Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 404 Mansion
The ancient Weihe River flows from the north side of Niaoshu Mountain.Along the way, from west to east, after passing through Xiangwu County and Zhongtao County, passing Wushan Mountain, walking through Luomen, passing through Qincheng, entering Maiji, in the canyon formed between West Qinling Mountains and Longshan Mountains, before colliding Line, twists and turns, to the Guanzhong Plain.

It was early winter, the sky had already snowed, the snowflakes were flying, the mountains and rivers were bleak, and the two mountains in the river valley faced each other like giant gates.

Under the leadership of Deng Ai, Liu Chan, Huang Quan, Ma Liang and others followed, walking in this river valley that is no more than a hundred steps wide.

As the water level dropped in winter, Liu Chan stepped on the exposed rocks on the Weishui River, walking carefully.

Deng Ai pointed to the Maiji Mountain plank road in the distance, and said: "Your Majesty, this plank road is repaired by us in recent years. There are no less than ten similar plank roads in the Weishui River Valley. Such as Beiyu, Yanxi, and Jinlong Mountain plank roads .”

Huang Quan introduced and said: "The Weishui Road is the ancient road of the Qin people. In the past, the Qin people started from Tianshui, went out along the Weishui River to the east, hunted at the intersection of the Si and Wei, and competed for Guanzhong."

What is different from what everyone remembers is that Qin State itself is not a native of Guanzhong, but made his fortune in Longyou. At that time, Guanzhong was occupied by barbarians.The Qin people implemented the strategy of going east, and wanted to occupy Guanzhong.Therefore, the Chencangwei waterway was the life channel for the Qin people to communicate with Longyou and Guanzhong.

When the Qin people pacified Guanzhong, the capital of the Qin people was constantly changing eastward.The first is Tianshui, and the second is the meeting of Siwei.Siweizhihui (now Changqing Town, Fengxiang County) is the confluence area of ​​Sishui and Weishui, a plain washed out by the two rivers, where Qin Feizi raised horses.

Tianshui and Siweizhihui happened to be on the east and west sides of the Chencangwei waterway, so the Qin people repaired the plank road in this narrow and difficult valley area.Therefore, there are plank roads not only in the Bashu area, but also in the Weishui Road.At that time, in order to better control this passage, the Qin people also set up the Fanshi Pass, which still existed until the Han Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, the Weishui plank road was also built, but after the Qiang rebellion and world disputes, the plank road has long been decayed.And Cao Wei separated Guangwei County from Tianshui County not only to strengthen the control of the Longshan Roads, but also to strengthen the control of the Chencang Wei Waterway. The county government Linwei County was located in the Weishui River Valley.

Historically, one of the important reasons for the failure of the Battle of Jieting was that Shangyu was not captured, so that Cao Wei's supplies and soldiers could support Shangyu through the Weishui Road. This is an important reason why Guo Huai was not defeated by Zhuge Liang.

Of course, in this plane, Deng Aixue attacked Shangyu at night, completely cutting off the Wei River, allowing the big man to attack Xialongyou smoothly.Deng Ai also shined because of this, and he was in a high position in the army.

Looking at the steep mountains in the valley, Liu Chan said with emotion: "The Qin people started in the northwest, and after hundreds of years, they finally achieved great achievements. They took this road to get to Guanzhong. I am also walking this road today. I hope that the general of chariots and riders can help me. The move of the people of Fuqin to conquer Guanzhong!"

Hearing this, Huang Quan cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."

After Liu Chan inspected Wudu County, he turned to Tianshui County to check the preparations for Huang Quan and others to send troops to Guanzhong.Since then, Huang Quan has led 20,000 people to follow the example of the Qin people and walk the Chencang-Wei waterway, arriving at the meeting of Siwei and facing Chencang in Weinan across the river.Therefore, in recent years, Deng Ai has led people to continuously repair the plank road of Weishui Road.

