It is at a key point in the corridor from the north of Hehuang to the Hexi corridor.
The Song Dynasty captured Huangzhou first and then Lanzhou. Before, the Song Dynasty's layout in Huangzhou was just farming. After capturing Lanzhou, soldiers and labor were continuously imported.
When Zhang Kai was the military envoy of Xihe, he personally led a dozen cavalrymen to inspect the entire Huangzhou and surveyed the entire terrain.
After he returned to the court, Shangshu believed that there were three most important places in Huangzhou.
The first is called Gedang, which is in the south of the state. The second is called Provincial Zhang, which is in the west of the state and is an important place to go to the Qing and Tang Dynasties. The third is called Nan Zongzhai, which is in the north of the state, about 100 meters away from Zhuoluo Ancient Xiang Supervisory Army of Xia Kingdom.
In Li, the Xia people interacted with the Qiang, which easily caused border troubles. Now, if they are in the city, they can be controlled.
Moreover, these three cities are in Shanxi and Huang's waist and back, and the advantage of their control can eliminate their head and tail troubles.
After Zhang Yue received Zhang Kai's report, he gave instructions to build strongholds and fight in vain. The Song Army on Xihe Road built fifteen fortresses in succession in Huangzhou within a few years, and implemented the policy of organizing households to unite the people.
He persuaded Shengfan to go down the mountain and accept household registration, and gave him tools to farm and cultivate cotton, and recruited a large number of archers.
At the end of March in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Song army led the army out of Huangzhou with Miao Shu as general, Cai Bian as supervisor, Wang Fan and Liu Zhongwu as deputy generals. The city shocked Wujuncheng, looked north at Liangzhou, and suppressed Shuofang.
He Guan was the magistrate of Huangzhou and dispatched troops, horses, money and food to the rear.
Zhenwu Military City, also known as Ancient Bone Dragon City, is the extension of Nanzong Village mentioned above.
Along with the Xihe Road transfer order, countless weapons and military supplies were transported from Taoshui to Lanzhou via waterways, then transferred from the Yellow River to Huangshui, and finally collected in Miaochuan City, the capital of Huangzhou.
When the war broke out, supplies were transported from Miaochuan City to Nanzongzhai, and then from Nanzongzhai to Gugulong City. The Song army's regular soldiers, archers and civilian servicemen were continuously sent out along the way.
Such a transport of thousands of miles would be a huge burden and serious financial challenge for any country. But the Song Dynasty managed it easily.
At the foot of the rolling Zhaobi Mountains and in the Datong River Valley, tens of thousands of Han civilians and nearly 10,000 Song soldiers built the city here.
In another history of time and space, this was also the farthest distance to the northwest of the Northern Song Dynasty before its demise.
One step further is Liangzhou.
At that time, the monarchs, ministers, generals and ministers of the Song Dynasty were all very ambitious and believed that they were only one step away from regaining the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties and connecting to the Western Regions.
But this is often the case. When people are at their best, they often mistakenly think that they are standing at a new starting point.
What is coming next is a higher peak. Little does he know that everything behind him is going downhill.
The same is true for empires.
Reading history makes people sigh. After the Song Dynasty captured Zhenwu Army City again, they could no longer make any progress.
At this moment in time and space, the tentacles of the Song Dynasty had arrived here decades in advance. With the ambition of regaining the old land of the Han and Tang Dynasties and rebuilding the Zhongxing Dynasty, the monarchs, ministers, generals and ministers in Bianjing were full of ambitions, taking the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers as a map, and personally wrote
Write history.
Tens of thousands of civilians rammed earth and transported large logs to build the city. The Song Dynasty city construction continued the Tang Dynasty city construction method and added perforated wood to the wall to make the city wall stronger.
Cai Bian, Miao Professor, Wang Fan and others stood on a high slope and looked at the map, facing the entire river valley, planning where to build and making corrections one by one on the map.
This place was originally a Xixia fortress, but after being invaded by Ali Gu, the right eunuch of Xixia arbitrarily reduced the defense line and abandoned this key place.
