Chapter 25 2. The soul returns to Shenhebei

In 395 A.D., the famous battle of Canhebei broke out between Houyan and Northern Wei.Canhebei is now Daihai in the northeast of Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia.This year, Murong Chui was already 70 years old, and he was unable to personally lead the troops to the north.In order to completely solve Tuoba Gui's serious trouble, Murong Chui bet on all of Hou Yan's family properties - Prince Murong Bao in command, Murong De, Murong Shao, Murong Lin, Murong Nong and other generals who are accustomed to fighting accompanied him. Yan's most elite army of 80,000 marched towards the northern part of the Great Wall.

Decades of fighting exhausted Murong Chui's good luck.In this battle of Yan's life and death, God did not stand by his side, but favored the young Tuoba Gui. It was the middle of winter at that time, and the Yan army was stationed on the shore in the northeast of Canhepi.It stands to reason that Houyan's first-class generals accompanied him on the expedition this time: Murong De has always been Murong Chui's chief of staff and logistics minister; Murong Shao is resourceful; Having dealt with many times, it is impossible to know nothing about Tuoba Gui's style of using troops that likes to attack; Murong Nong is even more skilled in both civil and military skills.But none of them felt that the danger was approaching.

Perhaps in their view, Tuobagui was just a group of thugs rampaging on the grassland, how could he be the opponent of the experienced Yan army.But I think that others may be underestimating the enemy, but Murong Lin is definitely not.In his eyes, Murong Bao is just a useless decoration.The worse Murong Bao loses, the more unstable the crown prince's position will be. It's best to piss off old Murong Chui to death. When the time comes, he will provoke a group of uncles and nephews, and the opportunity will come. Maybe he can become the emperor... … Just as Murong Lin's small abacus was tinkling, the 20,000 cavalry led by Tuobagui had quietly arrived to the west of Canhebei.When the scouts reported that the Yan army was defenseless, Tuobagui immediately led the army to launch a large-scale sneak attack.

In order to escape for their lives, the cavalry of the Yan Army rushed to the frozen Canhepi Lake. As a result, "all those with horses fell on the ice, suppressing each other, and tens of thousands were killed and injured." Murong Shao, king of Chenliu, died in battle. , Murong Lin, Murong Nong and others led thousands of people to break through, and the remaining 40,000 to 50,000 Yan troops all surrendered. Tuoba Gui originally planned to select some useful talents and release the others, but his subordinates thought that was letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and suggested that he kill all the soldiers.Tuobagui "followed goodness like a stream" and immediately ordered forty to fifty thousand prisoners of war to be killed, which severely injured Houyan's vitality.

In the second year, in order to restore the decline, the 71-year-old Murong Chui personally took command of the expedition, and transferred the Dragon City cavalry commanded by Murong Long and Murong Sheng from western Liaoning to serve as the vanguard.Yan Jun did not follow the old path of a year ago, but opened up a small path along the Taihang Mountains. It took only 16 days, and suddenly appeared in the outskirts of Pingcheng like a magic soldier descending from heaven. The one staying in Pingcheng was Tuoba Gui's cousin, Chen Liugong Tuobaqian.When Tuobaqian saw the Yan army approaching, he quickly gathered his troops to fight.Under the impact of Longcheng cavalry, the Wei army was defeated, Tuobaqian died in battle, and Pingcheng was also captured by the Yan army.Afterwards, Murong Chui sent his troops northward to march towards Shengle.Tuobagui was terrified when he heard the news that Murong Chui had personally conquered, Tuobaqian had died in battle, and Pingcheng had fallen, so he planned to flee to the prairie.

The situation of the Yan army is very good. Murong Chui decided to go to Hebei to commemorate the soldiers who died in battle a year ago. It was this decision that brought a generation of War Gods to the end of their lives. Facing the piles of dead bones in front of Shenhebei, and the soldiers of Houyan who died in the fields, Murong wept. He has always been a person with rich emotions; With a somewhat forgiving heart.From this point of view, Murong Chui and Fu Jian are the same kind of people.Every successful politician must be a combination of ruthlessness and iron blood; therefore, the benevolent Fu Jian and Murong Chui cannot be regarded as qualified monarchs.However, this true kindness made Fu Jian and Murong Chui, the enemies, real and lovely.

At this moment, Murong Chui couldn't bear it any longer, facing the piles of bones on the bank of Canhepi, and fell to the ground. Murongchui is the emperor of Houyan, and the soul of Yan's army.Under him, all the generals of the Murong clan were good at fighting; once he fell, whether it was Murong Bao, Murong Long, or other generals who were in the vanguard, they suddenly fell into an inexplicable panic. Yan Jun stayed in Pingcheng for ten days.Ten days later, Murong Chui woke up and ordered the construction of Yanchang City to guard against the Northern Wei Dynasty. Then the whole army passed through Shanggu County (now in Huailai, Hebei Province) and died of illness at the age of 71.

Participating in the Battle of Hebei determined the fate of Houyan and the Northern Wei Dynasty.Judging from the process and results of the war, the Battle of Canhebei is strikingly similar to the Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period: the Northern Wei Dynasty played the role of Qin State, while Hou Yan played the role of Zhao State.Under the command of the mediocre commander Murong Bao, the entire Yan army was wiped out; Tuobagui also learned how to do nothing, and killed tens of thousands of soldiers.The Battle of Changping destroyed Zhao's 600,000 troops, and the Battle of Canhebei also destroyed Houyan's main force.After the Battle of Changping, Zhao's only reliance was the Northwest Frontier Army led by Li Mu; after the Battle of Canhebei, the only elite Houyan could mobilize was the Dragon City Cavalry led by Murong Long.After the Battle of Changping, Li Mu commanded the Northwest Frontier Army to restore Zhao's prestige; in the second year of the Battle of Canhebei, Murong Chui used his troops like a god, and defeated the Wei army steadily.

However, Li Mu died due to Guo Kai's countermeasures, and Zhao Guo destroyed the Great Wall by himself, barely sustaining it for more than ten years;Once these two people fall, it will announce the approaching end of Zhao Guo and Houyan. Murong Chui fought countless battles in his life, and almost never lost a battle.Due to the relationship of the main storyline, Murong Chui's extremely exciting battles of conquering Zhai Wei and attacking Xiyan were not carried out in detail.However, this does not hinder Murong Chui's identity as the God of War.His use of troops is oddly coincident, mysterious, always anticipating the enemy's opportunity first, even veteran soldiers like Zhai Liao and Murong Yong have only one way to fail in front of him.His opponents only dared to stir up trouble when he was seriously ill and unable to go out; once Murong Chui came, they would immediately lose their fighting spirit and capture him without a fight.

However, Murong Chui is a talented military strategist, but not a qualified politician.If Fu Jian's employment was too lenient, then Murong Chui was nepotism.Houyan's core power circle is almost all members of the Murong family, and there is not a single minister with a foreign surname.And these Murong Chui members also regard Murong Chui as a god-like existence - as long as Murong Chui is around, the Yan army will be invincible.This has caused a serious consequence-after Murong is dying, what will Houyan do?Who can restrain these arrogant soldiers? Murong Bao, that's just a display, who will obey him?

More than 20 years ago, Wang Meng cleverly used a golden sword trick to kill Murong Chui's most powerful eldest son, Murong Ling; more than 20 years later, this poisonous trick finally came to fruition-if you can kill me, Great Qin, I will call you There will be no descendants! Murong Chui, a great man; Wang Meng is the real fierce man!