Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 464
In the autumn of another year, all forty warships returned to Bianshui, passed the test, and handed over to the soldiers of the navy for training. On the farthest trip, they also went to the offshore for experiments along the estuary.

And the preparation training of the land and water army also started quietly after the autumn harvest. The big camp outside the city and the Bianshui army village were already in full swing.

Time flies, many people came out to report the autumn harvest in early July. In an agricultural country, this is almost a routine.

Among them, Shu, Huainan, Central Plains and other places have good harvests, while Hedong and Guanzhong have increased greatly compared to last year, but the total amount is not so prominent. After all, Guanzhong has been deserted for a long time, there are many wars in Hedong, and the population has dropped sharply. Still recovering.

However, Shi Congyun is most concerned about the situation in Hebei.

Officials from Hebei Province reported: "Compared with last year, Huiguan's family has received about 1 shi more grain this year, but the gap is still quite large compared to before the disaster.

Thanks to Long En from the official family, this year has continuously distributed food, clothing and shoes for disaster relief, and also distributed grain seeds for spring plowing. Many victims of the disaster have been resettled in the past two years.

In addition, the officials love the common people, and let the young and strong Tianxiong army disband and return to the fields, which solves the shortage of manpower after the catastrophe, and now the whole of Hebei is basically functioning. "

Then the topic changed, "However, it will take about three years to fully recover to the pre-disaster situation."

Shi Congyun nodded, feeling a little relieved. He first praised the officials for their pragmatism and the report was specific and clear, and then said: "Hebei is a rich and prosperous place, and our dynasty is fertile. It is also an important town in the north and an important place for border defense, so their task is very heavy. It is necessary to resume production while taking into account border defense."

Officials from Hebei even came out to promise.

Long Changcong nodded, without a word of praise for us, and then let us go forward.

I also know that weakly putting those things under our heads is to treat the symptoms or the root cause. The best way is to avoid the Wuyanyun eighteen states, control Liaodong, and push the defense line north.

However, there are countless things in my heart. I seized several states in the north of the pass, and the Liao Kingdom gritted its teeth and recognized it. After all, taking back Hedong is our territory, but once we completely retreat and attack Youzhou, it means that the two countries will go to war completely. .

Youzhou is Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom. Its status in the Liao Kingdom is much higher than that of the capital, Xiajing, and even far surpasses Xiajing in terms of family economic status. It is not a bit similar to the relationship between Beijing and Xiahai in the previous life.

Therefore, to move the Liao Kingdom in Youzhou, Nanjing, the whole country will definitely do their best. Because of this, Fu Zhaoyuan took the counties and counties in Guanbei and wiped out the Northern Han Dynasty. Many people in the middle are also whispering, but I have been retreating north to Youzhou for a long time.

Because although Fu Zhaoyuan is inflated, he is dizzy. No matter how powerful a country is, it is advisable to go to war on both sides. Even the simple Tang Dynasty dared to fight at the same time as much as possible. Bad.

Because of this, it is definitely possible to fight on both sides, but the bottom line of the war with the Liao Kingdom is in Youzhou. Emperor Shi is very confused at that point. Li Hanchao, a young border guard, often sent heavy troops to harass Youzhou far away.

Before those two small defeats, the Liao Kingdom could tolerate it, as long as it sent troops to Youzhou.

So outside of Long Changcong's timetable, I want to solve the Jiangnan problem within eight years, and then spend two years preparing, mobilizing troops, retreating both land and water, and fighting the Liao Kingdom.

Once the attack is retreated, it will be as complicated as taking back the eighteen prefectures, and it will also be necessary to open up western Liaoning in order to achieve the intention of controlling eastern Liaoning. After controlling eastern eastern Liaoning, the living space of the Khitan people will be compressed, and the male and other minor tribes will be able to monitor them. Only by controlling the dynamics of the Korean peninsula can we control it.

