The next day, Liu Tingzhou and Ding Zhiru proposed to deduct 20% of the materials for the protection of the soldiers, Yuan Jinsheng, who has been much more stable in recent years, stood up and was about to lift the table, Yuan Guizheng reached out and grabbed his son, and said in a deep voice: "Sit down," asked Liu Tingzhou, "These materials, Nanyang is in a hurry to wait for help, can Huaixi reduce it a little bit?" ”

There was no turning back when he opened the bow, Liu Tingzhou thought that the battle between Ninglu and Ning Lu came first, and it was difficult for Liang Chengchong and Lin Jian to wear a pair of pants, even if they offended Nanyang at this time, there was no way to do it, who called Huaixi to fill the loopholes everywhere?

Stretching out his hand with Huaidong on the bright side, there is no way, he can only scrape a layer of oil on it - Liu Tingzhou sat up straight, coughed lightly, and said: "Huaixi soldiers and horses also live with their waists and trousers, and it is their duty to garrison the city to defend, but it is an extra matter to send troops to escort the fleet through the Huai River. A large number of materials were disembarked in Zhengyang County and transferred to the land route, not only facing the threat of Yanyu outposts in the north, but also the possibility that the remnants of Chen Hansan in the Huaishan Mountains would also go out of the mountains to plunder, and Huaixi even needed to build a camp next to the selected water and land wharf in Nanyang to guard it. If you don't charge some guards, up and down, how can you explain the past? ”

Chen Xiaoyan was also quite surprised, Huaixi was about to bite off two percent when he opened his mouth, it was not to scrape a layer of oil, but to scrape a layer of flesh from Nanyang's head, it was no wonder that Yuan Jin was trembling with anger, and Yuan Guizheng's face was as cold as cold water.

The Liang family is thick, but since Liang Xi, Liang Chengchong's father and son entered Shandong, in terms of the dilapidated situation in Jinan, Plains and other places, they have been unable to make ends meet in the past few years.

Liang Chengchong led more than 20,000 remnants to the west, although he brought dozens of carts of property, and the Yongtai Hou Mansion also had some savings over the years, and he would not be too stingy at this time, but the situation in Nanyang was even more unbearable than that of Jinan, as if it was a bottomless pit, and no one could predict when this bottomless pit would be filled and really take root in Nanyang. No matter how much money you have, you have to break your fingers to spend it - Huaidong's generosity made Yuan Guizheng breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou to raise a knife to cut his flesh, and the anger in his heart was naturally very strong.

Restoring the navigation of the Huai River from Hongzepu to Xinyang was originally the responsibility of Huaixi, but now Liu Tingzhou and Dong Yuan, who are hiding behind their backs, have to count these on Nanyang's head, what can Yuan Guizheng do?

Nanyang is about to run out of food, there is no time to spend with Huaixi, although he is resentful, but he can only swallow his teeth in his mouth, Yuan Guizheng said angrily: "According to what Lord Liu said, the safety from Sizhou to Zhengyang County is all up to Huaixi......"

Liu Tingzhou glanced at Ding Zhiru, and Ding Zhiru said on behalf of Dong Yuan: "Of course, this is ......"

Neither the remnants of Chen Hansan nor the Yanlu outpost infiltrated from the north could directly attack the fleet sailing on the Huai River waterway, and the most important thing was that a large amount of supplies would go ashore in Zhengyang County and take the land route through Baitong Mountain to Nanyang, which would become an easy target.

Even if Huaidong did not send supplies to Nanyang, Huaixi also planned to build additional fortresses and ferries at the mouth of the Huai River and Shenshui River in Zhengyang to strengthen the control and defense of the northern area of Xinyang.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Dong Yuan also doesn't want Liang Chengchong to be untenable in Nanyang. Since Yuan Guizheng recognized the slaughter on behalf of Liang Chengchong, he could no longer make things difficult, and directly ordered Xiao Kui'an to send his generals to Zhengyang Shenshuikou to camp and set up camp to ensure that a land and water wharf could be quickly formed there, and to carry out a more severe blockade on the southeast section of Tongbai Mountain, so as to limit the infiltration of Chen Hansan's remnants from Huaiyang Mountain to the northwest and threaten Yiyang Valley Road, and sent his henchman Chen Jingrong to Xinyang with Yuan Guizheng to supervise the matter, so that Huaidong's ship stopped in Shanyang could carry rice grain and iron to the west at the same time......

