Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1184 Seizing the boat to cross the Yellow River

Chapter 1182: Seizing the boat to cross the Yellow River

You must know that in this era of war and chaos, many people may not even have a meal to eat, and live a day without a meal.

Qin Hao provided free meals to the people in the two counties. This was quite a luxury for most people in the two counties, so the people naturally did not feel dissatisfied.

The Qin army provided disaster relief by providing daily supplies and giving out porridge, which could save food to the greatest extent and then invest it in the subsequent war. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

"But my lord, although our army has taken away the grain and grass in Zhi County, there are still three or four months before the autumn harvest."

Liu Bowen looked at Qin Hao and said with a serious face: "If we give one porridge and one meal to the millions of people in the two counties on a daily basis, our army's grain reserves in Sizhou may not last so long."

"Three or four months? Why do we need to wait so long? I will completely defeat the coalition forces of the Southern princes this month."

A look of confidence flashed across Qin Hao's face, and he said with a faint smile: "As long as we defeat the coalition forces of the southern princes, we will not only be able to unify the two states, but also regain the food rations of the people in the two counties, then there will naturally be There is enough food and grass to support the autumn harvest.”

The implication of Qin Hao's words is that even if the grain and grass are taken back from the Bingnan Allied Forces, they will not be returned to the people of the two counties, but will still be provided with two meals a day.

 After the autumn harvest, when the people have harvested food, they will naturally not need the Qin army to provide it, and the remaining food captured will naturally belong to the Qin army.

"As for disaster relief, let Fusu in Luoyang take full responsibility. I sent an order to Han Fei to fully support Fusu, and all funds will be allocated from Luoyang."

 After solving the problems of the victims, Qin Hao shifted his focus to the four counties. After all, the governance of the four counties in Sizhou was also a problem.

“The most urgent task is to cross the border and enter the south as quickly as possible. All other matters must make way for the war.

Let's do this: Di Renjie will be appointed as the prefect of Luoyang, Fu Nian will be appointed as the prefect, Qin Yi will be appointed as the captain, Bao Zheng will be appointed as the prefect of Hedong, Dong He will be appointed as the prefect, Qin Huaiyu will be appointed as the captain, Su Wu will be appointed as the prefect of Hanoi, Xiang Lang will be appointed as the prefect, and Qin Ming will be appointed as the captain. , Li Dongyang was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong..."

Qin Hao conferred more than a dozen officials in a row, and also banned Henan Yin and changed it to Luoyang County.

The political attributes of each county governor exceed 90 points. Talents with these political attributes can be sent to the local areas to ensure that the four counties of Sizhou can recover in the shortest time.

In addition, Qin Hao arranged for the selection of captains of these four counties all from the Qin family, in order to ensure the concentration of military power. After all, the war is still not over.

Of course, this canonization is only temporary, and adjustments may be made after the war.

"There will be no more fighting in Sizhou from now on. It is enough to leave five thousand garrison troops in each of Hanoi and Hedong counties. Another five thousand troops will be sent back to Luoyang to defend, and the remaining armies will all go to Mengjinguan to gather and prepare to cross the river."

The Qin army's troops in the northern part of Sizhou are distributed as follows: Bai Qi 55,000, Su Lie 25,000, Xue Rengui 15,000, Huo Qubing 10,000, and Yuwen Chengdu 40,000, for a total of 145,000 troops.

Even if five thousand garrison troops were left in Hedong and Henei each, and five thousand troops were sent back to Luoyang, the number of troops available to the Qin army would still reach 130,000, and it was obviously not easy for the 130,000 army to cross the Yellow River.

"Order Su Lie, Xue Rengui and Huo Bing to quickly collect ships. Our army must quickly cross the Yellow River and fight back to Bingzhou."

Not long after Qin Hao issued this order, bad news came.

