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In early November, in the Shannan Basin east of Taiyue Mountain, the weather became increasingly cold, the wilderness mountains were covered with snow, and the streams and rivers were frozen.
At this time, the siege of Jincheng has entered its third month.
Li Xiu led his troops to sweep away enemy troops in northern Zezhou in the early stage, and even went all the way into Luzhou. However, at this time, he also reduced his troops to Gaoping and Lingchuan counties in northern Zezhou, blocking Zezhou and Lu from the left and right.
Although the passage between Zezhou and Luzhou was not built, a large number of military forts were not built, which completely blocked the passage between Zezhou and Luzhou.
After the news of the victory at Fanchuan River came, Kong Xirong led the first and second central battalion troops and no longer surrounded Jincheng. He specially opened the passage to the north of Jincheng and focused on strengthening the surrounding villages on the left and right sides of Jincheng.
However, in such a severe cold season, more than 20,000 men and women have been building weirs, dikes, and diversion channels in Heihu Ridge, southwest of Jincheng. This series of earth and stone projects is to ensure that after the next spring, the rainfall in a radius of dozens of miles will be concentrated.
After arriving at the weir lake on the northern slope of Heihu Ridge, the irrigation water is then directed to the foot of Jincheng City.
Wusu Dashi did not evacuate the Mongol people who moved south before the war. Instead, he directly gathered hundreds of thousands of Mongol soldiers and civilians into Jincheng, pretending to be a fish-to-death gesture.
Wusu Dashi obviously did not think that with these hundreds of thousands of Mongol soldiers and civilians, he was really qualified to fight to the death with the elites of Daliang in Zezhou.
In doing so, Wusu Dashi not only delayed the fall of Jincheng, but also hoped that Yang Yuanyan, Yang Zhitang and other young and warring factions in the Chu State who were not angry with Huaixi's merger with Daliang could successfully inflict heavy losses on Liang from the southern front.
army, thereby resolving the siege of southern Shanxi.
The Battle of Fanchuan River officially declared Wusu Dashi's wishful thinking bankrupt.
Kong Xirong opened a narrow passage in the north of Jincheng, so that the news could be smoothly passed into Jincheng and spread among the soldiers and civilians of Jincheng. He wanted to see the hope of the soldiers and civilians of Jincheng to come to nothing after learning that they expected the Chu army to help them relieve the siege.
After that, how much will to resist can be left in the heart.
In addition to weakening the will of the Mongolian soldiers and civilians to resist, Kong Xirong also wanted to encourage hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers and civilians to break through the gap he deliberately opened to the north. He planned to lure them into the wilderness of northern Zezhou and lure these hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers and civilians into the wilderness.
The army and civilians can be completely annihilated without delaying the war until tomorrow's summer.
Of course, even if these Mongolian soldiers and civilians do not break out to the north and the war is delayed until next spring, it will be a last resort to store water and flood Jincheng according to the established plan.
On a cold winter night, dozens of black shadows approached Jincheng from the north. They had previously attracted the attention of the defenders at the top of the city with the special sound of the Qiang flute.
He used a hanging basket to pull the dozen people who were lurking over to the top of the city. Zongbei, the commander of the North City, used the firelight to look at Xiao Yiqing's skinny face, which was white from the cold. He was startled and hurried over to salute: "Xiao Yiqing"
Sir, why did you come here in person?"
Xiao Yiqing is over sixty years old, and her body and bones are not as strong as those in the army. She has traveled through mountains and rivers and passed through Liang Jun's blockade. She has suffered a lot. By this time, she is exhausted. The biting cold is also terrifying.
Unbearable.
With the support of the guards, he sat with his back against the wall. His boots were soaked with snow. At this time, his body was wrapped in a thick layer of felt. He could not help but tremble and asked in a trembling voice:
"Where are Siqing and Zhehe?"
"General Mo will send someone to inform General Zhehe and General Xiao right now," Zongbei said.
