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Chapter 383: Benevolence and Righteousness


And regardless of whether Ran Min decided to join because of his hot brain, his family, including the Ran family's Qin State Wenwu family, is also migrating to the Han Realm, which means that there is enough sincerity, otherwise Liu Yan would not be so tired.

Ran Min's face was very unsightly when he came to the hall where everyone was discussing, but he was not as irritable as he is now, and he saluted first and said: "Your Majesty, Shi Hu led the army to attack Guanzhong, Tongguan and Yaoguan have gone through more than a year of war, and the defenders have long been exhausted, and there is a shortage of ordnance and food."

A series of words can be summed up, Shi Hu will not go to Guanzhong with a miscellaneous army, and will inevitably carry the elite of the Qiang clan, so the difficulty of keeping Guanzhong depends on how much strength Liu Yan wants to make.

When talking about the war, Liu Yan finally saw the temperament of a hero from Ran Min, although the situation was very critical, Ran Min looked quite steady, and some trade-offs and the advantages and disadvantages of friend and foe were also analyzed more clearly.

"Tai'an" Liu Yan nodded to Ji Chang and said, "Introduce to Yongzeng." ” Ji Chang saluted Ran Min and introduced in relative detail the overall situation facing the Han State now, including the war in Jizhou, the situation faced by the eastern side of Liao 1, the situation in Jibei County, and the friction with the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Han country is large, and there are many battle fronts, but fortunately there are two water systems, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the Han army has never lacked fleets, otherwise the situation would have been worse.

"In order to prevent more Murong Yan troops from going south, our army used the navy to land in Liaoxi County and Changli County by sea, and has been attacking and harassing things."

Ji Chang said as he spoke, he had already stood up and walked to the edge of the mountains and rivers, pointing and telling as he said: "The attack on Liaoxi County is relatively difficult, and after Murong Hao, the lord of the Yan Kingdom, returned to his division, he was forced to evacuate.

The raid on Changli County played a role. ” Ran Min was very surprised by the details of the Han Kingdom's map of mountains and rivers, where there should be a water system, where there must be a mountain, it must also be marked, and then there is the Mintun point and the water intake point outside the water system, and the kind of mountains and rivers map in his hand that only marks some big cities are two kinds of maps at all.

"The current situation of the Han Dynasty is like this, and it is very likely that it will need to face a three-sided siege by Shijie, Murong and the small imperial court, and there are already signs of large-scale wars on the Zhangshui line in Jizhou and a war in the east of Liao1."

Ji Chang looked at Liu Yan as he spoke, and only then did he say again: "The troops that Wang Shang has invested in Jizhou will exceed 120,000, and the troops that have been invested in the war in Liaodong 1 have 30,000, and the remaining fronts and necessary local garrisons have a total of 130,000, and there are no spare troops in the whole country." ” The current population of the Han Kingdom is more than 1.3 million not counting slaves, and more than 2.6 million when counting slaves, which is equivalent to a one-to-one ratio of free people to slaves.

The total number of 280,000 Han troops mentioned by Ji Chang is actually 70,000 according to the rank, and the rest can only be said to be second-line troops, and not all of these second-line troops can take responsibility, in fact, most of them can only maintain local stability or do some work to maintain the logistics line.

Of course, Liu Yan still had the Praetorian Guards at hand, 15,000 of which were located on the front line of Nanyang County, and they also needed to maintain the passage between Guanzhong and the actual control area of the Han State, and they were cooperating with Li Kuang's Yuzhou army.

In addition to the 15,000 on the Western Front, 10,000 Janissaries were staying in Linzi as a reserve force.

If you don't count the military units, Liu Yan only has 13,000 places on hand.

The total number of units that can be "summoned" is 3,000, which is 50,000, which is the result of the expansion of the territory and the establishment of the country.

Not counting slaves, only free people, with a total population of more than 1.3 million to build an army of 280,000, that is because of the strange age of the population under Liu Yan's rule, the majority of young and strong people mean that the supply of soldiers is sufficient, and the labor force is also guaranteed, but the ratio of soldiers to civilians is enough to reach 5 to 1.

"A large number of slaves need to be supervised, and they are destined to be unable to draw troops to fight again."

Ji Chang had already said clearly enough, looked at Ran Min calmly, and said, "It only depends on how King Qin chooses." ” In short, the Han State did not have the extra troops to do anything, and it was even more impossible to send tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to guard Guanzhong.

Today's Ran Min is quite different, and he can see that he is in a hurry in his heart, but at least he doesn't show anxiety.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "If the Miao descendants of the Han family in Guanzhong are migrated, can they be properly resettled in the Han realm?"

"We have plenty of experience to save the people, but this depends on how fast Shi Hu moves."

Ji Chang said matter-of-factly: "It has always been difficult to migrate, and then there is a need for troops to be able to block the Shihu army. ” Ran Min saluted Liu Yan and said solemnly: "The matter is already like this, and I also ask the king to transfer Xie An's troops under the command of the ministers for the sake of all the people, only fifteen thousand is enough, and there is no need for more." ” If Ran Min Lion opened his mouth to ask for tens of thousands, tens of thousands, of course, there was no room for negotiation.

