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Chapter 981: The bigger the fist, the bigger the truth

"Your Majesty, in a remote area south of the Yangtze River, is it possible to build a canal with such a massive effort..." Xu Shu did not explain his words, but the implication was already clear.

Although the area south of the Yangtze River is large, most of it is undeveloped land. During the Great Chaos, although it was slightly developed because it was far away from the Central Plains, today the world has been peaceful and the economy of the Central Plains is recovering rapidly. The status of the land south of the Yangtze River

, it will naturally decrease accordingly.

Although Xu Shu was an extremely smart person, he could not escape the limitations of history. It was reasonable for him to have such scruples.

Yan Liang said: "There is abundant rain in the south, and rice is harvested twice a year. If it can be developed, I believe that it will become the world's granary before long. With such a large piece of geomantic treasure land, how can I let it lie idle?"

Yan Liang had made up his mind and decided to use hundreds of thousands of Xianbei Hulu to build the Grand Canal in a few years, running through the north and south.

The power of Emperor Yan Liang surpassed that of Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han. He carried out this huge project with absolute authority, and his subordinates did not dare to raise any objections.

What's more, Yan Liang was consuming the lives of Hulu and would not disturb his own people. After the Grand Canal is repaired, it can also irrigate the areas along the river, which is also a good thing, and his ministers will naturally not object.

Having made up his mind, Yan Liang then ordered that these Xianbei prisoners, the old and the weak, be built nearby to build a city for the Chu army, while the rest were transported to the south in batches.

Building the Grand Canal is a big project, and Yan Liang can come up with big ideas, but the specific plan to build the river cannot be completed by him alone.

Therefore, Yan Liang issued another decree and ordered the newly established Ministry of Industry to summon water conservancy experts from all over the world to discuss the river repair plan first, and then make a final decision after Yan Liang returned to Beijing.

At this banquet, Yan Liang made this important decision. He was in a good mood and drank more happily.

When he was half drunk, Yan Liang remembered that Tuoba Liwei, the Hu chief, had not been dealt with, so he ordered him to be escorted up.

After a while, the curtain was lifted, and Tuoba Li was dragged in as weak as a dead dog.

The five thousand whips earlier had beaten Chief Hu to pieces, and half of the dog's life had been lost.

Tuoba Liwei, who was seriously injured, was dragged in and could only lie on the ground struggling. He didn't even have the strength to get up.

"Tuoba Liwei. Back then you ambitiously annexed Kebineng, planned to go south to herd horses, burn, kill, and plunder my country. What do you think today?" Yan Liang sneered and said sarcastically.

For these gnashing enemies, Yan Liang not only wants to destroy their bodies, but also wants to destroy their lives.

Torturing the enemy happily is the way of a tyrant. If you don't care about your bullshit reputation, giving Tuoba Liwei a pleasure is something only a hypocrite like Liu Bei would do.

"My crime deserves death. In fact, I never thought about offending Dachu, and I didn't dare to think about it. I killed Kebineng just because he was against your majesty, so I was able to kill him and then lead the Xianbei tribes.

I surrender to Your Majesty and ask for Your Majesty’s warning.”

This Tuoba Liwei pushed his own ambitions to the limit, and even shamelessly claimed that he had long wanted to surrender to Yan Liang.

Yan Liang snorted coldly and said contemptuously: "A real man dares to act boldly, but you kid doesn't even dare to admit his own ambition. Such a coward is not worthy of being my enemy."

Tuoba Liwei was submissive and just kowtowed, not knowing how to respond.

The coldness in Yan Liang's eyes gradually gathered, and he said coldly: "I can tell you clearly that I have ordered that all your relatives will be killed, and I will also send all of your hundreds of thousands of people to

The people in the south are doing hard work and using their lives to dig the Grand Canal for me."

Tuoba Liwei's body shook violently, and endless terror spread throughout his body, making him shiver with teeth.

He had known that Yan Liang hated these barbarians deeply. Whether it was the Qiang people or the Wuhuan people, he would either directly exterminate the tribes, or treat them as hard labor and tire them to death on the miserable land.

Now that he was defeated and captured, Tuoba Liwei was mentally prepared, knowing that his people would not end well.

However, Tuoba Liwei had some luck, thinking that he had hundreds of thousands of followers, and no matter how cruel Yan Liang was, he would not kill all of them.

Now, when Yan Liang openly told him how to kill dozens of people in Xianbei, Tuoba Liwei realized with horror that Yan Liang's reputation as a tyrant was by no means empty. He was really not afraid of future rumors and could really do what he did.

Such a cruel thing happened.

"Your Majesty, most of my tribesmen are innocent people. They have never done anything to harm Dachu in their lives. Please show mercy to your Majesty." Tuoba Li cried slightly and begged for his people.

Affection.

Innocent person?

Hearing these four words, Yan Liang seemed to have heard a joke and couldn't help but laugh.

Although the hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people have never gone to the Central Plains to burn, kill, and loot, there are even many people among them who are kind-hearted. In a certain sense, these people can indeed be called innocent people.

