Chapter 448 Military Discussion
In the palace in the southeast of Xuchang, the gates of the treasury are open.
Bag after bag of corn was shipped out of the warehouse and shipped to the boat in the Lishui River.
The shogunate issued an order to send 450,000 dendrobium of millet to Xinzhengcang.
Xinzhengcang allocated almost the same amount of grain to Xingyang.
The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first. The hoarding of combat supplies is a prerequisite for launching a war, and can even be said to be a matter of life and death.
Near Xuchang Palace, Shao Xun held an on-site meeting.
Under the shade of the elm and willow trees, the main staff of Shogun Pingdong's shogunate arrived.
The first person to speak was Chang Shi Pei Kang.
He is very old, but after a long history, somehow, he is radiant and his body seems to be much better. It is simply a medical miracle.
You can tell by listening to his voice, which can be said to be calm and powerful: "Ming Gong, I think it is not appropriate to use weapons and soldiers at this time. The four counties just had a surplus last year, so they began to control the water and recruit people, which consumed a lot of money. If we want to go on an expedition, Do you want to collect grain from the four commanderies? "
The four commanderies refer to Xiangcheng, Nanton, Xincai and Chenjun, with a total of 20 counties and a population of about 360,000. Because it is a territory directly under the Central Government, key construction has been carried out, which indeed consumes a lot of money.
In the past few years, Shao Xun mainly asked for food and grass from the powerful nobles, who generally came from places outside the four counties. In the long run, I am more or less dissatisfied. You arranged for a large number of people to work in the fields, but you did not collect taxes from them, but only asked us. What does this mean?
There were reasons before, such as the refugees had not yet taken root, the harvest was limited, etc. But this is already the third year, and the four counties even have enough food to control floods. It would be inappropriate for you not to collect taxes.
"When the wheat is harvested in May, we can collect some grains, beans and hay as appropriate in June and July. How about three bunches of grains, beans and five bunches of hay per household?" Shao Xun said.
There are about 77,000 households in the four counties, and they can probably collect more than 200,000 dendrobiums of grain and less than 400,000 bundles of hay.
This is the result of many considerations.
In fact, until the Song Dynasty, the average harvest of Dendrobium per mu in the north was only one Dendrobium (more than 100 kilograms of Dendrobium Tang and Dendrobium Song, which is equivalent to three Dendrobium Jin). A family of five people, on average, each person ate four Dendrobiums per year. A total of twenty dendrobiums of food are consumed, which means that on average, adults and children eat more than one catty per day.
One pound and two taels of food a day is more than enough for modern people, but for ancient people, it was not enough. They had to find additional vegetables and fruits to survive the lean years, so the family Twenty acres of middle land must be cultivated to provide food and clothing, and this is without paying taxes.
If you have to pay taxes, or if you are working in the fields, you will be hungry.
If the land is cultivated, it can barely meet the needs.
The role of water conservancy projects is to eliminate lower fields as much as possible, turn them into middle fields or even upper fields, and increase production.
The people of the four counties still have an average of thirty acres of land per household.
After this summer’s harvest, we can indeed collect some grain in small quantities.
"Since Ming Gong is successful, it is hard for me to say anything." Pei Kang said: "It is best to wait until the summer harvest is over before mobilizing troops."
After the summer harvest there are still Sow in summer, mainly grow cereals and harvest before snowfall. The yield per mu of cereals is very low, but it is still a gain and cannot be ignored.
“It’s already been six months since the summer sowing. It’s already July after finishing packing up and sending out troops. When we reach the enemy’s territory, I’m afraid it’s not already August. Four months have passed. What kind of war are we still fighting?” Zuo Sima Chen Yougen He stared and said.
Pei Kang glanced at him, too lazy to say anything more.
Although Chen Yougen has been working hard to read and seems to be eager to learn, he is still a warrior at heart. He knows how to kill and kill all day long, as if there is no progress in their great cause without conquering cities and territories.
Water conservancy projects, transplanting mulberry seedlings, determining the official system, and calming people's hearts, which one is not a major event to lay a solid foundation?
"Don't be impatient if you have roots." Shao Xun said softly.
"Yes." Chen Yougen cupped his hands and stopped talking.
You Sima Yangchen looked aside and nodded secretly.
Before this, he was a little worried that Mr. Chen would be coerced by the warriors and gradually turn to militarism. In that case, the capital invested by the Yang family would be in danger and there would be a risk of not being able to recover it.
Now it seems that Mr. Chen still knows a lot.
The martial arts cannot hold him back. He has enough prestige to suppress the martial arts. At the same time, he also pays attention to laying a solid foundation and recuperating, giving them the space for the literati to display their ambitions.
If it were someone with less prestige and an imbalance in civil and military affairs, life would be difficult. At that time, he won't have much thought to do anything, and he will either fight openly or covertly, or stand aside and watch.
In short, he was not very satisfied with Chen Gong releasing the fierce beast Wu Ren and eroding the interests of the family. Unfortunately, he had invested too much in the early stage and was a little reluctant to withdraw now. Coupled with the fact that Chen Gong was sensible and knew how to strike a balance, he felt a little relieved and just endured it. The world was like this and everyone had to pay the price.
