On the fourth day of June, the rivers and lakes outside Hefei were full of boats parked.
The county magistrate He Chong was almost dumbfounded.
All kinds of materials were transported here for free, and there was almost no room for storage, so we had to recruit old and healthy women to temporarily build more warehouses and pavilions.
Soldiers with various accents are also gathering here, one after another, huge in scale.
To be honest, in the past Jiangbei Expedition, the wealthy families from all over the country were just like sending beggars, giving them a melon and two dates, recruiting a few soldiers and sending them to the court, and that was basically it.
But this time the "Northern Expedition" was generally quite generous, almost returning to what it was when the Jin Dynasty was still there.
The wealthy families from all walks of life honestly pooled their money and supplies of food, cloth, and silk to make offerings to Luoyang, which was even worse.
Shanbi Shanyanlin landed in Hefei with 5,000 imperial troops.
Following him were more than 16,000 navy and army sergeants from the Sima Department of the King of Xiyang, including 10,000 navy soldiers.
There are five thousand infantry, one thousand cavalry, and hundreds of personal soldiers.
The composition of the force is still so top-heavy.
I can only think on the bright side. During Sun Quan's time, it was common practice for navy troops to go ashore to serve as infantry, but it was obviously not as professional as real infantry. It would be extremely laborious to attack Hefei, which was guarded by thousands of people.
There are still 6,000 people from Sima Xian's tribe stationed on Chao Lake. There is no way, the ship is too big, and it is risky to enter the Nanmiao River rashly, so we stay behind to transfer grain, grass and military supplies.
The 5,000 forbidden troops of the Shanya Division are all infantry, with regular training and sophisticated equipment. They have been in the army for a long time, but they have a huge shortcoming: they have little war experience.
The advantages and disadvantages of this kind of army are very obvious, and Shao Thief scratched his head after seeing it.
Shan Xia didn't stay in Hefei long.
He organized all the large navy ships into a group, including the ships stranded in the river near Hefei in Pitang, and handed them over to the command of the veteran general Ju Rong Xuchao. There were a total of 12,000 navy ships to protect Chaohu and Hefei, and to provide support.
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The troops rushing here - Xu Chao, who was a visiting general of the Zhou Dynasty, and Gan Zhuo's generals, died of illness one after another, and were transferred to the governor of Dongguan Water and Land. Their family was originally from Runan, and they moved south to Jiangdong during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
His wife Ge is Ge Hong’s sister.
On the fifth day of June, Shanya arrived near Chengde County.
At this time, there were no less than 35,000 land and sea troops of Jin gathered here.
"Meet the Governor." When we boarded the temporary high platform, all the generals came to pay their respects.
Shan Ya glanced at it and suddenly felt a heroic spirit.
However, he first needs to solve practical problems.
"The ancestor made an appointment in Chengde?" Shan Ya asked, looking at the slightly dilapidated city.
"Grand Governor, Zuyue's troops should be no less than 10,000 people, and they should be divided into two places: inside the city and outside the city." Lu Wan pointed to the distance and introduced: "There is a camp in the east of the city, with about 5,000 troops. There are slightly more soldiers in the city.
It should be between five thousand and seven thousand. City,
The battalions supported each other and were taken by surprise. At the end of the day, we fought several battles with them, but failed to take advantage."
"I remember when our ancestor Shizhi recruited refugees and smelted weapons in Huaiyin, he was laughed at." Shan Ya sighed: "But over the years, his troops have become elite and dare to fight, and they are like a strong army. Shiyao, I got a soldier from Luoyang.
military book,
It was written by Shao Thie and given to the students and disciples of various martial arts professors. There are many admirable things in it. When Shao Thie fights, he must know the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves. Looking at it now, where is the strength of the ancestral agreement? Where is the weakness? Our army
So what if we are strong or weak?”
Lu Wan thought for a while and said: "The soldiers of our ancestors have been fighting for many years, and this one is strong."
"His troops are well equipped with gold and drums, and his orders are strict. He is the second strongest."
"Zu Yue is good at bewitching soldiers, so his morale is still strong. These are the three strongest men."
"Most of the family members of the ancestral soldiers live in Xuzhou, so this one is weak."
"The ancestral army is cramped in one place and has insufficient resources and supplies. These two are weak."
"The ancestors' soldiers made chaos for no reason and acted rebelliously, and no one in the counties and common people responded. These are the three weak points."
