sweeping the world

Chapter 484 "The Han army is defeated, pursue it!"

During the period when Ji Zhou destroyed Yin and Shang, many princes and nobles of Yin and Shang were not destroyed in the war, and Ji Zhou was also unable to completely eliminate those princes of Yin and Shang. The vassal states that caused many princes of Yin and Shang to be divided into feudal vassals still existed.

After the situation in the world became clearer, many vassal states of the Yin and Shang Dynasties directly changed their banners to belong to the Ji Zhou system. small territory.

Not all the princes of Yin and Shang belonged to the Ji Zhou system after the general situation of the world became clear, and the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period was considered to be one of the descendants of Yin and Shang.During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Kingdom of Chu was conquered by a group of younger brothers led by Jin, the overlord of the vassals at that time. After that, Chu was included in one of the vassal states of Ji Zhou.

In addition to the state of Chu, Jizi, the uncle of the last king of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, also went out. Jizi led his tribe all the way to the northeast, annihilating part of Dongyi at that time and establishing Korea.The establishment of the Joseon Dynasty by Jizi was recognized by King Ji Zhouwu, but it was dissociated from the outside world for nearly 1 years. It was not until the period of Emperor Xiaowu Liu Che in the Western Han Dynasty that the Jizi Dynasty was brought under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty again. .

There are actually quite a lot of examples similar to Jizi Dynasty 1 Joseon. For example, the Yelang Kingdom, Ailao Kingdom, and Dian Kingdom, which were annexed by the Han Empire until the Western Han Dynasty, were also counted as countries jointly established by the remaining descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty and local barbarians.

As early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were old rules, and the Yu clan still found it from some classics.

What the Yu clan didn't know was that it wasn't just the regime change at the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties that happened in this period. The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the end of the Yang Sui Dynasty, the end of the Li Tang Dynasty, the end of the Southern Song Dynasty... When many dynasties were about to collapse, many Chinese Miao descendants were actually Choose to go out.Most of them were directly integrated by the local ethnic groups. For example, every time the Central Plains was in war, a large number of people traveled across the ocean and arrived at the Wulian Islands. Those who were integrated were integrated.Some sturdy immigrants migrated to a certain place and became rulers, such as Dayue ruled by the Chen family during the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

In today's era, because of the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, many Chinese descendants have been separated. Taking Goguryeo and Baekje as examples, the number of Han survivors in the two countries is actually very large, and it can even be said that those survivors brought them to the two countries. A considerable amount of culture has been acquired, but these cultures have been lost in the Central Plains.

The two countries established by the Zhang family are also one of them. The Zhang family’s regime occupies Liangzhou, but the Zhang family’s Liang country has been continuously expanding to the western regions. Yu Yi observed for a long time and found that Liu Yan has a lot of good feelings for the Zhang family. In fact, Liu Yan is very happy to see the Miao descendants who are also from China expand outward.

Xie An couldn't interfere with the decision of the Yu clan, he said that he would definitely convey Yu Yi's meaning.In order to be prudent about the matter, and because it was a big one, he asked Yu Yi to write a letter in his own hand, and the seal of the head of the Yu clan should also be on the letter.

Yu Yi pondered for a long time. He asked Xie An for help just as a test. After all, Liu Yan's thoughts were only guesses, not certainty.Later, he still wrote the letter with his own hand. Since he wanted to write it, he wrote it more clearly and clearly. As a result, he used three pieces of silk paper and nearly [-] words to finish it.

Han's work report this year has not yet started, and the central government will let the civil servants and generals who are away go back to report work in batches during the winter solstice. Xie An can only wait for that time to forward Yu Yi's personal letter to Liu Yan.

"It should be in time." Yu Yi said that it is impossible for the Han army to invade the south and wipe out the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the autumn. Yingpan, why not say goodbye.”

Xie An returned the gift and looked at Yu Yi speechlessly, waiting for Yu Yi to leave before kneeling down again.

This area of ​​Huainan will have heavy or small rains from time to time in autumn. The shortest time for each time is three days, and the longest time a rain can last for at least half a month. It is because of this that Huainan It will be an area with dense water network.

The Han army and the Jin army in Huainan conducted small and large probing every day, but the frequent battles were not large. It was during the large and small probing and fighting that Xu Zheng waited for the intelligence collected by Jiankang.

"Xie Shi was indeed under pressure from Jiankang." Facing the gaze of the general in the military tent, Tiao You said slowly, "It is reported that Chu Ling was the one who directly pressured him."

