In March, there was drought and little rain in Heluo. The Mongol soldiers and horses took advantage of boats and entered the Yiluo River. They successfully cut off the defenders in the eastern part of Yanshi and Gong County, and placed the main offensive on the east bank of the Yiluo River. .
In addition to Liang Shixiong leading 20,000 Dongliang troops who attacked Hulao Pass day and night from the east, more than 40,000 troops entered the east bank of the Yiluo River in mid-March, entered Hulao Pass from the back and belly, and stationed at various gates at the northwest foot of Songshan Mountain. Su Mu, Shen Peng and other troops in the village.
Wusu Dashi, Xiao Yiqing's intention was very clear. He could not capture Baima Gorge and Yanshi City. The mountains of Mang Mountain were integrated with Luoyang, Mengjin and other places. Han Qian had the convenience of mobilizing troops from inside, but the terrain on the northwest flank of Songshan Mountain was steep. , as long as they have elite soldiers and horses wedged into the Songshan Mountains, they can cut off the Yidong Zhuzhai, Gongxian Zhicheng, Hulao Pass, Baima Gorge, Yanshi and other west wing cities. And as long as they capture the Yidong Zhuzhai. Zhai, Gongxian Zhicheng and Hulao Pass, they can connect these areas with Xingyang, thus opening the east wing of Heluo. If they continue to fight in the Heluo area, the situation will become favorable to them.
Feng Xuan and Chen Kun guarded Hulao Pass with only 10,000 troops and horses, and there were many injuries and illnesses. Under the strong pressure of enemies on both sides, they could only give up the battle for positions outside the city and shrink their troops back into the city. Settle the city to defend it.
When the Dongliang Army and the Mongol soldiers and horses advanced outside the city, they were able to set up cyclone cannons and other war weapons, throwing stones and bombs all night long, and bombarding Hulao Pass.
When Feng Xuan, Zhou Pang, and Su Lie went north, they were forced to leave their large and medium-sized tanks and war equipment in Xiacai and other places, as well as a large number of precision castings that could not be transported through the Songnan Plank Road at this time. Engineers and craftsmen can only make do with simple things and build some simple weapons to participate in defense, but they are not much worse than the enemy.
Although the Yidong villages, including Gongxian Zhicheng, still deployed 20,000 soldiers and horses from Su Mu, Shen Peng and other troops, they were mainly generals of the old Liang army and their combat effectiveness was not strong, let alone fighting against the enemy's elite troops outside the city. In the battle, under the attack of nearly twice the enemy force, several villages were lost in mid-to-late March, and more than 5,000 troops and horses were lost. The general Su Mu died in the battle. Han Qian had to order Shen Peng to lead the remaining troops to retreat to Gong County to govern. The city stood firm.
The county seat of Gong County is located at the center point between Baima Gorge and Hulao Pass. The Yiluo River flows through the northwest of the city, making it a key node on the east bank of the Yiluo River that cannot be missed.
The enemy's attack points on the east bank of the Yiluo River were mainly concentrated at Hulao Pass and Gongxian County, and the attack seemed more leisurely.
In order to relieve the defensive pressure on the defenders of Gongxian County, Han Qian asked Wen Bo and Xue Chuan to take charge of the defense of Mangshan Dongling. , all gathered at Baima Village on the east bank of Baima Gorge, with generals such as Han Donghu, Li Qi, Wang Zang, Huo Li, and Shi Ruhai, along the east bank of the Yiluo River, taking turns leading their troops to attack the camps and positions of the Mongol Army on the east bank.
In April, Wusu Dashi transferred more than 30,000 former Shu soldiers and horses under Zhao Mengji to the east bank of the Yiluo River via waterways, which increased the number of soldiers and horses of the Mengwu and Dongliang troops on both sides of the Yiluo River to more than 100,000. The war intensified.
Han Qian also further mobilized his troops and mobilized Cao Ba, Dong Tai, Zhang Guangdeng and others from Songnan Plank Road and Shuanglonggou Plank Road to Heluo to participate in the war. He also recruited 20,000 strong men from Heluo to join the camp. A tug-of-war took place on the east bank of the river.
