At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 264: The chaos in the north and the marginalized Peng Yue
Guangyang County, Ji County.

After Chen Ping came to Jixian, he was warmly welcomed by Ji Xin, the general of Zhenbei, and Peng Yue, the general of Zhenhai. The reason why Peng Yue also came to greet Chen Ping was because the Han Dynasty's northern naval base was in Guangyang County.

After the Han Dynasty destroyed the violent Qin Dynasty, it has been reducing its army and personnel very vigorously. A large number of captains and captains were forced to transfer to other positions, and the standing army has been reduced to less than 200,000 people.

However, a new unit suddenly emerged, that is, the Marine Division, which was now renamed the Navy by the Han Dynasty. Peng Yue's 4 troops were not reduced but expanded to .

The Han Dynasty established the North Sea Navy in Guangyang County, commanded by Zhenhai General Peng Yue, and the South China Sea Navy in Kuaiji County, commanded by Zhechong Zhonglang General Luan Bu.

That's why Ji Xin and Peng Yue welcomed Chen Ping when he came to Guangyang County.

"Prime Minister, it's good that you're here. The situation in our north has changed drastically. It's really difficult for a standing army of 3 to cope with the current situation. Please return to the court and explain our plight in the north to His Majesty." The three of them had just sat down in Ji Xin Just pour out your bitterness to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping said: "There is still an enemy in the north who dares to challenge my big man. Isn't it Chen Yu?"

In Chen Ping's view, the entire north was dominated by two forces: Chen Yu and Zhao Xie. Zhao Xie did not dare to offend the Han Dynasty, and only Chen Yu and the Han Dynasty had some trouble.

Peng Yue said: "Chen Yu has too much time to take care of himself now. How can he dare to offend my big man? He is a barbarian from the north. To be precise, he is a Huns."

Ji Xin explained: "Probably last year, a new Chanyu appeared in the Xiongnu. His name was Maodun. Originally, we didn't pay much attention to him because his reputation as a coward spread throughout the grassland. But we didn't expect that he was He was a man who was like Gou Jian who was lying on his back and tried his best. No matter how the Donghu people bullied him, he would not resist, in order to paralyze the Donghu people and relax their vigilance against the Huns. Instead, he was waiting for the Donghu people to show their flaws, and Mao Dun immediately gave the Donghu people a fatal blow.

Zang Tu rebelled half a year ago. He colluded with the Huns and Donghu people to resist our Han heavenly soldiers. Both the Donghu people and the Huns wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they did not expect that our Han people would annihilate Zang Tu so quickly.

After Mao Dun learned that Zang Tu had been annihilated by our Han Dynasty, he immediately changed the direction of his attack, raided the main force of the Donghu people, destroyed the Donghu people's royal court, and annexed the Donghu people's tribes. "

Chen Ping said: "The imperial court knows about this, and the current chaos in Liaodong is also related to this."

Ji Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Without the Donghu people, the Xiongnu's power on the grassland has greatly increased. They have also annexed the Loufan tribe and the Aries tribe. The Huns have become the dominant force on the grassland.

After this year's autumn harvest, a large number of Huns tribes invaded our Han territory. Daiguo, Shanggu County, Fishery County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong County were all invaded by Hu people.

It can be said that there were three surprises in Guangyang County in one day. Although soldiers were sent to support them, most of the soldiers in the Zhenbei Army were infantry and there were less than 5000 cavalry. I could only see these Huns coming and going like the wind and plundering. The people of my great Han Dynasty. "

"Now, with only 3 troops to suppress the north, it can no longer suppress the Huns in the north, and the infantry does not have an advantage on the grasslands. It needs a large number of cavalry to counterattack. The army to suppress the north needs to be expanded, and it also needs a large number of cavalry."

The territory of the Han Dynasty basically inherited that of the Qin State, and the Qin State also had many counties in the grasslands. Although the Qin State built the Great Wall, they took the initiative to attack the grasslands based on the Great Wall, which was completely different from the passive defense of later generations. History textbooks also say that the Huns were more than 700 miles away.

In this era, the people of the Han Dynasty were full of martial virtue, and the land they conquered could not be abandoned. Naturally, people settled outside the Great Wall, and Tianshi also supported this approach of the Han people.

Because the world was in a warm period at this time, the precipitation line moved northward, and many grasslands could grow food and be suitable for farming people to live in. Therefore, the Han Dynasty had a large number of cities outside the Great Wall.

Originally, the Hu people did not dare to harass the Han people on such a large scale, but this year the Huns and the Donghu people fought, and the grassland was in chaos. A large number of tribes lost their cattle and sheep, leaving only the young and strong bachelors. These Hu people want to survive We must go south.

