Lord of the House

(The third one is coming)

Zhao Hu was seriously injured. To avoid being disabled by an arrow on his right hand, Gao Zongting ordered the injured soldiers to withdraw to Dengzhou City for training. Ge Changgen led three battalions of infantrymen to camp in Qijiaji, in case they might approach from the west. 's enemy.

The partial divisions of Chen Zhihu's division were repelled, and their vitality was difficult to recover in a short period of time. The main force of Chen Zhihu's division was farther away in the area west of Jiaolai River, which was 400 miles away. Build a moat camp.

Forced by the enemy, they could not build a fort in time, so they cut down a wooden fence, and dug a trench under the fence, which is a moat fence.

Although the barn camp is not so strong, it is far better than directly bearing the impact of enemy horses in the wild.

Since Gao Yi led the remnants to the southwest of Buling, Huaidong couldn't have enough troops in Dengzhou to encircle and suppress them, so he could only watch the passage with Laiyang and Haiyang cut off.

Gao Yi led his troops to attack. After all, it was a laborious teacher who was far away. Gao Zongting did not expect that the first battle of the Seventh Armoured Set would be so tragic. Zhao Hu only ended with a narrow victory, and the process was also thrilling.

Chen Zhihu led his troops northward after the disbandment of the East Fujian Army. Whether it was a Qing bandit, defending Datong, or going out to Henan, transferring a diligent king to the north or attacking Qinyang after surrendering a prisoner, he experienced many tough and hard battles, and the elimination rate of his generals was naturally very high. In the later period, new recruits were continuously replenished from the north to maintain the scale and combat power of the troops, but after all, a considerable part of the troops were veterans of East Fujian.

Recalling that they fought side by side in the past, but today they drew their swords to face each other, and Gao Zongting felt very uncomfortable.

Although I miss the old feelings, the most important thing right now is to withdraw personnel and materials from Dengzhou.

This was the second night after landing from Dengzhou. Gao Zongting had not slept for three consecutive nights. He was so tired that he couldn't help lying on the table to take a nap. He was dazedly listening to someone talking. Sitting there whispering and asking, "How long have I slept? Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I need more time for a stick of incense, and I want you to sleep for a while before I whisper to Hu Xiaowei, but I still wake you up." Zhao Hu wrapped his hands in gauze and hung his arms around his neck, except for the arrows on the back of his hands Outside, the other three arrow wounds were very serious, and the time was so tight, how could he recover leisurely and return to Dengzhou City, but also to seize the defense, so that Gao Zongting would not be distracted by this matter.

"Oh, take a nap, your spirit will be better," Gao Zongting laughed, then looked at Hu Yu'er, and said, "Huidong had predicted that the willow leaves would fly unstable. Before I crossed the sea to Dengzhou, my family members once said to avoid Dengzhou from falling into a big crisis. The only way is to win the support of the generals of the navy, and I also pay special attention to Hu Xiaowei... Yan Hu's army in Shandong is strong, although he has defeated his former sharp edge, but in a few days, his main force will come east, and we must avoid his edge What's Xiaowei Hu's plan for this trip south?"

Although these changes occurred in less than two days, Hu Yu'er was somewhat caught off guard, but Hu Yu'er had also considered the future after the southward withdrawal.

Zhao Zhen was stagnant in Pingdu, but Gao Yi did not retreat from the southwest of Buling, so it would be difficult for Zhao Zhen to retreat from Pingdu without envy.

It's not that Zhao Zhen has not many soldiers and horses, the key is that Zhao Zhen retreated to Pingdu's more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, of which about 4,000 were recruited by Liu Yefei to Dengzhou, and most of the generals were Liu Yefei's cronies.

After the news of the Dengzhou Incident passed, who knew what kind of drastic changes would happen in Pingdu? It is possible for the soldiers to mutiny or for Zhao Zhen to surrender to the enemy.

At least for now, the Huaidong reinforcements were powerless against Zhao Zhen's army, which was three hundred miles away. In the end, it was very likely that Hu Yu'er led four or five hundred Dengzhou navy remnants to retreat south with the Huaidong Army.

Hu Yu'er boasted that he had some ability to lead troops to fight, but he didn't know how to opportunistically, and he had no power to rely on in Jiangning. There were four or five hundred generals, but there were more than sixty warships. If it was incorporated into the Jiangning Navy, Hu Yu'er knew that he would most likely be swallowed up by others with no bones left.

