The terrain on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River is lower than that of Sizhou and Haizhou on the north bank. This also means that whenever there is a flood in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, Chuzhou will be more severely affected than Sizhou. Of course, the area near Hongzepu in Sizhou has a higher terrain
It is even lower. Since the embankment built by the previous government was completely abandoned, it has long since become a vast ocean.
Wang Wenqian, Yin Peng, Wang Yuan and others took a small boat to evacuate to the Shanyangdu Embankment in the east of Jinhu City the next day. At this time, the embankment was crowded with fleeing households, and the ground was covered with messes and sorrow. Everyone at this moment felt deeply
With nothing to do, Wang Wenqian could only organize boats to evacuate these victims to the east coast of Shanyangdu as quickly as possible, so that they could temporarily escape to the less affected counties in the east.
At this time, an official ship came from south to north. Wang Wenqian stared at it for a long time before suddenly remembering that it should be an official ship of the Weaving Bureau. He didn't know that the people from Cishou Palace were going to Chuzhou to see Wang Yangyuan at this time.
Acting, what's the plan?
Perhaps the hundreds of large and small boats crossing here were extremely mixed, or perhaps they were stopping to see the damage on the west bank of Shanyangdu. The official ship anchored on the west bank five or six hundred paces away.
Or maybe after stopping, they discovered that Wang Wenqian and others were mixed in among the victims. After a while, they saw Yao Xishui, Zhou Yuan and others walking towards them bravely.
"Master Wang, I haven't seen you for many years." Zhou Yuan is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his rank is no longer lower than that of Wang Wenqian, but he is still extremely polite and goes up to Yao Xishui to bow to Wang Wenqian and salute him.
"Master Zhou, Mr. Yao Zhizao is too polite." Wang Wenqian returned the courtesy.
Wang Wenqian knew that most of these people did not notice that they were on the shore when the boat docked, but when he docked the boat and docked on the west bank, he saw them and it was inconvenient not to come to meet them. At this time, he just wanted to deal with the embarrassment and then send these people to Chu.
The state meets King Xin.
As Wang Wenqian expected, after saying a few useless words, Zhou Yuan and Yao Xishui said goodbye and left, without saying why they went to Chuzhou this time. It was as if Wang Wenqian had become an insignificant figure in Chuzhou.
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Wang Wenqian didn't mind either, he just asked the boats that were evacuating the victims to move aside to let the official boats of Zhou Yuan and Yao Xishui pass through first.
"What are they going to do when they go to Chuzhou at this time?" Yin Peng stared at the official ship heading north along Shanyangdu with vigilance, and couldn't help but ask Wang Wenqian.
As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhou Yuan was nominally ordered to inspect the water conditions in Chuzhou, but everyone knew that Zhou Yuan and Yao Xishui's presence here was not simply to inspect the water conditions on the surface.
Wang Wenqian also shook his head.
During this period of time, he was recuperating in his house. He deliberately stayed away from Huaidong's military and political affairs, and his information became blocked. He didn't even know the depth of the collusion between Wanhonglou and Guanjianglou, nor did he know what Lu Qingxia was.
How Zhou Yuan, Li Changfeng and others viewed the Yu River seizing the Huai River and diverting it into the sea, they could not accurately guess what Yao Xishui and Zhou Yuan wanted to achieve when they went to see King Xin at this time.
After a while, Wang Wenqian said: "Yao Xishui, Zhou Yuan was very tight-lipped after seeing me, and he didn't leak a word. He also looked regretful for bumping into a ghost on the beach. I think the purpose of their trip should not be anything to Tang Yi.
Is it a good thing?"
Yin Peng frowned.
Not to mention the profound impact of the Yu River diverting the Huai River into the sea on the situation in the Hehuai River. Yin Peng knew that Huaixi, which had carried out disaster prevention and disaster control preparations four months in advance, would be far less affected by the disaster than Huaidong. This was just one aspect.
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The four states of Guangshou and Huohao, as the newly recovered areas of Tangyi, usually take four to five years to achieve initial results if they want to digest and consolidate their local rule.
However, Han Qian mainly recruited more than 60,000 young laborers from these four prefectures this time, but he was very effective in promoting disaster prevention, disaster management and other work. This shows that even in just two years, Tangyi's response to the newly recovered
The depth of state and county control is far beyond what others imagine.
