Chapter Eighty-Five: The Great Army Pressed the Realm
The second year of Jianxing is destined to be an extraordinary year, with the death of a generation of heroes Wang Jun, the world is even more chaotic. The Huns were the first to provoke the war on the fourth front, and they continued to show the strength of the world overlord, and Shi Le followed suit, and after the conquest of Youzhou, he sharpened his sword and looked at the Shangdang Iron Army.
Schler was ready to completely solve the party, and logistics were the most important. Therefore, he ordered his subordinate states and counties to verify their household registration, and each household levied two horses of silk and two grains. However, in this year, there was a severe drought in the world, and the harvest was sharply reduced, and after Shile issued an order, his officials knocked out the bones and sucked the marrow, causing a great famine. The price of grain in Xiangguo City soared, two liters of grain were worth one pound of silver, and one pound of meat was worth one tael of silver. Suddenly, Shile's territory fell into turmoil, Shile used troops for many years, the warehouse was almost empty, and the governors from all over the country asked for help.
Shi Le, who was about to work hard, was furious, and the soaring prices made it difficult for the Kong Chang army in the Pukou Pass to supply, and the Kong Chang army only had three days of grain and grass left, Kong Chang was extremely frightened, and sent a letter for help again and again, and the tens of thousands of troops in the Pukou Pass fell into the eve of running out of ammunition and food, once the iron-blooded army knew and then covered up, it must be a fiasco.
Just when Shi Le was in a hurry, a great change occurred in Youzhou, and Liu Han, the assassin of Youzhou appointed by Shi Le, betrayed Shi Le and defected to Duan Pipan, the younger brother of Duan Jilu, the leader of Duan Xianbei, and Duan Pipan's army entered Jicheng, the seat of Youzhou governance, and Shi Le's alliance with Duan's Xianbei was broken. And the regain and loss of Jicheng has caused a series of disastrous consequences.
Leling Taishou Shaoxu, who was attached to Shile, listened to the persuasion of Liu Yin, a native of Bohai Taishou Donglai, betrayed Shile and took refuge in Duan Jilu, the leader of Duan's Xianbei. When Shi Le found out, he was furious and killed Shao Xu's son to vent his hatred.
At the same time, he was deeply engaged in Wang Jun's great grace, and Lang Yangyu also took refuge in Murong Xianbei, who was still loyal to the Jin family, and his refuge led the entire Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, and Yuzhou to still miss Wang Jun's people. At that time, there were tens of thousands of displaced people in the Central Plains who defected to Murong, and Murong Xianbei's leader Murong Diao set up Jiyang County for the Jizhou people, Yuzhou people set up Zhou County, Qingzhou people set up Yingqiu County, and the people of Bingzhou set up Tangguo County. This Murong Diao is one of the few people in Tianlong who Murong Fu talks about every day, he pacified Liaodong and was named the Duke of Liaodong, laying a solid foundation for the later founding of Murong Xianbei.
The ethnic policy of the Jin Dynasty was dominated by Huairou, which led to the continuous growth of the Xiongnu, which led to the Yongjia Rebellion and the sinking of the Central Plains. But the Jin Dynasty's policy of treating all ethnic groups well is not without benefits, the strongest Xianbei Tuoba Xianbei, Duan Xianbei, and Murong Xianbei are all hardcore supporters of the Jin family, although they don't want the Jin family to be too strong and let them lose their respective status, but they are never willing to perish in the Jin family. Tuoba Xianbei repeatedly helped Liu Kun, a loyal minister of the Jin family, to fight against the Xiongnu and Shile, and Duan's Xianbei also supported Wang Jun of Youzhou, and directly betrayed Wang Jun after Wang Jun tried to transgress, which has to be said to be a manifestation of loyalty to the Jin family. Murong Xianbei also made the Jin room orthodox. These Xianbei tribes are extremely strong, especially the Tuoba Xianbei is not inferior to the Huns, but they are all respectful to the Jin Dynasty, proud of the title of the Jin Dynasty, and even after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in history, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was unable to go on the Northern Expedition and still sealed the Eastern Jin Dynasty as orthodox, and maintained it for hundreds of years. Even a few hundred years later, the Xianbei people still used the title of the Jin family canonization to build the country, and it has to be said that the Jin Dynasty's wooing of ethnic minorities was also very effective.
Even Liu Cong had a good impression of the Jin Dynasty in his heart, and at the beginning of Emperor Jin Huai's capture, he treated Emperor Jin Huai very well, and gave his own concubine to Emperor Jin Huai, if it weren't for some old ministers of the Jin Dynasty crying in front of Liu Cong when they were fine, causing Liu Cong's vigilance, Liu Cong would not have killed Emperor Jin Huai. If there was no rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Jin Dynasty would have been completely empty, and with the ethnic policy of the Jin Dynasty, whether it was the Xiongnu or the Xianbei, it was likely that they would have peacefully integrated with the Han nation and become a new Chinese nation. It's a pity that history has no ifs, and the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty is a group of neurotics whose thoughts are different from ordinary people, and they have played a good hand of cards into a mess.
