Zhu Quanzhong was inspecting the wheat seedlings in the fields along the river.
Like Hezhong and Hedong, in northern agriculture, not all fields are planted with overwintering wheat... This requires relatively high soil fertility. Two seasons of staple food a year is really difficult, so many places adopt a three-crop system every two years.
Instead of two crops a year.
There were bursts of thunder in the sky.
The drizzle of moderate rain fell, falling on the fields, farmland, and the Yellow River.
The Yellow River flows slowly from Mengjin (Mengjin, Heyangjin), and alluvial deposits form a vast plain. In addition, for more than 800 years since Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty, the flow of the Yellow River has been extremely stable with little change, so the Heyang River along the coast has been
, Yicheng, Weibo, Taining and other towns are densely populated, economically developed, and rich in humanities.
"Haha, this rain is wonderful!" A group of people rode their horses and arrived in front of the Jujube Station. Zhu Quanzhong looked at the gradually increasing rain and said happily: "Good rain knows the season, good, good!"
Jingxiang also got off his horse and his eyes were attracted by the inscription in front of the inn.
This is a poem by Zhang Hu, inscribed in front of the inn. He read it carefully for a long time, and finally sighed softly.
In the past, Mr. Zhang's poems were astonishing to tens of thousands of princes, and his spirit was only enviable to those living in troubled times.
"From Heyang to the east, there are many ferries." Wei Zhao on the side was still showing off his talents to Zhu Quanzhong: "The river flows east from Mengjin, passes through the north of Shouyang Mountain, and reaches Yanshi County. There are two ferries at Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.
It flows eastward to the north of Gongxian County and the south of Wenxian County, where there are five river crossings. It flows eastward and receives the Luoshui River on the right, which is called Luokou. In the Sui Dynasty, Luokou Cang was built."
Yanshi and Gong counties are both counties under Henan Prefecture, northeast of Luoyang. Wen County is under the jurisdiction of Mengzhou.
Luokou warehouse, built in the Sui Dynasty, could store 24 million stones of grain. Its scale was astonishing. It was later captured by Li Mi and he dominated for a while.
Historically, it was still used in the Tang Dynasty. During the mid-Tang Dynasty, it gradually fell into disuse because it deviated from the water transportation route. It was officially abandoned at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
But in this time and space, Luokou warehouse has been repaired and put to use. This place has become a material transfer node for the Bian Army along the Yellow River, whether it is supporting Luoyang nearby through Luoshui shipping, or supplying Heyang to the north.
All have played a great role. Compared with the Luokou giant warehouse, Baiya warehouse is just a lower-level warehouse that takes over part of its grain and grass.
"The river flows eastward through Wude County in Huaizhou to the south and Sishui County in Henan Prefecture to the north. There is Banzhujin, which is opposite Wuzhi County in Huaizhou on the north bank. In the Sui Dynasty, the Yongji Canal was opened from Wuzhi, which led Qin to the Qing Dynasty, and connected to Zhuojun in the north.
The Guangji Canal was opened from Banzhu, leading the river to Bian, and reaching Jiangdu in the south."
"The river flows eastward and passes through the north of Heyin County. In the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Liang Rui opened a canal and built a weir to divert the river water into Bian. This is the Lianggong Weir, and at the mouth of Biankou, there is a huge warehouse in Heyin."
Heyin County is an important node for the transportation of grain to the southeast of the country. There is a river transport hospital with huge storage capacity and convenient shipping.
"The river flows eastward..."
Wei Zhao mentioned many ferries in one breath, mostly between Huaizhou and Zhengzhou.
"Commander, if you raise your troops to go north to Heyang, they can assemble at Biankou and then cross the river to Wuzhi and Wude County in Huaizhou. There is a large post road leading directly to Hanoi." Wei Zhao continued: "Shipping is convenient, and the grain and salary transfer center is
The cost is very small. The summer thieves travel across the mountains and ridges, and it would be good if they can get three carts of food into one cart. How can they defeat me in a long-term stalemate?"
Wei Zhao clearly explained the advantages of the Bian Army.
