Seeing the concubine and Prince Tan looking like mothers and filial piety, Chun Shisanniang lowered her head and looked at Yao Xishui with a smile on her lips. She saw that her expression was indifferent, but she was more calm than herself.
When King Tan accompanied the concubine to the garden to talk about themselves, Chun Shisanniang stood in the corner of the yard and asked Yao Xishui: "You see, the relationship between the concubine and your highness is harmonious now, why are you still so upset?"
A little face?"
Yao Xishui glanced at the concubine and Prince Tan who were talking in the distance, and thought that in addition to the love between mother and son, Prince Tan and the concubine had lived in a secluded palace and depended on each other for thirteen years. As long as they were not aggressive and could overcome toughness with softness, Prince Tan would be
It is impossible to get rid of the concubine's hidden control easily, but how can the person from Xuzhou be an easy person to get along with?
Thinking of this, Yao Xishui sighed softly and said:
"In the past two years, all the skilled shipwrights from Yueyang and Tanzhou have been sent to Xuzhou by Han Qian. To prepare for the establishment of the Five Tooth Army, if we want to build more warships, we still have to buy ships from Xuzhou; and this time Yuzhou has another
By purchasing a large number of weapons and warships from Xuzhou, we seem to have tied Han Qian to Xuzhou, but if these conditions do not change, there is still no way to cut off his tentacles outside Yueyang."
When Zhang Ping went to Xuzhou to serve as the supervisor of the army, Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang also lived together in Xuzhou for a period of time. Although Chun Shisanniang always despised Xuzhou as a land of poor mountains and rivers, she wished she could leave Xuzhou as soon as possible.
Xuzhou, but Yao Xishui can still see the tremendous changes in Xuzhou and the huge vitality it contains.
Maybe her entanglement with Han Qian was deeper, maybe she knew Han Qian better because of this, and thought that the madam and the concubine still looked down upon Han Qian too much.
The Tanzhou Water Camp originally ruled by the Ma family was once known as the Five Tooth Army. When Yueyang City was dedicated, the Longque Army recruited a group of soldiers and warships from the water camp. On this basis, the Yuezhou Governor and the Youlongque Army were
The deputy capital commander Gao Chengyuan was responsible for preparing the water camp, and the establishment of the water camp was placed under the Youlongque Army.
Even if we do not consider attacking Jinling and controlling the rivers and lakes in Jiuzhou, Hunan, there is still a need for the water camp to form an independent army and expand the camp.
Yueyang | The water camp was expanded into the Five Tooth Army. In addition to recruiting strong and brave soldiers to practice watercraft, a number of warships were also added.
During the vassal reduction war, the original shipbuilding yards built by the Ma family in Yueyang and Tanzhou were both outside the city. Before the Longque Army came to the city, the Tanzhou Army destroyed these construction measures outside the city first. After the war, it was over.
In such a short period of time, it is impossible to regain the old outlook.
More importantly, after suppressing the two cities of Yueyang and Tanzhou, a group of shipbuilding craftsmen and even a large amount of shipbuilding timber stored for many years were taken to Xuzhou by Han Qian to expand the scale of shipbuilding stones in Wufeng Mountain and Linjiang.
At that time, no one thought that such a shocking change would occur in Jinling. No one had the shipbuilding capabilities of Jinling, Jiangzhou and even Chaozhou, and they all fell under the control of Anning Palace.
Under the leadership of Zhou Yuan, the shipbuilding yard that was urgently built after the Yueyang Year lacked skilled craftsmen and dehydrated wood that had been stored for several years. At present, it can only repair some ships and has no ability to build ships at all.
No matter how unhappy they are, this time they are preparing to build the Five Tooth Army, and the hundreds of new large and small warships will be purchased from Xuzhou.
In addition to the warships, Zhou Yuan and Han Daochang, who were in charge of the crafts department, also took over the affairs of the Craftsmanship Institute and did not appoint any other generals to oversee it.
The Craftsmanship Academy is in Yueyang, and Tanzhou has tens of thousands of official slaves and maidservants, who specialize in iron processing, copper coinage, armor casting, war weapons, bows and crossbows, city construction, etc. Not to mention city construction, but the Craftsmanship Academy
The quality of the soldiers, armor, war machines, bows and crossbows they made was much worse than those produced in Xuzhou.
Ordinary soldiers have little say in these matters, and even the opinions of low-level military attachés do not need to be considered. However, when making choices on the armor and war equipment sent by the craftsmanship academy and Xuzhou, no one can ignore the battalion commander and Du Yuhou.
The generals were filled with complaints.
The craftsmanship academy had no choice but to forcibly demote the rebel generals' family members to hard labor and official slaves. Although the number was large, it could not change the shortcomings of the extreme shortage of master craftsmen, master craftsmen and skilled craftsmen.
