The camp is located in a mountain valley southeast of Chenzhong City, next to a township inspection department courtyard.
The eight hundred slave soldiers in the military camp, except for the lowest soldiers, the eight team leaders who were promoted to lead the team and other military attachés in charge were all slaves sent by the Yang family from Sizhou to work.
In the past two months, almost every two military attachés of the more than 100-strong inspection team led by Xi Faer, Kou Rong, Han Bao and others have been responsible for one of the military attachés, teaching them step by step how to lead the team.
training.
I have been doing this for the past two months.
Feng Yi brought Yang Hu, Fu Gengwen, Han Chengmeng and others over. After handing over the military order signed by Han Qian, Xi Faer gathered the 800 slave soldiers and organized them in the school field in the center of the camp.
At the same time, Xi Faer also handed over the personnel roster and asked Yang Hu and others to review it. He, Kou Rong, and Han Bao led a hundred-strong military attaché to prepare for the withdrawal of the slave soldiers at any time after Yang Hu took over.
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"Young Master, what should I say? We in Xuzhou didn't take advantage of your Yang family, did we?" Feng Yi looked at Yang Hu with a smile and asked.
The slave soldiers of the Eight Hundred Village are currently only equipped with simple weapons, mainly half-length leather armor and simple swords. There are no crossbows, nor large-scale crossbows, scorpion cannons and other war equipment.
Since the previous drills mainly used bamboo and wood swords and spears, the real soldiers and armor were only distributed suddenly last night. Most of the soldiers were still getting used to it and were more or less uncontrollably excited, so the queue looked a bit messy.
Not to mention Yang Hu, Fu Gengwen and others, even if Xishe Peng is here, there is no reason why he is here.
Yang Hu could roughly see that most of the slaves who were sallow, skinny, timid and fearful two months ago were much better at this time, and their bodies were much stronger. It could be seen that in the past two months, Xuzhou had spent a lot of time on board and lodging.
In terms of supply, these slaves were not treated badly.
Although when Han Qian ordered the detention of these slaves, the supervisors originally sent by Sizhou to take care of them were first isolated and then sent back to Sizhou in the first batch. Fortunately, among the guards around Yang Hu, there were
The two of them were previously responsible for these matters.
Yang Hu discussed privately with the two guards for a long time, and at least he was able to confirm that most of the military attachés standing in the front were familiar faces, and there were no nails from the Xuzhou secret fortress. After all, there were still a group of people who were smart or smart
Strong slaves have attracted more attention in the past.
As long as there is no problem in supervising the military attaches, they also have a list of slaves and slaves, so further verification by personnel will be more cumbersome, but there is no risk that anything will go wrong.
Seeing that Yang Hu and his subordinates had been discussing quietly for a long time without making a decision, Fu Gengwen also looked over in consultation and asked: "What do you think? Should the young master take over directly, or should he temporarily leave these troops in Xuzhou and let the Marquis of Qianyang
Are they going to continue to supervise me?"
Fu Gengwen's meaning was also very clear. Xuzhou did not say that he must return the people to Sizhou at this time. If he was not completely sure, he still hoped that Yang Hu would not take over rashly.
In this corner, it is not fun for eight hundred slaves to rebel. If you are not careful, the eight hundred slave soldiers may tear them to pieces.
Yang Hu hesitated for a long time, and then said to Feng Yi in a negotiating tone: "Can we first wash the capital and send two hundred Chenzhou soldiers to move to the vicinity of the camp, and I can transfer some military attachés from Hujian Pass to take over these slaves?"
"How long will this be delayed?" Feng Yi asked impatiently.
Fu Gengwen somewhat understood Yang Hu's thoughts and replaced the military attachés in charge of the territory of Xuzhou. If these slave soldiers really wanted to mutiny, Xuzhou had the responsibility to suppress it; and with the Hujian Pass blocking it, it would not affect the territory of Sizhou.
situation.
Moreover, if something went wrong in Xuzhou, the Marquis of Guizhou and Han Qian would not be able to escape his involvement. It would be much safer than directly bringing these people into Hujian Pass and then rectifying it.
"If Mr. Feng finds it inconvenient, may I ask Mr. Marquis to show mercy?" Fu Gengwen still wanted to speak for Yang Hu on this matter.
