Chapter 293 Strategic Intent
"You are clumsy. You are still so bad after practicing for more than a year. Go home and farm as soon as possible!" On the outskirts of Yanling County, Jin San was facing the ninth and tenth buildings. The remaining soldiers cursed loudly.
The soldiers in the sixth and eighth buildings were also scolded by him.
Although they participated in the war with the Huns, they were the results of "mixing" with the veterans from the previous few buildings. Without the veterans, they would not be able to perform 30% of their ability, and they would only be repeatedly beaten by the Huns' cavalry. Harassment and eventual collapse.
The seventh building was lucky enough not to be scolded because its performance was much better, but there was still a gap compared to the 3,000 veterans in the first five buildings, especially since the best of them were transferred to the first five buildings to supplement the battle losses. Later, the strength was greatly reduced and it was not as good as before.
The gentry representatives from Yingchuan counties have been "forced" to observe the training of the Silver Spear Army.
First, a group of people pulled out a long stack of arrows and shot them at the wall of Wubao.
In an instant, the straw man behind the female wall was covered with arrows.
Then another group of people took out armor-piercing arrows and shot at the armor hanging on the wooden pile in the distance in units of tens.
In the end, it was still a group of people. The front row was shot directly while the back row was ejected, covering a large area.
After shooting, he hung his walking bow on his waist, took out his saber, took off the small buckler on his left arm, and charged in an array.
When the straw man with arrows all over his body was cut to pieces, everyone was speechless.
You can't stop these tigers and wolves with your words. Only by facing the reality and adjusting as soon as possible can the family business be maintained.
On the other side, Yu Zhi, who had rushed back from Luoyang, followed Shao Xun, smiling from ear to ear.
Situ Shangshu asked the vassal to leave the town. The emperor was very happy and ordered him to be the pastor of Yanzhou.
So, more than a year after the dissolution of the Yanzhou Mu Shogunate, it was rebuilt again, but it was not as prosperous as before.
Some people chose to serve as officials in the court, some people transferred to the Taiwei shogunate, and some people simply crossed south to join King Langya. Only about half of them followed Situ Yuan to Yanzhou, including more than 30,000 horsemen. .
This time, Yu Zhi did not choose to leave. Instead, he served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and could take office next month.
At this time, even if you didn’t like Shao Xun before, you must change your attitude.
He even shamelessly announced that he had long thought that Shao Taibai was handsome and elegant, so he urged everyone in the Yu family to make a marriage agreement with Taibai and achieve good things.
Hu Wufuzhi, the newly appointed Zuo Changshi of the Chenjun Marquis Mansion, was very surprised by this. It was obviously me...
But Yu Zhi had been in the officialdom for a long time and his face was not as thick as that of ordinary people, so he naturally ignored Hu Wufuzhi.
Moreover, as an uncle, he said that when his niece gets married in the future, he will give a generous dowry to show the unity of the Yanling Yu family.
Hu Wufuzhi could only be defeated.
Yang Bao, the captain of the Du branch, was also standing among a group of people, with his chest out and his belly up, smiling.
As we all know, he officially stood in line, and he stood in line at a critical moment. He stood in such a way that everyone knew it, and Sima Yue wanted to cut him into pieces.
After being kicked out of the Forbidden Army, he was still able to be retained by human beings and served as a branch captain, which shows that he made the right move.
Chen Yan, the former captain of the Du branch, had at most 8,000 troops. After years of fighting, the shortage could not be replenished. When the Xiongnu attacked Luoyang, there were only about 5,000 soldiers left. Then they suffered successive defeats. After the war, a check was made, and the number of soldiers was only 1,300 or 400.
After gathering some of the scattered troops, they barely recovered to two thousand and handed them over to Yang Bao.
With the permission of Taiwei Wang Yan, Yang Bao recruited a thousand soldiers from the refugees who went south to Luoyang, and raised the number to 3,000, which can be regarded as a small army leader.
The Duzhixiaowei was born in the Cao Wei Dynasty. The original name was "Sinong Duzhixiaowei", with a rank of two thousand stones. He was in charge of military farming and the dispatch of military supplies obtained from the farming.
Tuntians were located in different places, so officials including Duzhi Zhonglangjiang and Duzhi Xiaowei were all sent by the central government to manage the tuntians.
Strictly speaking, Yang Bao and his predecessor Chen Yan were both Sizhou Du branch captains. After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the farmland was lost, and more of their tasks became transporting grain.
