Chapter 288
The fifth reunion deliberately hung the "right prime minister" in the air. It was not only Jing Dan who wanted to express his ideas about this position, but also Ren Guang.
Yesterday's military discussion, the fifth repentance praised Geng Yan for "big encirclement and big detour". It sounded quite fresh and very thoughtful, and made him forget even the grievances of not being able to grab the main attacker. But in Ren Guang's opinion, this matter was quite interesting.
"Since the battle of Linjin, the king often asked Wan Xiu to be the main general during the battle. On the one hand, he valued his steadfastness and responded to the military's "righteous agreement", but it may also be to make Wan Xiu make more contributions, and fortunately he suppressed the Geng family in the army."
Although Ren Guang is usually honest, he has his own distinction between the political power of the "Wei State".
"No need to say that the left prime minister Geng Chun is in-laws and right-hand man."
"The Grandpa Geng Yan, Dingweibei, made great contributions and was appointed as General of the Chariot and Cavalry."
"The Censor Jing Dan knew the earliest with the King of Wei, but he was a minister of the Geng family and was very close to Geng Bozhao."
"There is also the Tingwei Peng Chong, who was originally a defeated general in Lian Dan, and was rescued by Geng Chun, and then entered Wei."
After Ren Guang calculated, he found that people with Geng's background accounted for one-third of the fifth rank of the Grassroots Team, and the proportion was a bit large, but he had to use it.
"Therefore, the right prime minister hanging in the air should not be able to use anyone related to Geng's family."
So he guessed that Jing Dan would be in the position of censor for a while, but in contrast, he had a better chance of becoming a major!
Unlike the others, Ren Guang, a native of Nanyang, came to join the fifth relationship alone, with almost no background or friends. He seemed to be a disadvantage, but he did not know that it became his biggest advantage.
In addition, he was Yan You's old subordinate. Recently, the fifth reunification also learned that Wancheng had been trapped and Yan You committed suicide to sacrifice his new life. He was sad for a long time and even mourned Yan You. He privately asked Ren Guang to talk about his stubborn military strategy teacher.
The lonely minister can speak private words, and every proposal is simple in the king's heart and is not greedy for power. Only such a person can be placed on the court.
Of course, this was just Ren Guang's own idea, which made him work very hard when he was in charge of the Mizumi Neishishi.
Ren Guang heard a story of the Han Dynasty. After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he asked the right prime minister Zhou Bo: "How much is the one-year prison sentence in the world? How much does the money and grain in the world come in and out?"
As a result, Zhou Bo, a rude man, was so embarrassed that he was sweating and felt ashamed of his back.
When Emperor Wen of Han asked the Left Prime Minister Chen Ping the same question, the sloppy Chen Ping knew it clearly, but said: "Your Majesty will ask the prison and ask the court magistrate; ask the money and the grain, and the inner historian of the millet."
The Prime Minister is a general idea, and as the Nine Ministers, he is responsible for specific affairs. This restored the original title of the Inner History of the Squaw. In fact, he was the Grand Minister of the Han Dynasty. Because Wang Mang made trouble, "money" was almost useless, and there is no need to consider it for the time being. The only thing Ren Guang needs to care about is the only grain left.
Currently, Ren Guang has two major events: autumn harvest and military ration transportation.
It is mid-July now, and you can get millet and wheat in another month. The fifth reunion plan is to take Hedong before the autumn harvest!
There is no need to worry about the source of military rations. The reason why the fifth reunion dares to divide the grain of Taicang to Chang'an people is confident.
After defeating Tian Kuang, they seized hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in the capital warehouse of Huayin County on the Wei River, which was enough for the army to eat for half a year. Ren Guang had organized Tian Kuang's surrendered troops and the division commander's manpower to transport them on vehicles and ship them to Fenglingdu and Puban Pass. The fifth reunion had allocated 20,000 people who participated in the Linjin Battle, each occupying a ferry and staring at Hedong.
However, the Fifth Reun handed over the south to Wan Xiu and others, and he ran to Xiayang County (Hancheng, Shaanxi), hundreds of miles apart, and looked at the other side.
