The spring light is getting beautiful, and there is a gurgling trickle in the shallow stream.
Xu Huai's long knife is in his hand, sometimes like an evil dragon entangling and cutting, sometimes like flying flowers, the swirling force shoots up and down to the left and right, and the density is like a strong wind, and the waves are surging, making Niu Er hold a shield in his left hand and a mace in his right hand, struggling to resist with both left and right arms.
, sweating profusely, but never had a chance to fight back.
An oxcart came rolling over the gravel road. When he saw Shi Zhen stepping off the oxcart, Xu Huai sheathed his sword and enjoyed Liu Qiong'er coming over and taking a sweat towel to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
Seeing that Niu Er was as tired as a cow panting, he smiled and said: "Your shield and mace combined attack skills still need to be refined. Your progress and retreat are very sloppy. In the eyes of the strong, they are all flaws..."
"Hugou has been killing south and north for so many years, but he still hasn't found many strong men!" Niu Er put his shield mace aside and gasped.
"Master Niu, let me give you some tricks!" Su Mung said eagerly at the side.
"Go, what are you doing? I won't waste your energy with you. Go and play aside, unless you find Xu Zan," Niu Er pushed Su Miao away in disgust.
In the next battle at Linying City, Niu Er finally got a taste of charging into battle. He captured twenty-one heads and killed seven enemy horses with a fine iron weapon on the left-wing infantry formation. His military exploits were astonishing.
Inspired by this, Niu Er has been obsessed with studying the art of combining shield and mace for the past two months.
However, Niu Er is practicing foot combat martial arts. The more densely packed the array, the less he needs to be distracted. He can fully display his divine power with an iron mace, and his combat power can be described as extremely violent.
Xu Huai and Wang Ju asked Niu Er to use their moves to hone their power in a head-on attack. Even if Niu Er was exhausted and sweating profusely every time, he still felt hearty and extremely happy.
Su Mung is considered to be a standout player among the younger generation, but how can he take advantage of others when facing a head-on attack?
Every time he challenged Niu Er, he always relied on his nimble footwork to fight.
Niu Er suffered two losses and no longer wanted to seek advice from Su Mung.
And now, the only ones who can put some pressure on Niu Er in a head-on confrontation are Wang Xian, Xu Peng and Liao Liao.
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and you have to adapt to the art of traveling and fighting!"
Xu Huai sent Niu Er aside to sparring with Su Mi and others. He and Shi Zhen sat down at the stone table by the stream and asked,
"Your Majesty has set off from Xiangyang?"
"Departing," Shi Zhen said, taking out the edict and other letters that Zheng Tu had urgently sent back from Xiangyang. "Before departure, His Majesty formally issued an order to put Chen Tai in charge of the third division, and to transfer Wang Boqian to Jianye to replace Wen.
The commander came out to lead the imperial camp department to provide some military affairs..."
"If Wang Boqian is actually put in charge of the military affairs of the Forbidden Army, will the imperial court not be able to choose anyone who is interested in him?" Liu Qiong'er asked in surprise.
Before the second invasion of the Red Husbands to the south, only a handful of ministers in the court, including Tongzhi Privy Councilor Liu Renmao, resolutely took charge of the war. Wang Qiyong was at home at home, and peace ministers such as Wang Boqian, Liang Fuzhong, and Yan Shiyong controlled the court.
They dreamed of negotiating peace with the Chihu people and then crossing the river to control it.
Not only did they not actively prepare for war, they were even worried that the swarming of King Qin's soldiers and horses would anger the Chihu people, and encouraged Emperor Xuan of Tian to issue an edict to strictly prohibit the soldiers and horses of King Qin from entering the capital for reinforcements.
Later, Wang Boqian, Liang Fuzhong, Yan Shiyong and others also personally crossed the Yellow River and swam
It is said that the defenders of the cities on the north bank of the Yellow River surrendered to the Chihu people.
After Liang Fuzhong was shot dead by the angry Weizhou defenders, Wang Boqian, Yan Shiyong and others fled in panic to Huai Wang Zhao Guan, thus escaping the fall of Bianliang.
Liu Qiong'er could not imagine that the imperial court would eventually choose Wang Boqian to replace Wen Hengyue to take charge of the military affairs of the imperial envoy.
"The imperial court also has its own difficulties," Shi Zhen said with a sigh. "In addition to training the navy in moving the capital to Ye, the most important thing is to strengthen the defenses of Luyang and other places along the north bank of the river, and to increase the depth of the defenses along the Huainan Road. And Huainan
, Jiangnan is inseparable from each other across the river. There are 200,000 troops in the Jianghuai area, half of which are the Huai Palace Army. If the Huai Palace Army has always listened to the instructions and not listened to the announcement, it will never be the same. The imperial court really wants the Huai Palace to let go.
To unify the Jianghuai military and political affairs, it is far from enough to just transfer Wang Boqian to Jianye to take charge of the imperial camp and provide some military affairs..."
Xu Huai looked at the clear stream of the shallow stream with his knife, stretched out his hand and scratched his cheek, and said: "Your Majesty is in trouble, and we can't help him. We should just concentrate on doing our own things."
Emperor Jianji next wanted to integrate the two Huainan routes into the jurisdiction of the imperial court and integrate the Huainan defense line into the unified military and political system of the imperial court. This was far from a simple edict to recall Huai Wang Zhao Guan to Jianye.
If you want Huai Wang Zhao Guan to go to Jianye willingly and boldly, to put it bluntly, it will make Huai Wang Zhao Guan feel that his status as the emperor's brother is really stable. The most direct way is to have the Huai Prince's family in the court.
