sweeping the world

Chapter 603 The most handsome man in the world

Murong Keai, recognized as the first general of the Yan Kingdom, led the Murong Yan Army to fight around at the age of 14, improving the mink and leopard cavalry of the Murong Yan Kingdom.

Because his appearance is really handsome, Murong Ke originally put on his mask because he was worried that he would not have enough deterrent power against the enemy. Later, he developed a habit of wearing a mask every time he fought. Over time, his subordinates also followed suit. Some of his opponents also called his subordinates Mask Army.

Murong Ke is now 27 years old and has many heirs, including three legitimate sons. I heard that most of his children inherit his beauty?At this moment, he is standing on an arrow tower and watching the Qiushui River from a distance. There are densely packed Han army ships on the river there. The four bridges crossing the river have already shown their scale, and Han troops have crossed the water and landed in the east of Qiushui. shore.

It's not that the Murong Yan army stationed at Qiushuihe didn't try to stop the Han army, but facing the heavy casualties from the crossbow arrows and bed crossbows fired by the Han army ships, Murong Ke gave up blocking the landing because he didn't want too many casualties.

Of course, Murong Ke didn't want to watch the Han army easily cross the river. In fact, in addition to arranging the necessary blocking troops, he had already built a large number of rafts upstream. However, the Han army had already taken precautions. Not only did ships appear in time to attack, but even some burning rafts went down the river, they were stopped by the Han army's arrangement of things across both sides of the river.

A series of attempts to intercept the action failed to achieve results. What can Murong Yan's army do except watch the Han army continue to build bridges across the river?For Murong Yan's army, the situation is more than that. The fleet of the Han army does not appear alone in Qiushui, and the fleet of the Han army also frequently appears in Rushui, which has a direct passage to the Bohai Sea.

It's not that the Murong Yan Kingdom didn't have a navy, or they didn't have a navy at first, but they discovered that the navy of the Han Dynasty was huge and threatening and began to develop a navy.They accepted a group of people from the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fifth year of Han Yuanshuo. It can be regarded as having people who are familiar with the navy, and they can be regarded as able to develop the navy seriously.

It is now the seventh year of Yuan Shuo, and the size of the Murong Yan State Navy is about forty warships, large and small, and boats and rafts are not easy to calculate.

It stands to reason that when a country starts to pay attention to a certain aspect, with the country's will, resources, and manpower, it will not take two years to build forty large and small warships. Murong Yan is not a country without a craftsman system, but shipbuilding must be To be placed by the river, the question is will Han turn a blind eye to those shipbuilding bases?

"The coastal area is almost rotten, and the situation around the Rushui River is not much better." Liu Xiang had an expression of deep hatred and helplessness: "Fortunately, people have been relocated early, otherwise..."

Murong Ke was not wearing a mask now, and his handsome face was full of gloom.

To be honest, Murong Yanguo was not afraid of the Han Dynasty at first, and it could even be said that he was confident of winning the battle against the Han army, but the situation changed dramatically in the fourth year of Yuanshuo.

In the fourth year of Yuanshuo, the Han Kingdom could be said to be the enemy of the whole world.

At that time, Murong Yan State was at its most beautiful stage. All the countries in the Northeast were trembling under the soldiers of Murong Yan State.

At that time, although the Shijie Zhao Kingdom lost Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, part of Jizhou, part of Sizhou, and part of Yuzhou, the Shijie Zhao Kingdom still looked like a behemoth.

At that time, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty looked very glamorous on the surface. Not only was the 20-strong army unscathed, but the Yangtze River Navy also looked huge. In terms of manpower and material resources, it was still the richest country in the world.

At that time, Li's Chenghan, Zhang's Liangguo, and Tuoba Daiguo were still dispensable no matter how they looked at them. Anyway, if they had more of them, they could strengthen their momentum, and without them, it would not hurt the overall situation.

The situation of the eastern countries began to change as the soldiers of the Han Dynasty went south...

Although Li's Chenghan said that the country was weak, the mountains and rivers of Li's Chenghan took advantage of the defensive war. No one expected that the Han Dynasty would wipe out Li's Chenghan within three months.

