Under Liu Xiang's rule, there were 16 Changping warehouses. Each warehouse stored about three million shi of grain, which could extend the life of the Han people for six months.
This is the foundation for stabilizing the world.
Because of the war in Jiaozhou, I had to open a position.
"I just hope there won't be any large-scale natural disasters before the new grain is harvested." Liu Xiang was worried about Jiangnan, because most of the Changping warehouses were located in the north, and Changping warehouse in Xiangyang was the most convenient granary to support the south.
There are 2.8 million shi of grain stored here, which is enough to provide relief to two million victims for half a year.
If it were used as military rations, it would be enough to feed an army of 100,000 for two and a half years, but it would only be enough for Jiaozhou's 60,000 horses and horses for a five-month campaign.
An expedition is an extremely test of national strength. The cost is too high. Most of the food is consumed on the way to transport the food. This is the result of being able to transport it by water throughout the entire journey. Land transportation consumes even more.
Without an inventory of tens of millions of dans of grain, the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition would only be an idea in our minds.
Not many ministers opposed the opening of Changpingcang, because in one and a half months, the crops in the south would be harvested, and the people in Jiangnan could basically be self-sufficient, and could also provide some supplies for the war in Jiaozhou.
The war was started a little too early. Jiangnan had just been pacified, and the imperial court had to cross half of the Han Dynasty to deliver food to the front. Liu Xiang was a little worried about the consumption on the road.
The first batch of more than 400 grain transport ships has already sailed south along the Han River. The 200,000 shi of grain loaded with it will cross the Yangtze River, enter the Xiang River, and be sent to Shi'an to supply the front army and the right army. The next batch of grain transport ships has also arrived.
During the collection, Ganshui will be sent to supply Lejin's headquarters.
He was a little dissatisfied with the transport capacity of the ships. In the past few years, when developing the naval force, all attention was focused on warships. There were not many improvements to transport ships, especially inland waterway shipping, which was almost allowed to be upgraded spontaneously by the people.
Basically no progress.
The main reason is that the rivers in the north can only be navigable seasonally, and the main force of transportation is still land transportation. He has been a northerner for two lifetimes, and there are inevitably blind spots in his thinking. And his core staff are also northerners, and water transportation is in their hearts.
It is just an auxiliary means, and the existing ships are considered to be sufficient.
Therefore, there is a funny behavior that the shipbuilding technology is sufficient, but the cargo ships are still old-fashioned ships.
In fact, no major changes are needed.
Take a flat-bottomed merchant ship with a load capacity of 500 stone. The length and width do not need to be changed. The ship shape is slightly improved. Just add some counterweights to the keel to provide a more stable center of gravity, and then raise some of the ship's sides to become a double-deck cargo warehouse.
The cargo capacity of ships has increased by at least 60 to 70%.
There are no technical difficulties at all. Not to mention the improvement of current technology, even the original Dahan shipbuilding technology is sufficient.
A three-story fighting ship and a four-story building ship can be built. How could a double-story cargo ship not be built?
As a result, the transport ships were all single-storey awning ships.
We still don’t pay enough attention to water transport.
With the Yangtze River system capable of navigation throughout the year, this shortcoming must be made up for.
"Come here, send an order to Wang Xing, and order the supervising shipwright to design a flat-bottomed transport ship that is twenty feet long, has a double-deck warehouse, and can carry a thousand stones. He tells them to increase the mast, increase the sail, and increase the speed."
Liu Xiang still had time to consider cargo ships because he looked down on Shi Xie.
Guan Yu led half of the former army into Guangxin, and five thousand soldiers guarded the fortified city of Jiaozhou. Even if he gave an army of one hundred thousand soldiers, he might not be able to defeat it. There would be no problem if he could defend it for at least two or three months.
What's more, there are still 5,000 soldiers outside the city, and the people of Jiaozhou may not be able to attack the city with all their strength. In another month, the 10,000 soldiers of the Right Army can reach Shi'an, and Guangxin City will be more stable.
As for the naval force, it was a total crushing force, with two hundred large and small warships. Not to mention sweeping across Jiaozhou waters, it was one of the best water forces in the entire world.
