The Xi family was persecuted successively by Ma Yuanheng, the former governor of Xuzhou, and Feng Changyu, the magistrate of Qianyang County. The elite clan soldiers at that time were almost completely annihilated, leaving only Xi Chang and other descended soldiers in their 60s and 70s, and nearly 4,000 Xi family members who were old, weak, sick and disabled.
, and was eventually sold by Feng Changyu to the old county of central Guizhou in southwestern Hunan as a slave.
That happened in the sixth year of God's blessing. At that time, Xi Fa'er and Xi were only sixteen years old, and Xi Rong was only eleven years old at the time. It was impossible for them to forget the hatred of the destruction of their clan and the death of their family.
During the process of being trafficked, the situation of the Xi clan was extremely miserable. They died of old age, illness, and were even tortured by their new owners until many people died. At this time, there may still be two thousand clan members who are still hanging on.
Even though the hatred of the annihilation of their clan is difficult to eradicate in their hearts, Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er have despaired of restoring their clan.
Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er were originally sold to two places separately. This time they were overjoyed on the way. Their bleak slave life over the years was the most worthy of celebration. But even so, even if they saw that many of the Xi family's children were concentrated
Being sent to Canglang was just the beginning of another enslaved life. Who would have thought that they would suddenly see the dawn of a resurrected clan that would make their hearts burn?
Whether it was their personal interests or the restoration of the Xi family, Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er accepted Han Qian's words without reservation - even if Xi Cheng's death was not exactly what Han Qian said, how could Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er take advantage of it?
This horn?
"Xi Chang, Xi Fa'er is willing to obey your orders and follow you to the death. If you agree to this oath, the mountain god will abandon you." Only then did Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er know that their father and son could meet each other. Everything was arranged by Han Qian. This alone would
This was enough to make them feel grateful to Han Qian, so they immediately lay down on their bodies, kowtowed and swore an oath.
"I want to build a new Canglang City on top of the remaining city in Jun County. I need a guard force. I will transfer 60 people to your father and son to take charge. You will report all matters to Tian Cheng - I hope you will not call
I'm disappointed." Han Qian said.
The elite scouts belonging to the Zuosi Military House cannot be wasted on the daily guarding of the camp, but the camp here must also be defended.
More importantly, the number of able-bodied men that the Xi clan can gather is extremely limited, and they need to be organized and trained immediately in order to become a basic combat force under his control.
Han Qian would use the remaining people of the four surnames as civilian labor. Although among the 60 people left by Feng Xuan and Yang Qin, there were only 20 from the Xi clan, the others were all redeemed slaves. As long as they were
As long as the rewards and punishments are clear, it can still be used.
However, when it comes to differences in language, customs, and local and foreign origins, Han Qian currently wants to use Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er as the team leaders to lead this slave army; and as long as Xi Chang, Xi Fa'er and others can sincerely serve him, and Xi Fa'er can be used by him,
With the Xi family's nominal female chieftain here, the morale of these nominal slave soldiers will not be too weak.
At present, this army has a temporary strength of 60 people. When Yang Qin and Feng Xuan lead the fleet again, the number may be expanded to more than a hundred people. At a certain time, it will be able to feed back the manpower shortage of the boat gang and the four surname fleets;
After all, these people are nominally borrowed from boat gangs and fleets.
The problem is that Zuo Si continues to expand, and the team he needs to support is getting bigger and bigger. Zuo Si's military resource hole will also become deeper and deeper. In addition, he also has to fully support Li Zhigao to establish a foothold in the three counties of Dengxi - Canglang City can, to a certain extent,
It was said that it was built for Li Zhigao - how long the money shop's scam could last, Han Qian became a little unsure.
Han Qian stayed with Xi Chang again, and Xi Fa'er was talking in the big tent, thinking about his words to the slave soldiers below.
The restoration of the Xi clan cannot be publicized for the time being, and the morale of the slave soldiers must be stimulated for Han Qian's use, so rhetoric is very important; in addition, the special features of the training of this slave soldier must be carefully considered, and Han Qian must
Qian does not have many elites to control all affairs, so the slave soldiers will temporarily be organized and trained under the military depot run by Tian Cheng.
Tian Cheng led Xi Chang and Xi Fa'er to arrange the training of slave soldiers and the distribution of armor. Han Qian also called in Zheng Tong, an old engineer who had been transferred from the workshop.
Zheng Tong and other ten engineers and more than seventy craftsmen arrived in Xiangzhou by boat this time with the main force of the Longque Army.
Even if Xiangzhou is taken into consideration, a group of civilians can be requisitioned on the spot or uniformly assigned by Du Chongtao, but the Longque Army has 7,000 soldiers and horses, and the Zhengerba Jing soldiers are about 6,500, and there are still 500
There are many logistics supply personnel, mainly various craftsmen, to ensure that the Longque Army builds walls, trenches, builds weapons, repairs armor, and even provides medical treatment.
Even when Han Qian set out from Jinling, Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others had not yet decided to push forward the establishment of Junzhou, but Han Qian transferred an additional hundred craftsmen from the workshop for his own use, so that he did not have to be restricted.
The subordinate officials under Zhou Yuan made things difficult for him.
