Three Kingdoms Eschatology

At the beginning, the two sides were still in a stalemate, but as the number of Liang troops at the head of the city increased, the Baekje soldiers soon couldn't hold on, and were gradually forced to the rear by Liang Jun.Some Baekje soldiers even deserted again, rubbed the soles of their feet with oil, and slipped away.Fu Yukang felt anxious when he saw it, and he had no way out at this moment.There may be a way for others to surrender, but it is absolutely impossible for him.

Fu Yukang roared, and danced the two sabers in his hands like crazy.The soldiers of the two wings also wielded their weapons with the heart of death, slashing and killing regardless of life and death.Their frenzied fight to the death temporarily pushed Liang Jun's army back a few feet, and the morale of the rest of the Baekje soldiers was also boosted.At this time, a few black shadows suddenly flew from below the city into the air five or six feet above the ground of the city, and then fell down like rolling balls.

With a puff, Fu Yukang suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. When he looked down, he saw a dark-skinned dwarf in leather armor standing in front of him, with a short dagger in his hand that had sunk into his belly .In order to win as soon as possible, Tai Shici finally used the only [-] Pygmy ejectors.

Fu Yukang roared, and with the last of his strength, he swung down the broadsword in his right hand, and with a muffled pop, he split the Pegmi soldier's head in half vertically.Fu Yukang's hands and feet that were exhausted suddenly softened, and the knife fell to the ground with a clang. At the same time, the other Pegmi ejectors who fell behind the Baekje crowd also attacked and killed many people with lightning speed.

The Baekje Army already appeared to be defeated, but now it lost its main general, and was caught off guard like a ghostly attack.The morale of the remaining soldiers collapsed immediately, and they fled away one after another. Liang Jun also rushed to the square corridors and stairs.Soon, the gates of the inner city were also opened.Liang Jun cavalry who had been waiting in the outer city rushed in.When the sun was setting to the west, Liang Jun's battle flags had already been planted all over the top of Xiongjin City.

Groups of defeated Baekje generals were also searched out by soldiers of the Liang army, escorted to the street, and waited for Tai Shici to deal with them.

Chapter 731

In Xiongjin City, on the brightly lit square in front of the government office, Baekje prisoners were kneeling all over the floor.In addition to the captured soldiers and generals, the officials and their family members of the Danlu government seized from the city, there were also many merchants and Fuyu civilians who were herdsmen.The reason why Liang Jun was able to find these Buyeo civilians was because Woongjin City, like the rest of Danlu, would separate the population into separate registers and manage the population of Buyeo and Korean.Doing so will naturally create a distinction between the high and low of the two ethnic groups. In fact, the Buyeo people occupy an absolute dominant position in Baekjehui.

On the edge of the square, there are piles of heads, all of which are the heads of Baekje soldiers who were beheaded on the battlefield.A short bamboo pole was inserted above the Jing Guan, but Fu Yukang's head was protruding from it, which looked really terrifying.

Tai Shici glanced at the prisoners kneeling on the ground trembling.He shouted in a cold voice: "The general has a word in advance, but if you encounter a city in Baekje that does not surrender, the Fuyu people among them will be beheaded. Come on, drag all the Fuyu people out and behead them to show the public."

Without saying a word, Liang Jun soldiers pulled hundreds of people out of the crowd in a short time.Among these people were men and women, old and young, crying loudly and pleading continuously.

Seeing the young woman holding the baby in the crowd, Tai Shici couldn't help sighing and said to the interpreter: "Go, tell them, it wasn't the general who killed them, but Fu Yukang. If he didn't resist, they wouldn't have died." .”

The interpreter then chattered to these Fuyu people, and suddenly a young woman with a baby in her arms and a five or six-year-old girl rushed out and threw herself at Tai Shici's feet, crying and saying something, saying He also showed him the babies and children in his arms.The interpreter was about to translate the words to Tai Shici, but was stopped by Tai Shici with gestures.

Without an interpreter, Tai Shici also knew what the woman was talking about. It was nothing more than that it didn't matter if she was dead, but he begged Tai Shici to spare the lives of her child and daughter.

Just when everyone thought that Tai Shici was still going to categorically kill these Fuyu people, he turned his face away, pondered for a long time before turning around and said: "A certain military order has been slightly revised, except for women under fifty and those who are not tall enough. The boy who surpassed the wheel stays, and the rest of Buyeo will be killed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a deputy general immediately reminded: "General, all Fuyu people in the city that will not surrender will be killed. This is a matter that you, General Xu Rong, and Governor Xun have agreed upon. And it has been written in the proclamation Among them, it will be sent to the Danlu cities in Baekje. If we do not strictly enforce it, General Xu Rong and Xun Cishi will not be able to explain it. If this matter spreads to the remaining Baekje cities and Dongqingzhou folks In the middle, I am afraid that it will damage the name of Liang Junling's must-do, this..."

