sweeping the world

Chapter 311 Moving the shaft forward
The entire East China Sea has actually become a footbath for the Han. After Murong Yanguo no longer paid attention to Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla actually needed to rely on Liu Yan's breath.

It may not be easy for Liu Yan to completely conquer the Korean peninsula, but it is not difficult to subdue it.He actually also gained hegemonic status on the Korean peninsula, taking control of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla to some extent.

Kaya is a tribal federation and cannot be counted as a country.This tribal alliance is jointly formed by six relatively large tribes. The source of population is very complicated. The upper class is Fuyu and Quwo people, the middle class is mainly Japanese, and the lowest class is Mahan, Chenhan, and Bian. The three races of Han.

The real situation is that the mainstream ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula and the Wa Islands is the Buyeo people. They have been ruling the upper class for a long time, including Goguryeo, which is actually the backbone of the rule.

The Buyeo people will become the ruling nation of the Korean Peninsula and even the Wa Islands. They also want to thank the former Emperor Xiaowu of the Western Han Dynasty.It was Liu Che who wiped out Weiman Korea, that is, the force that migrated from the Central Plains, which led to a certain degree of "vacuum" in the Northeast region and the Korean Peninsula.

The Western Han Dynasty established Lelang County, Xuantu County, Zhenfan County, and Lintun County there, but did not invest much energy in construction or development, and adopted the policy of confinement.

What is the policy of restraint?It is to support the local indigenous families who are loyal to the central government, promise hereditary official positions after canonization, and grant a certain degree of autonomy.It was precisely because of the policy of confinement that the ancestors of Goguryeo took a breather, and Goguryeo continued to grow later, forming a situation where it became the hegemony of Liaodong at the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Murong Xianbei broke the original situation by sweeping the surrounding areas of eastern Liao 1. Goguryeo was directly beaten to a slump, and Fuyu Kingdom was almost collapsed and separated. However, Baekje rose strongly, which led to the Han Dynasty gaining a foothold in the Korean Peninsula.

Silla's benefits from the turmoil on the Korean Peninsula this time were limited. They expanded northward for dozens of miles, but the losses of Silla's army were really not small.

Later, Liu Yan hired countries on the Korean Peninsula. If Goguryeo was forced to submit, Baekje was purely driven by interests, and Silla had to keep up.

If Silla didn't express it, Liu Yan would dare to send troops across the border of Baekje, and even unite with Baekje to destroy Silla. After all, Baekje's covetousness for Silla is no longer a day or two.

"Gaya, Kyushu, and Izumo must have been instructed by Baekje." Lu Yi had absolute reasons for saying this: "The Queen of Silla clearly mentioned this in her letter of credence."

"Because we sent our troops back to the Central Plains, our troop strength on the peninsula has dropped to the lowest level in history. It is not surprising that Baekje cannot hold back." Ji Chang glanced at the crowd and said, "We have expected this for a long time."

If it is said who has benefited the most from the reform of the Korean Peninsula this time, apart from the outsider Han, the one who has benefited the most is Baekje.

Murong Yanguo hit Goguryeo with a stick, and Baekje dared to expand northward for nearly a hundred miles. If there was no horizontal attack from the Han Dynasty, they would even be able to hit the edge of Majushui (Yalu River).

When a country reaches the peak of expansion, its ambition is the highest, and the army's ambition to expand outwards will be extremely strong. If it weren't for the Han tribe standing there, Baekje wouldn't be instigating such guys as Kaya, Kyushu, and Izumo. I will play in person.

"We can't send troops to the peninsula at this stage?" Lu Yi said with an ugly face, "It is estimated that Baekje will act on this idea after spying on this point."

Liu Yan recruited mercenaries in the Korean peninsula, but Baekje nobles came to the Central Plains in person, but any Baekje nobles with some brains will definitely see one thing, that is, the Central Plains War is inevitable.

Since the Han army will fight to the death with Shijie Zhao in the Central Plains, it is normal for Baekje to be unable to hold back.

Baekje instructing others to go is just a temptation. If Liu Yan is indifferent, he will definitely play on his own. Regardless of whether Silla can resist the invasion or not, the status of the Han on the Korean peninsula will definitely decline.

"The Queen of Silla professed her vassalship in the letter of credence. This is the first country on the peninsula to formally profess her vassalship to us." Ji Chang looked at Liu Yan with a wry smile, and said, "Your Majesty, we cannot be indifferent."

