Chapter 63: Reorganizing the Hong Army

It is said that Liu Hou took a boat to the Three Gorges section of the Yangtze River and encountered countless dangerous shoals and reefs.

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River stretches from Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hubei Province in the east, to Baidi City in Fengjie County, Chongqing City in the west, and is composed of Xiling Gorge, Wu Gorge and Qutang Gorge, with a total length of 193 kilometers. In later generations, here is a tourist attraction, there is no Three Gorges Dam in ancient times, many landscapes have not been artificially destroyed, the scenery is more magnificent and beautiful than later generations, and it is majestic and dangerous

However, when Liu Hou arrived at the Three Gorges, he had no intention of watching the scenery on both sides of the strait, and he trembled and worried along the way. The current here was so fast, there were so many rocks and rocks that many times he thought that the boat he was on was about to hit the reef, and every time he felt like he was near-dead.

Especially to Xiling Gorge, this gorge is famous for "danger", known for "strange", strange and dangerous for the magnificence of Xiling Gorge. There are three beaches in Xiling Gorge (Discharge Beach, Qingtan Beach, Kongling Beach), four gorges (Dengying Gorge, Huangniu Gorge, Ox Liver Horse Lung Gorge and Bingshu Baojian Gorge), there are gorges in the gorges, there are beaches in the beaches, the big beaches contain small beaches, and the beaches are many and urgent.

There is an ancient poem: "Xiling Gorge is dense in the middle of the line, and the beaches are all ghosts and sorrows." It can be seen how steep it is here, and since ancient times, the boatmen of the Three Gorges have been fighting with the rapids here for generations. Liu Hou hired a lot of local boatmen and porters to ensure that his fleet would not have accidents. Even so, one transport ship unfortunately ran aground and sank.

Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and there were no casualties, only some supplies were lost. Liu Hou hurriedly learned about the situation, and it turned out that the accident was caused by the captain not listening to the advice of the local boatman.

Kongling Gorge is also known as Kongleng Gorge, with a total length of about 2.5 kilometers, and the cliffs of this canyon stand up, like an axe cutting knife. According to the description of "Yu Zheng Sheng", it: the cliff stands, the turbulence is rapid, it is very difficult to pull the boat, and it is empty (the ship), and then it has to pass.

Between the cliffs on both sides of the strait, there is a famous dangerous beach - Kongling Beach. The current here is fast, and the large and small reefs are densely packed with water. Therefore, there is a so-called: "Qingtan is not a beach, Kongling is the ghost gate" folk song has been circulated for thousands of years.

There was originally a reef protruding from the water surface in the gorge, and three big characters were engraved on it: "Come to me". When the ship passes through here, it must sail straight towards this reef, so that it can pass safely by the force of the flowing water. If you try to avoid it, you will be hit and sunk by it.

The captain of the transport ship was willing to listen to the local boatman, thinking that the boatman was talking nonsense, and there was a reason for hitting the reef since ancient times, so he decisively ordered a deflection to avoid the reef, and the tragedy happened in this way, and their ship crashed into the reef.

The rescue of the crew on board took half a day, but that time was nothing for a long journey. Liu Hou ordered the fleet to be more careful and slowly navigate these precipitous waters.

In the 25th year of Jian'an (220 AD) in the third lunar month, the AD calendar has reached May, in late spring and early summer, Liu Hou led the Hong army back to Chengdu slowly. When I went, it was a crisp autumn, and when I came back, it was already a hot and humid summer. Liu Hou's expedition lasted for most of the year, and even the Chinese New Year was spent in the battle with the Wei army.

He has had a very difficult time for most of the year, "the gentleman is dry all day long, and he is not to blame", this sentence of the I Ching is a true portrayal of his life for most of the year. After arriving in Jingzhou, his nerves have been tense, he has been busy all day long, tired of running for his life, and it is not easy to fight wits and courage with Lu Meng, Sima Yi, Lu Xun, the world's top wise men, in several consecutive battles.

