Zhao Yu's reward for the army this time is not small, even if it is evenly distributed to each officer and soldier participating in the battle, there are fifty times, and those who have made great contributions not only have knighthoods, but also the bounty they get is enough to make a poor family become a rich family. The reason why he is like this, of course, is not only to inspire the soldiers to fight bravely, but also to win the hearts of the people.

Although Zhao Yu first came to this world and had the name of a prince, his mother's status in the inner court was low, and it could be said that he had no foundation, and he would be abandoned as a victim of political struggle at any time. And in the troubled times, the country was lost, the emperor was taken captive, and he was not much different from a stray dog who lost his protection. And he survived in a dangerous situation, and the method he used was to 'scatter wealth', and if he had money in his hands, he would share it with the army, which could increase cohesion, and on the other hand, he would not be coveted by someone and lose his life.

Then, as his foundation gradually became stronger, he did not change this tradition, and distributed the wealth he had worked so hard to collect among the people, improving their lives and improving their treatment. And continue to expand the scope of benevolence, often reduce or reduce the people's taxes, and clean up excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. There is a style of chivalry in ancient times, who squandered money and regarded money as dung, and took care of the people around him in every way, sealing his wife and children, and paving the way for them. At the beginning, what he did can be said to be done out of the instinct of survival, in order to find the support of some people and accommodate himself in the troubled times. Later, he still insisted on the original intention, but the purpose was not so simple and more utilitarian.

But the reason why this is the case is actually that I have read too many books and my thoughts have become complicated. Zhao Yu was taught by Ying Jieyan and others, they are all Confucian scholars, proficient in historical books, although he did not learn all the essence, but he also learned some fur. To the surprise of Confucianism, Zhao Hao, as a person who has received modern education, has his own understanding and perspective of historical figures and events, which has given birth to different ideas.

Everyone knows that when the Han Dynasty was established, there were two influential figures, one was Liu Bang, the ancestor who established the Han Dynasty, who was from a humble background, full of hooligan habits, and his appearance was not so handsome that he was miserable, and he only had a golden single "Song of the Great Wind" circulating; The other is known as "the unparalleled warrior of the country", "the merit is unique, slightly unborn" genius Han Xin, he and Zhang Liang sorted out the book of war, the order of the art of war, and the author of "Han Xin" three articles on the art of war.

Whether it is in terms of appearance, talent and strategy, Liu Bang and Han Xin are not on the same level, but the result is that Liu Bang ascended the throne, but Han Xin rebelled and became a ghost. There are many theories about Liu Bang's success, but Zhao Yu thinks that he can have the last laugh because the biggest difference between him and Han Xin is that he is a superstar with both strength and traffic, and he has countless fans wherever he goes. Even Ding Gong, who was under Xiang Yu, was worried that if he captured him, he would be ridiculed by the world. Zhao Yu analyzed and summarized that Liu Bang won countless fans with these three tricks:

First of all, Liu Bang took the Ranger traffic route. When the rangers first have to be covered, they can have a meal when the little brothers are hungry, and they can settle down when the fans are in trouble. The opposite example of this is Han Xin, and Liu Bang is a model of a ranger boss. Liu Bang has no mine at home, and his eldest brother and father have to work hard in the field, but Liu Bang is willing to go bankrupt to entertain his younger brother. Anyone can burn money, but the burning effect is not easy, and the bigwigs need to be able to recognize people and buy people's hearts at the smallest cost.

Chai Jin in the story of "Water Margin" is a typical person who is stupid and has a lot of money, he took in Wu Song, but he disdained Wu Song; On the contrary, it was Song Jiang who ate Chai Jin and spent Chai Jin on Chai Jin Manor, which made Wu Song on Chai Jin Zhuang happy and convinced. The advantage of Liu Bang's burning money is that he became a pavilion chief, responsible for grassroots security, and had a good relationship with all levels of Pei County. If we open the list of the founding heroes of the Western Han Dynasty, we will find that the cadres of Pei County at the end of Qin have Liu Bang's old iron from top to bottom. Pei County's chief official Peng Xiao He, prison Peng Cao Shenpei County and others all have a very strong relationship with Liu Bang. There are very few things that Liu Bang can't do in Pei County, because Liu Bang can cover it, he became the leader of the rangers in the Fengpei area.

Of course, when the national traffic superstar has to burn a lot of money, and the place with the most money and grain at that time was the top ten grain depots left by Qin Shi Huang, and in the troubled times, grain was a hard currency that was stronger than housing prices. The top ten grain depots are Xingyang Warehouse, Bashang Warehouse, Liyang Warehouse, Chenliu Warehouse, Wancheng Warehouse, Xianyang Warehouse, Huangcang, Langya Warehouse and Juancang in Qidi and Chengdu Warehouse in Sichuan.

In March of the third year of Qin II, Liu Bang seized Chen Liucang with the help of Li Shiqi. Two months later, Liu Bang took Wanchengcang again with Zhang Liang's encouragement. After Liu Bang marched into Guanzhong, he won the three major warehouses of Bashang, Liyang, and Xianyang, and the five super granaries made Liu Bang's men and horses rise from more than 10,000 to 100,000. After the Chu-Han rivalry began, Chengdu Cang in Sichuan and Ao Cang in Xingyang also became Liu Bang's "capital pool" for burning money. As a result, Liu Bang mastered seven of the top ten granaries, and had enough capital to attract fans for himself.

