Although it is against the current from Guangling, Huaiyin and other places to Huainan, taking a boat is very fast, at least much faster than marching on foot.
When Shao Xun received the military report, Zu Yue had already been on duty for several days. By March 25, 3,000 vanguard troops had arrived outside Shouchun City.
The former eunuch went to Xuancheng, happily handed over his house, and attached it to a bamboo forest.
The pond and vegetable garden were sold to Zuyo for a million dollars.
Zuyue only gave 200,000 yuan, and agreed to pay the remaining 800,000 yuan in half a year.
People also understand that moving is not that easy.
First of all, not all the belongings were brought over.
Secondly, some of the properties near the original residence may need to be cleared to raise money.
Finally, you have to give Zu Yue some time to make money in Huainan.
After receiving the money and happily heading to Xuancheng, Zu Yue finally moved into this large manor house.
"We have all become wandering armies."
"I don't know when I will be able to return home."
Outside the village house, the sergeants who were unloading their luggage lamented and complained. When they saw Zu Yue, they all shut up.
Zu Yue entered the house expressionlessly.
What is "Wandering Army"? It refers to both troops who have no fixed residence and wander around, and it also refers to troops who travel and fight.
This obviously refers to the former - "Xiu and Liu Biao rely on each other for strength, but Xiu relies on Liu Biao to feed his troops. Since Biao cannot provide for him, he is bound to leave." To put it bluntly, he is a man who abandons his wife, stays away from his family, and eats everywhere.
Have you become a wandering army? It seems right, but it also seems wrong.
Zu Yue didn't want to think too much and went straight into the house.
"Lord." Xu Liu, Huan Fu, Zu Huan, and Yin Yi came forward and saluted together.
"I can't wait." Zu Yuexian said something inexplicable. Seeing that everyone didn't understand, he smiled bitterly and said: "My brother, maybe he saw that the imperial court was dissatisfied with me, so he slandered me in Jianye and said that I had rebellious intentions and things were going wrong.
There has to be a big uproar and many people know about it.”
Everyone was shocked, this was talking about Zuna.
Isn't he addicted to Go? Why did he jump out as soon as Zu Chaqi (Zu Miao, the general Chaqi who was awarded after his death) and General Zhenxi (Zu Yue, General Zhenxi led the Huainan prefect) left? What a kid!
people!
"I don't know if the court will believe him, but now we need to find a perfect strategy." Zu Yue said, "Ji Zu, I've been studying it on the way, can I get anything?"
"My lord, I have just discussed this with you all." Xu Liu said confidently: "The importance of longevity lies in the outside, not the inside."
"Tell me carefully." Zu Yue sat down.
"Those who have terrain are also assisted by soldiers."
"Tell me the important point." Zu Yue coughed and said.
"Okay." Xu Liu stopped talking nonsense, spread out the map, pointed to the terrain around Shouchun, and said: "My lord, please see, Shouchun is adjacent to the Huai River in the north. The river is wide and the water is strong, which can stop the northern cavalry from going south. The city.
There is a Miao River flowing through the northeast, which turns to the northwest and merges into the Huai River. This river is extremely important and serves as a resource for war and defense between the north and the south."
"To the north of Shouchun City and south of the Huai River, there are Xiashi Mountain and Bagong Mountain. Xiashi Mountain is twenty-five miles northwest of Shouchun.
Bagong Mountain is five miles northeast of Shouchun, facing Shouchun in the distance, and is an important place. When Ji Siyuan (Ji Zhan) was in town of Shouchun, he built a city on Xiashi Mountain and Bagong Mountain to serve as a barrier to Shouchun."
"If my lord wants to defend Shouchun, no matter what the stone is, heavy troops must be garrisoned at Bagong Mountain. The fort at the mouth (where the water enters the Huaihe River) must also be garrisoned with troops."
"If there is enough time, Zhongli and Luokou will also divide their troops. If things are not harmonious, they can support the northern troops and move southward."
After saying that, Xu Liu looked at Zu Yue.
Zu Yue looked at the map silently.
To put it simply, if it is for northern defense, then the Huai River is Shouchun's first line of defense.
The stone mountains, Kou Ying Fortress and Bagong Mountain located on the south bank of the Huai River from west to east are the second line of defense.
The fall of these two lines of defense meant that the enemy had at least reached the south bank of Huai River and the east bank of Feishui River, threatening Shouchun from the north and east.
At this time, Shouchun's wide moat and the city itself became the third and final line of defense.
But the above are all aimed at the north. It will be a lot more troublesome to deal with the army attacking from the south. The location is not that advantageous. What's more, the water warfare capability of the southern army is far superior to that of the northern army. South of Shouchun, there are rivers and swamps everywhere.
The situation is more conducive to their performance.
In such a situation, dividing the troops to occupy more places is completely a recipe for death.
He only had 15,000 people stationed in four or five places, with three or four thousand people in one place. It was too dangerous.
"I regret that Han Qian, Tong Jian and others will not join me and confess their sincerity to Liu Yueshi. What can I do?" Zu Yue sighed.
How can you not be angry if someone takes away half of your troops?
But what's the use of being angry? People who listen to your brother may not be willing to listen to you.
"My lord, the matter has come to this, it's time to abandon some unimportant places." Huan Fu suggested: "There are still three thousand soldiers in Shouchun City, who are natives of this county. My lord can send them to garrison outside the city. Shishan
There are two thousand Jiangzhou soldiers, and they must find a way to transfer them."
"If you want to deter the Southern troops, it is best to station heavy troops in Hefei and look for opportunities to attack the native soldiers and Jiangzhou soldiers in Dongguan (Ruxuwu) water and land camp."
