Chapter 264: Sending troops to quell the rebellion
The sudden rebellion interrupted the ongoing court meeting, and Sima Shu hurriedly gathered the cabinet members together to discuss. As soon as they entered the Jiade Hall, everyone found their places and sat down according to the custom, and Sima Shu saw that everyone was seated, and immediately passed the urgent report in his hand to everyone.
After Sima Shu sat down, he said coldly: "I just received news that Murong Diao of Liaodong colluded with Duan Wu Muchen and Yuwen Mogui, two traitors, and officially raised troops to rebel. However, you don't have to worry, General Meng on the front line has already sent troops to suppress it, Meng Sun, let the cabinet prepare to ensure the logistical supply of the soldiers on the front line in Youzhou. ”
"Yes! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers will never dare to delay the major events on the front line! Zhang Bin, Pei Wei, Du Xi, Jiang Tong and others immediately assured. However, out of confidence in the Jin army, none of the ministers were worried about this matter, and everyone felt that Murong Diao was completely hitting a stone with an egg.
"Good! Everyone go back to their duties and put down the rebellion in the shortest possible time! ”
At the same time, on the Youzhou front, after Meng Guan received the news of Murong Diao's rebellion, he quickly issued combat orders to their respective troops. After receiving the order, the Xiang army, which had been waiting for a long time, quickly crossed the Youji border and went straight to the Xianbei army in Fanyang! The Tao Kan Division, which had been wandering near Ma Zishui, immediately marched westward with an army, but took half of Lelang County in one hour.
Great Thorn City, one of the most important cities in Pingzhou, eastern Liaodong, is the political, economic and military center of the Murong tribe, and in the past, it was not inferior to some large cities in the Central Plains in terms of business and population size. Now, with the open rebellion of the Murong tribe against the imperial court, there are already rumors here. on the streets. There were Xianbei soldiers patrolling everywhere, and the shops on both sides had already been closed. According to the order just issued by Murong Diao, the entire Great Thorn City has now entered a state of martial law.
The sudden rebellion of the Murong tribe was like a thunderbolt sounding in the sky over Liaodong, directly stunting many Liaodong forces. To put it bluntly, in the face of the thriving Great Jin, few Hu people dare to confront it head-on, and many people are wondering: Murong Diao couldn't have taken the wrong medicine, how could he rebel against the Great Jin at such a time. Many Han Chinese who settled under Murong's rule fell into panic. is doing everything possible to prepare to leave this place of right and wrong.
Inside the Great Thorn City. In Murong Diao's mansion, in his study, Murong Diao's father and son, as well as the three of the Seven Difficulties Building, had a solemn face, and there was no trace of a smile on their faces. It turned out that they thought they could completely confuse the Jin army. Who knew that they had just raised the flag. The Jin army quickly crossed the border line and broke through the Xianbei defense line in one fell swoop. The armies of the east and west marched day and night towards the Great Thorn City.
Murong Diao was not a fool, he immediately realized that the Murong tribe had been tricked by the Great Jin, maybe they were one of the targets of the Jin army from the beginning. In the eyes of the Jin people. The Murong tribe is just a chess piece, when the chess piece loses the role of a chess piece, what is the final result, you don't need to think about it.
"Damn the Han people, there is really no good thing, they dare to play with us, we will never let them go!" The eldest son, Murong Han, said hatefully, the excitement that he had just raised the flag before had disappeared, and was replaced by fear.
"It's too late to say anything, so let's think about what we should do next? The news from the front line has come, this time the Jin army has mobilized nearly 20 Jin troops, a total of more than 60,000 people, and the soldiers are attacking him from the east and west in two ways. This is not the most terrible thing, the Jin army, which has been operating on the east bank of the Mazi River, has terminated its attack on Goguryeo at this time, and they have now entered the territory of Liaodong Kingdom along the Mazi River. Qiyanlou said with a bitter face.
"Is there no other way? What about our allies? Duan's and Yuwen's two departments won't just watch from the sidelines and not do anything, right? "Murong Han was young after all, and when he heard that tens of thousands of troops were heading towards the Great Thorn City, he immediately felt that the Yali Mountain was big.
"Humph! At this time, we can't count on anyone, the key is to look at ourselves. Duan Wu Muchen and Yuwen Mogui are probably already happy at this time, and now that the Jin army has put all its attention on us, the pressure they are facing has been greatly reduced. ”
"They have long been frightened by the Jin army, how dare they continue to provoke the Jin army, it would be good if they didn't fall into the ground. We have no chance to turn back now, and the Dajin side will not let us go. Sima Shu may be lacking a head to deter other forces. We, the Murong tribe, can be regarded as sending him to the door ourselves! Murong Diao said hatefully, he should not have rebelled if he knew this, let alone easily believe his father-in-law Duan Wumuchen.
"So what should we do? You can't just sit back and wait, can you? Murong Han asked.
"What to do?! Since everyone doesn't give us a way to live, don't blame Ben for being ruthless. Immediately contact Duan Xianbei and tell them that if they hesitate any longer, we will immediately kill his son, and everyone will be scattered. Don't think that the Jin army will let him go, and they won't end well after we finish it. Murong Diao's eyes exuded a crazy look.
