Planning was started in May last year, and construction and excavation of the foundation trench started in August. It took eight months and the new Chongcheng City was finally completed in mid-March.
In addition to the corner fort protruding from the northeast corner of the city wall and facing each other at the east foot of the mountain gate, Xinchong City has a circumference of more than 1,300 paces and is less than half the size of Xinhe City. However, it is time-consuming, expensive and sturdy.
Hecheng can be compared, recruiting nearly 20,000 migrant workers at most.
Choosing the auspicious day of March 16th, Lin Fu led Chongzhou civil and military officials to enter the city from the north city gate before noon, walked up the north city gate tower from the city climbing road, looked at the Chongzhou villagers outside the city who had come to watch the ceremony, and held the city plate in their hands for a long time.
Word.
Song Jia dressed up as a man and wore a green shirt, looking like a handsome young man. Standing behind Lin Fu, she didn't look at the jubilant villagers gathering like ants under the city wall. She stared at Lin Fu's handsome profile.
, wondering how he would feel at this time?
From a military point of view, Zilangshan's multi-fortress defense system is easier to defend and harder to attack than Xinchong City. Lin Fu himself has no intention of entering the city, but in a certain sense, the completion of Xinchong City is considered Lin Fu's.
To really take root in Chongzhou - the completion of Junshan Shuicheng will be delayed for another three months.
After offering wine to heaven and earth at the North City Gate Tower, Lin Fu and other officials went to the government office, and the new city of Chongqing was officially launched.
Except for the city wall, most of the buildings in the city are not new.
In the Guangjiao Temple banditry case, three wealthy families were involved in the case at the foot of the eastern foothills of Zilang Mountain. These three houses were later confiscated by the Lin family. When the city was built, these three large houses, a nunnery of Guangjiao Temple at the foothills of the eastern foothills, and Han Zai
The place where Chongzhou lived was surrounded by Zhuangzi. About sixty or seventy years old entered the courtyard and occupied more than half of the new Chongcheng.
Under the auspices of the old worker Ge Fu, during the construction of the city, these houses were renovated, added to or reinforced. Some of them were converted into government buildings such as Yamen, county schools, county warehouses, and county jails, and some were converted into Jiangdong buildings.
The private residence where the families of the generals of the Left Army lived.
Yasi, Yasi, is the joint office of Chongzhou County Yamen and Jinghai Metropolitan Supervisory Envoy Department.
Lin Fu knew the affairs of Chongzhou County by participating in the political affairs of the left, but left the daily affairs of the county government to Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and others. The Jinghai Metropolitan Supervisory Office was also usually handled by Lin Mengde and Cao Ziang, who alternately went to the city to handle daily affairs;
The real core of power in Chongzhou still remains at Dongya at the foot of the eastern foothills of Zilang Mountain.
When Beiya Hou is vacated, a strong fortification wall will be built on the outside and transformed into a permanent military camp. From then on, the defense of Zilangshan City Fortress will be basically completed. The construction of Junshanshui City also started after the Chongzhou War, and it will take three more days.
It took five months to build.
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The afternoon sun is warm, the warm wind is fragrant, the grass is luxuriant, and the tender and bright winter jasmine flowers are mixed among them, causing the white butterflies to gather and disperse.
After leaving the west city gate, Lin Fu lazily straddled his horse, sniffing the spring breeze. Song Jia sat in the carriage and said to Lin Fu through the window: "Today I am also drinking the young master's full moon wine. Let's go back to the mountain early..."
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Song Jia was wearing a green shirt, with her crow-like hair hanging down sideways, making her face charming and bright.
The period of observing filial piety is about to expire in twenty days. A copy of the newspapers and newspapers in various places and residences will be sent to the mountain, and Lin Fu cannot handle official duties in Dongya.
Today is also the full moon day of Xin'er, so it is not convenient to do anything grand during the period of mourning. However, Lin Fu also ordered the inner house to prepare several banquets and invite people close to him in Chongzhou to gather on the mountain for a small gathering to please Yue'er.
Lin Fu raised his head and looked at the clear blue sky. The sun had just set slightly and it was still early. He thought that if he came to see the scenery in the spring, the scenery on the mountain would be great, so he said to Song Jia: "Then let's go up the mountain."
At this time, Cao Ziang and Qin Chengzu chased them out from the west city gate, and Chen Yuanliang sent someone from Qingzhou to deliver a secret letter.
Lin Fu stopped his horse and opened the secret letter in the street. He frowned slightly and pursed his lips for a while. Then he let out a breath, showed the secret letter to Cao Ziang, and said: "In late February, the emperor ordered Liang Xi to go south to meet Yue Yue.
