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Hongzhou, which is close to the Ganjiang River, has been a city since the Han Dynasty, and has developed for hundreds of years and has been quite large-scale. Because it is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, especially after the imperial court moved the capital from Guanzhong Chang'an to Shannan in recent years, Hongzhou, which is close to the mouth of the Han River into the Yangtze River, has also become more and more prosperous.

Hongzhou Port has also become a large inland port, Hongzhou, like Jiangxia in Ezhou and Jiangling City in Jingzhou, has become an important commercial town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is also a shipbuilding center, and many ships running on the Yangtze River and the Han River are made here.

Although it is not as prosperous as Yangzhou and Dengzhou, Li Chao believes that it will not be long before it will break through the 100,000 population mark and become another important town in Datang.

There is the water conservancy of the Yangtze River and the Ganjiang River, which is a natural advantage. Hongzhou has a shipbuilding industry, there is also a transportation industry, the Li family's Jingdezhen is also not far from here, the Li family's porcelain has now become a large single commodity for domestic and export sales, basically have to go out through Hongzhou Port. What's more, Jiangnan West Road is still a grain-producing area.

As soon as Li Chao led the Qin Wang army to Hongzhou, he was warmly welcomed.

Like the emerging commercial cities of Dengzhou and Yangzhou, the conservative forces here are not as good as the emerging industrial and commercial forces. Li Jiacheng and other upstarts are very strong here, and under their leadership, there are a large number of emerging industrial and commercial owners, these people, Li Chao feels that they can be called emerging capitalists.

Zhenguan New Deal, for these people, is to protect their interests. They were very supportive, and without open industry and commerce, there would be no thriving trade, and they would not have made so much money. Even without the new law of Zhenguan, they would not be able to hire more workers.

In terms of industrial and commercial taxation, although there seem to be more taxes, there are more taxes for nominal purposes, and there are fewer donations for unnamed purposes, so everyone's life is getting more and more prosperous, and even the status of businessmen has improved a lot.

Hongzhou City.

The autumn wind is whining, the grass and trees have withered and yellow, and the leaves are scattered, indicating that winter is coming, and the three years of Zhenguan are about to end.

Jiangxi Xuanfu Yamen is holding a banquet.

Jiangxi Xuanfu set up a banquet to welcome the arrival of Li Chaoqin's Wang Jun, and Jiangxi's military and political circles, as well as the industrial and commercial circles, also came to greet him.

Li Chao is actually not bad for money, and Qin Wangjun is not bad for food.

In his fleet, there were special grain ships and ordnance ships, which were loaded with food and ordnance. However, everyone is so enthusiastic, Li Chao is still very happy.

"Liu Zhenghui and Li Gaoqian led 50,000 foot horses, rode more than 1,000 large and small ships, just left Jiangxia and are heading towards Hongzhou." Xuanfu envoy's surname is Zheng, from the Zheng family in Xingyang. is also a relative of Li Chao, and he can come to Hongzhou as a propaganda envoy, in fact, he also relies on Li Chao's connections.

Although the Xuanfu envoy is now the feudal official of the ruling party, the imperial court is more than 20 provinces today, and the Xuanfu envoy, as a civil official, is still lower than the chief officials of the central government in Beijing.

Li Chao pushed him out to be the Jiangxi Xuanfu envoy, which was actually mutually beneficial. After all, Hongzhou is also an important stronghold for emerging capitalists, and Li Chao still hopes to have his own people to take care of him.

"Fifty thousand, that's a lot." Li Chao did not have the slightest fear of the figure of 50,000. Over the years, he can be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, and he clearly knows that fighting does not depend on quantity.

"Wei Guogong didn't come?"

"Duke Wei seems to be leading the troops to guard Jiangxia."

Li Chao knew why Li Jing didn't come, in the final analysis, Li Yuan didn't trust Li Jing, and wanted to use it and was suspicious, so in the end, although Li Jing commanded the troops in name, the result would be a ridiculous thing like the current situation where Liu Zheng would command 50,000 troops to attack, but Li Jing led 5,000 troops to defend the city in the rear.

But that's fine, Li Jing doesn't come, he is more sure.

If Li Jing comes, Li Chao really has to deal with it carefully. Li Jing is not an idle person, he uses soldiers. Emperor Taishang has a famous general like Li Jing, but he doesn't dare to really use it, how can he win.

Zheng Xuanfu sighed, "Li Jing actually voted for the emperor, it's really unexpected." ”

"Forced by the situation, it's just a last resort." Li Chao excused Li Jing, he believed that Li Jing did not really vote for the emperor. But no matter what, Li Jing is unlucky enough.

During the Xuanwumen Change, he found someone to contact Li Jing to support Li Shimin, but Li Jing remained neutral. Afterwards, it was not easy for Li Shimin to dispel his prejudices and reuse him. As a result, at this critical time, Li Jing dropped the chain again.

After this quelling of the turmoil, it is estimated that Li Jing will really have to rest at home completely.

But there can be no more, Li Shimin will no longer trust Li Jing.

"Can Zhao Guogong be sure to defeat Liu Zhenghui?" Zheng Xuanfu asked with some concern, after all, Li Chao only had more than 10,000 people, but the other party was 50,000. "You can also mobilize thousands of soldiers and horses, and you can also summon young people to help defend Hongzhou."

"Since Wei Guogong didn't come, no matter how many soldiers Liu Zheng has, it's just a chicken, a dog. I will fight a decisive battle with Liu Zhenghui Dajiang and break the enemy in one fell swoop. Gong Zheng, just close Hongzhou City and wait for good news. ”

After Zheng Xuanfu left, Li Chao sat alone in the hall, he made himself a pot of new tea, and sipped it slowly.

10,000 versus 50,000, the number is very different, but Li Chao is not conceited.

This will be a water war, and he will tell Liu Zhenghui what a water war is. Water warfare is not on water, fighting by boat is called water warfare. Liu Zhenghui's 50,000 people were not sailors at all, they were foot cavalry, and even more than half of them were recruits.

Newly recruited people, craftsmen, and teenagers.

Many people get dizzy even on a boat, let alone fight on the water.

For them, the boat is just a means of crossing the river, but it is not a combat weapon.

After drinking a cup of tea, a person quietly arrived.

"Is it information about Li Jing?"

"Yes, there are the results of the shadow's investigation of Li Jing, and there is a reply letter from Li Jing to Zhao Guogong."

The battle between the two armies was imminent, and no one could have imagined that Li Chao would be able to find Li Jing and write to him. And Li Jing also replied to Li Chao, if Liu Zheng would know, he would definitely not come so confidently.

Li Chao always believed that Li Jing would not see the situation clearly and vote for Li Yuan, he was just because his family was controlled by Li Yuan, and there was no way.

After reading Li Jing's reply.

Li Chao chuckled a few times.

Li Jing's suggestions to Liu Zhenghui are completely correct. If Liu Zheng will adopt this method, then we will really be stopped in Jiangxia and not allowed to enter. It's a pity that Liu Zhenghui and they can't listen to it. ”

After reading this letter, Li Chao was completely settled.

"Someone."

Wang Xuance walked in, "Teacher, what do you command?" ”

"The wind is up, it's time for us to set sail, pass the order, early tomorrow morning, our fleet will leave the port of Hongzhou and sail into Pengze."

Pengze, also known as Peng Lize and Poyang Lake, is a large lake between Hongzhou and Jiangzhou, connecting the Ganjiang River and the Yangtze River.

Li Chao has already set the battlefield here, and Peng Ze will be his hunting ground.