Wang Shen turned his head violently and looked at Qin Sizhao solemnly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Sizhao first felt a strong pressure from his father-in-law, after all, he was a child, and his vest suddenly sweated: "Daddy...... Son, son ......"

Wang Shen: "Tell me your opinion." ”

Qin Sizhao stuttered a little: "Son, son...... Militaristic Events...... The son and son did not dare to talk nonsense. ”

"It doesn't matter." Wang Shen said: "You are not small now, and you are the Marquis of Houjun Yu." Since I sent you down to the army on the first day, I want you to become a man who stands up to the sky, and we are a man who has made things happen. ”

"It's Daddy." Qin Sizhao felt a little relieved in his heart: "Xiangyang is a matter of urgency, and it must be in our own hands to make people feel at ease." Otherwise, it is a thorn in the back, and the sleep is restless. ”

"Xiangyang must be taken, why?" asked Wang Shen as he continued.

Qin Sizhao: "My son doesn't understand this truth either, but my son has read books for more than a year, he reads everything, learns everything, and especially likes "Book of Han" and "Book of Later Han" and "Book of Wei". The three kingdoms of Wei and Jin competed for power, and this generation was the place where Sun, Liu, and Cao were contested. There is Cao Mengde's southern expedition to Jingzhou; The Northern Expedition of the Seventh Army was flooded by Yun Chang, forcing Cao to even think about moving the capital; There is also Lu Meng who killed Guan Yu and received Jingxiang. After losing Jing Chu, Liu Xuande sent troops from all over the country to the east, and finally the army was defeated and fell ill in the White Emperor City. It can be seen how important this place is. ”

"In the writings and history books of the predecessors, when Jianghan is mentioned, the two most common place names are Xiangyang and Jingzhou. It can be seen that in order to pass through Jingchu, these two cities must be taken. Otherwise, it is a tree without roots, water without a source, even if there are more soldiers and horses, no matter how extensive the grain is, it will not be able to occupy a foothold. ”

"Now, Jingzhou is still in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, so naturally I can't fight. Xiangyang, on the other hand, has long fallen into the hands of the Jin people, and there are also Jurchens stationed there. Therefore, it is better to take Xiangyang, as long as Xiangyang is in hand, you can firmly control Jianghan. ”

"Firmly control Jiang Han, tell me, how is it controlled?" Wang Shen saw that Qin Sizhao quoted scriptures and talked eloquently, and felt very relieved, this Sizhao has made a lot of progress, and in a few years, he can become a big help to himself.

Qin Sizhao was a little embarrassed: "Daddy, my son is just inferred from the books he has read before, but he can't tell why." ”

"Haha, you don't want to understand it, you know the person but you don't know the reason!" Wang Shen laughed, saw Qin Sizhao's embarrassed look, and comforted: "You don't have to blame yourself, your main problem is that you haven't been in contact with practice, and you have to see many things in person, and you can only understand the joints if you have presided over it yourself." The so-called book is shallow, and the responsibility for this is not yours. ”

Seeing Qin Sizhao's sparkling eyes thirsting for knowledge, Wang Shen tried his best to use the language he could understand, and said, "You must have seen the wealth of Jinghu in the past few days, and there are inexhaustible manpower and material resources to control this area. Moreover, Jianghan is located in the middle of the Great River, and it can control Bashu in the west. Go east, go down the river, and you can easily hit Jiangnan. To the north, you can go to Xijing Henan Mansion in October, which is the heart of China and a place where soldiers must fight. ”

"As long as you get Jianghan, the upper and lower reaches of the river, plus the enemies of Henan, will be restless."

"The reason is very simple - water transport, water transport on the big river."

"Si Zhao, let me ask you, how much grain can a big cart transport?"

Hearing his father's question, Qin Sizhao replied: "If you go back to your father, a big car can transport up to two thousand catties of grain." ”

Wang Shen: "Then let me ask you again, how many horses do you need for a big cart with pack horses?" ”

Qin Sizhao: "If it is a healthy horse, it can pull two to three thousand catties." However, if there is such a healthy horse, it is estimated that Lao Guo has already tried his best to train it into a war horse, how can he be willing to use it to come to the car. A two-thousand-pound cart generally requires two horses. ”

He had the heart to show off in front of his father, and continued: "If you use manpower to pull it, you have to have more than four people. ”

Wang Shen: "If there is no one, what if you simply use mules and donkeys?" ”

Qin Sizhao: "A big mule can carry more than 200 catties, and a donkey is lighter, 180 catties. ”

"You're careful, not bad." Wang Shen: "Then let me ask you, how many catties of things can be transported by a ship?" ”

Qin Sizhao: "According to the size of the ship and the depth of the water, the goods that can be transported are also different, if it is a big official ship, how can it be twenty or thirty thousand catties!" ”

"Yes, it costs tens of thousands of catties. Based on the calculation that a soldier eats two catties of rice a day, only one boatload of grain is enough for 10,000 people to eat for a day. Moreover, with the limited number of livestock and manpower in the army, how can it be more convenient than a ship? ”

"In all battles, ten thousand people gather, and the daily consumption is in the Ganges sand. The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Fighting a war is about food and grass, and fighting is about logistics. A general battle of more than 10,000 people, an expedition of laborers, all the way need to set up granaries, and troops need to be sent to guard them. The logistical supply lines along the way also had to be maintained and guarded by troops. In this way, the number of civilians and auxiliaries dispatched is two to three times that of the main army. If there is a river that can be navigated directly to the battlefield, if the waterway can be controlled, the battle will already account for more than 60% of the victory. Wang Shen looked at Qin Sizhao with a smile: "Si Zhao, I know that you have always wanted to go to the front-line combat troops, and you are a little unwilling to be a Marquis of Yu in the rear army, but now you understand what I mean by sending you over, right?" ”

