Wang Jun walked into the courtyard, and Xiangyun followed her carrying a pigeon cage.
Seeing Han Qian and Xi Rong sitting in the yard talking, Wang Jun said happily: "Wang Zang went to Longtan the day before yesterday, and I specifically asked him to take Azi and A'Zhu to Longtan to release them. You see, A'Zi and A'Zhu
They just flew back and brought back a letter written by Wang Zang in Longtan!"
Wang Jun took the pigeon cage from Xiang Yun, called Han Qian, and looked at a pair of gray-white domestic pigeons in the cage.
"Really?!" Xi Yang asked excitedly.
Rapid communication over long distances is one of the most difficult problems to solve in today's world, but with Tangyi's development to this point, it is extremely urgent to establish a more complete and rigorous intelligence reconnaissance and transmission system.
Although the world had a certain understanding of the transmission of letters by birds, especially pigeons, Han Qian also thought about this issue when he was in Xuzhou, but he did not have the conditions to do it.
Even though there were some children from aristocratic families who kept pigeons for fun, they were very few, and the relationship between Xuzhou and them was by no means harmonious.
In addition, emergency communication using the homing properties of domestic pigeons can only be one-way.
In other words, if domestic pigeons are raised in place A, they can only be released in other places, and the pigeons will bring the letters back to place A where the bird's nest is located.
To ensure that the ability of domestic pigeons to recognize the nest is not weakened, the time taken out of the nest should not be too long.
At this time, if you want to ensure that the emergency communication function of a certain location is really effective for the location of the pigeon nest, you almost need to feed multiple groups of homing pigeons at the same time and take them to other places in turns.
This can ensure that the homing pigeons spend most of their time in the pigeon nest for feeding and shorten their stay in other places as much as possible.
In addition, domestic pigeons fly long distances, and the requirements for breeding, breeding, maintenance, and disease prevention are extremely high.
Even if the current generation has a certain understanding of pigeons passing letters, many complex technical issues have determined it.
No government in history has been able to raise homing pigeons on a large scale as a means of emergency communications. For a long time, some aristocratic families have occasionally kept them as playthings.
Still after the victory at Wujinling, Wang Jun asked someone to find several pairs of domestic pigeons from Huzhou, and fed them first with the maids around him. They have only hatched to the third generation.
It was still necessary to bring some of the young pigeons to Huaiyang Camp for feeding last winter. Only recently have we started to verify the emergency communication capabilities between external areas and Huaiyang Camp through homing pigeons.
At present, it seems to have some effect, but there are still many difficulties to overcome in order to establish a real emergency communication system.
Fortunately, Tangyi's resources are now somewhat expanded. At the same time, they are starting to establish a more complete and powerful intelligence reconnaissance and collection system, and there are conditions to promote some things.
The fragrant cloud put a pair of gray-feathered domestic pigeons back into the pigeon nest. Only then did Wang Jun notice the secret message sent back from Dingzhou. After reading it for a while, he frowned and said in deep thought:
"Maybe before Liang Jun captured Luzhou, Wang Jingrong would persuade Wang Yuankui to join the Mongol people..."
Xi Rong was taken aback and said with some uncertainty: "Wang Jingrong controls the Jin army's elite northeastern frontier troops and sits in the three most fertile states of Heshuo. He can't be so spineless, right?"
Wang Jun said: "The Emperor of Jin died, the prince was expelled from Shuozhou and could not enter Taiyuan Mansion, King Lu stole the throne, Wang Yuankui blocked Jingxing with his troops, and refused King Lu's troops to enter Heshuo. At this time, it seems that he should still be appointed as the prince.
When the Liang army invaded the north, although Wang Yuankui regarded himself as a Jin general and killed the Liang envoy first, he hesitated in using troops later. Until the Liang army besieged Luzhou, its forward troops and horses had not officially come out from the Taihang Mountains.
There are some contradictions..."
Han Qian nodded and said: "If you want to say that Wang Yuankui killed the Liang envoy, he simply and clearly stated that he had no intention of surrendering to the Liang Dynasty, so there should be no hesitation in sending troops. Behind this is probably a disagreement within the Chengde Army."
