Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 544 The Central Committee Has Decided

Zhu Quanzhong is inspecting the wheat seedlings in the fields along the river.

Like Hezhong and Hedong, in northern agriculture, not all fields are always planted with overwintering wheat.This has relatively high requirements for soil fertility. Two crops of staple food a year are really not enough. Therefore, in many places, three crops are cropped every two years instead of two crops a year.

There were thunderstorms in the sky.

Moderate rain fell, falling on the fields, in the farmland, and in the Yellow River.

Below the Yellow River from Mengjin (Mengjin, Heyangjin), there is a lot of sand and a slow flow, and a vast plain has been alluvial.Moreover, since Emperor Ming of the later Han Dynasty, the flow of the Yellow River has been extremely stable and has rarely changed. As a result, the towns such as Heyang, Yicheng, Weibo, and Taining along the banks are densely populated, economically developed, and full of humanities.

"Haha, it's raining wonderfully!" A group of people rode their horses to the Suanzao Station, Zhu Quanzhong looked at the rain that was gradually increasing, and said happily: "Good rain knows the season, good, good!"

Jing Xiang also got off his horse, his eyes were attracted by the inscription in front of the station.

This is a poem by Zhang Hu (hù), inscribed in front of the post station.He carefully read the words for a long time, and finally sighed softly.

In the past, Mr. Zhang was a poem light to thousands of households. This kind of spirit made them envy those who lived in troubled times.

"From Heyang to the east, there are many ferries." Wei Zhao on the side was still showing off his talents to Zhu Quanzhong: "The river flows eastward from Mengjin, passes through the north of Shouyang Mountain, and ends in Yanshi County. There are two ferries at Mengjin and Xiaopingjin. It also flows eastward to the north of Gongxian County and south of Wenxian County, where there are Wushedu. It also flows eastward and receives Luoshui on the right, which is called Luokou, and the Luokou warehouse was built in Sui Dynasty."

Yanshi and Gongxian are both counties under Henan Prefecture, northeast of Luoyang.Wen County is a county of Mengzhou.

Luokou Warehouse, built in the Sui Dynasty, can store 2400 million shi of grain. The scale is amazing. It was captured by Li Mi and dominated for a while.

Historically, it was still used in the Tang Dynasty. During the middle Tang Dynasty, it was gradually abandoned because of deviation from the water transportation route, and it was officially abandoned at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

But in this time and space, the Luokou warehouse was repaired again and came in handy.This place has become a material transfer node for the Bian army along the Yellow River. Whether it is to support Luoyang nearby through Luoshui shipping, or to supply Heyang to the north, it has played a great role-compared with the giant warehouse in Luokou. Yacang is just a sub-storage that undertakes part of its grain and grass.

"The river flows eastward to the south of Wude County, Huaizhou, and to the north of Sishui County, Henan Province. There is Banzhujin, which is facing Wuzhi County, Huaizhou on the north bank. The Yongji Canal was opened from Wuzhi in Sui Dynasty, and Qin was introduced into the Qing Dynasty, and it was connected to Zhuo County in the north. Open Guangji Canal from Banzhu, lead the river into Bian, and reach Jiangdu in the south."

"The river flows eastward to the north of Heyin County. In the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, Liang Rui opened a canal and set up a weir to divert the river water into Bian.

Heyin County is an important node for grain transshipment in the southeast of the country. There is a river transport institute with huge storage capacity and convenient shipping.

"The river is east..."

Wei Zhao mentioned many ferries in one breath, mostly between Huaizhou and Zhengzhou.

"Commander, if you go north to Heyang, you can gather at Biankou, and then cross the river to Wuzhi and Wude counties in Huaizhou. There is a large post road leading directly to Hanoi." Wei Zhao continued: "The shipping is convenient, and the food and payment transfer station The fee is very little. The Xia bandits crossed the mountains and ridges, and three carts of grain can get one cart. It’s not bad. If we have a long-term stalemate, how can we beat me?"

Wei Zhao explained the advantages of the Bian army very clearly.

