After the defeat of Shijie Village, the Jeju officers and soldiers were no longer able to find trouble with Yangsan Manor, but the Jeju officialdom was under great pressure because of the two successive defeats of Shengchengang and Shijie Village. In the face of turbulent public opinion, officials at all levels below the prefectural level are worried about themselves.

And in the autumn of this year, the world of the Zhou Dynasty was not very peaceful. Hebei's Tianhu became more and more powerful, occupied Qinyuan County in August, and captured Weisheng Prefecture in September, and now he has established himself as king. Huaixi recently turned against Wang Qing, and with the help of Li Zhu, a stranger in the rivers and lakes, he occupied Shangjin, Zhushan, and Yunyang counties, and the momentum was unparalleled for a while. And the people of the two Zhejiang provinces are also ready to move because they can't bear the weight of Huashigang, and under the tandem of Fang La and others.

The old emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty only cared about drunken life and dreams, put all the things on the officials of the court and the central government, and forced the relevant yamen to be in a hurry, which made Gu Haotian's Liangshan Manor win a temporary peace.

Gu Haotian also obtained relevant information early through various channels. He deeply felt that many things in this era had departed from the original historical trajectory. The Jurchens established the country early, and Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La also rebelled in advance, and he felt that many things were unpredictable, and he couldn't help but have a sense of urgency that time would not wait for me.

Early this morning, Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, Zhao Ding, and the newly appointed deputy director of the Civil Affairs Department, Zhang Suo, and their entourage headed towards the Li family crossing.

Since the last time he went to Lijia Daokou, Gu Haotian immediately went to Qingzhou, and just came back and encountered the incident of Shijie Village, and now he didn't realize that it was more than a month.

Compared with before, now the role of Lijia Daokou will be more important to Liangshan, the manor's commercial houses in the outer states and counties have gone underground, and some commercial activities on the surface can only be held in the market of Lijia Daokou, such as the auction of the immortals, the next sale of private salt, and so on, so the manor pays more and more attention to the construction of this bazaar.

Gu Haotian came over today, one to see the progress of the construction of the market, and the other to see the deployment of the fifth infantry battalion and the seventh sailor battalion.

Zhang Suo is a newcomer, but also a person of insight, now has been completely integrated into the manor system, he originally had the idea of loyalty and patriotism, but after arriving in Liangshan, after contact with Zhao Ding, Zhang Jiucheng, Wen Huanzhang and others, and learned about Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi and others, coupled with the personal experience of Qingzhou officialdom, the original "loyal monarch" has long been thrown out of the clouds by him, and now all that is left is the "patriotism" with the people of Liangshan. So he quickly became proficient in the work at hand and became Zhao Ding's right-hand man, and today's trip to the Li family crossing was also called by Zhao Ding to come with him, in order to familiarize him with the situation and share the pressure.

is still Wang Dingliu's ship escort, since the last time he was preached by Wen Huanzhang, this guy can be regarded as loving this job. The group laughed, and the pillar incense arrived at the Li family crossing.

The camp of the Sixth Battalion of Sailors was set up in the river behind the Lijiadaokou Hotel, which was a stone's throw away from the hotel that Gu Haotian inspected last year. Wang Dingliu must have come to this place more than once, and he was very skilled at leaning the boat on a simple dock.

Zhang Shun and Tong Wei hurried over after hearing the news, and saw that they were dressed in uniforms and stride, without any traces of the original Jianghu men.

"Looking at the posture of the two battalion commanders, Zhang and Tong, it seems that the two months of the teaching camp have gained a lot!"

Zhao Ding saw the two approaching, but deliberately quipped.

"Who said no, Director Zhao didn't think that our confinement was in vain."

Zhang Shun and these people were used to wandering around in Jiangzhou, and when they first entered the training camp, they were inevitably confined, and they laughed at themselves at this time.

The crowd laughed and then inspected the camp together. I saw that a camp had been set up in the open space in the middle, and the river in front had been cleared, and more than 20 large and small boats were docked there side by side. Zhang Shun has been here for many days, and he has already envisioned the river guard, and he said:

"The task of the seventh battalion here is mainly to guard the Huancheng River, so they are mainly small and medium-sized boats, and I have discussed with the Tong Wei brothers, and then at the confluence of lakes and rivers on both sides, two more small villages, each with personnel stationed, patrol the moat from time to time, and strive to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Gu Haotian laughed when he heard this, and didn't say anything at the time, and then called Zhang Shun and Tong Wei to board Wang Dingliu's boat together and go along the moat.

The Lijia crossing is located on the plain on the edge of the water, and is full of rivers, lakes and dense reeds.

"No matter how wide the moat is, it is only a few feet away, if the enemy army attacks on the shore, it is difficult to resist, and it is the task of the infantry to fight hard in person, and your battlefield is there-"

Gu Haotian pointed to the crisscrossed rivers in the field and continued:

"In peacetime, your duty is to patrol the rivers, but in wartime you will be scattered into large and small rivers, harassing and destroying the enemy's army, destroying its living forces, and taking its food, grass and ordnance, so that it will not be at ease, so as to support the frontal battlefield."

