Chapter 826: Preliminary Preparations

At the end of the month, the New Year of the seventh year of the summer calendar, Tian Xin inspected the Weishuikou Water Village.

At this time, the solar term has passed the great cold, and it is also the first month of the seventh year of the summer calendar.

As for the Yellow River...... There is also an ice layer in the gentle flow on both banks, and there is no freezing in the middle of the river.

After the wax moon ushers in the first month of the old calendar, the weather gradually warms up...... The likelihood of freezing in the Yellow River will be even lower.

Unless the climate is extremely cold in winter, the Yellow River can be completely frozen by some auxiliary means.

After coming to this conclusion, Tian Xin and the front-line commanders Luo Qiong and Xie Jing discussed further military activities after the weather warmed up.

The Xia principality founded by Cao Pi had been extinguished by the Hebei Wei army, and it had lost an internal response, and it had also broken a stable route for the Hebei Wei army to surrender.

The western counties of Hanoi County on the other side of Hongnong County have been reduced to no man's land, which is suitable for crossing the river and establishing a military base after the beginning of spring; The military strength around Luoyang downstream is insufficient, but when the imperial court returns to the capital, there will be rich troops here in the capital.

The Han army had a plan to cross the river from Luoyang and march to Hebei along the Taihang Mountains after the Han army recovered.

This is a set of mature plans, but the main generals who lead the troops will be transferred from the Song Gong and Wei Gong to others; Coupled with the elite cavalry of the northern prefecture, the foot riding advances are enough to directly destroy Hebei from the Luoyang side.

Such a large-scale mobilization of the infantry and cavalry coalition forces depends only on next year's food ...... Obviously not enough.

Around the sand table, Tian Xin's baton in his hand repeatedly tapped the Yedu area: "This is the battle for the survival of Cao Rong, and it will be strong and clear." There can be no expectation that they will be fed by the enemy, and the safety of the 100,000-strong army cannot be pinned on the enemy's food. This is similar to that year, when I was worried that Sun Quan would burn the treasury in Qingye, otherwise our army would have taken advantage of the situation and attacked directly to Jiangdong. ”

When Sun Quan's betrayal of the alliance attacked, and after the Jingzhou army won a complete victory, the middle and lower-level military officials generally wanted to smash Sanwu and avenge this arrow.

The Jingzhou army was short of food, and Jiangdong was rich in grain...... After repeated measurements, he chose to accept Sun Quan's temporary truce and draw grain in a more stable way.

Luo Qiong and Xie Jing were in a stable mood, and they were ...... about delaying the counterattack of Luoyang and the Central Plains Very satisfied.

Now the main force of the Wei army, four-fifths of the army, is concentrated in Hedong; At least a quarter of the young adults between the ages of 17 and 40 in China are concentrated in Hedong.

As long as this part of the manpower is eaten in one bite, the Wei State will definitely perish.

The mobilization system of the Wei army...... Obviously, it cannot be compared with the Zhao State in the Battle of Changping; Zhao and Qin were both great powers at that time, typical militarists, and they were both regional hegemons who could mobilize to the limit.

Now I am worried that after the civil war mood of the main force of the Han army dissipates, the news of the re-establishment of the government soldiers and the Han army will shock the Wei army.

Causing Cao Rong and Wei officials to panic will fuel their motivation to flee.

With the level of organization of the Wei State, and the state of hasty escape, if the army and civilians were forced to migrate to Sima Yi...... It was destined to be a migration route full of starvation.

Tian Xin made a promise, and the baton drew a circle in the Yedu area: "The army of Luoyang and the Central Plains will delay until the beginning of next summer; In order to appease the armies of the Central Plains, the army of Guanlong will also postpone the launch of a general offensive until next year. Therefore, this year is intended to contain and make it difficult for the main force of the Wei army to go. I will also inform the prime minister, so that the DPRK and China will send envoys to deal with Cao Rong and hang his appetite. ”

"And now, after the beginning of spring, there will always be torrents in Jingshui and Weishui, and Weishuikou Shuizhai should migrate as soon as possible to avoid spring floods. Other than that, what questions do you two have? ”

The reason why it was necessary to eat the Wei army in Hedong and give the Wei army the opportunity to run Hedong...... It was to enrich Hedong and draw population from all over Hebei by borrowing the hands of Wei.

After all, Hedong and Hebei are the hinterland of Wei, and after more than ten years of recuperation, the basic grassroots order still exists, and there will be no mistakes in the movement of a small range of people.

If Wei Guoxiang went to Sima Yi with a large number of people...... There will be a lot of starvation, sickness, and resistance along the way, and it will be very depleted. 139

Luo Qiong and Xie Jing glanced at each other, each flipped through the folder in front of them, and Luo Qiong said first: "Since General Luo supervised the Mengjin Water Division, Guan Long's Water Division has been incompetent. The last general implored the public to send a good general to supervise the water war. ”

During the confrontation with the Hedong Wei army here, the main soldiers of the government will be replaced by Luo Qiong and Xie Jing; At the same time, he is also in charge of the water master, which seems to be a little inadequate.

In terms of the actual strength of the front, the government soldiers were only one-tenth of the Wei army in Hedong; Considering the respective crossing, troop transport and delivery capabilities of the two sides, there is no need to worry too much about this issue.

In the same way, the nearly 200,000 troops assembled by the Wei army in Hedong could not be placed on the front line, and about 350,000 early warning troops would be left on the front line, and the remaining troops would be scattered everywhere and garrisoned as one, striving for self-sufficiency.

Let the Hedong Wei army self-sufficiency and resume production...... That's the purpose.

Tian Xin thought about this question and said, "Xu Hou knows the tactics of the sailor, so I will send him to control the sailor." ”

Xu Zuo and Zhang Wen were in a semi-idle state after they came to Guanzhong together, he was not good at handling normal government affairs, and lacked the patience to judge cases and govern the people.

Luo Qiong is familiar with Xu Zuo, and Xie Jing is even more familiar with Xu Zuo, and if they can cooperate with each other, this matter will be solved.

Xie Jing looked down at his folder, and at the same time took up a pen to record Xu Zuo's possible job transfer, and said, "Publicly, the last general has two doubts. The first is that there should be a secret report from Tancai and Wei people, saying that Sima Zhongda and the Liaodong Gongsun clan jointly sent troops, and the Liaodong County Shougong Sun Gong and Sima Zhongda's eldest son Sima Ziyuan led more than 10,000 elite cavalry, and they had arrived in Ye to wait for Cao Rong's dispatch. ”

After a little hesitation, he still looked up at Tian Xin: "The second doubt of the last general lies in Shangjun. Previously, Zhao Gong supervised the troops to the county, and now Zhao Gong has no generals to supervise the troops in the county after receiving the surrender of the capital, and the last general is worried about this matter, and he is afraid that the flank will change. ”

At present, according to the qualifications and internal situation, the five lieutenant generals of Beifu who can replace Ma Chao are Ma Dai, Du Yi, Erxiu, Meng Xing, and Shen Yi.

But for such an important side battlefield, there is still no main general selected...... It shows that the person who was promoted quickly is very likely to succeed Ma Chao and become the main general in Shangjun and Xihe.

Jiang Wei has no experience of winning a battle on the scale of 100,000 people, let alone the experience of serving as a counselor in a large-scale battle.

With his resume, compared to the first vote of lieutenant general and major general in Beifu, it is really pale and terrifying.

The first emperor was able to promote his own father-in-law to the army, and Gaozu was able to worship Han Xin as a general...... This kind of thing is complicated to say, and it is easy to say simple.

It can be simply one sentence: know people and make good use of them.

And since Jiang Wei entered Beifu, he has not made any mistakes; If Jiang Wei is appointed to replace Ma Chao, he will be responsible for the flank battlefield...... It's not impossible.

Tian Xin raised his hand and touched his chin to think about this matter, Jiang Wei is the chief general of the Han Dynasty for a period of time in the future; It was necessary to further enhance Jiang Wei's military status in order to be responsible for affairs, that is, to accumulate experience in commanding large armies, and also to accumulate prestige, so as to facilitate the command of Han troops in the future and deal a fatal blow to the Wei army.

Now Xie Jing is worried that the vacancy of his post will lead to personnel competition and slackening in defense.

This problem is easy to solve, and directly issue the relevant order, let Jiang Wei return early, and go to Shangjun to command the troops.

As for the military situation of the combined cavalry troops of the Sima clan and the Gongsun clan arriving in the area of Yedu, this is indeed true.

It seems to be a sign that Youyun Liuzhen, Liaodong, and Korea will also send troops to join this military confrontation that will determine the survival of Wei.

But this ...... It's not quite like Sima Yi's style.

What's more, the Gongsun family has a lot of internal problems and is very weak.

Sima Yi has no reason to let go of the Gongsun clan, isn't this guy eager to kill the demons, that opportunity to prolong life and faintly live forever?