For the Han Kingdom, the current opportunity can be described as rare, and if you don't take this opportunity to cripple Shijie Zhao Guo in one fell swoop, I don't know if you can have such an opportunity in the future.
Liu Yan's plan for himself was to cripple Shijie Zhao within a year and lay the foundation for the recovery of the Central Plains.
As long as the dead of the Shijie people die to a certain extent, Shihu's dominance in the Central Plains will not only be shaken, but also the Qiang and Di tribes with the two accomplices of Shijie Zhao will have different thoughts, and it is difficult to say whether many miscellaneous Hu will no longer obey the rule of the Qian.
Crossing the Yellow River and attacking Yecheng or Xiangguo was a risky plan.
Let's not talk about Yecheng first, but Xiangguo is the center of Shijie Zhao in the real sense.
Xiangguo has always been the essence of Shijie, the essence here does not refer to the economic center, is whether Shile or Shihu will be Qiang, Di, Jin, Xiongnu and other core parts of the Xiangguo placed around Xiangguo, resulting in Xiangguo is more densely populated than other places.
"In the past year or two, Shi Hu has gradually transferred people from all ethnic groups to Yecheng, and Yecheng has become Shihu's most important companion capital."
Many of the clansmen in the Sangyu family were officials in Shijie Zhao State before, and some of the core clansmen's official positions were not small, and they had a high understanding of Shijie Zhao State.
He said: "Shi Hu vigorously mobilized the Qi people to go on the expedition, and he would not leave too many Qiang, Di, and Jin people in Xiangguo or Yecheng, and he would also worry about those people rebelling." ” Yecheng has been building a palace in recent years, using more than one million manpower, and it is even more difficult to calculate the material resources, which means that most of the national strength of Shijie Zhao is used in the construction of Yecheng.
Shijie Zhao's national strength was not strong, and the construction of Yecheng consumed a lot of materials, and it is said that Shi Hu's lack of preparation for this war is due to this.
Since Yao Yizhong was captured by the Han army, the Qiang people have actually entered into a de facto split.
Shi Hu thought that he would easily control the Qiang tribe, but what he didn't expect was to lose Yao Yizhong's restraint, and it was easier to say something about Qiang Qiang, but Qiang became the main force causing trouble.
Uncivilized nations will always have a difference between "ripe" and "raw".
The so-called "familiarity" means that the society has developed to a certain extent, such as the beginning of organization and coordination, and naturally it must be regarded as having a certain cultural foundation.
And "sheng" refers to barbarism and disobedience to leadership, and usually the part of each nation that is "born" is the most barbaric group, which can be used for its own use and is of great military significance.
Yao Yizhong is the recognized and recognized leader of the Qiang people, and it is precisely because of this that Shi Hu is jealous.
In general, Shi Hu's original abacus failed, although Yao Yizhong was a threat when he was there, after Yao Yizhong was captured by the Han army, the Qiang people who were constantly in turmoil became a real threat.
Not only was Shi Hu unable to control the Qiang because of Yao Yizhong's capture, but the Di people after Fu Hong went to Longxi were not so obedient to Shi Hu's dispatch.
Take this time Shi Hu led the army to Puyang County as an example, if Yao Yizhong and Fu Hong were still there, Shi Hu could let the two of them gather the young men of the Qiang and Di tribes to participate in the battle, but after both of them were gone, Shi Hu could only mobilize the Jin people in Zahu and Shijie.
Zahu generally belongs to the unpopular goods, not to say how weak Zahu is, but that there are too many Zahu tribes that are too mixed and difficult to organize, and the spirit is also incomparable with the major clans.
Zahu can be extremely brave in fighting with the wind, but when encountering a stalemate, he will choose to work and not contribute, and when the situation is unfavorable, the first to collapse is Zahu.
The Jin people were at the bottom of society in Shijie Zhao State, and their social status was not even as good as that of wild beasts.
That was something that Shijie Zhao Guo made clear in the law, and there was a "crime of injuring beasts" in Shijie's law that was specifically used against the Jin people.
The so-called "crime of injuring beasts" is very easy to understand, that is, the Jin people must not harm the beast in any way, even if they are attacked by the beast, they cannot harm it, otherwise the Jin people will be investigated by the official of Shijie, and the way to investigate is to kill the Jin people.
The Jin people in Shijie Zhao State were already unhappy, they were in the eighth year of the establishment of Shijie in 342 AD and faced the catastrophe again, because Shi Hu listened to the prophecy of the Shamen monk Wu Jin, also known as Hu Jin.
Wu Jin was a Jin native, and after taking refuge in Shamen, he became a monk "not in the Five Elements", and his Jin origin was exempted because of his status as a monk.
