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When they met the next day, Liu Tingzhou and Ding Zhiru proposed to deduct 20% of the supplies to protect the soldiers. Yuan Jinsheng, who has been much more stable in recent years, was about to lift the table when he stood up. Yuan Guizheng stretched out his hand to grab his son and said in a deep voice. : "Sit down," asked Liu Tingzhou, "Nanyang is anxiously waiting for help with these materials, can Huaixi reduce it by one or two?"

The bow did not turn back, Liu Tingzhou thought that the battle between Ninglu was first, and Liang Chengchong and Lin Bie had a hard time wearing a pair of trousers. Even if they offended Nanyang at this time, there was no way to do it.

Mingming stretched out his hand with Huaidong, it was impossible, he could only scrape a layer of oil on it—Liu Tingzhou sat up straight, coughed lightly, and said, "Huaixi soldiers and horses also live with their waists and trousers belted. Guarding the city is his duty, but sending troops to **** the fleet through the Huaihe River is an additional matter. A large number of materials landed in Zhengyang County and turned overland, not only facing the threat of the Yanlu outposts in the north, but also the Huaishan Mountains. There is a possibility that the third remnant of Chen Han will also come out to loot the mountains, and Huaixi even needs to build a camp next to the water and land pier selected by Nanyang to guard it. If you don’t charge for the guards, how can you explain the past?”

Chen Xiaoyan was also quite surprised. Huaixi would bite down 20% of the mouth when he opened his mouth. It wasn't a layer of oil, but a layer of meat was scraped off Nanyang's head. No wonder Yuan Jin was shaking with anger and Yuan Guizheng's face was dark. Like cold water.

Liang's family is rich, but since Liang Xi and Liang Chengchong and their sons entered Shandong, Jinan, Pingyuan and other places have been in a broken state. In the past few years, they have been unable to make ends meet. Defending Shandong is a loss.

Liang Chengchong led more than 20,000 remnants to the west. Although he brought dozens of vehicles of belongings, Yongtaihou's mansion has some savings over the years, and he will not be too stingy at this time, but the situation in Nanyang is even worse than that of Jinan in the past, like a bottomless pit , At this time, no one can predict when this bottomless pit will be filled and truly take root in Nanyang. No matter how much money you have, you have to use your fingers to spend it. Huaidong's generosity made Yuan Guizheng breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't expect Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou to raise their knives to cut his flesh. Naturally prosperous.

Restoring the navigation of the Huaihe River from Hongzepu to Xinyang was originally the responsibility of Huaixi. Now Liu Tingzhou and Dong Yuan, who was hiding behind his back, had to count these on Nanyang's head. What could Yuan Guizhen do?

Nanyang was about to run out of food, and he had no time to spend with Huaixi. Although he felt resentment in his heart, he could only swallow the broken teeth. Yuan Guizheng said angrily: "According to what Mr. Liu said, we will go from Sizhou to Zhengyang County. For the safety of the people, I will leave it all to Huaixi..."

Liu Tingzhou glanced at Ding Zhiru, and Ding Zhiru said on behalf of Dong Yuan, "Of course..."

Neither Chen Hansan's remnants nor the Yanlu outposts infiltrating from the north could directly attack the fleet sailing on the Huaihe waterway. The most important thing is that a large amount of materials will go ashore in Zhengyang County and go overland through Baitong Mountain. Entering Nanyang, it becomes an easy target.

Even if there is no Huaidong to Nanyang to transport materials, Huaixi plans to build fortifications and ferry crossings at the Huaihe and Shenshui estuaries in Zhengyang to strengthen the control and defense of the northern area of ​​Xinyang. .

As far as the current situation is concerned, Dong Yuan also does not want Liang Chengchong to be untenable in Nanyang. Since Yuan Guizheng recognized Liang Chengchong as the slaughter, he could no longer make things difficult, and directly instructed Xiao Kuian to send his generals to set up a camp in Shenshuikou, Zhengyang, to ensure that a land and water wharf could be quickly formed there, and to impose stricter measures on the southeastern section of Tongbai Mountain. The blockade to limit the infiltration of the third remnants of Chen Han from Huaiyang Mountain to the northwest, threatening Yiyang Valley Road, and sending his confidant Chen Jingrong to Xinyang to supervise the matter with Yuan Guizheng. , iron material westward...

