Xu Huai stared at Kanyu Tu and remained silent. Others didn't know what he was thinking.
Pan Chenghu came close to Shi Zhen, bumped his elbow, and asked in a low voice: "The Zheng family has retreated to the south. With the few men and horses of Yang Lin Zuo Xiaosheng's army, in Funiu Mountain, Xiong'er Mountain may not be able to contain them much."
When the captive troops arrive, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will pile up on Huaishang. Can we defend the east and west sides?"
Shi Zhen said: "Commanding troops to fight is difficult or difficult, and it is easy to say that it is nothing more than money and food for men and horses. What ultimately matters is how to allocate and use money and food for men and horses. However, after Shi's review of the military review, there were still too many confusions.
But these are all easy in the hands of the Marquis. This year, the Marquis led 15,000 soldiers and horses to guard Chushan, Shimen Ridge, and Qingyi Ridge, making it difficult for Yuehai Tower's 60,000 to 70,000 horses to advance. Shi believed that in the hands of the Marquis,
Having twice as many troops and leading Wuyang can also make it difficult for the enemy to advance even an inch..."
"The imperial court really wants to allocate an additional two to three million yuan of money and food every year, but Chushan is able to raise thirty thousand elite soldiers!" Pan Chenghu said thoughtfully.
In the past two or three years, millions of refugees came south from Hedong, Heluo, and Hehuai through the passes on both sides of Tongbai Mountain, and Tongbai Mountain also used this to absorb a large number of people.
At present, the three counties of Huaiyuan, Chushan and Xinyang have a total of more than 500,000 soldiers and civilians, including more than 200,000 young and strong men.
Although the number of people under the jurisdiction of the Chushan camp was far less than that of Nanyang Mansion after the merger of Tang and Deng states, the effective organization and dispatch of men, horses, money and food was something that even Nanyang Mansion could not match.
Although the number of regular soldiers of the Tianxiong Army was barely expanded to 15,000 soldiers after the spring, Chushan's state soldiers and horses were in charge of supervising the division, the township division, the military camp, and the various Cao divisions in the name of work camps and workshops.
Nearly half of the young men in Chushan maintain different levels of training.
Therefore, as long as Xiangyang provides enough money and food, there will be no problem for Chushan to expand the size of the main army by 30,000 men in a short period of time without causing a serious decline in combat effectiveness.
This is the result of years of hard work by everyone in Tongbai Mountain, and it is also the result of Xu Huai's skill that ordinary people cannot match.
"What are you hesitating about?" Xu Wuqi couldn't help asking when he saw Xu Huai was silent for a long time.
Everyone present can be said to be the absolute core of Chushan.
In his early years, Shi Zhen was a small official in the academy, full of economics, and he did not get an official position until he was over fifty.
It can be said that Xu Wujiang, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan all came from rough backgrounds.
Wang Ju, Xu Wuqi and Su Laochang experienced more twists and turns in their half-life.
Liu Qiong'er's background is the most humble.
Their life experiences have taught them to resist the barbarians and protect hundreds of millions of people from being ravaged and trampled on. However, it is difficult to get them to be unreservedly loyal to the imperial court and have no selfish motives at all.
They also knew very well the attitude of the court officials and scholar-bureaucrats towards them who were of low origin.
As for the current main forces of Dai Viet, in addition to being more or less separated and constantly involved with the active faction back then, more importantly, they have been beaten by the Red Husbands in the past two years and lost countless soldiers and generals.
But in recent years, Chushan has been enjoying unparalleled scenery.
Who else can feel comfortable watching Chu Shan?
Yang Lin, Liu Yan's tribe and Gu Jiqian's tribe all have a very close relationship with Chushan.
The department is also a bit weak.
Of course, the close contact between senior generals is also a taboo in itself.
Yang Lin and Liu Yan may have been well versed in this, so they deliberately kept a distant distance from Chushan; Chushan also deliberately stopped contacting Deng Gui and others.
