"I had a casual encounter with Mr. Han when I was first in Bianliang. I never had a chance to meet him again, but I have admired Mr. Han for a long time in my heart. I also know that Mr. Han is definitely not the same person as Ge Boyi, Yang Maoyan, and Wang Boqian."
Xu Huai stood behind the case, turned slightly sideways and said,
"Ge Boyi secretly negotiated peace with Hulu. Some people worried that Duke Han led a heavy army to station on one side. The Pihe River was not a good place to annihilate the enemy. However, I knew that Duke Han was a man who understood the righteousness; Yang Maoyan, Jinzhuang
I and other rebels tempted Your Majesty to flee eastward, but I calmly dealt with them in Huangchuan without worrying about their urgency. I knew that Han Gong would not just sit back and watch the country fall apart. When we met the enemy at Yingzhou, the Hulu were desperate and sent
The counter-intuitive plan is that Han Gong is secretly collaborating with Donglu, but I believe that Han Gong will definitely send troops to Xu Si to contain the powerful enemy and help me win the great victory in Yingzhou. Everyone in the Sikong Mansion believes in me at this time. The main thing is that I am watching people.
On top of that, there are some abilities that no one else can match..."
Han Gui raised his glass to Han Shiliang and apologized, saying, "Han Gui has had many suspicions about Mr. Han in the past and did not understand Mr. Han's mind. He is really ashamed of himself. Please forgive Mr. Han."
Although Xu Huai did not say clearly who in the Sikong Mansion was suspicious of Han Shiliang, Han Gui still took the initiative to stand up and receive the punishment.
Since Xu Huai and Han Shiliang said these words sincerely, Han Shiliang still had to be re-employed. He needed to clear up the past feud with Han Shiliang so that he could avoid unnecessary internal strife and suspicion in the future under the banner of Sikong Mansion.
Secondly, it wasn't that he didn't stand up, Han Shiliang didn't know who was doubting him.
Of course, he is Xu Huai's advisor. It is his duty to suspect all suspicious objects and consider all possible flaws. There is nothing to be taboo about.
"Han Gyu, you don't have to blame yourself. You are the mastermind around me, so of course you need to think carefully about everything," Xu Huai smiled and helped Han Gyu out, "Of course, after all, you are still a little bit inferior to me, in this regard
You have nothing to deny..."
"Han Gui is deeply convinced by my lord's ability to recognize people." Han Gui saluted Xu Huai.
"The Battle of Peishui River Estuary, the Escape from Beijing Incident and the Great Victory of Yingzhou are three major events that have a bearing on the overall situation. Although Mr. Han did not publicly stand with the Sikong Mansion at that time, he already made great contributions," Xu Huai looked at
Everyone asked, "Do you have any doubts about this now?"
"Han Gong indeed made a great contribution." Wang Ju, Shi Zhen, Chen Zixiao, Xu Wuqi, Liu Shiwang and others said together.
Looking back on several major events in recent years, everyone is deeply moved.
The battle at the mouth of the Peishui River was the final battle of the Second Huainan Campaign. It was also a perfect final battle. It not only completely stabilized the defense line in the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River, but also completely inspired the confidence of the military and civilians of the government and the opposition to regain the Central Plains.
Frustrated the Qiandi clique's conspiracy to make peace with the Hulu, and made the soldiers and horses of King Qin of the various routes obey the orders of Jingxiang, thus enabling the implementation of the restructuring of the three armies of Jingsheng, Xuanwu, and Xiaosheng and the granting of land to the military dependents.
However, at the beginning of the decision to launch the campaign at the mouth of the Peishui River, Han Shiliang and Ge Yu led 60,000 elite troops to garrison Shouchun, which was only a few dozen miles away from the mouth of the Peishui River. At that time, it was already known that Ge Boyi and his followers were secretly making peace with the Hulu, and that Jing and Xiang were
How could everyone not worry about what happened in Shouchun, causing them to suffer a heavy setback at the mouth of the Peishui River?
