"Wang Changshi will not grow the ambition of others, and destroy his own prestige!"

Director Wang's words once again annoyed Zhang Shang next to him, this person has always regarded himself very highly, and he is very hostile to the implementation of certain policies in the north, and often criticizes the policies of the north on some occasions as a great rebellion and tampering with the law of the ancestors! Now he saw that everyone was frightened by Director Wang's words, and he couldn't help shouting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Northland may not be as terrible as everyone thinks! Yes, everyone in the world knows that there are 300,000 elite troops in the northland, but let's not forget that on the long northern defense line from Liaodong to the northwest, how many troops must be stationed in the northland to ensure safety?! ”

"Two hundred thousand, at least two hundred thousand! Excluding the Xiang troops stationed in various places, the Xiang troops that can really be used against our Jiangdong are not absolutely no more than 70,000 or 80,000. Hehe, let's take a look at how many troops we have in Jiangdong, and there are nearly 100,000 soldiers stationed on the front line of the Yangtze River alone. ”

"If you add the troops of Yangzhou Wujun, Huiji, Ningzhou, Jiaozhou and other places, my Jiangdong can draw at least 200,000 troops. Although the number of troops does not represent everything, it can at least show that our Jiangdong is not without the strength to fight. If we can defeat the troops in the north at the beginning of the war and then take the opportunity to propose peace talks, we may be able to obtain better conditions than we are now. ”

"Lord Zhang, you seem to have missed the navy in the Northland and the government soldiers stationed in various places?"

"There is a navy in the north, is my Jiangdong navy jealous? Besides, how can the combat effectiveness of the Beidi soldiers be compared with the Xiang army? If Beidi really wants to use government soldiers, my Jiangdong will have a greater chance of winning! After speaking, Zhang Shang glanced at Director Wang triumphantly. Regarding the other party's provocation, Director Wang smiled disapprerovitously.

Zhang Shang had never been to the Northland in person, and he did not know the real reality of the Northland, so all his assertions were made by himself and thought they were utopian, and they had not been tested by reality at all. His judgment of the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers alone is not entirely correct, and the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers may not be as strong as the Xiang army, but it is not weak.

"Maohong, is Master Zhang right?" Sima Rui, the king of Jin, was enthusiastic after listening to Zhang Shang's words, so he couldn't wait to ask the most important subordinates for verification.

"The king, it's not that the minister deliberately poured cold water on everyone. Mr. Zhang's analysis is nothing more than a fantasy. Everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of the Beidi soldiers is not as good as that of the Xiang army. But don't forget that when the Northern War was in the beginning, the government soldiers did not fall behind in the face of the Hu cavalry, not to mention our Jiangdong soldiers? ”

Then Director Wang smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe you don't know, in fact, when Beidi started to start a war with Jiangdong. They also swept away the remnants of the Humble in the Northland. Moreover, in the northwest, the Xiang Army is encircling and suppressing Tuyuhun on the plateau. But even so, there was not a trace of nervousness in the Northland. What does this mean? It shows that people don't take me Jiangdong in their eyes at all! ”

Director Wang's words deeply stimulated the Jiangdong people present. In particular, the local gentry in Jiangdong felt extremely insulted. When had they ever been insulted like this, but Sima Shu's attitude of ignoring greatly stimulated a large group of Jiangdong scholars who regarded themselves very highly.

Just when everyone in Jiangdong was talking about the future, another even more shocking news came. It turned out that at the end of July of the twelfth year of Hongwu, the Beidi Xiang Army, under the command of Tao Kan, the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu, killed Murong Han, who was recuperating at the foot of Daxianbei Mountain, and Duan Piyan and Yuwenxun Nickyan, who fled there!

At this point, it is announced that the three Xianbei departments of Liaodong, which were once rampant, have officially been destroyed! It also marked the official takeover of all the territories south of the Great Xianbei Mountain by the Great Jin.

At the end of June of the twelfth year of Hongwu, Tao Kan led an army of 50,000 Xiang and set off from Karasuma City in Liaodong to the east of the Great Xing'an Mountains. In addition, a group of main forces of the Xiang Army were divided into two groups, led by Du Wei Wang Shi, and marched separately from the main force.

At the beginning of July, Tao Kan first forced the remnants of Duan's and Yuwen's two divisions to be in the Zuoleshui Valley, where the Xiang army successively encountered 60,000 Xianbei cavalry coalition troops such as Xianbei leader Duan Piyan and Yuwen Xun Nickyan. Both of them successively led the Duan clan and Yuwen Xianbei after their father's death.

At the beginning, Tao Kan showed that the enemy was weak, and ordered his subordinates to defend themselves and not return to battle, in order to doubt the Xianbei coalition army. At night, Tao Kan suddenly ordered the generals to raid the enemy formation with fire. The Xianbei coalition army was defeated, and then the Xianbei people retreated several times a day, and did not dare to fight with the Jin army at all.

After defeating the two Xianbei people, Tao Kan left part of the army to guard the hometown of Xianbei in Zuoleshui, and dispatched 9,000 elite cavalry to continue to lead the army north. Another group of Jin troops under the leadership of Wang Shi, with the help of Fuyu and Rulou, after the Jin army defeated the blocking force of the Xianbei people, they also arrived to join Tao Kan.

At the same time, in order to avoid the enemy's advance, Duan Piyan and Yuwenxun had to retreat north to the mountains east of the confluence of the Harha River and the Nomurjin River on the west side of the Daxianbei Mountain.

