The news that the Huns mobilized troops and gathered in Luoyang quickly reached Liu Yu's ears.
This involves the mobilization of tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to hide it.
"The Huns gathered a large army in Luoyang. It is said that there are as many as 60,000 to 70,000 people. Could it be that they want to defend Hanoi County?"
Liu Yu was a little puzzled after hearing the news.
At this time, there were not many people around Luoyang due to the continuous fighting.
Many fertile fields in the Heluo area have even been turned into pastures and became places for the Huns to graze.
Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to support tens of thousands of troops relying on Luoyang's output.
"Luoyang is no longer able to support such a large army. The Hulu must be making some changes!"
Xi Jian next to him said immediately.
"Although the troops and horses of Hanoi County were quite powerful, they did not start to attack Pingyang after all. At this time, the Hulu not only did not gather troops in Pingyang, but instead mobilized all the Jiehu troops and horses in Pingyang to Luoyang. Obviously, they were not intended to attack Hanoi. county!"
After hearing what Xi Jian said, Liu Yu also felt that it made sense.
"Your Majesty, I guess that the Hulu will definitely use these tricks to attack the east and the west with their cavalry!" Hua Xiu said thoughtfully on the side.
"Sign up in the east and attack in the west?" Liu Yu frowned.
Although the Han army under Liu Yu has reached more than 200,000, if tens of thousands of Hulu cavalry come and go like the wind, although it is impossible to lose a large city, the surrounding Xiaowubao villages will suffer. Lost.
You must know that in order to break the situation of powerful local families and prevent the emergence of new powerful Wubao, Liu Yu has been implementing the plan of small villages and villages for the refugees in the Central Plains, trying to avoid large Wubao where there are too many people. 's appearance.
Because once a Wubao with a large number of people appears, a powerful Wubao Lord will inevitably emerge, and a new local leader will be born.
"If we attack from the east and attack from the west, the only place where the barbarians can attack is Yuzhou!" Liu Yu said.
"Your Majesty, after the beggar army originally placed in Yuzhou was transferred, more than 20,000 army soldiers were added, but now they have only practiced for a year and have not suffered any actual combat. If so many Hulu cavalry attack, I am afraid that losses will be lost It’s better to be small.”
Xi Jian has always been very concerned about Yuzhou's military affairs.
At this time, Gongsun Sheng also said.
"Not only Yuzhou, but the adjacent Yanzhou area is also a flat river. Tens of thousands of barbarians are simply difficult to contain. Once the barbarians are allowed to flow in, not only the villages of all sizes will suffer, but also the people in the Junyi area of Chenliu County. The waterway will also be cut off.”
In today's era, the Yellow River's waterways have not yet encroached on Jishui's. Jishui is still an independent river that originates from Yuzhou and then flows northeastward into the Bohai Sea.
And because of the Yanzhou Daze Lake in the middle, the entire Jishui river course is relatively stable, and it is an important waterway transportation connecting Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou.
Qingzhou is the place where Liu Yu started, and all handmade manufacturing there is the most developed. A large amount of goods are transported along the Jishui River to Chenliu County, and then transferred to the Huaihe River system through the artificial canal between Cangyuan and Junyi in Chenliu County. tributaries, thus entering the inland areas of Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou.
"If Chenliu County's waterways are damaged, it will be more serious than a big city being destroyed." Liu Yu obviously valued the role of Chenliu County's waterways in transporting people.
After more than ten years of war, the once prosperous heartland of the Central Plains has almost turned into a dilapidated white land. All important tools such as food, clothing and production are seriously lacking.
In particular, all iron farm tools, harnesses, grain seeds, etc. for farming required water transportation support from Yanzhou and Qingzhou.
"Although I don't know what the purpose of the Hu Lu is to mobilize the army to gather in Luoyang, we must first prevent the Hu Lu from wandering around Yuzhou and Yanzhou and causing trouble!" Xi Jian followed up and said.
"If you want to defend against Hulu's cavalry, the best way is to use cavalry to attack them too!"
Hua Xiu said this and immediately spoke to Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty, please use the Xianbei righteousness of Hanoi County to cross the river with troops and go south."
"In this case, once the barbarians really invade Yuzhou, they can be quickly expelled!"
Now, as the eagle dogs of the Han army, more than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry from the Duan and Yuwen tribes have gathered in Hanoi County, preparing to serve as the righteous cavalry of Zu Ti, the general of the Han expedition to the west, to coordinate the subsequent attack on Pingyang.
After the internal migration at the end of the Han Dynasty, although the living habits of the Xiongnu, Jie and Qiang were still very different from those of the Han people, they had already accepted a considerable degree of sinicization, and the original nomadic customs on the grassland borders had been greatly changed.