After hearing this, Shan Ya felt that it was quite similar, so he praised: "Shi Yao is really a good general."
"The strength of our army lies in its reputation in the division, its strength in the navy, and its sufficient resources." Lu Wan continued:
The weakness of our army lies in the fact that the infantry has "a lot of bad habits." The sergeants are not afraid of fighting, and their skills are commendable. However, the stragglers have a lot of bad habits and need to be vigorously rectified.
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"The second one is 'not under each other'. There are two thousand in Part A, three thousand in Part B, four thousand in Part C, and so on. They have different pronunciations for ten miles south of the Yangtze River, and different customs for hundreds of miles. They are so scattered that it is difficult to work together. The war is going well.
Sometimes they fight indiscriminately, but when the war goes against them they disperse in a hurry, with no one to stop them, and they are like a rabble."
"The third one is 'too few battles'. The imperial ministers sit quietly in Jianye, talking all day long and not doing their jobs. For many years, Jianghuai has relied on plundering refugees into armies and making them work for their lives, but they have ignored them, just like in Jiangbei.
It is a place outside of Huawai. If things go on like this, ancestors and other generations will rebel against them if they say so. This is Tai'a's opposition."
After listening to this, Shan Ya felt as if he had been struck by lightning and was speechless for a long time.
After hearing this, Sima smiled bitterly and said: "What Shi Yao said is not without purpose, but it is serious, but I don't know how Sun Wu dealt with it?"
"In the spring of the 22nd year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, Danyang bandit commander Fei Zhan (formerly the leader of Shanyue) received the seal of Cao Cao and incited Shanyue, thinking that he was an internal response, and attacked Cao's army from the north and south. After Cao's army returned without success, Sun Zhongmou sent my uncle (Lu Xun)
And He Gongmiao (He Qi) of Kuaiji led the troops to conquer, destroyed the waste stacks, captured the evil spirits in the mountains, and used the strong as soldiers. The winners replenished their households, and thus got tens of thousands of elite soldiers."
"The previous year, the commander of Yue Zong in Poyang Mountain suddenly received the seal of Cao Cao, and the people of Shanyue in all counties responded. It was also my uncle and He Gongmiao who fought for peace and won eight thousand troops."
"Farther afield, Zhou Gongjin took the six counties east of the Yangtze River and commanded millions of people in China, and his army had many mountains and mountains."
Sima understood it as soon as he heard it.
At the time of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, if there was a powerful clan with the strongest power, it would definitely be Soochow.
Sun Ce and Sun Quan wanted to organize their own army, but they suffered from insufficient household registration. Therefore, without being able to directly seize the Dingkou of the wealthy family, it became inevitable to conquer Shanyue.
Because Shanyue "has no owner", whoever grabs it will get it, which means that the Sun family and Jiangdong's wealthy families will send troops together to "divide the spoils" after victory.
Forming an army based on mountains and rivers, and strictly organizing and training it, this is Sun's own army and has nothing to do with the wealthy family.
Of course, in the end of Soochow I, such an army was still too small, and in the end they were unable to suppress the old Jiangdong tribe.
But it is indeed an idea.
Lu Wan mentioned this matter to tell them that today's northern refugees are the former "Shanyue" and are the only household registrations controlled by the Jin Dynasty. However, you are indifferent and stop them in Jiangbei, leaving them to interact with Shao Thief.
The wasted thought is totally wrong.
Fortunately, things have changed now.
The rise of Qiao County and Qiao County shows that the imperial court began to take this issue seriously.
As time goes by, the weak ones among the refugees will be registered and turned into household registrations that provide supplies for the imperial court; the strong ones will be organized into an army, rigorously trained, and equipped with sophisticated equipment, and they may become an army that sweeps across the Northland in the future.
, the powerful Beifu team that defeated the puppet Liang.
I just didn't expect that Dongwu had been subjugated for decades, and now the Jin Dynasty, which had established its capital in Ye, was still facing the same situation as Dongwu and had to follow the same old path.
"This matter will be discussed later." Shan Ya came forward to end the discussion and asked instead: "How should we defeat the enemy now?"
Lu Wan thought for a while and sighed: "The navy can't break the city. If we attack by force, we will only lose our troops and generals. Then the army will cover up and kill us, which may be disadvantageous."
"What? Where did this army come from?" Shan Ya asked in shock.
