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Chapter 180 Camp
The next day, Jiang Chun woke up with a headache.Squinting his eyes, he saw Mou Zhu sitting beside the bed.

"The officer is awake, let's drink a bowl of hangover soup first."

"What time is it?"

"It's two o'clock."

"It's so late?!" Jiang Chun sat up and murmured, "What happened?"

"What happened?" Mou Zhu said indifferently: "It was a welcome banquet, and I had a month's salary. The officials said they were bothering County Lieutenant Li, but they were really generous."

"so much?!"

Jiang Chun felt a little distressed, but he didn't care too much about it. Apart from the 20 yuan a month, he also had various gifts of clothing, grain, employment, and livelihood in his hometown.

But Mou Zhu refused, hummed, and said, "It's extravagant, but I won't do anything that officials have been told to do."

Jiang Chun stroked his beard and remained silent.

Mou Zhu said again: "Last night, while the reckless man surnamed Liu was drunk, my concubine can ask Yan Po to inquire about it. The marriage of Li Xianwei was arranged privately. Na Cai and Na Ji have not been married yet, so the officials can arrest him." Tight."

"You woman brought this up again." Jiang Chun was displeased.

"Just ask the officials to open their mouths, how can it be so difficult?!"

"Stop making noise..."

"Officials are still fierce? More than 20 people spend as much as they say. After serving you all night, when you wake up, you will scold me."

"Okay, okay, don't bother me." Jiang Chun frowned and asked, "Where's Li Feiyu?"

"I took people to the east bank of the Fu River early in the morning." Mou Zhu said, "Usually the officials get others drunk, but today's drinking capacity, energy, and prestige are all compared to him."

"Oh, Li Feiyu drank less than three small cups in total, and said that the Shunan wine is not strong, I..." Jiang Chun said: "In short, don't deal with him in the future, he is difficult to deal with."

"Living in the same courtyard, how can we avoid dealing with each other?"

"Still living at home?" Jiang Chun was taken aback for a moment, then said blankly, "Didn't I tell him to move out?"

"Hehe." Mou Zhu sneered, "Think about it for yourself."

Jiang Chun rubbed his head, trying to recall everything from last night.

Including Bao San and Hu Hu, Li Xia has already dispatched 50 people from Yamen and Minzhuang.

And these people actually stood by his side when they competed for wine, daring to drink to the county magistrate.

Looking at the results of the whole banquet, he couldn't help him in the slightest.

The wine table is the place where things can be seen the most. I'm afraid Li Xia has already opened up the situation in Qingfu County...

"Li Feiyu, it's not easy."

"Hmph, knowing that he is not simple, the officials are quick to recruit him as a son-in-law..."

~~
Early in the morning, Li Xia led the people out of the county and arrived at an abandoned tea horse farm on the east bank of the Fujiang River.

"In the early years, all the army and horses of the Song Dynasty were purchased from Dali. Eight tea-horse farms were set up in Shu, and there were two in Xuzhou. One of them is here." Han Qi'an said, "It's just that it has been abandoned now, and it has become a gathering place for refugees. shack."

Li Xia looked around and saw that many doors and windows in the tea horse farm had been dismantled by refugees and burned as firewood, which was quite dilapidated.

Han Qi'an led him around, raised his hand, and said: "The river here is slow, and boats can be parked on both sides of the east and west. A Lang looks again, the mountain in the east is called '挓口岩', which can be built on top of it." Get out of the platform and set up artillery carts, if the Mongolian army comes, you can shoot them with stones."

Li Xia nodded and said, "Mr. Ning intends to use this tea-horse farm as the base for patrolling the river?"

"Yes." Han Qi'an said: "That area can be used as a school ground, and only need to build a circle of defense around the periphery. And this area of ​​houses can be used as barracks, and only need a little repair."

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money?"

"At least it's cheaper than building a new barracks."

Li Xia asked Bao San, "What do you think?"

Bao San squinted his one eye, looked up, but talked about another topic.

"The county lieutenant wants to recruit three hundred patrolmen?"

"good."

Bao Sandao: "This is such a big deal, does the county lieutenant want to rule the army? Make a contribution while the Mongolian army is attacking Shu?"

