(Thanks to the 66th new leader, the old man from Guiyang)
Xu Huai had long wanted to invite Shi Zhen to Chushan, but he was worried that Wang Zhen would still need people, so he kept silent. However, he did not want Shi Zhen to see that the trend of seeking peace in the court was already established, and he was worried that the Chihu people would come again.
The southern invasion was when Bianliang City fell. They first found an excuse to leave Bianliang and went south.
Xu Huai was very happy to see Shi Zhen go south.
Shi Zhen went south after Zhou Jing escorted Lu Xiong back to Bianliang. Will Zhu Hang and Wang Fan think it was because of him? Xu Huai did not care about avoiding taboos at all, and immediately decided to recommend Shi Zhen as the Prime Minister of Chushan County.
From the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion to the two Northern Expeditions against Yan, Chushan Camp gathered a group of military generals and officials, but those who were good at official affairs were still quite limited.
It can be said that Su Laochang, Cheng Yi, Xu Wuliang, Xu Sheng and others are all good at each.
If Xu Huai had only governed a county according to the conventional methods of the time, and had no expectations for Chushan County to go beyond the normal prefectures and counties of the time, Su Laochang and the others would certainly have been victorious.
However, Xu Huai's expectations for Chushan (Tongbai Mountain) were too high.
Xu Huai not only hoped that Chushan could become the bridgehead of the Jianghuai defense line against the Red Husbands, and establish a defense system that could withstand attacks from several times more powerful enemies, but at the same time, in order to minimize the suppression that others could exert, he also wanted to ensure that Chushan had enough internal strength.
Strong military mobilization and material production potential.
To achieve this goal, the requirements for officials are high.
Taking Chushan's peripheral defense as an example, we are currently building fortifications at Qingyi Ridge, Shimen Ridge and Zhouqiaoyi, and building the Huaiyuan-Qingyi Ridge Road across the North Ridge of Tongbai Mountain and Dafu Mountain to connect the Huaiyuan and Qingyi Ridge camps.
When connected, it can only be said that the framework and prototype of peripheral defense have been built. It is still very rudimentary and far from complete.
If the Chihu people invade south again, the Hehuai resistance will completely collapse. If the Chihu people force the rebels to attack the Qingyi Ridge camp, it will be difficult for them to fall suddenly.
However, the Chihu people are by no means single-minded and reckless. On the contrary, they have swept across the desert grasslands in the past thirty or forty years and accumulated rich combat experience.
Seeing that it is difficult to fall suddenly, if the Chihu people still want to pull out the nails, they can push the superior troops and horses over, build a fortress outside the Qingyi Ridge camp for siege, and at the same time manufacture trebuchets, siege crossbows and other war equipment on a large scale
Organize an attack.
With the scale and defense capabilities of the Qingyi Ridge camp at this time, how long can it really withstand it?
Not to mention that after the fall of Guangzhou, Zhouqiao Station and Shimenling, as the east wing gateway of Chu Mountain, had poorer defenses than Qingyi Ridge. Xu Huai had limited soldiers and horses. Separate defenses in various villages would inevitably dilute the force significantly.
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Not mentioning other things, how to improve the defense capabilities of Qingyi Ridge, Zhouqiaoyi and Shimen Ridge in a short period of time is enough to give Xu Huai a headache.
In this regard, Su Laochang, Cheng Yi, Xu Wuliang, Xu Sheng and others were still lacking, and they may not even be able to give Xu Huai more constructive opinions.
However, Shi Zhen had farsightedness and talents that ordinary people could not match, so he had to be the county magistrate.
Everyone was convinced of Shi Zhen.
Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang and others had never had contact with Shi Zhen, but after listening to Su Laochang, Xu Wu Qi, Wang Ju and others talking about the Second Northern Expedition against Yan, Shi Zhen had already seen that defeat was inevitable, and he felt sorry for himself.
Because Shi Zhen first arrived in Huaiyuan and had not met his family for half a stick of incense, he was summoned by Xu Huai to come to the county government house. Su Laochang immediately suggested that everyone go to Shi's house for a banquet.
Delaying Shi Zhen's reunion with his family.
"I am going south this time, and I have invited an old friend to accompany me. I am waiting to meet the army in my new house." Shi Zhen said as he cupped his hands and leaned forward to put on his boots.
The Chihu people moved their military focus westward, but it was impossible to abandon the blockade of the periphery of Bianliang. Shi Zhen would also take a great risk in asking Zhou Jing to send someone to escort him - Xu Huai guessed that Shi Zhen would invite his companions to go south at this juncture.
He was by no means an ordinary person. He quickly stood up and grabbed Shi Zhen's wrist and said: "But I don't know who is willing to come to Chushan. Let's go and meet him!"
"My old friend's name is Yu Chengzhen. He was originally a material official for the government to build the Yongji Tower. He was dismissed from his post and was idle at home. His wife and children all died of the epidemic, but he had no worries, so I invited him to come to Huaiyuan with me -
—There are also a few old friends who work in the General Supervisor and the Salt and Iron Department construction projects. They have low status. Now that the government is in chaos, no one cares about it. They are all willing to come to Huaiyuan to avoid trouble, but they all have families.
We are still young in Bianliang, and we need to make proper arrangements from the military marquis!" Shi Zhen said.
