Listening to Shi Zhen’s arrangements for spring farming, Xu Huai invited Shi Zhen to the villa together.

This is a manor located in Wufengling, Shanxi section of Dengtaijia. The original owner had already taken his family to Xiangyang, leaving more than a dozen servants to guard it.

During the period when Liu Yan led the Youxiao Sheng Army to station in Wuyang, Ye County, he also wanted to maintain a good image of the local area without any pretext. Chushan took over the defense of the Western Front, and Xu Huai directly ordered the requisition of manors and fortresses in Wuyang and other places, either stationing troops or resettling people.

After thousands of cavalry abandoned their harassment and withdrew from the coast of the Marine River, Xu Huai handed over the military affairs to Xu Wuji, Xu Wujiang, Shi Zhen, Su Laochang and others. He moved into Wufengling to regain his energy.

They have lived in the mountains for more than half a month now, and it is rare to enjoy the leisure time after the war, so they will not be too nervous.

The manor is located on the hillside of the east mountain of Wufengling. Walking into the manor from the stream in the back mountain forest, and walking to a huge rock stretching out from the front yard, you can see the vast valley on the east side of the manor.

The valley is mainly distributed on both sides of the low shallow mountains and low ridges, like a large chunk of the Lantern Festival being slapped by an invisible giant palm in the northern part of the central and northern part.

A broad river slowly flows out from the mountains and ridges to the south, and goes north through the valley. It is the Honghe, the most important tributary of the Rushui River in Wuyang County.

Dengtaijia Mountain, as the eastern remnant of the Funiu Mountain Range, extends about a hundred miles from northwest to southeast, involving Wuyang and Suiping counties, and many people have built villages to live there. The valleys flowing through the Hong River are more densely populated. In addition to the slopes and mountains, the mountains and fields are full of Wuju trees, which are known as Wuju Township.

After the Li and Wei Rivers intercepted the flow and leaked north, the Honghe River, which originated from Dengtaijia Mountain, became the main source of the Ru River.

After the Ruying Victory, in order to ensure that the upper reaches of the army and Li were firmly controlled by Chushan, the Huai Shangxi West Front Defense Zone expanded from Wuyang and Ye County to Jiaxian, Xiangcheng and Zhaoling.

No matter from any angle, Wuyang will replace Ye County and become the center of the Huai Shang West Front Defense Zone.

The headquarters of the Chushan Camp and the Caizhou Prefecture Yamen finally moved to Wuyang.

However, Wuyang City is located in a flat and wide area, about thirty miles away from Dengtaijia Mountain. It is easy to be surrounded by enemy troops on the terrain. Chushan decided to build a city wall at the entrance of Dengtaijia Mountain from Honghe, and encircle Wuju Township into a city as a strategic support for Wuyang's back and abdomen.

Although the counties on Huai Shang were all under Caizhou, in order to facilitate defense, Xu Huaiyue divided the Chushan camp into an eastern defense zone and deployed defense zones on the western defense zone.

The eastern front defense zone includes Queshan, Chushan, Xinyang, Luoshan, Huangchuan and Huaiyuan counties, and is responsible for the military and political affairs of the Eastern front.

In addition to Wuyang, Ye County, Jia County, Xiangcheng, Zhaoling and Wujue, the western front defense zone also has Suiping, which has recently restored county seats. All military and political affairs are directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters.

In addition to the state soldiers, as the most basic left-behind soldiers in the counties (cities), they can recruit Ding Yong from Zhutunzhai and the township department according to actual needs, the Tianxiong Army, which only had 30,000 regular soldiers, was officially divided into four parts: Selected Front Army, Left Army and Navy Army.

The Selected Front Army is the personal guards' camp - other camps also have banners similar to the Selected Front Army, all of which are army.

The elite troops selected in the Chushan Selected Front Army were equipped with three thousand armored cavalry, and the king was the commander of the army, and the camp was stationed in Wuyang.

The left army was under the jurisdiction of Xu Xin'an, Han Qi, Yin Peng, and Tang Qing's elite troops, and organized 12,000 soldiers. They were stationed in the Chu Mountains and divided into Zhuchengzhaizhai on the eastern front. They were under the jurisdiction of the Left Sima Yuan. Xu Wuji used the Left Sima as well as the Left Army.

The navy appointed Xu Ling as the capital of Yuhou and organized three thousand navy generals. They were controlled by the Left Sima Yuan and stationed in Zhouqiao to assist in the defense of Zhucheng on the upper reaches of the Huai River.

The Right Army commanded Chen Zixiao, Xu Wujiang, Tang Pan and Wang Xian, and organized 12,000 armored soldiers to be responsible for the defense of the Western Front Defense Zone. Xu Huai also commanded the Right Army; the camp was stationed in Wuyang and was divided into Zhuchengs on the Western Front.

The scale of the permanent troops in Chushan was much smaller. Not only did the enemy's four prefectures in the west of Beijing have 20,000 elite Red Hu cavalry, but also a group of foreign tribes were transformed into war. At least for a long time, Huai Shang was still at a disadvantage against the west of Beijing.

Xu Huai looked over at the vast field in the north, frowned slightly, and didn't know when he would really face the opportunity to counterattack.

"Dada..." A dozen riders rushed towards the valley along the left bank of the Hong River, passed the Wujue City construction site without stopping, walked along the mountain road to the side of the villa, and soon arrived in front of the huge rock in the front yard of the villa.

"The festival is so elegant and graceful, I'm here to see the scenery!" Zhou Jing, Zhang Xiongshan, Wang Jun and others came down and saluted.

"Thank you for your hard work, what good news can you bring back?" Xu Huai looked at Zhang Xiongshan behind Zhou Jing, Wang Jun and others asked.

After the Battle of Ruying, the most important matter was to deploy and improve the defense along the river coast, to contact the rebels who retreated into Songshan.

This contact is not as simple as sending someone to pass on a few letters.

The more important thing is to do everything possible to help the rebel army and local resistance forces gain a foothold in Songshan, better attack from the flanks, restrain the enemy troops in Xu Zheng and other places, and reduce the military pressure on the front of Huaihang.

Therefore, Zhang Xiongshan led the team and walked to Songshan with Wang Jun, Liu Yueting and others, and returned to Huaishan for two months.

"Overall, the harvest is still quite good!" Zhang Xiongshan said.

"So, are you still encountering some difficulties?" Xu Huai said, signaling Zhou Jing, Zhang Xiongshan and others to climb directly onto the huge rock and speak.

Zhang Xiongshan talked about the various situations of this trip to Songshan in detail.

Xu Huai led his troops to attack Bianliang and contacted the Cai River in total. More than 10,000 rebels along the Wo River were advancing and retreating together.

During the attack on Bianliang, Xu Huai was in power and powerful. At the same time, Xu Huai led the elite guards and soldiers to win the battle, which greatly inspired the leaders of the rebel army and fought bravely. No major problems were exposed. However, Zhang Xiongshan led the team to Songshan this time and found that there were many problems and contradictions within the rebel army.

The components of the Resistance Army are too complicated.

After the battle of Zhu Xianyi, about 4,000 rebel generals and soldiers retreated westward to Songshan under the leadership of Han Changfu and other rebel leaders. However, most of them chose to retreat westward to Songshan at first, but mainly felt that the chance of breaking south was smaller.

When the news of Ruying's victory reached Songshan, many of them would rather go south than stay in Songshan besieged by enemies and insist on fighting.

Of course, there were also some resistance troops who did not participate in the war of attacking Bianliang.

He was just worried that he would be implicated afterwards and was retaliated by the enfeoffed soldiers, so he was forced to retreat to Songshan nearby.

At the same time, in Songshan, in addition to some native mountain village forces, there are also some Hulu invasion in the south, and a large number of defeated soldiers and generals from Zheng Xu and other places fled to Songshan to build camps.

Although Emperor Jianji issued an order for all the rebels of Songshan (Shanzhai forces) to be controlled by Chushan, in fact, if the rebels of Songshan are truly and effectively obey the command, restrain them from the flanks, and harass the enemy troops in Zheng Xu and other places, they not only need to continuously import troops, grain, fodder and money and pay to Songshan, but also need to dispatch and appoint a group of military generals and officers to effectively adapt the resistance army.

However, even if Chushan gritted his teeth and added a large amount of supply budget, he would also need to draw a large number of generals and officials from various ministries, and would not hesitate to extend the Huai Shang defense line from Xiangcheng and Jiaxian to Songshan. However, most of the rebels in Songshan had a serious tendency to top the mountain, and they might not be willing to accept the adaptation of Chushan.

Among the rebels of various tribes, the one with the highest recognition of Chu Shan was actually the Black Shirt Army led by Han Changfu, Zhou Xuyi and others.

Xu Huai led his troops to attack Bianliang. He initially contacted the Black Shirt Army and hid in the Black Shirt Army's base for more than a month, and had close contact with the Black Shirt Army generals such as Han Changfu and Zhou Xuyi.

After the Battle of Ruying, not only did a large number of Black-shirt generals retreat into Chu Mountain, but a group of Black-shirt generals who retreated into Chu Mountain, such as Zhou Luo, were directly incorporated into Chu Mountain as generals.

Therefore, the Black Shirt Army can be said to be a tentacle that stretched into Mount Chu.

The problem is that Han Changfu, Zhou Xuyi and others led the Black Shirt Army into Songshan and established a foothold in Dahongzhai in the southern section of Songshan, with only six or seven hundred people. They accounted for a low proportion of the rebel army of Songshan, and their influence and prestige were greatly restricted.

In response to this situation, many people in Chushan advocated the formal acquisition of the Black Shirt Army and Dahongzhai as a stronghold in the southern section of Songshan Mountain in Huaishan.

"Mr. Han, do you have a more appropriate way to make the rebels of Songshan better share the worries of the court?" Xu Huai asked Han Gui, who was standing behind Zhang Xiongshan, with a thin and slightly arrogant figure.

Han Gui was a water official in Zhuxian Post Capital. In his early years, he was mainly responsible for the shipping of the new quota Doumen in Zhuxian Post. He spent half his life in the court, but he failed to obtain an official position. After the fall of Bianliang, his family was all in Bianliang, and Han Gui was forced to surrender to the enemy and continued to serve in Zhuxian Post.

Shi Zhen knew that Han Gui was full of poetry and books, but he was just a little lucky in the imperial examination. He entered the Dushui Department as an official, and was well-versed in rivers, canals, bridges, ships, dams, etc. He was a rare official in the court and the country.

Chushan thought about lobbying Han Gui to go directly to Chushan with his family, but when Han's mother was ill and was not good at traveling, Han Gui was worried that his mother could not withstand the bumps of escape, so he finally agreed to stay in Zhuxianyi and Bianliang as an in-house responder of Chushan first.

Han Gui not only met Zhou Xuyi, but also was a brother of the Han clan of Yanling with Han Changfu. Therefore, after the battle at Zhuxianyi, he first took his family to accompany Han Changfu and Zhou Xuyi to Songshan.

However, Shi Zhen has always been thinking about Han Gui's good at rivers, canals, petroleum and other things, and is very talented. Zhang Xiongshan, Wang Jun, Liu Yueting and others went to Songshan to contact him this time, and specially brought Han Gui to Huai.
Chapter completed!