Bianshui and the Yellow River are their thoroughfares and post roads, and they are very low-cost. The two huge warehouses of Heyin and Luokou can store countless grains, equipment and other materials, or they can reach Luoyang through Luoshui shipping.
During the flood season, you can also ship to Huaizhou River, which is the southern section of the Yongji Canal in the Sui Dynasty. The Yongji Canal originally started in Hanoi. However, because the water at the starting point of the southern section is not abundant enough, it is easy to silt up. Now it can only be managed during the high flood season.
Shipping is over.
There is no need for a decisive battle with the Xia thieves. We only need to increase our troops in Heyang. After a stalemate for a while, the Xia thieves will naturally run out of food and retreat, and then they can pursue them with troops. They will surely win a great victory.
Especially in the Heqing County area, the Xia thieves actually gathered their troops when the grain road could not be used for carriages. They were looking for death. Once they were defeated and pursued, the narrow path was packed with people and there was no need for the Bian army.
If you go and fight, a lot of people will be killed or injured.
However, the Shao thieves were probably not that stupid. They were probably diverting their troops during that period, and the main attack direction was still at Zhiguanxing, so they needed to increase their troops in Huaizhou.
Zhu Quanzhong just looked at the pouring rain outside the inn and said nothing.
Jingxiang also twirled his beard and remained silent.
For some things, direct advice is useless, you have to find a roundabout way.
Li Zhen and Wei Zhao both advised their lord to mobilize his troops through Bianshui River and go north to Heyang, and Jingxiang also agreed.
Now that things have come to a point, I can no longer ignore the threat of Xia Thief and ignore my body.
Shao Shude was so successful that opening the Nanyang battlefield was a stroke of genius, taking away tens of thousands of Bian troops at once.
The Heluo side seems to be relatively stable now, and the Xia thieves are far from being pushed to Xin'an County. Moreover, they are transporting grain and grass by land. The Bian army can directly ship there through Luokou warehouse, so the cost is naturally not at the same level.
The Xia thieves in Wei County and Mianchi tried their best to organize households and farm fields, but they probably couldn't bear it. They even brought a large group of Helongfan people over to graze their animals in the mountains, making use of the nooks and crannies that were not suitable for farming.
, produce forage, meat and milk, reducing the consumption of food transportation.
You shouldn't have to worry too much about this journey.
The Shao thieves failed in their first plan, so they tried another one and captured the middle of the river directly, intending to leave Zhiguanxing and break into Heyang.
If he really did it, it would be a coup.
There are many ferries leading to Henan Prefecture and Zhengzhou from Mengzhou and Huaizhou. Once they are occupied, how many troops will be allocated to defend them? Will there be enough power to attack Tianping and Taining Towns?
"I heard that the Xia bandits have abandoned Shenzhou?" Zhu Quanzhong turned around and walked into the post station, asking as he walked.
"Come back to the commander, there is no danger to defend Shenzhou. The bandit general Zhao Kuanglin has retreated to Pingjing Pass." Wei Zhao followed immediately and said.
Jingxiang also followed silently.
If you say you will suffer a lot when fighting Xia Thief, you really can't talk about it.
Let's just say that in the Nanyang battlefield, Luyang Pass was broken, and it should be impossible to get it back in a short time. The Suizhou army also crossed the Huai River and went northward, and plundered a lot. However, it was quickly repulsed, and even the newly acquired Shenzhou was also
Not daring to defend, they pushed all the way to Pingjing Pass and relied on the dangerous pass to defend.
In the Wanye Corridor, Ge Congzhou actually won a battle, because Zhe Zongben besieged Ye County, resulting in many casualties and more than 2,000 troops were lost during the retreat. Ge Congzhou's record against the Xia thieves was indeed quite good
good.
Did you suffer a loss? Not necessarily.
But why is the overall situation so passive? Some people win but lose in the end. This is the case.
"Commander." Jingxiang took two quick steps, stepped forward and saluted.
"Thank you for your hard work, Jing Sima." Zhu Quanzhong smiled and said, "It's really hard to accompany me on inspections when we are newly married."
Jingxiang's wife had been away for more than a year due to illness. When the city of Xuzhou was destroyed, Shi Pu's favorite concubine Liu was still alive in hiding. She was found by the sergeants. Because she was very beautiful, she was sent to Bianzhou.