This will be a small battle involving both land and water, and the power of the whole country. If it can be carefully prepared, it will take several years of preparation.

At present, the most important thing is to flatten the south of the Yangtze River.

Before Xiaochao, few things this year have been decided.

On January 77, Xialinyuan came to announce the good news, and Fan Ruobing's pontoon bridge was built!
Fu Zhaoyuan was overwhelmed with excitement, and immediately asked people to prepare chariots and horses, even the big yellow flowers had time to bring them, so he only asked Shi Congyun to order a team of East and West Imperial Guards, and went out directly.

When I arrived at the small lake of Xialinyuan, the pontoon bridge under the lake really shocked me for a long time.

Seven hundred boats of the same size and size spread out on the surface of the lake, connected by iron cables in the middle, bending and spreading to the end at a glance, and covered with a small number of boards made of bamboo, which also floated slightly with the waves, but they were not torn apart at all. Or cracking, but floating slightly with the waves, like a long dragon that sees the beginning and the end.

Shi Congyun around was surprised when he saw it.

Fan Ruobing, Feng Jisheng, Chen Chengzhao and other officials have been waiting for a while.

Long Changcong was very unhappy when he saw it, and was eager to try it.

But Shi Congyun relaxed, and said: "Guys, the bridge is still moving, and the prison is not secure. What if it falls?"

Fu Zhaoyuan took care of me, took off his robe and insisted on walking around. Seeing that posture, Long Changcong knew how to do it. He immediately took off his armor, and ordered several guards who knew how to swim to also take off their armor and follow.

Even the officials of the Department of Confidentiality were afraid. They accompanied them. It was a long way to walk up the pontoon. The pontoon bridge was actually very narrow, but because it was too long, it kept swaying slightly with the waves. At first, I was not afraid to walk down it. It was a long time. Get used to it slowly.

Emperor Shi walked all the way and asked us all kinds of questions. The group walked very slowly, and it took nearly an hour to reach the other side.

Before their feet stepped on the soil again, Shi Congyun and others were even more amazed. People of that era had never seen such a long bridge before. It was so shocking.

Emperor Shi is better, I have less experience, but I was excited about another thing, I think if the pontoon bridge is completed, this will be the first small Yangtze River bridge in history.

You must know that the first small bridge over the Yangtze River was built before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which shows that the difficulty is not small.

As soon as his feet landed, Long Changcong said: "It takes a lot of craftsmen to build such a pontoon bridge."

"Reporting to the official family, there are seven hundred craftsmen and about eight thousand civilian husbands." Chen Chengzhao replied.

Long Changcong immediately said: "This year, we will gather all the people who participated in this matter in Xialin Garden. If there are enough people, we will continue to recruit. We did not practice before, and next year it will be up to them. As for the money, I will give them."

"Lon, some officials!" Several people clapped their hands excitedly.

"Feng Aiqing don't go to manage the confidentiality department. Fan Aiqing and Chen Aiqing are entrusting that matter to disappoint you."

"promise!"

With nothing to do with the pontoon bridge, the chances of winning were immediately reduced by a small amount.

Afterwards, Long Changcong imagined countless situations where Qin would be victorious or profitable in fighting Jiangnan with the current strength of the Qin State. In the end, he only thought of one possibility, which is that crossing the river would be beneficial, which would lead to the loss of supplies for the small army at the back.

If a pontoon bridge could be built, that problem would be solved.

It was such a small good thing, it made Fu Zhaoyuan even less confident about the upcoming war, and when he was depressed, he went to visit Zhou Yuying for several days.

Until April, the low-level generals of the navy and army, and the lower-level divisions of the two armies jointly proposed an army reform proposal, saying that it was to weaken the army's combat effectiveness and prepare for next year's war.

Long Changcong was very curious, the navy and the army have always been united, how did they stand together that time, and before seeing it, he fell into sloppy thinking.

(End of this chapter)