Sweep the World

Xie An’s conquest of Xingyang played a decisive role in the battle. The Shihu headquarters who lost Xingyang had no way to retreat to the west, so even if the Shihu retreats, he cannot go south or east. The northern part of Jie Zhao's control.

"There are seven bridges in Jijin, three of which were built during Zhaoxuan (that is, Liu Bingye) and have been used to this day, and the other four are temporary pontoon bridges." Ji Chang walked to the shelf where the maps of mountains and rivers were hung, pointing The map is explaining in detail: “The four pontoon bridges can be easily burned by fire, and the bridge with stone as the main structure is quite difficult to destroy. If you want to cut off the retreat of the stone tiger to the north, you can only attack and seize it and then firmly control it. "

　　 What Liu Yan needs to know is whether the three bridges built in Zhaoxuan can pass warships, and what kind of warships they should be if they can pass.

"The ministers collected a lot of information and interviewed the original stone jade officials and military scouts who had seen the bridge with their own eyes." Ji Chang nodded and said with some gratitude: "The three bridges are all stone-hole bridges, which may be considered. For the navigation problem of the building and ship, the height of the holes in the middle was designed to be close to three feet at the beginning of the construction."

The Western Han Dynasty once attached great importance to the use of water systems. It was the ideological awareness generated by Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty when he attacked the south. After the destruction of those countries in the south, the Western Han army did not immediately put the importance of boats aside, even with the offensive. Jizi North Korea's use of naval forces pays more attention to the military use of boats.

　　 In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty's emphasis on boats and boats declined greatly, but the importance of the bridge on the Jijin side in connecting the north and south banks of the Yellow River does not need to be said too much. Therefore, all the dynasties of the Eastern Han Dynasty paid great attention to the maintenance of bridges.

　　 The importance of the navy was that in the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the princes fought against each other, especially during the period when Cao Wei was bound to go south. The princes of the North and the South refocused on the construction of the navy, but it must be explained that they focused on the Yangtze River instead of the Yellow River.

　　 Liu Yan’s ships do not belong to the stilts, but are more inclined to the style of about 1,000 AD. The highest mast is the crossbow ship, and the highest mast is less than two feet.

　　 In the Western Han Dynasty, there were five-story boats, and three-story boats were more common. So the Jijin Bridge was designed to be three feet tall. It is estimated that three-story boats should pass through.

Liu Yan flipped through the Military Intelligence Report. The fleet from Qingzhou arrived at the Yellow River section of Zhu'a County. It was no accident that it could appear near the river section of Dunqiu County within four days. The difference is whether it needs to be mobilized. come over.

　　 "The fleet is moving west in large numbers and cannot be kept secret for a long time." Liu Yan looked at Ji Chang and asked: "Based on Taian's estimation, how long will Shihu know about Xingyang's fall, and when should we discover our fleet?"

"Xingyang needs more than six hundred miles to reach Puyang County. At the speed of quick report, it should be before and after we know it, and the delay will not exceed one day." Ji Chang smiled, but said again: " What Xie An did after conquering Xingyang was to immediately block the road. Can Shihu know that the battle in the west is still part of the two theories."

　　 Blocking the road can at best achieve the purpose of delay. It is impossible to say that a certain message will be blocked forever. From such a thing, Liu Yan can see that Xie An is not only a person with military literacy but also understands the layout of the country at the national level.

"The minister thought about it carefully. It is not necessary to send troops to Yecheng or Xiangguo, but it is necessary to take the first step to capture Yangping, Dunqiu, Ji and other counties." The counties mentioned by Ji Chang are all located on the north bank of the Yellow River. It is a few counties around Puyang County. He asked: "Your Majesty, do you let Huanwen's subordinate and the troops in Zhu'a act at the same time from both sides?"

　　 Huanwen Suo headed northward and then roundabout, only to go to Guancheng (under the jurisdiction of Xingyang County), and then detour to Hanoi County. There are no more than 60,000 troops under his command. The three thousand armored equipment must be transferred to the Puyang battlefield. Some cavalry that need to be used in the decisive battle will also be partially transferred. The rest will not exceed 50,000, and most of them are still Infantry.

　　 I wish A’s Han army had 30,000, some of which were drawn from the Xuzhou garrison. 14,000 were promoted from auxiliary soldiers to combat soldiers, which is equivalent to a field regiment with almost half the division between the old and the new, and its combat effectiveness has not been tested.

“Shijie’s main force gathers the Puyang battlefield, and the periphery is basically dominated by miscellaneous Hus and Jin slave soldiers.” Ji Chang’s meaning is very clear. Whether it is an army reorganized from the former Ran’s Qin State or the newly formed field corps, they actually deal with it. Shijie Zhao Jun, composed of miscellaneous hus and Jin people, has no obvious disadvantages. He clicked on the Yellow River and said: "In other words, the big river is controlled by our army. With the convenience of the water system, the king can make rapid reinforcements at any time according to actual needs."

