Chapter 800

Raindrops are falling in the sky, beating on the metal armor and making a sound. The grass on the ground seems to be moistened by the rain and appears more energetic.

Liu Yan is sitting on a high platform with a rain canopy on his head. He is watching the battlefield in a state of war.

It happened in the early morning. The scouts on the periphery were alert to the approach of unknown troops and reported it to the guard center of the emperor Xingyuan. As a lieutenant, Zhang Shi was actually very frightened and immediately reported to Liu Yan.

At that time, Liu Yan was naturally in his sleep. When he heard Zhang Shi's report, he didn't panic, let alone give any instructions, but just let Zhang Shi perform his duties.

Zhang Shi was one of the first people to follow Liu Yan, but if he made any outstanding achievements, he didn't make any mistakes. He has been paying silently within his scope of responsibility. In his early days, he fought on the intelligence front, and almost all the enemies that should be destroyed behind him were eliminated. Liu Yan rewarded him by transferring to the position of lieutenant, one of the nine Qing.

The enemy came from the north, and the number did not exceed 10000. They could not get close to the emperor's Xingyuan within ten miles. They were intercepted head-on by the moving Han cavalry.

The fighting began in the early morning, and the sky was already bright.

In the night battle, even if it starts with the posture of riding each other, it will dismount and carry out step battle after the real battle. After all, black paint really can't fight the riding war. If people on the battlefield want to destroy each other, they can only rely on their own legs to walk on the land. Otherwise, they are likely to drive the war horse into people or things that shouldn't be hit.

Under Liu Yan's gaze, the enemy who came to invade was already surrounded.

About 20000 Han troops surrounded the enemy layer by layer. The Han Army in the front line was infantry. They formed a close formation and constantly compressed the enemy's activity space. On the periphery are the cavalry of the Han army. They are a slow cruising posture. Any enemy that protrudes from the encirclement of their own infantry will be watched by them, chased and killed on the spot.

"Stop the front!"

"Crossbow hand cover!"

"Riflemen, keep an eye on the anti impact enemy."

There are traces of blood on Zhang Shi's armor, but it's not that he was injured and bleeding. He personally fought in the early morning with the intention of making atonement. After all, the touch of the enemy is his dereliction of duty.

Look at those enemy soldiers. They don't have unified uniforms, and they have a variety of weapons. There are obvious traces of ash on their bodies. They should come to attack through the extinguished arson area in a short distance.

The war has entered the final stage, and the Han Army has captured some prisoners of war alive. The information obtained is that this group of enemy troops originally had more than 16000 people, detoured from the north of Junji mountain, and indeed passed through the arson area.

"Your Majesty." Sang Yu was not interested in the ongoing war at all. He held a war report in his hand and read it out when he got a sign: "the general of the northern expedition has arrived at the enemy's location, the enemy has formed a stronghold, and our army has launched an attack."

After calculating the time, Li Tan's department should have arrived a day ago, and the delivery of this war report is one day delayed.

Liu Yan turned his head to look at sang Yu, saw that there was a second intelligence in Sang Yu's hand, and turned his head again to look at the direction of the battlefield.

"It's about Rouran." Sang Yu looked at it again and then read: "he received Yu jiulu Bati's order to command Rouran's army to fight against donggaoche. Yu jiulu Bati's order is to let him withdraw."

Speaking of it, the state of Han has cut off official communication with Rouran King's court for nearly ten days. After Yu jiulu Bati returned to the king's court, he began to shrink his troops and troops, and even the troops on the front line were transferred back. It doesn't seem simple in any way.

"It seems that the big man has lost the biggest hatchet on the grassland." Liu Yan looked at LV Tai standing aside and said, "Heng'an, you go back to your shogunate and continue to keep high pressure on donggaoche, Tuoba and Murong."

LV Tai had already made relevant psychological preparations. After he was officially ordered to salute, he left.

Sang Yu waited until LV Tai stepped down from the high platform and asked, "Your Majesty, do we need to prepare for a war with Rouran?"

"Zishen thinks Rouran will fight against the big man?" Seeing that sang Yu hesitated, Liu Yan smiled and said, "the deterioration has become a foregone conclusion."