"Then we will send out troops after the summer sowing is over. Before that, we will only send grain, grass and military supplies. Don't be too hasty, don't recruit too many people, the summer harvest will be done soon." Shao Xun made the final decision, and everyone continued No objection.
"Ming Gong." Liu Anzhi, a lieutenant in charge, said: "Previously, Ming Gong decided on the strategy of attacking Wang Mi, and now he is hoarding grain and grass in Xingyang. Why? Is there a change?"
Shao Xun glanced at him approvingly and said: "This is exactly what I want to discuss with you today. We will definitely fight, but we haven't made up our minds yet on who to fight. Choose one of Hongnong, Hanoi, and Hebei. , Let’s discuss it later.”
After that, he explained the emergency situation in Hebei so that everyone could have a deeper understanding of the current situation.
During the Cao Wei Dynasty, most of the Wuhuan people moved into the Central Plains, leaving a vacuum in the northern grasslands. Therefore, Murong Xianbei began to move into western Liaoning. Later, for assisting Sima Yi in pacifying the Gongsun clan, he was named King Suyi. Living in the north of Dajicheng (today's Fuxin area of Liaoning Province), until now, they have been doing both herding and farming, and have gradually developed.
In the fourth year of Yuankang (294), Murong Xuan officially moved the capital to Dajicheng, established an official system, gathered the people of Hu and Han Dynasties, and promoted scholars, and the country became increasingly prosperous.
When the Central Plains was in chaos, some scholars went north to seek refuge in Xianbei.
For example, Liu Yin of the Liu family in Donglai wanted to avoid the chaos in Liaodong. When he went to Youzhou, he was stayed by Wang Jun, who acted as the governor of Bohai.
In addition to the Liu family, people from Donglai, Beihai, Pingyuan, Taishan and other counties all went north to join the Murong family.
For now, they have only sent some of their children to fight in the front line, and the family representatives have not yet passed, but it is difficult to say if it will develop further.
Although aristocratic families have a lot of waste, there are also many people with shrewd vision. There are people on Murong Xin's side who have taken refuge, which shows that these people really have a deep understanding of the general trend of the world.
Hu Wufu said a while ago that someone in his family took refuge with Murong Xianbei with his family, tribes, craftsmen and books. He also mentioned that the Murong family was strict in law and discipline, open-minded to accept talents, and constantly studied the laws and regulations of the Central Plains. , and made localization transformation.
Led by the crown prince Murong Hui, the noble children became apprentices one after another and learned the culture of the Central Plains.
In addition to managing politics, Murong Xin also went to the school to listen to lectures and recite classics.
But Murong Xianbei is still very good at fighting. The rise of such a regime is already very obvious. Shao Xun also gave them assists. Duan Xianbei will most likely not be able to survive for a few more years.
Speaking of Duan Xianbei, they have almost completely withdrawn from western Liaoning. Many of them have taken refuge with Yuwen and Murong, and most of the rest have fled to Youzhou.
Of the three forces that once competed in western Liaoning, now only Murong Xianbei in the south and Yuwen Xianbei in the north are left. Yuwen Xianbei was originally stronger than Murong, but in the second year of Tai'an (302), Yuwen Xianbei took the initiative to attack the Murong clan and was defeated twice in one year. The losses were extremely heavy. The strength gap between the two sides was no longer as big as before.
After Duanbu Xianbei's power declined, the Murong family received the largest share of the inheritance. The strength of the two parties was already very similar. In addition, the Murong family was brave and good at fighting and tried hard to learn the culture of the Central Plains. Scholars helped take care of the place and made suggestions. It was only a matter of time before Yuwen Xianbei fell.
After analyzing the situation, the shogunate’s aides were not very interested.
In their opinion, those things are a bit far away.
Murong Xuan does seem to be a heroic leader, but his sphere of influence is limited to western Liaoning. He currently respects the Jin Dynasty and does not seem to have any thoughts of rebellion. Apart from anything else, the imperial dynasty also had Pingzhou governor and governors in Liaodong. It was not difficult for Murong Xin to capture these places, but he did not do so, which shows his attitude.
"Ming Gong, has Duan Xianbei attached himself to Wang Jun?" Yu Liang, who joined the army, asked.
"So be it." Shao Xun said: "They are unwilling to withdraw from Liaoxi and are still dreaming of regaining their lost territory. Wang Jun has no choice but to accompany them to fight, and he may not be able to cope with the Huns' offensive."< br>
"Can Wang Jun's soldiers fight?" Yu Liang asked again.
Joining the army Jin Zheng sneered.
Yu Liang turned his head suddenly, sullen in his heart, but said nothing.
