This place in Geyang belongs to the boundary of Guangxin Prefecture. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, high in the north and low in the middle, and is the confluence of the Geyang River (Xinjiang River), Gexi and Gexi.

Due to the convenient water and land transportation, the branch capital division placed the grain and grass transfer place of the front-line counterinsurgency army here, and sent a garrison military attache to lead more than 1,000 soldiers and nearly 400 kudins to guard here.

Here, the marching division also released a judge and a grinder, who was responsible for managing the incoming and outgoing accounts and mobilizing the transportation of the servants.

As usual, the teachers who should be sent were not allowed to enter the large warehouse at will, so they set up camp on the beachhead north of the West Port.

The advantage of this place is that it is close to Gexi water, so you can jump in and take a bath at any time.

You must know that Geyang is a basin, and although it is the end of summer at this time, it is surprisingly hot, and people are sweating when they sit.

The camp was still in chaos, and the locals all avoided and walked away, and only a few brave people came together to sell cold melons (watermelons) and melons to make a few inconspicuous money.

As soon as the camp was set up, Li Dan went to Sheng Baihu and said that he had a letter from Wei Qianhu, the marching division, to Han Garrison, so he wanted to go to the garrison yamen.

Sheng Baihu was taken aback, and hurriedly said that he would also go to the yamen to get the paperwork and go together. So the two of them each rode a horse and walked into Geyang City with great conversation.

After advancing, Sheng Baihu was first called in to ask a few words and exchange documents, and then Han Shoubei ordered a Chinese military flag to come out and invite Li Dan to speak in the hall.

Giving up his seat, serving tea, asking a few words, and reading Qianhu's letters, Han Shoubei was surprised that this little boy could be so highly praised by everyone, and wondered that the few people who said good things for him were all northerners like himself.

Fang Cai Sheng Baihu was also amazed, saying that he was clever and adapted, helped him calm the situation, and quietly stabilized the team on the road. It's really the back wave pushing the front wave!

He felt that Li Dan didn't seem to have the idea of looking down on the northerners in his heart, maybe it was related to his self-birth in Shandong, or was he too young to feel this way?

In any case, Han Shoubei was running out of manpower at this time, but now that this new force and more than a thousand people have come, he has to make good use of it.

The more everyone chatted, the more familiar they became, the closer they became, and the conversation gradually turned to the current war. Seeing Han Shoubei sighing in various ways, Sheng Baihu was taken aback and hurriedly asked:

"But the front line is not going well, causing adults to worry?"

Han Shoubei looks ten years older than Sheng Baihu, a native of Luoyang, Henan.

The old army is also much more sleek, so naturally he will not say anything about "the official army is not good for combat", but shakes his head and says:

"No, our army controls Shangrao and has stabilized the front line. Although the rebellious mine bandits are numerous, they cannot move forward half a step.

However, I have a shortage of manpower, and the transportation of grain and grass can only be carried by water, and the transportation capacity is limited. General Yu urged many times, but he was helpless to be embarrassed by the clever woman.

Look, my beard is a few whites! ”

"Geyang has a river waterway, which can get twice the result with half the effort. Even if you go against the water, it doesn't cause adults to feel sleepy, right? Sheng Baihu asked puzzled.

"Brother Xian doesn't know. The mining bandit Lou occupied Qingxi Town from the time department, and found that our army was at a critical point, so he went down the Tongshui River several times and entered the Geyang River to intercept our fleet transporting grain and grass.

Seven or eight days ago, Lin Baihu encountered him again on the way to escort him, and he was caught off guard by Lin Baihu being hit by a boat, and he himself fell into the water.

If it weren't for the desperate salvage of his accompanying soldiers, he would have been in the belly of the river fish at this time! ”

Sheng Baihu was not angry when he heard this, and slapped the table! Said: "The thief is so rampant, dare to fight against the imperial army!" ”

"There is a leader in his gang called He Sanjiang, who is not only good in the water, but also extremely cunning and fierce.