Recruiting younger brothers is something that Chinese civilization loves to do. While the emperor has a lot of face, it is partly to increase the country's prestige, and the other is to boost the morale of the country's military and people.

That was the first foreign race to profess a vassal to Liu Yan, which has high political significance, and it is related to the future policy towards the Korean Peninsula, and doing nothing is absolutely impossible.

"Baekje's national mobilization can recruit about 17 troops. How many troops should we send?" Lu Tai was very depressed. If he sent troops to the Korean Peninsula again, is there anyone more suitable than him?He really didn't want to go back to the Korean peninsula, and was extremely eager to stay in the Central Plains to fight.

"Baekje's national mobilization?" Ji Chang was a little surprised: "What we need is to shock again, we just need to show our attitude."

To be honest, the combat effectiveness of Baekje's army is not bad, otherwise it would not have been fighting against Goguryeo before, but also bullying Silla.They have just carried out a major expansion, and it should be the time when the morale of the army is the highest, and it is quite difficult to deter them again.

"Taian." Liu Yan probably guessed what Ji Chang wanted to do, and asked, "Unite Koguryo and Silla?"

Ji Chang said with a ferocious look: "Your Majesty, our navy is currently only serving as escort and transportation. Since Baekje gathers Gaju, Izumo, and Kyushu, we do not necessarily need to directly attack Baekje. We can choose Gaju, Chu One of Yun and Kyushu will be wiped out!"

There is no doubt about the strength of the Han Navy. Small countries such as Gaya, Izumo, and Kyushu do not need to send many troops. About [-] troops can be directly attacked and destroyed, and it will not have too much impact on the battle of the Han in the Central Plains.

"Since Baekje wants to test it out, it's just as Taian said." Liu Yan was also in an annoyed state: "After choosing one to attack and destroy, send people to Baekje and ask for an increase in the number of mercenaries!"

Lu Yi stood up and saluted, "No!"

Liu Yan looked at Lu Tai and said, "Heng'an will be the main general in this battle."

Lu Tai was both bitter and excited in his heart, in short it was very complicated, so he stood up and bowed in response: "No!"

Kaya, Izumo, and Kyushu are all small countries, but isn’t the smallest country a country?It is an honor for a warrior to be able to destroy a country, but... Lu Tai feels that being marginalized has become a habit?

The matter on the Korean Peninsula has come to an end. What really matters is the Central Plains.

Liu Yan's mansion has not been expanded, that's because it is not necessary at all, they have already begun to expand to the area outside Qingzhou, and the location of the central center has not been confirmed at all, what is the purpose of building the palace.

In fact, after Liu Yan stated that he would not keep his position, the further expansion of the Han Dynasty has become inevitable. No one would think that the lower secret society will be a good place for the center of the country. It depends on where it will be the capital after the founding of the country. The actual situation.

The location of the capital city has not been confirmed, and Liu Yan is not the kind of person who likes to enjoy pleasure...for the time being, he is not qualified to enjoy pleasure, so considering the current situation of the Han Dynasty, building palaces is a waste of money, and there is not so much labor to waste.

After deciding to capture the entire Xuzhou, the main force of the Han army has begun to move towards Pengcheng.

Pengcheng had been attacked by the Han army several times before, but at that time it was mainly training. Basically, Pengcheng was left without aggressive attacks. The rest of Pengcheng County was swept away countless times.

The main force of the Han army sent troops to Pengcheng again. Unexpected things happened. They were Wang Ji, Wang Luan and the Guo family, and the rest of the generals and civil servants. When they learned that the Han army was coming again, they said nothing Abandoning Pengcheng with Shi Zun chose to retreat to Yuzhou.

Yu Yi originally wanted to watch a great battle, but when he came to Pengcheng, he found that the flag of the Han army was already flying on the tower. This situation made the Eastern Jin people including him smile wryly and then continued to be dazed.

Naturally, the cavalry of the Han army would not allow Shi Zun and others to leave safely. They pursued all the way to the edge of the Sui River and intercepted the slow-moving Shijie Zhao Jun. Those who remained were easily forced to surrender.

It was supposed to be the eve of the Winter Solstice, and the battle report was sent back to the lower secret, officially confirming that all of Xuzhou belonged to the Han Dynasty, and at this time Liu Yan had actually moved to Taishan County.

The place where Liu Yan stayed was called Fenggao, which was about forty miles away from Mount Tai, next to the lower reaches of the Wenshui River.

Because of the previous fire, Fenggao and its surroundings are actually a scene of white land. If you go to the wild, you can’t even see the remaining woods, and some are just pieces of burned bare land, which shows how big the fire was at that time. .

