The Han River is called Xia Shui from Chuyang, and the place where the Xia water flows into the Yangtze River is called Xiakou.

In the long history, the lower reaches of the Han River have been diverted from time to time due to various factors such as geography and climate, so the location where it flows into the Yangtze River has also changed from time to time, and eventually several Jindu connecting the Han River have been formed.

The place where Xia Shui enters the river from the west is called Xia Shou, the southeast of Chuyang is called Zhuankou, and then to the east is Xiakou, the side of Xiakou is not far from Jiangxia City, the south of the river on the opposite bank is Yingcheng, and the south of Yingzhou Prefecture in the south of Liang is located, that is, Wuchang in the future.

With the withdrawal of the Jiangling Zhou Division from Xiakou, the armies converged to attack Yingcheng on the south bank, and the Jingzhou Governor's Office also took over Xiakou. Since then, several Jindu places delivered to the Western Wei Dynasty by the King of Xiangdong have been handed over, and several ports of the Han River into the river have been guarded by the Western Wei naval army.

This was naturally another milestone achievement in the expansion of the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the entire Han River was completely incorporated into the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Iron Hoof of the Western Wei Dynasty was able to directly drink the Ma River.

But as the territory expands, new challenges naturally arise. The momentary involvement can't explain any problems, and Chen Qingzhi of the Southern Liang even controlled Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty for a time, but the last vigorous Northern Expedition ended hastily.

The arrival of several Jiangbei ports means that the entire Han River channel has been under the control of the Western Wei Dynasty, from Hanzhong to the Handong region, the dispatch of materials and the distribution of personnel have a low-cost operation mode, which means that the personnel ties within the jurisdiction of the entire Jingzhou Governor's Government have been further consolidated and strengthened, and it also means that the rule of this area has become more solid.

At the same time, it also means that if necessary, the personnel resources of the entire Hanshui basin can continue to pour into the river according to Li Tai's idea, and put them into further places through the operation of the great river channel.

However, in order to fulfill this vision, it is necessary to have enough naval forces, otherwise these ports will not only become the cornerstone of further expansion, but will become a heavy burden on border defense.

In the original history, after the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasty conquered Jiangling, there was no further breakthrough in the river, even if there was an occasional gain, but it was quickly lost, a big reason was that there was no strong naval force to support its military operations, so that the activities of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the middle and lower reaches of the river at this stage not only did not have any prestige at all, but also seemed a little obscene.

Although Li Tai is not good at the operation and construction of the navy, he is good at the overall planning and scheduling of personnel, and since he understands the problem, he naturally has to find a way to make up for it.

The construction and maintenance of the water camps at these ports and the maintenance of the armies are much more complicated and cumbersome than the land camps, and the maintenance of a single boat is a very advanced science.

Although Li Tai did not have the energy to learn from scratch and master the mastery, he also tried his best to systematically understand the steps involved, so as to be able to basically know by heart.

The subordinate official sent by Xiao Jing, the king of Liang, as the governor of the allied forces of the Zhou Division, was named Wang Cao, who had been in charge of the Xiangyang Naval Division for a long time, so he was also very familiar with all affairs, and he was able to perform this position without high-intensity military tasks.

If there is really a need for the navy to fight, then Wang Cao will not use him as the main general even if he is competent Li Tai, the so-called employment is just a scene, when it comes to suspicion, all the leaders in the world are like birds. Even if there are occasional cases of reluctance, it is because there is really no better alternative to this.

Xu Wensheng, who was severely injured physically and mentally, also decided to join the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion after recuperating for a period of time. Even if he is old and has nothing else to ask for, he always has to find a place for the thousands of people under his command.

Li Tai was naturally overjoyed by this, even if he couldn't be sure whether Xu Wensheng would be loyal to him, but when it came to hatred for Xiao Laoqi and the Jiangling Military Mansion, Xu Wensheng would definitely be at the top.

Although Linghu Yanbao and Zhu Meng, who had previously formed and trained boat divisions in the upper reaches of the Han River, were also ducks on the shelves, they were already rare generals with some experience in the naval army under the Jingzhou Governor's Office. So the two of them plus Xu Wensheng were appointed as the defense lords of the three ferry ports, and each led a boat division to be stationed in one place, and they were jointly controlled by Wang Cao, the governor of the water division.

In addition to the more than 10,000 people under Xu Wensheng's department, the number of sailors under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Governor's Office has also reached more than 30,000, and there are nearly 1,000 boats. If you look at this number alone, it is quite impressive, but in fact, the quality is worrying.

Nearly half of the more than 30,000 officers and men of the navy have never participated in a single water battle, and even fewer have participated in a water battle with more than 10,000 participants.

As for the boat carrier, it is even more difficult to say, otherwise Li Tai may not have thought of such a bad trick as using a small boat to go to Jiangling Sailor to sell grain. After Wang Lin's big ship used for provocation was delivered, he was directly promoted to the throne of the ship.

Since the navy must rely on the ship, an important combat tool, in addition to having a certain combat quality, it must also know how to operate and maintain the ship. Therefore, in addition to being a soldier, a qualified sailor must also serve as a shipwright. After all, the carrying capacity of the largest ships is also very limited, and it is impossible to carry an additional team of shipwrights without combat capability when the actual battle starts.

The larger the ship, the higher the skill required. Therefore, the accumulation and training of relevant personnel and the further upgrading of ship carriers are two mountains that cannot be bypassed in front of the construction of Jingzhou's naval army.

Relatively speaking, the former is more difficult than the latter, after all, the life scene of the northerners itself limits their accumulation of relevant knowledge and experience, and requires a lot of time and energy and learning ability for special training, which is not inferior to the test of smooth talk.

Therefore, absorbing a large number of southerners into the army is also an operation that must be carried out by Li Tai's forces at the moment. At present, the easiest thing to obtain is the prisoners of the rebellious army obtained by the Gangneung army.

The overall organization of Hou Jing's chaotic army is not high, it can be called a rabble, and the combat method is also to rely on a small number of elites to open up the situation, and the rear army will rush up to burn, kill and loot, not to mention any elite division. But if it is specific to each person, it is not useless, and there are even many multi-talented compound talents.

After all, Hou Jing's base camp for recruiting people is Jiankang City, Jiankang City is the capital of Southern Liang, except for those powerful rice worms, it is difficult for others to live in Jiankang City for a long time if they do not have talents. Therefore, these people who are coerced into the chaos in the city are relatively slightly more skilled than the rural people.

If Li Tai openly proposed to buy these prisoners of war with grain or other materials, he would certainly not be allowed, and it would be easy to arouse the vigilance of the other party. But if this need is packaged as a gift to people, it will be crowded.

Therefore, when Wang Seng Biao led the army to besiege Yingcheng on the south bank of the Yangtze River, a large number of people also gathered here in Xiakou on the north bank of the river, and the scene was extremely lively. Many generals on the Gangneung side even did not hesitate to fight in order to be able to land ashore and enter the camp first and sell prisoners of war in advance.

After all, after the rebel army was burned in Huainan, millions of stones, grain and grass were burned, and they were also very poor. The Gangneung army, as the victorious side, had very limited gains, and had little to offer except for a dry cadre of ragged prisoners of war. The army will continue to march along the river to the east, if you don't reserve some food in advance, it is estimated that your own troops will collapse from hunger before they reach Jiankang.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't make a fuss! Everyone can be brought into the camp, but if they violate the rules of the camp again, they will be expelled immediately! ”

Li Yunxin ordered the sergeants to maintain order here, and kept shouting loudly into the crowd. The Jiangling soldiers had a request from others, so they did not dare to be presumptuous, and honestly lined up to enter according to the regulations.

On the camp colonel's field, the prisoners of war lined up along the long fence, and on both sides of the fence were buckets of water were constantly being poured on them with a strong-smelling liquid. This is not to humiliate them, but to disinfect them and get rid of the germs and epidemics they carry.

After some washing, the prisoners were led under a large bamboo hut, where they were asked by name and place of origin and what skills they had. And there are also some hand tools placed next to the bamboo shed, and their skills can be verified by hands-on operation.

"The governor is slow and slow, although this slave does not know how to work, but he is tall, and when I captured him in battle, I wounded several of my soldiers. Although he is thin now, he will become strong again after a few days of feeding. Don't want two stones, just one stone and five buckets, no, one stone, one stone of grain! ”

The schoolyard was full of such bargaining, and the price of a prisoner of war in the prime of life was overwhelmed by two stone of grain or less, but as long as it could be sold, the owners would breathe a sigh of relief, and then happily move on to other places to collect food.

As for the prisoners of war who were sold, they did not feel insulted by their dignity, but rejoiced in their hearts. Because the selected prisoners of war were all brought into a neat camp, and given clean kudzu cloth shirts to cover their bodies, as well as vegetable soup mixed with miscellaneous herbs, this treatment was much better than in the hands of the Gangneung army!

In the big tent in the camp, Li Tai also explained to Anzhou Thorn Shi Maxiu and others with a serious expression: "With the Lu family, but there is grain in stock, all of them will be transferred here, and the governor's mansion will return it after the autumn." All families will lose and calculate, and they will be rewarded at the end of the year! ”

In order to raise enough grain and grass to maintain the current trade, Li Tai also embarked on the road of selling official mantles like Yuwentai.

If you can't take advantage of the food shortage of the Jiangling army to exchange those prisoners of war for a while, you won't be able to buy them for a while, because Chen Baxian, the big fierce man in Lingnan, is coming north with the army and 500,000 stone grain!