Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 333 Jiankang Personnel
A group of people took a rest in the simple environment of the abandoned garden, and it was getting late before they knew it.

During this process, there were also patrolling soldiers wandering around here, but the many abandoned gardens and villas in this area were devastated, and those soldiers just took a look at it from a distance and then left, without going in to investigate.Today, those who work as the security guards in the capital are mainly the remnants of the original guards and the township bravely conscripted into the army. The military orders are still loose compared with those before the fall, so there are huge loopholes.

After it officially fell into the night, Liu Meng and a few other people hurried back, and were quickly led into the manor under the pretext of a wildfire outside the abandoned garden.

After resting for most of the day, Shen Zhezi became energetic again and got up to greet him.

In addition to Liu Meng and others, Xu Su, a soldier of the Shen family who stayed in Jiankang City earlier, was also accompanied by Xu Su.After Xu Su helped Du He send King Langya out of the city, he led more than two hundred soldiers back to the city in the chaos.Except for Shen Ke who is still in Taicheng and a few guards around him, this is the last bit of strength left by Shen Zhezi in the capital.

Although it was difficult for the Liyang Army to completely control the entire Jiankang City, there were many loopholes to exploit, but it was impossible to deploy a large team of thousands of people.

Xu Su had been lurking in the city for many days, and had been waiting for the recovery of Gyeonggi to respond to the righteousness. It was a pleasant surprise to see Liu Meng and others.When I saw Shen Zhezi after walking to the abandoned garden, I couldn't help being shocked: "Why did you come to this dangerous place in person? If something happens, how will we treat the master!"

Shen Zhezi signaled Xu Su to be calm and not to be impatient, and led him into a relatively complete house to sit down, and then he smiled and said: "Xu Wei, you risked your life to sneak here, how can I be afraid of danger?" no."

"I have been bound by the kindness and righteousness of the master's family for generations, but I have a life, and I don't hesitate to sacrifice myself. But you, sir..."

Xu Su was about to speak out to persuade him, but Shen Zhezi waved his hands and said with a smile: "I shouldn't have come, I have already come, so I will not gossip. I am still confused about the recent situation in the capital, and I need to listen to Xu Wei, you will tell me in detail."

When Xu Su heard this, he stopped talking, and then talked about the changes in the situation since the city was broken: "When I returned to the city that day, I was lurking in a warehouse near Nanyuan. The city was in chaos for a few days. , the Liyang army is attacking the whole city, I have no choice but to leave the city temporarily with the rioters..."

Shen Zhezi listened carefully to what Xu Su said, and he also knew that staying in Gyeonggi was a very dangerous task.When I heard from Xu Su that the Longxi soldiers were withdrawing from the city, they were besieged and killed by the Liyang rebellion because a dozen of them exposed their weapons, and Xu Su and the others could only do nothing to save the overall situation. Shen Zhezi also felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart, and felt more and more the heavy responsibility of being the one who gave orders.

To him, it's just an idea in his mind, but these front-line executors often have to pay the price of their lives to complete it!The deceased is dead, and all he can do is to do his best to live up to the sacrifices of these loyal family members!

"The city was in chaos for more than ten days, and Gao Menhan's furniture suffered. It was not until the beginning of March that Zhang Shangshu of Danyang left Taicheng to rectify the military affairs in the suburbs of Beijing. I was called back to the city as the rest of the guards, and I was in charge of it. There are guards in Yongqing Lane in the southeast of Dazheng. It was not completely dismantled because less funds were collected during the chaos, and more donations were made to make friends with Shangguan. Now there are 180 seven people waiting for orders."

After talking about the situation of his group of people, Xu Su then talked about the detailed city defense arrangements in the capital: "The king of Xiyang who supervises the six armies in the city now is the leader of the army, but the specific job is Chen Liu and Cai Shizhong. Cai Shizhong is now Being appointed as the left army by the traitors, although it is against the position, but it is still loyal and obedient to see what he does. Without his many protections, these people in the city are now suffering several times more severely..."

Chen Liu and Cai Shizhong were Cai Mo, and Shen Zhezi only found out through occasional discussions with others that Su Jun's father had been supported by Cai Mo's ancestors in his early years.Probably because of this relationship, in Su Jun's view, Cai Mo is more trustworthy than other ministers, so he entrusted him with the important task of city defense.

As for King Xiyang, Shen Zhezi really didn't know what to say.This king was demoted and dismissed earlier because of the rebellion of King Nanton, but after the city was broken, he stepped forward as the elder of the clan to speak out for Su Jun, and together with several other kings who had fled earlier, they issued an edict to request Su Jun was in power.This is really rushing to hang himself, the ghost is standing on his heel, so many people have not made a sound to support Su Jun, and their group of Zongwang is very escaped.

But it is also because of this that in the future, when Su Jun is defeated, anyone in the city may find a reason to be forgiven, except for these few kings, if they are not killed, Su Jun's name of treason cannot be determined.The prince of Xiyang had already been chopped off at Jingkou, but Shen Zhezi had no intention of killing people and seizing his career. He only blamed the king of Xiyang for being too capable. He had no reason to save Sima, the prince of Xiyang who was still somewhat friendly. broadcast.

