After pretending to discuss where to build the city, Shao Xun arranged a place for Wang Huifeng to live, and assigned a maid, instructing her to stay here for a long time to discuss from time to time.

Wang Huifeng didn't say anything, just quietly returned to his residence, picked up the lamp and read.

Shao Xun knows very well that he can't be abrupt about the beauty now.

Wang Huifeng is a fierce woman, and whether she is willing to remarry or not depends entirely on her, and others can't force her. She does have a little affection for herself now, but the causes of this affection are complex and fragile, and they disappear if she is not careful.

There is a long way to go, and there are many opportunities.

That night, Shao Xun took his own soldiers and ran to Heyang overnight.

The left battalion of the silver spear has been resting in Xiangcheng for more than a month, and it is not suitable to move lightly for the time being.

The right battalion of the silver spear is about to set off from Jinguyuan and go to Heyang, which is the main force of the field battle for this city construction operation.

On 20 July, at the same time as Liu Cong issued an edict to Shile to transfer troops, the gate of Heyang Beicheng was opened, and the right battalion of silver spears, more than 9,000 soldiers of the Volunteer Army, 1,000 light cavalry and 400 armored cavalry of the borrowed Xiao cavalry, plus 5,000 Xuchang soldiers, 7,000 Sizhou Ding Zhuang and hundreds of craftsmen, totaling more than 22,000 people, marched eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River.

Left behind in the three cities of Heyang was the shogunate Zuo Sima Chen Yougen.

The army, composed of 3,000 soldiers and their troops, was the main force defending the northern city of Heyang.

More than 10,000 people from the Black Army, Runan Cavalry and Mule Infantry, Tuntian Army, and Heyang Ding Zhuang assisted in defending the city, taking turns to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield and accumulate combat experience.

In recent years, with the intensification of war, even the combat effectiveness of peasant soldiers has been rapidly improving.

They are indeed inferior to professional soldiers like the Silver Spear Army, but the gap is not as big as before, after all, it is easy to go from thirty to sixty, and it is much more difficult to go from eighty to ninety.

In the future, if you go deep into Hebei, you will need a large number of line-filling soldiers with a certain combat ability, otherwise even if you occupy it for a while, you will have to spit it out sooner or later.

Since the army left the northern city of Heyang, the road has been smooth.

The Huns were surprisingly few and seemed to have lost the ability to entrench themselves near the city of Heyang for a long time. It was not until a few days to the east that two or three hundred Hun cavalry appeared, but they did not dare to approach and only peeked from a distance.

On the night of the 24th, the army stayed in Huai County, and the Xiongnu launched the first night attack, but it ended in vain.

Shao Xun sat in a damaged carriage, quietly looked at the retreating Huns, and put down his snack slightly.

Only two soldiers in the right battalion of the silver spear had the experience of watching the cavalry day and night. That time, they followed the veterans of the left battalion to escort the grain to Luoyang.

Before this expedition, Shao Xun was a little worried that the psychological quality of the officers and men of the right battalion was not good, they could not bear the huge pressure, and collapsed halfway, so he personally led the troops to boost morale, commanded in time, checked and filled in the gaps, and ensured that there were no problems.

He knew that the soldiers of the right battalion were trained very hard, and they were also very scientific, and they were all fully equipped, and they were not all recruits, as long as they were allowed to cross the hurdle in their hearts and break the fear of cavalry, even if he did not personally lead the troops in the future, everyone would deal with it very calmly.

The first time is the hardest.

From the 25th, the Huns were increasing day by day, and the expressions on the faces of the soldiers became more and more solemn.

"The thieves don't dare to attack the city, if they want to try their luck here, then beat them back and let them see the martial arts of the Great Jin Erlang." Shao Xun rode a war horse, got out of the protective circle of the car formation, held a horse whip in his hand, and said loudly while walking slowly.

The silver-speared soldiers stood on the side vans and baggage carts, holding their bows and manipulating their crossbows, and their faces were gloomy.

Seeing Master Shao wearing gold armor, the student officers were full of confidence.

Seeing the mighty and majestic Chen Gong, the courage of the ordinary soldiers doubled.

As a martial artist, he naturally likes a commander who is skilled in bows and horses and has a heroic personality.

Can't open a hard bow, kill a stubborn enemy, Mount Tai collapses in front and does not change color, how can people be truly convinced?

You can rely on the system to force them to obey orders, but this kind of restraint is not reliable, in the troubled times, why are so many regimes that have died? Of course, there are reasons for one's own death, but the lack of prestige is also an important factor.

"Man Yu!" Shao Xun suddenly snapped at him.

"The last general!" Man Yu rode his horse.

Shao Xun pointed to a group of wandering Hun light horsemen in the distance, and said, "One man and three horses, catch them for me, no matter how much it costs." ”

"No." Without hesitation, Man Yu ordered five hundred horsemen on the spot, and rushed out of the big array with one thousand five hundred horses.

The formation did not stop and continued to move forward.

From west to east, miles long.

In the evening of the same day, Man Yu, who was full of seven or eight arrows, rushed back.

