Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 498

"The son-in-law actually crossed the river in person!"

On the afternoon of the second day when the boat sailed north, Shen Zhezi and his party met Du He who came to greet him.After seeing Shen Zhezi in the fleet, Du He was also very surprised, and then looked at Xiao Yuandong who was accompanying him with some dissatisfaction: "The situation is not peaceful right now, and you don't know Yuan Dong, why don't you persuade your son-in-law?"

Xiao Yuandong bowed his head and remained silent, although Du He was his superior right now, but he practiced and fought under Shen Zhezi in the early years and gained a lot of prestige, so how dare he try his best to persuade the son-in-law to stop him.

Shen Zhezi got out of the boat and said with a smile: "I'm not one of those idle boys who don't know anything about military affairs. It's not a big deal to cross the river once in a while. Besides, Daohui and you have worked hard in this village, even if you don't give up your hard work, then It's reasonable, I should come and see you."

After Du He heard the words, he couldn't help being a little speechless, and then realized that in terms of military exploits, the son-in-law was far superior to him.If there is any danger that even the son-in-law can't move forward, then naturally he is even more useless.

In fact, although Yuzhou has collapsed and Jiangbei has no danger to defend, it is not possible to encounter enemy attacks at any time.Especially at the moment, Jienu's interior is not stable, and there is no sign of wanton use of troops in Yuzhou. Even some Jiehu Jingqi are concentrated in important towns such as Shouchun and Hefei, and they have not operated wantonly across the river.

But seeing Shen Zhezi's arrival, Du He still couldn't help being anxious. On the one hand, Jiangbei is not as stable as Jiangdong. If something happened to his son-in-law, he would have to bear the blame.On the other hand, he has been crossing the river for more than half a year, but he has not made any major achievements, which makes him a little embarrassed and awkward when facing his benefactor.

"Thanks to the use of the son-in-law, it has been more than half a year since I crossed the river. I have no achievements in fighting for land, and I have no merits of two or three battles. I am really ashamed!"

Du He stepped forward to bow down, and said in shame.

Shen Zhezi stepped forward to support him, and said with a smile: "When my grandfather crossed the river, he did not create his achievements in an instant. Besides, the corruption in the north of the river lasted for a long time. It is difficult to clean up the situation from the beginning. There are many constraints, and haste makes waste. There is no need for Dao Hui to blame himself, as long as his fighting spirit remains undiminished and he keeps his original intention, there will always be a time when he will shake China!"

While talking, he looked at Du He.Compared with when he was in Jiangdong, Du He's appearance has changed a lot. His face is dark and thin, his short beard is like a hedgehog's spine, and his light armor and old clothes make him look like an old man who has been in the army for a long time. As a pawn, the whole person looks tough and resolute, which shows that he has been deeply tempered in the past six months.

There were more than two hundred knights following Duhe this time. Although their armor and blades were not neatly arranged, they exuded an aura of rough iron and blood.Their mounts and horses are also not uniform, their heights and coats are different, and the coat color is often dull, but they are full of vigor, far stronger than those fat and lazy breeding horses in Jiangdong.

"Consort."

"Alang!"

A group of people stood behind, and when they saw Shen Zhezi's arrival, their expressions were also full of surprises.The composition of these people is very complicated, including the original criminals of the old guards and the descendants of the Yuzhou Army, but the main body is still the family soldiers trained by Shen Zhezi in Qu'a in his early years.It is conceivable that these people are happy to see the old lord in a foreign land after living here for a long time.

"Everyone has worked hard! It's not enough to celebrate the success. Husband's fame will be taken immediately, and I will serve General Du carefully. I will use it in the future, and I will definitely get it at the right time!"

Shen Zhezi strode forward, looking at these people, very satisfied with their mental state.He didn't care too much about Du He's achievements, the most important thing was to train him a group of soldiers who could be used, and these people would be the basis for him to gallop across the Jiangbei and fight for power in the Central Plains.

A group of people exchanged greetings, and then went to their own business, or used ox carts, or operated boats and rafts, unloaded all kinds of luggage brought in this trip, and transferred them back to the camp.

A lot of supplies were brought in this time, including more than [-] dendrobium grains, a lot of consumables such as salt and cloth, and a batch of military equipment such as bows, knives, armor and arrows.The more than [-] people brought by Du He, plus the more than [-] people brought by Shen Zhezi with the team, were still busy for several hours before the transfer of these materials was completed.

Seeing such a material subsidy, on the one hand, Du He was not lacking in joy, but on the other hand, he was really ashamed.While the soldiers were busy, he led Shen Zhezi, Guo Song and others to the camp first, and introduced the current situation along the way.

"Currently, Tuzhong is relatively stable. Small groups of intrusions are unavoidable, but there are no major battles. Right now, our troops are mainly stationed near Nantang, reclaiming and guarding, and by the way, cleaning up some wandering bandits. Although there is nothing In the great battle, there were few gains, nearly a thousand beheaded, and more than two thousand people were recruited and captured..."

Because there was no big move, Du He's introduction was inevitably a bit trivial.

Hearing Du He's introduction, Shen Zhezi also had a concrete understanding of the situation in Zuojin.

The front line of Tuzhong can be said to be the first line of Dajiang's defense. With Hefei as the center, from the west is Lujiang, Zhucheng, Jiangxia, and to the east is Chaohu, Liyang, Tuzhong and Guangling.If this line is broken, then Jiangdong will have no danger to defend except for a big river.

The current situation is that because of Zuyue's rebellion and surrender to the enemy, Hefei, which is the core link in this line, has been lost.It is not accurate to say that, because since Dai Yuan Beizhen Hefei was recalled and then killed by Wang Dun, and since Yu Liang came to power, Hefei has not been under the direct control of the imperial court, but has been controlled by the nearby refugee Marshal and Wu Wall owners jointly manage.

Tuzhong, where Du He is now, was the area that Yu Liang had focused on in his early years, in order to guard against Zu Yue who was in Shouchun at that time.However, as the situation in Liyang became tense, Yu Liang gave up his deployment in this area and transferred his troops back to Jiangdong to guard Gyeonggi.Some of the original strongholds in Tuzhong were destroyed by the Yuzhou army going south, and some were occupied by local refugees.

After Du He crossed the river, he faced such a situation.There are more than a dozen refugee armed organizations active in the vicinity, large and small, some of which have settled down to build dock wall strongholds, while others are still roaming around like bandits.

So after crossing the river, before he had time to get acquainted with the situation, Du He had already started using troops to organize or suppress or appease those refugees. He was busy until this spring before completely taking back the entire Nantang area.Now within a radius of a hundred miles, apart from Du He's subordinates, there are only three Wubi masters who still have a well-established armed force.

"Although Zhongshu has managed Nantang for a long time, to be honest, it has had little effect. What I saw when I arrived was still barren."

Leaping up to a high hill, Du He pointed the whip in his hand at a reed pond beach in front of him and said.

Nantang is not an official name, but a general term for a large tidal flat wetland in the upper reaches of Tushui.Because it is close to the east of the river, boats and horses are difficult to travel here. In the early years when Cao Wei confronted China, North Korea and Soochow, it was a buffer zone for the war between the two countries.Because of the tense confrontational relationship, there were not a large number of private households reclaiming and living here in the early years, but it was used as an official area around Hefei.

Later, the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu and moved thousands of households from Jiangdong to this place. However, because the time was too short, and the Northland soon fell into turmoil, many families who crossed the river in the early years fled back to Jiangdong.Therefore, this area is still under-cultivated and sparsely populated. However, as a large number of people from the Central Plains fled south, some of them could not cross the river and had to stay here.

Shen Zhezi looked in the direction Du He pointed, and only saw dense clusters of reeds in his eyes, with almost no earth color.Only a few earthen fortresses or wooden arrow towers occasionally stand abruptly in these reeds.

It's just that these buildings are seriously damaged, and the remaining traces can still be seen how clumsy the construction techniques are, and the site selection is also messy, unreasonable, and full of perfunctory flavors. It seems that they have not considered it at all from the beginning. Excessive utility.This gave Shen Zhezi the feeling of seeing those unfinished projects that later generations ignored the practical significance because of policy reasons.

When Yu Liang vigorously developed Nantang, Shen Zhezi was in the capital. He knew that Yu Liang insisted on going his own way and resisting all opinions to facilitate this matter, and because of this, he invested a lot of manpower and material resources in Jiangbei, and his hopes were not small.But now it seems that this arrangement does not seem to have much practical significance except for aggravating Zu Yue's suspicion and renunciation.

If Yu Liang is still alive right now, and even crosses the river to take a look in person, I don't know how he will feel when the defense line that he had placed high hopes on and invested a lot of resources has been built like this.

Regardless of whether the concept is clever or not, if it cannot take into account the actual implementation, it can be called a foolish government.Yu Liang may not be intellectually shallow, but his problem is that he is too proud of his official career, he has gained a great name early, and because of his relatives, he has hardly experienced any local work, so he occupies the position of Taifu.You may have a high-level perspective when looking at problems, but you only lack a down-to-earth perspective.

The group of people walked through the small road in the reed pond for about half an hour before their vision gradually widened. In the distance, many relatively simple buildings could be seen, and around these buildings, there was a lot of land that had been reclaimed.

"Although Jiangdong has capital, it is not a long-term solution if it is completely dependent on supplementary supplies. Since the beginning of the year, in addition to the necessary drills and patrols, we have also been vigorously reclaiming wasteland. So far, we have reclaimed more than [-] hectares. Although Most of them produce less Susukida, but after a round of summer harvest, it can already meet part of the consumption. If there is no major war, two years later, it will be enough for self-sufficiency."

Speaking of this, Du He couldn't help showing a few smiles on his face.Although he did not have any major achievements in his business in Jiangbei, it is considered good to have such achievements in reclamation while maintaining training and fighting.

"It's really hard for Dao Hui."

Because he is well aware of the inconvenience of transportation conditions, Shen Zhezi also understands the importance of reclamation and local settlement of materials.More than [-] hectares of land, although only rough cultivation, can not be said to be a small number, it can be said to be a good start.

There are advantages and disadvantages to operating across the river. The advantage is that you can do it freely because there are not too many constraints.The disadvantage is that in this undefended place, wars may occur at any time, and it is difficult to obtain a long-term and stable development opportunity.It is easy to say that farming and raising wars, but there are still too many difficulties in practice.

(End of this chapter)