　　 Liu Yan needs to ask the most critical question: "When do you think it is appropriate to launch a decisive battle?"

　　 "Decisive battle?" Ji Chang said in surprise: "My lord, what needs to be achieved most is to siege the main force of the stone tiger. The real decisive battle can naturally come slowly."

　　 This is what Liu Yan must know, whether he can complete the siege of Shihu, and how long it will take to launch a decisive battle. He now sees that the civil servants headed by the prime ministers think that the later the decisive battle is launched, the better.

　　 "The enemy's national strength is weak and its preparations for war are not sufficient. On the contrary, our army is not short of materials." Ji Chang seemed to smirk? He said: "In the process of encircling Shihu's headquarters, one must not expect Shihu to watch. That will be a series of battles. Caichen just said that the real decisive battle is the final stage. In fact, the decisive battle lays the siege on us. Shihu headquarters has already started."

　　 Speaking of Liu Yan, he has entered a misunderstanding. Hearing Ji Chang said that, he immediately reacted.

It is true that since Shihu personally led the army to participate in the war, the decisive battle between Han and Shijie Zhao has already begun at that time. It is just that the early decision-making of the two sides has been a bit slow, but it cannot be denied that the destiny of the two countries was determined there. A moment.

"The king ordered another 200,000 soldiers to be recruited. The first batch of recruits will arrive on the battlefield by September?" Ji Chang was not asking at all. It was a matter of national policy that set a date long ago. He extended this topic for the sake of The following words. He said: "Looking at the current situation, if nothing goes wrong, the troops in Yuzhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, etc., will be able to gradually solve the peripheral enemy forces in September. At that time, the troops from all sides will face the Puyang battlefield. Compress."

　　 The number of Han troops serving in the Puyang battlefield is very large. Counting the batch led by Liu Yan, the total number of Han troops including the Imperial Guard has exceeded 300,000.

Relatively speaking, Shihu employs more troops. The base of the Jie tribe alone has 160,000 to 70,000. Qiang, Di, Xiongnu, Xianbei (Yuwen and Duanbu), Zahu, and Jin people combined at least There are three hundred thousand, so Shihu's military force is close to five hundred thousand.

In history, battles in which the combined forces of the two sides approached one million were rare. The more famous ones were the Battle of Changping, the Siege of Baideng, and the Battle of the Frontier (Weiqing in the Western Han Dynasty as the commander). Normally, even this level of battle Even if there are not many people killed or injured, the vitality of both parties involved in the war will be greatly injured.

　　 It is very clear that if someone becomes a soldier, society will reduce its labor force, and production stagnation will become inevitable. So it's not crazy enough and compelling, no ruler will do something detrimental to national power.

The five hundred thousand that Shihu drew were all young men. It was not Yao Yizhong’s previous model of dragging his family. With the Hu people’s social customs, young men and even healthy women can be regarded as soldiers who can play. The difference is the level of combat effectiveness.

　　 Ji Chang left, Liu Yan flipped through the previous battle report.

In the past seven months, the warring parties in Puyang County alone caused close to 60,000 casualties, the Han army’s combat effectiveness was lost close to 20,000, and Shijie and Zhao Jun’s statistics were close to four. ten thousand. On the outskirts of the battlefield, Sun Fudu from Shijie Zhao’s army was destroyed, and the loss of Shijie Zhao’s army led by Fan Tan, Cao Fu, Yinong... and others was close to 170,000. The cost was the Han army. It also lost more than 40,000 in battle.

　　 Now there are tens of thousands of losses at every turn. If it were changed to five years ago, Liu Yan's company would be in his early ten thousand.

　　The population of Han has been rising steadily. It was the Jin people (including all ethnic groups) who had liberated under Shijie's rule by the war, and people from the south of the Yangtze River continued to seek refuge in the north. The new population statistics have not yet been carried out. Liu Yan's rough understanding from Jichang and Sangyu is that the total population of Han is close to 7 million including slaves.

　　 Only five years, almost nothing to rule 7 million people, the rate of rise can be described as staggering. The stalls are getting bigger, and the problems and troubles they bring are constant, and the most worrying one is the strong locals.

　　 By the end of August, Liu Yan, who had been in Fan County, kept listening to the development of the war. The progress of the war was both fast and slightly chaotic.

The headquarters of Huanwen had crossed the Yellow River and entered the territory of Jijun. Shijie Zhao Jun’s reaction was that Sizhou’s support troops continued to arrive and joined forces with Cao Fusuo’s troops. The two sides seemed to have fought in Xiuwu. Shijie Zhao’s army lost to Han. The army retreated to Chaoge, and Huan Wen led the army to chase and fought fiercely in the field near Chaoge.

