Ji Chang was extremely amazed, it had only been more than two months since the troops led by Fu Wei went south, and it seemed that there were not many places to attack from the battle report "The western roll was originally the main grain area for the trade between Linyi and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The battle report sent back by Fu Wei is still relatively clear, and the grain belonging to the official Linyi is close to 500,000 stones, and the real capture is from the people.
Linyi was not a centralized state, and the local tribes had autonomy, and the traditional deal with the Central Plains regime was that the tribal leaders had the majority, and the official deal was a minority.
The center of Xiangguo consulted some classics obtained from the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was clearly written in the records about Jiaozhi, that is, after the Han army invaded the south, the small court urgently transferred two million stone of grain from Jiaozhi, but it was not transported back to Jiankang, and Jiankang was conquered by the Han army.
Jiaozhi's ability to take out two million stone of grain is the accumulation of taxes, which proves that the grain output in that area is amazingly large, and Ji Chang has to pay attention to it as the prime minister.
Three million stone grain can already support the Han State to fight a big war on the northern front, and it will be harvested from the southwest peninsula later, and the food problem will be temporarily alleviated, and the big war can start when the weather allows.
"There has never been a shortage of grain in the Southwest Peninsula, and as long as you are willing to manage it diligently after the recovery, only the old land of the Han family can support the food needs of half of the country."
Liu Yan's face changed to a crying and laughing expression, and said: "It's just that they are a little bit of a bit of a treasure mountain empty-handed, and they didn't notice the precious wood and some precious stones, and they didn't realize the existence of spices. ” There are still many local products in the Southwest Peninsula, and it is probably possible to make a fortune if they can be transported to the Central Plains, especially the first batch of native products will definitely make a lot of money, Liu Yan feels that he needs to remind him.
This time the invasion of the southwest peninsula was mainly carried out by the government, and that was to obtain food.
In fact, Liu Yan does not intend to be the main force by the official, what he hopes is to make the Southwest Peninsula a folk adventure paradise and open the door for the Han and Miao descendants to open up independently, and the Southwest Peninsula will not be the first nor the last, there are still large islands in the South Seas, and even after the formation of the atmosphere, you can take more steps to explore.
"Spices" Ji Chang of course knows spices, but the current spices in the Central Plains are basically transmitted back from the Western Regions, and there is no similar thing in the south, so he asked: "There are spices produced in the Southwest Peninsula" "There are a lot of islands around the high sea, and the southwest is the most numerous, and the islands are the origin of spices."
What Liu Yan hasn't said yet is that not only spices, but also the minerals on the island are extremely rich: "Let's take the Southwest Peninsula to practice first, and then talk about that with a little experience." ” If the Central Plains Dynasty could take the resources of the many islands in the South Seas as its own, navigation would inevitably flourish in the process, and the population of the Central Plains Dynasty would have laid the foundation for becoming the head of the earth.
It is a pity that the Central Plains Dynasty fell into a strange circle of internal collapse in hundreds of years, and in addition to the "world" of one acre and three points of land, it did not look outside, blinding the advantages of the local area, and ashamed of the overlord assets placed by God next to it.
After decades of life, Liu Yan has a comprehensive plan, his minimum goal is to lay at least a basic plate for the ethnic group, after recovering the old land of the Han family, the next step is to take two steps, while opening up to the west, the Nanyang side must be owned by himself, and even the development of the Nanyang will be greater than the west, and Oceania will also be occupied.
The advantage of a clear idea is that when to do something will not be blind nonsense, let alone lose the motivation to struggle because of the loss of the goal, but now what to say to open up to the sea is just the beginning, and the northern Xinjiang that is about to be reopened is the first major thing.
Li Tan has been stationed in Jingling, and he came as the new general of the expedition to the north with a strong desire to make meritorious contributions.
Jingling is not a very beautiful place, and its strategic value has never been high in the past.
The current Kyoling would be the seat of the Shogunate of the Northern Shogunate only because it was in the middle of the Mijo and Chuyo provinces.
The ice and snow on the Sizhou side began to melt, but there was no sign of ice and snow melting in the more northern areas for the time being, on the contrary, there was occasional light snowfall.
"The surface of the lake in Jiuze is still frozen, and so is the nearby water system."
