Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1302 Linqing Xingguo
Although there have been no large-scale wars between the north and the south in the past few years, the country of Jie has never let go of the enemy of the state of Jin in the south, especially in terms of armaments. The strongest opponent prepares for battle, or rather catches up.

When the Jie Kingdom was at its peak, it once unified the north and ruled the world, and there were countless elite soldiers and warriors. The Jin Kingdom, which originally lived in a corner of Jiangbiao, was by no means an opponent of the Jie Army in terms of combat effectiveness, and there was only Jingzhou between Jianghan and Han. The refugee militia between the army and Huaisi can fight the Jie State head-on.

Afterwards, Jie country suffered several major military collapses. One of them was that Shi Hu's attack southward failed, and he lost a lot. In the early years, Jie country's elite Chinese army lost more than half of it in this battle.

But what really made the Jin State surpass the Jie State in one fell swoop was the subsequent Central Plains War between Shi Kan and the Jin people. ruins.

During this process, the country of Jie was still fiercely infighting, so that after Shihu became the country, he could not get enough money and food in the southern Hebei area of ​​Hebei, nor did he have enough soldiers to use, so he had to turn his attention to the farther north. Between Hebei and Hebei, in order to recover their strength in the shortest possible time and fight against the Southerners.

The Jin army embraced the Central Plains and recruited a large number of wandering refugees. In addition, the military forces that were originally scattered in various towns were unified in Luoyang Xingtai, and their strength developed rapidly.In particular, the elite troops built with all their painstaking efforts, faced the various troops of the Jie army head-on, and they were simply majestic and majestic, which also made the whole country of Jie afraid to restart the war.

Although the country of Jie has always had many desperadoes who are not afraid of death and have the courage to fight for their lives, they are far inferior to these powerful troops of the Jin army in terms of combat effectiveness and weaponry rationing. Once confronted head-on, they will definitely lose. war.After a long time, it is conceivable what kind of damage it will cause to the morale of the Jie army. In the end, I am afraid that before the battle, just waiting to see the banner of this kind of elite Jin army will flee.

Faced with this situation, Shihu, the zodiac lord, had to make a vow to use the strength of the poor country to cast a hundred warriors, such as the Dragon Army, the Dragon Army and other armies with majestic banners, which sound majestic. .

These elite troops were assembled and compiled by general selection of strong and brave soldiers from all over Hebei. In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they are not inferior to the Southerners Shengwu, Fenwu and other armies. The battle has been tempered, and the record is also very beautiful.

Shi Hu was even more delighted because of this, calling it the courage of the three armies, and he was not even willing to use it frequently in casual wars, and wanted to raise it strong, as a strong army in the battle against the southerners.

Naturally, such an elite army would not be at ease in the hands of any general, so Shi Hu organized several elite troops into the Taiwei's mansion as the Chinese army to stay in Xiangguo, and appointed his beloved son Shi Tao as Taiwei, commanding These elite combat forces.

In the past few years, although Shi Hu's energy was focused on the north, he also knew in his heart that these border wars, whether fierce or not, were small fights, and the real issue was the war with the Jin people in the south.This time he is going to plot Henan, and the Longxiang Army, which he regards as an elite weapon, is naturally also on the list of recruits. He set off from Xiangguo early and rushed to southern Hebei to stand by.

The camp of the Longxiang Army was arranged in Beiqiu in Qinghe County, which was nearly 300 miles away from the plain where the army really assembled.It's not just because Shi Xuan hates seeing Shi Tao and doesn't want to place him nearby.

It is also because the cost of military resources of the Longxiang Army is different from that of the regular division. Even if there is no battle, the daily expenditure is astonishing.Pingyuan County has always been the front line of the confrontation with the southerners, and there are many dilapidated areas within the territory. Now it is necessary to raise supplies for the army behind. Satisfy the consumption of the dragon army.

Because the key cities such as Fangtou and Liyang along the Yellow River were lost one after another, or they were directly occupied by the Jin army, or they were often harassed by the Jin army's navy. But it was a big loss.

This is a very big disadvantage, which means that whether it is to maintain the rule, or to deploy manpower and goods in the territory, the cost of the state of Jie is much higher than that of the state of Jin in the south, and the efficiency is not satisfactory. .

In order to reverse this situation, Jie Guo has made great efforts in the past few years.They didn't have a navy that could fight the Jin army directly in Hejin, so they could only retreat and operate some tributary waterways of the Yellow River. Linqing City in Qinghe County was established for this reason.

Linqing City is located next to Qingshui, so it was built. Within the territory, there is the confluence of Zhangshui and Weishui, and the important points of Shuijin, which extend in all directions. Although it is far less important than Fangtou, which is known as the confluence of seven rivers, it can also be used to communicate with Hebei. There are many counties and counties in the south.

After encountering a setback in Fangtou several times, the country of Jie had no choice but to retreat and choose another place to build a big city as a goods collection and transportation center for defense against the south.If Linqing City has any disadvantages, it is that there is no main waterway leading directly to the Yellow River. Although several waterways such as Qingshui eventually flow into the Yellow River, their paths are winding and winding, and are restricted by excessive drought and flood seasons.

In order to obtain a strategic town directly leading to the Yellow River, when the Jin army began to march westward to Guanzhong and the pressure on southern Hebei eased, although Shihu did not directly send troops to Henan, he also collected corvees and gathered in Linqing City, and thus went south. Therefore, for the waterway of the river, it is necessary to excavate a wide channel leading directly to the Yellow River.

