Chapter 607

"After that, there will be no forest to burn." Liu Xiang was certainly in favor of burning the forest to hinder the advancement of the Han army. Looking at Murong Ke with a frown, he said: "our army has arranged a large number of bed crossbows in the stronghold, which should make it difficult for the Han Army to break through."

Around the East Bank of Qiushui is a forest area of about four or five miles, followed by irregularly distributed mountains. The so-called mountains, in fact, are not connected. They are distributed into a large area. The mountains are not steep. Many of them are just hills at all.

In that fragmented mountainous area, there are some places that can accommodate the army to fight. Of course, it can also provide enough open space to establish camps. The military camp of Murong Yan army is established. The Israeli military camp is linked with the surrounding mountains, and multiple corners are set up according to the distribution of troops.

Murongke set fire to the forest in order to delay the pace of the Han army. The reason why he did so also has a mentality of "Lao Tzu has to abandon this territory and it doesn't matter how he tosses". It is the Han side that should worry about the environment.

There are 110000 Murong Yan troops on the front of Qiushui. After the two sides entered the combat state, the Murong Yan army lost more than 2000 people, and there should be 400 or 500 people in the Han army. The combined strength of the two armies is nearly 200000, and it took nearly a month for no more than 3000 people to lose. It seems that the intensity of the war is extremely light, but the damage to the environment is extremely great.

On the West Bank of Qiushui, the forest area cut down by the Han army is at least ten miles around. Wood is only a few materials used to build camps, and most of them are stored. The burned forest area on the East Bank of Qiushui is very wide. At a rough glance, the forest area with a radius of at least thirteen or four miles has become ashes, and the dark scorched soil is shocking.

"We... Are really not used to mountain warfare." Murong Ke would say that the two armies have begun the offensive and defensive war: "two mountains have been conquered in only one day, and the channel will be broken through soon."

Liu Xiang could only smile bitterly. They arranged non Xianbei people at the front of the front line, including the original Jin people, many of whom were prisoners of all nationalities from the northeast. Those people were not determined to fight. Some soldiers whose families were hostages in the rear wanted to lose their lives and could not play with the Han army.

The so-called two conquered mountains, one is about 200 meters above sea level, and the other is about 300 meters above sea level. The terrain of the two mountains is very general, but it only has the advantage of being condescending. Murongke did not arrange bed crossbow as a sharp weapon for the troops destined to be consumed. The Han Army directly hit the top of the mountain with two charges in a day.

Of course, the commander of the two mountain defense is the general of Murong Xianbei. Only Murong Ke said that he did not understand mountain war. He carefully asked Liu Xiang: "there are people familiar with mountain war among Fuyu and Koguryo, but we don't believe their loyalty."

By the way, Murong Ke is now the Duke of Murong Yan state. The title of Duke henggong is the reward given by Murong Ke for his great support after Murong Jun succeeded to the throne, not for Murong Ke's outstanding military achievements, which is somewhat ironic.

Murong Xianbei defeated many forces in the process of rising. Yuwen Xianbei was split by itself. Duan Xianbei even lost his shadow. Only Koguryo was left in other Northeast countries. In the process, he not only got wealth and many slaves, but also captured the generals of hostile forces.

The northeast is a big place. Fuyu, Quwo, Shen, Lou and so on have also been inherited for a long time. Among them, Fuyu, Quwo and Shen established their own country.

"Fuyu and Quwo are mountain countries themselves..." Liu Xiang hesitated before saying, "or can his family be taken hostage and coerce them to contribute to Dayan?"

Murong Ke raised his eyebrows. He had thought of this for a long time, but he still felt inappropriate.

The rise of the Han state is very fierce now. If it is only to dominate in that corner of the Central Plains, in fact, the radiation of influence is still limited. The problem is that Koguryo, Baiji and Xinluo in the peninsula region have successively joined the Han state, which radiated the influence of the Han state, and also has a great reputation among all ethnic groups in the northeast.

The countries and forces in Northeast China were successively attacked and destroyed by Murong Yan state. If Murong Yan state had been strong, it would be fine. The countries and forces in Northeast China could not borrow external forces if they wanted to resist, but now it is not Han state invading, and Han state also has a strong influence in Northeast China?

"I..." Murong Ke took a deep breath, spit it out and then said, "what I'm worried about is moistening water and the north line."

