"Sir, you should take a break at least. We have already killed the enemy stronghold. Tang Zongzhi ordered us not to leave the city to pursue pursuit. There are only a few remnants of Chishan City who are still stubborn, so we have to leave it to other brothers to enjoy themselves.
Bar!"
Listening to the generals greeting the soldiers beside him, Niu Er stopped, his blood and sweat mixed together, and he watched the few enemy soldiers in front of him flee or surrender. Only then did he feel that both layers of armor were a little heavy.
Hu Danzhou has been running Chishan Bay for many years. Although his old lair has only three gates, it is almost the same as a city. Chishan City is also full of streets and lanes, and there is also Hu Danzhou's Yugong General's Mansion.
The main force of the Tianxiong Army's rear troops entering Chishan City was the first column with Yuan Lei as the capital of the Marquis of Yu. At this time, in addition to having controlled the South City Gate, more than a thousand elite troops were passing through the West City Gate to attack the enemy water to the west.
Camp and kill.
Niu Er and the others had already fought their way into a stone alley on the south side of General Yu Gong's Mansion. No enemy soldiers could be seen on the left, right or front, and two soldiers came forward to help General Niu Er wear the wart armor.
The shafts of the dozens of feathered arrows inserted in it were broken off, and then the scorpion armor was carefully removed.
Most of the arrow clusters were stuck in the gaps in the armor, but three arrow clusters penetrated the inner leather armor, and blood oozed out. The guards immediately called in a military doctor to more carefully cut off the leather armor and debridement.
, bandage.
"Master Niu, how many heads have you paid, are you satisfied with this trip?" Select the elite of the vanguard army to take charge of the attack, kill Chishan Village completely, and the battle will come to an end.
After Tang Pan moved the command tent to the Beizhai Gate, Shi Hu no longer needed to keep an eye there. After ordering the selected vanguard troops to gather at the Nanzhai Gate, he also walked to Niu Er and saw
His injury was not serious and he asked with a smile.
"I haven't encountered any hard problems, it's boring," Niu Er curled his lips and said, "Why is there no big movement on the north bank?"
There were tens of thousands of hungry people gathered in Chishan Bay, and there was certainly no shortage of good soldiers among them. However, firstly, they had no fighting spirit and weak will to resist. Secondly, the formations were far from neat and orderly, and there were too many inferior soldiers and armors.
Niu Er led a team to select the elite vanguard troops to fight through the enemy's territory. Even if the enemy soldiers had some good soldiers and found it difficult to withstand them, they would retreat after a slight contact to save their lives. Of course, there would be no hard things for him to gnaw on.
"Sun Yanguan surrendered. Fan Tongzhi ordered the surrendering troops to retreat back to Tiger Village and wait for orders. The navy is clearing the obstacles in the tiger's mouth from both sides..." Shi Hu said.
Sun Yanguan sent people to ask for surrender, but Fan Zongqi could not have been prepared and was pretending to surrender. He hastily sent troops and horses directly to the tiger village. Of course, he first ordered all the defenders to retreat into the village and stand by, and at the same time sent naval troops to clear the obstacles in the tiger's mouth from both ends.
Things, let’s first open up the connection between Sangchi Lake and Jingjiang River.
"A group of thieves escaped from Nanzhai Gate. Hu Dangzhou and other bandit chieftains were indeed among them. However, the depressions to the south were connected with the flooded land, and there were still bandit ships hidden in the lake grass. The Tang Dynasty Commander had ordered to stop the pursuit.
We came down mainly to control the enemy's stronghold and water camp to avoid unnecessary casualties..." A messenger came to convey Tang Pan's order.
Chishan Bay borders the Jingjiang River to the north and the vast Dongting Lake to the southeast. The terrain is generally low-lying. The river embankments and lake embankments built in the early years were almost destroyed by floods. After the flood, there was flooding everywhere - a large-scale battle by the Nancai Navy
There was no way for the ship to get in. Sending small warships such as the Chima Zhou around to the south of Chishan Village to pursue and intercept the fleeing enemies might not yield any benefits.
