Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 462 Chapter 450 Nine Preparations
When Gao Cheng drove back to Luoyang, the new year's spring plowing had already begun.

After leaving Luoyang for more than half a year, there were occasional famines in some areas, and under the active relief of the left-behind officials, they survived safely without causing too much trouble.

Even Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu's confidantes, no matter how greedy they were, would not dare to tamper with the relief money and food. Everyone knew that this was the bottom line that Gao Cheng had drawn for them.

In fact, Gao Cheng established permanent warehouses in various places more than ten years ago. While adjusting grain prices, he was also preparing for famines. Make too much of an impact.

After Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang, while reviewing the government affairs of the past six months, he was also preparing for this year's three-way event. The time was set after autumn. The reason why it wasn't after spring plowing was because he was afraid of the miasma in Lingnan.

If troops are sent out after spring plowing, and the soldiers in the north face the threat of poisonous snakes and beasts in the south of the Five Ridges, and the scorching heat and miasma, even if Nanchen can be wiped out, in the most optimistic case, more than half of the soldiers will be killed or killed.

But after the autumn harvest, it will be different. Not only will the autumn grain be stored in the warehouse, but it will be able to better support the war. The time to fight in Lingnan in winter is much better than that in midsummer.

After winter, the temperature drops, the miasma will weaken, and diseases such as falciparum malaria are in a low-incidence period.

Gao Cheng couldn't find the special medicine Cinchona cream to treat malaria, so he could only find a way to reduce the threat of Lingnan miasma as much as possible based on the timing of sending troops.

Therefore, for the battle of Pingchen, Gao Cheng also made a time limit, and no matter what, the war had to end before next summer.

Later Yang Guang went on an expedition to Tuyuhun, encountered extreme weather, and nearly half of the soldiers froze to death on the road. Gao Cheng did not want to be compared to Crouching Dragon and Phoenix by later generations.

It's not that Gao Cheng has never thought about looking for cinchona trees these years. He clearly knows that this tree is native to Peru in South America, but he is so far away from him that he really has no way to do it.

The development of navigation technology cannot be promoted by a single sentence. At the same time, high military expenditures and years of wars have also made the treasury unable to support the development of navigation.

After all, compared to overseas colonization, the unification of China is the top priority.

Under Gao Cheng's dispatch, a large number of soldiers were sent to the south of the Yangtze River to familiarize themselves with the climate. Most of them were elite veterans. The [-] cavalry recruited earlier took over the defense of various places and continued to intensify their training.

This approach has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the soldiers and horses are familiar with the climate, which can minimize non-combat casualties, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Gao Cheng placed 20 elites in the south of the Yangtze River, and the intention of the Southern Expedition was written on his face. There will be enough time for Yu Wentai and Chen Ba to prepare for the battle first.

The two are now called militaristic in the administration. In the case of Shu, even a few households reached the level of three households supporting one soldier in the late Shu Han Dynasty. Yu Wentai established a standing army of about 14 in Shu. Of course, The salary of a single soldier is still much lower than that of Northern Qi. After all, King Gao is famous for being kind to soldiers.

Chen Baxian might as well make more concessions, because there are many foreign soldiers under his command, and there is no need to allocate military salaries. Southern Chen only has [-] to [-] troops in Lingnan and North Vietnam.

Yu Wentai and Chen Baxian's intentions are also obvious, to step up military expansion and prepare for war, so as to survive Gao Cheng's southern expedition this time, but the quality of the soldiers is hard to say, especially the foreign soldiers under Chen Baxian's command.

Correspondingly, [-] Northern Qi soldiers in Jiangdong, [-] ex-Liang soldiers in Jiangzhou, [-] cavalry led by Gao Jishi in Hengzhou, and [-] Han and Hu elite soldiers were stationed in Xiangzhou in Huluguang.

20 elites, and the need to recruit nearly 60 civilians and some state and county soldiers in the Jiangnan area as auxiliary soldiers, for the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was undoubtedly a war that would overwhelm the country.

It was a last resort to stop the war before the summer started. If nearly one million people were to lose more than half of their lives in the midsummer of Lingnan, Gao Cheng would not be able to do anything in the next few years just because of the high pension.

On the contrary, even if Chen is not destroyed as expected, as long as the retreat is timely before the arrival of summer and the population does not suffer too much loss, a second battle to destroy Chen can be set off in a short period of time.

Of course, being able to launch a second battle against Chen does not mean that you really need to rush to send troops.

If this battle is lost, Gao Cheng can only choose the strategy of boiling the old man, boil Chen Ba to death before sending troops.

After all, losing one battle in Qingguo is already hurting one's muscles and bones. If they fail one after another, it is tantamount to Yang Guang's three conquests of Goguryeo.

Xiao Gao Wang is much younger than Chen Baxian, and he is full, especially for generals like Chen Baxian who have risen in the ranks, bravery in battle also means injuries.

Now it is 555 A.D. According to Gao Cheng's knowledge, Chen Baxian died of illness in 559 at the age of 53.

If he is really about to lose, the worst thing is to wait patiently for a few more years, Xiao Gao Wang will not take into account any ceremony and not send a funeral.

Boiling the old man is certainly effective, but if there is a chance, he has to fight. For this reason, Gao Cheng was already preparing for war even during his southern tour.

War preparations are not only money, food, soldiers, and armor sticks on the surface, but also secretly contact and win over.

Gao Cheng sent Wang's south to reunite with Du Kan before, and asked her to send a message, naturally he intended to drive a wedge between Chen Baxian and Du Kan.

But Chen Baxian's reaction was beyond Gao Cheng's expectations. When Du Kan even wanted to kill his wife to prove his innocence, it was Chen Baxian who stopped him first.

However, Gao Cheng secretly sent someone to contact Xian Ying, the leader of the slang, and Xu Yi was a high-ranking official with a generous salary, but she turned him over to Guangzhou and handed it over to Chen Baxian for disposal.

In fact, Gao Cheng valued Xian Ying quite a lot. At the age of 23, she was promoted as the leader of the Li ethnic group. In the following ten years, she subdued the surrounding barbarians, actively promoted Han culture and advanced production technology, and encouraged Yue people to learn Chinese and Chinese characters. , the concept of dissemination of academics and excellent officials is undoubtedly an important figure in promoting ethnic integration in the Lingnan area.

Gao Cheng even made an exception in the promise, Xu Qiyong will be in Lingnan and Beiyue, of course, it can only be her generation, and cannot be passed on to future generations, otherwise it would not be a country within a country.

But they didn't appreciate it, and they didn't know what kind of soup Chen Ba had poured into her first.

However, King Gao did not hold grudges. After all, Xian Ying's prestige among the Tibetans in Lingnan and North Vietnam, as well as her various methods of promoting Sinicization, made Gao Cheng believe that Xian Ying was the most suitable person to manage Lingnan and North Vietnam after the war.

It's just a pity that Chen Ba cut off the head of the messenger who was sent to Guangzhou.

During this period of time, the officials of the Northern Qi court, including Cui Jishu, who also served as Minister of the Household Department, and Feng Zihui, the Minister of War, were the busiest, and Xin Shu, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was also busy. Whether it was food transfer or casting weapons, they were all top-notch. event.

Gao Cheng also asked his five sons who were training in the Six Departments of Shangshu Province to participate. While helping out, he also took the opportunity to observe their ability to handle affairs.

　I caught a cold again, and it’s still 4000 tonight. I’ll see if I can make up for the 2000 that was missing yesterday. I’m really sorry.

　　
　
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