Guo Song has already inspected Hangzhou and Huzhou, and Guo Song has arrived in Yuezhou. Today is his second day of inspection in Yuezhou, but in Kuaiji County, Yuezhou, Guo Song unexpectedly met Zhang Lei's Li An.
Of course Zhang Lei and Li An came to visit on their own initiative. They were here to purchase celadon and heard the news that King Jin was inspecting Jiangnan.
Guo Song invited the two of them into the official office. It was really cordial to meet old friends in a foreign country.
Guo Song asked the two of them to sit down and asked with a smile: "I thought you had returned to Chang'an a long time ago, but it turned out that you are still in Jiangnan, and you are no longer happy to miss Shu?"
Zhang Lei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Junior brother must have never imagined that we actually took a boat trip to Guangzhou."
"Why are you going to Guangzhou?" Guo Song asked puzzledly.
Li An said with a smile: "The main purpose is to test the ships. We bought twenty large-scale ships. As usual, we want to test a trip that is not too far or too close. Guangzhou is the most suitable. Logically we should wait in Mingzhou
, but the fat man said that instead of waiting in Mingzhou, it would be better to go with the ship in person. I have never walked on the open sea in my life, so I happily went to sea with the fat man. No, I just came back not long ago."
"Are you seasick?"
Li An smiled and shook his head, "I'm not seasick, but the fat man was so dizzy from vomiting that he swore along the way that he would never board the ship again."
"Old Li, that's too exaggerated. I just complained a few times, not to mention swearing! Besides, is it better now and then since I came back?"
"I performed well when I came back. I adapted quickly and was able to sail on the high seas."
Guo Song asked curiously: "What did you buy in Guangzhou?"
Speaking of the harvest in Guangzhou, both of them beamed with joy. Zhang Leimei said with joy: "I bought a batch of Nanyang spices in Guangzhou. I was very lucky. The government was about to deal with a batch of spices seized from pirates. Kang Bao was very generous and directly handed over the spices.
This batch of spices was sold to us at a price from the place of origin, and the profit would be at least ten times higher if shipped back to Chang'an."
Guo Song chuckled, "Then you really made a lot of money. The price is based on the place of origin. It seems that this Kangbao is not reliable!"
Zhang Lei and Li An were startled. Li An quickly explained: "Your Highness, don't blame General Kang. General Kang is already very good. At least he has no selfish motives. I heard that the generals directly divided up the things captured by pirates in the past."
Or just give it a few tokens of money and sell it to your own people."
Guo Song smiled and said: "I'm just talking. It's his right to auction pirate goods. I won't interfere, but when do you plan to return to the capital?"
"We plan to go back tomorrow. We have bought a batch of celadon and other goods in the past two days. We are going to Hekou Port in the north, and then transfer from Hekou Port to Chang'an."
"You are a five-thousand-stone ship, right? Can you travel along the Cao River in the north?" Guo Song asked.
Zhang Lei quickly shook his head, "The sea-going ship will go to Hekou Port, and then rent a tank fleet, and the sea-going ship will return to Mingzhou."
The three chatted for a while about the situation in Guangzhou and Mingzhou. Guo Song wanted to treat them to dinner, but Zhang Lei and Zhang Lei had to go to inspect the celadon and put it on the ship, so they left first.
Just after the two left, Yang Yuling, the governor of Yuezhou, hurried over. Yang Yuling was Han Huang's son-in-law, with both talents and virtues. He was originally a Sima of Yuezhou, and Han Huang recommended him to Guo Song. Not long ago,
, Guo Song officially appointed him as the governor of Yuezhou.
Yang Yuling handed an eagle letter to Guo Song, "Your Highness, this is a pigeon letter from Runzhou. Please read it!"
Guo Song unfolded the letter and read it carefully. He frowned. Something happened in Yangzhou. The letter said that Zhu Si's seizure of the merchants' wealth caused turmoil in Yangzhou. Li Bing begged him to return to Runzhou immediately.
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back. It seemed that his plan needed to be adjusted...
Guo Song left Yuezhou with his family and returned home that afternoon.
They took a carriage to Hangzhou first, and then took a boat directly to Runzhou.
Four days later, Guo Song's fleet returned to Runzhou, and Li Bing personally went to the dock to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Jin.
The Dugu family had a mansion covering an area of 30 acres in Runzhou. Guo Song's family lived in this mansion in Runzhou. Guo Song ordered his own soldiers to escort his family back to the mansion, while he and Li Bing went to the military camp.
"What's the situation in Yangzhou now?" Guo Song asked directly in the big tent.
Wang You bowed and said: "Reporting to your highness, Zhu Si's order came to Yangzhou two days ago, asking Xue Lun to severely punish the rioters and shock the civilians of Yangzhou. At noon yesterday, Xue Lun beheaded 130 people who participated in the beating at the public place where the riot was taking place.
Civilians of Plum Guard."
"What's going on in Jiangdu now?" Guo Song asked again.
