sweeping the world

Chapter 319
The Han army appeared on the other side of the Yellow River where the Qiang army was assembled. The news was passed to Yecheng to let Shihu know. Yao Yizhong led his army to invade Qingzhou quickly.

Liu Yan went to the bank of the Yellow River, and what he brought to Yao Yizhong was a variety of pressures, some from politics and some from the military. Maybe the political pressure will be more, and the military pressure depends on Han. Will the army cross the river?

In fact, the Han army has no intention of crossing the Yellow River at the moment. The most important thing for the Han army is to stabilize the western front. And with Sun Fudu cautiously leading his troops to retreat, the Han army has completely taken the initiative.

The Han army wants to stabilize the front line at Juyeze, but Shijie Zhao Guo also needs to know that what Shijie Zhao Guo will only see is the continuous expansion of the Han army to the western front, and will feel a great threat. It's just because Dongping County is less than six hundred miles away from the central area of ​​Zhao State in Shijie.

"So we have every reason to believe that Shi Hu will strictly order Yao Yizhong to cross the river and fight as soon as possible." Ji Chang smiled a lot recently, and he said, "As long as Shi Hu forces him, Yao Yizhong will try even if he doesn't want to."

All military actions have a greater purpose, or to occupy territory, or to exert political pressure. Whether Liu Yan wandered around the Yellow River or the movement of the Han army on the western front, the blame is A conspiracy to force Yao Yizhong to fight.

Dongping Mausoleum is the capital of Jinan County, but the place name was only finalized in the Western Jin Dynasty. It was only called Pingling Mausoleum before, and it was not a capital.

You can tell from the place name of Dongping Mausoleum. It is a plain terrain, and Jishui is only less than forty miles away from it. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, it was used as a station for the Qi army. Assemble here, then move forth.

There is really no dangerous terrain on the south bank of the Yellow River in Qingzhou. As a result, regardless of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or the later Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, once a war broke out, they could only rely on a large number of troops to set up defense zones. If the troops were unable to fight, they would either surrender or give up and retreat. .

"After this crisis is resolved, we must occupy the front line of the Bohai Sea on the north bank of the Yellow River!" Ji Chang explored the map quite thoroughly, and said: "Whether Murong Yan's army goes south or not, we must move the front line north."

Liu Yan agrees with this very much. The place names on the north bank of the Yellow River in Qingzhou have been changing in the long river of history. The only constant is that as long as the place is not firmly controlled, anyone can only accept the condescending disadvantage. In terms of terrain, it can be said that It is a complete disadvantage.

"That's an established strategy." Sang Yu teased: "Since we want to build a country, of course it can't be just parts of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou. At least half of Jizhou must be won."

Because the war on the western front is going well and the situation is far more favorable than in the deduction, the time for the founding of the nation should be pushed forward appropriately.

The founding of the country is imperative, and it has nothing to do with who is short. It is a necessary determination and a necessary prerequisite for the next competition in the Central Plains.

The name of the country has been determined to be Han, and the state border in the early stage is what Sang Yu said before, but what kind of situation it will face has not been confirmed. It may be that Shijie Zhao State perished under this multi-party attack, or it may be Shijie. Zhao Guo supported it.

The Shijie Zhao State ruled areas including Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Shuozhou, Xuzhou, Liangzhou, parts of Jingzhou, and parts of Youzhou.

Qingzhou and Xuzhou were all owned by the Han, and one-third of Yanzhou was also in the hands of the Han.

Yongzhou and Qinzhou were occupied by the Qin State of the Ran family.

Two-thirds of Shuozhou was occupied by Zhang's Liang Kingdom.

Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yongzhou, and Qinzhou are missing, as well as Shuozhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou, and Youzhou. In fact, the territory of Shijie Zhao Kingdom is really missing a large piece, but in fact, its actual national strength is not It didn't have much impact.

The real situation is that although Shijie has occupied the Central Plains for decades, but with Shijie who has turned the Central Plains into a pasture, the Central Plains under their rule has only been destroyed without construction, and the population has been decreasing rather than increasing year by year.

Sizhou is the only area that can be called the essence of Shijie Zhao State, and the rest is basically left alone. Sizhou is also the most populous area in Shijie Zhao State. Most of the Jie people live in Sizhou, including those who are attached to it. The elite population of the Qiang and Di ethnic groups is also in Sizhou, and even the begging army also uses Sizhou as their main habitat.