Duan Piyan and Yuwenxun Nickyan, who retreated to the western foot of Daxianbei Mountain, can be described as embarrassed, and at this point, in addition to 1 or 20,000 cavalry of their headquarters, their subordinates have long been captured by the Jin army. In order to resist the Jin army, they had to unite with Murong Han, the eastern foothills of Daxianbei Mountain.

Murong Han at the foot of Daxianbei Mountain has always been striving for the support of all ethnic groups in the Northeast, but neither Buyeo nor Rulou has expressed his intention to support him before. After the failure of the plan to unite the various clans in the Northland, Murong Xianbei's internal morale was somewhat unstable, and the accusations against each other became increasingly loud.

The arrival of Duan Piyan and Yuwen Xun Nick Yan can be regarded as solving Murong Han's urgent need, and also restoring a trace of confidence to the Xianbei people. But the defeat of the Xianbei people has been revealed, and it is only a matter of time before they perish.

Sure enough, in mid-July, when the news of the Jin army's northward movement came, the Xianbei people panicked again. Just when Murong Han and others led the Xianbei coalition army to prepare to attack. Tao Kan was taken by surprise, but instead led the army and came to attack the Xianbei coalition army. Prepare to use stratagem to tightly surround them in order to completely destroy the Xianbei people.

Tao Kan first sent a small group of elites to lure the enemy, and then set up an ambush according to the water potential of the mountain, waiting for the arrival of the enemy army. When the pursuing enemy army is about to approach, first let a small group of troops intercept the enemy army, start a fight with the enemy army, and then deliberately pretend to be defeated and escape, lure the enemy army into the mountains, and with a command, the ambushed sergeants surged together and rushed out bravely.

Suddenly, the Xianbei army was surrounded by many people, and the situation was very critical. In order to survive, they had to fight bravely, rushing left and right, but they still could not break out of the encirclement. Murong Han, Duan Piyan, and Yuwenxun Nick Yan were extremely anxious in the face of this crisis, but they were helpless.

The Xiang army led by Tao Kan attacked before and after, and the main force of the Xianbei coalition army was attacked by the enemy, embarrassed, and almost the whole army was annihilated. The enemy and us fought a bloody battle in the mountains, a scuffle, and fought bravely, and finally the Xianbei people had to flee to get out of danger.

However, after this battle, the main force of the Xianbei people was completely wiped out, and they were no longer able to resist Tao Kan's encirclement and suppression. In the next few battles, the Xianbei people were no longer Tao Kan's opponents, and they could not resist the powerful Xiang army, and they could not gain the upper hand in several battles.

In the final battle, Tao Kan finally surrounded the last mobile force of the Xianbei people, and after some fighting, he successively killed Duan Piyan, Duan Zuoliu, Yuwenxun Nickyan and other Xianbei generals, and Murong Han was also captured and killed by the Jin army in this battle!

At this point, Liaodong Xianbei has completely withdrawn from the stage of history!

The great victory in Liaodong shocked Jiangdong far more than the frequent mobilization of the Xiang army in the north, and as the northern forces were cut off one by one by the Xiang army, the imperial court could free up more energy to deal with Jiangdong. When Jiangdong was panicking, Sima Shu in the north was also having a headache. Don't look at Sima Shu, who has always emphasized that he will not give up force to pacify Jiangdong, but in fact, deep down in his heart, he still does not want a civil war.

"Your Majesty, do we really want to use force? Why don't we take a step back! Zhang Bin looked at Sima Shu, who was frowning, and asked softly.

"Alas, Meng Sun, if the imperial court retreats at this time, it will only help the arrogance of the people of the east of the Yangtze River! They will definitely propose to go more indiscriminately, so the imperial court must use force to deter Jiangdong. Sima Shu explained.

"Besides, does Aiqing really think that I have to use force? In fact, it is not the case that after the start of the war, it is the ordinary people of Jiangdong who suffer last, and those families have their own ways to avoid being harmed by the war. Why did Jiangdong dare to refuse the court's kindness again and again, not to see that I pity the people of the world and not easily start a war? ”

"In this case, is there any other option for me? Of course, if a war could make Jiangdong realize the facts, I would have stopped the war in due course, after all, war always brings destruction. In addition, in order to deter Jiangdong, the imperial court must increase the publicity of Liaodong's victory, hoping that Jiangdong can have self-knowledge! ”

Sure enough, when the news of Liaodong's victory reached Jiangdong, the morale of the Jiangdong soldiers on the front line was greatly reduced, and even Wang Dun's recruitment plan was adversely affected, and some strong men even became deserters. In addition, those junior officers also did not have any fighting confidence.

In addition to some officers from big families who were clamoring to block the southward movement of the Xiang army, a small number of other low-level officers from poor families even secretly conspired in tandem, preparing to surrender at the right time. Just when Jiangdong gradually appeared unstable, a piece of news came that made Jiangdong even more frightened.

It turned out that after Emperor Sima Shu ordered the southern expedition, the Ryukyu County, which was behind the Jiangdong, also began to prepare for an attack on the southern part of the Jiangdong, and a fleet from the Ryukyus appeared in the sea near Kure County recently. As soon as this small fleet appeared, it attracted the attention of the people of Jiangdong.

Especially Sima Rui, who was in Wu County, was even more panicked, eager to evacuate Wu County immediately, and finally dispelled the idea of escaping under the comfort of Wang Dao and others. (To be continued......)