Baigou has become Shile's logistics artery.
Large quantities of grain, hay, and military supplies were transported by land or water from all directions to Neihuang, and then passed upstream by boat until they reached Fangtou.
On August 20, a large group of cavalry surged down the bank of Huangchi where Liu Can once hunted.
After arriving at Huangchi, the herdsmen quickly took away the horses and graze them in the surrounding lush meadows to replenish their horsepower.
Liang Fuzhen, the general of the Han Dynasty Zhenyuan, was walking by the lake, feeling somewhat satisfied.
He just scored a victory against Wang Jun.
The result of the battle was not great, just beheading thousands of people, seizing armor, and more than a thousand horses, but it was still enough to be proud of.
Wang Jun is getting worse and worse.
Last month, after falling out with Duanbu Xianbei, Wang Jun summoned Wuhuan's son-in-law Su Shuyan to help him. Suyan refused his order and defected to the Han, and then cut off Wang Jun's arm.
This person is already what he is - yes, withered bones in the grave!
If the emperor had not ordered his troops to go south to protect Jizhou, he would still be leading his troops to have fun in Youzhou.
By the way, the west also won a big victory.
The emperor personally went on a military expedition, defeated Tuoba Xianbei in Beiqu, and pursued him for more than a hundred miles before returning.
However, Liang Fuzhen suspected that he did not achieve much results, because he captured only two thousand Xianbei soldiers and seized some cattle, sheep and horses. There seemed to be no banquet in Pingyang to celebrate the victory, which shows that the quality of this victory was somewhat lacking.
Xianbei's combat effectiveness is still acceptable.
The defeat of Beiqu was mainly due to Tuoba Pugen's own suicide. He was too aggressive and even wanted to sneak attack Pingyang.
This kind of rapid advance of light troops is basically doomed once discovered, and they can only be forced to retreat. Unfortunately, the results of the pursuit are insufficient.
But no matter what, this is still a great victory for the emperor.
General Lan Yang of the Jin Dynasty and Wang Can of Hanoi marched forward to pursue the Korean army. Liu Kun went to the foot of Jinyang City and harvested millet and wheat from the fields of Bingzhou officials and people before returning.
Next, we should resume our offensive in Guanzhong.
As for Hebei, well...
A few horses came galloping not far away. After dismounting, they arrived on foot, bowed and saluted: "Liang Shijun."
"It turns out to be Zhang Changshi." Liang Fuchian returned the gesture.
"When will your Majesty go south?" Zhang Jing asked directly without being polite.
"How's the beating with Fang Tou going?" Liang Fuzhen asked without answering.
"We attacked for several days and lost thousands of soldiers and horses," Zhang Jing said.
"Fighted down?"
"No. But the Xuchang soldiers under the Shao thief's tent also suffered heavy losses."
"Pfft!" Liang Fuzhen laughed mercilessly and said, "I have always heard that Shao Xun has an army of silver spears who are brave and difficult to defeat. Why, you haven't even seen the silver spear army?"
Zhang Jing blushed and said: "It's all because the beggar army didn't work hard. They only broke two trenches with thousands of casualties. However, Shao Thief's Silver Spear Army also fought twice, otherwise the beggar army wouldn't have suffered any losses."
So big."
"Let's continue fighting with the beggar army. It will be funny when we force people to turn against us." Liang Fuzhen said.
"The family members of the begging army are all in Shangbai, and they dare not rebel." Zhang Jing said: "General Zhengdong has sent a message to all counties, and sent a group of Wubao Dingzhuang to go south to continue the attack on Fangtou. Your Majesty——"
Liang Fuzhen stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Jing's next words.
He glanced at Zhang Jing with a sneer, and said in a strange tone: "First it's the begging army, and then it's the people of Wubao. Why, Shi Zhengdong still refuses to give up his old capital?"
The so-called old capital of Shi Le is actually the young men he forcibly recruited into the army when he was fighting in various places before and after the Battle of Yemaoka.
At that time, there were still some self-cultivated farmers in Henan and Hebei, and there were also many small estates and small estates, all of which were recruited into the army by people like Shi Le and Wang Mi.
Shi Le's soldiers initially settled in the northern part of Bingzhou, but were later annexed by the imperial court.
After Shi Le went to Hebei, he took tens of thousands of people with him, continued to enlist in the army, and then slowly settled down in the counties of Hebei.
These young men who were both farmers and soldiers were Shi Le's true strength.
