Because there is an iron mine in Changzhou Mansion, the one who stays behind is Zhu Duwei, who is good at logistics.

When I arrived here in Suzhou Mansion, who stayed behind?

The geographical location here is important.

Needless to say, the Yangtze River in the north is in danger, Songjiang Mansion in the east, Changzhou Mansion in the west, Jiaxing Mansion in the south, and Huzhou Mansion in the southwest.

Jiaxing Mansion and Huzhou Mansion are still under the rule of the imperial court.

Jiaxing next to the Hangzhou Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion has been stationed with tens of thousands of imperial soldiers and horses since last year.

If the soldiers and horses from Hangzhou go north, Suzhou will be in danger.

Those who stayed behind had to resist for at least a few days until Deng Jian's main force could return from Songjiang Mansion to help.

Similarly, there are more than 100,000 people in Suzhou Prefecture, because the people are rich, Maitreya is not widely spread, and they have no sense of identity with the Chuzhou army.

How to stabilize the place is also an immediate priority.

In the back hall of Suzhou Mansion, the generals of the Chuzhou Army who accompanied Deng Jian's eastern expedition looked at each other.

Staying in Suzhou, this requires a general.

Deng Jian's gaze fell directly on Huo Bao.

Huo Bao sat first on the west side of Deng Jian, and sat on the first side of the previous Yangzhou general.

The first on the east side is Marshal Yu, and the next one is An Yong.

Deng Jian looked over, of course Huo Bao would not misunderstand Deng Jian and let Jin Co stay.

After all, Jin Cuo is a general, and the geographical location of Suzhou Mansion is important.

That person is himself.

Huo Bao was not surprised, but he was a little regretful.

If you can't follow to fight Songjiang Mansion, then you won't have the opportunity to meet the "Ninth Master".

I thought about taking this opportunity to meet the "Ninth Master".

It's just that the child soldiers come out on a trip, and they can't just make a scene and be stationed in Suzhou Mansion.

He has no shortage of military exploits, and the boys under him are looking forward to the war.

Qiu Wei repaid, and he made a contribution to the Jin Ling before; Hou Xiaoming and Shi San have not yet gone to the battlefield.

If you stay in Suzhou Mansion, most of the child soldiers under your command will stay in Suzhou.

Suzhou Prefecture is a large prefecture, and in addition to the two counties where the prefecture is located, there are six other cities: Changshu County, Wujiang County, Kunshan County, Jiading County, Chongming County and Taicang County.

This attack on Suzhou was different from the attack on Changzhou in that it concentrated troops to besiege the capital city of Suzhou first, and the county town below had not yet sent troops.

"Uncle cousin, the six counties of Suzhou Prefecture, Jiading, Chongming, and Taicang are near Songjiang, and they are just on the way of the army's 'Eastern Expedition', and the rest of Changshu, Kunshan, and Wujiang will be handed over to Hou Xiaoming, right?"

Huo Bao directly divided the six counties that Suzhou Prefecture did not capture, and asked Deng Jian to fight.

How long will it take to wait if you don't ask for war at this time?

With Deng Jian's speed, if it's too late, nothing will be in the turn.

Deng Jian nodded, and agreed to Huo Bao's invitation.

In Deng Jian's eyes, it is not a state or a county that is being considered.

However, the generals under Deng Jian's command felt reluctant to listen to it, but they didn't say anything.

Huo Baobu was originally a partial army, and with Deng Jian's "Eastern Crusade", he also performed well in Changzhou.

Now if you want the three counties of Suzhou, it is also within your reach.

If they stop it, it won't be fun.

Huo Bao is the "young master" of the Chuzhou Army, and he is Deng Jian's son-in-law, not an outsider.

Xie Erjing accompanied the last seat, looking at Huo Bao, his eyes flickering.

This is the young master of the Chuzhou Army!

Fourteen years old, two years younger than his eldest daughter, and his second daughter is the same Geng.

Xie Er himself is good-looking, and his eyes were also high when he got married, so he didn't pick the status and wealth of the Yue family, but picked the beauty of the lady, but dragged it out until he was in his twenties, and he married a stunning beauty and came back.

The husband and wife have been married for 18 years and gave birth to two daughters and two sons, two pairs of "good" characters.

Where is there a better way to form an alliance than by marriage?

It's just that this high branch is not easy to climb.

Xie Er glanced at Deng Jian, who was sitting on the main seat, would the Deng family stop him?

But Huo Bao is an only son, and the little girl in the Deng family is still young, and the heirs are important, which is ...... There is no way to do it.

Xie Er's heart became more and more warm.

When he saw Yu and An Weng's son-in-law, he was very disapproving.

If you don't keep Huo Bao staring, what's the point of marrying with the Huo clan?

It's just a name, can you borrow any light?

The 32,000 defenders of Suzhou suffered 1,300 casualties and 30,700 prisoners.

These soldiers and horses are the defenders of the eastern province of Jiangnan, which are different from the soldiers of Changzhou Mansion, of which only a few thousand are from Suzhou Prefecture, and the others are from other places.

For the soldiers of Suzhou nationality, they were sentenced to serve in the hard labor battalion for three months, repaired the city walls and gates that had collapsed due to artillery before, and returned to their hometowns after they were over 45 years old, and joined the Chuzhou Army Reserve Army under the age of 45.

