"Mr. Han told me before that the defense system of the Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into three major parts, Jianghuai, Jinghu, and Sichuan. Thanks to famous generals such as Meng Gong, Du Gao, and Zhao Gui, it was difficult for Mongolia to capture Jianghuai and Jing.
Lake, then turned to Sichuan and Shu in order to occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
In the past two days, I have gained more understanding. The Mongolian strategy of conquering Shu should have another purpose, which was to destroy the finances of the Song Dynasty. The impact of the severance of the tea-horse trade route in the southwest is already showing. And the Mansion of Tianfu
Sooner or later, the Song Dynasty could not afford to lose this prosperous land.
The key to the defense of Sichuan and Shu is here... Chongqing Prefecture and Hezhou City. Why did the Mongols attack Dali? Because Yu Jie's mountain city defense system centered on Hezhou could not be broken by the Mongolian army. Therefore, Wu Liang joined Tai
First destroy Dali, then go down the Jinsha River, go straight to Chongqing Prefecture, insert into the rear of Hezhou, and surround Hezhou with three armies.
No matter how good the navy of Wulianghetai is, the soldiers and horses must march along the Jinsha River, otherwise they will be exhausted just by carrying supplies. After chatting with Muru the day before yesterday, I have been thinking that Wulianghetai started from Jinsha.
Coming from the upper reaches of the river, what is the key to this battle?
It’s not about the cavalry, it’s not about the weapons, it’s about the navy. The terrain in the middle of Shu means that Mongolia can’t take advantage of the cavalry. As long as the navy controls the Yangtze River, Wu Liang Hetai will not be able to reach Hezhou. If the three Mongolian armies cannot reach Hezhou
If they meet, they will be defeated.
Xuzhou will bear the brunt of the war along the way. Qingfu County can go down the Fu River and penetrate directly into the rear of Xuzhou. It is very likely that the Mongolian army will invade. How can Qingfu County not have a navy?"
"..."
Han Chengxu and Han Qi'an were speechless for a long time.
Liu Jinsuo wiped his feet, got up and poured foot wash and came back. Seeing the two of them still in a daze, he asked: "What's wrong? You don't understand? I understand. Isn't this very simple? Get a small navy to defend it."
Fu Jiang to prevent the Mongolian army from sneak attack on the Xuzhou Navy."
Han Qi'an said: "I just think that Alang, a county lieutenant, has a somewhat broad vision..."
"It's too big." Han Chengxu sighed.
"What Alang means is that we should ignore Fang Yankai's struggle for power, train a navy first, and perform meritorious service, and then he can get the power of county captain?"
"yes."
"But the county captain's power and position are not enough." Han Chengxu said: "Without the support of the governor, county magistrate, and chief registrar, it is absolutely impossible to accomplish this matter. We can't get through it with just money and food."
Li Xia nodded and said, "I don't mind sharing the credit with them, but..."
"It's just that they definitely don't believe A Lang."
"yes."
"Let's do it." Han Chengxu said: "Tomorrow Qi'an and I will go to the dock to find out. After the tea-horse trade route is cut off, there should be many merchants willing to sell merchant ships. Let's see if it is feasible."
"That's what I mean, please survey the terrain and inquire about the ships. I will take charge of the manpower." Li Xia said, "Liu Jinsuo, you will accompany Mr. Han and Mr. Yi Ning tomorrow."
"oh."
"Qiao'er, you pretend to be a book boy next and follow me to help me memorize things."
"Okay, okay."
"We will discuss the details later. I can ask Mr. Yi Ning to help me write a letter to Shi Jun. It would be best if he agrees."
Han Qian said: "I'm just afraid... it will be difficult."
"What's even more scary is that he will leave this matter to others." Han Chengxu pondered, and then said: "But it doesn't matter, I handed over the official document, and Alang took the credit first."
"There is no need to compete with these state and county officials for credit. If I win this battle, there will be people who will take credit for me."
"Alang just talked about manpower. Since Qingfu has the quota of officials in the middle county, the county captain can take three to four hundred people, right?"
"I met with Zaoban today and there are twelve people missing."
"Free money?"
"Hard to say……"
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At the same time, Fang Yankai was also listening to Huang Shi's report...
"It's strange that Li County Lieutenant calls Zaoli like he is running an army. He is also ruthless. I was surprised to see that twelve people were missing."
Fang Yankai pondered and asked, "He didn't ask why?"
"When I asked, I happened to be playing Bang, and he actually went to the Yamen." Huang Shi said, "This is also strange."
Fang Yankai said: "Autumn defense is imminent, and we cannot leave a county's military equipment in the hands of Shuzi."
"I understand, everyone is saying that the Chief Registrar has finally managed to stabilize the county's security. If a naive Maohai County Captain were to replace the Chief Registrar and ruin the hard work of the Chief Registrar, life would be difficult for the people in the future.
.But...the villain doesn’t know what to do?”
"He needs to settle the residence. Tomorrow he will go to the house in Shimen Alley to check. He will meet Bao San, Jiang Fan and others."
"The chief clerk is going to make him suffer?"
Fang Yankai waved his hand and said: "The young man is very popular. Seeing this situation, he will think that I let Bao San and others live on empty wages and live in the county captain's house."
