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

Chapter 538: Changli went to Korea to restore the country, and the armaments were in good time to help Yan

July 25
Murong Huang, who was confronting the Xia army on the Linyu front line, received news that the Yuwen Ministry had attacked Changli County and plundered Longcheng.

Since all the troops of the Yan State were confronting the Xia army on the Linyu front line, there were not many troops in the country to resist the Yuwen cavalry.

Murong Huang thought twice and ordered General Murong Ke and Hussar General Murong Jun to lead 20,000 troops and return to Longcheng, Changli and other cities.

He also ordered the more than 20,000 Goguryeo troops under Murong Chui to move to Longcheng instead of coming to Chongqing to assist Murong Ke and Murong's troops in attacking Yuwen.

Relying on the city wall of Linyu, Murong Huang used 80,000 men to resist Bai Shu's army of more than 100,000 men, which was more than enough.

On the other side, in order to complete the emperor's mission, Yan Qi led his troops to the territory of Yuwenbu and went straight to Zimengchuan, the administrative seat of Yuwenbu.

After finding the leader of the Yuwen tribe, Yuwen Yidou returned and asked him to lead his tribe to march with him into Liaodong.

Yuwen Yidougui was originally an eastern master set up by the Yuwen Department. The original leader was Yuwen Mogui. Yuwen Mogui passed away last year, leaving the Yuwen Department across Monan.

Yuwen Yidougui took the opportunity to expel Yuwen Qidegui, the next leader appointed by Yuwen Mogui, and took the post of leader of the Yuwen Department.

At the same time, in order to gain Daxia's support, thousands of horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were sent to support Daxia's Northern Expedition.

He also sent all the tribes that were not in harmony with him to go to the Xia Kingdom to apply for the army and became Yan Qi's subordinates.

When Bai Shu saw that he was close to the Xia Kingdom, he did not pursue his usurpation of the throne, but instead allowed him to inherit the position of Duke of Beiping and Grand Chanyu of Xianbei.

Now that Yan Qi came with his troops and asked him to send troops himself, Yu Wenyi Dougui did not dare not agree.

Although the Yuwen tribe now relies on the name of Daxia, suppressing the Tuoba tribe and becoming the dominant family on the grassland, he still does not dare to raise his tail when it comes to the Xia Kingdom.

Under Yan Qi's urging, Yuwen Yi Dougui finally led more than 30,000 people and 20,000 people from Yan Qi's tribe to attack Liaodong.

That was the news that Murong Huang got about Yu Wenbu's attack.

However, Murong Huang didn't know that behind the Yuwen Department's attack, there was support from the Xia State.

August 3rd
Murong Ke and Murong Jun's troops captured Yuwen Yidougui's troops near Longcheng. Yuwen's troops were only grassland troops and did not have the elite Yan army, so they were easily defeated by them.

When Murong Ke and two others thought that the Yuwen Department had failed, they relaxed their vigilance.

Yan Qi suddenly led his troops to attack the Yan army.

The Yan army was unprepared and was defeated by it. Although Yu Wenyi Dougui was unable to fight a tough battle, he was still very active in fighting a smooth battle.

He immediately led his troops to pursue the Yan army and seized many weapons and armaments.

Yan Qi did not care about these small profits, but let him continue to plunder the counties of Changli to achieve the purpose of getting the Yan army to return for reinforcements.

He led his troops to besiege Changli.

After the fall of Peiping, the State of Yan moved its capital back to Changli.

So now, Changli is under siege, and Murong Huang is very anxious.

August
Murong Huang once again transferred 30,000 people from Linyu, led by General Murong Khan, and returned to Changli. At the same time, he sent people to urge Murong Chui to speed up the march, otherwise he would be punished.

There were only 50,000 Yan troops left in Linyu.

When Murong Huang thought that the only enemy troops were Yu Wenbu and Yan Qi, what he didn't know was that the Xia Hai Army, which set out from the Bohai Sea, had already landed in Daifang County and easily defeated the few defenders left by Yan State in Daifang. .

After three months of preparation, boarding, and maneuvering, Xiahou Bo and Bai Yu's troops of 20,000 men finally arrived at Daifang County on the Korean Peninsula.

Xia Houbo looked at the Xia army that was constantly pouring into the leadership, and had a new understanding of the Yan army's combat power in this area. It was so rubbish.

In order to enhance his own momentum, Xiahoubo no longer sent people to capture the other counties, but continued to raid North Korea, the county government of Lelang County.

He planned to contact the Korean royal family of the former Jin State, which was suppressed by the Yan State and imprisoned in Chosun City, to ask them to surrender to Daxia again.

