Chapter 1056 West Middle East
The first one to start the battle was actually not Jingzhou or Xuzhou, but Huainan in Yangzhou.
On September 11, Zhou Guang, general of Shanxi Du Du, led his troops to enter Shaopi by boat and landed on the north shore, and raided the Shaofu Garden households that were soaring in autumn, capturing and killing more than a hundred people.
The households in the garden fled in scattered places and stopped at the camp.
Zhang Shuo heard that he ordered Zuyou's troops, who had just finished the autumn sowing, to reinforce the military farmland area from Caijihe.
More than 3,000 vanguards of the ancestral army were led by Xu Liu, of which nearly 3,000 infantry were close to 3,000, and about 300 cavalry were also present.
The ancestral army had almost no cavalry, but many of the soldiers who lost their families in Xuzhou got married and became more cheap overnight.
This cavalry unit is composed of a group of teenagers in the Huns.
To be honest, the weather is not very good.
There is a saying that "autumn rain continues". The season that is truly suitable for attack has not arrived yet, so Zhang Shuo has not moved, and he has not received the general attack order from Nanyang.
But if you don’t hit, others will call you. There is no way, I can only fight back first.
On September 12, Zhang Shuo held a military meeting at the prefect's office in Shouchun City.
Those who attended the meeting were Zhao Wei, the governor of the Heiyi Right Camp, Dong Le, General Guangwei Zu Yue, Liang Gong, the leader of the Ping'antun Army, Yang Tao, the leader of the Xiquyang Army, and Zhou Mo, the chief of the Shaofu (also known as Huainan Yuanling). ), Sun Song, the commander of the Yang Family Manor tribe, and Yu Zhi, the supervisor of the Yang Family Manor tribe.
From the personnel composition at a glance, you can see that except for the Heihu Youying, Shaofuyuan households and the ancestral army soldiers, the rest are basically armed forces of the rich and are miscellaneous soldiers that cannot be more complicated.
Zhang Shuo was disliked at first sight because he had a lot of experience in leading the imperial guards and was used to the high quality of the imperial guards and the style of obeying orders. He had a headache for the miscellaneous soldiers who were not even well hygienic in the camp.
But this is the case. No matter how unhappy he is, he has to take them to war.
"After this matter, I'm not talking much." Zhang Shuo asked someone to spread a map on the table and said, "Come here, let's discuss it together."
Liang Gong, Yang Tao and others stood up instantly as if they were installed with springs on their legs and came over.
The two chief officials of the Heihuo Right Camp were much more reserved. They stood neither far nor near, could hear and see, but did not seem too enthusiastic.
Zhou Mo is a scholar and has his own reserve.
Sun Song, Yu Hui and Zu Yue each have their own backgrounds, and it is not something that Zhang Shuo can easily grasp.
Therefore, Li Chong's value is still rising, and this guy is used to commanding various miscellaneous troops to fight.
However, the atmosphere was still good shortly after Daliang founded, especially the military orders were strict, and a group of people finally leaned against Zhang Shuo and listened to him carefully.
"There are naval troops guarding Erqianshi Mountain, let's not talk about it for now." Zhang Shuo's fingers drew on the picture: "Wukou Camp, no mistakes are allowed. General Liang, I will not draw your troops south, you can take all the troops to the south. Collect all the strengths and guard them closely. Don’t leave them behind even the autumn sows, and leave them to the elderly, weak, women and children.”
"Abide by the order." Liang Gong immediately responded with a very good attitude.
"Xiquyang and Huainan Gardens are mainly used for garrison planting. Although the grain has been collected once, the income and expenditure cannot be offset, and the autumn sowing is particularly important." Zhang Shuo said: "I think the thieves will definitely go north along the old road and attack Chengde. , don’t worry, please.”
Yang Tao and Zhou Mo hesitated a little, but they still agreed.
"General Zu." Zhang Shuo looked at Zu Yue again and said, "Your troops have completed the autumn sowing. The entire army can go south and station it north of Shaobi and west of Lijiangshui to prevent the thieves from raiding and cover the people in the autumn sowing to complete the autumn sowing. .”