Huang Shi rolled his eyes, understood, and said: "At that time, County Lieutenant Li thought he had caught the handle of the chief clerk and made a fuss about the matter. But when the fuss broke out...he must have never imagined that he was the one who made the magnanimous laugh.
.
Who in the county doesn't respect wounded soldiers like Brother Bao Sange? After this incident, County Lieutenant Li looks so stupid. How can he have the nerve to act arrogantly? Who in the third class is willing to listen to him?"
Fang Yankai didn't answer, lowered his head and started to deal with official business again.
One of the officials in the public room laughed and said, "Brother Huang is quite smart. He knows what to do?"
"I know, the villain will go to Brother Bao soon and ask them to offend County Lieutenant Li severely. Only by forcing people to panic can they make a big joke."
"Don't let County Lieutenant Li hear about Bao San's deeds in advance."
"Mr. Jiang, don't worry. I've already said hello to you at the post house. I won't say anything to Lieutenant Li."
"clever."
"Mr. Jiang, thank you." Huang Shi said: "The chief clerk is really smart. County Lieutenant Li came in such a hurry. The chief clerk immediately made this clever move, which easily made him unable to hold his head up in Qingfu County.
Come, when the county captain arrives, he won’t even have a place to stay, he’ll just get out of here in despair.”
Fang Yankai didn't even raise his head and said, "Don't say it anymore. Striving for power is a trivial matter. It's just a plot against a small child. It's nothing to boast about."
"Yes, I will go and do it now..."
~~
At dawn the next day, Li Xia put on his official uniform.
It was a blue public uniform with a curved collar and large sleeves, a leather belt around the waist, and a pair of soap boots. It was actually quite majestic.
At least he is very prestigious in Qingfu County.
The official hat called "Futou" has two hard wings on it, which makes people feel quite uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Li Xia didn't shake his head when walking, and he soon got used to it.
By the time he had put on his official uniform, the Han family and his son and Liu Jinsuo had already left the house. Li Xia stood outside the house, waiting for Han Qiaoer to change.
After a while, Han Qiaoer came out dressed as a little book boy.
She had been wearing men's clothes all the way, but now she disguised herself, saying she didn't look like a book boy, just so-so.
"It's not convenient for a little girl like you to live with us in Datongpu. You have to find a place to live today."
Han Qiaoer shook his head and said, "Everything else is fine, even Brother Liu snores too loudly."
"Yeah. I didn't sleep well all night either. I might as well rent another yard."
"Brother Li, is he out of money? He bought a silver chain for Sister Gao."
"..."
The two of them talked about this and walked towards the county government office.
At the time of Mao, there are seven bangs in the county government office, which are the first bangs, which means "it is difficult for the king and difficult for the ministers".
The junior staff and yamen servants of the third shift and the sixth ward report to the yamen and wait for roll call, commonly known as "Ying Mao".
As a county captain, Li Xia was not in charge of the sixth house, but he was very interested in the third squad under his jurisdiction.
He didn't care whether Fang Yankai handed over his power or not, and walked into the lobby grandly, preparing to meet all his subordinates.
…
Here, County Lieutenant Li entered the yamen, while County Magistrate Jiang got up and was stunned for a moment when he heard the report.
Jiang Chun has just put on his soap boots and will have time to put on his official uniform in the future.
"What's going on? While we're collecting grain and fighting, the half-grown child is delaying things." He frowned and ordered, "Go and call him. I'll see him in the middle hall."
"Officials, clothes..."
"Put it on again later."
Jiang Chun deliberately wore only his middle coat and walked into the central hall.
After waiting for a while, Li Xia came in unhurriedly.
"Magistrate Jiang, you are polite."
"Feiyu got up so early." Jiang Chun said with a smile: "Look, I just got up, and when I heard that you were coming, I didn't even have time to put on my clothes."
What he meant was, "Don't come so early next time. Someone will be responsible for the third shift at midnight, so don't cause trouble."
Li Xia, however, acted as if he didn't understand and said, "Would the county magistrate put on his clothes first? To avoid catching the cold."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. When I'm old, I'm not as afraid of the cold as you young people." Jiang Chun smiled and said, "I don't know why, but I sleep too much when I'm old. Fortunately, Mr. Zhan is in charge of lighting the bangs, so I don't have to wait for me to get up early.
It’s okay to enter the Yamen again.”
"I'm used to getting up early, so it doesn't hurt to come earlier."
Jiang Chun felt a little annoyed in his heart.
You still can’t understand human language, can you?!
Still with a smile on his face, he said: "It's not too late for Feiyu to hand over the landlord's book before going to the Yamen, otherwise, if the official business is delayed or the county Yamen is messed up... By the way, has the residence been properly settled?"
"It has not been properly resettled. There are already people living there."
"Is that so?"
"Don't you know, Magistrate Jiang?"
"Yes, I don't know about this." Jiang Chun changed the subject and said, "It's a pity that the county government office is small and only has two courtyards. We can't let Feiyu and I squeeze into one room..."
"No problem." Li Xia said, "Thank you so much, Magistrate Jiang, I'll go move my luggage right now."
Jiang Chun opened his mouth.
The next sentence I was going to speak in an official tone was actually stuck in my throat...