“I would like to report to my lord, when Wang Mang left, he took away most of the boats on the south bank of the Yellow River. Although the three generals tried their best to collect along the Yellow River, the boats collected were still far from enough.”

After receiving the news, Qin Hao couldn't help but frown. After pondering for a long time, he said thoughtfully: "Let them search further away and try to attract more ferries."

After saying this, Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the Yellow River Navy must be established after the war." At present, except for some princes in the Yangtze and Huaihe River basins, no other princes pay attention to the development of the navy. Naturally, Qin Hao and Wang Mang also It's all the same, and if there are navy troops participating in the battle, the next battle may be even more complicated.

 At present, except for the princes in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River Basin who will develop naval armies, the princes in the Yellow River Basin basically will not develop naval armies.

 Since ancient times, there is a reason for the south boat and the north horse.

The Yellow River has too high sand content and shallow draft. Historically, it even stopped flowing. It also freezes in winter or December, so it is difficult to build a large fleet or set up defenses.

The Yangtze River and the Huaihe River are different. From the middle reaches downward, the water surface is wide and deep, and there are many undercurrents. Therefore, in ancient times, large water fortresses could be built on both sides of the Yangtze River to support large fleets and ships. In modern times, they are also suitable for erecting forts.

Although the Yellow River Basin is not suitable for the formation of large-scale fleets, small-scale fleets are still of great use.

If Wang Mang had a powerful enough naval force, he could have patrolled a stretch of the Yellow River and immediately came to stop the Qin army when he found it crossing the river.

Of course, it is easy for the Qin army to avoid inspections. After all, the Yellow River can be reached thousands of miles away, and it is impossible for the Southern Allied Army to conduct inspections everywhere.

In order to prevent the Qin army from crossing the Yellow River, Wang Mang took away all the ships that could be taken away in advance, so it was naturally impossible for Su Lie and others to search for enough ships to cross the river.

After learning about this, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a little anxious. There were millions of people in Hanoi and Hedong, and the daily consumption was huge. The 130,000 Qin army couldn't waste time in Mengjin.

“Military advisor, what should we do now?”

Qin Hao asked Liu Bowen for advice. After Liu Bowen thought for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "My lord, for the current plan, the only thing left is..."

"Report...to inform my lord that General Huo Bing led his army to cross the Yellow River at night."

Although the ships collected by the Qin army were not enough to send 130,000 people across the river, they could still send Huo Qubing's 10,000 people across.

Qin Hao couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Why is he crossing the river at this time?"

Liu Bowen's eyes flashed, and then he raised his hands and smiled: "Congratulations, lord, our army has gained another wise general. Maybe General Huo Bing can bring back enough ships tomorrow."

The next morning, as Liu Bowen expected, Huo Qubing's army, carrying five or six hundred ships of various sizes, crossed south from the north bank of the Yellow River back to Mengjin.

It turns out that when Huo Qubing was collecting warships, he guessed that the Qin army would not be able to gather enough ships to ferry them, but they could **** them back from Wang Mang on the north bank.

Huo Qubing thought that Wang Mang would not have expected that he would dare to lead his lone army to sneak into the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, which would be enough to catch the Southern Allied Forces off guard.

So Huo Qubing divided his cavalry across the Yellow River in four waves, and then took advantage of the darkness to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's water stronghold on the bank.

After the Southern Allied Forces crossed the Yellow River, Wang Mang did not think that Qin Hao could be blocked by the Yellow River, so he did not deploy heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. As a result, Huo Qubing succeeded in a sneak attack. Not only did the enemy army kill thousands of enemies in chaos, but they also captured Returned after more than 600 large and small boats.

 With the more than 600 ships captured, plus the more than 100 ships collected by the Qin army, there were more than 700 ships in total, which was enough for the Qin army to cross the Yellow River.

Since then, the Qin army has met all the conditions to cross the Yellow River, and its 130,000-strong army can cross the Yellow River and enter Bingzhou at any time.

 (End of this chapter)