The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 332 Target Tongguan

Soon, in Xijian, Yanzhou, Chen Yuanda, Gou Chun and others returned to Luoyang one after another.

It has to be said that as they left, the Yanzhou Family gave them a warm farewell and only sent them a Wanmin Umbrella to express their excitement.

The governor of Yanzhou was handed over to Cao Ni, and Cao Ni's projects were the most able to calm the minds of the local people. After all, as long as they had work, enough food, good housing, and money to make, most of the people could become obedient. Good people who pay taxes and food.

After all, as long as the people of China can survive, everyone doesn't mind being a beast. After all, it's not easy to survive.

Of course, in addition to these three people, Chu Hui, who was in charge of the overall situation in Yecheng at this time, also officially began to transfer the office systems in Yecheng to Luoyang.

After a year of warm-up, Liu Tai's intention to move the capital to Luoyang has been revealed. At the same time, Liu Tai has also arranged a plan for industrial relocation in Luoyang. At least the most important coal mines and boilers needed for steelmaking are already in Luoyang. The edge was built.

After all, Liu Tai knew very well that Luoyang may not be big in terms of many basic facilities, but it cannot be without them.

Regardless of the construction of Luoyang itself, or the roads and canals from Luoyang to Xingyang that are being built, materials are needed.

Although Luoyang now looks a bit like being on the front line and not a stable place, because of this, for most aristocratic families, whether to move to Luoyang at this time or not is a gamble. .

After all, during the Yongjia Rebellion, for those aristocratic families whose whole families were in Luoyang, the grass on their graves was already three feet high.

However, Liu Tai was determined to move the capital to Luoyang, revealing his ambition to conquer Chang'an and unify the world.

After all, for a rising power, the location of its governance can well reveal its ambitions.

There is no need to say any more nonsense. Chang'an next to Luoyang is not in my hands at this moment. Do you think everyone will have similar thoughts in their heads about not allowing others to snore on the side of the bed?

More importantly, the closer the distance, the more convenient it is to allocate the resources at hand. For Liu Tai, it is naturally more convenient to attack Zhao State.

Although the court officials felt that Liu Tai's behavior was somewhat dangerous and even risky.

However, under Liu Tai's insistence, no one stood up to oppose.

The reason is very simple. Risks are risks, but Liu Tai has never lost. He is the most famous general in the world and the contemporary Xiang Yu.

Under such circumstances, even though Liu Tai has now moved his capital to Luoyang, everyone feels a bit radical, but they all recognize Liu Tai's strength.

At least they believe that if Zhao Guo really takes the initiative to attack regardless of life and death, then Liu Tai, even if he takes his own bodyguards to attack, can completely defeat the opponent. This is how Liu Tai fought hard all the way and brought Confidence and security under his command.

Therefore, as long as Liu Tai is still in Luoyang, others are not afraid of the danger of war at all.

After all, in this era, Liu Tai, who has completed the unification of Hebei and captured the Central Plains, is more like a tyrant who spreads the fear of war and stares at each prince with eager eyes. He has the arrogance to whip the world's noble families. !

Liu Tai strongly implemented the move of the capital to Luoyang this time. One of the very important reasons was that after his main army moved to Luoyang, the speed at which money and grain from the north of the Yellow River converged from Hebei to Luoyang slowed down. .

Regarding this, Liu Tai had some predictions, but after losing the convenience of the waterway, it was far beyond Liu Tai's expectations.

Otherwise, Liu Tai would choose to start this war after the autumn harvest, instead of procrastinating and being postponed by Liu Tai.

After all, we have to wait until the food north of the Yellow River, the livestock in Youzhou, and the dried fish produced along the Bohai Sea are all transported to Xingyang through the Yongji Canal, and then transferred from Xingyang to Luoyang.

At this moment, Chu Hui was not only responsible for the relocation of important institutions in Yecheng, but also the transportation of this batch of materials.

When there was the Yongji Canal, because basically all the materials were loaded in the boats, although the boats did not move very fast in the canal due to the full load, they were stable along the way and did not need to do anything on their own. worry about what.

So at least Chu Hui walked quite steadily from Yecheng to Xingyang without worrying too much.

But when he arrived from Xingyang to Luoyang, Chu Hui couldn't help but look solemn, even though Chu Hui was responsible for raising food more than once.

After all, every time Liu Tai went on an expedition, Chu Hui was responsible for sitting in the center and arranging supplies.

But Chu Hui never personally escorted the supplies. He only made appropriate transportation plans based on feedback from the front line.

