sweeping the world

Chapter 800 Another massacre
Raindrops were falling from the sky, and they made a sound when they slapped on the metal armor. The green grass on the ground seemed to be moistened by the rain and became more vigorous.

Liu Yan was sitting on a high platform with a canopy covering the rain above his head. He was watching the battlefield in a state of war.

The incident happened in the early hours of the morning. The scouts outside were alerted to the approach of an unknown army and reported it to the guard center of Tianzi Xingyuan. Zhang Shi, the lieutenant, was actually quite frightened and immediately reported it to Liu Yan.

At that time, Liu Yan was naturally asleep, but he didn't panic when he heard Zhang Shi's report, and he didn't issue any instructions, just let Zhang Shi perform his duties.

Zhang Shi was one of the first group of people to follow Liu Yan, but if it is said that he has made any outstanding achievements, he has not made any outstanding achievements. He has not made mistakes and has been silently contributing within the scope of his duties.In the early days, he was fighting on the intelligence front, and almost all the enemies that should be eliminated in the future were wiped out. Liu Yan's reward for him was to be transferred to the position of Lieutenant, one of the nine ministers.

The enemy army came from the north, and the number did not exceed [-]. They could not approach within ten miles of the emperor's Xingyuan, and they were blocked head-on by the mobilized Han cavalry.

The fighting started in the early hours of the morning, and the sky had already brightened.

In the battle at night, even if they were riding each other's horses at the beginning, they would dismount and fight on foot after they really entered the battle.After all, the pitch black really can't fight a cavalry battle. Those who go to the battlefield can only rely on their own legs to walk on land if they want to eliminate the opponent.

Under Liu Yan's gaze, the enemy troops who came to invade were already surrounded.

About [-] Han infantry surrounded the enemy army layer by layer. The Han army in the front line was infantry, and they formed a tight formation to continuously compress the enemy's room for movement.On the periphery are the cavalry of the Han army. They are in a slow-moving posture. Any enemy who protrudes from the encirclement of their own infantry will be followed by them and beheaded on the spot.

"Stop the line!"

"Crossbowmen covered!"

"Throwing spearmen, keep an eye on the enemy troops who are counterattacking."

There were traces of blood on Zhang Shi's armor, but it was not because he was injured and bled.He personally put himself into the fight in the early hours of the morning, and his intention was of course to express his atonement, after all, it was his negligence in itself to touch the enemy.

Looking at the enemy soldiers, they didn't have uniform uniforms, and they had a variety of weapons. There were obvious traces of ashes on their bodies.

The war has entered the final stage, and the Han army has captured some prisoners of war. The information obtained is that this group of enemy troops originally had more than [-] people, and they detoured from the direction north of Junji Mountain. Passed through the arson zone.

"Your Majesty." Sang Yu was not interested in the ongoing battle at all. He held a battle report in his hand and read out after receiving the signal: "General Zhengbei has arrived at the enemy's position. The enemy has formed a camp and defended. Our army The attack has been launched."

Calculating the time, Li Tan's troops should have arrived a day ago, and there is a one-day delay in sending this battle report.

Liu Yan turned his head and glanced at Sang Yu, seeing that there was a second piece of information in Sang Yu's hand, he turned his head to look at the direction of the battlefield again.

"It's the information about Rouran." Sang Yu read it again, and then read: "Zouolijia, who commanded the Rouran army to fight Donggaoche, received an order from Yu Jiulu Bati. Yu Jiulu Bati His order is for Olega to withdraw."

Speaking of which, the official correspondence between the Han Kingdom and the Rouran Royal Court has been cut off for nearly ten days. After Yu Jiulubati returned to the Royal Court, he began to shrink his troops and troops, and even the front-line troops were transferred back. Why? It doesn't look simple.

"It seems that the big man has lost the biggest thug on the grassland." Liu Yan looked at Lu Tai who was standing aside, and said, "Heng'an, you go back to your shogunate and continue to attack Donggao Che, Tuoba Remnant, Murong's remnants maintained a high-pressure campaign."

Lu Tai had been mentally prepared for it, and walked away after officially receiving the command salute.

Sang Yu waited for Lu Tai to step down from the high platform before asking, "Your Majesty, do we need to prepare for a war with Rouran?"

"Zi Shen thinks that Rouran will go to war with the big man?" Seeing that Sang Yu hesitated to answer, Liu Yan continued with a smile, "Deterioration has become a foregone conclusion."