Xu Huaili defied all opinions and resolutely launched the Battle of the Peishui River Estuary, wiping out the 40,000 imperial soldiers remaining on the south bank of the Huaihe River, thus bringing a successful conclusion to the Second Huainan Campaign.
During the Escape from Beijing incident, the Jingzhou navy blocked the Yangtze River, which was able to restrict Han Shiliang and Ge Yu from leading his troops to cross the river south, but there was no way to stop Yang Maoyan, Jin Zhuangchen and a few others from joining Emperor Shaolong in crossing the river to flee to Yangzhou and Ge Yu.
meet.
If Han Shiliang and Ge Yu had supported Emperor Shao Long in Yangzhou with 60,000 to 70,000 elite soldiers and horses, even if Beijing and Xiangzhou were confident of taking Huaidong, the subsequent development of the situation would definitely be very different from this time, let alone what would happen.
How many years will it take to regain the Central Plains?
It was Han Shiliang who kept silent in Chuzhou, which finally forced Ge Boyi, Ge Yu, Wei Chujun and others to compromise and choose to abandon Emperor Shao Long and lead his troops to withdraw to western Zhejiang to seek separatist rule.
The victory of Yingzhou was a key battle that completely reversed the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves.
At that time, Han Shiliang sent troops to Xu Si to contain tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the east route, instead of secretly making peace with the soldiers. It is of great significance that it does not need to be elaborated.
Of course, when Xu Huai mentioned these things in front of everyone at this time, he was not simply praising the achievements of Han Shiliang's army.
Xu Huai believed that Han Shiliang personally had heroic feelings and did not even care about personal reputation or reputation. At the same time, Han Shiliang also had a very high reputation and power in the Longwu Army. This allowed Han Shiliang to resolutely promote Huaidong to change its flag three years ago.
Even so, Han Shiliang didn't have any worries or hesitations about his future fate?
In addition to Han Shiliang, there are so many generals and military officials in the Longwu Army and the dozens of nephews and nephews of Han Shiliang serving in the Longwu Army. What will be the inner worries of them?
However, Xu Huai's words were not only to relieve the worries of Han Shiliang and the generals of the Longwu Army who came to Bianliang with Han Shiliang today, but also to Han Gui, Chen Zixiao, Liu Shiwang and others. If people listen, they must understand that the essence of Han Shiliang's change of flag is not to follow the crowd, nor to be greedy for life, fear of death, or greed for fame.
Xu Huai then said to Han Shiliang, "After this battle, there is no longer any suspense to recover the lost land in the Central Plains, but the strength of the captive soldiers is still there, and the desert in the northwest is where the captive soldiers can show their full strength. Our army has a long whip."
It’s hard to wait, and the subsequent war will definitely be much more difficult than before. Mr. Han has the ambition to lead the army in the war, so even if I can’t come to the northwest to supervise the war in person, I can completely relax..."
"Only when Shi Liang dedicated his whole life and died can he repay the kindness of knowing his lord!" Han Shiliang emotionally walked to the hall and knelt down.
Han Que, Han Ju and several generals of the Longwu Army who had followed Han Shiliang to Bianliang to see him also came forward and knelt down.
"Why does Mr. Han need to give such a big gift? Why do you need to give such a big gift?" Xu Huai hurried forward and knelt down on one knee first to show reciprocity with Han Shiliang. Then he stood up and helped Han Shiliang up.
Han Gui, Chen Zixiao, Liu Shiwang and others were responsible for helping Han Que, Han Ju and others up, and everyone returned to the case and sat down together.
Seeing the tears on Han Shiliang's skinny face, Han Gui finally believed that he had such a big heart, and at the same time lamented that only his lord could take such a person for his own use under such circumstances.
Seeing that everyone was in a heated mood, Xu Huai told everyone to stop talking about military affairs and start drinking.
Except for Han Gui, Liu Shiwang, and Chen Zixiao, who had strong self-control or didn't drink at all, everyone else was very drunk. Xu Huai was also hungover, and his head was heavy in the morning.
