Hualing River connects Wazi Lake to the west and Hanshui River to the east. It is about fifty miles long. It is the main river in northern Jingzhou connecting Jingjiang and Hanshui River. It stretches like a slender ribbon across the flat land at the southern foot of Jingshan Mountain.
As the sun sets in the west, an old pear tree stands on the bank of the Hualing River in front of Fantai Military Village.
Xu Huai raised his head and looked at the abandoned magpie's nest on the branch with gradually yellowing leaves. He listened to Shi Zhen's description of the adjustments made by the people who stayed in Wuyang to his military orders. After a long time, he turned around, looked at the water of the long Hualing River, and asked Cheng Lunying.
Said: "Mr. Cheng, does he know the origin of the Hualing River?"
Cheng Lunying thought that Xu Huai would be dissatisfied with Shi Zhen and others' tampering with military orders, and intended to help him argue a few words. However, Xu Huai was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked whether he knew about the Hualing River.
Cheng Lunying glanced at Xu Huai doubtfully, raised his hands and said:
"Lunying once served as an official in Fuzhou and knew a little about Hualing: the capital of the Chu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period was Ying, which was located in the north of Jiangling County in what is now Jingzhou, west of Wazi Lake, and south of Jishan. At that time, Jingjiang River
, Han River meets Xiakou, Chu Yu Xiang River (today's Han River Xiangjiang) to the east, grain and fodder are transferred to Ying. It is necessary to go down along Xia River, to Xiakou and up the river. There are 1,800 miles of waterways.
It’s far away. Sun Shuao, the prime minister at that time, identified the terrain and dug a river at Beizekou of today’s Hualing County, connecting Wazi Lake from east to west. He dug a river in the southwest of Wazi Lake and connected it to the town of Xiadu (now Shatou City) in the south of Yingdu.
In the Jingjiang River, the Gongshi Dam in Jushui was blocked and filled with water, so that the water in autumn and winter could be filled with water for boats. This waterway ran across the north of Jingzhou and was called Yangshui in ancient times. It has been 1,600 years since the Yangshui was dug. It has been abandoned and dredged several times.
Ze was the descendant of the common people, and the east of Wazi Lake was located in the Hualing River. At that time, people often called it Hualing River. Since the founding of the Dayue Dynasty, the Han River has been flooded to the south every flood season, and Wazi Lake is connected to the upper reaches of the Jingjiang River.
The water and the water of the Juzhang River are so diffuse that Hualing, Dangyang, Jiangling and other places are often flooded with oceans. When Ansu learned about Jingzhou, he recruited more than ten thousand civilians and built a river in Fantai west of Hualing City for two years to lead to Bailu Lake in the south.
, is the Changlin River; later, a military stronghold was set up at Fantai to control the key river - Xuhou led his troops to attack the Dongjing bandit army. The grain and grain passed through the Xiangjiang River (Han River) and entered the Hualing River, and the Changlin River went south.
Zekou and Fantai are both important areas, and Fantai has the more important responsibility of blocking the bandits from Wazi Lake to the west. Elite troops should be stationed to resist..."
As part of the ancient Yunmengze, the Jingzhou Plain west of the Han River and north of the Jingjiang River is still dotted with large swamps such as Wazi Lake, Bailu Lake, and Hong Lake.
The westernmost Wazi Lake is located east of Jiangling City in Jingzhou. Jiangling City, which is heavily stationed, controls the channel from Jingjiang River to Wazi Lake, and blocks the waterway between Bailu Lake and Wazi Lake with piles and sunken ships. Therefore,
Wazi Lake, with its vast waters, is much calmer than Bailu Lake in the east of Jiangling County and Hong Lake in the south of Fuzhou and Hanyang County in Ezhou.
Although Wazi Lake is relatively calm, its geographical location is extremely important.
