sweeping the world

Chapter 400
Two years ago... that is, the eighth year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the 30th year of Jianxing in Liang Dynasty, the eighth year in Jianwu of Zhao Dynasty, the fifth year in the founding of Daiguo, and the fifth year in Chenghan and Hanxing.

Shihu built more than 40 terraces and temples in Yecheng, and two palaces in Luoyang and Chang'an, and more than 40 people participated in the labor.He also wanted to build pavilions and roads from Yecheng to Xiangguo, order the four states and counties south of the Yellow River to reorganize the military equipment for the Southern Expedition, and Bingzhou, Shuozhou, Qinzhou, and Yongzhou to prepare for the military supplies for the West, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou To prepare for the Eastern Expedition, two of the three men were dispatched, and three of the five men were conscripted.

At that time, there were more than 50 soldiers and 17 boatmen in the armies of the states and counties, and one-third of them died of drowning or were swallowed by tigers and wolves.In addition, the princes and herdsmen competed for personal gain, and the common people lost their family businesses and were in great distress.Li Hong from Beiqiu followed the resentment of the people, claimed that his name was in line with the prophecy, gathered party members, and set up hundreds of officials. He was killed after the incident, and thousands of families were convicted.

Two years later, Shi Hu ordered the national conscription again, and the troops from all states gathered more than 100 million people. His original intention was to send his troops south to attack the small ~chao~ting of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty bribed Shijie to order Zhao Lan, the Taishi of Zhao State, and asked him to tell Shihu secretly: "White geese stop in the courtyard, which is a sign that the palace will be empty, and it is not suitable to go south."

Shi Hu believed in Zhao Lan, so Shi Hu came to Xuanwu Temple and held a grand military parade. Naturally, there was no shadow of going south.Among them, the part of Yao Yizhong conquered Liu Yan in Qingzhou from Jizhou, and only then did the battle of Luoyin in Jinan County.

At that time, most of the so-called Jubing Millions were gathered by Hu people, and Jin people accounted for less than [-]% of them.That is because the Hu people learned the lesson of the Jin Dynasty's wanton arming of the Hu people who were overthrown and controlled the number of Jin soldiers. Under normal circumstances, the number of Jin soldiers is only [-] to [-]% of that of the Hu people.

In November of the same year, Shihu built the Yellow River Crossing Bridge in Lingchangjin, mining stones as bridge piers, but after the stones were cast, they were washed away by the water, costing more than 500 million labor, but the crossing bridge was not completed.Shihu became angry, beheaded the craftsmen, and stopped building.

I read it right, Shihu spent more than 500 million labors to build a bridge, not more than 5 people, not more than 5000 people, and not more than 500 people.

At the same time, Shi Hu also ordered the world to obtain beauties, and more than 3 women were recruited on a large scale, and they were divided into three classes and allocated everywhere.The crown prince and the princes privately ordered nearly ten thousand beauties to be recruited.Counties and counties tried their best to select beauties, and often forcibly seized the wives of the common people, killed their husbands, and the number of husbands committed suicide reached more than 3000.

After the forced conscripted beauties were sent to Yecheng, Shi Hu sorted them out in front of the hall, and because the envoys were capable, 12 of them were enshrined as marquises.As a result, people in various states and counties were killed and injured due to loss and rebellion.More than 50 people were imprisoned and killed because the local guards could not appease them.When Doctor Jin Ziguanglu served Shihu in the Ming Dynasty, he spoke bluntly and vigorously. Shihu was furious, and let the brave Longteng Zhonglang break him to death.

Every time there are military operations, all counties, counties, and prefectures will have "indicators", that is, for every five soldiers to be recruited, one car will be dispatched, two cows, fifteen dendrobiums of rice, ten bolts of silk, and those who are unprepared will be beheaded. Going to support Shijie Zhao State is irrelevant, as long as the result is achieved.

It cost hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, and at the most exaggerated time, it cost more than 500 million. It is estimated that only the barbarian king would do such crazy things.

Maybe many people don't understand why Shihu's actions didn't cause the country to collapse, but in fact, Shijie Zhao State has always been more like a multi-tribal alliance than a country, and Shijie Zhao State is always on the verge of collapse, but it just hinders it. Only the brutality and force of the Jie people continued to exist.

In this tribal alliance, the Jie tribe is the dominant position, with the Qiang and Di tribes as the biggest accomplices, and there are also a large number of miscellaneous Hus.

