Going from Wu to Yue, Wu Jiang and Yue Lian.
There are many kinds of oranges in the garden, and no lotus grows without water.
Fire beside the bridge in the night market, boat outside Chunfeng Temple.
Among them, the emphasis is on the guest, and it will take years for you to go.
—I am the dividing line —
When the city of Hangzhou fell completely, the governor Jiang Huan disappeared at the same time.
"Trash, it's really trash,"
Dong Chang, who was advancing along the banks of the Fuchun River and using land and water, couldn't help yelling after receiving the news.
He originally planned to take advantage of Jiang Huan's strength to resist the city to defeat the momentum of the Taiping Thief before taking the opportunity to attack. In this way, after repelling the thief army, he can also take advantage of the opportunity to seek a state city.
However, I didn't expect Jiang Huan to be unusable, and he would be seen by the city without being able to hold on for a day. So now it's Dong Chang's turn to sit on the wax. In order to assist him this time, he has gathered around three counties and two towns, and gathered more than 20,000 people, known as a 30,000 army.
However, among these soldiers and horses, Ding Zhuang, who has no battlefield experience and lack of training, accounted for a large proportion. Then, the local soil group, the town soldier, took up a large part; then the two generals and three towns who followed him will bring private trilogy.
What can serve as Dong Chang's basic board and direct force are only the more than a thousand disabled soldiers he brought back after his defeat, and there were also changes in the Hangzhou army. . Unreasonable, click to gather all the Shi Mirror brothers, and follow me to Zhenping as soon as possible. . "
—I am the dividing line —
With news of Qiantang’s changing hands, Zhou Huaian, who was heading south by boat from Suzhou along the canal, was also looking at the maps and editions seized there, and was improved by the camp staff one by one to the latest set of marching maps and sand tables. .
It should be understood that although the registered permanent residence in Hangzhou in the Tang Dynasty is slightly worse than that in Suzhou, with only about 110,000 households, it is the highest in the southeast in terms of combined irrigation water conservancy facilities.
As early as during the Baoli reign of Emperor Jingzong of the Tang Dynasty, the magistrate of Yuhang County Gui Jue opened the Shanghu, Xiahu and Beihu lakes; during the Zhenyuan period, the magistrate of Fuyang Hao opened the Yangbei Lake; in the eighteenth year of the Zhenyuan period (AD 802), the magistrate of Yuqian County Du Yong Kaizixi; there are also the Guantang excavated in Lin'an County, etc., so the grain output is also the leader of the eight provinces in the southeast and dozens of states.
Not to mention, as the starting point of the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and a regional commercial center, it gathers products and grain ships from Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Liangling; the amount of miscellaneous taxes sent to Beijing alone amounts to more than 500,000 yuan each year.
Now that Hangzhou has been down, it is the turn of Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) as the Observatory of Eastern Zhejiang. The five states of Suchang Lake, Hangyue and Hangyue have been established, and the Hangjiahu Plain, which is the most quintessential Jiangdong Dao and occupies most of the population, is under the control of the Taiping Army.
This is an important part of the Southeastern Money Bag since the Mid-Tang Dynasty to maintain the functioning of the imperial court and maintain its authority. The population and taxes of this part alone are the approximate sum of Jingnan and Hunan. (The Taiping Army took over governance and clarified the previous traditional algorithms)
Therefore, after obtaining such a large plain, water village and hell, as long as a little management and rectification are required, it will be another large rear area that can be connected with the Taiping Army site and is densely populated and rich in products and also serves as a grain-producing area. Not to mention the cultural heritage accumulated in the local area.
Although it is impossible to directly use them to become officials and hold important positions, but after a little training, they can be assigned to other places to enrich the teaching force of education and enlightenment, and they can barely win either.
On the contrary, it is surrounded by Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Lingnan. The five states of Fujian, located between the mountains, can be left aside for the time being; as long as a small amount of force is used to check the several entrances and exits, it will be fine. Don't worry, come and concoct it slowly in the future.
In fact, since the beginning of this war, the process of following most of the rebel forces in Jiangxi and Jiangdong, and fighting in Huainan has been much more abundant and easier than the last time. On the one hand, the depth of the site has increased and the margin of choice for manpower and material resources has increased; on the other hand, the strategic environment has improved and maintenance costs have further decreased.
Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian couldn't help asking:
"The entire area of western Zhejiang will be taken down, and there is still no movement from Huainan, so no one wants to do something..."
In the corresponding staff group, someone immediately stood up and replied.
