Datang New Order

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To the east of Luoyang, a hundred miles away, is the pass of Sishui.

Sishui Pass, also known as Hulao Pass, got its name because King Mu of Zhou raised tigers in captivity here.This place is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. There are criss-crossing mountains and mountains.During the Warring States period, the six eastern countries stationed troops in Sishui to confront the Qin State; during the Chu and Han Dynasties, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought fiercely here; Emperor Taizong of this dynasty also fought against Dou Jiande here to determine the general trend of the world.

In May of the first year of God Blessing, Sishuiguan once again ushered in a large number of troops, and the surrounding tens of miles were full of continuous camps and forest-like banners.

In the name of "respecting the king and fighting the barbarians", King Liang summoned all the princes from all walks of life to prepare to conquer the "false King of Yan" Li Chengzhong and the "false King of Jin" Li Cunxu.The reason why it is called "false king" is because Liang Wang asked the emperor for an edict, cutting off the titles of Li Chengzhong and Li Cunxu, and at the same time announcing the two men's ten crimes.Among them, there are two main crimes, one is "holding the prince hostage", and the other is "leading barbarians to the south".

The emperor added King Liang as the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses", officially confirming his status as the overlord of the princes.So Liang Wang used this name to gather soldiers and horses from all over the world, preparing to launch a large-scale offensive to Hedong and Hebei.According to the strategy of Jingxiang and Li Zhen, the attack direction of the army was locked in the Shangdang area; the original Jinzhou battlefield was completely handed over to the "Three Kings" in Hedong, and the Zhiqing battlefield was dominated by Ge Congzhou and supplemented by Wang Shifan's army; In the Shangdang area, which was the main attack, King Liang planned to directly crush it with a huge force. After occupying Shangdang, he forcibly crossed Taihang from Fukouxing, Jingxing, and Feihuxing, and fought a decisive battle with Lu Longjun on the Hebei Plain.

Once the threat of making enemies on all sides is eliminated, the troops that King Liang can mobilize will be considerable.There are more than [-] Jianwu Army under the jurisdiction of Zhu Youning, more than [-] Baoda Army under the jurisdiction of Shi Shucong, more than [-] Baoyi Army under the jurisdiction of Kang Huaiying, more than [-] Wuning Army under the jurisdiction of Yang Shihou, and more than [-] soldiers under the jurisdiction of Zhang Guihou. ** More than [-] soldiers, more than [-] soldiers of the Right Dragon and Tiger Army under Zhu Yougong's jurisdiction, and all the main forces of the above-mentioned King of Liang gathered in Sishui.

also.Liang Wang also transferred Zhang Cunjing and Li Si'an back from Qinzhou, took the Qinzhou cavalry they had trained for nearly half a year as the main force, and gathered all the cavalry that could be mobilized in the entire army under their command to form a force of eight thousand cavalry. Yu Qi's cavalry group added Zhang Cunjing as the envoy of Jiedu and Li Si'an as deputy envoy of Jiedu to fight against the Hebei cavalry.

Together with Liangwang Tingdu and Yuan Cong's pro-army two tooth soldiers, the main force of the Liang army concentrated under Sishuiguan has reached 26!

This is not all the troops prepared by King Liang.In Shangdang, He Delun's 5 people are confronting Lu Long's army; auxiliary forces from Songzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Yuzhou, Yingzhou, Caozhou, Huazhou and other places are continuously gathering in Sishui. By the end of May, it is estimated that the total number of soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the Liang army who entered the Shangdang will reach more than [-]!

Except for Liang Jun.There are also more than [-] soldiers and horses from various princes.

The Jing army commanded by Ma Yin was [-].

The Shu army commanded by Wang Zongji was [-].

The Chu army commanded by Zhao Kuangming was [-].

The Qi army commanded by Guo Qiqi was three thousand.

The Wu army commanded by Li Shenfu was five thousand.

The Qi army commanded by Wang Shike was two thousand.

In order to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the princes, Liang Wang secretly paid a lot of land. Of course, the premise is to calm down Hedong and Hebei.Compared with the territory he paid for, once the Northern Expedition succeeds, King Liang will gain far more than he paid, and most importantly, Liang Jun will get the horse farm he dreamed of!

