Chapter 47 Marriage Talks
The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass have moved first, and food is indeed a problem for the march and battle, but Lin Feng really didn't expect that the current situation of the tiger and leopard battalion would be so bad. These people have been on the front line all the year round, fighting for the south and north of the Yan Kingdom, blocking countless invaders, but in the end, they don't even have military salaries, and they can't eat if they want to.
"Xuanyuan, don't worry, I will send someone to send you food and grass in the shortest possible time, and the dead soldiers in the tiger and leopard battalion, in addition to the consolation money, no one will give two more salaries." Lin Feng was a little ashamed and said that it was all a good thing done by his predecessor, but he had to carry the black pot for him and plug the hole, which was simply annoying.
The Black Flag Pass is at the border, and there are constant border troubles all year round, so there must be a war. The training place is an excellent time, if Liu Xuanyuan can help him train 100,000 elite divisions within three years, the problem of border trouble from the north will be greatly alleviated.
In addition, with Lin Xiao and himself training recruits separately, within three years, if there is no accident, Dayan's military strength will be strong enough, although it cannot directly compete with Zheng Guo, Zhao Guo and other big countries, it will also have enough strength to annex the surrounding small countries.
Moreover, the big countries on all sides are developing their military, if the Yan State does not want to perish, if it does not want to die, a strong army is the fundamental way.
Liu Xuanyuan raised his head, looked at Lin Feng's expectant eyes, and said excitedly: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister will definitely train 100,000 elite soldiers in three years, but the border generals train their troops privately, which is inconsistent with the old system of the Yan State, and the ministers are afraid of attracting criticism and making the emperor in a dilemma." ”
The old system of the Yan Kingdom, the military generals have the right to command the battle, but they do not have the right to train the troops, this is the old system, which has lasted for hundreds of years, and no one dares to break the precedent.
Liu Xuanyuan was very excited to get the emperor's trust, but he didn't want to be pushed to the forefront. After all, he has won several battles in a row, and his reputation in Yan Country is extremely famous, and there are signs of meritorious service. It's not that he doesn't trust the emperor, it's just that he's worried that rumors will spread and the three of them will become tigers.
Lin Feng smiled faintly, probably guessed Liu Xuanyuan's thoughts, and said, "The rumors stop at the wise, Xuanyuan, you should believe me." I can responsibly tell you that my vision is not in the Yan Kingdom, and your opponent will not always be the cavalry outside the Saiwai. ”
The meaning of Lin Feng's words has been expressed clearly enough, this is the first time he has revealed his ambition to outsiders, and now he tells Liu Xuanyuan, not only to dispel the doubts in his heart, but also to tell him that I can create a stage for you to perform to your heart's content.
"Your Majesty, the minister understands, the emperor can rest assured, the minister will never live up to the emperor's high expectations."
On the contrary, in the camp of the Rong clan, the situation was very bad, and Murong Bowen was directly furious in the sweat tent: "Hmph, Yelu Tieler, that idiot, 100,000 troops have been disabled, it's a bad and lonely thing!" ”
After a day and night of fierce fighting, the Rong people lost their troops and their right flank was disabled. Combined with the previously disabled left flank, the south attacked Yan, the Rong cavalry was sharply reduced by 170,000, and a lot of materials, grain and grass were wasted, and the loss was no less than the fierce battle with the Xiongnu in the summer.
As the Great Khan, it is strange that Murong Bowen is not mad.
He was annoyed not only because of Yelu Tieler, but also because he and his daughter had set an ambush strategy, but they only eliminated more than 20,000 people on the other side, but the Rong Chinese army also lost a lot, and struggled to pursue the right flank of the remnants of the Yan State, but it was defeated.
In the sweat tent, Jing Ke Luoqi, Yelu Iron and Stone Face is like a soil meeting, gritting his teeth in his heart, Yelu Tiele is too reckless, so that the Yelu family suffered heavy losses in this battle, and there was a chance to replace the Murong family, but it was defeated.
