Before entering Yangzhou, Han Qian accompanied the first batch of people who crossed the river and moved north in the name of escaping famine, and first rushed to Shiliang County, which is located between Chuzhou and Yangzhou, to walk around on the spot.

Shiliang County is located between Chu and Yang, in the plain area east of Wuxing Mountain, and most of the area is low-loaf.

Shiliang County is also located in the south of Hongzepu, located in the west of the main lake area of Fanliang Lake, many streams and rivers originate from the hills and mountains in the east of Chaozhou, and many flow into Hongzepu and Fanliang Lake through Shiliang County.

This geographical prerequisite leads to heavy rains in the eastern part of Chaozhou and the western part of Tuzhou, or high water levels in Hongzepu in the north or Fanliang Lake in the east.

On the other hand, although Shiliang County is said to be located in the hinterland of Huainan, since the founding of the Great Chu, the Liang army has twice invaded this hinterland, so that the imperial court has no intention of investing a large amount of money and grain in these Huainan (Huaixi, Huaidong) to reclaim land and build water conservancy.

The average population density of more than a dozen prefectures in Huaidong and Huaixi is less than half of that of Jiangnan Dongdao.

As for Shiliang County, there are even fewer people.

When Han Qian stepped into Shiliang County, the rebels of Anning Palace had already withdrawn to Hongzepu (Shui Division) or west of Hongzepu (Ma Bu Army), and the Forbidden Army Ma Bu Army and Wuya Army Naval Division had also set up a camp in the south of Shiliang County to monitor the remnants of the rebel Lou Boat Army Water Camp in Hongzepu in the north and the movements of the rebel horse infantry to the west.

Of course, Fanliang and other lakes west of Shiliang County were under the control of King Xin's Huaidong Army.

Just as Han Qian expected, the area of Shiliang County, which was low-located, had become a buffer zone for the Chu army, the rebels, and the Huaidong army.

At this time, it was already late May, the weather was hot, and the heavy rain and the river embankment that had fallen into disrepair for a long time had turned Shiliang County into a flooded country, but there were still a large number of refugees fleeing the war and stranded there.

In the process of fleeing, the displaced people naturally gathered together in the neighboring townships, and formed a group of displaced people's forces, struggling to survive in this buffer area of the monstrous water.

At this time, there were also a number of clan lords in the south of the Yangtze River or officials in the court, who sent people to cross the river in advance to occupy the land.

They waited for the imperial court to stabilize its rule over the area and restart the economic and people's livelihood, so that they could take advantage of the situation and obtain a large amount of land for free—the imperial court needed someone to develop and cultivate these lands, which was also encouraged and connived.

This makes the territory of Chuzhou, which is vast and sparsely populated at this time, and the situation is more mixed than imagined.

Of course, the men sent by the sect lords and officials of the court and the central government to cross the river were mainly concentrated in the vicinity of the garrison or the city of Chuzhou, which had been taken over by Wei Zhen and other court officials.

After the Chishan Society organized the first batch of people to cross the river in the name of escaping the famine, three or four hundred people crossed the river along the Xiaota River at the junction of Chuzhou and Yangzhou, bringing the old and the young, dragging their families and mouths, and directly inserted into Shiliang County.

First of all, the first batch of people organized by the Chishan Society fled from the south of the Yangtze River, and psychologically they would be regarded as their own by the generals of the forbidden army.

Secondly, the large and small displaced forces in Shiliang County are mixed, and they are all from the rebel-controlled areas, and I don't know how many eyes and ears of Anning Palace are mixed in, so that the forbidden army does not dare to directly advance to the south bank of Hongzepu.

Now there is a credible force of displaced people who want to insert themselves into the buffer zone, why should the garrison stop it? Don't say that you won't stop it, and even tacitly allow it to carry a part of the sword and shield to protect itself.

The displaced people are called refugees, but when the source of food is scarce to a certain extent, the displaced people will naturally turn into "bandits" who plunder the countryside, and they will inevitably fight and kill each other.

Of course, when this group of more than 300 people moved north, especially when they passed through the checkpoints set up by the forbidden army, they also tried to deal with all parties as much as possible, and they also had to ensure the smoothness of this passage in the future, so that more landless people could be relocated from energy sources.

The first batch of people finally chose to base themselves on a low mountain on the west bank of Fanliang Lake, which is only thirty or forty meters high, stretches for two miles from north to south, and is called Baihogang Gang, which is shaped like a horseshoe and the mountain rock is white.

Baijiegang is about seven or eight miles away from the mouth of the Changjin River into Fanliang Lake, which will not give people the feeling of threatening and spying on the strategic point of the Jin River estuary, but it is extremely smooth to enter the Yangtze River waterway from the Xiaota River and the Jin River, and to enter the Shiliang River by Hengxi, and then into Hongzepu, or across Fanliang Lake, into Hongzepu, or into the hinterland of Huaidong on the east bank of the lake.