Xiao Yiqing rested for a while on the tower. Xiao Siqing, Zhehe and other Jincheng defenders rushed over. At this time, he drank a bowl of hot soup and recovered a little.
"You all know that the Liang and Chu armies fought a battle at Fanchuan River, right?" Xiao Yiqing asked.
"Liang Jun's archery book came into the city. The general general ignored it because it was meant to confuse people. He also strictly prohibited the generals from telling the story privately." Zhehe was a young general who had risen in the Mongol army in the past ten years and was also the thirteenth Mongwu general.
A descendant of a noble family in the Yibu, he studied military art and Han classics with Xiao Yiqing when he was young, and is currently one of the core generals of the South Academy.
In the battle of Zhiguanxing, Zhehe's tribe suffered the heaviest casualties. Later, he was appointed to Jincheng to serve as the governor of Zezhou.
After the fall of Yangcheng, Xiao Siqing was sent to lead his troops to strengthen the defense of Jincheng.
Their initial combat intention was to defend Jincheng until next summer. They also concluded that after the Chu army annexed Fujian, the domestic mood was fanatical and they should rush to send troops before the spring and summer of next year. As long as the Chu army attacked Huaixi, the Liang army would inevitably
Will retreat without a fight.
Who can imagine that Liang Jun came in with arrows and said that the Chu army acted rashly and suffered heavy losses?
Zhehe and Xiao Siqing didn't completely believe what the Arrow Book said, but in this case, what else could they do besides strictly prohibiting the soldiers from telling the story privately?
"Bring the arrow book and show it to me..." Xiao Yiqing said.
Hundreds of letters of arrows were fired into the city every day. They were written in concise words and even included images, so that the vast majority of illiterate soldiers could roughly guess what they meant.
Zhehe had several arrow letters of different styles with him and took them out for Xiao Yiqing to read.
Xiao Yiqing had read the book on arrows, and there was no false boasting. Maybe Liang Jun didn't need to boast at all.
With 12,000 soldiers and horses, they took the initiative to cross the Fanchuan River, and with absolute superiority, they defeated the nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu army who thought they were elite without any ups and downs. This was enough to shock people's hearts.
"Chu Xin King Yang Yuanyan did try to attack Huaixi in early October, but he suffered a heavy setback in the Battle of Fanchuan River. Yang Yuanyan was also wounded by an arrow in the battle. He was rescued by his subordinates and was not killed on the battlefield. At present, the Chu army has
Silent as a cicada, although they still deployed hundreds of thousands of troops along the Yangtze River, don't think that they will have the courage to attack Huaixi again in the short term. At this time, the Sima family never mentioned the matter of surrendering to Chu, and had already left Chu
The state evacuated several secret envoys, and I suspect that the Sima clan may even have secretly sent envoys to Luoyang..." Xiao Yiqing said.
At present, Liang Jun deliberately opened the passage to the north of Jincheng, and it is entirely possible for the defenders to send scouts to verify the contents of the arrow book. Since Xiao Yiqing came here in person, it is even more impossible to cover up the current situation, which can be said to be extremely bad.
Xiao Siqing and Zhehe were stunned. They expected that the situation was not optimistic, but they did not expect that it would be so bad!
The situation at hand means that the Chu army is completely unable to contain any Liang army from the southern front. Even the Sima clan, who originally planned to defect to the Chu army, may turn to the Liang army?
Doesn't this mean that the Dongliang Army will find it difficult to return from the eastern front?
What substantial threat does it pose to Liang Jun?
When the Sima clan defected to Chu and Xu Jin, Zhao Mingting was uneasy. Xiao Yiqing noticed it, but Xiao Yiqing remained silent. The main reason was that after Liang Shixiong and Wei Bo's elite were annihilated in Xingyang, Zhu Rang and Liang Renzhi
It is difficult for one generation to change the climate.