Soldiers from other provinces were sent to Changzhou for three months, and after serving in the army, they also returned to their hometowns at the age of 45 and joined the Chuzhou Army Reserve Army.

This is the policy of recruiting officers and men along the way.

The officers and soldiers who do not resist are directly cleared of the old and weak, and the rest are included in the reserve army; Those who resist must first be punished with hard labor and then reorganized.

On February 22, three days after the Suzhou Mansion changed hands, 25,000 troops were sent to Changzhou Prefecture.

On February 23, Deng Jian left 5,000 soldiers and horses to assist Huo Bao in defending Suzhou, and took the remaining soldiers and horses to Songjiang Mansion by water.

On the same day, Qiu Wei led 4,000 soldiers and horses out of Fucheng to attack Changshu County in the north, Hou Xiaoming led 4,000 soldiers and horses to attack Wujiang County in the south, and Shi San led 4,000 soldiers and horses to attack Kunshan County.

The child soldiers went out of Jinling, a total of 20,000 soldiers, 2,000 people who stayed in Jinling before, 2,000 people in Yixing, 16,000 people into Suzhou, 12,000 soldiers and horses on the three routes, and 4,000 people were left to stay in Suzhou with Huo Bao.

These 7,000 people, plus the 5,000 soldiers and horses left by Deng Jian before, totaled 9,000 people.

Among them, 1,000 people were Huo Bao's personal guards, and they were stationed in Suzhou Mansion with Huo Bao.

2,000 logistics troops, guarding 5,000 soldiers, began to repair the city wall of Suzhou Mansion.

Suzhou was besieged once, and now the biggest problem it faces is the shortage of grain and grass.

Who let the largest grain shops in the city before, and the two official warehouses be burned down?

Huo Bao directly ordered and opened the granary of the camp at the East and West City Gates.

On the same day, notices were posted all over the city that local residents of Suzhou could register with the yamen to receive a decade of grain with their household registration booklets.

This grain is received according to the capitation, one pound of grain per day for strong men, seven taels per day for old and weak women over ten years old, and half for children under ten years old.

I can't eat enough, but I can barely wrap my stomach.

It's not easy just to hide the population.

In addition, this grain is not given for free, but needs to be "offset by work", and those who are not made up at home are made up with silver.

The price of grain is compared with the price of grain in Suzhou before.

In this way, it also solves the urgent needs of the people of Shishu.

Ten days later, the place was almost stable, and naturally some grain merchants opened trade routes.

Huo Bao stayed in Suzhou Mansion, and he definitely won't just wait for good news everywhere.

Suzhou Mansion is no less prosperous than Jinling.

With a population of more than 100,000 people, such a big city, and no sense of belonging to the white-shirted army, it is not easy to truly appease them.

"Inventory the population and continue to clean up law and order!"

Huo Bao sent the task down.

Zhu Qiang, who was responsible for the inventory of the population, went to the house one by one to verify his ascension to the throne according to the household registration booklet.

It is Wu Yuan who is responsible for continuing to clean up law and order.

Wu Yuan is now temporarily the captain of Huo Bao's personal guard, and he has no chance to go down to attack the city and stay in Suzhou.

Huo Bao didn't let him be idle, and asked him to check the places such as green buildings, casinos, and wine shops.

These places are the most prone to dirt and dirt.

There are white-shirted soldiers everywhere in Jinling, and Suzhou is naturally not immune.

Suzhou is so densely populated, it would not be good if it was bewitched and caused by civil unrest.

Everyone has selfish intentions, and they are afraid of tens of thousands of defenders, and they are very careful in their actions, and they do not develop followers like other places.

But where there are people, there is little strife.

Suzhou Mansion also has the head of the Maitreya Church.

The two counties where Fucheng is located each have a guild leader, but there are no congregants and their influence is not great.

Before Huo Bao cleaned up the place, he asked people to "invite" the two heads of the council to the government office.

There are two leaders, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Li.

The former is a talented man, and the latter is a cloth merchant.

The former sent his children to Bozhou last year to "meet" the little sect leader, and the latter had been doing business in Huai'an Mansion in his early years.

"What are your plans for the future?"

Huo Bao asked directly.

Zhang Huishou raised his head with a straight chest, and said with a bit of clarity: "Naturally, it is to promote the teachings, spread the teachings, and let the world know that King Ming has come to the world!" ”

Huo Bao looked at Li Huishou.

Li Huishou hurriedly bowed down and said: "Suzhou Mansion is already under the rule of Lord Taiwei, and we and other small people are obeying the decree of Lord Taiwei!" ”

When Zhang Huishou heard this, he glared angrily.

Huo Bao smiled.

This Li Huishou is a person who understands.

Whether it is true or false, those who know the times are Junjie.

As for the stubborn Zhang Huishou, Huo Bao also arranged to directly send someone to Bozhou to meet the little sect leader and listen to the little sect leader's proclamation.

That Li Huishou also made the best use of it, pushing him in front of the stage to "investigate" the true and false believers in the city.

As for what is a true believer and what is a false believer, it is naturally the Chuzhou army that has the final say.

For a while, the city of Suzhou was extremely quiet.

By the end of February, whether it was the three counties through which Deng Jian's troops had passed, or Changshu County, Wujiang County, and Kunshan County, which had been attacked by child soldiers, good news had come one after another, and the entire territory of Suzhou Prefecture had been included in the territory of the Chuzhou Army.