"... In the Tang Dynasty, the two states of Deng and Deng were combined into Nanyang Prefecture, and the state army was also combined into the Nanyang Prefecture Army. Cheng Lunying, the magistrate of Biyang, promoted military affairs by using soldiers and cao to join the military. He wanted to use some people, but he was afraid of being involved with Chushan, so he asked
I'd like to discuss it, but I have to leave Biyang, so why should I talk so much about this kind of thing..."
Jin Zhuangcheng summoned Jin Longquan to his side, and of course he had to first understand the current situation in Biyang before meeting. Jin Longquan told Jin Zhuangcheng that Cheng Lunying wanted to use Zhonghe and others but was hesitant and hesitant.
The two states of Tang and Deng merged into Nanyang Prefecture, and the newly established Nanyang Prefecture Army can be said to be the most urgent matter in Biyang at the moment.
Jin Longquan wanted to be "qualified" around Jin Zhuangcheng, so of course he had to point out these things so that Jin Zhuangcheng would have a deep understanding of the people and things in Nanyang Mansion and Biyang.
Of course, Jin Longquan would not mention Cheng Lunying's intention to recommend him to serve in the Military and Horse Supervisory Department of Nanyang Prefecture, so Jin Zhuangcheng might have misunderstood.
He also deliberately avoided Kong Zhou and did not mention Liu Wugong and others being captured by Xu Huai in Taiyuan. After all, he did not know how much Jin Zhuangcheng knew about the Biyang incident through the letters of Old Master Jin and others, let alone
I don’t know what Jinzhuangchen’s attitude is towards the people in Chushan.
"Your caution is right," Jin Zhuangcheng nodded and said, "Xiangyang stands between the Han River and there is not much depth between the north and the south. Nanyang is not even as important as Xiangyang. The information I know, with Ning Ci
Chuzhi Nanyang is actually controversial. It is only used temporarily, but if there is any problem, it will be replaced at any time. At this time, it is too involved in this kind of thing, there is no need..."
Jin Longquan was not surprised that Jinzhuang Chenghui had such an attitude. After all, he only had twenty years of ups and downs in the officialdom after becoming an official through the imperial examination.
If he didn't even have this knowledge, even if Chushan recommended Jin Zhuangcheng through Zhu Hang, it would be rejected by others.
"Oh, by the way," Jin Zhuangcheng remembered another thing and told Jin Longquan, "Don't be too neglectful over there in Chushan. You should keep in touch with people like Zheng Tu if you have the opportunity - after all, you have a close relationship with Chushan."
Shan still has some personal friendships, which cannot be criticized by others at this time. Chushan is also extremely favored by His Highness at this time. Hu Kai, Xu Wei, Zhu Hang, Qian Zerui, Wang Fan, Wen Hengyue and others are around His Highness at every turn.
To say good things about Chu Shan, we can’t have a bad relationship with Chu Shan because of past grievances..."
Hearing what Jin Zhuangcheng said, Jin Longquan immediately understood his mentality.
Chushan is powerful. Once King Jing ascends the throne, Hu Kai, Xu Wei and others are all ministers. They and King Jing all trust Xu Huai. Who, after having enough to eat and nothing to do, would offend Chushan at this juncture?
Therefore, Jinzhuang Cheng wanted to temporarily ignore the grievances between Jintian and other large clans and the Chushan people.
However, Jin Zhuangcheng deliberately told Jin Longjin to maintain a certain limit with his old friends in Chushan and not fear criticism from others, but this actually meant that he himself had to keep a distance from Chushan.
This shows that in addition to his natural rejection of people like Xu Huai, Jinzhuang Cheng also knew that the people in Chushan were naturally incompatible with the entire group of officials represented by Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and Gu Fan.
Jin Zhuangcheng adopts an ambiguous attitude. To put it bluntly, he has just arrived in Xiangyang and his foundation is not stable. Many things are still unclear and he needs to wait and see for a while.
