Hundreds of miles away from the west of Xinzhou, Zhou Huaian, who had inadvertently missed an important historical event and node, was still busy dealing with the aftermath of the Battle of Gangneung.
Of course, what's more regrettable is that there is no need or room for a good copy of Jiangling that was beaten up and has a declining population.
According to statistics after the event, there are only 86,300 people left in Jiangling City today, most of whom are women and children. We must know that Jiangling, the most prosperous in history, was Wangyou Dayi with a household registration of tens of thousands. It was once the capital of Chu, Nanqi, and Nanliang.
In the first year of Suzong Baoying (762), "Jianmao Moon (February) Xinhai New Year, forgive the world; Jingzhao is the upper capital, Henan is the eastern capital, Fengxiang is the western capital, Jiangling is the southern capital, and Taiyuan is the northern capital". Since then, it has replaced Chengdu Jinguan City and ranked among the five capitals in the world. The eight counties under its jurisdiction are also large counties known as Subji.
The local area is one of the world's famous weaving producing areas. It is famous for its rich production of silk fabrics such as Fangwen Ling, Bubu, etc. Jing satin and Shu brocade, Yang Luo, Su Ling are equally famous in the world; in Li Bai's "Jingzhou Song", there is "Jingzhou wheat The cocoon becomes a moth, and the silk is reeled to recall the clues of the monarch." In addition, tangerines, oranges, tangerines, tangerines, white fish, sugar crabs, gardenias, fritillaria, raspberries, ebony, Shilongrui and other local tributes are produced.
On the other hand, this place is also famous for fireworks in the world as Yangzhou and Chengdu. The boat tricks of Jiangling, Yangzhou Xiaoma, Chengdu Huanshaniang, and Jingzhao female crown are also known as the first generation, and many Li Du Wang Liu and others have been handed down. The work, but now all this is gone.
However, Zhou Huaian was not completely unrewarded. As the other side of the prevalence of Xingyuan culture, this is also the place where Tanzhou and Yuezhou are generally gathering and prosperous in Jianghan culture and education. The number of folk schools and the literacy rate are much higher than other places;
In the eight counties of Jingzhou, the various industries and categories are also quite complete, although there is still a considerable foundation after several previous searches. Now a large number of craftsmen, apprentices, etc., because of the ravages of the war, are in the general view and have no means of livelihood. Therefore, the cost of recruiting and recruiting them in a bargain-hunting style is also horribly low.
In addition, although the large number of newly born orphans and widows in Jiangling City due to the war is undoubtedly a tasteless and burdensome ruler in the ordinary sense; but compared to the deep learning of human resource management for later generations , And Zhou Huaian, who claimed to be able to smash oil out of a rock, was an expectation of a potential resource.
Therefore, while dividing the troops and regaining the counties in Jingzhou, while helping to recruit the refugees and propagating the Taiping Army’s propositions and slogans, it also recruited and accommodated these lonely widows in and out of Jiangling City before loading them on the ship. Transfer to Canton in batches.
At least most women in this era do not have the stinky problems of later generations who read as feminist who are actually social parasites. They can participate in collective production and labor like men; and Jiangling is a city dominated by the textile industry, almost every household Have relevant working experience and craftsmanship;
It can be fully enriched to many production positions in logistics departments such as weaving, dyeing, papermaking, clothing, quilts, shoes and hats. Even in the future, they can also be regularly assigned to those veterans who have reached the service period, and form a new family to settle down.
As for orphans, it’s simpler. As long as they are brought together and raised (brainwashed) for a few years, they can be used as half of the labor force sent to the grassroots or as a potential reserve; it is also the most stable basis for the Taiping Army in the future. Where the disk is located.
But this kind of action is "involuntarily inserting willows and willows into shade", which further proves and strengthens the persuasive power of the Taiping Army in the local relief of hunger and propaganda; then it is the routine investigation and analysis of the local wealthy and powerful households. The liquidation work has also received a lot of convenience and cooperation.
In addition to the Taiping army’s attack, in addition to the various goods that could be sent to the Canton for realisation, a lot of grain and materials were also seized and collected. Even if they did nothing, they did not need to continue to transport them. , It is enough to meet the needs of most of the year.
Therefore, in the Zhou Huai'an plan, completing the initial rectification in Jingzhou and the follow-up plan to clean up the local forces is to send people to further enclose land and to supervise the needs of local restoration of production.
With the trophies and other seizures that were transported back in advance, various farm tools, seeds, compressed rations, and craftsmen needed for farming, as well as the livestock collected along the way, were also continuously transported by the returning ships. They are successively invested in the farming production in Tanzhou, Yuezhou and other places along the way.
Although I have missed the normal farming season, under the guidance of the farmers in Lingnei, some fast-growing melons and vegetables and 100-day rice are unified, and some harvests can be used as food supplements;
On the other hand, it is also to compulsorily organize and utilize the young and strong labors in the cities and towns along the way from Xiangshui to the Yangtze River, so that they have no chance to live in places and become a social problem and a hidden danger to public security.
The main force of the Taiping Army stationed in Jiangling City was not idle either. The first to be rebuilt and expanded was the Jiangling Navy under the name of the Taiping Army. It was temporarily organized as five battalions and about four thousand army prefaces. Most of the backbone officers and noncommissioned officers came from the Taiping Army, with a certain level of water sergeants; The principle of merging comes from the belongings of boat owners and fishermen near Gangneung.
