Sure enough, as predicted by many parties, the clear sky was gradually shrouded in dark clouds, and the wind that had been blowing cold became frozen, and one day it began to rain lightly during the day, and then it snowed heavily in the middle of the night.
It is not clear whether Liu Yan has prepared warm clothes on the side of Shijie Zhao Jun, but the Han army has begun to hoard a large number of wool felt and related warm clothes after the autumn.
The warm items on the side of the Han army will definitely not be able to do one for the whole army, but they can ensure the needs of the front-line soldiers, and the soldiers who are not on the front line can only nest indoors as much as possible.
Liu Yan is no longer in Gucheng, he retreated to Fenggao in Taishan County under the strong request of Xu Zheng, Yuan Qiao and other ministers including Ji Chang and Sang Yu, on the grounds that the king should not be involved in danger, Fenggao's position has a natural barrier at the same time, it is also the center point of the battlefield in Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou, and there is no time lag for all parties to gather information from the past, and they can grasp the overall situation more thoroughly.
Sometimes a proper compromise is necessary, especially for the king, Liu Yan is not a dumbfounder, knowing that staying in Gucheng will put too much psychological pressure on Xu Zheng and Yuan Qiao, and the Han Kingdom will also be frightened, so go back.
The war in Puyang County has evolved into a war that will determine the fate of the country, although there are some surprises, but it is also a reasonable thing, after all, Dunqiu County is the place where Shi Hu used to deploy troops, and then it can really be regarded as a strategic place at this stage, and the outbreak of a big war is not surprising at all, the difference is how big the big war will be.
The snow is falling in winter, and the patrol must be suspended, and there is no need to go to Yuzhou again There is also a place to discuss, and the important ministers in the rest of the places should also temporarily put down their affairs and rush to Fenggao to discuss the state with Liu Yan.
"The number of enemy troops around Puyang City is constantly decreasing, which can be interpreted as Shi Hu does not have enough national strength to support consumption."
Sang Yu had just arrived in Fenggao from Yuzhou, and almost everything he should have arrived before he came.
He wore a lot of clothes, and even wrapped a fur cloak, shrunk his body and said: "The decrease in numbers has made the enemy army more pure, and it is found that 150,000 of the 180,000 are of the Qi people, and Shihu's Dragon Guardian is also among them." ” "Shi Hu rarely uses the Qiang people to fight on a large scale, and this time he uses so much, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to the battle of Puyang."
Ji Chang looked much better, although he was also wearing a lot of warm clothes, but at least he didn't approve the cloak and didn't shrink his body, he said to Liu Yan very seriously: "Your Majesty, the battle in Puyang City is a battle of national fortune for Shijie. ” Xu Zheng personally led the army in Puyang City, with 30,000 stationed in the city and 40,000 outside the city.
His marching commander, Shi Yuan Qiao, commanded 20,000 cantonments to garrison Juancheng, in order to ensure the back road.
The whole country of Han has more than 200,000 troops, and nearly 100,000 troops have been mobilized on the side of Puyang City alone, and the Battle of Puyang can also be regarded as a battle that will affect the fate of the country for the Han State.
"On the battlefield of Liaodong, Murong Hao personally led 60,000 Yan troops to station, and our defenders over there were only 20,000."
Ji Chang had to mention another place: "Shi Bin in the Jizhou battlefield commanded more than 100,000 troops, there were 30,000 Yan troops of Murong Ge, and we only had 50,000 on the front line of Zhangshui. ” Huan Wen said the right words at the right time: "There is also the line of the Yangtze River, the Jin army has begun to mobilize heavy supplies, and the naval army also has signs of large-scale assembly. ” The Yangtze River will not freeze in winter, and it can maintain an unimpeded state of navigation throughout the year, which means that if you want to fight a water war, you don't need to consider the problem of freezing, and what you need to pay attention to is the flood season, and the Yangtze River in winter is not flooded.
"The Three Kingdoms attack my big Han."
Ji Chang said what he wanted to say for a long time: "Your Majesty, you have to recruit soldiers." ” Huan Wen made up for it again: "In the past, there were six million people in the pre-Qin country but one million troops, and the population of the Han Dynasty was more than 1.8 million slaves, of which the suitable source of soldiers exceeded 700,000, even if not all of them were recruited, it was appropriate to recruit 350,000 soldiers." ” "The Han has been trained in the people all the year round, and the young man is a qualified soldier when he enters the army, although there is a gap with the soldiers, but there is no gap with the county soldiers of other countries, especially the Han Dynasty does not lack weapons at all."
