Chapter 110: The Flesh Mill of Huaergou

If you want to say what kind of ecstasy soup Chen Ying poured into the people of the Western Regions, the answer is actually very simple.

That's the benefits.

Fertile fields have become everyone's private property.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, and now Murong Fuyun wants to rob them of their food and property, it is strange that they don't work hard.

"Those who are good at planning go far, and those who do are successful!"

Chen Ying, who stands on the shoulders of historical giants, is a combination of good strategy and hard work. When Chen Ying had not really taken up his post and was only serving as the generalissimo of the marching soldiers and horses of the Xizhou Road, and had not become the protector of the Western Regions, he began to lay out the Western Regions.

There are soldiers but no people, not a garrison, but a conscription, so naturally it cannot be defended for a long time. There is Hu Wuhan in a place, in the long run, can you not have different hearts? The tribe itself must elect a hero as its leader, and even if an official is sent to rule, it will be difficult for the sent officials to gain a foothold.

Chen Ying's development of the Hexi Corridor is, in fact, the weakest link between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions. The width of the Hexi Corridor is not hundreds of miles, and the narrowness is only a dozen miles. Before the country of Tibet was eradicated, the Hexi Corridor was easily cut off by the Tibetans. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the four towns of Anxi were destroyed four times and re-established four times.

Hexi is a very important link, but due to climate reasons, there is no way to strengthen this link. The entire narrow strip of more than 2,000 miles in Hexi, but there are so many places suitable for human habitation, and the places that are not suitable for human habitation are too vast.

Chen Ying took the lead in considering these issues, after more than 300 years of the fall of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the imperial court had no time to take care of the Western Regions, and even if the Han people in the Western Regions were not killed, it was estimated that most of them would be Huhua. At this time, in the Western Regions, even though there were Han people, the strength of the Han people was too weak, which was not conducive to Chen Ying's foothold in the Western Regions, so he forcibly relocated the bandits and robbers who had been crisscrossing the Luliang Mountains for many years to the Western Regions.

Chen Ying always believes in a truth, how can the people be weak and the country strong? If the whole people are sick, the strength of the country is actually just a sand sculpture on the beach, which only needs to be touched lightly, and it will collapse with a bang. In fact, the country and the people complement each other, the people are strong and the country is strong, and the people are rich and the country is rich.

Although more than 50,000 people migrated in one go, Chen Ying did not send these bandits and robbers to the enemy's knife mouth to slaughter. These bandits in the Luliang Mountains are naturally not comparable to the cowardly people of the Central Plains, they not only dare to use knives and chop them, but also have been trained and are familiar with the way of battle formations.

When these bandits and robbers came to the Western Regions, they actually carried out hard labor, some of them for five years, some for ten years, and for the most heinous crimes, fifteen or twenty years. Usually work with the villagers, and at night they go back to the barbed wire labor camp to eat and sleep, although they can eat enough, no one abuses them, and they can reunite with their families every week, but staying in that place is not a very face-saving thing after all, and now what they are most eager for is to make a meritorious service, and then reduce their sentences, and get out of the labor camp as soon as possible to start a new life with their families in the Western Regions.

Originally, they were all bitter people who had no land, but after coming to the Western Regions, they found that the Western Regions were completely a treasure land, and to put it mildly, even if they took a chopstick and stuck it in the ground, it would take root and sprout. The key is that the Western Regions are too big, and on average in the Central Plains, Chengding can divide 20 acres of Yongye field and 80 acres of mouth field.

This is not a Yongye field, which means that an adult strong man can only get a lease between the ages of eighteen and fifty. However, there is no such thing in the Western Regions. Chen Ying's policy for them was that as long as the fields were cultivated, the official system would be responsible for making a register. If you have Nengnai, the reclamation of 500 acres is also your own.

These sinful people are about to go crazy with joy, although it is said that the winter in the Western Regions is cold, but there are fire walls and fire kangs, as long as they do not go out of the house in winter, they will not be able to freeze. The key is this land, which is the foundation of their lives.

However, at this time, because they are criminals, they only have the right to work and eat, but they have no right to property, but Chen Ying's order is very clear, helping the government to kill the rebels, not only can you get a reward of 100 acres of Yongye field, but you can also get a commutation of sentence, one Hu'er head can be reduced by five years, and two can be reduced by ten years.

