All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 280: Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun (Part )

Gaoliang River flows out of Bingzhou and into Yanyun.

Chen Ran stood by the river, looking around at the endless scenery. "How did Zhao Guangyi lose?"

After defeating his brother and seizing the throne, Zhao Guangyi, who had the last hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from the feudal era, was defeated on the banks of the Gaoliang River and completely lost the opportunity to retake the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Thinking back to the time when Zhao Guangyi was drifting and racing on the river bank, Chen Ran looked at his hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers and suddenly felt proud. “No matter what, I can’t be worse than Zhao the God of Cars.”

Don’t think too much about the past and don’t consider the future.

He only focuses on the present.

"Your Majesty~~~"

A personal guard came to report that "General Yue's messenger has arrived, reporting that the troops from the western route of Hebei have reached Liangxiang."

Another guard came to report, "General Han's messenger has arrived, reporting that the troops from the eastern route of Hebei have reached Jizhou."

It is naturally impossible for 300,000 troops to march north and be crowded together.

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong each led a step and went to the two wings of Youzhou City to form an encirclement.

Chen Ran himself led the central army northward to capture Gu'an, and set up camp on the banks of Gaoliang River near Daxing.

On a more distant battlefield, King Hedong led his troops out of Daibei.

Zhang Jun, who was further west, made the latter move.

The five armies had a total of 300,000 troops. Excluding the mixed forces from the grassland tribes, there were still more than 200,000 troops.

The number of civilian laborers mobilized to provide them with logistical support was more than twice that of the troops on the front line.

There is no doubt that this is a war to annihilate the country.

"Give them a reply and continue to attack Youzhou City from behind. I want to see if the Jin people on the other side can make any moves."

Faced with the large Han army, the Jin army, which had finally compromised internally, also sent out its entire army to fight.

Wuqimai (Wanyan Sheng), who successfully ascended the throne, brought all the manpower of the Jin Dynasty to the decisive battle.

However, their internal factions are still fighting each other.

The close faction represented by Wu Qimai confronted Chen Ran on the other side of the Gaoliang River.

The distant faction represented by Nianhan was to deal with Han Shizhong.

Aguda's sons were resisting Yue Fei's offensive.

As for Wang Bing, Zhang Jun and others who are further away, they can no longer be controlled.

The advantage of the Han Dynasty is that it has a large number of soldiers and generals and abundant supplies.

Since we have advantages, of course we should make the best use of them.

After arranging military affairs, Chen Ran summoned Ma Zhi, the designated governor of Youzhou Road, to discuss people's livelihood issues.

"Before the fall of Liao, most of the land in Youzhou was owned by Liao people and Han clans."

Ma Zhi himself was a Han Chinese from the Liao Dynasty, and he was very familiar with the situation here. "After the Jin Dynasty conquered the Liao Dynasty, many local Han families defected to the Jin Dynasty and took the opportunity to seize the land. Almost all the land in Youzhou was in their hands."

"Okay, that's easy." Chen Ran laughed, "Destroy these big clans and distribute the land to the people."

"Your Majesty." Ma Zhi hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Many of the great families in Youzhou have sent messengers to contact you, willing to pledge their loyalty to you. If we seize their land..."

"Don't you understand?" Chen Ran put away his smile. "If I want to achieve temporary success, I can conquer the world by issuing an edict, and I can wipe out the barbarians by contacting the insiders. But doing so will only temporarily suppress the contradiction. At most, in a hundred years, it will collapse like the former Song Dynasty!"

"What I want is to completely wipe out these aristocratic families that have existed for hundreds or thousands of years, and clean up the local forces. I want to give the people a bright and peaceful world!"

Essentially, after distributing land to the common people, it would take at least several hundred years for them to acquire more land and annex it to form a powerful family.

Chen Ranping destroyed Confucianism and suppressed Buddhism in order to expand his vision beyond his own little piece of land.

Any conflicts in the future will be diverted through foreign wars.

These so-called aristocratic families, local gentry and the like are vested interests, just like the Confucianists and Buddhists.

