Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 186 The Northern Expedition
Liu Xie hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

"Live your life well."

Yuan Xi patted his shoulder, got up and walked outside.

Looking at Yuan Xi's back, Liu Xie realized that his back was soaked.

In the spring of [-] AD, Yuan Xi officially ascended the throne as emperor, the country was named Yan, and Zhen Jiang was named queen.

Only two days later, Yuan Xi declared war on Xianbei and marched in person.

Leading 50 soldiers and horses, divided into three groups, and attacked Xianbei mightily.

The West Route Army was headed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei was the vanguard, and Xu Shu and Fazheng were the military advisers.

Due to the ban, the Eastern Route Army was the commander-in-chief, Xu Huang was the vanguard, and Cheng Yu and Pang Tong were the military advisers.

Yuan Xi personally took charge of the central army and ordered Zhang Yun to be the vanguard. Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and other generals all set out with the army.

The military division is dominated by the adviser group composed of Jia Xu, Shenpei, and Guo Tuxian.

At the junction of Dayan and Xianbei, the armies of both sides lined up to confront each other.

Yuan Xi stood far away on the carriage, swayed and looked forward, and saw a dense army of Xianbei, whose momentum looked very impressive.

On Dayan's side, there are 20 soldiers and horses, but there are 30 troops in Xianbei on the opposite side.

The number is more than [-].

But Yuan Xi knew that when the number reached a certain level, it was no longer a question of numbers, but a competition of strategy and courage.

"Report, Your Majesty, Xi Xianbei Khan, I want to see you."

"see me?"

Yuan Xi rolled his eyes, beckoned to Zhang Liao, and said in a low voice, "Go with me later, and shoot him directly while he is unaware."

Zhang Liao was stunned, and immediately said: "Wei!"

But his heart tightened, he didn't expect Yuan Xi to adopt such a shady trick.

It's good, but it always feels weird.

Yuan Xi called Ma Chao and others to his side again, asked in a low voice, and then said: "Each side is allowed to bring two attendants to tell Xianbei Khan, I agree."

That Youshao Gao wanted to leave, Yuan Xi stopped him again, "Wait."

Youshao hurriedly turned back, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Just now I changed my words and said that only I agree to meet him, but he has to retreat two arrows. I know that their Xianbei bow and crossbow are the best in the world, and they must I have to back off two miles to feel safe."

Youshao whispered: "Do you want to tell the other party all this?"

"Not bad, let's go."

The sentry led the way.

Zhang Liao was puzzled, seeing the sentry sentry leave, he hurried forward and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't take me, they will retreat two miles, the final general may not be able to shoot that far."

"No need to shoot," Yuan Xi called all the generals together under Zhang Liao's puzzled gaze, and said, "Immediately find the Xianbei-speaking people in the headquarters, and let them call me immediately when the Xianbei army retreats." Xianbei is defeated. Do you understand?"

Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "My lord wants to take advantage of the opponent's unstable situation and attack in one fell swoop, so that the opponent is caught off guard?"

Yuan Xi laughed loudly and said, "Wenhe knows me, you will understand later."

The generals were puzzled at first, but after Jia Xu's explanation, they immediately understood.

Ma Chao worried: "So what if Xianbei Khan is unwilling to retreat two arrows?"

"No, as long as they want to see me, with their arrogance, they won't think it's a big deal."

"Go get ready."

Yuan Xidao: "Follow the command of Lingqi, and then attack the Xianbei army together to capture Xianbei Khan alive."

The generals suddenly took orders.

Sure enough, after hearing Yuan Xi's suggestion, Xianbei Khan didn't think much about it.

"Order the rear army to be the front army, and the front army to be the rear army, to retreat two arrows." Xianbei Khan Tan Shihuai ordered.

A Han Confucian scholar beside him said, "It's not right."

This person is Tan Shihuai's dog-headed military adviser, who has always been trusted by Tan Shihuai. Hearing this, he asked, "What's wrong? This Emperor Dayan is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is afraid of our Xianbei army. Let us retreat to the place where we can get two arrows away. Just retreat."

The scholar's name was Liu Ziming. He frowned and said, "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't remember it for a while."

All the Xianbei generals next to him laughed, "Master Liu, let's think about it slowly, and tell me when you think it over. We are fighting now, and we don't have time to listen to such useless remarks as Master Liu."

Tan Shihuai also shook his head secretly, feeling that Liu Ziming's words were out of standard.

"There is."

Liu Ziming said: "The other party asked me to wait for the place where I could retreat two arrows, but the other party did not move. This is not in accordance with the rules. Why should we move when they do not move?"