After the negotiations between Huaidong and Huaixi were negotiated, Yuan Guizheng sent people to gallop back to Nanyang and report to Liang Chengchong, asking Liang Chengchong to first strengthen the garrison at the western foot of Tongbai Mountain and Yiyang, and urgently restore the post station on the Yiyang Post Road.

The first batch of supplies provided by Huaidong included 600 mules and horses, providing the necessary transportation capacity for the supplies to cross Tongbai Mountain by land. Until the end of April, when the first batch of 6,000 stone grain was transported through Tongbai Mountain into the remnant city of Yiyang, Yuan Guizheng ran around the land of Huaixi for a month.

Nanyang was also in danger of running out of food at this time, and just used Huaidong's grain to make up for it.

There are soldiers but no food, Chen Zhihu used troops against Hezhong Mansion in Ruzhou, Liang Chengchong did not have the slightest ability to control elbows, and he was more worried that Chen Zhihu would see through the reality here and turn around and attack Nanyang, and at the same time he was also worried that Luo Xiancheng would support his troops and march north, and hundreds of thousands of Changle bandits would come like a flood and empty the remnants of Nanyang.

The first batch of supplies from Huaidong entered the remnant city of Yiyang, and Liang Chengchong's hanging heart fell back to its original place.

When the food was about to run out, the morale of the Nanyang generals also fell to the extreme, and at the moment when the food was cut off, even if there were no enemy soldiers to kill, it was extremely difficult for Liang Chengchong to effectively control the soldiers and horses. At that time, Liang Chengchong will have to go to ransack the place, although there are not many supplies to loot in Nanyang.

When the mule and horse team that stretched for several miles, camelping heavy grains appeared in the field of vision, Liang Chengchong breathed a sigh of relief and did not say anything, the head of the ruined city of Yiyang, the generals also cheered in the city!

In April, the world is full of fragrant flowers, although Nanyang is remnant, the spring is strong, the grass and vines in the wilderness, and the miscellaneous flowers grow.

Yuan Guizheng rode on horseback, rode into the city, and saw the scene of the soldiers and civilians in the city greeting each other, and sighed in his heart: he knew that Huaidong may not be kind, and he would not be naïve enough to think that after this, the previous estrangement would be eliminated, but Huaidong's feelings must be accepted, and in front of Chen Xiaoyan, let the soldiers and civilians in the city know that these materials are all from Huaidong's help, and let the generals and officials in Nanyang know that Huaixi is going to work, and he thinks Liang Chengchong should know what to do.

If you can't even do this, then don't think that the second batch of supplies from Huaidong will arrive in Nanyang smoothly.

Liang Chengchong strode over, and said to Yuan Guizheng with a fist: "My uncle has worked hard this month," he talked casually with Yuan Guizheng, but on the city road, in front of the generals, he saluted Chen Xiaoyan respectfully: "Although Liang and Huaidong have had some unpleasantness, but Huaidong does not remember the past suspicions, when Nanyang is in danger, give a helping hand, Pengcheng County Prince's heart and bearing, make people's hearts break, Cheng Chong and Nanyang soldiers and civilians, will not forget Huaidong and Pengcheng County Prince's helping hand......"

"You're polite." Chen Xiaoyan replied that he was here on behalf of Huaidong and Lin Tie, and he would not lose his momentum in front of Liang Chengchong.

Liang Cheng rushed to the general's gate, and was a relative of the emperor, and his father was in charge of the border army for many years, and then re-emerged in the land of Luxi, and he was the head of the Liang family for a long time. The successive defeats of the Liang clan are not so much that Liang Chengchong is unfavorable in using troops, not that Liang Xi was too conservative during his lifetime, but since the eleventh year of Chongguan, Liang Xi led his troops to break the heavens and rob the army, and he can barely squeeze into the ranks of generals who can use soldiers.

Liang Chengchong is nearly forty years old this year, ten years older than his brother Liang Chengyi, but his face does not look old, he has a short mustache on his lips, a thin face, and his eyes are bright, and he looks very capable.

Liang Xi is not only the two sons of Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi, but Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi were born in the main room, and they have been deliberately trained to be generals in command of the army since childhood, so their status is the most obvious.

"With Huaidong's grain and iron, Nanyang will not be surrounded by the enemy, and he will write a letter to report to the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother can settle down." Yuan Guizheng said, thinking that the relationship with Huaidong here would turn from cold to warm, and the Queen Mother's life in Chongzhou would be much better.

