Four hundred and ninetieth eight chapters recruit security (two)
Sizhou's soldiers and horses east of Panlong Ridge were all withdrawn into Jinhe County. Gao Shao personally led an elite battalion to station in Hujian Pass, bringing the recruitment matter into a substantive stage of operation.
The Hujianguan Canyon is about a mile long. The Guancheng is built at the mouth of the valley on the east side. To the north is Caojing Ridge with steep peaks and cliffs.
As one of the most important remaining veins at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain, the mountains of Caojing Ridge continue to extend southward for about five miles after passing Hujian Pass. The mountains are stacked and crisscrossed, forming the mouth where Chenshui flows out of Sizhou.
Nanbian is intertwined with the peaks and ridges at the northwest foot of Longya Mountain.
Especially the stone ridge located between Hujian Mountain and Chenshui. Although it is only more than 200 meters high, the mountain is extremely dangerous. It looks like a long giant seal lying between the sky and the earth. The locals
It is also called Tianyin Peak.
From the inside of Hujianguan City, there was a stone staircase built in the previous dynasty. You can climb up to the top of the mountain by taking the steps. The Tianyin Temple built more than 300 years ago is located on the main peak.
At the end of the previous dynasty, the central royal court suppressed Buddhism and Taoism, and Sizhou was also affected. The monastery was abandoned for thirty or forty years, and the monks disappeared. The monastery was overgrown with weeds, and the rubble piled up into ruins.
After clearing away the weeds, Tianyin Temple is an excellent place to overlook the scenery to the left and right.
After Han Qian "recovered" from his illness, he rushed to Hujian Pass and invited the Xuanwei envoy Huang Hua, An Jixiang and others to climb the main peak and visit Tianyin Temple together.
Everyone looked to the left and right and could see that eight or nine miles away to the east, boats were gathering, transporting tens of thousands of grain and other materials from Qianyang, Linjiang, Zhijiang and other places via Chenshui.
Back to the pier to dock, then use mules and carriages to transport it overland to Hujian Pass.
These materials were financed by the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau and lent to the Shangshu Province, with interest calculated at two cents per year, and would be returned in the future from the salt profits and taxes collected by the Wuchuan County Salt and Iron Institute—
—As a mortgage, after the establishment of Wuchuan County, the supervisor of the Salt and Iron Academy, which was originally under the direct jurisdiction of the Provincial Transport Envoy, was appointed by Xuzhou to serve until the principal and interest were fully returned.
To the west of Tianyin Peak, the rebel generals and their families, like swimming dragons, were gathering towards Hujian Pass.
On the inner side of Hujian Pass, Xuanwei envoy Huang Hua sent people, mainly Fu Gengwen, and Han Chengmeng led his retinue to assist the rebels in setting up temporary camps.
On the one hand, the rebel army will rest and regroup here, and on the other hand, their family of 14,000 to 5,000 people will be temporarily resettled here before the rebel army captures the Wuchuan Valley.
"Tan Yuliang, Dong Tai, Zhao Zhixian and others have arrived at the pass..." The guard approached and reported.
"Master Hou, are you going to meet these 'bandit leaders' with me?" Huang Hua narrowed his eyes and looked at Han Qian and asked.
"This Tan Yuliang has some abilities. When my father was in charge of Xuzhou, he had a lot of headaches. He finally drove him out. Unexpectedly, this time he made trouble in Sizhou again. I happened to meet him again -
- Supervisor, please invite Mr. An first." Han Qianfeng said calmly, "Please invite Huang Hua, Anji Xiang is in front."
Facing the front, a group of people followed the treacherous stone path and walked down Tianyin Peak...
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The Guancheng of Hujian Pass is very narrow. It is embedded between the peaks and cliffs at the mouth of the valley. It is about a hundred feet long from north to south. The two walls are made of rammed earth and covered with bricks. They are quite solid, but the depth of the Guancheng is only less than thirty feet.
In addition to only three government offices across the courtyard, there are mainly more than a hundred garrison barracks in Guancheng.
However, as the number of business travelers increased, many wealthy families in Sizhou built many houses on both sides of the main post road inside Hujian Pass.
There are shops and inns for business travelers.
The streets distributed along the post road are connected to the courtyard behind, and there are more than a hundred rooms built inside Guancheng.
Currently, Gao Shao and Feng Liao are here to personally handle affairs related to recruitment, but Han Qian is considering setting up a township inspection department in Hujian Pass in the future and leaving more than a hundred people here to take charge of customs defense affairs.
Huang Hua immediately temporarily requisitioned an inn called Yuelai Inn outside Guancheng and accepted the meeting of the rebel generals.
The initial plan was for Tan Yuliang, Tan Xiuqun, Dong Tai and other rebel generals to gather 3,000 young men and reorganize them into Tianping Capital, with six battalions of regular soldiers, and to use Tan Yuliang, Tan Xiuqun, Dong Tai, Dong Ping, Zhang Guangdeng and other rebel generals.
Generals serve as commander-in-chief (duyuhou), deputy commander-in-chief, and battalion commander.
After Tianpingdu rested for a while at Hujian Pass, they would move west along the Wuling Mountain Trail at the northern foot of Panlong Ridge, threatening the Shu army occupying the Wuchuan Valley from the flanks and curbing the possibility of its lone army moving south to attack Shiqian.
