sweeping the world

Chapter 427
When Liu Yan subdued those vassal states, the process was actually far from that simple.

Goguryeo was conquered once by Murong Yan. Wandu City was easily conquered. The tomb of King Michuan of the Goguryeo royal family was dug up. Gao Zhao's mother Zhou was also captured by Murong Yan. The economic and population losses were incalculable. The Goguryeo army lost nearly 14 people, but Goguryeo had only a small population.

After Murong Yanguo conquered Goguryeo for the first time, Baekje and Silla began to attack Goguryeo.Baekje's troops from all over the country have recently moved northward, which coincided with the Han army's landing on the Korean Peninsula. Despite this episode of the Han army, Baekje did not stop its march northward and captured more than a dozen Goguryeo cities along the way, plundering wealth, silk and high population.

Silla is also unwilling to be lonely.Silla was originally fighting with Baekje and Gaja. After Baekje went north, Silla defeated Gaja first and then attacked Goguryeo.

At that time, the Han army was in a posture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. They waited for Goguryeo to be overwhelmed before sending troops to take down Daifang County and Lelang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even Tixi, which slowly eroded Baekje. county.

For a period of time, Liu Yan had been using troops on the Korean Peninsula, using Goguryeo and Baekje on the Korean Peninsula to train the new army. The three-party melee lasted for two years. The Han army was able to survive, and Goguryeo At first, he couldn't afford to surrender, and then Baekje followed suit.Silla waited for Goguryeo and Baekje to surrender to the Han Dynasty. The Han army entered Gaju and easily defeated the three tribes. They waited for the Han army's front to approach the Silla border before surrendering.

As the three largest countries on the Korean Peninsula successively surrendered to the Han State, the next training target of the Han army became Jiaju.

Gaya is an alliance of six tribes. As the younger brother of Baekje, it has a constant relationship with the countries on the Wa Islands. Therefore, it is only natural that the Han army’s attack on Kaya will involve the countries on the Wa Islands. Come in.

During the three years, the Han army continued to use troops in the Korean Peninsula in the form of rotation. Because it was for military training, there was no full effort. But it was because of this that the countries on the Korean Peninsula were frightened, and a war broke out in the Central Plains. After that, some important cities in various countries actually had Han troops stationed there, and the countries that surrendered also sent troops to obey Liu Yan's urging.

Liu Yan treated those vassal states according to the retro style, that is, according to the method of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. He canonized the original kings as princes, which is equivalent to the kings of various countries becoming Liu Yan's ministers, and the original big and small lords of each country also became Liu Yan. Yan's ministers are subordinates.

The "feudal" arrangement of lords and lords is a retro style for the Central Plains, but it is the current trend for the Korean Peninsula.It is precisely because of this that it is easier for Han to digest the Korean peninsula under the premise of sufficient soldiers, and now it is beginning to integrate from the system.

As for spreading culture on the Korean Peninsula, there is no need for the Han Dynasty to worry about it. On the Korean Peninsula, including the Japanese islands, their characters were originally taken from the Central Plains. Any upper-level person who does not know Chinese characters or the Chinese language is not a problem. This is an extremely embarrassing thing. What the Han Dynasty needs to do is to strengthen the Sinicization of the people.

It has reached the point where the national system and system should be fully similar to that of the Han Dynasty. It is conceivable how the Han Dynasty controls the countries on the Korean Peninsula.In fact, although Liu Yan did not destroy the country of Jiaya, Jiaya was completely controlled by the Han army. It was originally intended to be used as a springboard to invade the Japanese islands, but later the Central Plains war broke out and it ran aground.

As a vassal country without its own diplomatic power, Liu Yan further controlled the power of appointing officials in the vassal country. The next step was to make each country a prefecture and county of the Han State, but that was a little impatient.

Nansu jumped out to argue with Yangyu after receiving the signal, and the topic was nothing more than Murong Yan's invasion of Goguryeo.

After Koguryo invaded and retreated for the first time in Murong Yan, they first tried to build a city near the old Wandu City to test Murong Yan's reaction.At that time, Murong Yanguo was busy completely destroying Yuwen Xianbei and did not care about Goguryeo's petty actions. The reason why Murongyanguo launched the second invasion of Goguryeo was that the country was invaded.The so-called invasion of Murong Yan's country refers to Goguryeo's re-entry into the boundary of Wandu City.

