"Your Majesty, the Goguryeo people have always been cunning. If we struggle with them, it will take too long. In that case, wouldn't it be easier for Ma Shijin's Qingzhou thieves to prepare?"
Murong Han was the first to question.
Faced with the eldest son's doubts, Murong Xin seemed very pleased.
"What Han'er said makes sense, but Gu still has another deep meaning." Murong Xin said.
"Can your Majesty please make it clear?"
Murong Xin glanced around and then said.
"Do you know where the biggest threat is when the Qingzhou thieves occupy Mashijin?"
"That is the one who can disturb the people's hearts in Liaodong. Now everyone in Liaodong knows that the Central Plains artifact has changed hands, but they are far away from the Great Wall and unable to do anything. Then they were driven by us."
"Then now that the Qingzhou thieves have taken over Mashijin, shouldn't they be wiped out immediately to prevent a change in people's hearts?" the eldest son Murong Han asked in confusion.
"This method can only be temporarily suppressed. The only way is to completely control Liaodong in our hands and no longer have to pay attention to the powerful intentions of the Han people."
When all the Murongs heard this, they all showed expressions of surprise.
Since Murong Xianbei came to live near Liaodong County, although he has received support from the Yang family, Feng family and other powerful Han families, more small and medium-sized Han powerful people are just forced to join them due to the situation.
They all know that these people are unreliable once they face huge external pressure.
"Father, the method you mentioned is to use the power of Goguryeo to suppress these Han people?" The prince Murong Huang rolled his eyes and immediately guessed Murong Xin's intention.
"good!"
"This is Gu's plan. Goguryeo has a large population, and Yifuli is a useless guy. If we destroy Goguryeo, we can annex his tribe."
"Introduce these Goguryeo people into Liaodong and become our minions to replace the powerful Han people."
"At that time, let alone Ma Shijin and the two thousand Qingzhou thieves, even if there are twenty thousand, they will never be able to shake our foundation."
After hearing Murong Xuan's plan, everyone started talking.
At this time, Goguryeo was still far from the strength of the regional hegemon in later generations, and was often treated as a cow by Murong Xianbei and often milked it.
But it was the first time for Murong Xianbei to think of Murong Xian's magnanimity and ambition to annex Goguryeo in one fell swoop.
"But although the Goguryeo people are not strong enough in battle, the surrounding Yuwen, Duan Bu, and Zhang Tong and others in the East Fourth County cannot just sit back and watch us annex Goguryeo." Prince Murong Huang said.
"Gu naturally knows this, so when the Qingzhou thieves from Mashijin come, they can use their tricks to wipe out Goguryeo in one fell swoop."
"They must think that Gu wants to focus on the Qingzhou thieves in Mashijin, but that's not the case for us."
"Goguryeo will definitely be secretly happy if we make a big move southward and will not take precautions. At that time, we will raid Goguryeo with surprise troops."
"This time, we will not only destroy the capital, but also loot everything. If we can't take away everything, we will burn it all, leaving no trace for the Goguryeo people."
Murong Xuan's plan is really cruel.
The Goguryeo people had already been exterminated by Sima Yi's troops fifty years ago, and the country's capital had been breached. They were finally resurrected and managed, but now Murong Xin wants to uproot them again.
"The king's plan is really brilliant!"
"Yes, I have long disliked those Goguryeo people. These little thieves must be completely eliminated."
The Murong tribe was often harassed by Goguryeo. Although there was no big loss, it was very disgusting.
As members of the Murong Division, everyone including Murong Han and Murong Hui hated Goguryeo like a mangy dog.
"However, in this crusade against Goguryeo, we must try to avoid unnecessary massacres. What I mean is to kill all the resisters and move all the obedient ones to Liaodong County. If you kill them all, what will happen? To check and balance the Han people within the territory?”
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The southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Han, Sanshan County.
Gao Yi, the prefect of Sanshan County, was wearing short clothes at this time. He was sweating and used an iron stick as thick as a finger to poke hard at the rammed earth city wall.
"Bang!"
A strong impact was transmitted from the iron sign to Gao Yi's hand, numbing his palms.
