Shengle City, the original national capital, became owned by the Tang Army at this moment, and Murong Chui's army was temporarily stationed here.

“…… Specially given Murong Chui Jiuyuan Marquis, a son of Yin, and a bounty...... Silk silk ...... "Several officials of the pedestrian division read the holy decree in public with serious faces.

Murong bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the only way for the minister to repay him with death is to tie the grass rank." ”

The Pedestrian Division is a department under the Ministry of Rites, and they need to convey the emperor's official will and the orders of the imperial court center.

The edict is a formal order, and it is natural that they need to be communicated.

The appointment of officials and anything is a very sacred matter, and it is impossible for a lowly eunuch to do it.

No matter which dynasty it is, unless it is a eunuch in power, the holy decree and the like are conveyed by a special official, and the emperor sends a eunuch to convey only private oral orders.

It's also a protection for officials.

The secret decree is not so easy to receive, if the emperor gives a holy decree in private and turns his head and refuses to admit it, then he will really be dead.

Such a thing has not happened in history, and those who have seen Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty should know that after the death of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he also used a volume of secret edicts to kill Dou Ying, the Marquis of Wei.

Although the true situation of this history is no longer known, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did use the loophole of the secret edict to kill Dou Ying reasonably and legally.

Just imagine, if this order was read out in public and there were many witnesses present, how could Emperor Jing of Han still play tricks?

Straight to the point.

The war is not over yet, and it is far from the time to reward meritorious deeds. Murong Chui's reward order was indeed a special case, because he was the only one who received the title.

The reason is simple, the identity is special.

In the past, the Yan clan was a prince, and in the general change of dynasty, people like him were either killed or given a noble title and appointed separately.

That is, the Tang Kingdom is more special, Wenyi replaced the old system with a new system, and all the previous credits were cleared. Only those who have contributed to the Tang Kingdom are eligible for knighthood, otherwise they can only be white.

But on the other hand, this is not conducive to appeasing the old magnates, that is, the land reform and the new policy of the Tang State are powerful enough, otherwise these old magnates will definitely find a way to rebel.

Ordinary old magnates can ignore or even kill them directly, but talents like Murong Chui can't be dealt with so roughly.

Therefore, he had just won the Dai Kingdom, and Wen Yi directly made him a county marquis to calm his heart, and at the same time, he could also play the heart of the old magnates of An Yan Kingdom.

Murong Chui, who received the reward, was indeed very happy, and deliberately gave everyone a half-day vacation in batches.

In fact, the holiday is useless, Daiguo is evacuated on his own initiative, and the city is almost emptied, leaving only some old and weak people who are regarded as burdens.

Not only did the Tang State fail to obtain supplies, but they also had to take out grain to help these victims.

Fortunately, the Tang army generally realized the mule and horse, and it was not so difficult to transport military rations, otherwise it would be a big trouble.

Murong Chui did not take it lightly, but sent an army to search the grasslands for hundreds of miles.

Sure enough, he found many people who were hiding in hidden places and were unwilling to move away, most of them were Han Chinese, and gathered them together and sent them to Pingcheng in the rear to be settled.

During this period, the search team often met with the spies of the Qin State, and the two sides were enemies who were very angry when they saw each other, and the fight was difficult to solve.

In just a few days, dozens of encounters took place, and the final result was a five-five opening. Both sides are in a state of fire, and there is a great posture of calling friends to start a large-scale decisive battle.