After Huaidong and Huaixi were negotiated, Yuanguizheng sent people to rush back to Nanyang, and reported to Liang Chengchong, asking Liang Chengchong to strengthen the garrison at the west foot of Tongbai Mountain and in Yiyang, and urgently restore the post on the Yiyang post road. In the deep valley of Tongbai Mountain at the junction of Yiyang and Zhengyang, troops were sent to form a camp as a transfer station for materials in Tongbai Mountain.

The first batch of supplies provided by Huaidong included 600 mules and horses, which provided the necessary transport capacity for the supplies to travel overland through Tongbai Mountain. Until the end of April, when the first batch of 6,000 shi of grain was transported across the Tongbai Mountains into the Yiyang Remnant City, Yuan Guizheng had been running around in Huaixi for a month.

Nanyang also almost ran out of food at this time, and just made up for it with Huaidong's food.

With soldiers and no food, Chen Zhihu used troops against Hezhong Prefecture in Ruzhou, and Liang Chengchong did not have the ability to control the elbows at all. He was even more worried that Chen Zhihu would see through the reality here and turn around and attack Nanyang. The bandits will come like a flood, scouring the remnants of Nanyang again.

The first batch of supplies aided by Huaidong entered the remnant city of Yiyang, and Liang Chengchong's dangling heart fell back to its original place.

When the grain ran out, the morale of Nanyang's generals and soldiers also fell to the extreme. At the moment when the grain ran out, it was extremely difficult for Liang Chengchong to effectively control the troops and horses even if no enemy soldiers came. At that time, Liang Chengchong would have to bite the bullet and loot the place, although Nanyang actually didn't have much material to loot.

Liang Chengchong breathed a sigh of relief when a team of mules and horses that stretched for several miles appeared in the field of vision, carrying heavy grains.

In April, the world is full of fragrance, although Nanyang is still alive, the spring is strong, and the wild grass is spreading, and there are miscellaneous flowers.

Yuan Guizheng rode on horseback and rode his horse into the city. Seeing the scene where the soldiers and civilians in the city met each other, he sighed in his heart: He knew that Huaidong was not necessarily good-hearted, and he would not be naive enough to think that after this, the estrangement in the past would be eliminated. No, but Huaidong's love must be accepted, and even more so in front of Chen Xiaoyan, let the soldiers and civilians in the city know that these materials are from Huaidong's helping hand, and also let Nanyang generals and officials know that Huaixi's downfall is so bad, He thought Liang Chengchong should know what to do.

If you can't even do this, then you can't imagine that the second batch of materials from Huaidong will arrive in Nanyang smoothly.

Liang Chengchong strode forward, and Chao Yuan Guizheng clasped his fists and said, "Uncle has been working hard this month." He talked casually to Yuan Guizheng, but on the city road, in front of the generals, he respected Chen Xiaoyan. Respectfully saluted: "Although Liang's family and Huaidong had some unpleasant experiences, Huaidong did not remember the past, and when Nanyang was in danger, he offered a helping hand. Duke Pengcheng's heart and bearing are heartbreaking, and Chengchong and Nanyang were heartbroken. The military and civilians will never forget the kindness of Huaidong and Duke Pengcheng..."

"You're welcome." Chen Xiaoyan returned the salute. He came on behalf of Huaidong and Lin Fu, and he would not lose his momentum in front of Liang Chengchong.

Liang Chengchong was born as a general and a relative of the imperial family. He and his father were in charge of the border army for many years, and then re-emerged in the land of Luxi. He has long been the leader of the Liang family. The successive defeats of the Liang clan are not so much that Liang Chengchong was unfavorable for his use of troops, nor that Liang Xi was too conservative during his lifetime, but in the eleventh year of Chongguan, Liang Xi led his troops to break through the Tianjiao army, and he was able to squeeze into the ranks of generals who could use troops. List.

Liang Chengchong is nearly forty years old this year, ten years older than his younger brother Liang Chengyi, but his face is not old. He has a short mustache on his lips, a thin face, and bright eyes. He looks very capable.

Liang Xi is not the only son of Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi, but Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi were born in the main room.

"With the grain and iron materials of Huaidong, Nanyang will not be surrounded by the enemy, and we have to write a letter to the queen mother to know, so that the queen mother can feel at ease." Yuan Guizheng said, thinking that the relationship between this side and Huaidong has changed from cold to cold. Warm, the queen mother's life in Chongzhou will be much better.

