After the Wei army conquered Tongguan, Ran Min received news of Yin Hao's Northern Expedition and Murong Xianbei's large-scale invasion. However, Ran Min didn't have much worry, after all, there were a lot of elite soldiers stationed on the four borders of Wei, and the enemy army could not easily attack the hinterland of Wei!

Murong Xianbei is only strong in military strength, but his national strength is very poor, and this time he went south to cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although there are tens of thousands of troops at every turn, the Wei State has deployed tens of thousands of troops on the Jianghuai line, with Wancheng as the center and Xiangfan as the area, and there are 60,000 forbidden troops under the command of Wentai!

Once there is a problem in Jianghuai, although the army of Wancheng is contained by the Huan Wen army in Jiangling, and does not dare to reinforce easily, it is still possible to withdraw some troops.

And now what Ran Min has to face is the Qin army in Guanzhong.

Ran Min was surprised when he heard that Yao Xiang had led his troops to return to the Qin State, and also became Pu Hong's righteous son, and was named the Duke of Yongguo, the Mu of Yongzhou, and the General of Zhengdong.

In the face of the forces of the Di people and Qiang people who have been united, Ran Min is still quite afraid.

At this time, a piece of news that made Ran Min furious came that Murong Xianbei was heading south!

This, didn't Murong Xianbei's Yan army go south a long time ago and invade Liaoxi? New Bayi m.x81zw

But what shocked both Ran Min and the Wei people was that the Xianbei people who invaded Liaoxi were not Murong Xianbei, but Tuoba Xianbei!

At the beginning of April 348 AD, Murong Ke led the Yan Dynasty coalition army of 100,000 people to invade Yanmen County, and within a few days, he successively conquered nine counties such as Zhongling, Yinguan, Loufu, Wuzhou, and Juyang.

Xianbeirao suddenly went south, catching the defenders of Yanmen County by surprise.

Although the Wei army, which had already received the news, knew that Tuoba Xianbei was very likely to invade south, they never expected that the Xianbei people would come so quickly and on such a large scale.

What they didn't expect was that the Xianbei people changed their previous style of burning, killing, looting and fighting grass valleys, but instead attacked cities and conquered cities like the Han army, and there was a momentum like a bamboo!

The men and horses do not give grain and grass, and the day is sent to beat the grass valley and ride out to plunder for it, this kind of Hu Rao war method is called "fighting the grass valley". Originally, this method appeared in the Liao Dynasty, but it had already come out of Ran Min's mouth.

Therefore, this kind of way of relying on the soldiers to raise their own supplies without special logistics support, and plundering the people's grain, grass and property is called "grass valley" by the Xianbei people.

Good nothing.

"Kill!" Under Shanwu City, a large number of fireballs were thrown out by trebuchets, and fireballs mixed with pine resin, wolf dung, earth and stones fell to the city tower, and immediately burst to the ground, and burned a lot of Wei soldiers.

At the urging of the Centurion or Centurion, the Xianbei people who were originally on horseback dismounted, holding a ring-headed iron sword in one hand and a round shield in the other, and rushed to the city wall of Shanwu without fear of death.

Among the Xianbei people who attacked, they also had siege equipment such as mantles, cloud ladders, and crashing trees, and there were quite a few of them, otherwise they would not have been able to capture the nine cities of Yanmen County in such a short period of time.

The walls of Shanwu City are relatively majestic and thick, and there is a moat around the city, and the city is high and deep, so it is difficult to take it for a while.

The guards of Shanwu commanded the soldiers to fight, and one died and then replaced another, and with perseverance, the corridors of Shanwu City were full of corpses.

Although the Xianbei people are natives of the Hu people, who grew up on the prairie and are skilled in bows and horses, but after so many years of communication with Hanrao, they have been sinicized a lot, at least while accepting the advanced culture of Hanrao, they have not forgotten to learn the skills of conquering cities and conquering the city.

Therefore, these Xianbei people are not only strong in the field, but also not much inferior to those Han armies in terms of attacking fortifications.

