At the end of February, the Queen's carriage arrived in Weizhou, and the army spent a day in preparation.
Cheng Rui, the governor of Hebei Province, Su Junqing, the transfer envoy, Li Yixian, the capital commander, Chen Na, the prison envoy, Chen Tongru, the academic governor, Shi Yanci, the governor of Weizhou, Li Feng, the commander of the Weizhou army, and Li Shi, the incoming governor of Jizhou, and other officials , three miles out of the city, we met on the left side of the road.
Cheng Rui successively served as the governor of Shangzhou and Caizhou. He made great achievements in governance during his tenure. In the first month of the third year of Jianji, Hebei Province was established and he served as the governor.
Su Junqing was originally a judge of Zhang Quanyi's Heyang shogunate. After the surrender, he served as a shogunate and later served as a local official. After the establishment of Hebei Province, he served as a transit envoy.
Li Yixian is the son of Li Duo. During the attack on Xin'an, Duo died in battle first. Li Yixian was cultivated by the saint and served as the commander of Yin'anzhi, and now he has military power.
Chen Ne's qualifications are actually quite old. He was a former shogunate judge in Jingyuan Town. He was captured during the Jingshi Rebellion and surrendered. He worked diligently for several years. When Fuzang Jieming was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou Reformation Army, Chen Ne served as his As his deputy, he took care of the government affairs of the three states. After Xu Zhen was dismissed, Chen Na lost his job. After working among the subordinates of the six ministries for a year or two, he became the prison envoy of Hebei Province.
Chen Tongru was the former aide of Shi Yanci. He made suggestions for him and surrendered to Bianzhou. He made great achievements and served as the inspector of the Xuanwu Army shogunate. He later served as an official in Bozhou and Chenzhou. After the establishment of the Dao in Hebei, he served as a scholar.
Chen Tongru's old superior Shi Yanci was appointed as the governor of Weizhou at the end of last year. He had been the governor of Songzhou for many years before, so it was time to change his position.
Li Feng and Li Shi were brothers. They both made contributions in the battle to conquer Bianzhou and later served as generals in the Shenjie Army.
After the Shenjie Army was disbanded, he served as a local state general, this time transferred to Weizhou.
Among the two brothers, Master Li was better off. When he was the commander of the Suzhou Army, he and Yang Wu's soldiers and horses went back and forth, fighting many times, and performed well.
The Tiande Army came to report a few days ago. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Chengde Army once again rescued Dingzhou and was repulsed. The Tiande Army and the Guannai Daozhou Army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack and set out from Gian County. In the Battle of Xindu, they defeated the town troops. He killed the thief general Ma Ke and captured Jizhou City in one fell swoop.
The town soldiers did not react for a while and lost the city. The remaining defeated soldiers gathered together and recruited rural soldiers and regiments aggressively. Relying on the remaining counties, they either defended themselves in Yingcheng or launched counterattacks. The two sides continued to fight.
The imperial court did not want to wait any longer and directly transferred a military man to serve as the governor of Jizhou in an attempt to quickly stabilize the situation. Master Li went to do this job.
If you take a closer look, most of the group of people gathered outside Weizhou City today are former subordinates of Zhu Quanzhong in Henan.
Among them, Shi Yanci's sister was once the concubine of the King of Liang. Now she is the female history of the bed bureau, responsible for the laying of curtains and mats. In short, she makes the bed for Jin Shang.
Li Feng, the younger sister of Master Li, was also the concubine of King Liang. She was a female historian in the Shang Palace Bureau, responsible for tailoring and sewing, and sewing clothes and mending trousers for saints.
Shao Sheng would sometimes hold the two female historians in his arms, quietly feel the tight tolerance of Liang Wang's concubine, shape his own shape, and reward him with some precious ancestral items as a reward for his work.
Therefore, the political factions in Weizhou, Hebei Province, are still very complicated, and Queen Zhe didn't like her very much. After a brief greeting, she went into the city to rest.
As soon as the queen left, all the people and horses scattered like birds and beasts.
But the nobles, officials and generals of the Tian family have left, and the common people still have to work. After crossing the river in Puzhou, the spring sowing has ended, and the seven states of Pu, Cao, Hua, Bian, Yun, Yan, and Song have recruited 30,000 soldiers.
Transport grain, grass and equipment to Hebei.
