Li Tong, Chen Gong and Hua Xin arrived in Xiang'an County, and found that thousands of elites of Danyang County were stationed on the other side of the river, and the leader of the troops was Zhu Huan of Wu County. ”

Huaxin Plains, Zhu Huan Wu County, the hometown of the two is separated by the huge Xuzhou, how can Hua Xin know Zhu Huan and his people, and said at the moment: "I only know the family of Zhu Gongwei in Yangzhou, but I know the same as Zhu Huan and his people, but it is the same as the two generals." ”

Before leaving Shu County, Xu Chu specially explained to them, although Zhu Huan of Wu County is old and crowned, he is a good soldier, a heroic man who values wealth and righteousness, and Zhou Xin is likely to arrange this person as a general to garrison Spring Valley. If this is the case, the army must not be moved.

Hua Xin said again: "Although the people of Qingzhou are in Xiaxia, they also know that the rivers are vast, and in case of encountering the enemy, there is no danger to avoid, the two generals, I hope you can carefully follow the orders of the prince and the marquis, train the naval army, and strictly prevent the enemy from sneaking attack; In the county, the two generals transported baggage and built ships to prepare for war. ”

Li Tong bowed his head and said: "What you said about joining the army is reasonable. ”

The current situation is that Zhou Xinzhi County has been in charge of the county for many years, and has good ships and elite sailors, while Xu Chu's ships and sailors are stretched. When the two sides meet on the water, it is like a foot soldier on the plain encountering a cavalry, once they can't beat it, it's too late to escape.

At present, most of the ships on the Dongdu port in Xiang'an County are merchant ships and fishing boats that have been requisitioned and transferred, and not only do they have no facilities for water warfare, but they also suffer from a loss in speed. Although the county began to build ships early, there were still a few months before the day when the fleet was formed, and during this time, they had to take the defensive.

Unless Xu Chu can capture Jiujiang first, he will attack Danyang by land from Jiujiang.

That's exactly what Xu Chu thought.

Most of the elites in his headquarters are people from the Central Plains, and they are not accustomed to water warfare, even if they have the righteous servants brought by Gan Ning, Li Tong and others, the number is insufficient, even if they are soldiers who recruit good water in Lujiang, they still have to train for a period of time before they can go into battle.

But for several reasons, he had to temporarily cancel the plan of sending troops to attack Jiujiang County.

One of them is the factor of the state sergeant clan mentioned earlier. Second, Yangzhou Prefecture is governed in Jiujiang, Jiujiang is too guarded by Liu Miao to attach to the assassin Chen Wen, Chen Wen is a Confucian scholar, he doesn't know the soldiers, and the strength is still there, and now attacking Jiujiang is tantamount to making a strong enemy for himself. Third, Lujiang County is still in a period of instability, and a large area of turbidity officials has just been rectified, and the group of thieves and Jiangxia barbarians in Dabie Mountain have not yet been completed, and the risk factor is very high when sending troops at this time.

Because of this, after arranging Li Tong and others to Xiang'an County, Xu Chu immediately asked Le Jin to lead his troops to Lu'an County as a means of preventing Jiujiang County; He also used Wang Yan to lead the army to garrison Tatexian County as a means to prevent the two Yellow Turban giants Gong Du and Liu Pi from leading the moth thieves into the county.

In terms of military deployment, Xu Chu was very familiar with it, and in less than half a month, the defense of the entire county was mobilized.

On this day, Xinbixing County returned and sent a large number of turbidity officials who broke the law, among which the county magistrate of Anfeng County was also imprisoned for greedy ink and goods. Xu Chu took the opportunity to transfer the county magistrate of Shu County to Anfeng, and appointed Zhang Ting, a member of his wife's clan, as the new county magistrate of Shu County.

Instead of complaining, the Nashu County Commander happily packed up and set off for Anfeng the next day.

There is a saying in the time: The county is under the rule, and the county is under the state, and life is better than death.

This sentence means that if you are in the county as the county magistrate, then you have to run errands for the county court, and the benefits are not yours, and you will be miserable if you carry the black pot; What's worse is that when the state is governed as a county order, and when the state officials are all above you, how can you still have any say in the county order? Isn't life worse than death?

