For the time being, the armies of the major military districts are in a not so relaxed atmosphere.

If the military expenditure is reduced, it may cause turmoil in the army's morale, and considering the need for unity of the army, Xun Yu suggested that Liu Bei appropriately increase military expenditure.

Liu Bei thought for a moment, then found Zhen Yan, the head of the household department, and Liu Ye, the Shaofu, and asked them to take their respective actuarial teams to calculate on the spot, and calculate whether the expenditure of the imperial court could be supported according to the results of the Privy Council's calculations and Guan Yu's needs.

In the end, the result of the calculation was that if no major changes occurred, then it would be possible for the household department to allocate a part of the reserve funds to support the Jiangnan Military Region.

However, considering the possible rebellion and post-war clean-up after the launch of Dutian, the imperial court must ensure a considerable amount of money and materials, otherwise the pacification will not be timely, and further derivative disasters may be caused.

Liu Bei nodded, and looked at Liu Ye again, the results from Liu Ye's side were more optimistic, because the salt business was indeed very profitable, and the trade between Pu Tao wine and Shu brocade was also included in the income range of Shaofu, so Shaofu was indeed very rich.

Relying on the income of salt, Liu Bei's Shaofu already bears a considerable part of the expenditure needs of the imperial court, and Liu Bei also uses Shaofu as a piggy bank.

Now, indeed at this time, Liu Bei really thinks that Guan Yu's proposal is very meaningful, once successful, Jiangnan's military security will be guaranteed to a considerable extent, and it will also have great benefits for the future Jiangnan development plan, which is visible to the naked eye.

Liu Bei was not so short-sighted, nor was he stingy, so he decided on the spot that Shaofu would inject capital and take out part of the income from the sale of salt to provide financial support for Guan Yu's [Jiangnan Military Water Network Plan].

Then he ordered Sun Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to send a team of capable carpenters to Jiangnan, and then asked Guan Yu to gather engineering forces in Jiangnan, collect talents with relevant professional skills, and build a large number of military ports and ships.

Guan Yu was very happy and excited, and after returning to Wuchang, he personally grasped this matter and set up a water network plan group in the Jiangnan Military Region, and personally served as the team leader, working day and night for the implementation of the water network plan.

From then to now, in fact, it has only been half a year, and although the water network plan has been implemented rapidly, the preparatory work has taken a long time, and the completion progress is actually less than 10% after the official start of construction.

However, what was built during this period was precisely the military water network from Wuchang to Jiangxia County and then to Nanjun.

Due to the situation that the Jiangnan Military Region might need to face after the launch of the Dutian operation, Guan Yu determined early on that there would be a rebellion in Jiangxia County and Nanjun, and it was the place where the first wave of rebellion was initiated.

The construction of this section of the water network just needs to use the Yangtze River water system, which has abundant water, wide and deep waterways, and relatively gentle flow rates in the middle and lower reaches, which is a better construction foothold in Guan Yu's expectations.

In fact, the construction of this section of the water network has not been completely completed, but it has generally reached the level required for the army's operations, although the number of materials in reserve is not large enough, but it just so happens that there are not too many sailors who can skillfully operate the ship that Guan Yu can use.

Wei Yan's side quickly determined the advance plan, and decided to mobilize all the ships that could be used by the Jiangnan Military Region at present, and mobilize all the sailors who could operate the boats, that is, the two Jiangnan battalions, and use them as rapid assault troops to quickly go to Xiling County, Jiangxia County.

The main force of 10,000 people used the remaining ships to go directly to Nanjun along the same route, and they could use the water network to reach Gangneung Castle directly, and directly and accurately put their troops into Gangneung Castle to achieve a resolute suppression of the Nanjun rebels.

"In this way, the army is divided into two routes, and the waterway can be used to achieve accurate strikes against the rebels, and the only thing that needs to be paid attention to in the rear is to ensure that the waterway is smooth and sufficient, and the army can carry enough rations when it advances, but if it is not replenished at all, then the consumption of rations will be relatively fast."

Wei Yan finished the report at the tactical meeting, Guan Yu expressed his satisfaction, and the other generals didn't have too many opinions, at most they reminded Wei Yan not to capsize in the gutter.

Although the thieves in Jingzhou are a rabble, the locals are familiar with the local climate and hydrology, coupled with the unique fierceness and good fighting of the Jiangnan people, they can't beat the Han army in team battles, and they may not lose to the Han army in individual combat, so they still have to be careful.

In this regard, Wei Yan is full of confidence.

"The reason why a thief is a thief is because he can't get on the stage, our soldiers are deeply favored by Jun, after joining the army, everything he needs is readily available, just fight, don't worry about anything else, Jun's grace is so far, if you can't win, please behead me!"

When Guan Yu heard this, he was very happy and kept nodding.