Wu Jin, who was not in the "world", prophesied to Shi Hu that in the future, Shijie Zhao Kingdom would be destroyed by the Jin people, and the Jin people should be brutalized, and the vitality of the Jin people could not be restored.
Shi Hu had the idea of building a palace in Yecheng, in addition to his own hobby and enjoyment, another big reason was Wu Jin's prophecy.
There is not a lot of manpower needed to build the palace, with today's technology in the engineering operation of the dead is a common phenomenon, only the eighth year of Jianwu to the eleventh year of Jianwu, there have been more than 700,000 Jin people who have been conscripted to Yecheng, to this day I don't know if there are 200,000 surviving.
There is another thing, in order to further kill more Jin people, Shi Hu carried out a canal excavation work, and collected a terrifying five million manpower.
It is to recruit 5 million people to dig the river, it is 5 million people, it can be said that Shihu has definitely done a feat that has never been done before, and on the basis of the total population of more than 20 million people in Shijie Zhao State, it is to recruit 5 million people for conscription.
Even if Yang Guang dug the canal later, it took more than 2 million people, and the national population of Yang Sui at that time was more than 40 million.
"How else to say that the Jin people are weak and useless."
Ji Chang's face turned pale when he said this: "If you are not treated as a human being, you will be persecuted all the time, but you are divided and protect yourself."
As long as it doesn't move to them, they will only look coldly, and if it really moves them, others will choose to watch coldly. ” Ji Chang's words are still a little paranoid, after the Central Plains fell into the hands of the Qi people, there were not many people who raised troops to call for resistance, such as Chen An, Hou Ziguang monk, Fan Ben and some other people have raised troops to resist the Hu people, but the pattern of these people is basically too small, occupying a county is called the king and the emperor, and the righteousness of resisting the Hu people has become a selfish desire, and the response is not wide, and Ran Min's actions and consequences are similar to those of Ran Min who became the king as soon as he entered the customs, but there is no way to protect himself and be easily eliminated.
Liu Yan was on the road again with his people, leaving 30,000 troops stationed in Dong'e, and 40,000 troops and a group of idle people were going to Fan County in Dongping County.
There are quite a lot of idle people, such as Liu Yan, who has nearly a hundred maids, the waiters mainly serve those concubines, and the rest of the officials must of course have people who serve them, and the total number of people is more than 1,000.
Whether or not to risk crossing hundreds of miles to attack Yecheng and Xiangguo has been discussed, and there is no specific statement on the civilian side, and on the military attaché's side, Ran Min and Huan Wen are trying their best to turn Liu Yan from idea to actual action.
At this time, Ran Min and Huan Wen rode in parallel, and the two were just nodding their heads before, and quickly approached after having a common desire.
"Shi Hu mobilized the young men of the Qian tribe and the young men of all ethnic groups to go out as soldiers, and Yecheng and Xiangguo must be unprecedentedly empty at present."
The Zhulong horse under Ran Min's ass is definitely more majestic than Huan Wen's West Pole horse, causing him to be much higher than Huan Wen when he rides on horseback, and he said condescendingly: "There are hundreds of thousands of forced coolies in Yecheng, and they have long been oppressed.
While Shi Hu was leading the troops, our army could easily get a response from hundreds of thousands of coolies as soon as they arrived. ” Huan Wen didn't know as much about Shijie Zhao Guo as Ran Min, and it was Ran Min who was explaining the situation in detail from the beginning.
He really hoped that Liu Yan could take a risky action, and felt that it was a great opportunity to surprise him, and the probability of success was not low.
He knew how much credit he had for the risk, and his eyes were on the selection of commanders.
"In the pre-Qin period, Zhang Han used a group of prisoners as soldiers, so that he was invincible and invincible, and he only fell into the sand when he encountered the overlord."
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Huan Wen groaned: "Shijie Zhao Kingdom does not have a character like an overlord. ” Now there is one who is known as the overlord, and that person is Ran Min who is riding a horse parallel to Huan Wen.
And Ran Min belongs to the side of the Han Kingdom, and Huan Wen said that there was some flattering meaning.
"As soon as our army arrives, we will be able to collect those coolies for our own use, isn't that the reason" Ran Min looked at Wang Yuan's location and said: "The king intends to send troops to Yecheng and Xiangguo, and he must have similar thoughts. ” There are not only Liu Yan above Wang Yan, but also Ji Chang, Sang Yu, Lu Yi, Cai You, etc., all of whom are on it, watching the conversation from a distance.
Huan Wen's eyes also looked at Wang Yin, and asked in a speculative tone: "Prime Minister Zuo is not a cautious person, he has a great influence on the king.