Now he was just thinking about delaying time. When he saw Yang Hu entering the Internet, Feng Yi did his best and waved to someone and asked him to rush to the city to ask Han Qian for instructions.
Han Qian's instructions were quickly approved, and he agreed that the troops would temporarily stay in Xuzhou, and Yang Hu would transfer people from Sizhou to take over. However, Xuzhou would be responsible for providing food and accommodation for the time being, and would settle the settlement with Sizhou after the war.
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In addition to this, someone was also specially sent to inquire about Xi Shepeng's intentions and whether Chenzhou Fanying would stay for the time being to rest and recuperate, or whether to go to Sizhou to suppress the bandits first.
Chenzhou was willing to send troops to assist in the suppression, mainly because he did not want to see Xuzhou have the opportunity to annex Sizhou.
At present, the situation in Panlongling is quite stable, and Sizhou has 800 new soldiers to supplement its combat strength. How can Xishe Peng directly lead Chenzhou's elite to the front line for shopping?
Xi Shepeng discussed with his father Xi Ying, and finally hoped that more than a thousand elite soldiers from Chenzhou would cross the Chen River first and join the slave soldiers in the village. After the Yang family successfully controlled these slave queens, they would then march westward together.
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After two days of deliberation, Han Qian agreed to Yang Hu's many conditions, and first arranged for a ferry to bring more than a thousand soldiers from Chenzhou to the south bank of Chenshui.
However, it was already September 24th when Yang Hu passed through Hujian Pass and transferred more than 40 old soldiers loyal to the Yang family from Sizhou to join him.
There are many inconveniences in communication in today's world, coupled with Chen Xuye's remote mountains and rivers, this efficiency is already extremely high.
Yang Hu transferred the manpower, but the eight hundred slave soldiers had no way to set off immediately.
The military attachés in charge needed to be replaced. The new military attachés needed to be familiar with the generals below. They needed to further verify the personnel. They needed to carry out basic rectification. They needed to make sure whether the slave soldiers obeyed the control. During this period, it rained for three consecutive days.
By the time Yang Hu felt confident enough to formally resign from Han Qian and take his troops back to Sizhou, another ten days had passed.
The Chenzhou Fan Camp was in the front, eight hundred village slave soldiers were in the middle, and Han Qian personally led a thousand Xuzhou soldiers to guard the rear. They set out on the westward path from the south bank of Chenshui. Naturally, they couldn't go very fast. They rushed to the other side of Gaoyi Valley.
It took two days to reach the village.
Nearly three thousand men and horses crossed the river again to the north bank, which took another day.
Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen, Han Chengmeng and others followed Han Qian and moved into the Qingniu Township Inspection Department Courtyard below Gaoyiyu. It was already the sixth day of October.
At dusk, I stood in the open space in front of the Rural Inspection Department and watched Kong Xirong and others commanding more than a thousand infantrymen to enter the temporary camp on the left side of Shuyuan in an orderly manner. On the post road farther away, Yang Hu and Xi
She Peng then led the slave soldiers from the village and the Chenzhou soldiers continued to march to Hujian Pass. Only then did Anji Xiang and Fu Gengwen look at each other with a truly relaxed smile.
They were mainly afraid that Xuzhou had ulterior motives and did not think that the civil unrest in Sizhou could really lead to anything. Fu Gengwen temporarily stayed with Anji Xiang to the east of Hujian Pass and did not rush to Sizhou. This was also a concern.
Now Han Qian is on his own, and there are nearly two thousand more troops in Sizhou. From their point of view, they can gain some energy and successfully inflict heavy losses on the rebel army. They believe that they will be able to return to work soon.
Early the next morning, after it was confirmed that Yang Hu and Xi Shepeng had led their troops into Hujian Pass to rest and recuperate, Fu Gengwen thought about asking Han Qian to resign. He and Han Chengmeng first went to Sizhou to see the progress of the war to suppress the civil unrest, but they did not want to
Yang Hu suddenly returned and handed them a letter that shocked them.
"How could this happen? The Shu army crossed the temporary dividing line and entered the Wuchuan Valley the night before yesterday?" Fu Gengwen took the letter and his voice was trembling after reading it.
