Chapter 605

Many times, what subordinates do will be regarded as the work of the boss, so that the boss can always get some inexplicable good reputation or bad reputation.

Ran min is indifferent to whether to set fire or not. He knows very well that even if he really crosses the river, with the terrain on the East Bank of Qiushui and at least tens of thousands of Murong Yan army around, it is not generally difficult to complete a rapid breakthrough, especially the commander in chief of Murong Yan army is Murong Ke.

The Han Army has begun to launch rockets. As the background, there is a lot of movement in the forest. I don't know how many Murong Yan army's steps and horses retreat noisily to the rear.

After the rocket was launched, there was no fire at first. That was because the ice and snow had just melted, the plants themselves were vibrant, and there were not many dead leaves or weeds to support the combustion. In addition, the front end of the forest was not sprinkled with fierce fire oil.

From the time when the Han Army started firing rockets, the Han Army later learned that Murong Yan army took the initiative to retreat and stopped firing arrows. About two quarters of an hour later, smoke suddenly began to appear in the depths of the forest. It was a kind of smoke from multiple locations, not from one location and then spread to the surrounding areas. The Han Army did not take any action. It can be seen that Murong Yanjun took the initiative to burn the forest.

Indeed, Murong Ke ordered the burning of forests. Murong Yan state should strive for more time to transfer. What means can be used to delay the advance speed of the Han Army, that is, what means can be used.

Murong Yan state wants to transfer. It's not too much to say that the whole country moves. After they move to a new area, they have to carry out a large number of wars. How many troops can be saved must not be lost. Setting fire to the forest to prevent the advancement of the Han army is undoubtedly a very appropriate act.

With the help of fierce fire oil, the fire spread quickly. Under the cloudless sunny weather, the thick smoke rising from the ground was very eye-catching, and the thick smoke was sweeping towards the Han Army station because of the southwest wind.

"It's unlikely, but you should be fully prepared." Chen Zhan said whether Murong Yanjun would launch an attack through thick smoke, so he ordered: "pay close attention to the deployment and spread the sentry as far as possible."

Knowing that Chen Zhan's concern was not superfluous, Zhang Hou cautiously "promised" to go down to defend himself.

The four floating bridges ride across the river all the time. Some of the first batch of people come to thicken the front-line defense chain, while others take prepared tools to clean up grass and trees in order to increase the space of the camp.

In addition to using floating bridges to cross the river, the Han army was also constantly using boats to send troops from the West Bank to the East Bank of Qiushui, making the river section here a busy scene from high altitude.

"Murong Ke took the initiative to withdraw and set fire?" Ran min had long seen the thick smoke rising from the depths of the woods on the East Bank of Qiushui. He knew that it was not the Han army before he was reported. After all, the range of the Han Army's bow and crossbow was far, but it was not so exaggerated: "this is the first battle General of the Yan army?"

Ran min's attitude is half disdain and half appreciation. It will be so complex. From the perspective of a fierce general, he feels that Murong Ke does not belong to the blood of a martial artist, and from the perspective of a commander, he feels that Murong Ke's choice is very rational.

In a few short years, the Han state attacked and destroyed several countries in succession. If it was far away, it would be near. The Tuoba generation country eliminated the country itself before it fought. The Liang state of Zhang just lost the golden city and would return to the banner of the Han Dynasty. As a result, the military spirit and people of the Han state were at the height of the sun, and the enemy country of the Han state would be another scene.

"Then some countries have been destroyed by the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and with the information that Murong Xianbei is migrating on a large scale, it is not difficult to guess what will happen next." Liu Yi smiled, touched his chin and said, "it's just you. You won't take the initiative to ask the center. If there's no Taiwei's reminder, you probably won't think about it. It's just that the center didn't inform you. Should you pay attention to this...?"

After hearing this, ran min kept waving his hand: "what do you do when you think so much and say so much? Facing the enemy is nothing more than doing it. Either you die or I die."

The smile on Liu Yi's face immediately stiffened, and then his cheeks twitched constantly. He felt that it was really enough to put such a master on the stand. He had no political sense of smell. He was even interested in paying attention to the overall situation, and lack of interest would be very fatal. It's not that he didn't remind. It should be said that he reminded quite a lot, but ran min still went his own way.

Under the southwest wind, the rolling smoke soon covered the Han Army on the bank, gradually covered the Qiushui River, and even spread to the West Bank.

