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Chapter 609 Now that everyone has come...

It is not a simple matter for the ancient army to go to war.The larger the army, the more preparation is required.

The three armies have not moved, food and grass go first, and logistics is the first.It is understandable for a team of thousands of people to leave at will, but it is very common for an army of tens of thousands of people to prepare for a few months.

The logistics foundation of the Eastern Wei Dynasty has always been very good, especially after the reform, "water warehouses" were set up in key positions of major rivers to store strategic materials such as grain, grass and cloth.

At the same time, Gao Huan's marching plan was still very ingenious: taking advantage of the abundant food and fodder in the important town of Xingyang and the advantages of well-developed river channels, he would supply supplies while marching, and at the same time build pontoon bridges at Baimadu and other places on the Yellow River. will be very sturdy.

At that time, the large amount of livestock looted by the Wei army before will be useful, and the Yellow River will no longer exist.

But it is a pity that after Xingyang’s luggage went south by water to Jing County for stockpiling, it had to be transported to Mi County by livestock carts, and then transported south to Changshe by water through the Wei River next to Mi County, so that the army could attack the city.

This route, if the weather is not considered, there is no problem, and it can even be said that the efficiency is very high.After all, the only section of land transportation in the middle: the distance between Jing County and Mi County is only [-] miles, and there are no mountains and forests to block it.

However, in winter, the water would freeze and boats could not be sailed, and now that winter was approaching, once water transportation stopped, the cost of grain transportation would increase significantly.

It can't even maintain the logistics of nearly [-] troops!
It can be said that there is not much time left for Gao Huanjun.

In view of this, Zhang Baoluo resisted all opinions, marched hundreds of miles and arrived at Changshe City. After exploring it, he found that there was only an empty city left here!They were all played by Yu Jin, Liang Guo didn't strengthen the defense of Changshe at all.

On the contrary, the few remaining troops were withdrawn to the second line of defense!

Zhang Baoluo quickly sent someone to contact Gao Huan to report the situation.In fact, they should have discovered this earlier, but because of the sudden collapse of Gao Yue's army, there was a vacuum in the Xingyang area.

Knowing that Yu Jin had fled without a fight, Gao Huan vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and felt a little regretful. He seemed to have overestimated Liang Jun's deployment.

Then he remembered Duan Shao's advice before, and then he had to admit that Duan Shao's analysis made sense.Although the opponent was young, he had a lot of knowledge, and he had judged from the general situation that Liang Jun had no plan to compete for Henan before.

It's just that the army has been mobilized at this time, and there are more than 4 soldiers alone. Many of them are in the same situation as Gao Yue's command. They didn't participate in the grassland battle and wanted to take the opportunity to go south to make a fortune.

Gao Huan gathered them together and went south, letting those elites who participated in the battle of the grassland cultivate their health and rest, also wanting to strike a balance.Let them rest if they want to rest, and take them south if they want to make money.

At this time, if you say that you will stop fighting and return to Yecheng, what do you let the soldiers under your command think?

Not to mention anything else, there are tens of thousands of civilian husbands and water laborers involved in the grain transportation this time. What about these people?
If they stopped at this time, and the army turned back to the camp before going out for a battle, it is estimated that no one would take Gao Huan seriously in the future.

This kind of thing is similar to changing orders from day to day. Whether it is in the army or in administration, such things are the most taboo.So even if you know there is a problem, you have to bite the bullet and carry it out, and then find a step later and just accept it.

Gao Huan entered Changshe City with a bitter face, and saw the treasury emptied by the rebels, and the houses in the city were robbed and only ruined walls remained, and he was speechless for a long time.

Ever since Gao Huan left Er Zhurong to work alone, seized Yecheng and began to accelerate development based on Hebei, until now, the forces under his command have entered a bottleneck period.

Externally, there are very few chaotic and disorderly places, and the difficulty of opening up territories has skyrocketed. It’s okay not to fight, but once there is a fight, it will be a war of destroying the country.

Either destroy the opponent, or be destroyed by the opponent.

Such a situation made Gao Huan feel at a loss, not knowing how to seize the new territory and turn it into his own strength.Wanting to deal with the weakest Er Zhurong, but had to go south due to various accidents, resulting in the current situation, it is very annoying to think about it.

Internally, Gao Huan could not break through the framework left by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and naturally he could not solve various problems left over from the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as the land annexation of the great northern families, the sharp opposition between Hu and Han, and the corruption of officials.

There are even new problems: the military groups under his command cannot get new distribution of benefits, and they are becoming more and more alienated.When the cake cannot be made bigger, it is bound to be dissatisfied with the current plan of dividing the cake.

If there is no such problem, Gao Huan will not go south this time, and naturally there will be no defeat for Gao Yue.

"Going south this time, what do you think?"

Gao Huan asked Zhang Baoluo beside him.

When he was under Er Zhurong's command, Zhang Baoluo was Dou Tai's confidant, and later switched to Gao Huan, he can be regarded as a peripheral among the old brothers.Now Gao Huan trusts him very much.

