Xu Huai led Wang Xuan, who was slightly inconvenient to move, walked down from the carriage and stood on the shallows with withered reeds on the east bank of Xundu Lake. Looking at the fire in Xundu Village on the other side of the lake, the fire was gradually extinguished, but the black smoke rolled.

, still endlessly.

However, the fire in Xundu Village was not directed by the Nancai troops or the Jingbei army. It was actually arsoned by the Dongjing bandits' army that stretched for four or five miles when they retreated.

The village was full of simple sheds and houses built with bamboo, wood and thatch. There was no place to stay when they were crowded together. The cold winter was dry and rainy. After the fire broke out, the soldiers of Nancai rushed over on a boat in time, but they were not able to extinguish the fire.

The same is true for Meidu Village, which is fifteen or sixteen miles apart.

In the battle of Panlong Village, the casualties of the Chushan Army, Nancai, were almost ignored. The bandit army that thought they could hold the village was wiped out, and only hundreds of people escaped in a panic. Even if Xundu and Meidu were on the terrain, they were on the ground.

There is more advantage in the market, but in the face of the absolute gap in strength, where can the Dongjing thief army still hold on to the courage to reach the flood season?

The Dongjing thief army fled against the current to the upstream of Jingjiang River on hundreds of large and small boats. In addition to forcibly taking away tens of thousands of young and strong men, they abandoned 30,000 to 40,000 elderly, weak and weak women and children. Many of these elderly, weak and weak women were abandoned.

They were unable to escape from the burning village in time and were buried in the sea of ​​fire. The rest of them stood or sat on the mudflats with numb expressions. The world was so big that they were confused and did not know where they were going...

"When Xuan'er was young, she was in the deep boudoir. She was a stubborn person and followed her grandfather to Tangzhou. She was protected by Grandpa Lu. Fortunately, she met her husband and everyone in Chushan. She didn't know what the pain of separation and chaos was, but she went to Xiaoheling.

Later, I lived in seclusion, but I saw too many things about selling my sons and daughters, and the white bones were exposed to wild animals. I heard that there were still many tragedies of Yi Zi between the lakes, which I had never seen. Perhaps it was a blessing!" Wang Xuan looked at the lakes and looked at the lakes.

There were many bleak scenes across the other side of the mouth. She tightly grabbed Xu Huai's broad palm, as if a huge rock was pressing on her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.

"I would rather be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person!" Lu Xiong looked at this scene and sighed slightly.

Niu Er and others were waiting for the rear with swords. They were used to bloody killing on the battlefield. At this time, they only regretted that the Dongjing thief army was too unpredictable and that her mother ran faster than the rabbit, so they asked them to kill them very much.

It's enjoyable, just like the war has just begun, with only a little noise left in the end that they can't reminisce.

Xu Huai stood in the wind, covered Wang Xuan beside him, and said to Han Gui, Xu Sheng, Fan Zongqi and others:

"The two thieves in Xundu and Meidu fled west in a hurry and did not dare to continue to entrench the Qianfanpu and Jingjiang, which is expected, and it saves us some trouble. However, in Qianfanpu, the overseas Chinese in Qianfanpu

The efforts of the establishment of Nancai County in the past few months can only be said to have laid some foundation, and the next step is the hard bone you will be gnawing. On the one hand, we must ensure that 150,000 elderly, weak, women and children will not suffer from hunger and cold, so that they can

Work-for-work relief, to survive the famine, but we must not forget the original intention of caring for the people, and we must not just squeeze the military power; on the other hand, we must not slack off in the preparation of troops. In addition to not giving the thief army an opportunity to take advantage of it, killing us one of the horses, the young and strong people

You must not slack off when practicing bravely. You must also pay attention to the on-duty workers. During the training, you should be concerned about the hunger and the cold and bitterness of the people..."

The Dongjing thief army was so vulnerable, but Xu Huai was not excited, nor did he feel unsatisfied with regrets and dissatisfaction.

The Red Hu cavalry went south, and there were too many wars like this that were defeated with one blow, but the defeat was the Emperor Dayue.

