"Jie Shuai, the current situation can be said to be a huge wave. It is more complicated and serious than we previously predicted!"
Zhou Jing presented the map of Jinghu North Road that they had recalibrated and marked, as well as their new analysis of the situation in Qianchapu, in front of Xu Huai, and said.
"We knew very little about Cheonpopo in the past. If Miss Xuan hadn't compiled such a complete document on Cheonpopo, we would have underestimated the dangers contained therein!" Han Gyu said.
In the past, Xu Huai's energy and thoughts were focused on resisting the enemy forces in the west of Beijing and Heluo, and he did little research on the military and political situation in other places.
Zhou Jing, Han Gyu and others are also like this.
Even though Xu Sheng was responsible for the affairs of Lifengtang, and Lifengtang was mainly spread in Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jinghu North Road counties in the early stage, he still knew very little about Qianchapu.
Human energy is limited.
Chushan's resources and manpower are also limited. The collection and analysis of intelligence must be concentrated on specific key areas during a certain period of time, and cannot be spread like a net.
Wang Xuan has not seen Xu Huai again for four or five years, but no one can deny that during the most important stage of her life, Xu Huai and Chu Shan left a deep imprint on her heart——
Wang Xuan observed mourning for her father in Xiaoheling, and her detailed investigation and analysis of the many water village forces in Qianchapu, including her idea of large-scale construction of land and surrounding fields in Qianchapu, are all filled with the influence of imitating or learning from Chushan.
trace.
Zhou Jing, Han Gui and the others would not say anything about how much personal emotion Wang Xuan had immersed in these papers, but they would only analyze the urgency of the situation they saw in these papers.
"... Qianchapu has a vast water area, covering the southern part of Hanchuan County and the eastern part of Hanyang. After the flood season, not only the lakes are connected together, but the water flow is even connected with Jingjiang River and Hanshui River, making Hanchuan, Hanyang and the south bank of Jingjiang River
Ezhou's capital city and the three cities of Jiangxia are relatively isolated..."
Zhou Jing analyzed with emotion,
"Although the special situation of Qianchapu is conducive to the Dongting Lake bandits' covert operations and their advantage in lake warfare, it is still far away from the main areas where the Dongting Lake bandits used to operate (the western half of Dongting Lake and Tanzhou on the west bank of Dongting Lake, Li
There are four to five hundred miles of waterways in various prefectures and counties. The Dongting Lake bandits showed far more meticulous actions and ambitions this time than before. To be honest, the Chihu people sent people to contact the Dongting Lake bandits, and even very soon
We are not surprised that this action of the Dongting Lake bandits has profoundly affected them. However, what we must pay attention to now is that the Dongting Lake bandits' infiltration and control of Qianchapu is far beyond our previous speculation.
Combined with the long-standing sharp conflicts between Qianchapu fishermen and boat households, refugees and the local government, we estimate that even if the Dongting Lake bandits come to their senses in order to contain the officers and soldiers, their subsequent actions east of the Han River will be worse than we previously predicted.
It comes violently and fiercely, and there is no room for carelessness..."
"Yes! The waves have turned into gentle waves. At this time, the gentle waves have become a raging force. They will not stop suddenly because of our unexpected factors..." Xu Huai listened to Zhou Jing and Han Gui re-analyzed thousands of times.
In the complex situation of Chapu, I was walking on the corridor with my hands behind my hands, looking at the clump of green bamboo in the corner of the yard that was illuminated by the torch, and sighed.
"At this time, it may be necessary to urgently summon all the people from Lifengtang in Jinghu to prevent trouble!" Zhou Jing suggested.
They now want to transfer the thousand selected front armor cavalry who are resting in Ye County. Even if there is no delay at all on the way, it will take at least seven or eight days.
The journey of more than 1,600 miles round trip cannot be faked - no matter how strong the front armor cavalry is, there is no way to fly over with wings.
The key expansion areas of Lifengtang in the past few years have been Nanyang, Xiangyang and Zhuzhou counties on Jinghu North Road.