Zhang Shun and Tong Wei were stunned when they heard it, and they dared to love the little officials! But if you think about it carefully, what the petty official said is really right, the river is wide, and the enemy only needs to use bows and arrows on the shore, and the people on this boat will become hedgehogs, and they can't help but break out in a cold sweat.

When the boat reached the stone bridge in the middle, everyone abandoned the boat and went ashore, and Yuan Lang, Zou Run, and Han Jiangping were already waiting at the bridge. The camp of the infantry was divided into two hills in the north and south, Yuan Lang and Zou Run each stood on one side, the fortifications on the mountain had been repaired, and now two people high walls were being built along the river bank on both sides.

The group walked along the river bank for a while, only to see thousands of migrant workers and craftsmen struggling to catch up.

"When will the walls be built?" Gu Haotian asked.

"In a month, the eastern, southern, and northern walls can be completed, and the west side will not be built for the time being." Han Jiangping replied.

Gu Haotian secretly analyzed it in his heart, and felt that within the month, the imperial court should not send troops over, and it was too late. However, if it is not the best policy to carry the officers and soldiers at the Lijia Road crossing, there should be a more rounded auxiliary method.

After a round of inspection, everyone finally came to the street of the market. Compared to a month ago, the streets are now decent, and several major storefronts are being renovated. Gu Haotian even saw the signboard of a Liangshan restaurant, and immediately remembered that Pan Jinlian had said that they were going to open a branch at Lijiadaokou. These people have tasted the sweetness now, but the name of the shop should not be so prominent, he thought to himself.

Then everyone came to the warehouse area, where Gu Haotian had focused on explaining last time, and now after more than a month of rushing work, a continuous warehouse has been built.

"Give me another month to ensure that the market town at Lijiadaokou can be opened, and at that time, it will be just in time for the liquor auction, maybe Director Xiao Jiasui's salt will also have an eyebrow."

Zhao Ding saw that everyone had no objections to the market and the warehouse, and then Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and he had the confidence to speak.

"Director Zhao is hard, but I can't feel at ease!"

Xu Guanzhong listened to Gu Haotian's words about defense along the way, but he, the chief of staff, felt bottomless in his heart.

Several people talked, and finally arrived at the hotel at the crossing. After the incident in Shijie Village, the number of guests in the hotel increased significantly, and when Gu Haotian and others arrived, there were already several tables of people sitting in the lobby, and they went directly to the backyard.

Eight or nine people sat in a room, and after looking at it for half a day, everyone had their own feelings and expressed their opinions on some defensive and operational issues.

After everyone finished discussing, Gu Hao Tiancai said his thoughts.

"Personally, I don't think I have to worry about business. I'm worried about defense, you imagine that if the imperial army is specialized here, we will work hard with it, even if we win once or twice, we will still suffer in the end, after all, in the current period of time, we will be in a relative weakness compared with the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, especially outside the lonely water at the Lijia Road crossing, this weakness is particularly obvious. ”

"So my strategy is two, one is to let the Li family crossing and Liangshan Manor be separated, anyway, to outsiders, this village is still Han Brothers', we will run this bazaar in the name of Han Brothers, this is for those court officials, even if they know it, but there is also an excuse to accept bribes, we can spend money to buy peace at critical moments. Therefore, the guards stationed here should be different in their clothing and titles, and they should not be truthful. The second is to fight. I always believe that the lives of the people and team members of our manor are the first, as long as the people are still there, these houses and materials can be rebuilt and recaptured, and if you plan early, these materials may not be lost, so even if you fight, you can't fight hard, I have a few words here, you remember, it may be useful to fight against strong enemies in the future. ”

Gu Haotian paused, and then said the guerrilla theory of avoiding the enemy's edge and hitting his weakness when the enemy is strong and I am weak.

Everyone present had already been fascinated by Gu Haotian's two strategies, but when he said this eight-character policy, they were all stunned. Yuan Lang, Zhang Shun and others may not have too deep understanding for a while, but Xu Guanzhong, Zhao Ding, and Zhang Suo are not ordinary people, and the more they think about it, the more profound they feel, and they can't help but be impressed by the little official in front of them.

Xu Guanzhong, as the chief of staff, was responsible for planning the war, but he regarded it as a treasure and engraved it in his mind.

It was already afternoon after the meeting, and everyone had a little lunch absentmindedly, and then walked out with their own thoughts.

However, when he arrived at the front hall, he suddenly saw two guests in the seat, and rushed over to stop in front of Gu Haotian.

"You bad guy ran over there, and I worked so hard to find it!"

When everyone was stunned, the guest was pulling and scolding Gu Haotian, as if he was full of sadness.

At this time, Yuan Lang, Zhang Shun and the others all came back to their senses, and quickly stepped forward to make a move.

"Hugh be reckless, these two are guests of the manor."

Gu Haotian hurriedly stopped, he had already recognized the person in front of him, but he couldn't believe it in his heart.