Although Tongguan is still under the control of the Liang Army, places from Tongguan to the east, Hangu Pass, Luoyang, Yanshi, Xingyang and other places are under the control of the Weizhou rebels and the Mongol people. Unless the Liang Army in Guanzhong surrenders,
Force to the east | break out of the siege, attack the city and fortress along the way, tear through the heavy blockade of the Weizhou rebels, and perhaps be able to join the Liang army trapped in Bianjing in the Central Plains. However, the 5,000 men and horses take this route and want to retreat to Caizhou or Bianjing.
, absolutely impossible.
Of course, Hanzhong City and Yongzhou are connected via the Tangluo Road, and the Tangluo Road is completely under the control of the two families. At this time, three to five thousand Liang soldiers and horses put on the uniforms of the Chu army and retreated with the help of the You Shenwu Army.
On the occasion of returning to Tangyi, I borrowed the road from Tangyi to return to Caizhou, and I was really able to do it without anyone noticing - the merchant ships of the Chishan Society could directly connect to Hezhai, Tangcheng and Hanzhong City. What were they really going to do?
Soldiers and horses would come in and out using the merchant ships of the Chishan Society, and a large number of generals would take advantage of the night to hide in the cabins. Even if Li Zhigao had scouts and secret sentries watching over here, it would be difficult for him to notice anything.
At present, Caizhou still has 14,000 to 5,000 Liang troops, which are closely involved with Han Yuanqi. The main generals are all generals trained by Han Yuanqi, and they are loyal to Liang Emperor Zhu Yu. However, Xu Mingzhen, who lives on the flank, has an ambiguous attitude.
, after the sudden change in Heshuo, they expanded wantonly into Yingqiao and other places. In addition, the Xiangbei Army in the south was watching eagerly, so Caizhou soldiers had no way to rush north to reinforce Bianjing.
In fact, after Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun led their troops to reinforce Bianjing, they are currently only able to barely defend the city of Bianjing. However, facing the more powerful Weizhou rebels, who have more than 10,000 troops near Bianjing, the morale of the troops is unstable and they are falling behind.
Caizhou's troops and horses, which are difficult to protect the road, are of little significance.
However, if Guanzhong Liang Jun mobilized five thousand of its most elite soldiers and horses, with the help of Tang Yi, they could secretly rush to Caizhou to join Caizhou's soldiers and horses, the meaning would be very different.
When Caizhou soldiers and horses move north to reinforce Bianjing, Weizhou rebels are likely to seriously misjudge the combat effectiveness of Caizhou soldiers and horses, thereby achieving the effect of a surprise attack.
If Liang Jun can win one or two key victories near Bianjing, it will greatly change the bad situation in the Central Plains, and it may also be able to reverse the ambiguous attitude of Xu Mingzhen and other forces.
Of course, Xu Mingzhen's change of attitude is also good for Tangyi. After all, after helping so much, Liang Jun (Shouzhou Army) had to give up Shouchun and Huoqiu, the two cities on the south bank of the Huaihe River.
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When Shen Peng just made this request, Guo Rong, Chen Jingzhou, Wen Bo, and Tan Yuliang were all shocked, but after careful consideration, it turned out to be a brilliant idea. After they stepped aside and discussed in a low voice for a while, Guo Rong formally replied to Shen Peng: "This matter we
I can’t decide, but I will send someone to report to my lord tonight..."
"Can we start the preliminary preparations first?" Shen Peng asked.
The Tangluo Road is about 500 miles long, and it will take 5,000 Liang troops from Yongzhou to reach Tiehe Village at the southern pass of the Tangluo Road, which will take at least seven or eight days.
And here we must strictly prevent the slightest leakage of the news. The generals of the Youshenwu Army may not be reliable. It is necessary to mobilize the troops stationed on the front line of Tiehe Village, all the guards led by Han Donghu or the old soldiers brought by Tan Yuliang from Xuzhou.
Well, only in this way can we truly conceal the truth.
Guo Rong, Chen Jingzhou, Wen Bo, and Tan Yuliang looked at each other, knowing that they had sent people to ask Han Qian for instructions. It would take seven or eight days to go back and forth. The current situation can be said to be an inch of light and an inch of gold. They can prepare in advance.
Get up, it really shouldn't be delayed for seven or eight days.
