Zhao Zhixian, as a state medical officer, is probably the most inconspicuous of the officials, and the official rank is only nine grades, and there are twenty doctors and apprentices in the medical hall.

Zhao Zhixian rode on horseback, thinking back to what Han Daoxun and Han Qian's father and son had talked to him the day before, and the shock in his heart had not yet dissipated.

Except for the Qianjiang Inn that was intentionally exposed before, he never thought that Wen Ruilin came to Qianyang City to see him several times, but they all fell in the eyes of the Han family's father and son.

The Han family father and son also officially proposed this time to set up a new Chinese county at the foot of the Chinese mountain, and he would serve as the county commander, but the condition was that Tanzhou lifted the blockade of Yuanshui and resumed trade between Xuzhou and the outside world, so that grain and other things could be transported into Qianyang City, and at the same time supported the Han family father and son to fight the local surname forces in Xuzhou.

This can be regarded as the foundation of the Han family father and son in Xuzhou has expanded to a certain extent, and there is no need to worry about completely becoming a vassal of Tanzhou, but if they want to further attack the power of the native surname and completely stabilize the foundation of his father and son's rule in Xuzhou, they have to seek the support and cooperation of Tanzhou.

The new Chinese county is undoubtedly the greatest kindness released by the Han family's father and son.

Taking advantage of Han Daoxun's lifting of the ban on land in Xuzhou and attracting the influx of displaced people, Tanzhou also successively sent thousands of elites with more than 2,000 dependents to forcibly occupy a small village called Eagle Fish Village at the foot of the western foot of the Chinese mountain.

At present, the village has been expanded to be stronger than an ordinary city, and tens of thousands of acres of grain fields have been hoarded around the Eagle Fish Village, which can basically ensure self-sufficiency and almost control the western foothills of the Chinese side of the mountain.

However, on the basis of Eagle Fish Village (Chinese City), the significance of the new Chinese county to Tanzhou should not be underestimated.

At present, the Chinese city only controls the foothills of the western foot of the Chinese mountain and the east bank of the Yuan River for about ten miles of narrow beach, and officially sets up the Chinese county, which can not only include the entire middle and northern sections of the Chinese side of the mountain into the county, but also more than a dozen small and medium-sized villages in the Tajie Mountain on the east bank of the Yuan River, all of which are included in the Chinese county.

In this way, they can not only develop tidal lands along both sides of the Yuanshui River, but also go deep into the mountains to mine coal, iron, medicine, tea, and timber, and can also recruit displaced people to settle down on a large scale, and can bring the native people into their rule, rather than just the more than 3,000 people secretly transferred from Tanzhou.

At that time, even if the Han family father and son can control the overall situation of Xuzhou, the existence of Tanzhou in Xuzhou must not be ignored, and this may be the basis for further in-depth cooperation between the two sides, right?

This is also in line with Tanzhou's expectations for the Han family's father and son.

The father and son of the Han family have the ambition to occupy Xuzhou, but the foundation is too weak, so if they don't seek support from Tanzhou, how can they gain a complete foothold in Xuzhou?

Of course, the imperial court has a tendency to gather troops in Ezhou, and the north of Tanzhou is under great pressure, and it also hopes to unite more forces in the upper reaches of Yuanshui and Xiangshui to fight against the imperial court.

Therefore, the father and son of the Han family proposed to buy a new Chinese county and recommended him to serve as the Chinese county commander on the same day, and Zhao Zhixian did not wait for Tanzhou to accept the matter after consulting Tanzhou.

Zhao Zhixian directly found Tan Yuliang, who had been lurking in Xuzhou for many years in the name of the owner of the Qianjiang Inn, and discussed it, and today he and Tan Yuliang took several family members, escorted by more than 30 armed horsemen from the Qianyang Inn, and rushed directly to the Chinese village to plan the county.

Riding a horse over the stone horse pass, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang did not directly gallop down the ridge road, but in front of Le Ma Mountain, looking at the river valley in the north.

The Han family's father and son agreed to shrink the Yuanshui to only a hundred zhang wide mountain range Shima Pass with a height of more than 200 meters and a dangerous terrain as the boundary, and the area north of Shima Pass and south of Hanmei Ridge at the southeast foot of Longya Mountain was included in the newly placed Chinese county.

To the north from Shima'ao is the Yuanshui River Valley, which is about 20 miles away, which is relatively much more open, and almost extends four or five miles on both sides to the lofty mountains of Zhongfang Mountain and Tajie Mountain.

The Yuanshui River Valley, which is eight or nine miles deep and more than 20 miles long, is the most elite area of the newly located Chinese county.

Although it is not as good as the Dawankou in the north, if this river valley area is well managed, you can get 50,000 or 60,000 mu of grain fields, and at present, the Chinese city and several small villages on the opposite bank have reclaimed less than one-third of this river valley.

And if the Chinese Mountains on both sides and the sloping valleys in the Tajie Mountains are included, the newly purchased Chinese counties can support 20,000 or 30,000 people, and there is no problem at all.

On the other side of the Chinese Mountain, Yanji Village is located at the eastern foot of the Chinese Mountain, on the bank of the Yuanshui River, which turns north again from 30 miles east of Qianyang City, and is actually another stronghold secretly controlled by Tanzhou at the junction of Xuzhou and Chenzhou.

There is also an extremely narrow, steep valley road through the peaks of the Zhongfang Mountain, connecting the Yanjizhai River Valley to the Zhongfang Zhai River Valley, and there are currently two small Fanzhai in this valley road, which are not controlled by Tanzhou for the time being.