Among the ministers that Xu Su mentioned were used by Su Jun, one of them caught Shen Zhezi's attention, that is Sima, the king of Qiao, who had helped him a lot in fighting for the emperor's son-in-law earlier. Mowgli.

After experiencing the turmoil in the early years, King Qiao was quickly alienated and suppressed by all the ministers. Although he was not driven out of Jiankang City in the end, since then, King Qiao has rarely had the opportunity to show up in front of people .After Shen Zhezi got married, he often had contacts with the clan kings, but he rarely had the opportunity to meet King Qiao.Because of the enmity with Langya Wang's family, this king seems to be forgotten, and few people mention it.

When the city was broken, King Qiao was also trapped in the city. Although he did not support Su Jun as clearly as King Xiyang and the others, his clan status was not fake.Now Qiao Wang has been appointed as the Minister of the Yellow Gate, leading a part of the soldiers to be responsible for the guarding of Tongyuan including Xichi.

These situations are only the basic protection in the city, and they are only superficial forces used to maintain the stability of the city.As for the real city defense power, it is still in the hands of Su Jun's generals.

Because there is no city wall to guard, there are three geographical key points around Jiankang City to garrison soldiers.The most important one is of course Stone City, where nearly [-] soldiers live, led by Su Jun's younger brother Su Yi, who is responsible for the defense of a large area southwest of Jiankang City.

The second one is Jiangling Fuzhou Mountain, from where Su Jun broke through the fire and burned Taicheng, and he also attached great importance to the defense work there.After breaking through Jiankang City, the peasants were immediately mobilized to build camps around Jiangling, and many iron chain fences were thrown on the river to prevent the water troops from the east and west of the river from approaching.It was Yuzhou army Zu Huan who was in charge of guarding there, but not long ago Zu Huan was called back by Zu Yue to attack Yuzhou traitor Huanxuan, and he has not returned yet.But now there are still more than 2000 soldiers stationed there, hoping that the naval attack on the river will be very difficult.

The third location is the Longdu Ferry in the southeast of Jiankang City. This is a junction point of the south water network of Jiankang City.If you go north and turn from Qingxi, you can go directly to Jiangling, and if you go west and enter Qinhuai River, you can go directly to Stone City.Because of the convenient water transportation, this is also an extremely important concentration point of food and grass for the Liyang Army around Jiankang.

Among the three important strongholds outside Jiankang City, Longdu Ferry is the one Shen Zhezi is most familiar with. It can even be said that the reason why Longdu Ferry became an important stronghold of the Liyang Army was not decided by Su Jun, but by Shen Zhezi. Tetsuko.

Among the water network nodes in the south of Jiankang City, the earliest freight center was not Longdu, but a small lake in the northeast of Longdu.Compared with Longdu, Hushu originally connected the Qinhuai River with a waterway inherited from the old Wu, and it is closer to Pogangdu, so it has been a freight distribution center in Dunan since a long time ago.

Moreover, there are mountains in the territory of Hushu, and there are even military facilities built during the time of Sun Hao, the empress of the old Wu Dynasty. Apart from civilian use, they can be converted to military use to store grain and grass in case of war, and provide supplies to Gyeonggi nearby.But Longdu is different, Siyepingchuan, the water network is intricate, and there are large swaths of reeds, it is extremely difficult to defend.

However, after Shen Zhezi bought a property in Qu'a, because of the large number of goods and materials traveling to and from Gyeonggi, he consciously increased the importance of Longdu Ferry, and a large number of goods were transferred through it.He not only built a hangdai near Longdu at his own expense, but also built a large number of warehouses and the like.In terms of water transportation alone, Longdu is indeed more convenient than Hushu. With the supporting facilities built by Shen Zhezi around here, many families in the capital, including merchants from the north and south, have gradually become accustomed to coming to Longdu.

With the flow of people here, the construction will naturally be much faster, so the lake is gradually overtaken by Longdu, and then the original ditches are also abandoned, and can no longer lead directly to Qingxi.This kind of small-scale canal channel, as long as there is no regular dredging and dredging, it will be difficult to navigate due to the depletion of water within a year or two, and the construction of Longdu Hangdai itself is to divert this part of the water.

The Liyang Army came to rebel, not to dig canals. Even if they mobilized the people's power to re-dred the waterways of the lake, it would not be completed in a few months.Moreover, the two ferries are not far from each other. Instead of spending so much manpower and waiting for a few months to covet the military effect of the lake, it is better to directly choose a ready-made Longdu ferry. This is what a normal person will have. choose.Besides, for these rebels, they themselves don't know what will happen in a few months.

Xu Su learned so much about Jiankang City's defense work here.As for the more core and more important defense situation around Taicheng north of Daheng, that is not something he can touch at the level he is mixed into now.But if he can't learn about the latest situation in Taicheng, Shen Zhezi really doesn't dare to act rashly, otherwise he will fight to the death outside, rushing into Taicheng to have a look, his fucking brother-in-law will die first.

If that kind of situation really happened, Shen Zhezi would not be able to accept it, not to mention the difficulty of explaining to his own wife.Not to mention his personal affection for the emperor, in order to stabilize the situation after the suppression of the rebellion, the emperor should not allow any loss.So after learning about it, Shen Zhezi still sent Xu Su back to the city to try to contact Shen Ke in Taicheng to exchange the latest information.

(End of this chapter)