Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chen Ying smiled and said: "Three months ago, a fire broke out in Luoyang. In this fire, more than 1000 soldiers of the Zheng army were killed or injured, and more than [-] houses were burned!"

Li Xiuning had heard about this before, and she felt that it was very strange at the time.But he didn't expect that Chen Ying sent someone to do it.Li Xiuning said unexpectedly: "You sent someone to do this?"

Chen Ying nodded with a smile and said: "There is only one team to carry the Wei army!"

"54 people!" Liu Tong said with a smile: "At that time there was only one team. If the Beiwei army had sneaked into Luoyang, Luoyang would have been burned to nothing!"

Li Xiuning frowned and said, "Burned to the ground? What's the use of the Tang Dynasty wanting a Luoyang city that was burned to the ground?"

Regarding Wang Shichong and Zheng Jun, Chen Ying and Li Xiuning have different attitudes.Li Xiuning wanted to weaken or even destroy this Zheng country as much as possible. In the past three months of fighting, the two sides had already forged a deep blood feud.In Li Xiuning's view, as long as Wang Shichong and his Zheng Guo exist for a day.Li Tang had no way to win the Central Plains.In this process of scrambling for the world, technique is not important, what is important is momentum.The so-called trend refers to the general trend of the world. If you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will perish. What Li Tang needs is to take advantage of the trend to destroy Wang Shichong and gain the hearts of Luoyang.

What Chen should consider was the military aspect. In order to eliminate Li Shimin's troops first, Wang Shichong drew almost all the troops drawn by Zheng Guoneng to Cijian.However, from Yanshi, Luoyang, and Cijian, Wang Shichong formed a one-word long snake formation.When attacking Yanshi, Wang Shiyunhui relied on Yanshi City and Gongxian County, especially Gongxian County.And because of the location of Luoyang, the ancient capital, it is known as "the key of the Eastern Capital" in history.At this time, Chen Ying lacked heavy siege equipment, wolf's poison smoke, and fierce fire oil. If he wanted to break through Yanshi City, he might be able to do it at any cost and pay more than ten thousand casualties. However, in Gong County, Chen Ying did not. Method.

However, Wang Shichong's one-word long snake formation, no matter whether it is fought from east to west or from west to east, must first break through the danger before it can have a chance.However, whether you are fighting from east to west or from west to east, you have to face an embarrassing problem, there must be siege equipment.

Chen Ying is not afraid of field battles. Regardless of whether the Modao Army or the Hooked Gun Cavalry, they can do one against ten in field battles. However, if Chen Ying doesn't have the necessary supplies in a city defense battle, it's really hard to get it down.

190 years ago, a great physicist appeared in Syracuse, Sicily, ancient Greece.His name is Archimedes, and Archimedes had a famous saying: "Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the earth!" Of course, there is no fulcrum for Archimedes to move the earth, but Chen The fulcrum that should be used to pry Wang Shichong's long snake array actually exists.

For Wang Shichong's Long Snake Formation, the most important point is not Yanshi, not Gongxian County, nor Hangu Pass, nor Xin'an, but the most central city of Luoyang.

Regarding the attack on Luoyang, a world-class giant city, Wang Shichong and Li Xiuning's attitudes are surprisingly consistent. It is impossible to conquer Luoyang City, which is strong and deep, known as the second strongest city in the world, with 1 troops.At that time, at sunset in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Cong of the Huns and the Han Kingdom led an allied army of 3 Han and Hu troops to attack Luoyang City. They fought three battles, two of which failed at Luoyang City.In the history of battles that can capture Luoyang City, there is no precedent for success without a [-] army. Now Chen Ying's soldiers are less than [-], and the civilian husband is only more than [-]. It is even more impossible to succeed. More than [-] of the [-] soldiers and horses are logistics soldiers, Zheng's tenants have more than [-] people, and the real combat soldiers are less than [-].

However, Chen Ying believes that as long as the soldiers force the city of Luoyang, whether it is Wang Shichong or Wang Renze, they must lead the main force of Zheng's army back to the division. In this way, the siege of Cijian will be resolved immediately.

This plan will indeed work. Chen Ying believes that as long as the army reaches Xiazhou City, even if Wang Shichong does nothing, once he gets the news, he will withdraw his troops immediately.

As for massacre and arson in Luoyang City, wantonly creating panic, Chen Ying could only shake his head secretly in his heart.

Chen Ying is not a scholar who talks about benevolence and righteousness, he also knows that necessary killing can serve as a deterrent and warning.But he absolutely disagrees with the looting and killing of ordinary people.Doing so will not benefit the Tang Dynasty at all. Ordinary people have no opinion on who should be the emperor. They care most about whether the emperor treats them well or not. In the current situation, the battle of Luoyang will kill as few people as possible. As long as there is less bloodshed, less bloodshed, if the amount of killing is excessive, the hatred and hostility from the Henan government will make it even more difficult to win the hearts of the people in the future.This is the real killing the chicken and picking the egg.If the Central Plains has a fundamental hatred for Datang, it will be even more difficult for Datang to resume construction in the future.