When the deputy general said this, he was interrupted by Tai Shici's raised hand.Tai Shici said: "This is faith and faith. If there is faith, there must be righteousness. Before leaving the teacher, Mr. Xu Rong and Xun Cishi did not think carefully. It is not appropriate to kill all the men, women, and children of Fuyu. Dongqingzhou and even the people of the world have lost the word morality. Don’t worry, I believe Xu Rong and Governor Xun will not object to my doing this after hearing my words.”

The deputy general nodded, but continued to ask: "However, if we don't kill these Fuyu women and children, what should we do with them? It's not appropriate to leave them in the same city. First, they have been with me. The army has the revenge of killing father and husband, so there is no guarantee that there will be no troubles in the future. Second, these families have no male family members, so it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be bullied or even trafficked in the local area, and finally suffer from separation of mother and child."

Tai Shici said: "This one has a plan. Someone plans to send them to Nanxin City for resettlement first, and then send them to Qingzhou by sea ship." Speaking of this, Tai Shici suddenly raised the volume to talk to Liang who gathered behind the square. The army soldier said: "I know that most of the sons and daughters are from Qingzhou, and most of them are still bachelors. When we recover this East Qingzhou safely in the future, we will marry these women to the meritorious men among you as wives in the name of the government."

All the soldiers suddenly burst into cheers, and someone shouted: "General, what will those people do if they see a woman?"

Tai Shici replied carelessly: "The one with the highest military merit wins."

Another asked: "What about these children?"

Tai Shici didn't need to answer, someone already answered: "Of course they still follow their mothers. Our Daliang law prohibits buying and selling human beings, even our own daughter-in-law. So we can only recognize someone as a cheap father."

"That's a good thing, it's a good thing to marry once!"

The crowd burst into laughter again, but Tai Shici's face darkened at this moment and said: "Don't talk about it, hurry up and get down to business!" After hearing this, all the soldiers immediately became solemn, and escorted the crying Fuyu women and children first. Walk.Then the remaining Fuyu people who were threaded into a scurry by ropes were pulled to the vicinity of Jingguan one by one.There were too many people to kill, and there was no way to prepare a special executioner, so Liang Jun drew out his first knife and stabbed him.

Rows of Fuyu people fell in a pool of blood amidst begging and howling, and their heads were cut off and piled up on the other side.Half an hour later, the bloody massacre finally ended.

The Korean captives who were still kneeling in the square were already terrified when they saw this scene, and some of them were incontinent and peed their pants.Tai Shici cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, don't worry, as long as you don't become enemies with our Daliang, and submit to our Daliang people, the Holy Majesty will treat you as the same as the people of the Central Plains, and be my Daliang with the people of the Central Plains." Babies, there is absolutely no difference. You have been oppressed by the Fuyu people for a long time, and today is the day you will be released from bondage."

Before the interpreter could finish translating these words, the Korean captives kowtowed their heads and expressed their willingness to submit to the people of Daliang.Tai Shici selected the capable ones who had been officials in Baekje from among them, and appointed them to official positions one by one.However, none of them were in Woongjin City, nor were they in the same place. Tai Shici deliberately scattered them and assigned them to serve in other cities that had been conquered.

In just ten days, Taishici's army conquered all the Danlu cities in Baekje.Only one of them resisted, and the rest of the cities were all ordered to surrender after hearing about Liang Jun's punishment for the recalcitrant.

When Tai Shici triumphantly returned to Nanxin City, the news that Liang Jun had conquered Baekje within ten days had spread throughout Dongqing Prefecture.In order to demonstrate the strength of Liang Jun, Liang Jun also organized military parades in Nanxin and Liekou City respectively.It wasn't just Xu Rong and Tai Shici's two legions who had thousands of troops participating, but also the king of Wei Cao Chong's army who was waiting to go south to Yingzhou.

The mighty army passed through the city, and it took a whole day to complete it, and then formed a huge army formation on the outskirts of the city.The civilians in Nanxin and Liekou had never seen such a large army, and they were all shocked.They quickly spread what they saw and heard throughout the newest state in Daliang---East Qingzhou.

Chapter 732

In the autumn of the ninth year of Xiuwu, the reopened Nanxincheng Xicheng Street Market became lively again.Small merchants and hawkers on both sides of the street would raise their voices and yell when they saw pedestrians passing by.Although this place is not as busy and full of people as the current Central Plains county town, it still has its own prosperous scene.