Bianshui and the Yellow River are their thoroughfare post roads, and they are the ones with extremely low cost.The two huge warehouses in Heyin and Luokou can store countless grains, equipment and other materials, or they can be shipped to Luoyang through Luoshui River, and they can also be shipped to Hanoi in Huaizhou during the Qinshui flood season, which is the Yongji Canal in the Sui Dynasty The southern section - the starting point of the Yongji Canal was originally in Hanoi, but because the water volume around the starting point of the southern section is not abundant enough, it is easy to silt up, and now only the wet season can barely be used for shipping.

There is no need for a decisive battle with Xia Bandit, just increase troops in Heyang, after a stalemate for a while, Xia Bandit naturally runs out of food and retreats, and then pursues with all his troops, and he will win a big victory.

Especially in the area of ​​Heqing County, the bandit Xia gathered his troops when the grain roads could not pass through the carriages.Once the army is defeated and pursued, the narrow path is full of people, and there is no need for the Bian army to fight, and there are not a small number of people who fell to their deaths and injured themselves.

But Shao thief should not be so stupid. Most of them were partial to the division during that period, and the main attack direction was still in Zhiguanxing, so more troops were needed in Huaizhou.

Zhu Quanzhong just looked at the pouring rain outside the post station and didn't speak.

Jing Xiang also twisted his beard with his hands, and remained silent.

For some things, direct persuasion is useless, you have to find a way to go around.

Both Li Zhen and Wei Zhao persuaded the Lord to transfer troops through Bianshui and go north to Heyang, and Jing Xiang also agreed.

Now that things have happened, it is no longer possible to ignore the threat of Xia thief, and ignore the head.

Shao Shude's game was too successful, opening up the Nanyang battlefield was a stroke of genius, and he took away tens of thousands of troops from the Bian army at once.

The Heluo side seems to be fairly stable now, and Xia Bandit is far away from being pushed to Xin'an County.Moreover, they are transshipping grain and grass by land, and the Bian army can ship it directly through the Luokou warehouse, so the cost is naturally not at the same level.

The Xia bandits worked desperately in Xiao County and Mianchi to organize households and farmland, and they probably couldn't take it anymore.They even brought a large group of Helongfan people over to graze in the mountains, making use of those corners that are not suitable for farming to produce pasture, meat and milk, and reduce the consumption of food transportation.

This way, you shouldn't have to worry too much.

Shao thief failed in one plan, so he tried another plan to seize the middle of the river directly, intending to go out of Zhiguanxing and break into Heyang.

If you really let him succeed, it can be regarded as a coup.

In Mengzhou and Huaizhou, there are many ferries leading to Henan Prefecture and Zhengzhou. Once they are occupied, how many troops will be allocated to defend?Is there still room for progress in Tianping and Taining towns?

"I heard that the thief Xia has abandoned Shenzhou?" Zhu Quanzhong turned and walked into the post station, asking as he walked.

"Back to Commander, Shenzhou has no danger to defend, and the thief general Zhao Kuanglin has retreated to Pingjingguan." Wei Zhao immediately followed behind and said.

Jing Xiang followed silently.

If you say that you will suffer a lot from fighting Xia Bandit, you really can't talk about it.

Let’s just say that in this Nanyang battlefield, Luyang Pass was breached, and it should not be possible to get it back in a short time.The Suizhou army also crossed the Huai River to the north and took some captives.But it was quickly repelled, and even Xinde's Shenzhou did not dare to defend, and retreated all the way to Pingjingguan, relying on the defense of the dangerous pass.

In the Wanye Corridor, Ge Congzhou actually won a game, because Zhe Zongben besieged Ye County, causing many casualties, and lost more than [-] troops during the retreat.Ge Congzhou's record against Xia Bandit is indeed quite good.

Are you at a disadvantage?not necessarily.

But why is the overall situation so passive?Some people win and win and lose in the end, and that's what they're talking about.

"Marshal." Jing Xiang took two quick steps, stepped forward and saluted.

"Jing Sima has worked hard." Zhu Quanzhong smiled and said, "It's really hard work to accompany me out on inspections when we are newly married."

It has been more than a year since Jingxiang's wife passed away due to illness.This time the city of Xuzhou was destroyed, Shi Pu's favorite concubine Liu Shi unexpectedly hid and survived, and was found by the sergeant. Because she was very beautiful, she was sent to Bianzhou.

