Although the exile army is accustomed to destroying the local order by brutal means, it also needs to contact the merchants in exchange for the local shortage of medicinal materials, iron, salt and other materials, so naturally it cannot completely avoid the infiltration of sentinels from all sides.

Huaidong sent a sentinel in Suizhou, disguised as an adventurous and profitable foot trader, took the medicinal materials, salt and other materials that were in short supply to the Wandering Army, climbed mountains and waded through mountains, infiltrated the areas controlled by the Wandering Army, contacted the Wandering Army, collected intelligence information, and monitored the movements of the Changle Army.

Throughout July, Luo Xiancheng gathered the elite of the Changle Army in Suizhou, recruited people to repair the city in Suizhou, released rumors to build the Changle Palace in Suizhou, and searched for beauties nearby - judging from the information collected, Luo Xiancheng planned to make Suizhou his Changle nest.

Of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon.

"Luo Xiancheng is cunning, smells danger, and slips faster than a rabbit, before the situation in Henan is not clear, he will completely settle the old camp in Suizhou, I will not believe it alive or dead," Zhang Gou has a different view on the information from Suizhou, and said, "It is said that the cunning rabbit still has three holes, Luo Xiancheng told the world that he wants to build the nest in Suizhou, which can show that this is his trick, and he wants to do something else......"

At the end of the three-month intensive study of the Cadet Corps, most of the cadets were awarded military ranks.

Han Caizhi, Zhang Gou, Zhang Jiheng and others served as commanders and joined the army.

The so-called command of the army, the nature of authority is equivalent to that of a military commander, but it is only a military deputy at the level of a brigade commander. Because it must be different from the battalion outpost, there is a command to join the army. The next level to the town division and the military division, the military deputy with the same authority is called the marching Sima.

In order to actively prepare for the offensive in the direction of Daishan and Changguo after the autumn, more than 140 cadets of this batch of military commanders and cadets, nearly 80 people, including Han Caizhi, Zhang Jiheng, Chen Yan, and others, were assigned to the Jinghai No. 1 Water Battalion and Chongcheng Infantry Battalion guarding the Shengsi defense line.

On the eve of going to the Jinghai No. 2 Water Battalion to report, Zhang Gou withheld a transfer order to Lin Lian, and assigned him to the newly established Military Intelligence Staff Department headed by Qin Chengzu, the right Sima of the marching army, and was still appointed as the commander of the army.

Although Zhang Gou's wish has always been to become a water camp general, Lin Jian needs to have a staff officer by his side who is familiar with the situation of the Zhulu Liumin Army, and no one can be more suitable than Zhang Gou, so he can only be wronged.

Lin Jian touched the short mustache on his chin, and his eyes were fixed on the Jianghuai topographic map spread out on the ground.

He delayed until the end of July, and waited for Qin Chengzu to arrive in Shanyang before leaving for Chongzhou. Take Qingjiangpu to Yandu, and walk south along the selection embankment of Hanhai. Today, I just walked to Punanbao on the border of Yandu and Jianling County, and received a secret letter from Suizhou.

Luo Xiancheng has always been the target of Lin Bin's attention.

Once Luo Xiancheng's troops completely disrupt the situation in Jinghu, the rice and grain from the two lakes will not be able to be transported to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong County's grain consumption this year will be tight. The price of rice is the issue that Lin Jian is most concerned about, so if there is any change in Suizhou, the news will reach him as quickly as possible.

On the topographic map of Jianghuai, Tongbai Mountain is the watershed of the two rivers of Jianghuai, Suizhou is in the south of Tongbai Mountain, Xinyang in the east, Nanyang in the north, Xiangyang in the west, there is a small river in the territory, and it goes straight to Jiangxia (now Wuhan) in the south.

This topographic map is official, and it can only be seen roughly, and Lin Jian has not yet been able to send people to infiltrate areas outside Huaidong to carry out large-scale map surveying and mapping, so he can only use official maps.