Sang Yu understands that the big man doesn't want to fight Rouran now. He just needs to raise the necessary alert level. The two sides will enter the confrontation stage. It depends on whether Rouran has the courage to start the war.

On the other side of the battlefield, the enemy who has been trapped by layers and has no possibility of breaking through the encirclement choose to abandon their weapons and kneel down when they die with more than 5000 people left.

Before long, Zhang Shi came to report. There was nothing to say about the combat process. He mainly told the enemy who assigned him, what his combat intention was, and how many people there were when he set out.

"Fu?" Sang Yu is certainly no stranger to the di Fu family. Fu Hong once existed as a bully in the state of Zhao in Shijie, and was one of the three giants outside the Jie family together with Li Nong and Yao Yizhong. He learned from Zhang Shi that Fu Hong had died of illness. Naturally, Zhang Shi's sources were the prisoners, so he asked with a hesitant expression, "can you believe it?"

The Han state has always attached great importance to Fu Hong's news. Some time ago, it was learned from the western regions that Fu Hong was seriously ill, but Fu Hong still went to kuci in person.

"Fu Hong was ill and made a long journey to Yancheng (capital of Kucha) in order to organize the people of the western regions to prevent the Han Dynasty from attacking the western regions." Although Zhang Shi is one of the lieutenant of Jiuqing, he also serves as the management of the intelligence organization: "according to the information sent back by our spies from the western regions, the kuci national doctor described Fu Hong's condition as terminally ill. There are also rumors that Fu Hong died of illness halfway from evacuating Yancheng, but he failed to verify the information."

Liu Yan already knew this information. Although sang Yu was one of the three Imperial Envoys, the doctor didn't need to know everything.

Sangyu looked at Liu Yan's expression and guessed about Fu Hong's intelligence. Liu Yan had long known. He wasn't stupid enough to ask why he wasn't told. He said, "so now that di remnant should be decided by Fu Jian?"

Fu Hong had many brothers and sisters. One brother was killed in the battle with the Han Army, and the other brother simply disappeared. He also has many children and grandchildren, but his eldest and second sons died early. Fu Jian, the third son, is an outstanding figure in the family, Fu Xiong, the fourth son, is reckless, and Fu Jian is the best among his grandchildren.

"Fu Jianren is the Deputy General of Longdu in that joint army." Zhang Shi said the information sent back by Li tan. Later, he finally remembered what to ask for: "Your Majesty, how should prisoners of war be handled?"

Liu Yan has learned that as a ruler, if he can speak less, he will never speak. Especially on the premise that he has recorded his words and deeds with the historian, if he doesn't care, he should also consider what role his words and deeds will play in future generations.

This is not true. The historian kneeling beside him faithfully wrote a record: on July 21, the 10th year of Yuanshuo (351 AD), Lieutenant Zhang Shi asked the emperor about the disposal plan for the defeated and captured soldiers.

In such a matter, Liu Yan would not have any scruples. He simply spit out the word "Zhu" from his mouth.

The historian wrote again that the emperor said "kill", and there were no enemy soldiers attacking the emperor's Xingyuan.

As historiographers, of course, they should be loyal to history, but historiographers must also have tendencies. For example, they record what is happening at present. After the paragraph "the emperor said 'kill'", there is a special item. The reason why those were killed after the defeat is that they are enemy soldiers who came to attack the emperor Xingyuan.

Killing prisoners was regarded as ominous by Zhuxia, but there are always some special cases. Among them, there is no ominous distinction between anyone who attacks the son of heaven. One of them belongs to the list of must die.

Naturally, Liu Yan would not go to see the massacre of prisoners of war. He stepped down from the high platform and went back to the military tent. Outside, he had escorted prisoners of war to the open field in teams.

Prisoners of war were first asked to dig pits. Of course, the statement given was not to bury them, but to bury those who died in the war before.

On the other side, the cleaning of the battlefield continues. The bodies of the dead on both sides are distinguished. The bodies of the Han soldiers will be cremated, and the bodies of the enemy soldiers will really be buried on the spot.

The Han Army has always had the habit of cremating their dead comrades. After they are transported back to China, their families can choose whether to transport them to their hometown for burial or to the martyrs' garden in Changguang county. Generally, most families choose the martyrs' Park, which is the largest military cemetery in the Han Dynasty. There is an official public sacrifice ceremony every year.

