The sky was clear just a moment ago, but suddenly it became cloudy and it started raining heavily.
There was a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth.
The rainwater filled the ditches and filled the fields.
Farmers rushed into the fields, opened up the fields and drained away the water accumulated in the fields.
The water level of Han River is rising slowly, and the dockside is busy.
The merchants gathered here were very worried, worried that the goods sent to Xiangyang would be affected. It takes a certain amount of courage to sail in this weather.
Jinzhou is rich in medicinal materials, peppers, tea, lacquer, and glue, and the products are mainly shipped downstream to Xiangyang.
It may not have been used by Xiangyang people, it is more likely that it was resold elsewhere.
Xiangzhou is in a great location. Not only is it an important military base, but from a business point of view, it can also attack from all directions, and it can easily become a commodity distribution center.
More than twenty ships came upstream.
The boatman skillfully maneuvered the boat and docked it at the dock.
"Quickly, unload the cargo quickly!" Military Academy Cui Zhan strode onto the pier, making the wooden boards creak.
The boat had been tied tightly to the wooden piles with thick hemp ropes. The boatmen got off the boat in twos and threes and braved the pouring rain to lift the wooden boxes covered with oilcloth to the shore one by one.
Warehouse Supervisor Li Yun seemed to have known for a long time that such a batch of goods was coming. Regardless of the heavy rain, he opened the warehouse door and piled the goods into several vacant warehouses.
Because there were too many goods, he even asked the city magistrate of Jinzhoufang City to borrow their warehouse to stack various materials.
As if the city was facing a formidable enemy, the city commander personally took action, leading dozens of envoys and servants, holding on to their swords and guns, and not letting anyone get close.
"Qilang, is there going to be a war?" Li Yun invited Cui Zhan to sit down in a pavilion and asked in a low voice.
"It's definitely going to be beaten." Cui Zhan took out the water bag from his waist, took a sip, and said, "Do you know where this batch of goods came from?"
"Isn't it Hanyin?"
"Part of it is, and the other part is a battleship brought from Yangzhou."
Li Yun was a little surprised and said: "You don't want to die?"
Materials from the southeast are transported to Guanzhong via the Han River. Generally speaking, they are transported by water to Yunxiang, Junzhou, where they are concentrated at the Yunxiang Transfer Hospital, and then taken overland to Shangjin, Shangzhou.
From here, those who go north to Chang'an will undoubtedly have to take the land route. Those who go west via Yangzhou and Xingyuan Prefecture to the towns in the northwest of Beijing will also take the land route.
The waterway existed twice before, once during the Anshi Rebellion, when it transported goods to Suzhou when Lingwu came to the throne; and once during the Jianzhong Rebellion, Dezong fled to Xingyuan Prefecture.
On these two occasions, the imperial court ordered the southeastern rents to be exchanged locally for lightweight, high-value property, and transported by water from Shangjin to Xingdao County in Yangzhou. For this reason, the imperial government of Yangzhou was also moved from Xixiang County to Xingdao to ensure that it was nearby.
Supervise the transfer of supplies.
But except for these two "extraordinary moments", the section of the Han River from Shangjin to Xingdao, at least as far as the imperial court was concerned, abandoned water transportation. Because the water was strong and accidents often occurred, it was better to take the overland mountain road.
Some private businessmen have tried water transportation. They are very sensitive to costs. If the entire domestic, commercial, financial, and foreign lines are transported by water, the cost will be reduced to an astonishing level, and the profit margin will be greatly increased.
It's just that you have to be mentally prepared for the ship to crash and people to die.
"I heard that the order was personally issued by the envoy of Yangzhou." Cui Zhan is a military academy in Fangshanguan Town, more than 30 miles west of Hanyin County. This pass blocks Fangshan Mountain in the north and Han River in the south. It is the collision of the east-west post road.
Yes. If there are water transport vessels coming down from the upstream, they will usually stop at this pass and gather together.
"The freight from Yangzhou will be transported to Fangshanguan, and then transported all the way down by our ship from Jinzhou." At this point, Cui Zhan was also a little annoyed. On the pretext of not being familiar with the downstream hydrology, he handed over the transportation task from Hanyin to Xicheng to Jin.
For state-local vessels, the risk is borne by others.
Li Yun thought about it secretly. There are warehouses in Xingdao, Fangshanguan, Xicheng, and Shangjin. They should be shipped in sections, and each of them is responsible for a part. After arriving at Shangjin, he will take the land route and transport it to Yunxiang, Junzhou.
Take the water route to Xiangyang.
"It's so heartbreaking! How many boatmen want to destroy their families!" Li Yun was also a little angry and said: "To destroy their families, they really don't care about anything just to fight a war."
"Who are the Zhe family fighting for?" Cui Zhan sneered.
After hearing this, Li Yun's expression changed and he whispered: "Qi Lang, be careful what you say. You and I will discuss this matter privately and just curse a few times. We don't want to talk nonsense everywhere. In the past two days, more than ten military schools were killed in the prefecture.
The person who started the attack was Wang Yu of the Dingyuan Army, who was unwilling to send troops to attack Fangzhou. After killing the people, they collected all their wealth and used it as military rewards. His family members, together with their servants, totaling thousands of people, were all eligible to flow to Xigan and Liang Rivers.
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Cui Zhan didn't know Wang Yu, he was a native of Jinzhou, but when he heard that Xia Jun was so ruthless and killed so many Jinzhou military schools in a row, he felt sad and said: "So cruel? It's better to fight with them."
No matter what, the worst case scenario is death!"
"What's the use?" Li Yun sighed: "The generals don't dare to take action, who do you expect to fight?"
The two of them sighed together. If they had known this, they would have surrendered Feng Xingxi together. At least he was from Junzhou, not far away, and could be considered half of his own. Gu
Being ruled by outsiders will have this flaw, regardless of whether the locals live or die.
