"Seven counties fight two counties, what is the reason why they failed to win?"

After Xu Shiyang went south, Gongsun Sheng, who was in charge of acting as an agent for the management of the New Army with Xu Da, asked curiously:

"It would be fine if there were new troops in Linzi Shouguang, but aren't they also dock soldiers?"

The clerk looked at the report in his hand and replied slowly:

"The original plan was indeed seven counties, but the dock fort lords of Changle and Anqiu turned their heads to fight Wei County, and the dock fort lords of Qingzhou Mansion and Linqu County refused to allow the dock fort lords of Zhucheng, Yishui, and Mengyin to cross the border to reinforce the front line, so in fact, it was still two counties fighting two counties."

"Moreover, the lord of the dock fort in Qingzhou Mansion and Linqu also sent troops to block the road to the north, and the soldiers we can actually use are not as many as the soldiers of Linzi Shouguang Dock Fort."

"It's them." Xu Muhe sneered: "Those guys who don't know what to do can't be said to be 'us' yet, they don't deserve it." ”

"But ......, Lord Jiedu, they have joined us." Xu Da reminded.

"Obey my orders to join us."

Xu Muhe glanced at this son's personal soldiers, and explained with a patience that was very rare for his subordinates:

"Disobey orders, do your own thing, forget your righteousness when you see small profits, disobey the orders of my envoy, and send troops to fight only for personal vendettas, what kind ......of joining is this?"

"Those guys who thought they came to the alliance conference and only made a verbal statement, this time they have to make them suffer a loss!"

"Ignore them, we will continue to stand still, and in ten days, when their rations are almost finished, we will attack again!"

Someone immediately said, "They may not be able to hold out for ten days, maybe they will retreat on their own?" ”

"Mr. Gongsun, in the military regulations of the new army, what is the saying for those who have not been ordered to retreat from the battle?" Xu Muhe turned his head and asked Gongsun Sheng.

"All the officers were beheaded, and the whole family was reduced to commoners." Gongsun Sheng replied: "The same is true for the soldiers who take the lead in escaping, and the rest of the coerced with a hundred military sticks, incorporated into the trap camp, and confiscated all the merits." ”

Xu Muhe laughed loudly: "Isn't this very clear? ”

In terms of fighting, Xu Muhe admitted that he was far inferior to his eldest son Xu Shiyang.

But when it comes to this kind of political means, none of the ten Xu Shiyangs is Xu Muhe's opponent.

Well, unless Xu Shiyang forcibly breaks the game violently.

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Gangnam

After spending three days in the shelter, reducing the number of people dying of disease and starvation to less than 30 a day, and killing about 50 or so poor insects who always violated discipline, Xu Shiyang finally forced the displaced people to reluctantly queue up to receive food and do everything possible to keep the camp clean.

Only then did he leave the shelter and return to Wen's house.

In order not to let the achievements he had made in the past three days be wasted in an instant, Xu Shiyang planned that during this time in Jiangnan, he himself, Xu Er, and Xie Bao would stay in the shelter in shifts to maintain discipline here.

In order to keep the shelter in its current state after Xu Shiyang returned to Jiangbei, he discussed with Wen Zhong and Wen Ji that once Xu Shiyang left Jiangnan, the shelter would be taken over by Wen Ji.

The fourth son of the Wen family doesn't like to read, but he likes to mix with people in the rivers and lakes very much, and he admires Ma Yi, the hero of the Yellow River, and Lu Zhishen, who is strong in kung fu.

After his delusional desire to learn art was suppressed by his brother Wen Zhong, he still continued to follow Ma Yi without discouragement, hoping that even if he did not have the status of master and apprentice, he could steal some kung fu from the Yellow River hero.

I don't know why, Wen Zhong doesn't seem to be willing to take care of this younger brother too much, so as long as he doesn't really take martial arts as a teacher and fall into the Wen family's style, Wen Zhong will turn a blind eye.

Wen Ji is definitely not able to be idle all day, and he can earn some good reputation by coming over and taking charge of the shelter with the help of Ma Yi.

And after all, he is a member of the Wen family, relying on the two big trees of Wen Xianggong and Wen Zhong, the shelter will not become a garbage dump for some bastards to accumulate money after Xu Shiyang leaves.

Next, Xu Shiyang's work in Jiangnan is much simpler.

By integrating the shelters, Xu Shiyang plans to pick out all the artisans among the displaced people and send them to Qi Province first, so that these people can help restore the various industries in Qi Province.

Ordinary labor can be pushed back a bit.

Then, Xu Shiliu's apprenticeship banquet will be held 10 days later, and Xu Shiyang, as his brother, should attend.

After the banquet, he could return to Jiangbei and begin to prepare to cut off the Grand Canal and intercept the northward work of the yearly fleet.

Well, in the past few days before the apprenticeship banquet began, he would not be idle, in addition to going to various places in Lin'an, purchasing some supplies, and taking shifts to manage refugees in the shelter, Xu Shiyang was also busy......

It's a bit embarrassing to say, he's busy attending all sorts of other banquets.

There are really a lot of banquets, including Wen Zhong, all the officials of the main battle faction in Lin'an have to invite the Xu family brothers to the banquet during this time, plus people like Ma Yi, all of them are concentrated in ten days, and it is normal to go to two banquets a day.

What made Xu Shiyang very uncomfortable was that most of these banquets were hosted by literati, and he needed to play some tricks of literati poetry and poetry during the banquet, and he undoubtedly didn't know anything about it, so he could only drink and admit punishment with a wry smile when it was his turn.

Fortunately, Xu Shiyang is young, strong and strong, and the good wine in Jiangnan is relatively supple, so he can stand it for the time being, otherwise Xu Shiyang would have wanted to hide by pretending to be sick.

Only Ma Yi's banquet is not bad, as a Jianghu person, there is naturally no room for poetry and songs to appear during the banquet, and it is also happy to eat meat and drink wine in large bowls.

Moreover, in order to deepen the relationship with the Wen and Xu families, the Yellow River Hero planned to select a few apprentices to return to Jiangbei with Xu Shiyang to participate in the war between the Xu family and the Tartars.

In this year, it is not easy to find Han people who are willing to take the initiative to go to Jiangbei, and Xu Shiyang naturally expressed his satisfaction and support.

The Yellow River hero himself is old, and he has no plans to go to Jiangbei to participate in the war, Xu Shiyang understands this, but he asks the other party to contact Xu Shiliu often to help him complete some work that needs to be handled in Jiangnan.

For example, the formation of an intelligence and propaganda network for Da Zhou.

In the future, Xu Shiliu will be responsible for this work, and Ma Yi has an incomparable advantage as a hero of the folk word of mouth in the righteousness of Bo Yuntian, if he can get his full help, Xu Shiyang's achievements in Jiangbei can be multiplied in Jiangnan.

If one day in the future, Xu Shiyang and Da Zhou turn their faces ......, this network will also provide him with great help.

Of course, as with everything else, this network is still only in the layout stage, and everything in the future has to be expected to develop in the future.

On the seventh day of the continuous banquet, there were still 3 days before Xu Shiliu's apprenticeship banquet, and 4 days before Xu Shiyang went home, he finally found a trace of leisure and elegance, and decided to go to the streets of Lin'an City to take a walk and enjoy a rare leisure life.