Chapter 141 Drinking the Yellow River

All Fang Chengfeng could do was to harass the vicinity of the Yangtze River estuary to a limited extent, and he didn't even dare to cross the Jiangyin line. Otherwise, it is easy to be attacked by small boats at night.

In addition, the secret of the Northern Army's naval division dominating the world lies in the victory of big ships over small boats. And in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, large ships are likely to become a burden.

But even so, it was enough for Nanjing to have a headache. In this case, any reform can only be put aside. And Nanjing's economy, which had collapsed, at this time, the only little improvement, also disappeared.

The victory or defeat was determined before the battle on the front.

The struggle at the front was only the last breath of the Nanjing Imperial Court.

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Ye Shen, who had been suppressed for a long time, was even more like a volcanic eruption at this moment. The army went straight to the Yellow River.

The first to fight was also the Marine.

It is necessary to control the waterway of the Yellow River. in order to allow the army to quickly pass through the Yellow River.

Ye Shen had built countless large and small ships in Qinshui before. There was no direct connection to the railroad in the rear, and it was somewhat difficult to follow the example of the northwest to establish the Yellow River Naval Division. But it's easy to build some boats.

Moreover, the Yellow River Naval Division of the Southern Army is actually more of a transport ship. Although there are many of them, in fact, the ships are not large, and the terrain of the Yellow River is complex.

To the west of the mountain, the Yellow River is in the middle of the lofty mountains, and most of the sides are mountains, so the Yellow River flows relatively fast. The Yellow River here is not a hanging river on the ground. This is also the reason why Ye Shen launched a river-crossing operation in this section.

It's just that spring has just begun, and the Yellow River has just passed.

It is a dry season, although this year is not a major drought, but there are many river beaches on both sides of the Yellow River, and even sandbanks are exposed in the middle. In this case, it is difficult for the big ship to turn at all. You can only use a small boat.

And if the artillery is placed along the bank of the river, and then the artillery is placed on the sandbar, it is enough to block a section of the river. In such a situation, it is also easy to build a pontoon bridge.

Therefore, the battle of the Yellow River was not a separate water battle. Nor is it a simple land war. The battle between the two sides is very complicated. It will also test the military command ability of the generals of both sides.

Ye Shen seemed to be making a big move, and he was violent. But in fact, the key point was hidden secretly, and it was only hoped that it could be established on the south bank, two or three bridgeheads, and the army would be able to cross the river directly. went straight to Luoyang.

Ye Shen's thoughts, Sheng Yong may not be able to completely guess it. But most of them can be guessed.

However, Sheng Yong also has his own overall tactics. That's one word.

Dragging.

Sheng Yong even wanted to let Ye Shen go across the Yellow River to fight. After all, the purpose of the Yellow River's natural danger is not only a defensive line, but also other uses, such as cutting off Ye Shen's logistics.

When the Yellow River flooded, it was like that, and the turbid waves were monstrous, as if the power of heaven and earth was in the sky. At that time, the Yellow River, not to mention the army crossing the river. It is that the upstream wants to send people to the downstream to deliver the message. It's all nine deaths. Or even ten dead.

That is to say, at this time, the Yellow River artificially divided the army into two sections.

If it is the era of cold weapons, there is actually nothing wrong with this.

The army has already crossed the river. The temporary logistical cut-off is not a big deal.

And the time for firearms is different.

Sheng Yong also found that the dependence on logistics in the firearms age was too important. Once there is no logistics and materials, and you can only carry knives and fight desperately, the northern army is inferior to the southern army in many aspects. Once the Northern Army was temporarily cut off from logistics by the Yellow River.

Sheng Yong attacked in a big way, and within a few days, the gunpowder in the camp was emptied. Not a problem.

At that time, it may be a good opportunity for him to annihilate the Northern Army.

It's just a pity that Sheng Yong didn't dare to do this.

Not because, there is something wrong in the army, but because of the rear. There is no doubt that the various problems that have arisen in Nanjing will affect the morale of the troops at the front. Sheng Yong even blocked many things. But there are some things that can't be blocked.