It also shows that Han Daoming said in front of many people at the Chongwen Hall that the Tangyi Army had the ability to mobilize 100,000 troops in Huaixi. He was not exaggerating at all. This time, disaster prevention and disaster control can even be said to be the Tangyi Army.
A preliminary mobilization of large-scale gatherings.
At this time, even if Huaixi only relies on the supplies it can generate internally and mobilizes 100,000 troops to carry out a war that will last about half a year, there should be no problem at all.
In other words, Huaidong could no longer resist the Tangyi army's offensive from the west flank alone.
Even though the Mongol people and the Weizhou rebels dug up the Yu River embankment at this time, which was the main culprit for the Yu River diverting the Huai River into the sea and causing large-scale floods in the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River, considering that the follow-up situation in the Hehuai River is still extremely complicated
With the changes, Yin Peng still thought that the princes in the court and Huaidong would be more wary of Tangyi at this time, right?
Yao Xishui and Zhou Yuan chose to go to Chuzhou to meet King Xin and Ruan Yan at this moment. They could guess with their toes that they had the intention to do harm to Tang Yi, but what exactly were they thinking of doing to harm Tang Yi?
"I heard vague news before, and I don't know who deliberately spread the rumor. It was said that Li Zhigao, Zhao Mengji, and Wang Xiaoxian were secretly colluding. I wonder if this is related to their trip?" Yin Peng said worriedly.
"You should all have your thoughts on it, but Tang Yi made too many people surrender to the rat. Didn't even Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan not officially defect to Zhu Rang until now?" Wang Wenqian said, "Let's see..."
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Ye Feiying stood on the deck of the ship, with a numb and indifferent expression, looking at the victims on the west side of the embankment in Shanyangdu who were in ragged clothes and with sad faces that had not yet completely numbed themselves. He looked at the surging floods to the west of the embankment and the turbid water.
There were dead trees, dead grass, and corpses of people and animals floating in the water.
Who could have imagined that the phrase "spring is blooming" in a deserted house years ago would be reflected in the situation at this moment?
Ye Feiying didn't know much about military strategy, but she stayed by Yao Xishui's side and listened to the discussions of Zhou Yuan and Li Changfeng, Li Xiu and others who were transferred back to Jinling at the beginning of the year. She also knew that the Mongol people's tactics this time were very vicious.
Even if Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty launched a desperate offensive against the Heluo area from the dangerous mountain road at this time, even if he could successfully capture Heluo, the Hehuai Liang Army's strategic intention of reorganizing the Hehuai area would be completely in vain.
Li Changfeng and others predicted very early that as long as there was a Mongol army and horses to cooperate with the Weizhou rebels in using troops on the eastern front, Qingmi and other states and even the Sima clan occupying the Xusi area would choose to surrender to Liang He Wang Zhurang, and then ordered
Bianjing's soldiers and horses were once again reduced to a lone army.
Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty returned to Caizhou last year through Tangyi and regained his momentum in the south of Yingzhou. Under such circumstances, and the head of the Sima family, Sima Shi himself, was still in Bianjing, the Sima family continued to choose Xu Si.
Waiting and watching, they did not express their position on returning to serve under Emperor Liang.
Now the situation in the Hehuai River has once again taken a turn for the worse. Even though Liang Emperor Zhu Yu regrouped 40,000 to 50,000 elite troops in Xu Ru and other places, they were cut off by the flooding to the west of the Shaying River. The Sima clan surrendered to the Weizhou rebels.
Not hard to imagine.
After retreating to the north bank of the Huaihe River in the past two years, Xu Mingzhen took Ruyin County as his government and mainly operated in Ying and Qiao. Since Yingzhou is located on the lower reaches of the Shaying River, it was the most severely affected. Almost the entire Ruyin County was destroyed.
After the Sima clan surrendered to the Weizhou rebels on the east side, Li Changfeng and others predicted that Xu Mingzhen would also join them.
Previously, Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, Lei Jiuyuan, Jing Hao and others defended Bianjing for nearly two years, which was extremely rare. However, if they were besieged again, they might still be able to defend Bianjing again.
Last year and a half?
Of course, Sima and Xu Mingzhen have not officially surrendered to the Weizhou rebels until now. Ye Feiying can't understand it. Li Changfeng and Li Xiu speculate that these two families may be worried that Han Qian will lead his troops to directly intervene.