There was a lot of loss of men and horses, but each of them had more than one human head hanging under the saddle.

"Two horses of silk will be given to them, and they will be distributed after the class teacher." Shao Xun announced loudly.

Everyone cheered, and even the morale of the whole car formation was raised a lot.

Shao Xun laughed.

Some battles, even if they fight to inflict greater casualties than the enemy, must be fought.

The field is extremely empty, and there are no rivers or woods, which is actually not very suitable for attacking cavalry, because if one is not good, people will fly kites in circles.

But so what?

It's like when you're besieged, you don't care how many people beat you, just stare at one person and kill him.

The Huns are divided into tribes and clans, and if you stare at the people of one tribe and do their strength to pieces, the people of other tribes will be deterred. The next time I come to harass, I will mumble in my heart and hesitate.

That's what you want!

Shao Xun didn't believe that Liu Ya had a high prestige and could force the tribes to die regardless of casualties.

The old book is discounted, do you make up for it? Is the compensation sufficient?

This is a political issue, but also a systemic issue. If you can solve this problem, you can establish a steppe empire.

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On the night of the 27th, the army stayed in the southwest of Ji County.

Beginning on the 28th, the Huns seemed to have given up harassment, and the main force disappeared without a trace, except for a few people who were left to watch.

At this time, Shile's envoy was still on the way to Xihe, carrying his song and urging the Son of Heaven not to storm the three cities of Heyang.

In short, Schler was reluctant to go and was still haggling.

Of course, perhaps he is about to change his attitude, because the situation has taken a new turn.

On the first day of August, the army arrived near Yanjin and set up camp.

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On the second day, the whole army crossed Qishui, and in the evening of the same day, the vanguard crossed Qingshui north and arrived outside Fangtou City.

On the third day of August, the army continued to cross the river.

There seems to be a small number of defenders in Fangtou City, who went out of the city to intercept and break the righteous army.

At this time, the number of Hun cavalry increased one after another. But most of them were not from Hanoi, but the Xiongnu, Qian, and Wuhuan cavalry under Shile.

Shao Xun calculated for him, and after getting the news, he began to mobilize, and then raised grain and grass to go south, which is not slow, Shi Le really has some ability, and the efficiency of his separatist regime is okay.

On the fourth day of the eighth month, the infantry army who crossed the river took the head of the fang lightly, beheaded 200, captured 200, and took down the ruined earthen city.

So far, more than 20,000 troops have been divided into camps inside and outside, deep ditches and high bases, and camped and stationed.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, he climbed the Fangtou city wall, which was almost crumbling, and looked far away.

On the surface of the Yellow River, the boats are densely packed, coming from the two counties of Xingyang and Puyang, loaded with grain, grass and military supplies, and after docking, they are unloaded on the tidal flat near Laoqikou, and then transported to the camp.

Qikou, that is, the place where Qi water flows into the Yellow River.

In the ninth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (204), Cao Cao "built a weir under the mouth of the Qi River to prevent Qi water from entering the white ditch to pass the water." ”

Qishui source out of Taihang, there are many streams along the way to merge, the water potential is turbulent, the flow is very large, when the flash flood occurs, the surging rush into the Yellow River.

For the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao ordered the construction of an artificial weir at Qikou with large fangmu trees, so that it could be diverted and flow to the northeast.

To put it bluntly, the water in Baigou in the northeast direction is scarce, which is not conducive to Cao Yun, and Qi Water is abundant, so we tried to inject Qi water into Baigou to provide grain and grass for the Northern Expedition.

In other words, the water conservancy project of Fangtou is mainly for military purposes, more precisely, it is mainly used to transport military grain and grass to reduce the logistical pressure of going deep into the hinterland of Hebei - land transportation is not impossible, but the cost of water transportation is much lower.

Logistics has always been one of the most important factors in warfare, and even the primary consideration of the vast majority of generals when fighting.

Historically, Huan Wen withdrew his troops from Fangtou, and logistics was a decisive factor - there was less rain, the river was shallow, and some sections of the river could not carry grain ships, which directly led to the shortage of food on the front line day by day.

Now Shao Xun arrived in Fangtou decades ahead of Huan Wen, preparing to transform this earthen city, which is not much stronger than the barracks, into a large military city, backed by the big river, and stationed a strong army, as a strategic fulcrum for the north.

If there are still Xiongnu rangers in Puyang this year to sabotage, resulting in the local people's crop failure, once Fangtou City is successfully garrisoned, it can at least cover the river section of 200 miles from east to west, so that the people on the south bank can rest assured that they will produce and no longer be harmed by the Hu cavalry.

"That's Gu Shimizu Mouth, right?" Shao Xun pointed to a half-silted river in the southwest and asked.

He Lun, who had crossed the river from Wenshijin to the north, raised his eyes and immediately said, "That's right, that's Qingshuikou." Wang Zhongxuan's "Heroes' Record" once contained' (Yuan) Shao was in Chaoge Qingshuikou, (Zhao) Fu and so on, hundreds of ships, more than 10,000 people, the whole army was horrified and drummed through the Shao camp. ’”

Shao Xun glanced at He Lun approvingly.