Sang Yu understands that the big man actually doesn't want to go to war against Rouran now, he just needs to raise the necessary alert level, and the two sides will enter a confrontation stage, it depends on whether Rouran has the courage to provoke a war.

The battlefield was completely closed, and the enemy army, surrounded by layers and with no possibility of breaking through, chose to throw away their weapons and kneel down when they were left with more than [-] dead.

It didn't take long for Zhang Shi to come to report. He didn't have anything to say about the battle process. The main thing was to tell the enemy who was assigned, what the battle intention was, and how many people there were when they set off.

"Is it the Fu family?" Sang Yu is certainly no stranger to the Fu family of the Di family. Fu Hong used to be a tyrant in Shijie Zhao State, and he was one of the three giants outside the Jie family along with Li Nong and Yao Yizhong one.He learned the news that Fu Hong had passed away from Zhang Shi, and Zhang Shi's source of news was naturally those captives, so he asked with a hesitant expression, "Can you believe it?"

The news about Fu Hong has always been attached great importance to Han. Some time ago, he had heard the news of Fu Hong's serious illness from the Western Regions, but Fu Hong still went to Kucha in person even though he was seriously ill.

"Fu Hong was sick and traveled long distances to Yancheng (the capital of Kucha) in order to organize the people from the Western Regions to prevent the Han from attacking the Western Regions." Although Zhang Shi was a lieutenant of one of the Nine Ministers, he also served as the intelligence officer. Organizational management: "Our spies reported back from the Western Regions that the Qiuci national doctor described Fu Hong's condition as terminally ill, and there were rumors that Fu Hong died of illness on the way out of Yancheng. Verify."

Liu Yan already knew this information. Although Sang Yu was one of the three princes, he didn't need to know everything.

Looking at Liu Yan's expression, Sang Yu roughly guessed that Liu Yan had already known the information about Fu Hong.He wasn't stupid enough to ask why he wasn't told, but said: "Then the remnants of the Di clan should be made by Fu Jian now?"

Fu Hong had many brothers and sisters. One younger brother was killed in battle with the Han army, and the other was simply missing.He also had many sons and grandchildren, but the eldest son and second son died early, the third son Fu Jian was a very outstanding figure in the family, the fourth son Fu Xiong was much reckless, and the most outstanding grandson was Fu Jian.

"Fu Jian is the deputy general of Longdu in that coalition army." Zhang Shi was talking about the information sent back by Li Tan, and finally remembered what to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, how should the prisoners of war be handled?"

Liu Yan has learned that as a ruler, he can speak less and never speak, especially under the premise that he has recorded his words and deeds with his own historian, even if he doesn't care, he must also consider what effect his words and deeds will have on future generations .

No, the historian kneeling by the side, he recorded faithfully: On July 21, the tenth year of Yuanshuo (AD [-]), Lieutenant Zhang Shi asked the emperor in Xingyuan, and he was defeated and captured soldiers.

On such a matter, Liu Yan didn't have any scruples, and simply spit out the word "Zhu" from his mouth.

The historian wrote again and recorded: the emperor said "Zhu", and all the enemy soldiers who attacked the emperor's Xingyuan were gone.

As a historian, of course you must be loyal to history, but historians must also have tendencies. For example, when recording what is currently happening, there is a special point at the end of the paragraph "The Son of Heaven said 'Zhu'". Because they were enemy soldiers who came to attack the emperor Xingyuan.

The killing of prisoners is regarded as ominous by Zhu Xia, but there are always some special cases. Among them, there is no distinction between anyone who attacked the emperor. One or the other belongs to the list that must be killed.

Naturally, Liu Yan would not watch the massacre of the prisoners of war. He got off the high platform and walked back to the military tent. Outside, the prisoners of war were escorted to an open field in teams.

Prisoners of war were first asked to dig pits, and the statement given was of course not to bury them, but to bury those who died in battle before.

On the other side, the cleaning of the battlefield is still going on. The dead bodies of the two sides are separated. The dead bodies of the Han army will be cremated. bury.

The Han army has always had the habit of cremating their comrades who died in battle. After transporting them back to China, the family members can choose whether to transport them to their hometown for burial, or to send them to the martyrs' garden in Changguang County.Generally, most family members choose the Martyrs Garden, which is the largest military cemetery in the Han Dynasty, and there will be an official public sacrifice ceremony every year.