Tan Shihuai said: "But it was I who asked to see him, not him who asked to see me. It doesn't seem too much for him to make such a request."

Liu Ziming actually wanted to say that once he retreats, the formation will easily collapse.

But looking back, although the Xianbei army was densely packed, there was almost no formation, and it was extremely loose.

That is to charge up, with some momentum.

But although there is no battle, there are so many people. When retreating together, the Dayan army might suddenly rush over, and the Xianbei army would be unable to resist.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Ziming still told Tan Shihuai what he thought.

Before Tan Shihuai could speak, a group of Xianbei generals around them taunted him, saying that the Han people are greedy for life and afraid of death, afraid of this and that, and I, Xianbei, will not have that kind of situation.

Liu Ziming had no choice but to say: "Since that's the case, then I don't have anything to say."

Tan Shihuai actually wanted to hear what Liu Ziming had to say. After all, Liu Ziming had been by his side for so many years, and he had really helped him a lot, and there were almost no major problems. He was a very capable person.

But when he saw that the Xianbei generals around were passionate and wanted to fight, he felt that there was no big problem.

He gritted his teeth and let the army retreat.

Unexpectedly, the Xianbei army did not retreat very far, and suddenly there was a rumbling sound behind them.

Then I heard an overwhelming voice, "Xianbei is defeated, the Great Khan Tanshihuai is dead, run quickly; Xianbei is defeated, the great Shanyu Tanshihuai is dead, run quickly."

The sound was so loud that Tanshi's Huai eardrum trembled.

He hastily reined in his horse and looked at Yan Jun.

I saw the densely packed Yan army rushing over like a tide.

"Turn back, prepare for battle, turn back and prepare for battle."

But the next moment, Tan Shihuai realized that he was wrong.

That cry made the Xianbei army, which was a little chaotic because of the retreat, completely mess up.

Some Xianbei soldiers in the front row wanted to turn around and fight, but when they saw many people running away, they also ran back.

There were also some Xianbei soldiers who were coerced by the fleeing people, and those Xianbei soldiers who were further behind were even more inexplicable. They didn't know what happened in front of them, they only heard someone shouting that Xianbei was defeated.

Seeing that many people were defeated and fled towards him, they also ran away together.

The large-scale defeat formed in this way is like a tide, and it cannot be stopped.

"Great Khan, let's retreat first."

Liu Ziming was in a hurry, but he didn't expect such serious consequences.

After all, in history, nothing like this has ever happened.

He was just skeptical at first.

Tan Shihuai was distraught, and blamed himself: "It's all my fault that I didn't listen to your words, which led to the current defeat, and it's my responsibility."

Then he turned his horse's head and ran back under the escort of his own soldiers.

After all, Liu Ziming was a frail scholar, unable to catch up for a while, he shouted from behind: "Great Khan wait for me."

That sandalwood locust tree was like a bereaved dog, fleeing so fast, where would he hear his cry.

"kill!"

Yuan Xi originally wanted to play a trick, but then he remembered the battle of Feishui in the former Qin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and wondered if he could use it.

At that time, the former Qin Dynasty had an army of one million, while the Eastern Jin Dynasty had only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

But it is precisely because of the large number of people that once a retreat occurs, it will be irreversible.

In line with the idea of ​​giving it a try, I didn't expect the effect to be not so good.

"Kill, those who surrender will not be killed."

The orders were passed down one after another, and Yuan Xi stared majestically ahead.

He sent out a hundred thousand troops to chase after him, and another hundred thousand troops marched steadily forward.

In this battle, the Yan army won a big victory and achieved the first great victory of Yan's Northern Expedition.

Basically, the vitality of Xianbei was completely defeated.

Of the 30 Xianbei living forces, [-] people were beheaded, seven or eight surrendered, and countless casualties.

Only tens of thousands of people escaped.

After pursuing for tens of miles, Yuan Xicai stopped the large-scale pursuit.

After setting up camp on the spot, Yuan Xi, in addition to sending small troops to continue the pursuit, called all the generals into the camp and began to distribute rewards.

"We captured [-] to [-] Xianbei soldiers this time, and these people will be assigned to you," Yuan Xi said, sitting at the head. "Let them go first and serve as cannon fodder when we charge forward."

Everyone nodded, although it felt a little cruel, but this method of fighting is the favorite of foreigners.

They didn't feel anything when Yuan Xi did this.

"Pass down the order to capture the Xianbei Khan alive, make him a marquis, and reward him with ten thousand gold."