For ordinary people, it may take a lot of courage to kill a Hu person, and for these bandits and robbers who have been shaving on the knife all year round, it is simply pediatric.

When the chaotic war broke out, these robbers and bandits who migrated from the Luliang Mountains were very timid, but as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Although the combat effectiveness of these bandits and robbers is not strong, and even in a one-on-one situation, they are far inferior to the Tuyuhun elite, but Murong Fuyun feels that it is really embarrassing to use the Tuyuhun elite to deal with these people, and the first to send out is only the hostile tribal rebels of the various tribes in the Western Regions who are dissatisfied with Chen Ying.

These people are actually a rabble, and with a rabble against a rabble, in fact, it is half a catty to eight taels, and these criminals and the people of Jinman County have the advantage of being a fort to borrow, but they have taken a lot of advantages.

When Murong Fuyun realized that something was wrong, he sent the elite to join the attack, it was too late. Having tasted victory, these newly migrated people had gone crazy, and they felt that the Hu people in the Western Regions were nothing remarkable, and they were not even better than the guards of the big families passing by in Luliang Mountain.

You must know that when the bandits are looting, most of the guards they encounter are dead soldiers from large families or dart masters who eat the food of bodyguards, and they eat this line of food. On the contrary, in the battle against these rebels of all races in the Western Regions, they are not as good as those dead soldiers or dart masters.

In one day of bloody fighting, thousands of people died in Jinman County, but nearly 2,000 of the coalition soldiers who attacked the village also died. Seeing that it was getting late, Murong Fuyun had no choice but to order a boycott.

The next day, Murong Fuyun ordered the troops to be pulled, of course, this time he decided to take the lead with the Tuyuhun elite, preparing to break a few stockades to fight tooth sacrifices.

By noon, the scouts had returned, and the stockades along the way were empty. Nothing can be grabbed.

Murong Fuyun's eyebrows raised in surprise, and he screamed, "The town is all empty? What's going on? ”

The Sentinel didn't know what was going on.

In fact, this is because they received the order of Duan Zhigan, who stayed in the Western Regions, after all, there are 200,000 horses under Murong Fuyun's command, even if it is a rabble, so Murong Fuyun will not care about those troops that are not the Tuyuhun Khanate, even if they use human lives to pile up, they can also bulldoze countless stockades.

For the stockade, once it is completely surrounded, they will only have the fate of dying and exterminating. Therefore, Duan Zhixian implemented the policy of saving people and losing land, and let the people retreat.

Murong Shun said gloomily: "Father Khan, my son thinks that these people must have fled to Jinman County, so let's go straight to Jinman County and wipe them out!" ”

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The Tang Army Camp in Huaergou, Jinman County, is a steel workshop built by Chen Ying, and there is a blast furnace that can produce 200,000 catties of steel in one furnace, so Duan Zhigan concentrated most of his troops here. The steel mill was not a city wall, and it was not even a town, because in order to make it easier to get in and out, Chen Ying only had a few trenches dug out, which were counted as fortifications.

However, such fortifications were largely of little use.

As the distance between the two armies continued to close, the distance between the two armies was so small that the scouts could not avoid the other party's scouts.

When the local Tuyuhun appeared on the horizon in the northeast, Duan Zhigan no longer sent scouts to the opposite side, but ordered the scouts to expand to the two flanks, closely monitoring the enemy from both flanks.

The Modao Army froze at the commander Gao Feiyang and looked at the military formation of the Tuyuhun army and said with a smile: "General Duan, you don't have to bother, just send our Modao Army to battle, the last general dares to take the head as a guarantee, as long as the Modao Army fights, you can kill these rabble in half an hour!" ”

Duan Zhigan smiled coldly: "It is precisely because the enemy is a rabble that it is more difficult to deal with!" ”

Zhang Huaiwei also felt that Duan Zhigan was not absurd, so he asked: "The rabble, why is it more difficult to deal with?" ”

Duan Zhi said: "The rabble, there are too many uncertainties, so it is even more difficult to deal with!" ”

Zhang Huaiwei said he couldn't understand.

If Chen Ying was here, he would definitely be able to understand Duan Zhigan's concerns. During the civil war between the country and the Communist Party in later generations, two million countries and armies were wiped out in just over a year of the great counteroffensive, but the scattered countries and armies turned into bandits, or they themselves were bandits, entrenched in the countryside and resisted land reform. It was not until fifteen years after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the remnants of the last national army were eliminated.