"Mr. Shi really knows me! I'm dozing off now, so I just need these pillows! I immediately sent an order to Zhou Jing to make proper arrangements!" Xu Huai laughed loudly, took Shi Zhen's arm and walked out, "Let's go see everyone in Yu
——Mr. Shi, did you mean that everyone should stay in Chushan?"
The Yongji Tower is a brick tower built in the north of Bianliang City in the first year of Tianxuan. It took five years to complete and has a total of thirteen floors. Although Xu Huai went to Bianliang before and did not see the Yongji Tower, he heard that Zhu Hang said,
Lu Xiong talked about it.
Building a thirteen-story brick and wood building in the contemporary era was by no means an easy task that could be accomplished by stacking bricks, stones, and wood on top of each other; even if there were more magnificent and exquisite buildings in the previous dynasty, it cannot be denied that Yongji
The tower is a masterpiece.
As a metropolitan material officer, Yu Chengzhen may have a low-level official position, and he committed a crime and was dismissed from this low-level official position at this time, but as the chief construction supervisor of Yongji Tower, he is definitely a master-level figure in the field of construction.
The General Supervisor is mainly responsible for construction, repair and other matters, while the production of Forbidden Army armor and war equipment is mainly responsible for the production workshop in charge of the Salt and Iron Department Repair Office under the Third Secretary.
Shi Zhen served as an official in the Ministry of War for the first half of his life, and was responsible for the compilation of the "General Military Classics", which also included the construction and use of armor and weapons. It is said that he met several high-ranking officials during the construction project of the Salt and Iron Department.
My humble friend must be a master craftsman who specializes in the construction of armor and weapons.
Xu Huai was in Dazhai, Lutai at noon today. He decided to add a new Youjing Cheng in the workshop and put Xu Wuliang in charge. He wanted to use the iron ore resources of Shibaliwu to expand the army based on the casting of Zhufengtang Wubing.
The manufacture of mechanical armor.
However, the five weapons Zhufengtang has cast and sold in the past two years are mainly weapons such as swords, spears, bows and arrows that are allowed to be made and carried by the private sector.
When Xu Huai was in Shuozhou, he secretly sent a group of prisoners who were skilled in construction and craftsmanship back to Huaiyuan, which enabled Zhufengtang to greatly improve the casting of soldiers and armors, and secretly trial-produced gods.
There are arm crossbows, three-bow bed crossbows, trebuchets and armor, but they are obviously not up to the world's first-class standards.
If we can introduce a group of master craftsmen from Bianliang now, it will be of great help to make up for the shortcomings of Zhufengtang.
At that time, craftsmanship and construction methods were basically passed down from father to son, and Xu Huai would not think that Shi Zhen's old friends and family members who were building the project would be a burden.
Of course, the Chihu people have not yet lifted the blockade of Bianliang. To ensure that so many people can break through the blockade of the enemy cavalry and move out safely, the manpower of Yueyulou and Zhou Jing to go to Bianliang will definitely not be enough. Xu Huai
While dragging Shi Zhen to see Yu Chengzhen, Fan Zongqi said:
"Put everything else down first and rush to the Qingyi Ridge Camp immediately to ask Du Si to organize this matter and ensure that several of Mr. Shi's old friends and children can be safely brought to Huaiyuan!"
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There are Xu Wuqi, Guo Junpan and others in the Qingyi Ridge camp, and Zhou Jing is in Bianliang. They can plan and dispatch manpower on how to send all the children out of Bianliang, and they don't need Xu Huai to worry about everything -
- According to the planned plan, he, Su Laochang, Xu Wujiang and others rushed to the house where Shi Zhen's family was resettled in Huaiyangfang to meet the master of construction Yu Chengzhen, and specially sent people to bring Wang Ju, Cheng Yi and Zheng Tu.
Please come over and have a banquet with me.
"Young man Xu Huai, I've met Master Yu!"
After passing through the transfer door and walking into the courtyard of the Shi's family, Xu Huai saw Shi Zhen's two sons and their husbands accompanied by an old man with frosty hair and beard standing in the courtyard talking. He guessed that this person was Yu Chengzhen, the master craftsman who would serve as the prison.
The chief in front bowed and saluted.
Although the generals and supervisors were expected to have low-level official positions, and even though Yu Chengzhen had long since resigned, the eunuch Quan was fond of building gardens. As a master figure in the field of construction, Yu Chengzhen actually received more attention from the eunuchs in Bianliang City than Shi Zhen.
Xu Huai knew very well that even if Yu Chengzhen knew that the fall of Bianliang was unavoidable and then went south with Shi Zhen, such a person would not only have to worry about making a living by going to the southeastern roads or Jinghu, Yuzhou and other places to avoid disaster.
It's even safer - Xu Huai knew that if he really wanted to keep such people in Huaiyuan, he would need to be treated with courtesy and kindness.
Although Shi Zhen praised the people in Chushan, Yu Chengzhen still heard some rumors about the people in Chushan, about the edict-falsification case, and about the banditry in Tongbai Mountain from other places.
Therefore, Yu Chengzhen and Shi Zhen left Bianliang and headed south. Yu Chengzhen was still hesitant and unsure whether to stay in Huaiyuan or continue to go south to seek refuge with relatives and friends.
However, Xu Huai wore official robes and bowed to him as he walked into the courtyard. Yu Chengzhen was still startled and quickly returned the salute: "You are welcome, Lord Jun!"