"Abide by the order." Zu Yue bowed his hand and then asked again: "Now there are everything, but there is no action to attack the south. How can we restrain the bandits?"
"Your Majesty has not issued an order yet, it is important to complete the autumn sowing." Zhang Shuo waved his hand and said, "Except for the Heihuo Youying Camp, all the troops are both farmers and soldiers. If they do not have autumn sowing, what should I do next year? After the winter begins, a group of Hebei Town soldiers will go south to the south. , then you can show your strength."
Zu Yue felt relieved and thought that Zhang Shuo’s nickname of “General of Military Field” was really right, and he only had “Middle Field” and “Autumn Plan” in his mind.
However, this kind of person is very capable of persevering when he is nailed to Shouchun. If Shan Yanlin had no strange plans, it would be really difficult to drive him away.
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On September 15, a heavy rain came unexpectedly on the north bank of the Huai River, hitting a few new chrysanthemums.
Li Chong climbed to the top of Xia Pi City and looked south with the prefect Miao Kai.
"In the past two years, the people of Wu seem to have a lower spirit and they don't even come to take Xia Pi." Li Chong looked at the turbid river water surrounding Xia Pi and smiled, "I remember that when Yu Yuangui was not leaving, Xia Pi had fought hard for a few times. Many soldiers were killed and injured."
"Governor, is Yu Yuangui still in trouble?" Miao Kai asked.
He and Li Chong are very familiar with each other.
He was born in the Lanling Miao family and was well-known in literature. He was also knowledgeable, but he was more down-to-earth and did not discriminate against people of lower origins. He was very compatible with Li Chong and was recommended by him as the prefect of Xia Pi.
About half of the three thousand soldiers guarding Xia Pi are from the own troops of the Miao family, and they are cohesive.
"I have been away from the center for a long time and I am not very clear about many things." Li Chong said, "It has been twenty-seven months, but now I don't know if there are officials."
Speaking of this, I sighed a little.
Jiaci died, but he could not go home to keep mourning. Although the emperor promoted him, he was a little sad after all.
Moreover, this kind of thing is always criticized. In the long run, it is not good for the future, especially for a newcomer like him with shallow foundations.
But he was satisfied. Not everyone can be the General Zhendong. As the first founder of the family, if he can end his position with this position, it will be perfect. The rest will depend on his descendants to work hard.
"The autumn rain continues, the river water surges. Is the governor willing to fight south?" Miao Kai asked with a handful of rain that was coming to his face.
"Don't you know whether the southern expedition is not a southern expedition?" Li Chong glanced at him dissatisfiedly. Miao Kai laughed and said, "Follow the Si River, the more you go south, the muddy land is. Chen Deng occupied Guangling at the end of the Han Dynasty, and it made it difficult for the Sun family to make progress."
"The flag of the character "Chen" is slapped at the head of Beiling City, but is it the Chen Deng ethnic group?" Li Chong asked.
"That's right." Miao Kai said, "The Tu tribe is no longer a favor. Most of the tribes live in Huaipu."
"Where is the Chen family army in Linhuai?" Li Chong asked again.
"That was from the Chen family in Dongyang, and he was the descendant of the Grand Sima Chen Qian." Miao Kai said: "The Yongjia chaos broke out, and the Chen family fled back to their hometowns from Luoyang and Gaoping. Sima Rui has always been relying on it."
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"Maybe I beg you to be pacified?" Li Chong sighed and said, "I have understood it in the past few years since I was in charge of Xuzhou. From Xia Pi to the south, to Linhuai, Huailing and Guangling, whoever attacked would suffer. There was a navy. It is also necessary to get ashore, and it is much easier to stick to it than to attack."
Miao Kai smiled again and said, "Ming Gong said this. During the Three Kingdoms, most of Guangling was in the hands of Cao Wei, and Sun Wu had to reach dozens of miles north of the Yangtze River. However, the Wei and Jin dynasties did not go south from then on. This place was indeed Whoever attacks will suffer. As for the requisition-"
Speaking of this, Miao Kai's eyes rolled and said, "I heard that Sima Rui of Jianye was ill for a long time. If he died of illness, he might have a good opportunity to treat him."
"Huh?" Li Chong looked at him, quite interested.