Although the formations of both sides were torn apart and defeated many times, because both sides set up camps and trenches on both wings, they were in the rear formation every time there was a battle, leaving a large number of reserve troops on the flanks.
When the horses are defeated, the flanking soldiers and horses rush into the battlefield to act as the main force, covering the retreat of the scattered soldiers to regroup and avoid collapse in the battle situation.
It also made the war extremely cruel, bloody, and tragic.
Although the Mongols still spared use of their own elite cavalry and used more brave and capable cavalry to participate in flank operations, they still caused a large number of casualties to the defenders in the relatively open area on the east coast; also due to the frequent attacks of the Mongolian cavalry.
, which improved the morale of Zhao Mengji and other soldiers who were originally weak in combat effectiveness, and increased the difficulty of the defenders' counterattack.
Even though the defenders were able to disperse and defeat these soldiers and horses from time to time, the Mongol cavalry charged fiercely from the flanks and were often forced to retreat without being able to expand the results, so that they could not effectively kill the enemy.
Speaking of which, the old Liang Army's armor and weapons were consumed too much in previous battles, and the Tangyi Army's elite weapons could not be transported in time. No matter how anxious Han Qian was, it was useless - Songshan Mountain floated from time to time in March.
The continuous drizzle has further restricted the transportation capacity of the Songnan Plank Road, and even soldiers transporting troops accidentally fell off the cliff together with their mules and horses every day.
From late March to mid-April, the casualty ratios of both sides were similar. Considering that most of the enemy forces were in an unfavorable situation to attack Hulao Pass and other pass cities, overall the enemy forces had the advantage.
The number of troops and horses that the enemy can mobilize is still far greater than that of the defenders. Not only is the enemy's Mengzhou camp constantly drawing elite soldiers from Wang Yuankui and Tian Weiye, and they take turns sending them to the east bank of the Yiluo River to fight, Dongliang
The army was worried about the unfavorable terrain east of Hulao Pass and launched an offensive with more soldiers and horses.
Although Han Qian also had a large number of strong men in the Heluo area that could be recruited to supplement the shortage of troops, these were untrained new soldiers who were incorporated into the battalion on a large scale to replace the casualties and injuries in the battle, barely ensuring that the troops in each department were fully staffed.
, but the overall combat effectiveness is constantly declining.
Seeing the fierce fighting on the tug-of-war to the east of Baima Gorge, Gu Qian, Lei Jiuyuan, Zhu Juezhong and others even suggested that Han Qian shrink his troops back to the west of Baima Gorge, hoping that Shen Peng, Feng Xuan, and Chen Kun could defeat Hulao Pass.
The county seat of Gongxian County was defended until the flood came.
Even if one of the cities in Hulao Pass and Gongxian County is lost, it is better than losing all the elite soldiers; leaving these elite soldiers is the capital for a comeback.
Gu Qian, Lei Jiuyuan and others all weighed whether to save people and lose land, or to save land and lose people. Otherwise, they would not have abandoned Bianjing in the first place.
However, Han Qian knew that if any one of Hulao Pass and Gongxian City was lost, the situation on the east side of Heluo would become extremely ugly, and the elite direct descendants of the Tangyi Army had not yet had to withdraw to defend the city.
The tug-of-war continued until late April, and the Yuhe River flood did not come early. However, continuous heavy rains fell in Luodong and Luonan areas, causing the water levels of Yichuan and other rivers originating from the northern foot of Funiu Mountain and the western foot of Songshan Mountain to rise sharply, while Yanshi
, Baima Gorge, Gong County, and Hulaoguan area have been raining continuously for days.
Before the second phase of the war, Han Qian deliberately destroyed the dams of the streams and ditches on the east bank of the Yiluo River so that when the flood season came, the floods would make this area even muddy and increase the degree of waterlogging.