"Wen Chang said, won my heart, our army is deeply favored by the emperor, the emperor's grace is vast, food and clothing are worry-free, the salary is complete, the soldiers are grateful to Dade, all for the emperor's grace and deep gratitude, try to ask the world is big, except for my emperor, who else treats the soldiers so kindly? Our emperor treats us with kindness, how can we not serve our lives with death? ”

For Guan Yu, as long as someone blows Liu Bei, he is happy.

As soon as Guan Yu was happy, it was even more pleasing to the eye when he looked at Wei Yan, how did he feel that this kid had some future for cultivation, and he felt that he was a suitable successor.

So he issued an order, asking Wei Yan to immediately organize the army to fight, strive to complete the rectification within five days, attack quickly, pacify the rebels as soon as possible, and not give the rebels any possibility of development and growth.

This is not necessary for Guan Yu to supervise, because Wei Yan himself also wants to make meritorious service very much, not only Wei Yan, but also the soldiers who follow him also want to make meritorious service, and everyone's subjective initiative is quite large.

They gave full play to their subjective initiative, and the preparations that needed to be completed in five days were completed in three and a half days, and after a day of rest, the troops officially set out on the morning of the fourth day.

On July 18 of the first year of Zhenguan, the Han army waterway vanguard entered Jiangxia County, and on the morning of the 19th, arrived in Xiling County, and detected a large number of rebels, according to preliminary estimates, the number of rebels was close to 20,000, the scale was not small, and there was a considerable proportion of armored and armed troops.

Yan Xing, who acted as the vanguard, was deeply angry about this matter.

"Armoured? Unless the Jiangxia arsenal is obtained by the rebels, one of the armorers can be killed! Your Majesty is the ruler of the world, and I never thought that there would be so many unsubordinate people peeping in the dark! If we can't punish them all, won't it be a shame for our subordinates? ”

Yan Xing and his companion Shi Jian decided that each of them led a team from different directions to approach the rebels who were besieging Xiling County and did not take care of the rear, and launched a surprise attack with a large number of fierce fire oil tanks, and then launched a general attack while the rebels were panicking.

At that time, Huang Zu was still immersed in the pleasure of besieging Xiling County and pressing the imperial army to beat him, and he completely ignored the possible crisis in the rear.

Although his son Huang Jie had reminded him to pay attention to Guan Yu and the regular army under his command in Yuzhang County, Huang Zu thought that the soldiers were fast, as long as he was fast enough, Guan Yu would have nothing to do with him, as long as he took Xiling County, even if the Han army came, it would be useless.

So Huang Zu concentrated his efforts on attacking Xiling County, while watching the soldiers desperately, while still holding battlefield banquets with people from other major families, drinking wine, eating meat, watching songs and dances, while waiting for the good news from the front line.

Then he got the news of the Han army's raid.

"How could the Han army come so quickly?"

Huang Zu was shocked, and immediately realized that the situation was not good, and if this continued, the army under his command that could only fight against the wind and could not fight against the wind was very likely to be overturned by the Han army.

To say that he himself is quite self-aware, the fact is almost as he expected, the Han army bravely charged, the rebels advanced and retreated, frightened by the fire and the sudden attack of the Han army, and there was chaos.

At the critical juncture, Huang Zu tried to lead the elite Jiading team to countercharge the Han army and block the attack of the Han army, but was stopped by his son Huang Shot.

"The Han army is brave and good at fighting, if my father charges in person, it is too dangerous, and once something happens, the army will inevitably collapse! Please also ask my father to be safe and impatient, let me charge in place of my father! ”

Huang Zu shook his head.

"If I, as the commander, can't fight, how can a soldier fight? If I don't fight, the soldiers will soon be crushed by the Han army, and at that time, neither of us father and son will survive! ”

So Huang Zu gathered the cavalry of his own guards, personally led the cavalry to rush for a while, rushed to the front of the Han army to fight with the Han army, and bent the bow and arrows, and an arrow hit Yan Xing's war horse, causing Yan Xing to fall to the ground and fall into the mud.

I have to say that this Huang Zu has some ability.

The people who jumped up and down together with the rebels from other wealthy clans organized a large-scale rebel army to besiege Xiling County, killing Liu Xiang, the Taishou Emperor, and bringing great blows and damage to Jiangxia County.

It's a pity that he provoked Yan Xing.

Yan Xing rolled to the ground several times, did not fall to his death, and after getting up, not only was he not afraid, but he directly turned red and warmed, entered a violent state, and roared and rushed towards Huang Zu on foot with bloodshot eyes.

He held a spear and directly pierced the neck of Huang Zu's war horse, knocked Huang Zu off the horse, and then flew forward to suppress Huang Zu, pulled out a dagger, and pierced Huang Zu's neck with a dagger.

Huang Zu just stared at Yan Xing and died under Yan Xing's bravery.

