Chapter 1184: Catch the boat and cross the Yellow River


    Chapter 1182: Catching the boat to cross the Yellow River


    You should know that in this era of chaos, many people can not even have a meal, and live a day without the last meal every day.


    Qin Hao provided free meals to the people of the two counties, which was already quite luxurious for most of the people of the two counties, so the people naturally would not feel any dissatisfaction.


    The Qin army provided disaster relief through daily supply and porridge, which could save food to the greatest extent and then invested in the war next, which was a killing two birds with one stone.


    "But lord, although our army has taken away the food and grass from Zhu County, there are still three or four months left before the autumn harvest."


    Liu Bowen looked at Qin Hao and said with a serious expression: "If we give each porridge and meal to the millions of people in the two counties per day, our army''s grain storage in Sizhou might not have lasted for so long."


    "Three or four months? How can I wait so long? This month I will completely defeat the coalition forces of the Southern Princes."


    Qin Hao''s confident look flashed and he smiled faintly: "As long as he defeated the coalition forces of the Biannan princes, he will not only be able to unify the two states, but also regain the food for the people of the two counties. At that time, there will naturally be enough food to support the autumn harvest."


    Qin Hao’s implication was that even if the food and grass were regained from the Biannan General Forces, it would not be returned to the people of the two counties, but would still be served as two meals a day.


    After the autumn harvest, when the people harvested food, they naturally did not need to provide it with the Qin army, and the remaining food seized naturally belonged to the Qin army.


    "As for disaster relief, let it be fully responsible for the disaster relief matters, and the order for Han Fei to fully support Fusu, all expenses will be allocated from Luoyang."


    After solving the problem of the victims, Qin Hao shifted his focus to the four counties. After all, the governance of the four counties in Sizhou is also a problem.


    "The most urgent task is to get through the war as soon as possible, and any other matter must make way for the war.


    Let’s do this, transfer Di Renjie to the prefect of Luoyang, Fu Nian as the county magistrate, Qin Yi as the commander, Bao Zheng as the prefect of Hedong, Dong He as the county magistrate, Qin Huaiyuren as the commander, Su Wu as the prefect of Henoi, Xiang Lang as the county magistrate, Qin Ming as the commander, Li Dongyang as the prefect of Hongnong..."


    Qin Hao enthroned more than a dozen officials in a row, and also banned Henan Yin and changed it to Luoyang County.


    The political attributes of each county''s prefecture exceed 90 points. With these political attributes, talents can go to the place below, which can ensure that the four counties in Sizhou will recover their vitality in the shortest time.


    In addition, Qin Hao arranged all the Qin family members to ensure the concentration of military power. After all, the war is still not over now.


    Of course, this enthronement is only temporary, and there may be adjustments after the war.


    "There will be no more war in Sizhou in the future. It is enough to leave 5,000 defenders in Henoi and Hedong counties. In addition, 5,000 troops will be sent back to Luoyang to return to defense. All the remaining troops will go to Mengjin Pass to join and prepare to cross the river."


    The distribution of the Qin army''s troops in the northern part of Sizhou is: Bai Qi''s 55,000, Su Lie''s 25,000, Xue Rengui''s 15,000, Huo Qubing''s 10,000, and Yuwen''s Chengdu''s 40,000, totaling 145,000 troops.


    Even if there are 5,000 defenders left in Hedong and Henoi, and 5,000 troops sent back to Luoyang, the Qin army can still use 130,000 troops, and it is obviously not easy for a 130,000 army to cross the Yellow River.


    "I ordered Su Lie, Xue Rengui and Huo Bing to collect ships quickly. Our army must cross the Yellow River and fight back to Bingzhou."


    Shortly after Qin Hao''s order was issued, a bad news came.


    "Reported to the lord, when Wang Mang left, he took away most of the ships on the south bank of the Yellow River. Although the three generals collected all their strength along the Yellow River, the number of ships collected was still far from enough."


    After receiving this news, Qin Hao frowned and thought for a long time, he said in thought: "Let them search further and try to attract more ferries."


    After saying that, Qin Hao couldn''t help but sigh: "It seems that the Yellow River Water Army must be formed after the war." At present, except for some princes in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River Basin, no other princes have attached importance to the development of the navy. Qin Hao and Wang Mang are naturally the same. If there are naval forces participating in the war, the next battle will probably be even more complicated.


    At present, except for the princes in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River basins that will develop naval forces, the princes in the Yellow River basins will basically not develop naval forces.


    Since ancient times, there has been a reason for ships in the south and horses in the north.


    The Yellow River has too high sand content and shallow draft. It has even been cut off in history and is frozen in winter or December, so it is not easy to form a large fleet, nor is it difficult to set up fortifications.


    The Yangtze River and the Huai River are different. From the middle to the water, the water surface is wide, the water is deep, and there are many undercurrents. Therefore, large water camps were built on both sides of the Yangtze River in ancient times, which could afford large fleets of ships, and in modern times it was also suitable for erecting forts.


    Although the Yellow River Basin is not suitable for forming large-scale fleets, small-scale fleets are still of great use.


    If Wang Mang had a strong enough naval army, he could have patroled the Yellow River waters and immediately came to stop him when he found that the Qin army crossed the river.


    Of course, it is very easy for the Qin army to avoid patrols. After all, it is impossible for the Southern Alliance to patrol every day if you can log in for thousands of miles.


    In order to prevent the Qin army from killing the Yellow River, Wang Mang took away all the ships that could be taken away in advance, so Su Lie and others naturally could not search for enough ships to cross the river.


    Qin Hao couldn''t help but feel a little anxious after learning about this. There are millions of people in Hedong, Hebei, and the daily consumption is huge. The 130,000 Qin troops cannot waste time in Mengjin.


    "Military advisor, what should I do now?"


    Qin Hao asked Liu Bowen for a plan. After thinking for a long time, Liu Bowen said in a deep voice: "Lord, for the sake of the present, there is only one left..."


    "Report... Report to the lord, General Huo Bing led his troops to cross the Yellow River at night."


    Although the ships collected by the Qin army were not enough to send 130,000 people across the river, it was still possible to send 10,000 people from Huo Qubing to the river.


    Qin Hao couldn''t help but frown when he heard this, "What is he doing to cross the river at this time?"


    Liu Bowen''s eyes flashed with a flash, and he immediately bowed and smiled, "Congratulations to lord, our army has another wise general, maybe General Huo Bing can bring back enough ships tomorrow."


    The next morning, as Liu Bowen expected, Huo Qubing''s army, with five or six hundred ships of all sizes, crossed south from the north bank of the Yellow River to Mengjin.


    It turned out that when Huo Qubing was collecting warships, he guessed that the Qin army could not have gathered enough ships, but they could be snatched back from Wang Mang on the north shore.


    Huo Qubing believed that Wang Mang would not have expected that he would dare to lead the alone army to sneak into the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, and this happened to be a surprise attack on the Southern Alliance.


    So Huo Qubing crossed the Yellow River in four waves, and then took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on the enemy water camp on the shore.


    After the Southern Alliance crossed the Yellow River, Wang Mang did not think that the Yellow River could block Qin Hao, so he did not arrange heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. As a result, Huo Qubing was successfully attacked by sneak attacks. Not only did the enemy kill thousands of enemies, but he also took away more than 600 large and small ships and returned.


    With more than 600 ships seized, plus more than 100 ships collected by the Qin army, a total of more than 700 ships were enough for the Qin army to cross the Yellow River.


    Since then, the Qin army has met all the conditions to cross the Yellow River, and a 130,000 army can kill the Yellow River and enter Bingzhou at any time.


    (This chapter ends)