"King Gao, the frost is approaching now, and the river will freeze soon. If we go south to Qiluo City at this time, I'm afraid...the army may run out of food."

Zhang Baoluo said very cautiously.

"It makes sense."

Gao Huan squeezed out four words, his face was a little ugly, but he didn't say much.

Among the generals in the army, many people disapproved of this trip to the south, and Duan Shao was the leader among them.Gao Huan also understood that these people had their own promotion channels, which were completely different from those of the middle and lower rank officers in the Wei army.

They are cronies or in-laws, and they can only climb up through military exploits. If they focus on stealing money on the battlefield, they will lose everything.

Most of their wealth comes from gifts from the Gao clan.

So on the one hand, they are not interested in such things as looting, and enterprising generals will not touch such small money.On the other hand, they don't really care much about who is in charge of the Gao clan.

As long as their honor and favor can be guaranteed, their loyalty can naturally be guaranteed.

Whether Gao Huan is in power, or whether Gao Yang or someone else from the Gao clan is in power, it is all the same to them, as long as they can maintain their status!
If it can't be done, then even if the bottom of the army doesn't want to mutiny, these people will find a way to mutiny.

With all kinds of distracting thoughts in his mind, Gao Huan sighed and said, "Send down the order to strengthen the city defenses, and we won't be able to march after winter."

"Order!"

Zhang Baoluo heaved a sigh of relief after bowing his hands and stepping back.He was really afraid that Gao Huan would rush south to Qiluo City in a fit of anger, that would be terrible.In fact, although Qiluo City is the core of Liang Jun's second line of defense, it is not an isolated city.

Not far to the east of Qiluo City is Ruyang County (Zhoukou City, Henan Province).According to the route of water transport, they had to conquer Ruyang City first at the first stop in the south.

Liang Jun is not a piece of wood, nor is it the square town system that was rigidly beaten in Xiao Yan's era. If you make a move, don't people just watch you punch and not fight back?
Zhang Baoluo was very worried about this, because the people who are active in the Liang army are actually from the north just like them, and the main combat faction headed by Liu Yishou is in power.

This group of people likes field battles and doesn't like to passively defend the city.

Although Zhang Baoluo did not fully agree with Duan Shao's negative views, he also believed that the scale of the war with Liang Guo could not be small!Just looking at the flat rivers and numerous rivers in this place in Henan, you can tell that big things will happen if a lone army goes deep!

"correct!"

Gao Huan's voice came from behind Zhang Baoluo, and he had no choice but to turn back and ask, "What is Gao Wang's order?"

"Go to the surrounding areas to capture strong men and transport food and grass. This battle cannot be stopped until the Huaihe River is fought. In the land of Henan, as many people as can be captured for corvee service. At that time, special people will be sent to arrest people, and to search for food and grass to supply on the spot. "

Gao Huan said with a cold face.

"King Gao, for Huaihe, that's..."

Zhang Baoluo didn't know how to say something.

He suspected that Gao Huan didn't know geography and didn't know where the Huaihe River was. 5 people may seem like a lot, but when the opponent is on guard, it is a dream to hit the Huaihe River!
Hitting the Huaihe River means that Nanyingchuan County where Qiluo City is located, Runan County where Xuanhu is located, and Xincai County (Baoxin) in East Yuzhou, which Liang State has occupied for decades, and the Northeast Gao Huan has to get the Ruyang County and Nanton County in front of him!

This is at least five counties, not counting Yingchuan County where Changshe City is located.To bring back these five relatively large counties is tantamount to restoring the border between the two countries to what it was before the Six Towns Rebellion.

Zhang Baoluo didn't even understand what Gao Huan was up to. It was inconvenient for him to say a lot of things, otherwise he would end up with Duan Shao.

"Since the matter has been done, don't do half of it, and simply solve Liang Jun in Henan in one go. You don't have to ask about other things."

Gao Huan stood in front of the empty treasury for a long time, afraid that such things would happen again and again.He finally made up his mind to solve the problem of Liang Jun's occupation of Henan in one go this time.

He believes that Gao Yue has lost the hearts of the people before, and even if he has achieved something now, it is nothing more than returning to the original point, and it can only make up for the loss of prestige caused by Gao Yue's fiasco.

Gao Huan was obviously unhappy that he had to work so hard, but could only "make up for his mistakes", especially after seeing such a miserable situation in Changshe City, he felt even more uncomfortable.

But if the land of five counties can be obtained, then there will be enough goods to reward the three armies.The experience of plundering the grasslands inspired Gao Huan. If the internal conflicts cannot be resolved, then the cake will be bigger after the external expansion, and there will be enough room for reform to implement his own ideas.

The newly won five counties are enough to send away those old brothers who are dissatisfied with the reform.In this way, bad things can be turned into good things, and it is not a waste of time.

"Here! The final general will definitely go all out."

