Chapter 1041: Martyrdom
Outside the snow-covered city of Youzhou,
Han Zhongyan looked at the towering ice-hung city walls and the frozen moat, and only felt a breath of depression in his heart, and he was able to completely spit it out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
But at this time, there were only less than 10,000 people left who could continue to follow him; The others were left behind on the roads along the way, or they couldn't walk anymore and stayed in the dilapidated strongholds.
As for the goods, most of the baggage, and the chariots and horses had to be given up as a burden.
The dozens of miles of road they returned to turned into a dilemma where they had walked for seven or eight days, and those Huai cavalry almost desperately came out of the wind and snow, and disappeared into the wind and snow out of nowhere.
In the first two days, he was able to deal with it with ease, and even sent cavalry to counterattack, or cooperated with the infantry team to outflank in a roundabout way, trying to entangle the opponent and pull him into a close infantry battle.
even took advantage of the backward baggage convoy to make an ambush on the spot; It's a pity that the other side has never given the Pinglu army the opportunity to engage in close combat, but would rather keep a sufficient distance to wander outside, use the firearms held on horses to harass them, or use portable fire mines and horse-drawn fast guns to bombard their camps and outlying patrol teams unguarded.
Only when the small unit is alone, will it come forward to shoot in a row, then bombard at close range, and finally sprint and slash before leaving. Therefore, these ambush soldiers only suffered a cold in vain without any achievements, and many of their fingers and toes were frostbitten and frostbitten.
Then, with the fatigue and nervousness that had gradually accumulated over the course of several battles, there was a partial collapse for the first time among the stop-and-go brigades, and there was a formation of battalions on the same day.
As time passed, Han Zhongyan realized that things were not good; Compared with the limited damage caused by the enemy's cavalry harassment and raids, the inconspicuous cases of frostbite and cold disease that had been continuously camping and fighting in the wilderness suddenly increased, and they continued to increase day by day, and gradually became a considerable burden to this army.
Therefore, he had to make a decision on the spot, and go to the nearest city, where he could take shelter from the wind and rest for a short time; However, the small and cramped city could not accommodate and meet the needs of these large armies for heating, clothing and food, and before it could survive for long, all the reserves were quickly eaten up.
Therefore, he had to leave a small number of soldiers and wounded on the spot to "assist in the defense of the place", and then calculated the distance and rushed to the next large stronghold, but these strongholds were also limited and insufficient, but he had to leave men and horses to eat in order to share and lighten
And in this process, I had to bear and deal with, and the firearms from the Huai cavalry came one after another, so some people began to take the initiative to leave the team and flee halfway.
All honor and persistence began to crumble under the threat of survival; But he still brought back most of the people, and most of the generals were replaced by his own people.
And those possible diehards or unstable factors were stranded in the strongholds of the cities along the way in disguise by him in the name of breaking off and staying behind, so that after he returned to Youzhou City, he would have more grasps and opportunities in the group of accountability and attacks he was about to face.
Although the war he led was defeated, most of the core force was still intact;
In the current situation, it is even more necessary to unify all the forces of all sides into a single voice and will through an iron fist and power, so that it is possible to lead the millions of soldiers and civilians of Pinglu Road to survive the difficult years after the fall of the Northern Dynasty.
And a force that can be trusted is the best reliance and guarantee for achieving this goal and vision.
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Under the sunny sky again, I sat in the courtyard surrounded by curtains, basking in the sun with my two infant children, which was also a rare time for me to spare parent-child time.
While reading a book, I held a puppet bell and other small toys in my hand, teased my family's Hatsune and Ayane, and read articles and matters to the babies, so that they could familiarize themselves with my voice and appearance.
As a supernumerary nanny, SchrΓΆdinger, a cat who has grown quite big, is also between the two rickety cradles, jumping over and over from time to time to have fun;
Occasionally, he used his paws to pluck the gadgets hanging on the petition, and made a crisp jingle sound; By the way, he waved his big fluffy tail up and down to avoid the pink little hands caught inside, and he also raised his head and whined, and followed the cheerful cry of the inside.
Everything was so warm and cozy, like the briefing on the recent naval construction project that I had in my hand, it was pleasant and accessible.
Since the return of Yizhou, Huaidi's naval construction has begun to step into the fast lane of some kind of shipbuilding industry with additional resources. Because of the indirect control of the situation in Yizhou, I was also able to gain a lot in the process of exploring local specialties and resources;
In addition to the coal mines and local products such as camphor, tung oil, lacquer, and lemongrass, it also includes the characteristic cypress wood (later called Taiwan cypress) that is basically only produced in the central mountain range of Yizhou Island; It is said to be second only to Nanmu and teak, and it has a wide range of uses, because the wood muscle is delicate and firm with minimal shrinkage, and the processing surface is extremely smooth and delicate and has good nailing.
It's just that it has been held in the hands of the office headed by the Chenghai family for a long time, and as a characteristic franchise of lucrative industry, it has monopolized the channels of export and sales for generations.
This time, a lot of ready-made materials were found in Xiongshan, Dongning and other places, all of which were accumulated after the dry and dehydrated of the past dynasties, and could be directly used for sale and shipbuilding.
In addition, Yizhou itself also has a certain shipbuilding capacity based on local materials, mainly concentrated in the hands of a few coastal princes led by Yuwen Domain; Although it is limited to civilian ships and merchant ships below 1,000 materials, it is also a great supplement to the civilian production capacity of Huai Town; In this way, I can also free up shipbuilding capacity on the Jiaodong Peninsula to specialize in the construction of military ships and naval warships with higher quality and secrecy requirements.
At present, Liuhoufu has several large ports in Mizhou, Laizhou, and Jiaozhou, and there are 17 large and small sea ships in various dry and wet docks that are being built at the same time, of which the largest one has reached a load of 3,800 materials, and the smallest one has a load of 1,500 materials.
This does not include inland river steamers and shore patrol vessels that are being built in the docks of inland rivers and estuaries at sea and sea.
In addition, in order to meet the armed needs of these ships, at least hundreds of large and small guns are being remolded and cast, mainly short guns for naval battles and mortars for suppression on the other side. The overall construction period and cost will be slightly lower than that of the standard military standard heavy artillery, field artillery, mountain artillery and mounted artillery.
It is the so-called code of conduct and basic attitude that would rather let the ship wait for people than let the ship wait.
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And in Bac Gang Province and Dong Jiang Province outside the ridge,
With the successive divisions of the Northern Expeditionary soldiers and horses, the tens of thousands of rebels who hastily gathered to defend the fortress could only retreat with the trend of defeat and retreat, and lost their land and cities along the Xiaojiang River (Pearl River).
When the rumbling artillery of the attack first began to sound on the inner edge, it was accompanied by the shouts of counterinsurgents from all walks of life.
"Be the first to enter the army of Guangfu to recover Guangfu,"
"Everyone will be given an official rank, and the reward will be tripled."
"Capture one of the rebel chieftains, and bestow the title and the descendants of the door."
"If you don't have a reverse birth nearby, the children of the golden silk will take it by themselves"
"If you enter Guangfu, everyone will be promoted and get rich." (To be continued.) )