Thorn City.

Li Xin led more than 20,000 iron cavalry to surround the city of Thorn, but only surrounded the entire city like an iron barrel, and did not order the siege.

Thorn City, also known as the Great Thorn City, is considered to be the "Ruins of the Giant Thorn City".

One of the "Five Emperors", called Gaoyang, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and the son of Changyi, it is said that this thorn city is the burial place of Zhuan and the nine concubines. "Overseas North Classic" said: "In the mountain of Wuyu, the emperor is buried in Yang, and the nine concubines are buried in Yin." ”

At that time, Mo Huba, the leader of the Xianbei Murong Tribe, followed Sima Yi to conquer Gongsun Yuan, and was named the King of Righteousness, "the founding of the country was founded in the north of Thorn City".

In the fourth year of Emperor Hui's Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty (294), Murong Diao, the great-grandson of Mo Huba, thought that Thorn City was "the ruins of Zhuan" and moved to Da Thorn City. Subsequently, Murong Hao, the son of Murong Diao, proclaimed himself King of Yan in Dathorn City, built the Yan Kingdom, and placed it under the hundred officials.

This thorny city has also experienced fierce battles, so the fortifications of the city are built very strongly, the city is high and the pool is deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is said that in the first year of Taixing, there was a fierce battle in Thorn City.

At that time, Goguryeo, Yuwen Xianbei, and Duan Xianbei jointly crusaded against Murong Diao.

Murong Diao's city gate was closed and he did not fight, but instead sent envoys to send cattle and wine to reward the Yuwen Ministry, so Goguryeo and Duan Bu suspected that the Yuwen Ministry was of the same heart as Murong Diao, and led the troops back.

Only Yuwen was left with one of Murong Hao's elite soldiers to assign to Murong Hao, charging ahead; Murong Han led the elite as a surprise soldier, killed from the side, and smashed the Yuwen military camp; Set fire to the barracks, everyone was terrified and confused, and then they were defeated, Yuwen learned that the only official fled for his life, and Murong Diao's army captured all his soldiers.

In this battle, Murong Diao faced the powerful offensive of the three sides, first closed the city and held on, and then used tactics to split the other party, and then surprised the internal and external attacks, and finally won a complete victory. Since then, it has become a strong force in the north.

Subsequently, Murong Hao moved the capital to Longcheng, and Thorn City was demoted to a county.

Looking at such a strong thorn city, Mo said that it was all cavalry, and the Wei army, which did not carry any siege equipment, even if it pulled up the red-clothed cannons, I was afraid that it would not be able to conquer this fortified city in a short time.

Don't look at the power of the red-coated cannon, but if you attack the city, you can't target a position, and it's difficult to make a gap to attack it.

So Suo Chao had to say with a solemn face: "Metropolitan Governor, do you want to conquer this thorn city?" Thorn City looks so strong, even if there are not many defenders in the city, but we don't carry any siege equipment, and trying to take Thorn City is tantamount to a fool's dream! ”

"Did I mention I was going to conquer Thorn City?"

Li Xin smiled faintly, and then said, "Come on, bring all the three thousand Yan troops captured yesterday!" ”

At this time, many Wei soldiers escorted up the 3,000 prisoners of war and forced them to kneel, their hands were already tied, so they could not resist in the face of the heavily armed Wei army.

The three thousand prisoners of war were soon lined up in several queues, and beside them, one after another Wei soldiers raised their sabers in their hands.

Seeing the posture of the Wei army, those prisoners of war began to stir, but they were all pressed to death, like lambs to the slaughter, and all resistance was in vain.

"Governor, what are you?" Suo Chao was stunned.

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "Suo Chao, you have to remember that in this battle, we do not seek to conquer the city, let alone return Liaodong to the territory of the empire. Our purpose is to completely crack down on the Xianbei people and continue to weaken the vitality of the Hu people! ”

It's scary to think about!

"Owl!"

