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Chapter 606 The Battle of Destroying Yan ([-]) [Thank you Jiulongcheng Rong for a reward of fifty thousand]

The Han State planned to use three months to destroy the Murong Yan State. The plan they adopted was three-pronged as the main attack, and there were several supporting plans that used the inland to connect to the sea and the mouth.

The Qiushui battlefield is only one of the three main attack routes. To say it is special, it is only because Liu Yan sits in person, it does not mean that the real main battlefield is here.

There are two battlefields in the Yan Kingdom that have started fighting. The western battlefield currently maintains a stalemate, but the eastern battlefield has forced Lu Tai to retreat tactically after the defeat of multiple subordinate countries.Generally speaking, judging from the situation of the two-front battlefield, the war between the Han Kingdom and the Murong Yan Kingdom is not a dominant trend, on the contrary, there are still some weak advances.

"Facts have proved that because the king's presence in the town has attracted about 20 enemy troops." Ji Chang took it for granted: "The most capable general of the Murong clan is also on the eastern front."

Murong Yan's western front battlefield was arranged around almost the entire Youbeiping County. The Han army's frontline position alone was nearly [-] strong. The defense line was set up based on various dangers of mountains and terrains, and the possible attack routes of the Han army were All the cities on the mountain were also strengthened one after another.

The defense line on land can be accumulated by manpower. For Murong Ke, the most troublesome thing is the entire coastline, and naturally those navigable water systems.

Murong Ke receives a lot of battle reports every day. It’s all about which part of the river system the Han army landed, where the Han army attacked, how many places were wiped out and how many battle results were achieved. There are so many similar battle reports that they can be piled up together. into a pile.

Let’s just talk about the coastline of the Bohai Sea, right?The coastline was so long that it was thousands of miles long, so Murong Ke didn't have enough troops to defend himself. Even if he laid down his troops, whether the Han army would come or not was a big problem. When the garrison at a certain station received news that the Han army had landed somewhere, The Han army had already retreated before the garrison here arrived. It was a trivial matter that the garrison on the coastline was exhausted. After stepping into too many traps and being ambushed too many times, and after the losses reached a certain level, Murong Ke quickly withdrew completely. .

Murong Ke has no choice but to withdraw. He has a lot of troops, but there are too many places that need to be defended. Most of the coastal areas that need to be transferred have been transferred, leaving only a few. If they are completely passive, they should really withdraw.

Of course, both sides can do traps and ambushes, but Murong Yan's army is on the defensive side, and only by guessing where the Han army will land can there be a basis for deployment.The Han army, as the party with the initiative, did not have a fixed trajectory and did not go too deep. As the party with the initiative, of course it took advantage of the boss.

Apart from Qiu Shui, Murong Ke's most troublesome and most important thing is Rushui. Most of his troops are deployed on Qiushui's defense line, and Rushui is at the rear. The direction is sandwiched in the middle.

"In view of this, Murong Ke must always be worried about losing his way out." Xu Zheng pointed to the location of Lingzhi City: "The enemy has stationed heavy troops here, and has been strengthening the city defense since the beginning of last year."

Lingzhi City was Murong Yan's military stronghold in the east from the beginning. It was on the east bank of the Ru River. A canal was specially opened to connect the city. The Han army tried to use the canal to attack, and the feedback they received was that A large number of bed crossbows are arranged on the city wall.

"In addition to the bed crossbow, they also ingeniously built four sluice defense lines, each with a sudden trench." Xu Zhengzheng really admired those whimsical ideas, and the trench is similar to the sudden rise of a waterfall: "So even if a boat rushes in, it will overturn if it encounters a trench."

Murong Yanguo has the technology of making bed crossbows, and the technical content is slightly worse than that of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Not only single-shooting bed crossbows, but also three-shooting bed crossbows are available. Most of them are used to arrange city defenses. It seems that Murong Ke I also brought some over, and they were arranged in some hilltop fortresses on the east bank of Qiushui?
A group of people were discussing, but someone shouted to see him outside the military tent.

The person who came was to report the situation on the front line to Liu Yan, saying that Murong Yan's army set fire again, this time burning the forest that had not been affected before.

"..." Liu Yan guessed the key in an instant, squinting his eyes and said: "A fire made us retreat to the west bank and wasted [-] days. Murong Ke has tasted the sweetness."

In the current years, most areas have not been developed and have maintained a lush green appearance. You can see patches of woods everywhere. This is the case in the Central Plains. It will be slightly more serious in Youzhou. After all, Youzhou has been populated since ancient times. It is far rarer than in the Central Plains.