"The king, Yelu Tieshi is indeed reckless, but now is not the time for Chen Jue to reprimand him, first, he will not see anyone alive or dead, and second, last night's battle, heavy losses, is it a battle or retreat, please call the king?"
"You still have the face to say, 100,000 troops, can't capture the Black Flag Pass, and now there are less than 30,000 people on the left and right flanks, don't you feel humiliated?" Murong Bowen was furious and vented all his grievances on Yelu Tieshi.
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"What are you, the Yan army is guarding the Black Flag Pass, and the mountain stream path has been destroyed, now the Black Flag Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Rong cavalry is not good at attacking the city, do you still want to put the lonely 100,000 iron horsemen into it?" Murong Boyan was angry, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, the 170,000 elite cavalry were either killed by the Yan army or captured, and he had not suffered such a great shame after decades of crisscrossing the grassland.
Moreover, in this battle, the morale of the Rong cavalry was sharply reduced, one by one like frosted eggplants, without any combat effectiveness at all, and fighting against the Yan army at the peak of its glory was tantamount to self-destruction.
"Report, king, find the body of General Yelu!" There was a lot of noise in the big tent of the Chinese army, and a spy ran in outside, knelt on one knee, and said to Murong Boyan.
Yelu Tiemeng stepped forward, grabbed the spy, and asked angrily, "Quick, where is it?" ”
"In, in, outside the big tent, the corpses are separated, the heads are missing, and the envoys sent by the Yan army stay together." The spy was caught by Jerod, and was frightened by his wrath, and he did not speak very well, and he did not dare to speak much more when he thought of the situation outside the big tent.
"What?" Yelu Tieshi shouted, directly threw the spies out of the Chinese army's big tent, and turned to Murong Bowen and said: "Great Khan, the Yan people deceive me too much, the ministers ask for war, first behead the envoy of the Yan State, and then fight the Yan army, destroy the Black Flag Pass, and point the sword at Yanjing." ”
"Hmph, Yelut has broken my tens of thousands of troops, and you have to fight for his corpse, don't you think the pit is lonely enough! I think the swallow man did the right thing, he should be chopped up and fed to the dogs. "Murong Bowen didn't appreciate it, Yelu Tiele broke tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Rong clan because of his recklessness, and now for the sake of his body, it is really unwise to rashly make enemies with the Yan army.
As if worried that his tone would hurt the hearts of the soldiers, Murong Bowen was silent for a moment and then said: "Tieshi, Yelu Tiele is not a thing, but he has no merit and hard work, Lone will let people exchange his body back, now, the envoy of the Yan army is outside, let the other party in, see what he says." ”
Soon, Zhao Hongru, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, was brought into the sweat tent, Zhao Hongru glanced at the people in the sweat tent, and did not bow to Murong Bowen, and said directly: "Great Khan, I am ordered by Your Majesty to come to peace talks!" In addition, the eldest princess sent a letter to the Khan. Zhao Hongru handed the letter to the waiter next to him.
Murong Bowen took the letter, did not open it, but said in a tough tone: "Peace talks, why did Lone negotiate peace with Yanguo, although Lone was defeated, the 100,000 Chinese army can still break through the Black Flag Pass and point the sword at Yanjing."
At first, Murong Bowen was very angry, but he thought that when the Yan army won a big victory at noon, he took the initiative to retreat, and now he sent envoys to talk, thinking that there might be a problem with the Yan army.
"Hehe, the Great Khan has courage!" Zhao Hongru said: "My Yan country is poor and weak, but in the face of the invading enemy, it will definitely unite as one, and the 100,000 Rong cavalry of the Great Khan Ruojue can overcome the Black Flag Pass, so you might as well continue to fight."
