These people are simple, but they know what they should do and what they should follow.
Not far away, under the carriage, Xiao Xiang stood handsomely in the snow. His little boots were drawing circles on the snow. Seeing Li Xingchen approaching, Xiao Xiang stepped forward happily.
"Why didn't you see Ning Yuan?"
"She has fallen asleep in the car," Xiao Xiang said hurriedly. "This girl has been running for a long time and is already tired."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly, which was reasonable. After all, that girl from Ningyuan grew up in a deep palace. She didn't have many opportunities to have fun like this, so she naturally got tired easily. Look at Xiao Xiang and Li Xingchen who were wringing their hands together and seemed to be planning something.
He smiled and said, "Do you want me to accompany you for a walk?"
"No..." Xiao Xiang was suddenly told what was on his mind and subconsciously rejected it, but then he raised his head and looked at Li Xingchen, "Is that okay?"
"Of course." Li Xingchen smiled,
After he came out of Jiankang Mansion, he almost never touched the ground, and basically visited all the important towns along the river. This was originally part of Li Xingchen's plan, but it was possible that this time it would trigger
It was just moved forward because of the Civil War.
After all, it took Li Xinchen more than four months in total to go from Bashu to Jiankang Prefecture. Such a short time naturally means that the foundation of the change from Shuhan to Han Dynasty is very unstable, and Li Xinchen naturally cannot force himself to be able to do so.
To establish a very complete rule over every corner in such a short period of time, all he can do is to first control important towns such as Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, Yingzhou and Jiangling, which is at least fully in line with Li Xinchen's policy strategy
Various matters such as encouraging farming, building colleges and workshops, etc. need to be implemented.
Later, when the Han wanted to go north, it couldn't be just talk. Behind this was the mobilization of the entire country and the concerted efforts of all the state capitals. The gap in food and grass in any place may cause a butterfly effect. This is of course something Li Xingchen did not want to see.
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Through this journey, Li Xingchen could probably understand why the Southern Dynasties had little interest in the Northern Expedition for a long time. In fact, this is not entirely to blame for the rulers' greed for pleasure. The backward administrative system of the Southern Dynasties and the problem of redundant officials originally made management
There are difficulties. In addition, the population of the people is small and scattered. They are not as concentrated as in the Central Plains. Many taxes and food collection cannot be implemented. The army marches without a rear area and state capitals along the way that can be connected. The rest are not all
It's all for nothing.
Therefore, for a long time, when the Southern Dynasty wanted to influence or interfere with the Northern Dynasty, most of them went in alone, such as Zu Ti who heard the chicken dance, and Chen Qingzhi who had seven thousand cavalry across Heluo. The few times that the army advanced, most of them ended in vain, or even worse than this
The rapid advance of elite troops, complete on-site supply of food and grass, etc., ultimately achieved good results.
And most of the Northern Expeditions actually had a very clear political purpose. For example, Huan Wen's Northern Expedition was actually to declare his power to the court. With Huan Wen's strength at the time, being able to capture it did not mean that he could hold it. Such a Northern Expedition
Obviously this is not what Li Xingchen wants to see, but it is not without lessons that can be learned.
This is also something that Li Xingchen has asked Yang Su to take the young officials of the Taiwei Mansion to analyze and refer to. It is not that several generations in the Southern Dynasties have successfully gone north, but why is it so difficult to achieve results in the end?
The gap in population and military strength caused by population is one aspect. In Li Xingchen's view, the determination and strategic deployment of each northern expedition are also a very important part. Since the Jin Dynasty moved south, the most successful Northern Expedition should be Liu Ji
The Northern Expedition of slave Liu Yu, but Liu Yu successfully captured Heluo at that time, but failed to hold it in the end.
But no matter what, this is the Northern Expedition with the greatest reference significance.
In the final analysis, Liu Yu entered Heluo from Shandong. Although this process was smooth and smooth, which was very conducive to the march of the army, if he continued to attack Guanzhong, he would be attacking from higher places, and naturally he would no longer have the advantage. In addition, there was a fire behind Liu Yu.
They can only return south in a hurry, and the rivers and mountains that were quickly restored will be lost.
Therefore, Li Xingchen adjusted his strategy from several directions accordingly.
The most important thing is to change the direction of attack, so he has captured the northwest early. When the time comes, the army will advance from Hanzhong and the northwest together and attack Guanzhong. This will avoid Liu Yu's failure to attack Guanzhong and rely on Heluo to defeat him.
A defendable situation.
The second step is to adjust the way of attack, from the small-scale attacks in the previous Southern Dynasties to large-scale attacks. With the power of the whole country, one battle will determine the world. So now Li Xingchen allows Yang Su and others to use Xiangyang City as a basis to repair and stretch the front.
In the final analysis, it is to prepare for the various armies to be dispatched together in the future.
It seemed that the Northern Zhou Dynasty had stationed a large army in Huaibei, but in fact Li Xingchen swept across from west to east. Huaibei's army might expose its flanks at any time, and then there would be no choice but to retreat.
After such a long period of hard work, he finally turned the forces that were once settled in the south of the Yangtze River into a huge dynasty that spanned the north and south of the Great Wall, and finally gained the momentum to swallow up the world.
As for how this momentum will become a reality, Li Xingchen is still thinking about it. He will take it step by step and cannot tolerate any mistakes.
Xiao Xiang whispered: "Is your Majesty still worried about national affairs?"
Suddenly coming back to his senses, Li Xingchen realized that he and Xiao Xiang had walked hundreds of feet along the river embankment. There were two people's footprints left on the white snow, and Li Ping and his bodyguards were also very knowledgeable.
Just follow from a distance.
The snow had gotten a lot lighter, but it was still falling. Xiao Xiang did not wait for Li Xingchen to answer, but raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and the snowflakes fell on his hair that was not covered by the hood, and also on his clothes.
Xiao Xiang opened his umbrella and stretched out his hand. Cold snowflakes fell on the palm of his hand, bringing with it a chilling feeling.
The cold little hand was suddenly held. Xiao Xiang was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on his pretty face. However, he did not follow Li Xinchen's strength and lean into his arms. Instead, he turned around and slipped his hand from Li Xinchen's warm hand.
He walked out and said with a slight smile: "I will dance for Your Majesty."
Before she finished speaking, she lightly touched the ground and spun around in a circle. The umbrella in her other hand also spun around, then suddenly closed and opened again. The white umbrella surface looked like snow falling from the sky.
Li Xingchen waved his hand to stop Li Ping and others from coming up to deliver umbrellas. He just stood on the snow with his hands behind his back, watching Xiao Xiang dancing in front of him.
The white sleeves swayed in the wind. Because he was wearing a thick winter coat, Xiao Xiang's movements were actually very slow and the amplitude was very small, but his every move, every smile, every gesture, was filled with natural purity and softness.