"Xuzhou is stalling for time in every possible way, just to wait for the moment when the Shu army marches, so that he can have an excuse to send troops into Sizhou!" Yang Hu said angrily.
"Is that so? Let's not discuss it for the time being. Let's go see the Marquis of Qianyang first." Anji Xiang looked solemn. The Shu Kingdom was sending envoys to discuss the alliance between the two countries in Jinling City. At this time, another large-scale Shu army occurred.
The matter of crossing the border was indeed a serious matter. He did not dare to make any rash decisions and decided to see Han Qian first.
Yang Hu believed that Han Qian's handing over the slave soldiers was to delay the opportunity for the Chenzhou camp to enter Sizhou to fight. He, Yang Hu, and Fu Gengwen rushed to see Han Qian. Without a good look, he opened his mouth and accused Xuzhou of having ulterior motives.
"Insolent!" Han Qian patted the long case, pointed angrily at Yang Hu, and reprimanded, "Based on your nonsense, I will cause you to have your blood splattered on the spot and your head missing in front of Mr. An and Mr. Fu today.
, do you think the court will scold me for improper handling?"
Hearing Han Qian's angry rebuke, Kong Xirong, Han Bao, Kou Rong and other accompanying military attachés came forward with murderous swords to detain Yang Hu.
"Master Hou, please calm down. Young Master Yang also made a mistake out of anger." Anji Xiang also stepped forward to make peace with Yang Hu in fear.
"You guys retreat first," Han Qian waved his hand, telling Kong Xirong and the others to retreat first, but the angry look on his face did not change, staring at Yang Hu with murderous intent, "Liang Jun invaded Jingxiang, and it was I who planned to retreat; Ma's family
I was the one who plotted to pacify the vassal during the chaos in Hunan; I was the one who reversed the crisis during the sudden change in Jinling. I am loyal to Chu. Even His Majesty wants to call me 'Master Han'. Who do you think you are? You dare to talk nonsense in front of me.
Badao, you accuse me of collaborating with the enemy? If I really want to take you to Sizhou, do you need to collude with the Shu army? The leader of Shu, Wang Jian, is also a hero of the generation. He has no intention of planning Sizhou, but he kindly helps me to do so? You bastard,
What kind of dirty things are in your mind?"
When Yang Hu, Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen, and Han Chengmeng came in, Feng Yi was dragging Guo Rong over to drink tea with Han Qian.
At this time, he did not put down the tea bowl in his hand, and looked at Guo Rong with wide eyes.
If he hadn't been involved in the planning from the beginning, I couldn't help but believe that all of this had nothing to do with Xuzhou.
"Master Marquis, calm down, Lord Marquis, calm down," Fu Gengwen looked at the Xuzhou tigers with swords and swords outside the hall. Seeing Han Qian so angry, he was frightened and said, "The situation in the Wuchuan Valley is unknown now. Everyone is worried."
I am anxious for the great Chu country and the country, so don’t hurt your harmony."
At this time, Yang Hu felt that his legs were a little weak. Looking at An Xiang, Fu Gengwen glanced at him, and he could only admit his mistake: "Yang Hu made a mistake in a hurry, please forgive me."
Han Qian was furious and continued to point at Yang Hu's nose and angrily yelled: "What the hell did you say you just said? Why should I delay? If I really colluded with the Shu army, wouldn't I be washing the family and the Yang family with the mob and thieves?
When the killing is inextricable and both sides suffer, it is most beneficial to Xuzhou if the Shu army crosses the border. Who has an excuse at that time to prevent Xuzhou from sending troops into Sizhou to stop the enemy? Now you have two thousand troops stationed in Hujian Pass, ready to go at any time
If you can be transferred to the northern part of Shiqian County to stop the Shu army from going south, the situation is still under your control. Is it possible that you have two thousand elites, but you can't take advantage of the dangerous mountains and rivers to block the Shu army from going south? You are worried that I have ulterior motives.
I will lead my troops back to Chenzhong now. The Xuan comfort envoy should also go to Tanzhou to take up his post at this time. You send people to ask for instructions from the Xuan comfort envoy, Mr. Huang, to mobilize Shaozhou troops and horses to Sizhou. It will only take half a month.
You won’t be able to survive even half a month!”