This caused the Hulu's cavalry combat capabilities to be slightly inferior to those of the Xianbei people who were still on the grasslands.
Therefore, although there are only more than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry, they are still enough to interfere with the invading Hulu.
Hua Xiu's suggestion seemed more feasible, but after Liu Yu thought about it, he didn't want to use it at all.
Liu Yu shook his head and said lightly.
"Although these Xianbei people have surrendered, they still have barbarian hearts. They are just afraid of the power of our army, not following the teachings!"
"If we were in Hanoi County, it would be nothing more than an eagle dog under Zu Ti's command. He would definitely obey orders wholeheartedly and would not dare to disobey."
"But if they are allowed to enter the Yanzhou area of Yuzhou, if they want to guard against the Hulu, they must be allowed to do it cheaply. In this way, it will be like letting a beggar enter the rich man's house, and it may not be much better than the Hulu."
Liu Yu still completely distrusts the integrity of these Xianbei cavalry.
If they were in Hanoi County, where there were tens of thousands of Han troops under Zu Ti, these Xianbei cavalry would never dare to make a mistake.
But if you really think that after these Xianbei cavalry have autonomy, they will do their best to fight against the Huns and Barbarians, then Liu Yu is either too stupid or too naive.
"After all, Xianbei is afraid of the power of the Han Dynasty, so I don't dare to act arrogantly." Hua Xiu still didn't want to give up.
Liu Yu sighed softly in his heart. Scholars like Hua Xiu who came from a wealthy family always had problems that were difficult to get rid of.
After hundreds of years of upbringing in aristocratic families, these high-ranking scholars always regard these barbarians as inherently lowly people.
Just like the Asan Continent in later generations, the untouchables in the eyes of the high men would never dare to make mistakes, especially after having military advantages, this concept was deeply ingrained in their hearts.
As for the Huns who had rebelled and established a country, well, at the beginning, high-ranking scholars like Hua Xiu actually regarded Liu Yuan and his son as their own kind.
Even though Liu Yuan was clearly a Huns, he still belonged to a high-ranking noble family among the Huns and was no longer a Xianbei slave on the grassland.
"The Han Dynasty has not yet been revived, but the ambitions of the barbarians are growing. If they are allowed to enter Yuzhou and Yanzhou, the true and false inside will be exposed. If there are people with different ambitions and evil intentions among the barbarians, there may be another big disaster in the future!" Liu Yu said patiently! explained.
Once upon a time when the world was at peace, the richest states were Sili and Yuzhou, with Jizhou in Hebei falling behind.
But today's Yuzhou is already empty of ten houses and nine empty fields. Even after more than two years of restoration by Liu Yu, it still looks like a wasteland waiting to be done. Compared with Jizhou in Hebei, there are still many gaps. .
As the heart of the Central Plains, if the Xianbei people knew about the internal reality of Qingzhou Han Kingdom, it might lead to contempt among some ambitious people.
"Then if this is the case, how does Your Majesty plan to respond?" Hua Xiu finally understood Liu Yu's thoughts.
"Since we have to use cavalry, it is not necessary to use Xianbei cavalry. We also have cavalry," Liu Yu said.
"Your Majesty refers to the Habayashi Guards and the cavalry of the Chinese Army."
Xi Jian immediately dropped the topic and said.
"But, Your Majesty, the cavalry of these two armies are mainly equipped with uniforms. It is probably not their specialty to drive away the fighting Hulu cavalry."
The Wei and Jin Dynasties were the beginning of the gradual rise of heavy cavalry. Cavalry with human and horse equipment will be the mainstream in the next three to four hundred years.
Whether it was the Murong clan of the former Yan Dynasty defeating Ran Min in history, or the former Qin Dynasty annexing the north, including the later Northern Wei Dynasty creating the Northern Dynasties, or the Sui and Tang Dynasties dominating the world, there were always powerful heavy cavalry that played this important role.
Therefore, Liu Yu's cavalry army almost always attaches great importance to heavy cavalry.
"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife!" Liu Yu smiled softly.
"I heard that the barbarians in Luoyang are all Qiang, Hu, and Jiehu. Although there are many of them, the tribes are not subordinate to each other. If only one of them needs to be severely damaged, the rest will be cowardly and retreat."
"So, the most important issue is that once the barbarians invade, we need to discover them as quickly as possible and then pounce to fight them."
"For such a task, Yu Lin and the Chinese army's armored cavalry are somewhat overqualified."
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Xi Jian, Hua Xiu and others looked at each other in shock.
Nowadays, apart from the armored cavalry of the two armies, the most remaining cavalry of the Han army are the Xianbei and Wuhuan cavalry, but Liu Yu does not want these barbarian cavalry to escape control.
"Then where will the cavalry your Majesty wants come from?" Xi Jian was a little confused.
"I have long heard that Yan and Zhao have many generous and brave men. Now that Jizhou's army is prosperous, it is already a strong state!" Liu Xuan praised in advance.
"However, Youzhou is located in the north, with a narrow territory and cold weather. It is far inferior to Jizhou in terms of the number of soldiers and strength."
Liu Yu's words were immediately agreed by Xi Jian, Hua Xiu and others.
If you only look at the land area, Youzhou is not much smaller than Jizhou.
However, Youzhou has many mountains and rivers and is close to the cold outside the Great Wall. Since ancient times, its production capacity has been far inferior to that of Jizhou.
If Fanyang County, the most prosperous county in Youzhou, were in Jizhou, it would be no more than a mountainous county like Changshan.
This led to many problems arising from the development of the military troops deployed by Liu Yu in Youzhou for a year.
Even if they are allocated the same number of acres of land, the output of the Youzhou Army soldiers' field is far less than that of the Jizhou Army soldiers.
But if we want to increase the number of vocational fields, the cultivated land area in Youzhou is much smaller than that in Jizhou.
As for the land in western Liaoning and Daijun, it was not within Liu Yu's consideration.
Therefore, although there are many military soldiers in Youzhou, they have to lead their families to farm and participate in drills, and the output of the fields is not high. As a result, many people are very dissatisfied with the current situation.
As the saying goes, you don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality. Youzhou and Jizhou can be said to be one of Yan and Zhao. Everyone is the same military soldier, so why are there such big differences in life.
In order to stabilize these Youzhou military soldiers, Liu Yu naturally wanted to make some improvements.
"Youzhou is close to the frontier, and there are many people who practice riding and archery. Many of them are no weaker than Xianbei and Wuhuan!" As a Jizhou, Hua Xiu is very familiar with Youzhou, which has strong folk customs.
"That's right! I think so too." Liu Yu said very happily.
Because of the threats that Yuzhou may encounter this time, he suddenly has a way to get the best of both worlds.
"Youzhou has poor cultivated land and is prone to cold disasters. The output of military soldiers is really unstable."
"So, I think we should select those who are good at riding, shooting, and brave warriors from the soldiers of the Youzhou Army, and then make them into the new soldiers of the Knight Cavalry Army!"
"The soldiers of the heroic cavalry army?"
Everyone was surprised.
Liu Yu nodded and said very seriously.
"The border areas of Youzhou are originally good at riding and archery. If they combine farming and fighting like the soldiers of the Central Plains, not only will the output be insufficient, but the many years of riding and archery skills will probably be wasted."
There is no military salary subsidy for the soldiers under Liu Yu. Except for some weapons and armor equipment, the rest of the expenses are borne by the soldiers themselves, including the food and drink expenses of the whole family, which are basically produced in the field.
Coupled with the strict examinations for the Han army soldiers, if the career output is not rich, the army soldiers will become a drudgery.
Moreover, the training of the Han army's soldiers is basically infantry. Over time, the cavalry tradition of Youzhou sergeants will be wasted.
"In this case, I will implement a special cavalry military household in Youzhou. In addition to the original job fields, I will also provide military salary rewards!"
As soon as Liu Yu finished speaking, Hua Xiu, as the general manager, immediately felt tremendous pressure.
"I wonder how many cavalry military households your Majesty wants to set up in Youzhou? How much military salary and reward will be given to each household?" When Hua Xiu said this, his mood was trembling.
Nowadays, the non-taxpaying military soldiers in Qingzhou and Han Dynasty occupy a large area of land. Together with other huge expenditures, it is the hard work of Hua Xiu and others to maintain the current balance of payments.
Now Liu Yu wants to set up another Youzhou cavalry army that needs to be paid, which will definitely destroy the balance of payments.
I just don’t know how big the gap will be.
Hua Xiu thought, if the emperor wants to set up 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry military households in Youzhou, he does not need to give other rewards. If he just pays the general military salary of Yulin and Zhongjun, I am afraid that the Han court will be completely bankrupt. .
However, Liu Yu didn't notice Hua Xiu's strangeness yet. He thought about it for a while and said.
"Youzhou Military Mansion has a large number of soldiers. It would be unrealistic if all of them were to serve as cavalry soldiers."
"It's better to just use five thousand cavalry for now!"