In addition to the fixed manpower arranged in more than 20 halls and shops, there are also several mule and horse teams of varying sizes. The fleets transport bulk goods between states and counties. In order to avoid the disturbance of bandits, these mules and horses
Horse teams and fleets are equipped with some armed guards.
They are now urgently summoning the armed guards from Lifengtang in Xiangyang, Yingzhou, Suizhou, Anzhou and other places. They can summon three to five hundred armed guards as quickly as possible.
Chushan cannot interfere too much in the affairs under the jurisdiction of the Jinghu North Road Supervision Department. It is not their turn to comment on how to expel the Hu bandits and strengthen the control of Qianchapu in the future, but in any case, they must first ensure that Shuangliu Village does not
Any accident occurs.
Xu Huai pondered for a long time, nodded, agreed with Zhou Jing, Han Gui's idea, sent people to find Xu Sheng, and immediately sent people overnight to contact Lifengtang's halls in Xiangyang, Yingzhou, Suizhou, Anzhou and other places.
Open the door, pave the courtyard, and gather people.
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Qianchapu fishermen, boat households and refugees have long-term sharp conflicts with the local government that are difficult to reconcile.
After the Chihu people intervened, the Dongting Lake bandits did a lot of work in the early stage, and their infiltration and control of Qianchapu was beyond imagination.
The raid launched by the Dongting Lake bandits yesterday was unexpectedly interrupted by Chushan's sudden cavalry. However, the development of the situation was as Zhou Jing, Han Gui and others judged. The storm brewing inside Qianchapu was only forcibly interrupted by unexpected factors for one day, and the next day
It still erupted violently.
However, the Dongting Lake bandits who dominated this storm also changed their strategies.
Realizing their insufficiency in attack capabilities, they bypassed Hanchuan City, Shuangliuzhuang and nearby areas. Instead, they encouraged thousands of fishermen and hungry people to rush out from the depths of Qianchapu and attack nearby local people.
The village where they live, Wuzhai...
To the east of Ezhou, in Huangpi and other counties under Huangzhou, news of refugee riots also came...
The storm swept through the area north of Jingjiang River in Ezhou and the west of Huangzhou for a while. It was unknown how many refugees were displaced in a short period of time, including fishermen and boat owners.
The main force of the Dongting Lake bandits mainly waged wars in Fuzhou and Jingzhou, west of the Han River, attacking cities and seizing strongholds along the way.
The southern area of Ezhou south of Jingjiang River and the Yue, Tan, Li, Xiang and other places along the Dongting Lake, because they are separated by the mighty Jingjiang River, the situation is like this, and why the soldiers and horses controlled by Xu Wei on Jinghu South Road failed to
Xu Huai had no way of knowing how to contain the Dongting Lake bandits from waging war north of Jingjiang River.
The area north of Jingjiang River, where Dongting Lake bandits invaded aggressively, suffered from complex flooded terrain after the flood season.
Xiangyang urgently sent reinforcements south along the west bank of the Han River, and they did not dare to fight against the Hu bandits in these areas. They could only rush into Jingling City and speed up the defense of the west bank area of the lower reaches of the Han River. However, they had no spare power to rush to Jingzhou's aid. Everything could only be counted on.
The defenders of Jingzhou and other cities were able to hold on in this storm that swept along the Jingjiang River.
The Jinghu North Road Supervisors all moved to Jiangxia (the capital of Ezhou) on the south bank of the Jingjiang River. After emergency mobilization, there were only three to four thousand troops including the navy. Before Wang Fan returned with the main force, they could only defend Jiangxia and were unable to do anything.
Send troops to reinforce Hanchuan, Hanyang and other places, not to mention driving out the Dongting Lake bandits and quelling the riots of the refugees.
At Shuangliuzhuang, Xu Huai summoned the armed guards of Lifengtang from nearby prefectures and counties to strengthen the guard. At the same time, he used the strategy of going out at night and coming in by day to confuse the rebel army, so that the rebel army gradually increased to more than 4,000 soldiers at the ferry.
But he never dared to attack Shuangliu Village again.
