sweeping the world

Chapter 406
Winter is the time when everything is quiet, and the winter cold brings ice and freezing. Not only people can't stand the cold, but animals and plants are also affected.

Relatively speaking, as an intelligent person, he does not need to follow the imprints deeply imprinted in the genes of the seasons like animals, but can choose to do certain things according to his own or others' wishes.

When Xie An received the order to return to Chang'an from Longxi, not only could he see a piece of white snow everywhere on the road, but the entire Chang'an city was actually shrouded in white.

Conquering Longxi is not a very important thing for the Han Dynasty, it is just Ran Min's needs, in order to stabilize the rear before Shihu's arrival, after the situation has completely changed, there is no need to stabilize the rear, especially Ran Min Min is ready to go to Yuzhou at any time.

"That one expanded his troops to 30 in just two months." Gai Ning was the one who conveyed the military order to Xie An.He witnessed part of what happened in Chang'an, and said with a deep frown: "Almost all those who can join the army are accepted."

When Ran Min's troops arrived in Yuzhou, they needed to register and make a list, but not all of them would be accepted, and they would definitely have to be eliminated, such as removing the old, the weak, and the disabled.Ran Min should know this?
Chang'an has almost no people waiting around. It has become a large military camp, and soldiers can be seen wandering around everywhere.

Xie An entered Longxi with 3000 imperial guards, and more than [-] returned to Chang'an, which means nearly [-] people were killed in Longxi.They fought in Longxi for nearly four months. There were only two real battles, and the rest were spent chasing and being chased.

Longxi is an area dominated by plains. Although it has long been ruled by the Chinese civilization, no matter it was in the pre-Qin period or in the Han Dynasty, there were always herders in the majority.The reason for this is a bit strange, just as it is difficult to cultivate and cultivate in Inner Mongolia in later generations, there is no depth of sand under the turf, and a similar environment really cannot be used as a farming area.

Xie An and others fought in a vast area in Longxi, and even once entered an unknown basin (Tuyuhun), and could see a continuous mountain range (Xiqiang Mountain) in the distance.

"That one has been making big moves recently." Gaining didn't let go of his brows: "You need to pay close attention."

Xie An just nodded to express his understanding.

The Han side has always had doubts about what actions Ran Min would take, and there was even enough psychological preparation that Ran Min would stand on his own feet again.

Xie An led the army to Chang'an and did not get the order to monitor Ran Min and his subordinates. First, 30 people faced nearly [-] and there was no way to monitor them. Second, Han had no extra power to manage anything.

In fact, it is really like that. If Ran Min wants to be independent again, it is really the best time. At this moment, no one except Zhang Liangguo has extra energy to take care of it.

The palace city of Chang'an was repaired once during Liu Yao's period, and it was expanded again after the founding of the country by Ran Min. It must be said that it cannot be compared with the palace built by Shihu, but it is much more magnificent than the palace city in Linzi.

When Xie An came to Chang'an, Ran Min sent someone to summon him as soon as he received the news.

When Xie An arrived at Miyagi, he saw a large number of troops gathered around Miyagi, and it seemed that these troops were preparing to move out.

"Your Majesty can't take care of Guanzhong for the time being. Those who are willing to move with us should have already left." Ran Min was fully armed, wearing a bright light armor specially made by the generals of the Han army, with a dark red cloak on his back, and pressed his right hand. On the hilt of the sword: "We will set off for Yuzhou in a month, but we need to eliminate those bastards before we leave."

Xie An was taken aback for a moment and quickly came to his senses.

The bastards Ran Min was referring to were no one else, they must be those local big families and powerful people who had not cooperated with them for a long time, and there were so many such people that it was unimaginable.

"Of course not all of them can be wiped out in one month, but what can be wiped out counts." Ran Min sneered and said, "Start from Longdong and sweep eastward all the way."

Gai Ning, who had been frowning deeply, finally let go, and he said respectfully: "But I don't know when the general will start to take action?"

"It's already started." Ran Min didn't know who Ganing was, so he looked at Xie An and said, "I need your help."

Now Xie An frowned: "An's order is to bring the troops to station near Chang'an."

"The general is outside, so you will not accept your orders, right?" Ran Min had a tough attitude: "You have elite infantry under your command, and you are very experienced in attacking cities and demolishing strongholds."

Xie An shook his head, but didn't say a word.