Li Xia didn't hide it from him, and said, "Not bad."

"Then it shouldn't be like yamen servants such as Lingminzhuang and Archer. They patrol the yamen when they go to the yamen, and return home after they go to the yamen. The combat power is far inferior to that of the Xiang army. If you want to rule the army, you must strictly enforce military discipline, and be stationed in the camp every day. Different from Minzhuang..."

After Bao San said something, he turned his head and saw that Li Xia and Han Qi'an both looked calm.

He thought about it all night last night, and saw Li Xia dispatched 50 people, and also increased the salary, so he guessed Li Xia's thoughts.

At this time, Bao San also knew that his words were not touching enough, so he continued to speak.

"It's better for the county captain to build a big camp, and expand directly from the tea horse farm to the foot of the Yikou Rock. In this way, the camp reaches the Fujiang River in the west, and the Yikou Rock in the east. It has a landscape and a wide school field, which is convenient for training. The villain knows a little bit. The method of training soldiers handsomely is to train three hundred strong soldiers for the county lieutenant to guard the celebration talisman."

Li Xia nodded, his expression still calm, and asked, "How many people can be housed in such a camp?"

"Don't say 300 people, five or six hundred people can fit in."

"Can it be expanded in the future?"

Bao San was taken aback for a moment, and opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

He felt that he had followed Yu Jie before, and although he was only a small soldier, he was well-informed. He thought that he would shock Li Xia and the others when he opened his mouth, but he didn't expect such a flat reaction.

Han Qi'an said: "If you want to expand, you can enclose the Yikou Rock. There is a Qingqing River in the north, which flows into the Fujiang River from east to west, which can be used as an attachment."

"Is the drawing drawn?"

"I drew a simple one." Han Qi'an said: "The craftsman's blueprint has not been drawn yet."

Li Xia took it and looked at it, and said, "Go to the top of the mountain and have a look."

When the group reached the top of the mountain, Li Xia compared the drawings for a long time before making up his mind.

"The battalion is located here. As you said, it will be expanded under the Yikouyan Mountain, and then a harbor will be dug in the Fujiang River to park ships. As for defense, not only need to build towers and fire artillery on the Yikouyan, It was also built on Qinggangling and Tuanshanzi over there..."

"Understood." Han Qi'an was not in good health, and was out of breath from climbing the mountain.

Li Xia patted him on the back and said, "That's it, let's rest for a while before going down the mountain."

"Yes. Also, how to build the wall?"

"Not built."

"Then if the Mongolian army comes, how will the barracks and ships be guarded?"

Li Xia said: "We have ships, but the Mongolian army doesn't. We are far more flexible than them. We just need to dig a trench between Qingqing River and Dikouyan in the north to restrict their cavalry from charging."

"But what if... the Mongolian army came from the south?"

"The boat can go down the Fujiang River, and there is enough time to enter the county. In addition, store supplies on the Yikou Rock, and when the time comes, the army will be stationed on the mountain. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can form an angle with the county..."

Bao San listened to this, looked at the tea-horse field down the mountain, and became dazed.

After descending the mountain, Li Xia patted Bao San on the shoulder, and said, "You're right, I've followed your method to expand the camp by relying on Diaokouyan, what else do I have to think about?"

Bao Sandao: "The villain imagined that, as Mr. Yining said, he should build walls around. The county captain's arrangement seems to be due to lack of money at first glance... But when you think about it carefully, it is far more than the villain imagined. It is more flexible, and the villain admires it."

"It is indeed because of lack of money." Li Xia said.

Bao San was taken aback.

Li Xia said again: "On the other hand, it is too troublesome to demolish and expand after the wall is built. Besides, the best defense is actually offense."

"Expansion?"

Bao San was still puzzled, he just felt that it is impossible to have more troops of three to five hundred in a county, so how could it need to be expanded?

Li Xia didn't explain any further. In his plan, it wasn't just the river patrollers.

In short, on the east bank of the Fujiang River, under the Yikou Rock, the abandoned tea-horse farm began to be repaired and expanded as a camp for river patrolmen in Qingfu County.