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Wang Che and Zhao Ci set off for Huaixi overnight.
A small group of troops or scouts and messengers borrowed the road from Xiangbei territory, and Li Zhigao was not in trouble. Wang Che and Zhao Ci rode their fast horses to Huangchuan two days later.
At that time, Han Qian was no longer in charge of Huangchuan, so they pursued him from Huangchuan to Huaiyang, where they met with Han Qian who was inspecting there.
Han Qiandang even agreed to cover Liang Jun's troops and escort them to Caizhou quietly, with Guo Rong, Wen Bo and others cooperating fully.
At the same time, Han Qian also formally issued an order to mobilize the Shenwu Army and Tianping to withdraw from Liangzhou in the name of preparing for the attack on Shouchun and Huoqiu, so that Guo Rong and Wen Bo could negotiate with Li Zhigao and Li Changfeng.
On April 10th, Wang Che and Zhao Ci rushed back to Hanzhong City with Han Qian's warrant. At this time, the elite Liang army who had smuggled in were already preparing to hide their identity in the north of Tiehe Village.
Guo Rong rushed to Li Zhigao and Li Changfeng to discuss the withdrawal of troops with Han Qian's warrant and letter.
At this time, it was almost confirmed that Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian would not dare to counterattack the Liang army in the short term, while Wen Bo, Tan Yuliang and others were ordered by Han Qian to withdraw their troops. This was also a fulfillment of their previous promise and Liangzhou was completely handed over to the Xiangbei Army and Zuo Wuxiang Army.
The elite troops of Xiangbei Army and Zuowu Xiang Army combined totaled more than 60,000 troops. There was no major military pressure from other directions. In Liangzhou, they occupied many cities first, and had a huge advantage in defending the city. With Junzhou,
Xiangzhou and Dengzhou are connected by the Han River, so they are fully capable of shouldering the defense task of Liangzhou alone.
Li Zhigao has even started to relocate civilian households and imperial army soldiers to Xunyang, Hanyin, Shiting, Xicheng and other villages in Sanjinzhou. At this time, if Wen Bo and Tan Yuliang continue to lead their troops to stay, they will have to be careful
How could they oppose Wen Bo if there were other changes? Tan Liangliang and others withdrew their troops back to Tangyi to participate in preparations for the war to recover Huoqiu and Shouchun.
Of course, when Wen Bo's newly formed Right Shenwu Army withdrew, Li Zhigao demanded that they strictly take boats along the Han River and go south to the Yangtze River to the East Lake. They were no longer allowed to go overland from Xiangsu, Deng Jun and other prefectures directly to Guangzhou to receive defense.
Taking the water route seems to take an extra two thousand miles, but if the ship goes along the Han River and down the Yangtze River, then passes through Chaohu Lake and the Fei River and goes north to the central area of Huozhou, it will not take more than a few days, and the generals will not be so hard.
As a result, Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo and others first withdrew from the first batch of 5,000 troops (3,000 of whom were Liang Jun in disguise), Tan Yuliang, Han Donghu, Guo Que and Wen Bo's subordinates.
Yuan, Cao Ba, Xue Chuan and other generals were waiting for the second and third batch to evacuate.
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The first batch of evacuated troops entered Chaohu on April 22nd on a merchant ship of the Chishan Society.
It is already early summer in the Jianghuai area, and the weather is already a bit hot; in more than half a month, it will be the harvest season for beans, wheat and other summer grains in the Jianghuai area.
This year, the rainfall in the Jianghuai region after summer has been much more abundant than in previous years, and there have been reports of floods in many states and counties.
After the fleet entered the Yangtze River, it rained continuously on both sides of the river for days.
The only thing that is gratifying is that the prefectures and counties in the hinterland of Da Chu have been relatively peaceful and peaceful for the past five or six years, and taking a boat will not delay the journey.
Emperor Yanyou, Shen Yang and others were very diligent in their governance, and the local area had a strong ability to withstand natural disasters. Even if taxes and donations were extremely heavy, the poor at the bottom could barely survive.
Even with a large-scale typhoon like the one in Jiangdong last year, there were no large-scale starvation deaths, which is extremely rare in this world.
Of course, this is also due to Tangyi's great contribution. Last year, the Chishan Association diverted more than 40,000 victims from the Jiangdong area alone to Chuzhou, Chaozhou and other places for resettlement.
