The heavy rain in Bingzhou started at the end of June, stopped for a while in early July, and started raining again in mid-July. It was not until the end of July that the clouds gradually cleared and the rain dispersed.
The center of rainfall has moved to Taiyuan, Shangdang and even parts of Hebei at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain.
Shao Xun came to the mountains east of Jinyang City and weeded the farmland he claimed.
When it comes to farming, it all depends on how you farm.
When there was little land per capita, such as in the Qing Dynasty in later generations, a family could only farm a few acres of land without intensive farming. Otherwise, there would not be enough food to eat, so the output value per acre was high.
But in an era when the land was vast and sparsely populated, for example, in the early years of the Guo Dynasty, one person was theoretically granted 70 acres of land, or in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, a family was granted 100 acres of land - if it was poor quality land, such as light
For saline-alkali land and the like, 200 acres will be given.
Can a family cultivate one or two hundred acres of land? Yes.
Divide it in half, leave half fallow, and cultivate the other half, sowing extensively and harvesting little.
If you mess around with field management, it doesn't matter if the seed-to-harvest ratio is low. There is a lot of land.
Moreover, with more fields, you can also plant mulberry trees in the fields, or plant grass for grazing. There are many options.
This is not a path to high yield per mu, but high per capita output value.
Shao Xun grows black beans.
Farm tools and livestock were scarce, so they just cut the ground with a knife, dug a hole and scattered some seeds - and the seeds were not carefully selected.
More than half a month has passed, and the bean sprouts have grown quite tall, green and crystal clear, which is really gratifying.
The only drawback is that the weeds are probably quite lush and compete with the bean sprouts for nutrients, so he came to hoe the ground today.
"Huh?" Shao Xun looked at the bean field and wondered: "We hoeed three acres the day before yesterday and two acres yesterday. There should be five acres left to be hoeed. Why are there only two acres left?"
Yang Qin, the pro-military supervisor, smiled awkwardly and said: "Team leader Tong Qianjin hoeed the wrong ground and hoeed the weeds in Ming Gong's field."
Shao Xun shook his head and laughed, stopped talking nonsense, picked up the hoe and started weeding.
Yang Qin left for a moment, set up the sentry post, then took off his Mingguang armor, picked up the hoe, and went to the other side to hoe the ground.
The two of them worked together and soon finished hoeing two acres of land.
Shao Xun looked up at the scorching sun above his head, wiped his sweat, went to the stream, took off his shoes and socks, washed his feet, and cooled off.
There are white clouds in the distance and the sky is blue. Above the mountain peaks, the clouds are steaming.
The creek gurgling nearby is refreshing and refreshing - if you ignore the pair of stinky feet you just put in.
Cicadas are chirping on the trees, and the river slopes are covered with green vegetables, melons and fruits.
On the riverbank where the floodwaters receded, grass grew at an astonishing speed.
Dirty cows and sheep roamed on the grass, feasting.
From time to time, the shepherd would carry a wooden bucket and squeeze out buckets of white cow and goat milk.
The victims who were waiting for food eagerly looked at the milk from cows and goats, hoping to drink some to quench the hunger in their bellies.
This is Bingzhou after the great war and disaster.
There is a peaceful and peaceful side, a difficult and difficult side, and even a bloody and cruel side——
"Ming Gong." Zhang Bin got off the horse and walked over quickly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Meng Sun." Shao Xun rested his hands on the ground and lay down. His feet were still moving back and forth in the stream, making big splashes of water, which was very comfortable.
"Ming Gong feels so at ease." Zhang Bin also sat on the grass and said with a smile: "General Liu of the foreign army has renovated the sheep intestine warehouse."
Yangchangcang is located in the mountains eighty or ninety miles northwest of Jinyang.
"In the eleventh year of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty (196 BC), Jin Qiang was granted the title of vassal state. Later, he established a farming camp and accumulated millet there, which was called Yangchangcang."
It was followed by successive dynasties. It was gradually abandoned after the wars of the Three Kingdoms, and it was not until the Northern Wei Dynasty that a warehouse was established here again.
Liu Ling led his people to renovate the sheep intestine warehouse, of course to store military supplies to facilitate the western expedition.
Yes, Shao Xun has decided that when he attacks Pingyang again, he will march in three directions, attack Lengquanshui all the way, go through Queshu Valley, go westward to attack Xiurong City, then turn south, and continue to attack Zhiguan all the way to strive for a breakthrough.
Hedong, threatening Pingyang from the side and rear.
