Yuwen Wen, who led his troops here, was checking the terrain outside the city. To the east of Guangzhou is Nanyingzhou, northeast of Guangzhou is Nanjianzhou, east of Jianzhou, east of Xinzhou, and center of Xinzhou, which is considered to be a vassal screen facing the downstream of Huai River and Shouchun direction, and it is also the starting point for the attack, so he must come to Xinzhou.

Yuwen Wen was appointed as the general manager of Huangzhou (this official) as the general manager of Yuzhou, and was ordered to stay in Guangzhou. It was normal to go to Wuzhou to inspect defense. Then he found an opportunity to cause trouble and took the initiative to attack the Huai River coastal areas.

Gushi is located in Xincai County, Wuzhou, and is the seat of the prefecture and county seat. There is a water rift outside the city, which originates from the Dabie Mountains to the south. After flowing north through Gushi, it flows into the Huai River. Its rift is called "陈" rather than "陈".

In other words, according to the official documents, the river flowing from south to north next to Gushi City is called "Ji Shui", and the people are used to call it "Ji Shui". This is also the origin of the name of Wuzhou, but different names of officials and people are likely to cause trouble.

There is another name that will also cause trouble, that is, Gushi, the capital of the prefecture of the Zhou Dynasty, which is the official name for the division of the political divisions of the State of Zhou. However, local people are used to calling Gushi the old name: Liao County.

The names of the same place are different from those of the people. The reason is that the two Huaihe Rivers have repeatedly changed hands in the confrontation between the north and the south. The Southern and Northern courts have changed the names of these middle-tier cities, and the people have called them according to their habits.

During the period of Xiaoliang, the city and its area were named "Liaoxian". When Hou Jing and Luliang were found, the area where Liaoxian was obtained by the Eastern Wei. After the Eastern Wei became Northern Qi, the city was renamed Gushi. Since then, it has been this name.

However, it has only been more than 30 years since the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Xiaoliang controlled the place for no less than 50 years. Therefore, the local people still called this city and its area "Liangxian" according to the customs passed down by their ancestors, and called the river outside the city "Yueshui".

The same place, river, its official and folk names are different, which causes some trouble on weekdays but not a big problem. However, when it comes to war, the difference between the titles of the official and the people will be fatal.

If Yuwen Wen had not visited the site to investigate, he would have really not known that Gushi had two names, that Jushui and Jushui were the same river, and that Wushui and Jushui were the same entrance to Huaikou.

In this era, marching and fighting, maps are for reference only. There is no high-tech positioning technology. If you march in fields without official roads, you have to rely on guidance to guide the way. If you ask the local people temporarily, you may get lost due to various strange reasons.

Yuwen Wen walked around the water (阿水), asked the local officials about the water level and river level during the Fengshui period, and turned around and walked towards the city gate, and the entourage followed closely.

As we approached the city gate, a bloody storm came towards us. When we looked up, we saw that there were many wooden cages lined up at the city wall above the city gate, and there were bloody heads in the wooden cages.

The familiar recipe and the familiar taste, Yuwen Wen was in Nanchang City, Yuzhang County, Jiangzhou last year, and the city gates were filled with heads of wealthy families from all over the country to intimidate the fence-leaders from all over the country. Now this is coming again in Gushi, with the same purpose.

Yuwen Wen walked straight to the city gate. The people waiting to enter and exit the city were already scared by the heads. When he saw him and his group coming over, they all shrank and couldn't help but take a few steps back and make way for the passage.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to figure out what their parents look like and whose surnames are, because they do not have the qualifications.

However, it is impossible not to recognize the rich people in my hometown. Now there are hundreds of heads hanging on the city gate, including the exterminated families and minions. After their heads were recognized by the people, the shock that the people suffered was not very serious.

For civilians, all the high-ranking wealthy families have finished, so how dare they fight against the thief army... The government army will never dare to disobey whatever the government army asks them to do.

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In Gushi City, in the State Council Chamber of the State Administration, the general Tian Yilong of the official army was having a meeting with the leaders of the "civilized vital organizations". Of course, the term "civilized vital organizations" is just a joke of the King of Xiyang. In fact, everyone present is the big and small escort leaders of various escort businesses in Huangzhou.

