"...Hey, Zhou Jing prides himself on planning everything," Zhou Jing looked at the stack of documents spread out on the case and detailed descriptions of the topography of Qianchapu and the power of the water village. He patted his head and shouted, "I did something today.
It’s a stupid thing to do something far away rather than the near and far away!”
Zhou Jing had previously asked someone at Shuangliuzhuang about the situation of Qianchapu.
However, Zhao Heng and others have not dared to relax even now, and have been busy strengthening the defense of Shuangliuzhuang. Zhou Jing also thought that Wang Xuan, Lu Xiong and other family members usually mainly lived in Ezhou Fucheng, and mistakenly thought
Thinking that they didn't know much about Qianchapu, they mainly asked the clan leader Wang Wenchong and the Wang clan members who lived in Shuangliu Village all year round for information.
Every place has its own particularities.
In the early years, Hanchuan County was not separated from Jingshan County in the north. Its territory and the entire northern Hubei region on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Han River were a shallow silt lake more than a hundred years ago, like the Wang clan and Shuangliu Village.
The ancestors of other small surnamed households all moved here from other places.
However, the people who moved here in the early days have basically taken root after several generations of efforts to enclose fields, build houses, and breed their children.
When Hanchuan County was separated from Jingshan County and placed under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou from Yingzhou, the early immigrants considered themselves Hanchuan natives.
Later, people who had escaped from bankruptcy, famine, and other difficulties wanted to reclaim land here. On the one hand, they were rejected by the local people, and on the other hand, there were no longer such good conditions for land reclamation.
Even though some latecomers built villages near the edge of the lake, due to the lower terrain, lack of unified planning, and lack of ability to build large embankments, these villages near the lake were often destroyed by floods.
More latecomers can only choose to live in the lakes, making boats their home and living on the water.
The local people not only rejected these latecomers, but even bullied them. They were not allowed to live ashore, were not allowed to read and read, were not allowed to marry with people on the shore, and the states and counties would not include them in household registers.
Except for the fishermen and boat households in Cheonchapo and surrounding areas who would bring fish to the ferry every once in a while to trade grain, salt, cloth and other supplies, there was almost no communication between the two sides at other times.
Therefore, except for the people in Shuangliuzhuang who knew very little about the situation in Qianchapu, which was just around the corner, Zhou Jing took his people to nearby villages to inquire about the news, but no one could clearly explain the situation in Qianchapu.
The Dongting Lake bandits lurked in Qianchapu on a large scale, but the local people had no idea until they launched a surprise attack. This is the main reason.
But no one expected that Wang Xuan, who was mourning for her father in Shuangliu Village, had conducted such an in-depth and detailed investigation of Qianchapu - more importantly, in addition to the precious information recorded in the documents, Zhao Heng and others understood
Regarding the situation in Cheonchapo, I have had in-depth contact with the fishermen and boat owners in Cheonchapo.
"Why don't Miss Xuan give these papers to Wang Bubu to read?" Jiang Xie asked curiously.
Wang Fan is in charge of the Jinghu North Road Capital Deployment Department. If he could have obtained this file earlier and had some understanding of the situation in Qianchapu, even if he secretly bribed three or five informants to leak information, he would not be in such a mess.
"..." Wang Xuan didn't answer Jiang Xie's words. She just sorted out the documents on the case and lowered her head and said, "I don't know if it's useful or not. I'm just waiting in front of my grandfather's tomb to pass the time..."
Han Gui said to Xu Huai, "Whether it's useful or not, I'll go over these documents with Zhou Canjun and Jiang Canjun carefully first," and then said to Zhao Heng, "I'd also like to trouble Captain Zhao to give me more advice!"
Xu Huai said to Xu Sheng: "You and Su Mingduo are worried about the guarding of Shuangliuzhuang..."
It is unclear whether the rebel army will organize troops to attack again in the future, so Shuangliuzhuang cannot relax its efforts to strengthen its defense.