The river is too wide, not comparable to ordinary water systems, and the number of ferries is limited, and it can only send more than a thousand people at a time. If the enemy's main force crosses, the vanguard will be attacked by half the ferry, and the upward attack on the river bank will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If the bridgehead base is not established, there will be no way to build a floating bridge. If the rear army is connected, the crossing of the river will be successful.
The hydrological conditions are good and can build floating bridges to provide places where the army crosses the river. There are nothing more than four places between Qin and Jin: Puban, Longmen, Fenglingdu, and Maojin.
Fenglingdu, Maojin is in Weinan, Puban, and Longmen is in Hexi.
Puban was the first choice for the exchanges between Guanzhong and Hedong during peacetime, but now Wang Xun burned the floating bridge and stationed troops to prepare for defense.
Dou Rong, the "Young Master" who came with him, has no specific position yet. He is more like the "advisor" brought by the Fifth Reun. He said: "Two hundred years ago, when the Western Wei saw the Han army gathered in the Xihe River, Chen ship wanted to pass by Jin, so he used a large army to resist the other side of Puban."
"And Han Xin took advantage of his strong troops to Puban when he arrived, and the ambushed troops crossed Longmen in Xiayang, defeated his side troops, attacked Anyi, and then defeated the Western Wei."
The tools for crossing the river were being collected from various places by Ren Guang, Song Hong and others and sent them to the front line one after another. The Fifth Reunification stated that everything was needed. In addition to ships and rafts, people also made sheepskin rafts using the method of Xin Qinzhong.
Another fifth reunion is the "wooden poppies" used by Han Xin to cross the water by the locals who fled famine.
The locals showed him this thing, using the large pottery produced and brewed wine near Xiayang, tied it together with ropes, and then clamped it with wood. It is called "wooden poppy". The buoyancy of this poppy can carry a load of several people without any problem.
Wu Lun personally went in and tried it. It was fine on land. When you were in the water, you often had to float and spoon water out. In addition to armor and wooden oars, you also had to bring a scoop. Because the shape was too strange and the direction was not easy to control. If you were not lucky, you could float dozens of miles downstream. Unless you were good at water and people with strong psychological qualities, you would definitely not be able to take advantage of it.
It seems that Han Xin’s strategy was to use "special forces" to land in the rear of the enemy.
But that battle was not easy to replicate, and Wang Xun was not a fool. Such a famous battle example was impossible to prevent. Longmendu also arranged a heavy army to guard it. In addition, its troops were large, it is unknown whether the surprise attack could be effective.
"Master, July water is great."
Someone gave up and suggested: "It's better to attack before winter."
The water of the Yellow River is great at any time. The fifth reunion disagrees. Green Forest has controlled Wuguan, and its main force may enter Guanzhong at any time. Who knows if the war on Weibei will start due to hunger. The time left for them is at most one month.
And just as the fifth reunion rode his horse and led his people to patrol along the river bank, he saw something floating in the water.
Of course it is not a turtle, but a wooden poppies that Di Wulun had just tried. They went into the water from an unguarded place on the other side and floated to the west bank.
The few people above tried their best to row with small wooden oars. Perhaps the big pot was soaked in water for too long and cracked. Look, it was paddling westward and sinking. In the end, there was no shadow, and only a few people were swimming barefoot!
Fortunately, the fifth reunion immediately asked someone to row over to pick him up. After these people were rescued, the leader was Zhao Xun, the old subordinate of Wei who was left in Hedong on the grounds of "injury" when he was rescued and went to Chang'an to do a big thing.
"General... King!"
Zhao Ling's whole body was soaked. More than two months ago, the fifth reunion was worried about victory and was determined to lose without considering victory. He asked him to take two hundred people to make excuses to stay in Hedong, and it would be no problem to seize a small ferry.
But unexpectedly, Wang Xun's army drove into Hedong in one breath, and thousands of people were released at each ferry. Zhao Qing and others immediately lost their chance. Today, they risked their lives to cross the river, but they wanted to report the situation in Hedong to Diwulun.
He led the scholar who had just vomited half of his stomach and came over: "This man's name is Yang Mao, and he is from Fenyin, Hedong."