The miscellaneous beards in Zhao Guozhong, Shijie, will inevitably be recruited in batches when there is a war, and the miscellaneous beards are also willing to participate in the war. Tribes, after all, whether it is Jie, Qiang, Di, or even the declining Xiongnu and the rising Xianbei, all came here in this way.

"In this way..." Yuan Qiao was already in Xiancheng, and he said with a full face, "No matter how barbarians have the characteristics of bringing men, women and children together, we will encounter tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn. It's really not surprising at all."

Xu Zheng knew from the very beginning that Shijie Zhao State was a strange country, but no one would be that crazy in any normal country.He twitched the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully: "There are hundreds of thousands of them, but you can't even hit [-]% of them."

As a vanguard, Si Hongzhuang marched very fast. When he assaulted within [-] miles of Puyang, he divided into [-] teams and went out to attack the enemies who were unable to gather in time because of the sudden attack. After breaking up the enemies, he followed up from behind. reinforcements to deal with.

In just two hours, more than [-] Han troops were wiped out and nearly [-] were captured.

The captives were naturally to be sent back, and the number of old and weak women and children among them turned out to be the majority, which is why Yuan Qiao and Xu Zheng had a conversation.

"Maybe we can call for help?" Yuan Qiao found that the effect of the vanguard breaking up into pieces and attacking everywhere was very good. At the same time, the information passed by Si Hongzhuang showed that the enemy army was suddenly attacked and was in chaos: "A large number of enemy troops came to help. There are small stocks."

"If we can scare the enemy to the side of the white horse, it is naturally feasible." Xu was looking at the map, he clicked on the location of the white horse, and said: "The situation suddenly happened, and Sun Fu was blocked by us in Juancheng. If the enemy army loses command, it will definitely be chaotic."

Except for Juancheng and Linqiu, the number of Han troops who directly rushed forward was actually not large, only close to [-].Their forward assault is actually a bit risky. It would be ideal to capture Puyang in a surprise attack. It is only right not to annihilate a large number of enemy troops who have not yet reacted, so as to create a favorable situation for the subsequent battle.

After just resting for less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Zheng left Yuan Qiao in Xiancheng, and he continued to advance with the follow-up troops.

It cannot be said that the war broke out suddenly. It can only be said that the "habit" that has lasted for more than a year has been changed. It is normal for the passive side to not react. After all, one side has a plan, and the other side is purely passive.

It was already evening when Shi Xuan received a large number of Han soldiers approaching the city in Puyang. Before that, he sent Li Tu to lead the troops to meet the enemy first, and then sent reinforcements one after another. The number of Shijie Zhao troops rushing to the battlefield has exceeded [-] .

Liang Du met Li Tu at Baima. He was actually relieved to see Li Tu coming. It was all because the situation was too chaotic and the news from the front was too complicated to judge.

"So, there are traces of the Han army everywhere?" Li Tu looked calm. He looked at the crudely drawn map. A little bit of news to pass over?"

Liang Du directly shook his head: "Not only is there no news from the front, but none of the Kuaiqi sent by the humble job has returned yet."

"The Han army is very agile!" Li Tu finally had a cautious expression: "It seems that the Han army is dispatched in full force. Only in this way can we be completely separated from Sun Fudu's troops, and we will be able to fight in the short-term. Eat up all of Sun Fudu's troops within the time limit."

Liang Ducai doesn't care what Sun Fu is like, what matters is what they do.

"Easy!" Li Tu raised his hand and pointed at Puyang, and said in a solemn voice, "The old man leads the army forward, no matter what, fight first."

No matter how much Liang Du has an opinion, he can only say that he has no opinion, saying that after Li Tu goes to battle, he will definitely guard the white horse and consolidate Li Tu's back.

If counting the number of people, the Shijie Zhao army has always been the dominant side. The Han army often fights the Zhao army with a force of less than [-] and more than [-], but the number is just the number.

The troops led by Li Tu are very different from those of the Zhao army in Shijie before. In addition to the [-] Jie cavalry, the rest are also young and strong men of various ethnic groups.

Baima is more than sixty miles away from Puyang, and the whole journey is flat. Li Tu is not worried about being ambushed at all. After all, in this kind of terrain, the field of vision is wide. Even if you want to dig large-scale pits to hide people, you don't have enough time, and it won't work if you hide few people.

It is difficult to use any conspiracies on a battlefield with flat terrain, and sometimes the two sides set up their positions to fight dignifiedly. Xu Zheng received a report from the scouts, saying that at least [-] enemy troops were pushing forward, and he immediately knew that he should let his side The troops who scattered and attacked all over the place withdrew, and the next step was the matter of the large corps.