Compared with Jiangning, don’t say that Hu Yu’er and Gao Zongting are old acquaintances. Since the initial preparation of the Jinhai grain road to raise food for Gyeonggi, the Dengzhou navy general has had close cooperation with Huaidong. The maritime merchants who moved south, including Zhou Guangnan, Zhou Guangdong brothers, Sun Fengyi, Sun Shangwang, and Zhou Guitang who went to Jeju, have all dealt with them, and their relationship is not bad...

Later, when the Koryo Navy attacked the coast of Shandong, Hu Yuer also led the Dengzhou Navy to fight side by side with the Huaidong Water Camp.

Hu Yuer had a balance in his heart as to which way to go. As for the feud between Huaidong and Jiangning, Hu Yuer also knew a little bit about it. He preferred Huaidong's approach, and it was not for a little guy like him to care about that. How many people in the world do not follow the crowd?

Hu Yu'er was still worried that he had nowhere to go, and when he heard Gao Zongting's words to solicit Huaidong on his behalf, he immediately saluted, "I am a rude man, and I can't speak too many truths, and I can't fight other people's guts if I go to Jiangning. Some skills are also fighting the waves at sea, and I don’t want to be a rich man trapped in the house. Mr. Gao doesn’t mention it, Lao Hu, I’m just about to ask Mr. Gao to plan for me…”

"Xiaowei Hu still wants to fight the wind and waves at sea, and there are many places to go. Jinwei Island and Jinghai Camp, it is okay to cross the ocean to see the exotic customs," Gao Zongting heard that Hu Yu'er was willing to take refuge in Huaidong, Just took a reassurance pill. As for how to use Hu Yu'er, it is up to Lin Fu to decide. As a counselor, he can't do it for him.

If Hu Yuer was unwilling to join Huaidong and insisted on going to Jiangning, including the four or five hundred generals and more than sixty warships under Hu Yuer's command, Huaidong would have no way to forcibly detain him. Since Hu Yu'er was willing to join Huaidong, Lin Fu came forward and asked him to serve as a general in Jinghai Camp, how could Jiang Ning stop him? The generals and warships would naturally have no chance to go to Jiangning.

After Hu Yu'er's affairs were settled, Gao Zongting was worried about other matters, and discussed with Zhao Hu: "Go to Xin Chongzhou, and dispatch merchant ships from Huaidong to assist in the evacuation. It will take ten days before there will be ships one after another. There are more than 50,000 people, including supplies, and it takes hundreds of thousands of stone boats to suffice. Huaidong can't make up so many ships at a time, and can only evacuate in batches, and Chen Zhihu obviously won't give us too long. I The plan is to take a few steps, one is to build a few small camps from the east of Dengzhou City to Tangzi Bay, so as to avoid the enemy cavalry infiltrating and harassing during the evacuation process; It is easy for the small households in the city to evacuate, but the farmers outside the city may not be willing to follow them while they are cultivating. Forced evacuation can easily lead to chaos, and our troops here are seriously insufficient..."

Gao Zongting is one of the most important advisors in the world, so his thoughts are naturally comprehensive. Zhao Hu's mind is not as fast as his, but he knows that every word he said is very important, and he frequently nodded in agreement. Hearing this, he also responded, He said, "Yeah, farmers are tied to their fields, and if they can't move the fields, they may not be willing to leave their hometowns, and some of the landowners will also be reluctant to leave. For them, they would rather flee into the mountains to see the situation, and it is more difficult to move thousands of miles. , this is a hassle..."

"I thought that there is some silver in Dengzhou, and I will use it to recruit soldiers and brave soldiers. Maybe 10,000 or 20,000 young men can be withdrawn. What do you think?" Gao Zongting said.

Gao Zongting was cheating in the name of recruitment, but the war is cruel - if these young men are allowed to stay, even if Yanhu is not recruited to join the new army in the south to invade, field farming will contribute to Yanhu. Field tax, corvee service, Ding tax.

The root of everything is to weaken the military potential that Yanhu can obtain after occupying Shandong. Whether it is deceit or force, the young and young laborers around Dengzhou will be withdrawn as much as possible. Gao Zongting, Zhao Hu There is no woman's kindness in what must be done.

Of course, Gao Zongting's suggestion was a little secretive. Zhao Hu nodded and said more directly: "It is feasible to recruit soldiers and brave people. In addition, you can also requisition some civilians from the surrounding area, and in the end, you can also withdraw together. , Huaidong will not be able to bear it with more than 10,000 or 20,000 people..."