In addition, due to the expansion of the bodyguards and pro-army forces, the Ministry of War integrated tens of thousands of disaster victims and refugees into military camps near Gyeongsang Province for resettlement, thereby expanding the scale of military households near Gyeongsang Province.
After the fleet entered Chaohu Lake through the Yuxi River, the ships of the guard cavalry and some Xuzhou veterans sailed to Donghu Port, while the ships of the three thousand Liangjun troops will directly pass through Chaohu Lake, starting from the south west of Chaozhou City. The Feishui River continued northward until it landed near Anfeng, and then took the overland road to Caizhou.
Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, the commander in charge of this elite Liang army, must follow Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo into East Lake City to pay a visit to Han Qian.
They were not afraid of spending two or three days in East Lake. They could quickly catch up with Liang Jun who was heading north via Chaozhou on horseback.
At this time, the east coast of Chao Lake is full of boats. In addition to the merchant ships of the Chishan Society and the warships of the Tangyi Navy, there are also a large number of merchant ships entering Chao Lake from various places. The size of the port is no less than that of Jinling.
Of course, in Jinling, all the goods from other places are concentrated mainly through waterways, so that they can be spent by the dignitaries and their children in the city.
In addition to the grain and tributes transported by the various prefectures and counties, in order to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation for the hundreds of thousands of people in Jinling City, more than two million stones of grain, millions of pieces of cloth and other commercial goods had to be transported from various places.
On the East Lake side, large-scale commercial goods are transported to various states and counties.
The different needs of the two cities also destined the waterway transportation between East Lake and Jinling to become increasingly prosperous.
Ships transporting ordinary soldiers have designated berths at the navy camp, and soldiers and horses can go ashore directly to the barracks to rest and recuperate; the two sailboats boarded by Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo, Shen Peng, Jing Zhen and others, Under the guidance of the sentinel boat, they sailed directly to a military dock outside the navy camp.
From a distance, you can see more than a hundred people standing on the pier.
Han Qian, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers, was standing on the dock with Wang Jun, Xi Rong, Gao Shao, Feng Liao, Zhao Wuji and even Wen Muqiao.
Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo thought that Han Qian rushed to the port to greet them in person. When the ship came over, they saw Han Qian and Wang Jun standing next to a tall and graceful young girl, looking forward to it. Come, with a face full of anxiety and anticipation.
Chen Jingzhou looked at Guo Rong and Wang Che with some confusion. He didn't understand the identity of this girl in such an occasion, and asked: "Who is the girl next to the Marquis?"
"Princess Yunhe?" Guo Rong subconsciously answered Chen Jingzhou's question, but as he spoke, he and Wang Che suddenly became confused. After thinking about it, they looked towards Shen Peng and the entourage behind Jing Zhen.
They understood that if they were just meeting Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, there was no need for Han Qian to directly bring Yun and Princess to the dock. At worst, Tang Yi would be completely sincere in asking them to meet him afterwards, unless...
However, among the attendants behind Shen Peng, a thin scholar wearing a green shirt with a sallow complexion and a somewhat sickly look stood in front of Shen Peng and Jing Zhen. At this moment, Guo Rong and Wang Che They all wanted to slap themselves, but they didn't expect that they escorted Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang to East Lake without noticing anything along the way.
But compared to the portrait of Zhu Yu secretly stored by the Military Intelligence Department, Zhu Yu was much thinner at this time, and he had a somewhat sickly appearance that could not be concealed. It was no wonder that they did not recognize him.
Shen Peng and Jing Zhen were on tenterhooks all the way, and were even opposed to Zhu Yu entering East Lake City with them, fearing that Han Qian would suddenly change his mind if Xingzang was discovered.
Now they were more relaxed. Since Han Qian had guessed that His Majesty was hiding in the fleet beforehand, but did not take any extra steps, it would naturally not be difficult for them to meet at the lakeside dock at this time.
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"When we say goodbye to Guishan, we suddenly feel like a white horse passing by for several years."
Even if he didn't want to arouse unnecessary wariness from Liang Jun generals like Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, Han Qian would not invite Zhu Yu into East Lake City and just meet each other on the dock.
Guards were guarding the outside to strictly prevent outsiders from peeking in. On the left and right were close ministers of Tangyi or Liang Jun, who were directly related to generals. Han Qian did not hesitate to talk to Zhu Yu.
"Wang Jun has met His Majesty." Wang Jun stood beside Han Qian, leaned forward and saluted Zhu Yu.
Although she had first expected that Zhu Yu would most likely arrive in Caizhou in person to direct the battle, she still couldn't help but curiously look at such a person in front of her.
"Madam, you're welcome. I heard in Bianjing that the Wang family has a good daughter. It would be really helpful for Marquis Qianyang to have your help. But madam, did you expect that I would go to Caizhou via East Lake?" Zhu Yu nodded slightly and smiled. asked.
Wang Jun lowered his head slightly and replied: "My husband is an outstanding person, and your Majesty is also an outstanding person. Only then did Wang Jun guess that Your Majesty would come to East Lake as a guest."
Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong and others had been confused just now, thinking that thousands of soldiers and horses wanted to enter Caizhou quietly from Guanzhong, and Tangyi had to help cover them, but Zhu Yu wanted to go to Caizhou. He could have taken his personal bodyguard directly over Funiu Mountain. He never thought that he would hide in the fleet and come to East Lake specifically for this trip.
But at this time, listening to Zhu Yu and Wang Jun's tactful words, Chen Jingzhou and Guo Rong felt something in their hearts. Is it possible that Zhu Yu didn't have much hope for his trip to Caizhou?
Zhu Yu looked at Wen Muqiao, who was standing with Feng Liao, Gao Shao and others, and asked, "Has Mr. Wen already decided that Tangyi is the place to go?"
No matter how old-fashioned Wen Muqiao was, he still felt a little embarrassed standing in front of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu at this moment, and he bowed his body and said politely.
: "Your Majesty's kindness to the Wen family will never be forgotten by the children of the Wen family."
"The country has no right to fight. I used the children of the Wen family for the purpose of plotting against Chu. How could there be any kindness at all? The Wen family stayed in Tangyi. If there is no more hesitation, history can be expected." Zhu Yu expressed his thoughts. said.
Wen Muqiao responded: "Your Majesty is right."
Zhu Yu stood on the slightly higher pier and looked at the newly built East Lake City on the west side for a while, and then said to Han Qian: "Although East Lake is dilapidated, it has a new atmosphere at the end of the millennium since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The hill in your chest Hey, after all, it is more unfathomable than I imagined."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Han Qian said.
"The Mongol people are so strong that I have underestimated them. And if I fail to clean up the broken situation in the Central Plains within three years, Xiao Yiqing and Wusu Dashi will also be your strong enemies - I respect your feelings and the most I can do is to advise you. Xu Mingzhen will return the cities of Huoqiu and Shouchun to you, but by then Chu will not be able to go away from its domestic worries, and it will be difficult to prevent foreign invasions," Zhu Yu said.
"This can only go as far as it goes." Han Qian said with a sigh.
"Father." Princess Yunhe couldn't help but call out at this time.
Zhu Yu gently stroked Yun He's forehead and said: "Yun He, you should stay in East Lake. After three years, when the situation in the Central Plains can be stabilized, I will send someone to pick you up again. With the mind of Marquis Qianyang, you don't have to I’m worried that I won’t be able to reunite with my father again.”
"...Yunhe," Princess Yunhe said.
Zhu Yu shook his head, interrupted her request to follow to Caizhou, and said to Han Qian: "I originally planned to go to East Lake to spend two or three days with you, but after entering Chao Lake via Yuxi River, I found that it was no longer necessary - —I really hope that one day you and I can meet on the battlefield."
"I hope this day will come," Han Qian said.
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After all, Zhu Yu did not enter East Lake City. Han Qian arranged for a boat to transport him and Shen Peng, while Jing Zhen chased the main force of Liang Jun who was heading towards the South Feishui River through Chao Lake.
Han Qian stood in front of the pier until the solitary sail merged into the shadow of the clouds and was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Then he asked Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo and others to leave the pier with him, and together they took a carriage and horse through East Lake City and headed for Liyang.
Although Huxiang was extremely prosperous, the scale of East Lake City at this time was still far behind that of Jinling City.
However, as Zhu Yu said, East Lake had a new atmosphere that was not available in major states at that time.
After passing through the spacious galloping road, the carriages and horses, escorted by guards, rushed to Liyang City, which was more than thirty miles away.
