Chapter 1111: The First General of the Sixteen Nations
Chapter 1111: The first general of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Historically, Murong Ke almost never adopted a strong attack strategy. In order to avoid the fearless sacrifice of his soldiers, he usually laid siege to the city and waited until the city was out of food, men, and horses, before attacking again.
The reason why Murong Ke chose to attack this time was, first of all, he thought that the defense of this small town was not very strong, and secondly, he had used psychological warfare to undermine the morale of the defenders, so he decided to personally command the army to attack so decisively.
"The first person to scale the wall will be promoted to captain of thousands."
Murong Ke waved his sword and shouted loudly, and the Yuan army, driven by huge interests, exploded with astonishing combat power.
[Ding dong, Murong Ke’s skill ‘Benevolent General’ is activated with effect 2, commander 2, force 4.
Murong Ke's five dimensions: Commander 99, Force 92, Intelligence 94, Politics 93, Charisma 99.
The current commander has increased to 101, and the force has increased to 97 (the mount is 1 more).]
Murong Ke's five dimensions all exceeded 90 points, and his abilities were extremely balanced. Whether it was leadership, governance, or virtue, Murong Ke had achieved an almost impeccable level.
There were only two famous generals who were not included in the orthodox dynasty but served for the tyrannical regime. In the end, there were only two famous generals who were selected into the martial arts temple. One of them was Wang Meng and the other was Murong Ke.
Murong Ke's life was dominated by horses and he was so famous that he spent most of his life on horseback.
Break the stone tiger, destroy the Duan family, defeat Yuwen, destroy Ran Wei, go down to Shandong, occupy Luoyang...
Murong Ke, who had spent his whole life in the military, had almost no defeats at all from a battle level, and the defeat that was not considered a failure was against Ran Min, the "King of Wu Dao".
The two armies fought ten small-scale battles. Although Murong Ke's troops were all defeated, in the end he captured and killed Ran Min, so it can be said that he has won every battle.
In addition to his achievements on the battlefield, Murong Ke also made great achievements in government affairs.
After the death of Murong Jun, Murong Ke served as the chief auxiliary minister. During the eight years of regency, he worked hard, devoted himself, and worked hard to manage the huge family business of Yan State.
Under Murong Ke's governance, Yan's national power flourished, the country was peaceful, and foreign enemies did not dare to invade.
In addition, Murong Ke was a humble and low-key person. Although he was the chief minister, inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, he was never arrogant or domineering.
When dealing with other auxiliary ministers, Murong Ke discussed everything with them. Every time he saw Yang Yu, a veteran of the four dynasties, he took the initiative to salute, which demonstrated his unique personality charm and won unanimous praise from the court and the people.
In terms of background, he is the legitimate son of Murong Ke, a serious prince, and the Murong family is also a famous family of handsome men, so it goes without saying about Murong Ke's appearance.
In terms of talent, he was the number one hero of the Yan State in pacifying the Central Plains. After Murong Jun's death, he took over the country as regent, and ultimately pushed the Yan State to its peak. However, the Yan State also quickly fell into defeat after his death.
In terms of moral integrity, during Murong Ke's regency, he tried his best to assist his young master, but he was never willing to take a step forward, even under the expectation of everyone.
It may be a bit exaggerated to praise Murong Ke with the words "when Zhuge is alive, Duke Zhou is resurrected", but Murong Ke can definitely bear it.
Facing such an impeccable and almost perfect Murong Ke, it is not surprising that Qu Yuan, whose main achievements were in literature and politics, would be crushed in all aspects.
Even Qu Yuan's decision to meet Murong Ke was a mistake in itself, because from the moment he decided to talk to Murong Ke, his defeat was already doomed.
Qu Yuan had 85 commander points, so there was no problem in commanding an ordinary city defense battle, but unfortunately he faced Murong Ke, who had 101 commander points this time, and Murong Ke discovered the flaw in Qu Yuan's arrangement at a glance.
Qu Yuan was not fully prepared in the first place, and was demoralized by Murong Ke's advance. As a defender, he was defeated by Murong Ke, who was on the offensive side.
Qu Yuan thought the war was too simple. He originally thought that relying on the 500 county soldiers, 2,000 reserve soldiers in the city, and the 10,000 strong men of the people who were urgently armed, even if he could not hold the city in the end, he could at least hold on to his own strength.
Four or five days.
But what Qu Yuan didn't expect was that after Murong Ke found a flaw, the Yuan army only launched two offensives and stormed the city wall with overwhelming force. Naturally, they were defeated and fell.
The 70,000-strong army led by Murong Ke this time were all elites from the Yuan and Mongolia who had been fighting abroad for many years. How could the Jin army's county soldiers and reserve troops alone be able to stop it, let alone the temporarily formed strong men.
If they relied on the city wall, the defenders in the city might be able to contend with it, but without the protection of the city wall, it would be almost a one-sided massacre.
The soldiers of the Yuan army who climbed onto the city wall roared ferociously and started to kill people wildly when they saw them. This crazy momentum also frightened the defenders on the city wall, and as a result, they continued to retreat.
At first, the defenders were able to resist for a while, but due to the huge casualties, they finally lost the courage to fight.
I don't know who got the idea and was the first to throw down their weapons and run away. Soon this trend was completely unstoppable, and eventually all the defenders collapsed completely.
"Run away, the Yuan army is too terrifying and cannot be defeated at all... ah."
Qu Yuan killed a fleeing soldier with one sword, and the crossbow shouted: "Don't retreat, don't retreat, once you retreat, it will be all over..."
But no matter how much Qu Yuan screamed, these frightened soldiers did not have the courage to fight back. They would rather be killed on the way to escape than face those ferocious-looking Yuanmeng soldiers.
County Lieutenant Song Liang ran over with a group of people at this time, and said to Qu Yuan anxiously: "Master Taishou, the Yuan army has opened the city gate, and we have completely lost."
Song Liang was once the chief of the trapped camp. He was injured in the Battle of Yanmen Pass and recuperated, and then stayed in Bingzhou. He was later promoted for his bravery in combat, and eventually became a county captain, commanding 500 county soldiers.
"The county magistrate also died in the battle just now."
Liang Dong said with a decisive look on his face: "Master Taishou, please run out of the city and escape for your life. I will cut off your heir apparent due to my humble position."
"hateful."
Qu Yuan clenched his fists unwillingly, and then ordered with a look of frustration: "Retreat."
Murong Ke did not completely surround the city. Qu Yuan escaped very easily, but what followed was chased by thousands of fine cavalry.
Qu Yuan survived a narrow escape before escaping into the city controlled by the Qin army. However, he only had thirteen cavalry left with him, and the defeated troops he gathered were less than three hundred, and the entire army was almost wiped out.
After Qu Yuan escaped, Murong Ke quickly took control of the entire city. He did not order a massacre, but sealed the four gates to count the results and casualties.
"Father, our army only suffered more than 300 casualties in this battle, but we captured this city, killed more than 2,000 Jin troops, captured more than 10,000 people, and captured more than 20,000 exquisite steel knives..."