But this time, Chu Hui personally took the waterway from Yecheng to Xingyang, and then took the road from Xingyang to Luoyang.

Although the road from Xingyang to Luoyang has been the busiest route since ancient times, so the official road is wide and the transportation of materials is not difficult, Chu Hui was still keenly aware of the distance brought by the two at this time. completely different.

For the same supplies, taking the water route can save a lot of effort and the ship can carry a heavy load. The most important thing is that the ship does not need to consume food. However, if you take the land route, not to mention the limited food carried by the livestock, and the livestock responsible for transporting the goods themselves need to be taken care of.

After all, no matter what, these are living creatures. If you don't take good care of them, you don't need to rely on them to transport goods.

Therefore, the distance from Yecheng to Xingyang is twice as long as that from Xingyang to Luoyang, but the road from Xingyang to Luoyang is much harder.

It took a full eight days to transport these materials to Luoyang smoothly. Although no one had anything to do along the way, the animals themselves were either sick, lazy, or even died of exhaustion. Little troubles keep coming.

However, it only takes three days from Yecheng to Xingyang by the canal. Even if something happens to the ship, as long as it is not an accident of the level of a shipwreck, then it is just a matter of replacing parts and repairing, and the ship can be rebuilt. Drive out.

Chu Hui couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Your Majesty's policy of building the Yongji Canal is indeed correct, and judging from your appearance, if you conquer Jiangdong in the future, you may choose to directly connect the Yangtze and Yellow River canals to reduce transportation costs. .”

Chu Hui deeply felt the importance of Liu Tai's insistence on building the Yongji Canal.

In any case, with the construction of this canal, materials from Hebei can be quickly turned over and transported to Xingyang. Otherwise, they would only rely on land transportation. I want to transport money and food from Hebei to Luoyang bit by bit. , I am afraid that it will take at least three years of savings to give the Han the possibility of conquering Longyou.

So even now I am starting to think about the improvement in overall efficiency that will be brought about by opening up the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. .

Chu Hui couldn't help but feel sighing, but he slowly entered the realm of Luoyang. Luoyang at this moment is naturally not prosperous, it can only be considered prosperous, and the distance between each village is quite large!

Unlike the normal way of governing the capital, everyone is crowded into Luoyang City.

However, Chu Hui was a prime minister-level figure after all. Chu Hui soon understood that Liu Tai basically left a main business for each village to survive in order to maintain the normal operation of the entire village.

And if the village wants to expand in the future, Liu Tai has left enough space, so now the villages seem to be relatively empty. But if it really develops in the future, these empty lands can accommodate many people who live around Luoyang City.

Chu Hui sighed: "The king really built Luoyang as a city with a million people!"

But now, with this batch of autumn harvest materials successfully transported to Luoyang, Liu Tai can basically start his crusade against Longyou.

The benefits brought by Yongji Canal were truly felt by Chu Hui at this moment.

After Chu Hui arrived in Luoyang, Liu Tai welcomed Chu Hui into Luoyang and let Chu Hui have a good rest for a day, but it only took one day. Liu Tai immediately summoned everyone and started a meeting to conquer Zhao.

The civil servants include Chu Hui, Xi Canjun, Zhang Song, Xi Jian, Chen Yuanda, Yang Man, Gou Chun, Xun Chuo, Liu Qun and Cui Yue, while the generals are Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Li Ju, Ge Xin, Liu Xia and Su Jun, Wei Xiong, Zhang Ping, Liu Yin, Sun Wei, Huan Xuan, Shao Xu, as well as Jie Fei, Meng Dong and others were present to observe, because they were somewhat involved in material preparation.

Liu Tai looked at everyone and was the first to speak: "Everyone, as Mouyuan has been transporting materials from Yecheng one after another, we have the capital to attack Zhao.

Therefore, today we will discuss the attack on Zhao State so that the foundation of Emperor Guangwen can be unified in our hands. "

Liu Tai inherited Liu Cong's foundation, so he recognized Liu Yuan and Liu Cong, and they recognized the Shu Han regime.

The battle between himself and Da Zhao was an internal struggle within Liu Yuan's foundation. It was an internal struggle between the Xiongnu clan of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom and the Han people. The flag was raised like this first, thereby reducing the opponent's overall will to resist.

When everyone present heard Liu Tai's words, they looked at each other a few times, but what showed in their eyes was an extremely strong fighting spirit.

Because Liu Tai's decision was really exciting for them.

Ge Xin was the first to stand up at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, please use me as the vanguard to capture Tongguan!"

Not only Ge Xin, but also other generals also asked for battle one by one at this time to show their bravery.

