It was already late January when Song Jiabei returned to Xuzhou.
It was a cold spring, and Sishui River had just thawed, and the river was crowded with boats transporting grain, wood, iron, coal, and cloth.
The carrying capacity of inland river boats is small. Even so, the transportation efficiency is high and cannot be compared with that of human, camel and horse transportation.
After Xuzhou was recaptured, the Huaisi River was frozen, and mules and horses could only be used to transport scarce supplies up there. However, a large amount of supplies needed for reconstruction were gathered in Siyang, Shanyin, Huai'an, Sukou and other towns along the Huaihe River.
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The river had just thawed after the beginning of spring. Such a huge amount of supplies had to be sent to Xuzhou in a short period of time. Thousands of ships were launched together, and the sails and masts on the river were like forests. When the canal road was open, people on the Sishui River
It is rare to see such a grand scene.
Song Yi is the son of Song Shixing, the military leader of the Song family. He was 21 years old at the time. Although he grew up in the army and has followed his father in the army in recent years, he has never experienced a cruel war. This trip to the north is his first time.
Leaving Fujian, he felt so many new things. Entering the Huaihe River from Huaikou, he saw the cities along the coast standing like mountains and the flat fields as far as the eye could see. On the Huaisi River, the prosperity of boat boats was far beyond what could be seen in Fujian.
Only after comparison can we truly realize that the power of the Central Plains is beyond the reach of Fujian.
If the Central Plains falls into disintegration and chaos, and if Ba Min can succeed, as long as a slightly stronger figure rises, the expansion momentum of Ba Min can be curbed. It was blocked by Li Zhuo before, and now it is blocked by Huaidong. It is not an accidental factor.
Traveling thousands of miles and reading tens of thousands of books, Song Yi had not yet had a deep impression of what he had done in Quanzhou. This time he took a sea ship to go north, and he felt deeply. It was the Lin Zhengjun class sea ship they took that overturned his previous experience.
understanding.
In the past, Jin'an and Quanzhou could build sea-going ships with a maximum carrying capacity of 3,000 stone, which they regarded as huge ships. However, the Chongzhou Shipyard can now build six Linzhengjun-class sea-going ships with a carrying capacity of 20,000 stone every year.
We set sail from Zhuxi County in Yizhou to the north and entered the Huaihe River in six days. We loaded more than 10,000 bags of rice on the ship. It is hard to imagine how much manpower and material resources it would take to transport so much grain to Huaikou by land.
The sea-going ship anchored in Guanyun, and bulk goods had to be transferred from Guanyun. Song Jia, Song Yi and other descendants of the Song family transferred to river boats and rushed to Siyang. Seeing that the Sishui river was congested, they transferred to carriages and mules and went north by land.
Entered Xuzhou City on January 28th in the third year of Yongxing.
At this time, the city of Xuzhou was decorated with lanterns and festoons for the marriage of Lin Fu and Liu Miaozhen.
When we went south, the city of Xuzhou had just been recovered and was dilapidated and desolate. Now when we return to Xuzhou, the city has not been repaired on a large scale, but the atmosphere is very different.
In order to relieve the pressure of food, a large number of refugees accumulated in the city were evacuated to Suining and Suyu in the south; military camps were also built outside the city to reduce the pressure on this dilapidated city.
As soon as the pressure of population decreased, the order in the city improved greatly, and the streets were tidied up than before. After the beginning of spring, the river thawed, and the warships of the Third Water Camp of Jinghai had entered Weishan Lake outside Xuzhou City. Xuzhou City was directly faced with
The military pressure was greatly relieved, and the faces of ordinary people in the streets and streets were filled with rare smiles.
Lin Fu held a banquet at Huzhuang on the north side of Shigou Lake to entertain Song Yi and other Song family descendants. Lin Fu and Song Jia had been separated for two months, and they missed each other so much that they went to the back house after the banquet.
, first there was a passionate love, and then they talked about separation and separation.
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At night in early spring, the cold air was still quite biting, so a brazier was lit in the room, which was as warm as spring.