If you can get the support of Prime Minister Zuo, things will be easy to do. ” This time, Huan Wen's expectations were about to be disappointed, and Wang Yuan had already talked about whether there was a need to take risks.
"Attacking Yecheng or Xiangguo can force Shi Hu to deal with it, but no one can guarantee that once the fortification offensive and defensive war evolves into a mobile war, Shi Hu will not withdraw directly."
Ji Chang repeatedly considered what he wanted to say: "The national strength of the Great Han is superior to Shijie, and it is beneficial for the Great Han to fight a stalemate war and a war of attrition, so why give up the advantages and change the situation."
Liu Yan has already said that his idea is to lay the expectation of recovering the Central Plains within a year.
He was in favor of his arguments, but there was a lot of opposition to whether he should take the risk.
"The youth of the Qiang tribe is concentrated in Baima, which is something that the Han has been looking forward to."
Cai You was also considering, he said: "Our army is not short of food, straw and equipment, and its experience in offensive and defensive warfare is better than that of the Zhao army, and the Hu people are better at field warfare, especially cavalry warfare." ” Liu Yanneng said that he was already pondering whether to gradually change the Praetorian Guard into cavalry, and the cavalry of the 40,000 Praetorian Guards cooperated with the 70,000 cavalry of the field army, and the Han army was not afraid to engage the Hu cavalry.
"Our army's armor and equipment are also better than Zhao's army in an all-round way."
Sang Yu said with a smile: "It's rare that Shi Hu is willing to concentrate the main force of the Qianren in one place, and it's not good to let them run." ” The three most core civil servants expressed the same opinion, and they all agreed that the current situation is very good and that changes should not be made lightly.
This time, Liu Yan had to be cautious.
Ran Min and Huan Wen were already close to Wang Yuan, and after they asked, they went to Wang Yuan, and after a bow, they knelt down on their knees.
"Your Majesty."
Ran Min didn't know what happened to Wang Yuan just now, and said those conversations with Huan Wen, mainly about the response of hundreds of thousands of people as soon as the Han army arrived in Yecheng, and finally said: "Once Yecheng and Xiangguo are captured, the core of Shijie will be considered to be in the hands of the Han Dynasty. ” The matter of the joint vertical and horizontal is that Huan Wen told Ran Min that as the Han army turned advantageous in various battlefields, combined with the continuous alliance between Shijie Zhao and other countries, it was really a little similar.
"Considering that the Hu people are mostly cavalry, and the tendency of positional warfare to mobile warfare is greater, Min carefully studied the terrain of various places and the distribution of the two armies."
Ran Min was extremely confident when he talked about military affairs: "The Dunqiu side is mostly mountainous, and with the characteristics of the Hu cavalry, it will not be easy to enter.
The terrain of Ji County and Wei County is relatively flat, but the distribution of water systems within the two counties is dense, as long as Jianjin is in the hands of our army, the fleet can enter those water systems. ” The Yellow River has many tributaries, the Qingshui and Qishui on the Ji County side, the Baigou of Dunqiu County, Yangping County and Wei County are also one of the tributaries of the Yellow River, and then there are many tributaries of Baigou, and many water systems actually intersect with each other.
Liu Yan looked at Ran Min strangely.
The thing he knew about Ran Min didn't understand water warfare at all, so the matter about the water system was what Huan Wen mentioned to Ran Min Huan Wen immediately smiled when he saw Liu Yan's gaze and said: "Baigou is also connected to the Yellow Pond, which is a large lake that covers a wide area, which can be used as the base of our fleet, and then fully control the relevant water system."
Once the various water systems are controlled by our army, and the time of the battle is in the autumn when the water is high, even the strong mobility of the Hu cavalry will be intercepted by us. ” Ji Chang and Sang Yu looked at each other, they could see the intentions of Ran Min and Huan Wen, and they had some unusual interests in entering Yecheng or Xiangguo, and even how to carry out the strategic layout had been exchanged.
The system of the Han State determined that under the premise of no general, Prime Minister Zuo had the right to involve military affairs, but he only had the right to make suggestions, and did not have the right to be arbitrary.
Then again, no matter who has what rights, Liu Yan is the one who finally shoots the case.
"Qingshui can be used as the first interception line, if you can't stop it, there will be Qishui."
Huan Wen continued with a thoughtful look: "Baigou and related tributaries are the backup interception line.
Our army does not lack inland water troops, and it is possible to build a water interception line that is difficult to cross with a number of piles.
In this way, when the enemy army moves, our army will be able to find more opportunities and seek more fighters.
In other words, frequent movements will inevitably cause confusion in the enemy's forces, which are not well organized, and are they not the opportunity to take a bite from the east and the west to achieve the greatest results with the least losses":