The first thousand two hundred and seventy-five chapters do not teach Huma Du Yanshan (2)
In the early morning of the next day, Li Guang immediately set off from Yuyang Fortress, took the captain, school captain and county magistrate of Yuyang, crossed the Yushui River, and arrived at Kuangping County in the northeast of Yuyang County around noon.
Kuangping County is a very young county.
It first appeared on the territory of the Han Dynasty about thirty or forty years ago.
Before that, this place was just a rural village.
Even now, the position of this place in the Yuyang defensive circle is dispensable.
Because there is Huixi in front of it, Huayan in the east, Baitansai and Yaoyang Duwei's office above it.
And these fortresses are all military fortresses that the Qin and Yan people worked hard to build. If they were lost, the low walls and small area of this rough and flat city would definitely not be able to stop the Huns' cavalry!
But after Li Guang took everyone on a rough tour of the area of Gangping County, he suddenly frowned and said: "Gentlemen, let's go back and take a closer look at this area of Gangping County..."
Although everyone didn't quite understand, they still followed Li Guang back and walked around the plain again.
But this time, Li Guang led everyone more carefully.
This time, they climbed up to the mountains, looked over the rough plains, and then went deep into Daze to inspect the road conditions.
A school lieutenant accompanying Li Guang led a dozen soldiers, holding paper and pens, walking around and drawing, leaving everyone confused.
Finally, when Li Guang led people down a steep hillside, Yang Shi couldn't help but ask: "Why does the general value Guangping so much? And these things about the general."
Step, what are you doing with a pen and paper?"
Li Guang smiled when he heard this, waved to the school captain and called him to his side, and introduced to everyone: "This is the school captain Wucheng, a top student in Wuyuan! I spent a lot of effort to get from Wei Chi from Xiliu Camp
Grabbing it from your hands, you are indeed a rare talent! Especially a genius in surveying, mapping and distance measurement!"
The captain came over with his men, and after giving a military salute to Li Guang and everyone else, he said shyly: "I don't dare to praise the general. I just fulfilled my duty..."
But the way the Yuyang generals looked at Wu Cheng changed completely.
Now, almost every senior officer of the Han army, as long as he is still motivated and wants to go to Chang'an Wuyuan to gild, he will definitely pay attention to the movements of Wuyuan.
Nowadays, the Han family’s Wuyuan is known to have three major majors:
One is called riding, the other is called walking, and the other is called staff.
Each corresponds to the cavalry, infantry, civilian staff and other majors. Of course, each has its own subdivisions, but in general, in Wuyuan you can learn whatever public content you want to learn according to your hobbies.
Wuyuan does not prohibit cavalry majors from going to the staff majors to take lectures. Similarly, infantry majors can also go around and listen to classes, as long as you can graduate.
However, this is just the appearance of Wuyuan.
In fact, becoming a Wuyuan student is just the first step.
Students who are capable, perform well, or have expertise in a certain area will often receive special attention.
and receive certain special treatment.
And this is the watershed for Wuyuan Middle School students.
Once he gets such attention, the student will immediately enter a new world, receive some special training, and even receive one-on-one instruction from famous Han family generals!
In fact, only those who receive such attention are the real Wuyuan students and the rising stars of the Han family.
Their names were directly recorded in Lantai's archives, attracted the attention of Lantai ministers, and even directly entered the high-level national officials, such as Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, Chariot and Cavalry General Yi Zong, Wei General Zhidu's attention list, and even the current emperor's list.
Blue eyes.
This is a system for generals that the Han family extended from the Mofu Sheren system.
In the Han family, the military is privately called: the list of future generals.
In the martial arts academy, those who can learn and master surveying, mapping and surveying techniques are all the stars of tomorrow who are included in the list of 'future generals'.
They are the future giants of the empire!
Behind everyone, there may be a giant standing.
And this surveying, mapping and ranging technology is not simple at all!
In this era where all kinds of military books are flying everywhere, mastering and learning surveying, mapping, and geography has become what every soldier desires!
Because, from the Battle of Mayi to the Battle of Gaoque, it has been proved that soldiers must also understand culture, especially mathematics and geography!
It is difficult for those who do not understand to lead good troops and win battles!
And Yuyang has always been a cold and miserable place.
This Captain Wu Chengwu is probably the officer with the highest level of education and skill who has ever come to Yuyang since its founding!
This is a golden thigh!
Some people even immediately began to wonder whether the military commander was married.
