"Half of the country's strength lies in the emperor, and he doesn't have a son yet... Well, I used to think that the emperor had a hidden health problem. Last month, he consummated his marriage with the newly arrived Wu family and sealed his concubine... It's really strange."
Queen Mother He knew that the emperor was Ye Qing's clone. After thinking for a while, she turned to Concubine Wu's palace...
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Continuous red flags merged into one, and people on foot and on horseback rolled away, queuing up to pass the checkpoint.
Under the banner of the dragon, the guards passed by solemnly. The emperor's carriage was preceded and followed by three hundred guards, and in the distance were thousands of Yulin troops.
I saw the yellow curtain rolled up in the chariot, and there was a person sitting on the seat inside. It was Ye Qing. At this time, he looked up at the blue sky, his expression was not worried, even... a little boring.
I have long been accustomed to military battlefields, and I feel like I am a mascot for this trip.
But now that I'm in Yanzhou, or... drop by to meet a hero who has been silent for a long time?
After a while, Ye Qing remembered something and asked: "Where is General Zhao Zilong?"
The emperor suddenly spoke, and the accompanying liaison officer was startled, and immediately responded: "The last communication half an hour ago, the 40,000 cavalry troops arrived at the north of Chang'an City. They stopped their flags and drums, and the troops and horses were ready to enter the Qinzhi Road and head north as planned. Now,
The signal has been silenced, may your Majesty need to urgently send an order to make adjustments?"
"No, that's fine."
Ye Qing waved his hand, the use of this Taoist soldier has been determined for a long time. Judging from the enemy's poor performance now, it is simply overkill...
Of course, it may be that Murong Zheng is deliberately showing weakness and pretending to be weak, but it doesn't matter. After crushing them and colliding with heavy troops, everything will be revealed.
At the same time, the counselors Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, and Ji Caizhu who were accompanying him all looked at each other and secretly said that this Taoist soldier was very fast.
The march of 40,000 people is no easier than the march of several thousand people. It is true that the 70,000 people of the Northern Army are Qi Refining Layer Taoist soldiers, but most of them were in the Hanzhong area of Sichuan. The order for urgent recruitment was issued just five days ago, so there was an urgent march.
Come here, the speed of the communication system is one, the Taoist soldiers are physically strong, and there are horses to share the physical exertion. The abilities of the new generation of young generals such as coach Zhao Yun and Lu Xun, Lu Meng, and Wei Yan are also evident.
It is even more rare to hide his whereabouts all the way, which shows that the rule from Hanzhong to Guanlong is as stable as an iron barrel, water cannot splash in, and wind cannot leak. With this as a solid barrier against the Western Qiang tribe, the safety of Luoyang can be guaranteed.
"Murong Zheng's main force did not attack the counties and cities. The troops were pointed directly at the Yellow River. I am afraid that they had the idea of going south to attack the Gongfang District." Xi Zhicai said thoughtfully.
Ye Qing nodded: "He still has vision and knows that this is an important thing that goes hand in hand with the system, so he wants to force me to come out and fight me decisively... Only by killing me can he have a chance to turn over his own merits, otherwise he will compete with us for national power.
No matter how hard you try, you will die."
"There's really no suspense... Just take a nap and wake me up when you get there."
After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other in confusion, with dark lines on their faces, but they still recognized the words: "Indeed, if there are no accidents, this is a national power crushing..."
The empire's steel output is 40 million jins, a hundred times that of the grasslands, and its crude steel output is 40 million jins, which is three hundred times that of the grasslands. Blocking the flow of iron into the grasslands at the border has severely affected the source of iron materials in the grasslands.
Murong Zheng said, "It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice."
To put it most intuitively, 10,000 kilograms of steel can produce 150,000 special arrowheads for the Rhubarb crossbow. Only one-fortieth of the actual steel production is used here. The annual output of steel arrowheads is 4 million. This is the number of crossbow arrowheads.
The most expensive part.
When Luoyang first took over ten years ago, there were 13.5 million crossbow bolts in the arsenal, which was gradually replenished to 30UU. It seemed safe. Some people suggested reducing production, but the emperor vetoed it.
Five years ago, there were hundreds of thousands of mobilized soldiers on the battlefield in Jizhou, all of which were driven by large yellow crossbow formations. Even if they tried hard to repair the used arrows and recycle them repeatedly, they would eventually consume tens of thousands of them... The mortal army wanted to intervene with the monks.
War requires huge human and material costs.
By this year, due to the increase in the efficiency of the Huoling steam engine, the steel production in the upper reaches of the military industry has continued to increase, and the production of arrowheads and crossbow arrows in the middle and lower reaches has also increased.