For example, Chen Min, who had caused rebellion before, once wrote to Shu: "The rice grains in the south have been accumulated for decades, and the generals want to corrupt them and will not transport them by water to help Zhongzhou. This is not to save Zhou's urgent needs."
The imperial court followed this and appointed Min as the branch of Hefei, and then moved it to Guangling, ordering it to transport grain from the south to Beijing.
During the Zhang Chang Rebellion, "Min Qinghe led the troops to defeat the thieves", and finally wiped out Shi Bing and Feng Yun in one fell swoop.
In other words, the soldiers under Du Zhixiaowei have actually become "troop transporters."
Yang Bao's main task now is to be responsible for the water transportation between Xingyang and Chenliu, and relay the money, grain, silk and various tributes transported from other places back to Luoyang to complete the "last mile".
"The Lord is here." Someone whispered.
Yang Bao and others immediately calmed down their voices and stood in silence.
When Shao Xun's figure appeared, they all bowed and saluted, saying: "See you, Lord."
"No need to be polite." Shao Xun smiled and waved his hands, greeting everyone gently. , when he saw Yang Bao, he pulled him over and asked with a smile: "Have all the soldiers been recruited?"
Yang Bao came to recruit soldiers. Ordinary newcomers are still looking down on it. The main purpose is to recruit broken troops and those who dare to fight and fight among the refugees to enrich the troop transport establishment and better transport money and food, so as to avoid having to borrow people from local counties and counties for the job of transporting food. , it is becoming more and more unsafe now, and troop transports are often taken to Luoyang to fight. Ordinary people are really unable to do the job.
"We haven't raised all the money yet." Yang Bao replied: "Shi Le and Wang Mi are attacking Yanzhou, and the water transportation is not smooth. In April and May, it may be disadvantageous for money and grain from other states to come to Beijing. I don't know the princes. ..."
"Come here and talk." Shao Xun waved and came to a secluded place.
Yang Bao followed and whispered: "Your Majesty, water transportation must be guaranteed, otherwise Luoyang may fall into famine, which will be detrimental to your great cause."
Shao Xun slightly He nodded and said: "Tell me your opinion."
Yang Bao was not afraid of the stage and said directly: "Does the Lord know about Qian Pu's murder of Chen Feng?"
Shao Xun shook his head.
Yang Baosui recounted what he learned during this period. Qian Chuan rebelled in Guangling, killed branch captain Chen Feng, took the military rations stored in the palace, and then burned the palace to the ground. He named himself General Pingxi and Governor of the Eight Prefectures.
Qian Chuan’s behavior of burning down the palace and killing the branch captain was very bad, because he didn’t know how long it would take to put down the rebellion, how long it would take to fill up the grain storage in the palace, and how long it would take to transport water to Guangling. to recover.
“Here comes the picture.” Shao Xun stretched out his hand and said.
Tang Jian immediately presented a map.
Shao Xun spread out and looked at it carefully.
Guangling Du Branch Lieutenant Chen Feng is responsible for the east-line water transportation, that is, the money and grain from the counties in the east of the Yangtze River are first transported to Guangling (now Yangzhou) on the north bank of the Yangtze River through the Soochow River system, and then go north via Hangou to collect in the north of the Yangtze River. The money and grain from the counties are sent to Huaiyin, and then collected from the counties in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, and continue to be transported north to Xiapi.
Xiapi is the seat of the Governor of Xuzhou and is also a land and water transportation hub.
Generally speaking, most of the money and grain are stationed nearby in Xiapi and Pengcheng to prepare for the war in the south. If necessary, it can be connected to the Yellow River through Honggou and Heshui and transported to Beijing, or it can be transported west to Bianqu and transported to Junyi (today's Kaifeng).
Besides the Eastern Front there is also the Western Front.
Hefei Du Branch Xiaowei is responsible for collecting money and grain taxes from nearby areas and transporting them to Xuchang via Huai River and Wo River - there is also a branch line in the middle, which can be connected to the Suiyang Canal (excavated by Cao Cao). To Junyi.
It can be seen that Junyi County is also the water and land transportation hub of Henan, which is very critical.
This county belongs to Chenliu State in Yanzhou and is located at the junction of Chenliu and Xingyang. If anyone wants to cut off water transportation, this is the right place to attack.
"In the past, Wei Wu used Henan as its base and fought in all directions, and the water system extending in all directions played an important role." After reading it, Shao Xun handed the map back to Tang Jian and said with emotion: "Whether it is deploying troops or transporting grain, It’s all very convenient.”
