Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 685
Shen Zhezi didn't know much about the many undercurrents in Shi Zhao Xiangguo, but even if he knew, he wouldn't feel so relaxed.After all, his own status was determined after a very intense political struggle.

Although it is a truth that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, the barrel of a gun is not political power after all. Force is only a means to achieve goals, and it is also the most costly means.Soldiers are fierce, and those who have human nature and know how to fight are all tired of fighting.As long as it doesn't involve issues of principle, Shen Zhezi seldom chooses to use force to solve the problem.

Although the Jiankang court has been entangled in the issue of Shen Zhezi's status for a long time, Shen Zhezi has not been doing nothing in Shouchun, but seized the time to prepare for the future war.

Shouchun's entry means that Shen Zhezi's entire Jiangbei strategy has a solid foundation.In terms of tactical needs and stabilizing people's hearts, the first thing to do must be to increase troops!
Before the Grand Canal was dug and opened to navigation in the Sui Dynasty, Shouchun's strategic position in the North-South confrontation was unquestionable.Therefore, over the past dynasties, this important town has been repeatedly built and repaired. Although Jiehu has been entrenched here for nearly two years, although there has been no large-scale expansion, the city defenses are still well preserved.

Shouchun is not an isolated city. In addition to the set of cities that stand side by side inside and outside, there are still dozens of barriers, large and small, around the city.

In the north of the city near the Huai River, there are many hills such as Bagong Mountain, Zijin Mountain, and Xiashi Mountain. Although these hills are not dangerous and desperate, they can effectively stop the march of infantry and cavalry troops. Dozens of large and small fortresses are distributed at the pass, which can be used as garrisons to block the enemy in the north.

Among these hills, Bagong Mountain is the location of the famous story of Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty in the battle of Feishui in later generations.But from a military point of view, Bagong Mountain is not as important as Xiashi Mountain on the west side.

The Xiashi Mountain and the Huai River are dangerous, and it is one of the most famous gorge mouths in the middle of the Huai River. As long as the Xiashi City gorge mouth is guarded, and it echoes with the downstream Luojian and other important places, the Huai River will become a huge defense, and the northern slaves will never be able to escape. intrusion.

The west side of Shouchun is where the remaining veins of the Dabie Mountains are located. The area is densely covered with ditches, which is very unsuitable for the mobilization and march of large-scale troops.

To the east of Shouchun is Feishui, and to the south is Juze Shaopi. It is said that the outside is blocked by rivers and lakes, and the inside is guaranteed to be solid.It can be said that as long as Shouchun is not lost, the vast Huainan land will not be disturbed by military disasters from then on!
In recent years, there have been two major battles surrounding Shouchun. One was when Zuyue was defeated by Shi Zhao, and the other was when Shen Zhezi led his troops to take back Shouchun.The results of these two wars were that Shouchun changed hands, and each had their own reasons for non-war crimes. It is not that Shouchun is difficult to hold on.

In fact, the Shouchun city defenses are well maintained, and even Shen Zhezi, who is keen on building cities, feels that he is useless. Apart from a small amount of repairs since entering the town, there is no need for large-scale construction and repairs at all.But this is not a bad thing, at least it saves a lot of manpower and material resources, and can focus more on the deployment of soldiers.

After Shouchun was recovered, Shen Zhezi immediately ordered the army left behind in Liang County to go north into the town, and at the same time led his troops to pull out some remaining strongholds along the Huai River.After the Xuzhou army took Xuyi, the way for soldiers to advance has also been opened up, and the Yuzhou army took Luojian and Matou as the boundary, and guarded the Huai River.

There were more than [-] soldiers in Liang County, plus the latecomers in Hefei and Lujiang. In just two months, Shouchun had already gathered more than [-] soldiers.Thanks to the original construction foundation of the city, it doesn't feel cramped when so many soldiers gather here.

At the same time, the appointment of Shen Zhezi was finally issued.Although the honor of being the governor of the military state at the age of the weak crown that the soldiers were hotly discussing did not appear, the position of supervising the Huaixi armies based on the internal history of Huainan was enough to give Shen Zhezi a well-deserved authority.

Shen Zhezi's current age will take nearly two years to be crowned, but in terms of potential, it is already equal to when his father was in charge of the internal history of Kuaiji in his early years. Such a comparison is indeed regarded as the blue one, and it really reflects Shen Zhezi. The transition of the family in the current situation in the past few years!

Even if Shen Zhezi doesn't dwell on these false names, but every time he thinks about them, he can't help being complacent.He originally set a goal for himself to be in charge of the military state before the age of 30 and rank as Fang Bo. This was already an unrealistic delusion in the past, but now the goal can be said to be overfulfilled!
Of course, Shen Chong's position in the internal history of Kuaiji in his early years is actually more important than Shen Zhezi's Huainan internal history from the perspective of the current situation.After all, Kuaiji is the leading land of money and food in Jiangdong, while Huainan is just a newly restored land.But from a military perspective, Huainan is far more important than Kuaiji!
It is no exaggeration to say that Shen Zhezi's power and status today can be equated with the ancestral covenant that he did not rebel in his early years. He even talked about his foundation in Jiangdong, Yu Yi's spare no effort to support him, and his cooperation with Xi Jian's flank. Patriarch Yue was much more relaxed.

Of course, this is only an optimistic view. After all, the Zu family has been in Yuzhou for more than ten years since the Zuti Northern Expedition, and the prestige and popularity are far from that of Shen Zhezi, a newcomer.And prestige and qualifications, to some extent, are not inferior to the potential strength of Jiabing.

