On July 23, the second year of Yonghan, there was a severe summer heat.
The temperature in the north is rising, the scorching sun is hanging in the sky, and the scorching sunshine seems to be baking the earth into scorched earth.
The flowers in the courtyard of the Dangyin County Shaofu's residence seemed to be wilted by the sun and were hanging in the courtyard.
Chen Mu walked out of the attic in the back room and walked through the corridor of the courtyard. The guards from the Military Intelligence Department quietly followed behind him. When he arrived at the door of the mansion, someone was already waiting with Zi Ying in hand.
Ziying is already ten years old this year. For a horse, he is still in his prime. When he saw his master coming out, he stepped forward and rubbed Chen Mu's neck affectionately.
After comforting Ziying, Chen Mu got on his horse, and dozens of guards around him consciously moved closer to protect him.
I looked back at the mansion where I had lived for almost half a year, and felt a little reluctant to part with the flowers and plants I had raised myself, as well as a few rare purple bamboos. But even if I was reluctant, it was still time to leave.
Chen Mu gently clamped Zi Ying's horse's belly and signaled it to move slowly. A group of nearly a hundred people began to head toward the North City Gate along the rammed earth street.
The meaning of a city's existence is to serve as a population center and carry commercial and trade exchanges. Whether farmers need seeds, merchants sell goods, or craftsmen look for work, they all have to survive together in such a large environment.
However, Dangyin, as a frontline, has long lost its original meaning. Today, Dangyin County has only one role - to build high city walls, accumulate grain and grass, and pile up mountains of weapons and armor to serve as battle reserves.
The street has long been deserted. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dangyin was repeatedly destroyed. After Dong Zhuo's chaos, the nearby Black Mountain Army sometimes raided and plundered people and food.
After years of civil strife, the entire city of Dangyin was in dilapidated condition. It was not until the Manchu officials returned to Luoyang, Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor, and Zhao Yun served as the prefect of Hanoi that repairs to Dangyin County began as a sign of reconciliation with the Wei Dynasty.
The front line of the county confrontation.
However, although the city has been repaired, it is difficult for the displaced people to return.
Some of them were placed in Chaoge, Gongxian, Jixian and other places in the rear, some left their homes and settled in other counties and state capitals, and some died in the turmoil long ago and turned into lonely graves everywhere in the wilderness.
The entire Danyin County was turned into a military town. The original houses in the city were either demolished and rebuilt into warehouses, or used as soldiers' barracks and the residences of powerful people.
There were heavily armed soldiers coming and going on the streets, and many people were hurriedly gathering outside the city. It was a scene of an imminent war.
When Chen Mu arrived at the North City Gate, Brother Sima, Chen Qun and Yang Xiu were already waiting for him.
This time, Zhu Jun personally led the expedition to Wei County, with Guan Yu as his deputy, Chen Mu as the mastermind, Sun Jian, Xu Huang, Ju Yi, Zhao Yun, Guan Hai, Wu Anguo, etc.
Almost more than 80% of Luoyang's troops are mobilized. The Sima brothers and Chen Qun and Yang Xiu are the army staff officers and currently hold some middle-level civil servant positions.
Now the deployment of troops and the combat arrangements of various group armies have been well prepared. Zhu Jun led the army to Anyang the day before yesterday. Anyang fell before. Later, Zhang Hegao Lan's army returned to reinforce and recaptured Anyang.
It’s just that Yuan Jun is not a fool. He knew that you would build a dam from the upper reaches of Huan River. Therefore, after recapturing Anyang, Zhang He personally led the army and stationed near the entrance of Linlu Valley to prevent them from repeating their old tricks.
A large number of grain, grass and baggage troops gathered outside the North City Gate. When Chen Mu came out, everyone hurriedly stepped forward. Yang Xiu said: "Uncle, we are ready."
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded, raised his hand and said, "Let's go!"
"Set off!"
Sima, the first-order soldier accompanying the army, immediately issued an order. Xuanjia's heavy cavalry put all their iron armor into the baggage cart, and the light cavalry set off.
Countless baggage vehicles slowly started to move, and the auxiliary soldiers and driver drove the horses and headed north.
The entire official road seemed to be crowded with traffic. Since Dangyin became the front line, hundreds of square kilometers of fertile land from Dangyin to Anyang were uncultivated and had long been deserted.
Outside the North City Gate, the distance between Dangyin and Youli City is only about ten miles. There should be a pavilion and several villages, but there are no people around for a long time.
There are no common people here, no one lives there, only countless carriages and horses and a steady stream of soldiers.
Mobilizing troops and horses did not happen overnight. Chen Mu started preparations as early as last month. From food and grass to soldiers, from weapons and equipment to logistical supplies, it lasted nearly two months before he officially prepared for this attack.