"Got it!" Jin Longquan originally needed an honest excuse to keep in touch with Zheng Tu, but he was surprised that Jin Zhuangcheng didn't seem to know who recommended him to Xiangyang. He thought it must be Zhu Hang, a gentleman, and King Xiang Jing.
He recommended Zhuangchen to the Jin Dynasty but had no intention of taking credit, so no one else knew about it.
Jin Longquan secretly felt that it was best this way, and no one would suspect that he had anything to do with Chu Shan.
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"...More than a hundred species of gray cranes, white cranes, and black cranes inhabit this swamp all year round. The nearby villagers call it Crane Beach..."
Xu Huai climbed to the top of a mountain at the intersection of the southeastern foot of Qingyi Ridge and the Shimen Ridge on the south side. He saw a mountain lake covering a large area hidden behind the mountain. The water from the lake flowed out through a short cliff waterfall three to four feet high. Finally,
It comes out of the mountain and merges into a tributary of the Wuzhai River.
Dozens of white cranes soared over the mountain lake, emitting clear chirps.
Xu Xin, as the battalion commander under the jurisdiction of the Prefectural Military and Horse Supervision Department and the inspection envoy of Hetan, led his prefectural soldiers to be stationed here and was responsible for building villages and introducing the nearby terrain to Xu Huai.
As a regular army, the current duty of the Tianxiong Army is to prepare for war. It is mainly stationed in Qingyi Ridge, Zhouqiao, Luoshan and other places. However, the ten battalions of state soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Military and Horse Supervisory Department, in addition to maintaining a certain amount of training, must also
Participate in reclamation, construction and other matters.
At present, Chushan cannot spare too many manpower to supplement the township department. Now it is trying to combine the state troop garrison with the inspection department as much as possible. Xu Xin and other generals basically have to take care of both military and civilian affairs.
Hetan Lake is sandwiched between mountains. The lake area is quite wide and the water is rippling. This is not the first time Xu Huai has walked here, but many of the people accompanying him found it difficult to imagine that the mountain is not so majestic before climbing.
Deep in the southeastern foothills of Qingyi Ridge, a low-lying mountain, there is actually a lake covering nearly 2,000 acres.
However, the lake bed is very shallow. When late autumn turns to winter, there is little water in the stream, and most of the lake bed will dry up and be exposed, forming a beach with lush reeds and grass. Cranes live here all year round, hence the name Crane Beach.
The Hetan lake bed is very shallow. It is currently planned to dig out the waterfall mouth for the lake water to discharge. On the one hand, it will be widened to increase the scale of the lake water being discharged downstream during the rainy season in summer and autumn. At the same time, an overflow stone weir will be built at the depression of the waterfall mouth to ensure that
During the dry season after winter, the upstream can guarantee a certain scale of water storage.
In other words, try to stabilize a smaller Hetan Lake deep in the southeastern foothills of Qingyi Ridge.
Then build polders on both sides of Hetan Lake, which can almost grab hundreds of acres of fertile land directly from Hetan Lake. Together with the surrounding mountainous land, at least one or two hundred households can be accommodated; a new inspection department will be established here.
It can also manage more than a dozen villages, large and small, covering a radius of more than ten miles.
The construction of the overflow stone weir and the polder embankment can only be carried out after the onset of winter. However, in addition to inspecting the yamen and garrison camps, two enclosures are also being built on the slopes inside the lake mouth.
This kind of enclosed courtyard is based on earth and stone and is built in a round, square or half-moon shape according to the mountain topography, and can accommodate dozens of families living together.
Compared with the more common stockades in Tongbai Mountain, the internal buildings of the enclosed courtyard are much more compact, the scale is much smaller, and they occupy less land. However, at the same time, the outer walls are thicker, and watchtowers and arrow towers are also built.
Ancillary buildings have stronger defenses and can resist attacks by small-scale soldiers and bandits.