When he woke up one night, the territory ruled by Shi Le changed its flag one after another, and the Youzhou that had just been conquered was lost, Shi Le was furious, and he was ready to suspend the offensive of Shangdang County and regain Youzhou from the new. Even Zhang Bin hesitated about the offensive of Shangdang County, Youzhou was just occupied by Duan's Xianbei, and the people's hearts were not paid, and there were many people loyal to Shile, if it was delayed for a long time, Duan's Xianbei completely subdued Youzhou, and Youzhou was really not owned by Shile. And now there is a great famine in Shile's territory, and it is impossible to support Shile's two-front battle, so Shile decided to suspend the operation of Shangdang County, there is nothing wrong with it, Shangdang County has its own Huns to deal with.
Moreover, Zhang Bin came up with a poisonous plan, he asked Shi Le to send the letter from Liu Kun betraying the Iron Blood Army of Shangdang County to the Iron Blood Army, so that the relationship between the two sides became a mortal enemy. In this way, it is impossible for Liu Kun to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so he can only end up in person, and under the attack of the Huns and Liu Kun, it is impossible for the iron-blooded army to grow, and it is not too late to wait for Shi Le to free up his hands and clean up the iron-blooded army.
I have to say that Zhang Bin is worthy of being called a top strategist by later generations, and in the blink of an eye, he came up with a poisonous plan. The relationship between Shi Le and Zhang Bin is not inferior to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, but looking at the comparison of the strategies of the two people, Zhang Bin is undoubtedly better than Zhuge Liang.
Shi Le sent people to Shangai with his orders, and Shi Hu had already set off for it, and he ordered Shi Hu to lead his army to Gaoyang, Hejian County, on the border of Youzhou, to wait for his orders. In addition, Shi Le ordered Kong Chang to lead his troops to retreat slowly, and sent five thousand cavalry to respond, this is the largest force he can take, don't look at him occupies several states, it seems to be powerful, but he has not fully digested it at all, a careless, and may even be completely subverted.
When the situation in the north is like boiling water that may explode at any time, the south is not peaceful, Sima Rui, the king of Langya, is considered to be a tiger relic, Du Tao's uprising is getting bigger and bigger, the chaotic people occupy several states and counties, and even Jingzhou Thorn Shi Taokan was defeated and fled, at the same time, the Dacheng country that occupies the founding of Chengdu is also ready to move, Sima Rui suddenly fell into a state of anxiety.
What made Sima Rui even more frightened was the grandson of Zhou Chu, the general of Pingxi in the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhou Xian, the son of Wu Xing Taishou Zhou Xi, who planned a rebellion because of his father's last words, and the Zhou family was a big family in Wuzhong, because of the Yongjia Rebellion, the northern families moved south, which damaged the interests of the Jiangnan family. Zhou Xun raised his arms and shouted, and the Jiangnan clans responded one after another. And Sun Quan's descendant Sun Bi also raised troops in Guangde to echo Zhou Xian's distance. The situation in Jiangnan suddenly corroded.
Chu Yuncai doesn't care about other forces, what he will face is a battle of life and death, if Xihe County is lost, he can indeed recover Shangdang County, but although the terrain of Shangdang County is dangerous, it is not conducive to long-term development, and within a few years, the iron-blooded army will collapse without a fight after all. Therefore, the defense of Xihe County is indeed related to the life and death of Shangdang County.
More than 100,000 Hun troops covered the sky and the sun, and Liu Wei did not have the idea of hiding, and swore to go on the expedition outside Pingyang City, and Liu Cong, who had not shown up for a long time, personally sent the army to the expedition.
"Pass my order, all the cavalry assemble, and I will bleed the Huns first. Chu Yun immediately gathered all the cavalry from Shicheng, and Chu Yun's iron-blooded cavalry, the first cavalry brigade, the third cavalry brigade, the sixth cavalry brigade, and the seventh cavalry brigade were all concentrated, and a total of 18,000 cavalry followed Chu Yun and rushed towards the south.
The Iron Cavalry has a large number of cavalry, and the Huns already know it, so it's the same as the last time, and the cavalry can't hide it at all. And it is not an easy task to consume with the Huns in Zhongyang City, the battle in Pingjin Valley is burning, the passage between Shangdang County and Xihe County is blocked, and the materials in Xihe County are not abundant, if it is delayed for a long time, once the grain and grass in Zhongyang City are exhausted, then the iron-blooded army will undoubtedly lose, so it can only take the initiative to attack.
