Chapter 675: Hou Ba Reappears
Ran Min knew very well in his heart that since he had become the emperor, he had to go down the road of becoming the king of a country, and it was impossible for him to abdicate smoothly.
You must know that since ancient times, all emperors who take the initiative to abdicate and become vassals, and then can enjoy their old age in peace, are those who are extremely incompetent and mediocre, because these wastes cannot make a comeback, so they will not be killed, just like the Adou who can't be supported by Shu Han, and Sun Hao, the tyrant of Eastern Wu, they are completely unpopular, and they don't have the slightest imperial talent, therefore, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin, will not kill them, but let them become tools for his own political show.
And Ran Min is different, he has a very high prestige in Hebei, and he is an invincible battlefield general, such a person has too much strength, once he rebels, he can pose a great threat to the Great Jin, and, in any case, he was originally raised by Shi Hu, but after Shi Hu's death, he destroyed the Shi clan and did ungrateful things.
Although there are many unavoidable reasons for Ran Min to destroy the Shi family, and the descendants of Shi Hu should indeed be punished, but the Ran Min seen by the Great Jin Dynasty is still an ungrateful, rebellious and barbaric person, their weak hearts cannot accept a person like Ran Min who is happy to be revenged, and Ran Min has indeed been called the emperor, a person who has the behavior of being the emperor must have great ambitions, how can such a person be trusted by the Great Jin Dynasty?
Ran Min knew that it was impossible for him to form an alliance with the Great Jin Dynasty, but in the reality that the two countries of the Yan Dynasty were becoming stronger and stronger, it was not difficult to maintain a tacit understanding of mutual non-aggression with the Great Jin Dynasty, this time. The fact that the Great Jin army secretly supported Yecheng grain and grass is enough to show the tacit understanding between the two armies.
"Generals, in the direction of Yecheng, don't worry about it for the time being, what we have to do now is to quickly withdraw to the southwest of Liantai, and then give the Yan cavalry a fatal blow after the Yan cavalry pursues it." Ran Min said loudly.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals responded and hurriedly went to prepare.
Soon. Ran Min and his elite beggar guards. Set off quickly and head to your intended location.
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In the city of Yewang, Hua An and a group of generals were inspecting the vicinity of the granary, and the continuous transportation of Guò was carried out. In the granary of Nono Castle. One hundred thousand denier military rations have been piled up. This does not include the grain and grass that merchants were allowed to traffic to Yecheng and other places, if all of them were added together, it would be enough to 200,000 deniers.
The reason why Hua'an defied the ban of the imperial court. Let the traders sell grain and grass in the direction of Yecheng, firstly, in order to alleviate the emergency situation of the people in Yecheng who are extremely short of food, so that the people around Yecheng can survive. Second, it was to support the Wei regime at a certain level, so that the strength of the Wei State could be strengthened, so that it could better resist the attack of the Yan army and consume the strength of the Yan State. Third, through guò selling grain and grass, Hua'an got a lot of silver taels, and he really made a windfall.
Of course, in addition to these three reasons, there is a more important reason, that is, it can shorten the distance between the people of Hebei and Hebei on a certain distance, so that the people in Hebei can have a better impression of the Jin army, so as to help recover Hebei in the future.
"Big brother, there are already 100,000 denier military rations piled up in the granary here, which is enough for my 100,000 army to be rationed for four months, and with these military rations, it is more than enough to recover Hebei." Wang San said softly.
Hua An smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "These military rations are still too small, maybe in a few months, there will be natural disasters in the entire Hebei region, and when the time comes, the spring crops will not be harvested, and the demand for grain will be greater." ”
When Wang San heard this, he was greatly surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Big brother, how do you know that there will be natural disasters in Hebei, you can calculate this?" ”
Hua An smiled and teased: "In the past few days, I have watched the sky at night, and I learned that a natural disaster is about to occur in Hebei, so we must do our best to hoard more military rations, in addition to Yewang City, Luoyang, Xingyang and Chenggao south of the Yellow River must hoard a large amount of grain and grass in case of emergency." ”
"Yes, big brother, I'll arrange this." Wang San replied in disbelief.
In fact, how could Hua'an use divination, he just remembered the history of this period, in history, after the death of Ran Min, there was a terrible natural disaster in Hebei, many places did not have a drop of rain for half a year, all the crops in the fields were killed, the people had no harvest, and in low-lying places such as near the river, there was also a great locust plague, which further aggravated the disaster.
Because the natural disaster happened to occur after Ran Min was beheaded, Murong Jun, the lord of Yan at that time, listened to the words of a Taishou and thought that he had offended the heavens by killing Ran Min, so he sent an envoy to sacrifice Ran Min and posthumously mourned Ran Min as the king of martial mourning.
At this time, according to the scout's report, Ran Min had already fought with Murong Ke's 100,000 main cavalry in Zhongshan County, which was very close to the place where Ran Min was defeated and captured in history, and from the time calculation, the day when Ran Min was captured was not far away, so Hua'an would deduce the fact that there was about to be a natural disaster in Hebei.
