A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 537: The crown prince moved to the north and asked for help, and Goguryeo faced a confrontation in Linyu.

June 12

After a fierce confrontation with his ministers, Murong Jun, the crown prince of Yan State who stayed in Peiping, finally decided to avoid the Xia army's attack and led thousands of people including his mother, concubines, brothers and other courtiers and nobles to retreat to Changli County.

Only General Murong Xuan, with 30,000 men, was left to guard Peiping.

Murong Jun promised Murong Xuan that because the family members of the army that conquered Goguryeo were all in Peiping, and his own army was small and could not last long, he would withdraw to Changli.

But he would never ignore death. He would recruit an army in Changli and come to the rescue as soon as possible. He only needed Murong Xuan to hold on for a month, and he would definitely come to the rescue.

His mission was to delay the Xia army's advance as much as possible and allow the Goguryeo army to turn around.

June 20

The Xia army's vanguard, King Bai Lin of Dongwu, with 30,000 men, has arrived at the gates of Beiping.

Bai Lin tentatively attacked the city and encountered fierce resistance. Knowing that Peiping was not easy to capture, he immediately set up camp and prepared for the arrival of the army later.

June 23
Murong Jun, who was leading the Yan Kingdom nobles to retreat, couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw the convoy moving so slowly.

Arriving in front of the mother-in-law’s car:

"Mother, the convoy is moving too slowly now. There are only a few thousand soldiers guarding the convoy. I am afraid that the Xia Army cavalry will chase me. I need to go to western Liaoning to mobilize an army to protect me. Please don't worry, mother."

Murong Huang's princess Duan opened the curtains and said worriedly:

"Jun'er will go on his own. Don't worry about Mother. Be careful on the road."

Then he called the escort general accompanying the car:
"Duan Cheng, take someone to escort the Crown Prince to Liaoxi County. Remember, you must ensure the Crown Prince's safety."

Duan Cheng rode on the horse, clasped his fists and bowed his head to Duan:
"Don't worry, Princess. The general will do his best to protect the crown prince."

Without any time to say more, Murong Jun immediately led Duan Cheng and hundreds of cavalry towards western Liaoning.

The Yan State stationed in western Liaoning was Duan Liao, the former general of Duan Pixi who surrendered to Murong Huang.

He was appointed by Murong Huang as the governor of western Liaoning, the Xianbei Zuoxian king, and the Lingzhihou.

Murong Huang's princess, the mother-in-law that Murong Jun talked to before, Duan, is Duan Liao's sister.

June 24
Murong Jun, who was galloping all the way, finally arrived at Zhiyang Le, Liaoxi County.

When he saw his uncle, Duan Liao, he immediately asked Duan Liao to send troops to escort Princess Duan and other important court officials and nobles back to Changli County.

Duan Liao knew that the matter was urgent, so he quickly followed Murong Jun with his 10,000 cavalry to escort him.

Not long after Murong Jun left, he broke into the Tuyin County of Beiping County and received a notification from the scouts. Near Lingzhi, a convoy stretching for several miles appeared, with cavalry guards on the left and right. Most of the cars were filled with gold and silver jewelry.

Yuan An and Hu Yanying immediately realized that these were the nobles of the Yan Kingdom who had escaped from Peiping in advance.

Immediately, he abandoned the collection in Tuyin City, led his subordinates, and headed towards Lingzhi.

June 25
Xia Pian's army arrived before Murong Jun's reinforcements arrived, found the moving Yan State convoy, and charged directly towards it without stopping.

Under the pressure of the Xia Cavalry's charge, the entire convoy was in chaos. The princes and nobles of the Yan Kingdom fled in all directions, but they disrupted the escorting Yan Army, allowing the Xia Army to rush into it and kill wantonly.

However, Xia's army did not all go into battle. Instead, Hu Yanying led the ten thousand cavalry to attack first, while Yuan An led the remaining ten thousand cavalry and cruised aside.

Yuan An saw that in one section of Yan's motorcade, the Yan army was very elite, and they were protecting several of the carriages. They obviously had important figures.

