Chapter 1182: Take the boat to cross the Yellow River
Chapter 1182: Seize the boat to cross the Yellow River
You know, in this era of war and chaos, many people don't even have to eat a meal, and they live a day without a meal.
Qin Hao provided free meals to the people in the two counties. This was quite a luxury for most people in the two counties, so the people naturally did not feel dissatisfied.
The Qin army provided disaster relief by providing daily supplies and porridge, which could save food to the greatest extent and then invest it in the subsequent war. It could be said that it killed two birds with one stone.
"But my lord, although our army has taken away the food and grass in Zhi County, there are still three or four months before the autumn harvest."
Liu Bowen looked at Qin Hao and said with a serious face: "If we give one porridge and one meal to the millions of people in the two counties on a daily basis, our army's grain reserves in Sizhou may not last so long."
"Three or four months? Why do we need to wait so long? I will completely defeat the coalition forces of the southern princes this month."
A look of confidence flashed across Qin Hao's face, and he said with a faint smile: "As long as we defeat the coalition forces of the southern princes, we will not only be able to unify the two states, but also regain the food rations of the people in the two counties, then we will naturally have
There is enough food and grass to support the autumn harvest."
The implication of Qin Hao's words was that even if the grain and grass were taken back from the Union Army, they would not be returned to the people of the two counties, but would still be provided with two meals a day.
After the autumn harvest, when the people have harvested food, they will naturally no longer need the Qin army to provide it, and the remaining food captured will naturally belong to the Qin army.
"As for disaster relief, leave it to Fusu in Luoyang to take full responsibility. Send an order to Han Fei to fully support Fusu. All expenses will be allocated from Luoyang."
After solving the problems of the victims, Qin Hao shifted his focus to the four counties. After all, the governance of the four counties in Sizhou was also a problem.
"The top priority is to get through the battle and merge south as soon as possible. All other matters must make way for the war.
Let's do this. Let Di Renjie be appointed as the prefect of Luoyang, Fu Nian as the prefect, Qin Yi as the captain, Bao Zheng as the prefect of Hedong, Dong He as the prefect, Qin Huaiyu as the captain, Su Wu as the prefect of Hanoi, Xiang Lang as the prefect, and Qin Ming as the captain.
, Li Dongyang was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong..."
Qin Hao consecrated more than a dozen officials in a row, and also banned Henan Yin and changed it to Luoyang County.
The political attributes of each county governor exceed 90 points. Talents with these political attributes can be sent to the local areas to ensure that the four counties of Sizhou can recover in the shortest time.
In addition, Qin Hao arranged all the candidates for the captains of these four counties with the Qin family, in order to ensure the concentration of military power. After all, the war is still not over.
Of course, this canonization is only temporary, and adjustments may be made after the war.
"There will be no more wars in Sizhou from now on. It is enough to leave five thousand garrison troops in each of Hanoi and Hedong counties. Another five thousand troops will be sent back to Luoyang for defense. All other armies will go to Mengjinguan to meet up and prepare to cross the river."
The strength of the Qin army in the northern part of Sizhou is as follows: Bai Qi 55,000, Su Lie 25,000, Xue Rengui 15,000, Huo Qubing 10,000, and Yuwen Chengdu 40,000, for a total of 145,000 troops.
Even if 5,000 garrison troops were left in Hedong and Henei respectively, and 5,000 troops were sent back to Luoyang, the Qin army would still have 130,000 available troops, and it was obviously not easy for the 130,000-strong army to cross the Yellow River.
"Order Su Lie, Xue Rengui and Huo Bing to quickly collect ships. Our army must quickly cross the Yellow River and fight back to Bingzhou."
Not long after Qin Hao issued this order, bad news came.
"My Lord, when Wang Mang left, he took away most of the boats on the south bank of the Yellow River. Although the three generals tried their best to collect along the Yellow River, the boats collected were still far from enough."
After getting the news, Qin Hao couldn't help but frown. After pondering for a long time, he said thoughtfully: "Let them search farther away and try to attract more ferries."
After saying this, Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the Yellow River Navy must be formed after the war."
At present, except for some princes in the Yangtze and Huaihe River Basin, no other princes attach importance to the development of the navy. Naturally, Qin Hao and Wang Mang are the same. If there is a navy to participate in the war, the next battle will probably be more complicated.
At present, except for the princes in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River Basin who will develop naval armies, the princes in the Yellow River Basin basically will not develop naval armies.
Since ancient times, there is a reason why boats in the south and horses in the north are moving.
The water content of the Yellow River is too high, the draft is also shallow, and it has even stopped flowing in history. It also freezes in winter or December, so it is difficult to build a large fleet and set up fortifications.
The Yangtze River and the Huaihe River are different. From the middle reaches downward, the water surface is wide and deep, and there are many undercurrents. Therefore, large water fortresses could be built on both sides of the Yangtze River in ancient times to support large fleets and ships. In modern times, they are also suitable for erecting forts.
Although the Yellow River Basin is not suitable for the formation of large-scale fleets, small-scale fleets are still of great use.
If Wang Mang had a powerful enough naval force, he could have patrolled a stretch of the Yellow River and immediately came to stop the Qin army when he found it crossing the river.
Of course, it is easy for the Qin army to avoid inspections. After all, the Yellow River can be reached thousands of miles away, and it is impossible for the Southern Allied Forces to conduct inspections everywhere.
In order to prevent the Qin army from crossing the Yellow River, Wang Mang took away all the ships that could be taken away in advance, so it was naturally impossible for Su Lie and others to search for enough ships to cross the river.
After learning about this, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a little anxious. There were millions of people in Hanoi and Hedong, and their daily consumption was huge. The 130,000 Qin army couldn't waste time in Mengjin.
"Military advisor, what should we do now?"
Qin Hao asked Liu Bowen for advice. After Liu Bowen thought for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "My lord, for the current plan, the only thing left is..."
"Report... to inform my lord that General Huo Bing led his army to cross the Yellow River at night."
Although the ships collected by the Qin army were not enough to send 130,000 people across the river, they could still send Huo Qubing's 10,000 people across.
Qin Hao couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Why is he crossing the river at this time?"
Liu Bowen's eyes flashed, and then he raised his hands and said with a smile: "Congratulations, lord, our army has gained another wise general. Maybe General Huo Bing can bring back enough ships tomorrow."
Early the next morning, just as Liu Bowen expected, Huo Qubing's army, carrying five or six hundred ships of various sizes, crossed south from the north bank of the Yellow River back to Mengjin.
It turned out that when Huo Qubing was collecting warships, he guessed that the Qin army would not be able to gather enough ships to ferry them, but they could snatch them back from Wang Mang on the north bank.
Huo Qubing thought that Wang Mang would not have expected that he would dare to lead his lone army to sneak into the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, which would be enough to catch the Southern Allied Forces off guard.
So Huo Qubing divided his cavalry across the Yellow River in four waves, and then took advantage of the darkness to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's water stronghold on the bank.
After the Southern Allied Forces crossed the Yellow River, Wang Mang did not think that Qin Hao could be blocked by the Yellow River, so he did not deploy heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. As a result, Huo Qubing succeeded in a sneak attack. Not only did the enemy army kill thousands of enemies in chaos, but they also captured
Returned after more than 600 large and small boats.
With the more than 600 ships captured, plus the more than 100 ships collected by the Qin army, a total of more than 700 ships were enough for the Qin army to cross the Yellow River.
Since then, the Qin army has met all the conditions to cross the Yellow River, and its 130,000-strong army can cross the Yellow River and enter Bingzhou at any time.