This year's attack will be more fierce than last year, because Ju Yi's Montenegrin army has been almost fully trained, and Luoyang's elite troops have been supplemented by 30,000 people, bringing the total strength to close to 100,000.
In fact, there was no shortage of people in the late Han Dynasty. There were countless victims who wanted to join the army and make a living. Zhang Yan could easily recruit more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops. At the peak of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, the number was tens of millions, just like
Locusts crossed the border and swept across Shandong and Henan.
But having a large number of people does not mean that there is fighting power. Cao Cao defeated 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Gongsun Zan defeated 200,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and even Tao Qian used the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans as a source of population, bullying them wantonly, and getting all the population and supplies.
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It can be seen that after the Han Dynasty, militarized training has become the norm. The era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the whole country was armed with hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers, was long gone forever.
When princes from all walks of life gather their forces to fight against each other, they are not just a ragtag group like the Yellow Turbans, but are trained professional warriors, elite warriors with the instinct to kill.
In addition to about 30,000 people left behind in this battle, Luoyang mobilized nearly 60,000 people.
Don't think it's less.
In the last battle of Anyang, Guan Yu only led more than 30,000 people to attack.
After all, as I said before, your total strength is 100,000, do you really want 100,000 troops to be dispatched together?
Are the counties and cities in the rear not defending?
Are the eight passes in Luoyang not stationed?
Ignorance of public security everywhere?
Therefore, unless it is a critical matter of life and death, with a total force of nearly 100,000, mobilizing 60,000 is already an all-out effort.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just like the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao clearly had a total force of more than 100,000, but in order to defend Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and Yuan Shao's troops from other places, he had to divide his troops to garrison Runan.
, Sili, this is the same truth everywhere in Xuzhou.
The geographical advantage of Luoyang is that there is no need to send people to defend the south, because with Sun Jian and Cao Cao's courage, they did not dare to risk the world's disapproval and stab the Luoyang court in the back.
Therefore, the number of troops that can be used on the frontal battlefield is much greater than that of Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu. Except for a part of the troops that must be stationed in the Taihang Mountains to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking Hanoi from the northern foot of the Taihang Mountains, the number of troops facing the enemy frontally is about five.
Thousands of numbers.
Chen Mu was riding on horseback, overlooking the wilderness. To the northwest, the dragon's spine of the Taihang Mountains undulated, and a black shadow towered. To the east was an endless plain with weeds and isolated graves. Occasionally, deer ran by, seemingly enjoying themselves.
With this rare morning.
Marching from the morning until the evening, this heavy army carrying 50,000 stones of grain and grass arrived at the Anyang front line. On a plain about a few miles away from Anyang, the Luoyang army was constantly repairing camps and building fortifications.
Anyang County, which was a land of water last year, has long since dried up. Under the scorching sun, the surrounding earth has long been cracked, and there are almost no plants on the nearly white loess.
During the Little Ice Age, droughts, floods, ice and snow were all kinds of extreme weather. During this year's spring floods, the water in the Yellow River surged, along with the Huanshui, Dangshui and other tributaries of the Yellow River. It destroyed the fields of villages and fields on both sides of the river in several counties in Hanoi.
Almost submerged.
In summer, drought sets in and water levels plummet.
Since May, the temperature has been getting higher day by day. By July, according to Chen Mu's calculations, the daily temperature was basically around 30 degrees. The soldiers worked hard every day and were so hot that they sweated and almost got a tan.
lock up.
The entire camp was in full swing. Chen Mu came over from a distance and keenly saw a high oar on the mountain on one side of the camp, with a dazzling white light shining in the oar.
telescope?
Chen Mu smiled and continued walking forward.
After a while, Zhu Jun, whose beard had turned gray, came out with all the soldiers to greet him.
"Lieutenant."
Chen Mu got off his horse and walked up to him to salute.
Zhu Jun nodded. The old man was already around sixty, and his body was not as strong as before. He said with a smile: "Let's talk after we go in."
"only!"
Chen Mu followed Zhu Jun towards the camp.
As one of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song have long since passed away, and Zhu Jun is already the last famous general.
His marching qualifications and fighting experience are extremely rich. The current guard in Anyang City is Zhang He. If it is an old Zhang He, he can still fight with Zhu Jun, but now Zhang He's ability is not enough.
Construction of fortifications was being stepped up in the camp, and tents were erected. Zhu Jun intercepted several ditches from the Huan River and led them into the camp, which could not only be used as domestic water, but also cool down the soldiers.
But there is a big problem here, because the Huanshui River is to the north of Anyang City. If you want to get water from the Huanshui River, you have to bypass Anyang City. If it is too far, the workload of digging canals will be very heavy.
If it's too close, Anyang City might be poisoned upstream.
Chen Mu looked around. Originally, Guan Yu's camp was set up in the northwest of Anyang City, which was closer to the Huan River, making it easier to get water and monitor the movements in the city. However, Zhu Jun placed the camp in the south of the city, further away from the water source.
However, the address chosen by Zhu Jun is also very good. There is a forest on the left, which can alleviate the sun's rays, and it is close to the forest for easy access to wood. The right side is filled with mountains of earth, and a large number of cave dwellings have been built.
As early as the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty, earthen cave dwellings were spread all over the mountains and valleys. The Book of Songs called it "Tao Fu Cao". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the types of cave dwellings increased, and each cave dwelling had a clear division of labor, including Anzhuang, Mingzhuang and Siheyuan. Banker and so on, there are many kinds, simple and effective.
These earthen cave dwellings built by Zhu Jun are located on the diagonal right side of the camp, which is to the northeast of the camp and southwest of Anyang City. They can not only prevent heatstroke, but can also be used as forts to resist enemy raids, which can be said to be both offensive and defensive.
After watching this circle, Chen Mu couldn't help but admire Zhu Jun's arrangement. The woods could hide troops. The camp was not far from the woods and was surrounded by water. There was no fear that the enemy would set fire to the forest and bring disaster to the camp.
In addition, there are cave dwellings and docks on the right, layer by layer. If Zhang He launches a surprise attack, there is a high probability that he will be shot back by the crossbow on the mountain without even getting close to the camp.
"Master, I remember that the medical officer of the Academy once said that the corpses of animals and people contained bacteria, which caused the existence of the plague?"
Chen Qun looked around like Chen Mu. After watching for a long time, he couldn't help but ask Chen Mu.
Chen Mu nodded and said, "Yes, after years of research, the ratio of the completely transparent glass formula has become closer and closer. A telescope developed by the School of Physics can see many subtle things. These things are bacteria."
The microscope is not an industrial product. It was invented in the 16th century, more than 1,500 years ago. At that time, it was still the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the British Industrial Revolution had not even begun to sprout.
Many people have studied why China led the world for two thousand years but was overtaken by European and American powers in modern times.
It is because Chinese inventions and creations focus on practice, while European inventions and creations focus more on theory.
To put it simply, for an invention, Europeans will figure out how it came about, but Chinese people rarely think so.
In other words, if you think about it this way, the feudal rulers will think it is a grotesque skill and will not be able to go deep into it.
Chen Mu did not propose the germ theory prematurely, but with the application of transparent glass, the School of Physics has begun to develop microscopes based on his telescope theory.
However, even if the microscope is not an industrial product, it can be manufactured by simply manually grinding the lenses.
But using a microscope with bare hands was indeed a bit fanciful. No matter how hard Ma Jun tried, he could not build a 400x high-power microscope.
However, low-magnification microscopes still produce some failures. These failures can only be magnified dozens of times, and some microscopic objects can still be vaguely seen.
Therefore, Chen Mu quickly took advantage of the situation and introduced germ theory and various epidemic prevention knowledge, which was popularized in the medical school and the school of chemistry.
Chen Qun is a student of Taishan Academy. Although he is no longer studying in the academy, he often corresponds with teachers and classmates in the academy, so he knows this knowledge.
Hearing Chen Mu's answer, Chen Qun couldn't help but said: "Then why does the old general still arrange the camp like this?"
Chen Mu looked at him with interest and said, "Changwen, if it were you, where would you place the camp?"
Chen Qun thought for a while, pointed to the north and said, "I will arrange it not far from the river."
It is similar to the camp Guan Yu chose when he attacked Anyang.
It is indeed a good place over there. It is located in the southwest of Anyang, not far from Huan River. There is also a forest next to it, which is connected with the forest here.
"This is the brilliance of the old general."
Chen Mu sighed.
"Why?"
Chen Qun was puzzled.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "You are worried that if you are too far from Huanshui River, Anyang City will poison the canals or throw corpses."
"good."
Chen Qun nodded.
Chen Mu said: "Believe it or not, there is an army stationed in the forest over there, and it is Zhao Yun who is quite cautious."
"How did Master know?"
Chen Qun was surprised.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Because among the people who came to greet me, only Zhao Yun was not here."
This battle was divided into three groups: Zhu Jun attacked Anyang all the way, Guan Yu attacked Neihuang, Sun Jian went north from Yuzhou, entered Henan County from Yingchuan, and then attacked Liyang.
In addition to Xu Huang guarding Linli, Guan Hai, Guan Ping, Wang Dan, Guan Cheng, and Zhang Rao followed Guan Yu. Zhao Yun, Wu Anguo, Han Hao, Yang Feng, Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, Luo Hao, Li Lan and others are here.
When Zhu Jun came out to pick him up just now, all the other generals arrived, but Zhao Yun was not there. This can only indicate one possibility, that is, the place where Zhao Yun is stationed is not here.
Ginger is still spicy.
Seeing Zhu Jun's airtight arrangement, Chen Mu could only sigh.