Chapter 130 Guang Chengze
He Lun and Sima You went to Xuchang, and Shao Xun stopped dilly-dallying and began to speed up the march.
To be fair, from the perspective of the entire battle, he really didn't waste much time.
When Liu Qiao had just defeated Sima Yue, there was no one in Yuzhou who could threaten him. According to common sense, he would be safe for at least two months. However, Shao Xun's unexpected attack of hundreds of miles directly defeated the grain collection team sent by Liu Qiao, and then went straight to Xiaoxian and Xiangxian areas, with unparalleled power.
Liu Qiao's son died, and he didn't know how many people Shao Xun had brought, so he was very depressed. Coupled with the news that Liu Hong of Jingzhou expressed his intention to send troops and that the Xianbei cavalry had marched south in large numbers, he became even more panicked, and the outcome was self-evident.
Liu Qiao now regrets his alliance with Sima Yong.
Yes, after seeing the defeat of Sima Yue in the battle of Xiaoxian, Sima Yong sent an envoy eastward and got in touch with Liu Qiao. The two formed an alliance to fight against Sima Yue.
To be honest, this is a bad move.
The alliance with Sima Yong directly prompted Liu Hong, the governor of Jingzhou, to side with Sima Yue.
Zhang Fang's reputation is so bad that it is unbelievable that the King of Hejian is still using him. Liu Hong did not want to be associated with such people, and ordered the shogunate to join the army on the spot. Liu Pan led an army northward and was controlled by Sima Yue.
King Fan Yang appointed Gou Xi as the governor of Yanzhou, who led the army to quell the rebellion in Hebei. He led his partial troops back to Xuchang and joined the attack on Liu Qiao.
Sima Yue was losing more and more, and his troops were increasing.
Politics is really hard to describe, and it may be more important than military capabilities.
Unless you are a victorious general who keeps winning, winning, winning, and beating others to a perfect score in politics will make you cry without tears. In the end, you will get your own, what others gave, what you borrowed, and other means. All the troops and horses have been sent away, but how many such people are there?
Of course, Sima Yue's political ability is also very average, at least he is not sensitive and makes many mistakes. Unfortunately, there are only a few famous clan kings left. They either join Sima Yong or Sima Yue. What should I do?
Pinch your nose and admit it, support Sima Yue, this is the common thought of all the loyal paper makers in Jin Dynasty.
The downfall of the Sima clan and the collapse of the world are not a good thing for those with vested interests. After all, most people have no ambitions and just want to keep their wealth.
So, under such a general background, Sima Yue's momentum became stronger and stronger. After being beaten down to only a thousand soldiers, he was very high-spirited and expressed his intention to defeat Liu Qiao, return to Luoyang, then march westward to Guanzhong, and hold Sima Yong to interrogate him before the king.
He does it again!
Well, he can do it, but Liu Qiao can’t.
On the ninth day of October, Liu Qiao held a military parade outside Xiaoxian City, handed out heavy rewards, and vowed to fight bloody battles.
As a result, that night, he took his confidants and ran south, not knowing where they were going.
This guy is so fucked up, but also terrifyingly calm.
The general trend of siege from all sides has been established. No matter how hard we struggle, it will only last more than a month, and we will definitely be defeated in the end. But it might not be easy to escape then. It's better to run away now. There might be a way out.
The news of Liu Qiao's disappearance brewed for a day or two and then spread around.
Sima Yue was a little surprised when he received the news, but he didn't lose his composure too much.
After a series of blows, the morale of Liu Qiao's troops has been shaken. Coupled with the gathering of troops from all directions, defeat is inevitable.
Haha! All the heroes in the world are driven by loneliness.
When Shao Xun received the news, he was still marching and stopped immediately.
One day later, he received news that the commander-in-chief ordered Zuowei General He Lun to lead his troops to the east, and the rest of the troops stopped and returned to their respective towns - Shao Xun and Liu Pan would of course stop their troops, but the Xianbei people It has been almost 20 days since they went south. Is it easy to let them go back now? I'm afraid it won't require heavy bleeding.
As for why Shao Xun was not allowed to greet them, the apparent reason was that Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, gave Lou Quan, Shi Chao and others some soldiers, horses, and supplies, ordering them to march eastward to Hongnong and must return to the army to eliminate them as soon as possible.
The reason is very good, but there may be other meanings, but Shao Xun is too lazy to care about anything else.
On October 18th, he asked Li Chong to lead his army back to Luoyang. He led his own soldiers and nearly 800 generals to ride westward, passing through prefectures and counties, and arrived at a place in late October.
Most of the people stayed in the swamps at the foot of the mountain to herd horses. Shao Xun took Tang Jian, Gao Yi, Yu An, Zhang Gu and others to continue climbing. And when they climbed the mountain and all the scenery came into view, each of them was speechless.
Shao Xun lied to them. He had actually noticed this place a long time ago, and didn't find out about it until he went south this time.
I saw him taking out a thin booklet from his arms. There was a small signature on the back corner of the cover: Pei Lingyan.
He turned to a certain page and said: "The Zhou Dynasty is surrounded by mud, with three Tutu on the right (mǎn), Songyue on the left, facing Hengyin, and the Jibei Wangwu..."
What the hell? Tang Jian and others looked at him blankly.
Shao Xun failed to show off, so he could only explain to these rough guys seriously: "This was Guangcheng Garden in the Han Dynasty, where emperors reviewed, taught martial arts, and hunted. It has a vast territory and beautiful mountains and rivers."< br>
Everyone was stunned for a while.
