Lu Qiming doesn't think it's too difficult to conquer the three prefectures of Di, Cang, and De, but the key is to hold on, and to firmly hold this outpost position, and when facing Lu Longjun and the Khitans, it is not easy to hold it firmly.

The Chengde army is only 350,000 people, and the real elite is only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and most of them are stationed in the western states, and the three eastern states are more independent forces dependent on Zhang Chujin, or they are generals who are exiled because they have a discord with Zhang Chujin.

During the attack on Pinglu, there were already people here who took the initiative to participate in helping, and this situation was remembered by Xuzhou here, and they also remembered it on their side, maybe it was a piece of incense.

If these forces are used well, the attack on the three states of Di, Cang, and De will be like a bamboo, and it can be decided.

And Lu Qiming also knew that Wuwentang had already begun to spread cloth in Heshuo, Zhang Wanshan's methods in the past two years have become more and more delicate and feminine, moisturizing things silently, and the penetration of the Heshuo area is probably not less than the penetration of Jiangnan.

How many of the gentry in Heshuo are secretly communicating with Xuzhou, Lu Qiming can imagine it, there will be no less, everyone can see that Xuzhou is thriving now, who is not willing to find a way back?

This can be seen from the fact that Bianliang ran away from two or three hundred thousand people to Xuzhou in two or three months.

How could this be possible without a thorough arrangement? It is not possible to mobilize so many ships in ten days and a half months, at least it has been planned half a year in advance.

This shows the depth of the work that Wuwentang has put into this.

Heshuo will not be an exception, Wuwentang will not follow their own path because Wang Miao has a relationship in Heshuo, since the king of the county has decided to enter Heshuo, then Wuwentang must have been spreading a net here a year or two ago, and these will be revealed at a critical moment and play a role.

Heavy footsteps came from behind him, "Brother." ”

"Are you back, what's going on over there?" Lu Qiming turned around and asked.

"Brother, this trip we crossed the river from Potai, went to Cangzhou through the Bohai Sea, Wudi, and Rao'an, crossed the canal in Changlu, walked a big circle along the north bank of the canal, crossed the river south and returned to the south in Anling, Dezhou, and crossed the river in the plains. Lu Qixiu wiped a handful of water droplets from the corners of his mouth, "I think this spring is difficult for these three states, the summer grain must be enough to choke, and they can afford to be homeless." ”

Although today's rain is still timely, but the rainfall is not enough, the drought has been so long, where can a rain solve all the problems, the summer harvest is poor, this is already quite sad Heshuo Prefectures are a huge blow, it can be said that the entire three towns of Heshuo, under the blow of spring drought and summer harvest failure, will usher in a large-scale tide of displaced people, which will be a big challenge for the south.

Now Xuzhou has inherited the territory of the original Pinglu Town, directly bordering the two towns of Weibo and Chengde, and from last year to this year, a steady stream of grain from the south to the north has made Yanyunyi, the three states that were originally the most difficult, have actually supported the past, and there has been no large-scale famine and displacement tide.

This will undoubtedly attract the displaced people in the Heshuo area, and if it is not clear that the displaced people who originally wanted to go south to Bianluo may change direction and flock to the towns of Pinglu, Tianping and Wuning in the southeast.

Because everyone knows that Jiang Feng, the king of Pengcheng County and the governor of Xuzhou, controls the granary of Huainan, then escaping to the rule of Pengcheng County King must have a much greater chance of survival than escaping into the territory of other feudal lords.

This will certainly be a big challenge for Pinglu Town and Ziqing Town, which bear the brunt of the battle.

The town armies under Jiang Feng's rule are different from other feudal lords, that is, the town armies are only in the name of each town, and the soldiers are generally recruited according to the towns and states, but the others have almost nothing to do with it, such as the Ziqing Army broke away from the Ziqing Town Zhuzhou from the beginning, went south to the territory of Wuning Town, and is currently stationed in Songzhou, while the Pinglu Army successively moved to the front line of Qingzhou, Zizhou and Qizhou, and began to take over the defense of Ziqing.

"Hmph, the people in the three towns of Heshuo are panicking now, Wei Bo and Chengde are afraid that the Shatuo people will advance eastward, and Lu Long is afraid that the Khitan people will take advantage of the situation to go south, where do they still have the heart to govern the lives and deaths of the common people?" Lu Qiming muttered: "This homeless people together, if they don't pay attention to it, they will become bandits, and if they have to solve it when the time comes, it will be troublesome, rather than that, it is really better to enter in advance and control these places." ”

"Does the county king mean this?" Lu Qixiu was very excited and smacked his lips, "I have long wanted to touch with Heshuo's side, to see if the three towns of Heshuo are in vain, Zhang Chujin's Chengde Army can just be used as a whetstone to try." ”

"Silence!" Lu Qiming glared at his brother, "This is my own prediction, the Privy Council only requires the best preparations, what to do, I am not sure, what if Wei Bo's side collapses first? ”

"Impossible!" Lu Qixiu is not a person who does not understand current affairs, and shook his head again and again, "Where is Wei Bo comparable to those states and counties in the south, Wei Bojun is also a stinky and hard bone, not to mention that it is difficult to bite down, there is not much oil and water, Li Cunhou wants to do it, those Shatuo people and Saiwai Zahu will not do it, if I am Li Cunhou, I will definitely fight Nanyang, first occupy Henan Mansion, as well as Ruzhou and Xuzhou, step by step, I am not afraid that Nanyang and Caizhou will not obey." ”

"You're a good calculator. Lu Qiming was quite relieved in his heart, his younger brother was not a reckless and brutal person, and he could still understand the situation, "Shatuo people fight Nanyang and Caizhou, how can we deal with Xuzhou?"

