The Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: The Competition in the Central Plains

In the evening, the two camps were completed and soldiers guarded each camp gate. Yiyu said to the chiefs and leaders:"Today the soldiers are quite tired. After dinner, let the soldiers take turns to rest. Each camp gate must be guarded by at least a hundred people. Brothers should also be sent to patrol and guard inside the camp. , the patrolling brothers change every hour."

"Got the order!"The eight chiefs and leaders bowed their hands and saluted, and prepared to go down.

On the east side of the embankment, Liu Gong, the general of Zhengxi, guarded the west gate of Fushi, Hu Yanqing, the general of Fuwei guarding the east gate, Shiwu, the king of Xiutu, guarded the south gate, and Shi Wu, the king of Xiutu, guarded the north gate. Pingxian and Qiu Zhongbo from the gate came one after another and asked to join forces to attack Yiyu, who had camped southwest of Fushi. You Ziyuan smiled and said:"I understand what you generals are thinking, but the enemy has just left the city to camp, and their numbers are not as large as ours." Evenly matched. Although the battles in the past few days were not large in scale, the soldiers were also a little tired. If we start a war now, both sides will suffer losses. This is not the result we want. It would be better to catch him by surprise in the middle of the night and attack him unprepared, and get twice the result with half the effort. At midnight tonight, Ping Xian and Qiu Zhongbo led their troops to gather at the west gate and joined forces with General Liu Gong to attack the camp to the west of Yiyu. General Fuwei Hu Yanqing led his men and horses to gather at the south gate, and joined forces with King Xiutu Shiwu to attack the camp to the east of Yiyu. There must be no mistake!"

"Okay, General Mo will obey, we will go back and prepare now!"Several generals have gone back.

In the camp to the west of Yiyu, southwest of Fushi, Yiyu is discussing with his chiefs and generals how to attack Youziyuan tomorrow. Yiyu said:"Although we failed five times, fortunately we suffered casualties. It's not too big and doesn't break your bones. My father is planning to surrender, so why not fight it out? We will let the soldiers have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow we will fight to the death with You Ziyuan."

A chief asked:"Sir, are there going to be patrols at night?"

"Of course, this cannot be missing. Not only do we need people to patrol, but we also need people to guard the camp gates. We also need to send dozens of spies to each enemy camp to get information, so as to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp and robbing the camp at night and making a surprise attack on us."Yi Yu said

"I admire you for taking precautions!"Several chiefs and leaders said.

After nightfall, dozens of people wearing the clothes of Shangjun people sneaked out of various camp gates, and then went to several camps far away from Fushi. Two spies came Ximen, and then split up. A spy went to the camp far west of the embankment and hid in the grass south of the camp gate to observe. The camp gate was wide open, and several night patrol soldiers carrying lanterns were walking back and forth inside the camp gate. Patrolling. At this time, a man who looked like a general came to the gate of the camp. He looked at the soldiers guarding the gate and quickly saluted and said,"General Liu is here!" Liu

Gong nodded, looked outside the camp gate and asked,"Is there nothing wrong?""

"No, everything is fine!"A soldier replied. Another soldier asked:"We may have to fight the Di and Qiang tomorrow. Is the general sleeping?"

"I just assigned tasks for tomorrow, now I’m ready to take a rest! Liu Gong said.

After saying that, Liu Gong went back. Seeing Liu Gong walking away, several soldiers outside the camp gate said quietly:"The brothers who will change the shift will be here soon. Shall we have a drink?""

"Should, should! I have been fighting all these days, which is hard and tiring. This war is no different from farming. If you are not careful, your life will be lost."The third soldier said.

The spy slowly came out of the grass and went back to the camp. The other spies also came back one after another. Yi Yu was sitting on it, and several chiefs and generals were also waiting for news. See the spies They all came back, and Yi Yu said:"Tell us all about the snooping!"

The spies who scouted You Ziyuan's camp first told what they saw and heard. The other spies also told what they found. Yi Yu smiled and said,"It seems that You Ziyuan has the same idea as us. Prepare for tomorrow's battle. Everyone, please go back to camp and rest, and pay attention to arranging patrol brothers and sentries at the entrance of the camp. After breakfast tomorrow, attack the west gate and south gate!"

"Okay, sir!"The chiefs and leaders saluted Yi Yu and returned to the camp to rest.

An hour later, just after midnight, the 20,000 horses of Liu Gong, Ping Xian and Qiu Zhongbo from the west gate were assembled. At the same time, Shi Wu from the south gate The 20,000 men and horses gathered with Hu Yanqing were also ready to go. Shi Wu and Hu Yanqing saw the flames rising to the sky to the west of Fu Shi, and vaguely heard the shouts of killing coming and going, and knew that Ximen had begun to take action. Hu Yanqing and Shi Wu stood in line In front of him, Hu Yanqing said:"Brothers, attack the enemy's camp to the east immediately!"

Liu Gong, Pingxian, and Qiu Zhongbo led their men and horses and rushed to the front. Yiyu's men and horses in the two camps never thought that the enemy would come to steal the camp in the middle of the night. There was a chaos in the two camps. , some were looking for swords, some were looking for shields, some were looking for where the bows and arrows were placed, and it was chaos. In a hurry, Yiyu and several chiefs and generals directed the soldiers who had just woken up from their sleep to start a counterattack , it was already too late!

Both camps had been captured by You Ziyuan's soldiers. Seeing that the situation was over, Yi Yu led the two chiefs and the remaining soldiers to flee back to the city from the west gate. The remaining men and horses of the east camp were also in a miserable state. Escaped from the south gate back to Fushi City.

The 10,000 troops led by You Ziyuan were not far from the west gate, but they did not pursue and beat the troops led by Yi Yu, but allowed them to escape back to Fushi City. The city gate was then closed.

The sky gradually grew brighter, and Xu Chuquanqu was waiting for news. Seeing his son Yiyu and several chiefs and leaders coming back covered in blood, he knew something was wrong. Xu Chuquanqu asked,"Did it fail again?" Already? Now that you know it now, why bother then! This is the price of impulse!"

Xu Chuquanqu sat down for a while, stood up again, and was restless. Yiyu and several chiefs and leaders knelt below, not daring to raise their heads. Xu Chuquanqu looked at his son and generals below, and said helplessly:" If we had accepted You Ziyuan's surrender document, Fushi City would be intact now! Not a single soldier will be lost. What's good now? Thousands of tribesmen have been injured or killed, and the city is still besieged by wanderers. What should we do?"

"Okay, everyone, get up! Kneeling is useless!"Xu Chuquanqu said. Only then did Yiyu and the chiefs and leaders dare to stand up, and then sat down tremblingly.

"After breakfast, you follow me out of the city and surrender to You Ziyuan! Not only must we surrender, we must also surrender according to the customs of our Qiang people, and we must wear our hair and cut our faces!"Xuchi Quanqu said.

The west gate of Fushi City was wide open, and disheveled Xu Quanqu was riding on a horse, with several lines drawn on his face with a brush. Behind him were his son Yiyu and more than a dozen chiefs and leaders. You Ziyuan led The generals under his command were waiting in line at Fushi Ximen. When they came to Youziyuan, Xuchuquanqu quickly dismounted, and the others also got off their horses. Youziyuan also took a few steps to meet him. Xuchuquanqu said:"Seeing you General You, I am so ashamed! These days, the general's words were not obeyed, which led to the military disaster. From now on, I have emptied my power and removed the title of King of Qin. I am willing to be your Majesty's vassal. Please allow me, General!"