Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 39 The Battle of Liantai (1)

In the early spring of 352 A.D., Jicheng, the former capital of Yan State, outside the Xijiao Room of Zhengyang Palace.

Murong Jun stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the new swallows building their nests under the eaves for a long time, this man is eight feet two inches long, with a burly figure, his face is rough and not angry but majestic.

Suddenly seeing the mouth of the swallow's nest, three young swallows poked their heads out, chirping non-stop. The three young swallows all had upside-down hairs on their necks. Murong Jun was surprised to see it, and ordered his servants to take the young swallows down. watch.

At this time, another palace official came to report: "Lord King Yan, some people say that there is a treasure dedicated to King Yan, do you want to see it?"

Murong Jun started the rebellion from Liaodong two years ago, and led three armies to march south to Zhao. He won several battles and victories, and he was overjoyed, so he said with a smile: "There is a treasure to offer, why don't you see him? Let him enter the palace. This king and I Let all the officials watch the fun together, hahaha."

Above the court, good news came again and again.

Two armies, Murong Ke and Murong Ping, conquered Zhongshan, killed Ran Min's general Bai Tong and Zhongshan prefect Hou Kan, and killed more than 5000 enemies.

Zhai Shu of the Dingling tribe and Liu Zhun, the general of Ran Min's tribe, led the troops to surrender.

Murong Jun was overjoyed.

"I heard that the Gaoche (Xianbei people call the Dingling tribe Gaoche) people have fished and hunted on the shores of Lake Baikal for generations, and all the warriors in the tribe are one-to-ten heroes. I wonder how many Gaoche warriors Patriarch Zhai Shu brought?"

Under the court hall, Zhai Shu half-knelt on the ground and replied, "Go back to King Yan, in the bitter cold land of Baikal, our people are not prosperous. This time, we bring all 3000 young and strong people of the whole family to seek refuge with King Yan."

"Good, good, good." After saying three good words, he said to Liu Zhun: "General Liu is under the tent of the thief Ran Min, why did you come to vote?"

Ran Min is Ran Min, and Ran Min was Shi Hu's adopted grandson. It was not until Ran Min proclaimed himself emperor in Ye that he changed his surname back to Ran.Murong Jun called him Ran Min, not only refusing to recognize Ran Wei's regime, but also mocking Ran Min.

The army of the former Qin Dynasty went south, invincible all the way, and approached Youzhou with a sweeping momentum. Liu Zhun was originally a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He was promoted because he killed unarmed Hu people in Yecheng.

He replied: "A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a scholar dies for a confidant. Don't help the king to do evil, but go to Allah the King of Yan!"

"Hahaha, well said!" Then an edict was passed down, making Zhai Shu the King of Guiyi and Liu Zhun the Zuo Sima.

Murong Jun remembered the treasure offering by some people, so he asked the treasure giver to bring the treasure to the audience.

The treasure is a strange bird with five colored feathers forming some patterns.

When Murong Jun saw it, he was very disappointed.

"I just got three baby swallows under the eaves of the Xijiao house in Zhengyang Palace. Isn't it also a treasure?" watch.

Seeing that Murong Jun was not happy, the treasure presenter hurriedly said: "Congratulations to King Yan, congratulations to King Yan, this is a good omen!"

Upon hearing this, Murong Jun asked suspiciously: "Oh? How do you say this, but it's okay for you to say it."

"Xiaomin Sun Kang, who came from the Sun family of the noble family in Langya, Xiaomin practiced the Taoism of the Heavenly Master with his father since he was a child, and knew a thing or two about divination."

"Swallow, it is Yanwu. There is a hair crown on the head, which means that the big swallow rises like a dragon, and the hair crown points up to the sky, which is a sign of the crown of officials."

Seeing that Murong Jun's expression turned happy, he recited aloud again.

"Swallows build their nests in the Xijiao Room of Zhengyang Hall, which is a sign of the supreme king's presence in the front hall to make all nations come to court."

"The three young swallows are the fulfillment of the three systems of heaven, earth and stars."

"And the divine bird I brought is composed of five colors, which means that the Shengming dynasty will inherit the five-element diagram prophecy talisman commanded by heaven to rule the world."

Murong Jun was overjoyed.

"reward!"

When the ministers heard that they ruled the world, they didn't know who started it, so they knelt down and shouted: "The destiny is here, the country of Yan is blessed!"

Then all the officials bowed down and responded in unison!

Murong Jun's King Yan was conferred by the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since the civil strife in Later Zhao and Ran Min proclaimed himself emperor, he had long wanted to seek the Central Plains and dreamed of being an emperor.