What's the smell of the burning smoke? Secondly, if you smoke too much, it will inevitably cause harm. Fortunately, the Han Army found the situation early and stepped up the preparation of wet cloth to let the soldiers cover their mouth and nose, but their eyes can't be covered.

"Terrible!" Liu Yan couldn't see the situation on the East Bank of Qiushui through the smoke. He turned and asked Xu Zheng, "Yan army has fully retreated?"

Xu Zheng also frowned. After answering Liu Yan's question, he said, "Sir, why don't you just leave a few troops and withdraw the rest?"

There are a wide range of forest areas on both sides of the hill and water. Before deliberately setting fire to the forest, the seasonal wind direction has been investigated. According to the Han Army, it means that the forest needs to be burned when the wind direction is appropriate, but obviously not everything will follow the rhythm of the Han army.

"It will be possible to change the wind direction tomorrow." Sang Yu stared at the thick smoke and said, "maybe the wind direction will not change."

In fact, it's quite speechless and tangled. Just when the troops were delivered in the past and ordered to withdraw temporarily, it will undoubtedly have an impact on morale, but it's better than unnecessary casualties. Liu Yan ordered the troops from the east bank to withdraw to the West Bank.

"Come on, if you want to withdraw, you'd better let the enemy find us. After we retreat, we'd better return and deploy our defense." When ran Min said this, the surroundings were full of thick smoke. As he kept swinging his arms, he rolled up the smoke, because his mouth covered with wet wipes, and his voice was also muffled: "you can't see anything. Let the soldiers take it easy when crossing the river."

The order to withdraw to the West Bank of Qiushui was quickly passed on, and the soldiers who could not stand the bad environment for a long time could not help cheering while breathing a sigh of relief.

"This..." Chen Zhan was always at the forefront. When he received the order, he was full of entanglement and scolded in a low voice: "didn't you have prepared to set fire long ago? Even wet wipes have been prepared long ago. The corpses of the soldiers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty have waded over. They are afraid of the thick smoke?"

No one heard Chen Zhan's whisper, and he didn't dare to disobey the order. As the first batch of vanguard troops crossing the river, they took great pains to open up the camp after coming to the east bank, and hundreds of people were involved in the fight with Murong Yan army. They were really unwilling to take the initiative to withdraw.

It is often said that swords and swords have no eyes. Of course, water and fire have no eyes. It can even be said that swords and swords can be controlled, but water and fire are difficult to be controlled by manpower. Murongke means to take advantage of the opportunity of thick smoke to attack the Han army. The problem is that not only the Han army will die if it smokes too much, but also the Han army will be blinded by thick smoke. Therefore, murongke has arranged hundreds of people to risk their lives to attack, But only a few of these people succeeded in approaching the Han army while their eyes were confused by thick smoke, but there was no water spray at all.

"Is there really an enemy attack risking his life?" Chen Zhan was standing on the edge of the floating bridge, listening to the sound of gurgling water in his ears. Except for the occasional cough, no one around made a noise: "is it serious?"

Zhang Hou immediately replied, "although we have been prepared, there are still casualties. It is simply that three people were killed, two were seriously injured and 16 enemy soldiers were killed. It is not clear whether there is any left."

Sneak attacks in the clothes of hostile camps are common in military history. Each time it can make it difficult for the enemy to distinguish between the enemy and us, and it can cause great confusion and panic when its vision is blocked.

Murong Ke on the other side was also listening to the report. They could not know how many casualties had been caused to the Han army. They could only judge that there was no chaos in the Han Army, and it would be difficult to carry out follow-up actions.

"I heard that the military discipline of the Han army was extremely strict?" Liu Xiang could not hide his regretful expression and said bitterly, "if the Han army is in chaos, although it is difficult to completely annihilate the Han Army on the east bank, it will not be without any hard work."

Murong Ke, of course, felt a pity. In a way, he was more afraid of the Han army.

About in the afternoon, the Han Army on the East Bank of Qiushui completed the action of retreating to the West Bank. Looking from the West Bank to the East, there were towering columns of smoke, which almost blocked half the sky.

The forest burns and fires, and many animals that originally inhabit the forest flee everywhere. You can see many panicked animals fleeing out of the forest and directly rushing into the river. Some of them can float on the water surface, while many can directly sink to the bottom after splashing down.

