Although the trees in the mountains have not yet had time to sprout new buds and their branches and leaves are dull, clusters of new grass emerge from the ditches, riverbanks, and stone gaps, giving the world a light green color.
Behind the wild plum trees with their dancing shadows, the wild apricots and pears on the slopes, valleys and ridges gradually bloomed. The patches were as white as snow and as red as the cheeks of a girl, dotting the warm spring scenery.
After a few spring rains, hundreds of streams begin to gurgling. The Huaihe River gathers water from thousands of peaks and ridges and becomes mighty.
However, the mountains are surrounded by mountains, there are many rocks, and the shoals are dangerous, creating large and small whirlpools and setting off layers of flying waves.
A group of people walked eastward along the post road and saw that the water in the Huaihe River was already so turbulent.
At this time, there was a bamboo raft going with the waves. The man supporting the raft was standing barefoot on the head of the raft. His tight-fitting linen trousers had already been wet by the water waves, and his upper body was exposed. His tung-colored muscles seemed to contain endless strength.
Shining brightly in the sun.
The bamboo raft speeds through the turbulent currents densely covered with reefs and shoals. The people supporting the raft rely on a bamboo pole in their hands to guide the raft. They are not familiar with the water conditions, and it is even more dangerous.
The bamboo raft is often brought to a sharp turn by the current, and a rock emerges from the whirlpool suddenly in front of the eyes. The long pole hits the rock quickly and accurately.
However, the bamboo raft was carried away by the rapids very fast, like a galloping horse. It could not easily turn around suddenly. The long pole bent into a giant bow in the blink of an eye, which made people fear that it would suddenly break apart at the next moment.
The bamboo pole will definitely break, and the raft supporter will lose the only tool to control the bamboo raft, and will be thrown into the rapid undercurrent at any time.
However, the people supporting the raft did not stand motionless on the head of the raft. They quickly turned sideways and stepped with their bare feet, causing the waist, hips, and vertebrae to rise and fall like a river. They balanced the huge force stored in the long pole within the slightest difference, ensuring that it did not exceed the length of the long pole itself.
The limit of what it can withstand drives the bamboo raft to fly away in the turbulence and shift its shape to avoid the reef...
The people supporting the raft were still unaware, but the dozens of cavalrymen on the shore post were horrified to see it.
The cavalry followed the bamboo cutting and soon arrived in front of Zhouqiao Post.
Seeing the cavalry coming from the mountains, a group of people from Zhouqiao Post came out from Wuzhai to welcome them.
Zhu Hang looked around among the cavalry for a long time and asked blankly: "Where is Xu Huai? I rushed to Chushan with the Xiangyang Seal. Why didn't he show up? Miss Liu and you guys came here?"
"I don't know what kind of illness he has, so he has to carry the raft over by himself. Well, Mr. Zhu Lang, look over the river beach, where is the sick guy!" Liu Qiong'er reined in his horse and pointed to the river pier north of Zhouqiaoyi.
Talk to Zhu Hang, Shi Zhen and others.
Zhu Hang, Shi Zhen, Xu Wuqi and others had long noticed the lonely bamboo raft coming from the upper reaches, but before they were in Zhouqiao Station, they couldn't see it clearly from a distance. Now they turned their heads and looked over, and they saw it.
The man who supported the raft directly stranded the bamboo raft on the river beach. Who else could it be if it wasn't Xu Huai?
Several guards galloped down the river beach. Xu Huai wiped off the water stains on his body, took the clothes, pants, robe and armor from the guards and put them on. He watched Shi Zhen and Zhu Hangshen walking over one foot at a time and one foot at a time.
, said with a smile: "Tell Mr. Zhu Han to see how embarrassed I am!"
"It's a bit cold today, but you're not afraid of the cold water!" Zhu Hang, still wearing his jacket, said with a smile when he saw Xu Huai sitting on a boulder on the river beach and putting on the boots and socks handed over by the guard.
"While walking on the raft, my blood is rushing and my whole body is hot, but I am not afraid of the cold..." Xu Huai said.