Marching by boat is much faster and less laborious than walking on two legs.
Shipping supplies is much faster than transporting goods by horse and cart, and the cost is extremely low.
Mobilizing troops and transporting food is fast and low-cost, which often means you have a large number of extra troops.
In fact, it’s not just Cao Cao.
Zhu Wen started his career in Bianliang, and later captured Xuzhou and other places. He took control of the Tang Dynasty's three water transport routes in Henan. He used the canals extending in all directions to conquer the east and west, and gained the reputation of more than 100,000 Bianliang forbidden troops. It resounded throughout the north and south of the river.
Cao Cao’s hometown is in Xuchang.
Zhu Wen’s home base is in Junyi.
This site selection is not without reason.
Water transportation has always been the best mode of transportation. Even Shao Xun in Liang County used Guangchengze Lake as well as Ru River and Ying River to transport supplies.
Both Cao and Zhu have set up their nests by the canal. Chen County, the fiefdom of my old man Shao, is actually between the river and Huaihe River. Chen County is on the edge of Suiyang Canal. , it can go directly to Junyi in the north and enter the Yellow River, and in the south it can enter the Huaihe River through Yingshui River and reach Shouchun.
Wonderful! Yuzhou is such a good place, I like it.
A real man dares to start in Henan, refuse to conquer, give orders to all directions, wield the power of the world, and get the most beautiful women in the world to wife.
"Tang Jian." Shao Xun suddenly shouted.
"Servant here."
"Do you think the Huns are planning to cut off Luoyang's water transportation?" Shao Xun asked.
Tang Jian did not expect that the prince did not ask him to do something, but asked for advice. After holding it in for a long time, he said: "I thought that no matter whether it was true or not, you have to be careful. Luoyang can't afford to delay."
"Wheat harvest in May..." Shao Xun said: "But the Heluo wheat seedlings were seriously damaged in last year's war. I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest much this year. The grain reserves in Taicang, Dongyangmen, can only last until At that time, the new wheat harvest in May will probably last for a few more months, but if the money and grain from other states cannot be delivered, Luoyang will definitely be short of food after the New Year, and people will eat each other. . When the Huns attack, they will collapse without a fight."
Tang Jian was silent.
When he followed the King of Chengdu's army to conquer Luoyang southward, and was able to win in the end, wasn't it because Luoyang was short of food?
As long as water transportation is cut off, Luoyang will not be able to sustain itself unless it reduces the production of craftsmen, sergeants, officials, ministers, etc. - especially the Luoyang Forbidden Army, which consumes huge amounts of food. But without the Forbidden Army, how can it be defended? What about Luoyang?
"Helping others means helping yourself." Shao Xun sighed and said, "I can't tolerate Luoyang's water transportation being cut off. If I didn't come to Yuzhou, I wouldn't have known that the Huns wanted to do this. This was my mistake. . Yang Bao!”
“I’m here.”
“Who taught you what you just said?” Shao Xun said.
What a joke! Who is Yang Bao? If others don't know, how can he not know?
It would have been impossible for him to become a lieutenant general without the help of Zuo Changshi of the Donghai Palace and Liu Qia, the lieutenant of the Kingdom, and at the same time he was the old man of Donghai.
With his level, he cannot say these words.
"The Lord Mingjian, this is the Minister of Duzhi who sent someone to teach him, and the servant also asked Wei Jun, his subordinate." Yang Bao said with a smile.
"Wang Shangshu? Wei Jun?" Shao Xun looked at him doubtfully.
"Wang Shangshu is Xuan, the son of Taiwei." Yang Bao said: "Wei Jun is from Dong'a, living in Guanzhong, and was a small official at first. After the defeat of Wang Yong of Hejian, he lived in Henan. A while ago, he passed by After the introduction, he came to the servant’s tent and listened. He had also been the Duzhi Captain of Chang’an before. “Wang Xuan became the Duzhi Shangshu so quickly?” Shao Xun was a little surprised. Relieved.
Is it strange that Wang Yan’s son is the minister of the branch? It doesn't seem strange, the two of them were born to raise food...
"Call Wei Jun here, I want to see what his talents are." Shao Xun said.
“No.” Yang Bao responded.
"Send an order to Li Chong and Chen Yougen..." Shao Xun also summoned the civil servants and ordered them to write an order to mobilize troops.
(End of this chapter)