did not arrange too many people to escort him, Tian Cheng, Guo Nuer, Xi Ying, Zhao Wuji and others accompanied Han Qian to cross the river to meet Zhou Yi and other cottage leaders; Li Chong and Yao Xishui stood on the river beach and watched Han Qian and them cross the river.

Zhou Yi is less than thirty years old, his cheeks are thin and white, which is very different from Han Qian's impression of the image of the King of Zhongshan, wearing a white robe wrapped in scales and armor, more like a Confucian general; The other four people are also representatives of Dazhai within a radius of 200 miles.

Very simply, Zhou Yi and the others were attracted to Han Qian's heavy reward, but they didn't want their elite Zhai Ding to join the Dragon Bird Army as a recruit.

This will lead to a considerable number of elites, who may break out of the control of the cottage and be co-opted by the Dragon Sparrow Army.

Previously, more than 20 elites had no concern in the cottage, and after repelling the Liang army's sudden attack on Canglang City, they chose to join Zuo Si directly, which was what Zhuzhai was worried about.

They thought that several Dazhai could be independent of the Dragon Bird Army and recruited to participate in the war.

In this way, after the war is over, they can still bring these elite Zhaiding back, instead of meat buns beating dogs, and never returning.

Therefore, Zhou Yi sent someone to communicate with other cottages and made an appointment to come to Canglang City together today; The other small villages, at this time, naturally hope that the five villages can negotiate a deal with the Dragon Bird Army in front.

Han Qian pondered for a while, looked at Zhou Yi and the representatives of the other four cottages, nodded and said: "I can understand what Zhou Dangjia and others are worried about, but the salary accounting may be more complicated; At the same time, if all the villages participated in the war independently, it would be quite chaotic. Otherwise, if you get together and gather 1,500 people to participate in the war, you only need to accept the supervision of my side, and at the same time, I will first give 20% of the salary according to the heads of the people participating in the war, and I will also ensure the supply of grain and grass according to the heads of the people who enter the east bank of the Danjiang River, but the remaining salary, we will have to calculate according to the military merits - Zhou Dangjia, what do you think? ”

Zhou Yi and the others were wary and unwilling to disperse their men and horses into the Dragon Bird Army to recruit, so Han Qian thought about simply asking them to gather together and form a team of mercenaries, but at the same time, he also had to prevent this group of people from contributing to their work, and they would not raise enough money at one time.

Of course, Han Qian will only give them a quota of 1,500 people at the same time, in order to prevent the mercenaries from being too large, and there is a possibility that they will not lose their tails and be anti-guest-oriented; If there are more cottage elites recruited to participate in the war, they will be broken up and incorporated into the Dragon Sparrow Army.

Zhou Yi and the others were also secretly looking at Han Qian.

Although Han Qian's official identity to the outside world is only the deputy commander of the guard battalion and the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, since the Dragon Bird Army was stationed along the Danjiang River, not only the contact with the cottage was Han Qian's responsibility, but even most of the material supplies were also controlled by Han Qian.

And Han Qian's identity has already shown that he is the descendant of the third prince, which is enough for the lower-level copycat forces.

Only Han Qian was so young, which surprised Zhou Yi and the others.

Zhou Yi and the others discussed for a while, and finally decided to accept the conditions given by Han Qian.

When the matter was decided, when an elite team of more than 100 people was merged, led by Zhou Yan, they crossed the Danjiang River and stationed on the north side of Canglang City, and then sent people back to the cottage to send more people over.

After crossing the river, Han Qian introduced Li Chong, Yao Xishui and others to Zhou Yi, and said: "General Li is a record of joining the army, and he is impeaching the good and evil in the army, if there is anything wrong with me, General Li will also report it to His Highness mercilessly." However, the Zhou family was recruited by me, and the generals led by the Zhou family were naturally strictly controlled by the Zhou family - in addition, I allocated 300 stone salt as the first batch of recruited military salaries at this time, where do you want me to transport this batch of salt? ”

Han Qian had limited manpower at hand, and it was impossible to distribute the three hundred stone salt to each village, so he only thought about transporting it to one place and distributing it within their own village.

"If Lord Han is convenient, it can be transported to Lutaiyu." Zhou Yan said.

Lutaiyu has a stream leading to the Han River, located in the upper reaches of the Han River, more than 50 miles away from Canglang City, and a canopy boat can be sent to transport the salt over.

Of course, in addition to salt, Zhou Yi and the others also hoped to exchange for some other materials that were in short supply in the cottage, but as long as there were reserves on the Canglang City side, Han Qian would give them as much convenience as possible.

"......" Li Chong is now difficult to figure out what kind of person Han Qian is, in short, Han Qian in his eyes, many things are so bold that they are beyond imagination.

Actually allowed many cottages that have been unruly over the years to form an independent army and horses to be stationed close to the waves?

However, listening to Han Qian's attitude, Li Chong also knew that he couldn't stop Han Qian's arbitrary behavior in Canglang City, so he just wrote down everything he saw and heard truthfully, and sent someone to send the letter back to Xiangzhou City.