"Order Fuguo General Murong Ke, Fubi General Murong Ping, and two armies to attack the thief Ran Min!"

Youzhou, inside the Yan Army Camp.

Murong Ke held the imperial edict he had just received with a solemn expression.

This invincible god of war in history had suffered several defeats not long ago.Ran Min's bravery is rare in the world, and his soldiers have been frightened out of their wits after a few small battles.

What made him even more troublesome was that his elder brother Yan Wang Murong Jun ordered him to storm Wei Changcheng!

He was not afraid of Ran Min, but felt sorry for his subordinates. Attacking Weichang city by force would inevitably greatly increase the casualties of the Yan army.

He has [-] cavalry, and against Ran Min's more than [-] infantry, although he has lost ten battles and ten defeats in small-scale conflicts, he is confident that he will still win the overall battle in the end!

But if it is a siege, he is not sure...

I have to think of a way to fight against Ran Min...

In April, the sky in the north was still very cool, and outside Weichang City, there was a lot of noise.

Ran Min stood on the top of the city, wearing armor and a red cloak fluttering in the wind. He raised his head and looked into the distance, where the former Yan Murong Ke's Chinese Army was located.

General Ran Wei Dong Run and Chariot General Zhang Wen accompanied him.

"Xianbei people are so rampant, they dare to camp ten miles below my city! It's hard to bully me when I'm a son of the Han family!" Ran Min's deep voice was like the roar of a tiger.

Zhang Wenjin said: "Xianbei Murong has just conquered Zhongshan and Youzhou, and the victorious momentum is strong, and there are many soldiers and generals. We can't fight hard. We will defend ourselves by defending the city. If they dare to attack the city, they will lose the advantage of cavalry. Let's go again. Go out of the city and fight back, and you will win."

Ran Min snorted coldly: "I have assembled more than ten thousand troops, all of whom are elite soldiers above the eighth rank. I am going to pacify Youzhou and kill Murong Jun. Now I will shrink back when I meet Murong Ke. They will look down on me." .”

General Dong Run saw that the new emperor of Wei had a bad look on his face, so he swallowed the remonstrance when it came to his lips.

So he said: "If the emperor wants to fight the Yan army head-on, it's all right, but the troops must be divided into three groups to prevent the Yan army's two-winged cavalry from outflanking."

Ran Min smiled and said: "Don't worry, General Dong, we have won ten battles in a row, Murong Ke's trick, the military master Xiaodaoer..."

Dong Run and Zhang Wen looked down at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

Their new emperor is extraordinary in martial arts, unsurpassed in the world, and can always forcefully win by relying on his personal bravery with wrong strategies every time!
The Jie people and the Xiongnu who had oppressed the Han people for decades were almost wiped out by him.

The lesson from the past is the past, and it is useless for them to persuade them, but it is enough to do their duty as a courtier...

Ran Min summoned the soldiers to the school grounds overnight, and had a feast!

All the soldiers were divided into three catties of grain, three liang of meat, and three qian of wine!Wei Jun, who had been hungry and exhausted for many days, suddenly roared like thunder!

Ran Min took advantage of the situation to boost morale, the internal strength of the second-rank middle-upper realm was like the roar of a tiger.

"The world is in chaos, the tribe of barbarians, with human face and animal heart, dares to invade our vast Central Plains! Jie and Xiongnu have been killed by our Han family!"

Immediately, the crowd became excited and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!"

"Now! Not far from Weichang City, another group of Xianbei people came from the north, and they are now stationed in Changshan!"

"Soldiers, tell me what we should do!"

"That's right! The Xianbei Murong clan committed suicide!"

"We should fight head-on and make them come and go!"

The morale of the Wei army is booming!

Not far from the school grounds, on the roof of a farmhouse, a handsome boy and a masked girl were watching this massive pre-war mobilization.

Guan Ziyang sighed, it would have been nice if he had arrived one step earlier.

If he could arrive before Wei Yan's battle, he was confident that he would be able to persuade Ran Min to retreat from Yecheng for a while to avoid the edge.

But at this moment, the two sides have played ten games in a row, and Ran Min won all of them. It is almost impossible to persuade him.

Guan Ziyang sighed: "Hey, this replica of the "Battle of Gaixia" finally started, [-] infantry against [-] cavalry!
'Xiang Yu' Ran Min, the God of War shows his power, 'Liu Bang' Murong Ke, even if there are so many people, they can only win by wits! "

(End of this chapter)