Xu Huai took Wang Xuan, who had some mobility difficulties, and got out of the carriage. He stood on the shoal on the east bank of Xundu Lake, which was full of withered reeds, and looked at the fire in Xundu Village on the other side of the lake mouth. The fire was gradually extinguished, but the black smoke was billowing.
, it is still endless.
It's just that the fire in Xundu Village was not lit by the troops of Nancai or Northern Jing. It was actually the Dongjing bandits who set fire to the four or five miles of the village when they retreated.
The village was full of simple shacks made of bamboo, wood and thatch, all crowded together without a place to stay. The winter was dry and rainless. When the fire started, even if Nancai troops rushed over by boat in time, they were unable to put out the fire.
The same is true for Meidu Village, which is fifteen or six miles away.
In the battle of Panlong Village, the Chushan Army's Nancai soldiers and horses suffered almost negligible casualties. The bandit army that thought they could hold on to the stronghold was wiped out, and only a few hundred people escaped in embarrassment. Even in Xundu, the terrain of the two Meidu villages was very different.
They have more advantages, but in the face of the absolute strength gap, how can the Dongjing bandit army still have the courage to hold on until the flood season?
The Dongjing bandit army fled upstream in hundreds of large and small boats to the upper reaches of the Jingjiang River. In addition to taking tens of thousands of young people away by force, they also abandoned 30,000 to 40,000 old, weak, women and children. Many of these old, weak, women and children were left behind.
None of them could escape from the burning village in time and perished in the sea of fire. The remaining people were standing or sitting on the tidal flat with numb expressions. The world was so vast that they didn’t know where they were going...
"Xuan'er grew up in a boudoir when she was a child, with a naughty temperament. She moved to Tangzhou with her grandfather, and was protected by Grandpa Lu. Fortunately, she met her husband and the people of Chushan. She never experienced the pain of separation, but after arriving at Xiaoheling
I live in seclusion, but I have seen too many prostitutes and women, bones exposed, and I heard that there are many tragedies involving Yizi among the lakes and lakes. Maybe it is a blessing that I have never seen them!" Wang Xuan looked at the mouth of the lake.
There were many bleak scenes on the other side. She tightly held Xu Huai's generous palm, as if a huge stone was pressing on her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.
"I would rather be a peace dog than a Li Luan!" Lu Xiong looked at this scene and sighed slightly.
Niu Er and others stood behind him with knives. They were used to bloody killings on the battlefield. At this time, they just hated the Dongjing bandit army for being too inexperienced. Her mother could run faster than a rabbit, making the killing extremely unsatisfactory for them.
, just like the war has just begun, and there is only a little noise at the end so that they can't remember what it was like.
Xu Huai stood in the wind, covering Wang Xuan by his side, and said to Han Gui, Xu Sheng, Fan Zongqi and others:
"The bandit armies from the two villages in Xundu and Meidu fled westward in a hurry and did not dare to continue to stand between Qianchapu and Jingjiang. It was also expected. It saved us some trouble. However, in Qianchapu Qiao
In Nancai County, the efforts in the past few months can only be said to have laid some foundations. The next step is the hard nut for you to gnaw. On the one hand, you must ensure that 150,000 to 60,000 old, weak, women and children do not suffer from hunger and cold, so that they can
We need to work for relief to survive the famine, but we must not forget the original intention of caring for the people, and we must not blindly exploit the labor force; on the other hand, we must not slack off in military preparations. In addition to not giving the bandit army an opportunity to take advantage of us and kill us, young and strong men must not be neglected.
You must not slack off in your courage training, and you must also pay attention to the working people, and care about the hunger and suffering of the hungry people during the training..."
The Dongjing bandit army was so vulnerable, but Xu Huai didn't feel too excited, nor did he feel any regret or dissatisfaction about not having enough.
The Red Husband Cavalry went south. There were too many battles like this that were defeated in one blow, but the defeated side was Huanghuang Dayue.
In just two or three years, Hedong, Hebei, Hehuai, Guanshan and other places, and nearly Qianzhou County fell. There were only a handful of people who really fought tooth and nail to resist the Chihu people's southern invasion, and created more or less trouble for the Chihu people.