Wake up in my arms.
After drinking hangover tea in the morning, Xu Huai led everyone from the military horse to Hubei and went to the banks of the Yellow River to appreciate the scenery of the Hehuai River in early summer. They talked about military and political affairs while walking; Yingyun also changed into a military uniform and rode a pony to accompany Xu Huai.
around.
The Chihu people have basically withdrawn from the Central Plains. However, except for Liaodong and other places in the north of Yanji, the strength of the Chihu people has been completely weakened due to the annihilation of the main force of the East Route rebels. They are in Yunshuo, Mo, north of Hedong.
The southern region, to the west of Shaanxi and to the north of Longyou, Hexi and the Hetao Plain, still retains extremely strong military strength.
These are also the border areas where Dai Viet has been fighting with the Khitan and Dangxiang people for hundreds of years, but failed to gain a strategic advantage. It was originally not conducive to the Central Plains soldiers and horses who mainly used infantry to fight.
Once upon a time, Dai Viet established six major military roads in these areas: Qin Feng Road, Xihe Road, Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, Phou Yan Road and Ha Dong Road to handle offensive and defensive matters.
Of course, from the perspective of strategic offensive, it is necessary to set up theater organizations similar to military roads or camps in Shaanxi and Hedong directions, but there is no need to cut them too finely.
Xu Huai envisaged that the entire north and northwest including Hedong could be divided into four lines of troops, which would be able to suppress the enemy forces occupying Longyou, Hexi, Lingwu, Shuofang and Yunshuo.
And prepare for future strategic attacks.
Among them, Qinfeng, Xihe and Hehuang are all the way to the west, Jingyuan and Huanqing are all the way to the old capital of Dangxiang people in the west, Xingqingfu is the old capital of Dangxiang people, Yanyan and Fufu are all the way to Shuofang from the north, and Yunshuo is the only way to the north from Hebei.
All the way.
Han Shiliang hoped to continue to lead the Longwu Army to fight on the front line. Xu Huai thought about it for a while and decided to make corresponding adjustments to the previously drafted military subordinates.
Yang Qiye served as the deputy envoy for the establishment and pacification of Hebei Province, and also led the Yanji camp's military and horse capital. With the Xiaosheng Army as the main force, he was responsible for wiping out the remaining forces of the Chihu people entrenched in Liaodong and Bohai.
Tang Pan served as the deputy envoy of the Hedong Provincial Government and the general manager of the troops and horses of the Yunshuo camp, and was responsible for the suppression of the captive soldiers of the Zhennan Zong's palace who had retreated to Yunshuo.
Han Shiliang served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province and the general manager of Lingwu Camp, responsible for attacking the captive soldiers entrenched in the old county of Lingwu.
Wang Xian served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province and the general manager of Qinfeng's military camp, responsible for recovering the lost territory of Qinfeng and Xihe.
Gu Cong served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province and the general manager of Shuofang's camp, responsible for attacking the captive soldiers entrenched in the Qiantao Plain.
In addition, Xu Wuqi was appointed as the pacification envoy of the Shaanxi Provincial Government, sitting in Jingzhao Mansion, responsible for the livelihood and recuperation of the people in Shaanxi and the military support to the three major camps of Lingwu, Qinfeng and Shuofang.
Dong Cheng was appointed as the pacification envoy for the establishment of Hedong Province and was based in Taiyuan Prefecture. He was responsible for the livelihood and recuperation of the people in Hedong and the military support for the Yunshuo camp.
Tiao Qian Zerui was appointed as the envoy of the establishment of Hebei Province, and he was stationed in Yanjing Mansion, responsible for the people's livelihood and recuperation in Hebei and military support for Yan Ji's camp; at the same time, Qi King Zhao Yin changed the title of Ji King, took charge of Lelang's old county, and transferred Hu
Kai went out to lead King Fu of Yan. As soon as Yang Qiye led his troops to regain Liaodong, Lelang and other places, Hu Kai and other former officials of the late emperor could surround Zhao Yin and go to Lelang to join the feudal clan.