The Han military generals here in Ruyin would discuss whether to accept Xie Shi's hunting invitation, whether to agree, what additional conditions should be imposed after agreeing, and what would happen if he did not agree. The Han military generals here in Ruyin discussed it almost every day.

"The number of Jin troops on the Shouchun side has been increasing." Xu Zheng made a thoughtful expression and said, "The boats are also frequently mobilized."

Many of Xie Shi's actions showed one meaning. The Jin army really hoped that the Han army could win the hunting invitation. After Wang Chuzhi came here as an envoy, four or five groups of people came after him, all asking whether the Han army could win the hunting invitation. To be able to hunt.

The Han army did not reply for a long time. What Xie Shi spread was that the Han army was afraid of the Jin army, so the morale of the Jin army was rising every day.If you look at it this way, Xie Shi is really a good general, or a capable person under his command, who has used everything he can to the extreme.

The generals and academies of the Han army who had been discussing for so many days did not come up with anything. They could almost list the purpose and conspiracy of Xie Shi's invitation to the meeting, including the need to take advantage of the retreat of the Han army to give way to the war. Space, shouting rumors that the Han army was defeated, waiting for the chaos of the Han army to boost the morale of the Jin army followed and attacked.

"The meaning of this general is to agree." Xu Zheng straightened his face, puffed out his chest, and said, "What do you think?"

Tiao You was the first to agree, and those who were qualified to speak were seconded.

Xie An also seconded the proposal, but what was thinking in his mind was the Han army's response plan to the Jin army's possible actions in the near future. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: [It is because no matter what the enemy army will do, they will make a plan, the big man Only then will we be able to hold our ground in the face of emergencies...]

In fact, knowing and not knowing are really two kinds of mentality. For example, if the army encounters an ambush when it is completely unprepared, it will definitely be chaotic, but if it is known in advance that it will be ambushed, it is another matter.What the army is afraid of is that the soldiers will be in chaos, leading to the non-existence of the organizational system and the inability to issue military orders. The chaos and panic in the heart will definitely lead to a big defeat. As long as the order and people's hearts can be stabilized, even if the defeat is not too serious.

Xie Shi, who was in Bagong Mountain, received Xu Zheng's reply that he agreed to hunt, and he read the reply letter for a long time.

"Xu Zheng agrees to hunt, and will withdraw the army for [-] miles according to our request?" Liu Jian clapped his face full of ecstasy, "It's done!"

There are not too many people in the big tent of the Chinese army. Except for the coach Xie Shi, Liu Jian, Sun Chuo, Xi Yin and other "one red heart to the sun" family members are eligible to be present. After all, core secrets cannot become a bad street.

Xie An was also in ecstasy at first, but after the joy, he fell into hesitation.He knew that this was not the classical era. After people like Song Rengong who obeyed the classical rules of warfare were fooled and called fools, would there be fools again?

"The Han army has been invincible all year round, and it has won many battles against Shijie, a powerful country in the world. It must have become extremely arrogant." Sun Chuo noticed Xie Shi's concern for gains and losses, and said: "The enemy and our armies are fighting each other recently. It is because we are in a favorable terrain but our losses are greater than those of the Han army, which will make the enemy think that our army is vulnerable."

"Arrogance is inevitable." Xi Yin continued the topic and said: "The puppet king often talks about winning with dignity, and demands to win the enemy's heart with a conquest posture so that he can rule easily. Xu Zheng, who is the puppet Han general who conquered the south, must have been affected .”

Needless to say, Xu Zheng was really instructed by Liu Yan before he went south, saying that if he could end the small Eastern Jin court in an upright manner, he should not use tricks.

The Han army's southern invasion came with the goal of destroying the country, and it was able to win with an absolutely crushing military might. It must be to prevent the people south of the Yangtze River from living in the mentality of rebelling after being brought into rule.A frightened south of the Yangtze River can better integrate into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the south of the Yangtze River, which is full of dissatisfaction, is just another southern Chu land after the Qin Emperor swept Liuhe.

"Hmm..." Xie Shi tried his best to calm himself down, and asked, "The enemy commander asked about the meeting time, how should I reply?"

This time, no one hastily opened their mouths. They still need to test whether there is any conspiracy on the side of the Han army, and they need to complete the agenda and preparations for what to do next after the initial realization of their own strategy.

"It is the first priority to ask the Han army's navy to withdraw..." Sun Chuo stroked his beard on his chin, stroking and stroking it gracefully, and said, "Only by withdrawing the navy can Xu Zheng express his sincerity."