Suddenly, more than a dozen soldiers of the Liang Army lined up in a neat formation and passed through the street.They beat the gong as they walked.At the same time, he shouted in Chinese: "Listen, people of Dongqingzhou, Daliang. According to the order of the Governor of Dongqingzhou, Dongqingzhou will start recruiting soldiers from now on. The annual salary is 120 taels, and board and lodging are also included. 30 taels of settling allowance will be paid upon enlisting in the army." Those who join the army need to serve for at least three years. All males who have reached the age of eighteen and under forty, in good health, and fluent in Chinese can sign up..." In addition, there are special soldiers who walk more than a hundred steps. A notice is posted in a conspicuous position on both sides of the street.

The common people on the street were full of discussions after hearing this, and people gathered in front of each recruiting notice. What attracted them most was the annual salary of 120 taels.Someone said: "Did you hear me right, you can get paid for being a soldier. Don't you have to serve as a soldier for three months every year, and the government only pays you twice a year?"

One person immediately said with a teasing expression: "Hey, you don't understand that. What you said is that they are soldiers from counties and counties. They belong to hard labor. Of course they have no money. This is recruiting soldiers from the imperial court, similar to your long-term employment. In addition to eating and drinking, there are also wages.”

A person who looked like a businessman in neat and fancy clothes added: "There is still a difference from a long-term worker. If you don't want to work as a long-term worker, you can just leave as long as you are willing to pay the unpaid wages. You can't do it if you join the army. According to military discipline, you will lose your head."

"Why are you so serious, I'm not just making an analogy? It seems that you understand better than others?"

Just when a few people were joking around, another young man, who was thin but lean and wearing patched clothes, squeezed in.He didn't look at the notice, because he had already heard Liang Bing's verbal announcement, and he couldn't read at all.He murmured to the people around him: "If you go to join the army, this government will really be able to manage food and housing, pay money? Settlement money?"

It was still the wealthy businessman who was dressed in luxurious clothes and said: "You don't have to worry about this, the government's trust is still kept. It's just that joining the army is no joke, it's no different from being in prison. You have to be supervised all the time. To the daughter-in-law of the family. I don’t know if you can bear this hardship or not?”

When the lean man heard this, he became energetic and said, "We don't care about suffering. I don't have a daughter-in-law either. My father and mother have brothers and sisters to take care of them. As long as I can earn this hundred taels of silver every year, well, I don't care about suffering." He said After that, he turned around and went to the government office in Nanxincheng.

As soon as the man left, another skinny old man came out and said, "Hey, you just mentioned whether you can endure hardships, but you didn't tell him that it's no different from being a county soldier when we are soldiers in the county, just guarding a city with a spear and gun to guard against bandits or something. If you really want to charge into the battle and kill the enemy, you might lose your head. And... and for most of the time we have been in the land of the outside world for thousands of years, we are not directly ruled by the emperor. What if God, Daliang has been withdrawn from us, shouldn't they also withdraw as soldiers and horses directly commanded by the Daliang court? Wouldn't they be separated from their families forever?"

The person who spoke at the beginning laughed and said, "Uncle Zhao, you are worrying too much. Even if you haven't seen how powerful Liang Jun's army is, you should have heard that Liang Jun conquered Baekje within ten days. Then Baekje is a country that spans three Koreas, and Beizhen leads Fang Lelang. Back then, King Yan Gongsundu had to be polite to Baekje, and even betrothed his daughter to King Baekje. Now, in less than ten days , from the Weili city in Gyeonggi to the Danlu cities in all parties, were included in the Liang army's pocket. That's not counting, those Fuyu people who were usually like wolves and tigers were either killed by the Liang army or forced to move to the other side of the sea I live in Qingzhou. Look at this, is it possible that this big beam will be expelled from this place?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately echoed, the old uncle of the Zhao family couldn't find any words to refute after hearing it, so he waved his hand and left. After he left, more young people also quietly walked towards the gate of Nanxincheng government office.

The Yamen of Nanxincheng Mansion is the recruiting point.Standing by the side of the street, Xu Rong nodded in satisfaction as he watched the long queue of enlisted soldiers.According to Taishi Ci's news, the situation in Liekou City is similar.

Judging from the current situation, the replenishment of Xu Rongtai Shici's two legions must be enough.However, the Haidong Army is still short of troops.After all, besides the nearly [-] cities in Baekje that were pacified, Liang Jun currently only occupies two cities, Nanxincheng and Liekou, in Daifang.

The Haidong Army was formed by Feng Yu directly in the form of an edict, and it was decided when Xu Rong set off for Dongqingzhou.

The Haidong Army is different from the Taishici Army and the Xu Rong Army.But it does not belong to the soldiers of the local counties and counties, but another standing army independent of the Daliang Army system.

It's just that the Haidong Legion is permanently stationed in Dongqingzhou, and its scope of activities generally only involves Dongqingzhou and the surrounding Liaodong, the coast of Jinghai and even the vicinity of Yingzhou.Its soldiers are also mainly from the local children of Haidong, which is now Dongqingzhou.

