Section 25 The first step in the struggle for hegemony

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As Jiang Feng said, in the future, all the equipment and equipment needed by the army and some equipment improvements among the people can be handed over to the Daozang Institute for implementation, and the Daozang Institute should not limit itself to the magic method, including some experiments and explorations that are different from the magic method, such as science.

This scientific statement also originated from Jiang Feng, and everyone was puzzled by what science he was talking about, but later everyone roughly understood that the science mentioned by Jiang Feng was actually Gewu, and even the Daozang lineage should be counted in Gewuxue.

It's just that the science that Jiang Feng said is more targeted, such as exploring the growth laws of animals and plants and finding out their mysteries, such as water or fire can produce the flow of power, which seems to have something to do with magic, but there are some differences, but after Jiang Feng listed a few examples, he also refuted some magicians who don't think much about this object or science.

However, Deng Guinian was very interested in this, and thought that the study of things should have a similar effect on the research and application of magic.

In the Great Dao Academy, Jiang Feng also specially arranged some magicians and people who had studied the science of Gewu to enlighten those young students.

It should be said that the seeds have been sown, and there may not be any effect in the short term, but Jiang Feng believes that as the magic and the study of things start from children, enlighten them from childhood, cultivate their interests, and encourage them to use them for research, sooner or later these seeds will take root and sprout into towering trees, and at that time, the whole society will change for them.

Nominally, this observation and disposal mission should be mainly responsible for handling military affairs, but in fact, this observation and disposal mission has gradually replaced the administrative body, which is equivalent to a first-level government.

And Jiang Feng also felt more and more that in this era, the administrative power of the government was relatively weak, especially in promoting social affairs, it was in a state of inaction, and more often these rights and obligations were handed over to the local gentry, which was exactly what Jiang Feng was unwilling to.

Jiang Feng also had long intended to readjust the institutional setup of the Observation and Disposal Mission, according to his original understanding, rather than the current temporary arrest, but because of the imminent war in Xuzhou, he could not start this system project, and he had already made up his mind that once Xuzhou fell into his hands, he would eliminate all interference to promote the construction of the various functional departments under the jurisdiction of the entire Observation and Disposal Mission.

"The carriage that Daozang is engaged in is indeed very useful, but there are also some drawbacks, just like the wear and tear of this carriage, with the current situation of the post road in Huaiyou, it can't be supported at all, if you really want to play the role of these carriages and donkey carts, you must solve the road problem. ”

Chen Wei thought further, it is true that the existing road conditions are difficult to adapt to the improved animal-powered vehicles, and large-scale renovations are needed, but if it can indeed be solved on the road, it can not only greatly solve the speed of military mobilization, but also greatly benefit the commercial circulation of the people, especially in some areas where the rivers and canals are not very smooth.

"Chen Gong, at present, a large number of displaced people are going south, and a large number of displaced people are waiting to go south all over the Huaishui River, I think this is the Huaibei Prefectures deliberately indulge and drive them south, so as not to consume their own little food, and even the North Yingzhou and Bozhou, which are short of population, Caizhou seems to be unbearable, I have a suggestion, if we Huaiyou really intend to promote this kind of animal-powered carts and two-wheeled carts in large quantities, we might as well organize these displaced people, and repair and maintain them according to the needs of the roads on our side, and adopt the method of work for relief, so that this year has passed, if the king takes the three states of Xu Sihai, so that these displaced people can return north and settle in these three states to replenish the population lost after the ant thieves ravaged the ,......"

Zheng Ju's suggestion made Chen Wei's heart light up.

This suggestion is very good, not only to solve the livelihood problem of these displaced people, but also to organize these displaced people and disaster victims so that they can do something, so as not to gather and cause chaos, and at the same time, it is also a great improvement to the road situation of the entire Huaiyou.

Originally, there was also an idea in this regard, which was to organize the displaced people to repair the canals and urban defense facilities, which was also a way of cash-for-work, but after calculating the large number of disaster victims, the number of displaced people was too large, and the previous year when the victims of Yingbo and Erzhou went south, they had already organized to repair the irrigation canals on the side of Shouzhou, and there was no need for so many displaced people, but now if the roads in Shouzhou, Haozhou and Luzhou are to be repaired, the amount of work is quite large, and the demand for the displaced people is the more the better.

These displaced people only want a meal, and they don't expect anything else, so they can just come and make great use of it.

Thinking of this, Chen Wei couldn't help but plan the road that needed to be repaired and built first in his heart.

