Chapter 58 Bridgehead

The north of Yulin is the desert, and the characteristic of Yulin City is that the sand covers the city gate. In the spring, sandstorms flood the city gates.

Further north is not at all suitable for long-term human life.

In the wasteland of the combination of desert and grassland, only nomads can live for a long time. This is also why in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, I wanted to repeat it. Because after the reset, it will be able to occupy the entire Yellow River defense line. Thus moving to establish a defensive line on the north bank of the Yellow River and the east bank of the Yellow River. As a result, the border defense line of the Ming Dynasty has made a major change, that is, the Hetao area, which has changed from the border defense line to the hinterland, which can save three or four towns and more than 100,000 troops.

Now Song Sheng's reluctantly formed defense line is naturally not comparable to the side wall built by dozens of generations in later generations. But at least form a simple line of defense. If it is said that to the east of the Yellow River, there are still military household guards to support the front-line baggage.

After crossing the Yellow River.

There was no one at all. It can only be transported by the army. The cavalry has a heavy need for logistics, and unless Qu can make a decision, there is no rear to fight. That is, to plunder places. Otherwise, face this line of defense. You still can't act rashly.

Qu Neng took his personal guards and personally went to the front line to inspect.

He stared for a long time and sighed softly. There is some helplessness.

He was in Geng Bingwen's hands, and he didn't take advantage, the same. He was on Song Sheng's side, and he didn't take much advantage. After all, even in the entire Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, it was also an era of stars like clouds.

There are quite a few generals who are above the standard.

It's not that they won't lose the battle. It's that they can give full play to their strength. How much power exerts how much combat effectiveness. There won't be any big mistakes, it's a brittle collapse, and it's almost impossible to happen.

The same goes for Song Sheng.

A veteran who has been fighting for so many years, it is certainly not as good as Geng Bingwen. But it's not that easy to kick away.

Qu Neng ordered: "Take the cavalry of 1,000 households as a unit, each person with a month's grain, break into the south of Yulin, attack the prefecture and county baggage and heavy officials, remember not to harm the people." Ten days is reversed. ”

Qu Neng's order had actually taken into account He Xi's order. Otherwise, directly order the cavalry to go south and let go of their hands and feet, why bother.

There is enough food for January. No matter how much food there is, the cavalry will not be able to carry it.

It is not a difficult thing to go south through Yulin, after all, the border wall does not exist today. The cavalry wanted to pass through Yulin, although the Loess Plateau was full of ravines, but it could not be stopped. But the ten-day schedule actually limited the hands and feet of the cavalry.

If, completely let go of their hands and feet, the cavalry of the Northern Army can let the beacon fire burn all the way to Chang'an.

But in this way, if you want to win the hearts of the people in Shaanxi, you don't know how long it will take. Not to mention, the northwest is already vast and sparsely populated. Even if they immigrate, many people are reluctant to go to the Northwest.

Under such circumstances, the growth of Shaanxi's population can only rely on the natural growth of Shaanxi's population. Now the mass killing is a shortage of manpower that Shaanxi has not been able to catch up with for decades.

He Xi also weighed the pros and cons before deciding to use this seemingly woman-like method.

Of course, this is also the tolerance of the victors. He Xi never thought about deciding in World War I, not that it was bad to decide in World War I. It's the fact that it's a war, a plan that's too perfect, and it's almost impossible to succeed.

was originally ready to be a long-term tug-of-war.

It's just that Qu Neng is not willing to do this, since the siege is not good, then take Yulin City as the center and release cavalry to fight.

"Choose the right place in Hexi and build a city." Qu Neng said: "There is a need for a suitable port, and the water flow is slow, which is suitable for building a pontoon bridge. ”

Qu Neng can only choose to fight for a long time at this moment.

After doing all this, Qu Neng immediately wrote a letter of plea and sent it to Beijing.

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This letter of guilt arrived in He Xi's hand, and He Xi just glanced at it and put it aside.

Although it is said that Qu Neng's progress is not smooth. But it's still within the scope of He Xi's acceptance.

