As May approaches, the wheat in the Jianghuai fields is gradually taking shape, and the autumn harvest is gradually on the agenda.
With the chaos in Huainan, the ownership of autumn grain will be a big problem.
Zhao Pu was very capable of seeing through this in advance.
But Zhao Kuangyi felt uncomfortable looking at the faces of these two people. His brother was competing with Luo Youdu for credit, and he still wanted to imitate his policies while licking his face?
"You can take care of this matter!"
Zhao Kuangyi knew that what Zhao Pu said was reasonable and had no reason to refuse, but he was not interested in talking to Zhao Pu in depth.
After completing the handover, Zhao Kuangyi went directly to find his brother Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Pu, who had inexplicably trapped Luo Youdu's little fanboy, felt very uncomfortable when he learned that Zhao Kuangyi didn't even pay him any attention.
Historically, because Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin, happened to be ill at this time, Zhao Pu served Zhao Hongyin as a bait day and night in order to please Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Hongyin was so moved that he felt as if he had an extra son, and he treated him as a fellow clan member.
Zhao Kuangyin also had a favorable eye for Zhao Pu because of this, and discovered that this guy who didn't read much and seemed to have no talent on the surface had a big strategy in mind, so he took him into his heart.
Now we are missing the bridge of Zhao Hongyin, and because of Dou Yi, Luo Youdu's real little fanboy, he is misled.
Zhao Pu, a utilitarian, was directly ignored by Zhao Kuangyi.
Zhao Pu didn't even know the reason, he just thought that Zhao Kuangyi looked down on him.
Poor and aggrieved.
Shuzhou.
Luo Youdu officially took over Shuzhou City. This battle was the most difficult battle he fought since entering Huainan.
Although the disadvantage of climbing the city was eliminated by relying on the earth-mountain warfare method, they had already paid a heavy price in the battle for the city tower in the face of Zhu Lingyun's desperate resistance.
The number of casualties and serious injuries was as high as 2,000, and more than 3,000 were injured.
You have to pay such a price to attack Shuzhou. You can imagine how tragic it was under the city of Shouzhou.
Luo Youdu also wanted to capture Shouzhou City as soon as possible. As long as Shouzhou City was captured, everything in Huainan would be settled.
The current chaos in Huainan is not a problem.
But Luo Youdu has no way to deal with Shouzhou City. Although he is a time traveler, time travelers are not omnipotent.
Luo Youdu thought more than once that if he had a few mortars or the second battalion commander's Italian cannon, it would be so troublesome to use them.
With such a transcendental thing, let alone attacking Shouzhou, he dared to directly lead his soldiers and horses to bombard his mother's Youzhou gate.
Luo Youdu wrote the three characters upside down.
In reality, nothing is that cheap.
In this era, there is really no other way to deal with a fortified city like Shouzhou except forcefully.
As for black powder.
Luo Youdu also thought that black gunpowder was just born less than a hundred years ago. It has not experienced the development of the times and lacks the support of purification technology. Black gunpowder is no different from fireworks.
Even if you did get a few tons of the black powder of this era, it would just sound like a large firework.
As a businessman, Luo Youdu did not have the ability to purify black gunpowder or make yellow gunpowder, and he did not know whether he could do it in this era.
Just when Luo Youdu was thinking wildly, Shi Shouxin strode into the Shuzhou government office.
Luo Youdu poured him a glass of water and handed it over.
Shi Shouxin drank it all in one gulp and said: "The other party is very thieves. From the footprints, it seems that they are marching in a hurry and in a mess. There are occasionally some discarded heavy objects. It is obvious that we will pursue them. They ran into the Dabie Mountains first.
The environment there was complicated and not conducive to cavalry operations, so I came back."
Luo Youdu flashed the topographic map near the Dabie Mountains in his mind and said, "Are you familiar with the Inspection Envoy of the Department of Zhaoan and the Envoy of Qi Liuzhao?"
Shi Shouxin nodded and said: "They are both in the military, and we are more or less related. It's just that they are both foreign generals, so they don't have deep contact with each other, but they can talk to each other."
Luo Youdu said: "Brothers, please write them a letter respectively, asking them to be careful. Then they say that an army of four to five thousand with good combat effectiveness is attacking in their direction."
He couldn't write this letter, as writing it might have the opposite effect.
Shi Shouxin also understood this and said, "I'll start writing now." He paused and said, "Is it four or five thousand?"
"That's right!" Luo Youdu said: "From the beginning, I didn't think that they only had a thousand people. This number of people was not enough to seize the ship and attack Luzhou. After the battle in Shuzhou, I asked Zhang Xiong to send some people to search around. There were
There were no traces of other soldiers lurking. He found traces of troops hiding in the north of Taoxi Town. About four to five thousand."
"This number shouldn't be the broken troops that Guangzhou and Huangzhou retreated to consolidate. Most of them came to rescue Shuzhou, but for some reason they refused to save them."
"But judging from his desire to attack Luzhou, this person is very capable and courageous. He gave up Luzhou and Shuzhou, and then retreated towards the Dabie Mountains, most likely with the intention of Huangzhou, Guangzhou or Qizhou.
"
"That area is not our responsibility, and we don't have enough troops to support us. We can only give a notification..."
Shi Shouxin smiled and said: "There are only four or five thousand, we really have to make a fuss to support. Maybe we will be ridiculed! I don't understand Qi Zangzhen, but I know a thing or two about Si Chao. In the early years when I was a soldier,
He then followed the former Han Dynasty Liu Zhiyuan to attack Heyang and established meritorious service. He was responsible for the defense of Huaihai in the former Han Dynasty, and the same was true during the Taizu period. He had a high character. He also had skills, and he was enough to write letters."
Luo Youdu also nodded slightly. The great Zhou Dynasty lacked civil servants. There were really many generals who could recruit good warriors. Maybe he was too worried and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he looked at Shi Shouxin with a smile and said: "Finish writing.
Xin, you take your brothers to the Shuzhou treasury to collect military pay, and your share will be arranged first. Then..."
"Brother Xingren, let's go to Hezhou again. The war there has probably started. I also need to make arrangements for the autumn harvest in Shuzhou. This is a big deal and cannot be separated from me."
"He who can do the hard work, after much deliberation, only my cavalry battalion can support Hezhou as quickly as possible and has enough strength to win."
Luo Youdu is now really glad that he did not choose to kill Shi Shouxin at the beginning. This guy is really useful.
The cavalry team under his command can run and fight, but the donkeys of the production team are not so effective.
A true model worker!
He sighed deeply and said, "Oh, thanks to you, brother, otherwise this situation would be really difficult to deal with."
Luo Youdu put on this tall hat.
Shi Shou felt confident and comfortable, and said: "It doesn't matter. After several consecutive opportunities without performance, I have already felt bad in my heart. Mr. Cao also has a lovable personality. Prepare some refined food for me, rest your horse, and set off immediately."
Luo Youdu said sternly: "Brother, don't worry, I have prepared bran and cooked beans for the precious horses, and I will keep them until they are full."
Before Shi Shouxin arrived, Luo Youdu had arranged for Chang Side to lead some of the Imperial Camp Division and two thousand soldiers to Luzhou to prepare for any eventuality.
As long as Hezhou is not lost, Huainan Middle Road will be as stable as a rock.