The next morning, Du Xian led the Mingguang army to enter Youzhou, and ordered his generals Yang Meng and others to accompany them to join the city with more than 3,000 soldiers from Youzhou.
At that time, the governor of Youzhou was vacant, and the state affairs were originally led by the chief secretary Wang Xianzhi. Wang Xianzhi was arrested, and the provincial government had lost its central government order.
Du Xian ordered Youzhou to implement military management and use military orders to replace the state government.
There are two wide avenues in the city, north and south, east and west. Because there are more and more troops gathered in Youzhou, in order to mobilize flexibility, these two major roads have also been cleaned up. The cars and horses of officials and civilians cannot travel on the main road without permission.
The ones walking the most on the road were the infantry, cavalry and armored soldiers, so the atmosphere of war in Youzhou became stronger and stronger.
On the one hand, Du Xian ordered the four cannons placed in Hedong to be transferred eastward, and on the other hand, he mobilized regular troops from the governor's offices in Hedong and Hebei. The army gathered in Youzhou, and the food and supplies needed also increased accordingly. He could only recruit the people and the strong men to transport grain.
Whenever a war is to be fought, all work mainly depends on the power of humans and animals. It is inevitable that local governments will be subject to daily recruitment and fatigue of the people.
The Lu family of Hebei and several families sent grain to support Du Xian’s army in preparation for war, and actively mobilized the people, so that Du Xian and other foreign officials and generals would lose a lot of resistance when implementing military orders and proceed smoothly.
So when someone informed Du Xian that the Lu family colluded with Wang Xianzhi, Zhao Qu and others to rebel, Du Xian ignored it and suppressed the letter of the report.
In mid-June, in addition to a soldier and four cannons coming from Hedong, an old man came: Xue Ne.
He was invited to Youzhou by receiving official documents from Du Xian Zhongjun.
Xue Na is already in his sixties and is working as a chief minister in a place in Hedong. In terms of qualifications, he is much older than Du Xian and has a good prestige. However, in recent years, the personnel of Chang'an Central have been changed many times, and Xue Na has not participated in the power struggle in Chang'an, so he is naturally easily excluded or even forgotten. Now he is incomparable to Du Xian, a popular figure around the emperor.
The situation in the dynasty has changed over the years, and even the name of the country has changed. Xue Ne, an old minister who has experienced the Tang, Zhou and Jin, can still do a job as a chief minister, which is also a proof of his prestige.
Xue Ne has been in several places in his life, but the place he stayed the longest is Youzhou. He has been guarding the northeast border for twenty years and is very familiar with the local area.
However, when the court decided to use troops in the Northeast, Xue Chongxun didn't even think of this person, and no ministers mentioned it.
On the contrary, Du Xian remembered him and invited him to Youzhou to succeed Wang Xianzhi as the chief minister of Youzhou.
Xue Chongxun and Xue Ne have the same surname, and their hometown is Hedong, but they are not a family.
Xue Chongxun's family was a family of Hedong gentry, while Xue Ne's family was a general, so there were differences in family backgrounds.
Xue Rengui, a famous general who set off Tianshan Mountain by three arrows, was Xue Na's father, and Xue Na was also a military general. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the division of civil and military families in the officialdom has not been strict, and those who are military generals can also hold official positions such as the Chief Secretary.
Du Xian and the generals went to inspect the cannons that had just arrived and asked Xue Ne to go with him.
Xue Na's hair and beard were almost white, but he rode his horse with the generals on the horse with him and his body still looked strong. The generals smiled as Lian Po, and some people called him the surname of the country. Xue Na's expression was not satisfied with his surname Xue, and obviously he did not have much attitude of clinging to the new king.
Most of the people sighed in their hearts that no wonder such old qualifications cannot be used.
How did General Xue think this battle should be taken?
Du Xian turned around and asked.
In fact, their military government had already formulated a combat plan. Du Xian did not mean to seek advice from an outsider like Xue Na, but just wanted to explore his military insights.
Xue Ne said calmly: General Manager Du’s intention is in Yingzhou, but it is nothing more than two roads, one passes through Tanzhou to attack Raole’s Xi soldiers first, and then seize Yingzhou; the other starts from Pingzhou and goes straight to Yingzhou through Dushan.Now General Manager Du set up his base in Youzhou, so the way to take Tanzhou is the most appropriate.
