Xie An's capture of Xingyang played a pivotal role in the battle situation, and Shi Hu's headquarters that lost Xingyang had no way to retreat to the west, so even if Shi Hu wanted to retreat, it could not be to the south or east, but to the north that was still under the control of Shijie Zhao.
"There are seven bridges in Jianjin, three of which were built during the Zhaoxuan is Liu Aizheng period and have been used to this day, and the other four are temporary pontoon bridges."
Ji Chang walked to the shelf where the map of mountains and rivers was hung, and pointed to the map to explain in detail: "The four pontoon bridges can be easily burned by fire, and the bridges with stones as the main structure are quite difficult to destroy.
If you want to cut off Shi Hu's retreat to the north, you can only attack and seize it and then firmly control it. ” What Liu Yan needs to know is whether the three bridges built in Zhaoxuan can allow warships to pass, and if they can, what kind of warships should they be.
"The ministers and others collected a lot of information and questioned the original Shijie officials and military scouts who had seen the bridge with their own eyes."
Ji Chang has been nodding his head, and said with some luck: "The three bridges are all stone hole bridges, probably considering the problem of navigation of the building ship, the height of the few holes in the middle at the beginning of the construction was designed to be close to three zhang. ” In the past, the Western Han Dynasty attached great importance to the use of the water system, which was the ideological consciousness generated by the Han Xiaowu Emperor's attack on the south, and the Western Han army did not immediately put aside the importance of boats and boats after destroying those countries in the south, and even with the attack on Jizi Korea, the use of water armies paid more attention to the military use of boats.
By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty's emphasis on boats and boats had declined greatly, but the importance of the bridge on the Jianjin side to connect the north and south banks of the Yellow River did not need to be said too much, so the Eastern Han Dynasty and all dynasties attached great importance to the maintenance of the bridge.
The importance of the naval army is that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the princes were fighting, especially when Cao Wei was bound to go south, the northern and southern princes could be regarded as refocusing their attention on the construction of the naval army, but it must be explained that the eyes were on the Yangtze River rather than the Yellow River.
The ships under Liu Yan's command did not belong to the building ships, but were more inclined to the style of about 1,000 AD, with the highest mast being a crossbow and the highest mast being less than two zhang.
In the past, there were five-story ships in the Western Han Dynasty, and the more common ones were three-story ships, so the design of the Jianjin Bridge was estimated to allow the three-story ships to pass.
Liu Yan flipped through the military intelligence report, and the fleet departing from the direction of Qingzhou arrived at the Yellow River section of Zhu'a County, and it was not unexpectedly able to appear near the river section of Dunqiu County within four days, the difference was whether it needed to be mobilized.
"The fleet is moving westward in large numbers, and it cannot be kept secret for a long time."
Liu Yan looked at Ji Chang and asked, "Based on Tai'an's estimates, how long will it take for Shi Hu to know about the loss of Xingyang, and when should he discover our fleet?"
"It takes more than 600 miles from Xingyang to Puyang County, and at the speed of the fast horse report, it should have been before and after we knew about it, and the delay would not have exceeded one day."
Ji Chang smiled, but said again: "What Xie An did after conquering Xingyang was to immediately block the road, whether Shi Hu could know about the war in the west is still a matter of two theories." ” Blocking a road can achieve the purpose of delay at best, and it is impossible to say that a message will be blocked forever.
From such a thing, Liu Yan can see that Xie An is not only a person with military literacy, but also understands the layout at the national level.
"The minister thought about it carefully, it is dispensable to send troops to Yecheng or Xiangguo, but it is necessary to take the first step to capture Yangping, Dunqiu, Ji and other counties."
The counties mentioned by Ji Chang are all located on the north bank of the Yellow River, and they are all counties around Puyang County.
He asked, "Your Majesty, do you want Huan Wen's troops and the troops in Zhu'a to act from both sides at the same time?"
Huan Wen's department went north and then detoured, and the only way to take the line of Guancheng belonging to the jurisdiction of Xingyang County was to take the first line, and then detour to Hanoi County.
There are no more than 60,000 troops under his command, and the 3,000 armored cavalry equipment will definitely be transferred to the Puyang battlefield, and some cavalry that needs to be used for decisive battles will also be partially transferred, and the rest will not exceed 50,000, most of which are still infantry troops.
Zhu A's Han army had 30,000, some of which were drawn from the Xuzhou garrison, and 14,000 were promoted from auxiliary soldiers to soldiers, which was equivalent to a field corps with almost half of the old and new, and its combat effectiveness had not been tested.
"The main force of Shijie gathers on the Puyang battlefield, and the periphery is basically dominated by Zahu and Jin slave soldiers."
Ji Chang's meaning is very clear, whether it is the troops that were reorganized from the Qin State of the original Ran clan or the newly formed field corps, in fact, there is no obvious loss against the Shijie Zhao army composed of Zahu and Jin people.