Qin Sizhao took a deep look: "Daddy, my son understands." ”

Wang Shen helped him up and said with a smile: "The reason why it is necessary to take Xiangyang to control Jiang Han is very simple-Han Shui-Jiang Han Jiang Han, Jiang is talking about the big river, the Yangtze River." Han refers to Han water. After the river alone, but without controlling the Han River, no one can stand on the Jianghan River. ”

He talked eloquently: "The Han River originates in the mountainous area of western Henan, comes all the way south, passes through Fuzhou, passes through the Hanyang Army, and joins the river at Hanyang. If the enemy of Xiangyang has the ambition to plot against Jianghan and sail down, he will be able to enter the core of our Jianghan in just a few days. The water flow is gentle on the road to the partial birth, and there is no danger to defend the great plain of the flat river, and our army can only be in a situation of being passively beaten. ”

"The entire Jianghan Plain is generally divided into three major blocks: Jingzhou, Ezhou, and Xiangyang, and the three major blocks are connected into one, and now the three forces each occupy a piece is just a temporary phenomenon, and sooner or later they will be integrated into one."

"Xiangyang is the largest city in Jianghan and has perfect city defense. The terrain is different from that of Ezhou and Jingzhou, which are surrounded by mountainous areas, and there are also rolling hills in the middle, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Occupy Xiangyang, condescendingly can firmly control the entire Jianghan. And to the north, you can go out of the Nanyang Basin, and then use troops against Henan. This is also the reason why although the Jurchens did not have enough troops to capture the entire Jianghan, they still took Xiangyang into their hands. With that big city, even if my Great Song Dynasty went on a Northern Expedition to recover the country, this road would not work, and I could only invest all my strength in Jianghuai, unable to echo east and west, and unable to fight people with two fists. ”

When did Qin Sizhao come into contact with this grand strategy, his little body trembled slightly with excitement; "Daddy is reasonable, it seems that this Xiangyang is inevitable. It seems that after the cool autumn, our army will march north. ”

"After the cool autumn...... Wang Shen looked at the sky in the north fiercely: "I also want to ah, a certain person is a northerner, since I came to the south, the rain in the south of the river has drenched me almost moldy, I really miss the sky in the north, and miss the refreshing autumn after the grass is withered and the eagle's eye is sick." However, before the northern expedition to Xiangyang, I had to solve Cao Cheng and them first. As long as Xiangyang is won, a certain person can be regarded as having a piece of territory that truly belongs to him. At that time, it will be the real sea and sky! ”

"Wait, now we can only wait. Dog days are coming, and all military operations must stop. Yes, wait until after the autumn is cool. ”

"Military envoys, military envoys, urgent military reports!" Two horsemen galloped forward, led by a letter with three chicken feathers in his hand.

After taking the letter and only looking at it, Wang Shen frowned.

Qin Sizhao: "Daddy, what happened?" ”

Wang Shen: "The front line is urgent, Zhang Yong's army has been annihilated, and the other six rogues are terrified, and they have withdrawn their camps and retreated to Suizhou, Xiangyang Prefecture. ”

Qin Sizhao said with a smile: "Daddy Huwei, Cao Cheng and others retreated without a fight, most of Suizhou is mountainous, the place is barren, but it can't feed so many thieves, plus there are Jurchens in Xiangyang Mansion." Maybe we don't have to fight, they will collapse first, congratulations. ”

"There is nothing to congratulate, although Suizhou is small, but it is not easy to use soldiers, Cao Chengnai is a veteran of the battlefield, if he blindly defends, the Jurchens may not be able to do anything with them." Wang Shen was suddenly a little worried: "In the future, our army will attack Xiangyang, and if we don't know if we haven't met the Jurchens yet, we will fight Cao Chengjue to the death first." And ......"

Also, I'm afraid that Cao Cheng and they really can't resist the military pressure of the Jurchens, so they surrendered to the Jin State and became traitors. In this way, the problem is troublesome.

After all, the Jurchens are outsiders, and although they are strong in combat, they are always few and cannot gain a foothold in the hinterland of China. But if there is a traitor army who is familiar with the local people's conditions, the problem will be serious.

In fact, in real history, the Battle of Song and Jin was fought to the end, which was really a bit like the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations. As the veterans of the invading army continued to shrink, in the end, the main force on the battlefield became traitor troops.

In fact, the traitor forces caused more damage and wavered in the will of the people to resist than the invaders.

Next year, Liu Yu will establish a puppet Qi regime in Henan, and these former rogue troops of the Tokyo Left-behind Division will also become Liu Yu's right-hand men, the vanguard of the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty, and the most vicious enemy of the Han family.

In addition to the heroic fighting of the Sizhou soldiers, in fact, the most important reason is the lack of resources in the hands of the thieves. When they first came to Jianghan, because of the shortage of money and food, they only cared about robbing places to supplement the military. If the money and food are sufficient, as soon as they arrive at the ground, the whole world will rush to attack Huangzhou, the base camp of the Sizhou army, and the outcome of this battle is not yet known.

Once Cao Cheng and the others surrendered to the Jurchens, backed by the Jin State, and had this indecisive supply supply, it would be difficult to take Xiangyang in the future.

Wang Shen was worried, but he couldn't mention it in front of others, nor could he discuss it with others.