Today, Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo led the first batch of troops to retreat to Tangyi. Naturally, they had to hold a banquet to celebrate their achievements, and they would not be interrupted by Zhu Yu's arrival and departure.
Liyang is also a quiet small town that is covered by the richness of summer. The terrain it lives in is quite high, and the climate in summer is quite dry. There is no sultry heat and humidity unique to the Jianghuai area. It can be said to be a rare place to escape.
Except for Gao Shao, Feng Liao, Wen Muqiao and other very limited people who accompanied Han Qian to the dock to meet Zhu Yu, the banquet held in Liyang City's Lianyuan, Yang Qin, Yuan Guowei, Zhao Wuji, Zhao Qi, Chen Zhiyong , Ji Xiyao, Chen Jitang, Xi Fa, Wen Zhanyu, Cao Kun and other important figures of the Wen family, Han Qian also invited them.
Covering Liang Jun's transit, especially the arrival of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang to East Lake today, was naturally not mentioned casually at the banquet. In addition to the war in Liangzhou and the situation in Hehuai, the most discussed topic during the banquet was Huaixi. people’s livelihood and the worrisome rains and floods since the beginning of summer.
Although Huaixi has been newly recovered and more than ten newly established counties will no longer be exempted from grain and field taxes this summer, the field taxes are all retained in prefectures and counties.
At present, all counties are reporting on the construction of ditches and roads according to their population size.
Especially in the four prefectures of Huo Hao and Shouguang, considering that the subsequent war is likely to develop along both sides of the Huai River, residential areas, especially those with extremely poor living conditions and need subsidies from counties and townships, will gradually be taken care of this year. The standard for defending against cavalry raids by small groups is to focus on building enclosed houses and fortresses.
The land tax collected by each county and township bureau must be invested in doing these things, and the government will subsidize part of the money and grain accordingly to maintain the daily operations of the prefecture, county and township bureaus.
For these many things, counties and townships will try their best to purchase building materials locally, either directly from the government, or encourage private funds to build various brick cellars, ash cellars, lumber mills and other workshops, and hire laborers locally. Spend money out.
Providing relief for work and expanding local infrastructure construction can continuously improve the living conditions of the poor at the bottom of these places. This is something Huaixi will continue to do unremittingly.
Han Qian has maintained close correspondence with Chen Jingzhou, Zhou Pan and others, and will promptly report the current situation in Huaixi. After the Jinling Incident, Chen Jingzhou had limited opportunities to enter Huaixi, but he also knew the current situation in Huaixi very well.
Wen Bo has been leading troops to confront Huaixi (Tangyi) for a long time, and he is no stranger to the situation in Huaixi, but he knows very well that there are things that Tangyi can do, but the Shouzhou army cannot. In the final analysis, it is still the two armies.
Capital expenditures rely on different objects.
In addition to selling goods to Jianghuai, Sichuan, Sichuan, and central Guizhou, Tangyi could also raise money from wealthy families such as Qiao Chen and others through the official money bureau to redeem a large amount of grain and other materials from all over the Jianghuai. The Shouzhou Army could only
Through traditional land taxes and various additional miscellaneous donations, exploitation is carried out from directly controlled households.
Before the battle of Wujinling, even if the Shouzhou army relied on Bianjing to allocate four to five million shi of grain and fodder, the supplies it could mobilize were already far behind Tangyi.
In the Battle of Wujin Ridge, others might think that Han Qian was using a dangerous trick to gain merit, but in Wen Bo's eyes, even without the Battle of Wujin Ridge, it would have been difficult for the Shouzhou Army to defend Chaozhou and other places in the past two years.
After talking about people's livelihood, it is inevitable that we will also talk about the resettlement of the Wen clan people and the newly formed You Shenwu Army.
I have to say that I still had some scruples in my heart before, but after seeing the meeting between Han Qian and Emperor Liang Zhu Yu at the dock today, Wen Muqiao, Wen Bo and his son did not hesitate anymore. They immediately expressed their stance that they would never engage in independent mountain tops again, confirming everything.
It is necessary to integrate the Tangyi Army as a premise and eliminate the remaining problems that may exist in the You Shenwu Army.
With Wen Bo, Wen Muqiao and other core figures of the Wen family taking the initiative to express their opinions, these matters can be freely discussed and discussed.
