Chapter 320 Waiting for the severe winter to freeze to death
Liu Xiang led hundreds of guards to inspect the city. The six gates of Ye County were tightly closed, but there were not many soldiers guarding the city walls, so it was difficult to tell whether the defenders were strong or weak.
"This is a man who is good at using soldiers. Anyone who can only pile people on the city is mediocre." Cui Yi commented.
"Of course this man is good at using soldiers." Liu Xiang looked at Li Wen, the prefect of Wei County on the tower, pointed at the person, and introduced to Cui Yi: "Li Wen, a native of Zhuo County, is thirty-six years old this year. At the beginning, Zhang
When Jiao was about to raise an army, he originally wanted to stage an uprising in Wei County, but was driven away by this guy, so he had to retreat to the Julu Uprising."
"Oh, he is a fierce man!" Cui Yi marveled in admiration.
"One is Li Wen and the other is Guo Dian. They are both the governors of Jizhou who are very good at using troops. If we were not careless, we would still have to worry on the other side of the river." Liu Xiang was a little emotional. This Li Wen was not an ordinary person. He claimed to be a descendant of Jiang Taigong.
, descendant of Duke Li of Qi.
Liu Xiang didn't know if what Li Wen said was true, but he knew that this man was the ancestor of the Fan Yang Li family and the prototype of King Chu Jiang of the Tenth Palace of Yama.
This gave him a dislocated sense of myth shining into reality.
But then I thought about it, Buddhism and Taoism developed in the late Han Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with their immortal lineages including several figures from the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.
The prototype of the Ten Palaces of Yama is not only Li Wen, but also a person of this era.
The prototype of King Guang of Qin was Jiang Xin, whose courtesy name was Ziwen. He was from Guangling and served as Moling Lieutenant in the late Han Dynasty. After his death, Sun Quan dreamed of him by chance and believed that he was the one who entrusted him with the dream and eventually built a temple for him.
There is another Ten Palace Yama who is also related to Sun Quan, that is King Wu Guan. His real name is Lu Dai. He is a subordinate of Sun Quan. He opened up territory for Sun Wu and made great military exploits.
The prototype of King Taishan is Dong He, an official of the Shu Han Dynasty, who is Dong Yun's father.
History and mythology are intertwined and intertwined. Gods can always find their shadows in the living. Religion is just that.
Liu Xiang shook his head, putting aside the memories of ghosts and ghosts in his head, and returned to reality. Li Wen had a grudge against him. When they first attacked Zhuo County, some members of the Li family died at the hands of the Anping Army. It was difficult to persuade them to surrender.
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"Let's go back. The army has been rushing for more than eighty miles. We will repair it for a day and start building siege equipment the next day. We will put extra guards at night to be careful of enemy sneak attacks."
The army has set up camp by the river, and the boats crossing the river have been pulled ashore. The water temperature in Zhangshui is very low and can freeze at any time.
There was no talk all night, and the defenders of Ye County made no move, unable to tell the truth from the truth.
Li Wen is stable enough, but it is difficult to win quickly.
The scouts reported back that Yangping and Wuwei were guarding the city without any movement.
It seems that there is no shortage of people in Ye County, otherwise they would not be so stable. If they do not take the initiative to launch an attack, they may have difficulty mobilizing troops from the two cities.
The plan to quickly advance troops to attack Ye County was half completed. They successfully crossed the Zhangshui defense line, but the Ye County defenders responded quickly and had no chance to rush into the city.
Then just be steady.
After a day's rest and recovery of physical strength, the camp slowly built siege equipment, such as seven-shooter cannons, ladders, well orchids, trench bridges, ram chariots, nest chariots, anthracnose chariots, etc. After being fully prepared,
It is about to attack the city vigorously.
Secretly, they were seizing the time to dig holes and build underground cellars in preparation for the cold.
Three days later, Zhou Cang led 20,000 Jizhou Army troops to arrive and set up camp five miles south of Ye County. While the ground was not frozen, he was also digging foundations to build cold-proof shelters.
Three thousand Yueqi under Yan Gang were sent out to gather the surrounding refugees. Zhou Cang was sent out to contact the peasant uprising army before he could even take a breath.
