Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 474 Selling Wine at Jingkou ([-])
Yan Palace
parliament hall
"Our country has few soldiers, and Liu Song is a big country in the Central Plains, so don't go to war."

"Although Liu Song is a big country in the Central Plains, it is just like the Jin country. It is just a dilapidated house. As long as we kick it lightly, they can destroy the country."

"The important affairs of the country should be cautious."

"In any case, our businessman was killed in Liu Song. This matter must not be let go. Otherwise, other regimes will follow suit. How can we start trade?"

"The aristocratic families in the Central Plains are willing to be our leading party, and there is a lot to do in this matter."

The aristocrats of the Yan Kingdom argued endlessly with each other, and Yan Gonglan's head was dizzy when he heard it.

another few months later

Wei Guo
Heijo
"Yan Guoyi and our country jointly attacked Liu Song, what do you think?" Emperor Tuoba Tao asked the old minister Cui Hao.

He is only 21 years old this year, and he is young and ambitious.

A few months ago, Rouran's strength increased greatly by conquering the Western Regions, so she began to challenge the State of Wei and harass the border of the State of Wei.

At the same time, Hu Xia formed an alliance with Liu Song, intending to divide Wei, Hebei to Liu Song, and Hedong to Hu Xia.

"First..." Cui Hao was about to answer, but was interrupted by the voice of Xiao Huangmen outside the door.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Song Kingdom in the south has sent a letter of credence." Xiao Huangmen spoke respectfully outside the door.

"Well, come in." Tuoba Tao let the eunuch enter the palace, and then took Liu Song's letter of credence, and saw that it was written on it: Return the land of Henan in my country (in the area of ​​Yanzhou, Luoyang), otherwise, as soon as the heavenly soldiers of the Song Dynasty arrive , Let you Wei Guofei be annihilated!
Previously, in the last year of his life, Tuoba Si, the first emperor of the state of Wei, took advantage of the civil strife in Liu Song and seized Liu Song's Henan land.

Now, Liu Yilong has reformed and governed the country for several years, and he thinks that he has enough strength, so he wants to regain the lost ground and form an alliance with Hu Xia who occupies Guanzhong.

"Humph! The grandson of the island barbarians, who still wants to regain the territory, is really ridiculous." Looking at Liu Song's Guoshu, Tuoba Tao sneered in disdain. , Tuobatao said to Cui Hao: "Before now, I was still hesitating which side is better to fight first. Now the islanders in the south want to seize Henan, and the north has Rouran, which is a serious problem. If we attack from both sides, I'm afraid it's not good. Now it's decided, take advantage of Liu Song's Northern Expedition, quickly defeat Rouran, and solve your worries first!"

"It's just right for Yan Guo to hold back Song Guo first, and it won't be too late to repel Song Guo after we solve Rouran." Cui Hao added.

Wei State's national policy has been set, first conquer Rouran to the north, then annex Hu Xia to the west, and finally go south to teach Liu Song a lesson.

Rouran, the centipede is dead but not stiff. Every time he is conquered, he will immediately rebel whenever he has the chance, and he has become Liu Song's natural ally.

A few months later, Yan finally officially declared war on Liu Song.

Liu Song also mobilized troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Hu Xia began to try to attack the Hedong area of ​​Wei State, and even Feng Yan began to invade the Youzhou area of ​​​​Wei State.

The strategic environment of Wei State is much worse than that of Liu Song. It is either being besieged or being besieged from all sides, and because it is a Hu regime, the stability of the regime is also very poor. The only advantage is that the Xianbei nobles in Wei State at this moment still have abundant In terms of martial arts, Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao himself is also a great talent.

Half a year later, the battle preparations for Yan Kingdom were finally completed. Soldiers from all sides gathered in Yandu, including 2 imperial guards, 20 noble troops, [-] guild troops, [-] Jin Dynasty Restoration Army, various There are [-] tribal chieftains and [-] servants from each tribe, making a total of [-] troops, known as [-] troops.

The ten thousand Jin Dynasty Restoration Army was recruited and trained by the royal clan and aristocratic families of the Jin Dynasty.

It is said to be recruiting and training, but in fact they paid money to Yan Guo, Yan Guo helped them recruit some slaves to serve as soldiers, and trained them by the way, and the commanders and lieutenants were also Yan Guo nobles, and their Jin Dynasty royal family could only serve as staff.

Spring:

February
Yandu
Barracks
The 65-year-old Yanlan Yujia personally served as the commander-in-chief. Facing the coastal map of the Central Plains on the wall, he said: "The focus of our attack is Liu Song's Qingzhou area. Here we can withdraw to the Donglai area at any time, and it is relatively close to Liaodong. Support is more convenient."

After finishing speaking, she pointed at Jiankang on the map with her baton and said, "However, if Liu Song's troops go out to launch the Northern Expedition, we can also take the whole army to attack Jiankang City by sea and capture the king first. "

Yan Lan and the council agree that this battle must be fought, otherwise Yan will not be able to conduct international trade in the future, and it will also hurt the hearts of the merchants in the guild and the nobles who cooperate with the guild.

However, the scale of the war should not be too large, the investment should not be too much, and losses should be avoided as much as possible. It would be better to have no results than to rush forward.

Another month later, under the command of Liu Yilong's favorite minister Dao Yanzhi, Liu Song's army occupied the area south of the Yellow River.

This Dao Yanzhi was born in a poor family, and his abilities are average, but because he joined Liu Yu earlier, his qualifications are relatively old, and he assisted Liu Yilong in defeating the auxiliary ministers left by Liu Yu, so he was reused.

Liu Yilong was worried that those old generals would support their troops, so he handed over the military power to his cronies, but most of his cronies didn't understand military affairs, and even if they did, they didn't know much.

An old general reminded Dao Yanzhi that once winter came and the Yellow River froze, the iron cavalry of the State of Wei would drive southward, and the infantry of the Song Dynasty could hardly resist the cavalry, so they should dig deep trenches before winter came. , ready to resist the cavalry.

But Zhi Yanzhi said contemptuously: "A few years ago, when I eliminated the rebel minister Xie Hui, someone reminded me to be careful in combat, but I still attacked according to the original plan, and finally wiped out the rebels easily. This is what is said in the art of war. "

"In the past, the [-] iron cavalry of the Wei State were defeated by my Taizu Wu Emperor with [-] infantry. How could they have the courage to drive south now? I see you, they were clearly scared out of their wits by the Xianbei people."

"You old generals are already ignorant of world affairs and even the art of war. You should retire long ago."

Dao Yanzhi thought he was the second Sun Wu and Wang Jue's reincarnation, so he didn't bother to dig trenches, and he didn't bother to prepare to resist the cavalry, so he waited for the Wei cavalry to go south to fight him.

"I am about to annihilate the main force of the Wei State in a battle, so that the Hulu dare not go south and graze horses, just like Wang Heyu back then, killing the Xianbei people to cry and howl!"

If you want to say who kills the Xianbei people the most, it is naturally Wang Heyu. During the Northern Expedition, the generals of the Jin Dynasty regarded Wang Jue as their worship object, hoping to establish achievements like Wang Jue.

After Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, Wang Jue's military talent is undoubtedly the highest. Even Cao Cao, Shi Le, Huan Wen and others should feel ashamed.

Seeing that Yanzhi despised the Xianbei people so much, he even set up a "one-word long snake formation" along the Yellow River, thinking that he could have the great achievements of Wang Jue, the old general could only sigh: "Emperor Taizu Wu worked so hard to lay down The territory of the world is about to be lost again, alas!"

(End of this chapter)