"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 Sanzheng yelled at more than a thousand soldiers in the ninth and tenth buildings.
Also scolded by him were the soldiers from the sixth and eighth buildings.
Although they had participated in the war with the Huns, they were the results of "mixing" with the veterans from the previous buildings. Without the veterans, they would not have been able to perform at 30% of their capabilities. They would have been repeatedly harassed by the Huns' cavalry and finally collapsed.
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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 replenish the battle damage, and their strength was greatly reduced.
Not as good as before.
Representatives of the gentry from Yingchuan counties have been "forced" to observe the training of the Silver Spear Army.
First, a man 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 building of people. The front row was shot directly as it moved forward, and the back row was ejected, covering a large area.
After shooting, he hung his walking bow on his waist, drew out his saber, took off the small buckler on his left arm, and launched a charge in formation.
When the straw man with arrows all over his body was cut to pieces, everyone was speechless.
You can't stop these tiger and wolf soldiers by talking hard. Only by facing the reality and adjusting as soon as possible can you maintain your family business.
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 come out of the town. The emperor was very happy and ordered him to be the pastor of Yanzhou.
Therefore, 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. 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 Civil Affairs and could take office next month.
At this time, even if you no longer liked Shao Xun before, you must change your attitude.
He even shamelessly announced that he had long thought that Shao Taibai was handsome and graceful, so he urged everyone in the Yu family to make a marriage agreement with Taibai and achieve good things.
Regarding this, Hu Wufuzhi, the newly appointed Zuo Changshi of the Chenjun Marquis Mansion, was very surprised. It was obviously me...
However, 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 Wufuzi.
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 in the middle of the group of people, with his chest raised and his belly full of smiles.
As we all know, he officially took sides, and he took sides at a critical moment. He stood so "heart-wrenching" 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 the captain of the branch, which shows that he made the right move.
Chen Yan, the former captain of the 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 troops left. Subsequently, he suffered successive defeats. After the war, the number of troops was reduced.
Only one thousand three hundred or four hundred.
After collecting some of the scattered troops, they barely recovered to two thousand and handed them over to Yang Bao.
Yang Bao also had permission from Taiwei Wang Yan to recruit a thousand soldiers from the refugees who had gone south to Luoyang, raising the number to three thousand, which could be considered a small military leader.
Duzhixiaowei was born in the Cao Wei Dynasty. The original name was "Sinong Duzhixiaowei", with a rank of two thousand shi. He was in charge of military farming and the dispatch of military supplies obtained from the farming.
The farming areas were located in different places, so officials including Duzhi Zhonglang and Duzhi Xiaowei were all sent by the central government to manage the farming.
Yang Bao and his predecessor Chen Yan were technically the captains of the Sizhou Du Branch. After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the farmland was lost, and more of their tasks became transporting grain.
For example, Chen Min, who had been involved in the rebellion before, once wrote in a journal: "The rice grains in the south have been accumulated for decades. The generals want to corrupt them and will not transport them by water to help Zhongzhou. This is not to save the people in need."
Following this, the imperial court appointed Min as the Hefei branch, and then moved it to Guangling to transfer 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 transport 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 hand, greeting everyone gently. When he saw Yang Bao, he pulled him over and asked with a smile: "Have all the troops been recruited?"
Yang Bao came here to recruit troops. Most newcomers looked down upon him. He mainly recruited broken troops and those who dared to fight among the refugees to enrich the troop transport establishment, better transport money and food, and avoid having to borrow money from local counties all the time.
People - the job of transporting grain is becoming increasingly unsafe now, and transporting troops is often taken to Luoyang to fight in battles. Ordinary people are really not qualified to do it.
"We haven't collected all the money yet." Yang Bao replied: "Shi Le, Wang Mikou invades Yanzhou, and the water transportation is not smooth. In April and May, money and food from other states will come to Beijing, which may be disadvantageous. I don't know the king..."
"Come here to talk." Shao Xun waved and came to a secluded place.
Yang Bao followed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, water transportation must be guaranteed, otherwise Luoyang may fall into famine, which will be detrimental to your great cause."
Shao Xun nodded slightly and said, "Tell me what you think."