Xu Huai is making such arrangements now. On the one hand, it is to give an explanation to Emperor Jianji, Yingyun, Hu Kai, Qian Zerui, Liu Xian, Liu Shiwang and other former officials of the late emperor. On the other hand, the old county of Lelang is located on the Korean Peninsula.
The northern part has been separated from the rule of the Central Plains for seven or eight hundred years since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It may not be difficult to send troops to occupy this area, but it will take a long time to change the customs and bring it into the rule of the Central Plains.
A period measured in centuries.
Just like allowing the remnants of the Khitan to establish the Xiyan Commandery to the west of Qionglai Mountain, conferring princes and vassals on old commanderies such as Lelang will be more conducive to the subsequent transition over a longer period of time. At the same time, it can also protect the security of border areas such as Liaodong and reduce the pressure on defense.
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Since the main locations and offensive directions of the four major camps are extremely far away from the core area currently controlled by Sikong Mansion, which is also the general logistics supply base, and the areas in between have been severely damaged by wars in recent years, in order to reduce food supplies as much as possible
Due to the pressure of supplies, as much money and food as possible should be used for rest and recuperation in the recovered areas, and the garrison will be reduced accordingly.
At the same time, Xu Huai also decided to cancel the original military town designations of the war soldiers, and directly adapt them to numerical designations as Tianxiong Army, Jingsheng Army, Longwu Army, Xuanwu Army, Xiaosheng Army, Dongchuan Army and Xuanfeng Army.
It is divided into several towns for infantry, several towns for cavalry, and several towns for navy.
Qin Fengxing camp was stationed with infantry from the first to third towns and cavalry from the first town, supplemented by a small number of fan battalions and rotating garrison troops from various prefectures, with the total force controlled at less than 50,000.
The Lingwu camp was stationed with infantry from the fourth to sixth towns, supplemented by a small number of squadrons and garrison troops from various prefectures, with the total force controlled at less than 40,000.
Shuofang's camp was stationed with infantry from the 7th to 9th towns, supplemented by a small number of conscripted battalions. The various prefectures took turns garrisoning troops and horses, and the battle garrison was controlled at less than 40,000.
The Yunshuo camp was stationed with infantry from the 10th to 12th towns and cavalry from the 2nd town, supplemented by a small number of conscripted battalions. The various prefectures took turns garrisoning troops and horses, and the battle garrison was controlled at less than 50,000.
Yanjixing camp mainly focuses on infantry in the 13th and 14th towns, and cavalry in the 3rd town, supplemented by a small number of recruited battalions. The various prefectures take turns garrisoning troops and horses, and the battle garrison is controlled at less than 40,000.
In addition, in addition to the infantry in the 15th to 22nd towns and the cavalry in the 4th towns, the naval divisions in the 1st to 4th towns are mainly located in Henan, Huainan, and Jingbei, guarding the two core areas of Nanyang and Xiangyang, and deterring the west.
Qin and western Zhejiang did not dare to make any changes, Xu Huai also decided to mobilize Su Yu to lead thousands of elite infantry and cavalry to Gongga Mountain, and set up the 23rd Infantry Division alongside the troops and horses led by Zhao Shan, Lu Jing, Liu Fujin and other generals.
Town, preparing to join the main force of the 24th Town Army under the jurisdiction of Xiyan County to take advantage of the Tubo Highlands to contain the Japanese soldiers occupying the Hehuang area from the south and reduce the pressure on Qin Feng's marching camp westward.
As for the recuperation and restoration of people's livelihood in the newly recovered areas, Sikong Prefecture tentatively plans to focus on the management of the Weihe River Basin, Fenshui River, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.
The lower reaches of the Yellow River have deliberately not controlled water conservancy for nearly two hundred years, causing the Hebei Plain to be plagued by floods for many years. Starting to control the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River can objectively promote the development of farming and transportation in this region.
At the same time, importing a large amount of money and food and providing work-relief can not only enable local people to rest and recuperate, but also organize and sort out local people accordingly. In this process, local grassroots governance is established and the people are truly strengthened.
A sense of identification with the Center and Sikong Mansion.
This is much better than simply distributing relief, or simply mobilizing people's power from local areas, and is more effective.
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Although the Dai Viet Dynasty has not actually recruited tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River to build embankments and restrict its flow on the Hebei Plain since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty one hundred and seventy years ago, it is not that there is no corresponding intention at all.
or imagine.
At the beginning of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the Third Department of Construction was in charge of water administration, and later the River Canal Department was established independently. During the Yongxi period, the Capital Water Supervision was established to manage water conservancy, and specialized agencies such as the Yellow River Dredging Department were also established. In addition to ensuring the safety of the middle reaches of the Yellow River,
Governance, but at the same time detailed resource retention of downstream hydrogeography.
Huazhou, Weizhou and other places are located in the transition area from the middle reaches of the Yellow River to the lower reaches. Their soil is soft and floods are frequent. However, because they belong to Fanping, an important town that Dai Viet is destined to pay attention to, they must pay attention to flood control, as well as the court.
A lot of experience in regulating the Yellow River has been accumulated in these places.
After the fall of Bianliang, a group of officials familiar with river affairs, such as Chen Juqing and Wang Zhongyuan, successfully fled south and are now serving in the Central Capital Water Supervision and the Ministry of Works.
Therefore, Qian Zerui, Liu Xian and others went to Hebei, and Qilu Province sent out pacification envoys, transshipment envoys and other posts. After taking charge of local authority, the Sikong Mansion quickly set up a new Yellow River Dredging Department and transferred the work department to the doctor.
Wang Zhongyuan and other officials presided over the construction of the Yellow River embankments in Huazhou, Weizhou, Yunzhou and Caozhou in collaboration with Hebei and Qilu provinces.
At that time, the Cai River, which connects Yingshui to the south and Bianhe to the north, has been repaired and the river channel has been restored. From late August, the flood conditions in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have weakened. , millions of stones of grain and other materials were continuously transported northward via Yingshui River and Caihe River, and then transported via the Yellow River to Huazhou, Weizhou, Yunzhou, Caozhou and other places.
In addition to the 20,000 troops directly recruited by Sikong Prefecture, Hebei and Qilu Provinces also recruited 100,000 young and strong civilians from the local area. After the autumn, they took the lead in starting the construction of the Yellow River embankments in Huazhou, Weizhou, Yunzhou, and Caozhou.
At the same time, a geological survey will be carried out downstream to determine the new river course, so that the downstream embankment into the sea can be initially built next year.
After the lower reaches of the Yellow River are stabilized, rivers such as the Zhangshui River, Yishui River, and Juma River, which originate from the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains and enter the sea through the Hebei Plain, will also need to be dredged and managed to fundamentally control floods in Hebei.
In the autumn and winter of the twelfth year of Shaolong, the old Wuguan Road located in the upper reaches of Danshui River also began to undergo large-scale repair and widening.
Wuguandao Road, also known as Shangshan Road, was originally developed by the Qin and Chu countries during the Spring and Autumn Period to connect the Bashui River Valley on the north side of the Qinling Mountains and the Danshui River Valley on the south side of the Qinling Mountains out of mutual competition.
When Guanzhong was the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties, Wuguandao was always valued as the national highway connecting the imperial capital to the Jingxiang region. However, it was only after Dai Viet established Bianliang as its capital that the status of Wuguandao was weakened.
Since Xu Huai decided to make Xiangyang his capital, Wuguan Road, as the key link between Xiangyang and Nanyang, was thousands of miles closer to Guanzhong than going around Heluo and taking the old Weihan Road, so it was naturally upgraded to the same level as Zhengmi Avenue and Mi Road.
On the same status as Hubei Avenue.