Yuelai Inn is a two-story wooden building on Linyi Road. The ground floor is quite spacious after all the messy tables and benches are cleared away.
After Huang Huahua became the envoy of Xuanwei and sat in charge of the Central Committee, Han Qian and Anji Xiang sat on the left and right respectively, followed by Tan Yuliang, Tan Xiuqun, Dong Tai, Zhao Zhixian, Gao Shao, Feng Liao, Fu Gengwen, Zhou Qinian, Han Chengmeng and Si
Representatives of officials from the two states of Chen.
The guards inside and outside the inn are responsible for the guards brought by Xuzhou Cavalry Camp and Huang Hua.
Compared to the beginning of the year, Tan Yuliang is now darker and thinner, but his muscular body is more upright and calm, and his temples are already frosty white. It can be seen that he has been trapped in Panlong Ridge for the past few months, and his life has not been as smooth as before.
Not easy to endure.
Tan Yuliang first introduced some conditions of the rebel army.
The vast majority of the generals and their children were moving to Hujian Pass, but there was also a small group of rebels, about less than 200 people, who could not let go of their hatred for the massacre of their children, and refused to accept recruitment and fled to
Between the mountains in the southern part of Panlong Ridge.
Sizhou and Yezhou in the south, whether they were pacifying or suppressing these people, had nothing to do with the rebels anymore, but Tan Yuliang wanted to explain these situations clearly at this time.
Prior to this, Tan Yuliang, with the permission of Fu Gengwen and Feng Liao, had sent his son Tan Lang and his nephew Tan Wenlin to lead 200 elite troops as a vanguard to advance westward to investigate the enemy's situation. He would also try his best to adapt to local conditions and delay
The pace of the Shu army's southward attack on Shiqian County.
"General Tan Du thought so carefully that when he conquered Tanzhou, he did not recruit him as a general.
, It is really a big loss for Chu," Huang Huaweng said in a low voice, "But it is not too late to make up for it. Tan Du will be waiting for you. Please rest assured to serve the imperial court. After I return to Tanzhou this time, I will write a letter immediately.
Report to the imperial court, report to your majesty, and rectify the names of General Tan and others..."
"The Xuanwei envoy has a kind heart, and the sense of humiliation is engraved in his heart. He will perform his duties loyally, serve the great Chu, and drive and kill the enemies for Your Majesty, even if he throws his head and blood, he will not hesitate." Tan Yuliang led a group of rebel generals.
, said with a sonorous and forceful statement.
"Okay, with Tan Du saying this and Han Hou Ye here urging me, I can return to Tanzhou with peace of mind," Huang Hua said.
Huang Hua talked with Fu Gengwen for a while, and then asked An Xiang: "What does Master An have to say to the generals?"
Huang Hua personally came to Xuzhou to promote the appeasement. He not only solved the civil unrest and preserved the Yang family in Sizhou, but also recruited bandit troops into the Xingshangshu Province to attack the flanks of the Shu army. At the same time, he organized Wuchuan into Zhili County and appointed
Fu Gengwen temporarily took over the post of county magistrate, and the Shangshu Province directly controlled border defense, border trade and other matters, and he could handle everything.
And even in this process, Xuzhou also took a lot of advantage, and it could not completely clear up the involvement between Han Qian and the bandits. There is still doubt whether Tian Ping can truly be loyal to the imperial court, but nothing can be done overnight.
, many problems still need to be resolved slowly.
Otherwise, if someone else is in charge of Huzhou, under such conditions, can they do better than Huang Hua?
Of course, Huang Hua can handle it, and Anji Xiang can return to Beijing to handle the matter.
He was still in a happy mood at the moment, and happily encouraged Tan Yuliang and others, promising to return to His Majesty and say some kind words for him.
Anji Xiang was happy, but Fu Gengwen was a little depressed.
He did not want to get involved in the whirlpool of Guangde Mansion, so he finally turned down the appointment of Langxi County Magistrate and went to Hunan Province to serve as the Governor of the Protectorate Division.
It seems that he has a promising future, but he doesn't want to fall into Sizhou and find it difficult to escape. Now he has to temporarily take over the vacant Wuchuan County Magistrate and Military Captain.
Apart from being responsible for recruiting and relocating soldiers in this remote place with epidemic diseases and strong folk customs, there are no other benefits. If the Wuchuan battle fails, he will not only have to bear the responsibility, but maybe there will be some consequences.
Worry for life.
I have been so unlucky for eight lifetimes, and I don’t know when I will be able to escape from here and return to Tanzhou.
Huang transformed into the Xuanwei envoy and was the head of the three envoys of the Shangshu Province. He could not wait here until Tan Yuliang led his troops to regain Wuchuan. Now that everything had a clue, some people were left to help Fu Gengwen supervise the follow-up matters.
Due to the new situation, he will leave tomorrow and take the official ship back to Tanzhou.
Anji Xiang didn't want to stay here any longer, so he made up his mind to leave Xuzhou with Huang Hua and return to Jinling for a business trip.
Han Qian did not directly intervene in the recruitment matter. After the interview, he moved into the Hujian Pass with Huang Hua, Anji Xiang, Zhou Qinian and others, leaving Feng Liao to work with Fu Gengwen, Tan Yuliang and others to handle the subsequent resettlement matters.