Why do you want to go north?

Faced with the question of the prince, Song Zhenzong scratched his scalp in embarrassment, but his fingers scratched on the iron helmet. Thinking of the sentence on the bamboo stick in the ancient Buddhist temple, Song Zhenzong plucked up the courage to tell the truth:

"Son, the soldiers said...... In fact, I can't complain about the soldiers, and the last general has long been clear...... The last general is the Qin people, how can it not be clear that they have come all the way......

It's not that the soldiers want to go north, but they have to go north!

Bashan looks tall, but in fact he is not tall...... Qinling, that's called high! The snow on Taibai Mountain does not melt all year round......

Because Bashan is big but not high, long but not dangerous, there are loopholes everywhere in the Bashan defense line!

The soldiers said that the Bashan defense line was more than 1,000 miles, and the local rioters drilled around in the ravines, scurrying everywhere, and they could not prevent the passes......

What should I do if I can't prevent it? We had no choice but to use the method of increasing the number of troops and thickening the depth...... But this time, the more troops there are, the fewer the people, and the more difficult it is to get food......

According to you, this is called a vicious circle.

How good it is to occupy Hanzhong Mansion! There are beautiful mountains and rivers, and the fields are fertile. The words spoken by the people are all Sichuan sounds, and the food they eat is all rice......"

Perhaps because of his lack of mental preparation, Song Zhenzong began to stutter, and then it became smooth.

But this is in line with Zhu Pingjin's meaning.

What Zhu Pingjin was most worried about was that the general in charge of the army under his command got together with others and formed a small circle to stand on his own. Song Zhenzong's performance, at least shows that he did not conspire with others on this matter, which is his true thoughts.

Song Zhenzong's statement that the Bashan Road is difficult to defend is indeed true.

Daba Mountain is more than 1,000 miles from west to east, the ditch is deep and the forest is dense, the terrain is complex, but the average altitude is only 1,000 to 2,000 meters, and the relative height is only a few hundred meters to more than 1,000 meters.

The three roads into Shu: Jinniu Road, Micang Road, and Lychee Road (Note 1) are only three of the many Bashan trails. If you want to hold the long Bashan defense line, you will inevitably divide your troops everywhere and be weak everywhere.

Seeing that the prince nodded slightly, Song Zhenzong spoke more and more fluently:

"Food is even more important! Shizi, you think, the army is stationed in the depths of Bashan, but the grain is produced in the hinterland of Shuzhong. Most of the food and salaries needed by the army had to be delivered along the Jialing River, Qujiang River, Ba River and other rivers against the current, not to mention the cost of people and effort, and the consumption along the way alone was a large amount of expenditure......

Song Zhenzong's statement that the garrison was unable to raise food and salary is also true.

Since the battle line advanced from the Guang'an line to the Bashan Riding Line Ridge, the transportation volume of the Qiu family's merchant fleet had increased by four to five times, and the expenditure of ships and slender men had become overwhelming.

There is often a long mountain road to go from the grain unloading dock to the army station.

In order to ensure that the soldiers in front of them had food, Long Wenguang and Liu Zhenfan organized a food carrying team composed of more than 2,000 displaced people.

Although Long Wenguang, an old literati, poetically gave this food team a resounding name, called "Bashan Iron Shoulder Team". But the Iron Shoulders are still flesh and blood after all, and they also have to eat. A stone of grain was transported to the outpost in the deep mountains, and how much was left can be imagined.

Seeing the frequent nodding of the prince, Song Zhenzong, a general of the Protector Army who was born in his own army, gradually regained his self-confidence, and his voice became louder and louder:

“…… You must know that most of the Qin thieves entered Sichuan from the north. The only way to hold the northern defense line is to rely on the Qinling Mountains!

Since ancient times, the danger of Shu Road is not in Shu in Shaanxi (Note 2)!

The Qinling Mountains are good, from west to east, there are only six dangerous roads to cross the Qinling Mountains: Chencang Road, Fu Luo Road, Bao Slope Road, Meridian Road, Kugu Road and Wuguan Road (Note 3).

The first four roads lead to Hanzhong Province. Fu Luo Road has long been abandoned, and no one dares to go; The ramp is burning, and you can't walk if you want to; The Meridian Dao is dangerous, and Gao Yingxiang is the place where he was killed. Stuck at noon, even if there are ten thousand armies, they can't steal it, and the last general doesn't believe that the thieves have the courage to go again. Now only Chen Cang's old road is still unimpeded.