The large arsenal has been replenished and restored to 48UU, and the reserves are twice as much as during the Battle of Jizhou. However, the Huqi in this battle are not as strong as the real people from the outside world in the Battle of Jizhou.
They all need to be shot. Murong Zheng said that with an army of 400,000, one person can insert twelve arrows into the hedgehog. In other words, if he shoots twelve arrows, he only needs to hit one person.
Of course, the war is not decided by paper data. It depends on the actual strategy, tactics and implementation. However, the Han army, which has just experienced the Battle of Jizhou, is more confident on this point - it has faced real group assaults that are faster and more dangerous than cavalry.
, everything from high-level strategies and tactics to the execution of low-level soldiers has been tested.
The Han-made Dahuang crossbow array was deployed. The smallest Dahuang one-stone crossbow had a range of more than 400 meters. The arrow array concentrated fire and did not care about accuracy. If you shoot with your eyes closed, there will be bloody holes.
As long as the crossbows and arrows continue to fire, all soldiers believe that they can remain invincible.
In the same battle with the prairie cavalry, during the Western Han Dynasty, Li Ling's 5,000 infantrymen dared to venture out of the Northern Desert. Due to the defeat of his friendly forces, he retreated first. In the encounter, he was bitten by 30,000 Shanyu cavalry. He formed a crossbow formation and killed more than 1,000 of them.
Arrows rained down on them, and they fought and retreated all the way. Chanyu pursued for more than ten days, and lost six thousand men to the crossbow formation. He was furious and mad. Seeing that the Han army was about to rush back to the Han territory, he summoned King Xian of Zuo.
, King Youxian and his 80,000 cavalry launched a general attack, but the Han army fired 500,000 arrows in one day... The killings were countless, and they were all wiped out after running out of arrows.
Thousands of people shoot half a million arrows a day. It is this kind of ammunition consumption and the military industrial base supported by strong manufacturing industry that gives the Han people the confidence to always crush the foreigners.
It is a pity that the limited agricultural society can only achieve this extreme state with the matching of manpower and material resources during the heyday of the empire. The military merit feudal system of Qin and Han Dynasties is essentially the strict national war system inherited from the Warring States Period, which is the pinnacle of the military industry.
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However, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land annexation of the Han people was fierce. With the huge profits from land annexation, the originally high profits of workshops and trade were not worth mentioning. Good money drove out bad money, and the overall manufacturing industry of the ethnic group was gradually degenerating.
- It is precisely "when the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden, the cunning rabbits are dead, and the lackeys are cooked." It is invincible in the world, but after losing a considerable number of enemies, the national war system loses its dependence. This is the glory of the Han people, and it is also the misfortune of the Han people.
The initial rise of industry and the increase in profits caused by the Huoling steam engine stunned all the money-keeping landowners. How could the land being dug with hoe after hoe be inferior to the vigorous output of the Huoling workshop? After waiting for five years, they could no longer bear it.
Many wealthy families and rich people with some knowledge gathered funds to invest in Huoling Workshop, and the industrial frenzy caused by it was breaking through the manufacturing limits of the Han Dynasty.
When the torrent was triggered, the world changed.
Murong Zheng, the great chanyu of the Xianbei clan, was said to control 400,000 strings. He sounded majestic, but no one believed that Murong Zheng alone could be a rival of the Han Empire in its heyday.
unless……
Jia Xu and other advisers turned their gazes to the western sky. The golden red sunlight was very bright, but their eyes were a little hazy... Murong Zheng was not a fool. If he dared to come to the Central Plains, he must have something to support him.
Autumn is here, the climate is chilling, and the golden energy of the west is invigorating. This is in response to the national destiny of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is also the peak period of the power of the west...
At this time, the Western Saint, the Hu tribe's backstage, took action, and I am afraid that the Hu's backstage, Emperor Wa, would suffer a lot.
But the destiny of the country depends on the direction of the road, and we have to fight.
"The way of heaven regards all things as rotten dogs." He gives them what they have and gives them a stick. He never favors anyone. Even in matters related to promotion in the world, he must first pass the level of family destiny and promotion, and any
Promotion will cause backlash.
"Perhaps these Wuhu are the catastrophe for our clan's promotion. If we survive, the sea and the sky will be brighter. If we fail, we will sink... In any case, we are fully prepared."
In October of the fifth year of Yingwu's reign, the emperor went to Yanzhou and established a large camp on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Guo Jia submitted a suggestion that Wubao should be used as a network, and the main forces should pull up large nets in series and encircle them with iron walls, which would increase the enemy's food shortage and weaken the enemy's combat power.
