Lord of the House

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Lin Fu walked into the military staff room of the Military Intelligence Department, and Luo Wenhu was looking at the glazed lamp in a trance:

The lamp holder for oil storage is amber colored glass, the lamp head is made of copper, the windshield lampshade is transparent glass, the cotton rope wick extends from the lamp holder into the lamp holder, and the lamp holder is half full of transparent liquid oil with a slightly greasy fragrance. ——

When Luo Wenhu first saw such a lamp, he thought it was a treasure of some noble family in the army. Gao Zongting told him that with the salary of a brigade general, he could buy two or three glazed lamps a month, which scared him into thinking that Huaidong had a high salary. Amazing. Ericai told others that the Huaidong brigade general’s salary was about four silver dollars per month, which was on par with the county officials. It was neither high nor low, but Luo Wenhu couldn’t imagine that he could buy it without two silver dollars Under such a beautiful, like a treasured lamp?

When Luo Wenhu led his subordinates in Lishan, Cao Zi'ang supplied him with combat armors that were in short supply, and some newly-made items had just been promoted in the Huaidong Army, so naturally they could only be used in the large tent of the Chinese Army. See first.

Luo Wenhu prides himself on being both civil and military, and Lin Fu made him join the Military Intelligence Department. He also thought that joining the Military Intelligence Department to participate in military aircraft would be of some help, but when he entered the combat staff room, he was a little dumbfounded:

The sand table made of fine sand and gum and the detailed combat map made it hard for Luo Wenhu to imagine when the scouts in Jingxiang were called Huaidong's scouts so thoroughly?

Lin Fu looked at Luo Wenhu who stood up to salute and forgot that he was still holding a single-barrel copper sight in his hand. Seeing that he couldn't throw it or take it, he looked embarrassed and said with a smile, "This is a very expensive art. Only 20 or 30 coins were made, but they are not enough to make a first-level general in the army; the Ministry of Military Intelligence is the most generous, so I deducted 8 coins for personal use at once..."

Gao Zongting said: "The sight glass can see objects several miles away, and the faces of people can be clearly seen. If you distribute it immediately, it may not be effective. It is better to put it in the Ministry of Military Intelligence first."

"You are in charge of the Ministry of Military Intelligence now, so naturally speak good words for the Ministry of Military Intelligence. If you put these things down, do you think it will be useful next?" Lin Fu refuted Gao Zongting with a smile.

Many things are commonplace to Lin Fu, and they are shocking in the world, but it is not impossible to make, the key is the lack of skilled craftsmen.

In the early years, Lin Fu used to put a few artificial glazed lamps indoors for fun, but it was only after he mastered the glazed field of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry that he got nearly 200 skilled glazed craftsmen and was able to manufacture cheap glazed utensils on a large scale— - This "cheap" is also relative. A county magistrate's normal monthly salary can only buy two glazed lamps. glazed lamps can't be called cheap, but they are not as high as they used to be.

The principle of the telescope is simple. Even if it is too expensive to use transparent glass in the early days, it is possible to use crystal to grind the lens, but the grinding of the lens is too labor-intensive. It took Graves more than a month to grind out a qualified lens. The simplest optical principles cannot form a theoretical system that can be inherited and taught. It is difficult for other craftsmen to grind the lenses and teach them hands-on. There is no practical value.

Many new things in Huaidong have been gradually put into practice, after the control of Jiangning and the Jiangning Ministry of Industry.

Craftsmen are traditionally classified as low-income families, but in Jiangning City, they are a huge crowd.

Taking Jiangning Weaving Bureau as an example, during the Chongguan years, there were more than 4,000 craftsmen in the weaving factory. After Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne in Jiangning, the scale was further expanded to nearly 7,000, which is a typical example of the current government-run workshop. miniature.

The manufacturing system controlled by Huaidong used to focus on the development of iron smelting, weaving, armor machinery, shipbuilding and other industries; it was also after controlling the Jiangning Ministry of Industry that a group of skilled craftsmen with a scale of 100,000 people was obtained, so that there was spare capacity. The development of other industries derived from it has led to the emergence of new products in Huaidong in the past two years.

Lin Fu asked Luo Wenhu and the others to gather around the sand table and asked Gao Zongting, "Is your plan to cross the river you have a good grasp of? If you throw people to the south bank, if the enemy army cuts off their retreat, it will cost three to five thousand Huaidong. The safety of the generals; so far, many Huaidong soldiers have been sacrificed on the battlefield, but they have never been formed for the enemy to destroy, so I hope you can be more cautious!"

"It has been tried and tested three times, and it is quite reliable!" Gao Zongting said.