To put it bluntly, Youbeiping County is really full of forests, especially the distribution of forests on both sides of Qiushui is wider. As a result, if you want to build a camp, you need to cut down a large area of ​​forests, and you basically have to touch the forests if you want to march.

"General Hussar sent a group of soldiers into the forest before, but nearly 200 people failed to withdraw." Liu Yan put down the battle report in his hand and did not show too many emotions: "The fire in that forest will hinder us for at least seven days. Eight days. Did the scouts sent out to explore the road discover anything new?"

Xun Xian recently took on the task of sorting out information, and immediately replied: "No."

Having said that, the situation here is like that. There are dense forests everywhere, and it is rare to have any formed roads. Even if there are, Murong Yan’s army has already deployed defenses. Detour attack is almost impossible.

"It is reported that Murong Xianbei only stationed Tuoba Shiyijian on the northern line. Except for the remnants of Tuoba Xianbei, Murong Xianbei did not strengthen Tuoba Shiyijian's subordinates." Xu Zheng said that those have the same meaning, Regardless of whether it is Liu Yan or Lu Tai, the Han army in both directions has become a partial division to contain Murong Yan's army. The one who can really make a contribution with one blow is on the northern battlefield: "Your Majesty, the invasion of the imperial guards can be considered smooth?"

Liu Yan frowned involuntarily, and his frowning expression made the military tent fall into absolute silence.

The imperial guards on the northern line were originally going to invade Zhang's Liangguo. When they were about [-] miles away from Guzang, they turned their heads and headed eastward. The eight-day march reached the north bank of Zuoleshui (Sala Mulun River).

Before the imperial guards arrived, Tuoba Shiyijian had already discovered in advance. Before that, he contacted Tuobaxiu again, begging his sister with extreme humility and panic, saying that Tuoba had already expelled the country, and he didn't think about it. In order to stay, no matter what, please ask your sister to ask Liu Yan to let Tuoba Xianbei survive.

Since Tuobaxiu met Liu Yan, at the beginning, there were all kinds of resistance and contempt, and after she became Liu Yan's woman, she could be said to be a qualified woman, and even became one of the four concubines of the Han Dynasty. The title of concubine De, usually not interfering in state affairs is only one of them. When it comes to Han and Tuoba Dai, she can also correct her position as a concubine of Han. It can be said that there is nothing to be picky about as a wife, but as Tuoba The daughter of the clan made Tuoba Shi Yijian and other family members feel angry.

Tuoba Daiguo provoked the Han Dynasty and actually entered a state of war. It is one thing for the two countries to fight to the death. If you dare to challenge, you must be mentally prepared to destroy the country. Tuobaxiu knows this very well.She began to worry later on, it was the fear and anxiety caused by Ran Min's rampant killings in Bingzhou and Shuozhou, and she was deeply afraid that Tuoba Xianbei would have the same fate after the defeat.

The destruction of the country and the destruction of the race are two different things. Before Tuoba Shiyijian pleaded, Tuobaxiu secretly begged Liu Yan several times not to carry out the genocide policy against the Tuoba clan. In fact, Liu Yan would not be like To deal with Tuoba Xianbei like the Jie tribe, the follow-up captive Tuoba Xianbei was not killed, Tuobaxiu thought that her plea had a good result, on the one hand, she felt sorry for Liu Yan, on the other hand, she was really relieved .

After Liu Yan agreed to part of Tuoba Xianbei's surrender, Tuoba Xiu was very self-disciplined and stopped interfering, even Tuoba Shiyijian pleaded again and did not reply, but Tuoba Shiyijian was obviously so unconscionable towards himself My sister is hopeless.

Tuoba Shiyijian did it very simply this time. In the early days, he built many bridges across the river in Zuoleshui. He ignored Murong Xianbei's repeated inquiries to build them, and waited for the imperial guards to approach within a hundred miles. Murong Xianbei was an ally, and the next moment Tuoba Xianbei raised his weapon at his former ally.Before contacting the Han army, Tuoba Shi Yijian did something wrong to Murong Xianbei, and then contacted the Han army.

It should be said that Tuoba Shiyijian's goal has been achieved in some respects. Liu Yan is very happy to quickly open the defense line of Murong Yanguo's northern line. With Tuoba Shiyijian as the pioneer, the battle on the northern line went surprisingly smoothly. The army did not attack Tuoba Xianbei either.

"what?"

One counts as one, and I was basically stunned when I learned what the situation on the northern line was.