In other words, because it takes time for news transmission, the news of Tuoba shiyijian's defection has not reached Murong Ke, and the news that the Han Army has approached Longcheng for 200 miles has not come.

Murong Ke has reason to worry about moistening water. Murong Xianbei has more than once wanted to make moistening water an unparalleled water system. It is more difficult than they thought to make an iron rope connecting the river and a sunken ship making artificial reefs.

No kidding, it's really difficult to block the river with today's technology. We need to consider more than resources and labor. If we don't master some technologies, we can only achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Murongyan has mastered the smelting technology, and the number of domestic craftsmen is not small, but their craftsmen still need to be responsible for the ordnance of the whole army. Pulling out people to build iron chains means that the building of some ordnance must be stopped.

Let's talk about the ship construction of Murong Yanguo. They have been attacked and destroyed by the Han army since they wanted to build a shipbuilding base. Even if they build a ship, it always takes a period of trial voyage to build a good ship. Few ships can live to complete the trial voyage. Most of them attract Han Army ships as soon as they get out of the dock, As a result, it took so many years to build a navy of more than 40 large and small warships.

Murong Yanguo knew that the water system connecting the Bohai Sea was a great threat, and it was difficult to cut off the channel by manpower. In the end, it only started to build a dam, and the dam project was not smooth sailing. Under the constraint that it would be gone once, it must be in a hurry to dig a dam.

"North line?" Liu Xiang said in confusion: "the Tuoba family was forced to remove the country by the king of Han. The original king must hate the king of Han to the bone..."

In the view of the vast majority of people, Tuoba generation country was forced by the Han country to give up its territory and flee far. Tuoba shiyijian took the remnant to Murong Yan country. Naturally, Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Yan country should stand in a common position against the Han country.

With a common enemy, and Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei are not rivals of the Han Dynasty. First, Tuoba family withdrew to Xianbei grassland, and then Murong family also planned to move around the country. They have made an appointment to deal with Rouran and donggaoche together. How can they be regarded as close allies?

"The state of Han is too strong!" Murong Ke was full of fear and said solemnly, "not only did the Han state sweep all countries successively, but what I said is strong, which refers to the endless ambition of Liu Yan, king of the Han Dynasty."

As Liu Xiang, who studied Confucianism since childhood and then became a great Confucian, his attitude towards Liu Yan is very complex. How many times he worshipped Liu Yan can sweep away foreign nationalities and restore the dominant position of the Han family, but he does not agree with Liu Yan's attitude towards all ethnic groups, especially his militarism.

In Liu Xiang's view, it is certainly gratifying for the Han family to restore its dominance. It is not only that the status of the Han Miao people is no longer inferior to that of beasts, but also that they have been more respected by their masters.

Confucianism is divided into factions, including those without borders and nationalities. This faction is divided into camps based on culture, which shows that the white point is the set of "barbarians and Chinese, then Chinese; Chinese and barbarians, then barbarians". It does not look at blood relationship, but only looks at the identification of culture.

It can not be said that "those who are barbarians and Chinese are Chinese; those who are Chinese and barbarians are barbarians" is wrong. It is that this faction of Confucianism has not straightened out its position at all. It basically doesn't matter whether it is active to integrate or passive to be integrated. Usually, this is the case for most of the Confucians who have no intentional burden to take refuge in the foreign race after the foreign race has gained power.

Take Liu Xiang as an example. At first, they were forced to work for Murong Xianbei. After being treated favorably or kindly, they didn't treat themselves and their oppressed colleagues as people of the same kind. Then they tended to want to change Murong Xianbei's mentality, whether it was subtle or anything. They wanted Chinese culture to become the mainstream of Murong Yanguo, From top to bottom, Murong Yan country will be transformed into a country with Chinese culture as the mainstream.

Similar to many scholars who want to change their culture and living habits after taking refuge in a foreign country, some have succeeded in shaking the world and weeping ghosts and gods. It is really difficult to judge their achievements and losses. The most successful is the self Sinicization of the ruling class in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The most frightening thing is that "I Qing" created a group of slaves after accepting the culture.