Gao Zongting smiled, nodded and said, "This arrangement is the best..." He didn't have much contact with Zhao Hu, and he couldn't touch Zhao Hu's temper, and he was afraid that Zhao Hu would be too upright and pedantic, so he didn't say anything at first. too transparent.

Although Lin Fu ordered Gao Zongting to preside over the affairs here, but Gao Zongting also knew how important Zhao Hu's position was in Lin Fu's mind. Conflict with others - Gao Zongting thought that the Dengzhou matter could be resolved perfectly, and his and Zhao Hu's views on resolving matters should not conflict too much.

The brutal wars in eastern and southern Zhejiang caused a sharp decline in the young and young labor force in the local area, which seriously affected farming and even abandoned the phenomenon of abandoned fields.

Including Huaidong's active promotion of reclamation and planting in the area under its jurisdiction over the years, and the intensification of planting in Yizhou Island, a large amount of young and middle-aged labor is needed.

For example, the withdrawal of nearly 400,000 people from Jinnan last year, Huaidong took only one year to digest it; this time, at most more than 100,000 people were withdrawn from the south, and the pressure was far from unbearable for Huaidong.

Once the relocated people are effectively resettled, they will soon be transformed into the military potential of Huaidong.

Even if we only focus on Hailing and Huai'an, before Lin Fu implemented the New Deal and resettled displaced households on a large scale, about 300,000 households were registered. Today, Suyu, Suining, Huaiyang, Including Dinghu in the four counties under the jurisdiction of Huai'an and Hailing, Yu Dong and others, the number of registered Dinghu in the two prefectures has increased to more than 530,000. Less than 8 million mu of dry and watery fields have soared to nearly 15 million mu.

This is due to the implementation of the new policy, the inventory of hidden households and hidden fields, but the number of newly reclaimed and newly enclosed fields in Huai'an and Hailing over the past few years has reached nearly 2.5 million mu, most of which are newly resettled. Contributions made by streamers. At this time, Huaidong has been able to provide Huaidong with tax revenue of about 500,000 stone grains from the fields in Xinken and Xinwei, either indirectly or directly.

However, the official fu that Hailing and Huaidong had turned over to the prefectures before, in terms of rice grain, did not even reach the figure of 500,000 stone.

The influx of a large number of displaced households has provided a large and necessary labor force for Huaidong's concentrated workshops in Chongzhou, Hecheng and other places - making the urban households in Huaian and Hailing counties from the previous More than 20,000 households soared to more than 100,000 households.

Even if the factories directly under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Military Division are not counted, the newly increased industrial and mining, market and other taxes and lijin income in the area controlled by Huai'an have a tendency to catch up with the land tax~www.readwn.com~ Even if the recruitment of soldiers and horses is not considered From the perspective of taxation, the population is also the most important and core resource. Yanhu's army is strong, and Huaidong has to temporarily avoid the edge, but the resources that can be taken away should never be left for Yanhu.

Gao Zongting discussed a lot with Zhao Hu. In addition to Ding Zhuang, he had to redeem and sell cattle, mules and horses as much as possible from the surrounding areas, and buy Dengzhou City to slaughter and eat meat, which would further weaken the farming potential of Dengzhou.

As for the expenses of recruitment and redemption, Huaidong does not need to pay.

Liu Yefei can't manage the army, he is good at managing government and greed for money, and the state treasury and the seizure of Liu Yefei and his confidant's wealth alone amount to more than 300,000 taels of gold and silver - this amount of money is still being watched by officials such as Yuan Zhixing. , Yuan Zhixing and other officials are from the imperial court, and they are still in the official career after withdrawing from the south. They will naturally be loyal to the court. Therefore, if the money is not spent urgently in Dengzhou, Jiangning will have to settle the account with Huaidong. , there is really no excuse to take this money down.

Before the rise of the Jinhai Grain Road, Dengzhou was the most concentrated seaport in the northern coastal area. There are also large salt farms along the coast of Shandong. There are salt and iron yamen in Dengzhou and Jimo. Dengzhou is also one of the salt merchants' settlements. These two points make the giants and wealthy people in Dengzhou city very rich.

When the army goes around, the most like to rob, there is no one else besides them. For them, even if Tianzhai lives in Dengzhou, if they can retreat south, they would never dare to risk their lives to stay.

But it is clear that Gao Zongting did not intend to make them comfortable with the southward withdrawal. For the first one, they had to pledge the huge cost of the hundreds of thousands of people to withdraw southwards. Second, Huaidong Qianzhuang was always in a hurry and needed to raise money continuously. The principal, Dengzhou Fujia is naturally an object not to be missed. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter