All evidence shows that the iron materials produced in Jingxiang are not only of much better quality than those produced in Hehuai, Heluo and other places, but can be directly used to forge sharp blades and armor, and the scale is also much larger; in addition, Nanyang, Xiangyang, etc.
The price of land and grain has dropped back to the usual five to six hundred yuan per stone during the Tianxuan period. It can also be judged that Beijing and Xiangzhou are no longer short of food...
Last year, the Southern Dynasties finally pacified the Dongjing Lake bandits. Since the establishment of Nancai County in Nancai, the number of refugees that Jingxiang and Xiangzhou had collected was as high as one million. Among them, there were probably more than 400,000 young and strong men. This greatly increased the potential for military mobilization in Jingxiang and Xiangyang.
At present, the potential of military mobilization in Jingxiang has not been transformed into strength, mainly because the time to recruit refugees is short, and Xu Huai has only taken charge of the entire Jingxiang area for only half a year.
If we resolutely launch a general attack on Rucai this year, even if Jingxiang can mobilize 200,000 troops to fill Rucai, at least a considerable part of the soldiers will not have complete armor; and most of them will be selected from among the refugees to join the army.
The soldiers' bodies have not recovered so quickly, their training is not that skillful, and their combat effectiveness is limited.
However, given the scale of grain and iron output in Beijing and Xiangxiang, Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong are worried that every time there is a delay of one year, Beijing and Xiangxiang will be able to manufacture tens of thousands more sets.
He has sharp blades and strong armor, and his soldiers are also skilled in training. I'm afraid it will really become popular by then.
"...Beijing and Xiangxiang are good at using equipment, and we must also pay attention to it. Since the rise of Chushan Fox Xu Huai on Tongbai Mountain, he has jurisdiction over the north and south ridges of Tongbai Mountain, Dafu Mountain, Dengtaijia Mountain, Jinding Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Jishan,
Weirs, embankments and ponds were built on a large scale in the mountains. On the one hand, more sloping mountain fields were reclaimed to facilitate irrigation. On the other hand, these weirs, embankments and ponds were built on a large scale to drive hydraulic machines driven by turbulence, which greatly saved manpower. There were thousands of them in total.
Many. A water mill seems expensive to build, but the output is equivalent to ten mules and horses. In addition to common water drains, water mills, water mills, water mills and other equipment used for blowing, pounding grain, pressing oil, crushing ore, etc., Tong
Baishan even uses turbulence to drive a big saw to dissect giant trees..."
Cao Shixiong, Yue Hailou and others have attached great importance to spying on Chushan's intelligence in recent years.
Even though Chushan's anti-infiltration and anti-intelligence work is in place, most of the hydraulic equipment has to be scattered among the mountains. The scouts and spies in Jingxi and Heluo only need to be attentive enough and do a little bit of probing to collect information.
Intelligence, we are gradually getting a clearer picture of Chushan’s production organization over the years.
However, it is true that there is no shortage of streams with steep terrain in the jurisdictions of western Beijing and Heluo (Heluo is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and western Beijing leans on the Songshan Mountains to the west), but it is difficult to copy them.
However, it is not the complexity of the hydraulic equipment made in Chushan. There are actually thousands of hydraulic equipment scattered among the mountains. It is necessary to build weirs, embankments, ponds and workshops on a large scale in the township department first. At the same time,
It is necessary to take the township department as a unit to manage and operate the distributed hydraulic equipment.
Many places in western Beijing and Heluo are following the example of Jingxiang (Chu Mountain), and have even discovered the secret of smoldering coal to make iron, but some places are not easy for them to learn.
They also sent craftsmen to build pit ponds and built some water mills as demonstrations, hoping that mountain villages could follow suit, but the effect was not great - the local clans, large and small, that finally chose to surrender, were not very interested in building hydraulic equipment, even if
Making some is just a fool's errand.
And Heluo and Jingxi did not dare to move large iron smelting plants and armor preparation factories into mountainous areas where it was difficult to control. How could they use turbulent flow?
In comparison, Jingxiang (Chushan)'s in-depth cultivation of the local area is truly called Cao Shixiong, and Yue Hailou is trembling with fear.
Jingxiang has been dormant for the past two years. Even if the troops were once mainly aimed at the Dongjing Lake bandits, they were actually extremely conservative and did not fight a few tough battles. However, Yuehai Tower and Cao Shixiong felt that Jingxiang (Chu) was all the time.
The strength of Shan) is increasing.
Therefore, they urgently requested Uluru Lie to assemble a larger force this autumn and winter and launch an attack from the center. They urgently requested Uluru Lie to contact Pingyan and Prince Jingpanzong's palace, and focus on coordinated attacks on the flanks of Jingxiang in autumn and winter this year.
Even if the victory cannot be achieved in one battle, Jingxiang cannot be allowed to continue to grow.
Wu Lulie frowned and stared at the candlelight in front of the case in trance.
It was not that he was unaware of the necessity of curbing the further growth of Beijing and Xiang. He was also eager than anyone else to personally lead the army, open a gap in the middle, and finally pacify Canyue. However, there were many things that he was not aware of and had the ability to do.
After conquering the Khitan and Dangxiang's two most powerful opponents, Chihu's strength reached its peak. Defeating Canyue was indeed Chihu's next strategy.
However, in order to wipe out the Khitan, the Red Husbands at that time devoted all their strength and sent a total of 160,000 infantry and cavalry. The troops were divided into two groups and swept across Hexi and Longyou, but only 120,000 infantry and cavalry were recruited.
Canyue established a solid defense line along the Qinling-Huaishui line, but Chihu also planned to deploy the most elite three-pronged army to the Guanzhong, Longzhong, Heluo, Jingxi, and Xusu lines, with a regular number of troops of up to 400,000 steps.
The ride itself is already super equipped.
This time, in order to launch an offensive against Rucai from the middle this autumn and winter, Uluru Lie proposed to further mobilize and increase the total strength of the attack from the middle to 300,000 on the basis of 160,000 standing troops in the west of Beijing and Heluo.
Ting was questioned and criticized by many people.
Although the Zhennan Zong Palace can recruit 300,000 or more soldiers and horses within its jurisdiction, in addition to the riots of refugees and remnants of soldiers in various places that need to be dispatched to suppress, the more critical thing is the raising of food and fodder.
The early strategic goal of the central attack is to suppress the further growth of Beijing and Xiangxiang, aiming to consume it without expecting to achieve victory in one battle.
This also means that for every additional 10,000 soldiers and horses signed by Cong Yunshuo and others, the long-term and continuous consumption of food and fodder will be a huge number.
And if the purpose of suppression and consumption is achieved through a long-term confrontation, Uluru Lie also predicts that Jingxiang will most likely avoid a hasty decisive battle with them. This means that after 300,000 troops enter the Rucai battlefield, they need to be south of the Ru River.
A large number of barriers were built to maintain communication with the rear through the space between Xuzhou and the eastern foot of Jishan, and the consumption of materials was even greater.
To be honest, Uluru Lie was worried about whether he could maintain 300,000 soldiers and horses on the Rucai battlefield for a long time. This itself would require the support of a large number of livestock from the sweat tent to make up for the shortfall - Yue Hailou, Cao Shixiong now proposed to further increase the scale of troop dispatch.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's really difficult to do it.
Since it is difficult to expand the scale of the troop dispatch, we can only deploy more elite troops and gather strong troops in the middle.
"Have Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and others made up their minds to join the army?" Wu Lulie asked again about the situation of returning to the German army.
"Sun Yanzhou and his ilk are those who sit on the fence," Yue Hailou said awkwardly when mentioning Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and others. "Perhaps they need to make some progress in the advancement of the army in the middle or east route before they can finally make up their minds..."
The Southern Dynasty recruited Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other troops into the German army, and led a total of 30,000 troops to garrison the eastern area of Guangzhou on the south bank of the Huai River.
If the German troops could be recruited and surrendered at this time, it would undoubtedly be a great boost, and at least the 30,000 to 40,000 more defenders in Beijing and Xiang could be restrained from the east wing from daring to act rashly.
However, Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou are opportunistic and quick-tempered people.
In the past few years, the Dongjing Allied Forces only insisted on fighting against the officers and soldiers, and were eventually conquered by the officers and soldiers. They did not deeply feel the power of the Red Husband Cavalry.
At the same time, the Red Husband cavalry had been blocked at the Qinling-Huai River line and could not advance southward for some years. The people of Jianghuai, Jinghu and Huaibo also regained a considerable degree of confidence in resisting the Red Husband's southward invasion.
Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and the families of the generals who returned to the German army all stayed in Jingnan or near Jianye and raised their troops to surrender. How could it be said that this could be done?
Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou not only surrendered without consent, but even expelled Tian Rusheng and others they sent to be in charge of liaison.
Based on the attitude of Sun Yanzhou and others, Cao Shixiong expected to exert great pressure, such as directly sending a large army to cross the Huaihe River to besiege Huangchuan and other cities, or perhaps marching in the middle.
Only by pacifying the two prefectures of Rucai and Cai, or by capturing Shouchun on the east road, can we force them to surrender with their troops.
And these three points are difficult for them to achieve in the short term.
"How deep is the suspicion of the new emperor of the Southern Dynasty towards Jing and Xiang?" asked Ulul Lie.
"Xu Huai used a secret edict to trap the Zheng family and his son, seemingly handing over Emperor Shaolong to the throne. However, he turned around and plotted against Beijing and Xiangzhou. It goes without saying that the monarchs and ministers in the south were deeply suspicious of him; Zhu Hang, who had always been colluding with him in the past,
Father and son, as well as Hu Kai, Qian Zerui and others, all drew a clear line with him," Yue Hailou said. "After Emperor Jianji died of illness, Xu Huai chose to take the path of a lonely minister and general, which made him fall into isolation, but
This may not be due to his absolute self-confidence. As my three troops approached the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River, Xu Huai also expected that the Can Yue court would tolerate him..."
"It's still too peaceful inside the Southern Dynasty!" Uluru Lie said with a frown.
"If we want the monarchs and ministers to the south to further suppress Beijing and Xiangxiang, we can only make them believe that we can defend the Qinling-Huaihe line without relying on Xu Huai, or we can make them believe that our army has no intention of going south again..." Yue Hailou said
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"I'm afraid it's difficult to do it in a short time." Uluru said with emotion.
"That's true..." Cao Shixiong said.
The Western Front had just resolutely captured Qinzhou, Qizhou, Lantian and other places. Gu Jiqian and Gao Junyang managed to hold the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains with great difficulty, but also suffered many casualties. The Eastern Front was also actively building warships. This autumn and winter they were again
The army will be gathered in the middle. They want to further deepen the suspicion of the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers towards Jingxiang and even prompt them to take further actions, which is very difficult.
After all, Emperor Shaolong had been on the throne for many years, and he was no longer an ignorant child who could be bullied easily.
Of course, Cao Shixiong did not mention one thing, that is, their war this autumn and winter will be unfavorable, and the foundation of Jingxiang will be further consolidated, which will most likely make the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers take further actions against Jingxiang.
A group of people will appear in the middle to speak for Jingxiang. This is something that is uncertain...
