sweeping the world

Chapter 607 The Battle of Destroying Yan ([-])

"In the future, there will be no more forests to burn." Liu Xiang is of course in favor of burning forests to hinder the advance of the Han army. Looking at Murong Ke who is frowning, he said: "Our army has deployed a large number of bed crossbows in the city. And the terrain is advantageous, which should make it difficult for the Han army to break through."

Around the east bank of Qiushui is a forest area about four or five miles long, and behind the forest area is an irregularly distributed mountainous area.The so-called mountains are actually not connected, and they are distributed into a large area. The mountains are not steep, and many of them are just small hills.

In that piece of mountainous area, there are some places that can accommodate large armies to fight, and of course they can provide enough open land to build camps. Murong Yan's army camp was built in it, formed by the military camp and the surrounding mountains The linkage, according to the distribution of troops, hooked up multiple corners.

Murong Ke set fire to the forest to delay the progress of the Han army. The reason why he did this was also a mentality of "I will abandon this land, it doesn't matter how much I toss it". It is the Han country that should worry about the environment.

On Qiushui's front line, 11 Murong Yan's troops were placed. After the two sides entered the combat state, Murong Yan's army lost more than 500 people, and the Han army should have lost 20 people.The combined armies of the two armies totaled nearly 3000, and no more than [-] people were lost in nearly a month. It seemed that the intensity of the war was extremely light, but the damage to the environment was extremely large.

For example, on the west bank of Qiushui, the forest area that the Han army came to cut down was at least ten miles in radius. Timber was only a small number of materials used to build camps, and most of them were stored.The burned forest area on the east bank of Qiushui is very extensive. At a glance, the forest area with a radius of at least [-] to [-] miles has been reduced to ashes. The black scorched earth is shocking.

"We... are really not very used to mountain warfare." Murong Ke would say this, because the two armies had already started an offensive and defensive battle: "Two mountains were conquered in just one day, and the passage will soon be broken through."

Liu Xiang could only smile wryly. The people they arranged at the front were Xianbei people, including former Jin people, and many were prisoners of war from various ethnic groups in the Northeast. Those people were not determined to fight. Even if you want to risk your life, you can't beat the Han army.

The so-called two hills that were conquered were about 200 meters above sea level, and the other was about 300 meters above sea level.The terrain of the two hills is very general, and they only have the advantage of being condescending. Murong Ke did not arrange such a sharp weapon as a bed crossbow for those troops destined to be consumed. The Han army directly hit the top of the hill with two charges in one day.

Of course, it was Murong Xianbei's generals who commanded the defense of the two hills, which is why Murong Ke said that he didn't understand mountain warfare. He asked Liu Xiang cautiously: "There are people who are familiar with mountain warfare among Puyu and Goguryeo. I don't believe in their loyalty."

By the way, Murong Ke is now the Duke Heng of Murong Yan Kingdom, the title of duke.The title of Duke Heng is a reward for Murong Ke's full support after Murong Jun succeeded to the throne. It's not because of Murong Ke's outstanding military achievements, which is somewhat ironic.

Murong Xianbei defeated many forces in the process of rising, Yuwen Xianbei was beaten to split itself, Duan's Xianbei even disappeared, and the rest of the Northeast countries are only left with Goguryeo lingering, not only gaining wealth in the process And many slaves, the generals of the hostile forces were not less captured.

Northeast is a very big place, and Fuyu, Quwo, Shen, Lou, etc. are also ethnic groups that have been inherited for a long time. Among them, Fuyu, Quwo, and Shen established their own countries.

"Fuyu and Quwo are mountainous countries themselves..." Liu Xiang hesitated before saying, "Maybe our families can be used as hostages to force them to contribute to Dayan?"

Murong Ke frowned, he had thought of this a long time ago, but still felt it was wrong.

The current rise of the Han Dynasty is very strong. If it is only in the corner of the Central Plains, the radiation of its influence is still limited. The problem is that Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla in the peninsula have successively defected to the Han Kingdom, making the Han Kingdom His influence has radiated out, and he has a great reputation among the various ethnic groups in the Northeast.

The countries and forces in the Northeast were successively attacked and destroyed by Murong Yan. It would have been fine if Murong Yan had remained strong. The countries and forces in the Northeast were determined to resist and could not borrow external help. But now it is not Han who is invading, and Han is in the Northeast. Does it also have a strong influence?

"My lord..." Murong Ke took a deep breath, let it out, and continued, "I'm more worried about Rushui and the northern line."

