Great Han Empire

Chapter 502 Immediately Shooting the Gun
Murong Feng galloped across the grassland with [-] cavalry.

This time the Han people attacked Xianbei, Murongfeng was prepared. He had expected that the leopards would send troops from Youzhou to Dayan Mountain, thereby restraining himself and Mijia's army from supporting Danhan Mountain and northern Xianbei, but he faced today's strength. Facing the declining Xianbei Kingdom, facing today's Great Han Kingdom and the mighty Leopards, he is powerless and unable to turn the tide.

After the defeat at Yanmen Pass, he saw the situation today.Dawang Helian first lost more than half of Danhanshan's troops in the western border, and then Tuobafeng made a plan in Yanmen Pass to completely destroy the northern Xianbei's troops.The decline of Danhan Mountain and Xianbei in the north directly affected the strength of the entire Xianbei Kingdom.In the past in the Xianbei Kingdom, the most powerful was the Western Xianbei, and then Danhan Mountain.A few years ago, Murong Feng divided the Western Xianbei into two large tribes, Western and Northern, in order to weaken the kingship of Danhan Mountain and Tuobafeng.Now, Murong Feng's goal has been achieved, and the strength of Danhan Mountain and the northern Xianbei has been greatly weakened, but today's result is something Murong Feng did not expect in advance, and he does not want to see it.The situation in Xianbei Kingdom did not enter into a stage of mutual checks and balances and stable development as Murong Feng imagined. On the contrary, the situation in Xianbei Kingdom has become more and more chaotic and out of control after two defeats.

With the decline of Danhan Mountain and Xianbei in the north, the strength of Xianbei was greatly damaged, and the ensuing crisis was the threat from the Han Dynasty.The Xianbei people have always ignored the Great Han Kingdom and have invaded wantonly for decades. They have long regarded the Great Han Kingdom as a delicious piece of fat.First, the Xianbei lost consecutive battles, and then the leopards were about to beat them.With the character of a leopard, after the Yanmenguan defeat of the Xianbei people, he must take advantage of the victory to attack the Xianbei country. He will not give up this once-in-a-lifetime attack opportunity. Once the Xianbei people slow down, the situation in northern Xinjiang will reverse. The advantages that the Han people exchanged for the blood and lives of countless soldiers will be lost.

At Yanmen Pass, Murong Feng tried his best to persuade Tuoba Feng to temporarily give up his grievances with Danhanshan and Xianbei tribes, and to unite with them as soon as possible to make a comeback.On Danhan Mountain, Murong Feng also earnestly persuaded the leader to put the Xianbei country first, and to cooperate with Tuoba Feng for the time being, not to attack Tuoba Feng when he was weak, so as not to cause civil strife and speed up the situation in Xianbei country. The deterioration gave the Han Kingdom an opportunity to take advantage of, but no one listened to Murong Feng, be it the leader or Tuoba Feng, the two ignored Murong Feng's warning and fought violently in the blink of an eye.

In the eyes of Kui Tou, Tuoba Feng, and the leaders of the Xianbei tribes, the two battles between Xianbei and Dahan were actually a lose-lose situation.Although the Han State has a large population and sufficient military resources, the Han State has suffered frequent wars in the past few years, and its national strength has already been extremely exhausted. At this time, it is actually impossible for the Han army to go out to fight. Therefore, they turned a deaf ear to Murong Feng's warning. What should each of them do? What are you doing.

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In the final analysis, wars are fought for money, especially for infantry-based troops like the Han Dynasty, without huge military resources and sufficient military supplies, it is simply difficult for a large army to move an inch.The Hu people are much better at this point. The soldiers of the army mainly composed of Qingqi are their tribesmen and slaves. They don’t need military pay, and they can go south to fight as long as they bring countless livestock.In the territory of the Han people, there is a large population and wealth, and the survival of the army can be basically maintained by supporting wars.But if the Han army attacked them, there would be no such convenience.The desert is vast, uninhabited, and winter is long. Even if the Hu people and their livestock are captured, it is difficult for the Han army to occupy the land and survive for a long time.

For hundreds of years, in this boundless desert, the Han Dynasty, the Huns, the Xianbei people, and some Qiang people have spent this kind of mutual attack. What is the result?The desert is still dominated by the Hu people. No matter how powerful the Han Kingdom was, it failed to conquer the Hu people in the desert, let alone turn the desert into the territory of the Han Kingdom.No Xianbei people are worried that their desert will become the pasture of the Han people, and no one is worried that their people will become slaves of the Han people.