Sang Yu was obviously also eager to increase the number of troops: "Your Majesty, we really should recruit troops on a large scale. ” The population of more than 1.8 million has supported 70,000 soldiers and nearly 140,000 second-line troops such as auxiliaries, which is equivalent to a ratio of 9 to 1 between military and civilian.
If it weren't for the Han state, which had an even larger number of slaves, domestic production would have been stagnant or even scarce.
It is already a 9-to-1 ratio of military to civilians, and if there are 350,000 conscripts, or 150,000 is 350,000, it is equivalent to having a total of 550,000 troops, that is, one-third of the whole country is all soldiers. 100,000 is a total of 350,000 troops, and the ratio of military to civilian is five to one.
"Ninety thousand were to be recruited among the common people, and three hundred thousand were to be recruited according to the standards of servant and subordinate armies."
Ji Chang is still quite cautious, he said: "In this way, it will be 300,000 and 300,000 respectively." ” "Yao Yizhong's performance is quite cooperative."
Sang Yu smiled and said, "If the king is willing to give some promises, at least the Qiang and Di people among the slaves can be used." ” The source of slaves on the Han side is still relatively simple, and the most prisoners of war were captured in the war, among which the number of Zahu is actually more, and the Qiang and Di people were captured hundreds of thousands at once in the battle of Luoyin, and the two ethnic groups together will account for about two-fifths.
Prisoners of war are generally awarded to soldiers who have participated in the war, resulting in the majority of soldiers having at least one slave in their families.
Originally, there were soldiers who regarded their slaves as war slaves, but they were forbidden later, and the slaves in the back were specially used to work in their place.
In addition to the slaves who were rewarded to the warriors, the state held the largest number of slaves, such as building roads, building bridges, or carrying out other large-scale state projects, and the labor came from government slaves.
Seriously calculated, this set of Han is almost a copy of the former Qin, the difference is that most of the slaves of the pre-Qin are from the same Miao descendants of the six countries of Shandong, and the slaves on the Han side are Hu people who account for the absolute majority.
After Liu Yan captured Yao Yizhong, he did not treat him harshly, let alone abuse him.
Don't think about how much he will treat Yao Yizhong, there is no one to serve, and there will be no peace, just take it with him.
There is intelligence that Yao Yizhong's favorite son Yao Xiang was also captured by the Han army, but he has not been found in the past, I really don't know whether to say that the Han army will not find anyone, or that Yao Xiang hid too well and was not even captured.
The Han army began to gradually abolish the existence of the servant army and the new annex army two years ago, and the current retained servant army is a very small number from the Chao 1 Xian Peninsula and Wajima, and the number of servant armies is as high as 10,000, and the new annex army is completely abolished.
There will be such a phenomenon, according to the regulations of the twentieth rank of the lord, even if the slave is a meritorious service, it can not only become a free citizen, but also become a nobleman, which is more resisted by the army composed of free people of the Han State.
"If a slave makes meritorious service, he will naturally be rewarded according to the Han law."
Faced with the military's questions, Ji Chang said bluntly: "If you want them to work hard, you have to give them hope."
Large-scale conscription from civilians is unrealistic, and we need to increase the size of the army, and how about it is not a way to absorb them."
The people in charge of each side have been colliding all the time, each with their own opinions, and generally speaking, they are all in agreement on increasing the number of troops.
The three kingdoms are going to attack the Han Kingdom together, and it seems that there are at least three battlefields, and it is a matter of course that the number of troops will increase, but how to recruit troops must have a suitable plan.
"Although the Han has always been in a state of war, the hinterland has not been affected by the war."
Cai You glanced at Cheng Shuo as he spoke, then turned his head to look at Liu Yancai again and said, "The grain storage in the treasury is abundant, enough for the 500,000 army to eat for two years.
Weapons and armor depend on the situation, and arming 100,000 at a time can not affect the replenishment of each front, and more than 100,000 is somewhat difficult. ” Liu Yan waited for the ministers to say almost everything, and said: "Recruit 90,000 soldiers, and then select 200,000 slaves to form a servant army." ” In this way, the Han army of non-systematic troops reached 300,000, and the rest could only be regarded as auxiliary soldiers except for 70,000 soldiers.
Combined with the 200,000 slave soldiers and the 40,000 or so Praetorian Guards, the total number is almost 550,000, which is really a little more for a country with a population of nearly 4 million people counting slaves.
"It's not going to last long."
Ji Chang saw Liu Yan frowning, and explained: "It will last for a year at most." ” Liu Yan frowned not because of anything else, but because the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty still forgot the national hatred and family hatred and merged with Shijie Zhao State.
