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The first year of Long An is destined to be a turbulent year.

With Huan Xuan's entry into Jiankang as a symbol, the major forces in the world have carried out an unprecedented melee.

When the southeast and southwest have become a pot of porridge, the land of Northeast Liaodong has also staged a good show of the Three Kingdoms for hegemony.

In order to compete for the Liaodong Peninsula, the Northern Wei, Northern Yan, and Goguryeo countries engaged in fierce confrontations.

Due to the fiasco of Yecheng, Wei's southward strategy was severely damaged.

The Wei state unanimously believed that it would be difficult for the Wei state to expand its influence in the Central Plains under the obstruction of the Hexi road.

But if you have been trapped in the Youyan land, the national strength will inevitably not develop.

As a result, expansion to Liaodong became the only choice for Wei at present.

After consulting with important ministers and staff, the king of Wei gave up going south and went north to Liaodong.

At the beginning of September this year, the king of Wei Tuoba Jue trained his troops and horses in the southern suburbs of Pingcheng, preparing to attack Northern Yan.

In order to prevent the sneak attack in Hexi, the king of Wei left the old minister Yan Feng, the general of the clan Tuoba Lie, and the prince Tuoba Hei and other troops to the Hetao and the land.

When the news of Hexi's southward movement came, Tuoba Jue immediately sent troops to attack Yan.

At the beginning of October, Tuoba Jue led an army of 100,000 from Pingcheng to Jicheng, and joined more than 30,000 people and young men of all ethnic groups in Youzhou.

Then he personally led the army and escorted the grain and grass, siege equipment, out of the western Liaoning corridor, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yandu Longcheng.

For the large-scale invasion of Wei, Beiyan has long been prepared.

A few months ago, Murong Yun, the king of Yan, with his uncle Murong Nong as the governor of Pingzhou and Gao Hu as the assassin of Pingzhou, led an army of 30,000 troops into the western Liaoning corridor.

Murong Nong and Gao Hu obviously saw through the wonders of the Hexi Corridor: if they entered, they would fight with the Wei State, and if they retreated, they would cultivate the wealth army; If you win, you will step on Youyan and stretch out your arms for most of Hebei; If you lose, you will retreat to the Liaodong Peninsula, and what can I do?

Therefore, at the beginning of their tenure, in addition to appeasing the displaced people and rectifying the place, the most important thing was to build Linyu Pass.

The so-called Linyu Pass (now Shanhaiguan) was expanded on the basis of Linyu County in the Han Dynasty, and it was the place where it held the throat of the Western Liaoning Corridor.

In order to make Linyu Pass an impregnable fortress, Murong Nong spent a lot of money to buy cement from Hexi and used it all on Linyu Pass.

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At the turn of spring and summer this year, Wei seized the two states of Youji in one go, making Tuoba Jue a veritable overlord of Hebei.

Although there was a small setback in Yecheng, the King of Wei did not lose his ambition to dominate the world.

After resting for several months, Tuoba Jue was once again ambitious, and personally led a large army to prepare to destroy the Northern Yan in one fell swoop.

The 100,000 troops of the Wei State were stationed in the wilderness west of Linyu Pass, and the military camp stretched for more than ten miles, and the momentum was huge.

Near the gate, on a wooden pole as high as more than ten zhang, carrying a big flag with a yellow background with gold edges, is waving in the wind.

The banner is embroidered with a huge 'Wei' character, which is the banner of the king of Tuoba Jue.

Inside the big tent, Tuoba Jue was standing in front of a map, and next to him stood his chief strategist Zhang Yan.

Earlier, due to the contradictions between Hu and Han in Wei, Zhang Yan once lost the trust of Tuoba.

But later Tuoba Jue found that he couldn't leave Zhang Yan at all (unlike in history, Tuoba Jue was assisted by Cui Hong and Cui Hao), so he had no choice but to reuse Zhang Yan again.

And Zhang Yan was really loyal to Tuoba, even after he was idle, he never complained, but only persuaded farmers in his own fiefdom.

Perhaps it was this kind of performance that made Tuoba Jue use Zhang Yan again when he decided to attack Liaodong.

"Just now the scouts came to report, and they told Gu that Linyu Pass is not only four zhang high, but also three zhang wide moat."

"The biggest problem of our army today is that it lacks experience in attacking cities, and it has almost never had the experience of attacking fortified cities and key passes."

"If you want to capture Linyu Pass with nearly 100,000 iron cavalry, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream."

"Hong Long, let's talk about it, how can we take Linyu Pass?"

At this time, the king of Wei Tuoba Jue seemed very anxious, as a generation of male lords, once he decided to do something, he would do whatever it took to complete it.

A few months ago, he decided to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, and for this he took great pains and considered everything.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the army set off, he encountered a problem, how could he not be in a hurry?

As early as before the army set out, Zhang Yan had considered this problem, and at this time he had a little idea in his heart.

He smiled and comforted: "The king is worried, although our army is not good at attacking cities, it may not be impossible to capture Liaodong. ”

Tuoba Jue was immediately overjoyed, and urged repeatedly: "Sir, say quickly, the widow is dying!" ”

"There are only two ways to solve the immediate problem, one of which is to recruit young and strong Han people as soldiers, but this is a long-term plan, and it cannot solve the immediate urgency......"

When Tuoba Jue heard that he was going to recruit the Han army, he immediately frowned.

In order to calm the contradictions between Hu and Han in Wei, he had ordered that in the future, the Xianbei people would be in charge of the war, and the Han people would be responsible for farming.

Now Zhang Yan has proposed to recruit Han people as soldiers, which will undoubtedly provoke domestic contradictions again.

And Zhang Yan saw that King Wei's face was gloomy, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that there is still a long way to go to promote the sinicization of Xianbei.

Half of the reason why he was idle by the King of Wei was to appease the dissatisfaction of the Xianbei nobles.

At the moment, he was still on the cusp of the storm, and it was not appropriate to cause any more disputes, so he hurriedly skipped the matter of recruiting Han Chinese into the army.

"In addition to recruiting the Han army to storm Linyu Pass, the king can also choose to take a detour from the side and bypass Linyu Pass."

"According to the minister's understanding, in the pre-Qin era, Ji Yan opened two passages in order to cross the Yan Mountain and go deep into the Liaohe Plain."

"As soon as it exits Lulongsai (now Xifengkou) and goes north along the left bank of the Luan River, and then goes north along the tributaries of the Luan River, you can cross the Yan Mountain."

"Then along the west bank of the upper reaches of the Laoha River and turn eastward, you can reach Liucheng (now Lingyuan Town, Lingyuan County, Liaoning)."

"And less than two hundred miles to the northeast from Liucheng, there is the Dragon City of the Northern Yan King."

"The second is to cross the Chaohe River in the north out of Miyun, pass through the ancient north mouth, cross the Luan River in the northeast of the former Hanzhi Baitan County (now Luanping County), and meet the original Lulong Road in the east."

"The king might as well spread suspicious soldiers under the Linyu Pass to attract the attention of the Yan army."

"Then send the division to take Lulong Road and Pinggang Road to raid the Northern Yan King City."

"However, these two ancient roads are high and densely forested, and it is not even ruled out that the Yan army has fortified along the way, and it is extremely difficult to succeed in a sneak attack."

Zhang Yan said to the end, but saw that Tuoba's face was completely gloomy, and he knew that King Wei had fallen into a dilemma.

If you don't take the risk according to the plan, the army can only storm Linyu Pass.

But the Wei army is not good at attacking cities, and who knows how much it will cost to take the pass in the end.

What's even more terrifying is that if you pay a huge price but fail to capture Linyu Pass, it will undoubtedly be worse for Great Wei.

Tuoba Jue thought about it again and again, and finally accepted Zhang Yan's proposal and decided to send a deviant division to attack Lu Longdao.

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As a newly built city, Linyu Pass has a circumference of about four kilometers.

It takes the city as the pass, the city is more than four zhang high, two zhang thick, can resist the heavy blow of 10,000 catties, and is the largest fortified city in the western corridor of Liaoning.

In order to hold the Linyu Pass for a long time and keep the Wei army out of the pass, Murong Nong and Gao Hu built a huge warehouse in the city to store a large amount of grain and ordnance.

Nowadays, the manpower and material resources of Beiyan are mainly concentrated in Longcheng and Linyuguan, which are guarded by Murong Yun and Murong Nong respectively.

Due to the important location of Linyu Pass, not only the Wei State was eyeing it, but Murong Nong was also paying close attention to the movements of the Wei army.

With the defeat of Murong Chui, Murong Bao, Murong Sheng, Murong Lin and others, plus Murong De's rush to the south, Liaodong is now facing increasing pressure.

Murong Nong is nearly fifty years old this year, and as a veteran of the battlefield, he is currently the only surviving good general of the Xianbei Murong Clan, and he is highly relied on by the Murong Society.

This time, the Wei army forced the Liaoxi Corridor, obviously wanting to destroy the Yan State.

But Murong Nong had no other choice but to rely on the natural danger of Linyu Pass to force the Wei army to retreat without a fight.

On this day, dark clouds were thick, and a black pressure suddenly appeared under the city to suppress a Wei army.

After Murong Nong got the report, he hurriedly went to the head of the city to watch, only to see that the banners under the city were like forests, and tens of thousands of Wei troops were boundless.

At this time, Gao Hu, who heard the news, asked eagerly: "King of Liaoxi, is the Wei army going to attack the city?" ”

Murong Nong nodded solemnly and said, "The enemy is filling the moat, and it won't be long before it attacks." ”

Gao Hu was taken aback and said hurriedly: "If the Wei army really comes to attack desperately, even if Linyu Pass is strong, I am afraid it will not be able to hold it." ”

"King of Liaoxi, we must ask for help!"

"Asking for help? Where to go? Dragon City is too busy to take care of itself, how can he spare the strength to support us. Murong Nong said angrily.

"Why doesn't the king try to ask Hexi and Goguryeo for help?"

Murong Nong didn't speak, his eyes stared deeply outside the city.

He had already considered this plan and suggested it to Murong Hui, but the final outcome was still unknown.

But now, he seems to have no choice but to resist to the death.