Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoChapter 88: (Northern Expeditionary Army)

Shangguan Yin Feng looked at Huang Wei and suddenly thought of something, so he asked, "Do you know that the Liaodong Metropolitan Protector Mansion is the Protector Chen Cheng?" ”

"I know, I don't know what the lord asked?"

"Is there any way to contact Chen Cheng?" The reason why Shangguan Yin Feng asked this is because of his love for talent, Chen Cheng can persist in Liaodong for more than two years, which is enough to see that his strategy and courage are outstanding, and his command ability is also first-class, otherwise Liaodong would have fallen into the hands of Yuan Jingchu: "I said back then that Chen Cheng could hold out for at least a few years, and now that I look at it, this person is really powerful..."

"The lord doesn't know, Chen Cheng has received the secret support of the Goryeo Kingdom and the Wuhuan people, and important resources such as food and weapons have been continuously transported into Lelang County, which is the reason why Chen Cheng has been able to hold on for so long..."

"Huang Wei, send more people, try to contact Chen Cheng..."

"No..."

In the middle of May of the second year of Tianzhu, the first battle report of the Northern Expeditionary Army came from the Hebei front, the pioneer Chai Shang and Murong Jin met Yuan Tian under Yuan Jingchu's account thirty miles away from Dingzhou, the two armies fought for just a moment, Yuan Tian led the army to withdraw to Dingzhou, Chai Shang and Murong Jin led the army to pursue, after two days of fighting, finally took Dingzhou, so far, the 'Cangding defense line' was torn open a big hole, Gongsun Long was happy for this all night...

On the other side, the 450,000 army led by Yuan Huan arrived at Jizhou City forty miles, and after Ouyang Qing learned about it, he went to visit Yuan Huan in person, after all, Yuan Huan is the Great Sima, and his official position is higher than Ouyang Qing...

Hebei, Cangzhou City

It was already four days after Yuan Jingchu got the loss of Dingzhou, and because Chen Xun and the Japanese coalition army still failed to move forward, he had to come to the front line in person to boost his morale, after all, Gongsun Long sent 600,000 troops this time...

"Your Majesty, the enemy army is attacking very fiercely, if the general is trapped in Jizhou City, I am afraid that there will be more than one auspicious..."

At this time, Yuan Long had 170,000 troops in Jizhou City, and there was plenty of food and grass, but he was facing the encirclement of 580,000 people of Ouyang Qing and Yuan Huan.

"Yanqing, if you are in command, how should you choose after you take Dingzhou?" Yuan Jingchu looked thoughtfully at the formation diagram on the sand table, and looked up at Li Yanqing...

Li Yanqing frowned, walked to the hanging map, and pointed: "If it is commanded by the last general, I will choose to attack Baoding and Bazhou, and after I succeed, I will turn around and encircle Cangzhou, and form a corner with the coalition forces..."

"I think the same way, in addition to the 100,000 people who surrounded Liaoyang, our army now has only 300,000 people left, and we have to remove 170,000 people in Yuan Long's hands, so the troops I can get at my disposal now are only about 150,000, and in the face of Gongsun Long's 600,000 army, it is really stretched..." Even now, Yuan Jingchu can't imagine how to face that scene at that time...

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to Baoding to join Yuan Tian and protect the emperor's back road..."Li Yanqing knelt down on one knee as he said, in his opinion, Baoding is the most important place now...

Yuan Jingchu nodded: "I will give you 50,000 horses according to what you say, and be sure to block Chai Shang's army..."

"The last general commands..."

In July of the second year of Tianzhu, the news that shocked the Guannei came from Bingzhou, the descendants of the former Han royal family, the son of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, after Liu Fa, the king of Changsha Ding, Liu Xuan, a native of Nanyang Chungling, gathered the local people in Xinzhou Mansion in Shanxi Province to raise troops to resist the Tuoba regime, and in just two months, he summoned 150,000 soldiers to move south, and the forward troops were only seventy miles away from Jinyang, and their troops were like bamboos, forcing Tuoba Wenhong to order Wentai to lead the army back to Jinyang...

Nanyang, Shangguan Yin Feng's mansion

"If there is really such a thing, it seems that something big is going to happen..."Shangguan Yin Feng learned that when Liu Xuan raised troops in Xinzhou Mansion, it was already more than ten days later, and Liu Xuan, the first emperor in history, was Liu Xiu's brother, due to the sudden arrival of Shangguan Yin Feng, the script that originally followed the historical process was rewritten by Shangguan Yin Feng alive, Liu Xiu committed suicide, and the Red Eyebrow Army did not appear, but now Liu Xuan finally appeared, but the time is indeed a lot late...

"Lord, Liu Xuan has been doing business in Shanxi in recent years, and the family has accumulated a lot of industries, and the local people in Xinzhou have supported Liu Xuan as the emperor after being swept away by the Guanxi people, and restored the former Han scenery..."

"The world is already chaotic enough, the Tuoba clan in the west, Wang Yan in the Western Regions, Yuan Jingchu in Beiping, I see how the imperial court will deal with it..."Shangguan Yin Feng couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a wry smile, even if he is asked to put down the rebellion in person now, I'm afraid it will be powerless...

"Lord, the imperial court's attitude towards Liu Xuan is very ambiguous, on the one hand, he wrote a pacification document, and on the other hand, he also provoked it, wanting them to fight to the death with the people of Guanxi..."

It is worth mentioning that Liu Xuan was supported by the local people in Xinzhou, and officially established the Han Dynasty, and the majesty of the Han Empire in the past was also longed for by the local people in Bingzhou.

"Those old men in the court are not stupid, they want Liu Xuan to fight to the death with Tuoba Wenhong, I think, even if any of them wins in the end, they are all hostile forces of the imperial court, and they always have to face it, why bother so provoking..."Shangguan Yin Feng shook his head helplessly...

"By the way, Jia Fu, how is the construction of the Machinery Division?" Now what Shangguan Yin Feng has to do is to secretly develop his strength, and only in this way can he control the overall situation at the critical moment in the future...

"Back to the lord, after several months of working day and night, the craftsmen have built a total of ten cannons, as long as the projectile on General Huang's side is made, we can carry out the first live firing..."

Shangguan Yin Feng asked everyone under his account to go to the lecture hall to listen to his lectures, these weapons are very simple for him, the structure is not complicated at all, it's not that the ancients have bad technology, but they don't know what these things are at all, that is, there are only ten people who know the cannon now, except for the craftsmen who make it, which shows how high Shangguan Yin Feng's secrecy is...

"Tell Huang Botao, I'll give him another month, and I must finish making the projectile..."Because the technology of this era is indeed underdeveloped, all the equipment needed for production has to be built little by little, so it naturally takes a lot of time, but now Shangguan Yin Feng has nothing to do in Nanyang, so he can naturally wait slowly...

As for Sichuan, Shangguan Yin Feng appointed Zhang Tao as the deputy envoy of Sichuan Province, expedient Sichuan government affairs, Zhang Tao also lived up to Shangguan Yin Feng's expectations, and governed Sichuan in an orderly manner, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the quality of life was constantly improving.

Due to the relationship between Shangguan Yin Feng, the use of coins in Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces has all been changed to silver, with silver as the main currency in circulation, followed by copper coins, of course, the most valuable is naturally gold...

The state capitals in Sichuan are also vigorously recruiting new soldiers, the previous conscription is compulsory conscription, every family has a male must be conscripted, this often does not recruit the right soldiers, even if they are recruited, they are some old and weak soldiers, the battlefield is about to collapse, it will only be counterproductive, therefore, Shangguan Yin Feng formulated a compulsory military system, as a soldier can not only be exempted from taxes at home for three years, but also can be a selective soldier, three-year compulsory military system, if you want to continue to be a soldier, you can continue, until the age of forty-five discharged, Death and wounded in battle can be compensated...

What excites those men the most is that in the past, they could only manage their food as soldiers, but now they can also get a salary, and each person's annual income is two taels of silver, which can make an ordinary peasant family live for more than half a year; That is to say, being a soldier for three years can not only exempt the family from paying taxes, even if you die in battle, you can get a pension, and your parents will not starve to death, and as long as there is a person in the family who is a soldier for a lifetime, you can be exempted from taxes for a lifetime, which is also the reason why Sichuan recruits soldiers very quickly, once the compulsory military system is launched, Sichuan has recruited nearly 200,000 new soldiers, of course, the compulsory military system is now only implemented in Sichuan and Nanyang...