Lin Jian just stared at the topographic map, silent and did not express his opinion, asking others to talk about their opinions first.

"Luo Xiancheng wants to build a comfortable nest, and Xiangyang is more suitable. Suizhou city is small, the terrain is narrow, it is not a place to take root and establish a foundation, it is more suitable to do the barrier of Xiangyang with Nanyang, and Xiangyang is located in Hanzhong, north of Hanzhong, south of Jinghan, easy to defend and easy to attack. Isn't it that Luo Xiancheng wants to gather troops in Suizhou and take Jiangxia directly? Chen Enze guessed.

Although it will take three or four months to reach the age of weak crown, it has been two years since he was transferred to the pro-guard battalion as deputy sentry general, sentry general, deputy battalion general, and battalion general.

After years of twists and turns and military experience, Chen Enze has a strong figure, dark skin, sharp eyes, and bright eyes, which makes it impossible to guess his talent background.

Chen Enze married Lin Mengde's second daughter a few years ago and just gave birth to a daughter.

In the army, there are not only literate and ink-savvy military affairs, but there is too little general who can be competent in military situation analysis and staff work, so Lin Jian can only transfer Chen Enze from the personal guard battalion and assign him to the military intelligence staff department as a commander to join the army.

The war situation is becoming more and more severe and complicated, including the scale of the war to be organized in Huaidong, which is also getting bigger and bigger, and the burden on Qin Chengzu's shoulders is getting heavier and heavier. Lin Jian set up a military intelligence staff department in Huaidong and gathered a group of outstanding staff officers, in addition to sharing Qin Chengzu's worries and solving problems, more importantly, to ensure that there would be no major loopholes in the military decisions made by Huaidong.

Listening to Chen Enze's words, Lin Lian took matters into his own hands, his body was almost lying on the ground, and he took a charcoal pen to mark the route from Suizhou to Jiangxia.

Along the Xiaojiangfu River to the south, the road from Suizhou to Jiangxia is relatively straight, and the whole journey is about 300 miles.

If you start from Xiangyang and detour back to Jiangxia along the Han River, the distance will more than double.

The land route from Xiangyang to Jiangxia was dangerous, and Luo Xiancheng couldn't raise so many ships for a while.

Luo Xiancheng wants to seek Jiangxia, and it is appropriate to use Suizhou as a gathering place for soldiers and horses.

"Luo Xiancheng is curious to attack, rarely fights tough battles, this is also the year before last An Shuai led his troops into Huaisi, and he shrank in Shouzhou, "Zhang Gou in addition to the old department of the Huangjue Righteous Army has no affection for other people's troops, after he adjusted his heart, he also dedicated himself to Huaidong, and there is no longer any reservation in speaking," After the officers and soldiers of Jinghu defeated Luo Xiancheng in Suizhou, they all gathered in Jingzhou, Jingshan, and Jiangxia, and waited for battle, and the possibility of Luo Xiancheng going to Jiangxia to pull out this iron nail is very rare......"

"If you don't go to fight Jiangxia, that is, you have to bypass Jiangxia and go to Qichun, and prepare to cross the river to Jiangxi!" Qin Chengzu said.

Zhang Gou was once the core general of the Wandering Army, and he had been with the old commander Yang Quan in his early years, and his understanding of the generals of the Wandering Army was deeper than that of all the people in Huaidong; Qin Chengzu and others were inclined to accept Zhang Gou's judgment of Luo Xiancheng.

In the team that followed Lin Jian to the south, in addition to more than 200 guards, only Qin Chengzu, Wu Qi, Zhang Gou, Chen Enze and others were with them.

