Lord of the House

Although the refugee army used brutal means to destroy the local order, it also needed to contact business travelers in exchange for medicinal materials, iron materials, salt and other materials that were in short supply in the local area. .

Huaidong sent a sentry in Suizhou, dressed as an adventurous and profitable trader, with medicinal materials, salt and other materials that the refugee army was in short supply, climbed mountains and ridges, sneaked into the area controlled by the refugee army, contacted the refugee army, and collected intelligence information. Monitor the movements of the Changle Army.

Throughout July, Luo Xiancheng gathered the elites of the Changle Army in Suizhou, recruited people in Suizhou to renovate the city, released rumors to build the Changle Palace in Suizhou, and collected beauties in the vicinity—Judging from the information collected, Luo Xiancheng was planning to Make Suizhou into his long happy nest.

Of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon.

"Luo Xiancheng is cunning, smells danger, and slips faster than a rabbit. Before the situation in Henan is known, he completely settled the old camp in Suizhou. I will not believe it if I live or die," Zhang Gou told the information from Suizhou. Having different opinions, he said, "It's all said that there are still three caves for the cunning rabbit. Luo Xiancheng told the world carelessly that he would build his old nest in Suizhou.

The three-month intensive study of the military commander cadet team ended, and most of the cadets were awarded military positions.

Han Caizhi, Zhang Gou, Zhang Jiheng and others served as commanders and joined the army.

The so-called commander joins the army, the nature of the authority is equivalent to that of the military commander, but it is only a military deputy at the level of brigade commander. Because it is different from the camp post, there is a command to join the army. Going up one level to the town department and the military department, the military deputy with the same powers is called the marching sima.

In order to actively prepare for the offensive in the direction of Daishan and Changguo in the autumn, this group of more than 140 cadets, nearly 80 students, including Han Caizhi, Zhang Jiheng, Chen Zhu and others, were assigned to Jinghai, who was stationed at the Shengsi line of defense. The First Water Camp and Chongcheng Foot Camp.

On the eve of Zhang Gou's reporting to the Jinghai Second Water Camp, a paper transfer order to Lin Fu was withheld, and the newly established Military Intelligence Staff Division headed by the marching right Sima Qin Chengzu was still commanded to join the army.

Although Zhang Gou's wish has always been to become a water camp general, Lin Fu needs a staff officer who is familiar with the situation of the refugee army. No one is more suitable than Zhang Gou, so he can only be wronged.

Lin Fu touched the short moustache under his chin and stared at the topographic map of Jianghuai spread out on the ground.

He delayed until the end of July, and only after Qin Chengzu arrived in Shanyang did he leave for Chongzhou. Take Qingjiangpu to Yandu, and go south along the selected embankment that defends the seawall. Today, I just walked to Punan Fort at the junction of Yandu and Jianling County, and received a secret letter from Suizhou.

Luo Xiancheng has always been the target of Lin Fu's attention.

Once Luo Xiancheng's department completely disrupts the situation in Jinghu, the rice grains from the two lakes will not be able to be transported to Jiangdong, and the food supply in Jiangdong County will be tight this year. The price of rice is Lin Fu's most concerned issue, so if there is any change in Suizhou, the news must reach him as quickly as possible.

On the topographic map of Jianghuai, Tongbai Mountain is the watershed between the two waters of Jianghuai. Suizhou is south of Tongbai Mountain, with Xinyang in the east, Nanyang in the north, and Xiangyang in the west.

This topographic map is official and can only be seen roughly. Lin Fu has not yet been able to send people to sneak into areas outside Huaidong to conduct large-scale map surveying and mapping, and can only use official maps.

Lin Bie just stared at the topographic map, silently not expressing his opinion, asking others to talk about their own opinions first.