Jie State has always been ignorant of people's power, especially when Shi Hu was planning this matter, he was not lacking in shame and anger. If he can manage the old land of Yecheng and link it to Liyang Fortress, why bother to make a second choice.And choosing to do this is tantamount to admitting his weakness, and he dare not seek to recover Hejin under the eyes of the Fangtou Jin army.

Therefore, this more than 200-mile-long canal, tentatively named Xingguo Canal, is progressing rapidly, working day and night without avoiding winter and summer, and it was completed at the beginning of this year.Although in this way, the already dilapidated situation in southern Hebei was even more desolate, and the living people were almost empty, but the country of Jie finally obtained another hub city that directly enters the river.

And the creation of Linqing City and Xingguo Canal is also one of the reasons why Shihu dared to attack Henan's heart this time.Gathering troops from this place can minimize the military oppression formed by the Jin army in Fangtou, which is equivalent to opening up a new battlefield.

In other words, Fangtou, Liyang, and Yecheng originally formed a stable strategic triangle, but with the defeat of the idiot Shi Kan in Yecheng, Fangtou was occupied by the Jin army, and Li Yang was directly exposed to its soldiers.If Shi Hu wanted to regain this strategic support, he could only expand the original structure and move eastward hundreds of miles to choose a new fulcrum, which was Linqing.

The Beiqiu where Shi Tao's Longxiang Army was stationed was located more than 20 miles south of Linqing, a newly completed city. It was a vast mound more than ten feet above the plain.And the formation of this mound was piled up from the excavation of the Xingguo Canal. The soil color is deep and dark red. I don’t know if it is the flesh and blood of many people in southern Hebei who died digging the canal.

The Long Xiang Army is one of the newly formed powerful troops of the Jie Kingdom, with a full strength of [-], and Shi Tao leading the south this time is only in the early [-]s.

It's not that Shihu is still reluctant to use his troops when he is planning a major event, but that after several years of reorganization, the Longxiang Army is still unable to fill up. It has been full of brave soldiers with sufficient strength, but it has been too late to form an army.

However, although the real combat power of this army is only in the early three thousand, the camp area is extremely large, even exceeding tens of thousands of people, and more than half of the land on the vast shell mound is enclosed by camp fences.

This is not a bluff. Although the Longxiang Army only has a strength of just over 2 troops, there are more than [-] people in the auxiliary soldiers and hard labor that followed it.
These more than 2 auxiliary soldiers and hard labor followed the Longchamp Army. In addition to being responsible for raising horses, camping, cooking and drinking, carrying armor, and fighting against lances along the way, they were also responsible for spreading cannon fodder during wartime. On the two wings and in front of the formation, rush to kill the invasion, and create a more suitable battlefield for the army behind.

Especially after the Longxiang Army suffered injuries on the battlefield, these soldiers had to pay any price to get back the armor and weapons left on the battlefield.For the country of Jie, human life is the least valuable, including these Longxiang soldiers.As long as there are enough armors to replace, they can replenish the brave soldiers at any time.

But once too many armors are lost on the battlefield, even the lieutenant of the Longxiang Army will be punished even though the victory is futile, and those auxiliary soldiers and hard laborers will be punished by the whole team.

It can also be seen from this that Shi Hu really cherishes the few elite troops built with all his wealth.Refusing to use them casually in combat is by no means to cherish the soldiers. After all, no matter what level of battle, armored horses and other injuries are inevitable, and once the Dragon Army is dispatched, the full battalion of people eating horse chews is enough to make people feel distressed.

"If you want to invite me to send troops, what reward will your Lord offer?"

In the camp of the Longxiang Army on the Beiqiu, Shi Tao sat in his position, condescendingly looking down at Zhao Sheng, the envoy of Shixuan who was prostrate on the ground, and said with a smile.

Although born of the same mother, Shi Tao's appearance is somewhat different from Shi Xuan's. At the age of 27 or [-], he looks more heroic, except for the shadow between the eyebrows, which is quite similar to his brother, whether it is the facial features or the well-trimmed jaw With a short beard, he looks much more handsome than Shi Xuan, and doesn't look like a barbarian.

Shi Hu dotes on this son. It can be seen that although he admires the heroism of Hu people and hates Jin people on the surface, he still has basic aesthetics, and it is inevitable to reveal his true nature when facing his son.

Zhao Sheng prostrated himself on the ground, and tremblingly said after hearing the words: "My Royal Highness made a surprise attack on Fengfen, and has captured this important city in Henan. The great achievement is already at hand. So I sent my slaves to the north to invite the king, just because of the deep brotherhood and love for the king, I wish to share the special merit with the king..."

"The eunuch is treacherous!"

Although Shi Tao looks handsome, his personality is exactly the same as those of his elder brothers, the same tyrannical and domineering. Hearing what Zhao Sheng said, he jumped up from the table, picked up his saber and slapped Zhao Sheng on the body , when Zhao Sheng hugged his head to avoid begging for mercy, he suddenly gave a weird laugh and said, "I heard that eunuchs and the like are neither Yin nor Yang, fat and white, and more like women, is it true or not?"

"Your Highness, why should you doubt, there is not a eunuch waiting right now!"

A general stood up from the table, walked up with a big smile, stretched out his big hand and directly took off Zhao Sheng's clothes. After the eunuch Zhao Sheng was naked, the whole big tent resounded with cheerful laughter full of mischief.

(End of this chapter)