Sweep the World

Ji Chang was incomparably surprised. The troops led by Fu Wei only went south for more than two months. From the battle report, it seemed that there were not many attacks. A Xijuan city alone could have harvested three million stone grains. What if the entire Lin Yi country was "packed"?

"Western scrolls are the main grain storage area for Lin Yi and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty." Liu Yan seemed very calm: "More grain is normal."

The battle report sent back by Fu Wei is still relatively clear. The official munitions belonging to Linyi are close to 500,000 shi, and the bulk of the real seizure is from the people.

Lin Yi Kingdom is not a centralized country. The local tribes have autonomy. Historical transactions with the Central Plains regime are those tribal chiefs who have taken the majority, but official transactions are a minority.

The center of the Xiang country checked some classics obtained from the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The record about Jiaozhi clearly stated that after the Han army invaded the south, the small court urgently mobilized two million stone of grain from Jiaozhi, but it was nothing more than Before it was transported back to Jiankang, Jiankang was captured by the Han army.

The two million shi of grain that Jiaozhi can produce is an accumulation of taxes, which proves that the amount of grain output in that area is astonishing, and Ji Chang, as the prime minister, has to pay attention to it.

Three million stone grains have been able to support Han to fight a war on the northern front, and later gains from the Southwest Peninsula. The food problem is temporarily alleviated, and the war can be started when the weather permits.

"There is never a shortage of food in the Southwest Peninsula. After the recovery, as long as you are willing to manage it carefully, only the old Han family can support the food needs of half of the country." Liu Yan changed his face to a dumbfounded expression and said: " It’s just that they are a little bit into Baoshan and go out empty-handed. They didn’t notice the precious woods and some precious stones, and they didn’t realize the existence of spices."

There are still many local specialties in the Southwest Peninsula. They can make a fortune if they can be shipped to the Central Plains. Especially the first batch of local specialties will definitely make a fortune. Liu Yan felt he had to remind him.

This time the invasion of the Southwest Peninsula was made by the government as the main force, which was to obtain food.

In fact, Liu Yan does not intend to be the main force of the government. What he hopes is to make the Southwest Peninsula a private adventure paradise and open the door for the Han Chinese to open up independently. The Southwest Peninsula will not be the first and will not be the first. It's the last one. There are still large islands in the South China Sea. Even after the atmosphere has formed, you can take steps to explore more places.

"Spices?" Of course, Ji Chang knows spices, but the current spices in the Central Plains are basically passed back from the Western Regions. 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 Zhanghai, and there are the most islands in the southwest. The island is the origin of the spices.” What Liu Yan hasn’t said is that not only spices, but also the island’s minerals are extremely rich: “First take the Southwest Peninsula. Practice your hands, let’s talk about those with a little experience."

The resources of Nanyang are unimaginable, but the Central Plains dynasty has never looked away. If the Central Plains dynasty can take the resources of the many islands in Southeast Asia as its own, navigation will inevitably prosper in the process. It is time to lay the foundation to become the length of the earth's globe.

It is a pity that the Central Plains dynasty has fallen into a vicious circle of internal collapse for hundreds of years. In its eyes, except for the "Tianxia" of one-acre three-centre farmland, it did not look outside. It was blinded by the local advantages, and it was ashamed that God was beside him. Overlord's capital laid down.

After decades of life, Liu Yan has a comprehensive plan. His lowest goal is to lay down at least one basic plan for the ethnic group. After recovering the old land of the Han family, the next step is to go in two steps. It must be taken for its own sake, and even the effort to open up Southeast Asia will be greater than that of Westward, and even Oceania will be taken over.

The advantage of clear thinking is that when you should do what you should do, you will not be blinded, and you will not lose the motivation to fight because you lose your goal. However, it is just a beginning to open up to the sea. Northern Xinjiang is about to be reopened. The most important thing.

Li Tan has been stationed in Jingling. As the new general of Zhengbei, he came with a strong desire to make contributions.

Jingling is not such a beautiful place, and its strategic value has never been high in the past. The current Jingling will become the seat of the Seihoku Shogunate only because it is in the middle of the Mino Castle and Zhongyang.

The ice and snow in Sizhou began to melt, but there was no sign of melting in the more northerly areas. On the contrary, there would be light snow occasionally.