The rammed earth wall faced such a heavy blow, but only a shallow hole was poked, and the hard iron stick did not penetrate even half an inch into the earth wall.
"Not bad."
Gao Yi rubbed his slightly numb hands and nodded with great satisfaction.
When Yu Wenzhong next to him saw this, he took a long breath and showed a proud expression on his face.
"Don't worry, military commander. I personally supervised the construction of this large section of earth wall. According to the military commander's instructions, each section has been recorded by a dedicated person. Every time the construction is done carefully, there is no sloppiness."
Gao Yi heard this and glanced at this Xianbei subordinate with a smile.
"This section of the city wall is related to our life and death, so naturally we cannot be careless."
"If my iron pick penetrates even one inch of the city wall overseen by anyone, it will cost fifty army sticks!"
"If it penetrates even two inches, it will be immediately beheaded in public!"
After hearing the words 'beheaded in public', Yu Wenzhong subconsciously shrank his neck.
"Military leader, why are you so anxious? Anyway, Murong Xin has already led his army to fight against Goguryeo. We will definitely not be able to come here. Just build it slowly."
"Humph, you know nothing!" Gao Yi laughed at him.
"Murong Xuan feinted a shot before, saying he was coming to attack us, and then he turned around and attacked Goguryeo."
"It's been quite a while now, who knows if they will suddenly come here again."
"That's true. The people in Murong's department have always been cunning and treacherous, and they are indeed a bit dangerous." Yu Wenzhong nodded and said.
For Yu Wenzhong, who was born in Kuntou Xianbei, Murong Xianbei has been their nightmare for many years.
No matter whether Yuwen Xianbei was poor or rich, strong or weak, he would always be defeated in front of Murong Xianbei.
Now Yu Wenzhong directly surrendered to the Han army, but still retained his previous memories.
"As long as this section of the city wall is built, we won't be afraid of Murong Xianbei's sudden attack. At that time, we can just hide behind and watch them die."
Gao Yi said while looking along the city wall into the distance.
This so-called 'city wall' is actually very thin, except that there is a sentry tower at a distance, which can play a defensive and counterattack role.
The ones that can really play the offensive role are the three forts among them.
In the short journey of six or seven miles from west to east, three large forts and five or six small forts have been built.
And those city walls are just connecting these forts.
The combination of these docks and side walls completely isolates the land at the southern end. Enemies coming from the north will have to pay a heavy price unless they can fly over.
"Military leader, we already have enough manpower now. What will we do after we finish building the side wall?" Yu Wenzhong asked.
After hearing Yu Wenzhong's question, Gao Yi already had a countermeasure.
"When the border wall is built, let them open up wasteland and cultivate land here. If we don't first make our own food and grass sufficient, how can we defend it for a long time?"
Before occupying Sanshan County, Gao Yi had received Liu Yu's instructions early on.
Let him build the fort and the border wall first, and then have stable defense measures in place, and then slowly encroach northward on a large scale, not only to encroach on the land, but also to rob the population.
However, since Gao Yi made two sorties to the north, the sequence of this plan was completely broken.
Almost all the Han people within a radius of one or two hundred miles fled here. At most, three to five hundred people came to seek refuge a day.
This situation only stopped when it was heard from the north that Murong Xian was about to lead his army to attack.
At that time, Gao Yi had already received nearly 10,000 people.
Therefore, the current population of Sanshan County is already very sufficient. According to Gao Yi's estimation, after the construction of the dock and the border wall, there will be enough manpower to open up wasteland and farm.
"Military leader, are we just going to wait here? Aren't we going to do something?" Yu Wenzhong asked again.
"Just keep this place safe. People like Bo Ming are responsible for what's going on outside." Gao Yi said.
After hearing Gao Yi's words, Yu Wenzhong muttered in dissatisfaction.
The "those Bo Ming people" mentioned by Gao Yi are the three thousand Wuhuan cavalry transferred from Dongping Prefecture.
Its leader is named Bo Ming, who is the younger brother of the former beggar commander Bo Sheng.
As one of the few Wuhuan people in the beggar army, Bo Sheng, the governor of a county, no longer had many armed troops. The only remaining force was the three thousand Wuhuan cavalry led by Bo Ming.
These Wuhuan cavalry have been fighting in Dongping Prefecture for several years, and they have kept the people of Haoqiu, Nanfuyu, and Baekje in submission. After arriving in Liaodong, they were all confident and felt that they could beat Murong Xianbei to the fullest. Looking for teeth.
Therefore, after Bo Ming came to Sanshan County, he had already negotiated with Gao Yi, the prefect, and they would be responsible for all tasks north of the border wall, whether it was relocating Han people or resisting Murong Xianbei's attack. You can safely leave it in the hands of Bo Ming and the others.
Gao Yi has long been dissatisfied with these Wuhuan cavalry. He has forgotten how embarrassed he was at the hands of the Huns, and now he pretends to be good at fighting in front of him.
Therefore, Gao Yi sent them. Anyway, now they were just going to demonstrate the strength of the Han army. When Murong Xianbei actually invaded, Bo Ming and the others would have to retreat behind Mashijin Pass.
Only Yu Wenzhong, a barbarian, foolishly thought that Bo Ming and the others could get some credit.
North of Mashijin, Sanshan County.
This place is more than 150 miles away from Mashijin in the south. Bo Ming, the governor of Pingzhou in the east of the Han Dynasty, was leading his Wuhuan cavalry to patrol nearby.
After this period of exploration, Bo Ming and the others have almost understood the surrounding situation.
Bo Ming knew that Murong Xianbei in the north had gone to attack Goguryeo last month, so he boldly rushed north to gather more Han people who fled south.
Since the news spread that the Han army was entrenched in the southern end of Liaodong County, many Han people who were oppressed by Murong Xianbei's heavy taxes fled south.
For this matter, Liu Yu also specifically ordered that the Han army in Sanshan County could be compensated for military merit by the number of Han civilians it recruited.
Bo Ming had already tasted the sweetness of military merit in Dongping Prefecture. Now when he heard about such a simple matter of achieving military merit, his enthusiasm immediately increased.
In just two days, they traveled more than a hundred miles north.
"Are there any villages ahead?"
Bo Ming said to several cavalrymen who had just returned.
"Supervisor, there is only one abandoned village. Judging from the situation, it must have been occupied not long ago, and it must have been moved away by Murong's tribe later."
"These slaves are really abominable!" Bo Ming spat.
This shows that Murong Xianbei has already taken strict precautions against the people fleeing south. If Bo Ming wants to earn military merit again, it will not be so easy.
"What about the others? Why haven't they come back yet?" Bo Ming asked again.
"Report to the supervisor, they are exploring further and should be back soon."
"Have you ever raised a banner and said that we are the Han army?"
Bo Ming was afraid that his subordinates would be wary of the Han people because of their status as Wuhuan people.
"Don't worry, Governor. We all say that we are Han people and are the royal masters of the imperial court. We will not make any mistakes."
These Wuhuan people in the Taihang area are already highly sinicized, even the most advanced group of people.
After joining the Han army, Liu Yu deliberately integrated with them. Now, except for the names of some Wuhuan people, these three thousand Wuhuan cavalry are no different from the Han people.
Even in terms of recognition of the identity of the Han army, these Wuhuan people are far higher than the Han people in some Liaodong counties.
After more than half a day, Bo Ming and his men had finished resting and were ready to embark on the return journey.
suddenly.
A rapid sound of horse hooves came from the north.
When Bo Ming heard the news, he immediately became vigilant.
"Who is it? Go and find out!"
The reply came quickly.
"Report to the supervisor, the brother we sent to investigate is back."
"Such an urgent sound of hoofbeats must be something urgent. Go quickly!" After Bo Ming said that, he rode his horse to meet them.
As soon as they saw Bo Ming, the Wuhuan cavalrymen panted.
"Supervisor, no, Murong's troops from the north are coming, with tens of thousands of troops!"
When Bo Ming heard this, he was stunned at first, and then showed an expression of disbelief.
"How is this possible? Didn't Murong Xin go to fight against Goguryeo?"
"It's only been a month, how could you be here already?"
After Bo Ming finished speaking, he led a group of elite soldiers to the north.
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