When the Marquis abandoned Qiuhu Mountain and retreated to Runzhou, although more than two thousand craftsmen were given special care and were not intercepted by the soldiers and horses of Anning Palace, the more than two thousand craftsmen and their families and tens of thousands of dependents wanted to
It is still extremely difficult to move into Hunan by bypassing Jinling, Chizhou, Jiangzhou, Xuanzhou and other areas controlled by Anning Palace.
In fact, more than a hundred of the best craftsmen and craftsmen trained by the Qiuhu Mountain Craftsman Workshop in the past few years had already been taken to Xuzhou by Han Qian when he was secretly planning the war to reduce the feudal vassal.
Of course, Yao Xishui will never forget that Qiuhushan Craftsmanship Workshop was built by Han Qian.
And craftsmen and craftsmen with great potential to be cultivated, such as Ji Xiyao and Chen Jitang, were arranged by Han Qian to take root in Xuzhou earlier.
Even after the capture of Tanzhou, the group of craftsmen originally controlled by the Ma family, including dozens of the best craftsmen and craftsmen, were also begged by Han Qian.
After Tanzhou was captured, everyone fell into a carnival. Everyone was eagerly waiting for the official appointment and reward from Jinling. Who would be able to distinguish who was more important among the thousands of official slaves and maidservants controlled by the Ma family in Tanzhou before?
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Although the vassal towns were divided and fought for supremacy for hundreds of years in the middle and late periods of the previous dynasty, and each family was extremely important in the construction of cities and the construction of soldiers, armor and weapons, the status of craftsmen did not improve much.
In order to facilitate the use and control, each family even directly relegated a large number of craftsmen to official slaves and centralized processing, or in other words, only slaves were used in the crafts and handicraft workshops under their jurisdiction.
If a force is rashly conquered, how many people would think of selecting talents from the slaves controlled by the other party?
Even though Zhou Yuan controlled the Ministry of Industry and was responsible for the construction and repair of armor and weapons, he could only purchase some high-quality armor and weapons from Xuzhou to appease the grievances of generals at all levels.
They were so complacent that they used Ding You's mourning to tie Han Qian to Xuzhou, and gave Han Qian the post of governor of Xuzhou, making it difficult for Han Qian to directly interfere in Yueyang's affairs. But except for Feng Liao, Du Qiniang, and Lin Haizheng,
Feng Xuan and others were beside His Highness. Han Qian thought that other more silent and more difficult to refuse ways were affecting Yue Yang, making it impossible for anyone to get rid of him, let alone the maids and eunuchs in the inner palace.
Purchase Qianyang cloth that is light, delicate, breathable, easy to use, and of high quality and low price to make robes.
On the wedding day of King Tan and Princess Qingyang, Yao Xishui felt a little worried in his heart and served the concubine together with Chun Shisanniang.
The day passed quickly and it was already dark.
On the Cishou Palace side, hundreds of bright-cornered lamps were lit inside and out and hung up, illuminating the huge courtyard as brightly as day.
After hearing the news from Changxin Palace that His Highness and Princess Qingyang had entered into the wedding ceremony, Yao Xishui breathed a sigh of relief.
Chun Shisanniang walked out of the dormitory at this time and stretched out her body in a charming manner. However, except for the eunuchs and palace maids, no one here would be attracted by her charm.
Although the Cishou Palace has its own independent ceremonial guard and bodyguards, thousands of elite lineage elites were selected and led by Li Chong and Han Jun as the left and right officers, stationed in the barracks in the northeast corner of the Cishou Palace.
In addition to the Cishou Palace of Wei, this military department also controls an inconspicuous side gate that can enter and exit the royal city in addition to the four main gates of Chongxin, Chongli, Chongren, and Chongyi.
"This day has finally passed," Chun Shisanniang stretched her body and looked at Yao Xishui, asking with a self-deprecating look on her charming face, "Do you think His Highness and Han Qian know that little bitch Qingyang is actually with us?"
Are they all remnants of the Shenling Division?"
Yao Xishui shrugged. Who can really see through Han Qian these years?
But then again, who would care now if he had something to do with the former Shenling Division?
Even if the remnants of the Shenling Division are busy fighting for power and gain all day long, how many of them really still think about avenging their country and restoring their country?
When Yao Xishui, Chun Shisanniang and the maid were about to return to the class courtyard where they lived, they saw Li Chong and Han Jun rushing in eagerly and stopped them: "What happened?"
"Are the concubine and the palace envoy asleep?" Li Chong asked anxiously.
"The concubine has gone to bed, and the madam is in the classroom to the west. I wonder if she has gone to bed. What happened?" Yao Xishui looked at Li Chong holding a piece of tissue paper stained with beeswax in his hand and asked, "Where is it?"
An urgent secret message?"
"Chuzhou soldiers and horses defeated Xu Zhu's troops in the west of Runzhou!" Li Chong said.
As a member of the Xu clan, Xu Zhu was a direct line general of the Anning Palace. Before the Jinling Incident, he served as the military envoy of Chaozhou. After the incident, he immediately led 10,000 elite troops across the river from Chaozhou to quarry, and then moved eastward along the river to Jinling.
After reuniting with the soldiers and horses controlled by Anning Palace and East Palace, he was granted the title of General Longwu, the governor of Runzhou and the military of Yangxuan states. It can be said that he was the vanguard general sent by Anning Palace to intercept Chuzhou soldiers and horses from attacking Jinling from the direction of Runzhou.
After reorganizing the surrendered imperial army and bodyguards, the number of soldiers and horses directly controlled by Anning Palace in Jinling now reaches 110,000, which are mainly divided into three groups.
The first was the 20,000 naval officers of the Lou Chuan Army led by Zhenyuan Marquis Yang Jian. After the Jinling Incident, Yang Jian finally chose to preserve the clan and sent his family back to Jinling City. He led the Lou Chuan Army to station in Jinling City.
Jingxian Lake Navy Camp in the Northeast.
First, there are 20,000 Suwei soldiers under the command of Xu Anlan, mainly the prince's direct lineage guards, who are currently mainly responsible for the garrison of the palace city and the imperial city.
The collected Forbidden Army and bodyguards were dismantled and mixed with the Chaozhou soldiers and horses led by Xu Zhu across the river and the Wenmu Bridge. Among the soldiers and horses controlled by Wen Bo, the Nanya Forbidden Army was reorganized. It had the largest number of troops and total records.
Seventy thousand generals of the Imperial Army were obtained, and Niu Gengru, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council, was appointed as the commander of all armies, camps, horses and infantry. Xu Zhu and Wen Bo were appointed as deputy generals to actually command the Nanya Imperial Army.
When Yao Xishui and others first arrived in Yueyang with the concubines Wang Chan'er, Zheng Chang and others, Wen Bo led 40,000 Nanya Imperial Guards to guard Jinling City in addition to the imperial city and palace city, while Xu Zhu led another 30,000 Nanya Imperial Guards to garrison.
Arrive at Jingshan Nunnery at the southeastern foothills of Baohua Mountain.
At that time, Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, occupied Runzhou City and joined forces with Chuzhou's vanguard troops to form a combined force of 20,000 elite troops.
Although Xu Zhu's troops were superior in strength, the morale of the troops was unstable and the people were panicked, but they were not afraid that he would dare to lead 30,000 Nanya forbidden troops to besiege Runzhou City.
However, after King Xin Yang Yuanyan leads Chuzhou's main elite across the river, he will inevitably launch a tentative attack on Xu Zhu's troops as quickly as possible, and will do everything possible to achieve victory. Only in this way can it be possible to frighten Jinling.
The nearby states and counties remained neutral for the time being and did not obey the orders of the Anning Palace, which also made it difficult for the Anning Palace to draw money, food and men from the nearby states and counties.
While Shouzhou soldiers and horses moved a little slower, Chuzhou soldiers and horses had not paid any attention to Liang Jun stationed in the direction of Xuzhou two months ago, and the main force marched south brazenly. As long as Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan assembled more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Runzhou, he could fight with them.
No matter how you look at it, Xu Zhu can take advantage of him in his first battle.
The key to the problem lies in after Xu Mingzhen led the Shouzhou soldiers and horses to cross the river.
"If King Xin leads the main force of Chuzhou to cross the river, and the marquis joins forces with him, it is natural and a good thing to defeat Xu Zhu. Why do you look so panicked?" Chun Shisanniang seemed to be hiding something.
Her beautiful eyes glanced at Li Chong and Han Jun, neither of them knew why they looked like this.
"The Lou Chuan Army blocked the waterway in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The main force of Chuzhou soldiers and horses has been unable to cross the river south. It was Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan who only led 800 silver halberd guards to cross the river first to Runzhou and meet with the front of the Chuzhou army and my father.
They met. King Xin urged my father to send troops from Runzhou, but my father could not dissuade him, so he reluctantly left Runzhou with him and headed southeast of Baohua Mountain. Xu Zhu led 30,000 Nanya forbidden troops out of Jingshan nunnery to join me.
My father and the Chuzhou forward soldiers and horses were engaged in a fierce battle in the southeast of Jingshan Temple. When my father and the others were about to be unable to withstand it, King Xin personally led eight hundred silver halberd guards to break out and charged directly into the central formation of the Nanya Forbidden Army.
Xu Zhu's head was beheaded in the formation, and the 30,000 Nanya Imperial Guards were routed!" Li Chong said.