It was not difficult to defeat Murong Fuyun, and even without Chen Ying's support, Duan Zhigan was confident that he would defeat Murong Fuyun with the three thousand Hebei New Army and the Modao Army in his hands.

But the key is that it is easy to defeat Murong Fuyun, but if you want to destroy Murong Fuyun and the whole army, there are not enough troops, especially the cavalry troops, it will definitely be difficult to do.

After strategic contraction, Jinman County, a county with an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, was divided into three parts, with Huaergou Daying, Jinman County and Wucai City, which were defended by Duan Zhigan, Zhang Huaiwei, and Qin Yong.

When Zhang Huaiwei and Qin Yong were about to separate, Duan Zhi said earnestly: "General Zhang, General Qin, you can take it easy, don't fight too hard, in case you scare Murong Fuyun away before Chen Daduhu arrives, then you can go and explain to Daduhu yourself!" ”

The young general Qin scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "General Duan, you say, how can I fight in Wucai City?" ”

Duan Zhi said: "It's very simple, first, you must not fight too hard, and you can't not fight, you want Murong Fuyun to see the hope of breaking the city, and you must let them never give up!" ”

Although Duan Zhigan said it easily, it is definitely not easy to do it.

When Murong Fuyun looked at the humble Huaergou camp, his eyes flashed with a green light: "See, there is the steel mill of Chen Yingjian, where a blast furnace that can produce 200,000 catties of molten steel is there!" ”

Murong Shun said excitedly: "Father Khan, sons, please fight!" ”

Murong Fuyun shook his head and said, "This blast furnace will definitely be very important to Chen Ying, so there must be a lot of troops left behind by him, and it is not so easy to gnaw!" ”

The key point is that even if Murong Fuyun doesn't say it, everyone understands it.

Niluo Zhou knew Murong Fuyun too well. When Murong Fuyun was a thief in battle, when he rebelled against the Great Sui, he used the Qiang vassal tribes of the Tuyuhun Khanate as bait to attract the attention of the Sui army.

Although he was beaten by the Sui Dynasty army, he lost his armor and was embarrassed. In fact, Yuwenshu had more than 30,000 beheadings at that time, and almost more than seventy percent of his military exploits were either Qiang or Tubo. The elite losses of the Tuyuhun were extremely limited.

Murong Shun smiled and said, "I'll call Lu Wentai!" ”

Murong Fuyun saw his son like this, and nodded with great satisfaction.

I don't know how Murong Shun fooled, anyway, Lu Wentai quickly launched an attack with his rabble Fahuaergou camp.

There were not many troops sent by Ko Wentai, about 1,000 people, but they rushed more than 500 steps, separated from the left and right, and the cavalry of the two squads galloped out on both sides, and it is estimated that they are also reconnoitering the terrain to check whether there is still an ambush here.

However, Ko Wentai's worries were obviously unnecessary, and there was no ambush around him.

Ko Wentai gave an order.

More than 10,000 rebels of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions launched an attack on the Huaergou camp.

Look at the rabble that is attacking.

Murong Fuyun smiled: "Shun'er, how did you do it?" ”

Murong Shun said proudly: "Erchen only told Li Wentai, don't look at him as the prince of Gaochang now, if you want to become the next king of Gaochang, it is not so easy, if you want to become the king of Gaochang, it is far from enough to rely on a name, you must have meritorious deeds, now the main force of the Tang army is outside, Huaergou is weak, where is this opportunity better?" ”

Murong Fuyun laughed when he heard this.

Murong Fuyun absolutely didn't believe that Liwentai could capture the Huaergou camp, let alone 10,000 horses, even if he let Liwentai press it all, he couldn't do it!

Sure enough, it was not Murong Fuyun's surprise.

Just when a thin Hu man from the Western Regions was carrying a sandbag and preparing to fill the trench. A bolt pierced his skull. Minfu's body was crooked, and he was hit hard by the sandbag, and he didn't say a word until he died.

Such a scene is very ordinary, and there are such scenes all the time in front of the camp along Huaergou.

From the outermost ditch of Hua'er Gully to the first low wall in the open space a hundred paces, countless corpses were thrown down.

At this moment, Huaergou has become a flesh and blood mill, devouring fresh life all the time.

However, Ko Wentai didn't care.

Because he understands that Gaochang is reborn from the ashes, then it needs the gift of life.