Now the Murong tribe has no way out. In the face of the invasion of tens of thousands of Jin troops, including famous generals like Meng Guan and Tao Kan, with the strength of the Murong tribe, they could not be stopped no matter what. Now there is really no way, he can only use Duan Wu Muchen's son to blackmail the other party. Duan Piyan was ordered by his father to contact the Murong tribe, but he was controlled by the other party in the blink of an eye.
Originally a small county town at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, the Tang family (present-day Dalian) was just a small county seat. As early as the 12th year of Han Gaozu in the Han Dynasty (194 BC), there was a county-level establishment here - Yushi County, and there was also a port - Yujin. At the same time, it was also a land and water transfer station between the Wu State in Jiangnan and the Gongsun Yuan regime in Liaodong during the Three Kingdoms period, and the envoys exchanged and military operations.
After Murong Diao took up Liaodong and occupied it, it became the main sea passage between Liaodong and Qingzhou Peninsula for the Great Jin Navy because of the port factor. Murong Diao even took the opportunity to set up a trading area nearby in one fell swoop, specializing in trading activities with the Great Jin. In the early days of the establishment of the trade zone, the grain, weapons and other materials transported from the Great Jin Dynasty were traded here and quickly transferred to various parts of Liaodong.
It was with this logistics base that the Murong tribe was invincible, defeating hostile forces such as Wang Jun, Cui Yu, Duan Wu Muchen, Yuwen Mogui, and Goguryeo in one fell swoop, and became the largest military group in eastern Liaodong in one fell swoop. It can be said that the Murong tribe can have today's achievements, and it plays a very important role here.
Moreover, once it is lost here, it means that the entire Liaodong Kingdom will be under the attack of the Great Jin, and in order to protect this strategic place, Murong Diao deployed 5,000 troops here.
On the morning of 18 May, after a rapid march for most of the day, Lin Feng led the main force of the Third Detachment to a distance of 5 nautical miles south of Yushi County. In less than half an hour, the main force of the Third Fleet will be able to reach the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and Lin Feng's main task this time is to take the Yu clan at the beginning of the war to support other battlefields.
"Lord Duwei, according to the news from the Military Intelligence Agency, five thousand troops have been deployed in the Murong tribe of Yushi County, if we want to gain a firm foothold in the Liaodong Peninsula, we must defeat them!" Join the army reported.
"So what else is there to say? Defeat them for me, and the battle must be over in half an hour! Lin Feng immediately ordered. Now the various units of the Jin army are rapidly advancing towards the Great Thorn City, and their task is to insert another knife in the back of the Murong tribe.
"Yes, sir!" After joining the army and receiving the order, he immediately went down and prepared to go.
After approaching the port, one hundred and twenty artillery pieces quickly raised their muzzles high and aimed at the county town of Yushi not far away. In addition, the 6,000 marines were also ready to attack, and after the artillery bombardment, they would launch a landing operation.
"Boom, boom!"
The guns on the main warships of the fleet opened fire one after another, and one after another, shells smashed into the harbor. Suddenly, a huge explosion sounded, and in an instant, the fire in the port was soaring, many houses were directly blown up, and the ordinary people living in the town were even more panicked.
"Quick, the Jin army is coming, hurry up, pick up arms and prepare to resist! The Jin army must not be allowed to land! "After hearing the explosion, the Xianbei general who was guarding here quickly commanded his subordinates to resist.
The light infantry artillery deployed here by the Xianbei people in advance could not hit the Great Jin warships on the sea at all, but was discovered by the Jin army and suffered a cannon fire and was completely buried. Under the shelling, the Xianbei people could not launch a counterattack at all, and could only watch the Jin army approach the coast step by step.
"Attack, attack!" The Xianbei general roared back and forth, trying to arouse the courage of his men, but some of the Xianbei people could only hide in the corner of the wall trembling under the artillery fire, and did not dare to show their heads.
Soon the two Marines launched a landing operation, they dispersed into a skirmisher line, cats on their waists, under the cover of artillery fire, quickly launched an attack on the Xianbei people's protective positions.
"Quick! The Jin army is attacking, give me up and fight back! Seeing this, the Xianbei Shou immediately organized resistance. However, the Xianbei soldiers, who had just experienced a round of shelling, had not reacted at all. They could only start to shoot back mechanically, and the arrows they shot were not even accurate at all, and they didn't know where they had gone.
"Boom! Rumble! The explosion of the shells completely enveloped the small county town of Yushi, and the attack of the marines was very fierce, and the Xianbei defenders could not resist it at all.
"General, we can't hold it, the Jin army is too strong, we can't resist it!"
"Damn it!" The Xianbei guard was furious when he heard this. The battle had only begun for a while, and his subordinates had already lost nearly forty percent of their troops, and their morale was extremely low.
"Alas! Retreat! The Xianbei guard had no choice but to give the order to retreat. Subsequently, the county fell into the hands of the Jin army, and this time the passage for the Jin army to attack Liaodong from the south has been opened. (To be continued......)