"This is a bit of a painstaking effort, if I just focus on hitting Heshuo in the north, or going south to fight Chuyang Erzhou, Nanyang and Caizhou can always carry it for a year or two, right? Moreover, the Shatuo people really want to go south to the Jianghuai area, and they may not be able to adapt to it, and the lack of adaptation to the water and soil is their biggest enemy, and the Shatuo people will not fail to think of this. ”

Lu Qixiu's performance surprised Lu Qiming, looked his brother up and down, and shook his head: "Who taught you this? Don't tell me that you have an idea, you don't have that ability!"

Lu Qixiu snorted, and said with some embarrassment: "Wang Jiulang arrived, just behind, I met him in Qizhou, and I came here together." ”

Lu Qiming came to his senses at this time, and was talking about how his younger brother became so far-sighted, it turned out to be Wang Miao's point of view.

"Oh, he's here?" Lu Qiming was a little surprised, but then he also laughed, "He came just in time, the relationship between Heshuo and Shuo is really inseparable from him, with him, you can save a lot of trouble." ”

The night slowly darkened, the hall was brightly lit, and even a bonfire was lit in the center of the hall, a fat sheep was set up on it, the mutton fat oil beat with the flames, occasionally a drop fell into the fire, "snort" sounded, the flame suddenly jumped, reflecting the whole hall.

"Come, it's rare for the Wang Privy Envoy to come to our Pinglu Army to inspect the military affairs, and toast the Wang Privy Envoy from afar!" Picking up the huge wine bowl, Lu Qiming's face looked a little ruddy under the flickering of the flames, and he didn't know whether it was the edification of wine or the burning of the fire, in short, the black was red.

All the people present here are military generals, because Wang Miao came to Qingzhou to inspect military affairs as the privy envoy of the Privy Council and the head of the General Staff, so only the generals were accompanied, because it was inevitable to talk about military affairs during the conversation, and even local officials like Qingzhou Assassin Shi were not invited.

"Lu Dudu is too polite, you and I are ministers in the same palace, and we are all working for the king of the county, how can we divide each other?" Wang Miao happily picked up the wine bowl, "Bianliang's Shi Frozen Spring is said to have opened in Xuzhou, and several good wine wineries from Bianliang have all moved to Xuzhou and Shouzhou, and even Suzhou has one or two, it is estimated that there will be such a wine shop in Qingzhou in the future, and everyone will have good wine to drink at that time." ”

Stone Frozen Spring originates from Fuping, but as the most prosperous city in Daliang, Bianliang City naturally also has Stone Frozen Spring Wine Workshop, just like the Tuguo Spring produced in Xingyang and the Jiannan Burning Spring in Xichuan, there are also wine shops in Bianliang City, of course, it is transported, or brewed on the spot, it is difficult to say.

With the fall of Bianliang City, a large number of service industries that were dependent on the Liang regime also moved out of Bianliang City, such as winemaking, food, incense and medicine, and even many flower shops took the initiative to relocate to Xuzhou and Shouzhou, which also contributed to the rapid prosperity of the service industry in these two places.

Of course, the prosperity of such industries in these two places also has its foundation, a large number of gentry and merchants from the Central Plains who went south to the east from Bianluo have chosen these two places as a foothold, so the corresponding demand will naturally have to keep up, especially this large number of people themselves are wealthy class, bringing a lot of money and silver, after experiencing the tense period of fleeing and relocation, they also need to consume and relax, and the natural demand has increased greatly.

"Hehe, Qingzhou, Mizhou, these places may not be able to compare with Xuzhou, Shouzhou, maybe three or five years later, see if there is a difference, this is still in the case of not experiencing war and natural disasters here. Lu Qiming said something.

Wang Miao smiled, "Lu Dudu doesn't need to be so subtle, the battle of Heshuo is imperative, and now make all preparations for the final thunderous blow." ”

"Is the opinion of the king of the county and the Privy Council the north and then the south, or the south and then the north, or is it just that they are not moving for the time being, watching the movements of the Shatuo people?" Lu Qiming immediately asked.

Wang Miao pondered for a while, didn't answer this question for a while, seemed to be thinking about it, and said after a long time: "The king of the county is still negotiating with the Shatuo people, but the attitude of the Shatuo people can't change anything, but with the meaning of the governor, should we go south first and then north, or north and then south?"

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