He is also a local, familiar with the situation and geography, so he cut off the transportation of baggage by waterway, which is very harmful! ”

"It's ......." When it comes to water warfare, Sheng Baihu has no temper, he is a northerner who doesn't understand this, so he blinked his eyes and asked, "Don't you have any good countermeasures for that adult?" ”

"There are countermeasures, so I asked for help from the branch capital division and wanted to take the north shore by land. Only two of my three hundred households have fallen, and no one can worry about me, so what? ”

Sheng Baihu was refreshed when he heard this, and he was not afraid to go by land! He immediately said: "If your Excellency thinks that the lower official is still usable, please send a decree document, and the lower official will take this trip for the adult!" ”

"Oh, you have faith? If it is delivered on time, it will be a great achievement! ”

Li Dan watched coldly from the side, looking at Sheng Huaien's blood boiling and wanting to take this credit, thinking that you won't pull me up, right?

As soon as he thought so, he saw his eyes eagerly looking over: "What does Childe think, would you like to go with Sheng?" ”

"Brother Shaonai, General Han is stationed here and is more familiar with the enemy and the people's situation than you and me. Let's hear what you have to say.

The so-called plan and then move, and the plan is to take the land route, but do adults know that the north shore is still safe? ”

Hearing Li Dan call himself a general, Han Shoubei was used in his heart.

As the name suggests, the position of garrison is the meaning of you guarding there to guard against the enemy, in other words, it is to carry grain and grass in the back and be busy with logistics, as for the great merit of killing the enemy, you don't think about it, if you win the battle, you will have a share, and if you lose, you will be hit by the board together, and it is a typical unpopular position.

He was transferred to this hot and humid place in the south as a northerner, and he had to sit on this cold bench because he was angry, so that according to the rules of the Ministry of War, the northerner would be promoted to the south after serving for three years.

The rise of the garrison is a guerrilla, and it can be said that it has officially entered the ranks of the generals. So now he is very happy to be called a general, after all, he is a good lottery.

"The rebels have not set foot on the north shore since the beginning of the war," he told the two triumphantly and mysteriously.

"Because there is a guerrilla battalion of about 2,000 people stationed here under the guerrilla Du Wu belt, patrolling the Jiangyou defense line from Geyang to Guangxin.

Later, there were more than 1,000 garrisons in Xing'an County as the backing, so the enemy never dared to cross the river to attack. ”

"Oh, I said how come I came to see the people farming as usual, without any panic in the chaos of war, I see!"

Sheng Huaien nodded, and then asked: "In this case, why don't you take the land route on the north coast instead of using the water route?" ”

Li Dan smiled and said: "It must be because the land route is winding and time-consuming!" ”

"Eh, that's exactly what San Lang said." Han Shoubei nodded: "At this time, the river is wide and deep enough to carry grain ships, and there are no big waves or ups and downs.

Although the waterway is retrograde, it can be reached within three days by boat, and it takes five days to travel safely by land.

Therefore, when the military conference set the order for waterway transshipment, they never expected that the mine bandits would collude with local scoundrels to capture a large number of merchant ships in Qingxi Town and transform them to attack us, and the waterway would not be blocked! ”

"Got it!" Sheng Huaien slapped his thigh: "Even so, fighting on land, I am not afraid of him!" What does Saburo think? ”

This is really making people laugh and cry, Li Dan thought to himself, you fool, how can two thousand guerrillas block the river for hundreds of miles? But this can't be said in front of Han Shoubei.

He lowered his head and thought about it, and arched his hand: "The grass people have three questions, and forget the adults to solve their doubts." ”

"San Lang doesn't have to be polite, please speak!"

At this time, Han Shoubei also saw that Sheng Baihu repeatedly invited Li Dan, either because he really wanted to take a credit with this Li family Saburo, or because Li Sanlang had something that could help him.

However, this has nothing to do with him, as long as the two of them agree and send the grain and grass safely.

"First of all, please ask your Excellency, how many materials are ready to be transported, how many people are sent, and which way to go up? Can there be troops along the way to escort and respond? ”

"There are a lot of rebels and rebels outside the city of Shangrao, and the generals are strong and clear the wilderness in time, and a total of 8,000 soldiers are gathered into the city, and there are 4,000 people who are trained by the regiment to help them, and the city can be safeguarded, but the grain and grass are insufficient.

