Han Wenhuan and Han Daochang secretly sneaked into Xuancheng and sent word to Fu Mo, who had served as a household doctor in the court, but was implicated in the tomb destruction case three years ago and retired to live in seclusion in Xuancheng. They made an appointment to meet Gu Zhilong.
Gu Zhilong was undecided, just thinking about shopping around.
Han Qian sent people to see him. Gu Zhilong's heart was mainly dissatisfied with Han Qian's lack of foundation, recruiting slaves into the army and enmity with aristocratic families. At the same time, he didn't think what the Chishan Army assembled by a ragtag group of people could do.
Furthermore, Han Qian sent Zhang Ping, Feng Yi, Feng Liao and others to Langxi City to ask for a meeting. Gu Zhilong also suspected that Han Qian had bad intentions. In addition to contacting him, his bigger purpose was to make Anning Palace and the Chuzhou Army confront him.
Xuanzhou was suspicious.
Han Wenhuan and Han Daochang were able to come over from Yueyang, go to Xuancheng and have a private meeting. Although Gu Zhilong didn't feel that it was the time for him to put his money into the game, he no longer hesitated.
In addition to Han Wenhuan, Han Daochang's connections and influence in Xuanzhou cannot be compared with that of Han Qian. The more important thing is Han Wenhuan. Han Daochang came thousands of miles away to represent the third prince, King Yang Yuanpu of Tan.
If he doesn't even see him, doesn't talk to him, doesn't show a little courtesy, and doesn't show all the courtesy at this time, if Yueyang gains power in the future, will he still be able to sell it at a good price in Yueyang?
However, Gu Zhilong is still a suspicious person, especially since the Chishan Army has eight to nine hundred elite cavalry and more than two thousand infantry stationed at Tingzi Mountain, twenty miles east of Langxi City. He must be on guard against Han Qianyong no matter what.
In order to win over him, he took more than 1,500 direct tooth soldiers with him and escorted him back to Xuancheng.
After Gu Zhilong left, the people responsible for staying in Langxi were his second son Gu Zhao and the magistrate of Langxi County Zhou Yuanhe.
Zhao Wuji and Feng Liao led the cavalry camp through Miaodian Ridge in the east of Langxi City and around to the Xuanlang Post Road in the south of Langxi City. It rained heavily. Gu Zhao and Zhou Yuanhe were not aware of it in Langxi City.
The rain stopped and the wind stopped, and the morning light enveloped the earth. Not only Zhao Wuji, but also Feng Liao led 300 elite cavalry to reach the pass in front of Honglinbu. Shi Ji also led more than a thousand cavalry to bypass Langxi City and advance twenty miles south of Langxi City.
The white horse outside is resting.
When Gu Zhao and Langxi County Magistrate Zhou Yuanhe reported this, they were confused and summoned the generals in the city to discuss for a long time, but they didn't know what the Chishan Army wanted to do.
When the alarm bell at the East City Gate Tower rang loudly, they hurriedly boarded the East City Gate Tower and saw from a distance a dense swarm of men and horses, illuminated by the morning light, crossing the mountain crest from the direction of Tingzi Mountain and approaching Langxi City in a mighty manner.
There were also many tall siege equipment clustered in the array, and the faces of the people suddenly turned pale.
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"
Zhou Yuanhe was in his fifties. As a descendant of the Zhou family in Ningguo County, Xuanzhou, he worked as a scribe under Gu Zhijun when he served in the Shengzhou Jiedu Envoy in his early years. Gu Zhilong was transferred to Xuanzhou Governor. He was recommended by Gu Zhilong and went to Xuanzhou.
Ren Hucao joined the army and has been a direct descendant of Gu Zhilong's side for all these years.
After the Jinling Incident, Gu Zhijun immediately had Zhong Jitang, the former magistrate of Langxi County, poisoned and recommended Zhou Yuanhe to replace him, ensuring that Langxi, as the northern gateway to Xuanzhou, would always be in his hands so that he could sell it at a price.
Zhou Yuanhe was also one of the few people in Langxicheng who knew about Gu Zhilong's return to Xuancheng to meet Han Wenhuan yesterday.
Seeing this scene in front of him, could he still not understand what was going on?
His face was pale, and the hand holding down the wall could not help but tremble slightly. He never thought that Han Wenhuan and Han Daochang sneaked into Xuancheng to meet Gu Zhilong, but they were actually the bait thrown by Han Qian to lure Gu Zhilong away from Langxi.
After the Chishan Army captured Shangjiapu and extended its military front to the northern area of Xuanzhou, Langxi City, as the northern gateway to Xuanzhou, recruited soldiers from the family, and the garrison soon increased significantly to 6,000.