At noon that day, Han Qi'an received a thousand guan from the county government, bought stone and wood, hired refugees, and started construction.

~~
Xu Kui carried a section of tree trunk down from Dikou Rock, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

He is from Lizhou. After Lizhou was occupied by the Mongolian army, he was worried about massacring the city and fled south with his mother, wife and son.

After years of wandering and wandering, seeing the continuous war in western Sichuan, he fled to the south of the Yangtze River until he felt at ease, and finally stopped outside Qingfu County.

It is also hard to find a livelihood. Qingfu was originally only a county, and now business is not prosperous.Occasionally, he has some short-term laborers who pull fibers, and digs some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger when he is a child.

Fortunately, there is a tea horse farm where I can live, and I can barely live in peace.

Yesterday, when Xu Kui saw a young official leading a group of villagers around the tea-horse farm, he was very worried that he would be kicked out.

Seeing that winter will come in two or three months, if the shelter from the cold is lost, it will be difficult to survive this winter.

Afraid of what to come, the county magistrate has spotted the tea horse farm and wants to occupy it.

But the good thing is that considering the approaching autumn harvest, the county government did not conscript labor, but spent money to hire refugees living in the tea-horse farm to work.

One hundred yuan a day is quite generous, so Xu Kui is willing to do it.

At this time, he carried the wood on the school yard, wiped off his sweat, and started sawing.

Not far away, a lame man came, knocked on the wood, and explained to the foreman: "After the sawing is finished, the old houses must be nailed up first. These houses have to be cleaned out today, and the patrolmen will move in tomorrow." , don’t delay.”

"Understood, brother, don't worry, there will be no delay."

"To build another row of houses over there, the foundation has to be dug out tonight."

"So urgent? It's too urgent."

"It's urgent. If you are willing to do it, you can process money at night..."

When Xu Kui heard this, he hurried forward and said: "The villain is willing to do it, can I let the villain do it?"

"I'm talking to my brother, why are you interrupting? I'll tell you when I'm about to hire someone!"

As soon as the foreman scolded, Xu Kui hurriedly withdrew.

"Wait." The lame man said, "Come here."

Xu Kui was taken aback.

"Come here, my legs and feet are inconvenient."

"Yes." Xu Kui stepped forward.

The lame man squeezed his arm and asked, "How old is it?"

"The villain is 24 years old."

"Will it be water?"

Xu Kui was taken aback for a moment, then nodded foolishly.

"What are you afraid of? My name is Kong Muxi, a river patrol officer in Qingfu County."

"Yes, brother, the villain's name is Xu Kui."

"Yeah." Kong Muxi said: "I met you yesterday, kid, and you're pretty hardworking."

"hey-hey."

"Come with me."

As Kong Muxi said, he turned his head and walked in the direction of Fu Jiang.

Xu Kui turned his head to look at the half-sawed wood, scratched his head, and followed.

"Brother, where is this going?"

"I can't tell you clearly, but I'll know when I arrive."

Xu Kui asked again: "If this job is finished, the livelihood of us people..."

"Did you see the wharf repair over there?" Kong Muxi said: "At that time, we will have to build defenses on the Dikou Rock. These tasks will not be completed in one winter, what are you afraid of?"

"Is there no forced labor?"

"Hey, you're too lenient. I'm looking forward to drafting labor, so I won't hire you, right?"

"No, no." Xu Kui waved his hands quickly.

"Did you see the tiles over there?" Kong Muxi said: "The county captain specifically asked to buy more batches, and then you will build a row of houses on the barren hills over there to house refugees."

Xu Kui was overjoyed and thanked Dade: "Thank you magistrate for your kindness!"

"I said you, hold me up, I don't have eyesight."

"Yes Yes."

The two walked for a while, and saw many people gathered by the river, some doing vaulting and jumping on the ground, and some swimming in the river. They also saw a few tables propped up there, and several gentlemen writing with pens.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Kong Muxi said: "You don't know about recruiting patrolmen?"

"I heard someone say it this morning, but the villain didn't pay attention."

"Why didn't you pay attention?"

"Busy with work."

Kong Muxi cast a contemptuous glance at him, and said: "Three pieces per month, two stones of monthly food, clothes for spring and winter, and accommodation and food..."

