Chapter 495: Huan Wen's reminder

Qin Yanyan, this is the general trend of history, there is no way to stop it without the complete power of Tongtian, Zhao Gao's thousands of scum don't need to be mentioned, and the high-ranking people who got the news didn't take him seriously at all.

In the beginning, this was just a tentative attack, but without Murong Sijun (Murong Jun, Murong Ke, Murong Chui, Murong De), the powerful Yan Kingdom was defeated almost instantly, which greatly surprised everyone. Most of the forces didn't have time to make a move, and under the leadership of the epic historical figure Wang Meng, the Qin State strategically completed the annexation of the Yan State, leaving only some finishing work.

For a moment, the heroes were tied.

Liang, Dai, Goguryeo, Buyeo, Khitan, Rouran, Tuyuhun, and Baekje have all claimed vassals, and Fu Jian's unification of the north has become unstoppable.

Among them, only Zhao Gao, who had been prepared for a long time, forcibly joined this war as a beggar remnant, along the original border line between Yan and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, living a plundering life of changing places with one shot, and secretly dipping his fingers in a little soup to taste when he ate a large piece of meat and drank wine in a large bowl of meat in the Qin State.

Zhao Gao pinched extremely accurately at this point in time.

A little earlier, when the main force of the Yan State was still in the hearts of the people, even the defenders in the county town were by no means the scum of Zhao's subordinates who could be offended, and then he would inevitably be beaten all over the ground by the cavalry-based Yan State officials and troops; A little later, when the Qin State cleared out the remnants of Murong Xianbei, there would inevitably be a partial army to occupy this fertile land, and at that time, with Zhao Gao's ten guts, he would not dare to try to challenge Wang Meng at this time, even if it was only a partial army under his command.

Only when the defeat of Murong Xianbei was a foregone conclusion, and the remnants of the core forces of the Xianbei clan fled back to their ancestral land Dragon City, and the remaining Xianbei clan of Ludi's generation was undoubtedly an outcast, was the ideal time for Zhao Gao to make a move. Before the new ruling power can infiltrate, these panicked Xianbei people will return to the state of being called small tribes, the slightest wind and grass is enough for them to attack each other, and the natural suspicion of the nomads will allow them to avoid uniting against Zhao Gao.

The Beggars are probably one of the most adapted to this style of fighting. They never need any heavy supplies, and fighting to feed them is their most basic ability, as for Zhao Gao's one, it is more appropriate to say that this is not so much an army as a rogue.

This is the best situation for Zhao Gao.

With the initial F-level level of the beggar army, it is almost impossible to achieve anything on the frontal battlefield. Even if he is facing the rout of Yan Yan now, or the old, weak, sick and disabled who have been eliminated, the gap in individual combat effectiveness is also very obvious. Even with the aura of domination and the recovery and protection effect of various skills, the loss rate of the soldiers in battle is always high, and even with the continuous replenishment of troops from the rear, the number of this army can only be maintained at about 1,500 people, but the average level is slowly increasing.

It's not that Zhao Gao's ability to assist is not up to par, it's that the way the beggar army fights is too special, and most of the rest of the troops will give priority to protecting their lives out of instinct. The beggar army from the outcast did not have this qualification from the beginning, had no equipment and no professional training, so that their battles were basically fought by exchanging injuries for injuries and fighting for their lives at any time. This way is really fierce, and you may not survive, and most of the time you can only rely on luck.

Moreover, in addition to combat attrition, there are many people who cannot withstand this pressure and are eliminated and are not suitable to become beggars, and there are many such people. Usually, Zhao Gao would make the best use of everything and organize them into a team to escort the spoils back to the territory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Out of Peiguo, attack Lu County, attack Mount Tai, visit Langya, return to the East China Sea, wait until this big circle is over, Qin Yan's war is also coming to an end, Fu Jian sent to collect the army of Yan's homeland to this side only to find that except for the scorched earth in a place, Zhao Gao almost did not leave anything.

In terms of cruelty, the beggar army, who has the hatred of destroying the country and breaking the family with Murong Xianbei, is not inferior to the Hu people. In addition to not sparing hands during the battle, the old and weak women and children after the war also did not leave behind. This also made almost every tribe that got the message choose to fight to the death, which is one of the reasons why the beggar army suffered so much loss.

This is a situation deliberately created by Zhao Gao, otherwise, as long as the Xianbei cavalry takes advantage of the advantage of mobility, it can cause great trouble to the beggar army that runs on two legs, and after Zhao Gao chose to slaughter the village and exterminate the clan, all the tribes chose to fight head-on, so that the soldiers and herdsmen died together.

This allowed the beggars to get extremely intense training that was not found anywhere else.

In almost endless battles one after another, except for a very few lucky ones who have been promoted to the C rank, the D rank is already the mainstream of this army - this is not because they don't kill enough people, but because the highest level of ordinary Xianbei tribal warriors is C, and when killing enemies lower than their rank, the beggar army can gain very little experience.

In the end, Zhao Gao, who had finished the sweep, chose to return from the East China Sea to Xiapi, and chose to evacuate before Wang Meng's army arrived. This army, which had gone through hundreds of battles in just a few months of fighting, finally had a trace of the murderous spirit of a beggar army, which made the defenders of Xiapi have a trace of sideways.

In this battle, the beggar army wiped out six out of seventy villages, attacked small towns once, destroyed two medium-sized Xianbei tribes, eleven small ones, and killed a total of more than 5,000 soldiers!

This gives Zhao Gao a huge amount of loot!

100,000 heads of cattle and sheep were given to various gate valve families in batches by Zhao Gao as gifts; More than 4,000 war horses were all included in Long Kanghuan's bag; The trophies of gold and silver vessels were presented to the new emperor Sima Yu as tribute; From a secular point of view, Zhao Gao almost didn't gain anything from this expedition.

Of course, the ones that the Pioneer gained from the battle are not known to the NPCs in the story world.

With the profits of monopolizing Wushisan for the past few months, Zhao Gao didn't care about this thing at all; On the other hand, being able to receive gifts can be regarded as the recognition of these people for you, no matter what they are in their hearts, the Bei County Meng clan, who is attached to the Huan clan, already has the qualifications to give them gifts.

Such a qualification is often a ticket to participate in certain high-level political activities.

Of course, the more important point is that the Meng clan finally has a private army that looks like a little bit, and it is no longer a state of relying on people's snorts and being slaughtered by others.

This can be seen from the appointment letter sent by Emperor Sima Yu of Jin under the control of Huan Wen.

This expedition was not officially authorized and was privateer, but considering the large amount of loot offered by Zhao Gao, the imperial court still awarded the military rank of military commander on the basis of the original "Beijun Taishou", and he was awarded 2,000 stones.

If this is all normal, then the intention of the specially granted "capital water messenger" is obvious.

The envoy of the capital water is the chief official of the capital water platform, and theoretically controls the responsibility of irrigating the pond and guarding the canals in the world. In this world, the dynasties that are in charge of each other, belong to idle jobs that can be managed anywhere, and are generally dedicated to those who have a high bloodline and high status but are capable of waste in famous families, and they belong to boastful officials, which has no practical significance.

But Huan Wen gave him this official at this time, undoubtedly reminding Zhao Gao that it was time to fulfill his promise.