Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 361 Looting
War is actually a process of communication.

Before the battle, the Yan army was extremely arrogant and was ready to destroy Liang. But after this battle, the Yan army's arrogance was suppressed.

In the past 30 years, this was the only battle that the Yan army had not won.

From this invasion, it can be seen that the Yan army was afraid of the Liang State. In fact, there were not many troops going south, and the main force turned out to be the Tuoba clan.

At that time, Shi Hu died of illness and Jie Zhao was in chaos. Tuoba Shiyijian summoned all the Xianbei tribes and claimed that "the general will personally lead the six armies to conquer the four seas." However, although Jie Zhao was in chaos, Ran Min became more vigorous and Tuoba Shi Yiqian was timid again.

Nowadays, the two countries in the Yan Dynasty are working together. With the common goal of the Liang Kingdom, they naturally go hand in hand.

As for Liang Guo's accumulation in the past two years, it can't be said that the people and the country are rich, but they have some wealth. Compared with the poor people around them, they are much stronger, so they also stimulated the evil wolves on the grassland.

It has always been their tradition to go south to thresh the grass in the valley when autumn is high and the horses are fat.

At first, the Heiyun infantry suffered some losses. After all, mules and donkeys were not as good as the Xianbei people's excellent horses.

With their strong mobility, the Xianbei people could unscrupulously attack Liang Jun, but the elites were elites after all. The Black Cloud Army had experienced hundreds of battles, and almost everyone was an excellent hunter, so they quickly adapted to this kind of sneak attack.

Deliberately exposing their whereabouts, they set out more than a dozen people as bait, most of whom were lying in ambush. Once the Xianbei people approached, they would suddenly attack them and catch them all in one fell swoop.

The steppe light cavalry did not have much advantage against the motorized infantry riding donkeys and mules.

And their proud cavalry archery pales in comparison to the infantry archery.

The power and hit rate of the crossbow, powerful crossbow, and large bow are much greater than those of the cavalry bow. Once the infantry forms a formation, the light cavalry can only move around.

But they could bypass the Black Cloud Army infantry, but not the Black Cloud Knights and scouts.

Originally they were going south to plunder, but unexpectedly they became the target of the plunder. Not only the horses they brought were snatched away, but the people also became slaves of the Liang Kingdom.

Groups of slaves and war horses were sent to Yecheng.

In just half a month, more than 3000 Xianbei men and more than 7000 strong horses were captured.

The Black Cloud Army has the upper hand, so naturally they will not blindly defend.

While at Shangwutang, Li Yue worked tirelessly to instill a sense of proactive attack in the officers.

The best defense is the offense.

An army with a strong desire to attack is always good.

Nearly [-] Heiyun troops were dispersed into [-] or [-] squads and entered Zhongshan, Xiangguo, Yuyang and other counties, plundering the Xianbei people's livestock and food, burning their villages, and plundering their populations.

The chickens and dogs in Youzhou are restless, and there are beacons everywhere.

Murong Jun sent the Yan army to drive them away, but they were not elite. Half of the Yan army followed Murong Chui to sweep through Chile and intimidate Goguryeo, and the other half went to defend Xiangguo, Zhongshan, Shuzhou, Jicheng and other strategic places.

The land of Hebei is like a flat river, there are many rivers and valleys in Jizhou, and Youzhou is really like a flat river.

When the Yan army came, the Heiyun army dispersed. If the Yan army dispersed, the Heiyun army swarmed up.

In the battle of Shuzhou, the Heiyun Army had already established a psychological advantage.

Often six to seven hundred Heiyun troops would dare to attack more than a thousand Yan troops on foot and cavalry, and they would be able to kill them all.

Heiyun Army dare not say anything else, everyone is a blood-licking person, and under the stimulation of the military merit system, they even risk their lives.

After doing this, Yan Guo couldn't bear it.

The situation in Youzhou was stabilized only after the generals Mu Yugen and Yue Wan led the main force to encircle and suppress them.

Murong Chui returned with his elite troops from Liaodong and suppressed the Black Cloud Army.