He roared in with his men.

But the Yan troops who were guarding the carriage were all the Imperial Guards of the Yan State and were very elite, while Yuan An's men were all local troops from Youzhou, so they were at a disadvantage in comparison.

Therefore, 10,000 Xia troops attacked the convoy protected by only more than 3,000 Yan troops, but did not immediately defeat the enemy formation.

As time passed, the number of Yan's troops continued to decrease, and they were about to kill them in front of the car.

Reinforcements led by Murong Jun and Duan Liao arrived in time.

Skipping the battlefield where Hu Yanying was commanding, he went straight to Yuan'an's rear wing.

Yuan'an's troops were attacked from both sides, and their formation was in chaos. They quickly ordered a retreat. Fortunately, Murong Jun had no intention of pursuing them, and most of them escaped.

Murong Jun and Duan Liao rushed to the princess's carriage. They were relieved when they saw that Duan was fine and just a little surprised.

Duan Liao left Murong Jun to guard the carriage while he led his men to attack Hu Yanying's headquarters.

Because Hu Yanying's men were greedy for the gold, silver, jewelry, and brocade silk and satin scattered in the convoy, seven or eight out of ten cavalrymen dismounted and looted the property.

No matter how Hu Yanying scolded him, no one listened.

At this time, Duan Liao's army attacked, and Xia's army was in chaos. Duan Liao's army was wantonly killed and wounded, causing great losses.

In the end, only Hu Yanying escaped with more than Qianqi.

At the end of the battle, under Duan Liao's urging, the Yan State convoy left most of their belongings and, with the protection of Duan Liao's troops, speeded up to Yangle.

However, Yuan'an and Hu Yanying's 20,000 cavalry lost thousands of people in this battle. They did not have the strength to continue the pursuit, so they had to retreat and return to the center army.

This is how the side army failed.

June 29
Bai Shu's army arrived at the gate of Beiping City and set up camp around the city. The camp of 100,000 troops surrounded the city of Beiping.

Since then, Peiping has completely lost communication with the outside world.

July rd
Murong Huang, who was fighting in Liaodong, finally learned the news of Xia's troops. This made him very puzzled. Could it be that Xia Guo really ignored the exhaustion at home and forcibly recruited himself?
According to Murong Huang's information, the Xia Kingdom had completely depleted the treasury in the war last year, but this year's taxes have not yet been paid.

Even if he handed it over, it would be difficult to form an offensive. It would take at least a year or two to recuperate before Xia Guo would have the energy to go on an expedition.

That's why I chose to conquer Goguryeo this year, less than a year after the founding of the country, because I wanted to completely eliminate the troubles behind me and enhance the strength of Yan before Xia's Northern Expedition.

But it has become a fact that Xia State sends troops, and he must respond to it.

Originally, Murong Hui had initially defeated the main force of Goguryeo and was preparing to attack Wandu, the capital of Goguryeo. However, there may be changes now.

In February of this year, Murong Huang went to Goguryeo. He personally led 50,000 troops to attack Goguryeo from southern Shaanxi, with general Murong Khan and his son Murong Chui as the vanguard.

He also sent Chang Shi Wang Yu and others to lead 15,000 people to advance from the north.

Because Gao Zhao, the king of Goguryeo, did not pay attention to intelligence, he thought that the Yan army would invade from the north, so he sent his brother Gao Wu to lead 50,000 elite troops to resist in the north.

He led the weak pawns to defend Southern Shaanxi.

Unexpectedly, he overestimated his own power and underestimated the power of the Yan State after Sinicization.

Chang Shi Wang Yu's 10,000 men actually fought equally with Gao Wu's 50,000 men. After Murong Huang learned about this, he immediately diverted the forward troops of Murong Khan and Murong Chui to change their route and gallop towards Beizhi.

He fought with Gao Wu's army at Mu Di and was defeated.

The main force of Goguryeo was defeated, and the two armies took advantage of the situation and marched towards Wandu, the capital of Goguryeo.

Now that the Xia army was attacking from behind, Murong Huang was a little hesitant.