In such an era, official public sacrifices were highly valued, and secondly, being able to enjoy the incense provided by non-single family members. In general, it was regarded as the process of becoming a god. The soldiers of the Han army had a common saying that they might die in battle. , That is death in battle becomes a god, and to some extent it is one of the foundations for supporting the high morale of the Han army.

Among the prisoners of war, there are still smart people who know that they have no chance of surviving, but those who resist with action are very few. Even if they know that they will not survive, they will work hard. Hope may not even exist surviving, or working with the idea of ​​digging a good grave for himself.

Behind the Han army was supervising the prisoners of war who carried the dead enemies to bury them, and waited for the corpses that could be found to be cleaned up. The prisoners of war were tied up in a row. There were voices of crying, begging for mercy, cursing, etc., but they still did not change the fate they faced.

What has to be said is that the Han army no longer does the burying alive, not because they think it is cruel, but because of the subsequent impact.Everything they do will be recorded, and it will be a little more civilized to bury them after they are killed. Anyway, it will have less impact than the alive burial recorded in the history books.

After an unsuccessful attack that could almost be described as a "farce", Liu Yan had no intention of leaving. They were located in the southeast of the Rouran border, forming an angle with the grassland frontier army to complete the confrontation. For Rouran's surveillance, he had to wait for the results of Li Tan's attack.

During the waiting period, Liu Yan's daily life can only be summed up as monotonous, but in such an era with little entertainment, even if he returns to Miyagi, in fact, there is no entertainment after dealing with state affairs every day. Listening to music or songs, and watching various dances, the only other entertainment is hunting.

The battles encountered by the emperor's tour team have not been kept secret, and in fact they should not be kept secret. The more they keep it secret, the more likely it is to generate bad rumors. It is better to announce it through official channels, which can also have a positive effect of setting the record straight.

When the news reached the country, the frontier army in northern Xinjiang made what they should do, moved forward appropriately within the jurisdiction, and dispatched mobile troops to the Xingyuan of the Son of Heaven to wait for orders.

The Central Plains or other regions will get the news for many days at night, and they will have their own reactions depending on the location of the region, but when they get the news, no matter what happens to the emperor's patrol team, it will be outdated news.

In fact, Liu Yan is quite concerned about the public opinion and actions of all parts of the country on what happened to him. It is inevitable to attract some careerists who are dormant in the dark.What's more, he also knew that the Chang'an center would be very nervous, and it was inevitable that new important ministers would rush over, with the eager expectation of begging Liu Yan to go back.

Li Tan didn't let Liu Yan wait for a long time. It took seven days from the departure to the outcome of the battle. That was when they brought artillery and a considerable number of simple grenades, which fully proved to the world that no matter how strong the fortification was It will also turn into dregs under the power of gunpowder.

"Less than [-] enemy troops escaped, and the rest were left behind." Sang Yu could imagine the panic of the enemy army in the face of the firearm attack, and he had seen that scene with his own eyes many times in Liaodong: "Fu Jianhe Most of the Di people fled."

"General Hussars will intercept them." Liu Yan can't only give orders to a certain army, as long as he can contact and command troops, there are so many troops that he can't count: "The garrison in Hunxie Mountain will temporarily belong to the Hussars. The Cavalry General's command, plus the [-] cavalry from the Hussar General's headquarters, are enough for the pursuit."

If you want to intercept Fu Jian's defeated army, you only need to block a few limited directions. There are many places where the grassland was burned to ashes by the fire. Fu Jian sent 6000 people to attack Xingyuan, and only eight people successfully crossed the ashes area. More than a thousand people, half of them were lost in that space full of ashes.If Fu Jian chooses to flee to the Ashes, Ashes will not show mercy just because of his noble status. For example, the Dingling who was supposed to lead the troops to attack the Emperor Xingyuan died in the Ashes.

"The enemy army a little earlier, they would rather die in place than run into (the ashes area), which shows how dangerous it is inside." Sang Yu was actually curious about what it was like inside, and he learned that even if he came out alive After leaving the ashes area, some military doctors of the army dissected the enemy's corpses and found that the trachea and lungs were still full of ashes: "Even if we didn't kill them all, most of them would die of illness later, right?"

So, Liu Yan has long ordered to make and wear masks. He also knows that the wind blows a large amount of ashes into the territory of Rouran, and he is very suspicious that after the last batch of Rouran people died, they will think it is a conspiracy of the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)