In just two or three years, nearly a thousand prefectures and counties fell in Hedong, Hebei, Hehuai, Guanshan and other places. Only a handful of people who really fought to resist the Chihu people's invasion south caused some trouble for the Chihu people.

, Which of the vast majority of prefectures and counties is not falling by looking at the wind?

The border troops and local Xiangjun Township soldiers in these places have a total of one or two million troops. How many of them are not defeated in one blow?

Everything in front of you just indicates that the Dangxiang Kingdom, which is also corrupt and contradictory, will collapse like a shattered collapse before the Chihu people's soldiers. It doesn't even take two years, and the Dangxiang people will surrender to Chihu completely.

Under the iron hooves of man.

At that time, Chihu not only mobilized more troops, but also rushed towards the Qinling-Huaihe River defense line. After Dangxiang conquered it, the Qinzhou occupied by the remnants of the Khitans was exposed to the iron hoofs of the Chihu people.

Before, and after Qinzhou, it was famous, another channel connecting Sichuan and Shu and Longyou.

Xiao Linshi also expressed his attitude in his secret letter to him. Once the Chihu people occupied the vast area west of Liupan Mountain, their troops were directly aimed at Qinzhou, and he had no intention of taking the last bit of blood of the Khitan to defend the gateway of Qishan for the Great Yue.

Xu Huai understood Xiao Linshi's position.

In recent years, the Chushan Army stood tall on the Huai River, like the Great Wall of Steel, and refused to stop the enemy soldiers who were several times more powerful than them. It seemed that they had outstanding military achievements and were famous all over the world, but in recent years, the Chushan children who died on the battlefield were about to be close to each other.

Thirty thousand people.

However, if Chushan can support it on Huai, it is backed by half of the country south of the Qinling Mountains and Huai River. It also has hundreds of prefectures and counties with a population of 30 to 40 million. Chushan was able to absorb tens of thousands of people from the migrant workers in the south before.

The young and strong man can recruit refugees in Jinghu and even recruit young and strong men from the lower class people in Jinghu and other places.

The Khitan remnants had barely a hundred thousand people left, and the elite cavalry was only more than ten thousand. What should I do to spend money with the Red Guards who were several times more than ten times more than one in Qinzhou?

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Although the court had noticed this for a long time, Emperor Jianji also officially launched the former Jinghu North Road Strategic Envoy Liu Xian, who was demoted to the people who were defeated by Huaichuan and was demoted to the people, and sent Liu Xian to Wuzhou on the south side of the ancient Qishan Road.

The counties of the prefecture (Luoyang, Tonggu, Wudu) repaired the city and villages, recruited foreign soldiers, trained the prefectures and townships, and actively strengthened defenses, but this was far from enough.

Xu Huai had no time to take care of too much at this time, but because the situation in the future would deteriorate again at any time, all Chu Shan's work had to be rushed forward.

Xu Huai looked at Xundu Village, which was trapped in the mouth of the sea of ​​fire across the lake, and looked at the elderly, weak, women and children who were abandoned outside Xundu Village.

Before and after the Battle of Panlongzhai, it is estimated that the number of hungry people will be captured as high as 140,000 to 150,000. Can these hungry people be properly placed in Nancai as much as possible? Can they effectively organize nearly 40,000 young and strong men among these hungry people?

Get up, whether they can use the next six months to nine months to effectively recover their bodies and carry out corresponding exercises determine whether Chu Shan can gain stronger military reserve potential next year and next year to deal with it.

A more critical situation.

In order to achieve this goal, Lifengtang still needs to continue to borrow money and grain in Ezhou and other places.

If there are too many lice on your body, you won’t be afraid of biting it.

Since Lifengtang has borrowed 300,000 to 400,000 guan in Ezhou, he is not afraid to borrow one or two million guan of money and grain.

Before, the Dongjing thief army gathered tens of thousands of mobs and occupied Qianbanpu without leaving. Except for Wang taking the lead in selling the land and houses and lending them to Lifeng Hall, most of the merchants who opened quality warehouses in Ezhou did not believe in Chushan.

