Three thousand miles in exile

Yan Dadu Royal Court.

"One hundred thousand cavalry? How is that possible!" Prime Minister Mo Tuo smashed the urgent report in his hand.

"Where did so many cavalry come from? Wu Kechu's [-] troops are at Tongtian Pass. Could it be that the Chu people have grown wings and flew over! Nonsense, it affects the hearts of the people! Come, hang the herdsman who reported the letter in the city head!"

All the ministers in the royal court dared not speak.

Fan Tianshi at the side hesitated for a moment and proposed. "Prime Minister, why don't you send someone to the Wula River to have a look, if it's a forgery, it's better to appease the people."

Fan Tianshi was a celebrity in front of King Yan, Prime Minister Mo Tuo didn't want to lose face too much, so he nodded in agreement even though he was unhappy.

At this time, another minister asked. "It's been five days, is there no news from Wu Kechu?"

Prime Minister Motuo was about to speak when a panicked voice came from outside the Wang court.

"Ukchu is defeated! The entire army of 5 people has been wiped out!!"

Medog, who is already seventy years old this year, only felt that he was almost unable to stand still in the darkness before his eyes.

Fan Tianshi caught the soldier's unbelievable questioning. "How did you lose! Wu Kechu led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, how could he be defeated!"

The soldier was covered in dirt, and he knelt on the ground crying and kowtowed. "The people of Chu have changed to a new weapon, which can cut through heavy armor with a single blow. Our... our cavalry are not strong enough to fight!"

For a moment, all the officials in the royal court were shocked and stunned, and the huge royal court was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Fan Tianshi asked again. "How many troops does the Chu army have?"

The soldier said: "I don't know, they still have a strange formation, people are wrapped in iron shields, we can't see how many people are inside, maybe... maybe 5 people."

Some herdsmen said that they saw that the Chu army had 5 cavalry, and now some deserters came back to report that the Chu army had at least [-] soldiers. From the two perspectives, the Chu army marched northward after defeating Wukechu, with a strength of nearly [-]!

All the officials showed panic.

"There are only [-] defenders in the capital of Yan, and there are even more defenders from all over the country. The army is fighting in the south. It will take ten days at the fastest to send people to report and bring reinforcements back." A clear-minded official immediately analyzed the situation.

"But the [-] troops of the Chu army are on the grassland, this! What can we do!"

Even Fan Tianshi, who has always had a lot of ideas, was stunned.

Mo Tuo regretted that it was too late and beat his chest and stamped his feet. "This old man should risk his life to prevent the king from going south. We have all fallen into the trap. The people of Chu have been prepared for the idea of ​​entering Yandi from the north!"

These words made the officials and nobles present panic even more.

Fan Tianshi hurriedly said: "Prime Minister! Please calm down. It only takes half a day to get to Dadu from the Wula River where the Chu army was found last night, but the Chu army has not been killed yet. Why?"

Yes, why is this?

The officials argued for nearly an hour but couldn't figure out why, and couldn't make up their minds about how to deal with it.

In the afternoon, there was another battle report. In the early morning, the Bayin tribe was attacked. The leader of the Bayin tribe was killed. It's over.

The younger brother of the leader of the Bayin Department, who was an official in the royal court, fainted on the spot when he heard the bad news.

"The purpose of the Chu army is to kill all the tribes on the grassland!" Someone shouted.

"The tribe is the foundation of our Great Yan. Without the tribe, the royal court is nothing! I'm leaving! I'm going to take the tribe and leave Dadu immediately!"

This remark immediately caused a commotion among all the officials. They are all nobles of the tribe, and the tribe is their foundation. Without the tribe, what is the use of guarding the royal court and guarding the country of Yan?

Motuo couldn't stop him, and most of the officials left.

They returned to the tribe in a panic, and immediately packed up their belongings and left with all the Yan people in the tribe.

As for where to go, almost all tribal leaders thought of a place, going north to return to the place where their ancestors lived, where the barbaric Chu people would definitely not go.