"Return to the governor, according to the news sent by the flying pigeons in Guangling City, Huainan's soldiers and horses are still deserted in the city; in addition, the troops outside the towns of Tianchang and Hailing are also entangled with people and horses from all walks of life in the place..."
"In addition, the Jiangdu navy and Gaoyou navy, whom the governor is paying attention to, are training in the corresponding military villages. The patrol team from Canton has also arrived in the sea off Yangzhou... is looking for a plane to land ashore for investigation..."
Zhou Huaian nodded. The concept of naval operations in this era is mainly to use ship-borne soldiers to collide and jump to help, supplemented by bows and arrows to kill and set fire on the surface of the battle. What is remarkable is the addition of crossbows and rackets. , Even if it is a big killer.
Therefore, the Taiping navy warship, which emphasized maneuverability and long-range projection from the beginning of its establishment, naturally has a natural advantage when facing the only remaining Huainan navy.
Therefore, at this moment, half of the Taiping naval forces are patrolling on the water surface near the outlet of the lower Yangtze River as a corresponding interception and blockade task.
Next, the main thing that people pay more attention to is the news in the customs.
Although the city of Chang'an temporarily settled down because of Huang Chao's re-emergence to take care of the situation. However, the chaos and disorder that spread some time ago, the damage and sequelae caused by it, are not so easy to recover.
During this period, thousands of people have been executed in the name of spies and anti-insurgency elements, and more people have been arrested and sent to jail to be executed; and several unidentified armed forces have been on fire in the city and clashed with them, even ignoring incidental incidents. The injured set fire in the neighborhood to attack the opponent.
After the fall of the dynasty, under the fragile five-phase co-governance pattern, the potential cracks and hidden knots caused by it were not so easy to bridge and remedy. What's more, this accident also made many people realize that Huang Chao, who has been fighting for more than ten years, is already nearly sixty years old.
Could it be that if he recovers from the illness this time, he can guarantee that there won't be another one. Even if he will not get sick again in the future, but how much energy and time is still left to maintain the Daqi imperial court, which was not founded long ago.
Zhou Huaian felt a faint trend from these messages. That is, once the hearts of the people begin to waver and diverge, they will be united and gathered again when they are not so good; therefore, whether it is Empress Cao or Zhao Zhang, the side of Shizhong, they all stepped up the steps of contact and exchange.
In any case, in a sense, the rebels in the north are also an important buffer and a disguised barrier for the Taiping Army, and they definitely cannot be allowed to collapse and collapse so quickly. On the bright side, Huang Chao's face is also to be given.
Immediately, Zhou Huai'an approved in a document, in the name of his wife Cao Hongyao, as a gift, a batch of canned food, compressed rations, and other dry goods and other materials near the expiration date were sent to Chang'an City in the name of returning a gift.
At this time, someone from the staff team who was examining the official documents reported:
"Enlightenment to the general governor, a surviving tribe from Wu Xing Shen's family has found it..."
"Compared with the 263 local well-dressed and trendy households in Huzhou, they migrated in batches to Jinghu, Liangling, and Shannan. Let me know that Xiangzhou is going to be good..." Zhou Huai'an did not lift his head. Instructed.
"Dare to ask, why are most of the governors not able to see these families and eunuchs..."
However, outside the cabin, Lu Guangwei, who had just joined the staff group as a non-staff consultant, was also carefully asking for advice from Shu Shi Lu Yan, who was walking nearby.
"Of course it is necessary to better implement the reforms of local administration and changing customs..."
Lu Yan shook his head disapprovingly.
"If these generations are intertwined with the village, and their interests are deeply fettered, I am afraid that under the obedience on the surface, there will be inevitably the disadvantages of secret resistance and violation of Yin and Yang..."
"Isn't Wu Zhong really usable, or a good family that can be used as a help, can set a temporary example,"
Lu Guangwei hesitated.
"Naturally there will be, but there is no need, and there is no need for this setback... Under the supervision of the general capital, this generation can benefit the people and the village, and this is enough..." Lu Yan replied without hesitation.
"On the contrary, these prestigious homes are nothing more than they leave the rural areas; they can be disciplined and governed? If they can still uphold their original intentions, but are determined to keep their academics and homes, then the governor's office Why not give corresponding opportunities for promotion and retribution..."
Of course, in a sense, his words were also specifically addressed to those behind Lu Guangwei who were particularly concerned about dedicating to the Taiping Army’s Grand Duomo.
At this time, from the direction of the Cao River bank, there was a sudden noise from far and near. (End of this chapter)