"What happened two days ago?" Ji Chang really wanted to ask Liu Yan why he didn't say anything about it, but whether the king knew it was one thing, and whether he said it or not was another. with.He smiled wryly and said to Liu Yan: "Your Majesty...but you gave me a great surprise?"

After Ji Chang finished speaking, he was stunned. Not only him, but also some people who reacted basically had dumbfounded expressions.

The northern battlefield is about seven or eight hundred miles away from Qiushui Daying Camp. No matter how fast the horse is, it will take three or four days to deliver the news, and there will be necessary verification during the period. What they are confused about is How did his own king know what happened on the northern front.

For those who know and don't know, there are so many secrets in Liu Yan that they can never be explored. After being dazed, they buried all their doubts in their hearts, and what they urgently wanted to know was what Liu Yan had in mind.

"The widows have accepted the surrender of some Tuoba Xianbei. They will be scattered everywhere as laborers. When the deadline is up, they will become Han people to live and work in peace and contentment. I believe they will eventually become real Han people." Liu Yan's meaning is obvious, no matter what It's because I really didn't want to kill Tuoba Xianbei, and added later: "Tuoba Shi Yijian will unconditionally accept the widow's arrangement after killing Yan."

Liu Yan was the only voice in the military tent. Those who didn't understand were still stunned, while those who were quick-thinking started to deduce.

Most people think that Liu Yan is looking for Tuoba Xiu's sake, and they will also think about the benefits of Tuoba Xianbei's counterattack against Murong Xianbei to the Han Kingdom.In fact, what they didn't know was that Liu Yanda really didn't want to kill Tuoba Xianbei from the very beginning.

Liu Yan knew one thing very well. Even if history had not changed, Tuoba Xianbei had self-sinicized himself during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there was no unforgettable ill feeling towards Tuoba Xianbei.To be more clear and transparent, there is no shortage of Tuoba Xianbei's blood in the blood of the people of the later generations. That is why Liu Yan alone accepted Tuoba Xiu, a member of the Tuoba Xianbei royal family, as his woman. None of the other foreign races accepted him. .

After a long time, Xu Zheng was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, is there a war on the northern front?"

In an instant, no matter whether it was someone with an empty head or someone who was thinking, they all looked at Liu Yan.

It should be said that Tuoba Xianbei's rebellion dealt a great blow to Murong Yanguo. Not to mention that Tuoba Xianbei, who was supposed to be a blocking force, became the enemy of Murong Yan's army, but Tuoba Shiyijian pulled a lot of people from Murong Yanguo The officials all abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and within a very short period of time, Murong Yanguo's northern line was really corrupted.

Liu Yan laughed for a moment and said: "We have already marched to Pingku (the hill next to the word "tu" has been simplified and disappeared)."

Pingyu is located upstream of the fork of Yushui River. It is about two hundred miles away from Longcheng, the capital of Murong Yan Kingdom. There is only a willow city in front of Longcheng as a barrier.

Everyone here knows what Dragon City means to Murong Yanguo, knowing that the Northern Route Army has reached Dragon City for less than two hundred miles, and one after another began to breathe heavily.

Xu Zheng asked both excitedly and puzzled: "Your Majesty, Murong Xianbei doesn't trust Tuoba Xianbei that much, does he?"

It means that it is impossible for the Murong family not to be wary of Tuoba Shiyijian, there must be targeted arrangements, how could the northern line be corrupted so quickly.

Liu Yan actually didn't know what was inside, all he knew was the changes shown on the map in his mind, but he couldn't act like he didn't know, so he said: "The imperial guards are the absolute elite of the big man."

Xu Zheng was the first to nod in agreement, and everyone behind him had an approving expression.

"Since the battle on the northern front is going so well that it is almost approaching Longcheng, Murong Ke should receive the news soon." Sang Yu seemed to be trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, but it was difficult to conceal the joy on his face: " Not only Murong Ke's East Yan Army, but also the West Yan Army led by King Yan (Murong Jun), they have no choice but to return to Longcheng, right?"

Liu Yan has a hesitant attitude towards this.

Murong Yanguo is already doing a national transfer, which means that Dragon City is in a state of being discarded, and then Dragon City will not have the high political status and value it once had.

Sure enough, without Liu Yan saying it bluntly, Xu Zheng just said that truth, embarrassing Sang Yu who wanted to show it.

"We have no way of knowing the progress of Murong Xianbei's transfer." Ji Chang said fiercely: "How to keep the so-called Yan army from the east and the west is a major issue that colleagues should rack their brains!"

(End of this chapter)