Listening to what he said again, it was clear that he knew that Guanzhong really couldn't hold it, and he had the attitude of integrating into the Han Kingdom, and what he wanted was to rescue those who followed him. asked for 15,000 Praetorian Guards on Xie An's side, and Ran Min had nearly 300,000 in his hands, regardless of elite or miscellaneous cards, if he just resisted instead of a decisive battle, he would definitely be sure to block Shi Hu's army for a while.

Ran Min also captured nearly 300,000 people before, this batch of captives was originally to be sold to the Han State, in fact, they have been escorted to the Han Border, and there are only more than 40,000 escorted to the Han Border, that is, Xuchang, and the rest are either on the road or still on the Tongguan side.

"The prisoners had to be killed."

Ran Min didn't have the slightest pity, and there was no emotional fluctuation when he said that he would kill hundreds of thousands of people: "Don't kill them, wait for them to know that Shi Hu will inevitably break out when he leads the army." ” Lu Yi interjected appropriately: "All the women of the right age stay." ” There is no way, the lack of women in the Han Kingdom is really a certain shortage, as long as it is possible to increase the number of women, then it is definitely necessary to try.

Ran Min raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth hooked and he didn't know what it meant, and then he knelt down to Liu Yan with a wry smile, and said bitterly: "I can only ask the king to take it in." ” There are many interpretations of the word "take-in", which can be temporary residence or attachment.

Liu Yan still had to be cautious, he looked at Ji Chang.

The Han Kingdom must also understand, so Ji Chang had to ask: "What King Qin said about taking him in is a temporary guest residence, or serving the king." ” Ran Min was stunned for a moment, and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, it is to serve the king."

After a pause, he was a little unwilling, but he still said: "The name of King Qin should not be mentioned again, how to settle everything is arranged by the king." ” If there weren't so many things, or if Liu Yan didn't know Ran Min, he should be happy to get the loyalty of a fierce general, but the loyalty of the King of Martial Mourning is definitely not so easy to obtain, just giving grace is definitely not enough, and how to deter is not so simple.

"The Han Dynasty is different from other countries in that it implements the military merit system."

Liu Yan is not a stingy person, but he can't break the rules unscrupulously, and he can't open the case randomly, and said solemnly: "What kind of title should it be, what kind of official position, everything is in Yongzeng." ” Seeing that Guanzhong could not be defended, it was naturally a shadowless thing to bring land and guests to the country, even if they brought people to seek refuge, which could not be called a merit.

Ran Min's cheeks stiffened, and he said in a daze: "That's it, then the king will see how the ministers establish meritorious deeds." ” The matter that should be discussed has been discussed, Liu Yan personally wrote the order, ordering Xie An's department to temporarily obey Ran Min's dispatch, and even generously mobilize ordnance and grain from Yuzhou to Ran Min, and the matter is over here.

Ran Min said goodbye and left, and the hall remained quiet for a long time, and it was Sang Yu who broke the silence.

"Time has passed, but I don't know if Ran will feel that everything is the king's layout."

Sang Yu can imagine Ran Min in a sinister direction, it's not that Ran Min's foundation is a little dark, he said: "Wang Shangren is righteous, but some people don't see it that way." ” "The king once said that a man's destiny lies in the choice."

Lu Yi said in a deep voice: "How Ran will choose this time does not have much impact on the big Han, and it is appropriate to solve this matter." ” Liu Yan naturally expects what choice Ran Min will make, but he can't influence what kind of choice Ran Min will make, what should be done has been done, and he will wait for the result.

"In this way, Nanyang County can't give up for the time being."

Ji Chang quickly adjusted his mood, pointed to Danshui and said: "Water transportation is far more convenient and faster than land transportation, Danshui connects Guanzhong and Nanyang County, and you can grab time from here." ” No matter what, those people under Ran Min's command are also population, needless to say, there are still a large number of prisoners of war who can be used as slaves, and how much can be rushed and transported is earned by the Han State.

"If Ran didn't deceive me and others, he really blocked Shi Hu to buy time for everyone to evacuate, and it would not be too late to say this."

Huan Wen said sullenly: "I'm afraid that we will be dragged into the quagmire." ” Meaning, Huan Wen guessed that Ran Min was still reluctant to give up Guanzhong, whether it was to borrow troops or obtain ordnance and food, in order to stick to Tongguan and Yaoguan, at least to try to keep Shi Hu out of the two passes, and if he could block it, it was estimated that he would continue to be the king of Qin.

Seeing that Ran Min has always been obsessed with Wang Jue, not to mention Huan Wen, most people also think so.

"No matter what, Ran and his family are migrating to the territory of my Han Dynasty."

Lu Yi paused before he said: "Ran Zhi is also in Linzi. ” "It is often said that those who do big things are not informal" Huan Wen had already seen Liu Yan frowning, and changed his words: "But let the family members under his command do the same, I'm afraid not everyone can do it." ” "Alright, alright."

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Liu Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't talk about Yongzeng, you still have to think about it, how to stabilize the small court first, don't really start a war between the north and the south, although we are not afraid, but we still need to fight if we can avoid it." ” Shijie Zhao State and Murong Yan State formally formed an alliance, and there was no movement on the side of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty for the time being, and the Han State wanted to exert influence on the small court, and it was necessary to deal with the gate valve and the family, and it seemed that because of the memorial to the Yanhuang Temple, the relationship between the two sides was unprecedentedly bad.

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