The Hehuai War.
At the beginning of the year, it seemed that the Liang Emperor did not do much to respond to Mengwu's plan to break the dike and seize the Huai River. However, he was still in the higher-lying Wanqiu County of Chenzhou.
Bianyi Road will be reinforced and raised.
Although floods are flooding the territory of Chenzhou, this post road has not been destroyed by the flood, which means that once Tangyi decides to send troops to participate in the Hehuai War, he can use military ships to go north from the main channel of Yingshui. However, on this
The southern section of the post road passes through the flood plain north of Yinghe River, which is fifty or sixty miles deep, and enters the southern wing of Bianjing.
It can be judged from this that when they saw the Mongols digging the Yu River embankment on the east side of Xingyang City at the beginning of the year, Han Qian and Liang Emperor Zhu Yu had a clear understanding of the subsequent deterioration of the situation in the Hehuai River.
Without this post road, even if the soldiers and horses of Tangyi could pass north along Yingshui River through warships, the floodplain area with a width of fifty or sixty miles on both wings would be an insurmountable chasm for the infantry;
The water was flooded in depths and shallows, and the siltation was severe, making it difficult for even small boats to pass through.
Even if it was expected that Han Qian would most likely send troops without permission to intervene in the Hehuai war, the reactions or positions of the princes and ministers in the court towards the Hehuai situation were completely different.
Most courtiers not only believed that it would take time for the Mongols to digest the Jin territory, but they also tended to believe that the Mongols' main purpose was to fundamentally dismember the Liang Emperor Zhu Yu's lineage for their decision to open the Yu River embankment to seize the Huaihe River.
The forces of Weizhou supported the Weizhou rebels headed by Zhu Rang, King of Liang He.
When the time comes, Liang He Wang Zhu Rang, colluding with the Sima family, and Xu Mingzhen may indeed surrender to Zhu Rang. They will also form a new Liang State and rule the 29 Hehuai states east of the Shaying River and become the Jianghuai land.
A buffer between the Mongol people.
Even if the Mongols could successfully seize Guanzhong and Heluo areas at the same time, it would not be enough to pose a fatal threat to Chu and Shu.
After all, both sides of the Shaying River were flooded, and the military channel from the Shaying River to the west to Funiu Mountain became extremely narrow. It was difficult to break through Fangcheng and the Guangzhou defense line in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, backed by Tongbai Mountain.
And if the Mongols want to cross the Qinling Mountains from Guanzhong and go south, Liangzhou will be a natural chasm that they cannot cross.
In comparison, Tangyi, who is stubborn and unruly, has increasingly become an imminent threat in the eyes of some people in the court and the forces in various vassal towns. Of course, among these people, Cishou Palace is the mainstream, and Ye Feiying also believes that
Huaidong should have a deeper understanding.
In contrast, Yang En, Marquis of Liyang, became more worried about the deterioration of the situation in the Hehuai River and the extraordinary strength displayed by the Mongols in the past two or three years.
However, Shen Yang, Xue Ruogu, Huang Hua, Yang Zhitang and others had a more neutral attitude, and their thoughts were more on speeding up the preparations for the establishment of the Youwu Xiang Army under the guard pro-army system after the Zuowu Xiang Army was transferred back to Jinling.
"Wang Wenqian has spent most of the past two years recuperating at home due to illness. He is well versed in the art of hiding one's strength and biding time. However, the Wang family members are inevitably distracted..."
At this time, he heard Zhou Yuan's voice coming from the cabin. Ye Feiying turned around and saw that Zhou Yuan's face hidden deep in the cabin looked very gloomy. She didn't know whether he suddenly changed to this topic. What an idea.
"Yang Yuanyan has a violent temper, but he is not a reckless person. Ruan Yan and others are scheming, and Wang Wenqian did not hesitate to condescend to show favor to the beloved concubines around Yang Yuanyan. Even though there are several young people in the Wang family who have uneasy thoughts at this time, but I'm afraid it won't be easy for Yang Yuanyan to attack the Wang family at this time." Chun Shisanniang, who was too lazy to land just now, said lazily in the cabin.
Wang Jun married Han Qian. Anyone can see the embarrassing situation of the Wang family. In this situation, it is not easy to sow discord.