There is no doubt that the road from Shouzhou Prefecture to Shouchun to Luzhou Prefecture is the most important road in terms of military significance and commercial significance.

Shouzhou is the granary and the most important commercial port on the Huaishui waterside, and it is also an important porcelain production area, and Luzhou has extraordinary political significance, a large population, and is also a large granary, and can rely on the fertile water into Chaohu Lake, and then enter the river through the wet water, and communicate the river basin, which is also extremely important.

If you want to go to the water transport, in fact, you can also make the two places communicate but the distance is too far, from Shouzhou to Luzhou, take the waterway to go from Huaishui to Chuzhou Shanyang and then enter the Cao Canal, cross the river into the river, and then go upstream along the river, until you have to cross Jiangning, Dangtu, Wuhu, in order to get to the mouth of the river, from the water to Chaohu Lake and then go to Feishui to Hefei, it is too far, it is ten times the distance by land, even if the water transport is cheap again, it is not suitable.

Another road is from Gwangju Prefecture to Shengtang (Suyu City) through Yincheng, and then enter Luzhou to Hefei.

The road from Gwangju to Yincheng is acceptable, but the road from Yincheng to Shengtang and then to Hefei is relatively poor, although the value of this road is slightly worse in business, but the political significance and military value are great.

The construction of this road can greatly promote the development of Yincheng and Shengtang, the two hilly districts and counties in the south of Huzhou, and at the same time, the road that runs through the entire Huaiyou territory is built, which is conducive to the mobilization of the army.

If Huaiyou intends to face Qihuang Erzhou in the future, then one line will naturally go west from Shuzhou, and the other road will cross Baisha Pass, Muling Pass and Yinshan Pass to the south.

Of course, this is only a long-term plan, but why not do it first when cheap labor is available now?

At present, Huaiyou's greatest weapon is to hoard sufficient grain and store it at a fairly low price last year and the year before that, and now these old grains can not only be sold for a large price, but also can be used by these labor people.

"Sizhen, your suggestion is excellent, I agree very much, I have to report to the king immediately, do this matter, now the counties and states along the Huaishui are still worried about these displaced people, now it's okay, just let them go south, and even hype, anyway, there are many places where the road on the right side of Huai needs to be built, and it can be used to make use of it, and it can be regarded as a good deed. ”

Chen Wei's words made Zheng Ju very happy in his heart, which meant that Chen Wei would submit this suggestion to the king, at least to prove that he was not useless when he came to observe and dispose of the envoy's mansion.

Two pontoon bridges were quickly erected, and the first to cross the river was the tooth army led by Ding Man.

As the leading army, although this army has not experienced many baptisms of war like the First Army, the composition of its sergeants is basically absorbed from the old soldiers after the Gushi Defense War, and as a tooth army, its training requirements have always maintained the standard of benchmarking the First Army, perhaps the First Army is slightly inferior to Yang Kan in terms of experience, but it is definitely not inferior to the First Army in terms of enthusiasm and loyalty.

The two pontoon bridges, which were made of small boats and boat planks, were undulating on the Huai River, where the volume of water had increased significantly, but for the various armies that had long been prepared and even trained to cross the Huai River, they were not frightened by the stage, and the speed of the march was quite fast.

In fact, there was no obstruction on the north bank of Huaishui, although the fine work and scouts in Xuzhou also discovered that a large number of troops of the Huaiyou Army had gathered in Zhongli City, but they did not have time to react much, or rather, they did not know what kind of reaction to make.

The Tooth Army, the First Army of the Left Wing Army, the First Cavalry Army, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Armies of the Left Wing Army, and the Third Army of the Right Wing Army crossed the Huai one after another.

Seeing the churning yellow dust on the north bank, Jiang Feng stood on the head of the pontoon bridge, and his heart was also agitated.

This is the first time that the Huai Right Army has really fought on a large scale, with nine armies, more than 20,000 people, and tens of thousands of masters, not counting the more than 10,000 people of the two armies of the navy and the first and second armies of the Right Wing Army, which have already set off in advance by boat.

This battle will determine whether Huaiyou can really gain a firm foothold in the battle for the Central Plains, and only by taking Xuzhou can Huaiyou be qualified to participate in the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains and the world, and this step must be taken well.

According to the plan, after crossing the Huai, the Huaiyou Army will quickly move north, and cross the Lianshui at the location that has been determined for a long time, and Gaiyinqi County will be east of the Lianshui, that is to say, it will cross the Lianshui before the reformed army of Yao Chengtai's department will go south to meet the attack, and the two armies will fight east of the Shuishui.