During this period of time, Song Jianan was running north and south, and it was very hard. His chin had become much thinner. When he returned to Lin Fu's side, he was lying lazily, too tired to get up. Thinking of the charming character just now, the corner of his mouth
Yanran, with boundless amorous feelings, listened to the wind blowing in the garden trees outside the window, then put on her thin shirt, lay on Lin Fu's chest, and said lazily: "It's only been two months since I left, but you have enjoyed it all."
Yanfu, I'm afraid that I'll leave it somewhere and won't pay attention to it anymore..."
"Really?" Lin Fu smiled and put his hands on Song Jia's waist. Her waist was slender and her plump buttocks were underneath. He patted her gently, and her buttocks/meat were trembling slightly, which was especially attractive.
, "I think about you every day that you can come back sooner..."
"Only a ghost can believe you," Song Jia wrinkled her nose and gently bit the flesh of Lin Fu's chest, "I was outside, but there was only one thing I found strange. How could you have such a thick skin to take the red-coated girl into your room?
inside?"
"When it comes to this matter, I feel wronged!" Lin Fu cried bitterly and told Song Jia in detail about Liu Miaozhen coming to the door and recommending herself as a concubine.
"Ah!" Song Jia was also surprised and sat up holding Lin Fu's chest. When she heard the news in Quanzhou, she felt very strange. She never expected that Liu Miaozhen would take the initiative to break the window paper and sighed.
, "She is really a strange woman, Song Jia is not as good as her."
Song Jia had a very high self-esteem, and Lin Fu had not heard her say anything about being mediocre, so he smiled and said, "You all praise her as a wonderful woman who takes the overall situation into consideration, but have you ever thought that I have to sacrifice a lot?"
"What are you sacrificing? Your appearance?" Song Jiajiao laughed and remembered something again, and said, "I'm thinking, if on the day you marry Miaozhen, she tells you seriously that she married you for
The overall situation has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women. If I want to drive you out of the bridal chamber, what should you do?"
"..." Lin Fu was slightly startled and said, "Don't scare me with such words!" Thinking about it again, since this window was broken, Liu Miaozhen has been present and participated in many discussions. Although he respects Liu Miaozhen
, but when I think about such a beautiful woman marrying me as my concubine, sometimes I can't help but feel impatient and passionate, and my heart has longing, but Liu Miaozhen seems to have nothing abnormal.
Song Jia said: "You can't defeat them again and again. They are not willing to consummate your marriage. Even if you want to be the overlord, you can't do it..." This matter is very funny even when I think about it, nestling in Lin Fu.
Laughing non-stop in my arms.
"The overlord can't do it with her, so he's afraid that he can't do it with you?" Lin Fu grabbed Song Jia's slender waist, pressed her under him, spread her legs, and tried to force her to have sex again. Song Jia struggled.
She wanted to resist, but she was not as strong as Lin Fu, she just found it very interesting.
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Although Liu Miaozhen married Lin Fu as his concubine, her status was different from others. Emperor Yongxing also specially approved the marriage and granted Liu Miaozhen the title of Lady of Sizhou and the title of Marquis of the same town. Although the marriage would not be arranged in a grand manner, the six etiquette must be followed.
According to the plan, the wedding date is about mid-March.
The work of integrating Huaiyang Town into Huaidong had already begun. When Song Jia returned to Xuzhou, the Xuzhou Combat Training School had been established, and it had been half a month since the first batch of camp sentry officers from Huaiyang Town were selected for training at the Combat Training School.
Huaiyang Town was officially incorporated into the Infantry Division of the Huaidong Army Division, and was organized into the Huaiyang Army, Fengli Camp, Changshan Camp, Chongcheng Infantry Camp, and Jinhai Camp of the Northern Army. Lin Fu was also in the Huaiyang Army.
The system of military commanders and commanders joining the army is promoted at the battalion level to assist the generals in combat command, daily training, logistical supplies and other issues. It also allows Huaidong generals to take this opportunity to integrate into the Huaiyang military system on a large scale and officially
The complete integration of the Huaiyang Army.
Lin Fu's title was also different from the previous one. It was changed to Pengcheng County Duke, who was also in charge of Changshan, Fengli, Chongcheng, Jinhai, Huaiyang and Jinghai military capitals, and also in charge of eastern Zhejiang, Huaidong and Xuzhou.