"If we don't do this, it will be difficult to stop the southern troops from marching north."
When troops from the south attack Shouchun from the north, the most convenient route is to enter Chaohu from the Yangtze River via Ruxushui (today's Yuxi River).
Then leave Chaohu Lake, pass through Shishui (also called Nanmiao River) to Hefei, and then pass through Feishui to reach Shouchun and Huai River.
If you don't stop them in Hefei, the southern soldiers will come continuously along the waterway, making it difficult to resist.
Of course, if the supplies stationed in Dongguan can be burned, it can greatly slow down the march of the Wu soldiers - at least it can block them all the way.
Back then, Sima Zhao felt that this place was very crucial, so he led his troops to kill Zhuge Ke and defeated him.
Tens of thousands of people died, which became the famous "Battle of Dongguan".
This is a key node connecting the Yangtze River and Chaohu. The terrain is dangerous and the fort is strong. At the same time, it can also be launched into the water village to block the Beibei soldiers' attempts to enter the Yangtze River from Hefei and Chaohu.
Cao Wei, Sima Jin and Soochow fought countless battles from Hefei in the north to Dongguan in the south.
The final result is that the battle lines are stalemate here.
Sun Shiwan couldn't take Hefei, let alone Shouchun north of Hefei.
Cao Wei and Sima Pu could not capture Ruxuwu or Dongguan, and could not advance to the Yangtze River.
Now Hefei is under the rule of the Huainan governor, but it is guarded by Lujiang soldiers. Is it possible to capture it?
Zu Yue frowned in thought, undecided.
"Lord, don't think about it." Yin Yi sneered and said, "The Hefei garrison is the private military branch of the Lujiang He family. How can they obey orders without a suitable reason?"
Zu Yue sighed slightly.
The private soldiers of wealthy families are like this, they are too independent. In a word, what reason do you use to transfer them out of Hefei and expedition to the north of Liang? People are not stupid, they will be suspicious.
If they just cross the river and go north to plunder, it is not impossible, but it also depends on their mood.
"Forget it, don't be too greedy." Zu Yue shook his head and said, "There are just over 10,000 people, guarding this and that, dividing the troops everywhere, but in the end everything will be in vain."
"My lord is wise." Although he was refuted, Huan Fu didn't take it seriously and said loudly.
As a Sima, he just raised the possibility that it was the general's job to make the decision.
"First seize Shouchun, Kou, and Bagong Mountain." Zu Yue quickly made a decision, and then said: "Send an envoy to Jianye and say that we will garrison other counties far away. If the soldiers are making noise, please return to Xuzhou."
"Ten days after the envoy left, he sent another envoy to say that the officers and soldiers were very angry because they had not seen their families and asked the court to allocate money and food.
Ship, move the sergeant’s family to calm everyone’s mind.”
Everyone thought about it carefully and understood.
This is a bit paralyzing the intention of Jianyou imperial court, and is a tactic to delay the war.
"That side of Xuzhou," Zu Yue finally said, "Han Qian and Tong Jian, although they don't want to join me, they will not harm the soldiers' families. Even if these two are greedy for profit, the soldiers will not agree. Don't worry."
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"Yes." Several people responded in unison.
They don't worry much about this.
No matter what, they were all good brothers who fought together in the past, and they may still be related to each other. Now that a general is taking them to change their families, they will definitely not kill the family members of their former colleagues in a short time, unless Jianye sends another one.
The army marched north.
"I will write the letter to Emperor Liang myself." Zu Yue finally said.
And just when Zu Yue was discussing important matters with his generals, the middle base general Zhang Shuo had already arrived at Yingkou.
"Yingkou", as the name suggests, is where Yingshui River enters Huaihe River, located on the north bank of Huaijiang River, within the territory of Ruyin County.
Zhang Shuo only took Liao Liao and more than ten riders along the river to observe the terrain.
As for the Yinqiang Zhongying and other miscellaneous soldiers, they are still in Ruyin, the hinterland of Qiaojun, so as not to disturb the enemy.
To be honest, although the emperor gave him an order, he still had doubts in his heart.
He didn't completely believe that his ancestors were going to rebel, and always speculated whether there was some fraud involved.
If they were deceived into Huainan, and then sent a boat division to block the river, and organized a large army to besiege them, they might not be able to escape unscathed.
But he is also very eager to rebel against Zu Yue. If Gein is true, he can seize this important town in Huainan and even try to conquer Hefei.
If Hefei is captured, then there will be a hinterland in the rear, and there will be the possibility of recruiting grain, grass, and slaves. It will be much more meaningful than occupying an isolated city like Shouchun not far from the Huaihe River.
I just don’t know if there are many people in Huainan.
During the reigns of Cao Wei and Sima Jin, due to repeated conflicts with Soochow, more than 200 miles of Huainan were uninhabited and almost became a white land.
After the Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, the Huainan people were ordered to return home one after another. Whether they were Huainan people captured by the Wei and Jin Dynasties or those captured by Sun Wu, after asking for their hometowns, they would all be repatriated without any obstruction.
After decades of this, more than ten counties in Huainan began to be inhabited.
During the Taikang period of the Jin Dynasty, there were more than 33,000 households in Huainan County. This number may be a relatively real household registration that is rare in the Jin Dynasty. After all, Huainan was really miserable in the past. Not to mention the rich, even the wealthy families had to deal with it.
Can't go down.
Zhang Shuo kept observing until the evening, until the Jin soldiers on the stone mountain on the other side noticed them, and dispatched ships from the water village at the foot of the mountain to try to hunt them, and then turned around and left.
Late that night, he received a secret message sent by Zu Yue.
After carefully inspecting the seal, he selected a messenger and flew to report to the emperor.
Chapter completed!