Zheng Tong had only been in Canglang for a few days, and several engineers discussed it before coming up with a plan for building the city.
Zheng Tong walked into the big tent and his opinion was very clear. If there were only three to four hundred strong laborers available, and there were not enough mules and horses to match them, it would be almost impossible to rebuild a new earthen city wall according to the scale of the old city in Jun County.
It would take ten years to build.
Although Zheng Tong was not proficient in arithmetic, he was experienced. Not only did he participate in the construction of Taowu Jijunfu Tucheng and Sentinyuan on behalf of Zuo Si, he was also the chief builder of all the large and small buildings in the workshop.
, I have also presided over the construction of the walled city before, and the estimate of the project volume will not be too far off.
The remnant city of Jun County is located at the intersection of the Han River and the Dan River. There is abundant rain in summer and autumn, and there are flash floods from time to time, which rush down from the mountains and flow into the Dan River or the Han River. The requirements for rammed earth city construction are extremely high and do not save much manpower.
If Han Qian's request was to mix lime mortar and bamboo grass clippings into the rammed clay, the wall would be stronger, but it would require more manpower, money and food.
The strong labor force currently gathered in Canglang is obviously far from enough to build the city. However, Han Qian's previous methods can only be gradually implemented. It is impossible to call these cottages immediately.
All the strong laborers are sent here to serve Zuo Si.
If these people were detained, wouldn't these copycats be stupid?
As for the current defense situation in the Nanyang Basin, money and food are easy to talk about, but it is unlikely that Du Chongtao will allocate additional civilians to support the Longque Army in building a city here.
On the one hand, Xiangzhou already has a small fortress on the south bank. On the other hand, on the entire Deng-Xiang defense line, no strong civilians should be requisitioned to strengthen the city wall?
Even if the Longque Army can win over some strong civilians, it must first ensure Li Zhigao's needs for building forts in Jingzikou and other places.
At this time, let alone building an encircling city wall in ten years, Han Qian felt that the situation was unbearable even if it was delayed for two or three months.
There are already a small group of Liang Army scouts operating in the wilderness north of Fancheng. They dare not penetrate into the mountains on both sides for the time being, but this is only temporary. As long as a main force of Liang Army enters the Nanyang Basin, Deng Xiang's soldiers can be suppressed.
The horse did not dare to move rashly. Liang Jun's small group of elite scouts would inevitably spread to both wings.
Zuo Si wanted to establish a foothold in Canglang. Without the protection of the city wall, how could he resist the harassment of Liang Jun's scouts?
As a result, the plan proposed by Zheng Tong and other engineers cannot be adopted at all.
Han Qian led Xi Ying, Zheng Tong and others out of the tent and saw three to four hundred people in the camp clearing away the remaining walls and ruins.
Most of the houses in the old city of Junxian County are made of rammed earth walls. Even if they were not completely destroyed in the previous wars, they have not been repaired or maintained for ten or even decades, and have been left in ruins due to wind and rain.
, dangerous walls that may collapse at any time need to be demolished, cleaned and rebuilt.
At this time, it can also be seen that a large number of houses in Jun County are excavated in mud trenches, paved with stones as the foundation, and then rammed earth is built on the stone foundation to build walls. Although it is not as good as using bricks and stones to build from bottom to top, it is still the same.
Quite sophisticated.
Han Qian carefully inspected the ruins of the old city of Junxian County. This city was destroyed by war in the late period of the previous dynasty. The traditional courtyard buildings had been abandoned in the city, and instead it was a criss-crossing street structure.
In the higher-lying northeastern wing, and even where state and county governments and other institutions are located, the lanes are quite wide. However, in the southwest part closest to the Han River and Danjiang River, the terrain is low and it is mainly the residence of the poor. The lanes are quite narrow, and some
Even if you look at the ruins of the alleyway, it may not even be wide open at all. Not to mention that it is suitable for carriages and horses to pass through. A person who walks in will feel a very strong sense of oppression.
They had previously chosen to camp, mainly on the northeastern wing where the terrain was higher. However, due to the situation, they had to build a fort as quickly as possible. Han Qian discovered that the focus of their previous choice was wrong.
"We should build a small fortification in the southwest first," Han Qian called Zheng Tong and other engineers over and said, "This area is full of poor people's residences, and the lanes are narrow, but you see, after clearing this debris, both sides of the lane
The foundation of the remaining wall on the side, plus the tunnel itself, is only five feet wide, which is exactly the width of the earth wall we need to build the fortification in the early stage."
Han Qian's plan was to select two lanes a hundred steps apart, use the remaining wall foundations on both sides of the lanes to build walls, and first build a hundred-step square fort to meet the needs of the early raids by Liang Jun's scouts.
Under the existing conditions, the Shanzhai was still wary, but to make full use of the Shanzhai's manpower, Han Qian sent craftsmen to two nearby Shanzhai that were relatively mild-mannered to help them build lime kilns, guide them in firing lime, and then
Zuosi purchased the lime from them, thus saving the manpower of mining limestone and burning lime.
Even the required coal, iron, stone, wood and other materials can be cooperated with the villages connected by streams in this way.