Therefore, after hearing the order, the order of Nashu County went overjoyed.

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On this day, Xu Chu and his wife drove out of the house and came to the street not far from the county government. This street is very close to the county capital, and it is also close to the county market, and there are always groups of scholars who come to this street on weekdays to meet and talk about the past and the present. The entire Lujiang County is probably the most literati riot here.

Today is a big day, and the rumors released a month ago that Yanling Zhang's family wants to run a private school on this street. Today's private learning, in fact, is often just a well-known Confucian student teaching at home, teaching some disciples to come out, and sending talents to the county.

Probably due to the influence of today's talent selection system, the more famous the person who teaches the class, the more people come to study, and the more noble the background. The scholars who came to watch the ceremony today almost gathered the most high-profile young scholars in the entire Shu County and even Lujiang County.

Naturally, this is not because the Yanling Zhang family, who has been 'outdated', has enough weight in the eyes of the scholars, but because it is known that the Zhang family is the wife of Xu Chu. And there is another crucial factor, a blockbuster news spread in the county - Cai Yong is one of the teachers of Zhang's private school.

Just a few days ago, the county sergeants also saw cars from all over the country going to Cai Yong's mansion to pay respects, including many famous people from all over Yangzhou, as well as the famous Yang clan in Mount Tai.

As for why Zhang's private school was finally set up in a very high-profile manner on this street where the literati were most in turmoil, it was Xu Chu who suggested this.

"If you want to achieve the prosperity of Lujiang, it lies in strengthening the army, in the Qing government, in revitalizing agriculture, in revitalizing business, and in re-writing." Xu Chu put his hand on Zhang Ying's mutton-fat-like jade hand, stroked it gently, and said with a look of enjoyment: "I have already done the three things of strengthening the army, cleaning up the government, and revitalizing agriculture. ”

Zhang Ying quietly removed Xu Chu's hand, poked her head out of the window, and looked at the long queue behind her.

After Xu Chu, it was Cai Yong, Zhang Taigong, Zhou Yi and others who drove the car.

In one of the cars, there was an unexpected person, the sheep. What's even more unexpected is that this Yang Wei is actually Cai Yong's son-in-law, Cai Yan's brother-in-law, and his father is the 'Hanging Fish Taishou' Yang Xu, who has been a chief official in Lujiang, Nanyang and other places and has a close friendship with Cai Yong.

What Xu Chu didn't know was that this Yanghu was about the same age as him now, in his twenties, but later he got old and gave birth to a son named Yanghu, who became a famous general in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Let's not talk about the sheep, because of the arrival of many famous scholars, the specifications of the ceremony have been raised several grades at once, surrounded by the armor, Xu Chu walked to the door of the private school with his beauty, and cut the red silk cloth blocking the door with a sword.

Everyone congratulated Mrs. Zhang fairly, and then came over to meet Xu Chu one by one.

When it was Yang Wei's turn to come over, before Xu Chu could talk to him, he saw Dian Wei squeeze through the crowd, leaned closer to his ear and said, "Lord, Anhui County is in an emergency." ”

The crowd was noisy, and although Dian Wei was talking in his ear, he was afraid that Xu Chu would not hear clearly, so he raised his voice slightly, and this time, Zhang Ying and Yang Wei, who were standing near Xu Chu, heard it.

Zhang Ying didn't feel out of shape, her little hand tightly wrapped around Xu Chu's arm, and the sheep suddenly changed color.

"Xu Hou, when my father was in Lujiang, this Anhui County was the most serious place for thieves, and now there is an emergency, you better go home quickly." Yang Wei's family background is noble, and the city government is far beyond ordinary people, so he immediately regained his composure, and then suggested to Xu Chu.

Xu Chuyun said lightly: "It is a blessing to be able to get acquainted with Yang Jun, although there is a disease of moss in the south of the county, how can you snub your guests?" ”

Yang Wei looked at Xu Chu's expression in his eyes, and said excitedly: "Xu Hou is not chaotic in the face of danger, and he admires it to the extreme. ”

With Xun Yu, Gan Ning and others in charge, Xu Chu was of course calm.