After the new Chinese county and the implementation of the field tax reform, Zhao Zhixian thought about controlling the two Fanzhai in the depths of the Chinese mountain in his hands, and opening up the valley road between the Chinese county and Yanji Village, so that the forces secretly deployed in Xuzhou and Chenzhou in Natan Prefecture could break through the barriers and connect together.

Zhao Zhixian believes that Han Daoxun and Han Qian should also understand the reality of Yanji Village, so as to show the sincerity of his father and son.

After passing the Shima Pass, there is a stream called Zhugong Creek in front of you.

The streams and rivers that come out of the Zhongfang Mountain, because there is only a short flow of four or five miles from the mountain to the Yuanjiang River, make the summer and autumn when the rain is abundant, and the water that comes out of the streams and rivers is particularly turbulent, and it will break down the river embankments formed by natural siltation on both sides at every turn, so that the surrounding area is submerged in the flooding water.

This is also the main reason why the river valley north of Shima Pass has not been fully developed.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang, escorted by more than 30 horsemen, walked east along the river bank.

Zhugong Creek out of the middle side of the mountain, the river is relatively narrow, only a dozen steps wide, there is a bamboo bridge built there to cross Zhugong Creek, and it is also the only way to go north by land from Qianyang City.

Walk five or six miles east along the south bank of Zhugong Creek, the terrain is a little rugged, but it is only a matter of half an hour to ride a horse, and the bamboo bridge that has been built for 20 years looks a little dilapidated, but it also withstands the wind and rain, and stands firmly on the upper reaches of Zhugong Creek.

More than 100 meters below the bamboo bridge, there are two awning boats parked horizontally on the river beach, and there are many traces of trampling on the shore among the reeds.

Zhao Zhixian glanced back at Tan Yuliang hesitantly.

Tan Yuliang had a hideous scar on his face, and motioned to the two horsemen beside him to cross the river first to see what was going on the other side.

After crossing the bridge to the Chinese city (Eagle Fish Village), there is less than twenty miles of twists and turns, and the straight-line distance is only thirteen or fourteen miles, they find a high ground to gallop up, and even can clearly see the newly built city tower of the Chinese city.

It's just that be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

Soon the two horsemen crossed the bamboo bridge, along the footprints that extended out of the stream, rode horses to search the mountain, and after two incense sticks, they rushed back on horseback and said: "Look at the footprints left in front, it should be more than ten people who abandoned the boat here and landed on the shore, and went to the Longqiao Village in the mountain......

Longqiao Village is a small village in the upper valley of Zhugong Creek where only more than 100 people live.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang did not see at this time that on the river north of the Chinese city, there were more than a dozen canopy boats slowly flowing downstream, and from the Longqi River opposite the Chinese city, there were also more than 20 canopy sailing boats slowly sailing out at the same time.

They thought to themselves that it should be the people of Longqiao Village who returned to the village from outside and parked their boats on the stream.

The defenders of the Chinese city did not pay much attention to the fact that there were more canopy sailing boats on the nearby river and fishing boats moored on the river at this time than before.

In their opinion, it should be that the father and son of the Han family should be more vigilant about whether there is any change in the local surname; At the same time, they also paid more attention to the movements of the Han family's father and son's garrisons in Qianyang City and Wuliuxi (Dragon Tooth City).

After all, the soldiers of the four clans are mainly scattered between the mountains and rivers of Langxi and Tanyang, and it is extremely difficult to gather or unify them.

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang, escorted by more than 30 armed horsemen, crossed the bamboo bridge, and walked three or four miles north along the rugged mountain road at the eastern foot of the Chinese side.

"That's not right!"

Tan Yuliang, as the deputy commander of the Tanzhou soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, has such a vision, if he doesn't notice that there is a group of soldiers and horses ambushed in the mountains and forests opposite, then he will have eaten all these years in vain.

"What's going on?" Zhao Zhixian grabbed the reins, leaned over to Tan Yuliang, and asked.

"There's an ambush ahead." Tan Yuliang said.

"How is that possible?" Zhao Zhixian was shocked and asked, "Is it the four surnames?" ”

Zhao Zhixian didn't think that he was a subordinate of the Han family's father and son, after all, the Han family's father and son wanted to be unfavorable to them, so they had no chance to get out of Qianyang City at all, but why did the four clans ambush them here?

Tan Yuliang frowned deeply, his thin old face was wrinkled like old bark, how could he and Zhao Zhixian not have the conspiracy of the four clans, and the arrival of this moment had been secretly raised for several days, and choosing to ambush them at this time was really to lure their soldiers and horses out of the city in the Chinese city.

Tan Yuliang and Zhao Zhixian didn't guess this, not because they were stupid.

Without further mobilization, the four surnames will have 2,000 standing soldiers in their hands, and after deducting the necessary remaining troops, even if the four surnames cooperate well, they can only dispatch 1,200 soldiers and horses.

Who would have believed that the four surnames would raid the Chinese city with thousands of elites hidden at this time?

Even if they go out of the city to fight, the thousands of soldiers and horses transferred from Tanzhou to Xuzhou are all elite veterans, and it is definitely not something that the four surnames can gnaw down!

Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang never thought that under the misleading of many parties, the four surnamed clans mistakenly thought that there were only more than 400 elite troops hidden in Tanzhou in the Chinese city, and they wanted to use Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang as bait to lure the "400 elites" of Tanzhou out of the Chinese city to ambush!