"Since we have been in desolation, we have been short of food and grain. All the armies have risen together, and there is no plan for the end of the year. When they are hungry, they will invade, and when they are full, they will abandon the rest. They will be disintegrated and displaced. There are countless people who are invincible and self-defeating."
On the Lichun Platform on the southwest side of the Guanfeng Hall, Shao Xun put down his scroll, looked at the four children in front of him, and said: "Since the end of the Han Dynasty, military battles on the battlefield have been inseparable from the word grain."
“I don’t know how many plans were not implemented due to lack of food.”
“I don’t know how many wars have been abandoned halfway due to lack of food.”
"There are countless people who are invincible and self-defeating due to lack of food."
"There are many reasons why Cao Mengde is able to succeed, and farming is definitely the top priority."
"It has only been a hundred years since the end of the Han Dynasty, and the army is still fighting for food. Agriculture is the foundation of the world. If agriculture is not stable, the foundation of the country will not be solid, the soldiers and the people will be separated, and the destruction will only happen day and night. Do you understand?"
"Understood." Ten-year-old Jin Dao (Shao Zhang) and eight-year-old Badger Lang (Shao Gui) were sitting in the front row and responded with serious faces.
Eight-year-old Fu Bao (Shao Fu) and six-year-old Nian Liu (Shao Xu) were sitting in the back row, confused.
"My grandfather was able to defeat the Huns and take over Hebei. In the final analysis, he still had the advantage of having sufficient troops and food." Shao Xun continued: "The reason why I can provide disaster relief this year is because Yuzhou has recovered from the great collapse seven years ago.
The fields are full of mulberries and hemp, and the crops are abundant, so the counties and counties have surplus food for me to fulfill my ambitions."
Eight years ago, there was a severe drought in the world. The Luoshui River and the Huaihe River were cut off. The Yellow River exposed its riverbed shallows and many seedlings died.
The following year, locusts spread all over the north. The hair of cattle and horses was almost exhausted, the cavalry could not run, and people had to cover their heads and faces when going out.
To be honest, the population losses caused by disasters in two consecutive years are hard to match even in ten Zhangfang.
Wubao Manor, which had a weaker foundation, could no longer hold on any longer, and the whole estate became a refugee, wandering around, begging, attacking and killing, and eating each other.
Wubao Manor, which had a stronger foundation, could barely survive, but many people starved to death. The people who survived were afraid that they would not tell anyone how miserable it was, even in their lifetime.
In the past five or six years, the weather has actually been pretty average, but not as extreme as it was seven or eight years ago.
The most terrifying thing about the Little Ice Age was this: extreme disasters.
"Harvest beans in September, harvest millet in October. Jin Dao, Badger Lang, you two go to the fields with me to experience the difficulty of being a farmer." Shao Xun said: "Fu Bao, Nian Liu, I will go with my father to harvest melons later."
, you don’t have to go during September and October.”
"Yes." The four children responded in unison.
"Let's go back to what happened today." Shao Xun said: "Every time there is a white disaster on the grassland, there will be a large-scale southward movement in the next year, burning, killing and looting. It doesn't matter if you lose, after a group of people die, life will not be so difficult.
If the grassland is destroyed, the grassland can be maintained. The Huns were in Bingzhou and Guanzhong, where the locust plague was raging, and the vegetation and crops were destroyed. The food for the autumn harvest was gone, and the fodder for livestock to survive the winter was quite insufficient, so they had to plunder.
It's good to be able to grab something, but if you can't grab something, you can still accept it, because many people died, which is the main reason why they went south."
After speaking, he looked at the four children and observed the expressions on their faces one by one.
Fu Bao is a girl, so there is no power struggle involved. Shao Xun has no requirements for her, just listen and learn something.
The three sons Zhang, Gui and Xu are each being cultivated as potential heirs.
In these troubled times, he is not qualified to raise children like pigs. That is seeking death, because you can't guarantee that any child will really survive to adulthood - a sudden illness may lead to death.
The legitimate son inherits first, but this is not a matter of course.
Of course, he is still young and will not explain his attitude towards the successor to others.