"Before coming, the emperor told me that he would canonize the eldest princess as the imperial concubine, and the Yan country and the Rong people are in-laws, and now the emperor of the Yan country has courtiers who are guilty of rebellion, and the Rong people urgently need to return to the royal court before the heavy snow closes the mountain, so it is recommended that both sides strike the army, and I don't know what the Great Khan wants?" Zhao Hongru continued.
"Haha, your emperor really has the courage to directly tell the lonely king that there is a civil strife in the Yan Kingdom, aren't you afraid that the lonely king will insist on attacking the city?" Murong Bowen asked rhetorically, admiring Lin Feng's courage.
"Hehe, the Great Khan may not know the situation of the Yan Kingdom, before His Majesty the Emperor came to the Black Flag Pass, he guessed that some ministers were committing rebellion, so before leaving, he handed over all the 30,000 blade soldiers he trained to Yong'an Hou, who was responsible for guarding the imperial capital. I'm not afraid that the Great Khan knows that the 30,000 bladed soldiers trained by the emperor himself are all warriors who are one against ten, and if the Great Khan can't do it, he can give it a try. I think that once the bladed warriors go south, the few cavalry in the hands of the Great Khan are afraid that none of them will return to the royal court alive. ”
"Thief, you are less alarmist, my Rong warriors are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death." Yelu Tieshi was furious and scoffed at Zhao Hongru's words. What is one enemy and ten, the Huns did not dare to boast in front of the Rong people, and the young general of the Yan State dared to speak wildly.
"Arrogance, arrogance, Confucianism and my Rong warriors can't be papery?" Murong Bowen also looked embarrassed, slapped his palm on the desk in front of him, and pointed at Zhao Hongru and asked.
Zhao Hongru did not change his face under the strength of the other party, and said calmly: "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhao Hongru, I have been responsible for guarding the Black Flag Pass for a few days, and today, I ambushed 70,000 people of General Yelu Tiele and fled north, and I am below." There are more than 2,000 ironclad infantry under his hands, and their combat effectiveness is far from that of the blade soldiers. Since the Great Khan and the generals have no intention of making peace, they have taken their leave, and we will see you on the battlefield. ”
Under the astonishment of the generals of the Rong clan, Zhao Hongru turned around and walked towards the outside of the sweat tent, walked a few steps, suddenly stopped again, turned to Murong Bowen and said: "Great Khan, Your Majesty of my family, before I come, let me tell the Great Khan, this time he looked at the face of the Murong Imperial Princess, and showed mercy to the Rong people, if there is a next time, he will not tolerate it." ”
From beginning to end, Zhao Hongru's tone was very flat, but he was sharp and had a strong attitude, and he did not take the generals of the Rong clan and the Great Khan in his eyes at all.
Seeing Zhao Hongru's arrogance, Yelu Tieshi rushed out, blocked in front of Zhao Hongru, and shouted: "Rong clan sweat tent, how can you come when you say it, and leave when you say it, since Yan Guo abolished my envoy a few days ago, today, don't think about leaving safely." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, General Yelu will kill if he wants to, I'm a scholar, I can't tie the chicken, and I'm not your opponent." Zhao Hongru stretched out his neck, leaned against Yelu Tieshi, and said: "If outsiders know that the steppe lion lost the battle on the battlefield, but vented his anger on the messenger, I don't know what everyone will think in the future?" ”
"Enough, General Ironstone, isn't it shameful enough?" Murong Bowen roared angrily, blocking Yelu Iron Stone.
There was a rebellion in the Yan country, which was definitely a good time to attack Yan, but unfortunately the situation of the Rong people was even worse, seeing that the heavy snow closed the mountain, and before the heavy snow closed the mountain, the captured grain must be transported back to the royal court, and the next year must face the murderous Xiongnu, the situation is not optimistic.
Even if Murong Qiyan helped the Rong clan formulate a package plan, it would be difficult to implement, and it must be considered in the long run, thinking of this, Murong Bowen didn't want to waste time on Yan Guo.