"What my uncle said is exactly what he said," Liang Chengchong said. "I want to advise the queen mother in the letter, and I want to recommend my uncle to go out to Nanyang and take charge of Nanyang's political affairs..."

"With Cheng Chong's trust, although the road ahead is thorny, I dare not quit!" Yuan Guizheng said.

Nanyang was originally a wasteland. When Liang Chengchong led his troops westward, Jiang Ning was too lazy to send officials over to clean up the mess. The appointment of Nanyang officials naturally fell into Liang Chengchong's control.

Strictly speaking, Yuan Guizheng belonged to the children of the clan. The first generation of Yongchang Hou and Da Gaozu were cousins, but at this time Yuan Guizheng insisted on being the prefect of Nanyang, and handed over the title of Yongchang Hou to Yuan Jin, the eldest son who stayed in Jiangning. Qiu inherited, Jiang Ning actually had no ability to stop it.

Liang Chengchong currently only controls Nanyang. The position of the prefect of Nanyang is within Liang Chengchong's influence, which is naturally very important, but Liang Chengchong is not good at government affairs. Let it be.

When it was obvious that the relationship with Huaidong had to be maintained by Yuan Guizheng, and in order to gain a foothold in Nanyang, Yuan Guizheng ran forwards and backwards and made the greatest contribution. He was also expected to be the prefect of Nanyang.

Liang Chengchong didn't care that the several clan uncles who followed him westward were all vying for the position of the prefect of Nanyang.

Yuan Guizheng married Liang Xi and the younger sister of the Empress Dowager Liang as his wife, and he was also related to the Liang family, but after all, he was not a member of the Liang family. He was overjoyed to hear Liang Chengchong let him go out to Nanyang. , is also rewarded. Even considering that there would be opposition within the Liang clan, they immediately accepted it without hesitation.

Liang Xi beheaded his generals in Dongping County, and most of the remnants of Dongping soldiers and horses followed the rebel generals and surrendered to the captives of Yan, but the children of the Liang clan who fled into Dongping County with Liang Cheng were executed.

The Liang clan was hit hard by this, but there were still many children of the Liang clan in Hezhong Mansion and the Liang clan who entered Nanyang with Liang Chengchong. They firmly controlled the troops and horses of Nanyang and Hezhong Mansion. Controlled by the children of the clan.

Now that the most important seat of the prefect of Nanyang ~www.readwn.com~ has fallen to Yuan Guizheng, it is naturally impossible for the Liang clan to be calm, and it is impossible for anyone to have no ideas.

Yuan Guizheng knew that if he wanted to secure his position as the prefect of Nanyang, he had to rely on his relationship with Huaidong. This was also the role he played in Nanyang that no one else could replace. Yuan Guizheng couldn't help but guess: Could this be the same? What Huaidong expected?

Lin Fu and his advisors may not have such a clever plan, but there is one thing that Huaidong must have seen long ago.

The Liang family stationed troops in the Yinan area to prepare for Huaidong, and many generals were recruited from the Yizhou area.

Xuzhou, Yizhou and Huaisi have been rich in elite soldiers since ancient times. The folk customs are strong and there are many martial arts practitioners. The Changhuai Army and the Huaidong Army like to recruit soldiers from these areas. After the Liang family took control of Lunan, they recruited from the surrounding areas. Horses are also of course.

Yan's army broke through Qingzhou south and threatened Jinan, so Liang's army transferred Yizhou army north to Jining as a countermeasure. After the Qingzhou war, Ye Jiduo led the army to the south like a tide, Liang Chengchong first led the remnants to withdraw into Jining City, merged with the troops and horses of Yizhou, and finally pulled out the troops and horses that went westward.

Yizhou is under the control of Huaidong. Most of the families of the soldiers and horses in the former Yizhou stay in their hometowns and have no chance to follow the army westward. Now Huaidong is trying to rescue Nanyang. East's intimacy.

Even if Liang Chengchong still has a heart of vigilance against Huaidong, he may not have repeated conflicts with Huaidong because of his interests in the future, but it will be difficult to become an enemy of Huaidong, otherwise it will seriously bruise ordinary Yizhou generals. morale.

Yuan Guizheng knew in his heart that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang, he would have to appoint a general from Yizhou, but he was inevitably discouraged when he thought that this fell into Huaidong's calculations. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter