(The third update is coming)

Zhao Hu was seriously wounded, so he avoided being disabled by an arrow wound in his right hand, and forced Gao Zongting to withdraw to Dengzhou City with the wounded soldiers to recuperate, and Ge Changgen led three battalions of foot soldiers to camp in Qijia to guard against enemy troops who might approach from the west.

Chen Zhihu's division was repulsed, and it was difficult to recover in a short period of time, while the main force of Chen Zhihu's department was farther away in the area west of the Jiaolai River four hundred miles away, and the soldiers and horses stationed in Qijiaji had more time to build a trench camp around Qijiaji.

Because the enemy was compelled to build a fortification, he cut down wood and erected a fence, and dug a trench under the fence for the fence.

Although the barracks were not very strong, they were far better than directly withstanding the onslaught of enemy cavalry in the field.

Because the remnants of Gao Yi did not go to the southwest of Buling, Huaidong could not have enough troops to encircle and suppress in Dengzhou, and could only watch the passage with Laiyang and Haiyang cut off.

Gao Yi led his troops to attack, after all, it was a laborer Yuandu, and Gao Zongting did not expect that the battle of Qijia Ji would be so tragic, and Zhao Hu only ended in a narrow victory, and the process was also thrilling.

Chen Zhihu led his troops to the north after the disbandment of the Eastern Fujian Army, whether it was to clear the bandits, defend Datong, or to control Henan, and transfer the king of Qin to the north or attack Qinyang after surrendering, he experienced many hard battles and hard battles, and the elimination rate of the generals was naturally extremely high.

Thinking back to fighting side by side in the past, but today they are drawing swords against each other, Gao Zongting's heart is very uncomfortable.

Although I am reluctant to give up the old feelings, the most urgent thing at the moment is to withdraw personnel and materials from Dengzhou.

This is the second night after landing from Dengzhou, Gao Zongting has not slept for three consecutive nights, people are very sleepy, can't help but lie down on the table to rest, listening to someone in a daze, woke up suddenly, saw Zhao Hu and Hu Yu'er sitting there whispering, and asked, "How long have I slept?" Why don't you wake me up? ”

"A stick of incense has more time, and I want you to sleep a little longer, so I whispered to Captain Hu, but I didn't expect it to wake you up." Zhao Hu's hands were wrapped in gauze, his arms were hung around his neck, except for the back of his hand to shoot through the arrows, the other three arrow wounds were very serious, the time was so urgent, how could he recuperate leisurely, and when he returned to Dengzhou City, he also arrested the defense and did not let Gao Zongting be distracted in this matter.

"Oh, take a nap, your spirit is better," Gao Zongting said with a smile, looked at Hu Yu'er again, and said, "Huaidong has long predicted that the willow leaves will be unstable, before I crossed the sea to Dengzhou, my family said that the only way to avoid Dengzhou from falling into a catastrophe is to win the support of the generals of the sailors, and I also attach great importance to Captain Hu...... Yanhu's army in Shandong is strong, although it has frustrated its front, but in a few days, its main force will come east, and we must also avoid its edge. What are Captain Hu's plans for this trip south? ”

Although in less than two days, these changes occurred and Hu Yu'er was somewhat caught off guard, Hu Yu'er also considered the future after the retreat to the south.

Zhao Zhen stayed in Pingdu, but Gao Yi did not retreat from the southwest of Buling, and it was difficult for Zhao Zhen to withdraw from Pingdu unenviously.

It's not that Zhao Zhen doesn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, the key is that Zhao Zhen retreated to Pingdu's more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, of which about 4,000 were Liu Yefei's foot soldiers recruited in Dengzhou, and most of the generals were Liu Yefei's cronies.

After the news of the Dengzhou incident passed, who knew what kind of drastic changes would happen in Pingdu? It is possible for the pawn to mutiny or Zhao Zhen to coerce and surrender to the enemy.

At least for now, the Huaidong reinforcements are powerless against Zhao Zhen's troops, who are three hundred miles away, and in the end, it is likely that Hu Yu'er will lead the remnants of four or five hundred Dengzhou naval divisions to retreat south with the Huaidong army.

Hu Yu'er boasted that he had some ability to lead troops into battle, but he would not be opportunistic, and he had no power to rely on in Jiangning, with four or five hundred generals and more than 60 large and small warships. If he is assigned to the Jiangning Water Division, with Hu Yuer's understanding of greedy officialdom, he knows that he will most likely be swallowed by others to the point that there is not even a bone residue left.

Compared with Jiangning, don't say that Hu Yuer and Gao Zongting are old acquaintances, from the beginning of the preparation of the Jinhai Grain Road to urgently raise grain for Gyeonggi, the generals of the Dengzhou Navy Division have had close cooperation with Huaidong. The maritime merchants who moved south, including Zhou Guangnan, Zhou Guangdong's brothers, Sun Fengyi, Sun Shangwang, and Zhou Guitang who went to Jeju, all had dealings with Hu Yu'er, and the relationship was not bad......

In the later period, the Goryeo Navy Division attacked the Shandong coast, and Hu Yuer also led the Dengzhou Navy Division to fight side by side with the Huaidong Water Battalion.

Where to go, Hu Yu'er already has a balance in his heart, as for the discord between Huaidong and Jiangning, Hu Yu'er also knows a little, he prefers Huaidong's approach, and it is not his turn to care about that matter. How many people in the world are not following the crowd?

Hu Yu'er was still worried that there was no way to work, and at this time, when he heard Gao Zongting open his mouth to recruit him on behalf of Huaidong, he immediately saluted and said: "My old Hu is a rough man, he can't tell too much truth, and he can't fight other people's fancy intestines when he goes to Jiangning, and he has some skills, and he is also fighting the wind and waves at sea, and he doesn't want to be a rich man trapped in the house." Mr. Gao didn't mention it, Lao Hu, I was about to be cheeky and ask Mr. Gao to plan for me......"

"Captain Hu still wants to fight the wind and waves on the sea, there are many places to go, Jinwei Island and Jinghai Sea Camp, it is okay to cross the ocean and see the exotic customs," Gao Zongting heard that Hu Yu'er was willing to take refuge in Huaidong, so he took a reassuring pill, as for how to use Hu Yu'er, this matter has to be decided by Lin Tie, and he can't do it for him as a strategist, and said, "For the time being, I have to ask Captain Hu to assist in the evacuation......

If Hu Yu'er was unwilling to surrender to Huaidong and insisted on going to Jiangning, including Hu Yu'er's four or five hundred generals and more than 60 warships, Huaidong had no way to forcibly detain them. Since Hu Yu'er is willing to take refuge in Huaidong, Lin Jian came forward to save him to serve as a general in the Jinghai Sea Camp, can Jiang Ning still stop him? Naturally, the generals and warships had no chance to go to Jiangning.

After Hu Yu'er's matter was settled, Gao Zongting was worried about other things, and discussed with Zhao Hu: "Go to Chongzhou, transfer merchant ships from Huaidong to assist in the evacuation, no matter how soon it will be ten days before ships will come." There are more than 50,000 people in the city alone, including supplies, and hundreds of thousand-stone ships are needed. Huaidong couldn't muster so many ships for a while, so he could only evacuate in batches, and Chen Zhihu obviously wouldn't give us too much time. I planned to take several steps, one was to build a few small camps from the east of Dengzhou City to Tangzi Bay, so as to avoid infiltrating and harassing enemy cavalry during the evacuation process; The first is to withdraw some of the materials to the knife fish village first. In addition, it is easy for the households in Dengzhou to evacuate, but the farmers outside the city may not be willing to follow the evacuation while they are farming. A forced withdrawal could easily cause chaos, and we are seriously understaffed here......"

Gao Zongting is a well-known advisor in the world, and his worries are naturally thorough, Zhao Hu's mind is not as fast as him, but knowing what he said, everything is important, and he nodded his head frequently, and when he heard this, he also responded, and said: "Yes, the farmers are tied to the acres of fields, and the acres of fields cannot be moved, they may not be willing to leave their hometowns, and those landlords will also be unwilling to leave." For them, it is more difficult to escape into the mountains and wait and see the situation, and it is more difficult to move thousands of miles, which is a troublesome matter......"

"I think that there is some silver in Dengzhou Mansion, and on the grounds of precaution, I will use the silver to recruit soldiers, maybe I can withdraw one or two thousand more young men and women, what do you think?" Gao Zongting said.

Gao Zongting is a deception in the name of recruitment, but the war is cruel - if these young people are allowed to stay, even if Yanhu will not recruit to join the new annex army to invade the south, the field cultivation is also to contribute to Yanhu's field endowment, forced labor, and Ding tax.

The root of everything is to weaken the military potential that Yanhu can obtain after occupying Shandong, whether it is deception or force, to withdraw as much as possible the young and strong laborers around Dengzhou, which is what Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu must do, and there is no woman's kindness to speak of.

Of course, Gao Zongting's suggestion was a bit secretive, Zhao Hu nodded, and said more directly: "It is feasible to recruit soldiers, in addition, you can also requisition some more people from the surrounding area, and in the end, they can also be withdrawn together, Huaidong will not be able to bear it with one or two thousand more people......"

Gao Zongting smiled, nodded and said, "It's best to arrange it like this......" He didn't have much contact with Zhao Hu, and he couldn't touch Zhao Hu's temper, and he was afraid that Zhao Hu would be too upright and pedantic, so he didn't say it too thoroughly at first.