However, these "innocent" people ate food stolen from the Han region, wore clothes and cloth stolen from the Han region, and took gold and silver stolen from the Han region.

The reason why they can live "innocently" is because they are like parasites, enjoying the blood sucked back from the Han Dynasty by their soldiers.

Their seemingly clean hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people.

How innocent!

Yan Liang knew that Tuoba Liwei wouldn't understand these principles, and he didn't bother with his nonsense.

As the king of a country and the most powerful emperor in the world, Yan Liang can do whatever he wants without having to explain to anyone.

"I just want to kill all the people of Xianbei. I am happy, what can you do to me?" Yan Liang asked with a sneer.

Tuoba Li was speechless. Faced with Yan Liang's "power" and Yan Liang's "unreasonableness", he didn't know what to do.

This is the law of the jungle. The strong destroys the weak. It depends on whose fist is bigger, not who has the strongest principles.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was weak. Didn't the Huns also rely on their big fists to suppress the Han Dynasty's women and marry them, making them unable to lift their heads?

Today, it is just a change of situation.

"Come here, drag Tuoba Liwei out, chop him into pieces, and then plant his dog's head at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. I will make the barbarians outside the Great Wall sink in fear of me for generations to come.

!" Yan Liang slapped the case fiercely and issued a killing order angrily.

There was silence in the big tent, and the atmosphere of fear was circulating crazily. Even the Chu generals under his command were frightened by Yan Liang's power.

After a while, all the troops reacted, swarmed up and dragged Tuoba Liwei away.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. The guilty minister knows that he was wrong. Liwei knows that he is wrong. Your Majesty, spare your life." Tuoba Liwei dug his fingers deeply into the ground, crying like a pig butchering and begging for mercy.

Yan Liang was indifferent, and his interest quickly returned to the wine, and he raised his glass and started drinking again.

Tuoba Liwei was dragged out of the imperial tent, stripped of all his clothes, and cut with the executioner's knife.

In the dark night of the camp, a shrill howl sounded, which lasted for several hours.

The ghostly howl like a killing pig echoed over the grassland, making all the Xianbei people who heard it feel terrified and terrified.

After Tuoba Liwei was executed and a big banquet was held, Yan Liang woke up the next day and had already begun to deal with Xianbei in the east and deal with that old guy Murong Hong.

Now that early winter has arrived, the heavy snow has not fallen on the grasslands, and the temperature has not dropped to unbearable levels. The morale of the soldiers of Dachu is still strong. If they can take advantage of the victory and advance eastward, they will wipe out even Xianbei in the east in one fell swoop.

better.

Yan Liang then discussed his idea with Xu Shu and other counselors. Xu Shu and others thought that they could take advantage of the victory to advance eastward and defeat Murong Hong in one fell swoop.

"The Xianbei in the east and the Xianbei in the west are weak. Murong Hong's command has at most about 50,000 elite troops. With our army's current 60,000 cavalry, plus the more than 100,000 infantry stationed in the north of Youzhou, an attack from both sides will surely destroy them.

Murong Hong." Xu Shu added.

Yan Liang nodded in agreement, but said: "Xianbei is weak in the east. This time I will use superior force to defeat its soldiers head-on. However, that old dog Murong Hong is a cunning man. In order to prevent him from leading his troops to flee to Mobei, we must also

You have to use some means."

"This matter is easy. I have a plan. I can ask Murong Hong to wait for our army to come to kill him." A sly smile appeared at the corner of Xu Shu's mouth.



Hundreds of miles away, Pinggang City.

In the tent, Murong Hongzheng was wrapped in a fur coat and gathered around the stove to listen to the report from his subordinates.

Murong Hong's old face became increasingly gloomy.

Nearly two months have passed since he sent his troops south to avenge his two sons, but he has achieved nothing.

The Chu army had evacuated all the people in the countryside on the border, as well as their food and property, into the big city, and they did not leave the fortified city. The Xianbei army that swept into the fortress could not even see a ghost or a grain of rice.

Can't find it.

Murong Hong's 20,000 soldiers and horses were toiling on the border for two months, doing nothing but burning down empty houses.

Now that the weather was getting colder and the horses were short of fodder, Murong Hong could only order his troops to go back outside the fortress, but failed.

But now, Yan Liang's attack on Xianbei in the west has become a reality. Only then did Murong Hong know that Yan Liang used his hand to play a trick of attacking from the east to the west. His real target was Tuoba Liwei.

Now various intelligence shows that Tuoba Liwei's defeat is a foregone conclusion, and the countdown to the collapse of Xianbei in the west has entered.

"Sir, the Han people have a saying, which is called lip-destroying and tooth-cold. Tuoba Liwei is of the same origin as us. Now that he is in danger, should we send troops to rescue him?" Qiu Liju, a confidant leader under his command, added.

Murong Hong's old face showed a trace of coldness: "Why save? Tuoba Li is slightly defeated. His hundreds of thousands of tribes will definitely flee to our east for refuge. When the time comes, I will annex them all.

My strength has increased dramatically, who can stop me from becoming the king of the grassland!" (To be continued...)


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