"Huan Wen can be called a general, but he is really despicable." Murong Ke still looked like a middle-aged handsome man even with a mocking expression: "This man ignored the friendship between his motherland and led his troops to participate in the attack on Jin. Presiding over subsequent bloody purges is not like the Son of Man."

The Han Dynasty destroyed the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Calculated based on the time of the central surrender of the small imperial court, the battle to destroy the country only took four months, but it took nearly three years to subsequently eliminate the stubborn forces and the aristocratic families and powerful people from all over the country.

No matter which country it is, unless the war is repeated, it will be counted as perishing by the surrender of the central government. No matter how you look at it, it cannot be regarded as a weak Eastern Jin Dynasty. The chin, in a way, can also explain the strength of the Han army.

In the early days of Murong Yan Kingdom, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was regarded as Zhengshuo, which shows that the Murong clan still recognized the power of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.They refused to enshrine the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as Zhengshuo in [-] A.D., and held the founding ceremony in the same year, but it was not enough to show that they no longer recognized the strength of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They just felt that it was no longer necessary to use the name of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. .

It should be said that after the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, various Hu people's forces no longer regarded the Huaxia Miao people as powerful as they were when they were strong.From the beginning, only the former Zhao (Xiongnu Han Kingdom) proclaimed the emperor, and later Shi Le and Shi Hu first proclaimed the emperor and then removed the title of the emperor. It can be seen that the Hu people are hesitant about whether the Huaxia Miao people have really become vulnerable (see the remaining prestige of the Han Empire).

"Brother is going to become emperor..." Murong Ke smiled wryly: "I have never seen an emperor who wants to lead his subjects to migrate immediately after becoming emperor."

"The king wants to inspire the morale of the army and the people." Liu Xiang said with a solemn expression: "Liu Yan is just proclaiming the king, and the king proclaiming the emperor can overwhelm Liu Yan in terms of momentum."

The emperor is of course greater than the king, but is the person who calls the emperor really stronger than the person who calls the king?Fame is really very important sometimes, and sometimes it is completely useless.

Murong Ke smiled wryly to himself. Murong Jun's proclaiming himself emperor might help boost the morale of his own people, but he knew that Murong Jun wanted to disgust Liu Yan more and at the same time have a last bit of fun.

Liu Xiang's solemn expression immediately collapsed, while his cheeks twitched continuously, he let out a bitter laugh.

"The West Route Army and the East Route Army are just to buy time for the big domestic transfer." Murong Ke completely understood Murong Jun's mentality, but he understood and still felt aggrieved: "Dayan prepared 13 times for going south. The year... is 13 years!"

Murong Ke led the army for the first time 13 years ago. At that time, Murong Xianbei wanted to defeat Yuwen Xianbei, Tuoba Xianbei and other Xianbeis. He also achieved his goal of strengthening himself from the civil war, and then defeated Goguryeo. Disabled, Fuyu, Shen, Quwo, Lou... Even those wild men who have been hunting in the deep mountains and forests for many years have been cleaned up. It can be said that everything is developing in a better direction.

If there is no accident, after a 13-year preliminary preparation, Murong Xianbei will spend another ten years accumulating strength and waiting for an opportunity. For this reason, they specially broke out with Shijie Zhao Guo in Youzhou in [-] A.D. In the great war, Murong Yan's army was several times less than Shijie Zhao's army against the self-conquered Shihu. It is hoped that there will be a more stable external environment for internal preparations.

"If it's possible to do it all over again..." Murong Ke stopped talking halfway through. There's no such thing as starting over again. Saying it would make him appear weak, something he didn't want to show.He adjusted his mood and asked Liu Xiang, "How are you getting ready?"

Liu Xiang is the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army of Murong Yan State, and can participate in Murong Ke's entire combat operations. Some things are arranged through him, so he said: "It is ready."

It is impossible to block the Han army on the west bank of Qiushui, because the Han army's long-range attack power is sharp and it is not easy to fight on the river bank. Murong Ke's plan is to let the Han army cross the river, and set the two miles away from the east bank of Qiushui as the first place. a battlefield.

Qiushui is a river with a long history. Its general width is about one mile. Since it extends to the grassland beyond the ancient Great Wall (Warring States Yanshi Great Wall) and is even connected to the Bao River, it has been at a high water level for a long time. status.