August 12

Murong Chui, who received Murong Huang's urging order, finally did not dare to slow down the march anymore. He killed several Goguryeo generals who deliberately slowed down the march, and the entire march speed suddenly increased.

As for why Murong Chui deliberately allowed the Goguryeo army to slow down its march, it was also because of internal fighting.

The person staying in Changli now is the prince Murong Jun, who has always been at odds with Murong Chui, so Murong Chui didn't care about supporting Changli.

August

Murong Chui, who accelerated his march, encountered Yuwen Yidou's troops who were looting from all directions near Qingshan, and easily defeated him.

Murong Chui and Murong Khan's troops met at the foot of Changli City.

Seeing the incoming army, Yan Qi gave up his plan to surround Changli, returned to his base with Yuwen Yidou, and began to confront the Yan army under the city of Changli.

September
Murong Huang received bad news again.

The Xia army landed from Daifang County, defeated Haiming, Daifang, and Korea in succession, supported Jian, a descendant of the Korean king who was destroyed by the Yan Kingdom, named him Wang Jian, and made him the king of Korea in the name of the Great Xia court.

Under the name of Wang Jian, the king of Xia Dynasty, the southern Sanhan area that had previously submitted to Yan State immediately rebelled.

Xiahou Bo and Bai Yu led the assembled 30,000 Korean troops, plus 20,000 Xia troops, a total of 50,000 people. They crossed the Mazi River and were attacking Xi'anping in Liaodong County.

There are only 3,000 defenders in Xi'an, and it is estimated that it has fallen by this time.

Murong Huang went crazy and immediately sent an order to Murong Chui to return to Xiangping and stop the Xia army from North Korea in Xiangping.

At this time, Bai Shu also learned about the arrival of Xiahoubo's troops on the Korean Peninsula through the returning ship. Coupled with the decrease in the smoke smoke of the enemy troops in Linyu in the past few days, he knew that the enemy troops in Linyu City were no longer enough. .

September
Bai Shu ordered a strong attack.

It just so happened that Xia Jun had been mobilizing siege equipment in the past few months.

Therefore, under the attack of powerful siege engines such as siege engines, catapults, wells, rams, etc., coupled with the large crossbows unique to the Xia army, and the concentrated fire of thousands of crossbowmen on the high platforms built by the Xia army, Yan Yan The army was beaten so hard that he could not hold his head up.

The officers and soldiers of the Yan army who had lived in the bitter cold land of Liaodong for a long time saw the power from the Central Plains dynasty for the first time.

Not brute force, but the power of intelligence.

September

After half a month of attack, Linyu City was already crumbling, although Murong Huang continued to mobilize troops to fill the vacancies at the top of the city.

However, the Yan army consisted mostly of cavalry and few infantry. Unlike the Xia army, which had a considerable number of elite infantry. September 25
After days of continuous attacks, many sections of Linyu's city wall were destroyed by the Xia army's catapults, and the Yan army could no longer rely on the city to defend it.

Bai Shu sent out the Sixth Battalion of the Bai Kingdom to forcefully drive away the Yan army in the gap and clear several roads for the cavalry to pass.

Under Bai Shu's order, Hu Yanying and other cavalry generals led the Xia army knights to gallop in through the gap, and Linyu fell completely.

Fortunately, the Yan army was not good at defending the city, but was very good at escaping.

Upon learning that the city had been lost, Murong Hao issued a retreat order.

The Yan army panicked and rushed to the stables, hoping to take out their horses and escape.

In the end, only more than 30,000 Yan troops escaped from Linyu and returned to Changli County. The rest either died in the battle to defend the city or died on the road.

Just when the battle of Linyu was decided, the remaining two groups also ushered in the final battle.

Yan Qi, Liu Cheng, and Yuwen Yidou who retreated to Longcheng returned to their 50,000-strong unit, but were raided by Murong Khan's troops.

Yan Qi and Liu Cheng led 20,000 troops and fought with 30,000 men led by Murong Khan.

Unexpectedly, the 10,000 Yan troops led by Murong Ke and Murong Jun on one side actually defeated the 30,000 troops under Yu Wen Yi Dou Gui's command.

Yan Qi and Liu Cheng's troops were attacked by Yuwen's defeated troops, and they fled backwards for their lives. Murong Khan took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, and the troops collapsed.

Liu Cheng, the chief historian of Northern Xinjiang, volunteered to lead three thousand fine cavalry to break up the army. He was surrounded by Murong Khan and died at the hands of Murong Khan.

Yan Qi fled to Zimengchuan with only more than 10,000 horses.

Yan Qi was very sad about the suffering of his comrades. He found Yuwen Yidou and wanted to ask for an explanation. If Yuwen's ministry had not been defeated, his own side would not have suffered such a tragic defeat.

