"If you advance too hard and fail to conquer the city, if you retreat without food, things will be in danger." Continued Zi Zhi Tong Jian Song Ji 1
Compared with the dense clouds of war in Hanzhong, the sky in Chang'an City, which is only separated by the Qinling Mountains, is bright and bright, and it is so hot that it makes people feel a little bored.
On the cypress platform, the emperor was wearing a single suit. He looked up at the listless vegetation in Shanglin Garden, as well as the Kunming Pond and other lakes with reduced waters. The lakes were as horizontal as a mirror, reflecting the blue sky, and the emperor raised his head.
As soon as I looked, I saw a bright sun hanging high in the deep and endless sky, without a single cloud.
"Mu Shun, why doesn't it rain these days?"
Mu Shun from Xiaohuangmen followed closely behind. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I see how hot it has been these days. Maybe the sky is preparing for a heavy rain."
The emperor groaned and said noncommittally: "It's only March now, and there is less rain. By April, won't there be no rain at all? This year's harvest in Guanzhong will definitely not be as good as before, and I can only hope for a few good rains."
The rain gives the crops in the fields a way to survive."
"The country is the Holy Emperor. If we ask for anything, how can the heaven not grant it?" Mu Shun said cooperatively: "I heard from the Lingtai Order that there will be strong winds today and rain will fall in the evening. Yi Nu, as long as you come here,
The rainwater pours into the ditches and collects in the pond. This year will still be a prosperous year."
Bailiang Terrace was once splendid and magnificent, but it was destroyed by a fire not long after it was built. Now, hundreds of years have passed, and only the high platform of rammed earth and stone attachments are left. Since the emperor often came to this place to climb up and look into the distance, there are few
The government specially cleaned the debris here and built a simple pavilion here for people to stay.
At this time, the emperor moved to the pavilion. There was a pair of long couches and an incense burner in the pavilion. The pavilion blocked the sun and the temperature was suitable, as if he was in a greenhouse. The emperor lay half sideways on the couch.
He went up to the table and pointed at the Boshan stove on the table, letting others take it away, and then asked: "I have never seen Liu Wan tell anyone about the rain today, so how did you know about it?"
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"That's it." Mu Shun stood next to the emperor. When he saw the emperor asking someone to move the incense burner, he thought he was afraid of the heat, so he took the fan from someone else's hand and gently fanned the emperor, bending down and laughing.
: "The last few times Lingtai Ling was in charge of the weather forecast, he said several times that it would rain today according to the time of year, but his words were repeatedly missed. There was a lot of resentment against him both inside and outside the court. So this time he was worried that he would not say anything again.
"Zhong, that's why"
"So you don't dare to say it?" The emperor's face was gentle, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart: "Instead of always giving people expectations and disappointing them, he might as well not say it. The weather is already like this, so as not to make him angry.
Head on, he's quite smart."
When they serve as officials under you, can they not be smarter? Mu Shun cursed in his heart, sometimes he couldn't even say that he could really understand the emperor's likes and dislikes. From the appearance, he was still a young man.
Old child, why do you hide so many things in your heart? Now all kinds of political affairs are being carried out in an orderly manner, most of the ministers in the Chengming Palace are smart and capable, and the war ahead is progressing steadily. Is the emperor still thinking about it?
What?
"Come on, there's no point in talking to you." The emperor fiddled with his wide cuffs and said leisurely: "Go and invite Zhao Sikong."
Mu Shun hurriedly agreed, and seeing that the emperor had no other instructions, he walked down and asked someone to go to Chengming Palace to inform Zhao Wen.
Zhao Wen was initially frightened by the emperor's occasional summons alone, but now he is no longer surprised. However, when he came to Bailiang Terrace, before he even went on stage, he saw that the emperor was already dressed in casual clothes.
An ordinary sedan was waiting for him.
"Your Majesty, are you preparing to leave the palace?" Zhao Wen asked knowingly.
The emperor nodded and said: "In the southern expedition to Hanzhong, with Lieutenant Sili and Jun Xun here, the court does not need to worry about it as long as it ensures the supply of food and grass. Apart from that, there are no other important matters, so it is better to take this opportunity.
Go out of the palace more often to see if there are any changes in the government's governance among the people."