All my in-laws need to do is to roll the papers hard for me, and I will educate the children I give birth to well.
Those with high skills will be given more responsibilities, and those with a mediocre appearance will be given a general position. If the skills are not good enough, you can have fun at home and don't go out to cause harm to others.
"Grandpa, can you lure the enemy?" Jin Dao said.
"Raise your hand first, then answer." Shao Xun glared at him.
"Master, can you use food to lure thieves to surrender?" Jin Dao raised his hand.
"It's very good that you think so." Shao Xun praised: "Refugees can be lured, but once they form an army, it will be difficult. They must be defeated, their morale will be low, and they will lose their organization."
"Grandpa, are you going to fight Hanoi this time?" Badger Lang raised his hand.
There was a hand-drawn map in front of him. After looking at it for a long time, he roughly understood where the enemy and ourselves were.
"I have sent the former army king general to lead the left camp of 6,000 silver spears, 5,000 Yi soldiers, 5,000 soldiers from Xuchang, and 10,000 strong soldiers from all counties to go west. The shogunate is still sending troops and horses." Shao Xun said: "Either
If you don't want to fight, fight to the end. When you grow up, you should remember that you should not hesitate to do things, look forward and backward, or don't do it, and do it to the end if you do it. For example, in military wars, adding fuel to the war is the most undesirable method.
The pain is not as good as a short-lived pain.”
"I understand." Badger Lang nodded.
As if he felt that the class was about to end, Fu Bao was twisting and turning on the bed, looking around, making Nian Liu uneasy and looking around.
Shao Xun coughed.
Fu Bao turned around and showed a flattering smile. She knew that this trick was the most effective for her father and would be unfavorable.
Shao Xun still stared at her, secretly vowing not to let this wild girl go anymore.
Fu Bao's face froze, he was defeated and muttered: "Master, I understand. There is a famine everywhere, Li Yuan is short of food, I just don't eat the golden eagle."
Shao Xun's face turned dark.
Fu Bao once actually deceived the guards, saying that her father ordered her to eat a golden eagle - and the golden eagle almost died.
"Grandpa, none of the people in Shangdang can survive. Let's just attack Shangdang this time and get a few more golden eagles." Fu Bao said, "After this year, there will be no chance."
"get out of class is over." Shao Xun said expressionlessly.
The four children breathed a sigh of relief and bowed in turn to leave.
After a while, Liu Ye came over gently, obviously something was wrong.
Shao Xun waved, took the woman into his arms and asked, "Is something wrong?"
Liu Yena nodded and said: "Brother and Liu Yao had a quarrel and want to start a fight now."
Shao Xun sneered: "I have been looking for him for several years, but I have been hesitant. Now I have nothing to eat, so I know how powerful he is."
Liu Ye's face was gloomy.
Shao Xun sighed and said: "Fortunately, he still has some value. How is it going with Shangdang?"
"Liu Yao took Jinyang, but what he gained was limited. I heard that he killed many people and sent a large number of dried meats to Lu County and Huguan area." Liu Yena said: "But there were still people who couldn't hold on, and some people went to Ji.
County, defected to Shihu. Some people went south to Gaodu and defected to their elder brothers. Almost all the livestock that could be killed in the tribe were killed. They can survive this year, but they may not be able to survive next year. Now the words of the Pingyang court are not easy to use, and everyone
They are all looking for their own way out.”
"Liu Cong didn't provide disaster relief?" Shao Xun asked in surprise.
"Wuling Road is too difficult to walk on." Liu Yena said: "Lang Jun, you have never been there, so you don't know how difficult and dangerous the mountain road from Shangdang to Hedong is. If ten carts of grain are delivered, more than half of them will be lost on the road. Liu Cong
He sent a batch of grain to Luxian County, but not to Gaodu. However, because of his popularity, he went north to plunder, so Liu Yao simply sent troops to intercept the pass and block them from the south. Another envoy was sent south to appease them, but the envoy disappeared...
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This is how a dead Taoist friend never dies and is a poor Taoist.
The world is materialistic. If there is no food, there is no food. It is useless to talk about flowers.