He himself marched westward from Jinyang to supervise the attack on Xiurong. Therefore, the sheep intestine warehouse was still very critical, and at least more than 500,000 dendrobiums of military rations must be stored.
"We have been defeated all the way to Wuguan." Zhang Bin continued to report.
The hundreds of miles of Wuguan Road, the transportation of supplies is more difficult than that of Taihang Baxing.
It would be fine if there was no obstruction on the other side. Since there is Lantian Pass, it is still difficult to break through, and failure is inevitable.
"If you lose, you lose, no problem." Shao Xun said.
Six routes were sent out, the Wuguan route was defeated, and the Zhiguan route was actually defeated.
The Forbidden Army can only say that it was a draw. They conquered Xiashi Fort, but suffered heavy casualties. After a period of rest, they are currently preparing troops, horses, and equipment to attack Hanlianchi County.
The ones who really won the victory were actually the three groups from the north, who advanced all the way until they captured Jinyang.
In the second phase of the battle, there will be at most four routes of troops, namely Guanjuejin, Luliangshan, Wangwushan, and Xiaoshan.
"There is another turmoil in Qingzhou." Zhang Bin said again: "The five thousand soldiers left by General Liu in Guanggu are also in commotion."
"After this battle is over, I will set up troops in Jibei and Leling." Shao Xun said: "These two counties have been at odds for many years and are sparsely populated, especially Jibei. It is time to allocate land and soldiers. Let Qingzhou be more stable.
, there should be no serious problems, Huaiyin Ancestor Ti has no time to send troops north now."
Zhang Bin nodded, took out another military report, and said: "Qinzhou may be in danger. Chen An is becoming more and more domineering, and the King of Nanyang cannot control it. It is rumored that he may surrender to Liu Can."
"Where did the news come from?" Shao Xun asked.
"The Xiongnu Military Academy was captured at Lantian Pass and the proceeds were obtained through torture." Zhang Bin replied: "There is sufficient rain in Guanzhong this year and the grain harvest is good, especially in the six counties of Fufeng, Anding, Xinping, Shiping, Beidi, and Lueyang in the west.
, can be called a great leader. Liu Can has abundant resources and supplies, and may continue to attack Tianshui, but Chen An will surrender because of lack of security."
"Liu Cong is in such a critical situation. Liu Can still wants to expand his territory. He is really a filial son." Shao Xun laughed and said: "It's beyond your reach. Don't be distracted by things in the west. At the moment, we mainly focus on the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang.
War is the key."
Facts have proved that sending troops from Nanyang cannot pose much threat to Guanzhong.
After walking through hundreds of miles of rugged mountain roads, are people really afraid of you?
Lantian Pass is blocked and the road is cut off, so we have to attack by force. On the opposite side, we only need to send thousands of people who dare to fight to defend it. Behind us is the Guanzhong Plain, with sufficient supplies, and the advantage is too great.
Shao Xun no longer plans to kill anyone in this direction.
Naturally, the King of Nanyang didn't care about it, so he wished for more blessings.
"What else?" Shao Xun asked again.
"No more." General Zhang Bin put the report into the wooden box and said: "Liu Cong attacked from the north of Wuling Road again, entering the eldest son, trying to cut off the north and south post roads of Shangdang. General Hou Junhou has repulsed him, and this may have already happened.
We have surrounded Changzi County."
"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. I don't want to fight, Liu Cong is still harassing me." Shao Xun snorted coldly and said: "Let him go. Come on, Meng Sun, come fish with me and drink fish soup tonight.
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Outside the sheep intestine warehouse, a new batch of cattle and sheep arrived.
Liu Ling squatted on the mountain slope, glanced sideways, and said, "So thin?"
The person who brought the sheep was named Xiahou Cheng, with the courtesy name Xiaochong, and he was born in the Xiahou family of Qiao Kingdom.
The grandmother is the Yang family, the daughter of Tai Yangdan (wife Xin Xianying), the aunt Xiahou Guangji is the biological mother of King Langya, and the other aunt is the wife of King Zheng of Langya - that is to say, Xiahou Cheng, Sima Rui and the current Lujiang Prefect Wang Gong are cousins.
brother.
"After traveling a long distance, I am naturally skinny." Xia Houcheng didn't care at all about Liu Ling's attitude. He bowed and said, "May I ask if the foreign soldier belongs to General Liu?"
"I don't have a general number." Liu Ling said firmly.
Of course, you cannot call yourself a general without a general title, but due to human nature, just as modern people like to call "general" indiscriminately, they also like to call middle-level and above military officers "general", regardless of whether they have a general title or not.
"Liang Gong personally promised yesterday that the official status of foreign soldiers is too low, so he asked me to be a foreign soldier." Liu Ling stood up and said, "Are you from the Xiahou family? Do you have an official position?"
"White body." Xia Houcheng replied while holding back his laughter.
Liu Ling suddenly became arrogant, coughed, and said: "Which family sent this sheep? The Yang family or the Wang family?"
Xia Houcheng couldn't help but look at him one more time.
Liu Ling had always heard that Liu Ling was very brave, but he didn't expect to be a little clever. He knew that the Xiahou family was facing the temptation of the Langya Wang family and the Taiyang family.
Xiahou Cheng smiled and said nothing, of course he came on behalf of the Taiyang clan.
In fact, he first went to Yecheng to meet with Queen Sheep, and then took her family's guards and herdsmen, driving hundreds of thousands of livestock from Jingxing into Bingzhou and then to Jinyang.
Along the way, we walked and stopped, stopped many times to graze, and the ones that were finally delivered to Jinyang were still so thin - but fortunately, the "grain" grew its own legs, and they could pass through narrow mountain roads that a horse-drawn carriage could not pass.
, the speed is still very fast, and there is not much loss along the way.
I have been grazing here in Jinyang for a few months, and I have almost recovered.
"I'm asking you a question." Liu Ling was a little dissatisfied and shouted.
Xia Houcheng shook his head and laughed, saying: "I came here on the order of Duke Liang."
"A cunning person." Liu Ling snorted coldly and ignored him.
Xiahou Cheng was so happy that he climbed up a high slope and overlooked the west.
On the mountain post road, there was actually a troop of troops advancing westward.
"We're about to go on an expedition now?" Xia Houcheng pointed to the bumpy road in the mountains and said, "We're going to march before the repairs are completed?"
Liu Ling looked at him with a smile and said nothing.
Xia Houcheng secretly laughed and said: "General Liu, when I left Bianliang, I brought several jars of Bianliang spring with me."
"Hey, that's right!" Liu Ling was overjoyed and ran over directly, saying: "It doesn't hurt to tell you. These are my soldiers, a total of three thousand people, marching westward to the old city of Loufan, guarding them with fences and blocking them.
Xiongnu, it’s better to build the road later.”
Loufan is the name of an ancient country. It is a branch of Beidi. In its heyday, it developed near Taiyuan. It grazed cattle in the mountains northwest of Jinyang and was good at riding and shooting. Later, it was defeated by King Wuling of Zhao, and its people were integrated into it, becoming an important part of the Zhao army's cavalry.
In the Tang Dynasty, three pastures were set up nearby, so it was known as "Loufan's horses are the best in the world". By the Kaiyuan period, Loufanjianmu City was built, which became the main source of military horses for the Hedong Jiedushi shogunate.
There have been very few Han people in the area since ancient times because the land is not suitable for farming. However, the rolling mountains are excellent pastures and are always loved by the Hu people.
The old city walls of Loufan City are still there today, but I don’t know which dynasty they were built in.
Liu Ling was ordered to send 3,000 soldiers to the west for hundreds of miles, which not only served as a base for forward departure, but also protected the rear from the Huns' light cavalry.
For example, the cattle and sheep brought by Xia Houcheng were grazing in nearby river valleys, basins, and hillsides.
All kinds of miscellaneous animals that have traveled hundreds of miles are like starving ghosts. They scream happily and pounce on the fresh and juicy grass by the river, munching on it.
After raising them for more than a month, they will become the food for the Western Expedition army - at least a large part of the supply source.
Of course, this is the vision of the time traveler.
In later generations, the Tang army and the Tubo fought fiercely in Guanxi. The Tubo people grazed in Qinghai in the summer. In the autumn, the strong men took the lead, and the cavalry was everywhere. The old and weak women and children drove the cattle and sheep to follow, and they arrived in Jingyuan (Guyuan, Pingliang area).
After winning the battle, we rushed towards Chang'an.
If you lose the fight, you'll run away immediately. If you can't run away, I'll leave your wife, children, cattle and sheep to you, okay?
This is also the main reason why there were so many Tubo people in this area at the end of the Tang Dynasty - most of them were descendants of captured old, weak, women and children.
The people of Jin did not know this kind of logistics supply method, or they were disdainful to learn it. They still used the method of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to push large carts and small carts all the way to the Western Regions and deserts. The price was too high.
In the eyes of many people, what Mr. Liang did was really becoming more and more "nonsense".
Chapter completed!