The power exists, but it cannot be too weak.
Wang Boqian succeeded Wen Heng, and sending Wen Hengyue to lead the Imperial Camp Division to provide some military affairs was only the first step. Next, Emperor Jianji would appoint a large number of generals from the Huai Prince's Palace in the court, until he finally recalled Huai Prince Zhao Guan
Lived in Jianye.
"Although it is understandable that His Majesty sometimes has to make some compromises and concessions, it is already too weak for Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue to go to their posts and only the Prime Minister, Zhu Langjun and Qian Langjun remain in the court - follow-up
If the weak generals from Prince Huai's family are summoned to Jianye to take up important positions, the situation will be even more unbearable." Liu Qiong'er frowned and said, "This time, His Majesty is able to defy everyone's opinions and march in person. I thought that
Your Majesty has a wise and mighty demeanor, which can make things simpler in the future - looking at it now, I think it is too simple."
"It's hard to say, how did Bianliang fall? Everyone saw it before their eyes, and they all said, 'Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day.' On the other hand, 'Three feet of ice cannot be frozen overnight.'"
Xu Huai stood up, stretched his arms, and said with a smile, "But to put it simply, the soldiers will not be able to step into Huaishang until now? Let's do it step by step..."
It has been two months since the Battle of Ruying ended, and the Ruying and other rivers also thawed one after another around the Lantern Festival.
There is no need to wait for the rainy season. After thawing, the Hehuai land itself absorbs a large amount of melted ice and snow, and it will become muddy when livestock and war horses trample on it. Major rivers such as Yingshui, Huishui, and Lishui can be used without the help of boat bridges.
, it is also difficult to wade and swim directly.
Under such circumstances, the captive cavalry that had harassed the banks of the Ru River also retreated to the north of the Ying River.
The soldiers failed to stop the construction of the Zhaoling New City and the Long River dike on the Juishui River. The Yuehai Tower did not have enough resources in Wanqiu. They reinforced the long dikes on both sides of the Yingshui River to ensure that large-scale floods would not occur after water from the Huili River and other rivers was diverted into the Yingshui River.
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The surrender of troops from the west of Beijing was miserable in Ruying
After the defeat, tens of thousands of civilians were urgently requisitioned in Wanqiu, Xiangcheng and other places, and they only repaired the dams on the north bank of Yingshui River. Obviously at this time, Yue Hailou could only think about preventing a major disaster north of Yingshui River after the arrival of the flood season.
Flood disasters can also provide opportunities to resume agricultural production.
Whether there will be a huge flood between you and Ying is beyond the reach of Yuehai Tower at this time.
All this means that Huaishang will have a rare opportunity to recuperate before winter.
In fact, in the next three to five years, or before Yue Hailou is able to truly manage the Yingshui River, the Chihu people will only have the opportunity to use troops on the Huaihe River during the short period of freezing of the Huaihe River in winter.
The ice-free period of rivers such as Ruying usually only lasts a little longer than a month.
In such a short time, even if the Red Husbands gathered a hundred thousand elite cavalry to attack, Xu Huai would not be afraid; Chushan only needed to do a good job of strengthening the walls and clearing the country before winter.
This also means that the strategic focus of the Chihu people will be forced to shift to Huainan - this is also the key reason why the imperial court is eager to reconcile and integrate the Huai Palace. Huainan needs to be more fully prepared before this winter.
Shi Zhen also talked about the spring plowing matters that the state government was actively promoting at this time.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Chushan camp has more than doubled, but the population increase has been extremely limited - the people in Shangcai, Xincai and other places have long since fled, taking over Wuyang, Ye County, Xiangcheng and other places on the west line, a total of only two
There were 30,000 remnants, and at this time the total number of soldiers and civilians in Chushan was only over 500,000.
However, Ruying captured a large number of livestock during the victory, including more than 10,000 ordinary horses, oxen, mules and other large livestock.
This is when Yue Hailou gathered troops and horses on the south bank of Yingshui River and urgently asked for help from the Chihu people to supplement the food and fodder gap. In the end, a considerable batch was not consumed and fell into the hands of Chushan.
These large livestock will greatly make up for the lack of spring plowing labor in Chushan.
Shi Zhen's preliminary estimate is that with this group of animals, this year's spring plowing will be able to restore at least 200,000 acres of grain fields to cultivation than last year; and this year's village construction will mainly focus on Suiping City and Dengtaijia Mountain, as well as Queshan City and Jinding.
between mountains.
A large amount of this work had to be carried out personally by Shi Zhen and Su Laochang.
There are nearly 30,000 soldiers and civilians in the south. In addition to the rebels, generals of the rebels and their families, there are also quite a lot of people in the Hehuai River and Huaihe River who cannot bear the invasion and oppression of the barbarians. There are also many local gentry and those who had not had time to retreat south before. They are in the countryside.
Officials in hiding.
A considerable number of them, especially those who had official positions, missions or honors before the fall of Bianliang, naturally chose to go to Xiangyang, Jianye and other places for employment.
However, in many places, the subordinate officials and the gentry who went south in embarrassment did not have enough money and no fame. Even if they continued to go south, their situation would not be much better than that of the refugees. There were more than a hundred of them under the lobbying of Shi Zhen and Su Laochang.
Decided to take the family and stay in Chushan.
This also made up for the shortcomings of literary officials in Chushan to a certain extent.
Of course, according to Chushan's customization, these people will first go to the prefecture school for a short-term training, and then be assigned to various township departments to start from the grassroots level.
Nowadays, there are wars and chaos everywhere. Even Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu are not very peaceful, and there are not many places to pick and choose. These people feel quite relieved to stay...