Chapter 409: A New Situation
General Jinnam?
It's so simple that he became the military leader of the remnants of Nanchen's regime?
This is seriously inconsistent with his previous plan.
In the previous plan, he just wanted to use the style of a local feudal town to directly occupy Taihu Lake and Qiantang area, fight a few victories to destroy the prestige of one or several parts of the Sui army, and then bargain with the Sui Dynasty court, and become the overlord of the southern region like the Lingnan Song lords.
If he becomes General Nanchen Zhennan, he will definitely become the target of the Sui army's key attacks in the future!
In this regard, Lei Hu did not shirk, General Zhennan is General Zhennan, is he still afraid of the Sui army?
As for the overall situation, what the situation and so on, Lei Hu knew it in his heart but didn't care.
This world is a high-martial world, and his personal strength is so high that he can completely ignore the number of troops, and he happens to be such a top powerhouse in the world.
Otherwise, on the way to Taihu Lake, he clearly sensed the aura of nearly ten innate masters wandering around, but he didn't care at all, didn't he have the confidence to solve all the troubles?
Those innate masters who wandered around didn't dare to come forward, weren't they also afraid of his strong strength?
So, what if there is enough strength to deteriorate, even if it goes against the general trend?
Could it be that Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty was willing to leave 500,000 Sui troops in the land of Nanchen for many years for the sake of him alone?
What are you kidding, the Turks outside the grassland are looking at each other, and the Northland Gate Valve Family is not honest, if there is not enough military power to deter it, maybe the country will change color at any time, and there will be a side Gate Valve family to replace the Yang family.
Yang Jian naturally wouldn't be so stupid!
The north is the foundation of the Sui Dynasty, and as long as the south is generally stable, it is necessary to abide by the rules of the Sui Dynasty.
What Lei Hu has to do is to show his muscles and let Yang Jian know that his strength should not be underestimated, and it will not be possible to completely win it by relying on the army of Zheng Chen in a short period of time, so it will be done.
But obviously, he can see the essence clearly, and the master is obviously not capable of such skills.
After the party arrived at Taihu Lake, they directly took Gusu as the base and arranged the garrisons from all over Nanchen that were constantly coming close to each other in nearby towns, and in half a month, there were nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians!
Obviously, the news that the Sui army suddenly crossed the river to attack and take Jiankang in one fell swoop had spread.
The north and the south have been divided for hundreds of years, and the estrangement between the two places is no joke, and no matter which side is treated as the military and civilians on the other side of the Yangtze River, as enemies.
If the Sui army directly captured Chen Shubao, the lord of Chen, according to normal history, and relied on Chen Shubao to directly persuade the garrisons in various parts of Nanchen to surrender, it would be enough to directly call Nanchen annihilation.
At that time, the 500,000 Sui army was powerful, and the local forces and garrisons in Nanchen did not dare to disobey orders, otherwise the end would be a dead word.
But now the situation is different, the appearance of Lei Hu not only saved the demon concubine Zhang Lihua, but also the two princes under his knees, one of whom is the prince of Nanchen.
After Uncle Chen and Uncle Chen were hung up in an extremely disgraceful way, the name of Prince Nanchen was still quite useful, and the weight was also so that the local forces of Nanchen did not dare to slack off.
This time, only the two sons of the demon concubine Zhang Lihua escaped from the Jiankang Palace, but also the rest of the concubines, and their sons also escaped.
Therefore, the Taihu Lake area suddenly became the temporary political center of Nanchen, and if the local forces and garrisons were unwilling to surrender to the Sui army, they would naturally take the initiative to move closer to the direction of Taihu Lake, and nominally respect the crown prince.
In addition to nominal respect, there are naturally few local generals who take the initiative to lead the army to defect, as well as local panicked people.
Although the Nanchen court did not treat the people very well, they still had a way to live after all, once the Sui army took over the local rule, no one knew what the Sui army would do?
The people couldn't stand the toss, and they didn't dare to leave their fate in the hands of the Sui army.
Seeing that the people gathered around Taihu Lake and the number of local garrisons in Nanchen were increasing, as the most trusted collaborator of the demon concubine at this time, Qingxu Lao Dao was busy in the dark, and at the same time, he was also worried in his heart.
"Ah Hu, the number of people in the Taihu Lake area is almost more than 300,000!"
On this day, after finishing the resettlement work of the newcomers, Qingxu Lao Dao found Lei Hu who was in the military camp, and said worriedly: "With so many people gathered together, food is a big problem, and it may also cause the main force of the Sui army to attack!" ”
Lei Hu closed the Chinese piece and said with a smile: "Why should the master worry, it's just that the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, are we still afraid that the Sui army will not succeed?" ”
"You kid is swollen!"
Qingxu Lao Dao said angrily: "The increase in the number of people has little impact on the combat effectiveness of the army, don't you know what kind of garrisons from all over the country that those gangs have defected to?" ”
"Then let's get in order!"
Lei Hu didn't care and said: "Just take advantage of the current foreign enemy to integrate those garrisons from all over the country who have defected, how can there be thirty or forty thousand horses, not to mention the field ability to defend the city, it should not be a problem!" ”
"What about the grain?"
Qingxu Lao Dao changed the topic, he had seen the means of Lei Hu's army reorganization, and the effect was simply immediate, and he did not expect how elite the garrisons from various places that had recently defected to him would be, at least they could maintain order in the Taihu Lake area, and the surrounding city defense measures would be completed.
"Master, we are relying on such a big Taihu Lake!"
Lei Hu reminded with a smile: "There are many mountains and forests around, and there are almost inexhaustible wild goods, as long as you organize people to mine and fish in time, it is not difficult to get through the early predicament!" ”
Without waiting for Qingxu Lao Dao to speak, he continued to laugh; "Besides, when the garrisons and local forces from all over the country came in, they also brought a lot of food and supplies, and the situation was not so bad!"
"And what about after that?"
Qingxu Lao Dao rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "You can't always eat fishy fish and shrimp with a pungent smell, and live by digging wild vegetables in the mountains, right?" ”
"How can it?"
Lei Hu shook his head and smiled; "As soon as spring comes, we will mobilize manpower to clear out the land suitable for cultivation around Taihu Lake, and do a good job of canal irrigation facilities, so that there will be a steady stream of food output in the future!"
"You want to be beautiful!"
Although Qingxu Lao Dao felt that such an idea was a little unreliable, he was inexplicably relieved in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that it is the main force of the Sui army, and it will not give us such a chance for quiet development!" ”
"Then have a few good fights!"
Lei Hu said disapprerovingly: "It's all on this, there's no need to think too much, as long as you win a few games, let Sui Jun know that it is powerful, and there will naturally be a turnaround at that time!" ”
Speaking of this, he smiled: "Master to be honest, we also need a few beautiful victories to completely control the Taihu Lake region, otherwise those guys who defected to the city won't listen to them at all!" ”
"What, angry?"
Qingxu Lao Dao was not polite at all, and laughed and teased.
He and Lei Hu's master and apprentice were unknown in the Nanchen military world, at least this was the state before.
At present, although their master and apprentice are meritorious in protecting the demon concubine and the prince of Nanchen, as well as the prince, and the 30,000 troops under their command are also full of achievements, the time is too short, and it is impossible for the Sui army to make a name for them.
The local garrison of Nanchen, who rushed from all over the place, thought that the master and apprentice were lucky, and they had taken such a big credit just in time.
But shallow qualifications are shallow qualifications, and Qingxu Lao Dao and Lei Hu's master and apprentice did not show their strong strength in front of them, so they naturally inevitably suffered some bird anger and exclusion.
Especially when the demon concubine put on a posture of treating the old Taoist and the Lei Hu master and apprentice as her henchmen and disciples, she suddenly attracted a lot of dissatisfied and even hateful eyes.
Lei Hu didn't look down on the garbage in the Nanchen military world at all, but he didn't have the heart to intrigue with them.
"Master, look at this!"
Putting those behind, Lei Hu handed the documents in his hand to Qingxu Lao Dao, and said with a smile: "If the Taihu Lake area develops according to this plan, it will become a land of fish and rice in a few years!" ”
Qingxu Lao Dao took the document with some doubts, but his face became more and more exciting after carefully flipping through it, and at the end, he suddenly raised his head and asked: "This is, you did it?" ”
The content of the document is the Taihu Lake regional development plan drafted by Lei Hu.
In his previous life, he was the existence of the first assistant of the Central Plains Dynasty for nearly ten years, and he was very concerned about the economically developed Jiangnan region, and the Taihu Lake region was one of the centers of gravity of the Jiangnan economy.
The above content is easy to understand, even a layman in government affairs can also read it with relish and have a vague concept in his heart about Lei Hu's planning, which is quite amazing.
If it is really developed according to the document, the Taihu Lake area will become the pearl of the south of the Yangtze River, not only the land of fish and rice, but also the economic and commercial center, which can easily accommodate tens of millions of people, and can also allow tens of millions of people to live a nourishing life above the level.
This is what surprised him, because of his age, Qingxu Lao Dao has seen the confrontation between the North and the South, how difficult and difficult the life of the people is, even if Sichuan and Shu, which are known as the country of abundance, only the people in the plains are okay, and the lives of the people in the mountains are basically in a state of dire straits.
He really couldn't imagine that if the measures in the document were fully promoted, the Taihu Lake region would really undergo earth-shaking changes.
"It's nature!"
Lei Hu opened his mouth indifferently and said confidently: "If I can't do it, what should I spend my time writing this thing for?" ”
"That's pretty good!"
Qingxu Lao Dao smiled and said: "I hope this day will come soon!" ”
"That's why I want to gain the military power in the Taihu Lake region, and those sub-officials in Nan Chen don't say how capable they are, their ideas are completely different from my plan!"
Lei Hu said coldly: "If we let them preside over it completely, it is estimated that the fertile land that we have spent our strength and energy to drum up will be the private property of their family at that time, I don't want such a situation to happen!" ”