Chapter 197: The Three Kingdoms Attack the Ming
Murong Hao is a man of great talent, and after he took the throne, he fought in the south and the north, bringing the Murong clan in Liaodong to the current situation, becoming a big country that can control the world, and the territorial population has also increased several times. You must know that they are facing the giant of the Great Zhao Kingdom, but even so, they still fought left and right, took half of the land of Youzhou, and officially reached into the Central Plains.
Murong Hao still has a strategic vision as an emperor. However, this person has a lot of problems, many of which are very fatal shortcomings, these shortcomings are nothing in ordinary people, but they are very fatal in an emperor.
In history, Murong Hao established Qianyan, occupied several states, and was strong, but under such good conditions, he was unable to annex the world, and finally died regrettably. However, because of his shortcomings, Qianyan's economic strength gradually declined, and the country also weakened. A few years later, Qianyan was destroyed by Qianqin.
The first disadvantage is that he is short-tempered, of course, this shortcoming is shared by many leaders, they are Hu people, and it is understandable that they are people who lead troops. But he often makes trouble out of nothing, and he will get angry for many small things, beat and kill soldiers at will, and let his subordinates deviate from morality. This shortcoming is somewhat like Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms, but Zhang Fei is not like this when he is not drinking, but Murong Hao loses his temper anytime and anywhere. Although it is said that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, if the king is a madman, then no subordinate can stand it.
Forget about the short temper, but Murong Hao is still close to the villain, jealous of talents, unclear rewards and punishments, and rejects relatives. This is very excessive, this Murong Hao is jealous of his elder brother and even son, his elder brother Murong Han is brave and good at shooting, resourceful, and deeply valued and favored by his father Murong Hao, Murong Hao couldn't stand it, and wanted to kill him when he first ascended the throne, but at that time, the Great Yan Kingdom had to face many enemies, and Murong Han was very powerful in leading troops, so he couldn't kill. Therefore, when Murong Han was needed, he asked him to lead the troops, and when he didn't use it, he was imprisoned like a criminal.
Treat his half-brother like this, but he is also very careful with his own brother, and his half-brother Murong Ren, the general of the conquest, and the general Murong Zhao of Guangwu are both favored by his father Murong Diao, and Murong Hao is also indignant in his heart. The two were forced to flee to Liao and take refuge in Yuwen Xianbei. Later, because they were really talented, capable of writing and martial arts, Murong Hao sent someone to call them back. But Murong Hao is also a talent, only giving them official titles, but not giving them real power, which is very excessive.
Moreover, he treats his son like this, like his father Murong Diao, Murong Hao has many sons, and there are many talented ones. The most outstanding are his second son Murong Jun, his fourth son Murong Ke, his fifth son Murong Ba, and the sixteenth Murong De. Of course, many people have not heard of Murong Ba, but its other name, Murong Chui, should be known to many people, at least a little bit of the history of the Sixteen Kingdoms. This Murong Chui is a peerless military general who established the Great Yan Kingdom after the fall of Qianyan, and his ability to lead troops can be ranked in the top ten in the three-hundred-year history of the Sixteen Kingdoms. When Murong Fu and his father taught Murong Fu in Tianlong, he once said, "What heroes Murong Diao, Murong Ke, Murong Chui, and Murong De were in the Great Yan Kingdom, but unexpectedly, they all became extinct and peerless!"
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can't describe how many sons Murong Hao gave birth to, and the three emperors are all from different countries, so I asked you if you are a dick or not? Murong Ke, Murong Chui, and Murong De are all peerless talents, one is both civil and military, a peerless general, and the other has never been defeated in his life, but Murong Hao chose the most mediocre Murong Jun who can't tolerate his brothers like himself. Old Sixteen Murong De is too young to talk about it, but why don't you like Murong Ke and Murong Chui? Murong Ke's mother is not favored, that is, the little wife gave birth to it, and I don't mention it, but why don't you choose Murong Chui?
But Murong Hao just didn't choose, he felt that Murong Chui was too similar to his most hated brother Murong Han, both of them were geniuses who led troops, and they both received the recognition of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and they were rarely famous. You are so similar to the person I hate the most, Lao Tzu just won't let you be the prince. So the lord of the country he chosen, Murong Jun, who was also the son who was most like Murong Hao, took the throne after Murong Hao's death, forced away his fifth brother Murong Chui, and tired his fourth brother Murong Ke, and died a few years before Yan perished.
