Chapter 430

For the state of Han, the present opportunity is rare. If we don't take this opportunity to cripple the state of Zhao on Shijie in one fell swoop, we don't know whether we can have such an opportunity in the future.

Liu Yan's plan for himself was to cripple the state of Zhao in Shijie within one year and lay the foundation for the restoration of the Central Plains. Then the most useful and powerful way to beat the crippled Shijie Zhao state is the Jie people soldiers who hit the white horse. As long as the dead of the Jie people die to a certain extent, the ruling position of the Shi Hu in the Central Plains will not only be shaken, but also the Qiang and Di people, together with the two accomplices of Shijie Zhao state, will have different thoughts. It is hard to say whether many miscellaneous Hu will listen to the rule of the Jie people.

Crossing the Yellow River to attack Yecheng or Xiangguo is an adventurous plan.

Not to mention Yecheng, Xiangguo is the real center of Shijie Zhao. Xiangguo has always been the essence of Shijie. The essence of this is not the economic center, but the core part of Qiang, Di, Jin, Huns and so on is placed in the vicinity of Xiangguo, no matter whether it is stone or stone tiger.

"In recent one or two years, Shi Hu has gradually transferred the people of Jie and all ethnic groups to Yecheng, which has become the most important accompanying capital of Shi Hu." Many members of the Sangyu family used to be officials in the state of Zhao in Shijie. Some of the core members of the Sangyu family were not small in official positions and had a high understanding of the state of Zhao in Shijie. He said: "Shi Hu wantonly mobilized the Jie people to fight. He will not leave too many Qiang, Di and Jin people in Xiangguo or Yecheng. He will also worry about their rebellion."

Yecheng has been building palaces in recent years, using more than one million manpower, and material resources are even more difficult to calculate. It is equal to that most of the national strength of Shijie Zhao state is used in the construction of Yecheng.

Shijie Zhao's national strength was not strong, and the construction of Yecheng consumed a large number of materials, which is why Shi Hu was not prepared for this war.

Since Yao Yizhong was captured by the Han Army, the Qiang nationality has actually entered a substantive division.

Shi Hu thought he would easily control the Qiang nationality. What he didn't expect was that he lost Yao Yizhong's constraints. The familiar Qiang had better say something, but the raw Qiang became the main force causing trouble.

Uncivilized nations always have the difference between "cooked" and "raw". The so-called "familiarity" means that when society develops to a certain extent, for example, it begins to be organized and coordinated, and naturally has a certain cultural foundation. "Life" refers to barbarism and disobedience to leadership. Usually, the part of "life" of each nation is the most barbaric group, which can be used for itself and is of great military significance.

Yao Yizhong is the general leader recognized and recognized by the Qiang nationality. It is precisely because of this that Shi Hu is afraid.

Generally speaking, Shi Hu's original calculation failed. Although Yao Yizhong was threatened when he was in China, after Yao Yizhong was captured by the Han Army, the Qiang people who kept causing chaos became a real threat.

Shi Hu not only couldn't control the Qiang nationality because of Yao Yizhong's capture, but also the di nationality after Fu Hong went to Longxi didn't listen to Shi Hu.

Take this time Shi Hu led the army to Puyang County as an example. If Yao Yizhong and Fu Hongdu were still there, Shi Hu could let them gather the young and strong of Qiang and di nationalities to join the war. After neither of them was there, Shi Hu could only mobilize zahu and Jin people in Shijie.

Miscellaneous Hu is generally a non-standard commodity. It's not that miscellaneous Hu is so weak. It's that there are too many miscellaneous tribes, which are difficult to be organized. It's also impossible to compare with major ethnic groups in morale. Zahu can fight with the wind. In case of a stalemate, he will choose not to work. When the situation is unfavorable, zahu is the first to collapse.

Jin people were at the bottom of society in Shijie Zhao state, and their social status was not even as good as beasts. That's what the state of Zhao in Shijie expressed in the law. There is a "crime of hurting animals" in Shijie's law, which is specially used against the Jin people. The so-called "crime of injuring animals" is well understood, that is, Jin people should not hurt wild animals in any way, even if they are attacked by wild animals, otherwise Jin people will be investigated by the official of Shijie, and the way of investigation is to kill Jin people.

The Jin people in the state of Zhao in Shijie, who were already having a hard time, faced extinction in the eighth year of Jianwu in Shijie (342 A.D.), because Shi Hu listened to the prophecy of the monk Wu Jin (also known as Hu Jin).