The third characteristic of Liu Bang's fans is that he is generous. Hou Wan, the hero who worked hard for Liu Bang, took away more than 200,000 households from Liu Bang in taxes, of course, much inferior to the current Kublai Khan, but he was very generous compared to the previous generation, the total population of the country was less than 3 million households in the sixth year of Gaozu, and 900,000 households were directly in charge of Liu Bang, but he rewarded a quarter of his "net worth".

For ordinary soldiers, Liu Bang was not stingy with rewards, and those soldiers with military merits and titles were given privileges such as land and tax exemptions, and they were middle-class when they returned to their hometowns. Liu Bang was very generous when he had money and grain in his hands, and when he was stationed in Bashang, the Guanzhong father gave him wine and meat, and he said that he had Bashang in his hand and did not worry about eating and drinking, which won him the reputation of "elder".

Therefore, Zhao Yu felt that although Liu Bang loved to scold people and had a low background, he was willing to treat each other with gifts (gifts) and was generous to talents and people, so he soon had millions of fans who never gave up. He feels that he is still far behind him in this regard, of course, there are many reasons for this, but there is still potential to explore. With the beginning of the counteroffensive, the resistance encountered will also be greater, which requires more incentives, and the property is the most direct and realistic......

In the early morning of the next day, the armies moved forward to attack the city according to the order, and Zhao Yu also moved to Beacon Mountain in Jiacheng to watch the battle. Yangzhou City is surrounded by water on three sides, only the north gate faces the city, no need to erect bridges to attack the city directly, so the north gate is the main direction of attack, and the other three gates also arrange troops and build fortifications to prevent the enemy from breaking through. The main attack was the first army and one division, and because of their poor performance in the previous battle of Guazhou Town, the two commanders were dismissed and regarded as a shame by the whole army.

In the era of cold weapons, there are not many ways to take the city wall in the face of the towering city wall, generally there are only three options, nothing more than digging tunnels, and then trying to find a way to use ladders, siege vehicles, building vehicles and other equipment to surpass the city wall more than ten meters high, otherwise you have to destroy the city wall face to face. Clearly, digging tunnels is the most powerful way to reduce casualties.

In addition to digging tunnels to enable troops to break into the city defense system, they can also be dug under the foundation of the city wall, first supporting the excavated part with wooden planks, and then setting fire to the supports, as soon as the foundation is loosened, the city wall will collapse, and the siege troops can swarm up and rush into the gap to expand the results. However, there are many rivers and rivers around Yangzhou City, the groundwater level is high, and you can see the water by digging two feet into the ground, and it is not realistic to dig tunnels.

Of course, the Song army was equipped with artillery, and bombarding the city walls with artillery was also an option. But Zhao Yu knew that Yangzhou City was covered with bricks, and in this era without cement, glutinous rice juice and egg white were used as binders to build the city, and its firmness was not inferior to the current cement. In addition, the artillery brigade that participated in the war has returned to help, and the artillery regiment is not equipped with heavy artillery, and it cannot be done in a short time if it wants to destroy the city with artillery, so the method chosen by the Song army is to directly dig the city foundation, and then break the city by blasting.

In order to reduce casualties during the siege, it was necessary to carry out artillery bombardment in advance to reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness. At the sound of the order, the rocket artillery and the artillery arranged on the batteries began to fire, in addition to suppressing the defenders at the head of the city, and killing and wounding the enemy troops in the camp inside the city. After the shelling began, more than a dozen head cars were pushed out of the formation with a 'boom' and approached the city.

The first car is a special vehicle developed in the Song Dynasty for the excavation of tunnels, the structure is very complex, and it is divided into three parts: "screen plate", "head car" and "Xu shed". The bottom of the car is empty, so the occupants can push the cart forward, and the screen plate is at the front of the train, and the front and sides of the car are guarded, which is equivalent to the exit of the whole group of head cars. In the case of enemy concerns, the screen plate and the head car are close to each other, providing good protection for the siege troops. When the tunnel is almost dug, the siege troops will assemble in the car, and after the tunnel is dug through, quickly push the screen sign away, and the troops can rush out of the car to attack.

As for the lead car in the middle section, the body is generally nine feet long, seven feet wide, seven feet high in the front, and eight feet high in the rear. The roof of the car is also equipped with a one- or two-foot-wide entrance, which can not only be used for entry and exit, but also as a firing port for the siege troops to return fire. In addition, when digging tunnels, the head car is stationary, so it is easy to be attacked by enemy artillery stones or incendiary weapons. That's why the roof defense is particularly robust. A layer of leather is added to the wooden spire cover, then covered with a piece of straw more than a foot thick, and finally the leather fence is covered. The fire can also be quickly extinguished by using the entrance and exit of the roof of the car, using the mud bucket, hemp and muddy dehydration bags prepared in advance.

As for the start of the excavation operation, as the excavation progresses, the head car will continue to advance, so the shed of the last section of the car will also be lengthened. The excavated soil can also be brought out by a winch attached to the rear of the car and moved to fill the trench. The crew of a group of head cars was about 30 people, and it was a detachment of the Song army, and the simultaneous use of more than a dozen head cars was equivalent to the full dispatch of an engineering battalion......