Yang Mao's face had just been wiped dry, but now he was wet with tears. He worshipped at the foot of the fifth reunion: "Hedong people, the king has been looking for a long time! I hope the king will rescue him day and night! It's like I hope for a long drought."
The fifth relationship has become interested, so let him talk slowly.
The rebellious soldiers harm the people is the traditional art of the new army. The fifth reunion is seen along the way in the north, and Peng Chong saw the massacre in Wuyan County. Wang Xun entered Hedong this time and did everything!
Yang Mao said: "After Wang Xun controlled Anyi, officials plundered and soldiers raped, and hundreds of dead."
"Fenyin on the other side was also in trouble. In order to search for food, they ransomed food from house to house, and the soldiers took the opportunity to do so. My brother argued with him and was actually killed!"
Although Yang Mao described the fifth relationship, it was expected, it still overestimated the discipline of the king's army. The confusion after the new house was overturned could only be vented and covered up by burning, killing, looting, and robbery. Hedong was originally a wealthy place, but when they were rioted, it was simply a waste of people. Many local tyrants also suffered disasters and were quite dissatisfied with Wang Xun. In fact, Wang Xun might have wanted to live in Hedong for a long time, but after learning that the new house was destroyed, Wang Xun could no longer control the three armies. He could only let it go.
Zhao Zhi also reported that in Fenyin, Zhang Zong, a native of Yangquan Township, gathered hundreds of people and was known as the general.
"We have said that Zhang Zong has raised the banner of the king and put the responsibility of restoring the people. In just a few days, thousands of people have received responses. Now Wang Xunzheng has sent troops to suppress Yangquan Township. I have seen the gathering of troops on the west bank and come to report the news."
After hearing this, the fifth reunion only sighed: "If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy!"
He also said to the people from Hedong who were crossing the river and coming to surrender: "I am promoting the righteous army to punish violence and expel the rampant people, and the name is to 'shoulder the people and punish crimes'! Now, this slogan has not changed!"
"Since Wang Xun was tyrannical in Hedong, I rushed to the east, killed him, and returned the people of Hedong to peace!"
After saying that, Wu Lun looked at Zhao Ling, and Yang Mao smiled and said, "My army is about to cross the river soon. Do you dare to take a boat to contact the Hedong Rebel Army for me to respond?"
The two of them said in unison: "Dare!"
After Di Wulun returned to Xiayang City, he summoned everyone and immediately finalized the plan to attack Hedong.
Dou Rong and others were very curious. The fifth reunion was equivalent to walking the entire river bank. Where did he plan to attack the main attack and where would he attack? Is it Longmen, Puban, Fenglingdu, and Maojin?
"There is no main attack, no surprise attack."
Everyone was stunned, but the fifth reunion said: "First, Wang Xun's soldiers were under his command when they learned that the new dynasty was destroyed and their morale was low, so they could only rely on massacres and abuse of the people. Our army had just won the great victory in Jin and received rewards, and with the founding of the Wei State, everyone was highly motivated!"
"Secondly, Wang Xun was unpopular. Hedong had many resistances from the powerful to the people, forcing Wang Xun to dispatch troops to suppress him. His control over Hedong was far less than that of the King of the Western Wei bao two hundred years ago. The people of Hedong were looking forward to me to save him, and many people were willing to help him. Our army had only 30,000 before the crusade. After the crusade, he received help from the locals, but it was equivalent to 300,000!"
"They are no longer the king's army, but the bandits in the previous dynasty. We are the benevolent and righteous troops!"
"In short, the enemy's defense line is very wide, and the strength of the troops varies. It is difficult to defend. If our army succeeds in one place, the rest can continue to take effect."
"On July 20th, we gathered all the ships, sheepskin rafts, wooden poppy, and the whole army crossed the river."
The fifth relationship has been settled, so I have someone to issue orders to Wan Xiu and others.
"From Xiayang to Puban, there are surprise attacks everywhere within a hundred miles, and there are main attacks everywhere!"
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ps: Chapter 3 is at 18:00 (it will be about an hour late)
Chapter completed!