"I also thought so," Zhang Gou saw that Qin Chengzu also supported his opinion, so he was more open-minded, and boldly speculated, "The year before last, the luxury family sent someone to persuade An Shuai to lead his troops south, but An Shuai ignored it, maybe he sent someone to confuse Luo Xian this year!" ”

"Chen Zhihu fought too ferociously in Henan, so that Luo Xiancheng was on pins and needles in Xiangyang, he wanted to avoid Chen Zhihu's edge, except to lead his troops to flee south, there was no other way out!" Qin Chengzu said, "It's just that he has two or three hundred thousand horses in the area of Baitong Mountain, and it is not easy to take them out calmly!" Two or three hundred thousand horses want to cross the river, and it is even more impossible! ”

"He may leave the miscellaneous successor in the area of Baitong Mountain," Lin Jian frowned at this time before speaking, "He led the elite to jump out of the encirclement, and it is best to open up the situation on the southern front; If he can't open the situation, he can still retreat to the vicinity of Baitong Mountain, so as not to completely hurt his vitality! ”

"For the sake of today's plan, in addition to informing Jinghu and Jiangxi counties to deal with it carefully, I can only suggest that Lord Gu transfer the first section of the Jiangning Water Camp to Anqing to deal with the contingencies," Qin Chengzu said, "Should Chongzhou increase the scale of grain hoarding?" ”

"On a larger scale, the pressure is too great. Uncle Mengde's hair is half white, let's let the little black hair on his head stay for two more years," Lin Lian said playfully, his face was not less gloomy, "Huaidong Money Village has just been established, at this time, in the name of the military department, directly borrow a large amount of money, it can't be considered a good start, it's better to wait!" ”

"Maybe we should raise rice from the Haidong region to make up for the shortage now, and when we are in Jeju, we don't think that the rice in Kitakyushu is worse than the japonica rice in Ganghuai!" Chen Enze said.

"This is going to be done immediately," Lin Jian nodded, saw Zhang Gou holding a pen and paper in his hand, and said, "You write this down for me, and when you return to Chongzhou, you will bring the relevant people to discuss!" In addition to Huaidong's active efforts to increase grain production, the area that can import a large amount of rice and grain is also Haidong. Over there in the Haidong camp, you still have to add people! ”

Zhang Gou leaned on the saddle and transcribed Lin Bin's words.

It was only after he was officially conferred a military position that he came into contact with Huaidong's core secrets.

He had heard of the name Haidong in his previous studies, but he had no idea where Haidong was located. When he saw the map of the entire territory of the East China Sea, Zhang Gou was startled, taking a sea boat from Chongzhou to Jeju, to Kyushu Island, and to Goryeo, which was no more troublesome than going to Jiangning from Chongzhou against the current, and he also wanted to take a sea boat to Jeju, Dongzhou, and Kyushu to have a look.

During this time, in addition to reading various miscellaneous books, Zhang Gou also stepped on the land of Huai'an, and had a newer and more comprehensive understanding of the terrain of Huai'an, which he was far from being able to do before.

The whole Huaidong terrain is an oblique triangle that stretches out, and Huai'an and Hailing are located on the hypotenuse.

In terms of strategic geographical location, Weiyang Mansion (that is, Yangzhou in later generations) is the core of the Huaidong Triangle.

In addition, Viyang Province is also the most developed area in Huaidong area. Even if the factor of the establishment of the Salt and Iron Division in Weiyang is not considered, the fields of the six counties of Weiyang Prefecture are equivalent to the sum of the eleven counties of Huai'an and Hailing.

This is also the main reason why in the later stage of the Huaisi War, the imperial court had to grant the official position of the Huaidong envoy to Lin Xuan, but it listed Weiyang Mansion separately from the Huaidong Military Division.

In terms of military affairs, it is still possible to occupy the entire Huaidong. However, after digging Weiyang Mansion, the entire Huaidong Diagonal Triangle is missing, the foundation is weaker than half, and there is almost no room for development.

The Huaidong Army is very sharp, and it can be said that it is the strongest army in the world in recent years, but when the world is in turmoil, how many people will think that Lin Jian can achieve great things with Huai'an and Hailing?

Zhang Gou also thought that Huaidong's chances of victory were too small in the past, and it wasn't until he saw the map of the entire territory of the East China Sea that the entire Haidong region was marked into it, that he realized how narrow his vision was in front of the envoys!