When Liu Tai saw the soldiers actively participating in the battle, he was naturally satisfied, but Liu Tai also continued:

"This time we were divided into two armies. One army was led by me personally and set off from Luoyang directly to Tongguan in order to capture Tongguan head-on.

Another army went north to Hedong, using Puban as a springboard to forcefully cross the river. After success, it used Langyan as a signal to attack Tongguan. "

"Your Majesty, it is gradually entering late autumn. It is difficult to cross the river east of the river. If you want to cross the river to attack, it will not be easy!" Su Jun knew the water patterns best at this time and was the first to speak. This time period is not a good time to cross the river.

"Of course not in late autumn!" Liu Tai nodded and said with a serious look, "We have to wait until winter, and we have to wait until winter when there is heavy snow and ice covering thousands of miles, so that the soldiers can use the ice to forcibly cross the river!"

To be honest, in this Little Ice Age, the biggest convenience brought by the weather is that as the attacking party, the Yellow River will freeze from time to time in winter, allowing the soldiers to walk directly to the other side.

Zhou Ping also came out at this moment and said: "For this river crossing operation, we have prepared 30,000 pairs of ice boots for the soldiers to walk on the ice, and even applied for enough iron to make rivets for the soles of the feet to ensure that the soldiers will not be able to walk on the ice. It will slip.”

When Zhou Ping said this, he glanced at Jie Fei and continued, "In addition, I also asked the general to help make some equipment that can travel quickly on the ice to ensure that the soldiers can reach the other side as quickly as possible!"

To be honest, although Zhou Ping's army adopted a surprise attack, Zhou Ping was also prepared for a tough battle.

After all, there are so many crossings on the Yellow River, and there are only a few places where you can march on ice in the winter. Marching may not be impossible at other crossings on the Yellow River, but no one knows how strong the frozen ice is. If you step on nothing, , maybe it’s over.

Under such circumstances, even if marching in winter, Liu Tai would try his best to choose a location with relatively thick ice.

However, in these places where the water flow is relatively slow and the ice is relatively thick, troops will definitely be sent to guard the opposite shore.

At this moment, Liu Tai looked serious and said, "The focus of this campaign is to seize the ferry, so the soldiers who went ahead no longer wore fish scale armor to gain weight. Gu Renren prepared cotton armor made of special materials, which has both warmth and protection in winter." However, the protective effect is not as thick as fish scale armor, and it is afraid of fire attacks, so marching generals need to pay attention."

Liu Tai did not expect a sneak attack at all, but prepared for a force attack.

Therefore, as long as the war does not break out on the ice, but your own soldiers can successfully cross the ice and fight head-on with the soldiers on the other side, then the other party's old-style army cannot be an opponent of your own army.

After all, when his army's armament, organization, quality, and even willpower and determination are superior to those of the opponent, if he can't defeat the opponent with a force attack, then Liu Tai feels that this world is too ridiculous.

After everyone heard what Liu Tai and Zhou Ping said, they understood that the Han Dynasty had started preparing for this war very early.

"How many troops does the king prepare for this frontal attack, and how many troops need to be arranged for the partial army to respond!"

At this time, Chu Hui was the first to react and asked Liu Tai seriously.

"Tongguan is the most powerful pass in the world. I have led an army of 100,000 to attack steadily from the front to attract Zhao's attention.

Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, Liu Xia, Wei Xiong, Zhang Ping, Liu Yin, Sun Wei and others went to Tongguan with me.

Liu Ming, you will lead the partial army, with Li Ju and Huan Xuan as your assistants, set out from Hedong and forcefully cross Puban.

In order to echo the army and capture Tongguan, all our strategies are based on capturing Tongguan.

As long as Tongguan is captured, the land of Longyou in Guanxi will be flat, and our army will be able to sweep away all monsters and monsters! "

"I will obey you!" After hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone responded in unison.

At this moment, as generals, they couldn't wait to fight against Zhao and realize the unification of the Han Dynasty.

When Chu Hui came to Luoyang, he didn't even have time to rest for an extra day, and he immediately started working and started to be busy. He planned the food and fodder for the two groups of troops, prepared the soldiers' clothes, and even prepared the plasters to prevent the soldiers from frostbite.

The combat effectiveness of Liu Tai's army was stronger than that of Zhao Guo, but this was all accumulated bit by bit by logistical forces. Therefore, at this moment, Chu Hui did not dare to be so negligent in order to ensure that the soldiers could maintain their strength when conquering Zhao Guo. status.

(End of this chapter)