Chapter 22

It was planned in May last year, and the construction of the excavation trench began in August, which lasted eight months, and the new Chongcheng was finally built in mid-March.

Coupled with the corner fort in the northeast corner of the city wall to confront each other with the mountain gate at the east foot, the circumference of Xinchongcheng is more than 1,300 steps, and the scale is less than half of Xinhecheng, but the time-consuming, silver and solidity are not comparable to Xinhecheng, and nearly 20,000 migrant workers were recruited at most.

The auspicious day of March 16 was chosen, and before noon, Lin Jian led the civil and military officials of Chongzhou to enter the city from the North City Gate, walked up to the North City Gate Tower from Dengcheng Road, looked at the Chongzhou villagers who came to watch the ceremony outside the city, and stroked the city dish with his hand, and remained silent for a long time.

Song Jia dressed up as a man and wore a green shirt, like a handsome son, standing behind Lin Lian's side, she didn't look at the villagers who gathered and jubilated like ant colonies under the city saucer, she stared at Lin Lian's handsome face, thinking what kind of mood he would be in at this time?

From a military point of view, the defense system of Zilang Mountain's multiple city fortresses is easier to defend and difficult to attack than Xinchongcheng, and Lin Tie himself has no intention of entering the city, but in a sense, the completion of Xinchongcheng can be regarded as Lin Tie's real settling down in Chongzhou - the completion of Junshan Shui City will be delayed for another three months.

After sacrificing wine to heaven and earth in the north gate building, Lin Jian and the officials went to the government office, and the new Chongcheng was officially launched.

Except for the city walls, most of the buildings in the city were not newly built.

In the Guangjiao Temple bandit case, there were three big families involved in the case at the foot of the eastern foothills of Zilang Mountain, and these three farms were confiscated by the Lin family. When the city was built, the three large mansions, a nunnery of Guangjiao Temple at the foot of the eastern foot of the mountain, and the Zhuangzi where Han Zhi lived in Chongzhou were encircled. About sixty or seventy entered the courtyard, and occupied more than half of the land of Xinchongcheng.

Under the auspices of the veteran worker Ge Fu, these houses were renovated, added or strengthened at the same time as the city was built. Part of it was rebuilt into official buildings such as the government department, the county school, the county warehouse, and the county prison, and part of it was transformed into a private residence where the families of the generals of the Jiangdong Left Army lived.

The Ya Si and the Ya Si are the joint offices of the Chongzhou County Ya and the Jinghai Metropolitan Envoy Division.

Lin Jian knew the affairs of Chongzhou County with his left participation in the regime, but handed over the daily affairs of the county government to Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and others. The Jinghai Metropolitan Envoy usually has Lin Mengde and Cao Ziang alternately going to the city to take care of daily affairs; The real core of power in Chongzhou still remains in Dongya, at the foot of the eastern foothills of Zilang Mountain.

After the Beiyahou was vacated, a strong wall would be built on the periphery and transformed into a permanent military camp. From then on, the defense of the Zilang Mountain Fortress will also be largely completed. The construction of Junshan Shui City also began after the Chongzhou War, and it will take another three to five months to complete.

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In the afternoon, the sun is warm, the warm breeze is refreshing, the fragrant grass is green, and the young flowers are fresh and the spring flowers are mixed in the middle, causing the pink butterflies to gather and disperse.

Out of the West City Gate, Lin Jian lazily straddled the horseback, sniffing the spring breeze, Song Jia sat in the carriage, and said to Lin Jian through the window: "Today is also to drink the full moon wine of the little boy, let's go back to the mountain early......

Song Jia was wearing a green shirt, with her hair draped down obliquely, and her face was charming and bright.

The period of filial piety is about to expire in 20 days, and a copy of the Tang newspaper and the mansion will be copied and sent to the mountain, and Lin Jian will not be able to take care of official business in Dongya.

Today is also the day of the full moon of Xin'er, and it is inconvenient to do a lot of things during the period of filial piety, but Lin Jian also ordered the inner house to set up a few tables of banquets to invite people close to Chongzhou to gather on the mountain, which is also to please Yue'er's joy.

Lin Jian looked up at the blue and traceless sky, the sun had just dropped slightly, and the time was still early, thinking that if he said that spring came to see the scenery, it would also be excellent on the mountain, and said to Song Jia: "Then go up the mountain." ”

At this time, Cao Ziang and Qin Chengzu chased them out from the West City Gate, and Chen/Yuanliang sent someone from Qingzhou to bring a secret letter.

Lin Liang stopped his horse, opened the secret letter on the street, frowned slightly, and pouted his mouth slightly, before exhaling lightly, showing the secret letter to Cao Ziang, and said: "The emperor ordered Liang Xi to go south in late February, and attacked the gangsters in central Henan with Yue Lengqiu, wanting to calm the situation in central Henan as soon as possible. Liang Xituo was short of grain, so he asked Qingzhou to send grain to the Liang army, and asked for pay with 50,000 soldiers, and never put forward the day of the army......"

Qin Chengzu snorted coldly: "Lead the donkey to quench your thirst, the thirst has not stopped, the poison has been released, and it is also the fault of Chongguan children...... he gloated about the schadenfreude of Liang Xi's father and son in Jinan.

Lin Jian frowned slightly and said: "In several battles to recover Jinan, Liang Xi's father and son used their troops at great speed, with the momentum of thunder, and won several battles, which also restored the reputation of the Liang family, which had been very unbearable since the tragedy of Chen Tangyi. But in the final analysis, the rebels of the Heavenly Jacket rose up in a hurry, although there were 300,000 people, but the armor was incomplete, the battalion was not in order, there was a lack of food and clothing, and in just three or five months, there was no training at all, and the rabble was just a rabble, and it was easy to defeat. In contrast, although there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Chen Han's three divisions, nearly half of them are elite soldiers, and there are 2,000 veteran horsemen. Yue Lengqiu's population was unbearable, but the soldiers were not under Liang Xi's father and son, but he could not get a bargain from Chen Hansan on both sides of the Yingshui River. Liang Xi's father and son are still somewhat self-aware, how can they gnaw on this hard bone at this time? ”

Cao Ziang stood in front of Lin Bin's horse, hugged his chest with both hands, raised his left hand to support his chin and thought, and said: "At the beginning of the recovery of Liang Xi's father and son, more than 16,000 soldiers were recruited from Qinyang, and at this time, 50,000 soldiers were paid. ”

"Guan Yun Bo Liang Chengyi attacked Yang Quanquan in the south, although Yang Quan was killed, but Liu Miaozhen then led his troops to the north to respond, the casualties of the exile army will not be too much, Liang Xi, the Duke of Lu Guo, and Liang Cheng, the Hou of Changxiang, rushed to the west to attack the Tianyuan army, and recovered the plains, Jinan, and the three mansions of Daimyo, only 20 days, there should be a large number of exile troops to abandon their weapons and surrender, Liang Xi and his son picked up the strong, and the soldiers were recruited into the battalion, and the number of 50,000 soldiers would not be too empty...... Liang Xi's father and son wanted to go south to join forces with Yue Lengqiu to attack Chen Hansan and other exile troops, and the previous troops were a little less. Qin Chengzu said.

Lin Jian nodded, affirming Qin Chengzu's judgment. Qin Chengzu is good at calculation, and there will not be much error in the judgment of the Liang family's strength.

"To be serious, the red-jacketed woman Liu Miaozhen fought no better than Chen Hansan in Yingxi, and it was even more decisive to enter Hezhong Mansion in the north and receive all Yang's defeated troops," Cao Ziang said, "Liang Chengyi's ten battalions of soldiers and horses should be the Liang family's private savings/elite, if the red-jacketed women's troops are sufficiently supplied, Liang Chengyi is afraid that he is not the opponent of the red-jacketed women......" They have a large number of sentinels in the Huainan faction to collect information, and they are quite familiar with the situation of the generals of the Liumin Army.

Qin Chengzu and others have suffered in the hands of Chen Hansan, and although they hate it, they can also face up to Chen Hansan's ability, and Cao Ziang admires Liu Miaozhen more.

When Lin was bound in the upper forest, he had a brief engagement with Liu Miaozhen, and he had a deep impression of this black and strong woman.

In terms of martial arts, Liu Miaozhen is the same level as Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, and Ning Zechen, and Zhao Hu, Zhao Qingshan, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong, and Zhou are slightly inferior.

What's even more rare is that Liu Miaozhen is very good at using soldiers, and Chen Hansan can be called a double match.

Considering that when Chen Hansan rebelled out of Huai'an Mansion, there were two thousand elite cavalry following, and when Liu Miaozhen raised the army, his subordinates could only be called elite two or three hundred, Cao Ziang thought that Liu Miaozhen was superior.

"As far as the information in front of me is concerned, the Wandering People's Army has a tendency to gather and join forces in the lower reaches of Yingshui and the north bank of the Huai River," Lin Jian pondered, "Maybe Liu Miaozhen should stay on the north bank of the Yellow River to look for fighters......

"The Wandering Army gathers in Huaibei, perhaps wanting to defeat the Changhuai Army in one fell swoop," Cao Ziang said, "If the Changhuai Army collapses, there will be no troops along the Huai River to prevent the Wandering Army from going south, crossing the Huai River, and then returning to Hongzepu, Shen Rong does not have many available troops in Weiyang, and the Wandering Army can echo the soldiers and horses of the Luxury Family in eastern Zhejiang, even if it crosses the south, it is possible to ......."