Wu Chihai and Xu Pang are responsible for leading the armored cavalry to charge into battle. Whenever there is a break, they must race against time to recharge and maintain sufficient physical strength.
Han Gui and Zhou Jing wanted to pull Zhao Heng over at this time to learn more about the situation in Qianchapu, and even considered whether it was necessary to send someone to sneak into Qianchapo to conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, Xu Huai would not leave the defense of Shuangliu Village to Wang Wenchong and others who had not had much experience with swordsmanship. Xu Huai asked Xu Sheng to lead the armed guards of Lifengtang to take over the defense of Shuangliu Village - Su Mi was better than Xu Pang.
He was steady, cautious, and more attentive to complicated military affairs, so Xu Huai asked him to assist Xu Sheng to better organize the young men in Shuangliu Village.
It's not completely dark yet, so Han Gui, Zhou Jing, Xu Sheng and others have no way to relax, so they go about their business first.
Liu Qiong'er then defended Wang Xuan's injustice: "Wang Langjun is really stuck in the past. What's the point of being embarrassed if his own daughter gives advice? Is it possible that our daughter's family is born with little knowledge, and everything they try is just nonsense?"
Are you restless? You still have the nerve to lament that there is no one available around you. I think Wang Langjun really needs a lot of help..."
Without looking at Wang Xuan's expression, Liu Qiong'er could guess that after Wang Fan took up the post of Jinghu North Road Military and Horse Command, Wang Xuan must have told the truth about everything she knew about Qianchapu.
, and even advocated large-scale construction of embankments in Qianchapu to reclaim lake fields, but Wang Fan obviously ignored him.
As for why Wang Fan ignored it, Liu Qiong'er guessed that maybe Wang Fan thought that his daughter could not have any extraordinary experience and knowledge, or he might have seen that Wang Xuan's ideas had too many shadows of Chushan and rejected them.
"Okay, okay, I know Sister Liu is fighting for me. When my father comes back, I will enlighten him with your words, Sister Liu..." Wang Xuan said with a strong smile. As a daughter, she can never be with others.
It's not okay to criticize your father.
At this moment Wang Wenchong walked in.
The old house doesn't have much manpower to dispatch, and it was frightened before.
Wang Wenchong was afraid of neglecting Xu Huai. Just a while ago, he went back to the house and picked out more than a dozen maids with dignified looks and neat hands and feet. The cook came to serve them, and also brought several freshly slaughtered sheep and dozens of jars of wine.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite about such trivial matters!"
Xu Huai didn't want Wang Wenchong to use his energy and thoughts to please himself at this juncture, so he ordered some of the mutton to be sent to the temporary camp for the generals to enjoy, leaving two fat sheep and several jars of wine, and everyone was allowed to follow him.
Carry it to the wall of Beizhai.
The North Village Wall is quite spacious, and piles of bonfires have been lit at this time.
Xu Huai asked people to chop the two sheep's fat into large pieces, distribute it, spread it with salt, and put it directly on the bonfire with wooden forks to barbecue.
Xu Huaiye, Wang Xuan, Lu Xiong, and Liu Qiong'er sat by the bonfire and enjoyed the sizzling fat sheep with the villagers in front of the bonfire.
In the afternoon, Chushan's sudden cavalry was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, destroying an army of thieves ten times their size. Zhuang Ding of Shuangliuzhuang was greatly encouraged and no longer had any fear in his heart. At this time, he saw that Xu Huai was approachable and had fun with the soldiers.
They were even more excited, and many people expressed their intention to enlist and join Chushan to resist the Hulu.
"Guarding our home and protecting our children, what else is there to do?"
Xu Huai held the bag knife in his hand and cut off the roasted mutton slices. He took one piece for Wang Xuan and one for Liu Qiong'er. He ate another piece, chatted and laughed with Zhu Zhuang Ding, drank wine, and became interested. He even stood up in person and pulled the mutton.