The Song army moved upon hearing the news and did not give the party members a chance to react.
Cai Bian and others frowned, and the early spring sun shone on them. They were so focused on building the city that they were so nervous that sweat dripped from their foreheads one by one.
Cai Bian said to everyone: "Let's take a look again. From now on, we will build the city, then cross the Haomen River Valley, and then extend the Shuimogou Road to reach Liangzhou or Zhuanglang Valley."
"You have to make the final decision whether to move three miles east and stand by the river, move two miles west and defend the road, or move one mile south to guard the road."
The generals hesitated for a moment, then Miao taught: "Since we want to attack Liangzhou from Huangzhou, we are not afraid to operate here. We vow to build it as well as an iron barrel."
"I think outside Zhenwu Army City, here, here, and here, we will build three more forts to completely consolidate the situation. They will not only guard the main road, but also not block the river. They can also support and support each other."
After hearing this, Cai Bian said in his heart, Professor Miao, you are still really good at making decisions, and he doesn't feel sorry for the imperial court spending money at all. However, he is also inclined to this in his heart.
Wang Fan on the side said: "I think it's OK. This year He Guan was very successful in farming in Huangzhou. He acquired more than 50,000 good fields and harvested 15,000 people."
"Since we have money, food, and strong soldiers and horses, we are not afraid of being alone outside Huangzhou. At the same time, we can also prevent Party Xiang from invading Qingtang again along this road."
"The most important thing is that Dang Xiang is currently in war and hesitant. We can take the opportunity to put in the nails here. Otherwise, once Dang Xiang's army comes to fight, a solitary fortress may not be able to withstand it for several days."
Miao said: "That's exactly what I mean. Once the Dangxiang people wake up, they will fight me for this place with all their strength. There will be a decisive battle by then!"
"Now that we know this, we should strike first to be stronger."
Cai Bian said: "What does General Liu mean?"
Miao and Wang looked at Liu Zhongwu, who was supervising the construction of the city. Professor Miao smiled and said, "This man is a man who kills Han people. You don't need to ask him."
Wang Fan also agreed with this statement, but added: "But this man's sons are all extraordinary."
Cai Bian finally said: "I also advocate the same. We were supposed to send troops to Liangzhou in September, but the imperial court suddenly asked us to enter and build this city. The situation must have changed."
"I speculate that the Khitan side may want to intervene in this matter, so the imperial court wants to take the first step to capture Liangzhou before the Khitan makes any move."
Miao and Wang did not know the movements of the high-level officials in the imperial court, and believed deeply in what Cai Bian said.
Cai Bian's eyes sharpened and he said, "Please mark this picture!"
Professor Miao and Wang Gan signed on the picture without saying a word.
Finally, after Cai Bian marked the map one by one, he rolled up the map and put it in a bamboo tube, covered it with fire paint and said to the sergeant on the side: "Send it to Bianjing with a gold medal!"
"No." Upon hearing this, the sergeant immediately carried the city map with the details and location of the city's construction on his back. He immediately went to Beijing with the gold medal in hand and presented the map to the officials for inspection.
Cai Bian and others couldn't help but sigh as they watched the sergeant leave, as the rise and fall of the empire depended on this picture.
This sense of participation in historical events is actually better than the rewards brought by being promoted to a higher rank for those present.
But what they don't know is that they are already at the highest peak, or at the starting point of the next peak.
Cai Bian watched all this slowly walking down the slope. After successfully handling the corruption cases of hundreds of officials on Xihe Road, Cai Bian gained awe from everyone on Xihe Road and gained high prestige. Moreover, Cai Bian also
The reform formulated Xihe Road's fiscal policy.
Zhang Yue did not immediately transfer Cai Bian back to Bianjing, but let him stay on Xihe Road.
Now that the war is about to begin, he supervises the construction of the military city as a supervisor.
This may be Zhang Yue's further training for him.
But this is just Cai Bian’s guess. Who knows what the reality is?