As for the latter two roads, Kugu Road leads to Xing'an Prefecture and connects to Lychee Road; Wuguan Road leads directly to Henan.

Therefore, once Hanzhong is captured, there are only two roads left for us to defend: Chencang Road in the west and Kugu Road in the east.

The last general dared to make a military order with the prince: if the prince gave the last general 20,000 elite soldiers, half of each cavalry, and enough artillery and food, even if the thieves drove millions of people to come, the last general could hold Hanzhong for a year! ”

The ratio of troops to 50 is still to be held for a year, could it be that Song Zhenzong is Sun Wu alive and Bai Qi is reborn?

Oh?

Zhu Pingjin deliberately lengthened his voice to express his disbelief.

"Son of the world, if the thief fights too much, it will be self-defeating!"

Song Zhenzong did not hesitate and replied categorically.

"Infantry artillery is on guard. In the end, the elite will guard Yangping Pass in the west and control Chencang Road and the Jialing River waterway; It guarded Xunyang County (now Xunyang County) in the east and controlled the Kugu Road.

The rest of the infantry artillery formed and trained the village soldiers,

They were stationed in Hanzhong, Chuxian, Ningqiang, Yangxian, Xing'an, and Shiquan Zhucheng, and held out to wait for reinforcements to arrive from Shu.

The cavalry attacked sharply, stationed in Hanzhong, and responded to the east and west......

When the thieves come from afar, they will run out of food on the way. As long as the last general clears the wall and defends without fighting, the thieves will fail to grab food, and they will inevitably collapse.

The son, Chongzhen's seven-year thief entered Hanzhong from Yunyang. Chen Qiyu mobilized the armies of the five provinces to encircle them on all sides. The thieves seized the road and fled, and the Yidaocui of Baocheng Zhixian County burned the Baoxian plank road, trapping the thieves in Yangxian County (Note 4). The thieves had no food or clothing, and they had not eaten for four or five days, and they were about to starve to death. I hate Chen Qiyu's stupid kid for going to recruit thieves......"

Solid wall clearing?

Farmers will not destroy their families for the sake of the great cause of the nobles of heaven!

Song Zhenzong's strong walls and clear wilderness, to put it bluntly, turned the entire Hanzhong Basin into a no-man's land like Bashan!

"General Song has read a lot of books recently and used a lot of brains, which is really gratifying!" Song Zhenzong's high-minded talk was coldly interrupted by Zhu Pingjin.

The corners of Zhu Pingjian's mouth showed a hint of mockery: "But Hanzhong is the king of Rui, what does the gain and loss of Hanzhong have to do with this son?" Could it be that General Song wants to work for King Rui? ”

"Shizi, the last will be the Shizi's own soldiers, how can he serve King Rui! The meaning of the last general is just to explain the ...... between Hanzhong and Shu"

Song Zhenzong was anxious to distinguish the white, but he forgot the words in a hurry. Fortunately, Zheng Anmin came forward in time and relieved him:

"Shizi, southern Shaanxi and Shu are dependent on each other, and if the lips die, the teeth are cold!

The minister thought that southern Shaanxi was the land that the Shu royal palace must take. As for when to seize it, the ministers naturally obeyed the orders of the prince. However, the minister thinks that it is better to be sooner rather than later!

Chen has been an official in Qin for a long time, and he knows a little about southern Shaanxi:

The essence of southern Shaanxi is all in Hanzhong; The essence of Hanzhong is all in the small plains of Hanzhong.

This plain is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, sandwiched by the Han River, and stands on the high mountains outside, such as the Pingguer in the gorge. The mountain streams flow from the north to the south, nourishing the fields on both sides of the Han River, which is why rice is abundant rather than wheat. With this treasure land, you can reclaim it with a large army. In the future, the grain of Hanzhong will be indispensable......"

Zhu Pingjin is not easy to fool, he is used to talking with numbers.

"What is the geometry of the land in Hanzhong Mansion? What is the amount of food? ”

"The amount of grain is 30,000 stones. The number of the land's ministers can't remember. However, according to the calculations of the ministers, the total number of these 10,000 hectares should be there. According to the estimated budget of the compulsory purchase of grain in Shudi, the annual grain income should be one million ......"

"Thirty thousand? That's all there is to it? Zhu Pingjin interrupted with squinted eyes.