"Is this preparation...to make dumplings?"
Ye Qing's eyes lit up as he thought about this strategy.
"The policy of filial piety is very good. Four hundred thousand cavalry means four hundred thousand mouths. If you add one person and two horses, there will be five or six hundred thousand horses. The appetite of the horses is even greater. If you count them together, it will be serious. People will eat the chews of horses."
The supplies are not much easier than ours. Murong Zheng could only concentrate a few times, and most of the Hu people had to disperse to eat... Then we force the Hu people to gather together. Although they will not starve to death, it will accelerate their exhaustion."
"Of course, this requires the establishment of a larger-scale communication network and the coordination and cooperation of all nodes. Otherwise, the enemy will be allowed to jump out of the network. Not to mention being busy, the fish caught in the end will be limited."
"How many fish can we catch will be the test for us... Well, it seems that I am sitting here as the mascot. Is it useful for coordination?" Ye Qing said with a smile, generally joking in a relaxed manner.
Since we let the generals do it, there is no need to get involved too much. It is the emperor's duty to coordinate, so that the generals will not fight independently.
While I was thinking about it, a magician came in to report.
Dozens of candles lit up the tent as bright as day. The emperor read the official text while listening to the report: "General Guan led 90,000 troops to the aid of Jizhou. In the field battle, he defeated 70,000 Xiongnu cavalry for the first time. Although it was not Murong Zheng,
The main force of the 150,000 Xianbei tribe led by me has greatly frightened the various tribes of the Hu people. The Hu people retreated fifty miles and camped, and now they are in a confrontation."
The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, it's a great start. It depends on how Murong Zheng handles it."
As he spoke, there was a hint of disdainful sneer on his lips.
Xianbei Golden Account
There were dense guards in front of the big tent, but at this moment, a sneer came from inside the big tent.
"These idiots are facing the Northern Army of Luoyang and the Central Army of the Han Dynasty. They have come back from a round of fighting with real people from the outside world. The veterans are not dead yet, so they go to fight with them in the field?"
Murong Zheng sneered, he had expected this situation, and it was exactly what he wanted: "Tell all the departments about the tactics to deal with the enemy's main force, use our maneuvers to mobilize the enemy, divide the enemy, attack the enemy's weak points...We will feed the enemy in normal times, and use the shaman's power in critical situations
Contact us through Taoism and gather strength...and move closer to our army."
"I want to see how Ye Qing solves the problem." After saying this, Murong Zheng also snorted coldly.
After Jin Zhang gave an order, all the ministries changed their strategies and relied on the superiority of cavalry to bypass the main force of Guan Yu's infantry and cavalry. They dispersed in groups of ten thousand people, coming and going like the wind, harassing the people, robbing grain trucks and village supplies, and trying to follow them.
Murong was crossing the river to go south.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, Murong Zheng led a main force of 100,000 elites, including a supplementary 20,000 blood wolf army, to defeat several key points, allowing the various groups of riders to flee and gradually gather. If they did not follow the big Chanyu, they might all escape.
There was no way for the Han army to encircle and suppress him.
The pressure of survival forced them to work together.
In this way, 330,000 cavalry were gathered, and the remaining 670,000 were too greedy or too slow to fight in various places.
Although it is a pity to be dispersed, the law of the wolf pack is to eliminate the weak and the strong. Those who are short-sighted deserve to die. There is no need or possibility to save them.
"The power that has been reassembled now is a truly effective fighting force that can be directed like an arm." Murong Zheng felt that he had achieved his goal and could finally do something with this power.
"You look across the river. The thick white smoke is where the Fire Spirit Workshop is. This is the enemy's most important hinterland, the source of strength, and the weakest place. Now we cross the river to destroy everything.
"Report - It was discovered that there was Emperor Yingwu's flag in Chenliucheng. The magician's exploration was counterattacked, and he became blind and fell into a coma, but it was determined to be the spirit of the real dragon."
Murong Zheng was refreshed. Apart from himself, who else in the world is a real dragon?
"Haha, God is really helping me... The Emperor of the Han Dynasty may have thought that the back was safe, but he certainly didn't expect our surprise attack to be so fast... Send my order, conceal the military strength, collect ships, and the entire army will cross the river and go south to take Chenliu directly."
"The Great Chanyu couldn't collect any boats on the river, so the Han people hid on the south bank..."
"...Idiot, give me a sheepskin blow, make a sheepskin raft, and build a pontoon bridge."