The period of Wu Hu's chaos in China was the first time that the Hu people stepped into the Central Plains and became rulers. Their ruling means were mainly violent and cruel. Because it was the first time for the Hu people to enter the Central Plains, those cultural people who took refuge in a foreign race were not as heartless as their descendants. They were more or less pinched and had a psychological burden. That's why another group appeared, that is, after taking refuge in a foreign race, they tried their best to make their master become the ruler of the Central Plains, and use such results to prove their vision.

If Liu Yan had not been born, those cultural people who took refuge in other nationalities would have succeeded successively, worked for other nationalities, gained glory, wealth and reputation, and created a glorious example for future generations, so that it would no longer be an absolutely shameful thing for cultural people to take refuge in other nationalities after Wuhu chaos. We should distinguish the good vision after the success of other nationalities from the blindness without success of other nationalities.

"Strive for at least two more months..." Liu Xiang's psychological burden is very large now. He belongs to the group of people who tried to instigate Murong Xianbei to go south. So he did it just to prove his vision, but now he obviously can't do it. He tried to cover up his disappointment and frustration and said, "two months is enough time for Yan to withdraw the people who should be withdrawn."

Murong Yan decided to move the whole country seven months ago. They recognized the strong rise of the Han state, determined Liu Yan's determination to attack and destroy them, repeatedly discussed and debated, and knew that it was difficult to resist the Han state whether they wanted it or not.

It has to be said that Murong Xianbei's rise is not a fluke. In addition to his ability and strength, it is also because he can face himself squarely and make a quick decision when he has to make a decision. Anyway, he will never procrastinate.

"If there is no accident, it should be able to win two months." Murong Ke's voice just fell. Someone outside shouted for help. His face changed and he shouted, "come in!"

The curtain was lifted, and Ju Yun came in. He looked more or less embarrassed, and his face was constantly flustered: "henggong, a large number of Han troops landed from Rushui. Except for Zhicheng, most of the way has been swept away."

What is Murong Ke afraid of? Early in the morning, he was afraid that the Han army would use the moistening water to cut off his own back road. It was not that he did not carry out a variety of arrangements. When he heard that most of the arrangements except the Zhicheng were wiped out, he was angry at the same time.

Liu Xiang immediately asked, "how many Han troops are there?"

Ju Yun was in charge of the water front. He joined the army in Murong Yan state. The official position of joining the army is big or small. It depends on what he is responsible for. He once joined the army under Murong seal's personal control. After Murong seal died, he also received the attention of Murong Jun and Murong Ke.

"Suddenly there was a big move in the water..." Murong Ke thought more. It was no longer the key to how many Han troops appeared in the water. He said seriously: "what news is there from Tuoba shiyijian and the king?"

In the final analysis, no matter how many Han troops launched an offensive from Rushui, as long as the Zhicheng is still in the hands of Murong Yan state, Murong Ke will not have no way back. He was not a general who only focused on the local part, but also had an unimaginable concern for the overall situation. When he heard the actions of the Han Army in the water, he suddenly thought that the situation of the whole national war must change.

Ju Yun's face was very ugly. He led his troops to fight with the landing Han army. There was no accident that he was defeated. He was chased for dozens of miles later. The first thing he thought of was to inform murongke. He really didn't care about other things. He even guessed the number of Han troops in Rushui, rather than knowing how many Han troops had come.

"The end will die!" Ju Yun immediately knelt down and knocked his head on the carpet: "please give a group of men and horses to the last general, and the last general will die and serve!"

Murong Ke has been unable to take care of Ju Yun. He is walking back and forth with a cloudy and sunny face. He doesn't know how long he has been turning around. The first sentence he stops is: "Ju Yun, from now on, you will preside over the war on the western front."

Ju Yun looked up incredulously.

Liu Xiang on one side was confused first, and then there was a big expression of fear. He didn't know what he was talking to himself.

"I'll leave you 40000 people. Do your best to hold on as long as you can. If you can't hold on, you can surrender to the Han Army in ten days." Murong Ke said and looked at Liu Xiang: "long history, are you going to fight elsewhere with me or stay?"

Liu Xiang is still confused about murongke's words, especially the sentence that Ju Yun can surrender in ten days. In his opinion, if murongke doesn't say that, Ju Yun may really be unable to insist on surrender. Murongke takes the initiative to say that Ju Yun can't surrender.

"Villains... Villains..." Liu Xiang's words were a little harsh. He took a deep breath: "villains naturally follow henggong."