Chapter 845 System

Chapter 845 System

Chapter 845 System
Under the Baideng stage, the north wind was biting.

Amid the sound of orderly footsteps, a large group of armored soldiers lined up with guns in hand, their expressions solemn.

The cavalrymen led their horses and sat on the ground in the rear.

Farther away, the dull sound of horse hooves echoed through the mountains and valleys, and from time to time someone would ride up the hill and look around.

The drumbeats were like a death warrant, slow at first, hitting people's eardrums one by one.

When a group of young Hu people wearing fur coats finished lining up in front of the battle formation, the drum beats became faster and faster, slowly beating on people's hearts.

On the hillside, the ruthless general gave the order to attack.

After the flag was raised, the messenger rode over and read out the attack order again.

More than a thousand barbarian captives, with stern faces and disorderly steps, holding wooden shields and various weapons, launched a feint attack upwards along the narrow hillside.

The attack on Baidengtai and Baideng Mountain has entered the second day.

The cottage was conquered yesterday.

The miscellaneous Hu soldiers attacked first to wear down the defenders' morale. After nightfall, the Silver Spear Right Camp attacked them by surprise, and after a fierce battle for half the night, they captured them.

Today the battlefield has moved to Baidengtai, and as usual, the miscellaneous Hu soldiers are still leading the charge.

Jin Zheng stood on the hillside, but his eyes kept looking westward toward Pingcheng. It was obvious that his mind was not here.

The glory of attacking Pingcheng would not belong to him, but to Wang Que'er, which made him very regretful.

In fact, he was mentally prepared. Hou Feihu unexpectedly came from behind and was promoted to General Fujun, which was one level higher than both him and Wang Que'er. Now Master Shao gave Wang Que'er another chance to make a contribution.

Only after Wang Que'er has firmly taken the credit will it be Jin Zheng's turn.

This is how the seating arrangement is done in the military.

The sound of killing was deafening on the mountain road, and the feint attack side suffered heavy casualties.

After the soldier holding the large shield was shot down, the people behind him picked up the wooden shield covered with "white hair" and continued to rush forward.

The corpses piled up more and more, and even the deep valley under the mountain path was filled with dead bodies lying in all directions.

This kind of scene was commonplace to Jin Zheng, who took it for granted. But to Yin Hao, the secretary who had just arrived from Pingyang, it was extremely bloody. At this moment, he was standing behind Jin Zheng, looking pale.

"The reporter has experienced a great epidemic after all, so why is he so inexperienced?" Jin Zheng sneered, "In the year of the epidemic, the dead were pulled out in carts. What kind of war could kill so many people?"

Yin Hao's face was still very pale. He shook his head and said, "The plague ghost takes people's lives, but it won't be so bloody."

"It's better to die quickly on the battlefield than to lie on a sickbed and wail in pain." Jin Zheng snorted coldly.

He looked down on the son of the Minister of Agriculture because he had a good relationship with Yu Liang. In Jin Zheng's view, this was birds of a feather flock together. What good could come of two incompetent people getting together?
Being criticized by Jin Zheng, Yin Hao sighed.

He wanted to say something, but the battlefield ahead was too bloody.

One man's stomach was cut open, and he didn't even care that he was on the battlefield. He just cried and stuffed his intestines back in.

A man's head was chopped off and blood gushed out of his neck like a fountain. If you didn't see it in person, it would be hard to believe that so much blood could gush out of such a thin person.

There was another person who fell to the ground injured. A fire started and the person was unable to move. He could only put his hands in front of him in vain, as if this could stop the fire from devouring his body.

There were also people who were knocked down by arrows.

It takes more than ten years for a person to grow up from birth. Life is not easy, and those who can survive and grow up are lucky. But now they are being harvested by arrows, one after another, and no one knows how painful their parents, wives and children will be.

The 22-year-old young supervisor was really scared.

"Master Shao once said that there have been three major chronic diseases since the Han Dynasty, one is 'barbarians' and the other is 'disasters'. If we can solve them in our lifetime, we will be very happy." Jin Zheng approached Yin Hao, looked at his pale face, grinned, and said with a smile: "If you want to solve these problems, it's not that simple. You must have great courage, perseverance, and wisdom."

Yin Hao took a step back and asked subconsciously: "Aren't there three major chronic diseases? What is the other one?"

Jin Zheng ignored him, stepped back a few steps, and said to the clerk accompanying the army, "Let the first and second buildings charge forward."

"Yes." The clerk quickly wrote down the order.

The messenger took it and ran away.

Not far behind him, a gray pennant slowly rose.

The attack of the Zahu continued, but no new soldiers were coming. The Silver Spear Army used them as human shields and sent out 1,200 people. The first 900 were all archers. As soon as they entered the battle, dense arrows were shot at the defenders.

As soon as anyone showed up, three or five bows would be ready to serve him.

Their training volume was far greater than that of ordinary herdsmen or archers, and their archery skills were very accurate and their shooting speed was also very fast. Therefore, except for a few guards with accurate archery skills who fought back with the help of buildings or terrain, causing certain casualties to them, the others were quickly suppressed.

The morale of the remaining miscellaneous Hu soldiers was greatly boosted, and they rushed forward bravely and fought with the enemy.

More than two hundred iron-armored warriors of the Silver Spear Army followed closely behind, holding spears and charging forward.

The enemy army retreated step by step, and the Jin army soon captured Baidengtai.

At this time, all the miscellaneous Hu had been killed or wounded, and some of the Silver Spear Army archers also changed to long spears or ring-handled swords, rushed forward, fought repeatedly with the bandits, and cleared out every house.

The battle lasted until the afternoon. Seeing that there was no way to retreat, dozens of remaining Xianbei soldiers jumped off a cliff and died instead of surrendering.

"Good man!" Jin Zheng praised.

Yin Hao glanced at him and said, "This must be Qi's servant, a shepherd slave, a vicious thief. The more of them who die, the better."

Jin Zheng sometimes felt that scholars like Yin Hao had problems with their brains. He said, "I praise them because I want my own men to be so loyal and brave. There is nothing more to say to you. Go back and tell the king that Bai Dengtai has been conquered. We will search and clean it today, and you can move in tomorrow."

Yin Hao looked up at Baidengshan and Baidengtai, and his heart moved.

If it were an unnamed mountain, it would not be very interesting, but as a landmark of the relationship between the Han and the Xiongnu, Mount Baideng has long been famous all over the world, and it is indeed worth chanting on stage and expressing one's feelings. If a gathering could be held on stage, everyone would look at the beautiful mountains and rivers and talk about everything under the sun. Wow, Yin Hao would feel goose bumps all over his body, and he could sit there from morning to night and talk non-stop.

Before leaving, Yin Hao saw a large group of Hu people with high noses and deep eyes coming from east to west. Judging from their route, they should be heading to Pingcheng.

"Western Dingling people." A Silver Spear Army officer named Miao Hui who was escorting Yin Hao explained, "The leader is called Zhai Shu. He was ordered to lead 5,000 cavalry to the west to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence."

It turned out to be this guy! Yin Hao suddenly remembered.

When they heard about Zhai Shu's various behaviors in Pingyang, they all called him a cunning man. They were just thinking about how the King of Liang would deal with him, but now they saw that Zhai Shu's tribe would suffer when they attacked the city.

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After returning to the camp on the west bank of the Hunshui River, Yin Hao immediately went inside to report.

Shao Xun was discussing the aftermath with Zhang Bin. After hearing Yin Hao's report, he didn't take it seriously.

Baidengshan and Baidengtai were isolated, and it was not surprising that Kim Jong-un and others captured them because they rushed and attacked fiercely.

Shao Xun was about to ask Yin Hao to leave, but after thinking about it, he asked him to sit down.

"During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Former Han Dynasty, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions established a Protectorate General." Zhang Bin talked eloquently: "In the early Later Han Dynasty, Ban Chao was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions and the Protectorate General was re-established. However, it was much weaker than before during the reign of Emperor Xuan. It was later changed to the Western Regions Chief Secretary's Office. The difference between the two words can be seen. At that time, there were only more than ten countries in the Western Regions. Today, the world is in chaos, and the Western Regions may even fight each other. If someone retakes it in the future, I am afraid that only a few countries will remain. They are strong and will not be willing to be controlled."

Yin Hao was a little confused. They were fighting against the Tuoba Xianbei, so how did it get to the Western Regions? But he soon understood.

"It's the same in the Western Regions and the grasslands." Zhang Bin said, "If there are many countries, they will be weak if their strength is divided, and it will be easy to control them. If there are few countries, they will be strong if their strength is combined, and it will be difficult to control them. Your Majesty, it is not enough to use the Protectorate of the Barbarians to lead the various barbarians. Moreover, the government office is located in Pingyang, and many things are out of reach. Over time, the various barbarians will be alienated and even more difficult to unify. I think it is better to abolish the Protectorate of the Barbarians and set up a Protectorate in Pingcheng and Shengle to control them nearby, so that it will be effective."

"During the Han Dynasty, the rank of a Protector-General was equivalent to that of a two thousand stone official, which was too low. Your Majesty, perhaps you could raise it to be on par with a provincial governor or a governor."