In addition, because the sections of the Yellow River in Shaanzhou and Tongguan are densely covered with rocks and the current is turbulent, making it difficult for boating, only by further widening and repairing the Wuguan Road can we continue to import grain, cloth, iron and other materials into Guanzhong on a large scale to support the development of the Guanzhong area.
It is even more urgent to rest and recuperate, and to support Qin Feng, Lingwu, and Shuofang in their overseas expeditions.
In the autumn of Shaolong's twelfth year, in order to widen and repair Wuguan Road, one hundred thousand troops were recruited at one time.
The repair standard of Wuguan Road has also been raised to a level that can withstand the passage of a fifty-kilogram heavy-duty carriage.
This also meant that the original sections of roads that were too narrow and dangerous would either require large-scale stone excavation, or new gravel roads would need to be opened, and dozens of large and small iron bridges would have to be erected. The amount of work would be huge.
Of course, this is what must be done.
The Guanzhong area has been devastated by wars that lasted for hundreds of years in the last years of the previous dynasty. The population is sparse and the environment has deteriorated. To this day, agricultural production has been far from being restored.
Nowadays, Hezhong, Heluo and other places have also suffered large-scale damage from the war. Even after a certain period of rest and recuperation, agricultural production can only meet the needs of local governance.
In the past, in order to meet the combat needs of Party members on the Fifth Road of Shaanxi Province, Dai Viet mainly transported grain and grass from Hezhongfu and other places downstream of the Fen River. Now it can only transport grain and grass from Jingxiang and other places. At the same time, the scale of grain that needs to be transported every year is not 10,000 shi.
It’s not a hundred thousand stone, but a million stone foundation.
The original narrow and dangerous Wuguan Road across the East Qinling Mountains was far from being able to meet such a huge transportation demand.
Therefore, even if Qinfeng, Lingwu, and Shuofang camps were established in the early stage, Sikong Mansion required each camp to focus on restoring the defense of Wuzhai in various places. It did not advocate large-scale military attacks and did not have the conditions for large-scale military attacks.
A high-scale, gravel-hardened Wuguan Road will not only make it possible to transport millions of tons of grain from Jingxiang to Guanzhong every year, but the transportation cost will also be reduced unimaginably.
In the past, Wuguan Road was narrow and dangerous, and transportation mainly relied on people carrying horses on their backs. From Xiangyang to Jingzhao Prefecture, two thousand horses could transport four to five thousand shi of grain in more than a month.
When the new Wuguan Road is built, a heavy-duty carriage team of 2,000 horses will be able to transport 100,000 shi of grain in more than a month. The transportation efficiency will be improved so much that it can be said to be a world of difference.
When the subsequent construction of Qinfeng Avenue leading to Qinfeng Road and Yanzhou Avenue leading to Lingwu Xingying's jurisdiction will not only enhance the command center's ability to control the border states to a level far beyond what was previously possible, it will also be able to control the border areas. The military expansion capabilities of Hexi, Hehuang, Lingwu and other places have increased to an unprecedented level.
However, the essence of the new transportation system does not lie in the invention and continuous improvement of heavy-duty carriages, but in the large-scale use of new water turbines, which made the huge amounts of gravel needed for road construction cheap and easy to obtain.
At the current stage, its significance is not even slightly lower than that of Shen Lian's inverted flame method.
It was also because of this foundation that Xu Huaicai resolutely implemented the provincial system in the newly recovered areas and strengthened local authority, instead of cutting off local areas and creating checks and balances to weaken them.
In addition to implementing the provincial system in the newly recovered areas, recuperating people's livelihood, building Wuguan Road, and various troops entering Qinfeng, Lingwu, and Shuofang camps to restore the Wubao defense system, in the winter of the twelfth year of Shaolong, Xu Huai also passed Under the command of Zhongshu Province, the Ministry of Public Security promulgated the "Shipping Order". On the basis of the original two major shipping companies in Quanzhou and Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Jianye, Runzhou, Xiuzhou, Lianzhou and other city shipping companies were added to speed up foreign sea trade. development of……