Later, although they tried to replenish it three times, due to the obstruction of the mine bandits, there were not many arrivals.

At present, the military and civilian rations, horses and grass in the city are only enough for less than a month, and the imperial reinforcements still need half a month to prepare before they can set off, and the arrival will be a month later.

Therefore, it is urgently necessary to add 18,000 stone of grain, 2,800 stone of forage and soybean meal, about 10 stone of sauce and salt, 20 stone of gunpowder, 60 guns of firearms, 6 tiger squat cannons, and 200 pairs of armor ....... ”

As he spoke, he paid attention to the faces of the two of them, and saw that Sheng Baihu's face was gradually changing, and Li Dan was still silent, and couldn't help but secretly surprise himself in his heart.

"Well, there are two land routes from the north bank to Guangxin County, and the Eagle Rock one is more steep and undesirable, so I think it is more appropriate to take Lingyan Temple.

If it is decided, the garrison will immediately revise the book, and please send troops to Fengling Pass to respond. ”

"My lord said that there was a guerrilla blockade on the riverbank, but it was inevitable that small groups of enemies would wander. If there is an enemy, it will be difficult to resist with the number of people under the rank of Shanda in an emergency. Did the adults get the first shot? ”

"It's not difficult, I intend to set up a transportation battalion, with Sheng 100 households as the commander, and add 300 soldiers to you, with a full strength of 500 people.

If the enemy is few, they will fight, and the enemy will slowly retreat back to Xing'an City with their baggage, so it is enough to preserve! ”

Li Dan nodded slightly, and asked the last sentence: "What is the condition of the road in Lingyan Temple, can you know it?" Can you walk in a carriage? ”

He asked Han Shoubei and Sheng Baihu to understand that Li Sanlang wanted to use cars and horses to transport them as much as possible.

"This road is an official road, and even the narrowest part of the road allows two cars to run in parallel. So far, the communication between Geyang and Shangrao has been passed on by the post road, and the road is still smooth and there are no reports of banditry. ”

"Is this official? That also has a post station? Sheng Huaien asked hurriedly.

"There is no post station, since the establishment of the branch division, there is an express shop. From west to east, there are three relays of Hengfeng, Sipu and Fengling Pass.

Not to mention the two ends, Sipu Fort is not small, with more than 50 shop soldiers and handing soldiers. After Han Shoubei finished speaking, he looked at their expressions and said with a smile:

"The task is not easy, the two of you will talk about what you need, and the official will do his best to help!"

"Well, it's better." Sheng Huaien sighed: "On the first day, we camped in Hengfeng, and the next day we shopped, and then we went to Fengling Pass, and there was no big problem in terms of safety."

The key is capacity, how can such things be transported? It's definitely not okay to carry it on your shoulders! He said and glanced at Li Dan.

"That's what Master Sheng said." Li Dan said immediately, he calculated in his heart, these things add up to more than 20,000 stones, Rao has five newly built carts, each of which can only hold a maximum of 20 or 30 stones.

It's a long way off in terms of capacity, how can this be good?

"To be transported safely and quickly, even if Geyang gathers thousands of people sent by various prefectures, it will be difficult to do it by relying on people's efforts.

If you want to collect livestock and vehicles, I'm afraid you really have to ask Lord Han for help! I wonder how many cars and horses can be assembled in the camp? ”

Among the people sent from all over the country, Li Dan was not the only one who brought cars and horses.

The imperial court stipulated that a rickshaw could be used as two people, the foot strength of livestock was equivalent to three people, and the animal cart could be counted as five people.

Therefore, some wealthy families only use chariots and horses to replace the head, but there are not many such cases.

Han Garrison is the chief officer, and he is very clear about the number of people, vehicles, and livestock in the current camp. He immediately replied:

"Now there are 367 taels of animal carts in the camp, more than 1,700 head of cattle and 243 rickshaws.

I know that this number is far from enough, and I want to prevent it from being used elsewhere and not giving it to you. Alas, this is the most worrying part! He sighed deeply.