He nodded at the Yellow River and said, "Besides, the Great River is controlled by our army, and with the convenience of the water system, the king can quickly reinforce at any time according to actual needs." ” Liu Yan needs to ask the most critical question: "When do you think it is appropriate to launch a decisive battle?"
"Decisive battle" Ji Chang said in surprise: "Your Majesty, what needs to be achieved most at present is to besiege Shihu's main force, and the real decisive battle can naturally be done slowly." ” This is what Liu Yan must know, whether he can complete the siege of Shi Hu, and how long it will take to launch a decisive battle.
Now it seems to him that the civilian officials, led by the prime ministers on the left and right, believe that the later the decisive battle is launched, the better.
"The enemy's national strength is not strong, and the preparation for war is not sufficient, on the contrary, our army is not short of supplies."
Ji Chang seemed to smile evilly and said: "In the process of besieging Shi Hu's headquarters, you must not expect Shi Hu to watch it, then it will be a succession of big battles."
Fang Caichen said that the real decisive battle was the final stage, but in fact, the decisive battle had already begun when we laid out the siege of Shihu's headquarters. ” Speaking of which, Liu Yan has entered a misunderstanding, and he immediately reacted when he heard Ji Chang say that.
Indeed, since Shi Hu personally led the army to participate in the war, the decisive battle between the Han State and the Shijie Zhao State has begun at that time, but the two sides fought a little bit in the early stage, but it cannot be denied that the fate of the two countries happened at that moment.
"The king ordered another 200,000 troops to be conscripted, and the first batch of recruits will arrive on the battlefield by September at the latest" Ji Chang didn't ask at all, it was a matter that had already set a date on the national policy, and he extended this topic for the sake of later words.
He said: "Looking at the current situation, if nothing else, the troops of Yuzhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, and so on will be able to solve the enemy forces on the periphery one after another in September, and the troops of all sides will be compressed to the Puyang battlefield in the interim. ” The number of Han troops serving in the Puyang battlefield was very large, counting the batch led by Liu Yan later, the total number of Han troops, including the Praetorian Guards, had exceeded 300,000.
Relatively speaking, Shi Hu used more troops, just the headquarters of the Qian nationality still has 1670,000, Qiang, Di, Xiongnu, Xianbei Yuwen and Duanbu, Zahu, Jin people together there are at least 300,000, then Shi Hu used nearly 500,000 troops.
In history, the two sides of the total strength of close to one million battles are rare, the more famous is the Battle of Changping, the siege of Baideng, the battle of the Western Han Dynasty Weiqing as the commander, under normal circumstances, this level of battle even if there are no casualties will make the two sides of the battle greatly injured.
It is very clear that if someone goes to the army, the society will reduce the labor force, and the stagnation of production will become inevitable.
So it's not crazy enough and forced to do something that hurts the country.
The 500,000 troops that Shi Hu transferred are all young and strong, but they are not the previous model of Yao Yizhong's dragging his family and mouth, with the social customs of the Hu people, young and strong and even healthy women can be regarded as soldiers who can play, the difference is the level of combat effectiveness.
Ji Chang left, and Liu Yan flipped through the previous battle report.
In the past seven months, the two warring sides in Puyang County alone have suffered nearly 60,000 losses, the Han army's combat strength has lost nearly 20,000, and the losses that can be counted on the Shijie Zhao army are close to 40,000.
In the peripheral battlefield, 70,000 troops of Sun Fudu on the side of Shijie Zhao were destroyed, and the Shijie Zhao army led by Fan Tan, Cao Fu, Yinong and others lost nearly 170,000, and at the cost of more than 40,000 Han army losses.
Now it is a loss of tens of thousands of dollars, if it were five years ago, Liu Yan would have more than 10,000 soldiers and people on hand.
The population of the Han Kingdom has been rising steadily, that is, the conquest liberated the Jin people and all ethnic groups under the rule of Shijie, and people south of the Yangtze River have continued to take refuge in the north.
The new population census has not yet been conducted, and Liu Yan's rough understanding from Ji Chang and Sang Yu is that the total population of the Han Kingdom, including slaves, is close to seven million.
In just five years, with almost nothing to a population of 7 million, the speed of the rise can be described as astonishing.
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The stall is big, and the problems and troubles it brings are also constant, and the most worrying thing is the local Haoqiang.
By the end of August, Liu Yan, who had been in Fan County, continued to listen to the development of the war situation, and the progress of the war was both fast and slightly chaotic.
Huan Wen's headquarters has crossed the Yellow River into the territory of Ji County, Shijie Zhao's response is that Sizhou's reinforcements continue to arrive and jointly block with Cao Fu's department, the two sides seem to be in the cultivation of martial arts, Shijie Zhao's army is defeated by the Han army and retreats to Chaoge, Huan Wen led the army to pursue and fought hard in the field near Chaoge.
The Han army led by Li Kuang from Zhu'a to the north first entered Qinghe County, they did not encounter effective resistance in the early stage of this way, and advanced to Suoyang City in Yangping County before being intercepted by the Shijie Zhao army led by Yinong, and the battle between the two sides was centered on Suoyang City and radiated outward, and it is still in a state of war.
The key core of the whole war, that is, the battlefield of Puyang County, Shi Hu did not stay where he was stupid, and half of his troops once retreated from Baima to Wenshijin, and also made a move to assist Cao Fu in attacking Huan Wen's department.
During this period, Ran Min ordered Xu Zheng to lead the army to force Baima, and the Han army did not arrive at the White Horse City and encountered Shi Xuan's Shijie Zhao army, and the result was that Xu Zheng and Shi Xuan broke out in the north of Weicheng, which became known as the third Weicheng Battle in history.
"Your Majesty, you can let the fleet of the Great River come out."
Ji Chang looked unusually tired, and as the official position of the prime minister, he not only had to deal with the affairs of the country, but also to regulate the outbreak of war as a strategist.
He looked at Liu Yan, who was sitting in the main seat of the military tent with his eyes closed, and said hoarsely: "The Yulin Army and the Praetorian Guard, who have been preparing to seize the Jianjin Bridge, should also be dispatched. ” The Tiger Ben Army and the Yulin Army have always stayed in Fan County with Liu Yan, and the three thousand armor cavalry equipment that Huan Wen was transferred to Fan County also arrived.
Later, the first batch of 60,000 Han troops arrived in Fan County, and the number of Han troops under Liu Yan's personal command, including the Praetorian Guard, was 100,000.
The armor and cavalry equipment that was integrated from the original Ran clan's Qin army was not merged into the Tiger Ben Army, and the number of Tiger Ben troops not counting auxiliary riders was five thousand, and the total number of auxiliary riders was twenty thousand.
The Yulin Army is a combination of melee and long-range assault cavalry, the source of the army is from the first group of veterans who are good at horsemanship, the number of soldiers is only 10,000, and there are 20,000 auxiliary riders.
Whether it is a foot auxiliary soldier or an auxiliary rider, they are all alternative servant soldiers, the difference is that the nature of service is the majority, there are few opportunities to participate in the battle, and it is not impossible to fight when necessary, but the combat effectiveness is worse than that of the soldiers.
Liu Yan opened his eyes, and his eyes looked a little sharp: "Prime Minister Zuo thinks that the war has reached a critical moment."
Shi Hu has already begun to try to break through, and the war has developed to this point, how can it not be a critical moment.
Whether or not to capture Jianjin is related to whether to close the gate of Shihu's breakthrough, so Jianjin is a battleground for Shijie Zhao army or Han army.
"Here we are."
Ji Chang saluted solemnly and said, "The battle for Thorn Jin is the key. ” Liu Yan was silent for a moment, recalling and thinking about the control areas and troop deployment of the warring sides in his mind, Shi Hu has been continuously replenishing the number of defenders to Jianjin recently, and most of the mounted heavy infantry in the Longteng Guards have also been transferred to Jianjin, and it seems that Gao Li of the East Palace under Shi Xuan has also been transferred.
Judging from the past battles, the soldiers of the Qiang people are both ferocious and violent, and the most elite of them are the Dragon Teng Guards and the East Palace Gaoli.
When the Han army fought with the ordinary Shijie Zhao army, the battle loss ratio was basically in a favorable exchange, and when it fought with the Longteng Guardian and Donggong Gaoli, it was a loss in the battle loss ratio.
"Yulin Army and 20,000 Praetorian Guards" Liu Yan had to ask: "Is it enough?"
"The minister only specifically mentioned these two numbers, not just let the two troops go."
Ji Chang smiled bitterly and said, "The minister is not so big. ” Liu Yan understood that the Dragon Teng Guards and Donggong Gaoli put a lot of pressure on the Han army's side, and no one dared to underestimate it.
He didn't have to wait for Ji Chang to say more, he ordered Wang Meng to prepare the troops to move, and at the same time issued orders to the troops everywhere.
It will not be so easy to capture Jianjin, especially if you need to clear the obstacles on the way to the road first, and then the fleet blocking the Yellow River, including Huan Wen and Li Kuang, will be under great pressure, after all, the Shijie Zhao army on the periphery does not have the courage not to rescue Shi Hu, and Shi Hu will definitely fight back for his own sake.
"The widow doesn't understand."
Liu Yan was really confused: "Didn't Shi Hu find out what we wanted to do from the beginning?"
Ji Chang is not easy to answer this question, the battle is originally a matter of you calculating me and I calculating you, and that's why you need to be cautious in everything
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