"No one will be left here, let's retreat ten miles!" Xu Zheng was standing one mile south of Puyang City on horseback, watching the flag of Shijie Zhao army flying on the top of Puyang City: "Seeing that the enemy army is entering the city, Still chasing after."

There should be more than [-] defenders in Puyang City. If the enemy army from Yanjin does not come to help immediately, the Han army will not attack the city without the certainty of a single blow, or half of the enemy army will come. Still have to retreat.

When Li Tu led the army to approach the Han army for twenty miles, he had already ordered to slow down. He wanted to see what the general of the Han army would do. He learned that the Han army retreated ten miles to the southeast of Pucheng and began to set up camp. Left and right said: "I often hear that the Han army is fierce and brave, and their offensive is like fire, and they are eager to fight. I didn't expect that there would be times when they didn't fight and retreat first."

Naturally, there was a burst of "haha" laughter from the left and right who gave face, and it was inevitable that someone would laugh at the Han army for not planting anything.

Boosting morale, that's what a general should do, even if it's a lie, but it's good for the soldiers to believe it. That's what Li Tu and a group of Shijie generals are doing.

The Han army retreated and set up camp, so Li Tu didn't have to be too sympathetic to the horse's foot strength and the soldiers' physical strength. He ordered [-] cavalry to go ahead quickly, and the headquarters also accelerated.

Ten miles southeast of Puyang, Xu Zheng paid close attention to the enemy's movements. When he learned that about [-] enemy cavalry were going ahead, he asked his generals: "This general wants to deal a head-on blow to this enemy army. Who is willing to lead the troops to fight?" ?”

Zhong Xing immediately came out, and said loudly: "The final general is willing to go!"

"Okay!" Xu Zheng took out one from the token basket on the case table and threw it at Zhong Xing: "Together lead seven thousand Tu cavalry and three thousand bow cavalry, we must let the enemy know how powerful the Han army is."

Therefore, it can be said that the table characters cannot be taken randomly, most of them are related to the name. Xing originally has the meaning of Congjia (yú) from the same, and it is also a joint effort. This is how Zhong Xing's table characters come together.

Zhong Xing caught the command arrow and responded loudly: "No!", but he stood still, he had to hear how far Xu Zheng was going to hit.

"If the enemy army is fighting, use the most ferocious posture to destroy the most enemy army in the shortest time." Xu Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully: "If the enemy army headquarters speeds up, don't hesitate to return immediately."

This time Zhong Xing answered the "No" again, saluted very quickly and left.

Soon the seven thousand dashing cavalry and the three thousand arching cavalry left the half-built camp and headed west with the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

Ten thousand Han troops and ten thousand Shijie Zhao troops saw each other five miles southwest of Puyang. Jie Zhao Jun seemed to have slowed down a little but then sped up quickly.

If you stand on the west side of Puyang City, you can clearly see that the two cavalry are pointing their spears at each other, and they are all rushing forward aggressively. , and then Shijie Zhao Jun also made corresponding actions.

"Assault cavalry follow me to attack head-on." Zhong Xing's voice can't be heard very far. What is needed is the bannerman and trumpeter who follow him to remind the whole army with semaphores and horns. Che, he roared loudly: "The Han army is mighty!"

It's a pity that the cavalry rushed forward with their heads buried in the control of the horse, and it was not beautiful to not respond with a sound.

On the contrary, Shijie Zhao Jun let out a roar, although it sounded chaotic, shouting all kinds of things, but it seemed a bit loud.

It wasn't the large cavalry that fought against each other first, but the cavalry archers of the Han army.

The archers of the Han army really only know how to run and shoot. They intended to turn around and shoot arrows on the flanks when the cavalry and the enemy rushed into each other, but before that, they either needed to get rid of the pursuing enemy. Or you can only drag the enemy to "fly a kite" slowly to death.

Hu people are good at riding and shooting, but they use horn bows. The range of horn bows is short, and the power is actually not very good. At that time, the archers of the Han army were already a hundred steps away from them and had already shot arrows first.

The three thousand cavalry archers shot arrows at the same time and controlled the direction of the horses to change direction slightly. The first wave of arrow rain did not fall, but when the direction of the horses changed, it was the second wave and the third wave of arrow rain.

What the defenders of Puyang saw was that the Han army was running very quickly, and there was no gap in the coordination. The screams of people and the wailing of war horses made people turn their backs one by one.

……Dividing line……

Sleeping through the night with a hangover, I can only post a big chapter.

(End of this chapter)