A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 550: Feng Yu offered his advice in a great victory, and the local bravery led to the heroes of Yanland.

April
Xia Emperor Baishu led the follow-up army to Yan camp.

Wang Meng led the forward army and more than 30 generals of the Imperial Guard, including Liu Meng, to greet him at the gate of Yanying.

Looking at the devastated camp walls, almost no intact camp, and the battlefield that had not been thoroughly cleaned, Bai Shu knew how difficult this battle was.

With affection, Bai Shu personally patted Wang Meng on the shoulder:

"Very good, you are very good, you really lived up to expectations."

Then the conversation changed and he asked:

"Where's Murong Huang?"

Wang Meng respectfully led Liu Meng forward, and Liu Meng held up a wooden box with both hands. Wang Meng slowly opened it, and an unwilling head appeared in front of Bai Shu.

Bai Shu had no expression on his face, just nodded slightly, and then gave instructions to the generals behind him:

"Send people to spread the news about Murong Huang's head throughout Liaodong."

"As ordered!"

A cavalry general came out, took Murong Huang's head from Liu Meng's hand, put it on a long pole, mounted his horse, and headed towards Liaodong with hundreds of elite cavalry behind him.

It is conceivable what kind of battle they will encounter if they want to complete the task of conveying their message to the enemy.

Of these hundreds of cavalry, how many will be able to come back?

"Enter the stronghold."

Bai Shu boarded the imperial chariot again, and more than a hundred civil servants and generals followed him on horseback. Thirty teams of infantry and mounted guards in front and behind the imperial chariot guarded the Emperor Luanjia tightly.

Passing through the dilapidated old camp, we arrived at the new camp built on the basis of Yan Camp.

The entire camp covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, like a military city, and is located more than 20 miles north of Linyu Pass.

In addition to being a resting place for Xia army soldiers, the camp also functioned as a prison camp.

On the west side of the camp, there is a prisoner camp guarded by more than 10,000 Xia soldiers, which contains more than 40,000 Yan soldiers captured in this battle.

After the war, statistics showed that the Xia army beheaded 6,000 people and captured more than 40,000 people. The Yan army fled between 2,000 and 3,000 people, and the rest trampled on each other to death.

In addition, 300,000 cattle and sheep and more than 100,000 horses were captured, which was enough for the Xia army's next offensive.

May 10
News of Murong Huang's death spread throughout the Yan State. The troops stationed in various places in the Yan State were leaderless, and they all had the idea of ​​changing their banners.

At this time, Prince Murong Jun set up a tomb for Murong Huang in Longcheng and ascended the throne surrounded by civil and military officials.

He swore that he would take Emperor Xia's head to comfort Murong Huang and the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Yan Kingdom.

But the ideal is full, and the reality is very skinny. The main force of the Yan Kingdom has followed Murong Huang and died outside Linyu Pass.

The garrison of Longcheng was less than 10,000 people, so how could they withstand Xia's 100,000-strong army?

When Murong Jun failed in the Bohai Sea battle, he was alone in a small boat and caught up with the fleeing Yan ship and escaped.

Returning to Longcheng, he was appointed as the supervisor of the country by Murong Huang.

May 23
Faced with how to resist the Xia army, Murong Jun asked his subordinates for advice.

Feng Yu, a member of the royal family of King Yan and a member of the army (a clansman of Yan State General Feng Yi), made suggestions:

“Your Majesty, it’s not that Yan State has no usable soldiers now, but it has no usable money and food to build a usable army.

Whether it is the king's people or the powerful Han people in the Yan Kingdom, they all have soldiers. It just depends on whether the king is willing to give up something. "

Murong Jun has just ascended the throne now, and his butt is still hot. The Xia army is about to attack the city, and his life and the country are about to be destroyed. What else can he be reluctant to do?

"If there is really a good plan, there is no need for you to worry. The country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed before your eyes. Why would you be reluctant to part with it?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you issue an edict and ask the people of Yan State to recruit local warriors on their own, and the imperial court will award official positions based on the strength of the soldiers.