"Yang Yuanyan must be suspicious of the Wang family, so it's difficult to make an issue directly on this matter, but what if he makes an issue of Yang Yuanyan's beloved concubine?" Zhou Yuan said sadly. He smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, in Xiangcheng back then, His Majesty gave the girl named Gu to the Marquis of Qianyang to serve as his bed. And Yang Yuanyan should have many women vying for favor around him. There is no big picture in their eyes. If we can incite these people, we don’t need to take direct action..."
Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang didn't respond to Zhou Yuan's words, and they didn't seem to agree with making a fuss about an unrelated woman.
Zhou Yuan also seemed to be aware of Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang's emotional changes. He laughed twice and said: "At this time, Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang rushed into Heluo to fight to the death. Can Liang Shixiong hold Luoyang? There are still two battles at Hangu Pass. Wang Yuankui and Tian Weiye wanted to avoid the disadvantages of attacking Huazhou, and once Hangu Pass was lost, they were in a dilemma, so they concentrated their efforts on attacking Yongzhou - no matter what, there is really not much time left for us..."
The situation on the east line of Hehuai is almost settled. Even if Tangyi decides to send troops to Hehuai, he can barely save the line from Bianjing to the north of Chenzhou. However, there are still great variables on the west line all the way to Guanzhong.
It is possible that Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty first captured Luoyang and Hangu Pass, opened up communication with Huazhou and Yongzhou, and suppressed the two troops of Tian Weiye and Wang Yuankui again in Hejin and Tongzhou, making them unable to go south for the time being. It is also possible that Tian Weiye and Wang Yuankui were unable to go south. First they captured Yongzhou and Huazhou, and first connected with Liang Shixiong in Heluo, so that Liang Emperor Zhu Yu could not return without a city. From then on, the Liang army could huddle in Cai Ru and the south of Xuzhou, and the small area in the west of Qiaozhou was left to survive. interest.
Of course, it is also possible that at the same time that Liang Emperor Zhu Yu captured Luoyang and Hangu Pass, Wang Yuankui and Tian Weiye also captured Yongzhou.
In either case, as long as the situation in Guanzhong is settled, it will be detrimental to Xiangbei.
In the first case, Emperor Liang captured Luoyang and Hangu Pass and opened up contact with the Liang army in Guanzhong. Even if the factors of Tangyi were not considered, he would obviously not agree to Xiangbei joining forces with Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian to attack Shu, and would instead conspire to Shenzhen City integrated Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian into the Liang Army and drove them to the north bank of the Weishui River to fight Wang Yuankui and Tian Weiye.
In the second and third situations, the Mongolians may fully or partially gain control of Guanzhong. At this time, Xiangbei should consider more about the possible ambitions of the Mongolians towards Liangzhou, rather than greedy plans for Shu.
, let alone act rashly.
It must be said that the favorable opportunity is to take advantage of the stalemate between the remnants of the Liang Army and the Weizhou rebels as well as Wang Yuankui and Tian Weiye's troops in Heluo and Yongzhou, and no one has time to look south. There may be a gap of two to three months.
Give them a chance to unite with Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian to invade Shu.
Even they don't need to take over the Shu Kingdom in one fell swoop. In the early stage, the Xiangbei Army only needs to occupy Lizhou, Bazhou, Tongzhou, Langzhou and other northern Shu areas, so that they can advance and retreat and wait and see the situation - and in the early stage, northern Shu
With Zhuzhou as the target, Xiangbei does not need to use much troops. Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiao can advance into Shu from Yinping Road and attract the main force of Shu army.
However, even so, not only Li Changfeng and Li Xiu did not support it, but Li Zhigao was also worried that the situation might not be under their control.
At present, they can confirm that about two million pieces of Qianyang cloth and other commercial goods worth three to four hundred thousand yuan of grain are imported into Shu from Xuzhou every year. With such a huge interest entanglement, it is difficult to imagine that they
If they really want to join forces with Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiao to attack Shu first, Tangyi will not send troops to threaten the eastern flank of Xiangbei.
It is not enough to simply destroy Tangyi and directly send troops to reinforce Chenzhou and Bianjing. However, if Huaidong and Tangyi start a military quarrel at this time and further restrain Tangyi's army from the east, it will be difficult for Han Qian to consider other directions.
