Chapter 1101: One Last Look at the Yellow River
Wang Meng naturally knew that what the king of Buyeo said was concerned, and he was worried that the Northern Expedition army would fail because of the cold climate, but since the king of Buyeo would think so, the king of Fuyu and the king of Lulou would also think so, so he relaxed his vigilance and did not make too many preparations, and this was a good opportunity to attack.
"The general has already made up his mind to immediately use troops against Hao Qian and Lu Lou, and the king should prepare more cotton clothes, quilts, grain and grass to supply the needs of the army!" Wang Meng looked at King Fuyu and said with a smile.
When the king of Buyeo heard this, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "The general should know that the national strength of Buyeo cannot be compared with the Great Jin, and now more than 200,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in the royal city, and Xiao Wang is already under great pressure to supply grain and grass. After speaking, his face was bitter.
Wang Meng naturally knew that Buyeo's national strength was far inferior to that of the Great Jin, so that the Buyeo King had some pressure to bear more than 200,000 troops, but Buyeo had been in the north for many years, and should have accumulated a lot of family foundation, so he had already sent his own soldiers to conduct secret investigations inside and outside the royal city, and sure enough, there were soon results, in a secret valley less than ten miles away from the royal city, the king of Buyeo hoarded hundreds of thousands of deniers of grain and grass and ten thousand denier cotton, in addition, there were tens of thousands of horses of various fabrics, five thousand catties of iron and other strategic materials.
These materials were all secretly hidden in the valley by the henchmen sent by the king of Buyeo, and it stands to reason that they should not be discovered by Wang Meng, but before that, the army of Yan almost broke through the Buyeo royal city, so that the soldiers of Buyeo soldiers had a fluctuating military spirit, and at the same time, the soldiers who were responsible for guarding the materials in the valley also had bad intentions, and took a lot of materials to escape from the valley without permission, and then exposed the flaws and were found out by Hua'an Shunteng.
Wang Meng looked at the king of Buyeo with a smile and said softly: "The general naturally knows that the national strength of Buyeo is far inferior to that of the Great Jin, but the king has been in the north for so many years, and he should have accumulated a lot of family funds, and the army is in urgent need of supplies at this time." Don't be stingy, take it all! After speaking, he stared into the eyes of King Buyeo.
When King Fuyu heard this, his whole body tightened, and Wang Meng's eyes when he looked at him were full of cunning. He didn't quite understand what Wang Meng meant, after all, the location of the hoarding was so hidden, it was impossible for Wang Meng to find out.
"The general is really good at laughing, Buyeo lacks national strength. Where does this king have any inventory, he is poor and begins to lay off the palace people. King Fuyu smiled and cried poorly.
Wang Meng smiled indifferently, and asked Zhengse: "In this way, the king is really out of stock." ”
"No, it is indeed not, this king swears to heaven that there is really no stock." Fuyu Wang Zhengse said.
Wang Meng nodded, and said with a straight face: "Since that batch of goods is not the king's, the general will keep it for his own use, hundreds of thousands of deniers of grain and grass, enough for the army for half a year." After saying that, he smiled and looked out of the tent.
Listen to hundreds of thousands of denier military rations. King Fuyu's heart tightened suddenly, he had a faint sense of foreboding, paused, and asked in a low voice: "What does the hundreds of thousands of deniers of military rations in the general's department mean." ”
Wang Meng pretended not to know, and said: "It was found in the valley ten miles away, in addition to hundreds of thousands of deniers of military rations, there are also tens of thousands of deniers of cotton, tens of thousands of pieces of cloth, five thousand catties of iron, and many other things, it should be hidden in a certain rich man." Ben Jiang originally thought it was the king, but since the king swore to the sky that there was no inventory, it must not be the king's property, and Ben Jiang is now in urgent need of these supplies. The only way to confiscate them all is to confiscate them, and the king will not have any opinions! After speaking, he looked at King Buyeo.
When King Fuyu heard this, his whole intestines were all repentant, he really shouldn't lie in front of Wang Meng, if he had admitted earlier that he had a batch of strategic reserve materials, maybe he could have kept some. Now, it is all occupied by Wang Meng, which is really a dumb person who can't say that he has suffered from Coptis chinensis!
"Since the general urgently needs this batch of supplies, it will all belong to the general, Xiao Wang has no opinion." King Fuyu said distressedly.
Looking at the extremely painful expression of the King of Buyeo, Wang Meng felt a little unbearable in his heart, paused, and said: "This batch of materials may not be able to be used up, if there is any surplus, I will be willing to share it equally with the king, after all, this is the property found in the territory of Buyeo, the king said yes!" ”
When King Fuyu heard this, a glimmer of hope immediately rose in his desperate mood, and he said gratefully: "Thank you general, the general is so benevolent and righteous, Xiao Wang is grateful." After saying that, he really wiped away his tears.
Of course, the king of Buyeo was not moved to cry, but sad for the loss of the strategic materials that had been hoarded for decades, after all, this batch of materials is the last family of the Buyeo Kingdom, and now all of them have been discovered by Wang Meng, which is a huge blow to the financial resources of the Buyeo royal family.
Subsequently, Wang Meng ordered his soldiers and horses to take out some of the materials needed in the valley and distribute them all to the troops, and at the same time, let the troops prepare for battle as soon as possible and be ready to go out at any time.
In order to surprise the surprise attack on Hao Qian and Lu Lou, Wang Meng plans to prepare to send troops in three days, and in order to reduce the pressure of logistics support, the scale of this army will be about 100,000, not more than 200,000, because to deal with Hao Qian and Lu Lou does not need to be so laborious, and the remaining soldiers and horses can better control Buyeo and other countries.
After some preparations, all the armies were ready, of which 60,000 troops on the left were responsible for the crusade against the Maoguo State, and 80,000 troops on the right were responsible for the crusade against the Lulou State.
Among them, the left army is composed of 50,000 Yan soldiers and horses and 10,000 Buyeo soldiers and horses, the main general is Murong Ke, the general of the Yan army, and the composition of the right army is more complicated, there are 40,000 troops of Sanhan, Wofu, and Goguryeo, 10,000 troops of Fuyu, and 30,000 elite Jin troops under Zhang Oyster, and the main general is naturally Zhang Oyster.
The two armies totaled 140,000, of which the soldiers and horses surrendered by various countries were the mainstay, and the Jin army only dispatched 30,000 troops on the right side, so that the Jin army that stayed in the royal city of Fuyu was as high as 110,000, and the soldiers and horses surrendered by various countries only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Fuyu, and the reason why Wang Meng deployed it was naturally to reduce the loss of the Jin army as much as possible, and let the surrendered soldiers and horses rush to kill in the first line.
The army on the right has 30,000 elites under Zhang Hao, plus 50,000 horses and horses from all countries, and there is no problem in defeating the army of Rulou, although there are no soldiers and horses of the Jin army on the left side, but the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Yan army are quite elite, and Murong Ke's strength is not bad, and there will be no big problem, so Wang Meng is full of confidence in the victory of the two armies to raid Hao Qian and Lu Lou, even if the two armies can not do as people wish, Wang Meng still has 110,000 Jin soldiers and horses around him, which is enough to support the two armies.
After three days of preparation, the left and right armies were led by Murong Ke and Zhang Hao respectively. Rushing to Huiqian and Lulou, Wang Meng's 50,000 people who conquered Fuyu were responsible for logistics and supply, and from the remaining 110,000 troops, 30,000 soldiers and horses were sent to escort along the way. In order to prevent these Buyeo people from being attacked by bandits and bandits, resulting in the consequences of looting materials.
A few days after the army set out, Wang Meng received the appointment of Hua'an to appoint him as the protector of Anton, which was an affirmation of Wang Meng's achievements and made Wang Meng quite happy. Immediately, according to Hua'an's request, he sent several subordinates to the border between Buyeo and Goguryeo to choose the best place to build a city in order to build a city as the seat of Andong Protectorate, and this city was called Andong Fortress.
The news that Hua'an was going to establish Andong City, the administrative office of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, on the border between Buyeo and Goguryeo, soon reached the ears of the King of Buyeo, and reassured him a lot. Their kingdom will not be replaced.
Soon, Wang Meng's subordinates found several suitable locations in the border areas between Buyeo and Goguryeo, and reported their respective conditions to Wang Meng.
After listening to the report of his subordinates, Wang Meng felt that an open location in the upper reaches of the Sumo Water was very good, so he decided to build the Andong City of Andong City, the seat of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Sumo Water was the Songhua River in later generations, which was a mighty river, but at this time it was the cold winter season, and a thick layer of ice had already formed on the Sumo Water, which was thick enough to support people and animals.
On both sides of the water there are plenty of woods and rocks. These are the best materials for fortification, and mining them in the winter can push them into the ice at the end of the water, and then use the slippery ice. It can be said that it is very convenient to transport the mined materials to the site where the castle was built.
Therefore, Wang Meng immediately issued an order for Buyeo and Goguryeo to each contribute 30,000 laborers to build Andong City, the seat of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, for the Great Jin Dynasty in the upper reaches of the Susui River.
Buyeo and Goguryeo were already under the control of the Jin army. Therefore, as soon as Wang Meng's order was issued, the two countries immediately mobilized the people in their countries and asked them to go to the upper reaches of the Susui River to mine the materials needed for the construction of Andong City by the Great Jin.
In order to speed up the progress of the construction of the city, Wang Meng allocated an army of 30,000 and asked them to build the city together with the people of Buyeo and Goguryeo.
Letting the soldiers build the city will naturally cause dissatisfaction, but under Wang Meng's appeasement, the soldiers still willingly joined the team of building the city, so 90,000 people began the intense city building action.
During the days when the city was built in the upper reaches of the Sumo River, Wang Meng only visited the scene a few times, and spent most of the rest of the time in the Buyeo Royal City, and let 10,000 Jin soldiers and horses be firmly stationed in the Buyeo Royal City to exercise full control over the Buyeo Royal City, and even if the construction of Andong City was completed in the future, Wang Meng would not give up control of the Buyeo Royal City.
After all, it is a cold winter season at this time, and the weather gets colder and colder the further north you go, whether the left and right armies can defeat the army and Lou, if the army is in trouble, whether the main general can successfully resolve it and a series of other issues, all of which make Wang Meng very worried.
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In Luoyang City, the seriously ill emperor Sima Dan suddenly improved a lot, and even was able to walk around the room without being supported, and his face became much ruddy, this sudden change made the waiting imperial doctor shake his head helplessly.
Obviously, this is a typical return to the light, indicating that the emperor Sima Dan has not lived long, in order to prepare the court for future generations as soon as possible, the imperial doctor hurriedly told the emperor that the emperor appeared to return to the light and shine to the empress dowager Chu Garlic and Hua'an and other important ministers.
Hearing that the emperor Sima Dan appeared to return to the light, Hua An hurriedly went to the palace with the ministers to see the emperor for the last time, and the empress dowager Chu Lianzi also took the queen and the crown prince Sima Yu to the emperor's bedroom.
Sima Dan has already reached adulthood, so he naturally understands what it is like to look back and look back, and at this time, seeing that the Queen Mother and all the ministers have entered the palace, he naturally understands that his life is running out.
"The queen mother, the son's time is short, can he fulfill a wish." Sima Dan looked at Chu Garlic and said softly.
"If the emperor has any wishes, as long as the queen mother can do it, it will be fulfilled." Chu Garlic wiped her tears and said softly.
Sima Dan looked outside the dormitory and whispered: "Erchen has long heard that the Yellow River is running endlessly, it is the mother river of my China, and it is just north of Luoyang City, but Erchen has never had the opportunity to see the Yellow River, and now that time is running out, I really want to see the Yellow River, can I?" Queen mother. After speaking, he looked at Chu Garlic.
Chu Garlic nodded and said softly, "Okay, the queen mother will accompany you." After speaking, he turned to look at the ministers and asked them to prepare as soon as possible.
Soon, the dragon chariot specially prepared for Emperor Sima Dan was ready, several luxury carriages were also in place, and the three thousand elite Jin army cavalry had set up a guard formation outside the city, everything was ready, and they were waiting for the order to set off.
Emperor Sima Dan, with the support of the palace maid, sat on the dragon chariot and set off to the Yellow River north of Luoyang City, Chu Garlic and the women of the harem rode in a luxurious carriage, Hua'an and other ministers followed on horseback, as for the roles of eunuchs and palace maids, they were only on foot.
Under the protection of 3,000 cavalry, the group marched mightily to the Yellow River north of Luoyang City, and arrived at the bank of the Yellow River after more than an hour.
This year is a warm winter, although the northeast is a land of ice and snow, but in the Central Plains of Luoyang City is not too cold, in the Yellow River bank is still five hundred steps away, Sima Dan heard the Yellow River that majestic roar, a heart trembling.
"The Yellow River, is there the Yellow River ahead?" Sima Dan asked excitedly.
"Yes, Your Majesty, there are still a few hundred steps to the bank of the Yellow River." A courtier said.
"Let me go, I'll go by myself." Sima Dan said excitedly.
Long Yuan stopped gently, and Sima Dan, supported by two palace maids, gently stepped off Long Yuan and walked slowly towards the bank of the Yellow River.
Seeing Sima Dan walking towards the shore on foot, Hua An and other courtiers also dismounted and walked on foot, and followed closely behind Sima Dan.
Soon, Sima Dan and his entourage arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the endless rolling Yellow River, Sima Dan's mood was particularly excited, but his body was a little unbearable, at this moment, his heart kept beating violently with the fleeing Yellow River, as if he was about to jump out of his body. (To be continued.) )