Jiang Gan, who had been standing quietly by the side, said appropriately: "The army in Guanzhong is also the army of the king, and the number of casualties is the number of losses of the king. With the assistance of the elite infantry under Anshi's command, a lot of losses can be reduced."

"A military order is a military order." Xie An is actually not a tough person, he just doesn't like Ran Min, and there are few people who like Ran Min in the south of the Yangtze River.He said bluntly: "If you don't attack, you will lose."

In an instant, Ran Min's face became extremely ugly.Yes, it was out of personal grievances that he wanted to have a grudge before he left. After all, he was quite angry at those local tyrants and big clans before.

Jiang Gan wanted to speak to ease the atmosphere, but seeing Xie An's expressionless face, he didn't know what to say.

"Then get lost." Ran Min has never known what it means to be polite. He could tolerate it when he pretended to be a grandson with Shi Jie before, but after rebelling against Shi Jie, he never tolerated it once: "Take your troops with you immediately. Get away."

Xie An still had no expression on his face: "I can only walk, I can't roll." He looked at Ran Min without any fear, and said: "The order is to be stationed around Chang'an City, unless there are new Military order, otherwise I won’t even move a single step.”

"Look, look, the bones of these aristocratic families are pretty hard now." Ran Min said to Jiang Gan, full of sarcasm: "If they had such bones before, they wouldn't lose the Central Plains, like a bereaved dog Let’s flee to the south as well.”

Xie An frowned, looked at Ran Min with a mocking expression on his face, then looked at Jiang Gan with a wry smile, and said to Gaining, "Let's go."

Almost as soon as Xie An left the palace city, the sound of war drums and horns sounded from the towers of the palace city. The troops that had assembled around the palace city moved out in an orderly manner, leaving Chang'an City from the north gate and west gate respectively.

"Rebellious!" Gai Ning said that no one needs to guess: "It's not like a minister at all. He eats the food we give, wears the clothes we give, and uses the weapons we give him, but he does his own way."

Xie An didn't open his mouth to speak, he must return to the barracks quickly, not to send troops to fight Ran Min, but to prevent Ran Min from sending troops to report personal grievances as false and attack the Han army as true.

The result was that Ran Min didn't attack Xie An's troops at all, and really set off to the west in a mighty manner, accompanied by a lot of luggage and related siege equipment.

"King Liang just left some time ago, and before he left, he met privately with Ran You many times." Gai Ning said suspiciously, "He... led his troops to the west, is he really going to attack the city, or is he going to defect? King Liang seeks asylum?"

Xie An was willing to use the most sinister thoughts to speculate on Ran Min. Any family member in the south would guess like this, but he didn't think Ran Min would do that.

Zhang's Liang Country would not be a good sanctuary. It's not that barren there, but it's sparsely populated and remote. What Zhang Jun needs is Ran Min in Guanzhong as a barrier, not entering Zhang's Liang Country to find This place regains its strength, after all, who can be sure that Ran Min will not occupy the magpie's nest.

"It's true to do one's own thing. It's true to report personal grievances." Xie An and Gai Ning are not familiar at all, but they have a good impression and are willing to talk more: "My family, the families of my subordinates, including most of his followers are here. In Dahan territory, even if he is willing to leave his family behind, will his subordinates agree?"

Gai Ning thinks so, even though Ran Min himself can be cold-blooded, but Ran Min can't make all his subordinates cold-blooded.He smiled wryly and said, "In order to report a personal grievance before leaving, use soldiers in winter? It's really..."

A month passed quickly, and Ran Min led an army of more than one hundred thousand to the expedition, but the troops he brought back were less than seventy thousand.They brought back a huge amount of spoils, including the severed heads.

The individual heads were preserved after being soaked in lime, and more than 400 cars were fully loaded.Based on the calculation that a car can hold 12 heads, Ran Min chopped off more than [-] heads in one month?
"What do you mean?" Gaining saw that some of the heads loaded into the truck had been completely rotted into skeletons, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that they are going to be transported to Yuzhou and counted according to military merit?"

Xie Anke was not just surprised, but completely disgusted: "The heads of women, children and the elderly and weak account for the majority."

The Han army counts military merits based on the number of heads captured, but it is not entirely based on the number of heads won, how many battles they have won, how many battles they have participated in, and so on.