The real situation is that Goguryeo was severely weakened after Murong Yan's first invasion. It recruited young talents from all over the country to create an army of 8 people.Goguryeo once again faced the invasion of the Murong Yan State. It resisted for a while at Wandu City and then retreated to Nansu City. Later, the Murong Yan State attacked the Han State’s peninsula territory in Liaodong. After Murong Yan’s army divided its troops, Goguryeo finally It is to defend Nansu City, but the situation looks very bad.

"Small country, just hit it!" Yang Yu was already in a very bad mood, he looked up at Nan Suyuan contemptuously, and said: "Not only do we have to fight, but we also want to massacre the city."

No matter how indignant Nan Suyuan was, he would look pale and powerless. He simply bowed down in Liu Yan's direction as if pushing a golden mountain and overturning a jade pillar, and shouted: "Your Majesty, please be the master for this little minister!"

The envoys from various countries who had been watching the monkey show had different expressions on their faces. They were observing Liu Yan's expression at this moment, and found that Liu Yan was always smiling.

"Naturally, it is up to the master." Lu Yi was the one who should speak. He looked at Yang Yu provocatively, and also raised his face: "The big man has ordered [-] troops to go north, and he is also gathering troops from various countries. It should have arrived at the city of Nansu."

The vassal states mentioned by Lu Yi are of course Baekje, Silla, Izumo, Kyushu, etc. The [-] Han army must be the main force, and the combined army of each vassal state will have about [-]. It is indeed possible Have a good fight with the [-] Murong Yan army attacking Nansu City.

The envoys from various countries who have been listening attentively, they heard that [-] Han troops will help Goguryeo resist the invasion of Murong Yan, everyone is more or less suspicious or shocked, everything is from the Central Plains A war is breaking out, and Han is fighting against Shijie Zhao, Murong Yan, and the small courts of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with the strength of one country. I thought that Han's military strength should be exhausted, but I didn't expect that it would be able to use its spare power to help other countries.

It's not that no one has counted how many Han troops there are.

There were 17 Han troops on the Puyang battlefield, [-] on the Jizhou battlefield, and [-] on the Liaodong battlefield.The total of these three places is [-].

There are more Han troops in the direction of Yuzhou. Xie An has 20 troops, Huan Wen has 29 troops, and Yuan Qiao has nearly [-] troops. So there are [-] Han troops in Yuzhou alone.

As far as Xuzhou is concerned, if the navy is not counted, there are at least [-] troops stationed along the Yangtze River.

Apart from the various borders, there must be troops stationed in the country, but it is difficult to calculate how many, and a little speculation will not be less than [-].

It is clear at a glance how many Han troops there are in Fenggao. It didn't matter how many there were before, but now Fenggao has gathered nearly [-] troops.

Adding up all kinds of things, all countries are stunned. Is it true that there are so many young men in the Han Dynasty, or is Liu Yan's military arrogance?The number of Han troops that surfaced turned out to be about 60!

Well, that’s actually not the case. For example, out of the 20 under Yuan Qiao’s command, 4 are slave soldiers, the servant army is close to [-], and the Han army headquarters is only [-].Another example is that various countries speculate that there are [-] in the hinterland of Han, but in fact it is close to [-], and they are all newly recruited conscripts.Of the [-] under Huan Wen's command, [-] of them were incorporated from the original Ran's Qin State.

The number of soldiers in Han Dynasty was only 20 after repeated increases. The remaining nearly 32 can only be regarded as auxiliary soldiers. The next [-] are imperial guards, which adds up to an army of [-].

With more than 280 million free citizens of the Han Dynasty to form an army of 28, the ratio of ten to one is indeed a bit militaristic.But isn’t there no way?Furthermore, the young people and the ratio of men to women in the Han Dynasty were abnormal. For example, young and strong men accounted for more than 280 million of the 170 million free citizens.

In the eyes of outsiders, the 60-strong army of Han, which was only five years old, is not the most important thing. What they are curious and surprised about is how Han's national strength can be sustained, or how long it can be sustained.

Liu Yan didn't have any special meaning in summoning the envoys from various countries, and the first meeting was definitely not the time to talk about serious business.

From the very beginning, Yang Yu was used as the starting point. Han's intention was very simple, that is, it was impossible for Murong Yan to have peace now. Now that the war had begun, they would fight to the death.

The attitude of the Han Dynasty was shown. Fotucheng from the Zhao Kingdom in Shijie kept saying "Amitabha", while Ma Qiu's face was extremely gloomy. But whoever was most worried was the people from the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Chuo really doesn't understand..." Sun Chuo said worriedly to Liu Tin: "Assuming their national strength is really that strong and we are not ready for war, how should we face the Han army's southward march?"