At the same time, Mao Dun annexed a large number of Donghu tribes, and his control over the tribes was greatly reduced. These tribes did not care about Mao Dun's orders. Seeing that there were loopholes to exploit, they invaded the Han's territory in large numbers. A combination of various reasons resulted in the chaos in the north this year.

Chen Ping said: "For this matter, the name of General Zhenbei can be reported to the emperor. I will also go to Liaodong as an envoy."

Ji Xindao: "The general has already written to your majesty. It's just that the prime minister came to our Guangyang County. The general wants the prime minister to report to me on the situation in the north after returning to Chang'an. Please pay attention to Mao Dun. This person must be the biggest enemy of our Han Dynasty." Disaster."

Peng Yue said: "After the Huns annexed the Loufan tribe and the Aries tribe of the Donghu people, there are hundreds of thousands of string control men. If we, the northern front of the Han Dynasty, want to resist the Huns, we must form a joint force. It is best for the emperor to gather the elites of the Han Dynasty again." The Huns will be severely damaged and the grassland will be divided again, otherwise the Huns will definitely unify the grassland.”

Chen Ping frowned when he heard this and said, "But my current policy is to recuperate and accumulate money and food."

This year, the big man was either farming or repairing water conservancy. The steel factory did not produce swords and armors, but worked hard to produce farm tools. However, even so, the production capacity of the steel factory was still insufficient. After all, the entire steel production capacity of the big man was only a few million kilograms. , compared with the 400 million farmers in the entire Han Dynasty, it is a drop in the bucket. The amount of steel per capita is not even half a catty, and it is not enough to make a sickle. This is why the prefects of the Han Dynasty want to build a steel factory. There is really a shortage of farming land. Steel.

All the financial surplus of the Han Dynasty was also invested in new water conservancy projects or land reclamation. Most of the elite soldiers were also cut off, just to save finances. Now they are recruiting troops again to fight the Huns. The policy of rest and recuperation has been wasted.

Ji Xindao: "At that time, we did not expect that the Huns would suddenly rise. Now that the court does not restrict the Huns, in a few years, the price paid by the court will be even greater."

Chen Ping nodded and said: "The Prime Minister can report the situation to His Majesty, but His Majesty's specific decision cannot be guaranteed by the Prime Minister."

Ji Xin said: "I will eventually understand."

Chen Ping took out the Tiger Talisman from Taiwei's Mansion and said: "The emperor ordered the Zhenbei Army to send out a thousand elite cavalry to follow the truth to Liaodong."

Ji Xin took the tiger talisman and put it together with her own tiger talisman and said: "Promise!"

Chen Ping continued: "The generals leading this thousand cavalry should be strong generals, and the soldiers should also be the most elite. It's like this mission is very heavy. Whether Chen Yu can be obedient depends on you, the elite."

Ji Xin said: "No!"

The next day, a thousand-man elite cavalry appeared in front of Chen Ping.

"The last general Chai Wu has met the prime minister."

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction and said: "This time when you go to Liaodong, you will show your ability to the best of your ability. As long as you do well, you will be rewarded by the court."

Although the Han Dynasty was recuperating, he only produced 10,000 sets of iron armor in small quantities this year and sent them to the Zhendong General's Palace and the Zhenbei General's Palace respectively. There were thousands of cavalry all wearing iron armor. They were obviously the elite among the Zhenbei Generals.

Chai Wu said excitedly: "The final general is Xie Prime Minister for promotion."

Chai Wu was a native of Pingyang County, with the surname Jiang and the duke clan of Qi. By Chai Wu's generation, the Chai family was in decline and had been reduced to the status of small landowners. However, Chai Wu's talented disciple Kong Wu was powerful and skilled in martial arts and was very prestigious among the local counties.

After Xu Fan raised his troops to rebel against Qin, the world was in turmoil, but Qi had always been the focus of suppression by the Qin army, so there had never been a large number of rebels in the Central Plains.

When Xu Fan led his troops to the northern expedition to Sanchuan County, and then confronted Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army along the Yellow River, history may have been such a coincidence. Xu Fan ordered Liu Bang to lead the army to open up the northern front, and Chai Wu took hundreds of soldiers to join Liu Bang. Under the leadership of Lu Chen After the Northern Expedition Army captured Dongwuyang County.

Liu Bang appointed Chai Wu as the captain of Dongwuyang County, and then he and Zhou Chang were extremely lucky to capture Meng Yi's tens of thousands of troops. Because of this credit, he accumulated merit and became an army commander. After the Qin Dynasty was overthrown by the Han Dynasty, Xu Fan decided to In order to recuperate, the 60 Han army was reduced to 20. Chai Wu was lucky to escape the reduction because he was a cavalry officer and became the Sima of the Zhenbei Army's cavalry army. Then Chen Ping and thousands of cavalry took the Beihai Navy warship to land at the mouth of the Liaohe River.

"Prime Minister, this city is called Yingkou. It is the city of Han Dynasty. This city will be built here at the end of last year. In just over a year, Yingkou has become the most important dock in Liaodong. Liaodong's timber, cattle and sheep, All kinds of leather came into my life from then on," Peng Yue said proudly when he saw this city.

This city was built by Peng Yue's people. At first it was just a small fishing port with wooden docks, but in less than a year, it turned into a large city with a population of tens of thousands. All kinds of goods from Liaodong were gathered here and imported. The Han Dynasty, and various iron tools, farm tools, weapons, cloth and other goods of the Han Dynasty will also be shipped to Liaodong through here. That's why this small port becomes so prosperous in a year.

The more prosperous the place is, the greater Peng Yue's contribution will be. Now Peng Yue desperately needs recognition of his contribution.

Because in the entire military system, there are only five people with the rank of general, and Peng Yue is one of them.

This position made Peng Yue wary. He took refuge with the Han Dynasty in the late Han Dynasty. He only took refuge with His Majesty during the confrontation between the Han Dynasty and the Northern Xinjiang Army. Among all the heroes, Peng Yue's forces were the last to join the Han Army.

As a result, after the Han Dynasty destroyed the Qin Dynasty, a large number of captains and captains transferred their careers, and the Han army was reduced from 600,000 to 200,000. Instead of being laid off, Peng Yue went one step further and became a general. Peng Yue's navy became the Han Dynasty's navy and expanded.

We must know that many of the heroes who have followed your Majesty have not yet become generals, but he, a latecomer, has become a general first. I don't know how many heroes of the Han Dynasty are envious and jealous of him.

Therefore, Peng Yue's situation in the Han Dynasty was not very good. People often used his status as an excuse. They said that Peng Yue was a water thief who had never fought any big battles and had no merit. He was already in good fortune by being given to a lieutenant general, and now he was actually handed over to him. Let him be a general.

The emperor treated Peng Yue too favorably. How many times did Peng Yue fight and annihilate tens of thousands of Qin troops? How did he become this general?

Peng Yue also knew that he was in a difficult situation in the Han military. He had few friends and finally found an eldest brother like Liu Bang. As a result, this eldest brother wanted to go outside the Han Dynasty to establish his own vassal state.

Peng Yue worked hard this year and built five docks alone. Peng Yue spent more than half of the year at sea. His fleet was everywhere in the north. Knowing that struvite can fertilize fields After that, Peng Yue led his men to dig millions of stones of struvite this year, which helped support the Central Plains' abundant harvest.

Because of this matter, Xu Feng, the chief minister, wrote to the emperor many times, stating Peng Yue's contribution, saying that the struvite stones dug by Peng Yue this year increased the world's output by 1000 million stones, which was a great contribution. Xu Fan recognized this contribution and rewarded Peng Yue. 100 kilograms of gold, a set of precious armor, and a hundred-refined sword.

But this quickly made the Han army dissatisfied. Some people even ridiculed Peng Yue for being a guano general. For this matter, Xu Fan directly dismissed three captains and asked them to return to the military academy to study military regulations and disciplines in depth. This stopped the internal dissatisfaction of the Han army. A mockery of Peng Yue.

Chen Ping looked at this prosperous port city and admired: "No wonder the emperor appreciates the general. General Peng, every step you take is in line with the emperor's wishes."

Chen Ping admired Peng Yue very much. He was not only outstanding in ability, but also extremely lucky. When the world was in chaos, he only made the right move and took refuge with His Majesty at the critical moment, and became one of the heroes of the Han Dynasty.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, your majesty wanted to recuperate, and the elite troops of the Han Dynasty were reduced by 40. However, Peng Yue's boat division was actually in the next step of development of your majesty. So when the Han Dynasty was recuperating, the boat division was not only not reduced, but was adapted into The navy was expanded, and Peng Yue became one of the five generals of the Han Dynasty. This is a reflection of Peng Yue's good luck, because he is the only one in the Han Dynasty who knows water warfare. If he doesn't become General Zhenhai, who will?
And the facts also proved that the emperor's arrangement for the navy was correct. The two navies of the Han Dynasty brought an increase of tens of millions of shi in grain production to the world, and also brought millions of shi in fish and meat. The two navies of the north and the south not only did not consume the wealth of the imperial court, but instead became the source of the imperial court's wealth. Chen Ping, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, was willing to see such an army.