Ran Min turned around, and after only three days of preparation, he sent someone to inform Xie An that he could leave for Yuzhou at any time.He really wanted to take those heads to Yuzhou, and it seemed that he wanted 12 of his subordinates to have at least the first-class title of [-]th-class military merit.

"This is a big problem!" Gai Ning seemed to have a kind of respect for Ran Min, and said, "Is this the last time he fights for the welfare of his followers?"

Xie An had already thought of that, but his impression of Ran Min had not changed at all.He really felt that Ran Min's IQ was slightly lower in some aspects. Could it be that he was destroying the Han's military merit system and even causing problems and embarrassment for the entire Han?

No matter what, the huge team from Guanzhong began to leave Gaoguan and go to Luo County to Yuzhou.

Throughout the winter, if you want to talk about the actions of Shijie Zhao and Han, it is that both sides are doing their best to prepare for war.

The Han Dynasty used one winter to recruit soldiers and conduct necessary training, and the necessary war materials would definitely be concentrated on the battlefield where they should be sent.

Not only troops and supplies, Liu Yan also kept discussing with his ministers and workers, and seized the gap to build a lot of fortifications, such as building as many "castles" and military forts as possible in the Han army-controlled area in the east of Puyang County , and urgently built city walls and related fortifications in Nanpi (Bohai County) and Lecheng (Hejian County) in Jizhou.

Liu Yan, who was in Fenggao, learned that Ran Min had left the customs with his troops, and would arrive in Yuzhou soon without accident.He also knew that Ran Min had brought more than 400 cartloads of heads, saying that he wanted to give credit to his soldiers.

"This case can't be opened!" Ji Chang said with anger on his face, "Don't say that it is full of women, children, the elderly and the weak, just say that it is just like that without registration and registration. You must not allow such nonsense!"

"Even if we admit it, will those soldiers think it's the king's kindness, or remember Ran's kindness?" Sang Yu looked angrily and smiled back: "I heard that the idea came from King Liang, what is he going to do?"

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, soldiers can be exchanged for meritorious service not only on the battlefield, but also can be regarded as the same as military merit.This kind of rule is inherited from the pre-Qin period, and it used to be like this.

Liu Yan knew that both Ji Chang and Sang Yu were speaking out of anger.His inner troubles are more than anger, after all rules are rules, no matter how disgusted he is, he can't ignore the rules because of anger.

"Let's not worry about what Zhang Jun wants to do." Liu Yan looked at Cai You and said, "Be prepared to see where the land to be rewarded should be, and the slaves that should be allocated should be allocated as soon as possible."

Ji Chang and Sang Yu looked at each other silently, they understood a little bit, Liu Yan must feel extremely disgusted, but being a king is so helpless.

"There will be a short rainy season after the beginning of spring. Considering that it is still impossible to engage in large-scale battles during the muddy season, we should take advantage of this period of time to do something more." Liu Yan couldn't help looking at Xie Ai who was sitting on the side, and then paused. Said: "How to get along with Jin and how to control Dai are the most urgent matters at present."

Attack Zhao, Yuyan, Mengliang, Yudai, and Jin.This is the national policy given by Xie Ai. Speaking of it, Liu Yan has already begun to implement it, but the effect is really not what to say.

At present, the state of Han is trying to ease relations with the Eastern Jin Xiao~chao~ting. Huan Wen went to Jiankang again, in the name of an envoy, and there was only one piece of news. For the sake of Qihe, Taishan sacrifices were abolished, and Liu Yan was even asked to become a minister.

Is that a big mouth of a lion?Anyway, Xiao~chao~ting mentioned another thing, that is, hundreds of thousands of Jin troops will cross the river north.

Liu Yan knew that Xiao~chao~ting was very serious about his serious and funny attitude. After reading the news sent back by Huan Wen, he wanted to recruit people back, but Xie Ai thought he could take it easy.

Xie Ai's opinion is very simple. Even if one party is serious and funny, it is still negotiating, which means it can be delayed.He is very clear about the efficiency of Xiao~chao~ting. As long as Huan Wen is still arguing with him in Jiankang, it is not impossible to get involved for two or three years, and it will definitely be beneficial to Han.

Yudai?Lu Yi was still in the grassland, news came back from time to time, he was still in charge of Tuoba Xiu's dowry, and armed nearly 5000 people, but Tuoba Shi Yijian's actions were more incomprehensible.

(End of this chapter)