So what's the situation?Although Shijie Zhao Guo seems to be miserable, but in fact the harm is not serious.

The Han Dynasty had analyzed Shi Jie Zhao State, and after analyzing it, Shi Hu's seemingly crazy actions were explained, including nationwide conscription and massive tax collection.

Obviously, Shihu sensed that the Qiang and Di tribes had become a threat.The threat of the Qiang and Di people is real, not like the speculative things that are often talked about about the recovery of the Jin people.

Shi Hu is indeed torturing the Jin people, but he is a bit drunk and dreaming that he is not drinking. After all, the Jin people are the lowest ethnic group in the Central Plains. Any kind of nonsense has a higher social status than the Jin people. I really want to There is no need to find a reason to exterminate the Jin people, but it is necessary to have a reason to weaken the Hu people.

"The fall of Guanzhong is like a joke." Ji Chang didn't seem to be joking, and said: "Shihu seems to be happy to see the foundation of the Di tribe being broken."

It seems to be the case, if Shi Hu didn't notice Ran Min's movements, then Shi Hu would appear to be too incompetent, but Shi Hu is not an incompetent person.In this way, there is only one explanation, Shi Hu simply knew what Ran Min was going to do, maybe he felt that Ran Min was not a threat at all compared to Fu Hong, and Ran Min would succeed in taking the lesser of the two evils.

"Shihu sent Li Nong and Fu Hong to conquer Guanzhong from behind, which is in line with our guess." Ji Chang had the latest situation in Tongguan in his hand: "In less than four months, there are already dead bodies under Tongguan."

Tongguan is currently a big battlefield. There are hundreds of thousands of Ran's Qin troops guarding the pass, but outside are hundreds of thousands of begging troops and Di people who are ready to risk their lives.

Li Nong didn't seem to be working hard to attack Tongguan, but he didn't rebel against Shi Hu as Ran Min expected. He should be in a state of hesitation.

"We insist that it is unreasonable for the King of Qin to believe that Li Nong would betray Shi Hu." Sang Yu said honestly: "When the two of them were begging soldiers together, the King of Qin was regarded as Li Nong's junior and subordinate."

Excluding national righteousness and so on, what happened to Li Nong joining Qin State? Did he become Ran Min's subordinate?Even if Li Nong himself has no opinion, what will those people in Li Nong's system think.

According to the judgment of the upper echelons of the Han Ministry, there will be two main battlefields for Zhao Guo in Shijie in the coming year. One is of course Yao Yizhong and theirs, and the other is Li Nong, Fu Hong and Ran's Qin State. that place.

It was precisely because Liu Yan knew this that he stopped the western front at Juyeze. The northern front also had no plans to cross the Yellow River in the short term. Not only did he do this in actual actions, but he also had some necessary public opinion manipulation.

If you want to manipulate public opinion in Shijie Zhao Kingdom, you no longer need to rely on Confucian scholars. Shi Hu has been crazy about Buddhism recently. If some words want to be heard in his ears, he needs a Samana.

"The monk is very greedy for money." Lu Yi said in a strange tone: "Not only the monks in Shijie, but the monks in any place are very greedy for money."

There were also monks in Qingzhou. Lu Yi, who was in charge of foreign affairs and ethnic affairs, had to find out. He didn't have many monks. The one he was more impressed with was a beggar named Dao'an.

Beggar is a transliteration of Sanskrit bhiksu, it has another name, it can be called a monk or a bhikkhu, and so on.

There are also grades of monks, and it is a bit particular to call a beggar directly, which is commonly known as a monk who specializes in alms.Dao'an's activities in Qingzhou were for alms. Lu Yi learned that Dao'an was eager to build a temple in Qingzhou, so Dao'an tried his best to make alms.

Liu Yan has paid attention to some, such as Qingzhou, where a large number of Samanas began to appear.His attitude is very straightforward, he does not allow any monks to spread their beliefs in Qingzhou, and if they are found, they will be arrested. As for loitering, they are not allowed, but it is not the kind of arrest for no reason.

Isn't there a Wu Jin in Shijie Zhao?Regardless of whether Shi Hu started persecuting the Jin people after listening to him, but Wu Jin really said that the Jin people need to be exterminated, and Wu Jin himself is a Jin person.

Because of Wu Jin, Jin people generally don't have a good impression of the Samana, but whether the Jin people have a good opinion of the Samana is secondary. Anyway, the Samana doesn't care what the Jin people in the Central Plains think. The Samana attaches and values ​​​​the ruling class.