Leng Qiu attacked the bandits in central Henan, hoping to calm down the situation in central Henan as soon as possible. Liang Xi was short of food and fodder, so he asked Qingzhou to send grain to Liang's army first, and paid for 50,000 soldiers, never mentioning the day when he would send troops..."
Qin Chengzu snorted coldly: "Introducing poison to quench thirst, but the thirst has not been quenched, and the poison has been poisoned. It is Chongguan's own fault..." He was gloating about Liang Xi and his son's failure to advance in Jinan.
Lin Fu frowned slightly and said: "In the several battles to regain Jinan, Liang Xi and his son used their troops with extraordinary speed and thunderous momentum. They won every battle, which also restored the Liang family's reputation, which had been very bad since the Chentangyi tragedy.
. But the root cause is that the Tianyi rebels rose up in a hurry. Although there were 300,000 people, they had incomplete soldiers and armor, unorganized camps, lack of clothing and food, and no training at all in just three to five months. They were a mob.
That's all, it's easy to defeat. In contrast, although Chen Hansan's troops only have more than 20,000 troops, nearly half of them are elite soldiers, and there are 2,000 veteran cavalry. Yue Lengqiu's population is unbearable, but his troops
They are not inferior to Liang Xi and his son, but they have not been able to get any advantage from Chen Hansan on both sides of the Yingshui River. Liang Xi and his son still have some self-awareness, how can they try to gnaw on this hard nut at this time?"
Cao Ziang stood in front of Lin Fu's horse, folded his arms, raised his left hand to support his chin, and said: "At the beginning of Liang Xi's restoration, father and son recruited more than 16,000 soldiers from Qinyang. At this time, they asked for 50,000 soldiers.
How much of the salary is imaginary and how much is it real?”
"Guan Yunbo, Liang Chengyi, attacked all of Yang from the south. Although he killed Yang Quan, Liu Miaozhen then led his troops to the north to support him. The casualties of the refugee army would not be too many. The Duke of Lu, Liang Xi, and the Marquis of Changxiang, Liang Cheng, rushed to the west to attack the Tianyi army and regain the plain.
, Jinan, and the three famous prefectures, in only twenty days, a large number of refugee troops should abandon their weapons and surrender. Liang Xi and his son selected strong soldiers and recruited them into the camp. The number of 50,000 soldiers would not be too weak... Liang Xi
The father and son are going south to join forces with Yue Lengqiu to attack Chen Han San and other refugee armies, but the strength of the previous troops is somewhat lacking." Qin Chengzu said.
Lin Fu nodded, affirming Qin Chengzu's judgment. Qin Chengzu was good at planning, and there would not be much error in judging the Liang family's military strength.
"To be serious, the red-coat girl Liu Miaozhen was no better than Chen Han Sancuo in Yingxi, and she was even more decisive when she marched north to Hezhong Mansion and responded to Yang's defeat," Cao Zi'ang said. "Liang Chengyi's tenth battalion should be Liang's troops.
If the Red Coat Girls are provided with adequate supplies, Liang Chengyi may not be a match for the Red Coat Girls..." They have a large number of sentinels in the Huainan faction to collect information, and are quite familiar with the situation of the generals of the refugee army.
Qin Chengzu and others had suffered at the hands of Chen Hansan. Although they hated him, they could also face up to Chen Hansan's ability. Cao Zi'ang admired Liu Miaozhen even more.
When Lin Fu was in Shanglin, he had a brief encounter with Liu Miaozhen and was deeply impressed by this dark and strong woman.
In terms of martial arts, Liu Miaozhen is at the same level as Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, and Ning Zechen, while Zhao Hu, Zhao Qingshan, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong, and Zhou Tong are slightly inferior.
What's even more rare is that Liu Miaozhen was very good at using troops, and she and Chen Hansan were a perfect match.
Considering that when Chen Hansan rebelled out of Huai'an, he was followed by two thousand elite cavalrymen, while when Liu Miaozhen raised his army, his subordinates could only be called two to three hundred elite men. Cao Zi'ang believed that Liu Miaozhen was even better.
"Based on the information in front of us, the refugee army has a tendency to gather in the lower reaches of the Ying River and the north bank of the Huaihe River to join forces," Lin Fu thought, "Maybe Liu Miaozhen should stay on the north bank of the Yellow River to look for fighter opportunities..."
"The refugee army gathered in Huaibei, maybe hoping to defeat the Chang Huai Army in one fell swoop," Cao Zi'ang said. "If the Chang Huai Army is defeated, there will be no troops along the Huai River to stop the refugee army from going south, crossing the Huai River, and returning to Hongzepu. Shen Rong will not have any troops in Weiyang." With the number of available troops, the refugee army can echo the She family's troops in eastern Zhejiang, even if they cross the Yangtze River and go south..."