Although there are currently only more than one hundred large and small ships, and the expropriated merchant ships and civilian ships are mainly used, the main attack methods are a small number of crossbows and small stone cannons, plus bows and arrows fired by the ships and soldiers; but they are used for deterrence and deterrence. It is more than enough to patrol this waterway;
And unlike most troops, they can patrol and train on the water from the beginning of their formation. They can cooperate with the garrisons set up along the way to clean up the river pirates, pirates, or part-time merchants who have been troubled by the water for many years. Smugglers.
It is estimated that two of the battalions will stay in Jiangling with Wang Zhongba as standby, one battalion will stay in Yuezhou nearby to patrol Dongting Lake, one battalion will stay in Tanzhou, and the remaining battalion will stay in Guizhou. In this way, the main nodes and hubs from Jianghan to Lingnan are connected in series.
Then there are the eleven old battalions of the Taiping Army, sixteen temporary battalions, and twenty new battalions/supplementary battalions/garrison battalions. Except for some of the more damaged establishments, they continue to stay in Jiangling City for repairs and repairs. Except for the new recruits, the others are assigned as much as possible to perform various tasks.
The new battalion sequence with a low degree of training and organization is mainly used to cooperate with the nearby "three detachments" of detection, census, and work to deter and suppress places by force, to clean up the remnants of the old upper strata, and to protect the enclosures and farms. The process, as well as the restoration of agricultural production, rebuild local order under the leadership of the rebels.
The temporary battalion with a large number of components of the old rebels is matched with the main force old battalion, which is divided into three directions to attack and sweep the periphery of Jingzhou and surrounding areas. There are many local forces in the township. It is not only a process of low-to-medium-intensity small-scale training and internal running-in, but also a means of declaring that the Taiping Army is dedicated to power and dominating the situation in Hunan.
Although the current volume of the Taiping Army has been expanded many times, that is, it controls the main cities from the Xiangshui River to the Yangtze River and the surrounding land, it needs time and cycle to further digest and deepen the local influence. . But it also requires strong enough military claims to ensure the long-term stability of these places.
After all, in the territory of the Hunan Observatory, there are also many inland states and counties that are controlled by various local forces and rural groups; it is just that the Taiping Army has no time to take care of them for a while. Therefore, the only three directions of the attack were Nanxia Daozhou (now Hunan Dao County) as the focus;
Because as long as this node between Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Lingnei Guizhou is opened up, it is equivalent to more than half of the whole Hunan and Lingxi area, connected through the water system, and has a relatively rapid transfer and transportation. The ability to respond and suppress.
As for the westward march, with the cooperation of the newly-built two battalions of Jiangling navy forces, along the south bank of Dongting Lake all the way to Longyang County in Langzhou on the west bank was the stop line; in this direction, it was the first to be separated from Langzhou. The old general of Jingnan, Leiman, to the north is Xiangzhu, the leader of the barbarian who occupied Lizhou, and to the south, the rebel Zhou Yue who captured Shaozhou, several local forces;
At least until the threat of the officers and soldiers in the north is completely resolved, or until the resources and manpower in the existing controlled area are exhausted, Zhou Huaian does not intend to prematurely conflict and entangle with these local forces that have taken advantage of the situation.
The eastward march was to completely abandon the already broken Fuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, transfer to Yuezhou by boat, and advance eastward along the river to Puqi in Ezhou. This direction is theoretically a territory controlled by the rebels, but each Under the uncertain circumstances of the interlocking of these forces, Zhou Huaian was not willing to intervene too deeply in the short term.
Therefore, for these intricate reasons, he has to continue to sit in this Jiangling land for a period of time, but can only conduct limited remote control and control of the situation and affairs in the Lingnei area through the water and land exchanges that have been delayed for several days. Commanded.
However, with the siding signal towers being built along the shores of the Xiangshui River and other branches, these delays must be further shortened.
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Soon after the defeated Shannan Jiedu Liu Jurong and his entourage returned to the city of Xiangyang, the newly appointed Jingnan Jiedu Song Hao, also led a group of cadres, slowly entered under the escort of Duan Yanmo from Taining Army. In the city of Xiangyang, Xiangzhou.
This new envoy of Jingnan Jiedu was personally recommended to the imperial court by Yang Fuguang, the predecessor of all Taoist camps and the military ambassador of Jingnan Town; he served as the military supervisor of Zhongwu in Yang Fuguang’s adoptive father When in the army, he was promoted to serve as a former member of the military superintendent.
But because Jingnan Jiedushi's jurisdiction almost fell, and even Jiangling, his place of truth, could not be regained; therefore, in the short term, he had to move to Xiangyang temporarily, and lived with Liu Jurong, who was defeated.
However, the arrival of Duan Yanmo, the general of Taining Army as a back-up, invisibly angered another Zhenshuai who was using Jiangbei, and Cao Quanluo, an envoy of Jiangxi recruiting envoy and Tianping Army Jiedu. He had originally heard the news and led the army to come to Xiangyang to join and assist in the defense. After hearing the news, he categorically arrived in Zaoyang County halfway, and then headed back to Anzhou in Huainan.
When Liu Jurong defeated Jiangling, he could only surrender to Xiangyang. The news that the entire territory of Hunan and Jingnan was once again occupied by thieves also passed through the Jinzhou and Shangzhou lines to the north of Xiangzhou, crossed Wuguan and passed through Lantianyu to reach the city of Chang'an within the Guan.
The current prime minister, Lu Xie, who was proud of the spring breeze and arbitrarily determined in the political affairs hall, also missed the court and broke his ivory.
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