However, Yuwen Yidougui's weakness left Yan Qi with no choice. In addition, he was in the headquarters of the Yuwen Department and relied on the Yuwen Department for all his food and grass, so he had no choice but to suffer a secret loss.

Lead the troops back to Xia Realm.

Then there is the battle between Murong Chui and Xiahou Bo and Bai Yu in Liaodong.

When Xia Houbo led the Xia Dynasty coalition forces to Xiangping, Murong Chui rushed back as quickly as possible.

Murong Chui's troops on both sides, 20,000 men, were stationed at Xiangping, while Xiahoubo, Bai Yu, and King Chaoshan's troops, 50,000 men, attacked Xiangping.

With the catapults, rams and other siege weapons that the Koreans had never heard of, Xiangping was in a hurry.

Although the Goguryeo army led by Murong Chui was good at shooting, they had no advantage against the Xia army's crossbows.

Fortunately, the gathered North Korean army was also a mob. A group of farmers who came out of the land only accepted the generals sent by the Xia army and the simple weapons given by the Xia State to form a fighting force.

However, under the guidance of Xia Jun, the combat effectiveness of the North Korean army increased rapidly, and the pro-Xia trend became increasingly obvious.

This is because Xiahou Bo and Bai Yu continued to promote local generals in the Korean army who were close to Daxia during the battle, so that after the war, the Xia army retreated, leaving enough pro-Xia forces in the Korean kingdom.

Although the generals of Yan and Xia did not regard the soldiers of Goguryeo and North Korea as human beings, they were casually lost in the battle of city defense.

However, Xia Jun's guidance to the Korean army was more in-depth, and the generals were placed at the military marquis level of the Korean army, which made the morale of the Korean army higher than that of the Goguryeo army.

Murong Chui knew that if changes were not made, Xiangping might not be able to garrison anymore.

It was night, taking advantage of the thin moon and stars, Murong Chui led the elite cavalry of the Yan army who had not joined the battle in the city, and quietly left the city through the north gate.

Attack the North Korean military camp that has long been optimistic.

Sure enough, even with the guidance of the Xia Army generals, the Korean soldiers directly bombed the camp in the face of the Yan Army's night attack.

No matter how hard Xia Jun officers suppressed him, they couldn't stop it.

After Murong Chui defeated the Korean army, he relied on the power of his war horses to drive away the defeated Korean army and went to attack the Xia army's camp.

Seeing Xia Jun mercilessly shooting the North Korean soldiers rushing to the camp, Murong Chui knew that he could not take advantage of the situation to defeat the Xia Jun camp.

He then diverted and burned the siege equipment of the Korean army, and then returned to Xiangping City.

After dawn, Xia Houbo, Bai Yu, Wang Jian and others counted the surviving Korean soldiers after the war. In the end, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers left.

But counting the corpses, there were only a few thousand. It was obvious that most of them took advantage of the chaos and ran back to their hometowns.

No one wants to lose their life in the meat grinder of Xiangping.

Without cannon fodder, Xia Jun had no choice but to fight on his own.

But all the siege equipment was burned by Murong Chui.

Helpless, Xiahoubo had to ask the army craftsmen to make it again.

October
The climate in Liaodong turned cold. Xia Jun did not expect the climate in Liaodong to be so cold.

The Xia army, which had just made their siege equipment, had already huddled in the camp before they could attack the city, spending their days holding a brazier.

Xiahoubo knew that it was only October now, and the weather would definitely get colder in the future.

After discussing with Bai Gu, we decided to retreat.

October rd
The Xia army burned the siege equipment they had just made and began to return to the army's leader's side, preparing to cross the sea from the leader's side to return home.

The Battle of Xiangping ended here.

As for why Murong Chui didn't pursue him, it was because the situation in the city was even worse than that of the Xia army, and the Yan army had not prepared enough clothing for the winter.

As a result, nearly a hundred soldiers of the Goguryeo army froze to death every day, and the cavalry of the Yan army could not stay outdoors for long periods of time.

Bai Shu, who had captured Linyu, looked at the heavy snow falling in the sky and knew that this battle was over.

October th
Bai Shu issued an order to the class.

Murong Xuan, the prefect of Peking who was stationed in Linyu and gained the greatest military merit during the siege of Linyu and was recognized by Bai Shu, was stationed in Linyu and promoted to General Anbei, Prefect of Liaoxi, and Sima of Youzhou.

Let Youzhou guard and Dongwu Wang Bailin move to Beiping.

Jizhou, Beiping, and Linyu are the core cities of Youzhou's defense line.

(End of this chapter)