"Jiangdu has been under martial law. Almost all restaurants have been forcibly closed and people are not allowed to gather. More than 10,000 people were arrested before. Under the protection of the governor Wang Guinian, each person paid a ransom of three guan and was released home.
Already."
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked again: "You seem to have mentioned in the pigeon letter that Li Na also sent people to Yangzhou?"
"Reporting to your highness, this is what Li Run, the chief secretary of Jiangdu, said. He has no definite evidence, but he personally thinks it is true."
Guo Song walked to the map and looked at Yangzhou on the map. The southernmost part of Li Na's power was Haizhou, which was actually separated from Yangzhou by Chuzhou. If Li Na wanted to send troops, he would capture Chuzhou first, followed by Yangzhou.
It is not difficult for Li Na to capture Yangzhou, and it seems that Li Na also found an opportunity.
"What do you think?" Guo Song turned around and asked.
Li Bing bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have discussed it with Military Advisor Wang and we all agree that now is a good opportunity to seize Yangzhou and Chuzhou. Now the people of Yangzhou are extremely angry towards Zhu Si. We are undoubtedly following God's will by sending troops, and we will definitely win Yangzhou."
With the warm welcome of the people, the hearts of the people of Yangzhou will naturally return to us. On the contrary, when the people of Yangzhou are longing for us, we have been holding back for a long time. This will also make us lose the hearts of the people of Yangzhou. The people of Yangzhou will even resent us, which is not conducive to our future attitude toward Yangzhou.
jurisdiction."
"Does the military advisor have any additional ideas?" Guo Song asked Wang Youdao again.
Wang You nodded and said: "Beizhi and General Li have the same opinion, but Beizhi would like to add one more point. If Li Na wanted to seize Yangzhou, he would definitely send a fleet to blockade the Huaihe River first, and then move the army southward. His tactics should be consistent with ours.
, so we must send troops first, and we cannot let Li Na take the advantage."
"What's the current military situation in Yangzhou?" Guo Song asked again.
Li Bing was overjoyed when he heard that his lord had relaxed his tone. He quickly said: "Zhu Si has 20,000 troops in the five states of Huainan, led by Xue Lun, the king of Guangling County. There are also 2,000 Meihua Guard soldiers.
Their duty is to plunder people's wealth, and there are still two thousand soldiers in the Chuzhou Salt Fields.
Among them, 20,000 soldiers are stationed in Jiangdu, Chuzhou, Haozhou, Tuzhou and Hezhou. There are still 30,000 troops in Huaixi, and Zhu Si has almost only 50,000 troops in Jianghuai."
Guo Song nodded, "We will never encourage rigidity in making plans. Everything should be done step by step. That is not the way to use troops. I usually only clarify the direction, and then it is up to the commander to decide how to attack. So if you want to attack Yangzhou in advance, you only need a reason.
Fully, I have no objection, provided that you are fully prepared!"
Li Bing said quickly: "Your Highness, we started preparations five days ago, and we are basically fully prepared."
"Then tell me, do you plan to fight at night or during the day?"
Li Bing pondered for a moment and said: "Bizhi has been training soldiers to fight at night. I heard that Xue Lun is also training soldiers to fight at night. I wanted to compete with him to see who can train better?"
"Okay! I won't interfere with your decision. When do you plan to send troops?"
"Your Majesty, I have made preparations. The south wind has been blowing on the river for the past two days, which is suitable for heading north. I have decided to send troops tonight!"
.........
The county seat to the south of Jiangdu and close to the Yangtze River is Jiangyang County. Jiangyang County is a small county with a city perimeter of only more than ten miles. The county has a population of less than a thousand households and a garrison of 200 people. In fact, Jiangyang County's biggest role is as a warning.
, the soldiers in the city were responsible for monitoring the river. Once they discovered the enemy situation on the other side, the soldiers would light the beacons on the top of the city to notify Jiangdu County ten miles away, buying time for the Jiangdu defenders.
If you don't want to be discovered by Jiangdu, you must take the lead in capturing the beacon fire in Jiangyang County. Li Bing made the deployment as early as five days ago.
There is a large house covering an area of 20 acres in the southeast corner of Jiangnan County. This is the house of Li Run's family. Li Run's father and brother live in this big house.
The Li family is a local gangster in Jiangdu. They are not businessmen, but landlords. They own two manors with nearly 100 hectares of land in Yangzhou, and a Yangtze River dock.
In the past few days, nearly three hundred young tenant farmers who are preparing to participate in the autumn harvest have come to the Li family farm. They all live in the Li Mansion's mansion. This is not surprising. After the autumn harvest begins at the end of September every year, a large number of tenant farmers will be transferred. The Li Mansion
In the past, tenant farmers would come to Jiangyang County to help, but there were not so many people this time, and not all of them were young people.
The leading tenant farmer was tall and strong, with dark skin and a pair of particularly sharp eyes like a leopard. Everyone called him Zhou Dalang. In fact, he was Zhou Fei, the deputy commander of the Jin army's scout battalion.