In the early spring when the trees had just sprouted new buds, Xu Huai was walking on the raft, not just to support himself with food, but as a kind of spiritual practice, using the long pole as a gun to fight against the turbulent currents, dangerous reefs and whirlpools.
Feel the subtle changes in gun power.
After getting dressed, Xu Huai and Zhu Hang walked towards Zhouqiao Station surrounded by everyone.
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Tongbai Mountain is mainly divided into two main ridges, the North and South Ridges. The North Ridge extends eastward to Shimen Ridge on the opposite bank of Zhouqiaoyi, stopping the mountain. Further east is the Hehuai Plain, which is a vast plain. There are only very inconspicuous terrains.
ups and downs.
As for the Nanling of Tongbai Mountain, which is mainly located on the south bank of the Huai River, its majestic mountains do not end at Zhouqiaoyi; they continue to stretch for nearly a hundred miles from Zhouqiaoyi to the southeast.
Generally speaking, the South Ridge of Tongbai Mountain is more majestic and majestic than the North Ridge.
Going east from Zhouqiaoyi, the Shixi River (Shishui), which is regarded as the eastern section of the Nanling Mountains but is also one of the main tributaries on the south bank of the Huai River, is divided into north and south parts. Huaiyang is built across the Shixi River.
The city was surrounded by it.
This section of Changling located to the north of Shixi River (Xinyang City) is also known as Jinniuling. Its mountains approach the south bank of Huai River.
Therefore, there is no existing road from Zhouqiao Post to the east along the south bank of the Huai River, but there is a post road that goes through Jinniuling to Xinyang City, and then along the Shixi River to the east to Luoshan, Huangchuan and other counties.
Going south through Jiuli, Pingjing and Wusheng roads, it leads to Anzhou on Jinghu North Road and Suizhou on Jingxin South Road.
Zhouqiaoyi turns to the southwest and passes through Tongbai Mountain Road, which leads to Tangzhou and Dengzhou where the Nanyang Basin is located.
Zhouqiaoyi is not only the most important node of Tongbai Mountain Road, but also the Huai River officially enters the Hehuai Plain area from Zhouqiaoyi to the east. The river channel becomes gentle and open, which is conducive to navigation by boats.
As the first water and land wharf where the Huai River flows out of Tongbai Mountain, Zhouqiaoyi has developed into a large town and port where thousands of households gather for more than a hundred years.
Because of Zhouqiaoyi's special geographical location, when Chushan County was newly established, Xu Huai not only built a fort at Shimenling on the north bank and added an inspection department, but also added an inspection department at Zhouqiaoyi and recruited thousands of laborers.
Build a city wall along the perimeter of the town port.
The main consideration at that time was to prevent the Japanese soldiers from crossing the Huai River directly from the Hehuai Plain in the northeast and marching westward from Zhouqiao Station to invade the hinterland of Chu Mountain.
After Guangzhou is included in the Chushan camp's defense area, Xinyang City will serve as the eastern core node of the "defense from the outside and defend the inside" strategy. Zhouqiaoyi not only geographically connects Qingyi Ridge, Huaiyuan and Xinyang, but also
As the gateway to both Huaiyuan and Xinyang, its strategic position is even more prominent.
Now that Chushan Xingying has not officially taken over Guangzhou, Shi Zhen, Wang Ju, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wujiang, Chen Zixiao and others led the takeover team to Zhouqiaoyi in advance to prepare for the subsequent takeover.
Zhouqiaoyi also temporarily became the military and political center of the Chushan camp.
There are Shi Zhen, Xu Wuqi, Chen Zixiao and other people who are very good at military and political affairs. It is natural for Xu Huai to deal with these extremely complicated daily affairs much more easily.
Xu Huai also took this rare opportunity to return to Huaiyuan and take Liu Qiong'er to inspect the factories, mines, pastures and various settlements in Tongbai Mountain; in Niu Er's words, he took time to travel around the mountains and rivers for a few days.
At this time, King Jing had officially opened a government office in Xiangyang. Duke Zhao Yi of Wuwei passed by Suizhou, took Pingjingguan Road, took the road of Shouchun and Xuzhou, and went to Qingzhou to lobby.