The Han River leaves Xiangyang and is blocked by the Zhushan Mountain (Dahong Mountain). The river generally flows from north to south and slightly to the east. After the Jingjiang River (Yangtze River) leaves the Three Gorges, it flows from the northwest to the southeast. There are two rivers in Jinghu.
The continuously flowing main streams are close to each other in this section, and the closest distance is less than a hundred miles.
However, after the Han River (Xiangjiang River) enters Jingling County, Fuzhou, south of Zhushan Mountain, it turns east-south and flows, while the Jingjiang River continues to flow southeast to Yueyang County, Yuezhou. The distance between the two main rivers is
It gradually opens up until the Jingjiang River turns to the northeast at Yueyang City in Yuezhou, and finally merges with the Zhijiang River in Ezhou to the north of Xiacheng City.
Jiangling City in Jingzhou is adjacent to the Jingjiang River, and Hualing County in Fuzhou is adjacent to the Han River. People at that time used to think that Jiangling was located to the south of Hualing, but in fact Jiangling and Hualing faced each other from east to west. Wazi Lake and Hualing River were ancient Yangtze Rivers.
A waterway that flows generally from east to west.
The location of Fantai is connected to Jiangling to the west, Hualing to the east, and Bailu Lake to the south. The Shayang Fort to the north was built by Yuchi Gong, a famous general in the former dynasty, to control the Han River (Xiangjiang River).
Seeing that Xu Huai was silent, Shi Zhen said with emotion:
"When the new emperor of Chihu is established, he boldly marches south. Outside the west road, there are the majestic and dangerous Qi Mountains and Qinling Mountains, and inside there is the land of Tianfu, rich in fish and rice. They are closely related to each other, and the powerful enemy is suddenly difficult to defeat. The east road is crisscrossed by rivers, and Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are integrated into one.
Jianye is in the middle, and there is no need to worry about it. However, the situation in the two states of Chushan and Rucai is weak. The army and people are poor and cannot be integrated with Jinghu, so it is difficult to defeat the enemy. Commander Jie Yu in Jianye punished the traitors, which is the inheritance of the late emperor.
However, the ardent and courageous determination is difficult to dispel the suspicion of the emperor and his ministers, and is tabooed by the officials. At this time, being timid and timid and not using thunderous means to integrate Chushan and Jingxiang into one body to consolidate the city, isn't it that we are ignoring the legacy of the late emperor?
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Han Gui, Zhu Zhi and others accompanied Xu Huai to Fantai this time to inspect the situation of the Changlin River where the Hualing River forked. When they heard what Shi Zhen said, they were all shocked.
Han Gui was surprised that such a confidential matter was no longer concealed in front of Cheng Lunying and others? Or maybe Shi Zhen thought that Cheng Lunying was absolutely trustworthy?
Last year, after Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son led the Shenwu Army to reinforce Huainan, Chushan and the Nanyang Prefecture Yamen fought openly and secretly to win over the Nanyang Prefecture Army to garrison Huaishang and to annex Wufeng Mountain and other places in Fangcheng to Chu Mountain. At that time, Cheng Lunying and
Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze and others parted ways and stood firmly on Chushan's side.
However, the overt and covert fighting last year can only be regarded as a party dispute between generals and ministers. In addition to Emperor Jian, Hu Kai, Zhu Hang and other ministers in the court still supported Chushan. Cheng Lunying chose to support Chushan, which can be said to be deeply understood.
Righteousness.
But this time, no matter how high-sounding Shi Zhen said it, Chushan actually chose to take the path of competing with the imperial court.
Generally speaking, it was impossible to say that this was done well. When Han Gui saw that Shi Zhen was so straightforward in front of Cheng Lunying and Zhu Zhi, he thought to himself: Could it be that Mr. Shi decided that Cheng Lunying and Zhu Zhi had become a couple?
Chu Shan is heartbroken?
After Shi Zhen said this, Cheng Lunying immediately raised his hands to Xu Huai and said: "Lunying thought that every word Mr. Shi said was precious..."
