As soon as Guan Cheng surrendered, the rest of the pirates naturally lost the will to resist, and more than 2,000 pirates put down their blades one after another, waiting for Xu Rong's fall.

Xu Sheng saw that Xu Rong had defeated Guan Cheng with his army, so he said to Pei Xuan, the county commander: "Lord County Commander, the reinforcements I sent someone to invite under the city, please let the county commander let him enter the city." ”

Xu Rong led the army into the county seat, and Pei Mao saw that although their armor was the armor of the official army, they did not play the banner of any princes, so he bowed to Xu Rong and asked: "Dare to ask whether the general belongs to Cao Gong or Yuan Tan's subordinates?" ”

Xu Rong hesitated for a moment and said: "The general is Xu Hua, a general under the command of Sun Taishou, the Mugong of Pingzhou, and he guards Donglai County with General Liu Cheng. Wengui County was attacked by pirates and came to the rescue. ”

Han Xuan also asked Xu Rong to hide his identity before leaving, and Xu Rong had to pretend to be a subordinate of Gongsun Du, who had previously crossed the sea to capture Donglai and other counties on the Jiaodong Peninsula, which was not far away. Xu Rong knew the affairs of Liaodong very well, and he said that it was Gongsun Du's subordinates, which really made Pei Xuan believe it. Pei Xuan invited Xu Rong and the others to rest in the city, and Xu Rong, Zhou Tai and the others were naturally happy to have a free meal.

Pei Xuan picked up the wine and said to Xu Rong: "Qingzhou is now rampant bandits, Cao Gong and Yuan Tan are fighting, and there is no time to look east. Fortunately, thanks to Gongsun Taishou's troops, I will definitely go to Xu Du, Chen Gongsun Taishou's merits. ”

Xu Rong waved his hand and said: "Pei County's order is serious, my Donglai and Guixian are friendly neighbors, and it is incumbent on me to be a little busy." I also have to bring back Guan Cheng and a group of pirates to General Liu, so I won't bother. ”

Xu Rong said goodbye to Pei Xuan and rushed to the beach with a large number of people such as Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai and Guan Cheng. Xu Rong led the army to board the ship, and Guan Cheng cautiously asked Xu Rong: "Isn't General Xu a general under the command of General Right?" Why did you deceive Pei Xuan now? ”

"I advise you not to ask if you shouldn't ask, remember, in the future, you can only call me General Xu Hua in front of people." Xu Rong glared at Guan Cheng angrily, and the latter immediately closed his mouth.

The expeditionary fleet set sail, and with the help of ocean currents, the fleet sailed so fast that it sailed to the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula in less than ten days. Just when the king of Mahan united with the resistance army of Benhan and Jinhan to resist the invasion from the Wa Kingdom, they did not know that on the southwest coast of Mahan, a navy from Dahan had quietly landed.

Tall ships suddenly appeared at sea, and fishermen off the coast of Mahan were shocked to see this fleet of unknown origins. In the cabin of one of the tall ships, Xu Rong was discussing the combat deployment with Yan Jian and Xu Sheng. Xu Rong said: "I think that in this battle, our army should first take Mahan, and after occupying Mahan, our army will be able to gain a firm foothold here." Then Ben Han, Chen Han is not to worry. ”

Yan Jian and Xu Sheng looked at the map in front of Xu Rong, which Xu Rong drew with his understanding of Liaodong and Han Xuan's rough outline of the land of Sanhan, but Xu Rong didn't know why Han Xuan knew more about the land of Sanhan than him, a Xuanwu from Liaodong.

"In this battle, our army was divided into three routes, the first route was to lead the army to attack Hanyang first, and induce the Ma and Han soldiers and horses to gather in Hanyang for defense;

On the second route, Xu Sheng led his troops with 3,000 elite soldiers, and Guan Cheng led his troops with more than 2,000 men and horses, landed at Incheon southwest of Hanyang by boat, and attacked Hanyang when the enemy was not aware of it.

The third route was Zhou Tai commanded 5,000 navies, and Wang Lie and Wu Ye coordinated to supervise the transportation of grain and grass along the coast of Mahan to the south, landed on Si Hyun Beach in the south of Mahan, and attacked all the way north.

Yan Jian accompanied the governor of our army, ordnance, grain and grass.

The Lord has decreed: 'His heart will be different if he is not of my race; Those who offend my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away. 'This time, our army is attacking foreign races, and it is advisable to kill decisively. ”

Xu Rong's distribution has been decided, and everyone has been ordered to go down to prepare, Xu Rong led the army to capture some areas on the southwest coast of Mahan, and captured many chiefs of small tribes in Mahan. Xu Rong said that it was a feint, but the army attacked all the way upstream along the Han River half a month later.