For a period of time in the future, the Huaidong Army will not tolerate the Wuya Army's naval division warships entering Fanliang Lake, but at the same time, they don't want to be caught by the imperial court, and Huaidong's naval division warships will not easily come to the west coast of Fanliang Lake.

At the same time, Fanliang Lake in the world is not a super lake connected together, but a water world composed of more than 30 large and small water outlets.

These particularities have determined that there will be a corresponding living space for the Red Mountain Society to take root here.

Of course, if you want to gain a foothold here, you still need to buy a large amount of materials from Huaidong nearby,—— you really have to be like other displaced people, you can pick wild vegetables and eat raw fish and crabs for a living, not to mention the yellow muscles, and it is difficult to control the rampant epidemic.

In particular, the existence of the Chishan Society caused the imperial court to be vigilant enough, and the acquisition of a large number of materials could only be purchased from Huaidong or transferred through the area controlled by Huaidong.

Because of the particularity of Chuzhou, it is destined to be dominated by clan families in the early stage, and the organization will be stronger.

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If the ship wants to go south from Fanliang Lake and return to the Yangtze River without taking the Jin River or Xiaota River, it can enter Shaobo Lake, another big lake in the hinterland of Yangzhou, from the mouth on the southeast side.

Zhuyu Bay is located at the southern end of Lake Shao Bo.

Built in the Spring and Autumn Period, as the core waterway of the Jianghuai River (Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal), the mouth of Shao Bo Lake in the north, is located on the west side of Zhuyu Bay; And the beautiful scenery of Shugang is undulating in the south of Zhuyu Bay.

In the future, if you really want to storm Yangzhou, Zhuyu Bay is one of the key points of using troops.

As the northern gateway of Yangzhou, Zhuyu Bay is not only a battleground for soldiers, but also the most prosperous land and water wharf in the north of Yangzhou.

The shops and houses in the town are also continuous, and there are more than 2,000 people in the infantry battalion and the water village barracks on the south side of the town, where the sailors are stationed.

Ships enter Hangou from Shao Bo Lake, and there are also water gates that will be strictly checked.

Han Qian, Guo Rong, Xi Ying and others scattered to take fishing boats, small sampans, and canopy boats, and docked at Zhuyu Bay.

When the sun was blazing at noon, Han Qian looked up at the north peak of Shugang, and saw the lush mountain forest, with the mountain distribution of many buildings and pavilions, the range is quite wide, the ancient trees on the mountain cover the sun, twists and turns, this is the famous Jianyuan, but also the Yangzhou Thorn Wang Wenqian outside the city's garden.

It is not an easy thing to meet with Wang Wenqian, and at the same time not give Wang Wenqian a chance to react.

He Liufeng led a part of his men to lurk over first, and conducted full reconnaissance and espionage on the terrain near Jianyuan, the guards, and the garrisons of Zhuyu Town and Yangzhou Beicheng, and formulated a plan for meeting and retreating.

After Han Qian entered Zhuyu Town, He Liufeng rushed over to meet him with the intelligence of the previous reconnaissance and espionage.

"Wang Wenqian also used a secret room to monitor inside and outside Yangzhou City, and in the Wang Er Tea Shop opposite, there are two spies sent by Yangzhou Mansion all the year round, staring at the movements of Zhuyu Bay - the officials and garrisons of Zhuyu Bay don't know about their existence!" He Liufeng gently opened the corner of the wooden window of Yashe, pointed to the tea shop across the long street, and told Han Qian that they knew.

"Wang Wenqian is a cautious person, and it is not surprising that he sent a secret room to keep an eye on his territory, have you made a plan?" Han Qian smiled slightly.

"There are three layers of light and dark sentinels on the periphery of Jianyuan, and there is still a possibility of infiltrating from the miscellaneous woods, but it is too close to the garrison of Zhuyu Bay, and it is not easy to withdraw from Jianyuan in the event of an accident, not to mention that it is safe to arrive at the stronghold set up by Xianyanbu on the western slope of Shugang and quickly cross the ditch to the west to hide." He Liufeng laid out the topographic map of the north peak of Shugang and the vicinity of Jianyuan.

He obviously objected to Han Qian finding an opportunity to sneak into Jianyuan and Wang Wenqian from the gap between the guards, once there was an accident, there were only more than 100 guards near them, and it was difficult to escort Han Qian to leave calmly.

"Miss Wang's behavior in the past month, what rules and regulations do you have to follow?" Xi Ying asked.

It is too risky to enter Jianyuan directly, and Wang Wenqian, as the chief military and political officer of Yangzhou, even if he will live in Jianyuan from time to time, when he goes out of the city, he will also support the front and protect the back, and the scale of the army will exceed the manpower of Xuzhou to infiltrate the vicinity of Yangzhou.

Xi Ying thought about starting from Wang Jun's side and looking for an opportunity to meet Wang Wenqian safely.

Of course, when Xi Ying asked this, his hand pinched Han Qian under the table.