Instead of continuing to tie the Sima family to Zhu Rang and Liang Ren, it would be difficult to pose much of a threat to Liang Jun from the eastern front. Xiao Yiqing hoped that after the Sima family surrendered to Chu, they could cooperate with Yang Yuanyan, Yang Zhitang and others.
Carve up Huaixi and severely damage Liang Jun from the southern front, thus effectively reducing the pressure they endure in the north.
Who could have imagined that the Chuzhou Army, which was once the most elite army in Chu State, was so vulnerable?
Now Liang Jun deliberately opened a narrow passage in the north of Jincheng. Its intention is not difficult to guess. The purpose is to lure them to break through the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jincheng to the north.
However, Liang Jun had nearly 100,000 elite troops in the east, west and north of Jincheng. Without enough reinforcements, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians wanted to cross more than 300 miles of wilderness through the ice and snow to enter Luzhou City, or to flee to Luzhou.
The area further north of the state is undoubtedly a fantasy.
In other words, Liang Jun's deeper intention was to lure their troops from Luzhou and Taiyuan into northern Zezhou to support the troops withdrawing from Jincheng to the north, so that they could launch another large-scale battle in northern Zezhou.
Knowing that Liang Jun's intention to surround Sanque was so naked, Wusu Dashi could not do nothing and abandon Jincheng's hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers and civilians.
At present, Liang Jun has completely mastered the rhythm of the northern and southern battlefields. Even if they abandon Jincheng and ignore hundreds of thousands of Mongol soldiers and civilians, Liang Jun still has enough patience and ability to delay until the late spring of next year, or even until the beginning of summer, to accumulate enough energy.
The water from the streams and rivers in the mountains was channeled through dams and canals to flood Jincheng.
By then, the tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers and civilians in Jincheng will not be able to escape the tragic ending of the entire army being destroyed.
The total number of the Thirteen Wings of the North and South Houses of Mongol was only about one million. They knew that nearly one-eighth of the soldiers and civilians were trapped in Liang Jun's jaws. If Wu Su Dashi refused to save him, let alone the North House.
There will be a big fuss over there, and I don't know how many generals and officials in the South Campus will be full of opinions.
However, rescue cannot be delayed. At this time, the north is covered with ice and snow, and the streams and rivers are frozen, which is more conducive for the elite Mongolian cavalry to fight in the hilly plains between Taiyue Mountain and Taihang Mountain.
But they must not take it lightly.
The fact that Liang Jun dared to lay down such a trap meant that they were quite confident; just like before Chu Xin King Yang Yuanyan intended to invade Huaixi, Han Qian dared to deploy only a small amount of troops in Huaixi and did not move it north at all.
The meaning of Xian Jing Rui Nan Diao...
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"Sima De is the son of Sima Yan - Sima Yan died of illness in Bianjing that year, and Sima Tan was in charge of military affairs in Xuzhou. Sima De failed to win over his uncle. In the past ten years, he has been obsessed with poetry and songs to avoid suspicion. This is
The next time Sima Tan used Sima De as his envoy to come to Luoyang to meet the emperor, he probably also took Sima Yan into consideration. Sima De's lineage has no bad record of having any bad relations with Bianliang..."
Sitting on the soft carpet, Feng Yi talked about how he and Wen Ruilin met Sima De, the secret envoy of the Sima family, in Chenzhou on their way back from Tangyi, and went with them all the way back to Luoyang.
When Zhu Yu launched a mutiny to usurp the throne, Sima Yan, the head of the Sima family at that time, quickly expressed his support. When Zhu Yu personally led the army to the south, Sima Yan and Sima De and his son both served the emperor. They were very attentive and gained Zhu Yu's favor.
trust.
Later, Sima Yan also followed Zhu Yu to serve in Bianjing. The posts of Xuzhou governor and Xu Si capital defense envoy were concurrently taken by Han Yuanqi. After the sudden change in Heshuo, Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun led their troops to help Bianliang. Xu Si's
Only then did the military and political power return to the hands of the Sima family.