However, Feng Yu set a condition for the source of soldiers, that is, he must be proficient in Chinese.In fact, in Dongqingzhou, there are very few Buyeo people or other Hu people, or even Korean people who are familiar with Chinese.This condition actually restricted the ethnic groups closely related to the Central Plains to be eligible to join the Haidong Army.Therefore, although Liang Jun occupied the cities of Baekje, these cities still could not provide Liang Jun with a source of soldiers who could be proficient in Chinese.

Xu Rong calculated in his mind, based on the current population and registration ratio of the two cities, after making up for the battle losses of himself and Tai Shici, the remaining troops were less than 2000, which was the same as the total number of Haidong Army - two Ten thousand soldiers and horses are still far behind.Thinking of this, Xu Rong couldn't help frowning.At this time, Yiqi galloped towards the entrance of the government office along the main street, and the young men standing in line to sign up hurriedly dodged aside.

The horse galloped up to Xu Rong, and the latter saw clearly that this was a commander of Liang Jun, but he was not familiar with it, so he should belong to another army.

Before the cavalry approached, Xu Rong's personal guards intercepted it, and the commanding soldier on the horse also slowed down the horse's speed early and jumped off the horse.He clasped his fists and said to Xu Rong from a distance: "General Qi, the younger one is the commander of General Zhang Liao. Now General Zhang Liao has entered Lelang Xiangping with his army and accepted the surrender of the original puppet Wei prefect of Lelang County." In a few days, we can go south to join forces with General Xu Rong and General Tai Shici."

Chapter 733 Gaya Kingdom

Xu Rong was overjoyed when he heard that Zhang Liao had come.He originally planned to replenish his troops, and then he and Tai Shici would wipe out the Hus who led the party, and then go north to Lelang.Unexpectedly, the court sent Zhang Liao over again.This saves so much trouble.

Xu Rong asked the soldier again and found out that almost when he set out from Qingzhou and crossed the sea to Liekou City, Feng Yu sent Zhang Liao and Fazheng to Liaodong to take over Xuantu from Lu Bu Beifu's army. .Then Zhang Liao continued to go south and took over Lelang County.

In the process, Zhang Liao also surrendered some Hu camps going south in Lelang County along the way, and recovered many cities occupied by Zhu Hu.

After Zhang Liao ordered his troops to leave, Xu Rong immediately ordered the troops to be assembled. He was going to Liekou City to join Taishi Ci, and before Zhang Liao arrived in Daifang County, he would kill the Hus who were entrenched in the Daifang wilderness and the city. clean up.Otherwise, he and Tai Shici would lose face in front of Zhang Liao.

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Half a month later, a huge legion appeared outside Nanxin City, winding back and forth for tens of miles, and the beginning and the end could not be seen.And Xu Rong and Tai Shici led troops and horses, and they had already lined up in two rows outside the city, as if they were going to welcome the incoming troops.

The one who came was naturally Zhang Liao's army, but it was impossible for his army headquarters to have such a large number of troops.Among the people it brought, more than [-] were the [-] recruits newly recruited by Xuantu in Lelang.These recruits are basically going to be incorporated into the Haidong Army.

Not long after, Tai Shici and Xu Rong met Zhang Liao.The three exchanged pleasantries, chatted and laughed, and rode side by side to the government office in the city, where a welcome banquet had been prepared for Zhang Liao.The three of them sat on the saddle, telling each other about the military situation of Dongqingzhou they had mastered.

Xu Rong said to Zhang Liao with a little complacency: "Brother Wenyuan, now this Fang County has been wiped out by a certain and General Tai Shici, and the Hus entrenched here did not surrender in just half a month, but surrendered to our Daliang. , is to be destroyed by our army, beheaded cleanly."

Xu Rong's words are not bragging at all. Zhuhu are good at riding and shooting, but in Daifang County, which is mostly mountainous and only has star-point plains on the west coast, they can't get rid of their advantages in riding and fighting.On the contrary, the Liang army has elite infantry, powerful giant ape soldiers, mountain scouts who are good at climbing mountains and mountains, and invincible crossbows and stone bombs.Therefore, for the cities and camps of the Hu people, it can be said that they are invincible.Even in some small valleys or basin-type plains among the mountains, the war cavalry of these Donghu people were no match for Liang Jun's heavy cavalry and light cavalry flying feathers.In fact, because of this gap, after Xu Rongtai Shici fought several tough battles and pulled out the base city and camp, the remaining Hu tribes basically chose to wait and surrender.

Zhang Liao smiled slightly, and said politely: "The two brothers are very good at leading troops, and Zhang is very impressed with being able to wipe out the leadership in such a short time."