If there are generals on the front line who can fight immortal battles, thousands to tens of thousands, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, it will naturally be better. But if it can't be done, the following generals only need to do the most basic. How much strength to use, how many things to do. Don't make a big mistake, that's enough.

It's good to hurt people with this.

As long as it's a victory.

After all, Daming has a lot of money. There are almost no countries that can resist the Ming Dynasty's injury.

At this point, He Xi is tolerant.

Qu Neng was a little disappointed with He Xi.

But He Xi estimated that it was not him who was more disappointed, but the emperor.

The emperor hoped that Qu Neng could compete with Ye Shen for the right to speak in the army. But Qu can fight like this, it seems that even if he wins, it will be difficult to compare with Ye Shen's battle between the rivers. It must be known that in the battle between the rivers, Ye Shen faced Fu Youde, whose ability and reputation were far higher than Geng Bingwen and Song Sheng.

It can also be broken. Saved the country from peril.

Such a victory is not comparable to ordinary victories.

If Qu Neng didn't have a similar record, he would definitely be a low leaf in the future.

This is not what the emperor wants.

Qu Neng is the emperor in the end, and he will not be punished for his crimes, but the grace of this forgiveness should also be from the emperor, after all, the grace comes from the mountain. Therefore, He Xi didn't approve anything, just transferred it to the palace. Let the Emperor see.

It's not that He Xi doesn't care about the Northwest Strategy.

On the contrary, the Northwest Strategy is a key strategy for the next two to three years. How could He Xi not care. There are too many people's interests at stake. Not only He Xi cares, but there are many people who care.

However, He Xi understands very well that the key to the northwest strategy is the railway, as long as the railway issue is solved. Many problems are solved.

Although I have heard a lot of reports about the construction of railways. But He Xi still wanted to see it with his own eyes.

After all, hearing is false, seeing is believing.

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He Xi took the attendant guards and sprinkled hundreds of people. Together with the people on the railway, there are nearly a thousand people. Fortunately, take the train from Beijing North Railway Station, first go west to Beiping Station, and then turn northwest.

Until the mountains were heavy, I didn't listen to the train.

However, He Xi saw very clearly, two locomotives were added before and after the firecracker, and four billowing smoke were pushing a few carriages, slowly, at an almost pedestrian speed, crawling on the hillside little by little.

It's really crawling.

The slope of the road by the train is required.

So, and here there are many mountains, and the altitude has suddenly increased. If you want to keep the train on a slope, you can only extend the length. And the train can't have a big angle turn. That kind of 90-degree curve, you have to turn far.

A lot of things are only understood when you get to the construction site.

It can be said that Ge Tiangong has solved too many problems this time. It's a lot of overspending.

The train spiraled like a dragon through the mountains. He Xi saw three large railway bridges, and the small-scale bridges are simply countless.

What's more important is the supporting facilities.

For example, stations.

Because the train is loaded with coal and water, it is fixed with the running speed. Therefore, the density of the railway station is also fixed, and it will not become less because the train hovers over the mountain, which stretches a lot of distance, or even because of the climb, the train speed will slow down, and the density of the railway station will be more.

And a railway station covers a lot of land.

There's a problem.

On flat land, the area of a mere railway station is nothing at all. But finding such flat land in the mountains also has to match the density of the train station. It's not an easy thing to do.

In short, from last year to today, it has been nearly ten months since the start of construction.

With all the hard work of Ge Tiangong and the hard work of tens of thousands of workers, all the railways from Beijing to Shanzhong were built, and these railways have been put into use. It was to supply the materials for the construction of the railway.

He Xi also used this railway under construction to come over at this moment.

However, this road is a dead-end road after all.

He Xi soon came to the place where the head was severed.

Nothing else. It's a big tunnel.

He Xi received a rattan helmet from the side. Surrounded by countless people, walk into the tunnel being dug.

Ge Tiangong is waiting for He Xi here. He saw He Xi from a distance, and hurriedly ran over to salute and said, "Teacher, you are here." ”

He Xi looked up at the dome, and there was a trace of shock in his heart, even though he had seen many engineering miracles in later generations. But now, it still looks a little shocking.

He Xi said: "You are very good. ”