Fortunately, he never gave up and got through this difficult time with the spirit of "gentleman's self-improvement". Now that he has finally returned to Chengdu, those days can finally come to an end, although this disrupts his own ideas, and he himself wants to stay in Jingzhou to dominate the world, but being able to get out of that quagmire makes him involuntarily relieved.

When I returned to Chengdu, I first went to meet my father Liu Bei. First of all, it is natural to tell Liu Bei in detail what he has done in Jingzhou during this time. Although I have reported it to Fei Yi before, it is still very different to hear these things with my own ears, especially the many details that Liu Hou said, which are not in the music written by Fei Yi.

With Liu Hou's narration, he only heard Liu Bei happy for a while, worried for a while, and when he heard the happy place, he couldn't help but clap his hands loudly, and when he heard the danger, he couldn't help frowning. After a long time, Liu Hou finished talking about his experience in Jingzhou, and Liu Bei couldn't help but take Liu Hou's hand and said: It's hard, it's hard! ”

Liu Hou replied: "Hard work is not counted, in order to revitalize the Han family, the sons will not give up." It's just that, father, Jingzhou has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and it is also the bridgehead for my Shu Han to dominate the world. As you can see, I dug a moat, built an urn city, and built an arsenal and a shipyard.

As long as these projects are completed, there will be a foundation for future conquests, I wonder why my father recalled me at this time? ”

It is very taboo to interrogate the lord's personnel arrangements, and if other courtiers are replaced, this is the way to die, and in the words of later generations, this is called death. However, it does not hurt to replace these words with a conversation between father and son. Moreover, there is already a consensus in the Shu Han Group that Liu Hou is the successor of Shu Han in the future, and his status is above 10,000 people under one person, so I believe that Liu Bei will not be blamed if he asks him like this.

"Ah Dou boy, in the land of the four battles in Jingzhou, Cao Wei and Sun Wu are eyeing each other, and putting you in such a dangerous place, my father is uneasy. My father received a battle report that Cao Wei sent 100,000 troops, led by Sima Yi's old fox, and he was worried about your safety all the time. What's more, the second brother always wanted to go back to Jingzhou to be ashamed, so his father ordered him to lead the troops to rescue Jingzhou. I didn't expect that although Adou was young, you were a hero, and you beat the Wei-Wu coalition army.

It's really a thousand miles away. Come back this time, you first have a good rest and rest, and by the way, replenish your Hong army, I heard that in this battle of Jingzhou, your Hong army also suffered heavy losses, just take this opportunity to let them rest and recuperate, and recover their vitality. When you are well rested, your father will assign you a new task, so don't worry, child, in short, there will be a chance for you to show your talents."

Although Liu Hou was not very satisfied with Liu Bei's explanation, Liu Bei's words rarely revealed a rare warmth, which made him very useful. Liu Bei, a hero, usually rarely cares about his children, but this time he surprisingly revealed his feelings of licking calves, which is really rare. Maybe it's because he's old, maybe it's because Liu Hou's expression really makes him very satisfied, so he has this remark.

He has been in this world for more than ten years, and it is rare to enjoy this kind of family affection, and Liu Hou also feels that it is not good to blame Liu Bei in his heart. After talking to Liu Bei, Liu Hou went to Mrs. Gan again and met his mother in this world.

Mrs. Gan is beautiful and kind, I heard that Liu Hou suffered a lot on this expedition, and blindly shed tears. Liu Hou also told her about his experience in Jingzhou, but he talked about the good and happy things, and the unpleasant, dangerous, difficult and dangerous things were all skipped.

Rao is like this, but it still provoked Mrs. Gan's tears to wet her clothes, and she said vigorously: "It's bitter." Liu Hou comforted her before stopping her tears. Liu Hou also fully realized the feeling of having a mother's child like a treasure.

After bidding farewell to his mother and returning to his hometown of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Hou's life returned to peace and began to live the same regular life as before the expedition. When I came back this time, I found that the Hong Army, which had been emptied, had another 3,000 reserves. It turned out that Dong Yun had not forgotten to recruit people during the time that Liu Hou left. Of course, his original intention was to replenish the defensive forces of the Ministry of Industry, not to know in advance that the Hong army would suffer heavy losses and need to be replenished. But this inadvertently helped Liu Hou a lot.