"The Protectorate may have vassal states and subordinate counties. Your Majesty can allow them to govern themselves or interfere in their government affairs, depending on the circumstances."

After listening to this, Shao Xun said, "This is much more in-depth than the governance during the pre-Han Dynasty."

The times are developing.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions had very low levels of civilization and productivity, and their military was not strong either. Therefore, they could rule by largely doing nothing, and live in peace.

But they are also developing and progressing. If the Western Regions were in the Spring and Autumn Period during the Western Han Dynasty, then they were in the Warring States Period during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Now, they are trending towards the late Warring States Period. In short, small countries are annexing each other, and their productivity and military combat effectiveness have also made great progress. It is no longer appropriate to rule with the policies of the Western Han Dynasty.

Back to the matter of Tuoba Xianbei, there are actually many things we can learn from them.

Shao Xun thought about it for a day or two and came up with a plan.

The methods used during the Han Dynasty are mostly ineffective now, but the methods that failed in other dynasties in later generations may not be useless now, and the methods that were successful then may not necessarily be successful now.

To put it bluntly, every era has its own characteristics, which is the style of the era.

The times are made up of people and their activities. The values ​​these people recognize, the way they think about problems, their habits of doing things, and their level of productivity all jointly influence the direction of the times.

Any policy must be formulated based on this point, and mechanical application will inevitably lead to problems.

"Yuanyuan." Shao Xun looked at Yin Hao and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Yin Hao opened his mouth and finally said, "Now we should focus on capturing Pingcheng."

Shao Xun laughed and said, "That's right."

Yin Hao's face turned red. He was not stupid and knew that he had said the right nonsense.

"But I agree with what you said yesterday." Shao Xun said, "From Jinyang to the north, there is either no one living there or all of them are barbarians with ill intentions. Although I have been cautious and built a city every few dozen miles to store military supplies and fodder, it is still a bit dangerous. If someone has bad intentions and wants to keep me here, there may be a chance. It all depends on whether he dares to do so."

Yin Hao was excited when he heard this.

He said yesterday that if Wang took the risk and colluded with Helan Aitou, then -

There was a rebellion by the Wuhuan, so the laborers who were transporting food and grass for the army were rounded up and killed, and the auxiliary soldiers who were grazing cattle, sheep and horses were hunted down and the food supply route was immediately cut off;

In addition, the Suotou Iron Cavalry marched southward from Shengle, threatening Yinguan and even Yanmen Pass.

In such a situation, the morale of the army will inevitably be affected. King Liang can only withdraw his troops from Pingcheng and return in a hurry. With blockades in front and pursuers behind, no one can guarantee what the situation will become.

What if the surrendered Wuhuan and Xianbei people stationed near Pingcheng suddenly rebelled and attacked the royal army? This would be even more difficult.

Yin Hao was the head of the record room. He came into contact with a lot of news on the battlefield in Pingyang. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. So he suggested to Prime Minister Yu Chen that he take the opportunity of escorting a batch of military supplies to go to Pingcheng and report in person.

Shao Xun didn't think that this would happen now. After all, Wang was not a moron. There was no benefit in cooperating with Helan Aitou, and they would only be swallowed up by others.

But he also accepted Yin Hao's advice and decided to be nicer and gentler to Wang and nip the danger in the bud.

Women are not as good as men in controlling their emotions, so it’s better to be careful.

In addition, considering that Wang was unable to effectively control the situation, some people appeared to have joined her, but were actually secretly hooking up with Helan Aitou, so we had to be on guard.

"I have ordered Liu Runzhong to lead 5,000 cavalry to march west and station at Mayi." Shao Xun said, "Chen Yougen has also sent some troops west. Now that there is no worry about the rear, we can attack the city with peace of mind."

After saying this, Huang Zheng came to report: The Lady Dowager of Dai State is here.

Shao Xun let her in.

After a while, Wang came in hurriedly, her eyes bright with a hint of excitement and anticipation, and said, "Your Majesty, the Shiben clan has surrendered. This is a large tribe. I sent someone to contact them."

Shao Xun's mind raced, he looked at Wang with surprise, and said with a smile: "Even Feng's tribe can surrender, how can He Li not be defeated? Madam is indeed a woman of courage."

Tuoba Heli's grandmother was from the Feng tribe (Shiben clan). Although the relationship between them was not as close over the years, it was indeed not easy to persuade them to surrender.

Wang looked at Shao Xun closely. Seeing him like that, she felt relieved and a little happy.

"Spread the news, and attack the city as soon as the equipment is ready." Shao Xun ordered.

(End of this chapter)