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 toong's death. Ill therefore eager for instant vengeance ; and though there had been, as yet, not a year of peace, he marched, in 391, to Lookow. He could do nothing then but look on and prepare ; but even three years later, his impatient spirit had still to chafe in vain against the remonstrances of his ministers, who objected to a general war against West Yen, as the men were over fatigued. Here he was joined by Nung, the Liaosi Wang ; and as this accession made him feel morally as well as numerically stronger, he marched through Shating, south-west of Ye, in the north of Honan, to attack West Yen, which waited for him at TaibL West Yen was defeated in two battles, and Taibi besieged. Yoong himself marched at the head of 50,000 choice troops to raise the siege ; but many of his men deserted to Chool He prev«ited similar desertions, by putting to death the wives and families of those who had gone over. Chooi was on the south of the city; but when Yoong approached he retired several li, planting an ambush. When he had drawn Yoong after him, beyond the ambush, he wheeled round and furiously attacked him ; while the ambush rose in the rear, as soon as the tumult of battle roused it to action. Yoong was defeated with great slaughter ; and as he was hard pressed, he prayed for succour from the new kingdom of Wei, which sent him 50,000 men ; but too late, for he was taken and slain before that army arrived. In 376, a few years after the collapse of the Yen empire, and when Chin was at its strongest, Dai Wang,* Shuyijien, attacked Liw Weichun, who appealed to Chin for an army, which was sent^ Liw acting as guide. Dai Wang was defeated, and his kingdom fell into disorder. His son, whom he had nominated heir, had already died, leaving a young child, Jubagwei. A son of Dai Wang's, by the Moyoong wife, killed his brothers, had his father murdered, and would have slain the infant, had not the mother fled and concealed him. The Chin army had remained in Yunjoong (Tatung), and was now again appealed to by the ministers of Dai, who deplored the changa It appeared on the scene, and easily took the parricide, who was sent a prisoner to ♦See pp. 72,73,94.