Chen Ping also knew that Peng Yue was suppressed by the Han elders, but he dismissed it.

Most of the so-called heroes of the Han Dynasty achieved their achievements because of their own people. If there was no emperor with great talent and strategy, they would be just farmers and prisoners. They were the first batch of people to die in the struggle for world supremacy. That is to say, they were lucky enough to meet His Majesty. Only then did he become the noble man he is now.

They say that Peng Yue has no credit, but they don’t know that in the original Yellow River War, without Pengyue’s boat division, how could the Han Dynasty have grasped the strategic initiative, and how could it have severed the connection between the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Qin Army in Qi.

If it were not for Peng Yue's boat division, which cut off the Qin army's food and fodder, leaving Meng Tian's northern Xinjiang army with no strength but lack of food, the outcome of the Yellow River War would not have been known. Meng Tian's army of 300,000 was really a mob. You must know that the armies of Yan and Zhao were all destroyed by Meng Tian in one blow. The first strategy His Majesty formulated was defensive counterattack.

At that time, His Majesty believed that even if the Han Dynasty defeated Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army, the Han army would definitely suffer heavy casualties and lose the ability to continue attacking. The Han Dynasty's ability to seize the Central Plains was already the greatest result.

It can be said that in the original Yellow River War, the Han army was able to annihilate Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army at a very low cost. Peng Yue was the biggest contributor. However, such a hero is a good fighter without great achievements. It is difficult for everyone to feel Peng Yue's contribution. That’s all.

And because the main force of the Han Dynasty was intact, the Han army could quickly change the direction of attack after annihilating the Northern Xinjiang Army, conquered Guanzhong in one battle, and destroyed the extremely powerful Tyrant Qin. Peng Yue was the biggest contributor.

Others did not know Peng Yue's contribution, but His Majesty obviously knew it, so even though Peng Yue was a latecomer, he was promoted to the position of General Zhenhai and continued to reuse Peng Yue.

Peng Yue heard Chen Ping's praise and said happily: "The Prime Minister has given you the compliment."

Then several people entered Yingkou City. Chen Ping frowned and said, "Are there too many barbarians in this city?"

Chen Ping found that half of the people in this city were disguised as barbarians. In such a city, Chen Ping instinctively felt uneasy.

Peng Yue said helplessly: "The Liaodong area was originally the territory of the Donghu people, but it was captured by the Yan people. However, the Yan people did not have time to develop it before they were captured by the Qin people, and then Chen Yu. This area has always been populated by Hu people. There are only a small number of Han people. Half of the Han people can be seen now because the Qin people were encircling Qi and a large number of Qi people fled to Liaodong. "

Chen Ping said clearly: "No wonder His Majesty wants to send the heroes to Liaodong. This is because he wants the heroes of the Han Dynasty to civilize the land of Liaodong."

"General Peng, can you find a Donghu person to come over? I want to ask some questions."

Peng Yue said something to his bodyguard, and soon the bodyguard led a barbarian man wearing a sheepskin coat over.

"I've met you sirs!" The foreigner in the sheepskin coat saluted immediately when he saw Peng Yue and the others.

Peng Yue immediately said embarrassedly: "Prime Minister, the barbarians are rude, so don't worry about it."

In Han Dynasty, adults are the titles of elders such as father and father-in-law. But among the Hu people, it generally refers to the big leader. After the world experienced the Great Emperor Qianyuan in later generations, the big man became another name for officials.

Chen Ping said nonchalantly: "Where did you learn Chinese?"

Hu Rendao: "I learned it in Yingkou. If you want to make money in Yingkou, it will be difficult without learning Chinese language."

Chen Ping continued to ask: "Which tribe are you from and how did you get to Yingkou?"

The Hu said: "The villain is originally from Donghu. Last year our king was defeated by the Huns. The Huns annexed our tribe. Our leader did not want to become a Huns, so he took our tribe all the way south to Yingkou."

"At that time, all the livestock of our tribe were lost and we had no food to eat. We originally wanted to rob other tribes, but we heard that we could make money by cutting down trees in Yingkou, so our leader took us to cut down trees in Yingkou. See next A big tree can be exchanged for two sheep, so the leader led us to stay in Yingkou. "

"After the timber business started, our tribe's life became more and more prosperous day by day. We bought back the lost cattle and sheep, and also bought many women. Our tribe became prosperous again."

(End of this chapter)