Han Daoming and others did not arrive in Luoyang until the end of August.
Han Qian was not in Luoyang at this time, but was at Hulao Pass to inspect the military situation and the construction of the pass.
After all, Han Daoming has reached his age. He has stayed in Jinling for these years and fought with others, which has consumed a lot of energy and energy. When he first arrived in Luoyang, he may not be as energetic as the old man, so he thought of taking a breather and recuperating for a while.
On that day, I reunited with the old man who arrived in Luoyang a month in advance and Han Daochang, Han Duan, Han Jianji and other children who arrived in Luoyang in mid-May; Han Jun, his wife and children, and some of the Han clan members who stayed in Xuanzhou also moved to Xuanzhou.
After being imprisoned, he arrived in Luoyang after a long journey in mid-August.
Feng Yi, Yin Peng, Lu Ze and others received orders from Han Qian to rush directly to Hulao Pass to meet up.
Yin Peng didn't have time to settle down, so he followed Feng Yi and Lu Ze and rushed to Hulao Pass without stopping.
After passing the Baima Gorge, you can still see the traces left by the fierce battle between Heluo and Heluo before late May, including the ditches that were destroyed in advance and have not been restored.
At this time, frost and fog appeared in the morning and evening in the mid-autumn season in the North. The east bank of the Yiluo River was still muddy, and the ground was littered with messes. From time to time, broken arrow shafts, halberds, and even iron blades of armor could be seen, and no one was picking them up.
In just four or five months, it was already covered with rust.
At present, Mengzhou on the north coast and Xingyang to the east of Hulao Pass are still stationed by Zhao Mengji and Liang Shixiong, with a total of more than 60,000 to 70,000 troops. In addition to enemy scouts, there are even small groups of enemy troops crossing Yu from time to time.
The river may pass through the dense forests in the northern part of Songshan Mountain and enter the plain area on the east bank of the Yiluo River for harassment.
The areas on both sides of the lower reaches of the Yiluo River and along the northern foothills of Songshan Mountain and Mangshan Mountain extending to both wings are currently classified as war defense and buffer areas. Civilians have been evacuated to the west and south of Baima Gorge. Even if farming in this area is to be resumed
, they also first organized small-scale military camps around the defense forts, but it is obvious that they have not yet taken this into consideration.
In addition to leaving Baima Gorge to go to Gongxian Zhicheng, and then from Gongxian Zhicheng to Hulao Pass on the northwest slope of Songshan Mountain, due to the traffic of people and horses, it is well repaired. The fields on both sides are covered with wormwood that has been worked by half a person, and the villages
It is dilapidated, with broken walls that were burned down or washed away by floods everywhere. In just two or three years, it is hard to imagine that what was once the most prosperous place in Daliang besides Bianjing has become desolate.
The sharp contrast on both sides of Baima Gorge also makes people more deeply understand the importance of the Battle of Yiluo River Mouth.
In the past four months, in addition to Xixuan Temple Village on the west bank of the Yiluo River and at the foot of Mang Mountain, the key pass city that has been repaired along the river defense line is Hulao Pass.
In addition to the renovation of the old Guancheng, an outer city wall was built with rammed earth on the east and west sides. Although the terrain is not dangerous, the Guancheng was widened by more than two thousand steps to the east and west sides to form a larger defensive space.
Songnan plank road until early August
The last iron beam bridge was erected for the passage of heavy-duty carriages, and the advantage of transportation capacity has not yet been fully utilized. This means that Heluo has actually been in a situation of extreme shortage of materials and food, and it has not been completely relieved yet.
The limited supplies must be used wisely. Yin Peng and his cavalry came in from the outer city wall in the west. They saw that at Hulao Pass, in addition to the city wall and the barracks of the internal and external garrisons, the command office had been repaired and expanded.
Residential houses on both sides of the streets inside and outside the city - Hulao Pass is located on the land pass from Bianjing to Guanzhong on the south bank of the Yu River. In the early years, even outside Guancheng, both sides of the post road adjacent to Guancheng were full of street shops.
, Minyuan-it is still in ruins.
There are traces of burns everywhere, collapsed houses everywhere, and dark bloodstains on the rammed earth walls. There are also stone bullets thrown by cyclone cannons or masonry and earth clods from the city wall scattered in the middle.
Several entry routes have been cleared.
At this time, there was no time to repair it, so it was hastily wrapped up with the outer city wall. Anyway, there were not many households in Hulao Pass at this time.
There was only one temple that looked like one. Among the buildings that had been dilapidated by the war, Yin Peng saw a brand-new stone pagoda erected. They stood outside the ruined temple, separated by a ruined wall, and looked at what was a dozen steps away.
The tower is more than three feet high, and the whole body is carved from a kind of white rock with jade luster from Songshan Mountain.
Yin Peng was very surprised. Neither Han Qian nor anyone around him worshiped Buddhism and Taoism. Hulao Pass was still in ruins. Why did they spend so much effort to build this pagoda first?
In fact, since the middle and late period of the previous dynasty, all the forces competing in the Central Plains have suppressed Buddhism and Taoism out of their own interests.