It is not advisable to use deterrent killings, but if you want to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, more than [-] people can play a very limited role. However, after thinking about it, Chen Yingsi thought of another time and space, an object to learn from.

Every nation has unique national characteristics and temperament, and the Chinese nation is the most unique group in the forest of nations in the world.On the one hand, Huaxia people are very docile, as long as they have something to eat, they are willing to be obedient citizens, let things go, and never provoke troubles.

On the other hand, the Huaxia nation is a very bloody nation.Once the emperor made it difficult for them to live, they would pull up the flag and rebel, as long as they were willing to scratch their bodies, they dared to pull the emperor off his horse.

Chen Ying's plan, of course, is to use the power of the people to learn from Taizu and promote the people's war.

Chen Ying patted Liu Tong on the shoulder and said: "I know your ideal is to be on the battlefield, to make contributions, and to be named as the first army. In fact, there are only more than [-] people in the full staff. You, the commander, have really wronged you."

Liu Tong said again and again: "General, don't say that! In the army, the capable always go up to the weak and the weak go down. Liu Tong's ability is not as good as General Luo, General Zhang, and General Wei. There is nothing to complain about as a commander. "

"But people have to go to high places, don't they?" Chen Yingdao: "Although I am not very good at employing people, I can also see that you are brave and resourceful, and you can be of great use. I want to do something big, and I want to invite you Help. It's done, the battle of Luoyang, the first victory is yours, it's no problem to be named a marquis and general, if you fail, you may be decapitated."

Liu Tong raised his eyebrows, calmed down, and decided to do it.In this age of struggling parents, it is not easy to get ahead. Now there is an excellent opportunity. Once he succeeds, he will not only be able to stand out and make great contributions, but also will be remembered by future generations. How to do it?He asked in a deep voice, "General, what should I do?"

Li Xiuning is not a fledgling who has never fought a war, but she never thought that wars can be fought like this.

Chen Ying summoned the three lieutenants under Beiwei's army, and the six brigade commanders carefully discussed the specific details.

Three hours later, more than [-] soldiers of the Beiwei Army left the Tang Army camp, and the news was on the horizon.

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In the Songshan mountain area of ​​Gong County, the dense forest with no roads was trampled out. Thousands of miners built simple shacks with trees and hay in this inaccessible and wild animal-infested mountain area, and placed children and old people there. Young and strong The old ones were sweating like rain in the mine, digging desperately with pickaxes and shovels, picking out good-quality ores and putting them into rattan baskets.What they are mining is a treasure in the Songshan Mountains, kaolin.

Kaolin is a non-metallic mineral, a kind of clay and clay rock mainly composed of kaolinite clay minerals.Because it is white and delicate, it is also called dolomite.Kaolin is also the main raw material for making ceramics, and it is also one of the main sources of raw materials for Luoyang official kilns.

Due to the lack of heavy machinery and the necessary safety protection measures, the conditions are harsh. This kind of work is very hard and full of danger. Accidents of this kind will happen every now and then, but they are still full of enthusiasm.

Diligent miners grind these smelly and hard ores into powder, and then use a fine sieve to sieve the fine material into powder. Due to the discovery of kaolin during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and because of the opening of the Western Regions trade roads, it began in the Sui Dynasty. , white porcelain became popular, and in the Western Regions it could even be sold at a sky-high price equal to ten times the weight of gold.

It is precisely because of the profit that the demand for kaolin has been rising, and more people are mining kaolin in the Songshan mountainous area.Most of the people who went into the mountains to mine phosphate rock were bankrupt local farmers, or refugees who fled from Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan, Hebei and other places.

Originally, the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, which was different from the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty.This is a struggle within the upper ruling class that broke out due to the uneven distribution of interests between the aristocratic family and the royal family.The fundamental reason is that the greedy family members frantically annexed the land.Luoyang's land annexation was not considered serious at first, but after Yang Guang established Luoyang as the eastern capital, and raised Luoyang's political status to the same level as Chang'an, he even moved the political center to Luoyang in the middle and late stages.

Land prices in Luoyang began to soar like a rocket.The local land merger is so serious, so many people have no land to cultivate, and there are millions of refugees, will they still survive?No one was willing to accept them, so these refugees had to hide in the inaccessible mountainous area of ​​Songshan Mountain, where they made a living by illegally mining kaolin mines.

Those who open mines here are all kind of honest people. They don't have the courage to kill people and sell goods. Besides, if you are lucky, you can earn hundreds of yuan by digging mines for a day. You can buy thirty or forty catties of miscellaneous grains from Luoyang City, enough for one The big man has been eating for a month, and there is no need for them to engage in the business of licking blood with a knife.

While working in full swing, there was a commotion from down the mountain, and the person in charge of purchasing came back.Everyone stopped what they were doing, and surrounded them with a huff, looking eagerly at Mr. Hu, who was in charge of purchasing, with longing in his eyes.

