Chapter Forty-Eight: The Great Yangzhou

Hefei County, Jiujiang County, Yangzhou.

Yangzhou Mu Liu Miao has moved the state government here.

At this time, he was leaving his place of governance on the building boat, looking at the endless Luohu Lake in the distance, and he was a little high-spirited.

He didn't have any ideals to pursue, but he suddenly gained a high position in his twenties, and became a feudal official in a state in one fell swoop from a common man who resigned from his official position and lived in seclusion at home......

However, he is still self-aware, knowing that he is just a puppet now, and the people who are really in charge of the state pastoral mansion are actually the two people next to him, one is Shi Xunyan, the governor of the state pastoral mansion, and the other is Zhu Jun, the general of Zuo Zhonglang.

This kind of strange arrangement, Liu Miao listened to His Majesty's explanation in person before receiving the order.

But even if you are just a mascot, with so much manpower and financial support, it is a pleasure to come to Jiangdong to defend against the enemy!

Liu Miao had already secretly decided not only not to hold everyone back, but also to do what he could.

In fact, what he didn't know was that the reason why His Majesty raised him to a high position was that in addition to the fact that he had always insisted on loyalty to the monarch and not befriending any scholars, he took a fancy to Liu Xuan, who was not as good as the character of being sober and self-aware at such an age.

Of course, this also depends on the appreciation and recommendation of the Xun family, as well as the identity of his Liu clan.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, if you are not a clan relative or an important minister of the imperial court, you are not allowed to serve as a local state minister!

"Envoy, please see, this lake is called Luo, and there is a water bay there, which is actually a good place for cutting wooden ships and training naval forces!"

Xun Yan saw that Liu Miao was a little distracted, so he pointed to an inlet in Luohu Lake in the distance and said.

Although he didn't have his own "suggestions", Liu Yan couldn't do anything at all, but Xun Yan's apparent etiquette was still very good.

"Thanks to Xiu Ruo's planning, if the Yangzhou Sailor can become an army, Zhonglang and Xiu Ruo should be the first credit."

The mascot should do his job as a mascot, and he is a professional for nodding his head and saying that it is Liu Xuan......

Along the way, he also understood the gap between himself and these celebrities.

It is not so much that Xun Yan is strategizing, but that the Xun think tank is making overall arrangements and encountering major problems, Xun Yan, as the principal, only needs to listen to the opinions of his professionals, and then analyze the pros and cons to make a decision.

The specific implementation is also naturally capable people will do it for you......

Just as a few days ago it was decided to dig a waterway to connect fertilizer and water, Xun Yan listened to the words of Xun Zhang, a water conservancy expert under him.

After Xun Yan decided, he immediately set up a responsible team of more than ten people, recruited people, coordinated equipment, formulated detailed rules, and managed money and food, and everyone performed their duties and promoted the project in an orderly manner.

Liu Miao soon realized the horror of acting like this, that is, no matter how talented he was, he couldn't do it......

As long as this project is completed, it will be equivalent to connecting the Huai River and the Yangtze River, which can greatly activate the trade degree of the Huaisi area, and at the same time greatly improve the transfer capacity of various logistics materials, so that the materials supported by the imperial court to Yangzhou can arrive as soon as possible!

At that time, Xun Yan will naturally be famous again......

Liu Miao looked at Xun Yan's resolute and calm face, and forced himself not to think about the terrible things, but to think about the overall situation in Yangzhou instead.

His Majesty deployed a large amount of supplies to support Yangzhou, but due to the constraints of transportation capacity and cover-up, less than half of them arrived in Yangzhou.

And the local money and grain in Yangzhou cannot be used in a big way in order to prevent the scholars from becoming suspicious, which can greatly affect the progress of Xun Yan and others in establishing border defense!

This is also the reason why Xun Yan suggested that the state be moved from Shouchun to Hefei, compared to Wujun, Huiji and other places that need to strengthen the defense, this is a large rear, with a great buffer.

