sweeping the world

Chapter 403
As a Hulu king who likes to enjoy himself very much, Shihu definitely has a soft spot for building palaces. This can be seen from the fact that when he ordered the conscription of all states and counties across the country, he still did not forget to recruit civilians to go to Yecheng to build palaces. I can tell.

Although Luoyang is not yet the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, the six dynasties of Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, and Western Jin have their capitals here. It should be said that it has a very magnificent building complex... at least the palace complex. That's right, but don't forget the effects of war.

Before Shi Hu set off for Luoyang, his first order was to build a palace. It was not to repair or repair the original dilapidated palace, but to choose another location to build a magnificent Zhangtai.

Luoyang is just a temporary resting place to build a palace. The scale is actually a bit large. Even if Shihu really arrives, the palace is still being built. It seems that the Shijie Zhao Kingdom is simply singing and dancing now, and there is no war breaking out at all. .

He made a decision to temporarily ignore Shihu in Guanzhong, and took the initiative to lead the army to the Yanzhou battlefield.

Of course there is a reason for Shihu to be like this, and it's not too rare.

First, Fu Hong entered Longxi and Beidi. Shi Hu sent many orders to Fu Hong but were not executed. Ran Min had recently removed his title and wanted to surrender to Han, but Ran Min had no intention of withdrawing his troops.It seemed that Ran Min and Fu Hong still had a lot to gain, so Shi Hu just let the two of them fight for a while.

The second reason is that Shi Xuan has too many soldiers and horses. The Jie people alone have close to [-] soldiers and horses, and there are more than [-] soldiers from other tribes. Shi Hu is not at ease.

Secondly, Shi Xuan repeatedly reported that Liu Yan was on the Yanzhou battlefield, and Li Tu also confirmed this point. Shi Hu, who had already moved from Yecheng, felt that it was necessary to go there, if he could surround Liu Yan as Li Tu said It's better to get up.

In the end, there is still one reason, that is, Hulu has no long-term plan to govern the country, and almost always does whatever he thinks of, otherwise Shihu would not be in the Xianhe Ninth Year of the Xiao~chao~ting and Yanxi of Shijie. In the first year (334 A.D.), he first proclaimed himself emperor, but soon changed his title to Tianwang from the title of emperor.

Because there is no long-term plan, what he does is almost based on immediate needs, so Shihu often recruits troops in various areas of the country. He may gather a large army one year, but he will not do anything in those troops the next year. And ordered to disband.There have been many back and forths like this, and each time it indicates that countless people will be killed by wild beasts.

This time Shi Hu patted his head and did whatever he thought. Before, at least some Jin ministers would come out to try and persuade them, but in the past year or two, those Jin ministers were afraid of being killed, so no one came out again. Noisy.

The first step started from Luoyang. Not long after leaving, Shihu remembered one thing, that is, Shijie Zhao Guo seems to be an ally with Murong Yan Guo. We can't be idle either. Where is this old thief Murong Huang?

"Reporting to the Heavenly King, the Lord of the Yan Kingdom has just withdrawn from Lingzhi City to Liaodong County not long ago." Zhang Ju is Shihu's Taiwei, but... Shijie Zhao Guo's Taiwei should not be too many, he was added in front of the Taiwei. The word 'servant' means I don't know the difference between 'Pu Taiwei' and Taiwei.Recently, he was also really afraid of the temperamental Shihu, and said respectfully: "It seems that the Yan army has massively stationed troops around the peninsula occupied by the Han army in Liaodong, and the main state of Yan will go to supervise the battle in person."

"It should be the season of ice and snow in Liaodong, but Murong Huang actually wants to attack in winter?" Shi Hu clearly didn't believe it and cursed: "Shi Bin sent people to complain several times, saying that the old thief only let Murong Ge lead the attack. The [-] troops running around in Jizhou don't look like they are here to fight."

This time, Shi Hu... It can be said that Shi Bin really guessed right. Murong Ge led people around not for fun, but to survey the terrain himself, and almost everything that should be recorded was not missed.Murong Ge's doing this is enough to show the fact that Murong Yanguo still has the intention of going south, and he is not usually firm.

Before Murong Yanguo went south, he must first find out the terrain of the mountains and rivers. They had sent spies into Youzhou and Jizhou before, but in the end, there was no head coach who personally investigated in detail and had an intuitive impression.There are also many steps for them to go south. Of course, it is best to go south and expand the territory with ease. If not, they can take other methods.Let Shijie Zhao Guo and Han Guo continue to consume, and a mutual loss is one of the options.