, which of the vast majority of states and counties is not resigned to the wind?
The border troops and local Xiang troops and rural troops in these places totaled one to two million men and horses. How many of them could not be defeated in one blow?
Everything in front of us only indicates that the Dangxiang Kingdom, which is also internally decayed and full of contradictions, is about to collapse before the front of the Chi Hu people. It won't even take two years for the Dangxiang people to fully succumb to the Chi Hu people.
Under the iron hooves of man.
At that time, Chihu not only mobilized more troops and horses, but also poured pressure on the Qinling-Huaihe defense line without any distractions. After Dangxiang conquered it, the Qinzhou occupied by the remnants of the Khitan at this time was exposed to the iron hoof of the Chihu people.
Below, and behind Qinzhou, is the famous Qishan Ancient Road, another passage connecting Sichuan and Longyou.
Xiao Linshi also expressed his attitude in the secret letter he gave him. Once the Chihu people occupied the vast area west of Liupan Mountain and their troops were directed towards Qinzhou, he had no intention of using the last bit of Khitan blood to defend the Qishan gate for Vietnam.
Xu Huai understood Xiao Linshi's position.
Over the years, the Chushan Army has stood erect on Huaishang, like the Great Steel Wall, keeping out soldiers many times their own. It seems to have made outstanding military achievements and is famous all over the world. However, the number of Chushan disciples who have died on the battlefield in these years is close to
Thirty thousand people.
However, Chushan can sustain itself on the Huaihe River because it relies on half of the country south of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains. It also has hundreds of prefectures and counties with a population of 30 to 40 million. Previously, Chushan could absorb hundreds of thousands of people who migrated south.
After that, they can recruit refugees in Jinghu and even recruit young people from the lower classes in Jinghu and other places as soldiers.
The remnants of the Khitan tribe barely numbered 100,000 men, and the elite cavalry numbered no more than 10,000. How could they fight with the Red Husbands who were several times or ten times as many as their own in Qinzhou?
Xiao Linshi had no intention of leading the remnants of the Khitan to defend Qinzhou. Where would Dai Viet send his troops and generals to fill the gap in the Qishan Ancient Road?
Although the imperial court had noticed this for a long time, Emperor Jianji also officially appointed Liu Xian, the former Jinghu North Road manager who had been demoted from his post to the people after the defeat of Huaichuan, out of Zhiwuzhou, and sent Liu Xian to Wuzhou on the south side of the Qishan Ancient Road.
The prefecture and counties (Lueyang, Tonggu, and Wudu) repaired the city walls, recruited extra soldiers, practiced the prefecture soldiers and local bravery, and actively strengthened the defense, but this was far from enough.
Xu Huai had no time to think too much at this time, but because the situation would deteriorate again at any time, Chushan had to rush forward with all his work.
Xu Huai looked at Xudu Village on the other side of the lake, which was sinking into a sea of fire, and at the old and weak women and children who were abandoned outside Xundu Village and were running around greeting each other.
It is estimated that as many as 140,000 to 140,000 hungry people were captured before and after the Battle of Panlongzhai. Can these hungry people be resettled in Nancai as properly as possible? Can the nearly 40,000 young and strong men among these hungry people be effectively organized?
Up, whether they can use the next six months to nine months to effectively recover their bodies and conduct corresponding exercises will determine whether Chushan can obtain stronger military reserve potential in the next year to cope with the situation.
A more critical situation.
In order to achieve this goal, Lifengtang still needs to continue to borrow money and grain from Ezhou and other places.
If there are too many lice on your body, you are not afraid of being bitten.
Since Lifengtang has already borrowed three to four million guan in Ezhou, it is not afraid of borrowing another one to two million guan in money and grain.
Previously, the Dongjing bandit army gathered hundreds of thousands of people and occupied Qianchapu. Except for the Wang family who took the lead and tried their best to sell their land and houses and lend them to Lifengtang, most of the merchants who opened the warehouse in Ezhou did not believe Chushan.