However, despite King Liang's big promises.The situation of sending troops from various princes is not very ideal. Although the princes of Shu, Chu, Jing, Wu, Qi, and Qi directly sent troops to participate in the war, they did not have many troops, and most of them went to the Eastern Metropolis League The soldiers and horses he brought with him.Under Liang Wang's strong request, he stayed.

The main force among them is Ma Yin, the hard-core younger brother of King Liang who is seriously lacking in strength.In addition, the Zhao brothers who originally opposed the King of Liang unexpectedly strongly supported the slogan of "respect the king and fight against the barbarians", which many people did not expect.As for the countries of Qi, Wu and Qi, a small number of soldiers and horses were sent symbolically.Pure broken is soy sauce.However, the distant countries of Yue, Han, and Fujian used the long distance as an excuse, but sent civilian men to escort a large amount of food, fodder and luggage to support them.To show their sincerity.

However, the King of Liang was not too demanding. Regardless of the combat power of the coalition forces of the various vassal states, whether they could be commanded or not was a big problem.The king of Liang was already content to be able to keep more than half of the armies of the princes who participated in the Eastern Metropolis League.He also didn't think about letting the princes of the towns continue to deploy troops-the time was too late, and he didn't originally expect the coalition forces of the princes to fight effectively, and his purpose was still to show their strength.

So far, on the main battlefield, the strength of the coalition forces has reached nearly 50, and together with the civilian husbands, it is known as a million people.There are also many troops on the two auxiliary battlefields. On the Jinzhou battlefield, the Three Kings of Hedong, with more than 4 troops from the Hedong Army, formed an overwhelming advantage over Li Cunxu's [-] men in Jinyang; on the Ziqing battlefield, Ge Congzhou's Taining The combined total of the Qi army and Wang Shifan's army exceeded [-], and they had gradually squeezed the Lu Long army stationed in Bochang from the east, south, and west directions.

No matter how you look at it, it is extremely difficult for Lu Longjun to fight against the coalition forces of the princes of the world with a single army.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Sishui, which looked grand and magnificent, but they were temporarily unable to move. The main problem came from the supply of food and fodder.

There are hundreds of thousands of troops, people eat horse chews, and their monthly food consumption is around 50 million shi. This figure is quite astonishing.With the ability of Pei Di, the great talent of Liang Wang's internal affairs, he only collected 400 million shi of grain in three months, and only 200 million shi of grain was transported to Sishui for storage, which was only enough for the army to eat until the end of autumn.Looks like enough is enough, because there will be a new harvest in late fall.But in fact, after the autumn grain is harvested, it has to be levied and transported to the battlefield. There is a blank period of one to two months. During this blank period, the army will fall into a situation where there is no food to eat. This is absolutely unacceptable .

The food supplied by the southern princes was about to arrive at Sishui, but because of the long journey, the consumption was huge on the way, and after it arrived, it might last a month of combat, which was still quite dangerous for hundreds of thousands of troops.According to the judgment of Jingxiang and Li Zhen, the army still lacks enough food, and the number of food shortages is between 50 and 100 million shi.

Li Zhen has two suggestions.One is to continue to urge the southern princes to send the second batch of grain. If the southern princes start preparing and distributing the grain now, they can send it before September; Delivered before July, the premise is that the rich families are willing to send food.

There is no problem with the first opinion. In the name of the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses, King Liang issued a grain requisition order to the southern princes, but the second opinion... Liang Wang needs to think about it.

Henan is rich and prosperous, and most of the wealthy families have grain reserves, but they are all wealthy families.All are powerful figures under the account of King Liang.For example, Li Zhen himself, his family bought [-] mu of land in Huazhou, and stored no less than [-] shi of grain; another example is Jing Xiang, who can be regarded as "loyal to the king" and rarely cares about his own property, but even so, The Jing family also unknowingly accumulated more than [-] mu of fertile land in Chenzhou; the real rich are the Yuan family who originally belonged to the local wealthy family, and the military generals who love money, such as the Jiang family. The number of acres of land of the family has been beyond calculation...

