Chapter 28 10. Murong Han shoots the ring in one hundred steps

Although Shihu, the king of the later Zhao Dynasty, failed to join forces with Cheng Han, he felt that his military strength was still much stronger than that of the Eastern Jin army without famous generals (at this time, the old generation of famous generals like Tao Kan had passed away, and the new generation of talents was here. After several turmoil, they have not been able to grow up, which is indeed the "talent gap period" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty).Five years after Zhao Jianwu (AD 339), Shi Hu took Kui'an as the governor, commanded five generals including Shi Jian, Ran Min, and Li Nong, and led 50,000 troops to invade the northern borders of Jingzhou and Yangzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wan specially attacked the small city of Zhucheng, which was guarded by Yu Liang who was stationed in Wuchang in Jiangbei.

Mao Bao, the guard of Zhu City, asked Yu Liang for help, but Yu Liang did not send reinforcements on the grounds that the city wall was strong.The army of the later Zhao generals did not encounter any stubborn resistance in Jiangbei, so they successively captured Mianyin, Miannan, Baishi, and Zhucheng, and all the guards in each city died in battle. Yu Liang realized the seriousness of the situation when he got the news of the fall of Zhu City. He hurriedly stated his crimes to the court and demoted himself to the third rank.Fortunately, Li Yang, the prefect of Jingling, defeated Kui'an's army in the battle of Shicheng.After plundering east of the Han River for a while, Kui'an led his troops back to the north. Before leaving, he forcibly drove more than 7,000 local households to the north to Youzhou and Jizhou to supplement the sparse population after the war in the north.

Later, when Zhao sent troops to the south, the result was that every time they plundered and then retreated, they could not make substantial progress. Of course, there was a problem of lack of troops. For example, although there were many soldiers, most of them were northern troops. It is the cavalry, and there are few who can actually participate in the war in the Jianghuai area, but the root cause lies in its internal and external troubles.Since Shi Hu came to the throne, he has ruled the people extremely cruelly, and resistance struggles have occurred one after another in various places. Although it is difficult to grow under Shi Hu's iron-fisted policy, it has virtually consumed the strength of Hou Zhao itself.And Qianyan, which caused Shihu a headache, was extremely active in the northeast of Houzhao. The cities in Youzhou and Liaoxi that he had just obtained from Duan's hands were still Houzhao's "weak underbelly".In the confrontation with the cunning and cunning Murong Hao, Hou Zhao was obviously at a disadvantage.

When Shi Hu attacked Jin, he hurriedly dispatched Li Nong, the general of the Fujun, to the northeast border to take charge of the military in western Liaoning and Beiping, hoping to gain advantage in the offensive and defensive battle with Qianyan.Li Nong and later Zhao Zhengbei general Zhang Ju attacked Fancheng in Qianyan (now Pingquan South, Hebei).Later Zhao Jun could not win, which made Shihu feel too much pressure on the Northeast. He moved all the people in western Liaoning to the south of Jizhou to prevent Qianyan from raiding. (When Shi Hu finally "retreats", it is really difficult for him to face Murong Hao as an opponent. One side only knows how to use force and expand its military power as much as possible; the other side pays attention to strategy and is not in a military advantage When attacking, use the mobility of cavalry guerrilla warfare, and when defending, pay attention to the stability of the city. Shihu uses soldiers and hunts all day long. He also wants to be an immortal king. He will never wake up all his life.)

Although Murong Hao became king at this time, due to his limited scale and territory, he could only be regarded as a local separatist regime.He adopted the policy of making close contacts and attacking from afar. On the one hand, he became a vassal for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, just like Gongsun Yuan and Sun Quan at the beginning, and on the other hand, he focused on attacking Yuwenbu and Goguryeo, the two major forces in the northeast of him. The Yuwen Department has been overwhelmed by the Murong Department for decades, and has repeatedly fought against the Murong Department.After Duanbu was destroyed, Muronghan came to join Yuwen Yidougui. If he used it well, maybe Yuwenbu would have a turning point.But Yuwen Yidougui is a jealous person who doesn't know Muronghan's benefits at all.Murong Han stayed for a long time, and realized that sooner or later he would be killed by the people of the Yuwen Ministry, so he followed the example of Sun Bin back then, pretending to be crazy, drinking all day long, often singing indiscriminately with his hair loose, and pitifully begging people for food.People in the Yuwen Department thought he was really crazy, so they stopped paying attention to him.As a result, Murong Han found it convenient to wander around the territory of the Yuwen Department, secretly remembering the dangerous mountains and rivers everywhere in his heart.

At this time, Murong Han's younger brother Murong Hao who was the king in the middle school suddenly thought of brotherhood, and he sent a businessman named Wang Che to the Ministry of Yuwen to do business and inquire about Murong Han's situation.When Murong Han saw Wang Che, he didn't say anything, he just touched his chest and nodded to Wang Che.Wang Che was puzzled, and when he came back to report to Murong Hao, Murong Hao said happily, "Murong Han is coming back!" Murong Hao knew that Murong Han didn't have a good bow and arrow, so he ordered a three-stone bow and arrow for him. Let Wang Che be buried somewhere by the side of the road, and inform Murong Han.

After finishing everything, Murong Han stole Yidougui's famous horse when he was unaware, took out the bow and arrow buried in the king's chariot with his two sons, and fled in the direction of Murong's department.When Yuwen Yidougui got the news that Murong Han had stolen the horse and fled, he realized that he had been fooled by Murong Han, and immediately sent people to chase after him on fast horses. The cavalry team finally caught up with Murong Han and his son near the border of Yuwen Ministry, and urged Murong Han to go back. Murong Han said from a distance: "I have been away from home for a long time, and I want to return today. Now that I am on the horse, there is no reason to turn back." I lied to you by pretending to be stupid. My old martial arts skills are still there. Don’t force me, or you will kill yourself!”

The cavalry disagreed and moved forward.Murong Han said: "I have lived in your country for a long time, I don't want to kill people today, how about this, you put your knives a hundred steps away from me, and let me shoot the arrows, if you hit the target right away, You guys please go back, otherwise you just come and catch me." The cavalry didn't believe that Murong Han, who was pretending to be crazy and foolish, could have such supernatural powers. One of the cavalrymen immediately took off the sword in his hand and set it up. Surprised, knowing that they were not even Murong Han's opponent, they all dispersed.

(To prove the strength of the army, I am afraid that the only way to prove the strength of the army is to go to the battlefield to compete. However, to prove the level of personal force, there are two ways, one is direct confrontation, and the other is self-display. This is like a modern martial arts competition Sanda and routines in Chinese, both seem to be in different ways, but in fact they complement each other. Of course, it is the highest state that everyone pursues to achieve the greatest goal at the least cost. It is very similar to Lu Bu's Yuanmen shooting halberd. There are many ancient times to show one's martial arts with superb arrow skills. Ancient sharpshooters such as Hou Yi and Yang Youji were mostly regarded as warriors and respected by people. Six Arts Confucius used "shooting" as a representative of martial arts, which also shows the unique position of bow and archery in martial arts.)