In fact, Hua An very much hopes that Ran Min can escape this catastrophe, because he knows very well that Wei is a buffer zone between the two countries of the Yan Dynasty in the north and the Great Jin, and Ran Min can consume more of the strength of the Yan State if he saves more days, which is very beneficial to the Great Jin, but the development of history sometimes does not depend on personal will, Ran Min has already fought with Murong Ke's main army in Zhongshan County, and Hua'an, as a general of the Jin army, naturally has no reason to lead the army to reinforce Ran Min, otherwise, it will cause the consequences of Yan zhòng.
You must know that selling some military rations to Wei is not a big deal, but if it is blatantly supporting Ran Min, the nature will be completely different, besides, Yewang City is still hundreds of miles away from Zhongshan County, even if Hua'an leads the army to go, I am afraid that it will not be able to quench the thirst of the near water, whether Ran Min is alive or dead, a qiē can only depend on the will of heaven.
However, regardless of whether Ran Min won or lost, Hua'an must immediately prepare to quickly attack before the Yan army moved south, occupy Yecheng, and regain the center of Hebei, the capital of the Zhao and Wei dynasties.
Hua'an is most concerned about when Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu's two groups of men and horses will arrive in Yewang City, after all, the 100,000 troops in Yewang City are still too thin at this time, at least in the face of the elite cavalry of the Yan Army, it seems much thinner.
"Wang San, where are the soldiers and horses reinforced by Tongguan?" Hua An looked at Wang San and asked softly.
"Big brother, it's only been a few days! According to the news sent back yesterday, they have arrived in Hongnong City, at this moment, it should be in Shaanxi County, it is estimated that they can arrive in Xin'an City in three days, and at most ten days, they can reach Yewang City. Wang San said softly.
Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said softly: "There are still ten days, it should be in time." After speaking, he looked due north.
Hua'an believes that even if Murong Ke defeats Ran Min, it will take a few days, and then, they will attack all the way forward and arrive in the direction of Yecheng, which should be ten days later, and once their 40,000 reinforcements arrive, they will have enough confidence to occupy Yecheng first, if the Yan army does not provoke, it is okay, in case the Yan army launches an attack, the 140,000 army is enough to repel the attack of the Yan army, so as to stabilize the area around Yecheng and occupy half of Hebei.
Just when Hua'an and the main army under his command were actively preparing for war, an elite devil army was planning a conspiracy.
The leader of this devil legion is the personal guard of the original Shihu, Hou Ba and his dragon Teng dead soldiers are the most elite force of Zhao State, although Zhao State has perished, but Hou Ba and his elite Dragon Teng dead soldiers survived.
They usually hide in the mountains, and once carried out a conspiracy in the direction of Yecheng, but were completely defeated by the most elite beggar warriors under the command of Ran Min, so that after losing some of their men, the wolf bèi escaped from Yecheng and hid in the mountains again.
In the days of seclusion in the mountains, Hou Ba looked at the miserable situation of the beggar army and the common people in Yecheng who were hungry, and felt extremely happy, and from time to time sent some people down the mountain to catch the hungry and powerless people up the mountain, and cook them with cruel means.
Until recently, they found that there was no longer a shortage of food around Yecheng, and there were fewer and fewer people who originally brought their families into the mountains to look for food, and their 'food' was naturally less and less.
Hou Ba was angry and puzzled by this, so he sent some people to Yecheng to investigate, and finally found that it was Hua An, the general of the Jin army who was sitting in Yewang City, who privately sold the military rations of the Jin army to the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng, thus alleviating the problem of food shortage among the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng.
As soon as he heard the name Hua'an, Hou Ba had great hatred in his heart, after all, Hua'an was a fierce rival of Zhao State, led the army to annihilate a large number of Zhao State troops, and once shot Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, with an arrow, so that Shi Hu was seriously injured and fled.
Houba is Shi Hu's most loyal guard, Shi Hu was shot in the arm by Hua'an's arrow, and almost lost his life, this scene Houba will never forget, at this moment, it is this Hua'an, alleviating the food shortage crisis in Yecheng, which makes Houba hate Hua'an even more, and made up his mind to teach Hua'an a good lesson, so that Hua'an will pay a heavy price.
At this moment, there are only more than 500 elite Longteng dead soldiers under Hou Ba's command, while Hua'an has 100,000 troops in Hanoi County, and the difference in strength between the two sides is 200 times.
But Hou Ba is a sinister villain, he naturally will not lead his 500 men and horses to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin army, but take the means of sneaking up on a small number of people of the Jin army everywhere, and even killing a large number of ordinary people in Hanoi County, so that the Jin army is not at peace.
After Hou Ba planned a qiē, he led the five hundred dragon warriors under his command to quietly leave the direction of Yecheng and force in the direction of Hanoi County. (To be continued......)