Seeing Yin Peng, Feng Yi, and Lu Ze holding the reins, hesitantly looked at the stone pagoda. Huo Xiao, who went to the west city gate to welcome them into Guancheng, introduced: "In the battles of Heluo, the dead and injured before and after Hulao Pass."
There were 1,089 generals who were seriously injured, and a total of 31,047 generals who died or were seriously injured during the two battles on both sides of the Yiluo River Mouth. Rebuilding Hulao
When the city was closed, Your Majesty ordered the construction of a stone pagoda of heroes and martyrs at Bailin Temple. In addition to inscribing the heroic battle, the names of the 31,047 generals and soldiers were also engraved on it for the memory of the world..."
The military system of the former dynasty collapsed in the middle period, and the military recruitment system took over in the middle and late periods. However, around the founding of the Chu, Liang, Jin, and Shu states, due to the significant reduction in the population of the country, not only the number of soldiers that could be recruited was reduced, but the scale of taxes that could be levied was also significantly reduced. In order to ensure
In order to have enough soldiers and to reduce the cost of raising soldiers as much as possible, both the imperial army and the bodyguards and pro-military systems adopt a military system that combines government soldiers and departmental soldiers.
Under this military system, generals who are brave in battle and have repeatedly won military exploits are rewarded with meritorious deeds to boost their fighting spirit, but ordinary soldiers are exploited economically and suppressed their social and political status.
An extreme.
However, on the cruel and merciless battlefield, even if the soldiers who died in battle had merit in battle, due to the traditional military system of decapitating merit, it was noted that
He will definitely fall into the pocket of Pao Ze's colleagues. He will lose his property and life but will not receive any compensation. However, his children will die in battle because of him, so he has to join the army because of the rule of "older brother will succeed to younger brother, father will die and son will succeed" - therefore, in
In actual practice, once a son of a certain military family dies in battle, the situation is the most miserable.
Yin Peng looked at the newly built stone pagoda of heroes in the ruined temple, and secretly thought that the military system that Han Qian had adopted in recent years was very different from the recruitment system implemented in the middle and late periods of the previous dynasty, as well as the military system implemented in the late period and the founding of Liang Chu for more than 20 years.
There are many other details, and I feel that it is no wonder that it can withstand such a high proportion of casualties and still have fighting spirit. I really can't feel the difference without comparison.
Enter the inner city, which is within the old pass city of Hulao Pass.
The buildings on both sides of the long street are much more complete than the outside, but when entering from Guancheng, you can still see that inside the gate, apart from the buildings that were damaged by stone bombs and collapsed, there are also traces of fierce street fighting, which can be seen from the previous two games.
The war was fought fiercely by Feng Xuan and Chen Kun at Hulao Pass - now a team of craftsmen have come in and started to reorganize the buildings in the inner city.
At present, the commander in chief of Hulao Pass is Chen Kun. At the same time, the defense areas north of Baima Gorge, east of Yiluo River, and at the northern foot of Songshan Mountain are all under Chen Kun's command.
However, when I walked into the government office where Ya Zhang was located, I saw that in addition to Chen Kun, Shen Peng and other generals defending Hulao Pass and other passes, in addition to Han Yuanqi, Guo Que, Feng Xuan, Han Donghu and other generals who served Han Qianshi's army from Luoyang, In addition, Wen Bo, Li Qi, Xue Chuan and others who were responsible for guarding along Mang Mountain also gathered in the Yamen.
Everyone, headed by Han Qian, was discussing something around a long table-shaped sand table in the Yamen Hall.
Seeing this scene, and then thinking of Zhao Wuji, Li Xiu led two infantry brigades and three cavalry brigades were advancing along the west bank of Yingshui River towards Xuzhou in the north. Yin Peng couldn't help but thought in shock, could Han Qian be going to attack this winter? Should we launch an attack on Xingyang and other cities located east of Hulao Pass and north of Xuzhou, Xinzheng and other cities, which are currently occupied by Liang Shixiong's troops?
Isn't this too hasty?
Yin Peng, along with Feng Yi and Lu Ze, saluted everyone. When they saw Han Donghu and Huo Li, they took the initiative to give up a gap. They walked to the long sand table, which was about ten feet long and five feet wide and stood in front of it.
"You have worked hard all the way. I'm waiting for you to come over earlier to share the heavy military burden, and I didn't ask you to stay in Luoyang for two more days to rest." Han Qian nodded to Yin Peng and asked, "You won't be too tired, right?" ?”
"Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency. I and my wife came all the way here in a carriage. They were very comfortable and not tired." Yin Peng said.
"I don't have so many rules here, let alone being cautious. Wang Jun has gone to the medical camp now. He must be very happy to see you coming." Han Qian smiled, pointed to the sand table and said, "Liang The Chu peace talks have been concluded. The Mongols and the Dongliang Army currently see no signs of launching a winter offensive, but we can't be idle. I'm thinking of transferring an elite force from Mang Mountain in the near future and inserting it directly into Xiangshan Mountain on the north bank. Once you take root, you can also help me with my advice..."