"Luo Xiancheng wants to build a happy nest, and Xiangyang is more suitable. Suizhou is a small city and has a narrow terrain. It is not a place to take root and establish a foundation. It is more suitable to be a shield for Xiangyang together with Nanyang. Besides, Xiangyang is located in Hanzhong, with Hanzhong in the north and Hanzhong in the south. Controlling Jinghan is easy to defend and easy to attack. Could it be that Luo Xiancheng wants to gather his troops in Suizhou and take Jiangxia directly?" Chen Enze guessed.

Chen Enze is no longer a young county school boy four or five years ago. Although it will take three or four months before he reaches the age of weak crown, he has served as deputy sentry general, sentinel general, deputy battalion general, and deputy battalion general from Lin Fu's side to the time he was incorporated into the personal guard battalion. The battalion will have two years so far.

After years of ups and downs and military experience, Chen Enze has a sturdy figure, dark skin, sharp eyes, and sparkling brilliance, making it impossible to guess his talent.

Chen Enze married Lin Mengde's second daughter a few years ago and just gave birth to a daughter.

In the army, they are both proficient in literature and military affairs, and there are very few generals who can be competent for military situation analysis and staff work. Lin Fu can only transfer Chen Enze from the personal guard battalion and be incorporated into the Military Intelligence and Staff Department to command and join the army.

The war situation is getting more and more severe and complex, including the scale of the war that Huaidong wants to organize, which is also getting bigger and bigger, and the burden on Qin Chengzu's shoulders is getting heavier and heavier. Lin Fu established the Military Intelligence Staff Department in Huaidong, and gathered a group of excellent generals. In addition to sharing worries and solving problems for Qin Chengzu, the main purpose was to ensure that there would be no major loopholes in the military decision-making made by Huaidong.

Listening to Chen Enze's words, Lin Fu did it himself, almost lying on the ground, and marked the route from Suizhou to Jiangxia with a charcoal pen.

Going down the Henan of Xiaojiangfu, the road from Suizhou to Jiangxia is relatively straight, and the whole journey is about 300 miles.

If you start from Xiangyang and go back to Jiangxia along the Han River, the distance will more than double.

The road from Xiangyang to Jiangxia was dangerous and by water, Luo Xiancheng could not raise so many ships for a while.

Luo Xiancheng wanted to seek Jiangxia, and it was appropriate to use Suizhou as a gathering place for troops and horses.

"Luo Xiancheng is curious and rarely fights tough battles. This is also the reason why An Shuai led his troops into Huaisi the year before, and he stayed in Shouzhou," Zhang Gou said in addition to his love for the old army of Huangjue Yi Army. The other Luliu civilians have no affection. After he adjusted his heart, he also offered advice and suggestions for Huaidong wholeheartedly, and he no longer had any reservations about his words. "After the officers and soldiers of Jinghu defeated Luo Xiancheng in Suizhou, they all gathered in Jingzhou, Jingshan and Jiangxia. On the front line, we are waiting for you, there is very little possibility that Luo Xiancheng will go to Jiangxia to pull this iron nail..."

"If it's not to fight Jiangxia, then it is to bypass Jiangxia and go to Qichun, and prepare to cross the river to Jiangxi!" Qin Chengzu said.

Zhang Gou used to be the core general of the refugee army, and he followed the old commander Yang Quan in his early years. He knew more about the generals of the refugee army than everyone in Huaidong; Qin Chengzu and others tended to accept Zhang Gou's judgment on Luo Xiancheng.

In the team that followed Lin Fu south, in addition to more than 200 guards, only Qin Chengzu, Wu Qi, Zhang Gou, Chen Enze and others were with him. Zhou Pu led the cavalry camp to temporarily station in Siyang Village to guard against any changes in Sun Zhuang!

"I thought so too," Zhang Gou saw that Qin Chengzu also supported his view, but he was more open, and boldly speculated, "The year before last, the She family sent someone to persuade An Shuai to lead his troops south, but An Shuai ignored it and said Maybe this year I will send someone to Huo Luo Xiancheng again!"

