Chapter 372: Success or Failure (Part 2)

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The ice and snow in Youzhou melted.

Last year's chunmai buried in the ground, has been on the ground with green sprouts, the people are busy watering in the field to fix moisture, fortunately this winter Youzhou frequent heavy snowfall, so the moisture is not heavy, is in response to the snow according to the harvest of the year, the old farmers in the field, all say that this year Youzhou will be a bumper year.

As long as the wind and rain in Hebei are smooth, the people can live, but they are most afraid of drought and the flooding of the Yellow River.

In this agricultural-oriented era, whether there is a good year or not has become the hope of the people to survive in a year. Between Hebei and Guanzhong, there is a big disadvantage in the struggle for world dominance, that is, Hebei is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and Guanzhong is in the upper reaches.

You know, although Hebei is vast, the world is easy to cultivate, but the Yellow River flooding diversion mostly occurs downstream, the Yellow River flood in the seventh year of the great cause, drifting more than 30 counties in Henan and Shandong, the people drowned countless people, hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land were blistered, and the particles were not harvested, plus in the same year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Liaodong and lost millions of teachers, which directly led Wang Bo, Gao Shida and others to rise up in Hebei and Shandong.

Therefore, this yellow dragon cannot be tamed, and the people are affected every year, so how can they compete with Guanzhong for hegemony in the world.

But for the uncontrollable climate, all that can be done at present is to do the best manpower, and for Youzhou's surging population, the reclamation of new fields has become crucial. In order to encourage the displaced people to reclaim new fields, Wei Zheng ordered the master craftsmen of Zhuo County to build 300 iron ploughs and buy 500 new cattle from the grassland to reclaim new fields.

The homeless people have a place to live, so that they will not disturb the place.

In the grass market in the north of Jixian County, Hu merchants led stallions from the grassland to Jixian County.

Chun is in full bloom, this is the time for horse breeding, famous horses on the grassland, good horses, especially Li Chongjiu last year to humiliate the Su Wangbu and seize thousands of Uzhumuqin horses.

Therefore, for the Han people, the Uzhumuqin horse, which is good at running and has excellent endurance, is very popular. Han horse traders all lead mares with good coats to the grasslands to find suitable stallions.

In the field, after fierce bargaining between the horse merchants on both sides of Hu and Han, the two sides reached a deal, and if they did not agree, they could also go to the newly established city office of Wei Zheng to order arbitration.

In the martial arts arena.

A new batch of soldiers joined the government. This group of soldiers were all selected from among the township soldiers.

If there is an elder, you can be selected, if you can read and hyphenation, then you don't even have to assess, you can directly pick into the army.

In the battle with Li Tang in Guanzhong last year, the Youzhou army also realized the ability of the Tang army, and the whole army realized that if they wanted to fight such a strong enemy in the future, they would need to train hard.

Unlike in the past, a new branch of the army was set up among the government soldiers, called the engineers.

When it was first established, all the generals thought that the so-called sappers were like the auxiliary soldiers before, doing things such as digging trenches and building bridges.

But in fact, not only that, last year, during the attack on Jinyang, the city tower was breached, and the eight-tip cannon with great power was officially incorporated into the army's standard weapon, and the sappers were specially made of these eight-tip guns.

In addition, there is a bed crossbow with a force of twelve stones, which is also made of sappers cāo.

Li Chongjiu was inspecting the sapper cāo practicing a six-tip cannon and a twelve-stone bed crossbow.

