In the north of Chang'an, the envoy of the festival of Yanfang, also known as the place of the envoy of the Weibei festival - Fangzhou (now Huangling, Shaanxi) under the city. is already the general of the Great Qi Zuo Wuwei, who is also the northern envoy Huang Hao, and is also looking at the broken official and military banners that are still standing tenaciously on the city.

Although he used the means and strategies of besieging the city to send reinforcements, and with the foot and horse field warfare that he was good at, he successively broke through the reinforcements from Dunzhou, Danzhou and other places and killed thousands of people; However, Li Xiaochang, the envoy of the Dunfang Festival who was trapped in the city, still refused to surrender, and even shot the envoy who went to negotiate with his own hands.

However, the weather north of Weishui is getting colder day by day, and the soldiers under him are still wearing single clothes and crotch shirts in summer and autumn; Therefore, last night, more than a hundred wounded soldiers could not wake up after falling asleep with them shuddering.

Although he had repeatedly urged Chang'an to ask for more wine, firewood, clothes, quilts, and tents; However, the things that were sent from the rear were not satisfactory, and were even full of mistakes and mistakes.

In addition to grain, grass and wine, many of them were salt, copper coins, crude medicines, and the like that were not urgently needed at the moment, and most of the shoes, hats, and blankets he asked for were actually light fabrics such as silk, sheaths, and danluo, and even women's skirts mixed in.

It's a bit infuriating. He had to divide his troops and go out to the nearby counties of Shengping and Yijun to raise supplies, and on the other hand, he severely ordered and reprimanded and killed several relevant transport officers; He wrote to the emperor's uncle again, and it is said that it caused a lot of waves.

However, instead of improving, the efficiency of transportation has become slower and sluggisher. Although the reply given to him in Chang'an City was that people had been organized to sew winter clothes, bedding, tent blankets and other things to keep out the cold in the whole city, they were still far from being able to send them to the army.

As a result, he became anxious and irritable. Because, as soon as the first snow fell in the northland, he had to withdraw his troops from the city of Fangzhou; Otherwise, these tens of thousands of horses would have set up camp in the wilderness, and most of them would have frozen to death and frostbite if they didn't have the official army to attack.

He also didn't quite understand why the righteous army could be fully clothed and fed and used enough on the road to war; How did it come that after defeating the imperial court and entering Chang'an City, everything became unsmooth.

However, in Fangzhou City, which he didn't know, there was also an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

Some soldiers who looked yellow and thin-skinned were also gathered in front of the outer courtyard with a face full of resentment, and began to complain:

"Zheng Xianggong called on the world's soldiers and horses to be the king in Fengtian, and my Weibei Town certainly responded positively and sent troops; How can I fall behind others? However, Jinfang Prefecture is trapped by thieves, but who can come to the rescue of us. ”

"On the festival, he was bent on serving the court, which is admirable. But don't my generation dress and eat to provide for their families? Can someone serve the court without eating or drinking? ”

"So far, the army has not seen a single dollar or a meter of supply from the imperial court, and it is all up to us to insist on defending the city from hunger and cold. When is this day the end?,Do you want my generation to follow the story of Zhang (patrol) Zhongcheng (killing concubines and eating the army)?。。 ”

- I'm the dividing line -

On the back side of Yacheng in the center of Xiangyang City, the famous historic site Zhaomingtai, also known as Shannan Dongdao Building, has just been built on the site of the fire burning.

In this newly completed large ring-column vaulted building called "Tuyan Hall", the most conspicuous thing is undoubtedly a grouped giant sand table that occupies most of the area, and the entire wall opposite it, which is full of three-story pavilion-high painted maps.

Among them, there are a variety of exquisite models that are accurate to the county seats, checkpoints, and traffic points, as well as various small flags and symbols that mark the corresponding state; The territory and different degrees of control under the rule of the Taiping Army are classified and clearly displayed.

It is temporarily divided into several parts such as Annan, Liangling, Hunan, Jingnan, Jiangxi, Jiangdong, etc., and there are large blank spaces and limited labels of different levels of areas, mainly for the purpose of continuing to expand and increase and supplement in the future.

The large sand table around this set of sand tables and the large map on the wall as a static reference for the whole are staffed by staff who rotate around the clock for twelve hours. They are responsible for making corresponding adjustments on the giant sand table and the large map according to the news, data, and stamps that come in at any time;

In order to ensure the number of household registrations, land output, mountains, forests, minerals and other resources specific to the corresponding regions and cities, the basic distribution and mobilization of the garrison, road transportation, communications, and the layout of industrial and mining farm capabilities, etc. These real-time first-hand data can be reflected on it as quickly as possible.

Then, they will cooperate with the counselors, staff officers, planning departments and other departments to carry out routine or targeted deduction and judgment, and even simulate various large and small combat plans, or organize and coordinate the plans, countermeasures and means of large-scale economic deployment activities.

Therefore, Zhou Huai'an decided to make this the only place for a joint meeting of high-level (military and political) leaders once every ten years, and an enlarged meeting of various departments of the Metropolitan Governor's Office at the end of every other month, which is also to facilitate more intuitive exchanges and coordination among all parties.

Today is the first day that the Senior Joint Committee has co-signed here. Therefore, Zhou Huai'an sat on a high platform that was convenient for observing the sand table, and the left and right heads were lined up with the Taiping Eight Officers represented by Zhu Cun, and the chief officials of the Governor's Mansion headed by Fan Xuan.

On the edge of the high platform, there are all the staff officers who are standing on the corresponding steps majestically, meticulously and loudly reading out the latest reports, and the staff officers who are working synchronously on the sand table without making a sound.

Therefore, for a time, only the voice of the report was read out in the huge hall; and the small noise of working on the sand table; Only after reading the corresponding department or military sequence will someone stand up to accept Zhou Huai'an's questioning or take the initiative to report the follow-up progress, or even discuss more specific details.

