sweeping the world

Chapter 527 Impatient

It is an administrative taboo to change the decree from day to day. It will make the officials who run the country's administrative system at a loss, and it will even force the suspension of matters that have just been carried out or are in the middle of the process.

If one thing is half done and suddenly stops doing it, the previous efforts will become a waste, and may even lead to bad consequences, especially for national projects.
The national policy center on health and rest has just been discussed and implemented, and no relevant official documents or instructions have been sent to the states and counties.This point is to find out that there is an accident in the direction of the grassland, and it can give a fig leaf to the center that has formulated a strategy for health and wellbeing but has not announced it.

Later, more news came back from the north, confirming that the white disaster in the grassland was extremely serious.

"The number of tribes migrating from Mobei to the south is increasing, and we also found that Shijie is mobilizing troops to the north." Xu Zheng, the Taiwei, has been very busy recently, sorting out the battle reports and intelligence collected from all directions to the center, and after integration To confirm, we have to make related plans later: "The snow season has not completely stopped. The opinion of the Taiwei Department is not to send troops to Shijie for the time being, but to continue the cat winter, and see if Shijie will continue to deploy troops. Go north."

Shijie Zhao State used to be a country where all the people were soldiers, and it was still the same after retreating to Bingzhou and Shuozhou. Even after a series of attacks on Shijie, the lack of troops did not change. Because Shihu carried too many young and strong and retreated north, According to Han's guess, Shihu can mobilize 70 troops at any time.

During the period when the Jie tribe occupied the Central Plains, the predatory and destructive development caused the Central Plains to go backwards, but this does not mean that the Jie tribe has no development at all. Their development is reflected in the evolution of military equipment.

At present, the border between Han State and Shijie Zhao State is in Bingzhou. In the fourth year of Yuanshuo, the Han army advanced to the vicinity of Zhongdu, and then conquered Wu County, Jingling and Jiexiu. The northeast side has marched to Jinyang City, the capital of Bingzhou. Jicheng, which is miles away, confronted the Shijie Zhao army stationed in Yangyi in Jicheng.

Except for the stalemate between Jicheng and Yangyi, the two sides in the other directions continued to use cavalry to fight.

"The person in charge of Jinyang is Prince Shi Xuan of Shi Jie, assisted by Li Tu." Xu Zheng stood next to the huge sand table, pointed Jinyang with the wooden stick in his hand, moved to Zhongyang in Xihe County, and said: "After Fu Hong defected to Shi Jie again, he was arranged by Shi Hu in Zhongyang. The troops he had on hand were no less than Shi Xuan's, and they were all elite Qiang Di troops."

Xihe County is actually on the edge of Heshuo, extremely close to Beidi.Before Shihu paid more attention to Heshuo, the tribes of the Xiongnu and the Qiang and Di had been fighting for a long time. After Shihu sent his army to Heshuo, the tribes of the Huns were the first to kneel and lick, but the Qiang and Di tribes still resisted. .

"There are two rumors, one is that Shi Hu personally led the army to the north, and the other is that Yin Bi was the commander of Shi Jie's northern army." Xu Zheng said uncertainly: "Shi Hu has been enjoying himself in the Central Plains for decades. Inferring by nature, it is very likely that you will not be able to suffer, Shijie's northern general will be Yin Bi."

After Shihu retreated to Bingzhou and Shuozhou with his people, he chose Dingxiang as the new capital. During the third year of Yuanshuo, the news from Han was that Shihu chose Dingxiang as the new capital and began to build a new one. Palace, so it seems reasonable to infer that Shihu's enjoyment has become a habit and he can no longer suffer.

"Jie Hu transfers troops to the north, how much should be considered a transfer?" Ran Min has been busy recently, and has been paying attention to Shi Jie's movements, and said: "How many Hu captives at the border are considered few?"

According to intelligence, Shi Xuan should have about 15 troops on hand, with Donggong Gaoli as the elite core, and about [-] Jie soldiers, along with Qiang, Di and Zahu soldiers.

There is only a little territory left in Shijie Zhao State, and the small territory has small advantages. The distance to deploy troops is reduced, and the distant echoes are more rapid.

It's not that Ran Min hadn't thought about taking Jinyang before. The Northern Expedition Corps attacked four times, and was blocked under the city again and again. In order to avoid being surrounded by the attack for a long time, he chose to retreat.

It is also strange to say that before the Shijie Zhao State retreated to Bingzhou and Shuozhou, the Han army had an astonishingly high winning rate against it.But after waiting for the Shijie Zhao State to retreat, the Han army suddenly found that the Shijie Zhao army had become much more resolute. In many cases, even if the Han army could win, the casualties would be much more than the previous battles in the Central Plains.