But if you look at Murong Chui, after the destruction of the former Yan, he established the Later Yan, and became the king in 384 AD, after which the southern and northern wars were basically won, if he was not too old and died of serious illness, it is estimated that he would unify the whole country. You must know that he has only reigned for less than ten years and has laid a larger territory than Qianyan, just imagine if Murong Hao passed on the throne to Murong Trai back then, and Murong Trai lived to be 71 years old, it is really possible for him to unify for more than 40 years, at least there is no problem in unifying the north. It was because Murong Chui was too much like his brother Murong Han that he hated, so Murong Hao did not pass on the throne to him, which was simply a big joke in the world.
The irascible and jealous Murong Hao, after killing his elder brother Murong Han and the two most talented younger brothers in history, was defeated repeatedly, and finally almost exhausted the foundation of the Great Yan Kingdom. If it weren't for the fourth son Murong Ke who worked hard to maintain the fortunes of the country, it is estimated that if he died, the Yan Kingdom would have perished.
Therefore, when the Empress Dowager Duan told Murong Hao that his brother Murong Han supported Da Zhao and hoped to unite with Da Zhao to destroy Da Ming, Murong Hao did not disappoint everyone's hopes and immediately made up his mind to support Da Ming and clean up the Great Zhao Kingdom. There is no one who has made such a childish decision on a national event.
Of course, is there any benefit to supporting Da Ming? Of course, people with a discerning eye can see that only by uniting Da Ming to deal with Da Zhao is the most beneficial to Da Yan, after all, their territory is next to Da Zhao, but not next to Da Ming, and this is not what a country should do. Even if Da Zhao promised that as long as Dayan sent troops, he would cede the state to Dayan. But there is half a Youzhou between Dayan and Bingzhou, even if you lay down the Bingzhou, this is an enclave, can you Dayan hold it?
So Zheng Jie met with Murong Han and Empress Dowager Duan and told them about this plan, Empress Dowager Duan and Murong Han knew Murong Han's temper, and they were really loyal to Dayan for the good of the country, so they made this bureau and let Murong Hao make a decision and stand on the side of Da Ming.
Not to mention that Empress Dowager Duan supports her son and son-in-law, Chu Yun's imperial concubine Murong is the daughter of Empress Dowager Duan, how could he not support his son and son-in-law. But Murong Han is really wholeheartedly for the sake of Dayan, loyal and loyal, the Great Yan Kingdom took most of the territory of Goguryeo, and it was Murong Han who led the troops; Dayan took half of Youzhou and Murong Han personally commanded it, your brother is about to take out his heart for you, can't you Murong Hao see it? This is really the sorrow of loyal ministers.
Of course, this doesn't matter about Da Ming, because Zheng Jie and the Supervision Department teamed up to deal with the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Hao decided to postpone the dispatch of troops for three months, if Da Ming can turn the crisis into safety, they will join forces with Da Ming to kill Da Zhao, if it doesn't work for three months, then don't blame Da Zhao for not caring about his relatives. Daming and the state are worry-free, which gives Daming more time.
Daming Chang'an.
Chu Yun called all the important ministers who knew how to fight, and even brought Zhang Bin, a guy who came back from the dead, this guy really changed from a soul to a living person, and he could even eat, drink and play with women, of course, he could even live without eating or drinking, of course he couldn't have children, no matter how powerful this divine stone was, it didn't have this function.
Chu Yun named Zhang Bin as the founding of the country, and his descendants were surprised and happy when they knew that Zhang Bin was alive, and they almost didn't go crazy, of course, a few of them were almost scared to death, after all, Zhang Bin was buried by them. But fortunately, Zhang Bin was still the same Zhang Bin, and they soon accepted it. Zhang Bin was appointed by Chu Yun as a lieutenant, the first deputy privy envoy of the Privy Council, and a large number of honorary titles, which was not a small blow to Da Zhao for Zhang Bin to take refuge in Da Ming. Of course, no matter how powerful a person is, he will be forgotten over time, and Zhang Bin's several suggestions to Chu Yun have not spread, so Da Zhao announced that this Zhang Bin is not the original Zhang Bin, and the matter slowly calmed down.
Several people shielded everyone and discussed for a day and a night, before they all dispersed, whether it was Zhang Bin, Ran Liang, Fu Hong and others, or Chu Yun, the emperor, they did not disclose any news to the outside world, and even Ma Liang and Mo Han did not know what kind of military action Daming was engaged in.