Why Huang Quan didn't go through the entrances of Longshan Mountain, and crossed the Xiaoguan Road to attack the central area, it was still a matter of food and grass.Longshan not only made it difficult for Cao Wei to attack, but it was also not easy for Huang Quan to attack, especially Sima Yi's series of political actions in Guanzhong. The Dahan basically judged that the battle of Guanzhong would undoubtedly be a very long-term battle.

Therefore, after many discussions between Huang Quan and Zhuge Liang, it was decided that Huang Quan's troops could go out of the Weishui River and arrive at the Siwei meeting, so that the grain and grass in Longyou could flow down the river.At the same time, let's see if we can capture Chen Cang, open up the channel between Zhuge Liang and Huang Quan's armies, and attack Sima Yi's army together.

During the speech, Liu Chan and the others followed the Weishui Road to the mansion where the Longyou Army's rations were stored.Dige is a warehouse set up in the Han Dynasty to store grain and other materials.

When Liu Chan and others arrived at the mansion, the surrounding Han army officials had already been waiting for a long time, and the gate of the camp was wide open.

Liu Chan walked into the mansion, looked at the granary four or five meters above the ground, and asked, "How many stones are there in this granary?"

The granary for long-term storage is not a warehouse built on the ground, but a hole is dug in the ground, and the internal soil is first dried and hardened, not only to ensure a dry environment inside, but also to isolate the external moisture from the outside.In addition, a large amount of plant ash is stored inside to neutralize the moisture in the air.

The short-term and medium-term storage of military rations is relatively simple in terms of technology and procedures.

As the person in charge, Deng Ai said: "This warehouse can store ten thousand stones of grain and grass, which can be used by a total of five thousand soldiers for one month."

In the Han Dynasty, a soldier had a monthly ration of about 2 shi, and 20,000 shi could provide food for 3 soldiers for a month.Huang Quan's army of 5 people needs [-] shi of rations for almost a month, and the digestibility of cavalry soldiers will be greater, and the food intake of horses is [-]-[-] times that of adult soldiers.

Over the course of a year, Huang Quan's army needed almost 48 shi of rations (Note ①) without the horses. If farmers had to transport grain and grass by land, the consumption would be even greater.

Liu Chan shuttled between the granaries and asked, "How many stones are there in the mansion for grain and grass, and how much can the army use?"

Deng Ai followed behind Liu Chan, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, the ministers in Tianshui, Qinghe, and Xinyang led thousands of people to garrison the fields, and they took 92 minutes to rest. There were often 1 soldiers who farmed, and they received 92 million grain in four years. Stones can be used by an army of [-] for four years. Under the military order of the prime minister, [-] million stones were transferred to Hanzhong for the army of the Northern Expedition. Now there are [-] stones in the mansion, which can be used by the army for two years (throwing farmers’ consumption), excluding horses.” (Note ②)

The 1 million stone army rations can be said to be of great help to Zhuge Liang's [-] army, which can be used for almost five months. This does not include the grain and grass in Hanzhong and the grain taxes paid from various places in Longyou.It can be said that the big man has been preparing for this battle in Guanzhong for a long time.

Liu Chan calculated silently in his heart, looking at nearly a hundred granaries with joy, Deng Ai is really a small expert in grain storage, no wonder Zhuge Liang praised Deng Ai in his official documents many times, and asked the soldiers of the army to learn from Deng Ai and Huo Yi.

Liu Chan stopped in his tracks, looked at the granaries in front of him approvingly, and said, "I know the merits of Shi Zai!"
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①: During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, "there were 48 soldiers and [-] Dendrobium rice per year", and Dendrobium is the same as stone.

②: Deng Ai collected grain in Huaihe and Huaibei, 40,000 people got 5 million stones a year, and in 30, he got [-] million stones, which can be used by [-] soldiers for five years. (Taking into account geographical factors here, cut annual production in half.)
(End of this chapter)