After Sima Yan died of illness in Bianjing, the Ma Si family, under the leadership of Sima Tan, quickly severed its relationship with Bianjing and actually remained independent. Later, he and the Shouzhou Army took refuge with Zhu Rang, who was supported by the Mongol people.
, Liang Shixiong.
People like Gu Qian, Zhu Juezhong, Chen Youjian, Zhou Daoyuan, Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun and others have a very good impression of the Sima family descendants of Sima Yan and Sima De.
After the Battle of Fanchuan River, Sima Tan re-enabled Sima De to secretly go to Luoyang as an envoy to resolve Luoyang's "hostility", which can also be said to be "knowing people and making good use of them".
According to the opinions of Gu Qian, Zhu Juezhong, Chen Youjian, Zhou Daoyuan and others, there is currently no conclusion on the issues between the Shouzhou Army and Shu and Chu. It is currently difficult for Daliang to directly recover the Xu Si area. Under the current circumstances, I hope Sima
Tan showed his sincerity and should ask the descendants of Sima De, who may be emotionally closer to Luoyang, to take over the military power in Xu Si as a necessary transition; at the same time, the Sima family should also pass through Zhongli, Linhao and other places.
Only by purchasing a corresponding amount of cotton, ironware and other commercial goods from Huaixi can it be seen as showing initial sincerity in peacefully resolving the Xu Si problem.
"Okay, what do you think of Zuo Neishi's proposal?" Han Qian looked at Feng Yi, Wen Ruilin, and Han Jianji who were sitting in the pavilion and asked.
The You Nei Shi Mansion also formally established the Honglu Division, with Feng Yi as its governor; after Wen Ruilin was transferred back to Luoyang, he and Han Jianji would serve as the governor of the Honglu Division.
After the left Neishi Mansion made decisions on the diplomatic strategies for the vassals and local forces, Honglusi, as one of the constituent offices of the right Neishi Mansion, was mainly responsible for the specific implementation.
Due to the high degree of overlap between the General Staff Office's external intelligence spying and infiltration and Honglu Division's external relations, there is a high degree of overlap in many areas. In addition to attaching importance to diplomatic work, Han Qian also does not want to have excessive power as the secretary of the intelligence department.
Expansion, institutionally requires the Secretariat to conduct external intelligence spying and infiltration, and accept the dual leadership of the Honglu Division and the General Staff Office.
Therefore, compared with the traditional Honglu Temple, the power of Honglu Temple is much greater.
Wen Ruilin has officially entered the core of power in Daliang this time.
"You can leave Simade to stay in Luoyang for a while for observation." Wen Ruilin suggested.
"Okay, when you think is appropriate, it won't be too late for me to meet with Sima De again." Han Qian nodded, agreeing with the current arrangements of the Zuo Nei Shi Mansion and Hong Lu Division for the Sima family, and said, "If we can use peaceful means, we can call him
The Sima family should do everything possible to win over the military power and regain Xu Si.
"When the news of the great victory at Fanchuan River reached Chengdu, the Lord of Shu, Wang Yong, sent an envoy to Luoyang, hoping to select students to enroll in Luoyang College. At the same time, the Shu envoy also brought a private letter written by Shu's left servant Shejing Qiongwen.
I'm asking you if you have the intention to proclaim the emperor, and look at the meaning in his letter. As long as you proclaim the emperor, the Shu Kingdom will immediately sever the vassal relationship with Chu Ting and pay tribute to us." Feng Yi said again, "The Shu Kingdom will also
Really knowledgeable and knowledgeable!”
"Promise yourself and pay tribute?" Han Qian
He smiled and said with some disdain.
In order to facilitate the peace talks between Liang and Chu, Daliang declared itself a country instead of a dynasty. At the same time, it declared itself a minister to Chu. All the government officials also demoted their ranks and changed their names. Even Zhu Yu took the initiative to demote his title before his death, and Princess Kuo Kuo Yun and his wife were also included.