In the next two days, led by Zhou Yi, each cottage soon gathered 1,500 people, all of whom prepared their own armor, or it may be that many cottages were quite familiar with each other, and the arrangement of generals and the appointment of military attachés at all levels, they discussed on their own, and they were also in order, and Zhou Jing was elected as the commander of the capital, and another camp was built outside Canglang City.

In the past few days, although the Liang army's offensive on the Iron Crocodile Ridge has not stopped, it is not as fierce and ferocious as the first two days, and it is more approaching the northern foot of the Iron Crocodile Ridge to restrict the activities of Li Zhihe's troops out of the Iron Crocodile Ridge.

However, this did not mean that the Liang army would give up the battle for the Iron Crocodile Ridge, mainly because it was snowing heavily for three consecutive days after the New Year, blocking the road and delaying the advance of the Liang army's infantry who were more adept at attacking the city and taking danger on the western front.

At this time, the Liang army was obviously reluctant to use the elite forward cavalry for the consumption of siege warfare in the harsh conditions of heavy snow covering the mountains and muddy roads.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow to close the mountain, the Longque Army seized the time to build fortresses, dig ditches, and transport supplies, and at the same time further adjust the allocation of troops along the Danjiang River.

At this time, Li Zhihe transferred more than 2,000 elites from the first capital to the Iron Crocodile Ridge, and guarded the two mountain passes at the northern foot of the Iron Crocodile Ridge with Guo Liang's subordinates; Gao Chengyuan's troops were all transferred to Jingzikou by boat, and the 500 Xiangzhou soldiers led by Zhang Baosuo, Du Chongtao's general, were guarded by the danger, blocking the passage of the soldiers and horses in the Liang State Pass to the east.

Han Qian left the boat gang and the four surnamed fleets led by Yang Qin, Feng Xuan and others in Xiangzhou, and also took on the important role of material transportation and personnel transportation in the left front.

Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen, who were trapped in Xichuan City, once bypassed Li Zhihe and Han Qian, and sent people to Xiangzhou City to ask the Xiangzhou Army to send troops and ships to meet them to evacuate Xichuan City, but Du Chongtao's stern reprimand was also held in Xichuan City in the upper reaches of the Xichuan River at this time.

Considering the increasingly urgent situation on the western front, Han Qian finally suggested that the three princes and Shen Yang should send Chai Jian to join the Zhou Dynasty and transfer the third capital of the Longque Army from Niushouzhai in the east of Xiangzhou City to the west to prevent the situation from becoming more severe.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Han Qian only came back from the Iron Crocodile Ridge late last night, and after sleeping for two hours, he got up to deal with military affairs and patrol the walled city.

"What kind of ships are those?" Han Qian asked Tian Chengdao.

"It is a grain and military material transported from Yingzhou to Xichuan!" The scouts who were placed at the southern foot of Heilong Mountain had already confirmed the origin of these ships, Tian Chengyu reported.

"Yang Qin, Feng Xuan," Han Qian saw Yang Qin and Feng Xuan hanging out outside the city, and shouted loudly, "Immediately gather all the men and horses and intercept those boats for me." Tian Cheng, you also take a team of people to ship immediately, if anyone dares to resist, no matter how killed, all the responsibility will be borne by me! ”

Li Chong and Yao Xishui heard Han Qian shouting, they didn't know what was going on, they boarded the city and saw the fleet flying the flag of the Yingzhou Mansion, only then did they understand what was going on, and looked at each other, Han Qian had previously detained the four generals sent by Xia Zhen to ask for help from the Yingzhou Division, and they were still imprisoned in the private prison of Canglang City, and they were not handed over to the Xiangzhou Army's Fa Cao, and at this time, they had to intercept the ships sent by Yingzhou to transport grain and grass materials?

In order to save the manpower and material resources of the Xiangzhou army, the grain and grass collected from these twelve states are mainly transported to Xiangzhou City for centralized reserves, and the rest are responsible for the supply and transportation of reinforcements from each state.

Therefore, Han Qian's order to intercept Yingzhou's material fleet is definitely a taboo.

"Han Qian, what do you mean?"

"Xia Zhen has a bad record of abandoning the city, who knows if these ships will go to Xichuan, will they pick up Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen's two departments to retreat south?" Han Qian said.

"If the two of them dare to abandon the city again, they will be dealt with by their own military law, and what you do at this time is directly violating the military order of the defense embassy." Li Chong said.

“…… Xia Zhen dared to run away without a fight, when did you become so timid and afraid? Han Qian glanced at Li Chong coldly and asked.

Li Chong was stunned, and immediately made Han Qian speechless.

Han Qian motioned to Tian Cheng and Yang Qin to act immediately according to his orders, don't let these ships break into the Danjiang estuary, they will send ships to chase after them!

If Zheng Hui and Xia Zhen fled south by boat, even if they were caught and punished afterwards, what good would it be?

As for whether the unauthorized seizure of the material ship in Yingzhou directly contradicted the existing order system of the defense embassy, Han Qian would not care, if he did not dare to break this rule, the prestige of the three princes would be too worthless.