"The last general captured a few ancestral soldiers who were out collecting firewood yesterday, only to find out that Shao soldiers had crossed the Huai River and were stationed in Shouchun." Lu Wan said.
"How powerful is Shao Bing?"
"Some say 20,000 to 30,000, some say 30,000 to 50,000, some even say that Shao Bing has no less than 100,000 soldiers."
"How come there are so many?" Shan Ya became uneasy.
Even if the minimum number is 20,000, it is enough to determine the outcome of the entire war.
Just as Lu Wan said, even if you put all the 30,000 to 40,000 land and sea troops in front of you and besiege Chengde County,
It may not be possible to defeat them. When the division's veterans are tired, Shao's soldiers will move south from Shouchun, and they will cooperate internally and externally, and victory will not be difficult.
He suddenly felt that the prospects for this battle were bleak.
"Grand Governor, there is no chance of victory." Sima Xian saw Shan Xia's ugly face and said with relief: "Su Shigao, Liu Yueshi all the way -
Shan Xia's face softened slightly, but he was still worried.
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There were actually three thousand ancestral soldiers near Shouchun, but they were sent out by Zhang Shuo: they were led by Zu Huan and headed eastward to collect grain and grass.
In fact, there is little hope. Foreign troops like the Zu Family Army may not be able to make the counties where Zhengying City protects itself surrender, even if it pulls out the tiger skin of Daliang.
Zhang Shuo has been in Shouchun for several days.
He counted the troops and horses on hand and found that there were roughly 6,000 silver spear soldiers stationed in Shouchun City.
Four thousand proton troops deployed at Bagong Mountain;
Zuo Feilongwei's 4,800 troops have completed crossing the river and are stationed outside Shouchun City.
Serving these 15,000 people are more than 10,000 Ding Zhuang from the five counties of Ruyin, Chen, Liang, Nandun and Xincai.
In addition, three thousand men from the Hong tribe took over the defense of East and West Ershi Mountain;
Zuo Feilongwei's 4,800 men marched eastward to Wokou and monitored the direction of Yicheng - Huainan County has three counties on the north bank of the Huai River, namely Xiacai, Ping'a, and Yicheng. Among them, Xiacai and Ping'a have been for many years.
The battle was abandoned long ago by the Wu soldiers and the people were moved away, but Yicheng County was still in their hands.
In the end, there were thousands of naval forces, but Zhang Shuo didn't take them seriously at all, because Yang Bao was so cowardly that he only dared to put stakes in the river and did not dare to actively seek out Jiangdong naval forces for a battle.
On the fifth day of June, after receiving the news about the battles between Hubingtang and Chengde, he had a rough idea of ​​the strength of the opponent.
In the afternoon of the same day, he left General Xu Lang of the Zuo Feilong Guard to guard Shouchun, and the navy commander Yang Bao was his deputy. He led the entire Silver Spear Battalion of 6,000 men, the Proton Army of 1,000 men, the Zuo Feilong Guard Division of 1,200 men, and all the troops.
There were 7,000 strong men in the county, and a total of 15,000 cavalry rushed southward, heading straight towards Chengde to help Zu Yue.
The next day after he left, a large fleet sailed on the Huai River.
There were no less than five hundred ships, large and small, following the southeast wind, using both oars and sails, and sailing upstream with great momentum.
On the early morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the vanguard fleet arrived near the mouth of the vortex.
In the drizzle, the thick crossbow arrows flew with great force towards the soldiers of Zuo Feilong Weiyanggu and Erlong Mansion in the county and township who were camping near the mouth of the vortex.
Chen Yingen, the rural governor who was stationed here, was furious.
However, the thieves never came ashore to fight them, so they had no choice but to pass on the news as quickly as possible.
After noon on the seventh day of the lunar month, the vanguard of the Jin navy arrived near Bagong Mountain.
On the wide river, the sound of drums rumbled constantly.
When they were about to approach the barrage, several boats came forward, tied thick ropes to the wooden stakes, and then dragged them downstream, trying to remove the water obstruction at Feikou.
At the end of the day, Jin general Han Huang led 3,000 men, under the cover of the navy, landed on the south bank and advanced towards Bagong Mountain.
At the same time, Tong Jian led 3,000 people to the north bank and landed near Xiacai County, which had mostly collapsed.
Almost instantly, the battle near Shouchun started.
Chapter completed!