Chapter 406

When all things are silent in winter, winter cold brings ice and freezing. Not only people can't stand the cold, but also animals and plants will be affected.

Relatively speaking, as intelligent people, they don't need to follow the deep imprint of genes like animals. They can choose to do something according to their own or others' wishes.

When xie'an was ordered to return to Chang'an from Longxi, not only could he see snow-white everywhere on the way, but the whole Chang'an city was actually shrouded in white.

The expedition to Longxi was not a very important thing for the Han state. It was only the need of Ran min, in order to stabilize the rear before the arrival of Shi Hu. After the overall change of the situation, there was no need to stabilize any rear. In particular, ran min was ready to go to Yuzhou at any time.

"That one expanded his troops to 300000 in just two months." Geining is the one who conveys military orders to Xie an. He witnessed part of what happened in Chang'an, frowned deeply and said, "almost all those who can join the army have been accepted."

Ran min's troops need to be registered when they arrive in Yuzhou, but they are not all accepted. They must be eliminated through advantages and disadvantages, such as removing the old, the weak and the disabled. Should ran min know this?

Chang'an has almost no idle people. It seems to have become a large military camp. You can see wandering soldiers everywhere.

Xie an entered Longxi with 20000 forbidden guards, and more than 17000 returned to Chang'an, which is equivalent to nearly 3000 people killed in Longxi. They fought in Longxi for nearly four months. There were only two real wars, and the rest were spent chasing and being chased.

Longxi is an area dominated by plains. Although it has long been ruled by Chinese civilization, it has always been dominated by herders in the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. There are some strange reasons for this. Just as it is difficult to reclaim agriculture in later generations, there is no deep sand under the turf. Similar environment can not be used as an agricultural area.

Xie an and others fought in a vast area in Longxi, even once entered an unknown basin (Tuyuhun), and a continuous mountain range (Xiqiang mountain) can be seen in the distance.

"That one has done quite a lot lately." Gaining's eyebrows didn't loosen: "you need to pay close attention."

Xie an just nodded to show understanding.

The Han side had doubts about what action ran min would take, and even had enough psychological preparation for ran min to stand on his own again.

Xie an led the army to Chang'an without the command of monitoring ran min and his subordinates. First, 17000 could not be monitored in the face of nearly 300000. Second, the state of Han had no spare power to manage anything.

In fact, it's really like that. If ran Min wants to stand on his own again, it's really the best time. At this time, no party has extra energy to manage except Zhang Liangguo.

Chang'an palace city was repaired once during Liu Yao's period. Ran min expanded again after the founding of the people's Republic of China. It must not be compared with the palace built by Shi Hu, but it is much more magnificent than the palace city in Linzi.

Xie'an came to Chang'an. Ran min sent someone to call as soon as he received the news.

When Xie an came to Miyagi, he saw a large number of troops gathered around Miyagi. It seems that these troops are preparing for development.

"The king doesn't care about Guanzhong for the time being. Those who are willing to move with us should go. They have already gone." Ran min was fully armed, wearing a special bright light armor made by the generals of the Han Army, wearing a bright red cloak behind his back, and pressing his right hand on the handle of the sword: "we will drive to Yuzhou in a month, but we have to eliminate those bastards before we go."

Xie anling thought for a moment and quickly reacted.

The bastard that ran min refers to has no other people. It must be those local big families and powerful people who have not cooperated with them for a long time, and such people are unimaginable.

"Of course, it can't be completely eliminated in a month, but how much can be eliminated is how much." Ran min sneered: "start from Longdong and sweep all the way to the East."

Gainin, who had been frowning deeply, finally loosened his grip. He said relatively respectfully, "but I don't know when the general will start to take action?"

"It's already started." Ran min didn't know who gainin was. He looked at Xie an and said, "I need your help."

Now xie'an frowned: "an's order is to bring the troops to the edge of Chang'an."

"You're going to be out, don't you?" Ran Min has a tough attitude: "you have an elite infantry under your command, and you are very experienced in attacking cities and pulling out strongholds."

Xie an shook her head and didn't say a word.