The current stage is the season when the ice and snow melt everywhere. Although it is not compared to the flood season when the ice and snow just melted, the river level of Qiushui is still much higher than usual, and the water in the river is relatively turbulent. The burning raft was lowered upstream. Unfortunately, the Han Dynasty had already arranged it and failed.

Murong Ke was originally talking, but he stopped while talking, with obvious fear on his face: "Hussar General Ran, is it Ran Min?"

Liu Xiang tried his best to squint his eyes and look into the distance. Due to his short-sightedness, he could see a prominent flag appearing in a blur, but he couldn't see the words on the flag clearly.

The military flags of the Han army are divided into specifications. Starting from the song compiled by thousands of people, they are eligible to be equipped with numbered flags. The other words are some general ranks, usually the official position plus the surname, what is more special is that Liu Yan's Wang Qi will only have the phoenix pattern and nothing else.

Previously, there were only ordinary numbered flags around the Qiushui battlefield. Murong Ke could tell which Han army appeared from the flags. Make some appropriate arrangements for the record of this number.

Ran Min's military flag indeed appeared on the west bank of Qiushui, and even the new troops were exposed in the sight of Murong Yan's army.

"The bridge... is almost passable." Liu Xiang could not hide his surprise: "In just three hours, the enemy was able to repair four crossing bridges?!"

Yes, the four bridges on the river have almost been repaired. These are some warships as the balance fulcrum, and there are many large wooden rafts fixed by iron chains. Murong Yan's army is too far away to look too carefully. In fact, the wooden rafts are pieced together separately, and then pulled and fixed by external forces to form a pontoon bridge that allows people to pass. (Refer to the plan of the U.S. Army to build a floating bridge across the river in World War II)

Since many wooden rafts are fixed together, it is impossible to see that the bridge will be repaired so quickly. Murong Ke's previous judgment was that it would take at least four or five days for the Han army to repair it. Seeing that Ran Min led the new The Han army appeared, and the next moment they saw that the four bridges had been repaired, they quickly walked to the climbing ladder and went down the archery tower without saying a word.

"Notify Li Hong that a large number of Han troops will come to the east bank soon!" Murong Ke turned vigorously on the horse led by his personal guards, took the long spear handed over, and then looked at Liu Xiang: "Long Shi, let's go back to the big army!" Battalion, I need to get up close and take a good look at the enemy."

Liu Xiang listened to this as soon as he got off the watchtower, hesitated for a while, and responded politely: "No!"

The landforms on both sides of Qiushui are similar, just like the terrain near many river beaches, presenting a relatively stable environment full of weeds.After leaving the river beach, some naturally growing trees and bushes appear dense and lush, and there are only a few artificially opened roads.

On the west bank of Qiushui, a large number of trees were felled by the Han army. In addition to guarding against Murong Yan's fire attack and facilitating sneak attacks, they also used local materials, which made Xi'an look like a complete mess of human destruction.

Murong Yan's army did not change the environment on the east bank of Qiushui, because Murong Ke's original appearance was conducive to defense, but the Han army did a lot of damage after landing on the east bank, including clearing grass and felling trees that obscured sight.

The Han army crossed the river and landed on a small scale to go deeper. The fight between the two armies of different camps in the woods continued. Generally speaking, the Han army encountered resolute and tenacious resistance, and even the scouts It is impossible to spy on the back through the woods.

Ran Min in full uniform rode on Zhu Long's horse, squinted his eyes at Qiu Shui, and said to Liu Yi next to him in a very mocking tone: "There must be fire oil in the dense forest, and there must be heavy soldiers on standby after that." .”

Liu Yi's cheeks twitched, and he criticized in his heart: [I don't know if there is kerosene.Deploying heavy troops but getting intelligence and spying, so you still need to guess? 】

The so-called Murong Yan Kingdom's heavy soldiers behind the forest were simply snooped by Liu Yan's "cheating", and he had enough knowledge of what Murong Ke wanted to do next.

"The number one general of the Yan army is a famous general who bullied the small country and the few people. He doesn't pay attention to him at all." Ran Min was right when he said that. Leading the army alone, Murong Ke has been active in the small countries in the Northeast.He guessed that the sarcasm was enough, and the semaphore that could cross the river came from ahead, so he ordered: "Cross the river!"

(End of this chapter)