The leader is the Changshi Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng is a Jingzhao person, and Wei Yunqi is the same clan, because the general Chen Ling led the army south to deal with the Jiangnan bandit Shen Faxing, Jiangdu City is actually Wei Zheng's business, and even Huyalang's general Gongsun Shangzhe has to obey Wei Zheng's command.

Wei Zheng was originally a squire in the military department, and he knew Zhang Xuan, he smiled and stepped forward to salute, "We are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally we are looking forward to General Zhang, so that we can sleep peacefully from now on, and we don't have to worry about the bandits breaking the city, and we really welcome General Zhang!" ”

"Wei Changshi is too polite, it is the duty of the generals to exterminate the bandits, and I hope we can work together to quell the Jianghuai bandits as soon as possible."

"That's what we're looking forward to."

Wei Zheng smiled and introduced other officials to Zhang Xuan, "This is the envoy of the Taishou King of Jiangdu County, and he is also from Beihai County. ”

Wang Junhao is about forty years old, he looks quite rich, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan heard that he was also from Beihai County, he suddenly had a sense of intimacy, and returned the salute with a smile: "Where is Wang Yuanjun from Beihai County?" ”

"Xiaguan is a native of Linzi County, and his father is still in his hometown, thanks to the last time the general kept the county, Xiaguan is grateful."

Zhang Xuanguan was appointed as the Jianghuai envoy and the imperial historian, and the six counties of Jianghuai had to be controlled by him, and this Wang Junhao was no exception, so he was very good at talking, and a sentence of 'grateful' invisibly shortened the distance between him and Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Wang Yuanjun doesn't have to be polite, speaking of which, I still have to trouble Wang Yuanjun, and some of my generals' families also came with the army, I'm afraid I will have to arrange a place for Wang Yuanjun to live." ”

Wang Junhao was a little embarrassed, if there were few people, there would be no problem, if there were too many people, there would be trouble, he glanced at Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng immediately asked: "May I ask the general, how many households do you need to arrange?" ”

"Ninety-three households—"

Jang Hyun saw their difficulties. He added: "It doesn't have to be an official house, but a private house can also be rented, and we will rent it at our expense." ”

Wang Junhao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, of course he couldn't take out the ninety-three official houses, but there was no problem with the ninety-three private houses, not to mention that the other party was willing to pay rent. Even if the river is not enough, Jiangyang in the south of the river capital can do it.

Thinking of this, he patted his chest and said, "Xiaguan will discuss with Zhou County Ling to settle the house, and it will be done within two days." ”

"Then thank you, the king."

At this time, another general wearing a military uniform walked up, and without Wei Zheng's introduction, he took the initiative to salute and said: "Humble Gongsun Shangzhe, see General Zhang." ”

Zhang Xuan heard that he was Gongsun Shangzhe, who was defeated in Yancheng, and couldn't help but take a closer look at him.

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Jang Xuan's recruitment has already set up the military office in advance. Located in the north of the Jiangdu city, close to the north city gate, here was originally the official office of the Jianghuai transit envoy, since last year, the official office of the Jianghuai transit envoy was relocated to Yanling County on the other side of the Yangtze River, and this official office was vacant.

Originally, the Jiangdu County Government wanted to move over, but it happened that Zhang Xuan was appointed as the Jianghuai Envoy, so this official office was changed to the Envoy Military Office, and the Jiangdu County Government had to continue to use the original old government.

The military office covers an area of about 30 acres. Including a small military camp covering an area of about ten acres and two warehouses covering an area of five acres next to it, Zhang Xuan was very satisfied. His own soldiers can be stationed in the small barracks next to them.

The military office is also the same as other official offices, divided into the front and back houses, the front official office is about ten acres, and the back official residence is the residence of the chief official, but it is slightly smaller, only about five acres.

Originally, Wang Junhao had arranged an eight-acre official mansion for Zhang Xuan. It was diagonally opposite the military office, but Zhang Xuan decided to use the official residence as a dormitory for civilian officials, and he and his family still lived in the back house of the military office, and their family did not have a large population, although the house was a little smaller. But enough is enough.

For three days in a row, the whole Qinglong army spent time in the busyness of settling down, the soldiers had to be stationed, the families had to move into new homes, half of the ninety-three families lived in Jiangdu County, and the other half lived in Jiangyang County, which was only a few miles away from Jiangdu.

The military government began to operate, Fang Xuanling was appointed as the chief historian, several people who joined the army were still on the way to Jiangdu, and there were more than a dozen clerical workers, all of whom were young people recruited from the official school of Jiangdu, it can be said that this is the youngest official office of the Great Sui, and the oldest is less than thirty years old.

Although several of them have not yet arrived, more than a dozen of them have begun to busily sort out the army files, and the maps of the six counties of Jianghuai and the detailed topographic maps that Zhang Xuan is most concerned about have also been sent from the counties.

The military hall on the left side of the military hall was covered with maps, and there were several large boxes of hundreds of Jianghuai maps sent from various counties, and the county officials didn't know what maps Zhang Xuan needed, so they all sent all the maps in one go.