Who would have thought that Huaidong's garrison in the Haidong region would be more than 4,000 people, and more than 1,000 households would have been moved over!

All Huaidong lacks is time.

When Zhang Gou was copying, Lin Jian said to Qin Chengzu while thinking: "It seems that this day is about to change, and the pace of Huaidong will be increased - the new household of Qibao Tunzhai will be directly entered into the yellow book, and some people will be selected from the war training academy and compiled as Lijia." What do you think? ”

"Yes, even if the secret of the Yellow Book is leaked out at this time, it is not a big deal, and some things are not only done by the Huaidong family." Qin Chengzu said.

The so-called Yellow Book is actually a book compiled by soldiers in Huaidong. After Lin Jian entered Chongzhou, while resettling the displaced people, he compiled a separate book of the displaced Ding Zhuang as a potential recruitable soldier in Huaidong.

The militia is also mainly trained in rotation for the homeless households included in this book.

It's just that this work was strictly controlled in Chongzhou County, and Lin Tie was going to spread it out all at once, in addition to Hecheng, it was also going to extend to Huai'an and Hailing hinterland, and it was also said that Lin Tie said that Qibao Tunzhai was talking about.

The construction of the section of the seawall from Hecheng to Yandu has just begun, but in the past nearly a year, the Huaidong Military Division has built one every 30 miles from Hecheng to Yandu, and a total of seven post forts have been built.

According to the outside world, the construction of the post fort is mainly to make some preparations in advance for the repair of the seawall, and after the completion of the construction, it can be divided into seven sections at the same time to start repairing the seawall. With the backing of the post fort, the stationing of the soldiers of the workers' battalion and the preparation and storage of materials for embankment repair are extremely convenient, reducing the burden on the local area and greatly improving the speed of embankment repair.

Another is that after the embankment is completed, the post road will be built on the embankment, and the post fort can be used as a post station and post house.

This was what Lin Jian said to the outside world before repairing the embankment, but after the seven post forts were completed, many people felt that the repair was too solid.

Each post fort is more than 200 steps square, the blue brick sandwich wall, rammed clay inside, the wall is three zhang high, the wall base is two zhang wide, the abutment in the fort will be the same height as the seawall after repair.

Each post fort only has to use 150,000 or 60,000 pieces of green bricks, in addition to more than 1,000 stone white ash and hundreds of stone glutinous rice, and the cost is amazingly high. In comparison, the sentry fort built by the Salt and Iron Division in the salt area is at most a short and small earthen pimple.

After the post fort was built, Lin Jian directly set up a tunzhai on the basis of the post fort, appointed tun officials, and recruited displaced people to reclaim wasteland and grow vegetables and grain. In the name of the outside world, it is to provide food and vegetables for the soldiers and workers who repair the embankment, and save money and money.

In this regard, Hu Dahai of Yanzhi County only dared to complain in front of Liu Tingzhou; The officials of Jianling and Gaocheng counties simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Gaocheng, Jianling, and Yandu counties themselves have a large amount of wasteland, barren beaches, and wetlands and swamps that are difficult to cultivate.

When the world's salt was mainly boiled, a large area of forage was reserved in the salt area to provide the forage needed to boil salt. The salt pan area on the inside of the seawall is actually a preserved forage field, pasture, and the residence of salt farmers.

In addition to reclaiming the wasteland in the three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng, it also encroached on a considerable part of the forage land of the salt farm.

If they dare to resist, the Huaidong Military Division will immediately be able to rely on the seven tunbao to completely cut off the way for the illicit salt to flow out.

Compared with the loss of occupying some forage land for the Huaidong Military Division and completely cutting off the private salt, the officials of the Salt Supervision Institute could not afford it.

Lin Jian chose to take the eastern route back to Chongzhou to inspect the preparations of the seven tunzhai along the way, which was the most solid step for him to infiltrate the hinterland of Huaidong.