Of course, the Hu tribes, mainly Jie people and Wuhuan people, are also Shi Le's capital and occupy a core position.
Liang Fuzhen has been in Hebei for a long time.
Before taking office, the court gave him a face-to-face meeting. After he took office, he looked on with cold eyes and found that Shi Le's ambition was really not small.
In essence, he and Shao Xun are the same type of people, that is, they use core force to force wealthy families to cooperate with them.
If Shi Le is allowed to develop comfortably for a few more years, the combat effectiveness of his field sergeants will be stronger, and the combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan and Jie cavalry will be even more outstanding. By then, Hebei will no longer belong to the Han Dynasty, and even Liang Fuxun will be the owner of the Han Dynasty.
You may not be able to stay in Anping.
"What I don't know is that this year in Damin, Hebei Province, the field sergeants are harvesting millets and wheat, and they have not yet left for the expedition. In ten days, General Zhengdong will send them south to suppress the Shao bandits." Zhang Jing said.
"Slippery!" Liang Fuzhen sneered and said: "We all have strong cavalry, so it would be a pity to use them for foot combat."
"General, you can cross the river from Puyang, Dongping, and Jibei to attack and harass Shao's rear." Zhang Jing remained calm and continued to advise: "If there is a fire in Shao's backyard, the morale of the frontline troops will be unstable, which may lead to a big defeat."
"Why me?" Liang Fuzhen sneered and said, "The imperial decree only asked me to protect Jizhou's grain road, but it didn't mention crossing the river."
Liang Fuzhen was a little moved by the attack on Henan, but he was a little hesitant.
Not long after the Battle of Dongping, he was still a little worried. Furthermore, the imperial court asked him to secretly monitor Shi Le. If he had used up all the 20,000 cavalry under him, how could he still monitor him?
Is it possible for Zhang Jing to go south and work hard to make money without offering any benefits?
"Your Majesty," Zhang Jing said solemnly, "If we cannot defeat the Shao thieves, there will be no peace in Hebei for a day. Even the general's subordinates will not be able to farm and herd in peace at that time. Things in Hanoi are close at hand, so your Majesty
You can’t ignore it.”
Liang Fuzhen was unmoved and asked: "I heard that Da Hu's nephew Ji Long was stationed in Taiyuan, why didn't he go south?"
Zhang Jing was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Ji Long is newly married, so it is not appropriate to go on an expedition for the time being."
Liang Fuzhen's face became even worse.
"Ji Long" was named Shi Hu and had the courtesy name Ji Long. He was Shi Le's nephew.
Not long ago, Liu Kun sent out troops in three directions, rushing to attack the Han Dynasty. Shi Le pretended to send some troops and horses for reinforcements, led by Shi Hu.
Unexpectedly, after only a few battles, this guy was thinking about getting a wife, and he actually hooked up with the Guo family of Taiyuan, a high-ranking noble family.
Guo, the sister of Guo Rong, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the north, married Shi Hu directly, and the two got married in Shangdang. This is the "newlywed Yan'er" mentioned by Zhang Jing.
In fact, this is normal in normal times.
The Guo family in Taiyuan is one step away from Shangdang, and Shangdang is a place where the Jie people have been entrenched for many years and are extremely powerful. For the sake of the family, it is only right for the Guo family in Taiyuan to marry Shihu. After all, Shi Le has almost taken over Shangdang.
All the Jie people are in his hands, and he is like the master of the Jie people. Marriage with his family is valuable.
But this incident undoubtedly extended Shi Le's influence from Shangdang to Taiyuan, which was not a good thing.
Liang Fuzhen was worried about the imperial court and was particularly unhappy about it.
"Big Hu is thinking about good things every day." Liang Fuzhen snorted coldly and said: "The emperor ordered him to attack Heyang, and he excused himself in every possible way. That's all. After all, Fangtou is also very important, but he has troops and can't send them out.
But he asked me to sacrifice my life for him, I just don’t know what to do.”
After that, he rolled up his sleeves and left directly.
Zhang Jing stood silently for a long time, suddenly smiled, and left.
The rift between Pingyang and Yecheng is becoming more and more obvious.
However, it's not the time to break up yet, everyone is pretending to be in harmony. Liang Fuqian's face to him is purely because he is not well-educated and is not good at controlling his emotions.
If you really want to say that you are unruly, wouldn’t Cao Yi of Qingzhou be unruly?