"so much?!"

"You just take it as joining the army, but our Qingfu County river patrolmen are much better than ordinary Xiang troops."

Xu Kui hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"You don't need to discuss it with Jia Xiao?"

"No need. I'm almost starving to death. The villain wanted to go and join the army."

Kong Muxi raised his hand and said, "Go to the middle team and line up. Remember, it's the middle team. Don't make a mistake."

"Okay, thank you brother for reminding me!"

Xu Kui thanked Kong Muxi again, and ran towards the river in big strides. When he reached the crowd, he looked around and stood at the end of the middle line.

There were only about twenty people in front of him. He waited for a long time, and gradually became anxious, thinking that if he couldn't be selected, today's work would be delayed, and he didn't know if he would earn less money.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder.

Xu Kui turned his head and saw that he was a tall man.

"This brother..."

"Kong Muxi asked you to be in the middle row? I saw it all. He brought you here specially."

As the tall man said, he pinched Xu Kui's arm and seemed to think about it.

"Yes."

"I see you are thin and small, are you strong?"

"The little man's strength is not bad."

"Come on, try, jump like him, how many times can you jump?"

Xu Kui turned his head to look, and saw someone push himself on the ground, jump up, then quickly fell down and jumped up again.

He didn't understand what it meant, he glanced at the tall man in front of him, and honestly followed the other's appearance.

After dancing for fifty or sixty times, Xu Kui was so tired that he was sweating profusely. He was really unable to dance anymore, so he waved his hand just now and shouted repeatedly: "The villain can't do it."

"Can you water?"

"Yes, I can swim back and forth in Fujiang twice."

The tall man showed a thoughtful expression again, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, then there is no need to try. You come with me. By the way, my name is Liu Jinsuo, and you will call me Bantou Liu from now on."

"Yes, Captain Liu."

Xu Kui walked a few steps, and suddenly became a little confused, and said cautiously: "But, brother Kong said, let me line up here in the middle..."

Liu Jinsuo said indifferently: "It's the same."

So Xu Kui followed Liu Jinsuo to the table in a daze, reported his name, place of origin, family and many other things, and received a small badge.

"Before [-] o'clock tomorrow, I will meet you at the school grounds of the tea horse farm, understand?"

"clear."

Bantou Liu confessed again: "You must not be late."

"Yes." Xu Kui asked: "Can the villain still go to work today?"

"I care about you? Go, don't be late tomorrow."

Xu Kui is still a little confused...

He worked another day and got a hundred dollars.

That night, instead of going to work, he chatted with his family and went to bed early.Before dawn the next day, I rushed to the school field of the tea horse farm.

In the bright sky, there were two or three hundred people like him, gradually gathering together.

A camp has also begun to take shape outside Qingfu County, Xuzhou...

~~
Someone clicked on Syria on the map, and moved his finger westward along the Jinsha River.

"Mahu County, I want to meet Wuliang Hetai here." Zhang Shi said in a low voice.

"However, Marshal Pu Jie hasn't issued an order yet."

Zhang Shi shook his head and said: "It can't wait anymore, within one and a half months at the latest, the Wuliang Hetai army will arrive. The situation of this battle is already clear. He will attack Syria along the Jinsha River, and then go down the Yangtze River to Chongqing to surround Hetai. The state. The state is the most important, and there is no room for loss."

"Yes."

"Therefore, I must intercept Wulianghetai on the Jinsha River."

"But...do you want to discuss it with Pu Jieshuai again?"

Zhang Shi shook his head again, his eyes were firm, and he said lightly: "Pu Zezhi has just taken office, and he is completely unfamiliar with the defense of Sichuan and Sichuan. So what can we do if we discuss it? It's just a waste of opportunity."

"But, the governor, you..."

"I have made up my mind. Send me an order to recruit 3 sailors to fight against Wulianghetai."

"Yes……"

~~
At the same time, Wu Lianghetai was also looking at the map.

He knew that he had only one way to go, along the valley of the Xisha River to Syria, and then down the Yangtze River to encircle Hezhou.

The first battle was on the Jinsha River in the upper reaches of Syria...

(End of this chapter)