Lin Fu also asked Tang Xitai, who came to see him from Fancheng: "After Zhou Tong went to Fancheng, he should have organized generals to discuss this plan. What are the opinions of Liu Zhenzhi, Chen Zui, Huang Zuyu, Zhou Bin and others?"

"There's nothing else, that is, Chen Zhu and Huang Zuyu were fighting to lead the army to the other side. Commander Zhou was so arguing that he wanted you to make a decision..." Tang Xitai said.

"This Dengcheng Tiger is really a mess," Lin Fu smiled helplessly and said, "Since you have a good grasp of it, let Dengcheng Tiger go over, and ask Huang Zuyu to take charge of the flank and contain the enemy of Zanyang," and said to Ao Canghai, "Long The mountain army should also speed up, Zhang Jiheng's department should contain the enemy of Xinye before the day after tomorrow..."

A staff officer recorded Lin Fu's words one by one, and Lin Fu, Gao Zongting, and Ao Canghai reviewed these instructive words to confirm that there were no omissions. When it was over, Lin Bie pointed to the sand table again and asked everyone, "Think about it again, what else is there that you haven't thought through..."

Although Luo Wenhu stood with the generals, he was silent. In the past, he prided himself on being both civil and military, and was familiar with military books. He did not think that the training of Huaidong War Training Academy would benefit him. He also claimed to be competent for the post of commanding and joining the army. Only then did he realize that the gap was so big that he was ashamed...

On the sand table, the confrontation situation between the enemy and the two sides in Nanyang and Xiangyang is clearly marked, and the main terrain such as mountains, rivers, forests and ravines are accurately displayed:

The Han River is separated from the north and the south, and the upper reaches of the Han River from the shallow silt waters at the northwestern foot of Longzui Mountain are all under the control of the Yanhu Water Army at this time. The iron cable pontoon bridge erected between Xiang and Fan cities in the past has long been cut off.

However, due to the fact that from Gucheng to the west, the Han River is a gorge, and Gucheng is hugged by Jingshan and Xianshi Mountain from the south and southwest, so that the Yan army on the south bank has to retreat to the north, and can only board the ship from the west of Gucheng and travel up the water four times. Shili to the west of Zanyang and Baiyangguan to enter the north bank.

At present, with the transportation capacity of Yanhu, only 3,000 men and horses can be used to cross the river every day, which makes the enemy troops on both sides of the north and south in a state of semi-isolation.

The enemy troops on the north bank were mainly from Chen Zhihu's army, supplemented by Tu'an and the cavalry that moved north first, totaling more than 70,000 troops. The 70,000 enemy soldiers are supported by Wuguan, Jingguan and Xichuan City on the inner line, and the periphery from Baiyangguan and Zanyang east on the banks of the Han River to the north, all the way to Dengzhou and Xinye, forming a defense line covering the Danjiang River .

The diagonal line of defense from Baiyangguan to Xinye was also a passage to ensure the troops and horses on the south bank of Ye Jiluorong retreated to the north. To ensure that this line of defense would not be torn apart by the Huaidong Army, Chen Zhihu led his troops south from Queshan to Nanyang. , did not intend to control the entire Nanyang Basin, but quickly entered the Xichuan, Xinye and other fortresses to the west and south of Nanyang.

The enemy's defensive line on the east flank of Danjiang, extending from the southwest to the northeast, was about 160 li long, blocking the Huaidong Army's front in Fancheng and piercing the flank of Danjiang.

At this time, the troops of the Huaidong Army entering Fancheng were mainly Chen Zuo and Liu Zhenzhi of the Chongcheng Army and Huang Zuyu's army of Luzhou, with a total of 50,000 people, which was not enough to tear the enemy's defense line on the east wing of Danjiang.

Although the main force of the Huaidong Army's southern line will soon be able to move northwards and enter Fancheng and the line west of Fancheng, the number of cavalry and horses will rapidly increase to 100,000, but the enemy's army is defending the line, and there are more than 3,000 men and horses every day. Withdrawing to the north bank and making up the defense line on the east wing made it difficult for the Huaidong Army to win a sudden victory.

It would take ten days and a half months for the main force of the navy, with a total force of nearly 30,000 people, to rush over from the lower reaches. It would take Yanhu's main force on the south bank to retreat to the north bank.

It was Yan Hu who saw the possibility of a safe exit, and even the possibility of relying on Wuguan to confront the main force of the Huaidong Army in Nanyang. The Huaidong Army was the most disadvantaged.

