Hankou in the Jianghan Plain is known as the four major furnaces in China. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The weather in August is the highest temperature in the Jianghan Plain, and the sun is not seen for several days, and the weather is extremely hot.

Hao Ren's Middle Route Army and the South Route Army converged to conquer Yuzhang City, Hao Ren in addition to dividing troops to pacify all parts of Jiangxi, personally commanding the main army, going north to Jiangzhou, preparing to break Huangshi and attack Hankou, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and completely destroy Chen Youliang's Han forces.

Huangshi is the last barrier to lock and control the Jianghan Plain, the river is narrow, and both sides are lofty mountains and mountains.

The Jianghan Plain is the place where the Tianwan regime flourished. Since the failure of Peng Yingyushuai's army in Hangzhou, the Tianwan regime entered the low ebb of the first uprising, and most of the Tianwan forces in various places were gradually strangled without a trace, and Ni Wenjun's army laid a piece of the world in the Jianghan Plain, Xu Shouhui retreated to Hankou and re-ascended the throne in Hankou, and the Tianwan regime flourished again.

The Han Dynasty's strategy for Huangshi has begun before Ni Wenjun was attacked and killed, and after Chen Youliang's strategy of a generation of heroes, and then through Zhang Dingbian's preparation, Huangshi's river defense system is close and abnormal.

Zhang Dingbian was in the mountains on both sides, full of artillery blockade of the river, if the Song army wanted to go up the river, it must first solve the artillery blockade of the river, to solve the threat of artillery, it must first conquer the fortresses on the left and right mountains.

As for the weather in August, how easy is it for the Song army to attack on the back in the middle of the mountains?

What's more, after the mountain fortress, there is also a city in Huangshi City, and the iron cable crosses the river, the Great Song Dynasty naval army still can't break through, and in the face of the favorable time and place occupied by the Han Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers have nothing to do for a while.

Most of the Han navy was burned by the Song army in Poyang Lake, and a small part retreated to the Jianghan Plain, Hao Ren's navy was much stronger than the Han Dynasty, if the Song army broke through Huangshi and used the developed water system of the Jianghan Plain, it could drive straight in, and the Han regime would have no danger to defend, and the Song army could pacify the Jianghan Plain in one fell swoop.

Hao Ren was in the big tent of the Chinese army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the naval governor Yu Tonghai said: "Your Majesty! If you don't have a broom, the dust won't run away on its own. The last general asks for battle and breaks through the enemy's coastal fortresses! ”

"The last general is willing to lead the men and horses of his headquarters, even if the mountain is blown up, he must use artillery to conquer the mountains on the left bank of the river and ensure the safety of Yu Dudu's left flank!" The head of the firearms battalion, Jiao Lu, hugged his fists.

"The weather is hot, the soldiers have been marching for days, they are extremely tired, and it is difficult to attack at this time, which will inevitably cause unnecessary damage to our side, I am afraid that the results of the battle will be very small, and it will take a long time to break through the enemy's Yellowstone fortress!" Hao Rengui advised his generals who were seeking war.

"Hey!" Yu Tonghe, the chief of the cavalry, said helplessly: "Your Majesty! Think long-term? Think long-term? When will there be a plan to completely destroy Chen Youliang's house! ”

Hao Ren saw that the enemy was well defended, and he didn't want to cause a large number of deaths of his own soldiers, although the enemy's fortress was tightly defended, he could always think of a way to break through the enemy, but in a hurry, it was difficult to come up with it for a while.

"Lord Liu Bowen has always had a lot of ideas, so he sent someone to Jiangzhou City and invited Lord Liu Bowen to the barracks to discuss matters!"

Hao Ren has been studying the map for a long time, and he feels that there is nothing to do, and the two cabinet members who accompanied the army here, Shi Nai'an has stayed in the south to sit in Jizhou, and Liu Bowen has stayed in Jiangzhou, when Hao Ren has nothing to do, he thinks of his crutch Liu Bowen.

The guards received the order, but before they left the military tent, Liu Bowen took a piece of paper and a few ears of rice, and rushed in in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, there is something important!" Liu Bowen's face was solemn and said anxiously.