In just one day, the tents, simple houses and other herdsmen's mobile homes that stretch as far as the eye can see outside Yandadu have been reduced by half.

The tribes of Yan State are like the families in the Central Plains, even more cohesive than some families in the Central Plains. The leader decided to leave, and none of the tribal people would question or object.

The departure of the tribe took away not only civilians, but also soldiers!

All the soldiers of Yan State came from the young and strong of the tribe. During the war, they were recruited temporarily to take orders from the generals, but they still obeyed the tribal leaders when they came and went.

When the tribe to which they belonged was going to move north, none of the soldiers hesitated to return to their own tribe, and they had to escort the tribe to evacuate safely.

Half of Yan Da, who originally had [-] defenders, went away at once, and the remaining half were soldiers belonging to the eight nobles who established Yan Kingdom. Because the leaders of the eight nobles hadn't spoken yet, they didn't move.

Fan Tianshi looked at this scene with pain and contempt.

These nobles gathered in Yan Dadu to seek refuge when Yan State was strong. Now that Yan State is in trouble, these people can run faster than rabbits.

Tribal leaders only think about their own prosperity and wealth, and the rise and fall of a country is not as good as a sheep or a cow in the eyes of these people.

Let's look at the remaining eight tribes. The main force of this battle comes from the eight tribes.

There are five leaders who are not in Yandadu with the army, and Motuo is one of the remaining leaders.

The other two leaders were executed for participating in the rebellion, and a new leader has not yet been elected. King Yan meant to just let the two tribes fall apart.

On this day, all the nobles and civilians left in the capital of Yan lived in anxiety and panic like years.

The next day, another battle report was sent to the royal court, and the Suo Tuo tribe, one of the eight great tribes, was destroyed!

For a moment, the entire Yanda exploded.

The Suotuo tribe was one of the tribes that participated in the rebellion. It was suppressed the most by King Yan. Now it is the weakest tribe among the eight tribes, but it is also a super tribe with a population of more than 10!

Back in time to that night, Liu Zhan led the cavalry to the outskirts of Suo Tuo's troops.

In the past few days, Liu Zhan not only attacked the tribe, but also collected useful information.

For example, the Suo Tuo tribe was massacred three times by the new King Yan, and now only the old, young, women and children guard the remnants. When Liu Zhan arrived, there was almost no resistance, and the Suo Tuo tribe seemed to have been killed and numb.

Liu Zhan ruled the army strictly. He only killed nobles wherever he went. The common people were expelled for the purpose of rescuing the slaves of the Chu people. In the raging fire, ordinary Yan people fled in all directions.

In the past few days, after going deep into Yandi, Liu Zhan also understood that Yanguo is a country that is strong on the outside but capable on the inside.

The so-called city-states are just super settlements surrounded by rammed earth walls, which are incomparable to those in Dachu whose walls are tens of feet high.

There are also geographical disadvantages. There are no natural bunkers on the prairie. Once they are deep into the hinterland and they don't have enough troops to fight, the entire Yan Kingdom will be displayed naked in front of the enemy.

Because of this, Yan people are very good at running. In just two days, Liu Zhan found that the tribes near Yandadu were all running around, and the once prosperous Yanda became empty and lonely.

The Suo Tuo Department was destroyed, making the eight nobles unable to sit still.

They are in the same situation as the small tribe, the main force is fighting in the south, and now the tribe has only a few thousand fighting power, so how can such a small number of people fight against the [-] Chu army.

Medog tried hard to lobby the remaining seven major tribes to gather forces to fight against the enemy, but none of the tribes agreed, including Medog's own tribe, and his son was unwilling anyway.

"If all the troops are concentrated to defend the capital, what will our own tribe do?" The eldest son of Medog, who was as fat as a black bear, didn't understand his old father very much.

"My father, Yan State is not your Yan State, but Cha Gan is your Cha Gan! Let's go too, think about your people, your children and grandchildren, you can't be confused anymore!"

The demise of the Suotuo tribe was like the last straw that crushed the eight nobles. They left Yandadu and fled to the depths of the grassland.

As long as they entered the grassland, how could they be found in the vast grassland, but it was different if they gathered in Yandadu, Yandadu couldn't leave.

For Liu Zhan, the time has come.

The cavalry of Qi Yun's army came out at night and day, and wandered around Yandadu for ten days in a row.

During the day, he deliberately created the illusion of a [-]-strong army, and every time he passed by, he made the camp beyond recognition.

At night, he led the cavalry like a ghost, and all the targeted tribes were spared. He drove away all the tribes, big and small. Now there are only Yandadu and more than ten thousand defenders left in the Wula River area.

This night, the sky that had been clear for a summer actually gathered dense clouds. Layers of dense clouds covered the starry sky and the moon, and it seemed that heavy rain was brewing.

Just after the third watch, the pasture outside Yan Dadu suddenly lit up with dots of fire, and the soldiers guarding the city rang their alarm bells to notify them immediately.

At this moment, those dots of flames flew up, like meteors all over the sky, passing through the rammed city wall and falling into the capital of Yan, immediately igniting tents and wooden houses.

"It's a rocket!! Enemy attack!!"

Another fatal weakness of Yan State is the ubiquitous flammable tents and wooden houses.

Although there are brick and tile houses in the capital of Yan, more people still retain the traditional habits. They are more accustomed to living in tents, which is why the city-states of Yan State look like large settlements.

Liu Zhan led his cavalry to shoot rockets around Yanda, with the Mo Dao on their backs, and everyone picked up their bows and arrows. They didn't need perfect shooting skills, they only needed to shoot the rockets through the low rammed earth wall.

In summer, the wind is dry and things are dry. As long as one place is lit, one piece will be ignited immediately, and a big fire will ignite in Yandadu in a short while.

"Fan Tianshi! Chu soldiers are coming!" The soldiers rushed into the royal court in panic.

But Fan Tianshi lost a lot of weight in a few days, he was so tired and took a nap but was woken up by fright.

"How many people came?"

"There are more than ten thousand cavalry. Instead of attacking the city, they shoot rockets into the city. Now it's burned outside, and everyone is busy fighting the fire!"

Fan Tianshi slumped on the chair. "1 people? What does this mean? Why don't you take most of them in one fell swoop?"

The soldier didn't dare to talk too much in the past, but now he has no scruples in times of crisis. "Prime Minister Motuo took away the princes and princesses, maybe the main force of the Chu army went after them."

The torture of the past few days made Fan Tianshi not as quick-witted as before, and he actually felt that what the soldiers said made sense.

"Fan Tianshi, do you want to..." The soldier suggested hesitantly.

The majestic royal court in the past is now lonely, and the fire in the distance is getting brighter and brighter, which must have ignited more tents.

Fan Tianshi remembered that he had suggested to the King of Yan to forbid the construction of tents and wooden houses in Dadu.

He also suggested heightening and strengthening the city wall. At that time, the Yan army's iron cavalry was invincible, and the Yan nobles laughed at him as a turtle in this royal court.

The nobleman of Yan said that only tortoises can make a shell to cover themselves in. They are a nation on horseback and do not need towering walls.

"Let's go." Fan Tianshi was disheartened.

He advocated going south to unify the northern border, and almost offended the nobles of the Yan Kingdom. This time the Yan Kingdom was in trouble, no matter whether it was King Yan or those nobles who settled accounts, he had no way out.

The soldier got the order, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and rushed out to tell everyone.

"General! There is a Yan army breaking through!"

As soon as Liu Zhan turned his head, he saw that the gate of Yan Dadu was open, and Yan soldiers were scrambling to come out.

Liu Zhan was so refreshed that he immediately dropped his longbow and took off the Mo Dao on his back with his backhand. "Break into Yan Dadu! No one will be left alive!"