Tang Jian asked: "General, what does it matter if you are beautiful or not? They are all used for woodcutting."
Shao Xun was helpless.
Fuck, I have to finish pretending today, even if I pretend hard.
"Do you know what is in Guangcheng Garden?" he asked.
“There are wild animals.” Zhang Gu, who was a pig butcher, said at a glance the deer active in the water and swamp grasslands.
"Not bad." Shao Xun glanced at him approvingly and said: "Guangcheng Garden has mountains, water, fields, lush vegetation, and many birds and animals..."
He explained simply After a while.
Guangcheng Garden has a vast territory, surrounded by mountains, and is pierced by four rivers: Bo, Xi, Ying, and Luo. It also has "divine springs flowing out from the side and Danshui Nirvana Pool". It is rich in water resources and has a huge The natural lakes and wetlands are vast.
In other words, if we renovate this place, we can open up a lot of fertile farmland. Without transformation, part of the fields can still be used for irrigation with natural river and lake water, because the emperor of the Later Han Dynasty "viewed the original sun and watched the wheat" here. Mountains, hills, plains, wetlands, grasslands, rivers and lakes are mixed together to form the vast Guangcheng Garden.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty reviewed the troops here and gave lectures on martial arts and hunting.
In the Sui Dynasty, water conservancy projects were built here and a large amount of farmland was opened up.
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, hunted a wild boar here and soaked in Guangchengtang Hot Spring. Later, Guangchengze Ranch was opened here to raise a large number of military horses.
After the Song Dynasty, it was gradually occupied by the people, and villages began to appear one after another.
“Look over there!” Shao Xun pointed to a hillside in the distance.
Everyone who had not yet digested the information looked up and saw that there seemed to be ruins of pavilions and pavilions among the trees.
Huh? Is anyone else active?
Tang Jian looked at Shao Xun with admiration. He had already paid attention to the ruins, which might be a corner of the Guangchengyuan Palace of the Later Han Dynasty, but he really didn't notice anyone inside.
Is this the vision of a marksman?
"Is that Wubao?" Tang Jian asked.
"It's not Wubao. Wubao is not that shabby. It's more like a settlement." Gao Yi said.
“The settlement still has walls that are worth seeing.” Yu An shook his head, looked at Shao Xun, and said: “General, I thought they were people from other states who had dispersed here, so I found a few rooms. The palace is still intact, just to protect it from wind and rain."
Shao Xun nodded.
Most people are not willing to come to the imperial palace.
The Qingshu Palace was built here in the Tang Dynasty.
It was originally used to escape the summer heat, but unfortunately the location was wrong. In order to enjoy the scenery, it was built on the west mountain where the sun shines. It is very hot in summer, and snake prevention measures were not taken, so snakes often appeared in the palace.
Finally, Li Shimin ordered the palace to be abandoned, and the property in the palace was distributed to the palace residents and allowed to disperse.
Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, no one moved into the Qingshu Palace and its surrounding areas, except for the people who occasionally went to the mountains to collect firewood and hunt.
Shao Xun also doesn’t want to move into those palaces that have not been repaired for a hundred years and have long been decayed or even collapsed. The last large-scale renovation of Guangchengyuan Forbidden City should have been during the period of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty. Until now It has been more than a hundred years.
But he is very interested in the resources of Guangcheng Garden.
This may be the most excellent pasture in Henan, and it is also an extremely important source of military horses for the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty.
In the mainland of the Central Plains, many horses are raised in mountainous and hilly areas. Gein horses do not like heat, and the hills are relatively cool and rich in vegetation resources, which is conducive to the expansion of the population.
If you want to raise horses, you can always find a place. Qian Liu could raise 30,000 horses outside Hangzhou, but Henan further north would be more suitable.
“I want to occupy this place.” Shao Xun said suddenly.
"If the general wants to occupy it, then he should occupy it. It is really ugly for such a good place to be rushed in by refugees to reclaim the wasteland."
"There are tens of thousands of hectares of land."< br>
“Not that much. If you want to have tens of thousands of hectares of fertile farmland, you have to spend a lot of effort clearing it. How can it be so simple to fill up swamps, dig ditches, and build ponds?”
“That’s right. , but it is indeed a good place, and the emperor will really enjoy it.”
“This good place can only be given to Lang Jun. If anyone comes to rob it, we will work together to cut it out.”
Shao Xun. Listening to everyone's words, I felt satisfied. The morale is good and the military morale is available.
Last night he analyzed it carefully with several core subordinates.
They do not lack weapons now, but they lack people who can use these weapons.
It takes a training process for people to learn to use ordnance, recognize the golden drum flag, and fight in formation.
They were given armors and weapons without training. Their combat effectiveness was not even as good as that of Wubao. However, they had practiced and even fought. This is Chun Chun, the captain of the transportation brigade.
Now the question is, how much food do you have to feed them?
This involves the need for more people and land to engage in production, and it is inevitable to open "sub-bases".
This "sub-base" should not be too far away, otherwise it will gradually lose control. So, when Luoyang itself is a dead place, we can only find a way around Luoyang.
Based on these factors, Guang Chengze is indeed the best choice out of desperation. At least Shao Xun can come here in a few days.
If the Huns go south, they may not come here. Even if you come, you can still retreat to the fortress on the mountain and hold on.
Farming and war are two sides of the same coin.
Starting a business is really not easy.
Accumulating strength is also a long process.
Before the Yongjia Rebellion broke out, he did not dare to act blindly, so he could only farm quietly and use his official status to protect Wubao from wind and rain, avoiding a lot of trouble, that's all.
(End of this chapter)