Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 201: Millions of control strings

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The chief general Guo Shao and the Hakka ambassador Zan Jurun led an army from Tokyo, marching for more than a thousand miles, and reached the Qizhou boundary (now northeast of Shijiazhuang City) until October. ,ybdu,

"Look! Hutuo River." Zhou Duanyao pointed to a quiet river in front of him. The river was very conspicuous on the deserted plains in autumn and winter.

Guo Shao saw Zhou Duan's expression a little excited, so he was surprised, and hurriedly asked Hutuohe what is the allusion? Zhou Duan said: "There is no allusion, but this Hutuo River is one of the three major rivers in Hebei. The land of quiet clouds, once passing the north-south direction of Yanshan Mountain, there is a map of Pingchuan, which is safe to guard, but not always. These are the three barriers of Hebei. One is the Juma River, which is under the control of Liao State; the second is Hutuo River, which is the barrier that guards Hebei Middle Road; and the third is Zhangshui, the last line of defense in Hebei. The Central Plains has little danger to defend, (later) the Jin Dynasty loses Beizhou, and the country will die, but in fact it will lose water."

The strategic location of these places is not visible, but something summed up in countless wars in history. Guo Shao reads few history books. The famous history books only record major events. The specific local language is not clear. If it weren't for Zhou Duan's explanation, he would not know what is important about the Hutuo River.

This guy Zhou Duan can explain the situation in the north clearly. I am afraid that he has read a lot of books that ordinary people can't see. Those who come from the family, even if they are poor, seem to be able to borrow from relatives in the family. It is a bit more knowledgeable than the average person. Zuo You listened attentively. There was no words. He probably didn't understand these things, and his face was quite envied.

"It's no wonder that the Privy Council asked us to'patrol the border' and chose Qizhou." Guo Shao suddenly said, "I was a bit puzzled before, why Qizhou seems to be not well-known or heard of before. This place was chosen because it turned out to be the Hutuo River! According to the husband, the northernmost Juma River is in the hands of the Liao people, and the Hutuo River has become the frontier of Hebei’s defense line."

"Exactly, but there is a strong defense in front of the city, which is a forward stronghold." Zhou Duan said, "Dingzhou is not in Zhou Jun's hands."

Guo Shao listened to him so well that he respected him more in his words, calling him "Mr." instead of calling him by name as before.

At this time, Li Chuyun rode his horse and said: "There is no bridge on the river. You have to send someone to Qizhou to find a local governor and ask them to take things to build a pontoon bridge, so that the army can cross the river."

Guo Shao thought it was good, so he asked Zuo You to write a message with a stamp and send it across the river to contact the local official.

He and Zhou Duanzheng started talking, and they were interrupted just now, so they brought up the topic again, wanting to hear more opinions from the civil servants. He just said casually, "The foreign bandits rose up in the northeast, and the Central Plains lost the clouds. Only by this barrier to defend, fortunately we are crowded..."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Duan did not give Guo Shao face at all, with a scornful expression: "Many people?"

The companion next to him was also interested to see how the end of the week ended. Everyone seemed to be fed up along the way. This guy didn't come here alone (in fact, he was caught at first). Always looks very arrogant.

But Guo Shao was not angry about what Zhou Duan was doing. Instead, he looked humble and asked curiously: "Aren't the Han people the most?"

Zhou Duan sneered: "If only the tribal ancestry is compared, there are probably the most Han people. However, can the Han people in Shu, Tang, and Northern Han be ruled by Tokyo? Even in places such as Wuyue and Nanping, they are not seen. You have to use it as you want. There are also many Han people in Youyun, Bohai Old Land and other places in the Liao Kingdom. Who are these people helping?

I’m not wrong. Before the Battle of Huainan, there were only more than 900,000 households in the Zhou dynasty. Even if some people were not in the archives, they were not much more... After another few decades, there is only this number in the world. At present, the Zhou Dynasty emperor Wen ruled martial arts, and his political affairs were clear, but the emperor and the officials could not change their lives. Instead, they spent years fighting and consuming the strong and the dynasties. "

Guo Shao did not refute, because he did not know the specific data, and he did not specifically inquire through courtiers. He is a military commander. Those things have little to do with him for the time being... And with his intuition that he took for granted, he never felt that the Han population was a problem. Modern society still has too much family planning. In this ancient time, insufficient population was a big problem. .

Zhou Duan said again: "In the Liao Kingdom, there are not only the Khitan people, but also Xi, Bohai, Han, Data, Jurchen, Five Kingdoms, Daluguo...many tribes, most of them surrendered to The Liao Kingdom did not serve it. The number of Khitans alone may not be as good as the Hans; but if it is more than the Liao Kingdom and the Zhou Dynasty, obviously there are more people in the Liao Kingdom, not a little bit more. Just say that there should be in the old part of the Bohai Kingdom. Millions of people (three provinces in the Northeast, the coast of Russia, and northern North Korea). Youyun Sixteen Prefectures are also densely populated, with a territory comparable to the Hebei area controlled by the Zhou Dynasty; but how many Hebei is there in Dazhou?