"Ming Gong." Jin Zheng said: "It has been ten years from Tai'an to Yongjia. If Wang Junruo sent out troops alone, he rarely won. In the past, Shi Le was just gaining momentum, and the battle of Feilong Mountain could only defeat Shi Le. After a small setback, almost all the 100,000 troops retreated. The reason why Shi Le was afraid of Wang Jun was not because he was afraid of the Youzhou soldiers, but because he really thought Wang Jun was capable. Without the help of Xianbei's son-in-law, Shi Le would be easily defeated. Scholars, don’t think highly of them.”
Many people looked at Jin Zheng now.
Jin Zheng didn't take it seriously and stared back at each of them. Why, am I still afraid of you? Besides, I didn't beat the scholar to death with a stick. I only mentioned Wang Jun. Why are you so sensitive?
Shao Xun also looked at Jin Zheng.
Jin Zheng's arrogance suddenly subsided, he cupped his hands and said: "I thought I should hit Shi Le. Guanzhong and Hongnong let him go, they can't take care of him. Hold Shi Le down first, don't let Wang Jun be killed by him ”
Shao Xun looked at the others again.
Pei Kang coughed and said, "But it's up to Duke Ming to make the decision."
"Ming Gong, let's beat Shi Le." Chen Yougen and Liu Anzhi said almost at the same time.
"Ming Gong, I think we still have to attack Hanoi." Mao Bang, a middle man, suggested.
"Oh? Why?" Shao Xun asked.
"If Hanoi is not captured, it will be difficult for the left camp of Silver Spear to withdraw and there will be no troops available."
"What did you say?" Hou Feihu, who was recently promoted to the governor of the shogunate and led the black warlord. He said dissatisfiedly: "The Heiji army has recruited more than 2,000 people. They have been training for many years and have the help of the field army. It is more than enough to defend the three cities of Heyang."
Mao Bang turned his head and didn't look at him.
I don’t know why, but Wang Queer, Jin Zheng, and Hou Feihu, who have known each other for many years, are now somewhat alienated from him, which makes him a little sad.
"Ming Gong, I think we still have to attack Wang Mi." Yuan Yan, the shogunate's army and Hongnong's prefect, said.
His expression was not very good, perhaps because Hongnong's situation was too difficult.
At first, because of the existence of the Zhongwu Army and the strategic location of Hongnong, he was listed as one of the six participating armies.
Now there are only a few hundred defeated soldiers left in the Zhongwu Army, and they are completely unable to resist Wang Mi. Every time the thieves came to attack, the young men from Tanshan, Kinmen, Yunzhong, and Gancheng Siwubao were gathered to rescue them. Over time, the Luoshui River Valley became a front line. Men were not allowed to plow, women were not allowed to weave, and life was difficult.
Shao Xun remained silent after hearing what he said.
The Zhongwu Army was the first unit under his command that was almost annihilated by the establishment.
The Zhongwu Army, which had 4,500 infantry and cavalry at its peak, now has less than 500 remnants left, and it is indeed difficult to support such a wide Luoshui River Valley.
Nowadays, small groups of Xiongnu cavalry often set off from Wang Mi's territory and rush into the Luoshui River Valley, burning, killing and looting, which has greatly affected agricultural production.
This is an important exposure on the Western Front. It is still losing blood and is indeed very critical.
"Where is the camp commander?" Shao Xun asked.
"The last general is here." Shao Shen, the eldest nephew, had a lower status and was sitting in the back. He stood up immediately after hearing the words.
"The Zhongwu Army must be rebuilt." Shao Xun said: "Soldiers are recruited from Siwu in Gancheng, and I will take some of the best from the Guangcheng Zetunding to pay you. As for the equipment-"
Shao Shen's heart Overjoyed.
Yuan Yan seems to be losing ground. Without the army, he is no different than a county magistrate. It is better to stay in Xuchang and concentrate on being an aide. From now on, he alone will have the final say over the Luoshui Valley - Shao Shen's wife Du Shi was born in Yiyang.
"Come with me to Luoyang." Shao Xun said.
“No.” Shao Shen sat down, looking quite excited.
The shogunate officials were thinking about it.
There are now three directions where war may break out. Seeing Chen Gong's intention, he is inclined to defeat Shi Le, but Yiyang is also a troublesome problem that must be solved.
No one can guarantee whether a war will break out in Heyang Beicheng.
Will Cao Yi of Qingzhou march westward? It's hard to say.
Although there are many soldiers, they are always facing the enemy, and they have no skills.
"Yan Guo." Shao Xun looked at Hu Wufu, who was offering wine in the West Pavilion, and said, "You go to Nanyang and tell me that I want Yang Pengzu (Yang Dan) to lead the army north."
"Nuo ." Hu Wufu responded.
Yang Dan's soldiers are not the army organized by the imperial court, but the powerful private military tribes of the gentry in the three counties of Nanyang, Shunyang and Xinye.
He led his army north, and naturally he had to discuss with the Nanyang family to get them to agree to release him.
Yang Dan has a cruel temperament, but his soldiers have experienced many battles. They even defeated Du Tao once a while ago. They are much stronger than the garrison army no matter what.
"That's it." Shao Xun waved his hand and announced that the meeting was adjourned.
(End of this chapter)