Even if the remnants of Longwei suddenly broke out and the Yangzhou soldiers were not able to defend it, the state pastor could calmly reorganize the defense line and hold on to it.

In addition, Hefei's population and scholars are relatively small, and it is not as noisy and conspicuous as Shouchun, and at the same time it can meet many conditions for training sailors and convenient transportation.

On the whole, choosing this place to be a state is indeed a good move.

"Let the king have a good reputation, I will wait for the inspection and return today, so that the king may wish to come to the meeting and the two county guards of Wu County to discuss the matter."

Xun Yan seemed to be thinking about something, and said for a long time.

"As it should be, as it should be!"

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Dongye County, Huiji County, Yangzhou.

Don't look at the territory of Huiji County is very vast, but in fact, except for the Han concentrated living areas in the north and a few coastal counties, most of them are primitive hilly areas controlled by the Yue people.

If you really want to talk about it, in fact, the Han people are the invaders here......

In addition, the Han people have a high level of science and technology, and they also occupy the most flat and fertile places, so the living standard is naturally superior, and the attitude of the Yue people towards the Han people is naturally not very good.

The relationship between the two parties is also sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it changes frequently.

In addition, the Yue people are not a whole, but different branches and tribes scattered everywhere, such as Yu Yue, Yang Yue, Yong Yue, Min Yue and so on.

They also have internal disputes from time to time, and they are also in the process of continuous annexation and division, in short, the situation is very complicated......

And now, Pan Long, the king of the Minyue tribe who lives near Dongye County, has ambitiously accepted the cooperation request of the Longwei envoy sent by Nie Zhen, and is ready to lead his people out of the hills to do something big!

The tribe led by Pan Long has tens of thousands of people, which is the largest number and the strongest combat power among the Minyue people, and now there is a promise from the Han people, which naturally gives him a grander idea.

Pan Long is not a stupid and reckless person, he has never believed in the words of the Han people, on the contrary, he asked the other party for a lot of benefits before he did anything.

For the cakes painted by the Han people, he has always adhered to the principle that seeing is believing.

Just like this time, the Han county guard actually wanted to send his county soldiers to his butcher's knife, and was willing to give them the armor on them as a gift to himself, Pan Long really couldn't believe it......

The Han envoy said that they were also divided into ethnic groups and had internal strife, and this time it was in order to eliminate dissidents that they specially came to cooperate with the king of Yueren.

This reason is quite reliable......

However, Pan Long did not relax his vigilance, but kept sending people to reconnoitre.

It wasn't until the scouts confirmed countless times that the Han soldiers had indeed come to Dongye County and began to clear out the Chang thieves who had been entrenched in the upper reaches of Fujian for many years, that Pan Long was completely moved.

In this hilly area, the news obtained by the scouts of his own people was much more reliable than that of the Han people, and Pan Long believed that no one could hide it under their noses......

There are more than 4,000 Han soldiers, plus more than 1,000 county soldiers in Dongye County, but there are only 5,000.

And he is ready to take the young and strong people of all the tribes to go, and no matter how much he will suffer, the most he can do is to let the county soldiers flee into the city to hold on, and it is a big deal to run in vain......

"King, if you can trust this envoy, please divide the army first to cut off the road for the county soldiers to retreat back to Dongye, and then carry out a surprise attack, which can get twice the result with half the effort!"

The Han envoy stood outside the column of the Yue people marching army and said to Pan Long on the side, and did not forget to let the translator on the side translate.

"Division? This can't be your envoy's strategy, right? Disperse my Yue people's forces, and then flank the front and rear to annihilate ......? ”

Pan Long has always been very cautious about this plan of dividing the troops, afraid of falling into the trap of the Han people.

"This envoy is still in the king's army, if this strategy is deceitful, wouldn't it be his own fate!?"

"If your envoy exchanges my life for my more and more heroes, it is really a cost-effective thing......"

"Hmph, in that case, the king will do it himself!"

The Han envoy reprimanded angrily in his mouth, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Yue people are really as cautious as Nie Envoy Jun expected, should Yu Ze and the others really not ......be killed?