Li Zuojiang, who was in charge of making weapons, and Zhou Zuojiang, who was in charge of making weapons, stood on the side. Li Zuojiang told Li Chongjiu: "We can pull this new six-tip cannon with eight wheels, and two oxen or four pack horses can carry it, so that this stone-throwing machine can march with the army and enter the battle at any time." ”

On the side, Xue Wanshu questioned and asked: "This six-tip cannon, it is good to be able to tow, but it must be leveled, once our army crosses the mountains and mountains, how can these six-tip cannons follow the army?" ”

Li Zuojiang had already prepared, and said at the moment: "If you send troops to merge with the state and cross the Taihang Mountain, of course it is useless, but if you attack the Hebei land of Pingchuan, this six-tip cannon can be used." ”

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "Very good, but since the order to shoot another thirty bodies, there are still twelve stone bed crossbows, which are still too heavy, I would rather be lighter, and I must also be able to march with the army, and I can enter the battle at any time and fight with the enemy." I need twenty more crossbows. In the future, the direction of our military troops will be in Hebei. ”

"No." Li Zuojiang was overjoyed when he heard that Li Chongjiu had agreed to his improvement plan for the stone thrower.

When Li Chongjiu was about to continue inspecting the new army, he rode a fast horse through the gate of the school yard.

Wang Jue, who was newly appointed to join the army, came to Li Chongjiu and dismounted and said: "Shanggu Gong, Hebei Disease Report, Wei Gong Li Mi led 200,000 Wagang troops into the army, leaving Wang Bodang to garrison Jin Yong City, and led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to Yanshi, and Wang Shichong also led 20,000 horses to Yanshi to meet the battle. ”

Li Chongjiu listened to Wang Jue's words, and his steps were abrupt.

Xue Wan said: "This battle can determine the gains and losses of the Eastern Capital, presumably Wang Shichong has been repeatedly defeated by the Wagang army, so he should not be an opponent." ”

Li Chongjiu heard Xue Wanshu say bluntly, and even the onlookers thought so, so didn't the Wagang army think that it would win from top to bottom.

Wang Qi said: "This is not necessarily, it's just that the Wagang Army is new and Yu Culture and the big war, and the vitality has not recovered, and a sudden decisive battle may not be the best policy." But if Wei Gong's plan is correct, with the strength of today's Wagang army, it is not a problem to defeat Wang Shichong. ”

Wang Jue spoke cautiously, but he also thought that Li Mi would defeat Wang Shichong.

Li Chongjiu said: "Prepare the horses, I will immediately return to the Shifu and ask Lu Chengqing to prepare grain for the three thousand cavalry immediately." ”

Xue Wanshu and Wang Qi glanced at each other, not knowing why Li Chongjiu suddenly made this plan.

After returning to the Assassin's Mansion, Wen Yanbo was talking with Wei Zheng and the two, and it turned out that after Wei Zheng heard that Li Mi had sent troops to fight Wang Shichong's decisive battle, he also came from the county guard mansion to the Assassin's Mansion to see how Li Chongjiu handled the matter.

Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng met Li Chongjiu and made a move.

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said, "I don't have time to salute, I will lead three thousand cavalry from Youzhou to the south tonight and go to Liyang!" ”

"Liyang?"

Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng, and Xue Wanshu behind Li Chongjiu, Wang Jue and Wang Jue were all shocked, Liyang is the base camp of the Wagang Army, and at the same time, Liyang Cang is also the granary of Hebei, Li Chongjiu suddenly went to Liyang to do something.

Li Chongjiu sighed and said, "Duke Wei will be defeated in this battle!" ”

"Kamiya Gong, why do you say this?" Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng were puzzled.

Li Chongjiu was silent, this is the difficulty of knowing the general trend of history, it is true that when no one in the world could imagine that Li Mi would not be defeated, Li Mi was finally defeated.

After establishing his prestige from breaking Zhang Xutuo, Li Mi led the Wagang army to win successive battles, captured Luokoucang, and helped the people with grain, which won the hearts of the people. But when killing Zhai Rang, Li Mi couldn't bear to kill, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, and Bing Yuanzhen, but they refused to trust.

Therefore, although the three of them are very close to Li Mi on the surface, they are actually vests and detached from morality.

Once Li Mi was defeated, these three people must first rebel, and then Li Mi relied on his winning streak to establish the Wagang Army, which was finally destroyed due to the shattering of the myth of his invincibility.