Xu Rong was embarrassed by this statement, and quickly responded: "Where is it, Brother Wen Yuan is too much for the award. Comparing with Brother Wen Yuan, it is like a big witch."

While the three of them were talking, they came to the gate of the mansion. Xun Yu, the prefect of Dongqing Province, and a large group of generals and ministers of Wei State, including Cao Chong, were waiting outside the gate early on.Seeing this, Liao jumped off his horse and saluted Xun Yu, "I've seen Xunzhou Shepherd before."

Xun Yu smiled and said, "General Wenyuan doesn't need to be too polite. We have already prepared a reception banquet for the general. Everyone, please!"

Everyone sat down in the lobby of the mansion, Xun Yu clapped their hands, and some servants and servants had already started serving wine and food.While everyone was eating and drinking, Xun Yu introduced Cao Chong's group to Zhang Liao.In fact, Zhang Liao had known some of them for a long time, and it was after a long time of pleasantries that someone mentioned the business.

Cao Chong got up, took the wine bar and made a semicircle to everyone present, meaning to toast everyone, and said: "Little Wang is ordered by the emperor to go to Yingzhou to chase down that thief Cao Pi. Due to various reasons, he has already taken him with him. Fang stayed for a long time. Now that General Zhang Liao's army has arrived, and the Haidong Army has taken shape. Xiao Wang's troops will go south immediately, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Therefore, this round of banquet is regarded as a meeting between Xiao Wang and everyone. Farewell to the bar. Xiao Wang is here to offer a drink to all the adults and generals, as a thank you for your help to Xiao Wang."

Cao Chong is also an overseas vassal king personally appointed by the emperor, everyone immediately stood up and toasted in response, and then everyone waited for Cao Chong to drink up the wine, and they also drank their own drinks in one gulp.After everyone sat down, Xun Yu asked Cao Chong: "A few days ago, the Dongqingzhou mansion sent the information and sea charts to King Wei. What is King Wei's plan for the marching route? If East Qingzhou is needed, King Wei can just open his mouth. The emperor has ordered me, East Qingzhou, and the Daliang Army Brigade stationed in East Qingzhou to provide support to King Wei within our ability."

As soon as Cao Chong heard it, he knew that the information Xun Yu said was collected by the mansion of Dong Qingzhou and given to him a few days ago.The content of the intelligence is roughly that Cao Pi's army went south to the Gaya Kingdom, formed an alliance with King Jin Jiwang, and crossed Yingzhou in the south.

This so-called Gaya country is actually Bianhan, one of the three Hans.It is composed of twelve small city-states with an average distance of less than twenty or thirty miles.It is located at the southeastern tip of Haidong Peninsula.During this period of time, according to the rough sea chart drawn by the scout ship sent by Wei Wen, it can be found that this is the closest point to the land of Yingzhou, and it only needs to cross a strait with a width of more than [-] miles to reach Yingzhou.Moreover, there is an island in this strait called Tsushima Island, which can be used as a relay springboard for the fleet of ships crossing the river.

Therefore, Gaya Kingdom is an excellent base for traveling south to Yingzhou.Crossing the sea at other places is a desperate bet, just like pawns crossing the river on a chessboard can only move forward and have no retreat, and it is difficult to avoid the wind and waves in time. If you do not find a foothold immediately after landing, you cannot find supplies. It is also difficult to provide supplies from the sea.

At this time, in the mansion of Nanxincheng, Cao Chong was still in the future to answer Xun Yu's words, but Wei Wen, who was in charge of escorting Cao Chong to Yingzhou, stood up and said: "Xun Governor Xun and the three generals, I really have something to ask. I just beg Dongqingzhou and the imperial army can help someone's fleet to attack Gaya country from land. Only in this way can someone send Wei Wang's army across the sea safely and securely." Then, Wei Wen explained why he wanted to occupy Gaya country over again.

Although Xun Yu was the governor of Eastern Qingzhou, he did not have the power to command the three armies or even the Haidong Army, so he just glanced sideways at Zhang Liao, because Zhang Liao had been named the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army by Feng Yu who was far away in Luoyang. Command the three major armies and the newly formed Haidong Army.

Chapter 734 Deduction Between Banquets

The lobby of the Lingshou Mansion in Nanxincheng.Zhang Liao put down his wine glass, stood up, cupped his hands and said to Wei Wen: "Brother Wei was ordered to escort the king of Wei to Yingzhou to join the vassal. I will support it. It's just..., it's just that our army went south by land to Gaya city. It will take a long time, and I don’t know if Brother Wei and King Wei can wait. From Nanxincheng to Gaya, there is only one feasible path, which is to go south to Bumi City in Mahan, and then go east from Bumi City Enter Gaya. Although the area occupied by Mahan is [-] miles deep, according to the report of Mahan, the mountains and mountains occupied by Mahan are different from those occupied by Qin and Han in the east. Although their territory is also mountainous, most of their cities are built On scattered small plains, and there are flat plains connecting each other. Therefore, it is not difficult for our land army to fight all the way to the southernmost Bumi country in Mahan. But the terrain of Bumi country is very special..."