In the Xianbei Kingdom, only Murong Feng didn't think so. Murong Feng clearly saw the current situation in northern Xinjiang and clearly recognized the threat of the Great Han Kingdom, and this threat came from the leopards.

The leopard's cavalry were almost all Hu people of all ethnic groups, including the Huns, Qiang people, Karasuma people and Xianbei people.For hundreds of years, the Han army has never had such a powerful Hu cavalry.These Hu people are all Hu people living in the territory of the Han Dynasty, especially those Huns, Wuwan people and some Qiang people. Their ancestors used to be Hu people living in the desert, and were forced to stay away from their homes for various reasons. They moved to the Han Kingdom to survive, but they all had blood feuds with the Xianbei people.

The Huns in the Han Dynasty went south due to internal divisions, but the northern Huns who stayed in the desert were defeated and exterminated by the Xianbei people. Although some northern Huns escaped the killing of the Xianbei people, they were thousands of miles away. Besides, the Southern Huns hated the Xianbei people because of this. They have always killed the Xianbei people bloodily and cruelly.The Wuwan people and the Xianling Qiang and Dong Qiang in Beidi County all fled their homes after being defeated by the powerful Xianbei people. As long as this kind of hatred buried in their bones has a chance to erupt, they will never let it go.The Leopard gave them this opportunity. The Leopard led them to defeat the Xianbei people one after another, and gave them incomparable confidence and courage. They wanted to clear up their shame, lead their tribe back to the desert, and return to the place where their ancestors lived.

Whoever has a huge and powerful iron cavalry can dominate the desert. This is the unchanging truth in the desert for thousands of years.Murong Feng felt a bit afraid of the leopard's iron cavalry, this time, can we still defeat the Han army's iron cavalry?

After several years of bloody battles, the leopard's infantry are now all yellow turban soldiers.These soldiers called ants by the nobles of the Han Dynasty are innumerable in the Han Kingdom. As long as the leopards give them dignity, courage, and hope of survival, they will follow the leopards without hesitation. Even if the Northern Xinjiang army is scarred, they can recover quickly.This is also one of the reasons why the leopards were able to sweep the 10,000+ rebels of the Huns within two months and beat the rebels to no avail.The most indispensable thing for leopards is soldiers.

The strength of the leopard is too strong, and the northern army of the Han people is extremely powerful.In Murong Feng's impression, it seems that only when the Great Han Kingdom had 300 frontier troops in the era of their greatest Emperor Wu more than 60 years ago, did they have such invincible strength.Although today's Han army cannot be compared with the army of Emperor Wu's era, how can today's Xianbei be compared with the powerful Xiongnu?

Murong Feng didn't know whether the Xianbei people could hold the desert this time, but he knew that the Xianbei people would not give up easily.In the desert, under the protection of the heroic spirit of King Tanshihuai, the Xianbei people will not be defeated, absolutely will not be defeated.Although the Xianbei people are not strong enough to compete with the Han people, the Xianbei people still have a chance, and that is the corrupt court of the Han people.How powerful Ren Han's army is, how brave Ren Leopard is, they all want food and grass, can the corrupt Han court support this costly war for a long time?Murong Feng doesn't believe that the Han court still has such strength and determination.The emperor was young, the queen mother was in court, the eunuchs and relatives were fighting openly and secretly for the imperial power, and there were frequent rebellions in the Han Kingdom, and it had just experienced six years of war. Even a golden mountain and a sea of ​​food could not support such an expedition.

It is impossible for the ministers in the Han court to be ignorant of this reality, so why did they launch an expedition at this time?Was this war deliberately launched by their corrupt court to eradicate the leopard menace?

Murong Feng gradually figured out many things, he already knew how to fight this battle.

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After the Leopards defeated the Hun rebels in June, Murongfeng once thought that the Han people would not attack Xianbei this year, because the Han people did not have enough conditions to support the army's expedition to the desert, but he miscalculated.Now, except that he knew that Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai led troops to attack the Mushen tribe in the eastern Xianbei and the Baitan city in the central Xianbei, he knew almost nothing about the upcoming war. The Xianbei Kingdom does not know the current situation of Danhan Mountain and Xianbei in the north.Although he was burning with worry, there was nothing he could do but wait.