Li Chongjiu shook his head, and said to Wei Zheng and the four of them: "No matter what, I have to go to Liyang, don't persuade me, just prepare." ”

That night, Li Chongjiu and Wang Mahan led 3,000 cavalry from Zhuojun to Liyang.

Starting from Zhuo County, Li Chongjiu led the cavalry to the south through the light cavalry of Shanggu County, and where he passed after leaving Shanggu County, various forces were intertwined, including Li Tang's forces, Dou Jiande's forces, and various grass thieves who occupied the mountains as kings.

Li Chongjiu's three thousand cavalry, cautious all the way, and the army marched quickly, Li Chongjiu came suddenly, neither Li Tang nor Dou Jiande expected that Li Chongjiu sent such a large group of Youzhou cavalry to cross, what was the intention.

After the states and counties learned about it, they wanted to send troops to intercept it, but they were also a little slower.

When he arrived in Wu'an County, he entered the territory of the Wagang Army, but the shape was not slightly better. Li Chongjiu couldn't even enter the city of the Wagang Army to rest.

The situation here is chaotic and complex.

At the beginning, according to Wang Deren, the thief commander of Lin Xishan in Wei County, he killed Fang Yanzao, who came and went between Li Mi and Li Chongjiu. At that time, Li Mi was furious when he heard the news and sent Xu Shiji to conquest, but Wang Deren couldn't resist Xu Shiji, so he surrendered to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan gave him the history of the Yanzhou Assassin.

Li Yuan also placed Xiangzhou to assassinate Shi Lu Min and intervened in Li Mi's territory, and then Wu'an guarded Yuan Zicai also defected to Li Yuan from Li Mi's account, and Li Yuan was also contained.

In Wu'an County, in addition to horse thieves and thieves, Yu Wenhua and the Xiaoguo Army of Beigui occupied Wei County and Qucheng, and there were constantly Xiaoguo troops fighting with local forces in the territory. Li Chongjiu encountered the forced conscription of food by the Xiaoguo army on the road, and was actually beaten to the head of his cavalry by the idea, and the Xiaoguo army was defeated by Wang Mahan.

When Li Chongjiu saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh, Li Mi simply took the five counties of Hebei for nothing, and wasted his original plan for him.

In the territory of this Wagang Army, the people's hearts are not attached, and the grass is rampant, Li Mi is just canonized as local officials, anti-kings, or thieves, and granted official positions, but he doesn't think about how to digest and recruit at all. Not only did they not manage the local area attentively, but they also failed to effectively manage and restrain local forces.

The mountains of military rations in Luokou and Liyang warehouses have harmed the Wagang army, and Li Mi has a steady supply of military rations, so he does not want to run the prefecture and county. On the contrary, the Wagang army has empty military rations, but there is no source of money, and the soldiers cannot be rewarded for their meritorious service, and they cannot be compensated for the dead.

Now Yu Wenhua and occupy Wu'an County, one of the five counties of Hebei Province, Li Mi did not think about destroying the veteran Yu Wenhua and the remnants of the army, but led the army to the eastern capital to fight Wang Shichong in a decisive battle.

At the beginning, when Li Mi and Yu Wenhua were almost defeated, Wang Shichong took the remnants of Luoyang to recuperate and relieve. Now Li Mi took the tired division to fight Wang Shichong......

The more Li Chongjiu looked at it, the more disappointed he became, it was really easy to win the world immediately, but it was difficult to rule the world under the horse, but the Wagang army was all from grass cowards, where do they know how to govern the place. And Li Mi only wanted to take down the eastern capital as soon as possible, so that he could command the world with this, and neglected the governance of the place.

In this way, as long as Li Mi is defeated in Yanshi, then the power of the entire Wagang Army will undoubtedly collapse.

Li Chongjiu walked on the road on his horse, and couldn't help but wonder if his purpose for going to Liyang was correct. (To be continued.) )