If you have achieved military exploits, regardless of your status, Han or Hu people will be awarded titles based on your meritorious service.

The king promised that the Xia soldiers would retreat and share the world with the people of the world. Those who are willing to drive for the king are like crucian carp crossing the river, far and near. "

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Murong Jun was hesitant. This was obviously to use him as a puppet.

Previously, the former king Murong Huang had determined the private ownership of tribes, which had turned the Yan State into a military alliance under the guise of a state. If it had not been for the loyalty of Murong Khan and others, except for Changli County and Liaodong County, no troops would have been mobilized long ago.

There may be thousands of miles of land, but they can't even raise an army of 100,000.

If he agrees to Feng Yu's proposal, he will become a puppet played by everyone from now on, and the military power of Yan State will no longer be in his hands.

It is still unclear whether these powerful Hu people and Han people who cannot be restrained by Confucian morals can maintain the throne like that of the Jin Dynasty.

This strategy is like drinking poison to quench thirst. Will it be defeated immediately by the Xia army, or will it be kept useful for later effects?
Seeing that Murong Jun was in internal strife, Feng Yu did not urge him, but waited quietly.

"Report, please inform your Majesty that the Xia army's vanguard has reached Bintu, Bintu's order has surrendered to the Xia army, and now the Xia army is heading towards Longcheng."

Murong Jun finally no longer hesitated.

"I agree with your plan and immediately draft an order and spread it throughout the country."

Feng Yu's eyes lit up and he said yes.

On that day, a letter "The People of Yan Land Resisted the Summer Order" was sent from Longcheng.

In addition to calling on the Han and Hu people in Yan to resist Xia's invasion, the most important thing was to loosen the restrictions on the recruitment of local warriors by the powerful Han people.

And the formal recognition of the private ownership of Hu tribe leaders is no longer as ambiguous as before.

With the issuance of this order, Murong Jun became the true leader of the alliance, because the strength in his hands was only the Su Wei Army, which had less than 10,000 people. Even the taxation of the Hu tribes was given up, and they only relied on the barren Han cities to pay taxes.

It can be expected that in a year or two, with the rise of Han power, even the taxes of counties and counties will not be fully collected by the central government.

Murong Jun could not even maintain an army of 10,000 people. He could only control an elite cavalry of 3,000 people, and he relied on selling the edicts in his hands to survive.

In order to show his sincerity, Murong Jun issued multiple imperial edicts to those generals who held military power.

Please be sure to guard your defenses and not betray the expectations of the late king.

For his brother Murong Chui who was stationed in Liaodong, he was granted the title of Duke of Liaodong and General Fuwei;

Murong Ke, who was guarding the Mobei area, was granted the title of Duolun Gong and the General of the Fuguo;

Murong, who guarded Xuantu County and defended Goguryeo, was named Xuantu Gong and Fubi General;

Yang Qian, the governor of Changli who is stationed in Changli, is the Duke of Changli and the general of Fuyi;

Murong Khan, who was guarding the Monan area and was raiding the six towns of Xia Kingdom, was the general of Duke Rouran and Fuyong;

The former Yan State general who was deprived of his official position by Murong Huang and was idle at home was granted the title of Duke of Chongqing and General of Fu Ren.

The six consecutive imperial edicts made the Han people from all over the Yan Kingdom powerful and powerful, and the tribal leaders saw the opportunity, and gathered local warriors and tribesmen one after another, hoping to get a share of the battle and gain wealth for themselves.

They are very motivated. After all, they used to work for the Murong family, and the Murong family of the Yan royal family needed to take a cut of their income, and they were easily punished by the Murong family.

Now I am starting my own business, and 100% of what I earn is my own, which is not the same as before.

And the effect is also very obvious.

May 25
A steady stream of rural warriors began to gather in Longcheng, hoping to make Murong Jun fulfill his promise.