In addition, there are tens of thousands of people living in messy shacks in the small land south of Chishan City that has not been flooded by the floods. The families of the rebel soldiers and the hungry people who rely on Chishan City are all inhabited.
If they are chased out, the chaos caused will be difficult to contain, and there is no telling how many unnecessary casualties will be caused.
The victory in quelling the Hu bandits was not appreciated by everyone, so they all maintained the utmost restraint at this time.
"It's too rough and not satisfying. Where should I fight next?" Niu Er asked.
"I'm afraid we won't send troops south in the short term. The main combat mission is to block the waters connecting Dongting Lake and Jingjiang River to prevent the bandits from Jianli, Hanyang, Mianyang and other places from escaping south," Shi Hu said, "Of course, we will go to
It’s not like we don’t have enough energy to fight in the south, in the end it’s up to the commander-in-chief to make the decision!”
To the south, only Shishou County belongs to Jingzhou, which is about a hundred miles deep. However, the land post roads from Gongan County to Shishou County are all garrisoned by Jingbei soldiers and horses. If you go directly from Chishan Bay to the south, there will be depressions everywhere.
The ground is flooded, making it difficult to march, and if we take a boat to go around Dongting Lake from the east lake mouth, the navy force is seriously insufficient. Of course, after this battle, we can first completely wipe out the bandits along the Jingjiang River, which is also the case in Chushan
This is the main goal of this battle.
Although the main force of the rebel army is still entrenched in Lizhou and Dingzhou, it is already under the jurisdiction of the Jingnan Zhizhi Division. Unless the Jingnan soldiers and horses have done nothing, Chushan will consider continuing to take action.
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Without enemy interference, it took three days to clear the obstacles in the Tiger Mouth channel and initially dredge the channel.
During this period, nearly 3,000 surrendered troops from Laohuzhai were gradually transferred to the camp at the mouth of the Sangchi River for custody.
Surrounded by hundreds of remnant bandits, Hu Dangzhou did not dare to stay in Chishan Bay after escaping from Chishan City. He chose to flee southward from Hudangshuize in the southeast of Gong'an County, and his whereabouts are unknown for the time being.
Chishan Village has more than 20 branches in Chishan Bay and the north bank of Jingjiang River. After Sun Yanguan and others persuaded them, except for a few individuals who abandoned the village and fled, they all chose to surrender on the spot.
Now for the Nancai Recruitment Division, the most difficult task is no longer fighting, but to move tens of thousands of surrendered bandits and a total of 120,000 surrendered bandits, children, and refugees from being squeezed by floods into extremely cramped quarters with no food or supplies.
Chishan Bay, which was in short supply, was evacuated to Jingbei in batches for resettlement.
Especially in May and June in Jinghu, there are frequent torrential rains, which brings great difficulties to the transfer and resettlement of such a large number of people.
At the same time, more than 300,000 people have been forced into the four counties in northern Jingbei, and the terrain east of Sangchi Lake is more depressed, and the flood disaster is more serious???????????????
It is difficult to reclaim a large amount of land in a short period of time.
Now, including Dongzhou Village, there are more than 200,000 new people, and the subsequent resettlement tasks are also like a rock.
In order to eliminate hidden dangers and stabilize people's hearts to the greatest extent, Xu Huai ordered all the young and strong men from the surrendered bandits and the newly returned refugee forces to be included in the recruitment service of Nancai.
As of the end of June, in addition to the six compartments of Tianxiong Army's rear army and three compartments of Nancai Navy troops under its jurisdiction, the Nancai Recruitment Division had further expanded its supply troops to 120,000.
At this time, the daily consumption of money and food was already a number of days. Even if Chushan could barely afford it, Xu Huai would write a memorial every ten days to express his bitterness to the court.
In the memorial, in addition to reaching out to the court for money and food, Xu Huai also further made it clear that Nanyang and Xiangyang should be placed under the Chushan camp, so that the barren mountains and valleys in Nanyang and Xiangyang Prefecture could be used to resettle so many hungry people.
The imperial court eliminated hidden dangers and better withstood the powerful offensive that the Chihu people would launch again this winter.
