Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 591 The Great Showdown ([-])
Jiangdu (Yangzhou)
This used to be the gateway of the Southern Dynasties, and it was from here that Hou Jing crossed the south of the Yangtze River and captured Jiankang City.

There was a lot of voices, and people from all walks of life gathered by the river to watch the densely packed fleet of ships on the river.

Tens of thousands of ships, large and small, sailed into the distant sea, including more than a thousand sea-going ships, and the rest were flat-bottomed river boats.

The big one is sixty feet long and twenty feet wide, and the small one is about sixty feet long and two feet wide.

River boats have a larger transport volume and smoother sailing, but the speed is very slow and it is difficult to turn.

Sea-going ships are the opposite of river-going ships.

Therefore, if it is going to be a decisive battle at sea, sea-going ships are definitely needed. If it is purely for commercial trade, the river-going ships of Haijiang General are better.

Yan Chuan divides ships into commercial and military ships, commercial ships are large and heavy, and military ships are small and flexible.

But the Sui Empire obviously didn't understand so many sea ways, and the bigger the better for all ships.

Compared with the Han Dynasty, the shipbuilding technology and concepts of the Central Plains have improved a lot, and the super heavy ships like Louchuan have been eliminated.

The building ships of the Han Dynasty had a huge transportation volume, but they were too bulky, and they are no longer suitable in today's world.

There are more than a dozen building ships in Yan State, but they are all used as passenger ships, specially carrying people.

The people of Jiangdu watched it all day and night, but they didn't see the last ship sailing into the sea. Until late at night, the imperial fleet was still coming from the upper reaches of the river.

In order to prevent congestion, the empire's fleet was prohibited from docking and docking, so as not to block upstream ships.

The ships are loaded with a lot of dry food and fresh water, and the soldiers need to meet their living needs on board.

There are tens of thousands of ships carrying 20 soldiers, including [-] warships, [-] troop carriers, and the remaining [-] ships are transport ships for transporting supplies.

Following the example of the Yan State, the empire improved the sail warships by changing the horizontal sails to triangular sails.

It has to be said that war is the fuel for technological development. It is precisely because of the need for maritime operations that the Central Plains improved the traditional sails into triangle sails in advance.

Yan State’s dhows have sailed across the sea for hundreds of years, but the previous Central Plains countries had no need for maritime combat, so they never paid attention to the difference between Yan State’s sailing ships and Central Plains.

Now the empire has begun to pay attention to the Yan State, and even learn from the Yan State.

The person in charge of commanding this huge fleet is Yang Xuangan, the son of the backer king.

There are 110 troops on land, 20 troops on the sea, and 200 million people who transport food. In order to conquer Yan, the empire mobilized 3303 million people.

The total population of Yan State was less than 300 million, but the empire mobilized more than 300 million people to attack.

"Yanlu Xiaoxiao's generation has repeatedly insulted our court, and I will definitely let them die and the country will be destroyed!"

Yang Xuangan is very confident that this is the largest army in the history of the Central Plains, whether it is land or sea, it far surpasses all previous dynasties.

Before the army set off, Emperor Yang Guang specially ordered that the generals of the army should not make decisions without authorization, and all military operations must wait for the order of the emperor. At the same time, if the Yan Kingdom is willing to surrender, it cannot continue to attack the city. Siege the city when surrendering, it seems too indecent.

It can be seen that Yang Guang is very confident in his micromanagement, so he refuses to delegate power to the frontline generals to play freely. Instead, he wants to command the frontline troops thousands of miles away in Luoyang, the imperial capital.

Perhaps it was because the previous battles of Mie Chen, Mie Linyi, and Mie Tuyuhun were too smooth, which gave him this strong confidence.

His mentality is a bit like that of Fu Jian before the Battle of Feishui. Before the Battle of Feishui, Fu Jian kept winning and winning, and he was lifted up when he won, and then he lost all his wealth in the final battle. .

Fu Jian: I won the first 99 times, but in the first time, I completely lost everything.

In the era of radio, remote command is still fatal, but in the era without radio, remote command is even more deadly.

"When I destroy Liaodong, I will take you to Liaodong to see the snow." Yang Guang doted on Empress Xiao.

Yang Guang's feelings for Empress Xiao were very complicated. At the beginning, he didn't like this wife very much. It was just arranged by his parents and he had to marry. Later, in order to fight for the crown prince, he pretended to like Concubine Xiao. , He actually fell in love with Concubine Xiao.

Empress Xiao is 45 years old, but she still has charm. She smiled slightly and continued to tease her lovely seven-year-old grandson Yang You.

Yang Guang enjoys the present time very much. He has everything he expects, such as status and wealth.

"When the Grand Canal is built, we will be able to sit on a boat and travel back and forth between the north and the south of the empire, taking in the beautiful mountains, rivers and scenery of the Central Plains!"

The emperor of the imperial capital is looking forward to the good times in the future. In his opinion, the battle to attack the Yan Kingdom is impossible to fail, because the disparity in strength is too great.

In the past, Yan State had too many allies, like the stars supporting the moon, so it was able to bully Sui. Now Yan State’s allies have been beaten to the ground by Sui. How could Yan State be an opponent of the empire with its own strength?

"The 400-year-old country entrusted by Yuan Shao at the end of the Han Dynasty, I, Yang Guang, will end it!"

For the nascent Sui regime, Yan State was an ancient country, a vassal state enfeoffed by Yuan Shao, a feudal lord at the end of the Han Dynasty.

And at this moment

Yandu
While the emperor of the Sui Empire was enjoying life with his family, the nobles of the Yan Kingdom were very busy.

"Goryeo, Wuji, Shiwei, Turkic, Buyeo, Heishui, have their armies arrived yet?"

"Fuyu and Wuji are very active, and they are very close. They have arrived in Yandu this morning and are stationed in the military camp outside the city."

"Shiwei and Turkic (Yan belongs to Turkic) are a bit far away, and they are still on the way."

"The Chieftain Soldiers of Heishui are almost here, and it is estimated that... um... they can reach Yandu tonight."

"Korea (Yan belongs to Korea) will probably arrive tomorrow."

"Check the various military supplies in the warehouse again, and make a list of the counted data. Tomorrow morning...no, tonight, tonight, I want to see your list!"

"But……"

"No but, can you do it?"

"please do not worry!"

"Xiaoya, come here."

"Here, what's the matter with you?"

"Have all the food and supplies been counted?"

"Hmm... counting!"

"Give me the list of food supplies tonight."

"Forehead……"

"Did you hear that?!"

"understand!"

"Ruoming, go arrange the boat tomorrow morning. I'm going to Shanhaiguan to inspect and check the defenses there."

"About tomorrow morning?"

"Tomorrow morning it will be four quarters Yin."

"Isn't that night?"

"I said morning is morning!"

"I'm going right now!"

Yan Xu didn't care about the wear and tear of his body, and did everything well to avoid even a single omission.

From the food, grass and food of the soldiers to their accommodation, is there enough weapons and equipment, is there any rust, is there enough military prostitutes, is there any disease, how much gunpowder is left, where is it stored, whether the security at each pass is sufficient, and whether the servants How is the status, etc., etc., he has to personally ask, no matter how big or small.

He gave his life for this country.

(End of this chapter)