From the confrontation between the two armies in Fancheng, Baiyangguan, Xinye and other places, we can also see the bad influence and consequences of Dong Yuan's intentional manipulation of the enemy - Sun Zhuang led his troops to encircle Yanhu and counterattack Fancheng in the battle of Baihetan. With more than 10,000 troops and reinforcements, if Chen Zhihu's general Gao Yi was close to Xinye, Sun Zhuang and Huang Zuyu could have used the two to three days' time to send troops to capture Dengzhou in the northwest of Xinye or ignore the guards of Xinye. The weak enemy threatened the flank of Fancheng, and directly sent troops to take the small town of Zanyang to the west of Fancheng, opening the channel for attacking Baiyangguan, and completely exposing the flank on the east bank of Danjiang.

Once the flank on the east bank of the Danjiang River is completely exposed to the 100,000 elite soldiers in Huaidong, the main force of the western Yanhu line south of the Han River, even if it cannot be completely wiped out, at most 100,000 or 20,000 people will escape.

It was because of Dong Yuan's malicious conspiracy that Chen Zhihu's general Gao Yi led 8,000 elite cavalry into Xinye in time on the night of the 21st, and restrained the first 10,000 troops of the Huaidong Army living in Fancheng to go further west and north. On the 22nd night, Chen Zhihu's general Leng Zilin led Wuyang troops south through Fangcheng and entered Nanyang City; on the 23rd Chen Zhihu also led his troops to cross Biyang and enter the southern foot of Funiu Mountain; On the 25th, the enemy troops in Fangcheng, Nanyang, and Biyang, Tu'an, all completed the transfer process to the west with Wuguan and Xichuan as the interior lines, and joined Yanhu North to withdraw troops and horses, more than 70,000 troops. The horse regiment shrunk to an area less than 150 to 60 miles south of Funiu Mountain and west of Danjiang—and before the 25th, in addition to guarding Suizhou City, the Chaishan ambush had nearly half of the troops and horses. Liu Zhenzhi and Sun Zhuang had no choice but to encircle and destroy the enemy on the front lines of Longzuishan, Heishigou and Pinglinbu!

Even compared with the defensive lines formed by the Huaidong Army in Fancheng, Zaoyang, Pinglinbu and Longzuishan, the area of ​​about 150 to 60 li deep had less than 40,000 troops, nearly half the enemy's army.

At present, the Huaidong Army wants to tear through Yanhu's defense line on the east flank of Danjiang in a short period of time. In addition to having no absolute superiority in force, it also needs to restrain the hilly terrain obstacles on the east flank of Danjiang.

The hills on the east wing of the Danjiang River are the remnants of the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, mostly hills with elevations ranging from 30 to 100 zhang. Just looking at the elevation, these mountains are far from high and dangerous, and they cannot be compared with the lofty mountains such as Jingshan and Xianshishan in the west of the Danjiang River and the south bank of the Han River.

The dwarf valleys in the east wing of Danjiang River are not false, but the special pleated valleys make the hills and valleys east of Dandong steep and slippery, making it difficult for humans and animals to travel.

In the early years, people lived on the east bank of the Danjiang River, and the population multiplied~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There were also passages leading to the outside world between the hills and valleys, but Zanyang and other places were located on the east bank of the Danjiang River and the north bank of the Han River. The topography of the mountains along the south bank of the water and the west bank of the Danjiang River is quite high, and almost every flood is poured into the territory of Zanyang.

In the past ten years, Nanyang has experienced bandit disasters, civil unrest, rebellion and foreign invaders successively. In just ten years, the population has suffered two near-extinction losses. There are hardly any local people left in Zanyang. With no one to repair the dams, Zanyang County was hit by three large-scale floods in the past ten years. Even some roads built by predecessors between the hills and valleys were all destroyed.

Even if nothing else is mentioned, the main force of the Huaidong Army will continue to move west after entering the front line of Fancheng, to threaten the flank of Danjiang, and the soldiers will point directly under the fortress of Zanyang. Live in Huaidong Army for several days!

After the battle of Baihetan, Fancheng was no longer threatened by the enemy's approach. Huang Zuyu and Tang Xitai also wanted to resume the road from Fancheng directly westward and approaching the east bank of the Danjiang River, but in the past ten days it has only extended westward for less than forty miles. It is more than forty miles away from Zanyang, and eighty miles away from Baiyang Pass at the eastern branch of the Danjiang River.

It's no wonder that the enemy's mind is determined. As long as the Huaidong water camp warships cannot come up in time from the downstream, their defense line on the east wing of the Danjiang River looks unbreakable, and they can gain more than ten more crucial days for the retreat of troops and horses from the south bank to the north.

Regarding the current confrontation situation between the enemy and us in Fancheng, Zanyang, Baiyangguan, Xinye and other places, there must be a miracle to win. Directly project troops and horses to fight on the south bank!

At this time, Yanhu still had nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank that had not retreated to the Baiyangguan and Zanyang lines on the north bank of the Han River. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter