Chapter 1201 The Preparations of Both Sides
The cabinet began to mobilize food and other resources.
To mobilize soldiers and horses, if Zhang Yu can perform his duties normally, then only he can mobilize the army. Unless something happens to Zhang Yu, the power to mobilize troops and horses will be handed over to the cabinet.
Now Zhang Yu is still normal, so everything is done by Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu transferred Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and Zhang Liao to Bingzhou and began to prepare.
Gao Shun, Zhou Yu, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Yu Jin and others arrived in Chang'an, ready to attack in two directions.
Gao Shun was originally in Chang'an, and he moved from Luoyang to Chang'an after the Luoyang war.
Now Chang'an is already a mighty city.
Zhang Yu just mobilized troops and strengthened the blockade, and was not in a hurry to start a war.
To start a war, we still need to wait.
Zhang Yu is still in the south of the Yangtze River. He inspects here to see the development here.
Building roads is already a long-term thing for them. Once they have money, they must build roads.
"If the cement can be cheap, I must repair it for tens of thousands of miles."
After some investigation, Zhang Yu still found that after the road was built, it still needs to be maintained frequently. The road rammed with soil has been exposed to wind and rain, and the maintenance cost is still very high.
Especially after being run over by a heavy cart, it is very easy to break.
Now the cement industry is being cultivated, and many buildings in the capital are already built with cement.
It will take some time to develop, not yet, but one day, cement will be cheaper.
The entire land of Huaxia is still under construction in full swing, and various roads are being built.
In the past few months, many projects have been completed and stopped.
Zhang Yu held a large sum of money again, but the money was used for war.
During the few months when Zhang Yu was out of Beijing, a large amount of gold and silver were also sent from overseas, making Zhang Yu rich again.
Grain mobilization is ongoing.
This Ma Teng already felt the crisis.
Previously, it was judged that Zhang Yu was going to have a big accident, but who knew that a year later, the rebellion did not happen, but became more and more stable.
Zhang Yu stabilized here, and then began to prepare for war.
Recently, Ma Teng and Ma Chao have not had a good time.
Because they are not ready yet.
"It's not that Zhang Yu is rebelling all over the place, how dare he be distracted from fighting?" Ma Teng was very irritable. Recently, Zhang Yu mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, which made him nervous all of a sudden.
Ma Teng's staff said: "My lord, maybe we build weapons here, and more than 50,000 people from the Roman Empire arrived, so we must not be able to hide it."
Ma Teng also thought that their actions had stimulated Zhang Yu, who was doing well, but why was there a war.
Ma Chao said: "Father, people from the Roman Empire have lived here for several months, and only a thousand people are sick. I think they can send a large army over."
Ma Teng shook his head and said, "The weapons and armor we are building now are only enough for more than 20,000 people, and there is no time to build more."
"Then let them bring it over, at worst it will consume more on the way."
An aide stood up and said, "No, the points we arranged along the road can't bear too much, so we can only let them come in batches."
"Father, what if Zhang Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops come over? We now have more than 300,000 soldiers and horses. We can block them for a year or so. When the army from the west comes over, we can turn defeat into victory. In addition, Liu Bei in Shuchuan can also An attack is enough to hold him back," Ma Chao said.
Ma Chao is still very confident in himself.
Ma Teng was hesitant, he didn't expect Zhang Yu to start before they were ready.
Another staff member stood up and said, "My lord, we are related by marriage to Zhang Yu, why don't we send an envoy to find a way to delay it for a while."
Ma Teng didn't want to start an incident at this time, facing Zhang Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops, he was not sure.
"Okay, let's send someone on a mission and try to delay it as much as possible. As long as we delay it for a few months, we will step up our preparations and we will definitely succeed."
It was mainly the soldiers of the Roman Empire who gave them great confidence.
A person is tall and strong, but also very strong.
This is very advantageous and obvious. Although there are only more than 50,000 troops, they have powerful armor and they are a natural iron army.
There are more troops coming, as long as there are 300,000 troops, Ma Teng absolutely believes that Zhang Yu's million-strong army can be easily swept away.
Zhang Yu's side has been transporting supplies for several months. There are all kinds of supplies, even a lot of liquor.
At the same time, the system of doctors accompanying the army was also established. Zhang Yu directly asked all the medical students who had studied for more than a year to go with the army.
They have also experienced the flames of war. Although they are not allowed to go to the battlefield, they must be made to feel the tragedy of the battlefield.
Ma Teng's side also believed that Zhang Yu sent troops at this time because he discovered their conspiracy.
While Ma Teng sent someone to reconcile with Zhang Yu, he stepped up his preparations.
After Zhang Yu finished his inspection, he began to head west along the Yangtze River. He would pass through Jingzhou, and then enter Luoyang and Chang'an.
In this way, it will take a long circle and it will take two months to arrive, but Zhang Yu is not in a hurry, because the preparations have not been fully completed yet.
The battle has not yet been fought, but public opinion has to go first.
Zhang Yu has already leaked the news that Ma Teng colluded with other races.
"This Ma Teng is really bad, he dared to collude with other races."
"I heard that those alien races eat human flesh, and their eyes are blue."
"Ma Teng recruited a bunch of savages to poison our Huaxia."
"Support Your Majesty and definitely defeat Ma Teng."
"Ma Teng and his son, you must die."
The folks, the people are full of curses, and Western Rome is even more demonized.
They drink blood and eat human flesh raw.
Ma Teng actually colluded with such a person.
Ma Teng is simply not human, thanks to Zhang Yu treating them preferentially.
There was a burst of condemnation among the people, and some knew that Zhang Yu had no money, so they actually wanted to initiate a donation activity.
Zhang Yu refused all requests from the people to donate money. The people finally became rich, and they should not be allowed to remain poor.
Zhang Yu just asked the government to buy more grain at cost price and send it over.
And some businessmen want to start fundraising, as long as there are no other conditions, then Zhang Yu will accept them.
Don't want the merchant's money for nothing, anyway, I am very short of money now.
People's hearts are on Zhang Yu's side, and Zhang Yu's reputation is rising rapidly now.
With the support of the people, Zhang Yu mobilized all the soldiers and horses from the east, and set up several lines of defense at the same time.
Millions of soldiers and horses will surely win this just battle.
Zhang Yu is still storing a large amount of ordnance along the way. Once the front really fails, then Zhang Yu can only fight with all the strength of the whole country.
Of course, Zhang Yu is confident of winning this battle.
Half a month later, Zhang Yu arrived in Jingzhou.
At this time, Jingzhou was still very prosperous.
The Yangtze River has always been very busy, with frequent exchanges between east and west.
At the same time, some special products here will be sold to the east, and some of them can even be sold overseas.
Jingzhou is very advantageous. At this time, Jingzhou also deployed 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Zhang Yu transferred another 100,000 to block Liu Bei. Liu Bei must not be allowed to interfere.
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