"It is estimated that it will burn for at least ten days. The area affected depends on whether the enemy has cut out a fire stop zone." Xu Zheng doesn't see any concern, Even said in a relatively relaxed tone: "the terrain on the East Bank of Qiushui is relatively complex. In addition to the current landing sites, there are still seven or eight suitable landing sites. Before, we deliberately only opened up the current area to attract the enemy to fight. Since Murong was cautious and took the initiative to set fire, it is time to open up other landing sites."

In the final analysis, only 80000 Han troops arrived in Qiushui first, but the fleet from the Bohai Sea is endless. The Han troops who controlled Qiushui not only have an unimpeded fleet, but also have appropriate terrain. There are not many difficulties in opening up landing points, only whether they want to help the war or not.

The action to be taken is actually already under way. The new landing point closest to the current position is three miles away. There are a large number of fleets gathered there, and the landing forces carried by boats have actually set foot on the land on the east bank.

"This forest area is very wide, and there are many mountains behind it." Xu Zheng went to the edge of the sand table and pointed to a mountainous area: "here are full of enemy camps. It can be seen that he wants to rely on the terrain for solid defense.", He pointed to the surrounding areas and continued: "these places are flat and are the most likely areas for war."

It is reported that Murong Ke has more than 100000 troops under his command. Because he has enough time to prepare, all the terrain he can rely on will build fortifications early. If the Han army wants to attack, it can only break through those defense chains. It is not easy to say whether there will be a war after reaching the plain.

Murong Xianbei is a nomadic people. They are better at riding than mountain defense.

Murong Ke brought marten and leopard cavalry this time. According to the information provided by the internal line of the Han country, some changes have taken place in the marten and leopard cavalry in the past two years. For example, Murong Ke ordered people to build a considerable number of iron chains, which are used for the connection between marten and leopard cavalry, that is, heavy cavalry is connected with iron chains, and the iron chains are also full of sharp blades and barbs.

"They have a strong sense of crisis. It is estimated that they also know that the Great Han will send troops to destroy the country. At any cost, they have expanded the number of mink and leopard cavalry to 6000. 4000 are in the so-called western front battlefield." LV Yi is in charge of diplomatic relations, and he is also in charge of the contact with the anti bone cubs of various countries who take refuge in the Han state: "the general of the eastern expedition has met mink and leopard cavalry on the western line, and the facts have proved that they are very difficult to deal with."

The so-called west line is the east route army commanded by murongjun himself. They have collided with the multinational coalition army led by LV Tai.

Murongjun dispatched mink and leopard cavalry in the first war. Two thousand heavy cavalry swept away in the face of 30000 troops from Koguryo, Baiji, Silla and the Japanese islands.

"..." Liu Yan glanced at LV Yi with a little dissatisfaction. There was no fight with the sable and leopard cavalry here. That was a reminder, but it also caused the psychological burden of the generals and schools.

Next, the Han army opened four landing ports in succession, and Murong Ke stopped it a little. However, facing the long-range weapons of the Han Army's ships on the Qiushui River, the situation was the same as the process of the Han Army opening the landing port for the first time. Murong Yan army could not bear too many losses, and could only watch the landing port established by the Han Army gradually take shape.

From the burning and spreading of the fire to the extinction of the open fire, only smoke remained. It lasted 13 days before the situation improved.

After a big fire, the East Bank of Qiushui was originally full of green and turned into a scorched black. It was disturbing to see a piece of scorched earth within at least seven or eight miles.

The fire in the vast area had been extinguished, and there were no more combustibles left, even if there were ashes. When the Han Army crossed the river again from the first landing point, the figure of Murong Yan army reappeared.

During the river crossing period again, the number of bridges that could be passed had increased to seven. Murong Ke watched the Han Army pouring from seven bridges to the East Bank of Qiushui from a distance. He saw that the Han Army across the river organized a formation, moved forward, waved his hand expressionless, and then left with the army.

"Come and go at once. What do you mean?" Chen Zhan's headquarters tried hard to get the first batch of troops crossing the river. When he found that the enemy appeared, he thought he could fight. Unexpectedly, the enemy just showed his face and retreated: "please tell the Hussars general, do you want to pursue?"

Ran min replied "chasing", but when he caught up with the edge of the forest, he stopped to build fortifications.

No problem. There was a forest fire in the past, but Murong Yanjun had a fire stop zone, which burned down seven or eight miles of woods, but there was still a large forest behind, followed by the fortification chain built by Murong Yanjun.