Weizhou is an important transportation node, and 20,000 Confucians were also recruited from the local area, heading north along the thawed Yongji Canal to Beizhou, Beiping Prefecture and other places.
"Xilulu!" The new draft horse was furious and restless. Everyone was frightened. Seeing that the carriage was about to overturn, they saw a young man leaping forward. After some comfort, the draft horse finally calmed down.
"The General of the West is truly a god. Such a big horse is scary to look at."
"Although this horse is powerful, it has a bad temper."
"I ate too much. I don't know why the imperial court brought out such a horse. It's not worth it."
"To be honest, if there is enough food and grass, this horse is not bad. It can pull a lot. It can be loaded into a big cart and loaded with heavy loads."
The masters talked a lot and had some criticisms about the new draft horses sent from Sinong Temple.
Who knows? Sinong Temple only focuses on "breeding", and then conducts small-scale experiments in its own pasture. If it is found to be good, it "finalizes" a kind of horse, then selects this batch of stronger stallions, sows vigorously, and gives birth to a new breed of horse.
A large number of offspring were brought in, and then they were distributed to the army for larger-scale experiments.
The horse number "Iron Horse" sent this time has strong pulling power.
An ordinary grain transport truck can carry 25 hu of grain (about 1.35 tons). Plus the weight of the truck itself, two draft horses are needed to pull it on an ordinary post road.
It sounds a bit useless, but if you want to say how bad the old draft horses are, it's not necessarily true.
Two horses pull 25 tons of grain. In fact, there is a slight surplus of transportation capacity, but for the sake of the health of the horses and the poor road conditions, there is no extra transportation.
The new Iron Horse is a bit embarrassed.
A cart carrying 25 hu of grain cannot be pulled by one horse. It would be too wasteful to pull two horses, and it would be stuck in the middle.
However, the condition of the post roads in Hebei was relatively poor, and I was worried about getting on the carriage. It was really a dilemma.
The impact of road conditions on the traffic capacity of horse-drawn carriages is actually very huge.
Generally speaking, draft horses work harder on "soft roads", and on flat gravel roads, they can even pull twice as much weight as on soft roads.
If it is a railway, draft horses can pull four times the weight on gravel roads - horse-drawn wagon railway.
If it's on a canal, a draft horse can pull five times the weight of a railroad.
Therefore, road construction is of extremely great significance.
The bumpy road surface is not only a trap for people, but also for horses.
The road surface is not wide enough for large carriages, which would make it extremely troublesome to drive.
If the road surface is not smooth enough, the cargo capacity must be reduced and the speed must be reduced. At the same time, the carriage failure rate will increase, the maintenance cost will increase, and the health and lifespan of the horse will also be affected.
Shao Shude insists on building first-class national highways for this reason, because good transportation infrastructure can indeed improve the operating efficiency of the whole society and reduce operating costs, and ultimately everyone will benefit.
Hebei Post Road is currently in very poor condition. It has been repaired and repaired, but it is still falling apart...
"Grandpa, these horses are worse than mules." The young man who had just comforted the horses came to a general and said.
The young man's name was Xingfang Ye. He was from Manchuria in Dingzhou. He had little courage and was excellent at riding and shooting.
His father met again in the west. He was originally a general of the Liang Army. After the Xuanwu Army was destroyed, he surrendered with the generals. After that, he served in various armies and participated in many battles and made meritorious deeds. Now he has retired to the local area and serves as the commander of the Puzhou Army.
His son Dongfang Ye also served as a junior colonel in the Puzhou Army.
"You don't need to worry about this matter." Xiang Zaiyu reprimanded: "The queen will take a boat from Weizhou to the north, and then hundreds of draft horses will be sent there to draw fiber."
Xiang Zaiyu is quite satisfied with his son in other aspects, except for one thing: he is impetuous and eager for quick success.
When he met few opponents in the Puzhou army, he thought he was a hero, and then sighed all day long: Why hasn't the saint heard my name? Why hasn't the saint promoted me? The saints are surrounded by mediocre people, so what kind of Xialuqi are they?
Come on, why don't you call me as your attendant? So on and so forth.
Every time I hear these words, I feel ashamed, fearing that my son's words will spread to the outside world and become a laughing stock.
