I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 344: Constant flirting

On June 20, Li Heng, who had stayed in Chenliu for several days, marched southeast.

At this time, Guan Tong's follow-up cavalry had crossed the Yellow River and headed towards Chenliu.

Sima Zhao's troops could only drag their tired bodies and follow them south.

The Wei army was in very bad shape, just like Sima Zhao himself.

During the march of more than a month, only the cavalry fought against the enemy. The main force never fought at all and kept marching.

This state is like a fly that has lost its target.

People can be physically tired, and many times, even if they are physically tired, their morale will be high.

But once a person is tired, his fighting spirit will soon collapse.

Wei Jun is like this now.

With Li Heng's military strength, it would be a foolish dream to conquer Wulaoguan.

The easternmost section of Suishui River is in Xiaxiang, Xiang Yu's hometown, and the westernmost section reaches Sizhou Hanoi County and enters the Yellow River.

As a result, this group of people are now eating pots of milk to welcome Master Wang!
I really have no reason to kill you!

This is delivered to your door, don’t give it up for free.

Li Heng's move spread to Luoyang within a few days, causing great panic.

He first blocked the ferry at Suiyang Canal.

It happened that the summer wheat harvest had been finished. According to custom, a batch of taxes had to be transported from the southeast to Luoyang at this time.

Now a considerable part of this batch of tax grains has arrived in Suiyang.

Sima Zhao was fooled around and blocked by Wulao Pass. There were still more than 10,000 elite Wei troops in Sizhou.

Pull out all the power in those areas, cut them down, and then divide the food.

On June 22, Li Heng marched to Liang State and arrived at Suiyang.

After entering Suiyang, Li Heng didn't do anything.

Sima Zhao could only stop to rest and watched Li Heng wandering around south of the Yellow River.

In the next few days, long queues formed in Suiyang, with countless people coming to receive food.

When Suiyang heard that the Han army had arrived, he opened the city gate without even summoning the soldiers from the prefecture and county.

Under Sima Zhao's coercion, the Wei army reluctantly arrived at the Yellow River, but they were unwilling to leave no matter what.

No matter how Li Heng's army makes trouble in the Central Plains, Sima Zhao will control it.

For the dignitaries in Luoyang, this was more serious than Li Heng's attacks on cities and villages in the Central Plains.

So, Li Heng waved his hand again and made a decision for Luoyang: divide the food!

Suiyang Canal is an important canal connecting Xuzhou and Sizhou.

This directly messed up Li Heng. He expected Suiyang to resist. The more violent the resistance, the more reason to kill a group of people.

In other words, whether Li Heng jumped up and down in the Central Plains or ran back and forth, he could not threaten the safety of Luoyang.

But now that one of the canal transports has been cut off, the problem is huge.

By the way, if the Suishui River is cut off, will it threaten Luoyang's food security?

Not that it is a problem, after all, there are many rivers between the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River.

There is no Suishui, but there are Huoshui, Jishui, Pushui and sewer water.

There is also Laishui in the south.

Yingshui is still connected to Langdang Canal.

No matter what happens, Li Heng can't stop the Yellow River from Qingzhou to Luoyang, right?
Therefore, it is impossible to say that cutting off Sui water can cut off Luoyang's grain. But the rules for how society operates are not as simple as black and white.

Suishui is a very important water transport. It goes from Xuzhou to Sizhou and passes through the fertile soil of the Central Plains, which is an important grain producing area.

During the grain harvest season, water transportation is interrupted, which will have a very obvious impact on Luoyang's grain supply and will definitely affect grain prices.

Originally, Han money had become popular in Luoyang, causing a certain amount of inflation.

Now that there is less food, food prices will inevitably be higher.

For the Gongqing family, it has little impact.

But for ordinary people, the impact is very large.

As long as Li Heng continues to play like this in the Central Plains, the impact on the people's livelihood in Luoyang will only be greater.

In fact, Li Heng planned to play like this.

My army cannot reach Luoyang, my currency can inflate Luoyang, and I can cause economic turmoil by cutting off food transportation.

One day later, on June 23, a thousand Han troops marched thirty miles north from Suiyang and cut off the water supply.

The method of cutting off water is very crude. It is not to bury it with soil, which is unrealistic, but to drive iron piles under the river bed so that ships cannot pass through.

The Han army mobilized the local people, and all people who participated could receive two shi of grain.

Li Heng's operation reached Sima Zhao's ears, and everyone in Sima Zhao went numb.

After Liang Guo cut off water transportation, Li Heng led others all the way south to Chen County.

About June 27, the main force of the Han army arrived in Wuping County, Chen County.

At this time, Guantong's cavalry troops followed up and joined the main force.

On June 28, the Han army began to attack Lishui.

The Laishui River connects to the Huai River to the east and reaches Huainan County, and converges to the Langdang Canal in Chenliu State to the west, and finally merges into the Yellow River.

In just two days, the Lishui River was cut off many times, making it impossible for ships to pass.

After dealing with the Lishui River, Sima Zhao's troops finally crossed the Yellow River.

At this time, Sima Zhao was hundreds of miles away from Li Heng, and he couldn't kill him in less than ten days and a half.

So on June 30th, the Han army entered Chen County again.

Chen County is the administrative seat of Chen County. While the Han army opened warehouses in Chen County to store grain, they also mobilized people to start building canals.

Yingshui and Qushui converge in Chen County and enter the Langdang Canal, becoming another important river in the Central Plains.

It is not only the transportation of grain, but also the commercial artery of the Central Plains like other rivers.

Li Heng planted ten rows of iron piles where three rivers converged.

Then they intercepted all the food there, scattered it everywhere, and ate and drank wildly at the same time.

They also carried all the commodities on board, such as cloth, silk, paper, salt, etc., and gave them away everywhere.

By this time, various counties in Yanzhou and Yuzhou began to spread a folk song: Welcome the Han army! The Han army came without food, but the Han army came with clothes!
Especially when they arrived at Chen County, the reputation of the Han army exploded.

Some people from other counties in Chen County even walked hundreds of miles to invite the Han army to their counties to walk around, take a look, and have a look.

One said that there are many girls in our county, and the other said that the women in our county can have children.

By the first day of July, Wang Ling, who was still in Yangzhou, had read the entire detailed report.

Instead of being angry, he couldn't help laughing.

Sima Zhao, that stupid pig, was fooled around by the Han army!
And Sima Yi, let’s see how you clean up the situation now!
Wang Ling's son Wang Jinlong said with concern: "Father, Li Jian is making such a big move in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. If we don't take action, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"How do we take action?" said the eldest son Wang Guang, "Without the imperial court's order, we have no right to mobilize troops. Don't worry, with Li Jian's small number of troops, there won't be much trouble. The one who has the headache now is Sima Yi."

(End of this chapter)