However, Du Siam's shogunate had decided to go to Pingzhou and Dushan (Xiang Liaoxi Corridor), so he asked calmly: Why do you want to go to Tanzhou?
Xue Ne said: Yingzhou is currently controlled by the Khitans, but the officers and soldiers took the initiative to attack. The Xi people inevitably feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad. They must join forces with the Khitans. The general manager still has to face at least two troops when he goes to Dushan Road.Why not go north to the grasslands within Raole Protectorate first?The grass is lush in the summer moon, and when the lamb calves are alive, it can be gradually improved without consuming grain storage. Isn’t that good?
Du Xian did not comment.
Later, an aide said in private in front of him: Although Xue Ne was the descendant of the famous general Xue Rengui, he did not have the genius of his father, and he had an ordinary experience in Bingliu.The chief executive transferred him from Hedong, but I don’t know what the purpose is?
I have the same view as you. If Xue Ne is still valued by the court at this time, he will be the commander of the Yingzhou Battle, and the result will be expected before the battle will be achieved.However, this person has been guarding Youzhou for twenty years and is very familiar with geography figures on the northeastern border. It is beneficial or harmful to consult when marching.Besides, there is no one in charge of Youzhou Prefecture. Xue Ne has connections and prestige, so he can serve as a temporary role in serving as a chief minister in name.At this time, the main thing is to conquer Yingzhou, and other things can be tolerated.
The staff member said in admiration: This is also the intention of the general manager to suppress everyone’s secret complaints to the Lu family?
Du Xian nodded and said yes.
At this time, the group of people arrived at the armory in the north of the city, and another general came to Du Xian and said: We were ordered to transport it from Hedong. A consultant came halfway, carrying the appointment document from Chang'an.The first general did not know the origin of this person, and ordered someone to find out that he seemed to have something to do with the "insider factory". The first general general came to tell the chief executive, and you know it in your mind.
Inside?
Du Xian accidentally heard this name when he was in Chang'an, which was probably an institution before the Jin Dynasty's Mansion.
He suddenly realized his mind and said casually: People who regard him as a military supervisor are to be polite in normal times and don’t need to ask about him when doing things.
The officers and soldiers guarding the camp opened the armory for storing cannons, and the generals went in to watch one after another.
This thing is a new weapon, and only Du Xian has heard of it before, and other generals have seen it for the first time.
I saw four large carts lined up inside, each with four iron pillars on them, which were nearly one battle in length.
Xue Ne was surprised and said on the spot: At first I heard that I was coming to see the cannon. I thought it was an ordnance like the crossbow, but I didn’t know that it was this thing, how to use it?
The people who came with Da Cannon were not military generals, but were about a dozen civil servants and officials, and dozens of people dressed by craftsmen.
An official came over and explained: This weapon is called a cannon, which is given by the emperor today, but it is actually completely different from the crossbow, stone cannon.Please see, below is the carriage, and the cannon body is just the iron pillar above.It is seven feet per inch long, with a small muzzle and a large tail. This was changed to this after the firecracker was built in Wugong County. It is now relatively safe and generally does not explode. The gun body is made of good iron and is polished, weighing about 2,000 kilograms. When it is fired, it is filled with ten to twenty kilograms of medicine, ignited it and exploded inside the cannon, and sprayed the shell out of the cannon.Its function is like a stone cannon, but it is far better than a stone cannon. It has a range of several miles. It has a force of ten thousand pounds when hitting it. If it encounters a wall of earth and stone, it will collapse when touched; if it encounters a crowd of infantry and cavalry, it will penetrate into the erosion within a few feet of the time hitting it, and the people and horses will be broken.Extremely powerful.
Xue Ne smiled and said: You boast very much. If this is the case, the city will collapse in one shot. What will we do to build the city? For example, in Youzhou City, is it like a field battle when you smash the cannon?
The official said seriously: If we use these four cannons to attack Youzhou, the four cannons will be fired at the same time, and the collapse of the city wall is useless. If we don’t collapse, we will definitely not be able to withstand the second shelling.
Xue Na shook his head and expressed his disbelief: I have lived a long life and have been in Youzhou for 10 or 20 years. I have never encountered any attempt to break through the city wall in an instant.No matter which side of the people want to break through this city, tens of thousands of people will not want to step in.