"Drive..." Murong Feng roared, and whipped his whip on the horse's back, "Order to all the ministries, speed up, speed up..."

Immediately behind Murong Feng were two young Xianbei generals.The one on the left is tall and burly, with dark skin, sharp eyebrows and big eyes, full of vigor, about seventeen or eighteen years old.The other one is thin and childish, with a pair of sharp eyes on a handsome face, about 15 years old.The two people were red-faced and were arguing fiercely about something.

"Kirby Bear, Uncle Leopard can't beat you, and we are invincible." Que Kun, who was older, stared at him and waved his whip, and said angrily, "Twelve years ago, the Han people broke the Xianbei Lang Jiang Tian Yan, Hu Hun Zhonglang General Zang Min, and Hu Wuwan Xiaowei Xia Yu led 12 cavalry to attack the Xianbei Kingdom in three ways. He suffered consecutive defeats. Later, King Tanshihuai followed the advice of the adults and retreated two thousand miles in a row. It was decided in the battle of the setting sun. In the Great Han War, Uncle Leopard might be unbeatable, but in the desert, no one can defeat our lord .”

"Que Kun, Uncle Leopard fought many battles with Your Excellency and is familiar with his military methods. Do you think he will be chased for two thousand miles by the nose like Tian Yan and Zang Min?" Kirby said. Xiong flushed his face, and said disdainfully, "If he doesn't fall for the trap, and doesn't hit the Sunset Plain and the North Sea, what shall we do? Should we fight him in the desert? We'll retreat two thousand miles, without livestock, without Food, what do we eat in winter? We will starve to death if we don’t need Uncle Leopard to do it.”

"Who is Uncle Leopard? He will back off and not chase us to fight?" Que Kun kicked his horse hard, and shouted, "He will definitely hit the setting sun."

Murong Feng turned his head and glanced at Kirby Bear, his eyes were full of approval.Ke Zui's child is smarter than Ke, and smarter than Que Kun. He knows what he can learn. In the future, this kid will probably rule the world in the Xianbei tribe.What he said just now was also Murong Feng's worry.Although it seems that the army is retreating across the board and temporarily avoiding the sharp edge of the Han army is the only way, but if the Han army learns the lesson of the defeat in the setting sun 12 years ago and stops chasing and fighting in the desert, who will win this battle? It's hard to say who will lose.

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The pace is more oncoming.

After listening to Bu Dugeng's report, Murong Feng looked at the map carefully, and asked, "What did your lord say? Is he planning to stick to Danhan Mountain?"

"Before he left, the king told me that he would take the people from Danhan Mountain and the tribes to retreat to Chaotianyuan." Budu asked more anxiously, "My lord, should we support Danhan Mountain or withdraw to Chaotianyuan?" ?”

"How many people are there in the Han army? Why didn't you find out that there are a large number of Han troops in Macheng?" Murong Feng said dissatisfiedly, "I sent people to warn the king several times, telling you to pay close attention to the movement of the Han army in the direction of Macheng, why didn't you listen? ?”

"After Leopard defeated the Huns, his general Yan Rou and King Lou Lu of Shanggu Karasuma led his troops back to Shanggu to garrison, and Leopard himself led the main force of the army to the south of the Great Wall, so the king thought that the Han army had no intention of going to the desert this year." Budu He said more regretfully, "Who would have thought that leopards were so cunning? The Han army suddenly went out of the fortress and attacked very fast. We retreated in a panic, and we couldn't figure out their exact number."

"Where's the battle flag? Your scouts saw the battle flags of several generals of the Han army?"

"There are the battle flags of Zhang Yan, Yan Rou, and Lou Lu, as well as Sheyingtong and Li Su..."

"What did you say?" Murong Feng's expression changed, and he asked loudly, "Did you see Zhang Yan's battle flag?"

"Yes."

Murong Feng looked down at the map again.Lie Kuangfeng, who was standing next to him, pointed to the map and said, "Zhang Yan is in Danhan Mountain? Zhang Yan is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army. Under normal circumstances, Leopards would not easily transfer him away from Jinyang. All the troops from Northern Xinjiang have been conscripted to the north of the Great Wall. According to our exact information, after the Leopards defeated the Huns, they still have about 12 troops. Now the troops of Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan who stayed in Jinyang have also gone north. The total number is about 15, and if you add Liu Bao’s Xiongnu cavalry and Lou Lu’s Karasuma cavalry, the leopard’s army will have at least 18 people.”