The war broke out in Youzhou, so Yan State naturally suffered more.The Black Cloud Army also suffered more than 2000 casualties, but this cost is inevitable.

Murong Chui returned to Jicheng, and Murong Jun recruited more than [-] young men to build forts and passes in Youzhou to resist the advance of the Heiyun Army to the north.

Li Yue gave up when he saw the situation was good, recalled all the soldiers, and took turns taking a month's rest to spend time with his family and children.

The Ministry of War has long regarded the life-long affairs of the soldiers as a top priority, and has set up connections to find girls from good families as wives. If they cannot find girls from good families, they will be assigned one or two female slaves to make do with it.

Anyway, if you give birth to an heir, you will at least have the status of a commoner.

After taking a rest, the Ministry of War will prepare for this year's winter hunt.

Hunting is also a part of military training. The beast dynasty founded by Shihu still has a far-reaching influence to this day. Wild beasts are everywhere, and they reproduce much faster than humans.

One spring and one summer, wild boars and wolves swarm in droves.

The Liang Kingdom had a population of 100 million households, and another 30 million households were released from the hands of the powerful, but for the huge Central Plains, it was still a drop in the bucket.

Without people, wild beasts will overrun.

"I think that since we have recovered Qingzhou and Bohai, we should restart the salt drying business." Cui Jin suggested when he returned to Ye to report on his work.

"Guanzi Qingchongjia" says: Qi has the salt of Quzhan, and Yan has the cooking of Liaodong.

Qi is adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea. It was an important salt-producing area during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qi State has always been famous for its wealth and cannot do without the salt cooking industry.

"Good!" Li Yue nodded in agreement.

Hedong Yanchi is being watched by several forces.

Today's Hedong can be said to be a tripod of three pillars. After Di Qin pacified Guanzhong, he used Deng Qiang and Fu Jian to control Puban and garrison [-] troops.

After Zhang Ping of Bingzhou in the north succeeded in the sneak attack on Shangdang, he took advantage of the northern country and successively captured cities such as Anyi, Xiangling, Yangxian, and Pingyang. His appetite was unprecedentedly large.

Naturally, Yao Xiang in the south was not to be outdone, and went west to capture Hongnong, Yiyang, Xin'an, Lianchi, Shaanxian and other cities, crossed the Yellow River, and captured Hebei, Dayang and other cities to the south of the river.

In this situation, it would be disrespectful for Cao Kan to smuggle under the eyes of others.

"There are a lot of sea goods in the land. I sincerely ask you to build a fleet to catch fish and reap several times the profit." Cui Jin led troops to fight in an ordinary way, but his management ability was excellent.

Since the town was consolidated, it has achieved considerable political achievements.

When he intercepted Murong Ke before, he was also behind the scenes, sending truckloads of grain and soldiers to the front line. Although he did not stop Murong Ke in the end, it greatly slowed down his movement north to support Li Yue. Shuzhou was victorious.

Of course, Murong Ke's rank was too high. He could defeat Shi Hu and Ma Qiu and capture Ran Min alive. There were only a few people in the world who could do this.

Cui Jin was not unjustly defeated at his hands.

"Then set up a shipping department to supervise the construction of fishing boats and warships, train the navy, fish in peacetime, and counterattack the Yan Kingdom in the future. It may have miraculous effects!" Li Yue said inferences.

Cui Jin's eyes lit up, "Your Highness has farsightedness, and I am inferior to you!"

This flattery is too obvious.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Weiman Korea, he also advanced by land and water, and finally divided Weiman's jurisdiction into four counties: Lelang, Lintun, Xuantu, and Zhenfan.

In the sixth year of Jianwu (340), Shi Hu sent troops from the seven states of Si, Ji, Qing, Xu, You, Bing, and Yong. He drew three from the fifth ding and two from the fourth ding to form an army of 50, and attacked both by land and water. Yan State prepared 17 boats and [-] boatmen, but they encountered a storm and killed one third of them, so Shi Hu gave up the idea.

It will definitely be unsustainable with the current national strength, but we can prepare in advance.

At that time, an elite force of about [-] people will be gathered and rush into the rear of Yan State.

(End of this chapter)