"This is only the number of Chongzhen's early years (Note 5)." Zheng Anmin explained: "During the Wanli period, King Rui became a vassal domain, and the court benefited 20,000 hectares of land with King Rui. Hanzhong is short of land, and Sichuan and other provinces are also forced to convert silver to co-organize Zonglu, so the amount of grain in Hanzhong is too small......"

"This is the son of the world who knows this." Zhu Pingjin interrupted again, "I didn't pay anything in Shu last year, and I won't pay it this year." King Rui's mansion once wrote to question, and the feudal division found a reason to push it, saying that he would make up for it when he had silver in the future......"

Shizi repeatedly interrupted and interjected, which gradually made Zheng Anmin suspicious.

Could it be that the Son of the World has already made a conclusion on the three strategies of the north, east, and south, and today he is only imposing it on us with the conclusion?

But this doesn't make sense!

The land of Hanzhong is in Sichuan, which must be taken. With the wisdom of the world, how can he not know? With the temperament of the son of the world, how could he be held back because of the feudal feud of the king of Hanzhong?

Don't...... The so-called northward advance of the prince does not only refer to the land of Hanzhong in the north, but refers to......

Zheng Anmin thought of this layer, and immediately followed up. His mind is smart, and it is not comparable to a martial artist like Song Zhenzong:

"Shizi, take Hanzhong, not to take Hanzhong, but to take Longyou! Take the right of Long, not to take the right of Long, but to take the pass!

Guangwu Youyun: Get Long and look at Shu!

From this point of view, those who are on the right side of Longlong will covet my Shu land!

In the past, Jin attacked Shu Han, Zhong Huiming went to Hanzhong, Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, and as a result, Liu Chan surrendered, and Hanzuo ended;

CHAI RONG TOOK FENG, QIN, CHENG, AND JIE FOUR STATES, AND AS A RESULT, SHU WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE REALITY AND REALITY, AND FINALLY BECAME WANG QUANBIN'S WORK TO DESTROY MENG CHANG (CHANG);

In the Ming Dynasty, Fu Youde even went down to the next level and Wen, and directly took Mian and Han, and Ming Sheng became a prisoner under the order.

Therefore, Hanzhong is taken in the north, and Longyou is also taken in the west......

The prince, the vastness of Longyou, the radius of thousands of miles, far better than Shudi! Qinghai in the south and Hetao in the north; The east is close to Xiongguan, and the west is close to the desert.

Because the land is barren and the people are poor, the people here are fierce, and the people are not afraid of death, which is the best source of soldiers. And because the pasture is fertile and produces good horses, the thieves mostly take horses from Longyou.

Longyou to the pass, there is a condescending trend, there is no Xiongguan dangerous barrier. Riding into the pass with a strong army, it is like a sweep!

Guanzhong, there are 800 miles of Qinchuan, the foundation of the emperor since ancient times, the reason why the Han and Tang dynasties prospered, and they will become the emperor's business...... It is the seventh battle of the late Prime Minister Zhuge Qishan, all of them use troops to Longyou, and their minds are not out of the ministers! ”

"Zheng Changshi said well! This is the opposite, called Deshu Wanglong! ”

The loud voice couldn't help but roar angrily, so as to express his emotions.

"Although Longyou is large, there are court guards. As long as the border army of the imperial court votes for us, it won't take many soldiers to take Qin Long!

The last general thinks that the first place to seize is the Jiezhou of Longnan!

Jiezhou is located in the West Qinling Mountains, the upper reaches of Baishui, controlling the border between Sichuan and Shaanxi, known as the key of Qinlong and the throat of Bashu. Jiezhou is a five-day walk from Chengxian and a ten-day walk from Qinzhou. If you ride lightly, it will be there in two days! Chengxian and Huizhou produce grain, both rice and wheat, and are the granaries of Gongchang Mansion......

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the last general went south from Qinzhou with the army and fought with the thief brigade in the West River. Xihe was defeated, and the minister and Zhensi ran south for their lives, fled to the border of Huizhou, and then rested and bought a few pieces of steamed bread to eat. The bun is so fragrant......

Later, I heard that those damned civil officials blamed our brothers for the defeat of the war, so our brothers abandoned the Qin army and went to Sichuan......

At that time, the last general was from Huizhou to Jiezhou, tracing down the white water, and crossing the white water into Sichuan......

In fact, in the right place of Longyou, the most similar to Sichuan is Jiezhou. Everywhere there are green mountains and green waters, and the weather is also hot......"