It is really possible to cultivate Qianbanpu on a large scale. In the world, it is found that merchants who have opened a stake in loans, and land and houses are the most popular pledges.

In the battle between Panlong Village, tens of thousands of chaotic people were so vulnerable, and the remnants also fled in a hurry and did not dare to fall in love with him anymore. At this time, Xu Huai took out all the fields that were about to be developed and reclaimed in Qianfanpu and found them in pieces to find each company.

The mortgage database is used to mortgage it, and I believe that things should be much easier than before.

In order to ensure that tens of thousands of hungry people, including nearly 40,000 young and strong men, can become the reserve military potential of Chushan, in addition to Xu Ling being transferred to the Yousiyuan and continuing to be responsible for the development of the navy,

Han Gui, Xu Sheng, Fan Zongqi and others continued to stay in Nan Cai for serving.

Previously, more than a thousand elite soldiers who secretly transferred to Nancai to apply for marriage and jobs, ordinary generals and soldiers would return to their garrisons, but Xu Huaihui left more than a hundred grassroots military officers to Fan Zongqi and was incorporated into the Nancai County Weishi to strengthen the garrison.

The organization of soldiers in the village, training and other matters.

Although Fan Zongqi is the capital of Yuhou, he only knows how to command the elite armored cavalry who is one of a hundred miles away to charge and will always become a top general.

In addition to charging into battle, an outstanding general needs to master too much knowledge, such as Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Han Qi, Yin Peng, Wang Xian and other generals, and Xu Huai will ask them to sign and sign when they command the troops.

Government affairs and civil affairs are to be familiar with all aspects of the details.

In this way, they can shorten the gap between their half-life experience and accumulation with Xu Wuqi, Chen Zixiao and others in the shortest time.

Therefore, Xu Huaihui continued to let Fan Zongqi stay in Nancai to select the position of Yuhou, the capital of the front army, and also in charge of the affairs of the Weishi of Nancai County.

Xu Huai will also transfer more than 200 working officials and township officials from Chushan to accept Han Gui's dispatch, so that matters such as surrounding the veranda and reclamation can be fully launched in Qianbanpu.

This is also the foundation accumulated by Chushan over the years.

Not to mention the prefecture and county level, or the road level supervision office, where can two or three hundred township officials familiar with grassroots officials be dispatched at once?

This has not included the personnel sent by Lifengtang to Nancai.

Yesterday, he had already performed a return ceremony in Shuangliu Village. Xu Huai planned to leave to return to Wuyang with Wang Xuan tomorrow. There were too many things to remind Han Gui and others, and he also chose the most important instructions at the moment:

"In the early stage of Nancai, except for the cultivation of grain fields, there were almost no other industrial and mining industries that could be developed. The scale of construction of Nancai shipyard was not enough - Nancai was at the intersection of Jianghan and Han, and the convenience of boats and ships reached the world, carrying merchants and cargo several times

Even more than ten times more than a carriage and horse, a top-quality boat is hard to find. The boat yards built in Zhouqiao and Xinyang in recent years are limited by conditions, and the technology they master are still in the world.

Not considered a top star, but Nan Cai has the opportunity to improve this…”

Zhouqiao, Xinyang and other places are located in the upper reaches of the Huai River. The boats traveling between Ruying and Ying can carry hundreds of stones of commercial goods, so they must be considered large ships. Therefore, Xu Huai was around Huangchuan, Huaichuan and others before and after the Battle of Huaichuan.

The ship craftsmen who recruited land were still not as capable as the shipyards in Jianghuai and Jinghu.

Chushan will also mainly build various small and medium-sized warships to be incorporated into the navy, and there is insufficient demand for large warships.

If Lifengtang wants to become a money bag for Chushan, it cannot be limited to selling bulk materials on Huai to Nanyang, Xiangyang, Yinge and other places. It also needs to expand the entire Jinghu, Jianghuai, Sichuan and Shu, and even take the sea route.

Leading to Zhejiang and Fujian, Lifengtang will have extremely high demand for large cargo merchant ships at that time.
Chapter completed!