He was demoted to the title of Princess Yunhe.
The relationship between Liang and Chu has been completely broken down, and there is no need for Liang to surrender to Chu anymore. Feng Liao, Gu Qian and the others now hope that many of these things can be corrected in time.
For example, the Office of the Military Intelligence Staff should be changed back to the Privy Council, the Office of Internal Affairs on the left should be changed back to Zhongshu Province, the Council of Government should be changed back to Menxia Province, the Office of Internal Affairs on the right should be changed back to Shangshu Province, and all the departments should be changed back to "Liubu Yasi".
Of course, the most fundamental point here involves Han Qian's "proclaiming himself emperor".
"Let's put these things off for now. How can I care about them now?" Han Qian shook his head and asked Honglu Temple to ignore Jing Qiongwen's instigation and not to get involved in these things.
Be it proclaiming himself emperor, changing the plaques of various ministries and academies, or even proclaiming himself a vassal and paying tribute to the Shu Kingdom, these are just cosmetic things and are not urgently needed at this time. Han Qian will not bother with these things at this juncture.
No matter how hard Feng Liao, Gu Ruan and the others insisted, Han Qian would not let the temple go back to the old structure of three provinces and six ministries.
Han Qian did not agree to directly proclaim the emperor at this time. Another factor to consider was that after the relationship between Liang and Chu actually broke down, the business contacts between Liang and Chu were completely severed, at least on the surface.
Even when the pre-war situation was getting tense, Han Qian issued an edict requiring Jingzhao Prefecture and the three provinces of Yongzhou, Hedong, and Henan to increase their investment in infrastructure and people's livelihood construction this year, so as to absorb possible losses by expanding domestic demand.
There was surplus production capacity and commercial goods, but the relationship between Liang and Chu broke down, and the export market with an annual trade value of up to 20 million yuan was suddenly lost. It still had a huge impact on the industrial and mining production in Huaixi, Xuzhoufu and other places.
Han Qian did not directly proclaim himself emperor, and he had no intention of asking the Shu Kingdom to pay tribute to Daliang. In addition to not caring about the false reputation, he mainly wanted to pass some middlemen in the Shu Kingdom to continue some goods to Jingxiang, Yuetan, Ejiang and other places.
State transportation.
At the same time, it is also necessary to use this method to screen and win over the forces close to Daliang.
These are all matters that Honglusi needs to be involved in.
The number of forces close to Liang in Chu State will determine the fundamental strategy that can be adopted against Chu State in the future, whether to use all the country to launch a comprehensive war of conquest, or to use small-scale wars and peaceful evolution as much as possible.
Let Liang and Chu merge into one country.
At this time, the main purpose of lurking in the secret rooms of Jinling was to test the attitudes of all parties, and to weaken the Chu State's internal will to resist Daliang as subtly as possible.
Han Qian, Feng Yi, Wen Ruilin, and Han Jianji talked about the focus and key points of Honglu Company's work in the future. At this time, Wang Che and Qin Wen walked into Lingyun Pavilion with a document and reported:
"According to the news coming from inside Jincheng, Xiao Yiqing was indeed among the people who sneaked into Jincheng four days ago! Not only Kong Xirong, Han Donghu, and Li Xiu made requests, but Lord Li and Lord Tian also advocated that the Fuhuo Crossbow could be used in this battle.
; In addition, the Staff Office also recommended that Honglu Temple send someone to accompany Sima De and the Shu envoy to Jincheng to watch the battle..."
"This time we are going to be able to lure the main force of the Mongolian army out of Taiyuan. If we don't use the Fuhuo Crossbow now, then when?" Feng Yi also said excitedly.
In the late Han Dynasty, the upper class already had the custom of taking gold and stone medicines such as Wu Shi Powder, and alchemists often used the method of setting fire to remove the strong poisons in gold and stone medicines, which has a history of seven to eight hundred years.