Murong Chui hurriedly stopped: "Anyone who encounters the scouts of the Qin State should retreat immediately, and don't fight." ”

Ma Rui, the commander of Murong Chui's cavalry brigade, was very unconvinced and asked, "Is the general underestimating the combat effectiveness of my cavalry brigade?" ”

This is an old man in the early days of the Tang cavalry, Murong Chui was very polite to him, and reassured: "Where is Brigade Commander Ma, what is our army afraid of in terms of combat strength?" ”

Ma Rui said: "Then why let us retreat without a fight? ”

Murong Chui carefully analyzed and explained to him: "Your Majesty is merciful and sympathetic to the lives of the soldiers, and is unwilling to confront the Qin State head-on, and wants to use the strategy of exhausting the enemy to drag down the Qin State. ”

"And this strategy has achieved great results, the Dai country has fled to the north of the desert, the Tiefu people have fled to the Western Regions, the Karasuma people and the Ding Ling people have also withdrawn, and there is a gap with the Liang country, and the Qin country has been unable to support itself."

"What Qin Guo wants to do most now is to find our main force for a decisive battle while they still have their last breath. If we rush into battle, we can easily fall into their trap and ruin the Privy Council's plans. ”

Ma Rui said: "Then you don't have to run away without a fight, now the sons and daughters under him are almost unable to hold back." ”

Murong Chui's face turned grim, and he said sternly: "If you can't hold it, you have to hold it back, Liu Shumi sent three orders in succession to convey the strategic plan of the Privy Council to us." ”

"Now take an all-out defensive position, and we must not engage in a senseless struggle with the Qin State, wait for the Yellow River to melt and cooperate with the sailors to block the Yellow River, and then cross the Hetao to attack the Liang State on the opposite side."

"Once the Liang State is taken, the Qin State will become a turtle in an urn, and we will be left to concoct it. Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I don't want to fight, but we have to endure some humiliation for the sake of the overall situation. ”

"I'm talking ugly ahead, if anyone dares to violate the military order and ruin the military affairs, don't blame me for not being merciful."

Seeing that he even moved out of the Privy Council and Liu Meng, Ma Rui and the others looked stunned, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Liu Meng is one of the 2,000 people in Huiji County, and he began to learn the art of war with Xie Daoyun on the way south, and he was the original commander of the cavalry regiment.

When the scouts of the Qin army and the Tang army meet again in the future, the Tang army will choose to take the initiative to retreat, which will cause the Qin army to laugh loudly.

At the beginning, Tang Jun couldn't help but go up and fight hard, but no matter whether he won or lost, he would be dealt with after he came back, and then there were very few such things.

However, the Qin army did not be arrogant for long, and one night half a month later, there was a roar from the Yellow River. Anyone who lives here knows that the ice melts.

The next day, the scouts of the Qin army began to retreat, and this time it was the turn of the Tang army scouts to taunt in turn, and the Qin scouts retreated vigorously as if they hadn't heard it.

By the Yellow River, Zhang Hao glanced at the land under his feet, his eyes full of reluctance. It's not that he has feelings for the land, but that he knows that if he goes, he may never have a chance to come back.

The current Qin State is the place of death, everyone knows the plan of the Tang State, and they also know it, but there is nothing they can do.

Someone mentioned attacking Liang before the Yellow River melted, but at this time, Qin only had more than 300,000 troops left, and the country was not very stable, so where could he still draw troops to fight Liang.

Zhang Hao also wanted to fight Tang Guo head-on, even if he lost, he could be blinded, but Murong Chui was like an iron-shelled turtle, and he didn't give him any chance at all.

Now that the ice age of the Yellow River is about to pass, they must take advantage of the last bit of time to withdraw. Otherwise, when the battleships of the Tang Navy Division arrived to blockade the river, they would only have a dead end without logistical support.

Zhang Hao didn't want to go back to the place of death, but he couldn't help but go back, his wife and children were in Chang'an, and he was indeed grateful to Fu Jian.

Besides, the real commander of the army is Fu Luo, this person is a member of the Fu clan who is brave and good at fighting, so he does not dare to have different intentions.

……

More than ten miles away, at a high place, Murong Chui used a telescope to observe the Qin army's crossing of the river, and a few miles away, there were Qin army scouts patrolling and guarding to prevent the Tang army from raiding.

"At this time, if you put the cannon on the rack, it will be cool to bomb the special mother." Said one of the generals.

