There were not many escorts arranged. Tian Cheng, Guo Nuer, Xi Rong, Zhao Wuji and others accompanied Han Qian across the river to meet Zhou Zang and other village leaders; Li Chong and Yao Xishui stood on the river beach to watch Han Qian and others crossing the river.
Zhou Tan is less than thirty years old, with thin and fair cheeks. He is very different from the image of the mountain king in Han Qian's impression. He wears a white robe outside his scales and looks more like a Confucian general; the other four are also within a radius of two hundred miles.
Representative of Dazhai.
It's very simple. Zhou Pan and others are attracted by the heavy reward offered by Han Qian, but they don't want their elite villagers to join the Dragon Bird Army as recruits.
This will cause quite a few elites to break away from the control of the village and be attracted by the Dragon Bird Army.
Previously, more than 20 elites had no worries in the village. After repelling Liang Jun's sudden attack on Canglang City, they chose to join Zuosi directly. This was what the villages were worried about.
They just thought that several big villages could be independent of the Longque Army and recruit to participate in the war.
In this way, after the war is over, they can take these elite villagers back without them being beaten up by meat buns and never returning.
Therefore, Zhou Pang sent people to communicate with other small villages and made an appointment to come to Canglang City together today. The other small villages naturally hope that the Five Villages can take the lead in negotiating a deal with the Longque Army.
Han Qian pondered for a long time, looked at Zhou Pang and the representatives of the other four villages, nodded and said: "I can understand the concerns of Master Zhou and others, but the calculation of salary collection may be more complicated; at the same time, if all villages are independent
Participating in the war will be quite chaotic. Otherwise, if you and your family come together and gather 1,500 people to participate in the war, you only need to accept my supervision. At the same time, I will also give 20% of the salary based on the number of participants.
We will also guarantee food and grass supplies based on the number of people from the villages who enter the east bank of the Danjiang River, but the remaining salary will be calculated based on military merit - Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"
Zhou Fang and others were wary and did not want to disperse his men to recruit into the Dragon Bird Army. Han Qian thought of simply asking them to gather together and form a mercenary force, but he also had to prevent this group of people from coming out.
If you don't work hard, you won't be able to raise enough money in one go.
Of course, Han Qian will only give them a quota of 1,500 people at the same time. In order to prevent the scale of the mercenaries from becoming too large and losing their tails, they may become mainly customers. If there are more elite copycats recruiting to join the war, they must be dispersed.
Incorporated into the Dragon Bird Army.
Zhou Pan and others were also secretly sizing up Han Qian.
Although Han Qian's official status to the outside world is just the deputy commander of the guard battalion and engaged in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, since the Longque Army stationed along the Danjiang River, Han Qian has been solely responsible for not only the contact with the village, but also most of the supplies.
The supplies are also controlled by Han Qian.
And Han Qian's identity has shown that he is a direct descendant of the third prince, which is enough for the lower-level copycat forces.
Only Han Qian was so young, which surprised Zhou Pan and others.
Zhou Pan and others discussed for a while and finally decided to accept the conditions given by Han Qian.
After the matter was decided, Dangjie merged an elite team of more than a hundred people, led by Zhou Tan, crossed the Danjiang River, and stationed on the north side of Canglang City, and then sent people back to the village to dispatch more people.
After crossing the river, Han Qian introduced Li Chong, Yao Xishui and others to Zhou Fang, saying: "General Li has joined the army to record the good and evil in the army. If I do anything inappropriate, General Li will not spare any effort."
I will report to His Highness in a humane manner. However, I recruited Master Zhou, and the generals he leads will naturally be under strict control by Master Zhou. In addition, I will allocate three hundred rock salt at this time as the salary for the first batch of recruited soldiers.
, Mr. Zhou, where do you want me to transport this batch of salt?"
Han Qian had limited manpower and could not deliver 300 pieces of rock salt to each village. He just wanted to transport it to one place and distribute it within the village.
"Master Han, if it is convenient, we can transport it to Lutai Valley." Zhou Tan said.
There is a stream in Lutai Valley that leads to the Han River. It is located in the upper reaches of the Han River. It is more than 50 miles away from Canglang City. You can send a awning boat to transport the salt there.
Of course, in addition to salt, Zhou Pan and the others also hope to exchange for other supplies that are in short supply in other villages, but as long as there are reserves in Canglang City, Han Qian will make it as convenient as possible for them.
"..." It is difficult for Li Chong to figure out what kind of person Han Qian is. In short, in his eyes, many things about Han Qian are so bold that they are beyond imagination.
They actually allowed many mountain villages, which had been unruly over the years, to form an independent army and station themselves close to Canglang?
However, listening to the attitude of Han Qian's words, Li Chong also knew that he could not stop Han Qian from acting arbitrarily in Canglang City. He could only write down everything he saw and heard truthfully and send someone to pass the letter back to Xiangzhou City.
In the next two days, with Zhou Pang as the leader, each village quickly gathered 1,500 people, all of whom prepared their own armor. It may be that many villages are familiar with each other. The arrangement of generals and the appointment of military attachés at all levels.