From the beginning of the establishment of Emperor Jianji, Chushan played a very special role in the rise of Emperor Jianji. It was destined to be difficult to reconcile with the Zheng family, which relied on strong soldiers and horses, and was determined to be the ministers of the great Viet Mining Kingdom.
At this time, the Zheng family was tired of defending Heluo and could not wait to retreat south to rest and recuperate. This made them one step further away from becoming the ministers of the great Vietnam's rejuvenation of the Huzhu Kingdom.
At this time, will the Zheng family be convinced of Chu Shan's outstanding achievements and join forces to fight the barbarians together without any gap from now on, or will they become even more jealous of Chu Shan?
The tragedy of Jing Sheng's army made everyone realize very clearly that if they were not loyal and sincere and dedicated to resisting the foreign aggression of the barbarians, there would definitely be peace within Xiao Qiang.
Wang Ju has been obsessed with martial arts all his life. Even though his experience was extremely bumpy, he still wanted to be purer than others. Therefore, he only had the title of commander of the guards. The actual affairs of the guards' barracks were handled by Wang Zhang, Shi Hu, and Wu.
She Hai and others divided their hands.
However, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wujiang, Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan and Su Laochang all hope that Xu Huai will no longer insist on opposing the southward movement, but should take the current opportunity to expand the defense zone to the entire Tongbai Mountain and the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain
area.
Emperor Jianji led his courtiers and officials to move southward from Xiangyang, which seemed to weaken Chushan's position in Dai Viet, but the checks and balances faced by Chushan, which was further away from the central government, would also be reduced equally.
Emperor Jianji first came to Xiangyang and divided the defense lines in the enemy war zone. The Huai Palace was responsible for the defense of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, with a defense line of more than 1,200 miles. Heluo Xingying initially had jurisdiction over more than 30 counties. Gao Junyang and Gu Jiqian were separately guarded.
There are five roads in Shaanxi, and the entire Huaishang defense line is much narrower than that in Heluo, Huainan, and Shaanxi. It covers only 600 miles of dangerous mountains and rivers from east to west, but it was initially divided into three parts.
This is not because Emperor Jianji distrusts Chushan. In fact, the main reason is that Huaishang and Xiangyang are mutually exclusive, and their status is equivalent to that of the capital. Due to convention and traditional checks and balances, it is impossible to entrust the guarding of Huaishang to one person.
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This is the same reason why as long as Emperor Jianji was stationed in Xiangyang, he could not tolerate Zheng Huaizhong leading 50,000 to 60,000 troops to retreat south to Nanyang to rest and garrison.
In the same way, once Emperor Jianji and his courtiers and officials moved south, and to Jianye, which was favored by Zhou He and others, the next important thing for Zhou He and others to do was to restrict and adjust the Huai Palace Army to the north of Jianye.
relationship with the center.
There is no need to divide the Huaishang defense line.
Since the Zheng family, Zhou He and others were stirring up trouble behind the scenes, slandering Chushan for opposing the southward migration, and trying to threaten the emperor's self-respect, why couldn't Chushan take advantage of their plan and bring the entire Huaishang under Chushan's jurisdiction?
Xu Wuqi and others felt that Shi Zhen's policy was most beneficial to Chushan. Seeing Xu Huai's silence, they couldn't help but try to persuade him.
Xu Huai raised his head, looked out the window, and said leisurely: "I was thinking just now, if I take charge of Caizhou, how can I really make it difficult for the soldiers to advance..."
"Yes or no, please tell me accurately first. You are breathing so heavily. I am a little confused. I am still wondering what is the big problem with Mr. Shi's idea! This is not a waste of time!" Pan Chenghu complained,
"If Chushan really has enough money and food to support 30,000 soldiers and horses, I will
It’s not difficult to watch Wu Yang, it’s just a matter of imitating the gourd!”