After being silent for nearly nine months, Emperor Shaolong finally ordered the dismantling of the Chushan camp and the establishment of a pacification department in Beijing and Xiangzhou to govern the four counties of Rucai, Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jingbei to resist the enemies in the west of Beijing and Heluo——
Qian Shangduan rushed to Changlin at the end of June to announce the decree.
Arriving at Changlin at the same time as Qian Shangduan, there were also Wei Chujun, the counselor of the Jingnan Zhiji Department, and Gao Juntang, the military commander of the Jingbei Zhiji Department.
Qian Shangduan was an old minister of the late emperor, and he had always been highly regarded by the late emperor after Xiangyang ascended the throne. However, before and after the Ruying victory, Qian Shangduan was inexplicably ignored by the late emperor. Although Qian Shangduan held the post of Zhizhigao, he was not removed.
, but he was rarely summoned by the late emperor alone, but this is a fact that anyone with a discerning eye can see.
After Emperor Shaolong came to the throne, there was no widespread use of the Qiandi direct line in the court. Affairs in the eastern and western government offices (Government Hall, Privy Council) were still divided between Zhou He and Hu Kai. This was mainly due to the fact that Huaidong, Huaixi and Jing
Nan needed a large number of people from his direct lineage to be in charge. Except for Wang Boqian, Gu Fan and others, Emperor Shaolong had no way to send more people to Beijing to assist in government affairs in a short period of time.
Although most of the former emperor's old ministers were in their respective positions at this time, everyone knew in their hearts that few people could become the new emperor's closest confidants, and a major change of blood in the court was inevitable.
Among so many old officials of the former emperor, Qian Shangduan, who came to Changlin to announce the decree with Zhizhigao, was obviously more important to the new emperor.
This is because Emperor Shaolong's imperial edict only roughly agreed on the general jurisdiction of the Jingxiang system to appease the Department, but the establishment of the Jingxiang system to appease the Department also involved a large number of official appointments, garrisoning, taxation and other detailed arrangements.
Emperor Shaolong gave up the stalemate and had no patience to bargain with Chushan through a memorial.
At this time, Emperor Shaolong was inseparable from Wang Boqian and Gu Fan's assistance in the court. Qian Shangduan was equivalent to representing Emperor Shaolong to negotiate with Chushan on all the details of the establishment of the Beijing-Xiangzhi Department.
Wei Chujun and Gao Juntang came to Changlin. On the surface, after the establishment of the Jingxiang system, the status of Chushan, Jingnan, and Jingbei became completely equal. The subsequent suppression of the Dongjing coalition forces required Xu Huai
The consensus with Kong Changyu and Ge Boyi shall prevail.
On the other hand, as Ge Boyi's eldest son-in-law, Wei Chujun was obviously more trusted by Emperor Shaolong. However, his official position was not obvious at this time. He could only serve as Qian Shangduan's deputy and intervene in the negotiations on many details of the establishment of the Beijing-Xiang Production Department.
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In addition to Qian Shangduan and Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, the magistrate of Nanyang, Wu Wenche, the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture, and others were also ordered to participate in the matter.
Xu Huai also specially summoned Shi Zhen, Su Laochang and others to Changlin to be responsible for discussions on the establishment of the Jing Zhiji Division.
Because it was a specific geographical division, the imperial court initially only agreed to incorporate the three counties of Jiangling, Dangyang, and Jingmen in northern Jingzhou into the Jingxiang system, while merging Gongan, Zhijiang, Shishou and other counties on the south bank of the Jingjiang River into Lizhou, together with Jingzhou
Qiazhou, which controlled the Three Gorges in the west, was all merged into the jurisdiction of Jingnan Zhiji Division.
However, Jingxiang Zhijisi is too short of land, especially Jianli County, which has suffered a serious population loss in recent years and has been the most severely flooded over the years. It has the most cultivated land resources that can be developed, and Xu Huai has to hold on to it whether he lives or lives.
In addition, Xu Huai also wanted to add Chishan Bay, which was actually controlled by the Nancai Recruitment Division at this time, to Jingzhou. In addition to reclaiming as much beachland as possible on the south bank of the Jingjiang River to resettle hungry people, it could also prevent future holes.