At this time, Zuo Changshi Fengyi suggested:
"Your Majesty, you must not hesitate. Now that Goguryeo's main force has been lost, it is the best time to attack its capital. We should overcome all difficulties and attack it with force.

If the great dynasty gives up this good opportunity and turns its army back to Peiping, not to mention whether Peking can be saved, let's just say that King Gao Zhao of Goguryeo comes to his senses and gathers the defeated army.

While Xia Jun and I are fighting fiercely in Beiping and attacking Liaodong, North Korea and other places, we cannot bear this loss.

Why not attack Wandu with all your strength and subdue Goguryeo? When the time comes, bring the Goguryeo army and Korean reinforcements to fight Xia Kingdom to the death.

Even if Peiping falls, the king has not lost his main force, has no worries about his back, and has the confidence to fight the Xia army decisively. "

Murong Huang adopted Feng Yi's suggestion, ignored the letters asking for help that came from home, and just urged the army to attack the city quickly.

July

Murong Huang and Wang Yu's army joined forces at the gate of Wandu City and defeated the army of King Gao Zhao of Goguryeo. Gao Zhao fled alone.

Murong Huang ordered Murong Chui to lead others to deal with the aftermath, and he led the army back to the army first.

After Murong Kuai left, Murong Chuiming's men dug up the tomb of Gao Zhao's father Gao Yifuli, carried the body, his mother, wife and treasures in a car, robbed more than 50,000 men and women, and burned Gao Zhao's palace. Returned after destroying Wandu.

July 28
When Murong Huang's army reached the danger zone, Gao Zhao, who was exiled in the mountains, sent an envoy to surrender to Murong Huang and donated various kinds of property such as local specialties.

Murong Huang accepted and asked Murong Chui to return his father's body to him. At the same time, he ordered him to recruit 30,000 troops in Goguryeo before August 15th and hand them over to Murong Chui's command for other purposes.

Gao Zhao was afraid of Murong Huang's force and did not dare to disagree.

Immediately, Murong Huang appointed Murong Chui as the governor of Liaodong, and led 5,000 people to garrison Xiangping. When the Goguryeo army arrived, he immediately led the army to Peiping to rendezvous.

He took his army with him, and together with North Korea, he recruited 90,000 troops and returned to Peiping.

August
Murong Xuan, who had been defending Peiping for two months, never received the reinforcements that Murong Jun had been waiting for. With only 3,000 men left, he surrendered in despair.

Bai Shu personally accepted Murong Xuan's surrender and liked Murong Xuan very much.

Murong Xuan was appointed on the spot as General Du Liao, Prefect of Beiping, and Marquis of Guzhu.

Murong Xuan had just experienced Murong's betrayal, and now he was very grateful to be treated so courteously and generously by Bai Shu. He was now loyal to the Xia Kingdom.

August th

Bai Shu's army of one hundred thousand arrived in Yangle.

Duan Liao knew that his 10,000 men would definitely not be able to defeat Xia's army, so he simply gave up on Yang Le and retreated to Linyu Pass to garrison.

Linyu Pass is very important as it is the only passage from Liaodong to Youzhou. It is also the easternmost point of the Great Wall.

The State of Yan also used Linyu Pass as the dividing point, and divided the west of Linyu Pass into Youzhou, and the east of Linyu Pass into Pingzhou. Within Daxia, the division of Yan State was also followed.

August

The Xia army forwarded the Bailin tribe and easily captured Yangle. The remaining counties in western Liaoning were also captured by the Xia army.

Since then, in addition to Linyu Pass, Daxia has taken back Beiping and Liaoxi counties.

August

Bai Shu's army arrived at Linyu Pass City.

Although the Xia army was massive, there was only one city wall at Linyu Pass that allowed the Xia army to attack, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At the same time, the main force of the Yan army led by Murong Huang also entered Linyu Pass. Linyu became increasingly difficult to attack. In other words, conquering Linyu had become a delusion.

Bai Shu knew that he had to rely on the other two routes.

(End of this chapter)