Chu Yun didn't seem to see the crisis of Daming, the days passed, the situation of Daming became worse and worse, the army besieging Guzang has been for two whole months, no one knows how long they will be besieged, but Daming rarely did not send troops, although Daliang is also very uncomfortable, after all, to support more than 300,000 troops, food and grass alone can eat Daliang country poor, but Zhang Jun rarely has no intention of withdrawing the army.
And in Yizhou, Huan Wen attacked Nanzhong like crazy, the battle between the two sides was very tragic, and the Great Jin continued to increase troops to Yizhou, and I don't know what those families were crazy about, so they actually sent out their own family's private soldiers. You have 1,000 and 500,000, and they have gathered tens of thousands of people, you must know that private soldiers are the most elite troops in the Great Jin Dynasty, why the Eastern Jin Dynasty family is so hanging, and often rebels, is not because they have their own private soldiers and tens of thousands of tenants. Like the Langya Wang family, they can easily mobilize tens of thousands of private soldiers, otherwise how could they rebel?
Just when the two roads of Daming were in crisis, a news came out, shaking the whole world, Daming Si Lizhou portal tiger prison was finally broken under the continuous attack of Da Zhao, Luoyang completely opened its arms, if Luoyang lost, Da Ming lost Si Lizhou, this is a deadly threat. Affected by this, the morale of the Great Liang Kingdom and the Great Jin Kingdom was stronger, while the Ming Dynasty was more and more looked down upon.
But fortunately, the Great Yan Kingdom has not yet started, there is still a month left on the day they agreed with Daming, they will not be in such a hurry to participate in the war, even if Daming is defeated, they can still grab the fruits of victory by waiting for another month to participate in the war. What if Daming turns defeat into victory? They will get even more.
Dayan is a start-up country, and there are still many people with vision in the country, and they have seen the abnormality of Daming. The 200,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards that Daming had just expanded were firmly in Chang'an, if something really happened to Guzang, how could they not come to the rescue, and Lu Zhong didn't care about the safety of the Tiger Pass, and did not send any reinforcements, you must know that although Luoyang has not many troops, there are nearly 100,000 troops, is Lu Zhong crazy? This is likely to be the next big game of chess for Daming.
Of course, not only many people in Dayan Kingdom have seen it, but also many people in Da Zhao, Da Liang and Da Jin have seen the problem, but they have already played, and they can't stop at all, so they can only continue to increase the stakes, or win or lose, or even go bankrupt.
Da Zhao couldn't manage so much, they left 30,000 garrisons in the Tiger Prison Pass, and immediately prepared to launch an army of 300,000 to attack the counties of Sili Prefecture, a few months ago they were still 400,000 troops, but they threw 60,000 or 70,000 people under the Tiger Prison Pass, which is worthy of being the most powerful pass in the world. However, the losses of the Ming army were not small, more than 25,000 people died, but the remaining Ming army was too unexpected, and the remaining six or seven thousand people actually abandoned the pass and fled, which made the big Zhao army, which was ready to kill everyone in the Tiger Prison Pass to vent at all. Therefore, after Li Nong and the others agreed, it was decided that in order to enhance the fighting spirit of the Great Zhao army, they were ready to slaughter the city.
Sometimes this massacre is of course to deter the enemy, but sometimes it is also a last resort, some soldiers after high-intensity fighting, if they do not relax, it is likely to collapse an army, which is now called war syndrome, which is considered a kind of mental illness. However, in ancient times, there was no way to treat psychotherapy at all, but after burning, killing and looting, the vast majority of the army would return to normal, so this kind of thing abound in ancient times. Of course, like the Manchus and the Mongols, it is really not a human thing to take this massacre as fun.
Although Li Nong, Ma Qiu and the other four are the actual commanders of the Great Zhao Army, the nominal commander of the Great Zhao Army is Shi Xing, the younger brother of Emperor Shi Hong, this guy was wiped out by Shi Hu without doing anything in history, but this world is the King of Qi of the Great Zhao State.
This person listened to Shi Hong's suggestion, he didn't intervene in this war at all, just as a mascot, I have to say that Shi Hong is still a good emperor, if it is in peacetime, it should be no less than a virtuous emperor like Emperor Wen of Han. He is very virtuous, listens to persuasion, has opinions, and is talented, but the only pity is that he doesn't know much about military strategy, but he knows how to general.
At that time, Liu Bang asked Han Xin how many soldiers he could bring, and Han Xin said 100,000. Then Liu Bang asked Han Xin how much he could bring, and Han Xin confidently said that the more the merrier. Later, Liu Bang was unhappy, so he asked you why you are a general and I am the emperor since you are so able to lead troops. As a result, Han Xin said like a sycophant, "Your Majesty is good at generals", which means that Liu Bang knows how to make good use of people.
