Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 370

In Lu's County Yamen, Wang Xiaolie sat behind the desk, looking at the recently obtained information on the way to Guozhou.Li Yanxian was on the side, looking at the map on the wall with his hips on his hips.Wang Ruohai sat near the door, lowering his head to deal with official documents.

In the middle of the hall, a large pot of charcoal fire was placed, which was burning red.

Jiang Min opened the door and came in, and put an official document on Wang Ruohai's desk.He said: "The manpower needed to transport grain from Neixiang to Luanchuan, and then from Luanchuan to Lu's has been calculated. Please refer to it."

Wang Ruohai hastily read it, and before he got the Wang Xiaohun case, he said: "Zhenfu, after calculation, if we send 500 troops to join forces with Li Jinglue's troops, there will be a total of [-] people. To ensure that there is no shortage of food and grass, Thirty-five thousand civilians are needed to transport food in the rear."

Wang Xiaolie said: "There are still 5000 people in our army transporting food, grass and luggage, have they been counted?"

Wang Ruohai said: "It's included. There are 5000 people in the army, and they are mainly responsible for transporting from Lu's to the front line."

Wang Xiaolie looked at the official document, nodded and said: "It is very rare to calculate clearly."

Wang Ruohai pointed to Jiang Min behind him and said: "This Jiang Min is born smart, he can learn everything at once. Not only is he good at calculation, but he can also formulate equations to find the appropriate value. I have also read books on mathematics. Can't learn equations."

Wang Xiaolie looked at Jiang Min, standing quietly beside Wang Ruohai's case, a little reserved.He said to Wang Ruohai: "Some people learn things very quickly, why not. If they can't learn it for a while, they will learn it after a long time."

Jiang Min was brought to Dengzhou by Wang Xiaolie because he learned too quickly in the village.Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Dengzhou, I still learned most of the courses at once.Because of this, he was selected to work under Wang Ruohai.

Li Yanxian turned around and said, "There are [-] soldiers, so it's no problem to defeat Wei Yi on the opposite side. Within a month, we will recapture Guozhou!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "What Jinglue said is true. Wei Yi is no more than a mob, and our [-] soldiers are like a lion fighting a rabbit. But what we need to think about is what to do after we occupy Guozhou."

Li Yanxian said: "If you take Guozhou back, it will be easy to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Jin army! Twenty thousand troops defend the city, Wushu will attack with all its strength, and we will not be afraid of him! As long as we defend it for a few months, in summer, the Jin army will be defeated." It should be withdrawn!"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Jinglue, let me tell you something you don't like to hear. Now is not the time to occupy Guozhou. In the Guanzhong area, there are 10,000 Jin troops and 700+ servants. We are not in Guozhou. Going away will only increase the Jin army. Also, it is too difficult to transport food and grass from Neixiang to Guozhou for more than [-] miles. It takes two or three months to grit your teeth and persist. After many years, it is really unbearable. "

Li Yanxian said: "The grain and grass can be transported to Lu's, and it takes a little effort to transport them to Guozhou. There are not many roads. What's the difficulty?"

Wang Xiaolie said to Wang Ruohai: "How much does it cost to transport grain and grass here, you can do a little calculation for Li Jing."

Wang Ruohai cupped his hands and said, "In the Dengzhou and Xiangyang areas, the service period for the common people is [-] workers per year. At the beginning of the year when Shanzhou was rescued, almost all the young and strong people in Dengzhou, Xiangyang and Tangzhou were recruited. The period is over. If you recruit people again, you will have to give them money.”

"How much do you want?" Li Yanxian knew that the figure was not small from Wang Ruohai's appearance.