Liu Yao sent troops to guard the dangerous pass between the northern and southern parts of Shangdang, which meant that he made a cut to prevent the Jie and Wuhuan tribes in the south from rushing into the core area of ​​​​Shangdang and burning, killing and looting wantonly. Because his army went to Shanxi
Yang, there are not many troops left in Shangdang County. If they are attacked by bandits from the south, it will be terrible.
In addition, this is also related to the overall structure of the Xiongnu today: military leaders, chiefs, and wealthy families joining the system.
In the past two years, Liu Yao's territory has been basically determined: the central and southern region of Bingzhou with Shangdang, Leping and Taiyuan as the core, and the administrative office is temporarily located in Lu County.
Strictly speaking, the Jincheng Basin south of Lu County has been sealed to Shi Le (Shangdang County Duke). The Jie people, the mainstream force in the area, are not of the same mind as the Xiongnu, and they are at odds with each other.
Shi Le was defeated one after another. After losing Hebei, Shangdang Jie Zhong and Wu Huan did not move closer to Pingyang. On the contrary, the trend of independence began to emerge and they were not very obedient.
Shao Xun originally suspected that Liu Runzhong wanted to take advantage of both Liu Cong and him. This was the reason.
He didn't buy Shi Hu's account, which made this great nephew who wanted to take over his uncle's family business feel frustrated, so that in the past one or two years, he has been squatting in Jijun, not wanting to deal with the gang of gangsters like Liu Runzhong.
people.
At the same time, Liu Runzhong also had a conciliatory relationship with Shao Xun.
After defeating Shi Le and Liu Yao last year and taking all of Hebei, he leaned more in this direction and even took the initiative to express his surrender and send protons, which was a rare political statement in recent years.
"Liu Runzhong, Liu Yao, Shi Le..." Shao Xun thought for a while, his hands began to move, and said: "Then first cross Taihang, occupy the basin, and then look for an opportunity to cross another mountain and defeat Liu Yao."
The power of the Taibai Star was so great that it destroyed the two mountain peaks and made them shaky.
Liu Yena slowly rubbed her in his arms.
The soft and firm buttocks rubbed together in ecstasy, and he said softly: "Brother, I wanted to vote for you last year. I just want you to be an official, and I only have a few relatives."
Shao Xun took a deep breath and did not dare to tease him any more. He said sternly: "If Liu Runzhong just raises the ground and surrenders, the suppression of generals will be over. If you want to become a bigger official, you have to show military exploits. Otherwise, even if I want to reuse my in-laws, Others also gossip."
"As long as Lang Jun orders them, they will obey them," Liu Yena said.
"Forget it, for your sake..." Shao Xun caressed the woman's face and asked, "Can Shi Le do what I do?"
Liu Ye's face was absolutely red, and there were even goosebumps on his exposed arms.
This man's desire to win is too strong.
Not only do you have to dominate the enemy's territory and send troops, but you also have to dominate their women.
But she actually doesn't reject it.
She is a grassland woman, always strong, and at the same time she is strong, she also has a desire to be conquered in her heart.
Shi Le relied on her family's soldiers and horses to fight the war. He was naturally shorter and never dared to say harsh words to her. He also gave her the power to guard the rear. She could not feel anything special.
After following Shao Xun, I watched him sweep Hebei and take over Youzhou. He also used brutal methods in his battles. As time went by, I felt a strange feeling in my heart.
Especially when Shao Xun got excited and treated her roughly, she always had an idea: women are born to be conquered by men, they just haven't met him before.
At this moment, the life, death, wealth and wealth of his brother and nephew are all in the hands of men. Thinking of this, Liu Ye's two straight and powerful long legs began to twist slightly.
As for Shi Le, she no longer cares, she only cares about her real relatives.
"When the war is in chaos, does Liu Zhao dare to go back to the party?" Shao Xun asked softly.
"I'll go and persuade him."
"Okay." Shao Xun nodded with satisfaction and said: "The matter has come to this, and I can't avoid it. Since we want to fight, let's fight a big one."
Chapter completed!