"Chen Zhihu fought so brutally in Henan that Luo Xiancheng felt like he was on pins and needles in Xiangyang. He wanted to avoid Chen Zhihu's edge. There was no other way but to lead his troops to flee south!" Qin Chengzu said, "It's just that he was in the area of ​​Baitong Mountain. It’s not easy to take 200,000 to 300,000 horses out! It’s even more impossible for 200,000 to 300,000 horses to cross the river!”

"He may leave the miscellaneous Jijie in the area of ​​Baitong Mountain," Lin Fu said with a frown at this time, "He leads the elite out of the encirclement, and it is best to open the situation on the southern front; if he can't open the situation, he can still Returning to the vicinity of Baitong Mountain will not completely hurt your vitality!"

"For today's plan, in addition to informing Jinghu and Jiangxi counties to deal with it carefully, I can only suggest that Mr. Gu transfer a part of the Jiangning Water Camp to Anqing to respond," Qin Chengzu said, "Should we increase the scale of grain storage here in Chongzhou? ?"

"If you increase the scale, the pressure will be too great. Uncle Mengde's hair is half white, so let's let the black hair on his head stay for two more years," Lin Fu said playfully, with a worried expression on his face. , "Huaidong Qianzhuang has just been established. At this time, in the name of the military commander, a large amount of money is directly borrowed. It is not a good start, it is better to wait!"

"Maybe we should raise rice grains from the Haidong area now to make up for the shortage. When I was in Jeju, I didn't think Kitakyushu's rice was worse than Jianghuai's japonica rice!" Chen Enze said.

"This is to be carried out immediately," Lin Bie nodded, seeing Zhang Gou holding a pen and paper, and said, "Write down this matter for me, and after returning to Chongzhou, bring the relevant people to discuss! Except for Huaidong In addition to actively improving grain production, the area that can import a large amount of rice grains is Haidong. In Haidong, we still need to add people!"

Zhang Gou leaned on the saddle and copied Lin Bie's words.

It was only after he was officially granted a military post that he came into contact with Huaidong's core secrets.

In the past, he had heard of the place name Haidong, but he had no idea where Haidong was. Zhang Goucai was taken aback when he saw the map of the entire territory of the East China Sea. Taking a sea boat from Chongzhou to Jeju, Kyushu Island, and Goryeo was no more troublesome than going upstream from Chongzhou to Jiangning. , Take a look at Kyushu.

During this period of time, in addition to reading various miscellaneous books, Zhang Gou also walked the land of Huai'an on the spot, and gained a newer and more comprehensive understanding of the terrain of Huai'an, which he was far from being able to do before. .

The entire Huaidong terrain is an outstretched oblique triangle, with Huaian and Hailing on the oblique side.

From a strategic geographical point of view, Weiyang Mansion (that is, Yangzhou in later generations) is the core of the Huaidong Triangle.

In addition, Weiyang Mansion is also the most developed area in Huaidong area. Even without taking into account the fact that the Salt and Iron Division was established in Weiyang, the Tianfu in the six counties of the Weiyang prefecture was equal to the sum of the eleven counties of the Huai'an and Hailing prefectures.

This is also the main reason why the imperial court had to grant Lin Fu the position of the envoy of Huaidong, but listed Weiyang House separately from the Huaidong Military Division at the end of the Huaisi War.

From a military point of view, occupying the entire Huaidong, there is still the possibility of success. But after the excavation of Weiyang Mansion, the entire Huaidong inclined triangle was missing a piece, the foundation was more than half weak, and there was almost no room for development.

The Huaidong Army is very sharp and can be said to be the strongest army in the world in recent years, but when the world is in chaos, how many people will think that Lin Fu can achieve great things with Huaian and Hailing?

Zhang Gou used to think that Huaidong's chances of winning were too small, until he saw the map of the entire territory of the East China Sea that included the entire Haidong area, did he realize how narrow his vision was in front of the governor!