Wang Ruohai said: "In the south of Neixiang, each worker is 50 Wen. From Neixiang to Luanchuan, each worker is [-] Wen. From Luanchuan to Lushi, each worker is [-] Wen. The average is [-] Wen, a total of three Fifteen thousand civilians, economically, is not a small number. In one day, just wages will cost [-] yuan, and a month will cost nearly [-] yuan! In the first half of the year, it will cost more than [-] yuan. Not to mention Said, we have to take care of these folks to eat, drink, and cook with charcoal, which is too much money!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's not counting how much food and grass cost. Including the military's expenses, it will cost nearly a million guan in half a year. Economically, after the war, there are few people around Shanzhou and Guozhou. There is no food and grass in the local area. If I want to defend Guozhou, I can't afford it!"

After hearing this, Li Yanxian couldn't help being stunned.After a while, he said: "It's a matter of course for the government to recruit civilian husbands. Why give money?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "For the sake of a Guozhou city, how can I offend the people under my rule and lose the hearts of the people? What is fighting is money and food. Without the support of the people, where does the money and food come from?"

Li Yanxian thought for a while, then said dejectedly: "So, Guozhou still can't hold it?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Once Fuping was defeated and Guanzhong was lost, Guozhou would have no foundation. The Jin army attacked in a large scale, so they had to retreat, and they couldn't hold a stalemate with the Jin army there. If the Jin army retreated, Guozhou had fewer soldiers, It can be attacked. In the final analysis, Guozhou has become the front line of confrontation with the Jin army, and cannot be the foundation. This is determined by the national strength of the Jin army and the dynasty, and cannot be forced. To defend Lushi County, only two or three thousand soldiers are needed. Iron walls and iron walls. There are not 2 or [-] people in the defense of Guozhou, how can we defend it? If there are [-] to [-] soldiers, the Jin army will be surrounded, and they will starve to death in a few months."

Wang Ruohai said: "The current situation is like this, we can only follow the trend. If we can capture Guozhou in this attack, we can't defend it for a long time. The best way is to attract Wushu back. Let's choose a good location and hit Wushu hard. Withdraw Lu Shi."

Li Yanxian looked at the map and said: "If you want to ambush the Jin army, it's best to be in the area around Shihao Town. The terrain there is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Don't be too far away from Guozhou. It is convenient for us to strike well and withdraw quickly. The grain and grass of tens of thousands of people are too far away from Guozhou. It is really difficult to transport. Shanzhou and Guozhou have experienced many battles. , the common people can’t afford to provide military food.”

Wang Ruohai looked at the map for a while, and said: "This matter should be decided after the occupation of Guozhou. In a word, the strategy of this battle is to accumulate enough food and grass, and quickly attack to occupy Guozhou city quickly. If Wu Shu To return to aid, choose a favorable terrain to fight with him. You can’t stay in Guozhou for too long, and it’s best to withdraw to Lushi County before the Shangyuan Festival.”

Li Yanxian nodded: "Okay. ——I can't recapture Guozhou, I can only guard Lu's. I'm really aggrieved! I guarded Shanzhou for several years, and within a year, I lost Shanzhou and then Guozhou. My heart is really hard to calm down!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Jinglue, you can't use your emotions in war. Now the Jin army has the upper hand and is attacking everywhere. This is the general trend. We can only resist as much as possible under this general trend and cause losses to the Jin army. Live on In a few years, when the Jin army's offensive weakens and our army is trained, we will launch a counter-offensive. Before that, it is inevitable that we will be aggrieved."

Li Yanxian looked at the map and said helplessly: "Can we really train a large army to fight the Jin army?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "It will definitely be possible. When the Jin army was powerful, many Bohai people, Khitan people, and even Han people followed suit and became the lackeys of the Jin people. As long as our army can defeat the Jin army, these troops will Change, to be an enemy of the Jin people. The power of this dynasty is strong, and it can defeat the Jin army head-on, and it will only become stronger and stronger. As long as the Jin army loses a few battles, its power will become weaker and weaker. Change will make war unexpected. This day will not be too far away!"

Seeing what Wang Xiaolie said was categorical, Li Yanxian nodded.What Wang Xiaolie said was right. Generally speaking, this should be the process.As long as the Song army keeps fighting stronger and stronger and maintains a tenacious fighting spirit, the Jin army will not be so terrible.

(End of this chapter)