Murong Jun appointed Feng Yu as the imperial emissary, and those with a strength of 500 were appointed as Sima; those with a strength of 1,000 were appointed as captains; those with more than 5,000 were appointed as generals; those with more than 10,000 were appointed as generals; those with more than 10,000 were appointed as generals. Title General.

May 29
The Xia Kingdom's forward troops arrived in Changli and found strong resistance from the prefect of Yanchangli, the Duke of Changli, and General Yang Qian of Fuyi.

Even if Wang Meng used various strategies, he could not conquer this small city.

June 10
Bai Shu's army arrived in Changli and continued the siege.

At this time, there were only more than 10,000 people under Yang Qian's command in Changli City, as well as thousands of "rebels" from various places.

Yang Qian knew that he alone could not resist it.

At this time, a warrior named Geng Zhan volunteered and was willing to break out of the siege and deliver news to Longcheng for the defenders.

It seems that the man has a muscular body and a face that looks like a mixture of Han and Hu people. After careful questioning, it turns out that he is a handsome man near Changli who is well-known in the countryside.

He took his own tribe and hundreds of tribesmen supported by his mother's family, totaling more than a thousand people. He also had to make good friends with the surrounding tribes for financial support, obtained hundreds of good horses, and formed a cavalry team of a thousand people to join the army.

Yang Qian was naturally happy that someone was willing to go to war. He wrote a handwritten letter asking for help. As the governor of Changli and the general of Fuyi, he appointed Geng Zhan as the cavalry captain and went to Longcheng to ask for help.

At six o'clock in the morning, a new round of Xia troops attacked the city and retreated. The west gate of Changli suddenly opened wide, and more than a thousand cavalry galloped out of the city.

Xia Jun saw it and quickly sent out cavalry to intercept.

A moment later, just as Geng Zhan was about to break through the Xia army's encirclement, a Xia general with more than 3,000 horses came to kill him.

Geng Zhan and Xia Jiang faced each other, and they were equally matched.

The man at the head of the Xia army was Liu Meng. He used his long knife to swing away Geng Zhan's spear, pushed his horse away, pointed at him and shouted:

"Who is coming?"

Geng Zhan swung his spear horizontally, clapped his horse and charged straight at Liu Meng, saying loudly:

"Changli Gengzhan, take your life!"

Liu Meng hadn't met a brave general for a long time, and he felt itchy and laughed:
"Good thief, watch the knife!"

The two fought for dozens of rounds, and neither could do anything to the other.

Geng Zhan saw that the delay was too long and that only about 600 of his own soldiers were left, so he knew that it was not advisable to stay for a long time.

At that moment, he pushed away Liu Meng's long sword with all his strength, fired a feint, slapped his horse and left.

"Thieves, please leave."

Liu Meng led his men in hot pursuit. Geng Zhan saw that Xia's army was clinging to him and ordered him to ride and shoot.

Under the superb cavalry shooting of the Yan army, the Xia army suffered heavy casualties. Even Liu Meng was almost injured. Fortunately, the armor and stomach were hard enough to block the arrows and only scratched his skin.

Seeing Yan Qi getting further and further away, Liu Meng was filled with anger and had to return to the camp to report.

However, to Bai Shu and others, this was just a small incident and they did not take it to heart at all.

June 19

Murong Jun, who received the urgent report from Changli, immediately led an army of 50,000 to camp thirty miles west of Changli.

Intention and Yang Qian are the horns of each other and support each other.

Of course, only about 10,000 of the 50,000-strong army could be fully controlled by Murong Jun. The remaining 40,000 people were volunteers from all over the country who came to join the army. They were both Han and Hu, and they all brought money to join the army.

As the Yan army began to become more and more difficult to fight, it was difficult for the Xia army to make any further achievements.

Due to the large number of Yan army cavalry, it was difficult for the Xia army to capture them. They wanted to attack Longcheng directly, but they were really worried that their retreat would be cut off by Changli and they would be in despair.

So the two sides of Xia and Yan started a confrontation under Changli City.

(End of this chapter)