However, among the six thousand garrison troops, the most elite were the fifteen hundred tooth troops led by Gu Zhilong himself, which was Gu Zhilong's expanded personal guard battalion based on the three hundred troops.
After deducting these 1,500 elite Yajun troops, the remaining 4,500-plus garrison troops were all based on the original Langxi County soldiers, and were composed of children from aristocratic families, elite slaves, and county citizens.
In order to ensure the interests of the families in Xuanzhou, he recruited the children of the aristocratic families and young and strong slaves to join the army. Gu Zhilong also allowed the young and strong slaves to be directly commanded by the children of the aristocratic families and merged into the Xuanzhou governor's banner in the name of clan soldiers and clan soldiers to receive unified command.
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Although the Langxi garrison still had more than 4,500 troops, the difference between them and whether there were 1,500 elite Yajun troops led by Gu Zhilong himself was huge.
Whether it is the former soldiers of Langxi County, the newly recruited children of aristocratic families, or the slaves and maidservants who have joined the army, the people of the county, although they are all strong and well-armed, they have been trained diligently in the past two or three months and have enough food.
, but there are not many veterans who have actually been on the battlefield and seen blood.
Here, Gu Zhilong can completely use his old soldiers to lead new soldiers to guard the four city walls, and then concentrate some of the elite Ya army to provide support. In a short period of time, he is not afraid that the Chishan army will be able to attack Langxi City.
If reinforcements are mobilized from the hinterland of the state, the Chishan Army will be more concerned about the threat from the Chuzhou Army on the flanks.
In the current situation, the Chishan Army is obviously determined to capture Langxi City at all costs and in the shortest possible time. Will their more than 4,000 soldiers be able to defend it until reinforcements arrive?
"Quickly send a detective horse from the west of Nanyi Lake to Xuanzhou to report to the governor!" Zhou Yuanheqiang suppressed the panic in his heart and said to the second son Gu Zhao, but he himself could feel that the voice was slightly a bit loud.
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Li Pu got Yao Xishui to send someone to report the news. At dawn, he and his youngest son Li Qi ran all the way with more than a hundred fine cavalry. When they arrived at Tingzi Mountain, they were surrendered. The former Wuling County Wei Zhou Chu was the capital of Yuhou. He was born as an official slave and was later
The third prince, Yang Yuanpu, gave Zhao Qi, a slave of the Han family, the deputy capital of Yuhou, the third capital with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. The front soldiers had already advanced to a valley less than three miles away from the east gate tower of Langxi City to reorganize their formation.
Depending on the situation, a siege position should be established there.
"Gu Zhilong went to Xuancheng to meet with Mr. Han, showing that he has the intention to surrender to Yueyang. Your reckless use of weapons at this time will only completely anger Gu Zhilong and completely disrupt the situation on the west wing of the Chishan Army that has finally been stabilized."
Li Pu was so anxious that he ignored the presence of his generals and shouted at Han Qian, "Don't say that you may not be able to capture Langxi City before the Chuzhou army goes south. Even if you capture Langxi City, Gu Zhilong will lead the Xuanzhou army to surrender."
Chuzhou, can you withstand the joint attack of Xuanzhou soldiers and Chuzhou soldiers?"
"Gu Zhilong is selling at the price. It may not be impossible for him to invest in Yueyang, but he will never choose it at this time. The grain reserves in Guangde Village can last for ten days at most. After ten days, Mr. Li, do you think the Chishan Army should attack Huzhou or attack Huzhou?
Xuanzhou, which one is easier to attack and which one is more certain to be conquered should we choose to attack first?" Han Qian narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Li Pu calmly and asked.
"So, Mr. Han and Han Daochang came all the way from Yueyang to surrender. This was all something you had planned for a long time?" Li Pu never thought that Han Qian would use his grandfather Han Wenhuan as bait, and his spine couldn't help it.
He felt chills and asked, "You are so cruel, are you really not afraid of killing Mr. Han?"
"It is a great honor for my grandfather and my second uncle to be loyal to His Highness, so don't worry about it!" Han Qian said.
"Where is Yueyang Xinyi?" Li Pu asked.
"Your Highness and I and other ministers must be loyal to the State of Chu and to the people of Chu. But for people like Gu Zhilong, who are at both ends of the spectrum and are willing to sell at a price, is it still necessary to be loyal? Is it possible?
The marquis is studying military affairs with the prince, but he still doesn’t know the four words ‘A soldier never tires of deceit’?” Han Qian said.