If there is a chance in the future, I still have to rebel against my mother and drive away the nest thieves and the summer thieves, otherwise I won't be able to live a peaceful life.
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In Jinzhou City, Li Bai's face was expressionless, but there was still a trace of deep-seated worry in his eyes.
A few days ago, the army arrived in Jinzhou in great strength. He led his people three miles out of the city to greet them.
Li Bai did not dare to tell the generals about sending troops to attack Fangzhou, fearing that these people would cause trouble on the spot.
Although they support him in opposing the town relocation, when it comes to other aspects, Li Bai is not sure that he can still get the support of everyone.
I am Laozi and my son is my son, they are two different things.
It was not easy to persuade them to agree to open the city. Or should we borrow the reputation of the Xia army to send troops to attack Fangzhou? That would only be possible if all the thorns in the army were killed, but Li Bai did not have this ability.
"General Li is decisive this time. Why worry about wealth and honor?" Li Yanling put down the official letter in his hand and said with a smile: "As a gift to several counties in Jinzhou, the King of Lingwu County will remember this great contribution."
"It's just a matter of duty." After several days, Li Bai still couldn't connect the fat, middle-aged man with a kind face in front of him to the murderous warrior. In recent days, this man and Wang Yu were in cahoots.
, has killed more than ten Jinzhou Military Academy.
On the day he entered the city, Li Yanling was very kind. He took Li Bai's hand and asked him to introduce the generals and generals one by one. He also praised him casually, and the generals were at ease.
While they were chatting at the city gate, Wang Yu led the Dingyuan Army into the city quickly and took control of various key points immediately.
Especially the military camp, with thousands of soldiers in the camp, from that day on, the connection between them and the generals of Jinzhou was cut off.
On the 23rd, Li Yanling officially went to the military mansion to take charge of the affairs. At the same time, he ordered to reorganize the troops and select brave men to attack Fangzhou eastward. The city suddenly exploded.
That night, a fire broke out in the hayyard outside the city, and the flames were blazing.
Many Jinzhou generals rushed to the military mansion overnight and requested to send troops to put out the fire, but Li Yanling refused.
During the day of the 24th, he ordered the beheading of all seven members of the military school who had suggested putting out the fire the night before, because he had received a tip-off in advance that these military schools planned to use the fire-fighting incident to gather troops and cause chaos.
On the 25th, someone agreed to use the sound of the watch in the middle of the night as a signal to start the watch together. As a result, the watchman disappeared all night, and no one came to watch.
On the second day, five more military cadets were beheaded.
He killed twelve people in one breath, and the Jinzhou army trembled.
Li Yanling took the opportunity to rectify his troops and appointed Yuan Shen, the general of Shenkou Town, as the military envoy of the left wing. Li Bai, who had not yet officially moved to the town, was temporarily appointed as the military envoy of the right wing. Li Yanling's son Li Jin was appointed as the military envoy of the governor's office. The three of them divided the gold.
The state troops and horses began to prepare to attack Fangzhou.
Yuan Shen, if you take refuge early, you will be rewarded.
Although Li Bai's position in the town is not very stable, he still has a few people in his team, and he needs to be used for the time being.
Li Jin controlled the five hundred soldiers brought from Xingning, which was the most trustworthy core force of the father and son.
"General Li has this understanding, and his wealth will last for a long time." Li Yanling said: "Don't worry. Commander Yan's appointment letter has been processed in the court. King Lingwu keeps his word, and your benefits are indispensable."
Li Bai felt a little relieved, but he didn't have the nerve to ask what kind of commander this commander was? Was it a military and political one, or was he just in charge of political power?
"It's almost the end of June, time is urgent." Li Yanling suddenly sighed and said: "Actually, the order to attack Fangzhou was given by Commander Zhe. The King of Lingwu County has said that I am in charge of the people and Commander Zhe is in charge of the army. From now on, all the people in the army will
The commander-in-chief of the capital will be fully responsible for the matter."
As for why the Jinzhou Army was not transferred to Xiaojiangkou, to be honest, Zhe Zong didn't like it at all.
He would rather use Junzhou to surrender his troops, rather than these exhausted Jin merchant soldiers, wasting food and grass and being useless!
Zhe Zongben stockpiled enough food and grass for five thousand people in Xiaojiangkou for half a year. After several months of training in winter and spring, he slowly digested the two thousand Junzhou surrendered troops. Starting from April, he took only three available troops.
Thousands of soldiers and horses left Xiaojiangkou many times to plunder the neighboring counties of Xiangzhou.
Xiangyang had assembled a large army to attack, and Zhe Zongben led his troops back to Xiaojiangkou. When Zhao Deqian died and the Shannan soldiers retreated, Zhe Zongben led his troops to fight out again, causing panic in the counties of Xiangzhou.
Now he has an idea, that is, he personally leads thousands of troops to harass Xiangyang on the southern front, threatening Xiangyang and attracting the Shannan East Road army to gather here. Wang Yu will lead the Dingyuan army to attack Dengzhou from the direction of Wuguan to see if there is any
No chance to eat it.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you can’t eat it, just return it to Wuguan.
On the southern front, as long as the population of more than 200,000 in the three states of Jin, Jun, and Fang is integrated, it will not be a problem to raise more than 10,000 infantry troops in the future, and then we can try to have a decisive battle with the Shannan Army.
The two armies, one coming out of Xiaojiangkou and the other coming out of Wuguan, cooperate with each other. They have the power of strong mountains and rivers. If the war goes against them, they can retreat to lick their wounds and have the strategic initiative.
Unless Zhao Kuangning asks Zhu Quanzhong for help, he will be killed sooner or later.