"Before the autumn harvest in September, the grain prices in Guangfu were 35 yuan for rice, 28 yuan for new grain, 23 yuan for Chen grain, and 69 yuan per stone for potatoes."

"Among them, Liusi Chang has closed 68,970 stones in the new valley, and released 84,653 stones in the price of Chen Gu before and after;"

"Of these, 8,000 and 65 stones, which were seriously damaged and turned into feed processing; The 41,473 stone was converted to compress rations and canned products on the spot, and the rest was used to stabilize the price increase in Chongzhou, Gaozhou and other places. 6,800 and 9 stone were used to support the relief of the typhoon disaster in Leizhou and Yazhou. ”

"According to the transshipment volume and market price data of all parties, it is inferred that there are already signs of rice shortage in Hongzhou and Yuanzhou."

"Allocate 50,000 stone old valleys from Changping in Chaoshan, transfer them from Shaoguan to Qianzhou for backup, and at the same time send an investigation team from the anti-rebellion committee to find out the work of the three local detachments on the spot."

Zhou Huai'an occasionally instructed directly.

"Recently, the price of silk cloth in Tanzhou and Guizhou has skyrocketed, and the Accounting Department and the Planning Department suspect that someone is hoarding and speculating on the market. Shang Cao requested the transfer of the silk stored in Xuanzhou to crack down on it, and the Shang Department conducted a behind-the-scenes investigation. ”

"That's right. This matter is coordinated by the corresponding departments to come up with a charter, and it will be implemented immediately. ”

Zhou Huai'an should admit it.

"One of the three detachments operating in Jinzhou (present-day Shiyan City, Hubei) was ambushed and attacked by formed armed forces at Jiubao and Thirteen Bends near Fangshan Pass between Ankang County and Shiquan County."

"After losing most of the mule, horse, baggage and equipment, he was able to retreat to the city of Ankang to wait for help; General Zhong (Yi) Lang of the First Army, who is currently waiting in Jinzhou Xicheng, has led two cavalry battalions to investigate and respond. ”

"Could it be that the soldiers and horses of the envoys of the mountain (south) and west (Dao) Jiedu took the initiative to attack, or was it done by the officials and troops in neighboring Yangzhou, or by the local regiments supported by them?"

Cao Shixiong, the general of Zuo Lang who temporarily replaced the Fourth Army, couldn't help but speak.

"I thought that Niu Miao, the envoy of Shanxi Jiedu, was originally a businessman in Beijing, and he was able to join the Shence army by bribing internal officials heavily; Now, although it is a town, it has neither courage nor military strategy, so it is unlikely that the Shanxi military horses will take the initiative to attack. ”

Wang Chongyin, the Xuanzhou garrison envoy, also put forward a different view.

"Summoned Zhong Zixuan, be sure to find out the news as soon as possible, specially approve the use of twelve groups of expedited flying pigeon transmission, and establish a temporary fast horse transmission line in Xicheng, Pingli, Shangyong, Zhushan, Fangling, and Gucheng."

Zhou Huai'an decided here.

"If necessary, it is allowed to take the initiative to shrink and abandon most of the Golden State, as long as it is necessary to defend the key node where the west city of the state is located."

Then he sighed secretly in his heart, after forcibly swallowing the territory of the Seven Prefectures in Shannan Dongdao, he also diluted the Taiping Army's control and available troops again, so that he was actually a little stretched at the moment.

"Grand Governor, do you need to expand the army again? For example, a supplementary battalion or a temporary battalion will be added under each military order. ”

Zhang Juyan, the general of the Sixth Army who was present, also asked for instructions.

"I think that there can be no unplanned expansion of the army in the short term, otherwise the overall plan that will affect the whole body will have to be greatly adjusted."

However, Fan Xuan, the governor of Xiangzhou and the judge of Cao Shi, took the initiative to object.

"Then slightly strengthen the local armed cantonment forces, and give priority to the initial arming of captured weapons; Then the garrison force of Guiyang Prison was mobilized to come over and all of it was used as a support for the Shannan locality. ”

Zhou Huai'an was in a middle ground at the moment.

"Zhu San, the Marquis of Yu, the eastern camp of the righteous army, has already recaptured the looted equipment, and hopes that our army will send someone to take over the location of Luyang Pass."

"This Zhu Laosan is very flowery. It's not enough to rely on the cooperation and information provided by me, do you still want to pull a cushion to share the pressure for him? ”

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but groan.

"However, Luyang Pass is located in the narrow mouth between the Funiu Mountains and Fangcheng Mountain, and it is still very useful for our army to control the entire territory of Nanyang Pingchuan. Since it's sent to the door, there's no reason not to want it.,It's just that you have to pay attention to one or two of this law.。。 ”

Then he suddenly turned to Yang Shigudao, who was named to be an observer, and thoughtful:

"Counselor Yang, I don't know what you think."

"This... It depends on how exquisite.,It's impossible to completely cover up the eyes and ears of the world.。。 ”

In all kinds of subtle gazes, Yang Shigu was only slightly stunned, and then organized his words word by word

"However, if it's just to the military government, no, it's not difficult to explain the past to Chang'an, or if it is the right to have a step to go down, but it is just that General Zhu San has to cooperate with us to do a game."

"Okay, I'll leave the general rules of this matter to you to plan. What kind of manpower and cooperation are needed, hand over a report afterwards. ”

Zhou Huai'an immediately clapped his head.

"No."

Yang Shigu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still accepted it without hesitation.

After this joint meeting, Yang Shigu was asked to stay a little unexpectedly.

The boss who went to elementary school had a cold and fever and coughed badly, and he was really a little blocked.

(End of chapter)