Lie Kuangfeng gritted his teeth and said, "This leopard, he brought 18 to beat us, trying to swallow us whole."

Xiong Ba wryly smiled and said, "If Zhang Yan and Yan Rou were the ones who attacked Danhan Mountain, then the leopard's attack strategy would be obvious. He sent Xu Rong to garrison Beidi County, Qu Yi and Yan Liang to garrison Wuyuan, and Yan Rou Lou Lu is stationed in Dai County and Shanggu County. That is to say, Xu Rong must have sent troops to Helan Mountain to attack Xianbei in the west, and Qu Yi and Yan Liang are also sending troops to Yin Mountain to attack Xianbei in the north, plus Zhang Yan and Yan Rou. , the Leopard went out in three directions at the same time. He used Xu Rong and Zhang Yan's two armies to contain the western Xianbei and Danhanshan on the left and right flanks, and used Qu Yiyanliang and the Huns to attack the northern Xianbei. It seems that the Leopard is going to attack in the shortest possible time. Defeat Tuoba Feng and capture the entire northern Xianbei."

"Tuoba Feng is completely finished this time." Yu Wenshang sighed in a low voice, "In the past few years, he wanted to dominate the prairie and used troops everywhere, but in the end he caused chaos in the Xianbei country, and finally he finished tormenting himself."

"Due to our misjudgment, the opportunity was lost, and we are now powerless to stop the leopard's attack. We can only retreat to Chaotianyuan to gather troops and horses, and then fight the leopard decisively." Xiong Ba thought for a while and said, "The tribes of the desert received It will take about 20 to [-] days for your majesty's conscript orders to arrive at Chaotianyuan one after another, that is, in September, and by then, it is estimated that the leopards have completely occupied the northern Xianbei."

"This is all my fault." Murong Feng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "If it wasn't for the purpose of suppressing Luoluoluo, I would not have recommended Tuobafeng to King Helian. I never thought of it, just After six years, the Xianbei Kingdom was left in ruins by Tuoba Feng and us, I am sorry for King Tanshihuai."

"How many more people can we gather?" Budu asked, looking at Xiongba.

"Don't count on Tuoba Feng now, it's his fate to escape to Chaotianyuan alive." Xiong Ba said, "We have 2 cavalry from Xianbei in the middle, and Master Xianbei from the east has 14 cavalry with him." Following us, Xianbei in the west can still make up 50 iron cavalry, mainly the iron cavalry of the Red Sun tribe Luoluoluo and the Yelang tribe Yanliyou. If the king can withdraw in time with the [-] horses from Danhan Mountain , we still have [-] cavalry to meet the enemy. This is all the troops of Xianbei at present, [-]-year-old children and [-]-year-old old people are all here."

"If we hadn't suffered disastrous defeats at Boluo Valley and Yanmen Pass, we would have had 20 cavalry, which is not as bad as the Huns back then. Unfortunately..." Lie Kuangfeng sighed sadly, "Of the 9 people, at most there are only 2 elites, this battle is hard to win. Ah. I hope that the king can bring [-] people to Chaotianyuan intact, otherwise, it will be even more difficult for us."

"My lord, what should we do now? Quickly think of a countermeasure, whether to go to Danhan Mountain or to Chaotianyuan?" Budu asked more anxiously.

"Go to Chaotianyuan." Murong Feng waved his hand and said, "The leopards are well prepared. We have no way to contain the early attack momentum. We can only retreat in large strides, so that we can preserve our strength and launch a counterattack. Now whether it is to rescue Danhan Mountain or the northern Xianbei , we are too late. Chaotianyuan is located between Fuyangju Mountain and Jiluo Mountain, nearly a thousand miles away from Yinshan Mountain, so we can advance, attack, retreat or defend, let's stabilize the battle line here first."

"Order the army to go north to Chaotianyuan."

"Send someone to tell Mijia to speed up and meet us at Chaotianyuan as soon as possible."

"Bu Dugeng, you travel day and night to Xianbei in the west to meet Luozhi and Luoluo, and tell him to gather troops and rush to Chaotianyuan immediately." Murongfeng said grimly, "Tell him, if he dares to lead his troops back Passing Yanran Mountain to the west, he is the rebel of our Xianbei country, the enemy of our Xianbei country, and he will never want to live safely in the desert from now on."

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(End of this chapter)