The so-called fire-fighting method, whether it is using saltpeter to remove the sulfur in the gold-stone medicine, or using sulfur to remove the saltpeter in the gold-stone medicine, is essentially a violent combustion reaction between saltpeter, sulfur and the charcoal in the stone medicine.
At the end of the previous dynasty, the alchemist who was the honored guest of the Qingliu nobles produced Fuhuo Dan and Lead Dan, which can be said to be the prototype of gunpowder, and even invented the art of making ice from saltpeter. He only identified, purified, and powdered the saltpeter and sulfur.
There are huge flaws in the craftsmanship, so Fuhuo Dan has not attracted military attention for the time being.
When Han Qian occupied Huaixi, he asked Liyang Academy to start researching gunpowder (Fuhuo Dan).
At that time, the method of making Fuhuo Dan passed down from the previous dynasty was too crude and crude, and it was not known at the time that there were no large-scale saltpeter mines in Huaixi. Even now, no ready-made saltpeter mines have been found in Huaixi.
Saltpeter mines, the preparation and purification of saltpeter, and the identification of minerals such as true saltpeter and thenardite were all big problems at that time.
It was not until Han Qianchan succeeded to the throne of Daliang that the gunpowder preparation technology became relatively mature. However, large-scale saltpeter mines have not yet been surveyed in Huaixi, and the smelting and casting of steel is not yet mature, so gunpowder technology has always been
It was strictly sealed and not put into practical use.
Represented by spring-arm crossbows, carved iron cutting machines, and steel-framed armored warships, the development of steel smelting technology in beams has entered a new level.
In the past two years, the technology for preparing saltpeter has become relatively mature using the existing minerals in Daliang. Luoyang College, which is responsible for the follow-up research tasks, until the end of last year successfully trial-produced several types of artillery and explosive shells that can be put into actual combat.
The actual combat artillery shell is temporarily named Fuhuo Crossbow internally.
When the situation in Chuliang was critical, Han Qian not only transferred Zhao Wuji, Cao Ba, Li Qi, and Lu Ze to Chuzhou, but also secretly transferred the first batch of 30 bottles of Fuhuo crossbows to Huainan Province, of which ten were sent to Huainan Province.
Two bottles of fire crossbows were equipped on the two newest iron-clad steel-framed warships, while the other eighteen bottles were secretly deployed in Tangyi and Shiliang cities.
It is a pity that Yang Yuanyan failed to lead the Chuzhou army into Tangyi and Shiliang counties. However, Zhao Wuji led his troops into Chuzhou from the Fanchuan River area where dense forests and swamps intersected. One bottle weighed more than five thousand kilograms.
The Fuhuo Crossbow, which was more than three meters long, therefore lost its first opportunity to enter actual combat and test its power.
Since the Fuhuo Crossbow was only trial-produced at the end of last year and could be put into actual combat, it was mainly secretly deployed to the southern front in the early stage. The first and second central battalions on the Northern Front were only equipped with one battalion of Fuhuo Crossbow, with a total of only 24 bottles.
Fire crossbow.
Even artillery that can fire 20 kilograms of solid bullets can do relatively limited damage to solid city walls in a short period of time before it reaches a large scale. Therefore, as a last resort, Han Qian asked Kong Xirong and Han Donghu not to use ambushes as much as possible.
Crossbows are put into actual combat.
At present, the Royal Guards Battalion is equipped with four more battalions of ambushing crossbows. It is expected that the main force of the Mongolian cavalry will most likely come out of Taiyuan Prefecture this time and rush to the north of Zezhou to assist the Jincheng defenders in their northward retreat. Whether it is Kong Xirong, Han Donghu,
Li Xiu and other frontline generals, Li Zhigao, Tian Cheng and others all felt that the Fourth Battalion of the Royal Guards Fuhuo Nu should be urgently transferred to the battlefield in southern Shanxi to participate in the battle against the Mongolian army...