It is rumored that the standing army of the Liao State can immediately mobilize 300,000 cavalry. If it is a long-term battle, it can use tribal soldiers and conscript troops. Liao’s control of the strings is not just a boast. Can Zhou Dynasty have a million troops? How many people are there in the Forbidden Army? "

Yang Biao yelled after hearing this: "This is from the Southern Tang Dynasty. Southern Tang has colluded with Khitan in the past. It's not a spy! It's not a spy to grow others' aspirations and destroy one's own power!"

"Haha..." Zhou Duan raised his head and laughed, pointing at Yang Biao and ridiculing, "What else did I say? Shu and Nantang are all Han people. Can the court of Tokyo beams use it? ?"

Guo Shao said: "Second brother, don't believe it." He turned his head and said to Zhou Duan, "You didn't say this last time you came back."

Zhou Duan stopped laughing and said calmly: "I couldn't finish talking about Youzhou last time, so naturally I didn't talk about Bohai Country and other places."

Guo Shaodao: "According to Mr. Zhou's words, my Zhou Dynasty attacked Liao, but my strength was actually weaker than Liao?"

"It speaks for itself." Zhou Duan said unceremoniously, "General Guo is a general under the emperor, don't know why the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is so famous? He dared to fight the Liao country by attacking weakly. Think of that Gaoping During the battle, Yang Dang, a member of the Liao Dynasty, led a partial division of 50,000 troops, plus the Northern Han army, and there were more soldiers than the Zhou army. For this reason, the Zhou emperor also fought in Jinyang... In this Northern Expedition, the Zhou Dynasty had only ten elites capable of fighting. Tens of thousands, no one can change more, no one, and the national power can not afford it; and the Liao State controls millions. The emperor of the Great Zhou dared to attack, this is prestige and power."

Guo Shao couldn't help but shudder when he heard this. He was reminded that China's survival pressure has reached such an unbearable level in this era; the rise of the surrounding hostile tribes has become unstoppable. He hadn't paid attention to these issues before, but now he has listened to Zhou Duan in detail, and he has realized that his strength has long changed. It's just that the north of Youzhou is too far away, ordinary people can't see it, and those with knowledge don't want to say it. .

If you want to be able to get to the current situation, it is actually a national luck. If your luck is a little bit worse, it is not impossible to get to the stage of five chaos.

The Song dynasty that followed has been passively beaten, unable to control the rise of the surrounding tribes. It is in the trend that cannot be stopped... The Khitan and Jurchen took turns to dominate, and later the Mongols even ransacked In the world, probably the Central Plains dynasty is incapable of doing anything in this era; otherwise, so many nomads will not have the opportunity and space to rise, and they will naturally not be able to grow without development.

Guo Shao felt depressed for a while.

What Zhou Duan said may be exaggerated, but his judgment is still more credible. Since the Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains had been threatened by the Khitan, and the Jin Dynasty itself was still attacked by the Liao Kingdom; the rulers of the dynasties were like sharp swords. In recent years, the Liao Kingdom is undergoing civil strife, and the War of Gaoping also made the Zhou Dynasty feel the threat of life and death... If Liao does not have the strength, how can it be done?

When Guo Shao looked back, he saw a crowd of people on the road approaching the Hutuo River, and the crowd he saw was the left side of the Tiger Jiefang under his command. I was a little lamented at the moment, looking back at the people saying: "I always thought that'China' is very big and there are many people, but we can see that the 20,000 people are already one-eighth of the elite of'China'; this point is the whole country. The power supports a part of all the power. Everyone, I have a great responsibility, so I can’t take it lightly."

The generals just listened to Zhou Duan's "warranting" remarks, and now they were also serious and all clasped their fists to agree. Dong Zunxun said loudly: "I would like to follow Uncle Guo and strive to be strong."

Guo Shaodao: "Looking at me, Qin, Han, Tang, Rongguang, and the kingdoms of all nations,'China' has always been a powerful and civilized country with four directions. Could it be the king of the world? Today, it has fallen into a servant! I hope that one day our country can revive its flag Drum, restore the glory of the past."

Zhou Duan and Zuo You listened to Guo Shao's generals very well, and they were also impressed at the moment.

...Not long after, Qizhou sent people to the army, saying that a pontoon had been erected upstream to wait. Guo Shao heard from the generals of the scout camp, but he didn't notice.

Now the Qizhou local officials were asked to lead the way, the vanguard army went first, and the army followed by crossing the river. There was only one bridge that was not too wide, and it was impossible for 20,000 people to cross the river with all their luggage that day, so Guo Shao had to set up camp by the river and wait.

In the afternoon, the governor of Qizhou came to the army to meet him, nodding and bowing very obediently. Guo Shaohua’s official post is the post of Jiedushi, followed by defense envoy, regimental training envoy, and then the governor level, which is actually a few levels higher than Qizhou governor.

The governor said: "There are few huts in Qizhou City, and there are not so many vacant houses for the imperial army to live in. According to Shangfeng’s intention, we transferred the local county residents to build ten camps on the northern bank of the Hutuo River. I was able to apologize to Marshal Guo and the brothers of the Forbidden Army to be stationed outside the city. There are mountains in the northeast of the camp, which can block the east and north winds, and can shelter from the cold after the winter."

Guo Shao listened, and thought that the local officials might not be willing to station troops in the city; especially the forbidden army could not restrain them, they were afraid that the people in the city would be bullied | At the moment, it is inconvenient to compete with Qizhou Governor and other officials to win or lose, and agree to be stationed at the river bank army village first. ..