Zhu Quanzhong played with it for a while and couldn't put it down. After learning that this girl was originally the daughter of the magistrate of Lantian County and was kidnapped by Shang Rang to be his wife, he became even more excited.
Zhu Quanzhong was not particularly interested in ordinary women, no matter how beautiful they were. But other people's wives and concubines felt different when playing with them. In particular, the Liu family had been treated by Shang Rang and Shi Pu successively, which made him enjoy them even more.
Extremely comfortable.
Not long ago, after hearing that Jingxiang's wife died of illness and that he had not remarried yet. Out of concern for his subordinates, Zhu Quanzhong summoned Jingxiang into the mansion, and sent out many beauties to let Jingxiang choose one.
Jingxiang Jingxiang fell in love with Mr. Liu at first sight!
Zhu Quanzhong looked up to heaven and sighed, and reluctantly gave the girl to Jingxiang, but he was reluctant to part with her. Today when he saw Jingxiang, he thought of Mrs. Liu again, and felt itchy in his heart. Thinking that Mrs. Liu was now Mrs. Jing, his heart suddenly felt warm.
"Commander, there are so many things going on right now, how dare you indulge in the boudoir." Jingxiang said with a smile, "I heard something yesterday. Shao Shude also sent Tibetan general Li Renyu with more than 3,000 cavalry to go to Yun via Weibo.
state."
Zhu Quanzhong was shocked at first, and then seemed to realize something.
Before Luo Hongxin and Li Keyong completely fell out, the Hedong Army had been using Weibo to support Zhu Xuan. Of course Zhu Quanzhong knew this.
He is not a fool. When Sergeant Hedong appeared in Yunzhou, could it be that he flew there? He must have taken the route of Weibo.
He didn't have much to say about it.
Luo Hongxin, like Zhang Quanyi, is a vassal of the Xuanwu Army, but Zhang Quanyi can tolerate it, is respectful enough, and is a more thorough vassal. But Wei Bozhen still has a bit of a temper. He is currently subdued and keeps offering sacrifices; but in his heart
Zhu Quanzhong could also guess what he was thinking.
He didn't want to worry about it for the time being. Regarding Wei Bo, he had to plan for it slowly, and he couldn't suppress him all at once because of his strong force. In the end, he ended up like Li Keyong, who was miserable in Youzhou.
Because of the poor military discipline in Hedong, Wei Bo's army raided Shi Yan and completely fell out with Li Keyong. But does this mean that Wei Bo completely turned to Xuanwu? Not necessarily.
It is no secret that Shao Shude sent Tibetan general Tuoba Renfu to lead 3,000 cavalry to Yunzhou. This time, he actually sent someone to support Zhu Xuan via Weibo. Luo Hongxin agreed. This matter is very subtle.
Six thousand cavalry were sent twice to support Zhu Xuan. Although it was not as large as when Li Keyong sent eight thousand cavalry to support the Taining Army, it was still a considerable threat and had to be taken seriously.
"Shao Thief is trying his best to cause me trouble now." After a moment of silence, Zhu Quanzhong suddenly laughed.
"In a life-and-death fight, it's natural to do whatever it takes." Jingxiang said.
Zhu Quanzhong asked everyone to sit down and said casually: "Is it really impossible to reconcile with Thief Shao?"
"Commander, last year the town sent an envoy to Anyi to arrange marriage, but Shao thief refused to allow it." Jingxiang really didn't say much. He always only discussed the facts without comment, but what he said every time was the key point.
In fact, Shao Shude refused at that time, and even said a few words about his disdain for Zhu Quanzhong's daughter, as if he would not give up until he angered Zhu Quanzhong.
"Hmm." Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Remember, Pang Shigu led an army of 100,000 to attack Puzhou. My son Youyu led an army of 50,000 to attack Qizhou via Weibo."
Li Zhen and Wei Zhao were startled, and when they were about to dissuade them, they saw Jing Xiang smiling and saying nothing, and stopped in their tracks.
"Cheat the Shao thief." Zhu Quanzhong laughed, then looked solemn and said: "Immediately transfer Master Pang to go north to Biankou."