Chapter XXVIII

The imperial court will definitely also transfer Huguangjiangxi and Zhejiang soldiers to participate in the siege, Song Mingyi didn't care much about this: as the prefect of Luzhou, his main responsibility is to protect the place, in this regard, he can be said to have handed in a full score answer sheet, no need to wait for Jingcha, after a while to promote or so to participate in politics is a sure thing, if you can make preparations for the army to go south in advance, it is not impossible to even promote the third level and step into the political envoy from the second grade. Huguang and Zhejiang's soldiers, horses, and grain stations are free to worry about their own provinces, and he is concerned about the reinforcements on the northern route.

There is no doubt that Shandong's reinforcements will come the fastest - Qian Futai definitely doesn't want his uncle Li Jingluo to fall into Anqing. However, this road has nothing to do with itself: the reinforcements must go to Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion and then go west from Yingtianfu to aid Anqing, without passing through Luzhou. Song Mingyi wants to take care of the reinforcements from Yu Province, well, especially, it is likely that there will be a Beijing camp! Guan Shengyun came from Henan, and the army transferred from Henan Province is symbolic at best - if there is a strong army capable of fighting, how can it be so! Nan Zhili is too important, nine times out of ten, the Holy Lord will mobilize three battalions to help - if you make preparations along the way, you can add icing on the cake, and your talent and loyalty will reach the heavens, and the meaning is extraordinary!

Guan Shengyun came from Henan Guide (Shangqiu) all the way, passed through Bozhou, Yingzhou (Fuyang), Shouzhou (Shou County), and went straight to Luzhou. These places are all under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Mansion (near Bengbu). However, Fengyang opened the mansion because this is the hometown of the ancestor of this dynasty, in terms of wealth and strength, it is not comparable to Anqing in Luzhou - if it is prosperous and rich, how could the grandfather have an accident back then? Guan Shengyun avoided Fengyang Mansion City, which had heavy troops, which was also the location of the Central Capital Garrison Division, so the north of Fengyang Mansion City, including Suzhou, was not subjected to military disasters. Fengyang also has a prefect, and it is impossible for Song Mingyi to overstep his bounds, and the army there will definitely be in a hurry for a while, but how can he deal with it, just say hello in advance.

The trouble is what they should do after they leave Fengyang Mansion.

Storytellers often open their mouths with an army of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, which is nonsense. The diet of the ancients was extremely lacking in protein, whether it was plant protein or animal protein, and relied on carbohydrates to provide calories. Therefore, the amount of food is amazingly large, and the daily quota per person is about 4 catties. An army of 100,000 is 400,000 catties a day - not counting the fodder for mules and horses! In other words, let's not talk about war, the army will eat a mountain in a month! Along the way, the places I have passed are almost the same, not to mention the thousands of miles of Chidi. Therefore, it will definitely be divided and marched separately. Whether the reinforcements from Beijing and Henan go to Bozhou or Yingzhou, it is the matter of the Fengyang prefect, but no matter what, they can't avoid the choke point - Shouzhou (now Shou County).

Shouzhou is also under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture. However, Song Mingyi knew that after Guan Shengyun came, it had become a white ground. It is already the limit of the prefect of the place to let the army leave Fengyang, so if you want to avoid chaos, especially in Shouzhou, you must establish a supply base in Shouzhou in advance.

Song Mingyi has courage and knowledge, one is a stern form, and the other is that he wants to leave a deep impression on the Holy Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and he can't take care of a lot, the so-called duty is unavoidable, and he stretched out his hand to take the responsibility.

Another question pops up. Don't look at people, there is food, and if you change it to someone else, this matter is really tricky: how easy is it to build a base for the army to eat in a no-man's land more than 200 miles away from Fucheng?

Song Mingyi deserves to be a capable official, and issued several orders in one breath:

A: All the displaced people who volunteered to help in Shou County, after returning, the government will allocate wasteland for cultivation according to the standard of 10 acres per ding, and after one year, as long as the land is not wasted, no matter how much is harvested, the government will issue a land deed stamped with a bright red seal - this original terra nullius land, yours! Moreover, three years of field endowment are exempt!