Although Lin Zhuo ordered Gao Zongting to preside over the affairs here, Gao Zongting also knew how important Zhao Hu's status was in Lin Zhuo's mind, he planned for Li Zhuo all the year round, and also entertained the officialdom for Li Zhuo, and also developed a cautious and cautious temperament to avoid conflicts with others - Gao Zongting thought that the Dengzhou matter could be solved perfectly, and he and Zhao Hu's views on solving the matter could not be too much conflict.

The brutal wars in eastern and southern Zhejiang have caused a serious decline in the local young and strong labor force, so that the phenomenon of seriously affecting cultivation and even abandoning wasteland has appeared.

For example, Huaidong has been actively promoting the reclamation of cultivated species in the area under its jurisdiction over the years, as well as increasing the reclamation of Yizhou Island, which requires a large number of young and middle-aged laborers.

For example, last year, nearly 400,000 people were evacuated from Jinhainan, and Huaidong only used one year to digest it; This time, at most, more than 100,000 people were evacuated to the south, and the pressure on them was far from being unbearable for Huaidong.

Once the relocated people are actually settled, they will quickly be transformed into Huaidong's military potential.

Even if we limit our attention to the two prefectures of Hailing and Huai'an, before Lin Jian implemented the new policy and resettled the displaced households on a large scale, there were about 300,000 registered households, but today, if we do not count the households in the four counties that have only recently been directly placed under the jurisdiction of Huai'an and Hailing, such as Suyu, Suining, Huaiyang, and Yudong, the number of registered households has increased to more than 530,000, and the total number of acres of registered fields has also increased from less than 8 million mu of water and dry land to nearly 15 million mu.

This is due to the implementation of the new policy, the inventory of hidden households, and the hidden fields, but in the past few years, the number of newly reclaimed and newly enclosed fields in Huai'an and Hailing has also reached nearly 2.5 million mu, and the vast majority of this is the contribution made by the newly resettled displaced households. At this time, Huaidong was able to provide Huaidong with about 500,000 stone rice grain tax revenues from the fields of Xinken and Xinwei, either indirectly or directly.

Previously, the positive endowment handed over by Hailing and Huaidong to the county department was equivalent to rice and grain, and it did not even reach the figure of 500,000 stones.

The influx of a large number of displaced households provided a large number of necessary labor for Huaidong's more concentrated workshops in Chongzhou, Hecheng and other places—making the number of urban households in Huai'an and Hailing counties soar from more than 20,000 to more than 100,000.

Even if the factories directly under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Military Department are not counted, the newly increased taxes and centigold revenues from industrial and mining, municipal and parking in the area controlled by Huai'an have a tendency to catch up with the land endowment.

Even if we do not consider the issue of recruiting soldiers, from the perspective of taxation alone, population is the most important and core resource. Yanhu's army is strong, and Huaidong wants to avoid the edge for the time being, but the resources that can be taken away should never leave Yanhu with any more points.

Gao Zongting discussed a lot with Zhao Hu, in addition to Ding Zhuang, he also wanted to redeem the cattle, mules and horses from the surrounding areas as much as possible, and buy Dengzhou City to slaughter and eat meat, which could also further weaken the agricultural potential of the Dengzhou area.

As for the cost of recruitment and redemption, there is no need for Huaidong to pay for it.

Liu Yefei is not good at governing the army, he has a hand in governing politics and greedy for money, Dengzhou Treasury and confiscating Liu Yefei and his henchmen's wealth, there are more than 300,000 taels of gold and silver alone - this silver is still staring at Yuan Zhixing and other officials, Yuan Zhixing and other officials are all from the imperial court, and after retreating south, they still have a head in their careers, so they will naturally be loyal to the imperial court, so if this silver can't be spent urgently in Dengzhou, Jiang Ning has to settle accounts with Huaidong, and there is really no excuse to occupy this silver.

Before the rise of the Jinhai grain road, Dengzhou was the most concentrated seaport for maritime trade along the northern coast. There are also large salt farms along the coast of Shandong, and there are salt and iron divisions in Dengzhou and Jimo, and Dengzhou is also one of the salt merchant settlements. These two points made the giants in Dengzhou City very rich.

Everywhere the army passes, there is no one else except them who like to rob the most. For them, even if they have a field in Dengzhou, they will never dare to risk their lives to stay if they can retreat south.

But obviously, Gao Zongting did not mean to let them retreat south comfortably - the first hundreds of thousands of people retreated southward, they had to pledge the huge expenses, and second, Huaidong Qianzhuang has always been tight, and it is necessary to continuously raise principal, and Dengzhou Fujia is naturally an object not to be missed.