"Jiezhou, Wenxian, Minzhou Weixi Gusuo (Note 6) and other places are all places where tea and horses meet. The imperial court's tea patrol imperial history yamen is also located in Huizhou! Zheng Anmin added.

"Exactly! Half of the military horses used by the Qin army came from Gansu, Su, and Xining; Half out of Longnan! The last general's original war horse, the horse dealer said that it was exchanged for it in Minzhou Wei......"

"Since General Song is familiar with this, then we will save the guide in the future!"

"The people who are familiar with this way in North Sichuan Town, not to mention the last general! In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the town of northern Sichuan reinforced Longnan, and was stationed in Jiezhou and Wenxian...... They are familiar with the way, where can it be the turn of the last general to lead the way! ”

"It seems that taking the state is a matter of course! Ha ha! ”

Zheng Anmin and Song Zhenzong played haha, singing and harmonizing in front of Zhu Pingjin.

Note 1: The three roads of Jinniu, Rice Cang and Lychee are all the roads that cross Bashan and enter Shu, respectively through Guangyuan, Nanjiang and Wanyuan into Sichuan.

Note 2: Quoted from Wang Shixing's "Five Mountains and Grass".

Note 3: Chencang Road, Fu Luo Road, Bao Shu Road, Meridian Road, Kugu Road and Wuguan Road are all roads that cross the Qinling Mountains. If you are interested in books, you can spend your own time.

Here we will focus on the defeat of Meridian Dao and Gao Yingxiang. The Meridian Valley Conspiracy is one of the most famous stories in the Three Kingdoms.

The peasant leader Gao Yingxiang may have heard the storyteller talk about the Three Kingdoms, and was very disdainful of Zhuge Liang's rat gall, so he decided to imitate the strange plot of Lord Wei to do a big attack on Xi'an. It's a pity that he forgot that Lord Wei said that he brought 5,000 elite soldiers, and he brought more than 100,000 unorganized and undisciplined peasant troops.

The Meridian Valley is more than 600 miles long, and it can be passed in 10 days at the earliest. However, Gao Yingxiang walked for a full fifteen days, and only walked to the mouth of the Heihe River (now it is a scenic tourist area), that is, the Meridian Valley was only half walked. There was no WIFI in the Ming Dynasty, there were no women in the army, and food was even more precious, which made Sun Chuanting, who was waiting for an ambush at the mouth of the Heihe River, scratch his ears and cheeks.

The men and horses carried their own food supplies, and the 15th was definitely the limit (the volunteers could only carry seven days of food and ammunition, so Li Qiwei summarized it as a week offensive).

It is conceivable that if Gao Yingxiang and his peasant army did not engage in the practice of people eating grass, eating horses, and eating people, even if Sun Chuanting did not intercept him at the mouth of the Heihe River, Gao Yingxiang and his peasant army would not be able to get out of the Meridian Valley; Even if they go out, they are a group of hungry ghosts.

Another: The Qing Dynasty's rebuilding of the "Hanzhong Fuzhi" raises a question, is the Heihe River a water? Book friends who have a research habit can take a test.

Note 4: In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Shaanxi rebel army entered Hanzhong under the siege of heavy soldiers of the official army.

Baocheng (revoked in 1958, now Baocheng Village, Hongmiao Township, Mian County) Zhixian Yidaocui burned the Baoxian plank road, and guarded the Jitou Pass at the mouth of the Baogu Valley. This move directly destroyed the peasant army's attempt to enter the pass through the Bao Chuan Road. The peasant army was forced to adjust its march route and hastily strayed into the nearby Carriage Gorge. This is the famous "Carriage Gorge Dilemma" in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Based on a large amount of first-hand information, Mr. Gu directly denied Wu Weiye's traditional claim that the Carriage Gorge was in Xing'an Prefecture (now Ankang City), and believed that the Carriage Gorge was around Hanzhong Mansion.

According to the analysis of the report of Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui, to the imperial court that year, the carriage gorge should be near Yangxian. Book friends are welcome to correct.

Note 5: The amount of grain in Hanzhong Mansion during the Chongzhen period is from "A Little History of the Ming Dynasty". The same is contained in the "Unification Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty", which was written in the Tianshun period. Hibiki didn't have time to verify the errata, so he used it directly.

Note 6: Jiezhou, now Longnan City; Minzhou Weixi Gusuo, later changed to Xigu County, now Tang (TAN) Chang County. Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty was not the Huizhou Mansion of Nanzhili, but the Hui County in the Huicheng Basin of Gansu today.

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