According to the seniority, Jin Ming is Liu Ji's uncle and uncle, but Jin Ming did not show a little recklessness in front of Liu Ji, the demise of Huyanyan, Jin Ming must at least bear a lot of responsibility, if Jin Ming obeys Huyanyan's arrangement, then the first Zhongyang Battle will never be this kind of ending. Even at the last moment, if Jin Ming asked the forbidden army to fight back, then it was not without hope of turning defeat into victory.
Of course, Jin Ming had already pushed his responsibilities cleanly, except for the forbidden army, only a few thousand people ran back, basically all the generals were wiped out, and these guys were all thrown into the prison of Lishi City by Chu Yun, maybe they could talk to the Huns about the conditions. Because these generals were all wiped out, Jin Ming's actions were not leaked in the slightest, so Liu Wei still trusted Jin Ming very much, and this time he handed over all the 30,000 forbidden troops to Jin Ming.
Jin Ming was high-spirited as the forward commander of the 30,000 forbidden army to open the way ahead, and what annoyed Jin Ming the most in the last war was not the defeat, but the fact that his self-considered friend Mao Yu betrayed their friendship. Jin Ming was thinking about how to capture Mao Yu alive, and then let this man who broke his heart see, this is the consequence of betraying him Jin Ming, there is a powerful empire standing behind him. However, Jin Ming was still not ready to kill Mao Yu, he still explained to his friend in his heart that Mao Yu was also forced.
Every force has fools who rely on nepotism, and this Jin Ming is one of the best, otherwise he would not have betrayed his brother Jin Zhun in the original history, and then let the entire Jin family be wiped out. He didn't send scouts to carefully search the vicinity, and because YY was so obsessed, they were unconsciously much faster.
There is a natural barrier between Xihe County and Pingyang County, and this barrier is Tongtian Mountain, which is later known as Shigu Mountain. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zhang Tan and the Liao general Ma Xu led the Xianbei people to defeat Wuhuan here. Surrounded by mountains, stretching for dozens of miles, Tongtian Mountain is an excellent ambush place in many places, and it is also the natural guard of Xihe County. However, Chu Yun didn't want to irritate the Huns too much, so he basically gave up Zhongyang County.
Jin Ming's tens of thousands of iron horsemen passed through the canyons and peaks smoothly without encountering any accidents, and they were ready to go to the southernmost stone drum in Zhongyang County to be temporarily stationed, and a large number of siege equipment and grain and grass were escorted by the auxiliary soldiers and people. Liu Wei is worthy of being a person who has led soldiers, he fully learned the lessons of Huyanyan and prepared a large number of materials in case the transportation line is broken, even if Jin Ming pats his chest to ensure the safety of the transportation line, he insists on his opinion.
Unknowingly, Jin Ming's forward had already opened the distance of twenty miles from the army behind, and Jin Ming was not the slightest worried, in his opinion, the Iron Blood Army might have been scared away, of course, this was also Liu Ji's opinion. The time for them to march was in late autumn, although the most ferocious enemy in the north was about to fall in winter, but this was deliberate by Liu Wei.
Besides, he always thought that they would fight siege warfare, don't look at the Huns as Hu people, but they are not much different from the Han army except for more cavalry. They also paid great attention to the infantry, and they would besiege the city, set up camp, and pay attention to logistics like the Han army, except for the service with national characteristics and the occasional Xiongnu dialect, they were no different from the Han army. Therefore, they will not fight in the winter like the traditional Hu people, and the traditional Hu people generally go south to graze horses in the autumn, when the Han people have just finished harvesting grain, and they can grab it anywhere. But this is not possible at this time, they cannot grab food, so they can only transport food, so that the maximum difficulty of their winter operations is reduced to a minimum.
Liu Wei commanded 40,000 infantry to march slowly, he did not ride a horse, but sat on a huge shoulder of 32 people, this shoulder is the predecessor of the sedan chair, 32 people carried the shoulder of more than ten meters long, the outside is covered with bright yellow silk tight, the cool breeze of late autumn can not blow inside the shoulder at all.
And there is a couch more than two meters long in the shoulder, a man who has been a little blessed is enjoying the service of a woman, the woman's clothes are half-open, the man is eating the pastry that the woman brings to his mouth, while putting his hand into the woman's clothes, the woman sometimes screams, sometimes covers her mouth and laughs, and the shoulder is full of erosive atmosphere.
This is, of course, Liu Ji, who commanded an army of more than 100,000 people, his eyes full of aggression and fascination wandered on the woman, but if you look closely, you can see that his gaze is a little sluggish, it is obvious that the beauty is in front, but he is a little out of the sky, the woman seems to know what Liu Ji is thinking, she actually dared to beat Liu Ji's hand playing with her body, and then sat in front of Liu Ji in a dignified manner, Liu Ji came back to his senses, but he did not have a trace of annoyance, but brought some surprises.