Simply rewarding the part, Yuan Xi gave the people who had fought just now to choose to continue the pursuit, or stay and repair, and then go to attack the Xianbei royal court with the army.

In this battle, Xianbei suffered a disastrous defeat. Yuan Xi consulted with several of his advisers, and then questioned those Xianbei prisoners.

It is also confirmed that the vital forces of the Xianbei army are all concentrated here,

In other words, the main force of Xianbei was basically wiped out.

Therefore, now it is only necessary to fight steadily and push the Xianbei royal court.

But many soldiers are eager to make meritorious service, Yuan Xizi will not chill their minds.

Half a month later, Yuan Xi's army appeared dozens of miles away from the Xianbei royal court.

In the distance, the Baise building built on a high mountain in the Xianbei Royal Court can already be seen.

During this period, the Yan army was victorious in all battles. Not only did they wipe out the remnants of Xianbei forces in various places, but they also won big victories in both the east and the west.

A total of thousands of Xianbei tribes, large and small, were wiped out.

But many unfriendly things also happened. The Yan army was a little anxious to kill, or robbed military merits, and killed many ordinary people in Xianbei by mistake.

Yuan Xi sent someone to scold them severely, telling them to restrain themselves.

In the end, this incident happened again and again, and Yuan Xi was angry and had no choice but to order that robbery was allowed, but ordinary people were not allowed to threaten their lives.

For ordinary women and children, it is even more forbidden to make decisions without authorization.

After taking Xianbei completely, it will be rewarded by Emperor Yan Yuan Xi.

In this way, such things as suicide without authorization have disappeared.

Things went very smoothly. Xianbei Khan Tan Shihuai saw that Xianbei was defeated one after another and had no power to fight back. He originally wanted to surrender, but when he heard that the Yan army was brutal and committed all kinds of evil, killing innocent people indiscriminately, he ran away with his own soldiers.

The Xianbei royal court and Yuan Xi were easily taken down without waiting for the other two armies to encircle them.

In the royal court of Xianbei, Yuan Xi sat on a high throne, feeling very happy.

The emperor's throne in Yecheng has not yet been seated, but he has been compensated in this Xianbei royal court.

However, Yuan Xi only stayed in Xianbei royal court for half a month.

After enjoying all the good treatment in the Xianbei royal court, after the other two armies converged, they issued orders to continue to attack the surrounding small countries and plunder their wealth.

For those who surrendered, they were included in the territory of Yan State, and the Han people migrated to live here.

It was also because the battle went so smoothly that the morale of the generals was high, and they all asked to conquer other countries.

However, Yuan Xi was not overwhelmed by the victory in front of him. After discussing with a group of advisers, he started fighting on two fronts, and did not disperse his forces too much.

Most of Xianbei's population is only women and children. Except for a part of them, some of them moved to Youzhou.

Then recruit people from Dayan and enter Xianbei.

For the people who are willing to live in Xianbei, Yuan Xi will treat them like landlords and reward Xianbei women.

This fully aroused the enthusiasm of the people of Dayan, and followers gathered for a while.

There have been too many foreign invasions on this grassland.

The owners of this grassland have changed from batch to batch.

Yuan Xi then decided to completely turn this grassland into Dayan's territory.

Instead of driving away this group of people, another group of people came in, making Han people threatened by foreigners for generations.

For this great plan, several great counselors have shown considerable enthusiasm.

Of course, the more important thing is that Yuan Xi now has a way to produce food on a large scale, which can feed more people. Now that the land is sufficient, the only difference is the population.

Yuan Xi finally made a decision, and formulated a three-year plan on this grassland, so that the population of Dayan on this grassland will reach more than 500 million in three years.

This is undoubtedly a very difficult goal to achieve, but the people of Dayan who are willing to come to the Xianbei Grassland will be rewarded a lot, and given more incentive policies, I believe that even if this goal is not achieved, it will not be far behind.

After formulating this series of policies, Yuan Xi returned to Yecheng with an army of [-].

Not long after that, he led a group of skilled craftsmen back to this grassland.

At the same time, Dayan's army also launched a fierce attack on the surrounding alien races.

Unlike Xianbei, many foreign races with strong folk customs, though weak, put up strong resistance to Dayan's army.

But in the face of such a powerful force, these small countries and forces are tantamount to falling into the hands of a mantis.

Gradually being eaten away by Dayan, good news spread frequently, spreading to Dayan like snowflakes.

For this nascent dynasty, it had a great inspiring and exciting effect.

The Emperor of Yan, Yuan Xi, was even praised by everyone, and was called the eternal emperor by domestic novel authors.

(End of this chapter)