B: Displaced people who volunteered to help in Shou County were required to serve a month's hard labor, and the task was to build granaries and simple military camps, during which the government would provide food.

C: Those who don't want or can't go to Shou County to help but have surplus grain at home (almost everyone has just received a large amount of grain), as long as they transport the surplus grain to the Shou County granary, after acceptance, the government will issue a receipt, with this receipt, according to the calculation of three times the exemption of field - that is, assuming that your annual field endowment is one stone of grain, as long as you send one stone of grain to Shou County granary now, you will not have to pay the field endowment in the next three years!

In the blink of an eye, there was a rolling flow of people on the official road from Luzhou to Shou County! Although the reinforcements are not yet known, the forward base has begun to be built at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. The issue of public security is not a problem - Sun Jiewei is famous, and he sent more than 100 garrisons who had just been baptized by blood and fire and had just sharpened their edge, with more than 200 auxiliary defense personnel recruited by Song Mingyi, and it was enough to maintain order.

Song Mingyi is also very good at being a person. When these works were reported, the name of the Fengyang prefect was signed at the same time! This hand is very beautiful: the court is not a fool, everyone knows whose credit it really is, and the important thing is the character and attitude!

Of course, Sun Jie was not idle. With the auxiliary team as the backbone, the city wall of Feixi County was repaired, although it cannot be said to be as impregnable as the capital city of Luzhou, but it was enough to resist the enemy as a small fortress for a while.

The outposts were set up in Shucheng and Lujiang, and beacon towers were set up, with thirty riders at each outpost: ten Sun Jie's cavalry ponds were accompanied by twenty auxiliary soldiers or servants who could ride horses, one horse per person, mainly for early warning - the beacon tower is not as simple as most people imagine "light fire and smoke when you see the enemy", it can transmit a lot of information: from one smoke to three puffs of smoke, the white, yellow and black colors of wolf smoke, and continuous characteristics (the smoker will use a wet blanket to cover the smoke pile according to a certain law, In this way, the observer from a distance will see the intermittent pillars of smoke) and other combinations, which can convey complex military information such as the size of the enemy's army, the number of infantry and cavalry, siege weapons, and the weight of grain and grass. Sun Jie's pond riding is very familiar with these jobs. When encountering a small reconnaissance force of the enemy, they can fight and fight, but if they can't fight, they can defend it, but it is really not good, and the cavalry can still run......

Subsequently, Sun Jie led the two battalions of Panshi and Huyi, with the support of 500 Ding Zhuang and 500 mules and horses, and left the Luzhou Mansion to find Zhang Shisan's bad luck. The Changjie Battalion and the Huben Battalion stayed in Luzhou to rest and assist in the defense.

Sure enough, as Zhang Shisan expected, after Zhang Hu learned the news that Guan Shengyun had lost his military rations and returned from defeat in the old camp in Jiujiang, he just scolded the dog army leader in private, and sent him 2,000 cannon fodder auxiliaries and some military supplies, and suggested that he leave Tongcheng, go up the river, and go to Xingguo Prefecture in Wuchang Mansion to guard the back road and rest and recover for everyone.

Although he was very dissatisfied emotionally, in his heart, Zhang Shisan still admired the arrangement of his father-in-law Zhang Hu. Although Guan Shengyun was defeated this time, he was like a bamboo, after all, because Guan Shengyun went north to attract the attention of the imperial court; Moreover, they are friendly troops who fight side by side, and with these two layers, the father-in-law can't do anything to him. Besides, these guys are really good at fighting, don't look at this battle in a daze, if you want to take the opportunity to eat it in one bite, you must be the one who suffers. As long as Guan Shengyun is still alive, he cannot be underestimated.