Han Qian delayed in every possible way, but it turned out that Feng Liao hurriedly went to Yuzhou to lobby the Marquis of Changxiang. The two sides were blocked by mountains and rivers and could not cooperate closely at the right time.
Otherwise, if Chenzhou troops and horses are sent over first, the Shu army will be unable to move out, and Xuzhou will be trapped in a dilemma.
Yang Hu, Anji Xiang, and Fu Gengwen could not figure out these joints. At this time, they were scolded by Han Qian and were speechless.
Han Qian didn't care about the expressions of Yang Hu, Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen and others, and angrily said to Gao Shao, Kong Xirong and others: "Gather the troops, let's go back to Chenzhong, we Xuzhou will not care about this mess.
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Anji Xiang and Fu Gengwen stood there frozen, at a loss, worried that if they tried to persuade them to stay, they would fall into Han Qian's trap and watch Han Qian leave in anger.
Next, they saw Gao Shao, Kong Xirong and others galloping to the temporary camp in the west to deliver orders. Soon they saw thousands of soldiers and horses gathering at an extremely fast speed and heading towards the ferry below. It seemed that they really wanted to follow Han Qian back.
Go to Chenzhong.
Seeing the Xuzhou generals leaving with Han Qian, except for a few small officials from the Township Inspection Department in the yard, they were the only ones left in the hall. Fu Gengwen was at a loss and asked Anji for details.
: "Mr. An, what should we do?"
Yang Hu was also a little confused and stood there without knowing what to say.
Although Han Chengmeng could not understand the situation, he felt a little more at ease and suggested: "How about we go to Hujian Pass first? Mr. Yang, the governor of Sizhou, may already be at Hujian Pass at this time, right?"
Anji Xiang and Fu Gengwen looked at Yang Hu.
Yang Hu nodded and indicated that his father Yang Xingfeng was indeed at Hujian Pass at this time, and after receiving the news that the Shu army had occupied the Wuchuan Valley, he led 300 elite troops as quickly as possible to reinforce Hujian Pass. He was really worried.
The Xuzhou soldiers may take the opportunity to launch an attack and compete for Hujian Pass.
Anji Xiang did not dare to stand aside at this time, and decided to go to see Yang Xingfeng with Fu Gengwen first. Before leaving, he said to Han Chengmeng: "Chengmeng, you first go to see the Marquis of Qianyang and persuade him to put the overall situation first and not to
I'm angry at the young master's nonsense."
Seeing An Xiang, Fu Gengwen was still worried that Han Qian would use hard-to-get tactics, so Han Chengmeng didn't say anything and chased towards the ferry with two servants.
Han Chengmeng rushed to the ferry. Han Qian had already led his guards, Guo Rong, Feng Yi and others to cross the river first.
Fortunately, Kong Xirong did not make things difficult for him and arranged for a boat to take him across the river first.
After all, Han Chengmeng was delayed for some time and hurriedly rushed all the way. He almost followed Han Qian into Chenzhong County, but Han Qian had no idea about him at this time, so he could only stay in the post house first.
After nightfall, Fu Gengwen, who was heading to Hujian Pass, sent someone to see him.
At this time, Han Chengmeng knew for sure that the more than a thousand Xuzhou soldiers and horses stationed in Gaoyiyu had also crossed back to the south bank of Chenshui one after another and were retreating along the south bank post road to Chenzhong. Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen and Yang Xingfeng
After the meeting, in addition to dividing some troops and horses to rush to Shiqian County first, they also decided to send people to Tanzhou to see Huang Hua, the envoy of Xuanwei.
The people sent back by Fu Gengwen wanted to borrow a road from Chenzhong to Tanzhou.
Han Chengmeng hesitated again and again, and after seeing off Fu Gengwen's messenger, decided to bite the bullet and go see Han Qian.
At this time, Han Qian did not turn him away anymore, but sent someone to lead him in.
After going through the hall to transfer the property, he walked to the back house and saw Zhao Ting'er taking Wen Xin from Han Qian's hand to escape. He bowed his hand to Zhao Ting'er and saluted him. After there were no other outsiders around, he said: "Mr. An, Mr. Fu has sent someone.
When they sent a message to Tanzhou, they also advocated that Chenzhou soldiers and slave soldiers should be transferred to the Qianjiang River first, and then they suggested that Xuanwei envoy Huang Hua transfer troops from Shaozhou to march westward..."