As the western section of the Huaishang defense line, the larger area should include the five counties of Yexian, Fangcheng, Xiping, Wuyang and Xiangcheng. The terrain controls the western foothills of Tongbai Mountain, the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain and the southeastern foothills of Songshan Mountain.
It is the main road from Hehuai to Heluo in the west and Jinghu in the south. The previous dynasty once established Xianzhou to govern five counties.
After the establishment of the Dayue Dynasty, Xianzhou was abolished, Fangcheng was assigned to Tangzhou, Wuyang, Xiping was assigned to Caizhou, and Xiangcheng and Ye County were assigned to Ruzhou.
In a narrow sense, the western section of the Huaishang Defense Line only refers to Wuyang and Yexian. It is located on the south bank of the upper reaches of Ru River, controlling the gap between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and is the only way to go to Jinghu from the south of the Huaihe River.
place.
There are not only Wuyang and two fortified cities in Ye County, but also the forts and military villages built around the two cities, all of which are surrounded by dangerous mountains and rivers. They are similar to Chushan, Qingyi Ridge, and Shimenling, which Chushan was responsible for defending at this time.
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In Pan Chenghu's view, if Chushan could really raise twice as many soldiers and horses, take over the defense of Wuyang and Ye County, and further improve the defense system at the western foot of Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, there would of course be no need to fear that the captive soldiers would dare to attack.
"Xu Huai is talking about the whole of Caizhou, where do you want to go?" Guo Junpan kicked Pan Chenghu and said.
"Ah?" Pan Chenghu realized that he had misheard.
If we include Ye County and Xiangcheng in the west wing and Xinyang, Luoshan, Huaichuan, Guangshan and Huangchuan in the east wing, the entire Greater Caizhou area almost includes the south bank of Ru River, the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Huaihe River.
Water travel.
If Wuyang and Ye County are only included in the Chushan camp defense area, these two counties are covered with hills and mountains, with extremely limited arable land, and a large number of households have fled south. In fact, it is a pity to abandon them and the food is tasteless. However, the entire Caizhou area
The hinterland of Gaolu is Pingchuan located between the northern foothills of Tongbai Mountain, Dafu Mountain and other mountains and Rushui.
Although the plains in the lower and lower reaches of Ru River are subject to frequent floods, the cultivated land area is several times that of Tongbai Mountain.
Taking over Wuyang, it is easy to defend Ye County, but if you want to block the enemy's troops, which are several times your own, on the left bank of Ru River, it is somewhat unimaginable.
In another sense, only by blocking the captive troops on the left bank of the Ru River, and bringing the right bank of the Ru River, including the entire mountains, rivers, swamps and plains in the upper reaches of the Huai River, under the control of the Chu Mountain, can there be any real control over the Chu Mountain.
real meaning.
Shi Zhen said slowly: "Shangcai, Xincai, Shaoling, Xiping, Suiping, Runan, Zhenyang, and Queshan counties are all in ruins, and the enemy has not retreated. When it is necessary for the marquis to take over the defense of Wuyang, he will surrender."
Take it. If you can get it without taking it, how can Zhou He, the high-ranking generation and the Zheng family give it up?"
Obviously, it would make sense for Chushan to capture the entire Caizhou, but similarly, if the entire Caizhou could be easily acquired, how could the Zheng family give it up so easily without having to fight for it?
"First win Wuyang and then talk about other things!" Xu Wujiang said.
In recent years, Xu Wujiang has been mainly responsible for business operations in Tongbai Mountain. He is good at building dojos in Luoshike. Together with Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Su Laochang and others, he has personally dug out more than 100,000 acres of fertile land from Tongbai Mountain. The mountain products are also rich. At present, Chushan
The output of iron materials alone is enough to cover hundreds of thousands of fertile farmland, and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future.
In Xu Wujiang's view, even if it is just to capture Wuyang and the mountainous areas at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain and the northwest foot of Tongbai Mountain where Ye County is located, it would be good.