"Judging from the current situation, Liang Xi and his son stopped advancing in Jinan, and Yue Lengqiu retreated too far north to Xuzhou. If the refugee army really bypassed Xuzhou and crossed the Huaihe River, it would be a huge headache..." Qin Chengzu said.
The refugee army met at Yingkou, and Xuzhou was east-north of Yingkou. If the refugee army wanted to cross Huainan directly, it would be too late for Yue Lengqiu to pursue it in Xuzhou. The entire Huainan area was empty of defenses, with only a small number of local garrison troops, especially Almost all the elite troops of Weiyang Mansion and Weiyang local army were sent to northern Zhejiang by Dong Yuan.
Song Jia was sitting in the carriage. When she heard this, she thought that Lin Fu would not tolerate the refugee army crossing the Huaihe River south to echo She Fei Xiong in eastern Zhejiang. Chongzhou should be further expanding at this time, right?
Lin Fu raised his head slightly and looked at the blue sky above the mountain. He thought for a moment and said to himself: "Maybe it's time to form the third water camp." After a pause, he made up his mind and lowered his head. Looking at Qin Chengzu and Cao Ziang who were standing in front of the horse, he said, "Let Ning Zechen lead Feng Li camp back to Chongzhou, and let Ge Cunxiong draw flags from the first and second battalions. All soldiers will be commanders, and there will be one hundred and twenty sentry generals." Come back together and form the third water camp directly..."
"Will the Chongcheng infantry camp left behind in Shengsi need to form another battalion?" Cao Ziang asked.
"Let Zhou Tong form another two battalions in Shengsi," Lin Fu said. "The cavalry battalion will not be expanded for the time being. The Chongcheng, Changshan, and Fengli armies will be directly upgraded to brigades, and five battalions of regular soldiers will be organized. All generals will be promoted to brigade commanders. , Chongzhou lets Ao Canghai move first..."
Song Jia listened to the unfamiliar titles of "brigade" and "brigade commander" in the carriage, and knew that it was Lin Fu's military system that was stiffly coined.
Since the founding of the country, the Dai Viet Dynasty has set up military towns to guard local areas and key border passes. Usually there are several battalions or dozens of battalions of armored soldiers. One battalion is composed of ten armored soldiers, with a troop strength of 600. The battalions and military towns are combined. There is no brigade-level setting, and there is no outpost-level setting between the headquarters and the battalion.
Song Jia thought that the three brigades of Chongcheng, Changshan and Fengli all had five battalions of regular soldiers, and the Jiangdong Left Army had fifteen battalions of elite infantry alone. In addition, the cavalry battalion had two battalions of elite soldiers, and the Jinghaihai battalion was even more organized. It was over-staffed. The second water camp had three battalions of regular soldiers, and the second water camp had two battalions of regular soldiers. At this time, Ge Cunxiong was transferred to form the third water battalion. Estimating from the number of flag leaders, captains and sentry generals, It will also directly organize two battalions of regular soldiers.
After the expansion of the Jiangdong Left Army, the total strength will reach 7 brigades and 24 battalions of regular soldiers.
In addition to the Chongzhou Infantry Battalion and the Jinghai Second Water Battalion guarding the Shengsi defense line, the Jinghai First Water Battalion protects the Tianjin-Hai grain route and the Danluo Jizhou route. The troops that will be transferred to Chongcheng by Lin Fu will include the Cavalry Battalion, Changshan Buying, Fengli Buying and the soon-to-be-formed Jinghai Third Water Camp.
Song Jia speculated that the Third Water Camp of Jinghai should focus on inland warfare. Lin Fu probably would not tolerate the refugee army crossing the Huaihe River to echo with She Fei Xiong in eastern Zhejiang, and it was even less likely to tolerate the refugee army advancing to the north bank of the Yangtze River. But this is not Jiangdong.
Opportunities for the Left Army to expand again?
The trip to Jinhai was really crucial, prompting the imperial court to implement the policy of salt and silver to protect grain and open up a route from Chongzhou to Tianjin directly via the Black Water Ocean, thus giving Chongzhou a direct influence on the Tianjin-Hai grain route. More importantly,
It was the Sun, Zhou and other maritime merchants who moved south, and a large amount of money poured into Chongzhou, which allowed Lin Fu to concentrate resources to strengthen the military preparations of the Jiangdong Left Army, and actually obtained 200,000 taels of silver to support the army, making this army
There is no financial pressure at all for a single expansion.