zhao Henan Taishou Yin Ping in Xin'an. As a result, after a few years of calm, the north once again set off the prelude to war, and the lives of the people fell into misery again. The result of this war was Yin Ping's defeat, and Shi Sheng plundered 5,000 households and returned. In ancient wars, on the one hand, the two sides had to fight for land, and on the other hand, they had to fight for population, because population was, after all, the primary productive force. But whether it is the plundering of land or the plundering of people, it is always the common people who suffer. From this time on, Hou Zhao's Shi Xiansheng went to Qianzhao's territory to harass him, and he didn't occupy any territory, he grabbed it when he came, robbed it if he had money, and robbed people if he didn't have money, anyway, as long as he came, he couldn't go back empty-handed. Moreover, the Later Zhao robbed the former Zhao generally in the area of today's Henan and Hebei along the Yellow River, mainly this place is a plain, the land is fertile, and it was a relatively developed place at that time.
It was in May of 325 A.D. the year after the outbreak of the war between the two Zhaos. Later Zhao's general Shi Sheng came to the former Zhao's territory again to plunder, this time it was different from the previous one, and he didn't leave if he occupied Luoyang. And with Luoyang as the center, they began to harass everywhere, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Sizhou Assassin Li Ju and Yingchuan Taishou Guo Mo (both of whom had contributed to the war between the previous Jin and the former Zhao) had few soldiers and not much food, they couldn't beat Shi Sheng, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty didn't count them anymore. The two of them sent a letter to Qianzhao, intending to attach themselves to Liu Yao.
Liu Yaowei felt that it was not appropriate for Hou Zhao's army to rob him on his own territory, and he also wanted to make some moves, at least let the people on Hou Zhao Shile's side restrain themselves. Liu Yao united with Li Ju and Guo Mo, and also sent Liu Yue and Hu Yanmo to lead the army into battle, and soon won the victory. killed more than 5,000 Hou Zhao troops, and besieged Hou Zhao's general Shi Sheng in Mengjin. Later Zhao's people did not ignore Shi Sheng, Shi Hu led an army of 40,000 to rescue Shi Sheng, and the main forces of both sides engaged in a battle west of Luoshui at Chenggao Pass, with the result that Hu Yanmo of Former Zhao was killed in battle and Liu Yue was besieged. This battle of Chenggao Pass proved that as far as the army was concerned, the army under Liu Yao was really inferior to Shi Le's.
Seeing that his generals were surrounded, Liu Yao personally led his troops to the rescue. It stands to reason that the veteran will come out, and there must be different reactions. It's a pity that even Liu Yao is not Shi Hu's opponent, and he has been defeated by Shi Hu twice in a row. In the Battle of Michi, Liu Yao could only lead his army back to Chang'an after another defeat, and he had no time to take care of his general Liu Yue. The stone beam that Liu Yue held on to was finally broken by Shi Hu, who killed more than 9,000 captured soldiers. Shi Hu proved to the world with his actions that they Hu people can be cruel enough to kill unarmed people at will.
Shi Hu, who had won a series of battles in Yuzhou, completely played a momentum, he continued to attack Bingzhou, captured Wang Teng, who was guarding here, and killed Wang Teng and more than 7,000 of his men. In Shi Hu's eyes, there is no morality, he only believes in the butcher knife in his hand, and no one cannot be killed. Shi Hu continued to gallop his horse, he defeated Guo Mo, he defeated Li Ju. His iron hooves can trample on innocent people at will, his soldiers can rob the people's property at will, they can disregard human life, and they can be cruel to the point of heinous cruelty. In short, Shi Hu is a murderous maniac, and we must also remember a bloodthirsty bastard who is the one who makes this troubled world even more chaotic.
The once majestic Liu Yao finally became silent after the defeat he experienced. However, his silence could not be exchanged for peace, and at this time, the princes of the side who had submitted to him also began to be restless, and raised the banner of opposing Liu Yao's title. Who are these princes?How will Liu Yao deal with this crisis?Stay tuned for the next installment!