"The lake in Jiuze is still frozen, and so is the nearby water system." Qian Jiantong used to stay behind and waited for Li Tan to come to report in person: "If the ice and snow melt away and the offensive is to be launched, my opinion is to take advantage of it. The lake in Jiuze is still thick, so mobilize troops to go around first."

Qian Jiantong’s current military position is to recruit the North Zhonglang general. According to the practice of the Han military, the Zhonglang general with the prefix is ​​generally the "seed player" of certain generals. For example, he will become the next recruit without an accident. General Bei, and then General Xie An, General Zhengxi Zhonglang, will also become General Zhengxi.

"It is necessary." Li Tan nodded: "Shi Xuan and Fu Hong may abandon the field battle with us in Jiancheng, or even flee without a fight. It is time to lay the groundwork first."

Bingzhou has now been restored by the Han State. If Shijie Zhao Guo didn't want to fight the city offensive and defensive war with Han, he would definitely retreat to the northwestern part of Bingzhou and Shuozhou.

Qian Jiantong said: "If this is the case, I will lead the Yulin Army and the Fourth Cavalry Army to pass Jiuze Lake first?"

It is difficult to know when the existence of Jiuze Lake originated. By the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it dried up due to climatic reasons, and there will be no more Jiuze Lake in the future.

There have always been changes in the existence of the water system in the Central Plains. Even the Yellow River has undergone many diversions. Each diversion is one aspect, and it also changes the position of the river system and the lake. What I have to say is that after the Yellow River became muddy, the Central Plains dynasty continued to increase the land area to the east, and the increased area was calculated on the basis of hundreds of thousands of square miles.

Wasn't Han reorganizing the army last winter? The new military system has a new designation. Some special designations such as the Habayashi Army, the Tiger Ben Army, and the Janissary Army are reserved for 13 armies, which are divided into cavalry armies and infantry armies. Among them, there are six cavalry corps, and the remaining seven are infantry corps.

There are a total of six cavalry corps under the Zhengbei Shogunate organization, four of which are standing cavalry corps, and the other two are the Tiger Ben Army and the Habayashi Army. The Zhengdong shogunate and the Zhengnan shogunate each have a cavalry army, and the remaining one belongs to the Guanzhong garrison sequence because Xie An, the Zhonglang, is not qualified to establish the shogunate.

The thirteen standing armies are counted from "one" in order, the cavalry corps is first to sixth, and the infantry corps is from first to seventh.

The historical significance of Liu Yan's designation is significant.

We must know that the military system of the Central Plains dynasty has never been done in this way. It is more based on the division of troops according to the state, county, and county, or the planning is based on the war zone. This is when the Central Plains dynasty rarely maintains a large standing army.

Of course, the Central Plains dynasty did not have a huge standing army, that is, the system of the central army, county army, and frontier army. The emergence of the military system in the latter part of the Central Plains allowed the Central Plains dynasty to enter the "theater" military system, where the source of troops is responsible for which theater, and during special national wars, troops were mobilized from various theaters to participate in the war.

There will be no real peace period in the Han country established by Liu Yan. It is necessary to maintain a large number of standing troops. Then it is natural to be independent from the system of county soldiers and border troops. The theater system has more defenses than The offensive method is also not suitable.

The current 200,000 standing army of the Han Dynasty is made up of selected troops from millions of troops. 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 is bad. The designation represents numbers rather than rankings.

With the changes in the military system of the Han State, Li Tan and Qian Jiantong are no longer the commanders of the Habayashi Army and the Tiger Ben Army respectively, and their personal feelings are definitely deeper, but the prerequisite for commanding is that the troops are placed under the order of the shogunate.

Li Tan had no doubts about Qian Jiantong's command of the Habayashi army, and he knew why he wanted the Habayashi army instead of the Huben army. He said: "There will be two guard cavalry corps in the future, or...you bring another cavalry corps?"

"If the troops are sufficient, it is naturally the best." Qian Jiantong was depressed because the Tiger Armour as an armoured armoured unit would not be able to conduct long-distance raids or use them for pursuit. He nodded his head: "The two guard cavalry armies, With the Tiger and Ben Army, even without the Habayashi Army and the two cavalry corps, Shi Xuan or Fu Hong would not be surprised if they want a decisive battle."