In such an era, the official public sacrifice is highly valued. The second is to be able to enjoy the incense provided by non single family members. Generally speaking, it is regarded as the process of becoming a God. The officers and men of the Han Army have a common name for their possible death in battle, that is, becoming a God in battle. To some extent, it is one of the foundations to support the high morale of the Han army.

Among the prisoners of war, there are still smart people who know that they can't live at all, but a very few who resist with action. Even if they know that they can't live, they will work hard, hoping that they may survive even one in ten thousand, or working with the idea of digging a good tomb for themselves.

Behind the Han Army, the prisoners of war were supervised to carry the dead enemies to bury them, waiting for the bodies that could be found to be cleaned up. The prisoners of war were tied up in chains. In the process, the resistance of prisoners of war was a little fierce. It was inevitably full of cries, begging for mercy, scolding and so on, but it still wouldn't change their fate.

It must be said that the Han Army no longer buried alive. It didn't feel cruel, but considered the subsequent impact. What they do will be recorded. Burying them after killing them will seem a little civilized. Anyway, it has less influence than burying them alive recorded in history books.

In the past, Liu Yan had no intention to leave. They were in the southeast of Rouran's border and formed a corner with the grassland border army to complete the monitoring of Rouran. Then, they had to wait for the results of Li Tan's attack.

During the waiting period, Liu Yan's daily life can only be summarized by monotony. However, in such an era with little entertainment, even if he returns to Miyagi, he actually has no entertainment after dealing with national politics every day. He just listens to music or songs and watches all kinds of dances. The other entertainment is only hunting.

When the emperor's patrol team encounters a war, it has not been kept secret. In fact, it should not be kept secret. The more it is covered, the more likely it is to produce bad rumors. It is better to announce it through official channels, which can also have a positive effect.

When the news reached the country, the border army in Northern Xinjiang made its own move, pushed forward appropriately within its jurisdiction, transferred out mobile forces and rushed to the emperor Xingyuan for assignment.

The Central Plains or other regions will get the news for many days at night, and have their own response according to the location of the region. However, when they get the news, the emperor's patrol team, no matter what happens, is outdated news.

Liu Yan is actually very concerned about the public opinion and actions of all parts of the country about what happened on his side. It is inevitable to lead to some dormant and covert ambitious people. All parts of the country should also be prepared to clear up and suppress after discovery. Then, he also knew that Chang'an center would be very nervous. There would be new important officials coming with the eager expectation of praying for Liu Yan to go back.

Li Tan didn't let Liu Yan wait long in place. It took seven days from the start to the outcome of the war. They carried artillery in the past and a considerable number of simple grenades, which fully proved to the world that no matter how strong the fortification will become slag under the power of gunpowder.

"The enemy escaped less than 20000, and the rest were left behind." Sang Yu could imagine what kind of panic the enemy had in the face of the firearm attack. He had seen it again and again in Liaodong: "Fu Jian and most Di people fled."

"The Hussars general will intercept them." Liu Yan can't only give orders to an army. As long as he can contact and command many troops, even he can't count them: "the garrison in hunxie mountain will be temporarily under the command of the Hussars general, plus the 3000 cavalry in the Hussars general's headquarters, it's enough for the pursuit war."

To intercept Fu Jian's defeated soldier, it only needs to block a few limited directions. There are many places where the grassland was burned to ashes. Fu Jian sent 16000 people to attack the Xingyuan, and more than 8000 people successfully crossed the ash area, which is equivalent to half being lost in the space full of ashes. If Fu Jian chooses to escape to the ash area, ash won't show mercy because of his noble status. For example, Ding Ling, who should have led the army to attack the emperor's Xingyuan, died in the ash area.

"The enemy in front would rather die in the same place than run in (the ash area). It can be seen how dangerous it is." Sang Yu was actually curious about what it was like inside. He learned that even if he got out of the ash area alive, some military doctors of the army autopsied the enemy and found that the trachea and lungs were full of ashes: "even if we didn't kill them all, most of them would die later?"

So, Liu Yan ordered to make and wear a mask long ago. He also knew that the wind blew a lot of ashes into Rouran territory. He was very suspicious that after a group of Rouran people died, they would think it was a conspiracy of the Han state.