Of course, Liu Xun also came from a family of officials south of the Yangtze River. He was also a consort who married a princess of the Sima royal family.However, whether he is a consort or not is secondary. His most important status is that of a famous scholar and one of the leaders of the Qingtan sect south of the Yangtze River.This time he came to Han Dynasty as a deputy envoy, and his presence has not been strong.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover them with earth!" Liu Yin looked extremely indifferent: "When he is in charge, he will definitely abandon his pen and join the army, and fight to the death with the bandit army."

The two of them were whispering, but they heard someone greeting them, and they looked at someone with a smile on their face.

The only person who always kept a smile no matter what the occasion was was Sang Yu. He smiled and exchanged a few words of greetings with his hands, and then said: "The king already knows your purpose of coming. We can find time to discuss it slowly in the future." .”

The biggest task of Sun Chuo and Liu Xun when they came to Han Dynasty was to redeem Chu Su, the father of the country. That was almost everyone knew it.When they saw Sang Yu's attitude and the meaning behind his words, they couldn't help but be stunned. They were both surprised and pleasantly surprised.

Chu Po is face to the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Regardless of how Chu Po was defeated, how much territory was lost and how many troops were lost, the most important thing is that Chu Po, as the head of the country, cannot always be a prisoner.

Compared with maintaining face, losing territory and losing many troops can be secondary. The Han Dynasty wanted to release people, so why not surprise Sun Chuo and Liu Xun.

There was a possibility that the matter could be solved, and their moods immediately changed. However, Sun Chuo and Liu Xun knew that now was not the time to speak, so they kept smiling from behind.Zhang Zuo, who had always been ignored, was able to lower his voice to exchange literature with Sun Chuo, and Liu Xun also joined in.

Fotucheng, who has been in "Amitabha", continues to be a Buddha statue, but Ma Qiu, who has been deliberately neglected, can't bear it.

Originally, Ma Qiu was very happy that Han Guo wanted to continue to fight against Murong Yan Guo, but Han Guo expressed his desire to reconcile with the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but Ma Qiu couldn't make a statement.

"Jin State and Zhao State are allies who have exchanged letters of credence." Ma Qiu is not angry with anyone, but Sun Chuo, especially seeing that Sun Chuo has been whispering to others, and the target is Zhang Zuo of the Zhang Family Liang State, and his heart is even more angry. Unhappy, he spoke without thinking: "The two countries have an alliance and should advance and retreat together."

Ma Qiu wanted to attack Sun Chuo, but the words he said were misleading.One moment the Han State expressed that it wanted to let the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty go, and the next moment Ma Qiu demanded common treatment. Doesn't it mean that the Shijie Zhao State was also scared by the Han State?

Sun Chuo felt sorry for Shijie and Zhao Guo at first, but he felt guilty after being confronted by Ma Qiu for a while, and he didn't think much about it. He was about to say something to explain the scene, but he heard an obvious uproar when he didn't say it.

Shijie Zhao Guo wants to seek peace?This is a very unexpected thing.Liu Yan founded the country in the Shijie Zhao Kingdom. Within five years, he captured the entire Qingzhou, and then the entire Xuzhou. Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou and even Sizhou were all igniting wars. Even though the Shijie Zhao Kingdom still wanted peace, Does it mean that Shijie Zhao State is dead?
"Oh..." Sang Yu looked surprised and asked Ma Qiu slowly and logically: "Are you here to ask for surrender?"

Ma Qiu hadn't realized what he said, first heard the uproar, then heard Sang Yu's question, and stood up in a daze: "The little court is going to surrender, it's the little court. Someone didn't say that Da Zhao Please surrender!"

Sun Chuo was also stunned. The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not want to surrender. He stopped talking but decided not to speak. He said that he would first take back Chu Pei, the head of state, and the rest of the matter would be settled later.

Liu Xun quit.He faced Ma Qiu with a surprised expression, and said in a gentle manner: "General Ma, don't talk nonsense. When did I say I want to surrender?"

Ma Qiu was immediately happy, and looked at Sang Yu mockingly, and said, "Well, it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

"The Han army invaded our Jin territory for no reason and killed countless people. It was the work of tigers and wolves." Liu Xun ignored Sun Chuo's constant winks and looked around in a righteous and solemn manner. He then looked at Liu Yan with an unyielding expression. His attitude: "I have something to say below. If the Han army wants to go south, they will definitely go into battle."

But Liu Yan was asking Ji Chang: "Who is this guy with a sick mind?"

Ji Chang had done some research beforehand, and he completely agreed with Liu Yan that Liu Bin was sick, and it shouldn't be like this when Liu Yan was not sick.

(End of this chapter)