Jiang Gan, who had been standing quietly beside him, said appropriately, "the army in Guanzhong is also the king's army. The number of casualties is the king's loss. With the assistance of the elite infantry under Anshi, a lot of losses can be reduced."

"Military orders are military orders." Xie an is not a tough man. He just doesn't like ran min. few people like ran min south of the Yangtze River exist. He said bluntly, "if you don't attack, there will be no loss."

In an instant, ran min's face became extremely ugly. Yes, he was out of personal resentment. Before he left, he had to complain about revenge. After all, he was choked by the local giants and big families.

Jiang Gan wanted to speak to ease the atmosphere. Seeing Xie an's expressionless face, he didn't know what to say.

"Then go away." Ran min never knew what politeness was. He could bear it when he installed his grandson on Shijie. After rebelling against Shijie, he didn't bear it once: "roll away with your troops immediately."

Xie an still had no expression on her face: "I can only walk, not roll.", Looking at ran min without fear, he said, "the order is to stay around Chang'an city. Unless there is a new military order, he won't even move a step."

"Look, look, these aristocratic families have very hard bones now." Ran Min said sarcastically to Jiang Gan, "if they had such bones before, they wouldn't have lost the Central Plains and fled to the south like a lost dog."

Xie'an frowned, looked at ran min with a mocking expression, looked at Jiang Gan with a bitter smile, and said to gaining, "go."

Almost as soon as Xie an came out of the palace city, bursts of war drums and horns were heard in the tower of the palace city. The troops originally assembled around the palace city drove out in an orderly manner, leaving Chang'an City from the north gate and the west gate respectively.

"Defiant!" Gaining said that no one needs to guess: "it doesn't look like a human minister at all. He eats the food we give, wears the clothes we give and uses the weapons we give, but he goes his own way."

Xie an doesn't speak. He must hurry back to the barracks. He doesn't want to send troops to fight with ran min, but to prevent ran min from sending troops to report personal grievances as false, and it's true to attack the Han army.

As a result, ran min did not attack xie'an's headquarters at all. He really marched to the West with a lot of luggage and related siege equipment.

"Some time ago, Liang Wang had just left. Before leaving, he had many private meetings with ran you." Gaining said suspiciously, "is he really going to attack the city and pull out the stronghold with his troops to the west, or will he go to King Liang for shelter?"

Xie an is willing to guess ran min with the most sinister mind. Any aristocratic family in the South will guess like this, but he doesn't think ran min will do that.

Zhang's cool country will not be a good shelter. It is not barren there, but it is sparsely populated and remote. What Zhang Jun needs is ran min as a barrier in Guanzhong, not to enter Zhang's cool country and find a place to restore strength. After all, who can be sure that ran min will not occupy the magpie's nest.

"It's true to go your own way. It's also true to report personal grievances." Xie an didn't know gaining at all, but he had a good impression and was willing to talk more: "his family members, his subordinates' family members, including most of his followers, are in the territory of Han. Even if he is willing to leave his family members, will his subordinates agree?"

Gaining deeply thought that even if ran min himself could be cold-blooded, ran min could not let all his subordinates be cold-blooded. He smiled bitterly and said, "in order to report personal grievances before leaving, use troops in winter? It's really..."

A month passed quickly. Ran min led more than 100000 troops to the war, but the troops he brought back were less than 70000. They brought back a huge amount of booty, including the captured head.

The heads were soaked in lime and preserved. They were loaded with more than 400 cars. According to the calculation that a car can hold 300 heads, ran min cut off more than 120000 heads in a month?

"What do you mean?" Seeing that some of the loaded heads had completely rotted into skeletons, gaining was surprised and said, "are they going to be transported to Yuzhou according to military merit?"

Xie Anke was not only surprised, but also completely disgusted: "the heads of women, children, old and weak accounted for the majority."

The Han Army calculates military merit according to the level of the captured head, but it does not depend entirely on the number of wars won, the number of battles participated in, and so on.

After only three days of preparation, ran min sent someone to tell Xie an that he could leave for Yuzhou at any time. He really wants to take those heads to Yuzhou. It seems that he wants 120000 of his subordinates to have at least the first-class title of the 20th military merit baron. It's not only funny, but also very fucking.