Niu Er demonstrated to everyone the method of fighting the enemy in the formation.
At the height of the moon, after they had finished eating all the wine and mutton, Xu Huaicai, Wang Xuan, Liu Qiong'er, and Lu Xiong walked down the village wall and returned to the old house.
At this time, Han Gui, Zhou Jing and others had sorted out the documents compiled by Wang Xuan and the Qiancha Pukhan map, and they had come to some basic conclusions:
"In the next few days, if the bandit army is afraid of the reputation of the commander and does not dare to attack Shuangliuzhuang, Ezhou will be fine. However, the bandit army is so careful this time that it is impossible to return without success. It is possible that they will attack Shuangliu Village in Jingzhou.
There are big moves in Fuzhou!”
Zhou Jing, Han Gui and others reorganized the Qianchapu Kan map and the surrounding terrain information. It was not that Wang Xuan's Kan map drawing was not clear enough, or that Wang Xuan's description was not clear enough.
In fact, Zhou Jing and Han Gui had to base their plans on the entire Jinghu North Road, especially the prefectures and counties along the Jingjiang River and the lower reaches of the Han River, as well as some information they had on the Dongting Lake bandits, combined with the Qianchapukan map and related terrain information.
New analysis and judgment.
The official road from Hanchuan directly to Jiangxia (the capital of Ezhou) has three important ferries located within the Qianchapu area. Even if they were not flooded, they were almost controlled by the rebels or the water village forces colluding with the rebels at this time.
In any case, it will be difficult for officers and soldiers to regain control of these three ferries before the water recedes.
They were unable to contact the Jingnan soldiers and horses at this time, and could only default to the lower reaches of the Han River and the entire waterway along the Jingjiang River, which were also under the control of the Dongting Lake bandits at this time.
Ezhou is located to the north of the Jingjiang River (Yangtze River) and east of the Han River. Fuzhou, Jingzhou is located to the north of the Jingjiang River and the west bank of the Han River. If Ezhou is attacked, soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, Chushan and other places can bypass the southern part of Anzhou.
, to reinforce Ezhou through the eastern Hubei region, not to mention that the imperial court could mobilize troops from Luzhou and Yangzhou to march westward along the Yangtze River, and even mobilize the Ye navy army to go upstream, so that reinforcements could reach Ezhou as quickly as possible.
At this time, the Dongting Lake bandits lost the suddenness to attack Jiangxia (the capital of Ezhou), and they failed to lure the Jiangxia defenders out of the city. It was unlikely that they could capture Jiangxia before reinforcements arrived.
Even if the capital city of Ezhou is captured regardless of casualties, it is unlikely that the Dongting Lake bandits can hold it.
Even if they can attract the hungry people in eastern Hubei to join them, the gains will not make up for the losses; therefore, it makes no sense for the Dongting Lake bandits to forcefully attack the capital of Ezhou at this time.
If the Dongting Lake bandits choose to raid Fuzhou or Jingzhou, on the one hand they will only have to face reinforcements from Xiangyang going south in a short period of time; on the other hand, Fuzhou and Jingzhou are closer to the main waters of Dongting Lake, which will help them take advantage of water warfare; in addition, Fuzhou
, Jingzhou and other places, the number of hungry people stranded is also huge.
However, in order to contain the officers and soldiers, Han Gui and Zhou Jing judged that the Dongting Lake bandits would send more troops to the ferry. At the same time, they might also encourage the water village forces in Qianchapu and nearby to unite with the hungry people to launch a riot and attack the defenses east of the Han River.
The empty city...
"If there is no major deviation in the judgment, the Dongting Lake bandits' large-scale sneak attack on Jianghan this time is far more concealed and more sophisticated than before. It is difficult to imagine that there was no intervention from external forces..." Zhou Jing said with a frown.
"The Chihu people were frustrated in their attack on Huainan, and then they sent people to contact the Hu bandits. Judging from the time, it makes sense." Han Gui judged.