If we don't eliminate them, these people will definitely hinder us in every way.

"We don't need their support." Chen Ran refused very straightforwardly. "They are just like the Jin people, they are a nuisance!"

"If they really want to surrender, let them split up their clans, migrate to different places, and hand over all their lands."

Ma Zhi smiled bitterly. No family would agree to such conditions.

"I know they won't agree."

Chen Ran took a deep breath and said sternly, "We must fight once and for all to solve all problems and create a peaceful life for three generations. Their days of eating meat and drinking blood are gone forever!"

Ma Zhi opened his mouth and wanted to say, "The Han people in the north are not the Han people in the south. Their big families are very powerful and very martial. If they are pushed to the limit, it is not impossible to mobilize 100,000 troops."

But in the end, I couldn't say these words.

He knew Chen Ran's character, and he would never regret what he had decided.

With no other choice, he had to say goodbye and leave, and continued to work on collecting land and redistributing it, and providing food and supplies to appease the people.

On the battlefield, the mentality of the two sides is completely different.

Chen Ran is confident and strong, and is willing to keep going.

But the Jin people were not in a good situation, as the people of Yanyun were unstable after the settlement.

Back home, they were constantly facing attacks from the Shiwei, Goryeo and other tribes.

If a detachment of the Song army took a detour to the capital, the consequences would be disastrous.

Under such circumstances, someone naturally came up with the idea of ​​a decisive battle.

"We have many horses and run fast. Let's gather our best troops together and defeat the Song army first." The young Wuzhu shouted loudly at the military meeting, "If we keep dragging on like this, we will be defeated without a fight." "No need to shout so loudly, we all understand the truth." Nianhan, who was sitting by the fire, said coldly, "We must fight, but among the three Song armies, which one should we attack first?"

"Of course we should attack the King of Song!" Wushu was young and full of vigor. "The people of Song said it themselves, to capture the king first!"

All the Jin high-ranking officials present at the meeting were silent.

In the end, it was Wanyan Xiyin who came forward to persuade him, "Fourth Prince, the King of Song is the strongest, and there is the Gaoliang River between us, so he is the most difficult to defeat."

Wuzhu wanted to continue shouting, but the leader of their faction, Olubu (Wanyan Zongwang), shouted at him, "Stop talking."

Aguda's several adult sons divided the troops he left behind. Among them, the strongest and most capable one was Wanyan Zongmou.

He held a branch in his hand and poked the fire in front of him. "The King of Song is full of tricks. I'm afraid he has long been planning for us to attack him halfway across the river. The Song people are powerful. If we encounter obstacles in crossing the river and get stuck, it would be a bad idea for the troops on both wings to besiege Youzhou City."

"So you want to attack both sides first?"

Puluhu, who had previously escaped from the city of Taiyuan and sold the Western Army's retreat to the Song people, successfully escaped back.

All the generals of the Western Army wanted to kill him, but Buluhu was, after all, the son of the current king and had a large number of commanders in his hands.

At a time when these forces are fighting fiercely, Wuqimai must protect him.

In history, the internal strife among the Jin people was also very brutal.

It was only because they had made too many profits through overseas expansion, and these profits had temporarily filled everyone's appetite, which was why there had not been a violent outburst.

But now it’s different. Chen Ran’s sudden appearance has cut off most of their gains and even forced them into a desperate situation.

Without external interests to fill their mouths, internal strife is inevitable.

Seeing Puluhu speaking, everyone looked at him with meaningful eyes.

His face looked ugly and he could only retreat in disappointment.

Wanyan Zongmou looked at Nianhan and said, "You have fought against the Song people before. So, who is easier to fight, Yue Fei or Han Shizhong?"

Nianhan thought seriously for a moment before responding, "Yue Fei guarded Shiling Pass too tightly, even Sheng Guo (Wanyan Zongjun) died at his hands. This man is good at defense, so we should attack Han Shizhong."

If he had read a history book about the Southern Song Dynasty, he would know that most of the rebellions in the Southern Song Dynasty were quelled by Yue Fei.

Even during the Northern Expedition, Yue Fei's offensive was the most fierce.