"No, the artillery moves too slowly, and the Qin State is all cavalry, they will charge when they hear the sound of artillery, we will either drop all the artillery and retreat, or we can only engage head-on." Another staff officer said.

"That's what I said, don't take it seriously." The general said.

Murong Chui ignored the nagging of his subordinates, and when the Qin army withdrew to the other side, he left a team of scouts to continue to monitor, and then led his troops back to Shengle.

As everyone knows, somewhere in the Houtao Plain, Fu Luo led 5,000 cavalry to wait here for more than ten days, but he never waited for the imaginary vanguard of the Tang State.

Seeing that the food and grass were running out and the ice floes in the Yellow River were gone, he knew he couldn't wait any longer. Cross the Wolf Mountain, cross the Yellow River in a pre-prepared boat to Henan, and then camp in Shuofang City.

He is going to lead his army here to resist the possible attack of the Don army.

Murong Chuizhen did not live up to Zhang Oy's evaluation of his iron turtle shell, and remained motionless until the ice floes of the Yellow River disappeared and the battleships of the Tang Navy Division arrived.

……

Three months ago, Tang made a plan to send sailors across the river to the Hetao area, but before the plan could be launched, he was stumped by a difficult problem.

This question was raised by Murong De: "The Hukou Heavenly Danger Drop has been checked for more than 20 meters, and the warship cannot cross it. ”

A group of people were dumbfounded, and Wen Yi smiled and said, "Yes, now you know the importance of understanding the terrain, right?" ”

Liu Meng said ashamedly: "This is the fault of the minister, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Wen Yi said solemnly: "This is indeed your fault, fortunately Murong Walking pointed it out, otherwise it was really a big joke when the plan was implemented?" You have to thank him well. ”

Liu Meng said: "Xie Murong walked and corrected. ”

Murong De hurriedly said: "Liu Shumi tortures me, it is our duty as a courtier to seek for Your Majesty, and I dare not thank you." ”

Wen Yi waved his hand and said: "You are a privy envoy, and all the plans of the military will pass through your hands...... This is a lesson that must be learned. As a punishment for you, let it be three months. ”

Liu Meng said: "Thank you, Your Majesty for your leniency." ”

Wen Yi said again: "Although you have made a mistake, the plan is still feasible. We can use the dryland boat method, drag the boat to the shore, cross the Hukou Waterfall, and put it into the water......"

"Although this project is a bit big, the equipment for dryland boating can be left for civilian use later...... And we have steam engines, and it is convenient to tow ships. ”

As for the method of boating on dry land, it was not uncommon for the Tang Kingdom. Many times they build ships in the dark and then tow them to the water, and sometimes the repairs are also towed to the shore.

After the plan was formulated, the Tang State began to act urgently.

In the Hukou area, a dryland boat slide was built, and several steam engines were transferred from the Beidu Steam Engine Factory to repair the dryland boating facilities before the Yellow River melted.

As soon as the ice age passed, the sailors of the two brigades of the Tang Kingdom transported them to the upper reaches of Hukou Waterfall by boat on dry land.

This time, the naval division came with a total of 10,000 people from two brigades, and the brigade commanders were Liu Mao and Yang Dun respectively. and the handsome Lu Yan in Wenyi's mind are fellow villagers and good brothers, but the two of them are really average.

It was purely based on seniority to get into the position of brigade commander, and many rising stars were born during the War of Unification, and they needed to give up their places to the older generation of people with insufficient ability, and people like them would almost always take a back seat after the war.

But after all, people have shed blood and sweat during the country's grass-roots creation, and it is a bit unkind to let them retreat directly. In view of this, the Privy Council sent them over to fight a good fight and take some credit, and then retire.

In fact, from the dispatch of troops to the Central Plains to the present, except for key battles, most of the tailwind battles have used generals with average ability.

Of course, there is also a reason to suppress the rising stars, lest they dare not use them later if their achievements are too great.