Who would have thought in Jiangdong: Huaidong has more than 4,000 troops stationed in the Haidong area, and more than 1,000 households have been moved there!

What Huaidong lacks is time.

When Zhang Gou was transcribing, Lin Bing said to Qin Chengzu while thinking: "It seems that this day is about to change, and Huaidong's pace has to increase a little bit - the new households in Qibao Village will be directly entered into the Yellow Book. , select some people from the war training school and make them into the top tier. What do you think?"

"Yes, even if the secrets of Huang Book are leaked at this time, it is not a big deal, and some things are not only done by the Huaidong family." Qin Chengzu said.

The so-called Yellow Book is actually a book of military households in Huaidong. After Lin Fu entered Chongzhou, he set up a separate volume of Ding Zhuang, a refugee, as a potential recruitable soldier in Huaidong.

The militia rotation training work is also mainly carried out for the displaced households included in this book.

It's just that before this work was strictly controlled within the territory of Chongzhou County, Lin Fu wanted to spread it all at once. In addition to Hecheng, it had to extend to the hinterland of Huai'an and Hailing. .

The construction of the seawall from Hecheng to Yandu has just started, but in the past year or so, the Huaidong Military Division has built seven post forts every 30 miles from Hecheng to Yandu.

According to external reports, the construction of the post fort is mainly to make some preparations in advance for the repair of the seawall. With the post castle as the backing, the stationing of the generals of the workers and battalions, and the preparation and storage of materials for the **** repair are extremely convenient, which can reduce the burden on the local area and greatly improve the speed of the **** repair.

Another is that after the embankment is completed, a post road will be built on the embankment, and the post castle can serve as a post station and post house.

This is what Lin Bie said to the outside world before repairing the embankment, but after the completion of the seven post castles, many people felt that the repairs were too solid.

Each post fort is more than 200 steps square~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The wall is sandwiched with blue bricks, and the clay is rammed inside. The wall is three feet high, and the base of the wall is two feet wide. Dike height.

For each post castle, only 150,000 to 60,000 pieces of blue bricks are needed, in addition, more than a thousand limes of lime and hundreds of stone of glutinous rice are required. The cost is staggeringly high. In comparison, the fort built by the Yantie Division in the salt area is at best a short and small lump of earth.

After the station was built, Lin Fu set up a village directly based on the station, appointed village officials, and recruited refugees to reclaim wasteland and grow vegetables and grains. In the name of the outside world, it is to provide food and vegetables for the soldiers and recruits who repair the embankment, and save money and money.

In this regard, Hu Dahai, the magistrate of Yandu County, only dared to complain in front of Liu Tingzhou; the officials of Jianling and Gaocheng counties simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

The three counties of Gaocheng, Jianling, and Yandu have a lot of wasteland, deserted beach, and wetlands and swamps that are difficult to cultivate. Since the seawall is built on the side of the salt field, there is also a large area of ​​land in the salt field for those who defend the seawall. inside.

When the salt production in the world mainly adopts the boiling method, a large area of ​​fodder should be reserved in the salt area to provide the fodder needed for boiling salt. The area of ​​the salt field marked on the inner side of the seawall is actually the reserved fodder, pasture and the residence of salt farmers.

In addition to reclaiming the wasteland in Yandu, Jianling and Gaocheng counties, Tunsai also occupied a considerable part of the forage land of the saltworks.

The officials of the Salt Supervision Institute were even more bitter. If they dared to commit suicide, the Huaidong Military Division would immediately rely on the seven fortresses to completely cut off the way for the private salt to flow out.

Compared with the loss of the Huaidong Military Division occupying some fodder land and completely cutting off the illicit salt, the officials of the Salt Supervision Institute could not bear the loss.

Lin Fu chose to take the east route back to Chongzhou, just to inspect the preparations of the seven villages along the way. This was the most solid step for him to infiltrate the power into the hinterland of Huaidong. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter