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From mid-February to the end of February, Zhao Hongrun lived in Shanyang, waiting for domestic grain and grass to be transported to the eastern part of Hedong County.
During this period, on February 23, King Su's army, which was originally stationed in Changzi City and Xuushi City, had completed the city handover with the Second Army of the North under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang.
From now on, Zhao Hongrun and his Suwang Army will withdraw from the Shangdang battlefield and hand over all strategies on this battlefield to the Second Northern Army.
To this end, Zhao Hongrun also wrote a special letter, summoned several Qingya soldiers, and ordered them to travel day and night to deliver it to General Jiang Bi. After all, Jiang Bi had made an appointment with Zhao Hongrun before, and Jiang Bi would attack Taiyuan County and attract
The attention of the Han army in Taiyuan County made it easier for Zhao Hongrun to attack Shangdang, so as to avoid the need for the Han army in Taiyuan County to support Shangdang.
Now that Zhao Hongrun has decided to withdraw from the Shangdang battlefield, he should say hello to Jiang Bi.
As for whether Jiang Bi and Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo can cooperate tacitly, Zhao Hongrun is not worried about this.
Because these two parties currently support the fifth son of the emperor Qing Wang Hongxin, Zhao Hongrun is not worried that once Jiang Bi's situation is not good, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo will stand by and watch as he did before.
After all, it is difficult for Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to gain a firm foothold in the Wei court on his own. Only when he joins forces with the Tianshui Wei family behind Jiang Bi will the Emperor of Wei feel some pressure.
Therefore, no matter what, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, would not leave Jiang Bi's three armies of the North unrescued.
Of course, this is just a matter of fact. After all, in terms of the current situation of the three armies of the North, Jiang Bi is still very brave. He attacked Taiyuan County in one go. Although his performance is not as good as that of King Su's army, it can be said that he can be proud of the other Wei armies.
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In contrast, Zhao Hongrun was more concerned about whether the Second Northern Army under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, could defend Shangdang from being occupied again by the Korean army.
However, according to Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and other generals who arrived in Shanyang, the Northern Second Army of the Southern Liang King seemed to be planning to continue its attack to the north.
This made Zhao Hongrun chuckle secretly.
It was expected and reasonable that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, intended to continue to lead his army to advance north. This was not at all beyond Zhao Hongrun's expectation.
After all, if Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, is only satisfied with guarding Changzi City and Xuushi City, then even if they can guard these two places, they will not be able to overshadow King Su's army - because the ones who conquered these two places are...
King Su’s army!
Therefore, in this situation, the Second Northern Army under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, has only one way out: not only to defend Changzi City and Xuushi City, but also to continue to expand their achievements. Only in this way, the Second Northern Army will not be wiped out again in the future.
Except for meritorious deeds.
Zhao Hongrun is relatively familiar with the area to the north of Changzi City and Xuushi City.
The map shows that there are still many fertile lands worth capturing to the north of Changzi City, such as Tunliu, Xiangyuan (yuán) Guyuan, Lushi, Tongtan (dī), etc.
These places belong to the central part of the Shangdang Army. Because they are far apart in time, Zhao Hongrun cannot tell whether these places were once owned by his Wei State. However, judging from the place names, this should be the border between Wei and South Korea.
Foreign tribes such as Tongtian, Lushi, and Chidi served as a relaxation zone between Wei and Han.
But one thing can be confirmed, that is, the Northern Expedition of Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, was destined not to be easy.
To the northwest of Changzi City is "Tunliu", which is close to the mountainous terrain called "Wuyun Mountain" and "Bafuling". Further north, "Xiangyuan" is built on a relatively low-lying land.
Mountain.
Further north, there is "Huguan", which is built on a high mountain called "Hukou Mountain" by the locals. The terrain and altitude there are no less than those of Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass in the Taihang Mountains.
As for Huguan and further north, it is the northern mountainous area of Shangdang County. Although Zhao Hongrun believes that there are rich resources there, it is still very difficult to develop mining in these mountains with contemporary technology.
It is precisely because of this that even South Korea did not invest in construction here. From more than a hundred years ago, it focused on the southern part of Shangdang County, which was still part of the Wei State. After all, it was flat and fertile land suitable for farming.
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From a strategic point of view, if Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, wants to ensure that Changzi City is safe, he must capture Huguan; if he is not satisfied with stopping at Changzi City, but wants to attack Taiyuan County, then he must capture this city.
Zhongxiongguan.
However, it is not easy to conquer Huguan, and after taking it, it is even more difficult to go straight through the mountainous area of 150 to 200 miles in the north of Shangdang County and finally reach Taiyuan County.
challenges.
It is precisely because of these reasons that Zhao Hongrun wittily handed over the Shangdang battlefield to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang. After all, in his opinion, in the kind of high mountains and mountains fighting with Korean light infantry, the sword and shield soldiers of King Su's army not only had no
There is no advantage at all, but it is a disadvantage.
As for whether Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, can achieve results in that area, it depends on his own ability. Anyway, as far as the current situation of the entire Northern Xinjiang campaign is concerned, whether it is the Taiyuan battlefield or the Shangdang battlefield, it is no longer the entire Wei Dynasty.
The focus of the Korean War. From the moment Zhao Hongrun decided to attack Handan, the capital of South Korea, the focus of the battlefield between the two countries shifted to Handan County.
Two or three days later, on February 26, General Shaohu, the commander-in-chief of the Wei Wu Army currently stationed in "Zhaiyang" and the commander-in-chief of Wei's northern frontier campaign, sent a special trip to Shanyang to report to Shanyang.