Zhang Baoluo bowed his hands and withdrew, he no longer wanted to take the initiative to ask Gao Huan what he thought.

The people in most of the villages in Henan were transferred to Jiankang, Lianghuai and other places by Liang Jun.Even if they can be found now, they moved here privately later, and there are not many people in fact.

Gao Huan didn't know much about the local people's conditions, so he really thought too much.Zhang Baoluo, who was caught in the middle with his mouth open and his legs broken, couldn't be more uncomfortable.

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"Shui Jing Zhu" records: (Ru) The river flows from west to east, bends and flows, hugs the city on three sides, and is shaped like a hanging gourd.

It is said that the Ru River is like a vine that circles more than half of Runan City from northwest to southeast, and Runan City is like a gourd hanging on the vine.Runan City in Runan County was named Xuanhu.

Now revisiting the old place, Liu Yishou looked at the bricks and stones on the wall of the north gate, thoughtfully, standing there for a long time.

"What is your lord thinking about?"

Yu Jin, who hadn't seen him for a long time, cupped his hands and asked.

Liu Yishou, who was already the king of Wu, is not what he used to be, and he is not angry and arrogant.Even if he doesn't have a straight face, people dare not give birth to a frivolous and shapeless heart.Even Yu Jin didn't dare to overstep.

"This brick is very hard. How did those sharp soldiers climb the city wall with bare hands?"

Liu Yishou was puzzled and said to himself.

It was he who led the troops to attack Shangcai by surprise and captured it.But someone else was in charge of commanding the siege and dealing with many details.

Xin Zuan, the governor of Runan who was arrested in his sleep by his troops in a surprise attack, probably had the same thoughts as Liu Yishou.

He just came to Xuanhu City today, but Yu Jin, Dugu Xin and Zhao Gui have been waiting for a few days.

"Show it to the King of Wu, maybe if the King of Wu is happy, he will reward you as partial generals."

Yu Jin laughed and said to the soldiers around him.

The soldiers were overjoyed, and hurriedly found an iron pick, knocked a few holes in the wall at will, used them as a support point, and walked up to the top of the city with swift strides, and Liu Yishou was stunned for a while.

"There is a priority in hearing the truth, and there is a specialization in the arts, that's all."

Liu Yishou said with emotion.

He is the leader of the team, he understands how to play politics, how to lead troops to fight, and how to govern the country, and he can even be said to be very proficient.But he didn't understand the "delicate work" such as climbing the city wall with bare hands.

Many things that he thought were very difficult and almost impossible to achieve were nothing more than ordinary things to others, perhaps not more difficult than finding a job.

It is an undeniable truth in any era that specialized people do specialized things. There is no need to look down on cheap industry, and there is no need to belittle yourself.

Whether it is the commander who decides the life and death of the army on the battlefield, or the personal soldier who can climb the city wall with bare hands, it is essentially just a job.

The scene at the gate of the city made Liu Yishou very emotional, and he secretly warned himself to calm down and not to be arrogant.

"Let's enter the city now. Gao Huan is coming in a menacing manner. With fifty thousand soldiers in hand, if he doesn't get a bargain from us, he will definitely not let it go."

Liu Yishou sighed. To be honest, he didn't want to come this time, but he had to.No one can deal with Yu Jin, Dugu Xin, and Zhao Gui at the same time, except him Liu.

"My lord, those few blows just now are actually okay for the last general."

After entering Xuanhu City, Hu Luxian took advantage of people not paying attention, and whispered to Liu Yishou, as if he had the desire to show off, and looked eager to try.

"When Xiang Yu was besieged on all sides and at the end of his life, he had only 28 cavalry around him, and he was able to kill Han generals and hundreds of Han soldiers. It can be described as extremely brave."

Liu Yishou patted Hu Luxian on the shoulder and continued: "But, he is the overlord of Western Chu, and he would be very proud of killing one or two Han generals, which is enough to show that he didn't understand where he was defeated until his death.

In the future, you are going to command thousands of troops. Compared with a personal soldier climbing the city wall with bare hands, wouldn't it make people laugh when the news spread?What if you win, what if you lose? "

Liu Yishou rolled his eyes at Hu Luxian and laughed.

"My lord taught me well, I taught me well..."

Hu Luxian was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to go forward to make noise anymore.

It's better not to be a horse rider than not to know, it's only by practicing himself that Yang Xiuzhi's flattering skills are at their peak.At this moment, Hu Luxian realized that what Liu Yishou said at the gate of the city, "There is a priority in learning the truth, and there is a specialization in art", which is indeed a wise saying.

If it is more than archery, he must be a leader in the army, but other things may not be so.Liu Yishou is no different than those mediocre masters, it is not so difficult to flatter him.

Hu Luxian has never seen anyone who is more powerful than Yang Xiuzhi, who can play different tricks without overturning.To some extent, this is considered a top-notch "skill" that cannot be learned by others.

(End of this chapter)