Zhang Liao paused when he said this, and Tai Shici interjected: "Isn't it true that the country is in the mountains? Fortunately, our Liang army has already accumulated a lot of experience in the mountains. Now we have the mountains of the three major armies." The scouts add up to a thousand people."

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "The Bumi Kingdom is not located in the mountains, but also on the plains. But within a hundred miles, it is densely covered with rivers, fjords, and high hills. The coast is also densely covered with islands. You can use fragmented To describe it, although the ground is flat, chariots cannot run vertically and horizontally. On the contrary, it is conducive to the cruising movement of the horse and Han troops who are familiar with the terrain. A certain defender who is afraid that the country will not be destroyed is not sticking to the city as usual, but using this terrain Deal with our army. That will prolong the battle indefinitely."

Everyone thought Zhang Liao had finished speaking, but they didn't expect him to take a breath and continue: "Besides, after we captured the Bumi country, there was another problem. We had to travel more than a hundred miles east from the Bumi country to enter Gaya's territory. Although this section of the journey is only more than a hundred miles, the entire section is passing through the high mountains, and there are many Mahan small states scattered among the high mountains. They may ambush our army as it advances out of revenge. Our army is in The advance in the mountainous area is already slow, if we still need to maintain vigilance and advance only after the investigation of the two wings is completed, then the journey of more than one hundred miles may not be completed in ten and a half months."

As soon as Zhang Liao had finished speaking, Guo Jia, who was under Cao Chong's command, responded immediately: "Time is really urgent. The Wei army has been delayed for a while in Dongqingzhou. If we delay any longer, let that thief Cao Pi gain a firm foothold in Yingzhou and unify the various forces." The Japanese natives lived in Fangguo, so it will be more difficult for the king of Wei to establish a frontier in Yingzhou for Daliang."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone put down their cups and chopsticks and fell silent.Zhang Liao's two difficulties in attacking Gaya from land are indeed a headache.

However, Wei Wen quickly broke the short silence and said: "Brother Wen Yuan, don't worry, as long as you can send troops to Bumi, even if there are problems that Brother Wen Yuan is worried about. Brother, I have a solution. To tell you the truth, the recent period , the Eastern Fleet under a certain command has sent a large number of scouts to the south for investigation, and Bumi City is our focus area. We have surveyed and mapped every island, fjord, and river and lake branch as long as they can reach the sea. Although it is not Although these rivers, lakes, fjords, and seas divide the southernmost area of ​​Mahan into fragments, they are conducive to the presence of amphibious troops like Viking warships. And Our Daliang navy has deployed a new type of warship this year, which is more conducive to concealed surprise attacks. When Brother Wenyuan’s troops are close to arrival, Daliang’s Eastern Fleet will provide assistance. As long as there is a situation that Brother Wenyuan is worried about , Wei guarantees that these Mahan people will be in a cocoon. However, although the journey from Bumi to Gaya is not far from the coast, there are many mountains between the coast and the coast, and Wei's fleet is helpless."

At this time, Guo Jia, who was the Prime Minister of the Wei Kingdom, stood up from the table while stroking his beard and said, "If we can really take Bumi and ensure that this place becomes a stable rear, then we don't have to attack Gaya immediately."

Wei Wen immediately responded: "Guo Guoxiang, you may not understand the meaning of what a certain person said earlier. If you don't take down Gaya, you can directly use Bumi as a base to transport troops and horses to Yingzhoudu for a strategy. Then this sea route The distance is farther than from Qingzhou to Dongqingzhou! If we are familiar with Yingzhou as we were familiar with Dongqingzhou at the beginning, and there are people like Gongsun Dan, the governor of Daifang County, then we can talk about it. But now, we have nothing about Yingzhou. As far as I know, naturally no one will meet us in Yingzhou, and I don’t know what Cao Pi’s people will do to deal with us in Yingzhou. We just landed on it rashly across a thousand-mile sea route. The risk is too great gone."

Seeing that Wei Wen was in a hurry, Guo Jia smiled and waved his hands and said, "No, no, I don't want to use Bumi as a base to go east to Yingzhou. Instead, I set off from Bumi to capture the island called Tsushima first. We occupy With this Tsushima Island, King Wei's army will have a foothold."

Wei Wen immediately reminded: "Guo Guoxiang wants to directly use Tsushima Island as a base for crossing Yingzhou in the south? This idea is the same as that of XX, but the prerequisite for XX is to occupy Gaya. Otherwise...Guo Guoxiang may not know that Gaya Kingdom It is a small foreign country, but it has been doing business at sea all year round, so it also has considerable sea power. Although they will not be able to attack the Tsushima Island we occupy, they can attack me from time to time. Route. So..."