Hao Ren initially thought that Liu Bowen was a divine calculation, and expected that he would be in Huangshi and come to offer advice, but when he saw Liu Bowen like this, he already knew in his heart that the situation was not good-unless there was a major event, it was impossible for Liu Bowen to leave his post without permission.

"Why is Lord Liu so flustered?" Hao Ren pretended to be calm, but he had already waved his hand and let all the generals in the account retreat, and only Chen Da, the head of the guard, stood aside.

Liu Bowen put a few ears of rice on Hao Ren's desk, and then said: "The north and south of the Yangtze River, the rice is in the grain filling period, and the land of Luzhou has a large area of this army, and the expansion speed is very fast, I am afraid that this year's summer grain is at risk of extinction!" ”

Hao Ren only glanced at the ears of rice, and his head instantly swelled several times with a 'buzz', and from the perspective of his bachelor's degree in nurse agriculture, this kind of disease is too distinctive.

The cause of rice blast is different, and there are several different names, but this ear neck blast is the most severe.

If the disease occurs during the rice filling stage, the straw at the bottom of the rice ear dies and withers, and the nutrients of the rice cannot be supplied to the rice ear through the straw, and the rice ear cannot be filled and matured.

In a word, there is only one possibility for the rice that has been harmed by this disease - it will be extinct. Moreover, the germ spreads through the air and spreads extremely quickly.

"How much of this disease is affected?" Hao Ren asked with concern.

"Lord Liao Yongan sent someone to say that the area is extremely large and immeasurable!" Liu Bowen said.

Hao Ren has long considered that the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are dominated by rice crops, and the planting structure is too simple, and if there is a serious rice blast, Hao Ren will be unable to cope with it by himself.

What's more, most of the land occupied by the Great Song Dynasty is mainly for rice cultivation, once the rice is out of production, the entire military and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty will face a food shortage, Hao Ren is eager to get corn and potato seeds from overseas, that is, he wants to improve the planting structure in the land as soon as possible, Hao Ren has taken every precaution, or has not completely improved the crop structure before the rice blast epidemic.

Today, the Great Song Dynasty has not been affected by the planting area, but it is the basin south of the Huai River occupied last winter, where wheat cultivation is the mainstay, and the wheat produced in the sparsely populated areas of Bozhou, Mengcheng and Xuzhou is a drop in the bucket for the grain gap of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

"Hurry up and send someone to inform Lord Liao Yongan that the rice in the affected area should be cut and burned immediately to stop his large-scale epidemic!" Hao Ren was in a hurry and hurriedly issued an order to remedy.

"I'm afraid the battle can't be won't be won, General Liao Yongan asks His Majesty to withdraw his troops in order to consolidate the rear!" Liu Bowen said with a bitter face.

"The summer grain has not yet reached the harvest season, judging from the inventory of the Great Song Dynasty granary, there will not be a food shortage in a short time, you let Lord Liao Yongan do it first, and now Chen Youliang is above the pass, at this time, he will not be destroyed, with Chen Youliang's talent, it will not be long before he can make a comeback and threaten our border again, and Chen Youliang cannot leave any respite!" Hao Ren stubbornly insisted on taking advantage of the prestige of the big victory and completely defeated Chen Youliang.

"Hey!" Liu Bowen said helplessly: "This year is the year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, such a disease has occurred, and there is a lot of discussion in the market, all of them think that His Majesty is not right, not the Son of Heaven, so God sent a famine, if it is not good to deal with it at this time, I am afraid that the people will rise in all directions, and Lord Liao is afraid that the bullet will not be suppressed, so he asked His Majesty to return to Beijing to fix the country." Stop fighting to save food and survive the famine that is coming! ”

"Are you going to rebel?" When Hao Ren heard this, he stood up and roared: "Who freed them from the suffering of war and let them live a stable life?" Who will reduce their taxes and feed them? Who breeds the seeds of high-yielding crops that make them abundant? Is the famine a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster, and the people will abandon me at the slightest difficulty? ”

Hao Ren wanted to break through the direction of Huangshi to destroy Chen Youliang in one go, but when he had nothing to do, he heard that the rear was suffering from a famine, and it was when he heard that the people he had treated well actually believed in superstition and gave up his support, so Hao Ren couldn't help but be angry.

(To be continued.) )