Arriving in Shouchun together with Shen Zhezi's appointment edict, there are also many awards from the Huainan World War I.

Guo Song and Mao Bao, who had the merit of breaking the city, were both granted the title of Kaiguo County Marquis. One was the prefect of Ruyin and the other was the prefect of Xinchang.However, these two counties are established by overseas Chinese in name, but in fact they have no land governance.That's all for Guo Song, Shen Zhezi was originally his recommended benefactor, and returning to control is also due.

But Mao Bao was a bit of an innocent disaster. He was originally the prefect of Lujiang, but now he was dismissed because he served Shen Zhezi, which can be said to have taken on Taichung's dissatisfaction with Shen Zhezi.Moreover, when this person attacked Shouchun Jincheng, he not only took the lead, but also made great achievements first. Such an arrangement is really unfair.

Shen Zhezi also attached great importance to Mao Bao, a brave general, and personally invited him to meet and enlighten him. Fortunately, Mao Bao was also able to see it, and he didn't have too much resentment.After all, for someone like him who is purely skilled in martial arts, similar encounters can be said to be commonplace.And now that Huainan has become an independent war zone, as long as it can be appreciated by the masters and generals, there is no need to worry about not being famous, and a small setback is nothing at the moment.

For the rest, there are many officials, and their rewards vary. Even the Wubi masters who are obviously exaggerated in military achievements have to be awarded some false titles of generals. As for the specific duties, Shen Zhezi will measure them himself.

Shen Zhezi understood that the convenience of the trip to Taichung was actually because he was worried about another twists and turns in Dongyang's withdrawal from the state, so he didn't dare to restrict him too much.

With the authorization of the title, the next thing will be much easier to deal with.Although Shen Zhezi has not yet opened the mansion, he is actually the chief of the military and government. In addition, there is a brother-in-law who is supposed to be the king of Huainan covering his head, and all the subordinates are rationed beyond the standard.

So in Huainan today, under the chief officer Shen Zhezi, there are two sets of civil and military teams.On the political side, there is a master book and six officials under the prefect, while on the military side, there are two Sima and four officers. In addition, Shen Zhezi's own position can hire the second army officer, which is the main subordinate official in Huainan.

In fact, this ration is no different from that of Kaifu Inspector, only with a slightly different name.Of course, strictly speaking, these subordinate officials are still under the control of King Huainan in name, but in fact, it is only the fact that Shen Zhezi temporarily borrowed the name of his brother-in-law to live in Kaifu.Although it seems a little deceitful, but at least the assistants are more accepting psychologically.

Among these subordinate officials, Juncheng was directly appointed by Taichung to Yingchuan Chengui, which of course was what Shen Zhezi meant.In addition to being the deputy of the internal history, Juncheng also served as the Zhongzheng. Among Shen Zhezi and his subordinates, in terms of background and reputation, only Chen Gui, who was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan, was qualified.

Moreover, Chen Gui holds this position, which is of great benefit to appease the people in Huainan internally and attract various families in Huaibei externally.

As for the master book, who is the official person who handles political affairs, Shen Zhezi left it to Du He.Du He himself had a lot of achievements in farming in Tuzhong, and he also honed his ability in handling general affairs. At the same time, he also had a lot of research on laws and regulations.

For the rest of the history and the like, some Shen Zhezi arranged for those in his family who needed to be tempered, and some simply distributed them to the family members in the territory as a show of favor.

Shen Zhezi's focus is still on the military, and the left and right Sima are divided by Mao Bao and Cao Na.The two of them followed him, and their reputations suffered a lot. Mao Bao was snatched as the prefect of Lujiang, and Cao Na rejected Langya Wang's solicitation, so they should be given some comfort both emotionally and rationally.

As for the four jobs, Ji You, Jiang Xi, Yu Manzhi and Qiao Qiu from the local tycoon were in charge of logistics, transportation, cattle and horses, land reclamation, recruitment of new recruits and other matters.Among them, Yu Manzhi naturally made up the numbers, just to show others the close relationship with the Yu family, and what to do specifically.

The two joining the army were awarded to Guo Song and Lu Yong, different from the rest of the generals, these two are also considered to be the leaders of many generals in the Huainan Army today.As for the other generals, before Shen Zhezi's fame is further improved, he can only temporarily lead the army with his own title and the position of supervisor.

After this arrangement, Shen Zhezi, the general of Xizhong and the internal history of Huainan, can be considered to be in the embryonic form of a domineering mansion.

There is no need to go into detail on one aspect of the text. At present, there are still families from the north and the south who express their willingness to join the town, but they can't be scattered around without fame and status. As long as there are enough positions, they can fill them in order.

The aspect of martial arts is not weak, except for veteran generals Guo Song, Han Huang, Mao Bao, Lu Yong, Xu Mao, Cao Na and others who are known for being good at fighting, the other members of the Shen family, Shen Mu and Shen Yun, Yu Manzhi, Xie Yi, etc. who have made friends with each other, as well as the new recruits Ying Dan and other children from Jiangdong families, as well as the local families that the newcomers attached to, there are more than a dozen people who can be called warriors.

Moreover, with the evacuation of Dongyangzhou on the agenda, many hometowns who originally belonged to the Dongyang Army also chose their children to go north to follow the meritorious service.With the addition of these close-knit people, the expansion of the Huainan Army in the future will also ensure that Shen Zhezi's control over the army will not be diluted.

　Originally, I wanted to choose a few tricks for this chapter, but after looking through the tricks, there is nothing suitable. Everyone's fun is very unique, and the name alone has its own plot, which is not easy to arrange. . .

　　
　
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