Li Guang smiled, took a preliminary map from Wu Cheng, and held it in his hand to look at it.
The map surveyed and mapped by Wu Cheng was completely drawn according to the standard Han army military map drawing method.
The various symbols and lines on it vividly depict the entire geographical landscape of Huaping. After just one glance, Li Guang already had a preliminary impression of Huaping in his mind.
He gave the map to the Yuyang generals and asked them to pass it around and look at it.
After everyone had finished reading, Li Guang looked at them and said: "Gentlemen, I think maybe everyone was wrong in the past! Here..." He held the map. This map was still a first draft, with the rough and flat edges
The general geography and landforms have been mapped, but it is enough to tell Li Guang and everyone who has seen this map: this land, right under your feet, is likely to become a key area in this Han-Hungarian war!
The reason is very simple: don't look at Kuangping, it was newly built, there are few people in the city, and the transportation is inconvenient. There is only one straight branch road passing from here, connecting Huayan, Baitan, Huixi, and Yaoyang.
but……
To the east, the flat, open east, the land of Beiping on the right.
This place happened to be stuck between Youbeiping and Yuyang, becoming the last barrier for the enemies of Youbeiping to move south.
In other words, if there is a problem with You Beiping, if the Huns cavalry wants to go south from You Beiping, they must face Kuang Ping first!
In this way, Kuang Ping's gains and losses were immediately elevated from being inconsequential to a strategic location related to the safety of the entire Yanji!
That’s not all!
From Guangping down to Jicheng, the distance is only a few hundred miles...
After the rough terrain is leveled, there is no natural danger to defend.
In other words, Yuan Ping has become Jicheng’s last barrier!
In addition, since there is a straight road through Guangping, Yanji's reinforcements, food, grass, and supplies may need to pass through here.
Li Guang raised his head, looked at the generals, and said: "This place should be the gateway to Yanji, the hub of Youyan, and the fortress controlling the north and south!"
He said solemnly: "We must guard it with heavy troops!"
"But..." Yuyang Captain Liang Xian hesitated and said, "Our army is currently seriously under-strength!"
"The total number of soldiers in the county is only more than 10,000... If we recruit militiamen again, it will be against Han law!" Liang Xian said: "And I, Yuyang, have too many places to guard! Huayan! Yuyang! Yaoyang
Ji Baitan, Hui Xi! Every place is important and should not be abandoned lightly!"
This is also a fact. Yuyang County and Youbeiping County are both counties with a history of less than a hundred years. A hundred years ago, they were the territory of the Hulu.
It was not until the period of King Yan Zhao that it gradually came under Chinese control, and it was not until the era of Qin Shihuang that it was developed.
At present, many mountainous areas in these areas are not even known to be a paradise for wild beasts.
Each of these places controlled by the Han army was so important.
Take Yuyang Fort, for example. Once the Yuyang Fort is lost, the Huns cavalry can march straight in and attack Yan Ji along the straight road.
Even if they can't defeat them, they can still turn around and attack Shanggu County. By that time, Shanggu County will be attacked from both sides and will be unable to support itself!
Another example is the Yaoyang Duwei Station, Huayansai and Baitan County before Kuangping. These three places firmly blocked the enemy's path from the north. They also controlled Chaoshan, Baishui, and Rushui.
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However, in fact, even to guard these areas, Yuyang County's soldiers are already stretched thin.
Further recruiting and expanding the number of county soldiers will not only lead to a decrease in the army's combat effectiveness.
What's even more troublesome is violating the laws and the emperor's edict!
Scholars cannot be conquered if they are not taught!
This is an iron rule of the Han family!
Soldiers in the army must receive professional military training before joining the army, and must possess and master the skills in using various weapons and combat experience.
And using civilians with no military training to go to the battlefield is not only irresponsible for the lives of the people, but also irresponsible for your own life. This is a fact that has been proven through countless wars!
Apart from other things, the Wu-Chu Rebellion did not last long!
At the beginning, King Liu Bi of Wu mobilized all the young men of Wu and Chu to form an army known as half a million!
The results of it……
Li Ji and Han Daidang led 3,000 fine cavalry to cut off the food route. The army of 500,000 was wiped out in three days, and King Liu Bi of Wu only escaped with his life...
Moreover, there are few people in Yuyang, so even if all the young men are crammed into the army, it will only be a drop in the bucket compared to the huge defensive area.
When Li Guang heard this, he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, have you forgotten that in addition to being the governor of Yuyang County, a certain person is also a lieutenant of the Yan Kingdom?"