With Li Xin's order, the heads of the three thousand prisoners of war fell to the ground in unison, and one after another the skulls rolled to the ground, and the expressions on the faces of those prisoners of war were still stagnant at the moment before they died, or sluggish, or shocked, or fearful, or numb, or hateful, and so on.

Blood stained the land red, and the soil that was originally covered with snow was instantly contaminated by the blood of the Xianbei people.

What a wonderful red land!

The Yan army at the head of the city was so frightened that their scalps were numb when they saw the Wei people being so brutal.

They didn't even call for battle, and they didn't come to attack the city, but directly killed the 3,000 prisoners of war, and they came to demonstrate to the Yan army!

There was a commotion at the head of the city, and many of the more short-tempered Xianbei people couldn't rush out immediately and dismantle these hateful Wei troops to vent their hatred!

It's a pity that the generals of the Yan army defending the city are still quite rational, restrain their subordinates, and wait for the battle to see what the Wei army wants to do.

Seeing the appearance of the enemy army in the city, Suo Chao couldn't help but rub his hands and said: "Governor, do you want to send someone over to scold the battle?" ”

"What are you doing? We're not trying to take down this thorn city. Suo Chao, you should have heard such a sentence, right? Those who offend my great Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away! ”

Hearing this, Suo Chao couldn't help but say, "Of course I've heard this!" That's thunder! This is the Han Dynasty famous generals Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang in the defeat of the Xiongnu Zhizhi Shan after the defeat of the Han Xuan Emperor on the note, the original words are 'Ming offenders strong Han, although far away will be punished'! ”

"Not bad."

Li Xin said loudly: "This sentence is still valid now. Those who offend my Great Wei, although they are far away, will be punished! ”

"Those who offend my Great Wei, although they are far away, will be punished!"

Li Xin immediately found a thousand soldiers with relatively loud voices and shouted a stick of incense under Thorn City.

This domineering and awe-inspiring words, coupled with the 3,000 prisoners of war who had fallen in a pool of blood, and the red snow that had been stained with blood, really frightened those Xianbei people in the city and almost wanted to go first.

They were so scared that they doubted their lives!

At this time, Murong Jun had already led hundreds of horsemen to retreat to Hukou Pass, gathered the remnants of the defeated generals, and wanted to continue to fight against the Wei army. At this time, it is undoubtedly the best strategy to clear the wilderness, but Murong Jun is still unwilling!

"Why haven't Murong Ke's reinforcements arrived yet?" Murong Jun asked the generals present with a cold face.

General Liu Pei came out and said: "Your Majesty, Mobei is too far away from Liaodong, and tens of thousands of iron horsemen will not be able to reach Liaodong without ten days and eight days. And at present, Mobei is being attacked by the Gaoche people and the main force of the Wei army, and the north and south are attacked, and our army in Mobei is in a bitter battle and a passive defense! It is not certain whether Da Sima (Murong Ke) can draw out part of his military strength and rush to Liaodong for reinforcements. ”

"Where is Mulan's Weihu coalition attack?"

"Half a month ago, Hua Mulan gathered 200,000 troops in the Yalu River area, and all the way was like a bamboo. Ten days ago, there was a defeat on the front line, Murong Jun was defeated in Anshi, the generals Murong Jun and Murong Biao were killed, 50,000 people were killed in the battle, and General Murong Ba (Murong Chui) led his troops to fight in the Xin'an area. The enemy army is less than two hundred miles away from Dragon City! ”

Hearing this, Murong Jun was even more angry and gritted his teeth and said, "Damn! regret that he shouldn't have been consumed by the desire for profit at the beginning and annexed the country. Now that the enemy army is approaching Dragon City, Dayan's situation is as dangerous as an egg. Then send another order, let Murong Ke lead his troops back to Longcheng as soon as possible for reinforcements. ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, what about Mobei? ”

"Mobei is a hot potato, our Yan State has occupied Mobei, civil strife is not stopped, foreign wars are continuous, and now the Wei army and the Hu people in the northeast are about to hit our capital! Liaodong is the ancestral land of my Dayan, the land of Longxing, and there is no room for loss! Quickly send orders to the soldiers and horses everywhere! ”