"What my uncle-in-law said is exactly what I said," Liang Chengchong said, "I want to advise the Queen Mother in the letter, and I want to recommend my uncle-in-law to know Nanyang and take charge of Nanyang's political affairs......"

"I have to trust Chengchong, although the road ahead is thorny, I dare not give up!" Yuan Guizheng said.

Nanyang was originally a remnant land, and when Liang Chengchong led his troops westward, Jiang Ning didn't bother to send officials to clean up the mess, and the appointment of officials in Nanyang naturally fell into Liang Chengchong's hands.

Strictly speaking, Yuan Guizheng belonged to the children of the clan, and the first generation of Yongchang Marquis and Da Gao Zu were cousins, but at this time, Yuan Guizheng insisted on being the prefect of Nanyang, and handed over the title of Yongchang Marquis to Yuan Jinqiu, the eldest son who stayed in Jiangning, to inherit, Jiangning actually had no ability to stop it.

Liang Chengchong only controls Nanyang at the moment, and the position of Nanyang prefect is within Liang Chengchong's power, which is naturally extremely important, but Liang Chengchong is not good at government affairs, if this position is not given to Yuan Guizheng, he can only choose a capable person from the clan to appoint.

When it is obvious that the relationship with Huaidong still depends on Yuan Guizheng to maintain, and in order to gain a foothold in Nanyang, Yuan Guizheng ran forward and backward, and made the greatest meritorious service, and he served as the prefect of Nanyang, which was also expected by everyone.

Liang Chengchong also didn't care about the fact that several clan uncles who followed him to the west were vying for the position of Nanyang prefect, and announced on the spot that he would recommend Yuan to return to the government to take up this position, and this matter was settled.

Yuan Guizheng married Liang Xi and the young sister of the Empress Dowager Liang as his wife, and he was also related to the Liang family, but after all, he was not a member of the Liang clan, and he was also happy to hear that Liang Chengchong let him know Nanyang. Even considering that there would be opposition within the Liang clan, he immediately accepted it without hesitation.

Liang Xi beheaded the generals in Dongping County, and most of the remnants of the soldiers and horses in Dongping surrendered to Yan with the rebel generals, while the children of the Liang clan who fled into Dongping County with Liang Cheng were killed.

The Liang clan was hit hard as a result, but there were still many children of the Liang clan in Hezhong Mansion and the Liang clan who entered Nanyang with Liang Chengchong, firmly controlling the soldiers and horses of Nanyang and Hezhong Mansion, and the main officials in Nanyang appointed by Liang Chengchong were also mostly controlled by the children of the Liang clan.

Now that the most important position of the Nanyang prefect has fallen to the head of Yuan Guizheng, it is naturally impossible for the Liang clan to be calm, and it is impossible for anyone to have no ideas.

Yuan Guizheng knew that if he wanted to sit firmly in the position of the prefect of Nanyang, he must rely on the relationship with Huaidong, which was also the irreplaceable role he was currently playing in Nanyang, Yuan Guizheng couldn't help but guess: Is this also the situation that Huaidong expected?

Lin Jian and his advisers may not have such a clever plan, but there is one thing that Huaidong must have seen a long time ago.

The Liang clan garrisoned troops in the Yinan area to prepare for Huaidong, and many generals were recruited from Yizhou.

Xuzhou, Yizhou and Huaisi are rich in elite soldiers since ancient times, the people are fierce, and there are many martial artists, the Changhuai army and the Huaidong army like to recruit troops from these areas, after the Liang family controls Lunan, it is also a matter of course to recruit horses from the surrounding areas.

The Yan soldiers broke through Qingzhou in the south and threatened Jinan, so the Liang clan transferred the Yizhou army north to Jining as a countermeasure. After the Qingzhou War, Ye Jiduodi led the army to the south like a tide, and Liang Chengchong took the lead to lead the remnants to retreat into Jining City, converged with the soldiers and horses of Yizhou, and finally pulled out the soldiers and horses that marched westward, which were actually dominated by Yizhou soldiers and horses.

Yizhou is under the control of Huaidong, most of the families of the original Yizhou soldiers and horses stayed in their hometowns, and there was no chance to go west with the army.

Even if Liang Chengchong is still wary of Huaidong, he may not have a repetition in the relationship with Huaidong because of interests in the future, but it is difficult to be an enemy of Huaidong again, otherwise it will seriously dampen the morale of ordinary Yizhou generals.

Yuan Guizheng knew that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang, he would have to take on the role of appointing Yizhou generals, but thinking that this happened to fall into Huaidong's calculations, he was inevitably discouraged.