Zhu Hang pulled Zheng Tu up and accompanied Wuwei Gong Zhao Yi into Guangshan via Pingjing Pass Road, and then separately went to Zhouqiao Post.
When Zhu Hang came here this time, he first brought the order to formally establish the Chushan camp, and told Xu Huai that he would formally open a government office after King Jing arrived in Xiangyang, and explain to Xu Huai face to face any differences from Pu Ban's plan.
, the second is to go to Shouchun, where the Supervisory Office of Huainan West Road is located, on behalf of the Generalissimo's Office, to negotiate the transfer of Guangzhou to Chushan Camp.
"This is His Highness's handwriting, and it is the first handwriting signed by His Highness in the name of the Grand Marshal of the World's Arms and Horses,"
After walking into the lobby of Zhouqiaoyi Inspection Company and sitting down, Zhu Hang handed King Jing's decree to Xu Huai and said,
"The strategy of 'virtual outside but solid inside' has been fully adopted by His Highness, and you have full authority to deploy it. The big change now is that Zhou He, Gu Fan and others proposed to cut off the South Jingxi Road and add Sui, Ying and other places to it.
Jinghu North Road, and newly established Xuanwei Army in Suizhou and Anzhou, which will be established and administered by the Jinghu North Road Metropolitan Deployment Department. In addition, Dengzhou and Tangzhou will be merged into Nanyang Prefecture, and the other states will
The county capital was merged into Xiangyang Prefecture, and Nanyang and Xiangyang were under the direct jurisdiction of the Generalissimo's Mansion..."
The content decided by the Pu Ban Policy mainly represented the intentions of King Jing and the Shaanxi military and political group. All adjustments after entering Xiangyang were something Xu Huai expected.
King Jing will ascend the throne in Xiangyang in the future, and the new capital will be located in Xiangyang. The area around Xiangyang will become the new Jifu area. The abolition of South Jing Road will pave the way for King Jing to establish his foundation and capital in Xiangyang.
The situation in the entire Hehuai region is completely corrupt. The deployment of defense lines in Caizhou and Chushan alone does not make people feel at ease. Tangzhou and Dengzhou were merged into Nanyang Prefecture, and the defenses were unified and deployed as the second line of defense north of Xiangyang. This was
Extremely necessary.
It is obvious that part of the prefectures and counties of the original South Jing Road were transferred to Jinghu North Road. At the same time, south of Jiuli, Pingjing, and Wusheng Passes, the Jinghu North Road Metropolitan Deployment Department came forward to form a new banned brigade Xuanwei Army.
It takes care of the interests of Jinghu North Road and at the same time further strengthens the defense of Xiangyang's east wing.
Of course, there was one thing Zhu Hang didn't say clearly, but Xu Huai could also think of it.
Instead of Anzhou, a new army was established in Suizhou to strengthen the defenses on the east wing of Xiangyang and the northern part of Jinghu North Road. The defense on this side will completely rely on the Chushan camp.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan and others did not dare to suppress the Chushan camp for their own safety.
And this is obviously not what they want to see.
The best way is to build a new forbidden brigade on the south side of Jiuli, Pingjing and Wusheng passes.
However, Xu Huai did not want to compete with Zhou He and the others in this regard, so he directly said to Zhu Hang:
"There is no problem if the Jinghu North Road Dudu Deployment Department comes forward to form the Xuanwei Army in Anzhou and Suizhou, and it is under the jurisdiction of Jingbei Economic Strategy and Pacification Envoy Liu Xian. However, there is no problem if an army of soldiers and horses does not engage in battle with the enemy.
They may become elites. I think the three counties of Huangchuan, Guangshan, Huaichuan and Jiuli Pass in the east of Guangzhou should also be assigned to the Xuanwei Army for defense, so that they have a chance to engage with the enemy..."
"Zhou He, Gu Fan and others also meant the same thing, but His Highness said that they agreed to join the Chushan camp when they were in Puban..." Zhu Hang said.
"The world is rising and falling. As long as it is beneficial to expel the barbarians and revive the Great Viet Nam, Mr. Zhu Hang, by your side, you don't need to worry about my little chicken's opinions..." Xu Huai said with a smile.
