Xiao Shilian secretly sighed in his heart. Although Li Xingchen's understanding of the situation in Bashu was limited to those materials, he had already mastered the thoughts of the officials in Bashu.
It can be seen at this time that people's support is against them, and who is the final master of Bashu? Needless to say?
This may be the biggest difference between himself and everyone in the entire Donggong system and Li Xinchen. At this time, Xiao Shilian can better understand from the perspective of the Donggong, rather than from a personal perspective, why Li Xinchen is so indispensable.
Of course, he understands this and cannot say it out loud. After all, there are some truths that everyone understands, but saying it out will ruin things. This is a tacit understanding that everyone abides by.
At that moment, he pointed to Bajun in the distance, and Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Brother Shuyuan, do you think that if I want to cross the river from the east of Bajun City, which place is the most suitable?"
"General, do you want to outflank Lao Yashan's retreat?" Cheng Feng asked in surprise.
If Xiao Shilian wanted to attack Bajun, he would definitely not emphasize crossing the river in the east direction of the city. In order to prevent the enemy from finding out his true intention, Xiao Shilian could not only choose one direction to cross the river. Only the target was not Bajun.
When the time comes, he will seek to cross the river on the east side.
Crossing the river from the east of the city can firstly shock the defenders in the city, and secondly, it can outflank the back road of Laoyashan, so that the Northern Zhou Navy on the line from Laoyashan to Tongluo Gorge will be attacked from both sides. It is indeed a good choice. Just watch it from Cheng Feng
Come on, is it to outflank Lao Yashan's retreat with such a mighty army marching out in such a big circle?
If you have this skill, why not directly attack Laoya Mountain? I am afraid that Laoya Mountain would have fallen into Li Xingchen's hands long ago. After all, there are not many defenders in Laoya Mountain, and they cannot hold out for too long under the fierce attack of the army.
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In Cheng Feng's view, although the loss of troops was important to Li Xingchen, it could not be more important than taking Bajun as quickly as possible.
With a smile, Xiao Shilian simply rejected Cheng Feng's speculation: "We will not attack Laoya Mountain, nor will we attack Bajun."
Cheng Feng was startled for a moment. Seeing that Xiao Shilian had no intention of further explanation, he frowned and looked at Ba Jun on the bank of the river in front of him, thoughtfully.
Xiao Shilian is still young and mature, so what will Li Xingchen look like who is above him? In an instant, Cheng Feng felt that this battle was not about Li Xingchen racking his brains to attack Bajun's solid defense line, but about Bajun's Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The army is in the palm of your hand.
However, Cheng Feng then thought about it. Zhang He, the leading governor of Chuzhou, had done a lot of bad things over the years, relying on his family background as the Zhang family and being considered a prominent family, including the promotions of him, Yong'an Dai Cai and others, all because of this.
He was strangled for not paying tribute to Governor Zhang on time, and Cheng Feng was even kicked out of Bajun to farm in mountainous areas such as Fuling.
Bajun was defeated and defended, so the peace had to be carried away without being eaten.
"I heard that Zhang He is a bad person and has a very bad official reputation?" Xiao Shilian asked curiously at this time.
He knew this before, but seeing the way Cheng Feng was gritting his teeth, he might as well just add more fire.
Cheng Feng immediately nodded solemnly.
Chuzhou in Bashu is also called Western Chuzhou to distinguish it from East Chuzhou in Pengcheng area of Huaibei. This Chuzhou is not big. In fact, it only includes Bajun, Fuling and Baidi City, which is equivalent to the area in later generations.
The scope of Chongqing is not a big state, but it covers all the best prefectures and counties in Badi. It is an out-and-out fertile area.
In the Northern Dynasty system, the governor who had military power was called the "leading governor", and the governor who only had the power to manage local civil affairs and supervision was called the "bicycle governor".
Although both are governors, everyone knows that in these troubled times, only those with soldiers in their hands have the real right to speak.
Obviously Zhang He is such a prefect with the right to speak, not to mention that he also has the title of military governor of Chuzhou, which makes it easier for him to control the army. He is also the prefect of Bajun, the first county in Chuzhou, so in
One-third of an acre of land in Chuzhou is nothing but a promise.
This kind of thing where the governor controlled both the soldiers and the people was absolutely shocking during the Han Dynasty.
However, with the establishment of the "state animal husbandry" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this restriction was first broken, and the military and civilian governors who were in charge of one side were able to grab a lot of people. For example, Wu Mingche was the governor of the five states in Huainan at the beginning and had jurisdiction over the military and civilian affairs of the entire Huainan. But now
As a hussar general and the governor of Jingzhou, Xiao Mohe also has jurisdiction over the affairs of all state capitals within the entire Jingzhou.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhang He had absolute control over Chuzhou.
It is precisely because of having such great power that Zhang He has a decisive influence on the promotions of Dai Cai, Cheng Feng and others.
Mentioning this former boss, Cheng Feng's teeth itched and he wanted to swallow the guy who was indirectly assigned to him, including the blood on his belt.
Xiao Shilian had learned a lot about Zhang He's deeds before, and knew that Cheng Feng's nod was definitely not out of personal grudges.
Zhang He was born in the Jianwei Zhang family. The Zhang family was considered one of the first-class wealthy families in Ba County during the Eastern Han Dynasty more than 300 years ago. However, when Liu Bei later entered Shu, the head of the Jianwei Zhang family, Zhang Song, was cited as
Liu Bei was killed for entering Shu.
After Liu Bei entered Shu, although Zhang Song was a hero, because he died before Liu Bei entered Shu, and Zhang Song was killed because of his brother's report, he even almost ruined Liu Bei's plan, so Jian was the Zhang family
Liu Bei made no merit or demerit in entering Shu and establishing the Shu Han Dynasty.
With the establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty, the Jingxiang family dominated the family, and the Jianwei Zhang family gradually declined. By the time of Zhang He's generation, it could only be regarded as a small family that could still maintain the family business, and as the head of the family,
Later, when Lu Teng strangled the Ba people, Zhang He clearly sided with Lu Teng, and he was the first among the many forces in Bashu to take a stand.
Therefore, Lu Teng praised Zhang He many times and promoted him many times later, taking him as an example to cooperate with the Northern Zhou court. As for Zhang He's specific character, Lu Teng actually didn't care, because what he needed more at that time was stability.
People's hearts don't care about what kind of person Zhang He is.
But Lu Teng didn't expect that Zhang He, who was bold in front of him at the beginning, completely tore off the disguise after he left, planted a large number of Zhang family's children, and even levied excessive taxes to fill the Zhang family's warehouse that had been vacant for too long.
What's more important is that Zhang He did not show mercy to the other aristocratic families and civil and military officials in Bajun. Both Dai Cai and Cheng Feng obviously suffered greatly. Even the Tang family in Xiajiang was provoked by Zhang He many times.
, it’s just because Zhang He still dominates Bajun, so he dares to be angry but dare not speak out.
It can be said that the entire Ba County has quite a lot of complaints against Zhang He. Especially in the past few months, Zhang He privately increased taxes, which made his official reputation in disarray.
If there hadn't been a small population in Bajun in recent years, and all the key points near Bajun were under the control of Zhang He and his confidants, I'm afraid this matter would have been exposed long ago.