Zhu Quanzhong played for a while and couldn't put it down.He was even more excited after learning that this woman was originally the daughter of the magistrate of Lantian County and was kidnapped by Shang Rang as his wife.

Ordinary women, no matter how beautiful they are, Zhu Quanzhong is not particularly interested in them.But other people's wives and concubines feel different when playing, especially Liu's having been in the hands of Shang Rang and Shi Pu successively, which makes him feel extremely comfortable when enjoying it.

A while ago, after hearing that Jingxiang's wife had died of illness, he hadn't remarried yet.Out of concern for his subordinates, Zhu Quanzhong called Jing Xiang into the mansion, and let Jing Xiang choose one of the beauties out of many beauties.

Jing Xiang——Jing Xiang immediately took a fancy to Mrs. Liu!
Zhu Quanzhong looked up to the sky and sighed, and reluctantly gave this girl to Jingxiang, but he was reluctant to part with it.Seeing Jingxiang today, and thinking of Mrs. Liu again, my heart itch, thinking that Mrs. Liu is now Mrs. Jing, my heart suddenly heats up.

"Marshal, there are many things now, dare to indulge in the boudoir." Jing Xiang said with a smile: "I heard about it yesterday. Shao Shude sent the general Li Renyu to lead more than [-] riders to Yun through Weibo. State."

Zhu Quanzhong was startled at first, and then realized something.

Before Luo Hongxin and Li Keyong completely turned against each other, the Hedong army had been using Wei Bo to support Zhu Xuan.Of course Zhu Quanzhong knew about this.

He is not a fool, the sergeant of Hedong appeared in Yunzhou, could it be that he flew over?It must have been borrowed from Weibo.

He couldn't say much about it.

Luo Hongxin, like Zhang Quanyi, is a vassal of Xuanwu Army, but Zhang Quanyi is tolerant, respectful enough, and vassalized more thoroughly.But Wei Bozhen still has a bit of a temper. He has been beaten up and made confessions all the time, but Zhu Quanzhong can guess what is going on in his heart.

He doesn't want to worry about it for now.For Wei Bo, you have to figure it out slowly, and you can't just suppress it to the end just because of your strong force. In the end, you will end up like Li Keyong, in Youzhou.

Because of the poor discipline of the Hedong army, Wei Bo's army raided Shi Yan, and they had completely fallen out with Li Keyong.But does this mean that Wei Bo has completely fallen for Xuanwu?not necessarily.

It is no secret that Shao Shude sent the general Tuoba Renfu to lead three thousand riders to Yunzhou.This time they actually sent someone to support Zhu Xuan through Wei Bo, Luo Hongxin agreed, this matter is very delicate.

He sent [-] cavalry twice to support Zhu Xuan. Although it was not as large as when Li Keyong sent [-] cavalry to support the Taining army, it was still a big threat and had to be taken seriously.

"The thief Shao is trying his best to cause trouble for me now." After a moment of silence, Zhu Quanzhong suddenly smiled.

"In the struggle between life and death, it is natural to use everything to the extreme." Jing Xiang said.

Zhu Quanzhong called everyone to sit down, and said casually, "Is it really impossible to get back together with Bandit Shao?"

"Marshal, last year the town sent envoys to Anyi to make an appointment for marriage, but Shao thief would not allow it." Jingxiang really didn't say much, and he always only discussed the facts without commenting, but every time he said it was the key point.

In fact, Shao Shude refused at that time, and even said a few words about Zhu Quanzhong's daughter, as if he would not stop until he angered Zhu Quanzhong.

"Hmm." Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Remember, Pang Shigu led an army of [-] to attack Puzhou. My son Youyu led an army of [-] to attack Qizhou through Weibo."

Li Zhen and Wei Zhao were startled, and they were about to dissuade them, but they stopped when they saw Jing Xiang smiling without saying a word.

"Cheat a lie to the Shao thief." Zhu Quanzhong laughed, then his face became serious, and said: "Immediately transfer Master Pang to go north to Biankou."

(End of this chapter)