Zhao Wen was a person who obeyed his superiors and rarely refuted the emperor's opinions. Since the emperor wanted to leave the palace to relieve his boredom, he had no choice but to obey: "It is indeed a blessing for the imperial court that your majesty is concerned about the suffering of the common people."
The emperor directly ignored this flattery and said to himself: "Counting the time, Xu Huang should have entered Xiegu from Xi County by now, right?"
Infantry Colonel Xu Huang was first ordered to move to Wudu. Later, due to the emperor's tactical adjustments, he was allowed to lead an army alone. When Pei Mao and others led the army to Wudu, he arrived in Chang'an from Wudu.
The order came and went, but it took nearly half a month later than Pei Mao. Now Pei Mao has arrived in Ju County, and Xu Huang and other five thousand people have just set off from Chang'an and arrived at the entrance of the Xiegu Valley in Yi County.
After receiving Zhao Wen's affirmative reply, the emperor said with some satisfaction: "This is just right. Yangping is temporarily difficult to leave, and Pei Mao will spend more time here. It is best to wait for Zhang Lu to mobilize his subordinates to reinforce Yangping and bring him to Yangping."
It is empty and unprepared, and only Xu Huang's extraordinary force can be most effective."
Speaking of the battle situation, the emperor couldn't help but ordered: "The battle report from Chencang is still reported every five days?"
Although the emperor trusted Pei Mao and even entrusted him with military power, it did not mean that he would let him go and let him do whatever he wanted. Some important military information, even far away in the mountains, the emperor had to report regularly to Pei Mao, Xun You and others.
Progress, he did not want to dictate the battle on the front line, but wanted to accurately control every move of the army.
Zhao Wen knew that the emperor valued military power very much, so he lowered his head in the carriage and said: "The battle report in Yangping is still the same as before. General Gaishun of Huben Zhonglang led troops to attack the villages on Yangping Mountain several times. It was difficult to escape, and the soldiers injured many barbarians.
.Xun Canjun planned to find another trail, take the Maming Pavilion Road, and then take a roundabout route."
After hearing this, the emperor did not comment on whether this method would work or not. He simply said: "If you have any plans to issue an edict to Mr.
Just remember to report it to the court."
Zhao Wen smiled and said: "Your Majesty is well-planned, tolerant and magnanimous, and has a certain brilliance and military style."
Emperor Guangwu rarely went into battle in person since he pacified Hebei. He often entrusted military power to generals with foreign surnames, and he was very good at controlling people. Zhao Wen knew that the emperor often compared himself with Guangwu, so he praised him, and the emperor laughed.
stood up: "Really?"
This profound, wise and decisive emperor smiled for a while, then changed the subject and said: "Is it easy to transport grain and grass ahead? Wei Duan is responsible for supervising the grain road, and I haven't seen him talk about the difficulties of grain and grass in the past two days.
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He knew that Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions in history had failed due to the problem of food and grass. The Qinling Mountain Road was difficult and dangerous. The emperor had driven through such a dangerous road in his previous life. If there was no food and grass during the march, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Your Majesty has an insight into the matter and has just received a report from Wudu County today. It is said that after King Dou Mao of Di was captured and beheaded, Wei Duan sent people to conquer his stronghold in Xiabian and harvested tens of thousands of dendrobium from it.
Not only that, the large Qiang and Di households in Wudu County have also taken the initiative to donate grain and grass for military needs. In total, the grain and grass should be hundreds of thousands of dendrobium." When mentioning this, Zhao Wen was also sincerely happy. These days, he wants both
They were busy storing grain to prepare for the drought, and also busy working with Ma Rixi, Dong Cheng and others to squeeze out grain and grass to support the war ahead. It can be said that they were exhausted.
The emperor calculated in his mind that on average, a soldier consumes three to one and a half dan of food per month. During war, he consumes more, even three shi per month. Now there are nearly 20,000 regular troops, 30,000 to 40,000 civilians, and miscellaneous soldiers under Yangping Pass.
Soldiers, in total, consume more than 100,000 shi of food and grass a month.
This does not include the lost costs during transportation. Now Wei Duan has made a windfall from Wudu. Although it is less, the distance between Wudu and Yangping is a long way shorter than that between Chang'an and Yangping.
There is no need to waste too much food, which is tantamount to reducing a lot of pressure on the court.
Wei Duan invisibly saved the court a large sum of food and grass budget. This budget just solved the problem that the emperor had been thinking about just now and could be used for other purposes. 11