The Han Dynasty’s General Zhengbei has always been the unit with the most control. That is the prerequisite that first determines the target of the battle and the geographical position. For example, after the fall of the small imperial regime in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, before reaching the coastline in the south, there were only some climatic Zhu Yue and Zhu barbarians, and the Southern Shogunate was directly reduced to three armies. And even if the north is able to survive the Shijie Zhao Kingdom, there are still threats on the grasslands. I am afraid that the northern line will not be less than the size of the five armies.

In addition to Li Tan's command of some standing troops, local county soldiers and some servant troops will also gradually join the shogunate sequence. Even as a general of the North Shogunate, he is not sure how many troops will be under the jurisdiction of the Shogunate in this battle. The only thing he knows is that the total force will not be less than 400,000.

There is no contradiction. The Han state wants to maintain a standing army of 200,000. It only refers to specialized soldiers, but it does not completely exclude the rest of the system.

It must be said that although the Han's standing army, county soldiers, and servants are all military units, their systems are not the same. To put it bluntly, the standing army is an army that does not produce anything. The county soldiers are nafu from the people, and the servant army includes slave soldiers and the forces of various vassal states.

Qian Jiantong finally left with three cavalry corps. Even though the Habayashi Army was a single corps, it only had an organization of 10,000, and the total strength was 40,000. They left the city in the light snow season, marching towards Pingtao via Jiuze Lake, and they will enter a vast grassland to hide.

Half a month after Qian Jiantong led his troops to leave, the subsequent tribes arrived one after another. The first to arrive were the 30,000 county soldiers and 20,000 Imperial Guard cavalry in the direction of Shangdang County. By this time the ice and snow also began to melt.

"In the first stage, the number of prefectures and counties gathered on the battlefield will reach 120,000." Tiaoyou has always been a long history of marching troops, and it is still after the conquest of the northern shogunate. He and Li Tan got along well, and were satisfied with the current situation, and continued with a smile: "The county soldiers will guarantee the flanks and rear wings of the field corps."

The various systems of the Han military have clear responsibilities, and the standing army is used as the main force on the battlefield. With the standing army as the main offensive, the role of the county soldiers, in addition to ensuring the logistics line, is nothing more than ensuring the main combat environment, playing a supporting and defending effect.

Li Tan was watching the sand table and how to arrange the county soldiers and servants. He, the general, had no little discussion with the marching commander.

In terms of truth and truth, the second Northern Expedition of the Han Kingdom was based on the layout of Weiqing's battle in Hexi, that is, in addition to the troops specially arranged as the main offensive, there will be a large number of infantry will be spread out.

The troops in Wei Qing's hands were not as distinct as those in Li Tan's hands. A small number of the main attacking troops were assisted by hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops. The main attacking troops had a clear attack route, and the auxiliary troops were flat and straight. In the situation, the main offensive force continues to intersperse with the advantage of high-speed maneuvering, and the auxiliary forces perform horizontal push on the premise of the results created by the main offensive force.

"Considering the peculiarities of the situation, the war in Yangyi will start earlier than Zhongyang..." Tiaoyou planted some flags around Yangyi before continuing: "Waiting for the ground to become relatively dry, the First Cavalry The Army, the Third Infantry Army, and the Fifth Infantry Army will take the lead in launching the offensive."

Li Tan recalled the recent information about Shi Xuan, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com Shi Jie Zhao Jun in Yangyi only had a small number of troops to move out of the city, and the rest of Shi Jie Zhao Jun stayed in the city and did not move. He was also quite sure that Shi Xuan had not received reinforcements, and how many troops Shi Xuan had originally had.

"There are signs that Zhongyang has made some changes." Tiaoyou walked to the shelf where the papers were stacked, looked for the official document, and handed it to Li Tan, while saying: "Fuhong of Zhongyang drew a part of his troops to the north. go with."

"Well, it's about the impact of the Dingling people on the northern territory of Shijie." Li Tan said more gleefully: "Hongruguan can do a little bit more or less."

What Li Tan said was that Lu Yi personally performed the sword. The staff of the Hongru Pavilion used various methods to make Ding Ling people not belong to Shi Jie Zhao State after they went south, but to use force against Shi Jie Zhao State.

"So..." Tiao You sighed first, and then said in almost certain tone: "Shi Xuan and Fu Hongyi's chance of fighting through the city has been reduced again."

Li Tan, who was still happy, sighed after hearing the words. Compared with chasing battles in the vast wilderness, the senior Han army still likes Shijie to fight city offensive and defensive battles...