Naturalization pass, out of the northwest, you can get out of the grassland. Further west on the grassland, two major cities are being built, and on the construction site, there are Han people, Dangxiang people, and Dadan people.

Most of the guards guarding these people were originally soldiers wearing leather armor, but now these soldiers have recently also worn iron armor, iron armor and ordnance, etc., are also coming from Hebei in a steady stream.

Craftsmen and the like, frowning every day, constantly measuring back and forth, urging progress.

Groups of horses from the depths of the steppe, carrying the heirs of the khans of the tribe, came to naturalize.

Within naturalization, Hu Yanzhuo had already built a simple school, and the teachers in the school were ready, most of whom were young scholars. These scholars came from Tokyo, and some of them with good attitudes and knew the opportunity also stayed in naturalization, waiting to teach these noble children from the grassland.

Some of them still want to show their own style, and those who are stubborn are also moving stones and ramming earth in the construction site.

Every regime, military and political orders, at the very beginning, can often run through the top and bottom, and fulfill them to the letter. After a long period of power, the military and political orders, from top to bottom, will slowly be discounted. This phenomenon is always the case, and there are too many reasons for it. The solution to this problem is not an easy solution.

But at this time, under the Yan Wangfu, the military and political orders are obviously still unimpeded. Often Zheng Zhi said a word, and he acted extremely quickly.

In Hangzhou, south of the Yangtze River, there are already large armies in the school field outside the city, and the number is increasing, and there are 50,000 of them. There are newly recruited soldiers, as well as young and strong soldiers sent by various state capitals, and there are also nursing homes contributed by various families.

Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi's father and son met Zhao Huan again, and there were tears in their eyes.

Zhao Huan also knew what was going on, so he only said: "The two Zhuguo, that Zheng Zhi is really not a son of man, he actually killed the relatives of the Liu family to threaten the two, this son thundered that day, and he could not die well." ”

Zhao Huan had the only way to comfort the two, and the head sent by Tokyo was really a nephew of Liu Yanqing, as well as a sternly worded letter, threatening words, all out of Luda's mouth. Dozens of relatives of the Liu family, including Liu Guangshi's mother, are all in Tokyo. It is to threaten the father and son to surrender.

Liu Yanqing had tears in his eyes, but replied in his mouth: "Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can be learned from heaven and earth." Such a vicious person, the minister must not share the sky with him, and swear to raise millions of elite soldiers and kill the thief to avenge this! ”

Liu Guangshi also spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister came with my father to invite soldiers to go on the expedition, kill the rebels, and avenge my family's great revenge." ”

The father and son probably knew that they had really returned to Tokyo, and they probably didn't end well, and now that the two of them are in Hangzhou, it also means that the Liu family is still there, and they went to Tokyo.

Zhao Huan was shocked when he heard this, his body involuntarily leaned forward, and he asked urgently: "The two pillars are going to lead the troops to retake Tokyo?" ”

Even Zhao Huan was a little surprised when he heard these words, at this time, the military situation was mainly defensive to accumulate strength. It is obviously not advisable to rush to take the initiative to attack. Zhao Huan understands this simple truth.

The father and son glanced at each other, and Liu Yanqing said, "Your Majesty, it is necessary to retake Tokyo and restore the mountains and rivers. But not at this time, at this time, the expedition is the land of Huaixi. Huaixi now has no soldiers and no generals, but it does not follow the holy will of the Son of Heaven, among which the chief officer, there are many descendants of the family, but most of them are anti-thieves from the party. Huaixi is also in the south, and it is the right time to conquer Huaixi at this time. ”

Liu Yanqing still didn't say a word, that is, he sent troops to Huaixi, and also wanted to arrest the sons of the seed master Dao and the seed master, Chong Hao, Chongxi, Chong Xun, Chong Xun and others, these people are now officials in Huaixi, most of them are prefects and governors, at this time Huaixi has no soldiers, if you get one or two children of the seed family in hand. I can really negotiate with the Tokyo Breeder in exchange for the people of the family.