This action played a huge role at this time. The rainfall at the western foot of Songshan Mountain was washed out from the valley, and the ditch was destroyed. It could not be directed into the Yiluo River and the Yu River in time. It flowed straight and overflowed in the east bank of the Yiluo River. one slice.
At this time, the enemy had to postpone the attack on Hulao Pass and Gong County on the eastern front. Han Qian took the opportunity to move some of his troops from the tug-of-war battlefield east of Baima Gorge to the camp west of Baima Gorge to rest and recuperate.
Feng Xuan, Chen Kun, Shen Peng and other generals also seized this rare opportunity to breathe in the two cities to treat the injured and injured, organized military and civilian use of wooden fences, earth and stone to fill the gap opened by the cyclone cannon, and dug inner trenches in the city.
Seeing the continuous heavy rains and the vandalism of the drainage ditches by the defenders, the enemy was forced to shift the focus of the war to the western front and strengthen the attack on Mengjin, Hangu Pass, Taolinsai and other places from the upper reaches of the Yu River. .
Although this line is mainly defended by the old Liang Army generals, the Heluo War in the past three months was not on the western front. At least there was no decent attack from the east of Tongguan to the west of Yanshi. In one area, the generals of the old Liang Army were well rested.
Han Qian had previously transferred Li Ji's troops to Mengjin, and also to Mang Mountain, which stood on the south bank of the Yu River, restricting the Mongolian cavalry from entering the battle, and hastily shifted the focus of the battle, making the enemy ineffective for the next month. Breaking through the Mangshan defense line on the western front.
In mid-May, as the water potential in the upper reaches of the Yu River gradually strengthened, rainfall increased in Guanzhong, Hehuai, and Hedong. Instead of showing signs of subsidence, the waterlogging on the east bank of the Yiluo River became more severe. Wusu Dashi, Xiao Yiqing was also forced to withdraw from the south bank, and the Dongliang Army also withdrew from Hulao Pass to Xingyang.
After both sides suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, the Second Heluo War came to an end.
In the two battles before and after, in addition to Su Mu, the senior generals of the New Liang Army, Dong Tai, who was the first to launch the uprising in Sizhou with Tan Yuliang, and a total of four other generals at the capital and brigade level were killed on the battlefield.
Although Han Qian had always opposed senior generals charging into battle, on the see-saw battlefield, the Mongolian cavalry was very good at interspersing combat with small groups of elite troops, causing great damage to the defenders.
Even the elite Tangyi Army lacked the light chariots that could more effectively limit the impact of enemy cavalry on the Heluo battlefield, as well as the more penetrating crossbows and other weapons. In a field battle with the enemy's elite, the casualty ratio was still 50-50. Opposite look.
In early March, Xu Mingzhen once again joined forces with Sima Tan to raise troops to attack Xiacai, Linhao and other places, and opened a second battlefield outside Heluo. In mid-May, Xu Mingzhen also withdrew his troops and retreated to the coast of Guoshui.
On the Eastern Front battlefield, Gao Bao, who had surrendered to Han Qian in his early years and served successively as the Chinese County Magistrate and the Sima of the Tangyi Navy, was accidentally stranded in a lake when he was fighting with the enemy Zuolou Fleet Navy at Hongzepu. He, along with more than 200 of his guards and boatmen, died during the siege of Zuolou Shipbuilding Navy. He was the highest-ranking general to die on the Eastern Front battlefield.
Including the diversionary battles near Tongguan, Huazhou and Lantian Pass, the New Liang Army's three-month war from late February to mid-May resulted in the death of more than 36,000 generals on the battlefield.
The number of enemy soldiers killed directly on the battlefield is slightly higher, but it is also limited.
Of course, when it comes to the treatment of injuries and illnesses, the New Liang Army's level is much higher than that of the enemy, which also determines that the enemy's final casualties will be much higher than those of the New Liang Army.
However, regardless of the casualties, neither side was able to completely annihilate the other side's elite troops. In the future, sufficient elite troops will be added to the battalion. The size and combat effectiveness of both sides' troops will not drop too much.
Of course, Han Qian firmly believes that the situation is more favorable to them.
