Chapter 105: The Conspiracy of Duke Huai's Mansion
The spring light is getting beautiful, and there is a gurgling trickle in the shallow stream.
Xu Huai's long knife is in his hand, sometimes like an evil dragon entangling and cutting, sometimes like flying flowers. The swirling force shoots up and down to the left and right, and the density is like a strong wind, and the waves are surging. Niu Er holds a shield in his left hand and a mace in his right hand, struggling to resist with his left hand and right hand.
, sweating profusely, but never had a chance to fight back.
An oxcart came rolling over the gravel road. When he saw Shi Zhen stepping off the oxcart, Xu Huai sheathed his sword and enjoyed Liu Qiong'er coming over and taking a sweat towel to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
Seeing that Niu Er was as tired as a cow panting, he smiled and said: "Your shield and mace combined attack skills still need to be refined. Your progress and retreat are very sloppy. In the eyes of the strong, they are all flaws..."
"Hugou has been killing south and north for so many years, but he still hasn't found many strong men!" Niu Er put his shield mace aside and gasped.
"Master Niu, let me give you some tricks!" Su Mung said eagerly at the side.
"Go, what are you doing? I won't waste your energy with you. Go and play aside, unless you find Xu Zan," Niu Er pushed Su Miao away in disgust.
In the next battle at Linying City, Niu Er finally got a taste of charging into battle. He captured twenty-one heads and killed seven enemy horses with a fine iron weapon on the left-wing infantry formation. His military exploits were astonishing.
Inspired by this, Niu Er has been obsessed with studying the art of combining shield and mace for the past two months.
However, Niu Er practiced foot combat martial arts. The more densely he was in the array, the less he needed to be distracted. He could fully display his divine power with an iron mace, and his combat power could be described as extremely violent.
Xu Huai and Wang Ju asked Niu Er to use their moves to hone the power of a head-on attack. Even if Niu Er was exhausted and sweating profusely every time, he still felt hearty and extremely happy.
Su Mung can be regarded as a standout player among the younger generation, but how can he take advantage of others when facing a head-on attack?
Every time he challenged Niu Er, he always relied on his nimble footwork to fight.
Niu Er suffered two losses and no longer wanted to seek advice from Su Mung.
And now, the only ones who can put some pressure on Niu Er in a head-on confrontation are Wang Xian, Xu Peng and Liao Liao.
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and you have to adapt to the art of traveling and fighting!"
Xu Huai sent Niu Er aside to spar with Su Mi and others. He and Shi Zhen sat down at the stone table by the stream and asked,
"Your Majesty has set off from Xiangyang?"
"Departing," Shi Zhen said, taking out the edict and other letters that Zheng Tu had urgently sent back from Xiangyang. "Before departure, His Majesty formally issued an order to put Chen Tai in charge of the third division, and to transfer Wang Boqian to Jianye to replace Wen Wen.
The commander came out to lead the imperial camp department to provide some military affairs..."
"If Wang Boqian is actually put in charge of the military affairs of the Forbidden Army, will the imperial court not be able to choose anyone it likes?" Liu Qiong'er asked in surprise.
Before the second southern invasion of the Red Husbands, only a handful of ministers in the court, including Tongzhi Privy Councilor Liu Renmao, resolutely took charge of the battle. Wang Qiyong was at home at home, and peace ministers such as Wang Boqian, Liang Fuzhong, and Yan Shiyong controlled the court.
They dreamed of negotiating a peace agreement with the Chihu people and then crossing the river to control it.
Not only did they not actively prepare for war, they were even worried that the swarming of King Qin's troops and horses would anger the Chihu people, and encouraged Emperor Xuan of Tian to issue an edict to strictly prohibit the troops of King Qin from entering the capital for reinforcements.
Afterwards, Wang Boqian, Liang Fuzhong, Yan Shiyong and others personally crossed the Yellow River and persuaded the garrison of the cities on the north bank of the Yellow River to surrender to the Chihu people.
After Liang Fuzhong was shot dead by the angry Weizhou defenders, Wang Boqian, Yan Shiyong and others fled in panic to Huai Wang Zhao Guan, thereby escaping the fall of Bianliang.
Liu Qiong'er could not imagine that the imperial court would eventually choose Wang Boqian to replace Wen Hengyue to take charge of the military affairs of the imperial envoy.
"The imperial court also has its own difficulties," Shi Zhen said with a sigh. "In addition to training the navy in moving the capital to Ye, the most important thing is to strengthen the defenses of Luyang and other places along the north bank of the river, and to increase the depth of the defenses along the Huainan Road. And Huainan
, Jiangnan is inseparable from each other across the river. There are 200,000 troops in the Jianghuai area, half of which are the Huai Palace Army. If the Huai Palace Army has always listened to the instructions and not listened to the announcement, it will never be the same. The imperial court really wants the Huai Palace to let go.
To unify the Jianghuai military and political affairs, it is far from enough to just transfer Wang Boqian to Jianye to take charge of the imperial camp and provide some military affairs..."
Xu Huai looked at the clear stream of the shallow stream with his knife, stretched out his hand and scratched his cheek, and said: "Your Majesty is in trouble, and we can't help him. We should just concentrate on doing our own things."
Emperor Jianji next wanted to integrate the two Huainan routes into the jurisdiction of the imperial court and integrate the Huainan defense line into the unified military and political system of the imperial court. This was far from a simple edict to recall Huai Wang Zhao Guan to Jianye.
If you want Huai Wang Zhao Guan to go to Jianye willingly and boldly, to put it bluntly, it will make Huai Wang Zhao Guan feel that his status as the emperor's brother is really stable. The most direct way is to have the Huai Prince's family in the court.
The power exists, but it cannot be too weak.