On the eighth day, Fan Zongqi led 800 armored cavalry and rushed to Hanchuan; Shi Zhen also worked tirelessly and came with the army to join Xu Huai.
Everyone, including Xu Huai, was surprised by Shi Zhen's arrival.
Xu Huai, as the general manager of the troops and horses of the Chushan camp, was attacked by bandits while passing through Hanchuan. He urgently mobilized one or two thousand cavalry. This was an act of authority, but he could not interfere too deeply in the defense of Jinghu North Road and the suppression of bandits——
By simply guarding Shuangliuzhuang for a while and waiting for Wang Fan to return with his troops from Jingbei, Xu Huai didn't need Shi Zhen to come over to assist him in handling any affairs.
Furthermore, Xu Huai took advantage of the enemy's difficulty in launching a new offensive in the flood season and went to Jianye to face the Holy Spirit. Many affairs in Chushan relied on Shi Zhen, Xu Wiqi, Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang and others to handle; Wuyang Na
The side needs Shi Zhen to be in charge and dispatch from the center.
Lu Xiong guessed that Shi Zhen might have something important to report to Xu Huai. After entering Shuangliu Village, he also found an excuse and left with Wang Xuan first.
There were no outsiders in the hall, only Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, Zhou Jing, Han Gui, Jiang Xie and Fan Zongqi, Yuhou of the Selected Front Army who arrived with reinforcements. Shi Zhen no longer pretended to be innocent and directly signaled to the guards.
He closed the doors and windows and offered advice:
"Commander Jie will hand over Shuangliu Village to Fan Zongqi and his troops to guard it. Commander Jie, please leave quickly and go to Jianye to meet the saint. However, before leaving, Commander Jie, please sign a military order to transfer Xu Ling."
Lead a part of the navy and some shipwrights and rush overland to Hanchuan to wait for orders..."
"It is very difficult for Chushan to resist the enemy in the west of Beijing and Heluo. There is no reason to take the initiative to invite Ying to Jinghu to participate in the suppression of bandits, right?"
Zhou Jing frowned slightly and asked in confusion,
"Besides, the suppression of the Hu bandits was originally the responsibility of Jinghu South Road. At this time, the Hu bandits have invaded the north of Jingjiang River, and Jingbei should also contribute to the suppression of the bandits. What good can we gain by forcefully intervening in this area?"
"Mr. Shi, did you mean Qiao Zhi?" Han Gui was the first to react and asked Shi Zhen in a low voice.
Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, and Zhou Jing, who was a soldier, were not familiar with the establishment of the system, but Shi Zhen and Han Gui, who were familiar with the classics, were not familiar with it.
"Calling Han Canjun was right,"
Shi Zhen patted his thigh. Seeing that Xu Huai was still confused, he explained,
"During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, most of the occupied northern counties and counties borrowed land in Jianghuai and other places to set up government offices to lead the people who moved south. They were called Qiaojun or Qiaoxian. In the early days, the land was vast, and border counties were often attacked, and they were often attacked.
The prefectures and counties in the north and northwest established Qiaozhi counties to resettle the people of the occupied lands - these are the roots of Qiaozhi. The Chushan camp governs Cai and Ru prefectures, but the two prefectures are Shangcai, Xincai and Ruyang.
Song County, Suixi County, and Runan County either fell to the enemy or turned into a swamp, making it impossible to restore county governance. As a result, the area occupied by Chushan Camp had a serious shortage of people to support the current defense forces.
There is a serious shortage of soldiers and horses, and even the number of soldiers that can be recruited to replenish the battalion in the future. If the court cannot significantly increase the money and food allocated to Chushan, the Chushan army will fight the enemy and suffer heavy casualties. It is in urgent need of new soldiers and horses to strengthen the commander-in-chief.
Of course, we should ask the imperial court to allow Chushan to set up Qiao County to the east of the Han River and north of the Jingjiang River to control it. And now is also the best time - now that the Dongting Lake bandits are powerful and wantonly invading, and the local area is frightened, we should
There will be no strong objections to our setting up Qiao County in a remote area..."