The difficulty in fighting Jiaozhou lay in the terrain and climate. Both battlefields avoided the harsh conditions of following the natives into the mountains and forests. He did not think there would be a possibility of defeat due to large-scale damage.
The battle situation in Jiaozhou was easier than he expected.
There was no fighting at all on the navy side. When they landed in Jieyang, the people in the city surrendered directly. The young and strong people were dragged to Panyu 700 miles away by Shiwu, the prefect of Nanhai. Jieyang was a bamboo and wood structure.
The village does not even have rammed earth walls.
How can the people in the city resist?
What Taishi Ci does every day is still to explore hydrology and open up channels, but this time he can ask the local natives, and the progress will be much faster.
The war in Guangxin was even more absurd. More than 7,000 defenders in the city and tens of thousands of people outside the city exchanged insults for less than half a month, and not a single serious siege took place.
there are many reasons.
First, Guangxin County is one of the few large cities in Jiaozhou with rammed earth walls. The army outside the city has not prepared siege equipment and cannot attack for the time being. The army is building equipment and is also waiting for reinforcements.
The former sergeant had too many iron armors and powerful crossbows. The people of Jiaozhou had already been beaten several times and suffered several losses. They did not dare to be careless anymore. Moreover, there was an army outside the city watching with eager eyes. The sergeant 1 who was in charge of the war here decided to
Wait for other brothers to bring troops to help.
Second, in order to save food, Guan Yu drove all the 60,000 to 70,000 people in the city out of the city, leaving only less than 10,000 prisoners as laborers. People outside the city were busy settling the people and recruiting young men.
Being held back.
Gan Ning, Su Fei and others had no objections to driving away the people and adding more soldiers and labor outside the city. Food was limited, and the people in Jiaozhou were devoted to Shi Xie. Staying in the city would be a disaster, but no one was ruthless.
He is determined to massacre the city.
Just let it go.
There are a lot of these common people, but their fighting power is only that much. Why bother to arouse the hatred of all Jiaozhou for these people and make them share the same enemy?
The gain outweighs the loss.
The most important reason is that the family members of Brother Shi Xie were hung on the city wall, including their parents, uncles, and brothers. This is a talisman. Without Shi Xie's order, who would dare to fight?
Hateshi 1 was yelling and cursing outside the city every day, and there was nothing he could do except anxiously waiting for his brother to arrive.
Seeing the defenders calmly reinforcing the city defenses, I was so angry that my heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys almost exploded.
"General Guan's plan is really wonderful, Su Mou admires it!" Su Fei secretly kicked Gan Ning, who had a stinky face, and complimented Guan Yu with a smile.
Guan Yu raised his head slightly and observed the yelling enemy troops outside the city with his eyelids drooped. He didn't want to pay attention to Su Fei. He knew that the two brothers were somewhat critical of the decision to tie Shi Xie's family members to the top of the city.
snort!
A fool who cannot take on big responsibilities.
Our army is going deep alone, and if every soldier is killed or wounded, it will reduce its combat strength. How can we exchange lives with the superior enemy? Moreover, without angering the Shixie brothers, how can we attract the Jiaozhou people under Guangxin City, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and annihilate them in one fell swoop?
If you follow the South Vietnamese native monkeys into the mountains and forests, no matter how many men you have, you will die.
But if you want to hold on for a long time, you can't make the generals at odds. He smiled without looking back: "Guan just followed His Majesty in the war for a long time and learned some of His Majesty's tactics. It's not worth mentioning."
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Back then, His Majesty had Gongsun Zan's tribe hanged in Yulin Fortress. The superior troops of the three Liaodong counties could not advance or retreat, and could only waste food and grass. In the end, the division veterans were exhausted and retreated dejectedly.
In the coming year, Your Majesty will lead troops into Liaodong and expand the territory thousands of miles in one battle. How can ordinary people understand the military strategy here? I have only learned a little bit."
There was a sense of self-importance in the words, and he also explained why he did what he did, and even used the emperor to oppress others.
The core meaning is that I have a higher status and senior qualifications than you, so don’t fucking stab me!