After three months of renovation and widening of the Songnan Plank Road and the Shuanglonggou Plank Road, by late May, the transport capacity had more than doubled than before. Later, when the iron beam bridges were gradually erected, heavy-duty carriages could pass directly between Cai Ru and the river.
The bottleneck in transportation capacity between Luoyang and Luoyang can be further solved.
At present, there is no special shortage of food and cloth in the Heluo area. One to twenty thousand stones of salt per month can be replenished even by camel transport over the mountains and ridges.
However, if the manufacturing industry in the Heluo area, especially the casting of war weapons, is to be raised to a very high level before the onset of winter, it is not enough to just transfer a group of engineers.
It would be great if Heluo could initially restore certain war equipment and armor castings this year. However, it would like to use hydraulic equipment on a large scale in the casting of war equipment to greatly improve efficiency. The components of hydraulic equipment
In the early stage, the war equipment, armor and fine iron castings used to build warships to strengthen the Heluo garrison, as well as soap, linoleum cloth, cane sugar, tung oil, etc., all needed to be transported from East Lake, Huaiyang and other places in the early stage.
Compared with the traditional ones, the Institute of Engineering has not only developed more types of hydraulic equipment in Xuzhou and Huaixi in the past ten years, but the complexity and sophistication of their structures are also far beyond the imagination of the world.
Most of the hydraulic equipment are precision castings, which cannot be produced here in Heluo for the time being. However, these precision castings often weigh four to five hundred kilograms. It is simply not feasible to travel overland over mountains and ridges and transport them by manpower or mules, horses and camels.
Large casting parts weighing two to three thousand kilograms require heavy-duty horse-drawn carriages to transport, which all depends on the improvement of land routes.
The first batch of elite troops such as Feng Xuan, Xue Chuan, and Zhou Pan were transferred north to participate in the war. They were temporarily abandoned in Xuzhou, Xia Cai's bed crossbows, scorpion crossbows, and various light tanks that used to contain cavalry attacks on the battlefield.
Wait, it was not until mid-to-early May that they were gradually transported to the Mangshan front line, but they failed to play any role on the Heluo battlefield.
However, Han Qian believed that with the further widening of the Songnan Plank Road, the combat effectiveness of the Heluo troops and horses would be further improved before winter, and they would be able to give the enemy some color by then.
Han Daochang, Han Duan, Qin Wen, and Han Jianji led the first batch of more than 300 Chishan Society and Secret Service lurking personnel and their families who had been released from Jinling and evacuated before, and arrived in Luoyang in mid-May.
At this time, Luoyang City was still in ruins and waiting to be revitalized.
The Taiwei Palace and Ziwei Palace left over from the previous dynasty were repaired in the early years when Zhu Yu was in charge of Heluo to rebuild Luoyang City, but they were now in ruins; when Liang Shixiong led the remnants of his troops to withdraw from Luoyang, although they were unable to destroy them in a hurry
The inner and outer city walls were built, but the city of Luoyang was set on fire for three days and three nights before it was extinguished.
The old Liang army only fully entered Luoyang City in mid-November last year. After that, it experienced so many twists and turns, and there was no time to start comprehensive repairs and construction.
At present, Ziwei Palace is the palace city of the Sui Dynasty, and Taiwei Palace on the south side is the imperial city of the Sui Dynasty. Although there are only ruins of the two palaces at this time, the Jianhe River passes through Ziwei City, and the Luohe River passes through Taiwei Palace.
It passes between Wei Palace and the main city, and the water area where the Jian River and Luo River intersect is wide. In early February, Han Qian decided to build Shuiying Dazhai and shipyard on the site of Yique Gate, the southern gate of Taiwei Palace.
It was only then that it began to take shape.
However, the infrastructure construction of the shipbuilding yard has just begun to take shape, and the first real warship has not yet been completely built. It has only recruited more than 20 fishing boats for training.
Zhu Yu took control of Heluo and rebuilt Luoyang City. In fact, he only rebuilt the southern part of Luoyang City, the original capital of the Sui Dynasty. The area was less than half that of the previous dynasty at its peak, but at this time there were traces of arson everywhere.