"If there are differences, we shouldn't kill the lobbying envoys sent by Zhu Yu so simply." Xi Rong said.
Wang Jun said: "Now it can be confirmed that Wang Jinrong is an old subordinate of Shenling Division. If we assume that Wang Jinrong is causing trouble inside, and even Wang Yuankui is led by Wang Jinrong to a certain extent, many things can be explained. Killing Liang Envoy
, it does not require many people to participate. Even if Wang Jinrong beheads first and then kills him, Wang Yuankui can hold his nose and recognize him first. The mobilization of troops and horses and the dispatch of troops from Jingxing to the west to attack Liang Jun involve a wide range of areas, forming a large German army.
Whether the generals, big and small, can unify their opinions, and whether the preparation of supplies, war equipment, and food supplies will be deliberately delayed, cannot be controlled secretly by three or five people..."
"Are you saying that Wang Yuankui may not really want to fall out with Liang Jun? It's possible that he was initially coerced by Wang Jingrong and had no choice. Later, Wang Jingrong will also force Wang Yuankui to surrender to the Mongolians?" Xi Yi asked, thinking about it, it is indeed possible.
, otherwise many things will really be unexplainable.
Wang Jun said: "I think this is indeed possible. Wang Jinrong is an old subordinate of the Shenling Division. On the one hand, he has a deep hatred for Liang Jun. On the other hand, since he obtained the "Book of Heavenly Craftsmen" from the Late Red Mansion, he must also know about the "Book of Heavenly Craftsmen".
"Book of Craftsmen" had long been spread to the Liang State. Under the personal intervention of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu, double-furnace ironmaking and other methods were promoted and applied far more widely in Bianjing and Luoyang than Cheng Dejun, and Wang Jinrong became more popular than Cheng Dejun.
Most people in the north know that Luzhou is difficult to defend. After the fall of Luzhou, it is difficult for the German army to resist Liang Jundong's march out of Jingxing with only more than 30,000 elite frontier troops and the territory of three states! We are here
At this time, we must consider the situation where Wang Yuankui surrendered to the Mengwu, allowing the Mengwu iron hooves to drive straight in from the Heshuo Plain and directly attack the Liang Army's important town of Weizhou. Of course, Wang Jingrong did have close contact with the late Honglou, so what might happen to the Chengde Army in Dingzhou?
For some actions, Lu Qingxia and Li Zhigao should be prepared in advance. We may have to pay closer attention to the movements in Yiyang..."
Xi Rong could not confirm whether Wang Yuankui would easily turn to the Mongol people as Wang Jun judged, but Wang Jun said that Tangyi should always keep an eye on Wan Honglou's movements in Yiyang at this time. She felt that it was correct.
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Han Qian knocked on the stone table in the courtyard, thought for a moment, and said to the guards guarding the entrance of the courtyard: "Get Guo Rong, Feng Liao, Tian Cheng, Guo Que, and Han Donghu over here."
Throughout the winter, after welcoming Yuan Guowei to take office, Han Qian did not stay in East Lake or Liyang. Instead, he quickly led the cavalry battalion to the newly established Huaiyang County and stayed in the Jinwuling Valley until early February.
, located in Huaiyang Dayingli, which was rebuilt from Shenjiaji.
Throughout the winter, Han Qian personally urged the construction of a city in the shallow hilly valleys on the south side of Wujin Ridge and on both sides of the upper reaches of the Nanfeishui River.
In the hinterland of the northeastern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, there are large areas of valleys, river valleys and plains, but they are all mountainous areas. The cost and difficulty of building a city are several times higher than in plain areas.
However, the northeastern slope of Huaiyang Mountain is more than a hundred miles deep. Even if the population continues to migrate out, the number of people living and breeding in the hinterland will not be less than 70,000 or 80,000. This has already reached the standard for establishing a first-class county.
In order to strengthen the rule over the hinterland of the northeastern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, to avoid counterattacks by wealthy people and large-scale households, and to exploit local mines and develop resources as much as possible, we relied on the water power and water transportation of the upstream rivers to develop smelting, casting, and weaving.
The spinning, oil-pressing, soap-making and other industries support the construction of the defense line to the north of Wujin Ridge. All materials are transported from East Lake with great effort, and there is a need to focus on building a mountain city.
This can also make full use of the abundant labor force in the mountains and improve the situation of shortage of cultivated land and poverty among households.
Of course, Han Qian's coming to Wujinling in the winter was also convenient for attracting the elite soldiers and horses of the Shouzhou Army on the eastern front, so as to relieve the defense pressure in other places.
Another thing is that Han Qian personally guided the work of mobilizing the poor and slaves at the bottom of the mountainous area west of Huazhujian.
From Huazhujian to Jiuliguan on the west side of Huaiyang Mountain, the straight-line distance is about 170 miles, which belongs to the wider northern slope area of Huaiyang Mountain.
Even though the mountains in these areas are quite dangerous, and the hinterland does not have as many valleys, river valleys and plains as there are on the northeastern and eastern slopes, the number of mountain people who have lived and thrived in them over the years is conservatively estimated to be between 80,000 and 100,000.
Especially after the victory at Wujinling, the Shouzhou Army forcibly ordered households in southern Huozhou to move north, causing a large number of households to flee into the mountains again.
The valleys and valley passages leading to the hinterland of the northern slope with relatively gentle terrain are concentrated in the southern area of Huozhou under the control of the Shouzhou Army.
They went directly from the northeastern slope and had to cross a large group of mountains with Huazhujian as the center, which were thousands of meters or even 1,780 meters high. They were covered with white snow in winter and the terrain was extremely rugged and steep.
The severe cold weather and thick accumulation of ice and snow were even more obstacles that prevented the Shouzhou Army generals from passing through this dangerous mountainous area.
However, as Wang Jun said before, before the generals of the Shouzhou Army had a considerable degree of protection against the cold in the cold winter, the Tangyi Army actually had a greater relative advantage when fighting in the cold winter.
Therefore, this winter, Han Qian still recruited elites from various tribes, and formed a team of ten or thirty or fifty people to cross the steep mountains and ridges and enter the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain. Taking advantage of the winter, the Shouzhou Army was unable to enter the mountain to interfere.
With the opportunity, the poor people and slaves at the bottom of the mountains on the north slope were mobilized to arm themselves against the oppression and exploitation of the rich and powerful.
The true essence of guerrilla warfare is not just to send out small groups of elite troops to contain and harass the enemy. At the strategic level, it is mainly to mobilize the poor people at the bottom of enemy-occupied areas to establish base areas.
While strengthening itself, this actually requires significant compression, reducing the population and land that the enemy can control, thus weakening the enemy's ability to obtain supplies.
Kong Xirong was mainly responsible for the guerrilla warfare on the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, and elites who were good at mountain guerrilla warfare were recruited from his unit.
At present, most of the generals of the Tangyi Army mainly come from the Huaixi refugees, and there are many generals who are familiar with the northern slope mountains. There are even a small number of people who are mountain people who cannot bear the exploitation of wealthy people and have escaped to find a living.
Under the cover of wind, snow and severe cold, hundreds of small groups of elites were selected under the name of the Honan Task Force Battalion and conducted assault training for a certain period of time.
Three months later, the strength of the Honan Task Force Battalion had expanded to more than 9,000 men, with more than 30,000 soldiers and families, and almost controlled most of the hinterland of the northern slope.
The biggest problem at present is that the mountains near Huazhujian and the deep gorges and ravines are too rugged. A small group of people can barely get through, but a large amount of supplies cannot.
Without sophisticated soldiers, armor, or large supplies of supplies, the Honan Task Force Battalion had large troops and horses, but its combat effectiveness was limited, or equivalent to that of rural soldiers.
Fortunately, Han Qian was in charge in Huaiyang. Apart from establishing a tighter defense line in the southern part of Huozhou, Xu Mingzhen did not dare to assemble a large number of elite troops and forcefully invade the hinterland of the North Slope.
This gives Huonan Special Camp time to repair and Huaiyang to rush to build a cliff path connecting Baishui Valley and Yanzi Valley in the upper reaches of Nanfeishui River near Huazhujian and Tanyang Peak...