At present, the Samanas have penetrated very extensively into the top management of Shijie Zhao State. After the Confucian scholar group has completely declined, those who control the power of public opinion have become the Samanas.So if Liu Yan wants to control public opinion, he cannot do without those money-grubbing Samanas.

Yes, what Liu Yan needs is for the Jie tribe to continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. It is best to stay in Sizhou and not move out. If you fight too hard, wouldn't it allow Murong Yanjun to take advantage?
Liu Yan vaguely remembers such a thing. In the history without him, Shijie Zhao Guo was killed by Ran Min, and Murong Yanjun was the one who took advantage of it, so he would not let it go. Such a time things happened again.

"Then the farthest west line of the Han army is Dongping County, and the north line temporarily stops at the Yellow River?" Yu Yi chased Dongping Mausoleum again. He is now a non-staff person, following Liu Yan back and forth without business.He asked Yuan Qiao: "What about the southern line?"

There is no other way, the Han army has moved too much, and the recent situation in the Central Plains has changed so much that it is incomprehensible. It is really impossible for Yu Yi to say that he is not worried. In the end, he left the good governor of Jingzhou and quit. Personally pay attention to the changes in the Central Plains.

In fact, Yuan Qiao didn't really know what the series of actions of the Han Department meant, but he couldn't explain it directly to Yu Yi, and he didn't even want to say anything more to Yu Yi.He just felt that Yu Yi had crossed the line, the kind of messy way he crossed the line!
It’s the original thing!There will be certain rules for the separate investment of the family. After the family separates the investment, they basically act as their own masters. Unless it is related to the survival of the family, they will not communicate with each other at all, let alone sell. Object of allegiance.In this way, the family's separate investment behavior is still quite ethical.

What is Yu Yi doing?He insisted on Yuan Qiao's background, and he looked like he would not stop until he got the news. Not only was it as simple as crossing the line, but he had no integrity at all.

"Uncle Yan, the truth is too great." Yu Yi begged with a face full of pleading: "It's about the survival of the court, and..."

"Yu Gong!" Yuan Qiao smiled wryly, "To put it bluntly, the court in the south is no longer Qiao's court!"

"How can you say that?" Yu Yi disapproved a little: "Now is not the time to talk about the rules, even if you don't look at the court, you still have to look at the thousands of people, right?"

What must be said is that the people Yu Yi mentioned were not real people, the people mentioned by the aristocratic family were only at the level of poor families.

Just when Yuan Qiao was about to say something, a follower came quickly and handed over a document.

He didn't know what was written on the document, but Yuan Qiao jumped up when he saw it, which made Yu Yi look sideways.

"Yu Gong, Qiao really can't get away." After Yuan Qiao confessed, he said, "Excuse me, Qiao has to perform official duties, so I can't entertain you."

That was chasing guests, but Yu Yi didn't intend to leave at all, instead he asked, "What happened?"

The documents were written about the deployment of materials, and the quantity seemed relatively large.If you pay attention to the types of supplies, you can find that most of them are related to ship supplies.

There are only two enemies where the Han army will use ship supplies. One is of course the Yangtze River, and the other is the Yellow River.The Yellow River has not completely thawed yet. Before Yuan Qiao knew where to transfer the supplies, he would naturally have thought that there was going to be a big move on the Yangtze River.

In fact, it was Yuan Qiao who was thinking about it. The Han army would not make any big moves in the Yangtze River in the near future. It was Liu Yan who ordered the transfer of a new fleet from Liao 1 East. .

This action can be regarded as reasonable or unexpected. If it is reasonable, it will be frozen sooner or later. If it is accidental, it is two months earlier than expected.

The reason is quite simple, Yao Yizhong didn't passively wait for Shihu to urge, the scouts of the Han army spied a big movement in the Shijie water army on the other side of the Duma River, and the Qiang people were also cutting trees like crazy.This movement seemed strange and not simple, and it must be explained seriously that the Qiang people were making final war preparations.

"The number of people gathered on the north bank of the Yellow River should be around 40, and the scale of their large-scale activities is very impressive. If Yao Yizhong is crazy enough and has enough organizational skills, we have reason to believe that it is indeed possible to ignore people who do not understand the water. To fight, directly use wood to spread a layer of wood on the surface of the Yellow River to prevent our ships from entering the waterway of the Yellow River from the sea."

I'm not joking, Yao Yizhong seems to really want to do this!
(End of this chapter)