The reason why Jing Xiang and Li Zhen proposed this strategy of "self-mutilation" is actually quite understandable.Jing Xiang is sincerely helping Liang Wang to achieve hegemony.For him, fame is the first priority, not to mention that he is about to become the king of Chen Guo.As for Li Zhen, all his thoughts were on Weizhou.Being able to establish Weiguo in Weizhou earlier is better than any property and land!

This strategy made Liang Wang think hard for three days, and he talked with the important ministers and generals under him one by one, and finally successfully obtained the consent of the civil and military officials.Seeing that the world is about to be settled, every family is going to seal the country and grant the land, in the face of such great benefits.What is a mere grain of food?

Having successfully obtained the consent of his officials, King Liang breathed a sigh of relief. According to the statistics he talked with one by one, the military rations that each family is willing to hand over are more than one million shi. With this million shi of grain, they can survive the most difficult nine months It's October to October!

So the king of Liang asked his officials to write letters to each family, urging the family to distribute grain, and told Pei Di the amount of grain that each family was willing to hand over, and asked him to prepare the transportation capacity and try to deliver it to the army before September.Pei Di took the list of grain subscribed by each family, and hurried back to Bianzhou with a smile on his face.Liang Wang has promised Pei Di that he will formally send troops at the end of May, and strive to completely resolve the Hedong and Hebei issues by the end of the year.As long as Pei Di can ensure a smooth supply of military rations and supplies, he can go to the country of Xuzhou by the beginning of next year at the latest.

In addition to the food problem, there are still many problems that need to be solved, such as the tents for the soldiers to sleep in the open, the massive bows and arrows that are expected to be replenished, the knives and guns in reserve, the indispensable ropes, etc., and of course the most important thing is the command of the various coalition forces and coordination.

This is the first time that King Liang has commanded such a large number of troops to fight, and he is commanding the coalition forces. It is absolutely impossible to command such a large number of troops. King Liang never had such extravagant hopes.Even if the princes from all walks of life bowed their heads to his orders, it was impossible for him to command them.

Liang Wang's command can only be a directional command.For example, when launching a large army, you need to negotiate with the princes from all walks of life, who will go first, who will go later... For example, during the march, you need to find a few water sources that you can rely on, whoever follows this water source, who follows that water source... Another example is Zezhou, the destination of arrival. It is impossible for all the troops to flood into the city of Zezhou, so it is necessary to arrange garrisons one by one...

When it comes time to fight, it is also impossible to deploy an army of 50 to [-] people to fight, so it is necessary to coordinate again, who will array, who will attack, who will ambush, and who will support...

For the above-mentioned problems, not only did Liang Wang grow a few strands of white hair on his forehead, but even the civil officials such as Jing Xiang and Li Zhen were so tired that they could barely straighten their backs.Fortunately, Liang Jun has rich experience after all. This past Xuanwu Army once had the experience of attacking Hedong with 20 troops divided into six groups, so after half a month of high-intensity busyness, they finally decided on a strategy for marching.

The army was divided into two routes, east and west, and set off one after another in early June.On the east road, Zhu Youning's Jianwu army was the first, followed by Zhang Guihou's town army, Zhu Yougong's right dragon and tiger army, and then Liang Wang Yabing and other princes, entering Hedong from Baixing; Yang Shihou's Wuning Army went first, followed by Shi Shucong's Baoda Army, Zhang Cunjing and Li Si'an's Guards, and entered Hedong from Taihangxing.After Kang Huaiying's Baoyi Army Palace, he untied his husband and the remaining luggage and finally entered Zezhou.

The army must arrive in Zezhou in mid-June and be stationed in the camps assigned by each army without delay.Fortunately, Sishui is not far from Zezhou, otherwise it would be impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to march there in about ten days.

The remaining tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands set up more than a dozen camps between Sishui and Zezhou to ensure the transportation of luggage and the smooth passage.

On the Jinzhou battlefield, the King of Liang demanded that Hadong Sanwan take Jinyang by July at the latest, and threaten Lu Longjun from the flanks of the Shangdang Basin; Bochang wiped out Lu Long's army south of the Yellow River.In addition, King Liang also ordered Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui to stick to their posts and guards. It is best to contain some of Lu Longjun. Crossing the river threatens Henan. (To be continued..)