This is also the method that the father and son decided after thinking about it. Hangzhou now has a military pair, Huaixi is mostly a defenseless city, as long as you are lucky enough to get a farmer, this Liu family clan will probably be able to keep it.

Li Bangyan on the side heard this, but he saw through Liu Yanqing's unspoken words, and he also knew that his family members were also suffering in Tokyo, and if he could get the descendants of the farming family, it seemed that he could also keep his family safe. hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this law is very good. can crack down on the anti-thief forces and arrogance, and the minister also heard that the land of Huaixi is also going against the grain, robbing the people's land and property. Even the people of Huainan have been affected by public opinion. This time the troops went out of Huaixi, it was all the more necessary to stabilize the situation of all parties, so that the people would not be bewitched and ignorant of the sinister intentions of the anti-thieves. ”

Li Bangyan's words may also be the first time that the southern court has realized the problems caused by Zheng Zhi's perverse methods. Especially the people at the bottom can directly obtain land to support their families, and for ordinary people, the demagogic power is too great.

Huaixi had just experienced war, countless large families had escaped, and ownerless fields were everywhere, and there was much less resistance to the implementation of land reform. In this way, even the people of Huainan next door also began to be affected.

When Zhao Huan heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and then asked: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses are needed for the two pillar countries to go on this expedition, and how much food and salary are needed?" ”

Liu Yanqing was obviously prepared, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the current situation should be dominated by Hangzhou, so the ministers went to Huaixi, only brought 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the men and horses stayed in Hangzhou City to guard Your Majesty's safety." The matter of money and food does not need too much, and the ministers will have to pay for it in detail later. ”

Zhao Huan nodded when he heard this, and only said: "The food and salary will be paid to Li Qing for review, and then I will report it." ”

This court arrived in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, and in a short period of time, it was not short of money. Every family, those who take money to change officials, are naturally willing to do so.

Liu Yanqing nodded, and reported: "Your Majesty, when you go on the expedition, please also ask Your Majesty to preside over the ceremony in person, so that it can also boost morale." Huaixi young soldiers, this battle, will definitely win, after the victory, the morale of the army is even more different from the past, so it is also to improve the morale of the future fight against the anti-thief. ”

Liu Yanqing thought far-reachingly, now that most of the soldiers and horses are new recruits, they naturally need to win battles to enhance the self-confidence of the soldiers. This Huaixi is the first choice.

Zhao Huan naturally did not postpone it, but said: "Quasi-performance, it will be there at that time!" ”

After the father and son finished playing, it went very smoothly, and they also retired. On top of the food supply, there should also be some input. When the Liu family first arrived in Jiangnan, they should naturally plan for themselves, and now the father and son live in the yamen, and they are shy when they go out.

Maybe it was also Zheng Zhi's calculations, but there were still some omissions. In this Huaixi land, Zheng Zhi only thought about sending people to occupy it and start administration. I didn't expect that after Zhao Huan went south, he would be able to gain a firm foothold so quickly. You can even immediately pull out a team to attack the land of Huaixi.

Huaixi is not far from Hangzhou, in the north of Hangzhou, a region between Bianliang and Hangzhou, the land of Huainan, partly in the north of Huaixi, partly in the east of Huaixi, the name Huaixi, in fact, also comes from Huainan, called Huainan West Road. Huaixi is mainly Anhui, but there is also a part of Hubei, and a small part of Henan. Under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, most of the main forces came from the land of Huaixi.

Zheng Zhi was still on the way back to Tokyo, Liu Yanqing had already led more than 15,000 soldiers out of Hangzhou, and went straight to Shuzhou (Anqing and west of Anqing). He also served in the army before, and now he was sent to Shuzhou as the prefect by the seed division.

Hearing the news that Liu Yanqing was leading the army, a letter, and quickly went straight to Tokyo.