Du Xian has different views. He is a man who has used gunpowder in the war and has a little more knowledge. When he hears the technician Xuan brags, he doesn't believe it like Xue Ne.
But these cannons have just been transported from the workshop and have never been used in practice. It is hard to determine what will happen in Du Xian.
So he asked again: Since you can make several miles, how to calibrate the distance?
The official took out a file and said: This item is a cannon watch, and there is a written and approved by the emperor below. Please ask the general manager to observe the authenticity.
The generals came forward to take a look. Du Xian knew Xue Chongxun's words and nodded and said: It was indeed written by the editor today.
The official also said: There is a sight on the cannon. This object can be calibrated by visually measuring the left and right directions, while the distance is at the height of the muzzle.After loading the quantitative gunpowder, there is a corresponding distance between each angle marked on it.This table was tested in the Wugong County Schoolyard, so the objects have never been used in actual combat. If the gun table is inaccurate, you can still use the following "Parata" formula to recalculate it. The formula of the handwriting now, substituting the muzzle height and other values can calculate the distance of the shell.
Xue Ne smiled and said: It turns out that you blow the iron cannon so hard. It turns out that the left and right were made by you by the will of today.This iron thing weighs 2,000 kilograms, so you won’t be exhausted all the way when transported?If it is not that powerful, it is really not worth the loss.
Du Xian said: Then the baggage will be transported together, and you will know if you go to the battlefield.The iron cannon is bulky and when it is launched, it may congestion on the road and affect the transportation of food and grass. You will send someone to the Andong Governor's Office (Pingzhou) in the past two days.
The officials in the armory quickly accepted the order.After hearing this, Xue Ne asked: Is the Grand Chief Manager trying to leave the way to Yuguandu Mountain?
That's right.
Du Xian looked back at his left and right and did not conceal the marching route, because it was necessary to transfer grain and personnel to the east on a large scale, and there was no need to keep this confidentiality. The mansion had already decided on the combat plan. After collecting the water source near the left of Yingzhou, the terrain and other specifics, he decided to send troops.The old general is familiar with the geography of the northeast border and hopes to recommend some people to help so that we can make complete preparations.
At that time, the governor of Youzhou was vacant, and the state affairs were originally led by the chief secretary Wang Xianzhi. Wang Xianzhi was arrested, and the provincial government had lost its central government order.
Du Xian ordered Youzhou to implement military management and use military orders to replace the state government.
There are two wide avenues in the city, north and south, east and west. Because there are more and more troops gathered in Youzhou, in order to mobilize flexibility, these two major roads have also been cleaned up. The cars and horses of officials and civilians cannot travel on the main road without permission.
The ones walking the most on the road were the infantry, cavalry and armored soldiers, so the atmosphere of war in Youzhou became stronger and stronger.
On the one hand, Du Xian ordered the four cannons placed in Hedong to be transferred eastward, and on the other hand, he mobilized regular troops from the governor's offices in Hedong and Hebei. The army gathered in Youzhou, and the food and supplies needed also increased accordingly. He could only recruit the people and the strong men to transport grain.
Whenever a war is to be fought, all work mainly depends on the power of humans and animals. It is inevitable that local governments will be subject to daily recruitment and fatigue of the people.
The Lu family of Hebei and several families sent grain to support Du Xian’s army in preparation for war, and actively mobilized the people, so that Du Xian and other foreign officials and generals would lose a lot of resistance when implementing military orders and proceed smoothly.
So when someone informed Du Xian that the Lu family colluded with Wang Xianzhi, Zhao Qu and others to rebel, Du Xian ignored it and suppressed the letter of the report.
In mid-June, in addition to a soldier and four cannons coming from Hedong, an old man came: Xue Ne.
He was invited to Youzhou by receiving official documents from Du Xian Zhongjun.
Xue Na is already in his sixties and is working as a chief minister in a place in Hedong. In terms of qualifications, he is much older than Du Xian and has a good prestige. However, in recent years, the personnel of Chang'an Central have been changed many times, and Xue Na has not participated in the power struggle in Chang'an, so he is naturally easily excluded or even forgotten. Now he is incomparable to Du Xian, a popular figure around the emperor.