For example, how much can you buy with such a handful of money?

In this case, it is quite inappropriate to use such a suspenseful strategy.

Sheng Yong can only use the safest way, which is to fight with his opponent on the front line of the Yellow River.

The focus of the competition lies in a few sandbanks in the Yellow River, as well as a few places that are easy to land. The overall situation is also in favor of Sheng Yong. Sheng Yong didn't give this period of time in vain. In these places a lot of insurmountable lines of defense were placed.

Ye Shen could only stumble.

It is estimated that it will take time to break through the Yellow River defense line.

In addition, Sheng Yong is still waiting for other variables.

On the Shanxi side, can it kill from behind Huaiqing Mansion and directly rush to the logistics line of the Northern Army, as long as the logistics line is cut off, the offensive of the Northern Army can only be defeated.

Sheng Yong also knew that Ye Shen must have placed a backhand behind his back, and even his attack along the Yellow River this time was likely to be a plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and the Shanxi army could not do it in all aspects. After the battle of the Sanggan River, it was even more devastated in vitality.

If there is a field battle with the Northern Army, the situation is unimaginable. However, it is possible to hold a few checkpoints, but it is difficult for the northern army to overcome the Taihang natural danger.

If you want to cut off the logistics line, you must rush out of the Taihang Mountain, and once you come out, it is difficult to say whether you can go back. It is even very likely that the Northern Army will seize the gap and break through the checkpoint of Taihang Mountain, and then Shanxi will not be owned by the imperial court.

However, always give it a try.

Another variable is the Shandong battlefield.

Fu Youde has been brewing the Battle of Texas. This is especially true at this time. If it weren't for the changes in the rear, it is very likely that the north and south would have fought another battle in northern Shandong, and now the real elite of the southern army is in the hands of Fu Youde.

It can be said that Fu Youde's movements can make the world look sideways.

And Beijing is not without arrangements for Fu Youde. The arrangement method is very simple, that is, to use Tian Ji horse racing to use inferior horses to contain Fu Youde. And not one, but several.

The first is that the thorn does not spend.

As long as Fu Youde's army goes north, these armies will be killed immediately, and even kill Haizhou, directly to Nanzhili.

And just north of Fu Youde.

Several fortified cities, like an iron chain, completely blocked the direction of Fu Youde's attack. Not to mention, along the canal, there are several fortresses, stuck along the path north of the canal.

In addition, there were a large number of armies, which were encamped in villages and towns.

They even formed militia groups of local people.

Although at the beginning of the war, the local people in Shandong were all grass on the wall. There is no consciousness to fight for Beijing. But after a round of see-sawing. At least the counties on the north bank of the Yellow River have come to their senses.

Their life under the rule of Nanking was really sad.

After all, the burden of transporting a large amount of military rations is on the people, and the military discipline of the southern army is not as good as that of the northern army.

Now what makes the people in the north resist the southern army even more is the collapse of the new banknote in Nanjing.

This incident has greatly increased the burden on the people. Many people's families were ruined.

It stands to reason that most of the people don't have much money in their hands. But what's the problem, hundreds of thousands of troops, soldiers have a lot of new money in their hands, and they will never buy things at a market price. Because if you buy it at the market price, it means that they have suffered a loss.

They don't want to eat this loss, so they can only let others eat it.

Many things are like this, and the price of one thing is passed from the top to the bottom, all the way to the bottom.

This social law is the same even in later generations. Add a few zeros to a certain check, and the people below can't afford to buy a house. Now, although the new banknotes are not worthless, they are on the way to worthless.

This is almost a forced expropriation of the property of the common people.

Huang Zicheng's suggestion was that the imperial court forcibly nationalize several industries, and it was also a compulsory expropriation of merchants' property. But below is the compulsory expropriation of the people's property.

Currency depreciation is a feast for dividing up social property. All the costs of this feast will be borne by the people at the lowest level. It can be said that this was a general outbreak in which the cost of industrialization was passed on to the people under the rule of the Nanjing court.

Naturally, the people voted with their feet. However, the Yellow River is not blocked from the private traffic of the people.