"That Shouchun is to attract the benefits of Ruying in the south and connect the wealth of the three Wus in the east. It is connected to Liang and Song in the north, and the plain road is only 700; it is connected to Chen and Xu in the west, and it is not far from land and land. There is a barrier between the rivers and lakes outside, and it is protected by Huai in the inside, and the Huai in the inside is clear.

It is solid. The pond of Longquan has thousands of hectares of good land; the tribute of Shuliu will be full of profits."

Shucong, a Shucong, wrote "Zhenghuai" written by Fu Tao, walked out of the camp, and surrounded by his personal soldiers, climbed a mountain in the north.

This mountain is called Bagong Mountain, located five miles northeast of Shouzhou, north of the Feishui River, and south of the Huai River. It stands along with Shouzhou City and stands in the Feishui River.

Several miles northeast of Bagong Mountain, there is also Zijin Mountain, which echoes Bagong Mountain from afar.

There is a Guanshi Mountain twenty-five miles northwest of Shouzhou. "It is a dangerous place to garrison Huai River and guard important places since ancient times." There are two Guanshi City built on the mountain, which is both a barrier for Shouzhou and also controls the key points of Huai River.

These three mountains are the northern barriers of Shouzhou. If the enemy goes south from the north, they will first seize these several mountains and become the key place for military strategists.

Shi Shucong looked at the boatman who was struggling to move forward on both sides of the Huai River, motionless, as if he was immersed in sight.

The boatman pulled the boat, and the boat was loaded with food, equipment, and the draught was very deep.

On the south bank of the Huai River, some cavalry were walking with their horses. They were the vanguard troops who came from Suzhou. As for the main force of the central army, this was in Wokou.

The Wokou, where the Wo Water enters Huai River, is located east of Shouzhou and is a waterway transportation hub.

In addition, Yingkou is where the Ying River enters the Huai River, and it is also a transportation hub.

But whether it is Wokou or Yingkou, due to its geographical location, it is inseparable from Shouzhou.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, northern materials arrived at Shouzhou through this place, then along the Fei River to Hefei, then through the Chaofei Canal, and the Ruxu River to the Yangtze River. Conversely, materials in Jiangnan can also be transported to the Central Plains through this place.

The north-south communication artery of the State Dynasty was the Huai Bian Canal, the so-called eastern line, so the middle line of Shouzhou declined. However, after the difficulties, the Central Plains repeatedly launched fire and blocked the Bian water supply route, so the court cleared it again.

The Chaofei Canal and the Caishui/Yingshui lead from the central line to Bianzhou, so that when the Huai-Bian Line is blocked, materials can also be transported through the Huai-ying Line, that is, the backup channel.

The importance of Shouzhou can be seen.

It is the "original origin of Huainan" and the "original barrier" of Huainan" formed by Haozhou and the "original barrier of Huainan" formed by Sizhou and Chuzhou. It relies on each other and uses natural conditions covered with water networks to transport materials and soldiers. It is the "original origin of Huainan" and "the north and south of Huainan"

All small rivers are attached to Huai to reach the sea, while the waters of Wo, Ying, Bian, Si are particularly important."

From Xuzhen to Shouzhou, of course, the most convenient way to go by water!

After receiving the order in Bianzhou, Shucong went to Xusu Xingye and saw the troops he was going to lead, a yamen army of 18,000 infantry and cavalry.

In addition, more than 20,000 soldiers and Tutuan Township soldiers from Ying, Su, Si, Hao, Shou, Chu were gathered in Sikou, Qingkou, Wokou, Yingkou and other places, and then took a boat to the west.

If you go on foot or walk west, especially Chuzhou, where the household registration is prosperous, it is likely to be given to Yang Xingmi, so you can recruit people and get the most ruthless.

Around this journey, there were almost 40,000 troops advancing west along the Huai River, and planned to camp at Yingkou, under the command of Shucong of the clan.

In addition, Pang Shigu, the old superior of Shucong, came out again.

He led only 10,000 Bian Army soldiers, plus two thousand people in the hall, to capture thousands of cavalry, as well as more than 16,000 soldiers from Bian, Song, Hua, Bozhou County, Tutuan Township, and more than 16,000 soldiers from Tutuan Township.

After leaving Bianzhou, the army followed the Caishui River and then took a boat south, then turned by land and rushed to Caizhou.