As one of the owners of a certain escort business, Tian Yilong is familiar with many people present. As a beneficiary of collusion between officials and the people, whether speaking or listening, he is full of confidence in the subsequent transactions.

Everyone surrounded a huge sand table, with various hills, rivers, and cities in the sand table. Although they were just models, they looked very intuitive. There were many small flags of different colors inserted in the sand table, which served as the garrison for various troops and our enemy and army.

Tian Yilong took a wooden stick as a baton and pointed at the sand table. The heads of the escorts from various escorts watched attentively. This was the route their escort team would transport escorts next. The goods were food and grass. The opponent was not horse bandits, bandits, or water bandits, but the enemy's army.

The war between the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family entered a fierce stage. The Shannan army won consecutive victories, but they faced many problems. The first thing they were hit was the tight military force and the transportation capacity. The spring farming was about to be imminent, and the government could not recruit too much, so the situation of insufficient food and grass transportation capacity became increasingly obvious.

Regarding this issue, the Huangzhou General Administration Office gave a solution, which was to hire escort teams from various escort companies to assist the official army in transporting food and grass, and to support the Huangzhou army's battles on the Huai River north of the Dabie Mountains.

The government actually "purchased services" from private guilds. This was unprecedented and only appeared in the Huangzhou General Administration. If it were other places, the government would have long since sent out escort teams to transport food and grass for free.

Since the outbreak of the war, the business route from Xiyang, Huangzhou to Yecheng, Xiangzhou was cut off. Fortunately, the escort teams of various escort companies hid quickly. With the protection of cooperative families in various places, they did not suffer much losses. The escort teams returned to Shannan safely one after another.

However, the cut-off of trade routes led to a sharp drop in freight volume, and the business of the escort business was greatly affected. Seeing that the team was idle and a large group of escort leaders, the escorts were idle, but the wages had to be paid, they couldn't help but feel anxious but had no choice.

Now, the government spends money to hire their escort team to deliver food and grass. Although the risks are much greater, the benefits are also good. Compared to the few money earned by employment, it is more important than anything else to be praised by the King of Xiyang.

The King of Xiyang may have to use troops to Huainan, and its marching route is the grain route. This grain route will only grow longer and longer. The government forces are insufficient, so naturally they have to rely on armed escorts to deliver grain and grass to supply the needs of the army ahead.

At this time, Tian Yilong was introducing the food routes to the deceased traders and the future, including the cities, camps, beacons and other strongholds in various prefectures, counties, cities, camps, beacons and other strongholds. This requires the deceased traders to assess the risks they may face and then make suggestions so that the official army can focus on defending certain areas that are vulnerable to attack.

This is an unprecedented way of cooperation between officials and the civilians. The officers and generals work together with civil guilds to maintain a stable food route.

The escort team usually delivers goods. If the goods are robbed, at most, it will be able to double the losses of the goods owner. However, the food and grass will be robbed during the war, and the consequences will be very serious and may even directly lead to the collapse of the front-line army. Therefore, the escort companies hired to participate in the escort of food and grass must do their best.

This time, the escort escort is different from the usual escort escort. The enemy attacking the escort team will be well-trained cavalry, or the powerful armed forces from all over the country driven by the Yuchi family. Just relying on the armed forces before the escort team may not be able to withstand the opponent's attack.

Therefore, it is inevitable to increase manpower and strengthen military equipment. We need to add armor and weapons. Each escort business can go to Huangzhou military weapon supervision at a preferential price with the approval documents. As for the shortage of escorts, we should recruit people as soon as possible.

Huangzhou General Manager and Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen mobilized all the forces that could mobilize within the Huangzhou General Manager. Almost all interest groups were tied to the Xiyang King's carriage, prospering and losing.

Participating in war is a high-risk, high-yield gambling. You may make a fortune or lose money. However, for various interest groups, this is a stable profitable deal and worth a desperate bet.

They have confidence in the leader, King Xiyang, because King Xiyang will never defeat the battle!
Chapter completed!