Guo Jia still smiled and said: "General Wei, don't worry, please listen patiently to the end of the words. Of course, I know that Ma Dao is located in Gaya and Cao Pi's forces who may come from Yingzhou. But as General Wei said, in order to The prerequisite for Ma to serve as the base for crossing Yingzhou in the south is to occupy Gaya. But as long as we occupy Tsushima Island, we will have a fulcrum to attack Gaya. On the land of Nagaya, there is a big river called Nakdong River, which runs through Gaya The whole territory. As long as General Wei Wen uses your unique Viking warship to go up the river and cooperate with King Wei's army, Gaya can be taken down in one fell swoop."

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Wei Wen read in his mouth: "It turns out that the Prime Minister just reversed the order of a certain person taking Gaya first and then taking the right horse, but such a reversal can achieve twice the result with half the effort. He is worthy of being the one-in-a-kind hero that Cao Cao, the Lord of Wei, said back then."

After Wei Wen finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Cao Chong was still there. His words seemed rather abrupt and embarrassing on this occasion, and it was very inappropriate. He blushed slightly and sat down with a dry cough.

At this time, Guo Jia turned around and saluted Xun Yu again: "Inspector Xun, Wei Guo, as Daliang Fanbang, occupied Gaya, which was originally under the rule of Dongqingzhou, only temporarily. After Daliang's army completely subdued Chenhan and Mahan in the north of Gaya , Xiaguo will return Gaya to Dongqingzhou."

Xun Yu nodded slightly to express his acquiescence.

Chapter 735 Mahan 54 State

On the twilight sea, a long row of sail shadows floated up and down on the skyline, looming.It was the Weiwen Fleet fully loaded with Cao Chong's nearly [-] troops heading south.Thirty miles away from them, in the depths of the coast, there is also a winding Liangjun infantry riding on the flat road on the plain.

Zhang Liao personally led the army of the headquarters and a part of Xu Rong's army, with a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses, marching towards the destination of Bumi City.As long as they met Ma Han's city-state along the way, they would first persuade them to surrender to Daliang, and if they refused, they would order an attack.

The civilization level of the 54 city-states in Mahan is still at a very low level.Most of its cities are surrounded by three or four high walls built of sand and soil. The good ones also dug two or three wide moats outside the city. Most of the cities did not have urns.The horse and Han soldiers defending the city, except for the generals who wear iron armor, are mostly armor made of animal skins and hard wood, and the weapons they hold are also very simple. Spear guns, even if [-]% of the spear heads are not made of wrought iron, but bronze, it looks very brittle.When confronted with Liang Jun steel knife, it is easy to be cut off or smashed.

In this way, Liang Jun's march was naturally as if the momentum was like a broken bamboo.Often, after a blast of crossbows, the spear and shield soldiers erected the ladders together, climbed up under the cover of longbowmen and hot bombs, and finally opened the city gate.It took less than an hour to capture a city.

But just after Zhang Liao wiped out the seven kingdoms of Ma and Han in Lianke Qicheng, a change happened that Zhang Liao didn't expect.On this day, Zhang Liao, who was riding his horse along with the marching column, received another report from scouts that Mahan's Jiuwugutan Kingdom was ahead.

When Zhang Liao came to the city of Jiuwugutan, he found that the city was empty except for a few large flags fluttering in the wind.He thought that the horse and Han soldiers were hiding behind the battlements, so he waved his hands to signal the soldiers to shout.Soon, several soldiers who were newly recruited into the army and quite fluent in Korean stood at the foot of the city and shouted loudly.But after a long time, there was still no movement on the top of the city.

Zhang Liao's heart moved: "Could it be that this Han Yi came to sing the empty city strategy to someone?" The empty city strategy is one of the 36 strategies, and "36 Strategies" is a book of war compiled by Feng Yu himself. A basic tactical book to read through.Of course, many of the stories were changed by Feng Yu.

It's just that there are two cases in the empty city strategy written by Feng Yu, one is the empty city to lure the enemy to ambush and wipe out the enemy, and the other is Zhuge Liang's original version of the empty city to intimidate and block the enemy.He also wrote in the epilogue, why can the same behavior lead to two results?How should the strategist predict the result, and how to counter this empty city plan.If Xu Rong hadn't followed the textbook-like disposal method in "36 Strategies" to defend the Nanxin East Gate with all his strength in the battle of Nanxin City before, I am afraid that the loss would be even greater.