Zhao Hongrun submitted the appointment letter and appointed Zhao Hongrun as deputy general and head coach of the partial division.
It turned out that on the second day after Zhao Hongrun arrived in Shanyang, he wrote a detailed battle report and sent the Qingya people to deliver it to the general Shao Hu who was in Zhaiyang. This battle report recorded in detail Zhao Hongrun's dispatch of troops to join the party.
The specific process and the current situation of the Party.
After receiving this letter, General Shaohu was very surprised that Zhao Hongrun had recovered "Changzi City" and "Xunshi City", especially when Zhao Hongrun pointed out in the letter that Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass had also returned to the Wei Dynasty.
After the country.
Because this means that the Wei State has regained all the land and cities that were occupied by South Korea for generations in this battle. It can be said that this northern Xinjiang battle is very successful. As long as it can block another counterattack by the Korean army, I believe that this battle
The results of the battle will make the entire Wei Kingdom feel happy. After all, the Wei army has regained the land that Wei Kingdom once lost - the fertile land in the southern part of Shangdang County.
As for the northern part of Shangdang County, to be honest, the Wei State has no idea about it, not because it once belonged to South Korea, but because it is a place with deep mountains and steep mountains, which is not conducive to farming. Even if it captures those inaccessible mountains, it will not be a good idea for the Wei State.
Not of much use.
Furthermore, once the Wei State occupies the northern part of Shangdang County, the Wei State will directly border the Taiyuan County of South Korea, which will stimulate the Korean army.
Therefore, it is a wise choice to leave the mountains in the northern part of Shangdang County unattacked.
Of course, this is Zhao Hongrun's consideration, and since Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, has decided to lead his army to advance to the northern part of Shangdang County, he will not stop him, just in case the second northern army of the southern Liang king cooperates with Jiang Bi's third northern army, and the Korean army can be defeated.
Will Taiyuan County be captured?
Although the capture of Taiyuan County means that the Wei State will be bordering the Hu Rong in Beiyuan, it also means that the Wei State has the opportunity to obtain war horses, right? The horses grazing in Sanchuan County are not enough for the Wei State to form a large-scale cavalry army.
The next day, Meng Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Daliang court, came to Shanyang in person, accompanied by Wang Fu, the director of the General Administration of Metallurgy and Manufacturing. It could be seen that they attached great importance to Zhao Hongrun's letter a few days ago, especially Zhao Hongrun's letter in the letter.
The cementitious material mentioned in has been named "cement".
On that day, Zhao Hongrun showed Meng Wei and Wang Fu the piece of limestone he had picked up on the Taihang Mountains, and explained to them the principles of burning lime and mixing cement.
The two professionals, Chang Wangfu, were confused and looked at the piece of limestone in their hands, speechless in shock.
It's no wonder, after all, Zhao Hongrun's words had such a great impact on them.
You should know that most of the buildings in the Wei State were made of wooden structures and civil structures. Needless to say, the wooden structures were made of bamboo, wood, rammed earth, straw, hay, adobe bricks and tiles, which may be used
Rammed earth grouting increases the firmness of the wall - sometimes you can see obvious hole-like marks on some mud walls, which are the marks left by rammed earth grouting.
However, both the wooden structure and the civil structure are generally not very strong. The former is generally used in palaces, while the latter is generally used in private houses in the county, such as Chenggao Pass, Fenxing Sai, Tianmen Pass, and Mengmen Pass.
Strategic passes or fortresses were built using whole blocks of rocks, and the amount of work involved was quite huge.
It is precisely for this reason that the status of masons in the past was very high.
However, the emergence of cement replaced the role of whole rocks, which meant that the Wei State could use clay-fired bricks to build city fortresses and passes, and the difficulty of building them was significantly reduced.
A city of the same size might have taken three to five years or more to build with stones in the past, but now with cement, it might be built in three to five months. What an improvement is this?
It was precisely because of the shocking news that Meng Wei and Wang Fu personally came to Shanyang to talk to His Highness King Su. After all, cement is destined not to flow into other countries. I believe that in the future, whether it is the baking of lime or the mixing of cement,
The Ministry of Manufacturing, the Ministry of Industry and the Metallurgical Bureau will station troops to guard against anyone leaking this secret.
Perhaps because the attraction of cement was so great, Meng Wei and Wang Fu did not stay in Shanyang for a long time. On that day, they returned to Daliang with several carts of limestone that Zhao Hongrun had asked King Su's army to prepare in advance, preparing to study the firing process.
The lime mentioned by Zhao Hongrun was made into cement to test the power of this cementitious material.
It is no exaggeration to say that once this experiment is successful, the building material of rock will withdraw from the stage and be replaced by concrete.
Waiting until the beginning of March, Zhao Hongrun estimated that the newly shipped grain and grass from China to Northern Xinjiang should soon arrive in the eastern part of Hedong County, so he left three thousand Yanling troops to garrison Tianmen Pass, and took the rest, a total of nearly one hundred thousand merchant navy, Yanling troops, and Youma troops.
, set off for "Xiu Wu".
Accompanying him were King Huan Zhao Hongxuan's 20,000 Northern First Army and Yan King Zhao Hongjiang's 30,000 Shanyang Army.
Three armies, totaling about 150,000 troops.
In addition to the Nanyan Army and Wei Wu Army currently stationed in Hedong County, the total strength of Wei's counterattack against South Korea's Handan Army has exceeded 200,000.
Since the war between Wei and South Korea, this was the time when Wei dispatched the largest number of troops to counterattack South Korea.
I believe this force will shock and panic the entire South Korea.