He is now obsessed with bullying the high-ranking noble families in Qingzhou counties and forcing them to work for him. For this reason, many noble families have fled with their families.
Admittedly, Cao Yi was right to do this, because it was a move to solidify the foundation. The question is, is the Han court willing to see you solidifying the foundation? This is not necessarily the case.
Let's make do with it for now. The situation is getting increasingly tense, and now we have to serve Emperor Pingyang.
After leaving Huangchi, Zhang Jing went westward and followed a force sent by Taobao, the prefect of Wei County, to Fangtou halfway, and arrived at the frontline camp on the 24th.
"How?" Shi Le was listening to the reports from his staff and asked when he saw Zhang Jing returning.
"Liang Shijun has a deep prejudice against your Majesty." Zhang Jing said vaguely.
Shi Le understood and asked again: "You are not willing to send any troops?"
"Halfway through the journey, I heard that Liang Shijun had sent more than 3,000 troops from Youzhou to surrender."
"I'm sending the beggar away." Shi Le laughed and said, "Don't pay attention to him. The imperial court defeated Liu Kun and Xianbei and was very high-spirited. Liang Fuzhen, a fool, couldn't see the situation clearly and made fun of me. The situation will change drastically in the future.
The court might transfer him away."
Zhang Jing nodded and asked: "How is the war going?"
When this was mentioned, Shi Le also frowned slightly.
He stood up, led everyone to a high platform, pointed at the densely packed sergeants in front who were attacking the Jin army camp, and said: "The Jin soldiers are quite resistant. The soldiers of Xuchang were defeated the day before yesterday, and Shao sent silver
The spear army supervised the battle and mobilized a group of field troops to fight and defended it for three days. Early this morning, the soldiers from Xuchang came up again."
Zhang Jing looked far into the distance and saw arrows and rocks flying across the Jin army's camp, and the sound of killings shook the sky.
A group of Wubao Dingzhuangs who were transferred from unknown sources attacked repeatedly, and corpses fell like rain. Finally, they could no longer hold on and collapsed.
The Jin army's camp lowered the drawbridge, and the sergeants filed out. They chased and killed them for a while, then burned the siege equipment left under the camp, recovered the troops, returned to the camp, and held on as before.
Zhang Jing was secretly shocked when he saw it.
Before the Battle of Fangtou started, he once thought that after years of fighting in the north and south, their infantry force, which they had painstakingly trained, was already quite impressive, and might be able to compete with the Shao bandits.
But now it seems that even if the army is mobilized during the autumn harvest, it may not be possible to capture the Jin army's camp.
What's the Xuchang Shibing? Wasn't it already done by Sima Gai and Sima Yue brothers? The current Xuchang Shibing must have been newly formed later, and it can actually hold on to the fortress, and the more it fights, the better it gets.
Everyone is making progress, but I don’t know how far Shao Thief’s Silver Spear Army has improved.
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Jing wanted to dissuade him.
"I know what you are going to say." Shi Le waved his hand and said, "Wait a few more days and then transfer the army to the south. First let——"
Shi Le pointed at the private soldiers of the Hebei gentry, Wubao Dingzhuang, and said: "Let them use up the energy of the Jin people first."
After saying that, he looked at the generals who were following him and said calmly: "Wait for the commander-in-chief to lead the cavalry, loosen the outside and tighten the inside. If there is any abnormal movement in the infantry, you can kill them directly without asking for instructions."
"No." The generals responded naturally.
Zhang Jing thought over and over again and said softly: "Your Majesty, the key to breaking this battle is still in Henan."
"Don't always think about opportunism." Shi Le said displeasedly: "If you can't knock down Fangtou, what's the use of Henan's victory? Don't worry about the pots and jars at home. Now that you're here, use all your strength. This is not the case.
Frankly speaking, if there are those who are holding back and conserving their strength, don’t blame me for not being brotherly."
"Promise." All the generals responded in unison with their hearts trembling.
Da Hu's words dispelled any luck in their minds. They originally thought that if they couldn't win, then forget it, don't force yourself.
Now it seems that Da Hu is serious. It is impossible to preserve his strength. It is better not to be too smart.
Zhang Bin watched silently from the side.
If you take the method from above, you will get it from within; if you take the method from it, you will get it from below.
Dahu is still awake.
This does not mean that we must spend all our capital, but we must not let the generals take chances and must make them go all out.
Chapter completed!