Will Li Zhigao really make up his mind?
Ye Feiying walked into the deserted house with Yao Xishui a few years ago. Of course, he knew that the people in the pavilion had high expectations for them. However, except for Li Zhigao who had not expressed his position, Yao Xishui and his wife were also worried that the people in the pavilion would treat them.
They all plotted to get involved, but Zhou Yuan was in a rather eager mood. He thought to himself, could it be that Zhou Yuan secretly had contact with the people in the pavilion?
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Huo Qiu, the disaster in Shouchun is not serious.
Haozhou is sandwiched between the Huaihe River and Hongzepu. The rivers and rivers in between have been experiencing a lull in rainfall for days. The water levels of the streams flowing from Wujian Mountain to Fucha Mountain into the Huaihe River have risen sharply, and the flooding has become more serious.
However, the total number of residents in the four counties of Haozhou is just over 100,000, and the advantages of a large area and sparse population are fully reflected at this time. Like northern Chuzhou, even if some people are affected by the disaster, as long as they move to higher ground to avoid water, there will be enough local resources.
The resettlement can be carried out according to the ability of the government, without the need for the government to come forward.
What is really serious is the western part of Huozhou and Guangzhou. Starting from mid-to-late April, within a month, more than 100,000 victims, old and young, who were unable to be resettled in Cai and Ruzhou were evacuated southward from the west bank of Yingshui River and moved across the Huaihe River.
into these areas for temporary resettlement.
There are more than thirty refugee camps, and thousands of stones of rice need to be allocated for relief every day, and this number is increasing every day.
Han Qian was not secretly happy because there were 100,000 new residents in Huaixi, but he was still worried about the current severe situation. The rivers and Huaihe Rivers collapsed and Guanzhong fell. Even if there were 2 million people in Huaixi, what could be done?
House seemingly endless rain.
During this period, there were continuous heavy rains at the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain, and the Huaihe River tributaries on the south side such as Gushui and Huangshui were also flooded by floods. Many sections of the road from the west of Chaozhou to Guangzhou were washed away by floods.
Of the dozen or so pontoons, less than half remain.
A large amount of materials needed to be transported to Shouzhou for shipment first, and then transported ashore against the mighty Huaihe River to the west of Huozhou and Guangzhou.
Han Qian rushed to various counties non-stop, busy with disaster relief.
On May 20th, Han Qian was thinking about others.
Due to the large area of flood detention in the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, Qisi City, which is close to the Huaihe River but has a low terrain, is full of water up to the ankles.
Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan and other Liang ministers also moved to Qisicheng, using Qisicheng as a transit point for Tangyi to contact Cai Ru and other states; Han Qian rushed over to discuss follow-up reinforcements with them.
At this time, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty personally led his elite troops, and after entering the western foothills of Songshan Mountain, he had already captured the two key cities of Songxian and Yichuan in the south of Luoyang regardless of casualties, but Luoyang, Mianchi and Hangu Pass near the Yuhe River, as well as Yanshi on the east side
, Xingyang and other cities, there are still 30,000 rebels resisting tenaciously.
At this time, the Mongols collected hundreds of fishing boats in Hejin and other places, and were able to support Luoyang from Mengjin and other places, which made the rebels more willing to fight.
Fortunately, Heluo was the land of Longxing, Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty.
Seeing Emperor Liang Zhu Yu leading the Liang army across the Songshan Mountains and marching into Heluo, the aristocratic clans and people of Lu, Luoning, and Yiyang raised their troops to expel the rebels, allowing Emperor Liang to temporarily gain a foothold in the southern part of Heluo.
Part of the grain can also be raised from the local area. It does not require time and effort to transport military grain from Cairu and other places, using the most primitive method of people carrying horses and camels to cross dangerous valley roads to the Heluo area.
At present, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty decided to divide some of his troops to guard Yiyang and keep an eye on the Luoyang rebels below Yiyang. He also ordered Jing Zhen to lead some of his elite troops through the hills on the north bank of the Yishui River and directly to the south bank of the Yu River from east to west.
Attack Mianchi and Hangu Pass, and first establish contact with Guanzhong.
Since Liang Jun completely lost control of the upper reaches of the Yu River (including the Wei River), the Mongols gathered hundreds of small ships and could choose a straight bank to cross the river from Luoyang to Hangu Pass at any time, which was equivalent to attacking Mianchi.