At that moment, Zhang Liao saw the suspected empty city, and immediately ordered a small team of scouts to enter the city to check.This time they didn't even need to climb over the city wall, because even the city gate was ajar, and the scouts pushed open the city gate in a big way, and rode in.After a while, news came from the scouts that there was indeed no one in the city.Zhang Liao deployed elite infantry to guard the city gates on all sides, and then entered the city-state of Wugutan through several gates at the same time.After entering the city, Liang Jun quickly dispersed and searched for the Ma Han people.As a result, not only did they not see a single person, but they did not even see a living thing such as chickens or dogs.The granary and treasury were empty, and even the furniture was removed as much as possible, and those that could not be removed were deliberately destroyed.

Only then did Zhang Liao believe that Ma Hanjun had really retreated.He then issued an order: "A certain military order ordered the soldiers to bury pots and cook food in the city. After a short rest, they continued to march south. A battalion of soldiers and horses were left to garrison the city. After the Haidong Army from the rear came to change defense, Then come and catch up with our team.”

He paused and reminded: "As usual, a group of scouts and commanders will be left in the city, equipped with messenger harriers. In case of emergency, please contact the general's main force at any time!"

After noon, Zhang Liao's army left the city after eating and drinking, and continued to go south.What surprised Zhang Liao was that the Mahan city-states he encountered next along the way were all empty, just like the Wugutan country.Zhang Liao felt an ominous feeling faintly in his heart. He could predict that these Ma and Han people must have discussed it properly and united to deal with him, otherwise they would not have taken such a unified action.

Zhang Liao's guess was right, just as he marched towards Bumi City like a broken bamboo.Wu Xiexing, the leader of the 54 states of Mahan and Han, and the leader of Gouxie, hurriedly called all the states to gather in Gouxie to discuss the matter of fighting against Liang Jun.

At the meeting, all the horses and Korean masters talked a lot. Some said that Liang Jun was so powerful that even Baekje, which was rampant, died in the hands of Liang Jun in just ten days. .It's better to negotiate peace with Liang Jun, as long as Daliang can make a little concession to guarantee the aristocratic status of their lords, even if they are a township Hou Tinghou under Daliang County.

Immediately someone suggested that the reason was that if the girder was lowered in this way, it would be tantamount to becoming a fish at the mercy of the emperor of the Central Plains.Moreover, he also used Dong Zhongshu’s set of three cardinal principles and five permanent principles, monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons to frighten everyone, and asked: "If Liang surrenders, you will be the son of the emperor of the Central Plains. I dare to ask who among you is willing to recognize others as his sons?" Father? Moreover, these Han people in the Central Plains still think that Lao Tzu can kill his son at will. If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die. When we really depend on others like this, the emperor suddenly felt that we were not at ease one day, and he wanted to execute us. I Waiting for this man who has no land, no people, and no soldiers, he should not wait to be killed."

Everyone sighed immediately after hearing this, and no one mentioned the matter of fully agreeing to Liang Jun's conditions and unconditionally submitting to Daliang.Then it was mentioned that the 54 states would twist together and beat Liang Jun, driving Liang Jun out of Mahan's territory, and even driving them out of Daifang County.

Some people immediately said that this is unrealistic, because even if the current Liang army is defeated, with the strength of Daliang, it is likely to send another ten times this amount of troops, or let Zongheng fight in the northern grasslands and black forests. When the legendary Beifu army went south, there were only 54 city-states with a population of more than [-]. How could Mahan, who was a tiny place, resist?At that time, even if Qin Han and Gaya are united together, they may not be able to resist it.

Dozens of rulers in Ma and Han quarreled and discussed for a day, but Wu Xiexing made a final decision that they would unite to hit the intruder Liang Jun head-on, beat him badly, and then make a tentative peace.If Daliang can make concessions, maintain Ma Han's relative independence, and allow Ma Han's masters to serve as the prefects of Daliang in name, then the war can be stopped.Otherwise, join forces with Chen Han, Gaya and Daliang to fight to the end.

Chapter 736 Eastern Teutonic Forest

As the leader of Ma Han's alliance, Wu Xiexing, the king of Gouxie, quickly formulated a strategy to fight against Liang Jun with all the horses and Han lords.Judging from the battles in recent days, they knew that relying on the city to hold on was obviously not going to work.These cities are as vulnerable to Liang Jun as eggs facing a hammer.As for the battle in the wild, Ma Hanjun is even less likely to be Liang Jun's opponent.Therefore, relying on the terrain and location to fight with the Liang army, and then locally gather superior forces to annihilate and cannibalize the Liang army's strength little by little is the only tactic they can choose.Therefore, when the states of Mahan and Han saw Liang Jun approaching, they would take the initiative to withdraw.Some of them went to gather around the Bumi country at the southernmost tip of Mahan, and some went to the Gouxie country in the deep mountains to join forces with Wuxiexing.