Mount Tai is actually a mountain range. Thanks to the Wenshui River separating it, only one of the five mountains of Mount Tai was affected by the fire at that time, and the other four mountains were safe and sound.

Fenggao is currently in ruins, and it is not suitable for a large army to camp. The army is camped on the edge of the dilapidated city, on the edge of Wenshui.

As the leader, Liu Yan moved to the west and came to the front line, which indicated that the Han army would mainly use troops in the direction of Yanzhou. Jiang Gan was the happiest about this.

The envoys of the Murong Yan Kingdom who participated in the alliance have already returned, Yu Yi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty envoys stayed behind in his personal capacity, and the whole class stayed in the Qin State of the Ran family and the Liang State of the Zhang family.

Jiang Gan and Xie Ai, they came to Taishan County with only a few entourages, and the rest of the envoys were left in Xiami City.

"After the main force of the Han army fought in Xuzhou, they returned to Xiami to rest." Xie Ai glanced at Liu Yan who was not far away, and then looked at the surrounding white snow, took a breath, rubbed his hands, and said: "The main force of the Han army It’s not yet certain what will happen if we don’t set out to come.”

Of course Jiang Gan knew this, but he insisted that since Liu Yan moved to Taishan County, there must be a next move.

By the way, whether it is Jiang Gan or Xie Ai, they don't know that the Han army has begun to infiltrate the direction of Yanzhou before, they just know that the Han army's actions are very frequent.

There is a mountain not far from Fenggao. Its name is Guishan, which is on the north bank of Wenshui.

At this time, Liu Yan was looking at Guishan Mountain from a distance, and the other people beside him were looking at the frozen Wenshui.

Winter is really not a good season for combat, not only because of the cold weather, but mainly because of the lack of supplies.The number of Han troops who came to Fenggao was not too many, just [-] imperial guards and less than [-] other troops.There are only a small number of cavalry troops among these troops. After all, Taishan County is a mountainous terrain, and it is a waste to come to cavalry troops.

"We didn't hide our whereabouts. Shihu must have known about it." Huan Wen seemed to be more afraid of the cold. He had good warm clothes and a fur cloak, but he still looked shriveled: "As courageous as Your Majesty , even if the Zhao army cannot be attracted to attack aggressively, there should still be some gains."

Those who got together with Huan Wen were some people from the south of the Yangtze River. His old partner Yuan Qiao was left behind in Changguang County. a small circle.

Seriously speaking, there is no shortage of talents south of the Yangtze River, at least those who came to the Han Dynasty can be regarded as people who can do things.After they came, they divided themselves into two factions, some of the descendants of the aristocratic families moved closer to Huan Wen, and the other part of the local powerful and poor families moved closer to Lu Yi.

For those people in the south of the Yangtze River who like to form cliques, Ji Chang is a vigilant attitude, but he can't deal with it. After all, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. The formation of small circles is inevitable, and it cannot be eliminated at all. It cannot be allowed to cause harm.

There are not many counties connected by Taishan County, Jinan County and Zhu'a County to the north, Lu County, Langye County and Rencheng County to the south, Dongping County and Jibei County to the west, Dong'an County and Dongguan County to the north .

In terms of strategic position, except that the mountainous terrain is not suitable as an administrative center, whoever gets Taishan County means that he can build a military defense chain based on the mountainous terrain.

The purpose of Liu Yan's marching into Taishan County was almost for the purpose of competing for strategically important places. After all, Hu people don't like mountain warfare, but the army of Chinese civilization likes it.

If Taishan County and Pengcheng County are also captured, the Han army will become a double-pincer offensive, and it will take the greatest initiative if a war starts at that time.

The initiative is very important to Liu Yan. As for Jiang Gan, whenever he has the opportunity, he will talk about the benefits of pushing Shijie to support the country. Wu Guang's example is the first, and anyone with a sick mind will do this.

That's right, Ji Chang really couldn't help but gave Jiang Gan a history lesson, talking about the old example of Wu Guang's lonely army being wiped out in depth at the end of the Qin Dynasty.Xie Ai, who was present at the time, had a wonderful expression, but Jiang Gan was so choked that his face turned black.

"We have already laid out our own chess game, which we think is the most suitable situation." Liu Yan once again called everyone to the big tent of the Chinese army, and said very relaxedly: "The next step is to wait for the dice to be thrown."

Well! ?No one knew Caesar, so no one understood what Liu Yan was talking about.

(End of this chapter)