Hearing what Sun Chuo said, everyone including Xie Shi nodded in agreement.

Seriously, the invitation meeting of the Jin army headed by Xie Shi was not in Feishui, but in the Huaishui area.If it really started, the historical record of this war should be the Battle of Huai River, not the Battle of Fei River.

Since the Han army agreed to hunt, the two armies in the battlefield area stopped fighting. The Han army on the south bank of the Huai River shrank to the shore, and the Han army on the north bank of the Huai River also began to prepare for camping.

Xu Zheng's actions caught Xie Shi's side a little off guard. The Jin army really didn't expect that the Han army would be so agile. Before, they thought they would have to continue wrangling for a while, or that the Han army was dragging its retreat.

"They don't have any counter-conspiracy, do they?" Xie Shi became more and more restless, standing on the top of the hill and watching the boats coming and going on the Huaihe River, he said: "The withdrawal is too decisive and fast."

Things really shouldn't be like this. It took the Han army nearly four months to get a foothold on the south bank of the Huai River. The Han army even captured some mountains in Bagong Mountain. The result was only an invitation Lie's letter of war asked the Han army to retreat. No matter how you look at it, it seems that the generals of the Han army who commanded the army are a bit stupid.

"Take your time." Sun Chuo looked openly and said with a smile, "No matter what, the retreat of the Han army is good for us."

After the Han army withdrew, the Jin army entered the previously lost mountain area again immediately. No matter how you look at it, the Jin army took advantage.Even if the Jin army broke the contract later, no matter how angry the Han army became, they would have to fight again inch by inch, which would be tantamount to the blood of the Han army soldiers before.

Xie Shi really wants to break the contract now, all because his heart is getting more and more unreliable, and a feeling of loss is getting more and more serious.

Soon, Xu Zheng replied that he was willing to withdraw the navy in the Huaishui River. This behavior directly made Xie Shi even more terrified.

"Are they really so stupid?" Xie Shi summoned the core family members again, unable to hide his confusion, and said, "Things went so smoothly, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look normal."

Based on the character of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, Liu Jian said: "The enemy has promised to hunt, and the previously occupied positions will also be withdrawn. They even promised to transfer the navy after the troops on the south bank withdraw. Everything went smoother than we expected. The next step is to When the Han army on the north bank breaks out and retreats, we will be able to kill them."

The upright sons of the aristocratic families present all agreed with Liu Jian's words, thinking that there is nothing wrong with going smoothly.Some people who like to think too much, they feel confused and uneasy just like Xie Shi.

Xie Shi felt very unreal and thought: 【Could it be that heaven is helping me? 】

The news on the Huainan battlefield has been widely circulated. Xie Shi invited Xu Zheng to come to a dignified hunting meeting. As the general of the Han army, Xu Zheng agreed to withdraw the troops to [-] miles behind the north bank of the Huai River. A series of things happened. What to pass out.

Those who learned of the movement on the Huainan battlefield, after a while of confusion, each had their own thoughts and remarks.

The people in the Han country felt that Xu Zheng's brain was trapped by the door, and most of them couldn't figure out why they would do such a stupid thing. Only a small part thought that Xu Zheng was a gentleman.

Without exception, the small imperial courts of the Eastern Jin Dynasty felt that Xu Zheng was stupid, at least it was stupid to give up the land occupied by the bloody soldiers. They all praised Xie Shi as a famous general in the world, and he did not need to lose a single soldier to regain the lost land.

No matter what the outside world says, the situation in the Huainan theater began to develop towards a critical moment, that is, Xu Zheng ordered the troops on the south bank of the Huai River to board their ships and retreat. After about two hours, the navy of the Jin army appeared in the area of ​​the Huai River theater. , The Jin army that was originally in the fortifications of Bagong Mountain also marched towards the shore.

Xie Shi put on a gorgeous military uniform. He was riding a majestic war horse in the most conspicuous position. He waited and waited until the Han army on the north bank of the Huai River made a move to break camp and retreat. He waited again. The scout reported that there were no Han naval forces within twenty miles, and very suddenly he pulled out the sword hanging from his waist.

"The Han army is defeated, and the soldiers pursue the victory!"

Starting with Xie Shi, those who had been arranged to speak loudly also shouted, and soon the entire south bank of the Huai River was shouting "The Han army is defeated".

The Han army located on the north bank of the Huai River, the soldiers heard the roar from the south bank, everyone's expression was as strange as it could be...

(End of this chapter)