However, he doesn't seem to be qualified to blame the small court, after all, the relationship between the Han State and the small court is not very good, and it can even be said that the official exchanges are very bad.
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much about it along the Yangtze River."
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Sang Yu said with a smile: "The Yu clan has completely declined, and it has not been long since the transfer of power in the small imperial court, and it is not so fast for them to change from a defensive posture to an offensive posture for a while.
Moreover, there is only one candidate for the commander of the Northern Expedition of the small imperial court, and that is the national abbot Chu Li. ” Speaking of this national abbot, Chu Li has always stayed in Runan County, commanding the three counties of Ruyin County, Xincai County and Runan County, and looks very stable.
"According to past examples, it seems that the Northern Expedition of the small imperial court will have to be prepared for at least a year."
Huan Wen was extremely familiar with the small court in the south, and said firmly: "The Chu clan and the Xie clan have come together, but they still can't compare with the strength of the Yu clan when they join forces. ” The Northern Expedition of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has always relied on the strength of the family, and it really can't count too much on the army of the imperial court.
It's not that the army of the small court can't fight, one is that all kinds of generals are "family heirloom" official positions, and they spend more time with women than with soldiers, and it is easy to imagine what it would be like for someone like this to lead a soldier; Second, the real talents are basically the subordinates of some gate valves or families, such as the subordinates used by Yu Liang's Northern Expedition are more powerful than the military generals of the imperial court, and even the ancestor who smells the rooster and dances is also like this; The third is that the resources of the imperial court are less than those of the family, and if the family does not contribute, the imperial court will not have enough resources to support the Northern Expedition.
Liu Yan still has some impressions of this national abbot, and vaguely remembers that Chu Bao's Northern Expedition is a joke at all, but the country's military affairs are big, even if it is only in case, it should be treated with caution.
"The widow means that the servant army is mainly responsible for the war on the southern front."
Liu Yan did not have the hobby of letting the Hu people kill their compatriots, he said: "The servant army is only suitable for going south, and the western and northern fronts are used to be outnumbered." ” "The Hu people in the servant army are not good at fighting in places with too many water networks, but as the king said, we have to beware that the Hu people will defect to the battle, and even if they defect to the south, the damage can be quickly suppressed, so they are only suitable for going south."
Ji Changshi first agreed, and then said: "Whether it is Xuzhou or Yuzhou on the southern front, it is mainly defense for the time being, and it can be dismantled and dispersed, and the harm is as overwhelming as possible." ” No one objected to the servant army going south, in addition to the above reasons, the Jin people south of the Yangtze River also generally did not fight the Hu people first.
It's funny to say, in the Central Plains, the Han army has been pressing the Hu people to fight, which means that the Han army can fight better than the Hu people, but the small court in the south is more afraid of the Hu people than the Han army.
It can only be said that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is brave in the civil war, not afraid of fighting in the same room, and in the face of non-compatriots, it is cowardly before fighting, and has no courage in foreign wars.
"Before the beginning of spring, everything that is discussed must be done."
As soon as Liu Yan finished speaking, several people spoke, and he didn't give people a chance to speak: "In view of the fact that the battlefield in Puyang County will be a crucial battle, the widow will personally supervise the battle." ” This was what everyone wanted to stop just now, but Liu Yan had already spoken first.
"There must be a good plan, and there must be a way to deal with things in a bad direction."
If Liu Yan said that there was no pressure in his heart, he was really still lying, he glanced around and said: "The bottom line of Jizhou's retreat is on the line between the plains and Leling.
South", after a pause, he laughed, and then said, "Guozhang, hehe." ” Everyone strictly responded to the "promise" to express their understanding, but no one asked Liao 1 Dong, and they all knew that it could not be lost no matter what.
Sang Yu hurriedly glanced at Ji Chang, and even lowered his voice to remind: "Guanzhong." ” Ji Chang understood and immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, since the war in Puyang County is very important, and even our troops are insufficient, can we let Ran lead the army to fight?"
The Qin State of the Ran clan is gone, and Guanzhong has not stopped sending people to Yuzhou until winter, but there is still an army of about 200,000 under Ran Min.
Although the combat strength of the more than 200,000 people under Ran Min's command is uneven, for the Han State, it is a battle about the fortunes of the country, and how many troops can be added is one of the strengths.
"Guanzhong is dispensable for the Han Dynasty at present, as long as the battle of Puyang County is won, Guanzhong is naturally in the bag.
If Puyang County loses, Guanzhong has nothing to defend.
Sang Yu's will was very firm, and he rarely said seriously: "My king also needs to know Ran's mentality." ” Liu Yan didn't have any extra words, just nodded in approval
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