"Judging from the current situation, Liang Xi's father and son are sluggish in Jinan, and Yue Lengqiu's retreat to Xuzhou is too far north, and if the Liumin army really takes over Xuzhou and crosses the Huai River to the south, it will be ......a headache," Qin Chengzu said.

The Liumin army met at Yingkou, and Xuzhou went up to the east and north of Yingkou, if the Liumin army wanted to cross Huai directly to the south, Yue Lengqiu would not have time to pursue in Xuzhou. The entire Huainan region was empty of defense, and there were only a small number of local garrison soldiers and horses, especially Weiyang Mansion, and almost all the elite of the Weiyang local army were transferred to northern Zhejiang by Dong Yuan.

Song Jia sat in the carriage, and when she heard this, she thought to herself that Lin Jian would not tolerate the southward crossing of the Huai River by the Wandering People's Army and echoing the extravagant flying bears in eastern Zhejiang, Chongzhou should be further expanded at this time, right?

Lin Lian raised his head slightly, looked at the blue sky above the top of the mountain, thought for a moment, and said to himself: "Maybe it's time to form the third water battalion," after a pause, he made up his mind, lowered his head and looked at Qin Chengzu and Cao Ziang standing in front of the horse, "Let Ning Zechen lead the phoenix to leave the camp and return to Chongzhou, and let Ge Cunxiong draw the flag from the first and second battalions, the commander of the capital, and the one hundred and twenty sentinels, and also come back together, and directly form the third water battalion......"

"The Chongcheng infantry battalion left behind in Shengsi, do you still have to make another battalion?" Cao Ziang asked.

"Let Zhou Tong form a second battalion in Shengsi," Lin Jian said, "The cavalry battalion will not be expanded for the time being, and the three armies of Chongcheng, Changshan, and Fengli will be directly upgraded to brigades, and the fifth battalion will be formed." All the generals have been promoted to brigade commanders, and Chongzhou's side will let Ao Canghai's side move first......"

Song Jia listened to the unfamiliar titles of "brigade" and "brigade commander" in the carriage, and knew that it was the military system that Lin Tie had come out of bluntly.

Since the founding of the country, the Da Yue Dynasty has set up military towns and garrisons and border passes, usually with a number of battalions or dozens of battalions, and a battalion of 10 soldiers with a number of 600 soldiers. There is no brigade-level setup between the battalion and the military town, and there is no outpost level between the capital brigade and the battalion.

Song Jia thought to himself that the three brigades of Chongcheng, Changshan, and Fengli were all organized into five battalions, and the Jiangdong Left Army had fifteen battalions of elite infantry alone. In addition, the cavalry battalion has two battalions of Jianrui, and the establishment of the Jinghai Battalion is even more overstaffed, with the second water battalion consisting of three battalions of regular soldiers and the second water battalion having two battalions of regular soldiers. At this time, Ge Cunxiong was transferred to form the third water battalion, and it is estimated from the number of people drawn from the flag head, the commander of the capital and the sentry general, and it will also be directly composed of two battalions.

After the expansion of the Jiangdong Left Army, the total strength will reach the 24th Battalion of the 7th Brigade.

In addition to the Chongzhou Infantry Battalion and the Jinghai Second Water Battalion guarding the Shengsi defense line, and the Jinghai First Water Battalion protecting the Jinhai Grain Road and the Danluo Jizhou route, the forces that will be transferred to Chongcheng will include the cavalry battalion, the Changshan Infantry Battalion, the Fengli Infantry Battalion, and the Jinghai Third Water Battalion, which will soon be formed.

Song Jia guessed that the third water battalion of Jinghai should mainly fight on the inland river, Lin Jian probably would not tolerate the exile army crossing the Huai to the south to echo the extravagant flying bear in eastern Zhejiang, and it was impossible to tolerate the exile army to enter the north bank of the Yangtze River, but this is not an opportunity for the Jiangdong Left Army to expand again?

The trip to Jinhai was really very crucial, prompting the imperial court to implement the policy of salt and silver to protect grain, and open up a route for Chongzhou to reach Jinhai directly through the Heishui Ocean, so that Chongzhou had a direct influence on the Jinhai grain route. More importantly, the southward migration of the Sun, Zhou and other maritime merchants and the influx of a large amount of silver into Chongzhou enabled Lin Jian to concentrate resources to strengthen the military equipment of the Jiangdong Left Army, and even received 200,000 taels of silver to raise the army, so that this expansion did not have the slightest financial pressure.

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