They deliberated on their own and were all in good order. They elected Zhou Yan as the commander of the capital and built another camp outside Canglang City to garrison.
In the past few days, although Liang Jun's offensive on Tiecrocodile Ridge has not stopped, it is not as fierce and brutal as the first two days. It is approaching the northern foot of Tiecrocodile Ridge and restricting Li Zhigao's troops from moving out of Tiecrocodile Ridge.
However, this does not mean that Liang Jun will give up the fight for Tieguling. The main reason is that there was heavy snow for three consecutive days after the new year, blocking the road and delaying the advancement of Liang Jun's infantry, which was better at attacking cities and seizing dangers, from advancing to the western front.
pace.
At this time, Liang Jun was obviously not willing to use the elite forward cavalry in siege warfare in the harsh conditions of heavy snowfall and muddy roads.
The Longque Army took advantage of the heavy snow to seal the mountains, and seized the time to build strongholds, dig ditches, transport supplies, and further adjust the deployment of troops along the Danjiang River.
At this time, Li Zhigao transferred more than 2,000 elites from the First Capital to Tieguling, and together with Guo Liang's troops, they guarded the two mountain passes at the northern foot of Tieguling; Gao Chengyuan's troops all transferred by boat to Jingzikou, and together with Du Chongtao
Five hundred soldiers of the Xiangzhou army led by his general Zhang Bao defended the territory and blocked the passage for Liang Guanzhong's soldiers and horses to leave Wuguan and enter eastward.
Han Qian left the boat gang led by Yang Qin, Feng Xuan and others as well as the four-name fleet in Xiangzhou, and also assumed the important role of material transportation and personnel transportation in the left front.
Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen, who were trapped in Xichuan City, once bypassed Li Zhigao and Han Qian and sent people to Xiangzhou City to request the Xiangzhou Army to send warships to assist them in evacuating Xichuan City. However, Du Chongtao's severe reprimand was also suppressed in Xichuan at this time.
Inside Xichuan City on the upper reaches of the river.
Taking into account the increasingly urgent situation on the western front, Han Qian finally suggested that the third prince and Shen Yang send Chai Jian to join forces for weeks and move the third capital of the Longque Army from Niushou Village in the east of Xiangzhou City to the west side to prevent the situation.
further severe.
On the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Han Qian came back from Tieguling late last night. After sleeping for two hours, he got up to handle military affairs and patrol the city. As soon as he climbed to the top of the wall, he saw a dozen black-topped sailing boats sailing upstream from the lower reaches of the Han River.
Come.
"What kind of ships are those?" Han Qian asked Tian Chengdao.
"They are grain, fodder and military supplies transported from Yingzhou to Xichuan!" Tian Cheng reported, as the scouts at the southern foot of Black Dragon Mountain had already confirmed the origin of these ships.
"Yang Qin, Feng Xuan," Han Qian saw Yang Qin and Feng Xuan wandering outside the city and shouted, "Immediately gather the troops and intercept all those boats for me. Tian Cheng, you also lead a team of people
Get on the boat, if anyone dares to resist, he will be killed without mercy, all responsibility will be borne by me!"
Li Chong and Yao Xishui heard Han Qian yelling and didn't know what was going on. They climbed to the top of the city and saw the fleet flying the flag of Yingzhou Prefecture. They understood what was going on and looked at each other. Han Qian had previously detained Yingzhou without permission.
The four generals sent by Xia Zhen to ask for help were still detained in the private prison of Canglang City and were not handed over to the Fa Cao of the Xiangzhou Army. At this time, they were intercepted by Yingzhou to deliver grain and grass supplies.
ship?
The reinforcements and grain on the west wing were mainly mobilized from twelve states including Jiang, Huang, and Eying. In order to save the manpower and material resources of the Xiangzhou Army, only part of the grain and grass collected from these twelve states needed to be transported to Xiangzhou City for concentration.
In addition to reserves, states are responsible for the supply and transportation of reinforcements to each state.
Therefore, it was absolutely taboo for Han Qian to order the interception of Yingzhou's supply fleet.
"Han Qian, what do you mean?"
"Xia Zhen has a bad record of abandoning the city. Who knows if these ships going to Xichuan will pick up Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen's two troops will retreat south?" Han Qian said.
"If the two of them dare to abandon the city again, they will be dealt with according to military law. Your actions at this time directly violate the military orders of the Defense Envoy." Li Chong said.
"...Xia Zhen even dared to run away without a fight. When did you become so timid and fearful?" Han Qian looked at Li Chong coldly and asked.
Li Chong was startled and immediately made Han Qian speechless.
Han Qian signaled Tian Cheng, and Yang Qin immediately acted on his orders. Don't let these ships break into Danjiangkou, otherwise they would send ships to chase them!
If Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen fled south by boat, what would be the use even if they were caught and punished afterwards?
As for whether the unauthorized seizure of Yingzhou's supply ship directly violated the existing order system of the Defense Envoy, Han Qian didn't care. If he didn't dare to break this rule, the reputation of the third prince would be too worthless.