It is really possible to carry out large-scale reclamation of Cheonbopo.
In those days when merchants who opened treasuries were looking to borrow money, land and houses were the most popular pledges.
In the battle of Panlong Village, hundreds of thousands of mobs were so vulnerable that the remnants of the bandits fled in a hurry, not daring to linger any longer. At this time, Xu Huai divided all the fields in Qianchapu that were about to be developed and cultivated into pieces to find each family.
I have pledged my money to the bank, and I believe things will be much easier to move forward than before.
In order to ensure that hundreds of thousands of hungry people, including nearly 40,000 young men, can become the reserve military potential of Chushan within half a year at the earliest, in addition to Xu Ling being transferred back to Yousiyuan and continuing to be responsible for the development of the navy,
Han Gui, Xu Sheng, Fan Zongqi and others continued to serve in Nancai.
The more than a thousand elite soldiers who had been secretly transferred to Nancai through marriage proposals, recruitment and other matters before would return to their bases. However, Xu Huai would leave more than a hundred grassroots military officers to Fan Zongqi and incorporate them into the Nancai County Weisi to strengthen the garrison.
The organization, training and other matters of the village soldiers.
Although Fan Zongqi was the Marquis of Yu who selected the vanguard army, he could never become a top general because he only knew how to lead elite armored cavalry to charge into battle.
In addition to charging into battle, an outstanding general needs to master too much knowledge. Generals like Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Han Qi, Yin Peng, Wang Xian, etc. Xu Huai would ask them to take charge of the task when commanding the army.
Government and civil affairs require them to be familiar with all the details.
In this way, they can shorten the gap between them and Xu Wuqi, Chen Zixiao and others who have spent half a lifetime of experience and accumulation in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, Xu Huaihui continued to let Fan Zongqi stay in Nancai to elect the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the vanguard army, and to also take charge of the Weisi affairs in Nancai County.
At the same time, Xu Huai would also transfer more than 200 workers and rural officials from Chushan to accept Han Gui's dispatch, so that the encirclement and reclamation could be fully launched in Qianchapu.
This is also the foundation that Chushan has accumulated over the years.
Not to mention the prefecture and county level, how can the supervisory office at the road level all of a sudden transfer two to three hundred rural officials who are familiar with the affairs of the grassroots officials?
This does not include the manpower stationed by Lifengtang in Nancai.
Yesterday, Xu Huai planned to leave and return to Wuyang with Wang Xuan tomorrow. There were too many things to tell Han Gui and others, so he chose the most important ones right now:
"In the early days of Nancai, apart from cultivating grain fields, there were almost no other industries and mines that could be developed. The scale of the Nancai shipyard was still not enough - Nancai was at the junction of Jianghan and Han Dynasty, and ships could easily reach the world and carry commercial goods several times.
Even more than ten times the cost of carriages and horses, a high-quality boat is hard to find. However, the shipyards Chushan has planned to build in Zhouqiao and Xinyang in recent years are limited by conditions, and the technology they have mastered is still unavailable in the world at that time.
It cannot be considered top-notch, but Nancai has the opportunity to improve this..."
Zhouqiao, Xinyang and other places are located in the upper reaches of the Huai River. The boats traveling between Ruying and Ruying are considered large ships if they can carry hundreds of stones of goods. Therefore, Xu Huai, before and after the Battle of Huaichuan, conducted several expeditions in Huangchuan, Huaichuan and other places.
The ability of the shipwrights recruited locally is still not as good as that of the shipyards in Jianghuai and Jinghu.
Subsequently, Chushan also mainly built various small and medium-sized warships to be incorporated into the navy, and there was insufficient demand for large warships.
If Lifengtang wants to become Chushan's money bag, it must not only sell bulk materials from Huaishang to Nanyang, Xiangyang, Ying'e and other places, but also expand its business activities to the entire Jinghu, Jianghuai, Sichuan and Shu and even take the sea route
Leading to Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, Lifengtang alone will have extremely high demand for large cargo-carrying merchant ships.
Therefore, Xu Huai hopes that Nancai can develop the shipbuilding industry on a larger scale...