Feng Budo, who stayed by Murong Ke's side, said: "General, this Shanwu City is the county seat of Yanmen County, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is probably not easy to conquer Shanwu City." The reason why we were able to conquer so many cities in Yanmen in one go, and even under so many barriers, was that it was a surprise and an unprepared effect, no one expected us to come so quickly and so suddenly. But now that the Wei army has taken precautions, if we stick to this good city and wait for help, I am afraid that we will be helpless. ”

Hearing this, Murong Ke couldn't help but glance at him and said, "No doubt, do you know why I changed the tactics of our Xianbei people to fight the grass valley in the past, and insisted on attacking the city like the Han army?" ”

"This ...... I don't know. ”

Feng Budo really didn't know what Murong Ke's intentions were.

They Xianbei people have been a nomadic tribe since ancient times, a nomadic tribe that lives in pursuit of water and grass. In the prairie where the weak eat the strong, the survival of the fittest, for some tribes, the opponent is too strong, we can fight if we can fight, and run if we can't fight, nothing is a big deal.

But it's not the same to take a city for yourself, if you have a base, you must be unhappy when someone else takes it away, why do you have to fight if you are unhappy!

But whether it is besieging or defending the city, this is not what the Xianbei people are good at!

And what made Feng Budo and many Xianbei generals wonder even more was that Murong Ke, who was originally wise and martial, seemed to have been kicked in the head by a donkey, and he was stunned to occupy these cities in Yanmen County, and he also repeated five orders, asking the generals of all departments to restrain their subordinates, and not allow soldiers to disturb the people, or burn and loot in the local area, and those who violate the order will be killed!

Murong Ke didn't just do this, he really did it.

At least the dozen or so heads hanging at the door of the Yan army's camp were silently telling about this lead

"Feng Bufu, you know why our grassland tribe has become weaker and weaker over time, until it dies out. However, the Han people in the south are getting bigger and stronger, even if they change dynasties, can they always overpower the grassland people? ”

"Why?" Feng Budo was very puzzled.

Murong Ke spread out his palms, sighed faintly, and said, "Isn't the Xiongnu Empire, which is as strong as the Hun Empire back then, also collapsed?" In the melee of our grassland, there are countless things where the tribe has been wiped out, but the Han people are different, the Han people can truly be tolerant of all rivers and rivers, and tolerance is great! "New Bayi m.x81zw

"We grassland people live a precarious life and live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, so we have developed our fierce character and fierce folk customs. And they Han people have the foundation to live and work in peace and contentment, but we Xianbei people can only live by water and grass. ”

"Can we be willing? Of course not reconciled! Even the Qianbei people, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, can suddenly rise up, occupy the Central Plains, and dominate the country, why do our Xianbei people, with a population of several million, still live in the grasslands of the north without a fixed place and always live a precarious life? ”

Feng Budo was stunned for a moment: "Is this why the general ordered us to attack the city this time?" ”

"Not bad."

Murong Ke said solemnly: "In the Central Plains, there are capable people living in it. But if you want to enter the Central Plains, it is not an overnight thing, let alone having a hero like Ran Min as the master of the Central Plains? Although Yanmen is barren and a barren land in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, in my Murong Ke's opinion, this Yanmen County is much stronger than our Liaodong! As long as we can capture Yanmen and govern it well, we may not be able to use Yanmen County as a pedal to enter the Central Plains. ”

"But General, Yanmen is an enclave, what benefit does it do to my Yan Kingdom?" Feng Budo couldn't help but wonder.

Hearing this, Murong Ke smiled mysteriously: "Who is from Yanmen County in the enclave?" The king has already promised Yanmen County to the kingdom of Dai. ”

"This ......" Feng Budo still couldn't figure out what Murong Ke wanted to express.

What was Murong Ke thinking?

Is his purpose really just for Yanmen County? Or is it to cooperate with Yin Hao's Northern Expedition?

Under the powerful offensive of Xianbei Rao, Shanwu City was destroyed and killed within three days. The guards died in battle, the county commander committed suicide, and the rest of the soldiers almost died in battle!

After conquering Shanwu City, the Xianbei people went south non-stop to attack other parts of the state.

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Chapter 0403: Enclave