The first to speak was a young man in his twenties, and when Shen Zhezi looked at it, he recognized that this young man's name was Li Youzhi, who was the servant of the military lord Li Cang, and was now leading his troops in the town.

"Gathering here today is for brainstorming, all of you can come to the truth, and the lieutenant does not have to be restrained, although he speaks freely."

Shen Zhezi smiled at Li Youzhi and nodded, there was no lack of encouragement. For the Li family, who was born in the beggar army, he is also quite curious in his heart, and there is no lack of expectations.

Earlier, Zhu Feng, the master of the dock wall, died in the suburbs on the way home, and the families in the realm were greedy for the many dock wall people left behind, and they were all ready to move, and even paid the sword soldiers to take actual action.

But in the end, it was Zhu Feng's old subordinate Li Cang who rose up, organized defense and self-protection, inherited most of Zhu Feng's inheritance, and expressed his sincerity to Shouchun Town at the first time.

Shen Zhezi has not seen Li Cang so far, but the courage and ability he has shown in the process are worth a high look. Although they are still on guard against each other at the moment, they are far from being called home. But this is also human nature, after a long time, even if there is a little mustard, it can naturally be smoothed out.

When everyone looked over, Li Youzhi was a little shy. Although he was born in the beggar army, he traveled with his relatives and horses when he was young, but he was quiet and thoughtful, and slightly introverted. It is precisely because of this character that he was sent by his uncle to Shouchun to obey orders, even if it is useless, he can cause less trouble.

Hearing Shen Zhezi's comfort and encouragement, Li Youzhi calmed down a little, sorted out his thoughts a little, and then spoke: "The headquarters is guarded, and the place is close to Rukou. This realm was plundered by Shi Cong in the early years, and it has not yet been governed. The earth is sheltered by thy waters, and in the midst of it is like a hanging gourd......"

At the beginning of his speech, Li Youzhi's tone was still a little stumbling, but as he spoke, his thoughts became clearer and clearer, and his tone became more and more cheerful. With this reminder, many local generals also came to their senses and joined in the discussion, adding some of the details that Li Youzhi described that were not clear.

After listening for a while, Shen Zhezi also understood Li Youzhi's train of thought.

From Shouchun along the Huaishui to the west, is Ruyin, that is, Runan. In fact, this is the real Yuzhou.

During the Middle Dynasty, a part of Ruyin was precipitated from Runan and Ruyin. In the Yongjia Rebellion, Shi Le, who was the main general of the Han and Zhao dynasties, broke through this realm, and was later restored by Zu Ti's Northern Expedition. Later, Zu Yue succeeded him, retired to Shouchun, and took his son Zuji as the internal history of Runan. But a few years ago, after Zhao Shicong attacked Shouchun in the south, he turned to attack Runan, and broke the city defense under the collusion of treachery and evil in the township, and returned by plundering.

In this battle, because Yu Liang, who was in power at the time, failed to provide timely assistance to Yuzhou, but instead used Guo Mo to build Tutang in the rear to guard against Zuyue, so the contradiction between Yuzhou and the center was completely intensified. At that time, Su Jun, who was sitting in Liyang, sent Han Huang and other generals to rush to the aid of Zuyue, and since then the two have been connected together and caused a great chaos together.

Since then, this realm has been occupied by Later Zhao, and Shen Zhezi's northern expedition has only recovered Shouchun, and he has not had time to go west. Therefore, now on the side of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although Zhou Fu is the Taishou of Runan, and Mao Bao is the Taishou of Ruyin, they only have the name and have no governance of the people.

As for the place where Li Youzhi said, Shen Zhezi also had an impression. In later generations, the city was built here because of the place, and it was called the Hanging Gourd City, which was the town of Runan, also known as Tianzhong, which means the center of the whole world. Even if the Mongols went south to destroy the Song Dynasty in later generations, this realm still has great strategic significance.

However, in the descriptions of these villagers, the city has not yet been built, and the original Runan city has long been destroyed and destroyed in the war. Although the slaves nominally occupied this territory, they did not garrison too many men and horses, but only deterred the village sects and occasionally preded.

Therefore, at present, Runan is in a state of anarchy, and the villagers form a village to protect themselves and temporarily serve the banner of Qianhu.

Shen Zhezi did not send troops to occupy Runan before, on the one hand, because his energy was really inseparable, and the affairs of Shouchun and Huainan alone made him very busy.

On the other hand, although the land of Runan is connected with Shouchun by Huaishui, this connection is also very weak, and on land, the western border of Shouchun is a hilly mountain range and river canals. Especially in Shouchun's already quite mature defense system, Runan is just a slightly colluded enclave. Even if it is taken down, there is no obvious improvement in Shouchun's defense, but too much energy will be wasted.

Now that Shen Zhezi has no place to appease and resettle those displaced refugees on the north bank of Huaishui, Runan has become a better choice. As described by Li Youzhi and other villagers, the division of the river valley in this dangerous place, like a hanging gourd, can greatly restrict the activities of slave riders.

If a large number of displaced people are recruited here, the Huainan army does not have to invest much energy at all, as long as the navy army is basically cruising in the waterways, before the slave army comes south, it can deter the tyrannical slave soldiers in these places to the greatest extent. Moreover, as long as you hold Kip Stone City and Yingkou and Rukou upstream, you can also avoid these displaced people from coming south to cause a vicious impact on Shouchun.

Even if the slave soldiers come south in a big way, Runan is not a Jedi without a way out, and can go south over Tongbai Mountain and enter Yiyang, which is the Xinyang of later generations.

After passing Yiyang, you can go straight to Jiangxia along the waterway from Suixian, so as to avoid the onslaught of the slave soldiers. Although the distance is long, and it is rarely possible to borrow the power of boats, it is better than dying and not living in the Northland.

Although this plan cannot directly attract the Liuren into the county for their own use, if the focus is to save the lives of the Jin people at the moment, there is no need to worry too much about the gains and losses. What's more, now Sima Wuji, the king of Chen, is serving as Jiangxia Xiang, which was originally a part of Shen Zhezi's Jiangbei strategy. Relying on this to reach a closer connection with Jiangxia is also very much in line with Shen Zhezi's complete strategic concept.

Li Youzhi proposed this strategy, because the wall of his house was guarded in the west of Shouchun, near Rukou in Huaishang. Because of the needs of life, he frequently crossed the mountains and mountains into Runan to carry out some trading or other activities, so he knew the geography of this place very well. When I heard what the Lord was asking, I naturally thought of this.

And after a little discussion, everyone also felt that this was a good choice. If you want to clear Runan, you don't need to send too many troops, you only need to sweep away some slave soldiers who are scattered in the countryside, and at the same time uproot a few villains who are obviously inferior to slaves, and you will not encounter too stubborn resistance.

The challenge is how to organize the refugees together and resettle them in Runan, and how much it will cost. After all, the homeless people have broken homes and have no long things, and if you just put them together without supplies, it will also be a dead end. Moreover, at this time, a major war is imminent, and any military action must take into account what the consequences may bring.

So soon, the discussion shifted from where to choose and how much to invest and what would be the variables on the part of the slaves.

Population is the most valuable wealth in this era, and its value is not something that can be measured by the amount of money and food. However, now that the war is imminent, I don't know how long this war will last, and Huainan must rely on more money and food for foreign money, which can't tolerate Shen Zhezi being too extravagant.

The amount of money and grain used depends on how much grain and grass can be withdrawn in a short period of time when Duch examines the internal affairs. So at the moment, it is useless for the generals to talk more.

As for the possible reaction of the Karnu side, it is not easy to deal with.

Later Zhao Shihu has not officially come south yet, so there is a lot of speculation about where most of the slaves will attack. If it is an ordinary opponent, it is not difficult to guess that if the opponent is the main Hanchu, the attack must be Xiangyang. But if you cultivate Ru and Ying, then Shouchun needs to be careful. If troops are mobilized for civilian service in Pengcheng and Surabaya, Huaiyin and Guangling will be taken.

But now, the slave soldiers are in turmoil, and they can't guess what they mean!

And when it comes to this, Shen Zhezi also hates it so much that the roots of his teeth itch, this Shihu is a beast, no matter if he just wants to confuse the enemy in the south, people can't see what his army is pointing and can't make effective arrangements.

Or do they have other plans to achieve some political goal, such as eliminating dissidents. All of them are built on the basis of extensive abuse of the Han and Jin people, treating human life as a mustard, and the atrocities are outrageous!

Because it is uncertain where the main force of the other side is going, it is inevitable that the generals will have a rat trap when considering the Runan issue. Worried that this move might be provoked by the Karma slaves, so that the main direction of attack would be placed on Shouchun, which might make Shouchun risk not guarding.

Such a layer of consideration, if it is said bluntly, will inevitably make people feel cowardly. But how people's subconscious can't deceive themselves, there is no shortage of generals who have a lot of prevarication when talking about this matter, or say that it is not easy to schedule, or say that the small people are difficult to restrain them, or it is not appropriate to act rashly, in short, they do not agree very much, it can be seen that they are deeply afraid in their hearts.

When Shen Zhezi was in Liang County, he could make a strong voice to inspire and inspire, but in the town, these false words may not be very effective. After all, this is a front-line town, and in the face of the threat of the strong army of the Karma, there is a risk of defeat and death at every turn. Therefore, if you just talk nonsense without regard to reality, it is useless to say it beautifully.

"In this battle, Wang Shi will defend due to the situation, and it is inevitable that he will fall into passivity. The slaves and thieves do not know what they mean, or they want to shake people's hearts with this, so that the towns will not be at peace. But in fact, examining their intentions in using troops, we and other Huainan generals really don't have to think about luck. ”

Shen Zhezi sighed when he said this, and said: "As early as the time of the old town of Liang County, he sent people to the north to spy on them. The slave owner Shi Shilong has been ill for a long time, his son Shi Daya is cowardly and difficult to stand, and Shi Jilong is even more rebellious than in the past. Since the beginning of this poor country, it has only thought of deterring the outside world, but in fact it has no intention of going straight to Jiangdong. So where the crowd is going to point, you can figure it out for a moment. ”

This is the first time that Shen Zhezi has analyzed the intentions of the slaves so thoroughly in front of the generals. And after the generals heard this, especially the local villagers and generals in Shouchun, their faces changed suddenly.