Zhang Shisan's original little abacus was to let Guan Shengyun block Sun Jie's possible sneak attack for the headquarters in the Tongcheng area, even if it didn't matter if he gave away the dog's life. But the father-in-law considered the whole picture: the torrent of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses was going to sweep through Nanzhili in one go, although there was a lack of a flanking attack from the north, but the army had already rushed to Anqing Mansion, and this small setback had no great impact on the overall situation. His troops originally had an absolute advantage, but they were beaten so badly by Sun Jie, especially the pro-soldier battalion as the core of the backbone, the people would unconsciously be afraid, this psychological disadvantage is by no means recoverable overnight, if Sun Jie sneaks up again, he may not wait for the battle, most of the centaurs will collapse, not only can not block the knife, but it is a hidden danger to paralyze himself! Moreover, objectively speaking, Guan Shengyun is indeed capable of fighting. Sending the disabled troops to the rear to rest and recuperate, on the one hand, let him restore the structure of the various departments and reconstruct the command system, and on the other hand, adjust the morale: Zhang Shisan, who grew up in the battalion, knew that after reorganizing the pro-military battalion, he would select a few weak opponents for everyone to practice their courage, or it would not be too long, and they would be a strong force again.

After breaking Wangjiang County, the striker had already occupied the stone card, and the Anqing city wall was already in sight, Zhang Shisan began to think about the siege.

Zhengli Emperor Zhu Qijun (Zhuang Zong) was worried.

Zhengli knew that Li Yuting was a loyal minister - his father, Emperor Long Bintian, specially told himself: Li Yuting is quite bookish and angry, and he is a loyal minister who is straightforward and outspoken, and he can be trusted. Although the words and deeds in the book are a little foolish, the heart of the fist jumps on the page. There are three reasons for sending him to prison: First, he has attacked too many people and offended too many people, and if he does not punish him, the civilian clique will be unwilling, openly and secretly acting in defiance, thus affecting the administrative operation of the empire. Second, temper his edge and teach him some lessons - of course, he has already taken care of Jinyiwei and looked down on people, otherwise he will definitely die in prison without knowing it. The most important thing is the third point: the important legacy left to himself - "I will go to prison, you will be released and use it, and he will not be grateful and swear to be a dog and a horse"!

After Li Yuting's recovery, the consequences were not expected by the emperor, and he was desperate to repay the grace of the saint. However, is this loyal minister a capable minister?

Not necessarily, I'm afraid

Received the Sword of the Son of Heaven and the Great Seal of the Four Provinces, not only did the household department allocate millions of silver, but he also specially rewarded 100,000 taels of private money from the inside, and it has been almost two years, and the thieves actually threatened Nanzhili!

This Li Yuting is indeed loyal, and he desperately ran to Anqing to block the thieves - however, his personal life and death are too insignificant compared to the safety of Nan Zhili. Nanzhili is a critical place related to the rise and fall of the empire, and it must be kept, and it doesn't matter if ten Li Yuting dies, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Huguang's soldiers can't do it. Guan Shengyun only occupied a few state capitals, but he couldn't capture them for a long time; Zhang thief came to commit a big crime and only cared about self-protection, let it go downstream, at this time can create some harassment and containment for the thief in the back is a fluke, Jiangxi soldiers are worse, easy to be thieves to break through Jiujiang, Yunnan-Guizhou native soldiers do not have to think, far water can not be near thirst, Zhejiang soldiers must be adjusted from the needless to say, but can only be regarded as a partial division, the main force must rely on the north - half of the broken Henan is almost impossible to count on, can be drawn out must be full of coping, Lu Southwest heard that the thieves swarmed, press the gourd to float up the scoop, However, Qian Qianfu will definitely do his best...... Zhengli made a silent calculation in his heart for a while, and made up his mind: transfer the Beijing camp. Ten thousand soldiers were transferred from the three battalions of the Fifth Army, the Three Thousand and the Shenji, and the Governor of Xuanda was instructed to send strong troops to help!

Zheng Guoping, the governor of Xuanda, thought for a moment after receiving the order, and let people send Deng Changjiang, the chief military officer of Datong, to briefly explain the task, and Deng Zongbing took the order.

Deng Changjiang understood the Governor's intentions very well and was very moved by this. However, the two sides tacitly understood that neither side had made it clear to each other - the reason why Deng Changjiang was sent to lead the army, in addition to the fact that he could indeed fight, there was a deeper reason: he once had a sworn brother Lu Sixiang, and the two of them formed a lifelong friendship on the battlefield against the Northern Captives.

Later, Lu Sixiang changed his name.

His current name is Guan Shengyun.

End of the first part.