The situation in the dynasty has changed over the years, and even the name of the country has changed. Xue Ne, an old minister who has experienced the Tang, Zhou and Jin, can still do a job as a chief minister, which is also a proof of his prestige.
Xue Ne has been in several places in his life, but the place he stayed the longest is Youzhou. He has been guarding the northeast border for twenty years and is very familiar with the local area.
However, when the court decided to use troops in the Northeast, Xue Chongxun didn't even think of this person, and no ministers mentioned it.
On the contrary, Du Xian remembered him and invited him to Youzhou to succeed Wang Xianzhi as the chief minister of Youzhou.
Xue Chongxun and Xue Ne have the same surname, and their hometown is Hedong, but they are not a family.
Xue Chongxun's family was a family of Hedong gentry, while Xue Ne's family was a general, so there were differences in family backgrounds.
Xue Rengui, a famous general who set off Tianshan Mountain by three arrows, was Xue Na's father, and Xue Na was also a military general. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the division of civil and military families in the officialdom has not been strict, and those who are military generals can also hold official positions such as the Chief Secretary.
Du Xian and the generals went to inspect the cannons that had just arrived and asked Xue Ne to go with him.
Xue Na's hair and beard were almost white, but he rode his horse with the generals on the horse with him and his body still looked strong. The generals smiled as Lian Po, and some people called him the surname of the country. Xue Na's expression was not satisfied with his surname Xue, and obviously he did not have much attitude of clinging to the new king.
Most of the people sighed in their hearts that no wonder such old qualifications cannot be used.
How did General Xue think this battle should be taken?
Du Xian turned around and asked.
In fact, their military government had already formulated a combat plan. Du Xian did not mean to seek advice from an outsider like Xue Na, but just wanted to explore his military insights.
Xue Ne said calmly: General Manager Du’s intention is in Yingzhou, but it is nothing more than two roads, one passes through Tanzhou to attack Raole’s Xi soldiers first, and then seize Yingzhou; the other starts from Pingzhou and goes straight to Yingzhou through Dushan.Now General Manager Du set up his base in Youzhou, so the way to take Tanzhou is the most appropriate.
However, Du Siam's shogunate had decided to go to Pingzhou and Dushan (Xiang Liaoxi Corridor), so he asked calmly: Why do you want to go to Tanzhou?
Xue Ne said: Yingzhou is currently controlled by the Khitans, but the officers and soldiers took the initiative to attack. The Xi people inevitably feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad. They must join forces with the Khitans. The general manager still has to face at least two troops when he goes to Dushan Road.Why not go north to the grasslands within Raole Protectorate first?The grass is lush in the summer moon, and when the lamb calves are alive, it can be gradually improved without consuming grain storage. Isn’t that good?
Du Xian did not comment.
Later, an aide said in private in front of him: Although Xue Ne was the descendant of the famous general Xue Rengui, he did not have the genius of his father, and he had an ordinary experience in Bingliu.The chief executive transferred him from Hedong, but I don’t know what the purpose is?
I have the same view as you. If Xue Ne is still valued by the court at this time, he will be the commander of the Yingzhou Battle, and the result will be expected before the battle will be achieved.However, this person has been guarding Youzhou for twenty years and is very familiar with geography figures on the northeastern border. It is beneficial or harmful to consult when marching.Besides, there is no one in charge of Youzhou Prefecture. Xue Ne has connections and prestige, so he can serve as a temporary role in serving as a chief minister in name.At this time, the main thing is to conquer Yingzhou, and other things can be tolerated.
The staff member said in admiration: This is also the intention of the general manager to suppress everyone’s secret complaints to the Lu family?
Du Xian nodded and said yes.
At this time, the group of people arrived at the armory in the north of the city, and another general came to Du Xian and said: We were ordered to transport it from Hedong. A consultant came halfway, carrying the appointment document from Chang'an.The first general did not know the origin of this person, and ordered someone to find out that he seemed to have something to do with the "insider factory". The first general general came to tell the chief executive, and you know it in your mind.
Inside?
Du Xian accidentally heard this name when he was in Chang'an, which was probably an institution before the Jin Dynasty's Mansion.
He suddenly realized his mind and said casually: People who regard him as a military supervisor are to be polite in normal times and don’t need to ask about him when doing things.