The flanks of the soldiers and horses at Hangu Pass will be completely exposed; and the Heluo area is also experiencing heavy rain during this period, which is not conducive to the attack. The war between Heluo and Heluo will not be resolved until two months at the earliest.
Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty was worried that Sima Tan and Xu Mingzhen might rebel at any time, and hoped that Tangyi could send troops to the north as soon as possible to avoid Sima Tan and Xu Mingzhen cutting off the post road connection between Chenzhou and Bianjing.
Not only Guo Duanduo and Zhou Daoyuan were thinking about it, but Shen Peng also came over with a handwritten letter from Emperor Liang Zhu Yu, once again mentioning his request for Tangyi to send troops as soon as possible.
Han Qian was very hesitant about this.
On the one hand, Sima Tan and Xu Mingzhen may defect to the Weizhou rebels at any time, while Sima Tan and Xu Mingzhen occupy the southern area of Hehuai, and the two armies combined have more than 100,000 troops.
On the one hand, the Mongols built a river dam in Wuzhi, and their cavalry vanguard troops have entered the area east of Bianjing.
At this time, even if Han Qian mobilized 20,000 elite infantry troops to enter the northern part of Chenzhou, together with the Bianjing garrison led by Han Yuan and Chen Kun, the total number of troops would be more than 40,000, but they would have to fight for nearly two days between Bianjing and Chenzhou.
In an open plain area of 100 miles, we face the possibility of being pursued and intercepted by as many as 200,000 enemy troops.
How to fight this battle?
In the current situation, the Mongol people might not hope to drag the Tangyi soldiers and horses into a war situation that is more beneficial to them; Han Qian even suspected that this was the case, and Sima and Xu Mingzhen delayed until this time without clearly raising the flag of rebellion.
But in fact, he secretly surrendered to the rebels.
Once the facts turn out as he expected, the reinforcements will be unable to gain a foothold in the northern part of Chenzhou and will probably be forced into Bianjing by an enemy force several times larger than his own.
After the reinforcements join Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun and others, they may be able to continue to defend Bianjing City, but how to solve the problem of food and grass?
The city of Bianjing had been under siege for a long time. The food supply was once exhausted and thousands of people starved to death. Fortunately, Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty returned to Hehuai in time and lifted the siege of Bianjing, so the starvation did not expand and lead to a more tragic tragedy.
In order to solve the food crisis in Bianjing City, especially when it was confirmed that the Mongols and rebels had the sinister intention of breaching the embankments and seizing the Huai River, Emperor Zhu of Liang ordered a large number of residents to be evacuated to flee the famine. However, there are currently only hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city.
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Like the outer cities of Jinling and Shouchun, there is a large area of open space between the outer city wall and the inner city (imperial city) of Bianjing, or in the Guocheng area. Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty also ordered that these areas be reclaimed and cultivated as much as possible, but only
There are about 70,000 to 80,000 acres.
Counting the subsequent import of grain to Bianjing City and the grain produced in Bianjing Guocheng, it is barely enough to feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians for four to five months; bringing in more soldiers and horses will not only be of no benefit, but will even aggravate the grain shortage.
consumption crisis.
If we cannot recapture the cities of Xingyang and Wuzhi, cannot dig the river dam in time, and cannot seal the breach of the Xingyang dyke in time, the yellow flood areas on both sides of the Shaying River will exist for a long time; Tangyi will not be able to occupy an absolute advantage over the enemy.
The central Hehuai area ensured that the post road from the north of Chenzhou to Bianjing City would not be cut off by the enemy.
Transporting grain from Huaixi to Bianjing City is an extremely unrealistic choice; not to mention that there are less than 20,000 elite troops in Huaixi. Who knows what Cishou Palace and Huaidong will do behind their backs?
Han Qian also hoped that Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, Lei Jiuyuan, Jing Hao and others could decisively abandon Bianjing City and take advantage of the enemy's failure to complete the encirclement to capture the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Bianjing City who were still loyal to Liang Emperor Zhu Yu.
Withdrew to the northern part of Chenzhou, but gradually evacuated these soldiers and civilians through waterways to southern Yingzhou and other areas that were not flooded for resettlement.