"Emperor, I am your mother, what do you want to do. The woman suddenly said with majesty and temptation, except for Liu Yu and the woman, no one knew what she meant.
Liu Wei's face was full of excitement, he actually jumped up from the bed and knelt in front of the woman, he swallowed his saliva while said in a trembling voice: "Mother, you are my mother, you are the bright moon in the sky, you are my everything, my mother, please let me kiss your feet, queen mother." Liu Ji didn't wait for the woman to object, so he took the woman's foot over, and then kissed it like crazy.
The woman wanted to refuse to take a break, but she kept teasing Liu Ji with the word "queen mother", Liu Ji finally went crazy, he directly tore the woman's clothes, and her fat body began to stir, but as long as he took more than thirty breaths, he was like a mouthful. A hint of disgust flashed in the woman's eyes, but she immediately got up to help Liu Yu clean up.
This woman's name is Yueming, and she was found by Liu Jian with great effort, Liu Jian usually hides him deep in a single courtyard, and even his wife Jin Yuelin didn't know that there was such a person, and she brought her this time when she sent troops.
This woman is very delicate, but with Liu Ji's power, he can't find a more beautiful woman, but this woman has a bit of a special appearance, she looks very similar to his father Liu Cong's two queens.
His father-in-law Jin Zhun gave birth to several daughters, all of whom were born with national colors, the three most beautiful of which were Jin Yuehua, Jin Yueguang and Jin Yuelin, the first two were the queen of Liu Cong's father, and the latter was Liu Jie's wife, and the wives of father and son were sisters.
This Jin Zhun is a person who is good at studying, there is a Liu Cong who went to Jin Zhun's house to drink, and saw Jin Zhun's two daughters, both of whom are beautiful and beautiful, named Jin Yueguang and Jin Yuehua respectively, Liu Cong couldn't help but be hooked. Jin Zhun had long intended to use his two daughters to seek high-ranking officials, and the two of them were willing to buy and sell, so the two women entered the palace that day, and Jin Zhun was also promoted several levels.
The next day, Liu Cong named the second daughter as a noble concubine. Jin Yueguang was particularly ecstatic, and after more than ten days, Liu Cong canonized her as the queen. Since pampering Jin Yueguang, the two Liu Guiconcubines were snubbed, and Liu Cong was canonized as the left queen and the right queen respectively in order to comfort them, and the plus queen Jin Yueguang was the upper queen. Liu Cong had three queens all of a sudden, which was really unprecedented.
Liu Cong can't satisfy so many concubines in the harem with his body, and Jin Yueguang still keeps the empty bed alone, so he inevitably finds a few beautiful young men to enter the palace to pass the loneliness. Unexpectedly, this matter was known, so this matter fell into Liu Cong's ears. Liu Cong couldn't help but be furious when he saw that his queen Jin Yueguang had brought him a green hat, and immediately ran to the palace of the queen to scold Jin Yueguang. Jin Yueguang was too weak to argue, so he had to kneel on the ground and cry, and the next day Jin Yueguang committed suicide by taking poison.
However, after Jin Yueguang died, Liu Cong kept thinking about Jin Yueguang's goodness, so he named Jin Yuehua's sister Jin Yuehua as the queen.
In fact, it was not only Liu Cong who was infatuated with the two sisters, but even Liu Jian was very infatuated when he saw them for the first time, but unfortunately he didn't dare to show it. Later, he handed over Jin Zhun to Jin Zhun, Jin Zhun was also a villain, and he immediately wanted to reuse his old skills to win over Liu Jie, although Liu Jian was not the prince at that time, but he was Liu Cong's favorite son. Jin Zhun didn't think that the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi could inherit the unification, after all, everyone knew how his younger brother could compare to his son. So he married his other daughter Jin Yuelin to Liu Wei, resulting in the absurd fact that the father and son were married sisters.
However, although Jin Yuelin is sisters with Jin Yueguang and Jin Yuehua, and they are also charming, they don't look alike, the deepest part of Liu Yue's heart is still Jin Yueguang, but after Jin Yueguang's death, Liu Yue regarded Jin Yuehua as his favorite woman. Therefore, he secretly raised such a woman and named her Yueming, his dirty thoughts can be imagined.
However, if this matter was known to his father Liu Cong, Liu Yu had not yet completely lost his stupid head and knew the consequences, he finished venting the fire on this woman, and fell asleep groggily, and the woman named Jin Yueming looked at the traces on his body in disgust, and then walked to the other side and took out a towel to wipe it.
And at this time, no one noticed that on a high slope of the Tongtian Mountain, several people were watching their group, and in the valley a few miles behind them, the dense figure was enough to make the scalp of anyone who looked at it tingle, most of this group of people were one person and two horses, the horse's beak was with a halter, and the hooves were all with sackcloth, and thousands of people did not make a sound, only some startled birds flew into the sky like a fledgle.
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