"This is a big problem!" Gaining seemed to have a kind of respect for ran min and said, "is it the last time he fought for welfare for his followers?"

Xie an has long thought of that, but his impression of Ran Min has not changed at all. He really felt that ran min's IQ was slightly low in some aspects. Can't he think that this was undermining the military system of the Han state, or even embarrassing the whole Han state?

In any case, the huge team in Guanzhong began to go out of Yiguan and go to luojun to Yuzhou. The team seemed very vast and connected for tens of miles.

Throughout the winter, if there were any actions in Shijie, Zhao and Han, both sides were doing their best to prepare for war.

The Han Dynasty used a winter to recruit troops and conduct necessary training. The necessary war materials will certainly be concentrated on the battlefield to which they should be sent.

Not only the troops and supplies, Liu Yan also kept discussing with his officials and workers and seized the gap to build a lot of fortifications. For example, he built as many "castles" and garrison fortresses as possible in the Han Army controlled area to the east of Puyang County, and urgently built city walls and Related Fortifications in Nanpi (Bohai county) and Lecheng (Hejian county) of Jizhou.

Liu Yan, who was in fenggao, learned that ran min had left the pass with his troops. There was no accident and he would soon arrive in Yuzhou. He also knew that ran min had brought more than 400 carts of heads and said he wanted to ask for merit for his soldiers.

"This example cannot be disconnected!" Ji Chang's anger: "if you don't say it's full of women, children, old and weak, just say it's not registered. You can't promise such misdeeds!"

"Even if we admit that those soldiers will think it is the grace of the king or remember Ran's grace?" Sang Yu looked very angry and smiled back: "I heard that the idea came from Liang Wang. What is he going to do?"

According to the law of the state of Han, it is not soldiers who gain on the battlefield, but also can exchange merit, and can be regarded as military merit. Such rules are inherited from the Pre-Qin Dynasty, which was such a rule before.

Liu Yan knows that both Ji Chang and sang Yu are talking angrily. His inner troubles are more than anger. After all, rules are rules. No matter how disgusted he is, he can't ignore the rules because of anger.

"Let alone what Zhang Jun wants to do." Liu Yan looked at Cai you and said, "be prepared to see where the land to be rewarded should be selected, and the slaves to be allocated should be allocated as soon as possible."

Ji Chang and sang Yu looked at each other silently. They understood that Liu Yan must feel extremely disgusted, but as a king, he was so helpless.

"There is a short rainy season after the beginning of spring. Considering that large-scale fighting is still impossible in the muddy season, we should do more during this period." Liu Yan couldn't help looking at Xie AI sitting on one side. After a pause, he said, "how to go to Hejin and how to control Dai is the most urgent thing at present."

Attack Zhao, Yuyan, Mengliang, Yudai, and Jin. This is the national policy given by Xie AI. It is said that Liu Yan has begun to implement it, but it is really not what to say in terms of effectiveness.

At present, the Han state is trying to ease relations with the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Huan Wen once again went to Jiankang in the name of an envoy. There is only one message. The small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty asked Liu Yan to change his country name to Qi and abolish mount Tai sacrifice, and even asked Liu Yan to become a minister.

Is that a lion's big mouth? Anyway, the small ~ court mentioned another thing, that is, otherwise hundreds of thousands of Jin troops will cross the river and go north.

Liu Yan knew that Xiao Chaoting was very serious about his serious and funny attitude. After reading the news from Huan Wen, he once wanted to recruit people back, but Xie AI thought it could be delayed.

Xie AI's opinion is very simple. Even if one party is serious and funny, it is also a negotiation, which is tantamount to procrastination. He was very aware of the efficiency of the small ~ court. As long as Huan Wen was still arguing with Jiankang for two or three years, it was not completely impossible. Dragging was absolutely beneficial to the Han country.

Yudai? Lu Yi is still in the grassland. Sometimes, there are news back. He also takes charge of Tuoba Xiu's dowry and armed nearly 15000 people. It is difficult to understand the actions of Tuobashi Yijian.