The officers and soldiers guarding the camp opened the armory for storing cannons, and the generals went in to watch one after another.
This thing is a new weapon, and only Du Xian has heard of it before, and other generals have seen it for the first time.
I saw four large carts lined up inside, each with four iron pillars on them, which were nearly one battle in length.
Xue Ne was surprised and said on the spot: At first I heard that I was coming to see the cannon. I thought it was an ordnance like the crossbow, but I didn’t know that it was this thing, how to use it?
The people who came with Da Cannon were not military generals, but were about a dozen civil servants and officials, and dozens of people dressed by craftsmen.
An official came over and explained: This weapon is called a cannon, which is given by the emperor today, but it is actually completely different from the crossbow, stone cannon.Please see, below is the carriage, and the cannon body is just the iron pillar above.It is seven feet per inch long, with a small muzzle and a large tail. This was changed to this after the firecracker was built in Wugong County. It is now relatively safe and generally does not explode. The gun body is made of good iron and is polished, weighing about 2,000 kilograms. When it is fired, it is filled with ten to twenty kilograms of medicine, ignited it and exploded inside the cannon, and sprayed the shell out of the cannon.Its function is like a stone cannon, but it is far better than a stone cannon. It has a range of several miles. It has a force of ten thousand pounds when hitting it. If it encounters a wall of earth and stone, it will collapse when touched; if it encounters a crowd of infantry and cavalry, it will penetrate into the erosion within a few feet of the time hitting it, and the people and horses will be broken.Extremely powerful.
Xue Ne smiled and said: You boast very much. If this is the case, the city will collapse in one shot. What will we do to build the city? For example, in Youzhou City, is it like a field battle when you smash the cannon?
The official said seriously: If we use these four cannons to attack Youzhou, the four cannons will be fired at the same time, and the collapse of the city wall is useless. If we don’t collapse, we will definitely not be able to withstand the second shelling.
Xue Na shook his head and expressed his disbelief: I have lived a long life and have been in Youzhou for 10 or 20 years. I have never encountered any attempt to break through the city wall in an instant.No matter which side of the people want to break through this city, tens of thousands of people will not want to step in.
Du Xian has different views. He is a man who has used gunpowder in the war and has a little more knowledge. When he hears the technician Xuan brags, he doesn't believe it like Xue Ne.
But these cannons have just been transported from the workshop and have never been used in practice. It is hard to determine what will happen in Du Xian.
So he asked again: Since you can make several miles, how to calibrate the distance?
The official took out a file and said: This item is a cannon watch, and there is a written and approved by the emperor below. Please ask the general manager to observe the authenticity.
The generals came forward to take a look. Du Xian knew Xue Chongxun's words and nodded and said: It was indeed written by the editor today.
The official also said: There is a sight on the cannon. This object can be calibrated by visually measuring the left and right directions, while the distance is at the height of the muzzle.After loading the quantitative gunpowder, there is a corresponding distance between each angle marked on it.This table was tested in the Wugong County Schoolyard, so the objects have never been used in actual combat. If the gun table is inaccurate, you can still use the following "Parata" formula to recalculate it. The formula of the handwriting now, substituting the muzzle height and other values can calculate the distance of the shell.
Xue Ne smiled and said: It turns out that you blow the iron cannon so hard. It turns out that the left and right were made by you by the will of today.This iron thing weighs 2,000 kilograms, so you won’t be exhausted all the way when transported?If it is not that powerful, it is really not worth the loss.
Du Xian said: Then the baggage will be transported together, and you will know if you go to the battlefield.The iron cannon is bulky and when it is launched, it may congestion on the road and affect the transportation of food and grass. You will send someone to the Andong Governor's Office (Pingzhou) in the past two days.
The officials in the armory quickly accepted the order.After hearing this, Xue Ne asked: Is the Grand Chief Manager trying to leave the way to Yuguandu Mountain?
That's right.
Du Xian looked back at his left and right and did not conceal the marching route, because it was necessary to transfer grain and personnel to the east on a large scale, and there was no need to keep this confidentiality. The mansion had already decided on the combat plan. After collecting the water source near the left of Yingzhou, the terrain and other specifics, he decided to send troops.The old general is familiar with the geography of the northeast border and hopes to recommend some people to help so that we can make complete preparations.
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