Lao He is indeed a martial artist, but he is also a son of a family, born in the East China Sea He family, this family developed with Liu Yu in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Xuan He is incomparable.

Therefore, He Lun seems to be rude, but in fact, his knowledge is okay, and he has read a lot of books, but after becoming a martial artist, he was affected by the big environment and actually touched the princess.

Damn, Lao Tzu hasn't played Princess Lingshou yet, you're all done.

"After the fangtou was built, Cao Cao diverted the clear water, and poured it into the white ditch at the fangtou." He Lun continued: "Fangtou is actually a good place, and there are rivers in the west and south, which is conducive to shipping. If the Qingshuikou is reused, it can communicate with the big river, and the grain ship will drive directly to the city of Fangtou, and the military city will be impregnable. ”

When the clear water source flows out of Ji County and into Ji County and Chaoge area, it is generally east-west, and the amount of water is not very large, and it originally flows into the Yellow River at the mouth of Qingshui.

Qishui source out of Taihang, from the song to the south, in Qikou into the Yellow River.

Shimizuchi and Kiguchi are very close.

After the fangtou was built, the clear water was diverted and no longer flowed into the Yellow River, but flowed into Qishui at the fangtou.

Qishui was also diverted, no longer flowing into the Yellow River, but flowing into Baigou with water from the two rivers and flowing to the northeast.

"No, the clear water mouth is a little farther away, so it's not suitable. Kikou is a bit more suitable. Shao Xun said: "After the completion of the construction of the city of Fangtou, I intend to build another city in the south, dredge the Qikou River, and connect the water of the Yellow River to facilitate shipping." In this way, there are fangtou south city, north city, standing between the river, each other is the horn. ”

The north bank is high, if you connect the water of the Yellow River and build a wharf, the current fangtou is out of reach, and you have to build another city to the south. Fortunately, the two cities were not far apart, a few miles away, and could even be connected as one, and the north and south could be crossed across the Qishui - no, the east of Fangtou should be called Baigou - and the water gate was set up on the middle of the river to pass through the boats.

This has been the case in many cities throughout the ages.

For example, Jinyang City, which was destroyed by Zhao Er, was built between the river, and the Fenshui ran through it, communicating inside and outside through the water gate.

It's just that in this way, the scale of Fangtou City is larger, and it is no longer the size of the county seat, but the same county level as Heyang North City.

There are pros and cons to this.

The disadvantage is that it costs more and takes longer to build, and the advantage is that more soldiers, horses, and materials can be stationed, which is more conducive to the future Northern Expedition.

Shao Xun looked at He Lun.

"Ming Gong ......" He Lun was a little puzzled.

"After the construction of the two cities in the north and south of Fangtou is completed, I will lead my troops to the north and station here, how about it?" Shao Xun asked.

He Lun felt a little bitter in his heart.

Indeed, after the construction of Fangtou was completed, Wenshijin on the south bank did not need to be defended, and the five thousand soldiers and horses under his command could move north to Fangtou as a whole. But in this way, you can face Shile directly......

The south and north banks of the Yellow River are also defending the city, but the pressure they face is fundamentally different.

He Lun is not stupid, he knows very well that once he really crosses the river, he will definitely face a siege battle at both ends in three days in the future, and there will be fewer casualties?

But he didn't dare to resist, so he could only say unhappily: "Obey." ”

"Why do you look so depressed?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "In the future, I will definitely go north to Yecheng, and Fangtou will not give up no matter what." If Shile comes with a crowd and I send troops north to reinforce you, will you not be able to hold on to the fortified city with your back? ”

"Yes." He Lun was still a little worried.

When Shao Xun saw it, he was a little unhappy and said, "Sitting at home, how can you be rich?" ”

He Lun was shocked, gritted his teeth and said, "Obey the Ming Gong's order." ”

Shao Xun turned his anger into joy, put his arm around He Lun's shoulder, and said, "You and I are both from the East China Sea, and our feelings are unusual. You only need to defend the city with all your heart, and do not teach Shile to take it away, and you will surely be rich in the future. I will do what I say and never break my word. ”

When He Lun heard this, a hot current surged in his heart.

Yes, we are all fellow villagers. In these years, who will you help if you don't help your fellow villagers? Do others trust you?

As long as you make a certain amount of merit, you will definitely have more wealth in the future than others.

Thinking of this, He Lun immediately said: "Ming Gong rest assured, after the fangtou is built, I will be nailed here, even if I die, I will die in the fangtou." ”

"Don't worry, Shile doesn't have that ability yet." Shao Xun said with a smile: "He is strong in the cavalry army, although the infantry army is not bad, but it is not strong, Fangtou City is for him, no matter how many lives he fills, he can't beat it." ”

As long as the supplies are not cut off, and the grain, grass, equipment, soldiers, and materials and energy for repairing the city wall are continuously transported into the city, Fangtou, like Heyang Beicheng, is difficult to be breached.

For Scheller, this is a loss-making business, a long-term bleeding hole. It's not fighting, it's not fighting, it's uncomfortable to death.

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