When the Mahan soldiers saw that the river was full of boats, with trebuchets and ballistae on them, they immediately reported the situation of this army of unknown origin to their commander, who said in surprise in the indigenous language of Mahan: "What did you say? Why is there such a strong army in Hanyang, impossible! Immediately you ride to the capital and report to the chieftain (king). ”

The soldier rode north, came to the capital, and reported the situation to Jabane, the king of Mahan, who gathered the counsellors to take counsel. There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and they did not know the origin of this unit that suddenly appeared, because they were at war with the Japanese and could no longer draw a large army to defend the Western Front.

It turned out that the leader of Fumida, a small country in the northwestern part of Wajima, proclaimed himself Emperor Nakaai, and three years ago, Emperor Nakaai led his army across the sea to attack Benhan, but died in the army. His wife, Empress Shengong, did not mourn and continued to strengthen the attack, but Ben Han was not strong, so she had to surrender, and then Chen Han also surrendered. Benhan and Chenhan and some of the tribal leaders were unwilling to surrender and led their tribes to take refuge in Mahan. Mahan also offended the country of Dongmi by taking in the rebels, and Mahan was forced to declare war on the country of Dongmi.

A strategist named Lan Nan in the audience said: "Gongsun Du, this old fox, he must want to swallow us while our country is at war with the Japanese country!" ”

"Lannan, do you think this army is Gongsun Du's subordinates?" Jabane, King of Malaysia, asked.

Lan Nan nodded, and everyone else in the audience also chatted in Mahan and Han. There was a strategist named Quan Zhinong below, who gave an idea: "Honorable Chief, I thought that I could unite Benhan and Chenhan, now that the Han army has crossed the Han River, the lips and teeth are cold, and the two countries will definitely help each other." Yayoi Province will not be willing to cede the land of Samhan to Gongsun Du. In this way, the Han forces can be dispersed and the pressure on the Mahan can be reduced. ”

Mahan King Jabane jumped up and pointed at Quan Zhinong and said, "You go and do it immediately, bring more belongings." I will be rewarded when I come back. ”

Xu Rong prepared to land on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Han River and make a posture of attacking Hanyang in order to attract Ma Han forces.

I saw that the building boat was about to approach the south bank, and there was a mess in the Mahan Water Village on the shore. The sudden attack of the Han army caught them off guard. To them, Gongsun Du was an unfed wolf, and Gongsun Du conquered Goguryeo as an agent of the Han Dynasty and accepted their tribute. Now that they are coming to attack them again, how can Ma Hanbing not panic.

At this time, huge boulders flew in the sky, and for a while, the blood in the water village flowed like a river, and every time it hit a person, it smashed that person into a meat pie, and the water village was also smashed to pieces. Xu Rong first sent small boats to rush over, looking for an opportunity to land.

For a while, the small boats on the river rushed towards the south bank like a shuttle, and at this time, the building boat approached the south bank, and the soldiers of Han Xuanjun on the ship had already set up a ballista, and the entire fleet released as many as tens of thousands of arrow feathers at a time, all of which were shot at the Ma Han army in black pressure.

The field was filled with the screams of the Ma Han army, and the Ma Han commander Nei Zirui exclaimed: "The Han army is too strong, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and quickly sent a message to Hanyang to send more troops to defend." Now the loss of the water village is a foregone conclusion, and the Han army can only be defeated on the shore, and the Han Dynasty's navy is too powerful! ”

Jabanei, the king of Mahan, ordered: "Pass on the king's order, mobilize the army in the direction of Siyu to move closer to the direction of Hanyang, and stop the attack of the Han army; The king personally led 50,000 troops from Hanyang to the south bank of the Han River, and rendezvoused with Shuizhai to block the enemy, and Hanyang was handed over to the prince and the ministers to garrison together.

The combat effectiveness of the Ma Han army disappointed Xu Rong too much, and in just one hour, Han Xuan's army captured the Ma Han army's water village on the south bank of the Han River. Xu Rong's main purpose was to attract enemy reinforcements, just waiting for Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng to send good news. Xu Rong first ordered the soldiers to strengthen the water village in order to consume the Ma Han army.

The current water village is very different from the previous Mahan defense, Xu Rong Xia Zhai is deeply integrated with the art of war, and the villages are not far from each other, so they can be contacted in time. Moreover, the trebuchets and ballistas on the building ship have been transported ashore, waiting to give the upcoming Mahan reinforcements a head-on blow.

(End of chapter)