Qian Jiantong was left behind before, waiting for Li Tan to come and report in person: "If you want to launch an offensive after the ice and snow melt, my opinion is to take advantage of the fact that the lake in Jiuze is still thick, and mobilize troops to bypass it first." ” Qian Jiantong's current military position is the general of the expedition to the north, according to the practice of the Han military, the general with the prefix is generally the "seed player" of some generals, for example, he will become the next general of the expedition to the north without accident, and then Xie An, the general of the expedition to the west, will also become the general of the expedition to the west.
"Yes, it is necessary."
Li Tan bowed his head and said: "Shi Xuan and Fu Hong may both abandon the fortified city to fight with us in the field, or even flee without a fight, so they should be the first to make a move." ” Bingzhou has now been recovered by the Han State, if the Zhao State does not want to fight a city attack and defense war with the Han State, it will inevitably retreat to the northwest of Bingzhou and Shuozhou.
Qian Jiantong said: "In this case, I will lead the Yulin Army and the Fourth Cavalry Army to cross Jiuze Lake first."
It is difficult to study when the existence of Jiuze Lake began, and it dried up due to climate reasons during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and there was no longer the existence of Jiuze Lake.
The existence of the water system in the Central Plains has always been changing, even the Yellow River has been diverted many times, and each diversion is one thing, and the location of the river system and lakes will change.
It has to be said that after the Yellow River became turbid, the Central Plains Dynasty continued to increase its land territory in the east, and the increased area was calculated by hundreds of thousands of square miles.
Wasn't the Han State reorganizing its army last winter, and the new military system had a new number, and some special numbers such as the Yulin Army, the Tiger Ben Army, and the Praetorian Guard Army were not counted, but they were the thirteen armies that retained the standing reserves, which were divided into cavalry corps and infantry corps.
The size of the cavalry corps was six, and the remaining seven were infantry corps.
There were a total of six cavalry corps under the establishment of the Northern Shogunate, four of which were standing cavalry corps, and the other two were the Tiger Army and the Yulin Army.
The Eastern Shogunate and the Southern Shogunate each had a cavalry army, and the remaining one belonged to the Guanzhong garrison sequence because Xie An, the Zhonglang General, was not qualified to establish the Shogunate.
The thirteen standing armies are counted from "one" in turn, the cavalry corps is the first to the sixth, the infantry corps is from the first to the seventh, and the division of arms is the prefix plus the first cavalry corps or the first infantry corps.
The history of Liu Yan's creation of this set of numbers is of great significance.
You must know that the military system of the Central Plains Dynasty has never been done like this, and it is more about separating troops according to states, counties, and counties, or planning by theater of war, which is the time when the Central Plains Dynasty rarely maintains a large number of standing troops.
Of course, the Central Plains Dynasty did not have a huge number of standing armies, that is, the system of the central army, the county army, and the border army, and the source of soldiers came from the young and strong people who received "endowment".
Later, the emergence of the government military system made the Central Plains Dynasty go to the "theater" military system, which areas were responsible for which theater of war, and during the special national war, troops were mobilized from various theaters to participate in the war.
The Han State established by Liu Yan would not have any real peacetime, and it was necessary to maintain a large number of standing armies, so it was natural to be independent of the county soldiers and border army system, and the theater system, which was more defensive than offensive, was not suitable.
The current 200,000 standing army of the Han State is made up of selected soldiers from millions of troops, and it should be said that the quality of the troops is very good, and it is impossible to distinguish which army is good or which army is bad.
With the change of the military system of the Han State, Li Tan and Qian Jiantong are no longer the commanders of the Yulin Army and the Tiger Ben Army respectively, and their personal feelings must still be deeper, but the premise of being able to command is that the troops are classified under the shogunate sequence.
Li Tan had no doubts about Qian Jiantong's command of the Yulin Army, and he knew why it was the Yulin Army instead of the Tiger Army.
He said: "There will be two Praetorian Cavalry Corps coming over in the future, or you will bring another cavalry corps."
"If there are enough troops, it will be the best."
Qian Jiantong was depressed that the Tiger Ben Army was used as an armored cavalry mounted army, so it would not be able to carry out any long-distance runs or use it for pursuit, and nodded: "Two Praetorian Cavalry Army, and then there is the Tiger Ben Army, even if there is no Yulin Army and two cavalry armies, Shi Xuan or Fu Hong will not be afraid at all if they want to fight a decisive battle." ” The generals of the Han State have always been the troops with the most control, which is the premise that the object of conquest and the geographical location are first determined.