Wu Jin was a Jin native. After converting to Salmonella, he became a monk "not within the five elements". His Jin origin was exempted because of his status as a monk.

Wu Jin, who was not in the "human world", predicted to Shi Hu that the state of Zhao in Shijie would be destroyed by the Jin people in the future. He should wantonly harm the Jin people and not restore the vitality of the Jin people.

Shi Hu had the idea of wantonly building palaces in Yecheng. In addition to his hobbies and enjoyment, another major reason was Wu Jin's prediction.

The construction of the palace palace requires a lot of manpower. With today's technology, it is a common phenomenon that people die in engineering operations. Only from the eighth year to the eleventh year of Jianwu, more than 700000 Jin people have been conscripted into corvee to Yecheng. Today, I don't know whether 200000 people have survived.

There was another thing. In order to further kill more Jin people, Shi Hu carried out a canal excavation, and the manpower collected reached a terrible five million.

It's to collect five million people to dig the river. It's five million people! It can be said that Shi Hu has definitely done a feat that has never been done before and has never been done since. Based on the total population of more than 20 million people in the state of Zhao in Shijie, he has collected five million people for corvee. Even if Yang Guang dug the canal in the back, it took more than two million people. At that time, the national population of Yang Sui was more than 40 million.

"How else can we say that Jin people are weak and useless." Ji Chang's face was blue when he said this: "if you don't look like a man, you will be persecuted all the time, but you will be torn apart and protect yourself. As long as you don't move on to them, you will only look on coldly. If you really move on to them, others will also choose to look on coldly."

Ji Chang's words are still a little paranoid. After the Central Plains fell into the hands of the Jie nationality, many people called for resistance, such as Chen an Hou Ziguang (monk), fan Ben and other people have successively set up troops against the Hu people, but the pattern of these people is basically too small. If they occupy a county, they will be called king and Emperor. The great righteousness of resisting the Hu people has become their own selfish desire. The response is not wide. It is similar to ran min's behavior and consequences of becoming king as soon as he enters the pass. However, they can't protect themselves and are easily eliminated.

Liu Yan is on his way again with people, leaving 30000 troops stationed in dong'a and 40000 troops and a group of idle people to go to fan County, Dongping county.

There are quite a lot of idle people. For example, Liu Yan has nearly 100 maids and waiters (mainly serving those concubines). Of course, the other officials also have people to serve themselves. The total number is more than 1000.

Whether or not to risk hundreds of miles to attack Yecheng and Xiangguo has been under discussion. There is no specific statement on the part of civil servants, but ran min and Huan Wen on the side of military officials, trying to turn Liu Yan's ideas into practical actions.

At this time, ran min and Huan Wen rode in parallel. They just nodded before and quickly approached after having a common desire.

"Shi Hu mobilized the young people of the Jie nationality and the young people of all nationalities to go to war. Yecheng and Xiangguo must be an unprecedented emptiness at present." Zhu Longma under ran min's ass is definitely more majestic than Huanwen's West extreme horse, which makes him a lot higher than Huanwen when riding on horseback. He said from the top to the bottom: "there are hundreds of thousands of forced coolies in Yecheng, which has long been oppressed. When Shi Hu is the leader, our army can easily get the response of hundreds of thousands of coolies."

Huanwen didn't know the state of Zhao in Shijie as well as ran min. at the beginning, ran min was explaining the situation in detail. He really hoped that Liu Yan could take an adventure. He thought it was a great opportunity to take the unexpected and the possibility of success was not low. He knew how risky it was and how much credit it would be. His eyes were fixed on the candidates for military unification.

"In the pre-Qin period, Zhang Han took a group of prisoners as his soldiers and was invincible. It was only when he met the overlord that he broke his halberd and sank into the sand." Huan Wen pondered, "there is no such person as a overlord in the state of Zhao on Shijie."

Now there is one who is called the overlord. That person is ran min, who is riding a horse with Huan Wen. Ran min belongs to the Han side. Huan Wen said that there was some flattering meaning.

"Isn't that why our army can take those coolies for its own use as soon as it arrives?" Ran min looked at the location of Wang Nian and said, "the king intends to send troops to Yecheng and Xiang. He must have a similar idea."

There were not only Liu Yan on the king chariot, but also Ji Chang, sang Yu, LV Yi, Cai you and so on. They watched from a distance and talked warmly.

Huan Wen also looked at Wang Nian and asked in a speculative tone, "prime minister Zuo is not a cautious person. He has a great influence on the king. If he can get the support of prime minister Zuo, things would be easier."