The Jing thief army is back again.
The officials of Rucai and Caizhou were all decided by Xu Huai, but this time even if the Jingxiang system was established and Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jingzhou (the four counties in northern Jingbei) were included, the imperial court would not tolerate the complete control of Jingxiang system.
The transformation of vassal towns.
The magistrates, magistrates and other officials in Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jingzhou can be recommended by Xu Huai, but the court will not agree to transfer the prefectures to the magistrates and the various Cao Cao officials.
The actual appointment power of joining the army and other official positions was given to Xu Huai.
This time, the imperial court will only recall Ning Ci, Wu Wenche and others to the central court for new appointments, but other official positions must remain in their original positions. Future transfers, appointments and even assessments will also be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel.
Xu Huai obviously could not just satisfy the prefect's recommendation power.
If only one or two people are sent to the state capital, no matter how powerful they are, what can they do? In the end, they will not be left alone by a group of officials appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Of course, Xu Huai could not hope that the Jingxiang system would be completely transformed into a vassal town at this time.
In addition to the recommendation of the prefect and the magistrate, Xu Huai had to directly capture the officials in the prefecture's military and horse supervisory department, the county's department, and even the grassroots military officials.
Only in this way can local military equipment be fully mobilized to participate in the fight against the enemy - this is Xu Huai's legitimate request. At the same time, only in this way can Nanyang, Jingxiang and other places be truly controlled under the control of the Zhizhi Department, and those gentry will not be allowed to
Unbelievable.
In addition, Xu Huai also proposed that prefectures and counties should set up land clearing departments in addition to Liucao and Liufang, which would be responsible for measuring acres of land, allocating land into acres, clearing out private occupation, reducing rent and tenants, etc.
Xu Huai requested that all cleared privately-occupied fields be transferred to the villages under the jurisdiction of the Military Supervisory Department and the County Lieutenant Department for reclamation to make up for the lack of military use; at the same time, the court also needed to allow the Military Supervisory Department and the County Lieutenant Department to
Under the department are the Capital Inspection Department and the Inspection Department, which are specifically responsible for military settlements, county security, and rural soldier training.
Since the population of Jianli County has dropped sharply and it is also the focus of new land reclamation in the later period of the Zhiji County, Xu Huai asked Jianli County officials from magistrates to county magistrates, county lieutenants and other officials to be recommended and appointed by the Zhizhi Department; in addition, Xu Huai hoped that Chu would be
Shan, Huaiyuan, Queshan, Xinyang, and Luoshan were separated, and Shenzhou was reset so that the Zhiji Department could better divide the enemy war zones.
Speaking of the resettlement of Shenzhou, the imperial court hoped to separate Luoshan and Huangchuan and other places and re-establish Guangzhou under the jurisdiction of the Huaixi Construction Department. At that time, all the Dongjing Allied Forces recruited for security would be placed in Guangzhou to strengthen
defense.
After Chishan Bay was so unbearably occupied by the Nancai Recruitment Division, Sun Yanzhou and other thieves would no longer have any illusions and agreed to accept the surrender on the terms discussed before the Jingnan Zhizhi Division, but Xu Huai repeatedly went to the Jingnan Zhizhi Division to report
The thief was too lenient and insisted on stricter restraints.
Wei Chujun and Gao Junrong came here to discuss the final recruitment conditions with Xu Huai.
Xu Huai's condition was very simple. Before the establishment of the Jingxiang system, Chushan had no more than 40,000 troops. How could Sun Yanzhou and other thieves be able to independently command 60,000 troops?
In front of Wei Chujun and Gao Junrong, Xu Huai said unceremoniously: "How can we raise thieves to cause trouble? If Sun Yanzhou and other thieves do not agree to reduce the number of troops to less than 30,000, and do not accept the separation of garrisons, Dongting Lake will fall into the water in September.
At the time of retreat, the Jingnan and Jingbei Zhisi Divisions are short of troops and horses, and the Nancai Recruitment Division can assemble 60,000 water infantry troops to completely annihilate them..."