For example, after the fall of the small imperial court regime of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, before the southern side approached the coastline, there were only some unfashionable Zhuyue and Zhuman, and the southern shogunate was directly reduced to three armies.
And even if the north is strong, there is still a threat on the grassland, and I am afraid that the northern front will not be less than the size of five armies.
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In addition to the command of some standing armies, Li Tan's local county soldiers and some servant armies will gradually join the shogunate sequence.
Even as a general of the expedition to the north, he is not sure how many troops the shogunate will have in this battle, and the only thing he knows is that the total strength will not be less than 400,000.
There is no contradiction, the Han State wants to maintain a standing army of 200,000, which refers only to specialized soldiers, but it does not completely exclude the rest of the system.
It must be said that although the standing army, county soldiers, and servant armies of the Han State are all military troops, they are not the same in terms of system.
To put it bluntly, the standing army is an army that does not produce anything, the county soldiers are the contributions from the people, and the servant army includes the slave soldiers and the troops of various vassal states.
Qian Jiantong finally left with three cavalry corps, because although the Yulin Army was an army, it only had an establishment of 10,000, and the total strength was 40,000.
They left the city during the light snow season and marched in the direction of Pingtao through Jiuze Lake, and would enter a vast grassland for concealment.
Half a month after Qian Jiantong led his troops away, the follow-up tribes arrived one after another, and the first to arrive were 30,000 county soldiers and 20,000 Janissary cavalry in the direction of Shangdang County, and at this time the ice and snow also began to melt.
"In the first stage, the number of county soldiers gathered on the battlefield will reach 120,000."
Joyu has always been a long marching history, and it is still after the conquest of the Northern Shogunate.
He got along well with Li Tan, and was also satisfied with the current situation, and continued with a smile: "The county soldiers will ensure the flanks and rear wings of the field corps," The various systems of the Han military had clear responsibilities, and the standing army was used as the main force on the battlefield.
With a standing army as the main attack, the role of the county soldiers is nothing more than to ensure the operational environment of the main force in addition to ensuring the logistics line, and to play a role in responding and defending the army.
Li Tan was watching the sand table, how to arrange the county soldiers and servant troops, he, the main general, and the marching commander Shi did not discuss less.
To be true, the Han State's second northern expedition was based on the layout of Wei Qing's battle in Hexi, that is, in addition to the troops specially arranged as the main attack, a large number of infantry troops would be rolled out.
At the beginning, the troops in Wei Qing's hands were not as clear as the troops in Li Tan's hands, a small number of main attack troops were assisted by hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops, the main attack force had a clear attack route, and the auxiliary troops were a situation of tiling into a straight line, and then the main attack force was constantly interspersed with high-speed mobility advantages, and the auxiliary troops were pushed flat under the premise of the results created by the main attack force.
"Considering the particularity of the situation, the battle in Yangyi will start earlier than in Zhongyang," Tiao Yu planted some flags around Yangyi before continuing: "Wait for the ground to become relatively dry, and the First Cavalry Army, the Third Infantry Army, and the Fifth Infantry Army will take the lead in launching an offensive." ” Li Tan recalled the recent information about Shi Xuan, only a small number of troops of the Shi Xuan Zhao army in Yangyi went out of the city, and the rest of the Shi Xuan Zhao army had been nested in the city and did not move.
He was also very sure that Shi Xuan had not received reinforcements, and Shi Xuan had how many troops or how many troops he had on hand.
"There are signs of some changes in Zhongyang."
Tiao You walked to the shelf where the documents were stacked, looked for the official documents, and handed them to Li Tan while saying, "Fu Hong of Zhongyang has drawn out a part of his troops and headed north. ” "Well, it's about the impact of the Ding Ling people on the northern territory of Shijiao."
Li Tan gloated and said: "The Hongru Pavilion is still able to do a little bit of something. ” Li Tan said that it was Lu Yi who personally handled the operation, and the bureaucrats of the Hongru Pavilion used various methods to make Ding Ling people go south and not belong to Shijiao Zhao State, but to use force against Shiqi Zhao State.
"Then," Tiao Yu sighed at first, and then said in an almost definite tone, "The probability of Shi Xuan and Fu Hongyi fighting in the city has been reduced again. ” Li Tan, who was still happy, also sighed when he heard this, compared to fighting a chase battle in the vast wilderness, the high-level of the Han army still likes to fight the offensive and defensive battles of the city: