Chapter 1182: Seize the boat to cross the Yellow River

You must know that in this era of war and chaos, many people can not even eat a meal, and live a life of eating the last meal but not the next meal every day.

Qin Hao provided free meals to the people of the two counties, which was already quite a luxury for the vast majority of the people in the two counties, so the people naturally did not have any dissatisfaction.

The Qin army provided disaster relief by daily supply and soup kitchen, which could also save food to the greatest extent, and then put it into the next war, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"But my lord, although our army has taken away the grain and grass in Yi 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 millions of people in the two counties every day, I'm afraid our army's grain storage in Sizhou won't last so long." ”

"Three or four months? Where is it necessary to wait so long, this duke will completely defeat the alliance of the southern princes this month. ”

Qin Hao's confident look flashed on his face, and he said with a light smile: "As long as you defeat the coalition army of the southern princes, you will not only be able to unify the two states, but also recapture the rations of the people of the two counties, and then you will naturally have enough grain and grass to support the autumn harvest." ”

Qin Hao's implication was that even if the grain and grass were taken back from the Southern Coalition Army, it would not be returned to the people of the two counties, but would still be supplied with two meals a day.

After the autumn harvest was held, the people harvested and had grain, so naturally there was no need for the Qin army to provide it, and the remaining grain in the capture was naturally all owned by the Qin army.

"As for the disaster relief, let Luoyang's Fusu be fully responsible, and order Han Fei to fully support Fusu, and all expenses will be allocated from Luoyang."

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

"It is imperative that we cross the battle into the south as soon as possible, and that any other affairs must make way for the war.

In this way, Di Renjie was appointed as the Taishou of Luoyang, Fu Nian was appointed as the county Cheng, Qin Yi was appointed as the commander, Bao Zheng was appointed as the Taishou of Hedong, Dong He was appointed as the commander of the county, and Qin Huaiyu was appointed as the commander of the people, Su Wu was appointed as the Taishou of Hanoi, Xiang Lang was appointed as the commander of the county, Qin Ming was appointed as the commander of the county, and Li Dongyang was appointed as the commander of Hongnong, and Li Dongyang was appointed as the commander ......of Hongnong.

Qin Hao canonized 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 are more than 90 points, and the talents with these political attributes go down to the locality, which is enough to ensure that the four counties of Sizhou recover in the shortest possible time.

In addition, Qin Hao arranged all the candidates for the lieutenants of these four counties, that is, to ensure the concentration of military power, after all, the war is still not over.

Of course, this canonization is only temporary, and I am afraid that it will be adjusted after the war.

"In the future, there will be no more fighting in Sizhou, and it is enough to leave 5,000 defenders in each of Hanoi and Hedong counties, and send back 5,000 troops to Luoyang to defend, and the rest of the armies will all go to Mengjin Pass to converge and prepare to cross the river."

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

Even if 5,000 defenders were left in Hedong and Hanoi, and 5,000 troops were sent back to Luoyang, the Qin army would still have 130,000 troops at its disposal, and it would obviously not be easy for the 130,000 army to cross the Yellow River.

"Order Su Lie, Xue Rengui and Huo Bing to quickly collect ships, and our army must cross the Yellow River as soon as possible to kill and return to Bingzhou."

Not long after Qin Hao's order was issued, a bad news came.

"Lord Qiqi, when Wang Mang left, he took away most of the boats on the south bank of the Yellow River, and although the three generals collected all their efforts along the Yellow River, the ships they collected were still far from enough."

After getting the news, Qin Hao's brows couldn't help frowning, and after pondering for a long time, he pondered: "Let them go to farther places and search as far away, and try to attract as many ferries as possible." ”

After saying that, Qin Hao couldn't help sighing: "It seems that the Yellow River Water Army must be formed after the war." ”

At present, except for some princes in the Yangtze River and Huai River valleys, no other princes attach importance to the development of the navy, Qin Hao and Wang Mang are naturally the same, and if there is a navy to participate in the war, the next battle may be more complicated.

At present, except for the princes in the Yangtze River and Huai River basins who will develop water armies, the princes in the Yellow River basin basically will not develop water armies.

Since ancient times, there is a reason why the south ships and the north horses.

The sediment content of the Yellow River is too high, the draft is shallow, it has even been cut off in history, and it freezes as soon as winter or December, so it is difficult to form a large fleet and set up fortifications.

The Yangtze River and the Huai River are different, from the middle reaches downward, the water surface is wide, the water is deep, and there are many undercurrents, so the two sides of the Yangtze River can build a large water village in ancient times, can afford to raise large fleet ships, and in modern times it is also suitable for erecting forts.

Although the Yellow River basin is not suitable for the formation of large-scale fleets, it is still very useful for small-scale fleets.

If Wang Mang had a sufficiently elite navy, he could have extended a section of the Yellow River to conduct inspections, and if he found that the Qin army had crossed the river, he would immediately come to stop it.

Of course, it is very simple for the Qin army to avoid inspections, after all, the Yellow River can be logged in for thousands of miles, and it is impossible for the southern coalition army to conduct inspections everywhere.

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

After learning about this, Qin Hao couldn't help but be a little anxious, there are millions of people in Hedong in Hanoi, and the daily consumption is huge, and the 130,000 Qin army can't waste time in Mengjin.

"Strategist, what should I do now?"

Qin Hao asked Liu Bowen for advice, and after Liu Bowen pondered for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Lord, for today's plan, there is only ...... left."

"Report ...... The lord of Qi, General Huo Bing led the army to kill the Yellow River at night. ”

Although the boats collected by the Qin army were not enough to send 130,000 people across the river, it was still possible to send 10,000 people who were sick to Huo Go.

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

Liu Bowen's eyes flashed, and then he smiled and said: "Congratulations to my lord, our army has another wise general, maybe General Huo Bing will be able to bring back enough ships tomorrow." ”

In the early morning of the next day, as Liu Bowen expected, the army under Huo Quai's command crossed south from the north bank of the Yellow River to Mengjin with five or six hundred ships, large and small.

It turned out that when Huo Qubing was collecting warships, he guessed that it was impossible for the Qin army to gather enough ships for ferries, but they could snatch them back from Wang Mang on the north shore.

Huo Quzhi thought that Wang Mang would not expect it, and he dared to lead the lone army to sneak into the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, and this was just enough to catch the Southern Coalition Army by surprise.

So the cavalry under the command of Huo Qubing crossed the Yellow River in four waves, and then took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on the enemy water village on the bank.

After the Southern Coalition Army crossed the Yellow River, Wang Mang did not think that Qin Hao could be blocked by the Yellow River, so he did not arrange heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River.

With more than 600 ships captured, plus more than 100 ships collected by the Qin army, a total of more than 700 ships, it was enough for the Qin army to cross the Yellow River.

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