Initially, under the auspices of Yu Chengzhen, more than a dozen medium and large courtyards were built at the northern foot of Qingyi Ridge to accommodate the households who settled near Qingyi Ridge and reclaimed the barren hillsides and valleys. They also interacted with the Qingyi Ridge Yingcheng to the east.
To rely on.
Xu Huai returned to Chushan this time and formally took over Xinyang and other places. In addition to adding eleven townships in the upper reaches of the Shixi River and fully promoting the construction of enclosures, he also built military villages along Qingyi Ridge, Zhouqiao and Jinniuling.
Increase density.
This is also the core line of defense for Chushan to face the attack of Japanese soldiers in the future.
The soldiers captured by the Tianxiong Army and the Luliang Mountain Rebel Army will mainly be resettled in the military camp along this defense line, and then the next step of construction will be carried out to ensure that this group of soldiers and their families will have tens of thousands of people within one year. They are all integrated into Chushan.
Xu Huai looked to the southeast, across many mountains and ridges, the sky was empty, the Huai River was winding along the cliffs at the northern foot of Jinniu Ridge, and to the north of the Huai River was the Hehuai Plain.
Speaking of which, the cultivated land resources that can be mined in Tongbai Mountain are still too limited.
After settling the newly recruited soldiers and families in Chushan, Tongbai Mountain will not have much potential to tap.
However, this disaster is far beyond what Chushan's current fifteen thousand generals can withstand.
The truly abundant farmland resources that Chushan Camp belongs to are actually outside Tongbai Mountain.
For example, to the north of Qingyi Ridge, to the east of Qianshan, Zhenyang, Shangcai and Luoshan County on both sides of the lower reaches of the Shixi River, the total arable land for raw and cooked crops is about three to four million acres. Is this a situation where there are many mountains and few fields? Chushan County, Xinyang County can compare?
However, Queshan, Zhenyang, Shangcai, and Luoshan are located in open areas and there is no danger to defend them. Even if the cities are strong and the defenders are strong-willed, as long as the enemy soldiers penetrate in large numbers, these cities can be easily cut off and carried out. siege.
Chushan currently only has so few elite men and horses, how could it be possible to disperse them to defend these cities?
"What are the results of the mapping on both sides of the Wuzhai River?" Xu Xin asked when he saw Xu Huai frowning and looking at the plains beyond the mountains.
Except for some core secrets, some of the things Xu Huai plans to do in Chushan will not be kept strictly confidential for fear of leaks.
He will even announce some plans in advance to brainstorm ideas.
Currently, Yu Chengzhen and Ding Chong are leading their manpower to urgently survey the terrain along the Wuzhai River and calculate whether a super-large cofferdam can be built in the upper reaches of the Wuzhai River based on the Qingyi Ridge Camp.
The purpose of building the cofferdam is to intercept the incoming water from the upper reaches of the Wuzhai River. When necessary, the cofferdam can be dug to allow the water to surge toward Queshan or Zhenyang, Shangcai direction.
The purpose of this is to use this cofferdam to deter the captive soldiers from large-scale and besiege the three cities of Queshan, Zhenyang and Shangcai for a long time.
Only in this way can Chushan use limited troops to truly include the peripheral areas such as Queshan, Zhenyang, Shangcai and so on within the defense line.
This plan was already known to the generals at the battalion command level, and this was what Xu Huai was most concerned about during this period.
Faced with Xu Xin's question, Xu Huai shook his head and said: "It is said that the area east of Qingyi Ridge is flat, but the terrain is still undulating. The surveying and mapping work is too cumbersome and it will be difficult to get results in a while!"
At this time, several people were riding fast horses. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Zhou Jing abandoned his horse and climbed up. He reported: "The day before yesterday, the Chihu West Route Army sent General Hansiba to escort the officials, the clan and ministers, more than 3,000 people, officially Leaving Bianliang, we went north from Qingcheng Village..."
"..." Xu Huai did not ask for many details. Although he had long expected this moment, when the day actually arrived, he couldn't help but sigh...