Han Qian glanced at Han Chengmeng and said, "That's just right. It will save Xuzhou a thankless effort and make him angry."
Han Chengmeng could only say so much, and after chatting about some household matters, he stood up and left.
"Han Chengmeng now suspects that you are playing hard to get, and wants to advise you not to backfire. Should we send someone to see Tan Yuliang? By this time, Tan Yuliang should be able to convince the generals of the Tianping Army to agree to dispatch an elite force into Shiqian County."
Gao Shao suggested.
The hearts of the eight hundred slave soldiers were unstable, but under the close surveillance of the Chenzhou soldiers and Sizhou troops, it was difficult to achieve success. Tan Yuliang needed to persuade the generals of the rebel army to send elite troops to escape from Panlong Ridge and rush over to respond, so that Sizhou could be conquered.
The situation was completely messed up.
"The more we get to this point, the more we must stay calm," Han Qian shook his head and said, "Even Han Chengmeng doesn't believe that we can break away from the relationship, let alone act rashly at this time."
"Huang Hua is not easy to deal with..." Han Qian said that it was easy to calm down, but Feng Yi was somewhat unable to sit still. He thought that according to their temper, if the mountains in Xuzhou were high and the emperor was far away, he would really raise his troops to annex Si.
What is the state afraid of?
Han Qian ignored Feng Yi's advice.
Feng Yi winked at Guo Rong.
Guo Rong pondered for a while and asked Han Qian: "Do you conclude that Huang Hua cannot mobilize Chai Jian's troops?"
Han Qian nodded and said: "The Shu army suddenly launched an attack. No one knows how long the troops and horses will be transferred to Shiqian and stationed there before the crisis can be resolved. Even if we don't consider how difficult it will be to supply food to thousands of soldiers and horses, firewood will
How could Jian not be worried that these soldiers and horses would escape his control after being stationed in Sizhou for a long time? Don't forget that when Hunan Province was reactivated and Huang Hua and others were appointed as propaganda envoys, in addition to us in Xuzhou, Chai Jian was the leader
There is also an extra golden hoop. How can he feel comfortable? All the elite soldiers in the state camps in Hunan were drained by the imperial army, leaving mostly old, weak and handicapped soldiers. The only elite combat force Huang Huaneng mobilized nearby was the Chenzhou soldiers, but
Does Xiying dare to let Chenzhou be free?"
Chai Jian served as the commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army and the governor of Shaozhou. His position was originally with that of Gu Zhilong (who was in charge of southern Zhejiang), Zheng Hui (who was in charge of Xiang and Dengjun), Zhang Zhi (who was in Jingzhou), and Li Zhigao (who was in Shuzhou and was responsible for the military affairs).
The troops used by the Anning Palace rebels were comparable, and they only needed to be directly responsible to Emperor Yanyou and the Privy Council.
The province of Hunan was reactivated, allowing Huang Hua, Wu Zun, Chen Fan and others to take charge of the military and civilian comfort of the Hunan states, the inspection of criminal names, and the transfer of wealth. In fact, Chai Jian's status was also downgraded.
Things are subject to the control of Hunan Province.
It is not difficult to predict that Hunan Province, Chai Jian, and the Xinchang Hou Mansion behind Chai Jian will inevitably have some disputes over the ownership of the command of the Zuo Shenwu Army.
Others might have followed the court's arrangements, but for the Xinchang Hou Mansion, Li Zhigao was not from the same group as them, and the Zuo Shenwu Army was the only military force under their direct control.
They have been so eager to seize military power over the years, how dare they easily take the risk that one of their troops will escape their control?
Thinking of this, Guo Rong couldn't help but sigh and said with a smile: "It's true that the times are right. The Xinchang Hou Mansion and the family have been fighting openly and secretly with you for many years. They may really help you this time, overtly or covertly!"
Han Qian smiled slightly. It was beyond his expectation that Emperor Yanyou used Huanghua to control Hunan. However, he asked Feng Liao to go to Yuzhou. As long as he successfully persuaded the Marquis of Changxiang to send troops to invade Wuchuan, Sizhou would have to divide his troops to defend it.
In Qianjiang, the initiative fell back into his hands...