Although Yan Xing is not a person who is not very capable of commanding troops, his bravery is praised even by Guan Yu, saying that "the brave in the army is no better than Yan Xing", Yan Xing's bloodthirsty courage made the personal guards around Huang Zu dare not approach, and then they were all wiped out by Yan Xing's personal soldiers.

Huang Jie witnessed Huang Zu's death, and felt very broken about Huang Zu's death, roared and charged forward, wanting to take revenge on Yan Xing, Yan Xing didn't care who he was, when he saw a boy in armor killed, he reflexively went up, and Huang Shot fell to the ground in three or two strokes, and pierced his neck with a knife.

So Huang Zhu also died on the battlefield.

The death of Huang's grandfather and son became a sign of the decisive victory of the Han army, and the rebels became more and more chaotic, and the Han army became more and more courageous.

At the same moment, the army of the county soldiers trapped in Xiling City also fought out of the city, and cooperated with the Han army outside the city to flank the front and back, and the rebel front was quickly killed.

After that, there was no accident that the rebels collapsed and the Han army pursued, and there was a shout of killing outside the city, and even the armed people in Xiling City followed the Han army out of the city, wanting to find these people who had attacked the city for a long time to take revenge.

After World War I, the rebels were captured more than 10,000 people, more than 2,000 were killed, and thousands more fled for their lives.

But it's not a big problem.

The main force of the Jiangxia rebels collapsed, and they were all annihilated by the Han army in the first battle, and the remaining kittens were no longer able to make any waves.

After learning the news of the assassination of Jiangxia County, Yan Xing and Shi Jian knew that the old political and economic network ecology of Jiangxia County was estimated to face a complete fragmentation and reorganization, and the old rulers of Jiangxia County would inevitably be torn apart by Liu Bei.

Dare to kill Taishou?

That's an excuse for me to kill you all and bury you.

There are many wealthy clans of this local nature in the whole Han Dynasty, large and small, entrenched in the localities, encroaching on land, grabbing taxes, and becoming the main culprits of the decline of the Han Empire.

In Liu Bei's actions for more than ten years, these guys have been constantly swept away and weakened, and today, their strength has weakened to a historical low, at least a relative low since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei didn't dare to say that he was on a par with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but he dared to say that under his rule, these guys would never be able to oppose the imperial power like they did during the Liu Xiu period.

The most unreasonable and powerful power in the world can be countered?

That only shows that the person who holds this power is really a bit inadequate.

It's Liu Bei's turn, with such a powerful army, it is impossible to be coerced by this kind of force, if they really dare to go against the imperial power, then I'm sorry, let you know how Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made the world [hukou halved] back then.

It is indeed inhumane and quite murderous, but that method is a manifestation of the peak of imperial power.

How much deterrence and lethality the complete imperial power has on the people of the world, maybe the current people have forgotten it, but Liu Bei must remind them of the fear he had at the beginning, otherwise, his career will not succeed.

After the rebellion in Jiangxia County was quelled, Yan Xing and Shi Lian divided their troops to go to the counties to pacify the remnants of the rebels, and arrest the people related to the rebels.

The counties of Jiangxia County were soon controlled by the Han army, and the major families of Jiangxia County were also controlled by the Han army.

At the same time, unreported slaves within these families, as well as the family's dedicated iron production system, and even some weapons, bows, crossbows, ring-headed knives, spears, and even armor, shields, etc., were discovered.

The relevant news was quickly reported to the Luoyang Imperial Court, waiting for Liu Bei's decision.

According to the big guy's understanding of Liu Bei and his understanding of the rules, it is estimated that the game of the three clans will be staged on a large scale in Jiangxia County, and all the people involved in it will definitely not be able to escape if they do not report in advance in exchange for a "talisman".

On the other side, Wei Yan led the main force of more than 10,000 people along the Yangtze River waterway to Jiangling County, Nan County, and hurried all the way, marching at a very fast speed, and finally arrived at the county of Jiangling County on the twenty-first day after Jiangling City was surrounded and attacked.

The situation was similar to that in Jiangxia County, where the Han army landed directly from the water.

The local military port had been damaged by the rebels before, and some places could not be used anymore, which was expected by Wei Yan, so Wei Yan immediately arranged for manpower to land and repair the port, and soon created a good environment for the troops to land.

The army quickly completed the landing, and then in just an hour, it arrived at the city of Gangneung, where it fought with the main force of more than 20,000 rebels.

Wei Yancai doesn't care if there are so many or not, in the face of a large-scale rebel army, he is just a fierce attack, no matter if you are three-seven-twenty-one, all of them are worms, can you still win me in a head-to-head battle?

Then I'll kill myself by swallowing feces on the spot!

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PS: Oops, Genshin Impact is going to be updated tomorrow, and finally waited for Fontaine, it's been half a year since the grass grows, and it's finally possible to explore new places again, so excited, so excited!

PPS: But don't worry, I said that I won't ask for leave tomorrow, and I will definitely not ask for leave tomorrow, I am a very disciplined author, you must believe me.

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