He is a real warrior who has been fighting for half his life. He knows that there are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. Even if you are as powerful as Lu Bu or Xiang Yu, if nothing else, Wei Bo's yamen soldiers will surround you and cut you into a pulp. And Wei Bo
The Yamen soldiers were defeated by the Daxia Forbidden Army...
He was really worried that one day his son would cause trouble for him.
"Stretching is good, stretching is good!" Xingfang Ye's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled and said: "Although this horse can eat, it is really strong. With a few horses, it can pull a ship with three thousand hu of grain."
Boat."
"Yes, dozens of people were saved, and hundreds of people came out. Drawing fiber is hard work, how can it be done for a long time?" When Xi met again, he also sighed: "Actually, this is what I admire the most about the saint. In ancient times, fiber drawing has also been done.
Horses and mules are used, but after all, there are relatively few. The saints really have a lot of fun on the road of animals - well, livestock. Iron-powered horses are actually good, and the people's power, money and food saved can be used to repair roads, or to travel
As in winter, the Yongji Canal is dredged."
"The saint is so powerful, please recruit me as your personal follower." Dongfang Ye scratched his head and scratched his head anxiously, looking like he was in vain.
He sighed when he saw the West again. If the situation in the North had not stabilized now, he doubted whether his son would defect to Jinyang and seek a position.
The grain transport convoy quickly left the dock and headed towards Xingzhou.
Along the way, they were met by a large group of prisoners. The state soldiers from Guannai Road happily escorted them to Weizhou.
The Daozhou soldiers from Guan Nei have also been in Hebei for more than half a year, with more than 15,000 people at first. After arriving, they were assigned to the Tiande Army to fight, and were dispersed in Xingming Cixiangwei and Beizhou. They fought with Jin and Zhao people and participated in
There have been many sieges and even field battles.
In terms of combat ability, he was indeed not very good when he first came here. He suffered many defeats and was ridiculed by the Tiande Army and even the fellow villagers of the Weibo Tuan Tuan.
But after all, they are professional warriors. Although they have been peaceful for twenty years, they have not fallen to the point of hopelessness. After several times of tempering with blood and fire, their combat effectiveness has slowly improved.
In the recent battle of Xindu, they even dared to fight against the Chengdu Army and even won the victory, although the first to achieve a breakthrough in the battle formation were the troops of the Imperial Guard.
The state army, as a local garrison, does not fight, and all kinds of nonsense happens one after another. On the surface, it looks okay, but who knows what's going on inside? When the war starts, all kinds of problems break out, and it's terrible. But we survived this period.
Finally, the overall improvement can often be achieved.
When you are stationed, promotion does not necessarily depend on ability.
When you are stationed at the station, some people who are in the corpse position have complicated relationships, and you may not be able to win them down.
When you are stationed, there are too many people working on things, and problems may not be exposed and corrected.
But after going into battle, everything is different. If it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't work.
Get out of here if you are incompetent, go ahead if you are capable. No matter how big your background is, you are a vegetarian in the corpse position. If you are merciless in battle, you will be beheaded as soon as you are told. No one can protect you, and they will even hold you accountable for your background. Expose it.
The problem should be corrected quickly, because if you don't correct it, you will die, and the superior will not let you go - if he lets you go, the saint will not let him go.
Therefore, although an army like the Guannai Daozhou Army, which has been at peace for more than 20 years, is in a state of disarray after fighting for more than half a year, it has actually gone through a purification process internally, and many of its long-standing shortcomings have been eliminated.
After another year and a half, and the appearance is completely new, you can put it back, at least it won't deteriorate in the short term.
Xingfang Ye looked at these victorious soldiers with envy and couldn't help but ask: "Where did you come from?"
"Returning from Xingzhou." Someone actually answered him.
"Li Cunxu sent Liu Xun to attack Xingzhou directly with silver spears in front of his horses. Xun suffered a defeat and surrendered directly."
"Is this the second time Liu Xun has been captured?"
"Ha ha!"
Laughter spread.
Xingfang Ye was so anxious that he squirmed on his horse, wishing he could fly to Xingzhou, fight the Jin people for three hundred rounds, and then become famous in Hebei.
In fact, it’s no wonder that he was impatient. Who was Liu Xun? One of Li Keyong’s old subordinates. He was the one who led the troops to escort Wang Ke back to Puzhou and succeeded him as the Jiedushi. He has been demoted, and there are still Jin people.
What kind of drama?
Alas, there is no good opportunity! Western Ye sighed.