Speaking of it, because it takes time for news to pass, the news of Tuoba Shiyijian's betrayal has not yet reached Murong Ke, nor has the news that the Han army has approached two hundred miles to Longcheng.

Murong Ke had reason to worry about Rushui. Murong Xianbei wanted to make Rushui an untravelable water system more than once, such as connecting the river with iron chains, and sinking ships to create artificial reefs, but it was more difficult than they imagined.

No kidding, it is really very difficult to block the river with today's technology. It is not only resources and labor that need to be considered. If some technologies are not mastered, it can only achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Murong Yan has mastered the smelting technology, and the number of domestic craftsmen is not small, but their craftsmen still need to be responsible for the ordnance of the whole army in the country, and drawing out manpower to make iron chains means that the manufacture of some ordnance must stop.

Let’s talk about the shipbuilding of Murong Yanguo. They have been attacked and destroyed by the Han army since they wanted to build a shipbuilding base. There are ships that can survive to complete the trial voyage, and most of them attract Han warships as soon as they leave the dock. As a result, it took so many years of hard work to build a navy with about forty large and small warships.

Under the premise that manpower could not reach, Murong Yanguo knew that the water system connected to the Bohai Sea was a big threat, and it was very difficult to cut off the waterway by manpower. In the end, he only started to build a dam. The dam project was not smooth sailing, and it was gone after one use. Under the constraints of the government, the dam must only be dug in an emergency.

"Northern line?" Liu Xiang asked in confusion, "The Tuoba family was forced to exterminate the country by the King of Han, and the original king must have hated the King of Han to the bone..."

In the eyes of the vast majority of people, Tuoba Daiguo was forced by the Han Dynasty to abandon its territory and fled far away. Tuoba Shiyijian took the remnants and defected to Murong Yanguo, so naturally Tuoba Xianbei and Murongyanguo should stand In a common position to target Han.

With a common enemy, and Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei together were no match for Han, first the Tuoba clan withdrew to the Xianbei grassland, and then the Murong clan also planned to move the whole country, and they had made an appointment to deal with Roux together. Ran and Donggaoche are close allies, right?

"The Han Kingdom is too strong!" Murong Ke was full of fear, and said solemnly: "It's not just the Han Kingdom that swept the countries successively. What I mean by strong refers to the Han King Liu Yan's endless ambitions for the territory."

As Liu Xiang, who studied Confucianism since he was a child and became a great Confucian, his attitude towards Liu Yan is very complicated. How many times he worships Liu Yan and can sweep away the aliens and restore the Han family's dominance, but he does not approve of Liu Yan's attitude towards all ethnic groups. Especially the militarism that rejects Liu Yan.

In Liu Xiang's view, the restoration of the Han family's dominant position is of course a gratifying thing. Not only is the status of the Han family's descendants no longer inferior to beasts, but the reality is that they have gained more respect from their masters.

Confucianism is divided into sects, among which there are sects that have no borders or ethnic groups.This sect is divided into camps based on culture. The clear point is that "if the Yi and Di are from the Chinese, they will belong to the Huaxia; if the Chinese and the Yi and the Di are from the Yi and Di, they will belong to the Yi and Di." It does not look at blood ties but only the recognition of culture.

It cannot be said that "those who are barbarians and the Chinese belong to the Chinese; those who are Chinese and the barbarians are the barbarians" are wrong. It is because this faction of Confucianism has not taken a correct position at all, and it does not matter whether it is actively integrated or passively integrated. Usually, after the foreign race gains power, most of the Confucian scholars who have no psychological burden to seek refuge with the foreign race are like this.

Take people like Liu Xiang as an example. At the beginning, they may have been forced to serve Murong Xianbei. After they were treated preferentially or kindly, they did not regard themselves and those oppressed comrades as the same kind of people. To change Murong Xianbei's mentality, whether it is subtle or whatever, what he wants is that Chinese culture become the mainstream of Murong Yan country, and the top-down change of Murong Yan country into a country with Chinese culture as the mainstream.

Similar to the fact that there are many scholars who want to change the culture and living habits of other races after taking refuge in a foreign race, and some of them are astonishingly successful. It is really difficult to judge their merits and demerits. The most successful one is the ruling class of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The scariest thing about Sinicization is probably that "My Great Qing" accepted the culture and created "brainwashing, 1 magic, 1 skill" and instead created a group of slaves.