Although Han Xin is suspected of sycophancy, this is indeed one of the best qualities of an emperor or commander, that is, he is good at employing people. Shi Hong told his younger brother Shi Xing, the king of Qi, not to interfere with several generals, so Shi Xing really didn't interfere much, so several lieutenants respected Shi Xing, the king of Qi, very much, how could such a lovely leader and subordinate not like it.
But this time, if they want to slaughter the city, they can't call the shots, they have to say hello to the King of Qi, Shi Xing, the king of Qi, is very similar to Emperor Shi Hong, they are very soft-hearted, so they hate this kind of slaughter of the city or something. Li Nong and others persuaded for a long time, and Shi Xing had to agree, although he knew that it was not good to kill people, but he also knew that this battle was related to the national fortune of Da Zhao.
Shi Xing handed over the army to Li Nong and the other four, and he was ready to return to the Tiger Prison Pass to sit in the town, it seemed that he couldn't bear to see the slaughter of the city, but in fact, he did this in order to completely grasp the grain route of the 300,000 army, as long as the logistics were in his hands, then Li Nong and the others would not be able to turn the sky. Therefore, Shi Xing is not a prince who can be underestimated, if Shi Le hadn't died too early in history, and his sons were too young, it is really uncertain whether Shi Hu can usurp the throne.
Li Nong and the others are also human spirits, they immediately knew Shi Xing's thoughts, but they were all very happy, after all, it was also troublesome to have a prince on his head to ask for instructions on everything, and they did not mean to betray Da Zhao, so Shi Xing controlled the grain road, and it was not a big deal. And the tiger prison is very important, with Shi Xing, a smart prince, in charge, isn't it foolproof?
Got rid of the shackles on his head, and could do whatever he wanted, the Great Zhao army prepared to sweep Silizhou in two ways, and one route was led by Li Nong and Li Su to lead an army of 160,000 people to Luoyang directly. And one route led by Zhang Raccoon and Ma Qiu led an army of 150,000 people to outflank Luoyang through Hedong County.
The second way is to prevent the Ming Dynasty's Bingzhou army from supporting Luoyang, so when it encounters the Bingzhou army, it will be blocked on the spot, and if it is not encountered, it will be surrounded by Luoyang from the east and west, and completely take this important town in the Central Plains. And the towns you met along the way were disposed of by Sergeant Zhao, that is to say, you can do whatever you want, slaughter the city or something, you can do anything.
This made the morale of the Zhao army, which was mainly composed of Chinese people, high, of course, these Chinese people are also the people of the Qian nationality, and what they did in history is simply outrageous, and it is really rare for a nation to take pleasure in killing. This time, Zhao has an army of 400,000, and at least 200,000 are Chinese soldiers, which is close to half of the adult men of their Qian people, so it can be said that Zhao Guo really tried his best this time.
However, soon the commanders of the two roads found out that there was a big problem, the villages, towns and even some cities they encountered along the way did not have a person or a grain of grain, and the Ming Dynasty was actually strong and clear, which made Da Zhao hold back his anger and couldn't vent it, and the most important thing was that they could only rely on the rear to transport grain, and their original plan to collect grain and grass on the spot after arriving in Sili Prefecture went bankrupt.
When they came to a few big cities such as county towns and county towns, they didn't meet a single person, and when they found something to eat, several generals of the Great Zhao Army all felt that something was wrong, although they didn't encounter the enemy, but they faintly felt that there must be a conspiracy in it.
Li Nong, Zhang Raccoon, Li Su and Ma Qiu immediately led their troops to stop, and they immediately sent people to report to Shi Xing, the king of Qi, and the abnormality of Si Lizhou, if Shi Xing asked them to withdraw their troops, of course, if he let them continue to attack, then something happened, and this pot would have to be carried by King Qi. Qi King Shi Xing is not a fool, he immediately replied to tell several generals to be on standby, and then wrote to the emperor Shi Hong, Shi Xing pushed two five or six, kicked the ball to Shi Hong, this hand Tai Chi, although he will not have any problems, but it delays the time to attack.
Da Zhao's army stopped for half a month, and when they received the order to continue the attack, they didn't know that there had been earth-shattering changes in the battlefield of the Western Front of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Empire, which had always put away its claws, finally showed its fangs as the number one power in the world, and this terrible fangs were enough to tear apart any opponent.