Yang Bao was not afraid of the stage and said directly: "Does the Lord know about Qian Chuan'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 the General of Pingxi and the governor of the eight states.
Qian Chuan's act of burning down the Di Pavilion 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 Di Pavilion, and how long it would take to restore the water transportation in Guangling.
"Here comes the picture." Shao Xun stretched out his hand and said.
Tang Jian immediately handed over a map.
Shao Xun spread it out and looked at it carefully.
Guangling Du Branch Lieutenant Chen Feng was responsible for the east-line water transportation, that is, the money and grain from the counties in the east of the Yangtze River were first transported to Guangling (now Yangzhou) on the north bank of the Yangtze River through the Soochow River system, and then went north via Hangou to collect the money and grain from the counties in the north of the Yangtze River.
Huaiyin then collects the money and grain from the counties in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and continues to transport it 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 were stationed nearby in Xiapi and Pengcheng in preparation for the war in the south. If necessary, they could be connected to the Yellow River through the Chasm and the He River and transported to Beijing, or westward to the Bian Canal and transported to Junyi (today's Junyi)
Kaifeng).
In addition to the Eastern Front, there is also the Western Front.
Hefei Du Branch Xiaowei was responsible for collecting the money, grain, and taxes from nearby areas and transporting them to Xuchang via the Huai River and the Wo River. There was a branch line along the way that could be connected to the Suiyang Canal (excavated by Cao Cao) and transported 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: "It is very convenient whether it is deploying troops or transporting food."
Marching by boat is much faster than walking on two legs and saves effort.
Shipping supplies is much faster than transporting goods by horse and cart, and the cost is extremely low.
Moving 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, taking 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 the reputation of the more than 100,000 Bianliang Forbidden Army resounded throughout the north and south of the river.
Cao Cao's hometown is in Xuchang.
Zhu Wen's hometown is 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, Ru River, and Ying River to transport supplies.
Wife Cao and Wife Zhu both set up their nests on the edge of the canal. Chen County, the fiefdom of my old man Shao, is actually located between the river and the Huaihe River. Chen County is on the edge of the Suiyang Canal, with direct access to Jundong to the north.
Yi, enters the Yellow River, goes south through Yingshui River, enters the Huaihe River, and reaches Shouchun.
Wonderful! Yuzhou is such a good place, I like it.
A real man would dare to start in Henan, conquer the country without obeying, 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 is here."
"Do you think the Huns are planning to cut off Luoyang's water transportation?" Shao Xun asked.
Tang Jian didn't expect that the prince didn't 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 it."
"Wheat harvest in May..." Shao Xun said: "But the Heluo wheat seedlings were seriously damaged in last year's war, so I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest much this year. The grain reserves in Taicang, Dongyangmen, will probably only last until then. Pick up the next five
The newly harvested wheat can probably last for a few more months. But if the money and grain from other states cannot be sent in, Luoyang will definitely be short of food around the New Year. After the New Year, there will even be a great famine and people will eat each other. When the Huns attack,
If you don’t fight, you will be defeated.”
Tang Jian was silent.
When he followed the King of Chengdu's army to march south to Luoyang, and was able to win in the end, wasn't it because Luoyang was short of food?
As long as the 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 Luoyang be defended?
"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 know that the Huns wanted to do this. This is my mistake. Yang Bao!"
"Servant is here."
"Who taught you what you just said? I don't believe you understand this." 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 in the palace 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.
At his level, he couldn't say these words.
"Your Majesty Mingjian, this is because King Duzhi sent someone to teach him, and his servant also asked his subordinate Wei Jun." Yang Bao said with a smile.
"Wang Shangshu? Wei Jun?" Shao Xun looked at him doubtfully.
"Wang Shangshu is the son of Taiwei, Xuan." Yang Bao said: "Wei Jun is from Dong'a, living in Guanzhong, and was a small official at first. After the defeat of Hejian Wang Yong, he lived in Henan. He was introduced to the servant's tent a while ago.
Please listen to me. He also served as the captain of Duzhi in Chang'an."
"Wang Xuan actually became the Minister of Duzhi? So quickly?" Shao Xun was a little surprised, but also a little 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 called the civil servant again and asked him to write an order to mobilize troops.
Chapter completed!