But he also knew that the reinforcements in Tokyo could not be as fast as Liu Yanqing, and the elite brought out of Tokyo by the 100th under his command, plus some local officials and newly recruited walking soldiers, obviously could not hold the city.

However, Chong Wei did not retreat directly, but led his troops to the official road to the south, which was to find out the news and truth of Liu Yanqing's army.

However, this man did not live up to his reputation as a breeder, and he was not afraid at all, and went straight to Liu Yanqing's army, with a hundred and ten healthy horses.

Liu Yanqing's men and horses were carefully selected, and they also tried their best to make up some iron armor and good blades, and there was no shortage of craftsmen in the south of the Yangtze River, and two or three thousand sets of iron armor were also made up. There are also hundreds of Jiangnan horses, plus hundreds of personal soldiers brought by Liu Yanqing from Tokyo.

The momentum doesn't look bad, either.

Huaixi is hilly and has many water systems. The border between Huaixi and Jiangnan is the Yangtze River. One north and one south.

Standing in the north of the river, he watched the flags waving across the river, looking for boats to cross the river.

Chong Wei did not hurry to retreat, but kept watching along the river, until all the horses under Liu Yanqing gathered in sight, calculated a few times, and then beat the horse to the north.

In Huaining City (Qianshan County), the Shuzhou Governance Office, the yamen was busy, and the household registration information and the new information on land reform that had just been taken over were all packing up and going north to Luzhou (Hefei) under the jurisdiction of Chonghao.

But he returned to the city, and he was not in a hurry to leave, but he was writing a notice with a pen, and the content of the notice was to warn Shuzhou, large and small, not to forcibly seize the land of the people, otherwise the army would come again, and everyone would be punished. also said over and over again that it would not be long, and the army of King Yan would re-enter Shuzhou.

Chong Wei personally supervised the posting of notices everywhere, and some big families, Chong Wei also personally led troops to visit the house one by one, intimidating and warning several times.

It wasn't until Liu Yanqing's army crossed the diving river and approached the city of Huaining that he rode his horse to the north. The children of the seed family came to Huaixi, although they did not bring troops, but how many people brought 100 soldiers, and they could not defend the land, and there were always more than 1,000 elites gathered. It is also necessary to work together to guard a key point. The key to this is Luzhou.

Then mobilize the people to resist Liu Yanqing's offensive and buy time for reinforcements from Tokyo. It is easy to lose a city, but it is difficult to attack it again. There is no shortage of brave people among the descendants of the planters. Seeds are obviously one of them.

Therefore, in the heart of Chongwei, this Luzhou is the key, and it must be guarded. Chong Hao is the son of the master of the Dao, the new prefect of Luzhou, and more than 200 ironclad soldiers and men came with him. The convergence of brothers is obviously also thinking with one heart, Luzhou is a battlefield.

The families of this land south of the Yangtze River obviously spared no effort to support the Great Song Dynasty, and the support even exceeded Zheng Zhi's expectations. Jiangnan Zheng Zhi has not been here, and he has also seen the wealth of Jiangnan, but he still did not expect that the emperor would bring a few people to Jiangnan, and he would be able to gain a firm foothold in an instant, and form a large army within a few months.

At the beginning, Zheng Zhi thought that Zhao Huan would not even have time to take away the seals of all parties when he went to Jiangnan like this, and when he arrived in Jiangnan, everything must be started from scratch, and the major yamen, central organs, and even administrative channels must be established one by one, and he will definitely not have the ability to do that thing in a short period of time.

Obviously, Zheng Zhi underestimated on this point. This can also explain why the Southern Song Dynasty court in history was able to gain a firm foothold very quickly under the Jurchen chasing everywhere.

This Great Song Dynasty, the foundation of its rule, is really extremely deep! Sharing the world with scholars and doctors may not be a bad policy for this era. For the rulers of this era, there is no shortage of extremely successful sides.