If we include Ding Hui, Pang Shigu, Zhang Quanyi's troops, and the Liang people's mixed forces in the Huaixi area may be close to 120,000, which is another huge battle.

Caizhou, Zhu Quanzhong really can't afford to lose it! This is considered as stabbing a hornet's nest.

Considering the tense military allocation of the Bian Army, Bianzhou is extremely empty. Is Lao Zhu a big gamble? He doesn’t want it anymore?

"Shouzhou is often an important town for establishing the country in the southeast. Yang Xingmi didn't know what he was doing. Will he be coveted of Shouzhou?" Shucong shook his head and buried this idea in his heart.

As for the news I just received, Yang Xingmi was still fighting on both sides. An Renyi and others will compete with Qian Liu for Chang, Run, Qu Zhang is still entangled with Du Hong and Feng Jingzhang. Zhong Chuan from Jiangxi was frightened and sent envoys to Bianzhou.

, requested to form an alliance in secret. If nothing unexpected happens, it was rejected.

I don’t know if Zhong Chuan will send someone to Ezhou or even Guanzhong, so I ask Shao Shude for help.

Du Hong, Ezhou, seems to be increasingly likely to turn to Shao Shude, and he has not offered any offer this year. He sent an envoy to ask, but was also turned away. This thief, I will definitely want you to look good in the future!

Shouzhou Governor Jiang Congxu hurriedly went up Bagong Mountain to greet Shucong.

Shucong looked at him lightly and said, "Don't worry, the envoy of Jiang, this western expedition is in great power. I heard that the thief of Shao went south to Xiangyang and might have arrived in Caizhou at this time. When I cut off his way back, I can

It was captured in one fell swoop.”

Jiang Congxu hesitated and said, "The head of the clan commands the army, there is no problem. Now he has raised a batch of wine and meat to work hard, and I hope to accept it with a smile."

There was a little more smile on the face of Shucong Shi's face and said, "The Jiang family has made great contributions to the construction of Shouzhou. I saw Shaobi. There are tens of hectares of fertile land. In the future, the army may rely on this."

Shouzhou is located in the Huanghuai Plain and has the advantage of Shaobi.

During the Warring States Period, Sun Shuao built Shaobi in Anfeng County, Shouzhou. During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, Zhao Gui, the Changshi of Shouzhou, expanded Shaobi and irrigated more than 5,000 hectares of land. During the Shangyuan period of Suzong of the State Dynasty, Shaobi was further developed and irrigated.

The land is thousands of years old, called "Anfengtang".

In other words, the Shaobi Water Conservancy Project in Anfeng County alone has irrigated thousands of hectares of land, and once became an important source of military supplies for all the troops far and near: "The ten towns in Huai and Guangling are all here, and the battlefield is abundant,

There is no need to transfer any more."

In fact, there is more than one Shaobei project in Anfeng County, but also Yongle Canal. Shouzhou Province also has fertile fields irrigated by Huai and Fei, and there are two ponds in Huoqiu County to the west. Shouzhou once became the "Huainan"

The foundation of land taxes is not without reason.

Shouzhou is also rich in tea. Huoshan Huangya is a famous tea product, with a tribute tea garden opened by the imperial court. During the middle age of Jian, Wu Shaocheng of Huaixi, the crimes listed by Dezong were "Shouzhou tea gardens, which are often taken away."

One.

Shouzhou Kiln is also one of the six famous kilns in the National Dynasty. It also has developed water and land transportation, prosperous business and tourism, and numerous boats. It is indeed a very rich place.

Shouchun was a city in ancient times, but it was not a false statement.

Jiang Congxu looked at the cavalry column marching on the banks of the Huai River, and said in awe: "The Dutou Army is so majestic! I wish Dutou flags a victory and a success."

"I'll lend you auspicious words." Shu Cong said with a smile.

...

Shao Shude came to Shenzhou surrounded by his personal soldiers.

Wu Yu, the governor of Anzhou under Du Hong's rule, and Chen Su, the governor of Guangzhou, who was newly appointed, came to see each other.

"Hao, Bo, Xu, Si, Bian, Songzhou thieves, robbed Jiangxi, Huainan, Xuan, Run and other roads, Xu, Cai, Shen, Guangzhou thieves, many robbed Jingxiang, Eyue and other roads, and robbed goods,

The goods returned to our province to sell, and the goods were sold in cycles, and they ended up repeating their lives." Shao Shude stood outside a village and said to himself.

