So Shi Hu appointed Fu Hong as General Longxiang and Commander-in-Chief of Liuren, and asked him to supervise the matter in detail. Later, Fu Hong made outstanding military achievements and was named

So Shi Hu appointed Fu Hong as General Longxiang and Commander-in-Chief of Liuren, and asked him to supervise the matter in detail. Later, Fu Hong made outstanding military achievements and was named the Duke of Xiping County. More than 2,000 of his subordinates were granted the title of marquis in the pass. Fu Hong became the leading general in the pass. His power was overwhelming for a while and he became the powerful faction of Later Zhao. Although Fu Hong's third surrender was forced, it objectively accelerated the establishment of his imperial hegemony. Fu Hong's power gradually grew, and he gained Shi Hu's respect, which aroused Ran Min's jealousy. Ran Min suggested to Shi Hu that Fu Hong should be eliminated to avoid future troubles, but Shi Hu didn't listen. After Shi Hu died and Shi Zun came to the throne, Ran Min encouraged Shi Zun. Shi Zun couldn't afford to offend Ran Min, so he removed Fu Hong from his post as governor. Fu Hong saw that the situation was not good and there were no more troublemakers in the later Zhao Dynasty, so he retreated to Fangtou and sent envoys to surrender to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Fu Hong quickly established a foothold in Fangtou and began to cultivate and develop his own power. Relying on his former prestige, some refugees came to seek refuge one after another, and soon the number increased to more than 100,000, gradually becoming a powerful figure in the separatist faction

Of course there is charm when you have strength. In fact, Fu Hong's attitude quickly made a 180-degree turn. After Ran Min fell out with Shi Zhao, Shi Jian replaced Shi Zun and proclaimed himself emperor. He also wanted to win over Fu Hong and made him the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Guanzhong, the general of the expedition to the west, the pastor of Yongzhou, and the governor of Qinzhou. This time, Fu Hong ignored it and said disdainfully to his subordinates, "I can't bear to do evil to the emperor. Can't I be the emperor myself?" The tone became so hard. In Lu Weibing's view, on the one hand, Fu Hong was still angry with Hou Zhao; on the other hand, Fu Hong had his own team, so apprentice Nie Ker had bargaining power; More importantly, Fu Hong now has full wings, has the ambition to dominate, and no longer wants to look at other people's faces. The Eastern Jin Dynasty also attached great importance to Fu Hong, appointing him as the General of the Northern Expedition, the Commander-in-Chief of the Hebei Military, the Governor of Jizhou, and the Duke of Guangchuan, specializing in the Northern Expedition. It should be said that both sides had their own thoughts when Fu Hong surrendered to the Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty took in Fu Hong. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was suspected of taking advantage of Fu Hong and wanted to use Hu to control the Hu. The temporary expedient was to rely on the big trees to provide shade, so that they could gain a good reputation and take advantage of the chaos to seize Guanzhong and establish their own hegemony. In fact, not long after Fu Hong left the army, he claimed to be a general, a great chanyu, and the king of the Three Qin Dynasties, leaving the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family aside

Man's fate is not as good as God's. Poor Fu Hong, a hero who had calculated his whole life, had both sides in troubled times, and was able to navigate the battles with ease, but he didn't expect that his boat capsized in the gutter in the end. He had always relied on surrender to make his fortune, but in the end he died at the hands of the surrendered general Ma Qiu. It must be said that history played a big joke on him. Ma Qiu was originally a general of Later Zhao. Ran Minhuo conquered Later Zhao, and Ma Qiu was captured by Fu Hong and appointed as a military advisor. Ma Qiu was still very talented as a strategist, and the strategic idea for seizing Guanzhong came from Ma Qiu's suggestions. But Ma Qiu was also very ambitious. He always wanted to subjugate others and seize power. Finally, he poisoned Fu Hong to death during a banquet. When Fu Hong was about to die, he told his son Fu Jian that I would die. You rushed into the pass and gave your last words: the policy remains unchanged and we capture Guanzhong. Subsequently, Fu Jian followed Fu Hong's legacy and defeated the Qiang forces represented by Yao Yizhong, monopolized Guanzhong, and established a powerful pre-Qin empire. Later, Fu Jian destroyed Qianliang and Dai, captured Liang and Yizhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and won the confrontation with Murong Qianyan, completing the only unification of the north during the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period. It can be said that Fu Hong played an indispensable role in establishing the hegemony of the former Qin Dynasty.