After the Jinling Incident, the elite Chuzhou army crossed the Yangtze River and marched south. However, the troops and horses were mainly concentrated in the eastern corner of Baohua Mountain. The battle of Jingshan'an did not deviate from this area. When Li Pu led the remnants of the Taowu gathering troops to move to Yanling
As far as food is concerned, the scope of the war has only expanded to about fifty or sixty miles south.
Not counting Dantu, which belongs to Runzhou, in Danyang and Jinling counties, excluding Taowu military households, 50,000 to 60,000 old, weak, women and children fled east and south. Currently, Jiangcheng County is the most affected, with almost 60,000 to 70,000 people fleeing.
They took refuge in Jinling City, especially in the eastern part of Jiangcheng County, where the villages were almost deserted.
However, there have been no major disturbances in the counties south and southwest of Jinling such as Pingling, Lishui, Yong'an, Wuhu, and Dangtu, let alone the counties under the jurisdiction of Xuanzhou in the south.
Maoshan borders Danyang, Jintan and Liyang counties in Runzhou to the east and Jiangcheng, Lishui and Pingling counties under Jingzhao Prefecture to the west.
Jiang Cheng didn't mention it. Of the more than 30,000 hectares of grain fields in Lishui and Pingling counties, about 70% were farmland controlled by aristocratic families. With a population of more than 200,000, almost 70% were slaves or maids controlled by aristocratic families.
The status of a tenant farmer is slightly higher than that of a slave.
Since the Chishan Army sheltered nearly 50,000 women and children and retreated to Maoshan, even though the Chishan Army still focused on publicity in the early stage, mainly to attract slaves to take the initiative to surrender, the aristocratic families in the two counties also immediately became vigilant - Cong Shanghu personally
The experience can also be seen that the family members are anxious and worried about the restlessness of the slaves, and at the same time they also strengthen the personal control and supervision of the slaves.
Since the late period of the previous dynasty, Jinling, as the residence of Shengzhou Jiedushi, has not experienced too many wars, but it has also been deeply troubled by bandits.
The powerful families in Lishui and Pingling counties have basically built quite strong forts in recent years, and the tradition of recruiting slaves to guard the forts has also formed internally. Therefore, this is also destined for the Chishan Army to truly
The formal launch of large-scale grain and military conscription in Maoshan is unlikely to be smooth sailing.
At present, the Chuzhou Army envoy Zhao Zhen is guarding the three cities of Danyang, Jintan and Liyang, and is leading 3,000 elite cavalry to patrol and operate on the east flank of Maoshan Mountain.
Although the Chishan Army has currently obtained 1,400 to 500 war horses from Danyang City, the problem is that without half a year or more of cavalry training, the newly recruited cavalry generals of the Chishan Army will not be able to ride a horse even if they can barely do so.
It is impossible to be qualified to compete with the elite cavalry of Chuzhou on the vast plains.
In order to prevent the elite cavalry of the Chuzhou Army from suddenly going around to the west flank of Maoshan Mountain to intercept, Han Qian planned for Zhao Wuji, Feng Xuan, Dou Rong and others to take turns leading their troops out, and the range of activities would be limited to thirty miles away from the main peak of the eastern foothills.
At the same time, beacon points and lookout posts should be set up at high points such as the Big and Small Maofeng, Leiping Peak, Qingjin Peak, Canglongbei, etc. to ensure that the activities of the Chuzhou Army on the east flank of Maoshan can be detected in a timely manner. Once it is discovered that its elite cavalry has detoured
If there are signs on the west wing, the beacon point will light up the beacon smoke to notify them that the soldiers and horses entering the west wing area will be withdrawn in time or troops will be sent from the north and south wings to intercept and entangle them.
Of course, the three elite battalions currently led by Zhao Wuji, Feng Xuan, and Dou Rong each have 800 generals. Mainly due to the temporary lack of middle- and senior-level military attachés, they are over-staffed in number. When each battalion takes turns to move out,
Guards must also be separated, and the two troops and horses must be used crosswise to collect food.
At a closer distance, the women's camp led by Kong Xirong and the youth camp led by Wei Chang had to arrange
Auxiliary transportation of personnel and placement of personnel.
Han Qian also requested that Lin Haizheng be the leader and supervise that all battalions must conduct reconnaissance and prediction of the enemy's situation before each dispatch, as well as make specific and detailed action plans.
Han Qian would personally participate in the first few action plan formulations in order to reduce omissions and standardize related operations.
Even though Yao Xishui has not had the opportunity to have in-depth contact with the battalion in recent years, he has read many military books familiarly and knows what it was like to command and manage the battalion in those days. He secretly feels that Lin Haizheng, Zhao Wuji, Feng Xuan and others were trained by Han Qian over the years.
The direct descendants who have risen up and are not familiar with pen and ink may be able to follow Han Qian's request and run the army in such a tedious manner.
However, the Chishan Army currently only has more than 3,000 troops and only three battalions that can be mobilized to fight. Han Qian also has plenty of energy to take care of many things.
However, the Chishan Army has truly completed the establishment of an army with five capitals and twenty-five battalions. Is it okay for Han Qian to manage the army in such a cumbersome manner?
In Yao Xishui's view, maybe Han Qian is more suitable to be a military advisor who has to worry about everything, regardless of the details, and would be embarrassed to be appointed as a general, right?
In this world where warriors rule, this is somewhat gratifying to Yao Xishui.
Otherwise, Han Qian's scheming is so deep that it is difficult to guard against him. If he is a natural-born general, how terrifying would it be?
Listening to Han Qian's extremely complicated discussions with the generals on the formal arrangements for collecting food and slaves the next day, Yao Xishui felt a little bored and said, "Only for these matters, I think the Marquis will be willing to cooperate with you."
"Master Li has scolded me so much these past two days. I don't believe he can turn around so quickly." Han Qian glanced at Yao Xishui and said calmly, "If he is really willing to cooperate, Miss Yao, what's your name?"
Lord Li came to see me personally."
Yao Xishui secretly hated Han Qian's words, didn't he ask Li Pu to bow to him? How could Li Pu be willing to bow his head so easily?
However, she thought in her mind that the cavalry guards of the Prince's Palace were stationed at Xiaomaofeng in the west. They could just go find the target by themselves when the time came. Why should they listen to Han Qian's orders?
Seeing that Yao Xishui fell silent and did not argue for Li Pu, Han Qian just glanced at her and called Lin Haizheng without saying anything. Zhao Wuji made preparations according to the plan, and then asked Yao Xishui: "Representative of Miss Yao
The concubine is here, but if you want to stay here, you have to return to Lishui City?"
There was a painting boat parked in Lishui City in the evening of Honglou. Yao Xishui believed that it could not be hidden from Han Qian's eyes and ears, so he did not feel any fuss about Han Qian's words and said: "It is rare to meet my adoptive father. As long as Mr. Han does not drive me away,
I will stay in the mountains for two more days."
"Miss Yao knows in her heart that the current situation is dangerous, and if she makes a mistake, she will be doomed." Han Qian did not comment on whether Yao Xishui wanted to stay in the mountains, but warned her not to think about conspiring with Li Pu to hold him back.
"Xishui is not that ignorant of praise." Yao Xishui said.
Han Qian nodded and watched Zhang Ping and Yao Xishui retreat first. He walked to the corridor and looked at the long white clouds in the mountains.
The violent reaction of the aristocratic family members did not surprise him. Moreover, if there were still rich reserves of grain in the local area, they were all controlled by the aristocratic family members and hidden in the granaries of the strong family forts of the aristocratic families.
In such a case, both
In order to ensure that enough grains and other necessary materials can be collected, and to release the personal control of the slaves by the noble families, we can only use force to blast open the clan fortresses of these noble families and smash all resistance.
The bloody suppression continues.
War is always bloody and there is no tenderness or warmth.
However, this time he was completely on the opposite side of the family.
In the eyes of the family members, he will be a big thief and a big bandit.
Han Qian had been psychologically prepared for this, but it was not an easy task to ensure that he could smash open the gates of the aristocratic families as quickly as possible and to ensure that the casualties did not get out of control.
Extremely tedious and meticulous work must be done before and after.
Under the covetousness of the elite cavalry of the Chuzhou Army, it is impossible to surround the city and then build siege weapons leisurely to attack. However, if a strong city defended by two to three hundred people does not want to suffer heavy casualties and lose control, how can it be possible
To attack by force in one day or even less than half a day?
Therefore, in a short period of time, they have to select the family members who exploit slaves the most harshly and cruelly as targets.
Since the Jinling Incident, not a single grain of grain from the Jiangdong prefectures has been transported into Jinling City. The grain and other materials needed by Jinling City have been mainly dependent on inputs from surrounding counties for several months.
At this time, the price of grain in Jinling had only risen to 20 yuan per stone, which was not terrible, but for ordinary people, the previous spring famine was already extremely hard.
The family members still have food in hand, but seeing the Chuzhou army's strength, they don't know how long the war will drag on. Even if they don't have the intention of hoarding, they will be more stringent in controlling the supply of food rations to their slaves.
The war has not spread, but the conflict between the aristocratic families and the slaves and poor people in Pingling, Liyang and other counties has been tense for several months.
Especially for those aristocratic families who usually exploit slaves and tenant farmers the most harshly, internal conflicts are actually on the verge of breaking out.
Of course, if there is no fuse, no one to guide and organize, under the threat of war and two powerful armies, except for a few bloody and violent people who will resist sporadicly or escape without success, most slaves will still be docile.
They succumbed to the servitude of their masters and were eventually driven into Jinling City like docile sheep.
Xinchang Hou Li Pu, Li Xiu, Li Qi and others, from their standpoint, the Xin family would naturally regard those slaves who dared to run away or even directly take up weapons to resist the master's family as rebellious officials and scoundrels, and it was difficult to deeply understand the most important thing within the family.
The essence, the most fundamental opposition and contradiction, is the most powerful weapon to resolve the current crisis.
And Han Qian was going to be the trigger. He not only encouraged the slaves in Liyang and Pingling counties to tear up and burn their bodies, drag their families and their families back to Maoshan with them, but also sent people to sneak into Wuhu, which was temporarily beyond their reach.
Yong'an and other counties stirred up troubles, catalyzing the conflict between the slaves at the bottom and the wealthy families, leading them to rebel against the wealthy families, smashing open granaries, stealing grain and other materials and fleeing to Maoshan.
Of course, Han Qian must now realize that there will be no turning back for him in the future. Even if sometimes he has to compromise and not give in, it must be temporary, otherwise he may be defeated by the power that supports him at this time.