Wu Yu was unfamiliar, but Chen Su was educated and immediately continued: "Relying on Huaijiejiang, a place where soldiers and soldiers were in the county, he rarely had civil servants. The villages and villages all had military battles and openly acted as thieves.

Nine out of ten relatives, the origin of Jianghuai, Yi dared not ask about it."

Shao Shude laughed, pointed to the people in the village who were drawing swords and holding bows, and said, "I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it. Every family has military wars, is fierce and martial, and has no false words."

What they were talking about was actually the "investigation report" of the Yizong Dynasty. From Bian Songzhou to Haosi, there were too many thieves, plundering goods, passing through the states and counties, swaying. They even rushed far away from Jiangnan and plundered them after a lot of plunder.

Returning to Henan, the imperial court summoned Xuanwu, Eyue, Huainan and other towns to jointly send troops to fight against the thieves, but it was never wiped out.

Among the ten households, nine are either thieves or have a relationship with thieves. Can you suppress them? The people in Huaixi are martial, with officials in prefectures and counties, and there are few civil servants. Every household in the folk has military wars, and the official army is not very willing.

It is not worth fighting with these outlaws.

The Yuan Dynasty was peaceful and pacified, but the peace was not completely done. The Huaixi Jiedushi who fought against the imperial court was finished, but the Cai thief was not finished.

Pang Xun was in charge of the matter in Xuzhou, "all the thieves of Cai returned to him more than they could." It was simply outrageous. Wherever there was someone rebelling, the Cai people rushed over and joined the gang.

During the Huichang period, Du Mu, who served as the governor of Huangzhou, once said that the martial style of Huangzhou was more than the literary style. "The Huang area was in Cai, and the military man was born." Almost all local officials were warriors. Huangzhou was just a neighbor in Huaixi, and they were all like this.

, What do the real Huaixi states look like?

After the Yuanhe River, the group of martial artists with the highest professionalism in the Tang Dynasty should be the western Henan provinces including Bian, Song, Chen, Xu, Ru, Cai, Shen, Guang. They attacked Zhaoyi and Liu Zhen and decided to Qiu Pu.

The uprising, pacifying the Pangxun Rebellion, Helong resisted Tubo, Xichuan against Nanzhao, etc., and a hundred people also had the extraordinary achievements of Lingnan, and even their reputation was spread to Jiaozhi. When the rioters heard that the "Yellow-headed Army" crossed the sea to Jiaozhou, they directly detained Annan.

The Protector has released it.

He travels around the east, west, south and north, either to be an official army or a thief. This is their professional ideal.

"King, this is..." Wu Yu asked subconsciously.

"I want to recruit soldiers." Shao Shude said.

"There is insufficient food and grass, why recruit soldiers?" Wu Yu was even more puzzled.

"Ding Hui, Yang Shihou, Zhang Quanyi has 40,000 people." Shao Shude's face turned right and said, "If the turtle cannot retreat, how can we defeat the enemy? The matter of food and grass will be settled on the Wu Envoy. If it really doesn't work, I will just do it.

I can take my subordinates to find a way. The people in the six counties of Anzhou do not have much food, but don’t tell me there is no food! You should have a clear idea of ​​the food in whom you have.”

Shao Shude didn't want to treat local tyrants in this way.

But according to the news feedback from the front line, Liang Jun adopted a strategy of defending as the main focus, which is very annoying.

In addition, Zhu Quanzhong must attach great importance to Caizhou and may send reinforcements south at any time. If the results cannot be achieved quickly, it may be a replica of the Battle of Heqing last year.

The more Shao Shude thought about it, he became more and more popular, and he was ready to "press the remote control". Gao Renhou from Heyang started to activate and did not hesitate to suffer casualties, which made Zhu Quanzhong want to die and be attacked on both sides.

Wu Yu's face turned pale and didn't know how to respond.

At this time, Zheng Yong, the ten generals of the personal soldiers, came over and reported: "Yi joined the army and headed north and arrived near Caizhou."

"Are you sure?" Shao Shude asked.

After saying that, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, no one can tell me about this. I will explain it clearly to Wuzang Jieming. I will stop when I see it, and don't fall in love with the fight. Let Niu Li move closer to him and help each other."
Chapter completed!