Fu Hong in the central government has more troops than Shi Xuan. The Han army repeatedly found out that Fu Hong had more than 20 troops. After several confrontations, there is further information. The military equipment of Fu Hong's troops is not as good as Shijie Headquarters, but Fu Hong's troops are not much less tenacious than Shijie Headquarters.

In fact, it is a thing that can be understood. If you lose all the time, until you lose even your underwear, the sense of crisis will force every nation to burst out with huge energy, at least it will become resolute and persistent. The whole family is finished.

"How much is less?" Xu Zheng looked at Liu Yan, and seeing that Liu Yan didn't express anything, he looked at Ran Min with a little dissatisfaction, and said, "What does General Hussar want to say?"

"Shi Jie has already been scared by the big man!" Ran Min said with great certainty: "For Shi Jie, the threat of small people moving south will not be greater than the big man."

"General Hussar's statement... has some basis." Li Tan affirmed Ran Min's statement before heading to the border, and said, "It is obviously unrealistic to expect that Shi Jie will dry up the troops on the southern front."

The two generals who have been commanding operations on the northern front all said that, not only Xu Zheng must pay attention to it, but Liu Yan must also think about it.

The white disaster occurred in Mobei. The Han Dynasty only knew that it was very serious. It is difficult to determine how serious the white disaster was.

There is no relevant information on whether the Dingling tribes affected by the white disaster moved southwards, whether it was the spontaneous behavior of a few tribes, or the instructions of the high-level tribes of the Gaoche Alliance.

"The movement of Ding Ling people southward is a threat to Shi Jie, and it may also be an opportunity." After all, Ran Min has been working in Shi Jie for many years, and based on his own understanding, he said: "In the early years, there were many people who couldn't survive in Gaoche. The tribe moved south, and they were taken in by Shihu."

The Han Dynasty only knew that the tribes of the Dingling people were constantly moving southward, and the more specific things were basically based on guesswork. Based on the nature of the Chinese nation, they believed that since the Dingling people moved southward, it would definitely have an impact on Shijie. The soldiers refused, and they were really not sure what Shi Hu, a barbarian, would do.

Xu Zheng asked in surprise: "General Hushi means that Shihu can subdue the Dingling people who moved south and make them integrate into (Shijie) Zhao State?"

"Min is not so sure, he is just talking about a possibility." Ran Min kept shaking his head and said, "And this possibility is not low..."

For a while, the side hall fell into silence.

Due to the limitation of information, there are too many things that Han does not know. It is not known whether Xigaoche moved southward spontaneously or in a planned way, let alone what is going on with Donggaoche.

Not only did he not know what happened to Dongxigaoche, Han Guo also didn't know about Rouran, who didn't have a good sense of existence.

Too much ignorance makes the formulation of strategies have no real basis, and if the strategies formulated indiscriminately have no intelligence basis, one can imagine how feasible it is.

Naturally, Donggaoche was also affected by the white disaster and wanted to move south, but they were robbed by the Rouran people.

According to the historical development, the Rouran Tribal Alliance, which is entrenched in the Inner Mongolia and Mongolian regions of later generations, is now at its peak.When the people of Rouran realized that the Bai disaster had put Donggaoche in trouble, they sent out troops in the icy and snowy weather to loot many tribes in Donggaoche continuously, accumulated enough supplies and slaves to continue northward, and were about to march to the wolf Near Juxu Mountain.

If there is no deviation in history, the Rouran Tribal Alliance took advantage of the weakening of the Dongxi Gaoche during the Little Ice Age and continued to expand. It took decades to beat the huge Dongxi Gaoche to death, leaving only a small number of people in the Gaoche. Che Guo, after becoming the new generation overlord of the grassland, continued to invade the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Is it possible to do this?" Xu Zheng broke the silence of the side hall and said, "Ignoring the specifics of what happened, just follow the Shi Jie Zhao Guoguo was forced to deal with the northern front, the big man concentrated the superior military force, and completed his merits in one battle...or, At the very least, it is to fully recover and merge the state?"

Ji Chang, who had been listening in, interjected moderately and said the word "grain moss".

Wasn't it because of the shortage of food and fodder that Han Guo had to cultivate his life and rest for a few years?If there is no shortage of food, there will be no need for any cultivation.

If you want to launch a war against Shijie to destroy the country, refer to the history of the war between the Central Plains Dynasty and the grassland nomads. It will be difficult to do it without a few years or even decades. The timing is uncertain. The later battle will take place in the grassland stage. , the nomads did not want a decisive battle, and the Central Plains Dynasty had no other choice but to chase.