Wanyan Zongmou nodded and looked at the king Wuqimai again.

Although Wuqimai was the king, he did not have the prestige and power of his brother Aguda. The only force he could mobilize was the power of his own faction.

Fortunately, he was not stupid. He knew he had no choice at this moment, so he nodded in agreement.

After reaching an agreement, the Jin people began to secretly mobilize troops and concentrate them on the Jizhou front, preparing to defeat Han Shizhong's troops first.

Their movements were very cautious, and they almost always set out late at night, using countless scouts to cover the battlefield, giving the Song people no chance to detect them.

But just two days later, the relevant information was delivered to Chen Ran's desk.

The leader of the Ever-Victorious Army, Guo Yaoshi, took the initiative to pass on the message.

This person, who is also a traitor, knows how to be an excellent fence-sitter.

After rebelling against Liao and surrendering to Jin, he learned that the Song people had defeated the Jin people and all nine Wanhu were defeated, and he immediately wanted to surrender to a wise leader again.

He came from a poor family in Liaodong, so naturally his family interests had no conflicts with the Song people, so there were no obstacles for him to surrender.

"Send a message to Yue Fei and Han Shizhong." Chen Ran, who received the news, would not completely believe what Guo Yaoshi and others said. "Tell them to be alert and be prepared for response. If the news is true, Yue Fei should send troops to Youzhou Prefecture."

A few days later, the Jin army gathered 11 Wanhu and launched a fierce attack on Han Shizhong's troops near Jizhou.

At the same time, the Jin people who were confronting Yue Fei and Chen Ran also launched a large-scale offensive, making it difficult for the Song people to distinguish their main attack direction.

From a strategic and tactical point of view, we have done our best.

But unfortunately, there was a traitor and the strategic intention had already been exposed.

Yue Fei, realizing that the Jin army's offensive was weakening, counterattacked without hesitation.

Tens of thousands of soldiers swept through the broken Jin army in the west. The Bohai people, Xi people, Khitan people, and Han people in the north surrendered one after another. Wanyan Xiyin took the initiative to stay behind to cover their retreat, and died in battle to help Nianhan escape.

At this point, the Western Route Army was almost completely wiped out.

In history, the Western Army that besieged Bianliang City and swept across Guanzhong was left with only Nianhan as the lone commander.

He fled back to Youzhou City with thousands of remaining soldiers. Before he had time to rest and recuperate, Yue Fei had already entered the city!

There were many defenders in the city, but most of them were Han'er troops, mainly the surrendered Guo Yaoshi and the Yanyun clans such as Liu, Zuo, Han and other families.

When the Yanyun clans learned that Chen Ran was going to destroy them, they vowed to fight to the death.

But the Jin people did not understand this, nor did they trust them. They left tens of thousands of Han soldiers idle in Youzhou City and even spent a million households to stay in the city to guard it.

If these tens of thousands of Han soldiers with good equipment, training and morale could be deployed to the battlefield, the war situation would definitely not have collapsed so quickly.

Guo Yaoshi, who was guarding only one city gate, opened the gate and let Yue Fei's troops enter the city. What followed was a fierce city battle.

At such a critical moment, Nianhan, who was very famous in history and had conquered the city of Bianliang together with Wanyan Zongmou, decided to escape from the city!
The reason was simple. He was frightened by the Han army and did not trust the Han army at all.

In his opinion, if Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army rebelled, then the other Han troops in the city would surely follow suit soon, after all, they were all Han people.

In other words, they controlled the Yanyun area for too short a time, and Qin Hui and others had no chance to teach the Jin people what secret struggle was.

Nianhan, who had no idea of ​​the internal situation, thought that Youzhou City was full of traitors, so he naturally ran away.

Not only did he run away himself, he also took away the Wanhu who was left behind in Youzhou City.

The horrified Liu, Zuo, Han and other families sent people to stop them, expressing their willingness to guarantee with their lives that they would help the Great Jin Kingdom defend the city to the death.

But what responded to them was Nianhan’s raised butcher knife!

(End of this chapter)