Li Guang said calmly: "I immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Jicheng, and sent troops from Yan State to come here!"
"Moreover, I received a military report yesterday that the vanguard of the escort army and the sailors of the building fleet have landed in Quanzhou. Perhaps our reinforcements will arrive tomorrow!"
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief.
However, a new problem came again.
Yang Shi hesitated and said: "The general may not know that our Yuyang land is barren, sparsely populated, with few soldiers and little food... To be honest, general, even now, the military rations for military fortresses in various places are somewhat limited.
It’s tight…”
"How could this happen?" Li Guang said in surprise: "I remember that after the second year of Yuande, the emperor issued an order: all frontier fortresses and forts must reserve more than three months of food and drinking water!"
"Alas..." The Yuyang generals and county magistrates all lowered their heads in shame and sighed.
Yang Shi said with some embarrassment: "This is all our fault! Last year, there was a drought in Yuyang, the harvest was poor, and the people starved to death. We had no choice, so we hid it from Governor Zhang and each took food from the military fortress.
I gave it to the people, and I originally thought that when the wheat in Anton was ripe this year, I would go and ask for some debt..."
"Account?" Li Guang was a little confused.
But Yang Shi said proudly: "When Anton was developed during the great development, immigrants came from Yuyang and Youbeiping. We borrowed a lot of grain, and we agreed to pay it back!"
"I never thought...the Huns have been here for a long time, but now they are here...sigh..." He sighed again.
Yuyang's grain output is already pitiful. In many places, the yield is only one stone per mu...
Or even less…
This is also the reason why the Yuyang defenders were hungry in the past!
I think back then, before I ascended the throne today, not to mention soldiers in the Yuyang area, even they, such as captains, captains and even county magistrates, were hungry, especially during the lean years.
That's everyday!
That is to say, after the Emperor came to the throne, he began to subsidize the troops stationed in frontier fortresses.
Food was also brought from various places so that the soldiers could finally have a full meal.
In addition, the national policy began to tilt towards the frontier fortress, and the corvées and taxes of the people in the frontier fortress area were all reduced by half from the original basis. The missing part went directly to the Shaofu's account and was paid out of the profits from salt and iron and coinage.
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Only then did the people's livelihood and economy of the frontier fortresses, including Yuyang, begin to slowly develop.
But even so, these preferential policies cannot have immediate effects.
The Yuyang area is cold and bitter, the land is barren, and water conservancy facilities are seriously lacking. These are objective realities that cannot be changed for a while.
Therefore, once a disaster strikes, the entire economy and society will collapse.
Li Guang also sighed after hearing this. He remembered the scenes he had seen in Daiguo, Shangjun and Longyoubei.
During the Taizong period, the armies in these places were as embarrassed as the Yuyang army.
It was not until Chao Cuo began to donate millet and encourage farming that the situation began to improve.
But the real change in the situation occurred in the past few years after the Emperor came to the throne.
Today, a large amount of resources and funds are pouring into the border fortress to build water conservancy, roads, and military forts.
Therefore, he can also understand the choice of Yuyang's soldiers and civilians. After all, he once did things like selling military rations at a flat price and even lending them to the people at the border fortress.
This is also the plan that almost all normal Han army officers will definitely choose.
Otherwise, if the people starve, they will flee. Once they flee, the population of the jurisdiction will drop sharply. The population of the jurisdiction will drop sharply. Food will not be harvested next year. If there is no food next year, the army will starve. If the army is hungry, it will have no fighting capacity.
Moreover, without a population, there would be no reserves and mobilization capabilities.
If something happens, what can a captain with hundreds or thousands of men do to fight thousands of Huns?
Nowadays, the problem of lack of food in Yuyang has undoubtedly become the most critical and fatal problem now.
If there is no food, how can we feed the reinforcements?
Adjust food from Jicheng?
Not to mention whether it can be transferred, this procedure alone will probably take half a month!
Besides, I'm afraid there isn't much food in Jicheng!
Li Guang had read about the Anton development, which almost emptied the entire Yan Kingdom's official warehouses.
And without food, even if Li Guang was very capable, he would not be able to meet the needs of the soldiers' stomachs!
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I wanted to continue today, but my condition was not good
Come back tomorrow!~ I'm afraid I will be like this in the future, working hard every day and lazy every day.
This can be regarded as a combination of work and rest in a certain sense~ (To be continued.)