That night Yanda was engulfed by fire, and Liu Zhan personally led his troops into the royal court, where he saw Fan Tianshi lying on the ground.

Cao Zhuang cut down the king's flag in front of the king's court, Guo Donghu found the clothes of King Yan, and then Liu Zhan ordered the king's court to be set on fire!

This Yan Dadu, which was created by the old King Yan, was burnt down after only more than 20 years of prosperity.

The raging fire dyed half of the night sky red, reflecting the dark clouds in the sky like rolling black mist.

This scene frightened the soldiers of Yan who escaped by chance. From the beginning to the end, no one in the country of Yan confronted the Chu army head-on, and no one doubted the specific strength of the Chu army.

This battle is a disgrace that cannot be washed away by the Yan Kingdom!

"King Yan! Most of them are under attack!"

When bad news came to King Yan one after another, the hearts of the Yan army seemed to be facing one earthquake after another.

It seems that Jinyang City can be broken through in two more days, but those generals who knew that the tribe was attacked would withdraw their troops no matter what.

When the first bad news came, King Yan could still maintain his composure and insisted on defeating Jinyang before returning to aid.

When the news of the destruction of the royal court came back, the young King Yan was so angry, angry, annoyed and ashamed that he blushed and almost passed away on the spot.

At this point he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

When the main force of the Yan army was rushing back day and night, Yan Wangting, the capital of Yan, was in ruins.

As far as Jinyang City is concerned, the Yan army retreated suddenly and completely.

Yan Qixiu and Pei Gongli have been tortured to such an extent that they thought they were dreaming when they learned that the Yan army had retreated.

Up and down Jinyang City, up and down the Yangguan Pass, everyone wondered why the Yan army retreated?

On the other hand, Liu Zhan set off to retreat immediately after burning down Yan Dadu. Instead of going back the same way, he crossed the Wula River and detoured to the Zhaodong Plain.

More than 8000 cavalry raided across the Zhaodong Plain for two days and one night, and harvested two small tribes along the way.

After this battle, Liu Zhan's vicious reputation has already terrified the people of Yan.

Qi Yun's cavalry crossed Zhaodong Plain and arrived at the foot of Niuji Peak in Qiyun Mountain, and then drove along the foot of Qiyun Mountain to Tongtian Peak.

When Liu Zhan came back, Li Xiaolian had already completed the task of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. There was not a single village in Fangyuan at the foot of Qiyun Mountain.

This is the granary of Yan State. Now that the strength of Qi Yun's army has been exposed, Liu Zhan has no need to hide his clumsiness. He can't even think about occupying such a fertile land if he can't get Yan State.

"The army is back!! I see the red ribbon!! It's our cavalry!!"

Tongtian closed the sentry and ran to tell each other.

"Mr. Song!! The army is back!!"

Song Fenglin stood up abruptly, without noticing that the brush was stained with ink on his sleeves, he strode out of the barracks and rode his horse to Tongtian Pass.

Hongying hunted with high ambitions, and the sound of Shanhu's victory shook the mountains and rivers.

From Tiancang Village to Tongtian Pass, young and strong people cheered for victory along the way.

Song Fenglin stood outside Tongtian Pass, the mountain wind blew his wide sleeves, and the young general Qi Yun in front of him came back on a horse, full of heroism.

In this battle, Liu Zhan led [-] cavalry deep into the hinterland of Yan State, and galloped from south to north in [-] days to run through Yan, directly attacking the royal court and burning the capital of Yan.

At the same time, he beheaded more than 1000 nobles of Yan, captured nine tribal flags in Yandi, one king's flag, and seized a set of gold clothes for King Yan.

The king of Yan was shocked and retreated urgently, and relieved the crisis in Jinyang City at Yangguan.

This battle is also a classic battle that Liu Zhan became famous in the annals of history!

For Yan Guo, it was the beginning of a nightmare.