Dong Yuntong guò recruited a total of 3,000 people during this time, but the training time of these people is not enough, as long as it takes time, they are an elite musketeer.

Liu Hou was overjoyed when he saw these 3,000 men and horses, and immediately added them to the Hong army. Hong was immediately resurrected with full blood, and the number of soldiers returned to the pre-war level. After the army returned to Chengdu, Zhao Yun took over the training of these recruits, while Liu Hou continued to support the scientific research work of various research institutes.

Liu Hou was not satisfied with these soldiers and horses, after the test of the Battle of Jingzhou, he knew that thousands of musketeers in front of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of troops, can play a very limited role, if you want to have the capital to dominate the world, you must expand the scale of the musket team.

So he asked Liu Bei for instructions, wanting to expand the scale of the Hong army, Liu Bei is now extremely satisfied with this son, and he did not hesitate to approve Liu Hou's request, but it was still the same sentence, he did not provide money and food, and let Liu Hou bear the food and salary of the soldiers.

For Liu Hou, who owns the Ministry of Industry, this bit of food and salary is a drizzle, and the key is not here, but the production of weapons and equipment. So, as soon as he returned, he jumped headlong and worked to improve the productivity of the major factories.

The promotion of the assembly line is an inevitable thing, and he knows that such a form of production organization can greatly improve production efficiency. Another direction of improvement is to promote the application of hydropower, wind power, and animal power, and the machinery driven by these forces can also greatly improve productivity.

As for the improvement of machinery and equipment, it is not something that can be done overnight. In recent years, Ma Jun, Huang Yueying and other organ news masters have made great efforts to improve and invent a variety of machinery for production, and have also greatly improved production efficiency, but they have always been limited to the limitations of the times, limited to the lack of scientific knowledge, and limited to the progress of material science, these machinery still cannot satisfy Liu Hou.

When Liu Hou came back this time, he no longer passed on knowledge to Zuo Ci, but only said that he had already become a teacher, completely put aside Zuo Ci's transfer role, and went directly down to various research institutes and factories to understand the current production and research situation, and from time to time directly instructed researchers and technicians at the production site to teach them how to improve their research and production.

The people in the Ministry of Industry were amazed at Liu Houqi, but they didn't expect this son to be so powerful, as if he knew everything, and he knew much more than himself and others. Especially the researchers of various research institutes, they often think hard about the problems that have not yet been solved, and they are solved by the son of the world.

What the prince said often made him suddenly enlightened. Everyone sighed that the prince was worthy of being Zuo Xianweng's disciple, and he had the true inheritance of Zuo Xianweng, and at the same time, he was even more in awe of Zuo Ci. To be able to teach such an outstanding disciple, how vast his knowledge must be.

ps. Last time I talked about the pig's foot army leading from Chengdu to Jingzhou, I didn't check the situation of the Three Gorges, and I didn't know how steep the Three Gorges were in ancient times. This time, when they went back, they checked the information on the Three Gorges, and I was scared into a cold sweat. According to the description of the text, the water of the Three Gorges is turbulent, and there are many reefs and dangerous shoals.

In this case, it is really difficult to say whether the pig's foot boat can pass through the Three Gorges. I had the intention to change the previous plot and avoid this possible bug, only to find that these ships played a big role in the later plot and could not be changed.

The only hope is that this kind of ship can pass through the Three Gorges of Guò, and even if it can't, the mistake has already been made, and the mistake can only be wrong. Anyway, it's a novel.,It's irresponsib.,I hope you don't take it so seriously.,Look at this possible bug with an academic attitude.,Although I'm writing this thing with an academic attitude as much as possible.,But obviously,My academic level is limited.,The academic papers I write can only be read as novels.。

Students who have an understanding of the ancient Three Gorges can go to my book review area to express their opinions, and I welcome all good and bad words. Everyone is welcome to actively discuss the possibility of the passage of large ships in the Three Gorges. For example, it is possible to blow up some reefs with explosives.