This period of Wuhuluanhua was the first time that the Hu people stepped into the Central Plains and became rulers, and the ruling methods they adopted were mainly violent and cruel.Because it was the first time for the Hu people to enter the Central Plains, those cultural people who took refuge in other races were not as heartless as the younger generations, and they were more or less cowardly and psychologically burdened. The queen of the alien race tried her best to make her master the ruler of the Central Plains, and used this result to prove their vision.

If Liu Yan hadn't been born, those cultural people who took refuge in foreign races would have succeeded one after another. They had gained glory, wealth and fame by serving the foreign race, and they had set a shining example for the younger generations. Another thing that is absolutely shameful is to distinguish the good vision after the success of the foreign race, and the blindness of the non-successful foreign race.

"Fight for at least two more months..." Liu Xiang's psychological burden is quite heavy now. He belongs to the group of people who tried their best to instigate Murong Xianbei to go south. He did it just to prove his vision, but it is obviously impossible to do it now.He tried his best to hide his disappointment and frustration, saying: "Two months is enough time for Dayan to evacuate the people who should be evacuated."

It was seven months ago that Murong Yanguo decided to relocate the whole country. It was they who recognized the strong rise of the Han Kingdom, confirmed Liu Yan's determination to attack them, and discussed and argued repeatedly. There is a movement of national migration.

What I have to say is that Murong Xianbei's rise was not a fluke. In addition to his ability and strength, it was also because he was able to face himself squarely, and he was able to make a decisive decision when he had to make a decision. Anyway, he never dragged his feet.

"If there are no accidents, we should be able to buy two months." As soon as Murong Ke finished speaking, someone yelled outside begging to see him, his face changed, and he shouted: "Come in!"

The curtain was lifted, and the person who came in was Ju Yun. He looked somewhat embarrassed, and his face couldn't help but panic: "Heng Gong, a large number of Han troops landed from Rushui, and except for Lingzhi City, most of them have been wiped out along the way. .”

What is Murong Ke afraid of?He was afraid that the Han army would use Rushui to cut off his retreat early in the morning, so it wasn't that he didn't make various arrangements. When he heard that most of the arrangements except Lingzhi City had been wiped out, he felt furious while not believing it.

Liu Xiang immediately asked, "How many Han troops are there?"

The person in charge of the Rushui front is Ju Yun, who joined the army of Murong Yanguo.The official position of joining the army can be said to be big or small, depending on what he is responsible for. He was once under the supervision of Murong Hao to join the army. After Murong Hao died, he also received the attention of Murong Jun and Murong Ke one after another.

"Suddenly there is a big move in Rushui..." Murong Ke thought about more things, and it was no longer the key to how many Han troops appeared on Rushui's side, so he said seriously: "Tuoba Shi Yijian and the king, Is there any news?"

In the final analysis, no matter how many Han troops launched an offensive from Rushui, as long as Lingzhi City was still in the hands of Murong Yan, Murong Ke would not have no way out.He was not a general who only focused on the local area, but also had an unimaginable concern for the overall situation. As soon as he heard the actions of the Han army in soaking the water, what immediately occurred to his mind was that the situation of the entire national war must change.

The expression on Ju Yun's face was very ugly. He personally led the troops to fight the landing Han army. Unsurprisingly, he was defeated, and he was chased for dozens of miles. The first thing he thought of was to inform Murong Ke. I didn't care about other things, and even just guessed how many Han troops there were in Rushui, not knowing how many Han troops had come.

"Damn it!" Ju Yun immediately knelt down, knocking his head on the carpet: "Please Mr. Heng, give me a batch of troops, and I will definitely serve you!"

Murong Ke no longer cared about Ju Yun, but walked back and forth with a gloomy expression on his face. He didn't know how long he walked back and forth, and the first thing he said when he stopped was: "Ju Yun, from now on, you will be in charge of the war on the Western Front. "

Ju Yun looked up in disbelief.

Liu Xiang at the side was puzzled at first, and then showed great fear, and he didn't know what he was talking to himself.

"I will leave you 4 people, do your best, as long as you can. If you can't persist, you can surrender to the Han army after ten days." Murong Ke said and looked at Liu Xiang: "Chang Shi, you Should I move to another place with my lord, or stay?"

Liu Xiang is still confused by Murong Ke's words, especially the sentence that Ju Yun can surrender ten days later. In his opinion, if Murong Ke said otherwise, Ju Yun might not be able to hold on to surrender. Murong Ke Take the initiative to say that it is impossible for Ju Yun to surrender.

"Small man...Small man..." Liu Xiang's words were a little awkward, and he took a deep breath: "Small man naturally follows Mr. Heng."

(End of this chapter)