But not all generals can get the opportunity to gild, after all, this is a war, not a child's play. At least the kind of stubbornness that is self-serving has no chance, so you can only go to help in logistics.

Liu Mao and Yang Dun have the advantage of never making their own decisions. When I was with Lu Yan before, I asked Lu Yan to take the idea and they resolutely implemented it, and later this situation was also substituted in the army.

But not everyone listens, they are not so stupid. Instead, they first understand whether the person is really capable or not, and they only listen to the words of the person who has the real ability.

There was also an unexpected joy in doing so, that is, the quality of the officers who came out of the two men was particularly high, and the quality of all aspects was generally high.

Before coming, Lu Yan repeatedly warned them that everything here would be under Murong Chui's command, and they would do whatever they wanted except to rebel.

They kept in mind the instructions, and the first thing they did when they arrived here was to ask to see Murong Trai, claiming to be subordinates everywhere, which made Murong Trai happy and had a better impression of the two of them.

God knows how difficult it was for him to deal with the generals of the Tang Army, those ones were really above the top, if he didn't really have a few brushes, he wouldn't be able to calm the people below at all.

Later, he repeatedly made military exploits on the front line of the country and showed extraordinary military talent, so he subdued those people.

Liu Mao and Yang Dun are rare brigade commander-level generals who are polite to him as soon as they meet, and he can see that the two are not yin and yang, but really polite to him.

As the saying goes, people respect me one foot, and I return one foot to others, Murong Chui was also very polite to the two of them, and said: "Two generals, you have only one task, to destroy everything along the Yellow River in the Hetao area that can cross the river, and ensure that the Qin army cannot cross the Yellow River." ”

"Yes." The two of them commanded.

Murong Chui ordered again: "Ma Rui." ”

"Yes."

"You take the subordinate to open up the route to Liang State, and be careful of the ambush soldiers of Qin State along the way."

"Yes."

"Luo Fei."

"Yes."

"You lead the cavalry of your department to the front line of Yinshan to monitor the movements of the Daiguo army and ensure the safety of our army's rear."

"Yes."

Murong Chui continued: "The rest of the army followed me to the Liang Kingdom according to the original plan. ”

"Yes." The crowd dispersed and began to move.

……

Although the Qin State withdrew its army, there were still many spies lurking, and the movement of Murong Chui's army could not hide them at all, and soon Fu Luo of Shuofang City knew his movements.

However, in the face of this surging river and the Tang warships cruising on the river, he had no way at all.

If they still have a chance of winning in the army, the water division really has no chance of winning at all. On the water, all the shortcomings of firearms are compensated.

Movement speed? The boat is fast enough. Afraid of rainy weather? The boat is covered...... That's the real killing of the enemy and miles away, and there is no way to be powerful at all.

This is the lesson they have learned at the cost of blood.

Unless you use ten times or twenty times the strength of the army to row a small boat and fight hard, use the tactic of killing the elephant with more ants. However, the Tang Kingdom was known for its strong sailors at the earliest, and other sailors were stronger than you.

The key is that Qin, as a landlocked country, really doesn't pay attention to the development of the water division, and the water division's family foundation was almost destroyed at the beginning of the war.

Although many ships were built later, these ships could only be used as transportation without sailors.

As for the Tang people who transported the ship by boat on dry land, they already knew about it, after all, such a big project could not be hidden.

They could only sigh at the strength of the Tang State while shrinking up. It's not that they haven't thought about sabotage, but they have already learned the combat effectiveness of the firearms army in defensive warfare, and they will no longer be sent to death after a few attempts.

And the final result was that they could only watch from the sidelines when they saw Tang Guoshui Master committing murder.

Moreover, the Tang State Sailor entered the Hetao, threatening not only the Hetao area, but also a large area of land on the other side of the river, such as Wolf Mountain and Drinking Sweat City.

The current Qin State is really squeezed into the mouth of the Yellow River.