For seven days, everything was peaceful, and the defenders of Ye County were not harassed even once, which is very puzzling.
In the past seven days, Yan Gang has gathered more than 50,000 refugees, all of whom were hungry people from the surrounding villages and towns of Ye County.
The quantity was less than Liu Xiang expected.
But he ignored one thing. Jizhou has been "disastered" by the Black Mountain Army in recent years. Nearly a quarter of the population has moved to Youzhou, and more than 80,000 hectares of farmland have been reclaimed for Youzhou, and a large area will be cultivated next year.
A mature field.
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The three places of Zhongshan, Changshan and Zhao were actually controlled by the Black Mountain Army. The powerful families were either dead or ran away. The people farmed the land with peace of mind and lived a good life. Although the production was reduced, the taxes were also low. There was no need to flee the famine, but instead attracted
A large number of hungry people went to seek a way to survive.
If he had come a few days later, he wouldn't even be able to find these people.
The plan to recruit civilians on the spot failed, trenches were quickly built, and the idea of cofferdams also came to nothing.
Then we can only open branch bases.
Ten thousand young people were selected to serve as civilian husbands, and the remaining more than 40,000 people were sent by boat across the Zhang River to be taken back to Zhao State, and then headed to Youzhou along the highway at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain.
There is not enough food in Jizhou, and we don’t know how long the war will last. The hungry people who have fled have to be transported to Youzhou. Shanggu and Daijun still need population development. If not, there is Liaodong, which can feed a million people.
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Originally, Jizhou had a population of more than six million, while Youzhou only had a population of more than two million. Liu Xiang struggled for several years, absorbing barbarians, and stealing people from Jizhou. Now, the populations of the two states are almost the same.
Four million.
I'm afraid that after this time, the population of Youzhou will be larger than that of Jizhou, so he will have to continue to grab people from the south to enrich Jizhou.
Yanzhou, Sili, don't worry, I'm coming!
Liu Xiang smiled evilly, feeling that he was the biggest human trafficker in the Han Dynasty.
When people encountered the Little Ice Age, they always ran south, but he was still tossing north. No one did this reverse operation.
He shook his head, laughed, and focused on the battle in front of him first.
Zhao Yun was ordered to lead the infantry battalion of 7,000 infantry and the light chariot battalion of 3,000 chariots to garrison the camp. Liu Xiang led the Xiaoqi battalion of 1,200 armored cavalry and horsemen and the Hu cavalry battalion of 4,000 Hu cavalry. They circled around and reached the east of Ye County.
Door.
Eight thousand infantrymen from the guard camp, four thousand crossbowmen from the Shesheng camp, leading 10,000 civilians, and another 10,000 infantrymen from the Jizhou Army Corps, pulled the camp timber, bypassed the city, dug a trench three miles away from the east gate, and quickly
Set up a stronghold.
This place is between Ye County and Pingyang and is extremely vulnerable to attack from both sides. All units of the Chinese army stood up on both sides and were on high alert, waiting for the enemy to come.
It's a pity that I had to wait so long.
Liu Xiang stared at Li Wen at the bottom of the city. He really wanted to ask: "What are you doing? Are you not going to fight? Are you waiting for me to surround you to death?"
The deputy general of Ye County was also asking this question, and Li Wen sneered disdainfully: "What day is it now? The severe winter is coming, and you are still thinking about siege? Let him besiege and see how resistant they can be to freezing, and a lot of them will freeze to death.
After that, the enemy army will collapse. When the time comes, with one strike from the city, the enemy generals can be captured and left to fend for themselves. Send orders to all the troops to guard the city. Anyone who dares to speak out and fight again will be killed!"
He boringly returned to the city. The enemy on the other side didn't know the military strategy and didn't know the weather. He just charged and attacked fiercely. There was no threat.
Seeing that the enemy's cavalry numbered more than 5,000, with many iron armors, and extravagantly wearing horse armor, he murmured to himself: "They are really rich. They are definitely not yellow turban bandits. Could it be that the one from the north is here?"
After thinking about it, I decided it shouldn't be.
"Isn't it right? That person won't be so vain, right? If it is really him, that would be great. I will definitely kill him under the city to vent the hatred in my heart."