He also held the title of prefect of Hailing, was given the title of right minister of the Ministry of War, etc. Every time Lin Fu saw his long title, he couldn't help but frown for a long time.
Liu Miaozhen was willing to serve as a general and served as the commander of the Huaiyang military capital. Li Liang was the deputy commander. He organized five brigades and twenty-five battalions of infantry, five battalions of light cavalry, and one battalion of armored cavalry, with a total of 19,000 soldiers.
At this time, the Xuzhou marching army was organized, with Malantou as the capital commander and Liu Xilin as the deputy commander, with a total of twenty battalions of infantry.
In the system of the Huaidong Military Division, Fengli, Changshan, Chongcheng, Jinhai, and Huaiyang are the main forces directly controlled by the Military Division, and the marching army is the local garrison.
With Xuzhou City as the boundary, the peripheral city forts, including Peixian, Huaiyang, Xuzhou, Guangqi and other cities, were located on the periphery of the entire Xusi defense line. The battle was fierce. The Huaiyang Army was mainly responsible for the defense, and the camp army assisted in the defense.
; while Suining, Yusu, Yizhou and other cities located to the south and east of Xuzhou City are relatively on the inside of the safer defense line and are mainly garrisoned by marching troops.
Through this kind of deployment, limited troops, armor, and ordnance resources can be effectively allocated to form a more stable defense line.
In addition to strengthening the peripheral defensive fortifications with Xuzhou City as the core, water fortifications were also built on islands in the Weishan Lake between Guangqi and Peixian in the north of Xuzhou City. With Yang Shi as general, a water fortification was transferred from the Third Water Camp of Jinghai.
The brigade army and warships entered Weishan Lake as a very important supplement to Xu Si's peripheral defense line.
In addition, nearly 30,000 troops are deployed in Xuzhou, Huaiyang, Peixian, Guangqi, Xiapi, Yizhou, Suining and other places. They are usually responsible for city repairs and assisting local governments in building ditches, bridges, and roads to restore production, and in
Military stockpiles were carried out around peripheral defense villages such as Peixian and Guangqi to make up for the lack of military support.
In addition to the peripheral defense line with Xuzhou City as the core, the Fengli Army, led by Ning Zechen, and the two naval brigades of the Jinghai Third Water Camp, with nearly 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 supply troops from the engineering supply camp, were stationed in the area.
The inner side of Xu Si's defense line with Shanyang and Siyang as the core.
In order to provide Huaidong with a relatively safe inner line, Lin Fu directly invested 60,000 soldiers and 50,000 supply troops on Xu Si's defense line.
After the beginning of spring, the rivers thawed and Xu Si's defense line was stabilized. Yanhu also deliberately reduced Xu Si's frontal military operations to avoid large-scale battles, but at the same time increased its resistance to Yishan, Kunyu Mountain and other resistance forces that extended into eastern Shandong.
The more important thing is to strengthen the siege of Miaoshan, Jinwei Island and other places close to the hinterland.
The warships built in a hurry by Yan Hu were naturally unable to compete with the warships of the Huaidong Shui Camp for supremacy on the sea. However, Jinwei Island and Miaoshan Islands were too close to the land and became the most deadly threats to the troops of the Miaoshan Special Camp.
threaten.
The nearest island in the Miaoshan Archipelago is only twelve or three miles away from Dengzhou City. Even if a paddle boat goes out to sea, it only takes two sticks of incense to cover such a short distance. Once the Yanhu soldiers and horses go to sea, they will not be with the Huaihe River.
Dongshuiying's warships were entangled on the sea and could quickly land on these offshore islands.
In early February, Nahe Xiongqi organized a group of fishing boats to transport more than 3,000 soldiers, raided the sea from the river bend on the inner side of Dengzhou, landed on the South Island of Miaoshan, forcibly captured the South Island, and destroyed the defense facilities of the South Island.
They also organized fishing boats at night to bring the soldiers back to land.
The Miaoshan camp army lost more than 300 men in this battle, which also made Huaidong realize that Huaidong's warships could not fully exert their advantages at such a short distance from the land.