"The Wu people still have seven or eight cities in Huaibei, with the two cities of Beiling and Huaipu as the most important." Miao Kai said: "These Huaibei cities have been blocked for many years and are extremely miserable. If the Wu people are strong and go north many times, It may still be able to persist. Now that the people of Wu turn off attacking in Xuzhou, it will be more and more difficult for Huaibei to defend. If Sima Rui dies, people will inevitably be in a turmoil and there may be opportunities to take advantage of it."
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"It's reasonable." Li said with a close eye.
"If Ming Gong led a large army to go south, besiege one or two cities, and persuaded surrender, he might be able to take it down." Miao Kai said: "In this way, not only did he gain something, but he also restrained the Wu army and gave some explanation to the emperor. , it can be said to be good."
After saying that, he added: "The Xuzhou area must not be impatient. It is just a little bit weakening of the people of Wu. As long as you don't go south through the Huai River, Zhuge Daoming may not be willing to fight with Ming Gong."
"This battle depends on Jingzhou after all." Li Chong smiled and said, "I and Zhang Chuhou are just slandering with Wu Renxu."
"Ming Gong, but I don't know who is the commander of Jingzhou?"
Li Chong stared into the distance and said, "General Zuo Xiaoqi Guard and Prince of Julu."
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On September 20th, Nanyang finally cleared.
Le Kai rode a white horse out of the south gate of Wancheng.
"See the Governor." From the south gate, hundreds of officials and generals of all sizes sang in unison.
For some reason, Le Kai suddenly shivered.
He has been in charge of Wancheng for many years and has repeatedly fought with the Jin people in Jingbei. Although his power is heavy, it is inevitable to cause attacks from others.
Fortunately, the emperor is not the master of Xiong Guess, and he has always trusted the Le family. After many comforts, Le Kai finally felt at ease.
Once this person is comfortable for a long time, he will easily be unable to see himself clearly.
The Ye, Zong, Liu, Fan, Yu and other families who once joined hands now all obey the Le family;
The once rebellious Kansai Fortress owners are now following the leader of the Leslie Horse;
After the emperor no longer served as the governor of Mianbei, everything was decided by the Le family, and all officials of all sizes were born by the Le family;
Under years of war, many generals and schoolmen were promoted by Less;
The number of land and houses and farmers in Leshi increased day by day. The fire of the fire never went out all night, making various exquisite equipment for Leshi;
There are hundreds of concubines in Lekai's mansion, and their official power is unfathomable.
But suddenly, the emperor was about to make a southern tour, and Le Kai was a little nervous.
"Oh!" He didn't know what he was sighing, but subconsciously turned over and dismounted, threw the reins into the hands of his own soldiers, and said, "The white horse is too eye-catching, change another one."
The personal soldiers were shocked at first, and then timid.
Le Kai stepped forward and looked at the Hu soldiers camping in the distance. He suddenly remembered an old saying: To be full will bring harm, and humility will benefit.
People should be more modest.
The emperor can attract tens of thousands of Hu soldiers in one breath. Who can match this prestige?
Thinking of this, another person was called and said, "Go and clear out all the old houses in Qingyang. The Le clans will temporarily move to other manors to settle down."
"I will copy a new copy of the genealogy of the rich families of the counties in Jingzhou. I will review it carefully."
"Five counties who met the emperor..." Le Kai hesitated for a long time and said, "All the children of the Le family are removed and the list is rewritten."
"All the troops in the battle are transferred to Xinye, and no one is left."
"Pick some clan girls who look like a monkey and send them to Jingyang. The emperor has worked hard to go to the south, how can he not be comforted by women at night?"
"Another reminder, Tao Kan may send troops north and take the lead in taking the blame. If you encounter an enemy, you are not allowed to stay. If anyone is sloppy, he will be dismissed directly."
"If you don't have enough military rations, you can borrow a batch first and then return it after harvesting next summer."
The orders were sent out like flowing water, and the followers went back and forth, constantly sending orders.
After seeing the messengers boarded and left one after another, Le Kai finally put down his snacks.
"Where has the emperor been?" he asked.
"It has passed the sun."
(This chapter ends)