This time Huan Wen's expectation was to fail. The king chariot had talked about whether it was necessary to take risks.

"Attacking Yecheng or Xiangguo can force Shi Hu to deal with it, but no one can guarantee whether Shi Hu will directly withdraw once the fortification attack and defense war evolves into a mobile war." Ji Chang repeatedly considered what he wanted to say: "the national strength of the Han Dynasty is better than Shijie. Fighting a stalemate war and a war of attrition is beneficial to the Han Dynasty. Why give up the advantage and change the situation?"

Liu Yan has said that his idea is to lay the expectation of recovering the Central Plains within one year. His statement was approved, but opposition began to appear to whether he should take risks.

"Most of the young and strong of the Jie nationality are concentrated in the white horse, which is what the big man has been looking forward to." Cai you is also considering it. He said: "our army is not short of food and equipment. Our experience in offensive and defensive warfare is better than that of Zhao Jun. Hu people are good at field warfare, especially riding warfare."

Can Liu yanneng say that he is already thinking about gradually changing the forbidden guards into cavalry? The 40000 cavalry of the forbidden guards cooperated with the 70000 cavalry of the field troops. The Han army was not afraid to fight with the Hu cavalry.

"Our army's armour and equipment are also better than Zhao Jun in an all-round way." Sang Yu said with a smile, "it's rare that Shi Hu is willing to concentrate the main force of Jie people in one place. It's not good for them to run away."

The three core civil servants expressed the same opinion and all believed that the current situation was very good and should not be changed easily. This time, Liu Yan had to be careful.

Ran min and Huan Wen were close to the king's chariot. After they asked, they went to the king's chariot, bowed their knees and knelt down after a salute.

"My Lord." Ran min didn't know what had happened on the chariot just now. He would talk to Huan Wen about the conversations, mainly about the response of hundreds of thousands of people when the Han army arrived in Yecheng, Finally, he said: "once Yecheng and Xiangguo are conquered, the core of Shijie will be mastered by the Han Dynasty. At that time, all ethnic groups in all countries must know which is stronger or weaker between the Han Dynasty and Shijie, which will inevitably disintegrate the vertical and horizontal cooperation of all countries, and can better break each other."

Huan Wen told ran Min that as the Han Army became advantageous in various battlefields, it was really a little similar in terms of the continuous alliance between the state of Zhao in Shijie and other countries.

"Considering that the majority of Hu people are cavalry, and there is a great trend from positional warfare to mobile warfare, min carefully studied the terrain and the distribution of the two armies." When talking about the military, ran min was very confident: "there are most mountains over dunqiu, which is not easy to enter because of the characteristics of Hu cavalry. Ji county and Wei county are relatively flat, but the water systems in the two counties are densely distributed. As long as the spine is controlled by our army, the fleet can enter those water systems."

The Yellow River has many tributaries. Qingshui and Qishui on the other side of Jijun County, Baigou across dunqiu County, Yangping county and Wei county are also one of the tributaries of the Yellow River. In addition, Baigou also has many tributaries, and many water systems actually intersect with each other.

Liu Yanqi looked at ran min strangely. As far as he knows, ran min doesn't understand water warfare at all. So what about the water system is what Huan Wen mentioned to ran min?

Seeing Liu Yan's eyes, Huan Wen immediately smiled and said, "Baigou is also connected to Huangchi. There is a large lake covering a wide area, which can be used as the base of our warship team, and then fully control the relevant water systems. Once the water systems are mastered by our army and the fighting season is in the autumn when the water potential is high, the strong mobility of Hu cavalry will be intercepted by us."

Ji Chang and sang Yu looked at each other. They could see the intentions of Ran min and Huan Wen. They had some unusual interests in entering Yecheng or Xiangguo, and even communicated how to carry out strategic layout.

The system of the Han state decided that Prime Minister Zuo had the right to involve the military without a major general, but he just had the right to make suggestions, and had no arbitrary right. Then again, no matter who has what rights, Liu Yan is the one who finally took the case.

"Clear water can be used as the first stop line. If it can't be stopped, there is Qi water." Huan Wen continued with a thoughtful look: "Baigou and its related tributaries are backup interceptors. Our army does not lack inland water troops. With a large number of piles, we can build a water interceptor that is difficult to cross. In this way, when the enemy moves, our army can find more opportunities and seek more fighters. In addition, frequent mobilization will lead to confusion for the enemy with weak organization. It is not just biting one thing in the East and biting one thing in the West Mouth, with the smallest loss and the greatest chance of success? "