Several practitioners were busy sorting out the map, while Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged on the couch, looking at a yellowed map, which was the march and combat map of hundreds of thousands of Sui troops to the south of the Chen Dynasty.

This kind of combat map is generally in duplicate, one copy is kept by the army, and one copy is handed over to the military department, Zhang Xuan didn't expect that Jiangdu actually has a copy, and there is also the seal of Pingnan Changshi Gaoxi on it, which should be the one left by the military.

Although more than 30 years have passed, this map still retains a lot of useful information about marching operations, such as where to camp in, where there are bridges to cross, where it is easy to be ambushed, where there are high ground to set up sentry posts, etc., which are clear at a glance on the map.

These more than 20 maps of the Southern Expedition made Zhang Xuan love it, and the effect on him was too great.

At this time, a soldier reported in the hall: "General Qiyu, General Gongsun asks to see!" ”

It was Gongsun Shangzhe who came, and in the first meeting a few days ago, Zhang Xuan only exchanged a few words with him, and there were still many things he wanted to ask him, so Zhang Xuan ordered: "Invite him in quickly!" ”

Not long after, Gongsun Shangzhe was brought into the side hall, he saw the map of the hall, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, Zhang Xuan stepped forward and said with a smile: "I don't have time to go to various places to inspect, I can only learn through the map." ”

Gongsun Shangzhe is about forty years old, looks like a tiger's back and bear's waist, very powerful, at present, he worships the Huya Lang general, Huya Lang will be the deputy of the Hu Benlang general, and it is also a middle and senior general, and Gongsun Shangzhe has been serving as the Huya Lang general for five years, and his qualifications are much deeper than Zhang Xuan, and he is Chen Ling's right-hand man, and he has always been arrogant.

However, half a month ago, he was killed by Du Fuwei in Yancheng and the whole army was wiped out, he was very afraid of the punishment of the imperial court, so he lost his previous arrogance, especially he needed Zhang Xuan to speak well to the imperial court for himself, so his posture was very low, and he respectfully saluted Zhang Xuan, "See the general of the envoy for his humble position!"

"You're welcome, please come in and sit!"

Zhang Xuan let Gongsun Shangzhe into the lobby, invited him to sit down, and ordered his own soldiers to serve tea, Gongsun Shangzhe looked at the map of the house and said: "There are too many rivers in the Jianghuai area, and the rivers often overflow and divert their routes. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled: "Thank you General Gongsun for reminding me, it seems that I have to send someone to investigate and confirm it again to prevent being mistaken by the map." ”

At this time, the soldiers served them tea, Zhang Xuan took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, and asked slowly: "Can the general tell me more about the defeat of Yancheng, I want to know about Du Fuwei's use of troops." ”

Gongsun Shangzhe sighed, "The defeat of Yancheng is my great shame, but it still makes me feel palpitations, in fact, it is not Du Fuwei, but Miao Haichao, this person is really very cunning, step by step, and finally made me fooled." ”

"I'd like to hear about it!"

"After Miao Haichao looted the official grain, the general immediately ordered me to retrieve the official grain, and dredge the traffic of the Tongji Canal, when I led the 5,000 troops to the north, when I arrived in Gaoyou County, I accidentally found that a civilian ship was the missing grain ship, I asked the source of the civilian ship, the boatman said that his relatives in Yancheng County spent 30 yuan to buy it in the area of Yancheng Yuqiao, I suspected that the grain and grass were hidden in Yancheng, and immediately led 5,000 troops to kill Yancheng."

"General Gongsun should have found a fleet in Yancheng!" Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

"The general is right, I found clues in a row, and finally found the missing grain ship in the reeds of a tidal flat in Yancheng, 100,000 stone of grain were on the grain ship, but soon found that the grain bag was not grain at all, but sand, just when I realized that I had been fooled, the reeds set a fire and surrounded all my soldiers"

Tears flowed from Gongsun Shangzhe's eyes, he slammed the table with his fist, and said in a choked voice: "When I desperately escaped from the sea of fire and returned to Yancheng County, I found that the wine shops and tea sheds that showed me the way were all burned down, and later I learned that those shops had been abandoned for many years, and they were only renovated before I came, and I didn't even see what Miao Haichao was like, and the five thousand brothers were all wiped out!" ”

Zhang Xuan was silent, he could understand Gongsun Shangzhe's pain, and he was secretly frightened, if even Du Fuwei's subordinates were such cunning enemies, then wouldn't Du Fuwei be even more terrifying?

"I wonder where Duvowe's lair is?" Zhang Xuan didn't ask Miao Haichao for the time being, he was more concerned about Du Fuwei.

"There are many nests of Duvoy, at least twenty or thirty places, where is his lair? No one knows, I know that Huaming County is a place, and Miao Haichao is stationed there. ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "Can the general tell me bluntly that the six counties of Jianghuai are still loyal to the imperial court?" ”

Gongsun Shangzhe smiled bitterly and said: "General Zhang also came from Qingzhou, what was the situation in Qingzhou at the beginning, what Jianghuai was like, exactly the same. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, and sure enough, he guessed it. (To be continued.) )