Li Kuang led the Han army from Zhu'Abei to enter Qinghe County first. They did not encounter effective resistance in the early stage of their triumphant advance. They advanced to Suoyang City in Yangping County before being intercepted by the Shijie Zhaojun led by Yinong. The war radiated outward from the city of Suoyang, and it is still in a state of war.

The key core of the entire war, that is, on the battlefield of Puyang County, Shihu did not stay silly on the spot. Half of the troops were withdrawn from the white horse to Wenshijin at one time, and they also assisted Cao Fu in attacking Huanwen’s troops. action. During the period, Ran Min ordered Xu Zheng to lead his army into Baima. The Han army encountered Shi Jie and Zhao Jun led by Shi Xuan before reaching the city of Baima. As a result, Xu Zheng and Shi Xuan broke out again in the north of Weicheng. The third battle of Weicheng.

　　 "Your Majesty, you can let Dahe's fleet appear." Ji Chang looked extremely tired. With the official position of Prime Minister Left, he not only handled the affairs of the country, but also controlled the outbreak of war as a counselor. He looked at Liu Yan, who was sitting in the seat of the military tent with closed eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "The Habayashi army and the Imperial Guard who have been preparing to seize the Jijin Bridge should also be dispatched."

　　 Tiger Ben Army and Yu Lin Army have been staying in Fan County with Liu Yan, and the three thousand armour and riding equipment that Huan Wen was transferred to have also arrived in Fan County. Later, the first batch of 60,000 Han troops arrived in Fanxian, and the number of Han troops under the personal command of Liu Yan, including the Imperial Guards, was 100,000.

　　 The armor and equipment assembled from the original Ran's Qin army has not merged into the Tiger Armies. The number of Tiger Armies excluding the auxiliary riders is 5,000, and the total number of auxiliary riders is 20,000.

　　The Habayashi Army is a combination of melee and long-range assault cavalry. The source of troops comes from the first batch of veterans who are good at cavalry. There are only 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary horsemen.

Whether it is an auxiliary foot soldier or an auxiliary horseman, they are all alternative servants. The difference is that they are mostly in the nature of service. They have few opportunities to participate in the battle. They are not unable to fight when necessary, but their combat effectiveness is worse than that of combat soldiers. .

　　 Liu Yan opened his eyes, looking sharp: "Prime Minister Zuo thinks that the war has reached a critical moment?"

　　 Shihu has already begun to try to break through the siege, how can it not be a critical moment for the war to develop to this point. Whether or not Jijin can be captured is related to whether the door for Shihu to break through is closed, so Jijin is a must for Shijie Zhao army or Han army.

　　 "Here." Ji Chang saluted very solemnly and said: "The fight for Jijin is the key."

Liu Yan was silent for a moment, recalling and thinking about the areas of control and the deployment of forces of the two warring parties in his mind. Recently, Shihu continued to increase the number of defenders in Jijin. Most of the heavy infantry in the Dragon Guards were also deployed to Jijin~www. wuxiamtl.com~ It seems that the Donggong Gaoli under Shi Xuan's command has also been transferred.

　　 Judging from past battles, the soldiers of the Jie people are both brutal and violent. Among them, the most elite are the Dragon Guards and Donggong Gaoli.

　　 When the Han army battled with the ordinary Shijie Zhao army, the battle damage ratio was basically in a favorable exchange. When fighting with the Dragon Guardian and Donggong Gaoli, the battle loss ratio was at a loss.

　　 "The Habayashi Army and the 20,000 Imperial Guards..." Liu Yan had to ask, "Is it enough?"

　　 "The minister only mentioned these two numbers in particular, not just to let the two troops go." Ji Chang smiled bitterly, and said: "The minister is not so big."

　　 Liu Yan understood that Dragon Guardian and Donggong Gaoli put a lot of pressure on the Han army, and no one dared to underestimate it. He didn't need to wait for Ji Chang to speak, and instructed Wang Meng to prepare the troops for deployment, and at the same time gave orders to various troops.

It will not be easy to capture Jijin, especially if the obstacles on the road need to be cleared first, and then the fleet that blockades the Yellow River, including Huanwen and Li Kuang, will be under tremendous pressure. After all, the Shijie Zhao Jun can There is no guts not to rescue Shihu, and Shihu will inevitably fight back for his own sake.

　　 "Widows don't understand." Liu Yan was really confused: "Is Shihu not aware of what we want to do from the beginning?"

　　 Ji Chang can’t answer this question very well. Fighting is originally your business, and I need to be cautious in everything.

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