Cheng Lunying made such a statement, Han Gui nodded slightly, but saw Zhu Zhi's face full of shock, and remained silent for a long time. He thought that Zhu Zhi might not have understood what it meant for the Chushan people who stayed behind in Wuyang to tamper with the military order. At this time, he suddenly realized it but for a moment
Difficult to accept.
However, Han Gui then thought about it and thought that Zhu Zhi should not be considered Chushan's confidant. Shi Zhen actually wanted Zhu Zhi to bring these words to Zhu Hang.
Xu Huai said nothing and walked towards the camp.
Cheng Lunying did not follow, and Zhu Zhi was still in deep shock.
Shi Zhen glanced at Han Gui and quickly caught up with him.
Xu Huai was walking very fast. Shi Zhen and Han Gui were unable to catch up with Xu Huai, so they could only follow Xu Huai into the tent.
It was getting late, lights were already lit in the tent, and Xu Huai sat alone behind the long desk without saying a word.
Shi Zhen and Han Gyu walked to the long case and knelt down.
Wang Ju, Zhou Jing, Shi Hu, Su Mi and several military officials in the camp were all shocked when they saw this scene.
At that time, except for monarchs and ministers, it was rare to kneel down and worship, and Xu Huai particularly disliked red tape. He always treated Shi Zhen as a teacher and friend, calling him "sir" and showing great respect.
Xu Huai walked in with a gloomy expression. Shi Zhen and Han Gui walked into the tent and knelt down in front of the tent. How could everyone not be shocked?
Zhou Jing and Wang Ju watched this scene and sat aside without moving, but motioned to Shi Hu and Su Miao to go out first.
"Even if the prime minister, Wen Shuai, and Zhu Gong don't understand, even if they part ways from now on and become strangers, Chushan has no choice but to leave. If Commander Jie thinks that Shi Zhen is wrong, please ask Shi Zhi
It is the crime of Zhen to change the military order without authorization!" Shi Zhen said as he leaned on the ground.
"Wen Shuai's body is like that. How can I bear to push him to death? What kind of plan do you have?" Xu Huai stood up angrily and walked to the corner of the tent, ignoring Shi Zhen's persuasion.
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"What's going on?" Zhou Jing called Han Gui over and asked in a low voice.
"Mr. Shi thinks that Nanyang is too thin to be included in the Chu Mountains, and he advocates that Chu Mountains should be integrated with Jingzhou and Xiangyang." Han Gui glanced at the back of Xu Huai, who was sitting facing the wall, and said to Zhou Jing and Wang Ju.
"Ah, how could this happen? Isn't this pushing Wen Hengyue to death?" After hearing what Han Gui said, Wang Ju stood up in shock, and his first thought was that this matter must not be done.
Zhou Jing sat aside and said nothing.
It is not impossible for Chushan to force King Huai and the court to make concessions at this time. Even at this juncture, the certainty is very high, otherwise Shi Zhen would not offer this strategy.
However, even if King Huai finally made a compromise with Chushan and agreed to merge Xiangyang Prefecture and Jingzhou into Chushan, there is still a high possibility that Wen Hengyue would refuse to lead Yang Qiye's Youxiaosheng Army to withdraw from Xiangyang.
Did they take the imperial edict and forcefully rush into Xiangyang City to escort Wen Hengyue out of Xiangyang Prefecture?
What is the difference between this and forcing Wen Hengyue to death?
"Please ask Marshal Xu Shizhen to go to Xiangyang. If Shi Zhen cannot persuade Marshal Wen to go to Jianye for the funeral, the matter will be dropped!" Shi Zhen said.
Chushan's heavy troops and food protection troops have already been deployed in Nanyang Mansion. Wen Hengyue agreed to go to Jianye for the funeral at this time. Of course, he agreed to make a compromise - as long as Wen Hengyue left Xiangyang, Yang Qiye and You Xiaosheng's army could be solved.