Wang Boqian succeeded Wen Hengyue and led the imperial camp to provide some military affairs. This was only the first step. Next, Emperor Jianji would appoint a large number of generals from the Huai Prince's Palace in the court, until he finally recalled Huai Prince Zhao Guan to live in Jianye.
"Although it is understandable that His Majesty sometimes has to make some compromises and concessions, when Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue went to their assigned places and only the Prime Minister, Zhu Langjun and Qian Langjun remained in the court, it was already too weak to make any big plans in the future.
The soft-hearted generals and ministers from Prince Huai's Palace were summoned to Jianye one after another to take up important positions. The situation was even more unbearable," Liu Qiong'er said with a frown, "This time, your Majesty is able to defy all opinions and march in person. I thought your Majesty had the power to do so.
The heroic spirit can make things easier in the future, but now I think it's too simple."
"It's hard to say, how did Bianliang fall? Everyone saw it before their eyes, and they all said, 'Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day.' On the other hand, 'Three feet of ice cannot be frozen overnight.'"
Xu Huai stood up, stretched his arms, and said with a smile, "But to put it simply, the soldiers will not be able to step into Huaishang until now? Let's do it step by step..."
It has been two months since the Battle of Ruying ended, and the Ruying and other rivers also thawed one after another around the Lantern Festival.
There is no need to wait for the rainy season. After thawing, the Hehuai land itself absorbs a large amount of melted ice and snow, and it will become muddy when livestock and war horses trample on it. Major rivers such as Yingshui, Huishui, and Lishui can be used without the help of boat bridges.
, it is also difficult to wade and swim directly.
Under such circumstances, the captive cavalry that had harassed the banks of the Ru River also retreated to the north of the Ying River.
The soldiers failed to stop the construction of the Zhaoling New City and the Long River dike on the Juishui River. The Yuehai Tower did not have enough resources in Wanqiu. They reinforced the long dikes on both sides of the Yingshui River to ensure that large-scale floods would not occur after water from the Huili River and other water was diverted into the Yingshui River.
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After the disastrous defeat of the troops in the west of Beijing in Ruying, they urgently requisitioned tens of thousands of civilians in Wanqiu, Xiangcheng and other places, and only repaired the dam on the north bank of Yingshui River. Obviously at this time, Yue Hailou could only think of repairing the dam after the arrival of the flood season.
If there is no major flood disaster north of Yingshui River, there will still be a chance to resume agricultural production.
Whether there will be a huge flood between you and Ying is beyond the reach of Yuehai Tower at this time.
All this means that Huaishang will have a rare opportunity to recuperate before winter.
In fact, in the next three to five years, or before Yue Hailou is able to truly manage the Yingshui River, the Chihu people will only have the opportunity to use troops on the Huaihe River during the short period of freezing of the Huaihe River in winter.
The ice-free period of rivers such as Ruying usually only lasts a little longer than a month.
In such a short time, even if the Red Husbands gathered a hundred thousand elite cavalry to attack, Xu Huai would not be afraid; Chushan only needed to do a good job of strengthening the walls and clearing the country before winter.
This also means that the strategic focus of the Chihu people will be forced to shift to Huainan. This is also the key reason why the imperial court is eager to reconcile and integrate the Huai Palace. Huainan needs to be more fully prepared before this winter.
Shi Zhen also talked about the spring plowing matters that the state government was actively promoting at this time.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Chushan camp has more than doubled, but the population growth has been extremely limited. The people in Shangcai, Xincai and other places have long since fled, taking over Wuyang, Yexian, Xiangcheng and other places on the west line, with a total of only 20,000 to 30,000 people.
At this time, the total number of soldiers and civilians in Chushan was only over 500,000.
However, Ruying captured a large number of livestock during the victory, including more than 10,000 ordinary horses, oxen, mules and other large livestock.
This is when Yue Hailou gathered troops and horses on the south bank of Yingshui River and urgently asked for help from the Chihu people to supplement the food shortage. In the end, a considerable batch was not consumed and fell into the hands of Chushan. 81.M
These large livestock will greatly make up for the lack of spring plowing labor in Chushan.
Shi Zhen's preliminary estimate is that with this group of animals, this year's spring plowing will be able to restore at least 200,000 acres of grain fields to cultivation than last year; and this year's village construction will mainly focus on Suiping City and Dengtaijia Mountain, as well as Queshan City and Jinding.
between mountains.
A large amount of this work had to be carried out personally by Shi Zhen and Su Laochang.
There are nearly 30,000 soldiers and civilians in the south. In addition to the rebels, generals of the rebels and their families, there are also quite a lot of people in the Hehuai River and Huaihe River who cannot bear the invasion and oppression of the barbarians. There are also many local gentry and those who had not had time to retreat south before. They are in the countryside.
Officials in hiding.
A considerable number of them, especially those who had official positions, missions or titles before the fall of Bianliang, naturally chose to go to Xiangyang, Jianye and other places to seek employment.
However, in many places, the subordinate officials and the gentry who went south in embarrassment did not have enough money and no fame. Even if they continued to go south, their situation would not be much better than that of the refugees. There were more than a hundred of them under the lobbying of Shi Zhen and Su Laochang.
Decided to take the family and stay in Chushan.
This also made up for the shortcomings of literary officials in Chushan to a certain extent.
Of course, according to Chushan's customization, these people will first go to the prefecture school for a short-term training, and then be assigned to various township departments to start from the grassroots level.
Nowadays, there are wars and chaos everywhere. Even Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu are not very peaceful, and there are not many places to pick and choose. These people feel quite relieved to stay...
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road and meets familiar people, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There is no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they are indifferent to everything.
Regarding this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, it also has some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Slayer Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and eventually he is expected to become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possess the memory of the previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that are full of chills, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, causing him to frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to clean away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division...
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