As a guest army, Murongge's subordinates participated in Shijie Zhao's war against Han at the beginning, and then they kept wandering around Hejian County.Murongge also had a good reason, saying that Murong Yanjun was good at mobile warfare, and when he found an opportunity, he could see the stitches in every corner, which was more useful than showing it to the public.

Shi Bin did not welcome the arrival of Murong Yan's army from the beginning. It would be fine if Murong Ge worked hard. However, the two armies are allies in name but do not have close coordination. It would be strange for Shi Bin not to complain to Shi Hu.

Shihu set off from Luoyang and took more than three days to arrive at Xiuwu.The Shijie Zhao army of Xiuwu had been ordered to move out first. When Shihu settled in Xiuwu, [-] reinforcements had already arrived in Yanjin. The Shijie Zhao army of Yanjin and Wenshijin stationed troops in Baima. The Han army on the other side of Puyang City also increased to [-].

"The Han army is repairing the city?" Shi Hu received the intelligence from six days ago. When he got the information, the Han army had actually spent six days building a line of about [-] kilometers in front of Puyang's original city wall. Ten miles of city walls.He had to ask: "Did you repair the city wall when the two armies were fighting? Could it be that you were sick?"

Zhang Ju said with a strange face: "The Han army has a group of very good masons. I heard that the city wall in Liaodong was built within half a month."

The length of the early construction of the Liaodong city wall was more than [-] miles, and it took [-] days. So it seems that there is no problem in reducing the Han army's time to build a ten-mile-long city wall in less than nine days?
"Li Tu said that it will be rainy and snowy in about six days?" Shi Hu was a little tired of this strategic battle. If he didn't know the soldiers, he should have been angry by now, but he is also a little angry now, and said: "Add The [-] reinforcements are still dawdling about what to do."

"Reporting to the King of Heaven, the prince is confirming Liu Yan's position. Besides..." Zhang Ju hesitated and said: "General Li Tu's main goal is to besiege the Han army. It is not about how many people are killed at this stage, but stability. host."

Of course Shi Hu knew Li Tu's strategy and even thought it was very good. However, he felt that the delay was a little long and he doubted whether Shi Jie Zhao's national strength could sustain it.

According to Li Tu's plan, the Han army's capture of Puyang City was tantamount to walking into a trap, and the Shijie Zhao army could use the following winter to launch a huge siege.

In the deep winter, the Yellow River will freeze. Once the Yellow River freezes, the Han army fleet with absolute superiority is tantamount to abolished. When staying at the begging army in Dunqiu County, there is no excuse not to go to the south bank of the Yellow River.

The begging army is about [-] in number regardless of quality, and the attack on Jibei County, which has less than [-] Han defenders, should win if it is ten times the attack?Li Nong seized Jibei County and continued to threaten Dongping County in the south, and finally cut off the road between the Han army in Puyang County and the rear.

Li Tu actually doesn't trust Li Nong very much, so he doesn't want Li Nong's begging army to cut off the back of the Han army in Puyang County alone. What needs to act together is Sun Fudu, who was defeated and retreated to Jiyin County and received some supplements. If Sun Fudu led troops to send troops from Jiyin County in the southwest, then Li Nong's department and Sun Fudu's department would form a pincer shape to threaten Dongping County together.

Not counting miscellaneous names, there are 20 Jie people of their own clan participating in this big battle. Shihu's Longteng guards and Shi Xuan's newly established Donggong Gaoli all participated in the battle. It is the first time that Shijie has gathered his own clan The elite are coming to start a big fight.

The troops of the Han army in Puyang County consisted of [-] imperial guards and [-] soldiers, and the rest had [-] auxiliary troops. They were distributed in Puyang, Xiancheng, Juancheng, Yangjiaocheng, and Linqiu. Puyang has the most Han troops, and the rest are defensive garrisons.

The troops rushing to the battlefield in Yanzhou from the direction of Yuzhou were the 3 people who received temporary orders to go north. They were originally going to bypass Yangwu, but halfway through, the vanguard scouts discovered Shi Hu's army and had to selectively proceed. retreat.Then they marched into Chenliu County, and are currently facing off against the remnants of Sun Fudu.

Xu Zheng and Yuan Qiao had never imagined that a battle-like war would turn into a major battle that could determine the fate of the country.The two of them were in a state of being overwhelmed, thankful and worried, fortunately Liu Yan came, otherwise it would be really difficult to make up their minds.

"The king told us not to worry about being besieged." Xu Zheng looked cheerful, and said to the worried Yuan Qiao: "Since Shi Hu is here, it will definitely be a big battle. The king must have such an order in his heart." There are many."

How could Yuan Qiao not be worried, there were 20 Jie people they were going to meet, they were cruel and cannibal people, whoever met would not tremble first.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Xu Zheng didn't quite understand why Yuan Qiao was afraid of Jie people, and said nonchalantly, "We will have a strong city soon, as long as there are enough arrows, no matter how the enemy attacks, it is impossible to get in. Then Otherwise, the enemy army is dominated by cavalry, and we have an advantage in defending the city."

There are few people born south of the Yangtze River who are not afraid of the existence of the Jie people. This is the psychological shadow of being suppressed for a long time and suffering repeated defeats. The reason why the several Northern Expeditions retreated without going very far is because the Jie people are really powerful in cavalry combat. It is really difficult for the army to be the enemy of Jie people.

"The Han Dynasty only has about [-] field troops. We have Jizhou battlefield, Yuzhou and Xuzhou also need garrison defense, and there are more troops involved..." Yuan Qiao asked in confusion: "Who can be transferred to the Puyang battlefield? How many?"

Xu Zheng said plainly: "We have imperial guards."

Compared with those who followed Liu Yan in the early days, Yuan Qiao only had a little understanding of the mysteries of the imperial guards, and was hesitant to make decisions based on guesswork.

"I believe in this general." Xu Zheng said with an obvious smile, "As long as there are Imperial Guards around, we will never be afraid of a war of attrition."

Yuan Qiao looked at the confident Xu Zheng with strange eyes, and sighed: "I hope so."

Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered together, and soon Puyang City was surrounded by military camps. He personally rushed to Shihu on the edge of Puyang City. He was surprised to see the towering stone city walls.

"What do you do for food!?" Shi Hu was very angry: "Watching the other side build a city wall, and then give him a stone wall!"

Shi Xuan said extremely aggrieved: "If there is an attack, it means that the enemy uses infantry to set up a formation in front and cannot break through the enemy's battle formation..."

Li Tu also had a look of helplessness, and explained: "Heavenly King, the bows and crossbows of the Han army are far sharper than we expected, and with the shield wall and long spear forest as cover, our cavalry will not be able to break through even if they approach with heavy losses. .”

If the two important figures in command speak out, the rest of the people don't have to speak, otherwise it will be difficult not to be implicated, and if they are killed because of speaking, death is worthless.

Shi Hu was still cursing, scolding Shi Xuan and Li Tu, roaring angrily when he caught anyone, and calmed down a little after venting: "It will be the season of rain and snow soon, right?"

Shi Xuan immediately replied very respectfully: "Yes, Father."

"Keep what you can use, and let the rest go to hell." Shi Hu looked around, the surrounding camp belonging to Shijie was too big, and the camp area also represented a large number of people: "Go to Jizhou or Yuzhou, the Taiwei will look at the arrangements .”

Zhang Ju responded quickly, saying that it was his and Sikong Guo Yin's idea not to leave so many troops on the Puyang battlefield.

The battle here in Puyang County will soon be the main battlefield between Shijie Zhao State and Han State. The Jie people of Shijie Zhao State will gather their own army, and the elite of Han State must also gather. The number of troops will occupy an absolute advantage. Shijie Zhao Guo can take advantage of all the Han troops that can fight to Puyang County, and then go to recover the previously lost ground.

The Han Dynasty recovered a lot of old Han territory from Shijie, including the entire territory of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, two-thirds of Yanzhou, one-third of Yuzhou, and one-third of Jizhou.

The Shijie Zhao State was not completely blind. They knew the situation of the occupied areas to some extent. Except for Qingzhou, which was considered a well-populated area in the Han State, there were actually not many people in other places.

There is also a realistic situation. The Han Dynasty only stationed troops on various borders for defense, which is tantamount to being tight on the outside and loose on the inside.In this way, as long as they can break through the defense, it is almost not too difficult to advance.

"The small~chao~ting in the south will threaten Xuzhou, and the old thief Murong will threaten Liaodong and assist us in the war in Jizhou." Shi Hu is already sitting in the big tent, surrounded by absolutely indispensable beauties , below are numerous civil and military officials.He glanced around and said: "It means that the three countries are working together to attack the puppet Han, and we must eliminate the puppet Han at once."

They all laughed apologetically, but no one dared to speak out, including Prince Shi Xuan.

……Dividing line……

Honor is working hard to adjust the state...

(End of this chapter)