"I, I, I..." Li Pu felt that he was kind-hearted because he was not angered by Han Qian and vomited blood on the spot.
"The arrow is on the string and has to be fired. The Marquis is here to argue with me about whether these are available or not. It is better for the Qiu Hu army to carefully watch the movements of the Huzhou soldiers." Han Qian looked at Li Pu and said, "I will lead the attack."
Langxi, the Chuzhou Army in Liyang will definitely be dispatched, and as the Marquis said, even if I capture Langxi, Gu Zhilong still has a chance to surrender to the king in anger. Next, I need to make the second capital of the Chishan Army as elite as possible.
By being transferred to the Western Front, the pressure on the Qiuhu Army may be slightly greater!"
Li Puqiang resisted the urge to slap his forehead. He had already guessed that Han Qian would be up to no good if he asked Qiuhushan to occupy Sitian Dun. Unexpectedly, Han Qian's idea was to have them withstand the pressure of the Huzhou soldiers in front and ensure the safety of the Chishan Army.
There was no leakage on the Eastern Front.
But as Han Qian said, the Chishan Army has already arrived at Langxi City, and they have no choice but to attack. What other options do he and the Qiuhu Army have?
Even though Li Pu knew that the situation had changed, before leaving, he still couldn't help but ask: "You, you, why don't you lead the Chishan Army to attack Huzhou?"
"Xuanzhou Yimou." Han Qian didn't want to talk too much nonsense to Li Pu, so he ended the topic with four words.
Han Qian said this, what else could Li Pu ask? He took his youngest son Li Qi and left in a hurry, surrounded by more than a hundred guards.
"If Gu Zhilong doesn't dare to kill the old man, then if the old man is killed in Xuancheng, the infamy you will bear will be heavy." Xi Rong, wearing leather armor and riding a bay-red horse, said in a low voice next to Han Qian.
"When my father went to see Wen Muqiao, he knew the situation in Jinling at that time. He could not stop the madness alone, but he still had no hesitation and was even prepared to lose his reputation - the Chishan Army was struggling every step of the way.
Having reached this point, I still can’t get out of the quagmire. Taking half a step back is an abyss, how could I care so much?” Han Qian said.
In the eyes of many people, the situation will be more favorable if the Chishan Army advances eastward.
Even though the fortified cities such as Changxing, Anji, and Nanxun are difficult to attack, the Huhangxiuyue Prefectures are located on the south bank of Taihu Lake and on both sides of the Qiantang River. The terrain is flat, the soil is fertile, and the population is extremely dense. Large and small towns and villages are scattered among them.
, there is no danger to defend, it is easier than Xuanzhou in any case, and more food can be raised to alleviate the current urgent need of the Chishan Army.
However, the problem is that the Huxiu Hangyue Prefectures are rich and prosperous, and the people's lives are relatively stable. After the Chishan Army advanced eastward, due to the hatred of the various prefectures' aristocratic clans, they were unable to get the opportunity to peacefully redeem grain and grain, and each time they plundered a
It will even arouse ordinary people to stand up and resist them.
By then, the chaos around Jinling will not be alleviated at all, and the situation in the entire two Zhejiang provinces will become even more chaotic.
By then, the situation will change rapidly, and both the East and the West will face increasingly urgent threats, and Han Qian will have no time to stop and do anything to resume production.
The fundamental purpose of Han Qian's entry into Jinling this time was to reduce the damage caused by the war to ordinary people and the devastation of the Jianghuai region. This was to fulfill his father's last wish of not forgetting despite being brutally tortured. He did not want the Chishan Army to eventually become a bad guy.
A refugee army that is obsessed with destruction and clumsy at construction.
At this time, he led the Chishan Army to stop in Guangde. Whether it was cultivating sloping land, transferring meritorious services to the fields, or opening schools, these were urgent matters for the Chishan Army's own construction.
This also destined that the Chishan Army would be based in Fuyu Mountain for a long time to come, in the old Guangde County at the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain.
Gu Zhilong did not make a choice at this time and waited for the price to sell, but one day he would make a choice and put all the chips in his hand on the chess game.
Can Han Qian still wait until Gu Zhilong makes his choice before considering the safety of Guangde's west wing?
In comparison, Huang Hua, the governor of Huzhou, and the aristocratic forces further east and south, were isolated from Jinling by the Chishan Army, so they could make their choices later.
In fact, when Han Qian led the Chishan Army to stop in Guangde, it was already destined that he would capture Langxi first.
It's just that few people believe that he would really protect the old, weak, women and children at all costs, that's why they seem so shocked.