But Liu Yan was thinking about other things. Now the northern Huns should have split Rome under the leadership of Attila, and Attila's Hun Empire has entered its heyday?He forgot when Attila established the Hun Empire. He originally thought that with Attila taking the lead in fighting from the east to the west, whether the Han Kingdom could drive another nomadic people to wreak havoc on Europa.

Of course, the Jie family is not Liu Yan's ideal target to be expelled. What he wants is to completely wipe out the Jie family.In the early period, he didn't go all out to deal with Fu Hong. It was he who selected the Qiangdi Alliance led by Fu Hong as the target, and wanted Fu Hong to become "Attila's second", but Fu Hong went to Shihu again.

According to Liu Yan's plan, the Han Dynasty will completely resolve the threat from the east. According to Liu Yan's plan, within five years, the Western Expedition can be launched after the complete removal of the threat from the east. and the Hunnites, and then it's time to encounter the Sassanids.

"For the issue of food and fodder, we will have a conclusion after waiting for a month." Liu Yan pulled his thoughts back and said, "The first batch of fleets to invade the Southwest Peninsula have already set off, and they will land in 20 days at the earliest."

Liu Yan never thought that it would be difficult to invade the southwest peninsula. If there was, it would be the obstacle of the natural environment.

This time the invasion of the southwestern peninsula by the Han State did not proceed with the attitude of destroying the country. The initial stage of the invasion was the coastal area, and they would not rashly penetrate into the hinterland. They mainly focused on plundering resources.

People who know the inside story will not ask about grain and fodder transportation, and those who don't know will not ask if no one asks.

"The meaning of the king is..." Xu Zheng felt somewhat joyful: "Start the battle to destroy Shijie?"

"No." Liu Yan needed to make some corrections: "What the widow means is to dispatch the northern shogunate and the imperial guards, and then proceed to the next step if necessary."

Although Xu Zheng was disappointed, he didn't say anything more. He also knew that it was very good to be able to do this. After all, he didn't know how much food and fodder could be plundered in the Southwest Peninsula.

"Only send out the northern shogunate and the imperial guards?" Ran Min seemed a little impatient, and said eagerly, "I invite you to fight."

The hussar general ranks higher than Sangong, but he doesn't have any troops directly under him. If Ran Min goes out of the center to a place, at most he will bring a part of the center's army to join the local field army.

"It's only the first stage, don't you need to send out Hussar Generals?" Li Tan ignored Ran Min's complete anxiety, and said, "I think that Hussars Generals should join in the final stage."

Are you kidding me? Li Tan has just been appointed General Zhengbei, and the first battle is when he shows his ability. If Ran Min goes to the front line, Li Tan will still accept the command, and Li Tan will look too incompetent.

"You can't go to the northern route, can you go to the eastern route?" Ran Min didn't even look at Lu Tai, whose face changed, and said very reasonably: "The eastern route is to fight Murong Xianbei in Jizhou and Liaodong. , General Zhengdong can be in Liaodong, and Yuchen is in Jizhou."

"Wait." Xu Zheng looked at Ran Min strangely, and said, "Today we only talked about fighting Shi Jie, and Murong Xianbei was not involved."

"It's the same thing!" Ran Min said as a matter of course: "Since hitting Shijie, Murong Xianbei won't just sit back and watch, shouldn't he beat them together?"

Of course Xu Zheng knew that Murong Xianbei would not sit back and watch the Han Dynasty attack Shijie, but the battlefield has always been divided into the main battlefield and the subsidiary battlefield. The reason for food and fodder forced the attack on Shijie to be unable to use too large a force. How could it be the northern and eastern fronts? They are all regarded as the input of the main battlefield.

"Then Min should go to Jizhou to sit in the town." Ran Min patted his chest and said solemnly: "Min is somewhat a famous general, and sitting in Jizhou will definitely make Murong Xianbei afraid even if he wants to do it. If there is enough food and fodder, the big man It is absolutely possible to take advantage of the trend to attack Murong Xianbei, so it is even more necessary for Min to be in Jizhou."

Lu Tai had opened his mouth many times, and again and again, just as he was about to speak, Ran Min started talking.He has a somewhat reserved personality, and Li Tan wouldn't care if Ran Min was talking or not.

"In that case..." Xu Zheng had been paying attention to Lu Tai for a long time. Seeing that Lu Tai hadn't spoken for a long time, he sighed and said to Liu Yan, "What General Hussars said makes sense."

Liu Yan looked at Lu Tai, indicating that he had something to say quickly.

Lu Tai wanted to speak, but Ran Min cut it off again...

(End of this chapter)