Zhu Yu entered Luoyang City in November last year and turned Shangyang Garden, next to the Henan Government Office, into an imperial palace.
After Han Qian handed over the frontline war to Wen Bo and Chen Kun, he led the generals Han Yuanqi, Feng Xuan, and Han Donghu back to Luoyang City. They also made do with simple things and moved into Shangyang Garden. They summoned Han Daochang, Han Duan, Qin Wen, Han Jianji, etc.
people.
Han Daochang, who was sixty-two years old at the time, and his temples were all frosty white. Sitting in the spacious hall of Shangyang Garden, he was full of emotions for a while. Who could have imagined that in just ten years, the once prodigal man would be shaken.
He is already the lord of the country.
Han Qian was wearing a python dragon robe and sitting behind the imperial court. His majestic and brave figure revealed his impressive power. He listened quietly to Han Daochang and Qin Wen, who spoke in detail about the situation in Jinling City at this time. Some of the details were very detailed in the letters.
It’s difficult to cover everything.
After hearing this, Han Qian did not comment on the situation in Jinling City at this time. He told Han Daochang and Qin Wen said: "I succeeded as the king of the country. Although I successively established the left and right Internal History Office, Supervision Office and Military Intelligence Staff Office to take charge of Liang Shisan
Regarding state military and political matters, we have only established the general framework, but there are still too many things to do to get all aspects on track..."
Regardless of the middle and late dynasties of the previous dynasties or the Liang, Chu, Jin, and Shu states, the revenue and expenditure of the central government's annual revenue were extremely important. In addition to dividing the central financial power into three departments: the Ministry of Household Affairs, Duzhi, and Transshipment, the inner court also established an internal bureau and a Shaofu Temple.
, Taifu Temple controls the benefits of mountains and rivers, as well as the treasures in the palace, money, valleys, gold, brocade and coinage, etc.
In addition, the inner court mostly used eunuchs, which created a gap and opposition between the inner and outer courts.
Han Qian was also extremely surprised when Dechan succeeded him as the head of the country. In just three or four months, he mainly considered how to stabilize the situation in Heluo as soon as possible, and did not think too deeply about the restructuring of the entire national level organization.
No matter how the central agency is restructured, Han Qian is not worried that his personal authority will be weakened, but judging from the experience of later generations, the new central agency should be restructured to eliminate the barriers and opposition between the inner and outer courts as much as possible.
However, he advocated vigorously developing industry and commerce and promoting civilian education, which was destined to find a more subtle balance between centralization and equal rights.
At present, Daliang is a country but not a dynasty. Han Qian is also taking advantage of the trend to cancel the Shaofu Temple, Taifu Temple and other parts that strengthen the power of the inner court. Han Qian decided to set up a new Official Money Department in the Right Neishi Mansion to be in charge of minting and managing the government offices and offices in the country.
Private gold banks, money shops and other institutions with rudimentary financial functions in the Ming Dynasty.
The original Xuzhou Official Money Bureau was completely changed into Daliang First Savings Bureau with a structure and function similar to that of a bank.
Han Qian hoped that his second uncle Han Daochang would be in charge of the Guanqian Department and the First Savings Bureau of Daliang. This also took into account the current tradition of using family members to consolidate power.
Although Han Daochang did not directly add the title of political governor, he was satisfied.
Han Daochang, who has been deeply integrated into Tangyi in recent years, naturally knows the importance of the Guanqian Department and the First Savings Bureau of Daliang, and his main focus has been on this field in recent years. His views on other military and political matters are based on
Above average people, but still not up to the level of Feng Liao, Gu Qian and others, there is no need to participate in the highest level of national affairs decision-making.
As an elder of the clan, no one in Heluo would think that his status was lower than that of Feng Liao, Gu Qian and others, even if he did not take part in politics as a governor.
The most important thing now is to help Han Qian stabilize the situation in Heluo, seize Guanzhong, and lay the foundation for Daliang to dominate the world...