Mr. Hu, originally a teacher in a private school in Hebei, was also the most educated person among the more than 1000 of them. Leave it to him to do it, and every time he takes the team to Luoyang, he will bring back a little surprise for everyone, either excellent steel tools, durable cloth, or a few jars of salt. What makes people happy is that he can always sell ore at the best price and buy grain at the lowest price. If he sells the same amount of ore, he always brings back more things than others.

This Mr. Hu also likes this kind of work. No matter when he leaves or comes back, he always smiles. After putting the materials into the warehouse, he looks mysterious and conjures up some gadgets to make the children cheer. , This is the happiest time for these refugees.

But this time Mr. Hu's complexion was very ugly, and the food he brought back was much less than usual.

The foreman Yang Dazhuang saw that the grain was only one-third of the usual, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong? Mr. Hu, has the price of grain in Luoyang increased?"

Everyone looked terrified. The food price increase was what they were most afraid of. In the past few months, Datang and Zheng Guo had been fighting around Luoyang. The price of food has risen three times a day. Now the food price in Luoyang City has soared to [-] yuan per stone. Baiwen is already more than ten times that of Guanzhong. If the price of food in Luoyang also increases, then they will not be able to survive.

Mr. Hu said: "The price of grain in Luoyang has not increased by [-]%."

"[-]%? The food price has increased by [-]%. Why is it so much less than usual?"

Mr. Hu gritted his teeth and said: "There are three more tax cards on the road, which were set up by Wang Shiwei. If you pass a tax card, you have to collect [-]% of the tax, and you have to collect it twice, and you can't lose a penny!"

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"Tax increase, tax increase... tax increase, damn, are these bastards trying to force us to death?" Yang Dazhuang said angrily, "Half of the money was paid to the tax card, but now it's gone to the tax card." If we want to increase taxes, we really won’t be able to survive at all!”

War, to put it bluntly, is still fought on the economy, and on national power.Now Wang Shichong is desperately expanding his army, but the army is a monster that swallows gold. Armor needs money, swords, axes, hooks, bows, arrows, shields, war horses, everything needs money. Supporting him blatantly, the only way now is to raise taxes desperately, wishing to squeeze the oil out of the stone and scrape the land three feet away.

However, Wang Shichong was still lacking in financial resources at this time, barely supporting himself.

Mr. Hu slumped down on the ground and sighed with grief and indignation: "If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to pay the tax for the ore we dug out!"

Yang Dazhuang roared angrily: "Those bastards are trying to skin us! Since they won't give us a way out, then..."

Before Yang Dazhuang finished speaking, Mr. Hu hurried forward and covered Yang Dazhuang's mouth and said, "Forget it, let's cook first... Now the weather is hot, and there are wild vegetables on the mountain, so I can live on just now. What are you waiting for?" Let Tang Guo and Zheng Guo finish their battles before we finish."

A few young people were called to put these hard-won grains into storage, and some chestnuts and millet were sent out for a group of women to cook delicious meals for everyone.I dare not think about rice and white noodles, so I can only get some coarse grains mixed with wild vegetables, and mix them with water.As for a few dried hare meat, it can be regarded as improving everyone's life.

Yang Dazhuang sat down on the ground powerlessly, but "the prince and general Xiangning has a kind of call!" This thought is like a seed with magic power, quickly taking root and sprouting in Yang Dazhuang's head.

However, at this moment, Mr. Hu walked up to Yang Dazhuang with a bowl of coarse grain rice and said, "Da Zhuang, what are you thinking of, eat something quickly, I heard your stomach growling a long time ago..."

Yang Dazhuang took the bowl, but did not move his chopsticks for a long time.

"What's the matter? Da Zhuang?" Mr. Hu was very curious. As his name suggests, Yang Da Zhuang is tall and strong, with a height of more than eight feet, a waist circumference of more than three feet, and amazing strength. It is already difficult for ordinary people to carry a weight of one hundred catties. But Yang Dazhuang can lift a big rock weighing three hundred catties above his head. Others use a big hammer weighing more than ten catties, but he uses an extra-large hammer, which is a full 56 catties. These miners don’t know every day How many hammers to swing, naturally the lighter the hammer head, the more labor-saving, but Yang Dazhuang used this big hammer to easily mine at least three to five times more ore than ordinary miners.

Being capable means being able to eat.Yang Dazhuang's appetite is also amazing. Others eat three liters of grain a day, but he is still not full after a fight. In fact, Yang Dazhuang never knows what it feels like to be full.

Yang Dazhuang took the chopsticks, and randomly picked and pulled the rice. The chestnuts were very hard, not easy to digest, and the taste was not good. Besides, the rice in these mines was boiled directly with some salt and wild vegetables, and the taste was just imagined.However, Yang Dazhuang took less than half a stick of incense to eat a large bowl of rice.