Luoshan City is small in size, with four streets and twenty-six lanes. The county government office is also where Wen Boya's tent is located. It is located in the center of the city. When Zhang Qian, Guo Rong and others entered the city, they could see groups of cars when they entered the county government office.

The horses loaded with heavy supplies drove into the county government office from the east.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Qian was secretly frightened. He looked at Guo Rong and asked tentatively: "Is the Marquis of Qianyang really relieved about the Wen family?"

He didn't expect that Han Qian would directly transport a large amount of supplies into Luoshan City before everything was settled. He thought to himself, wasn't Han Qian really afraid that Wen Bo would change his mind after receiving a large amount of supplies?

"Luoshan has been besieged for several months, the food supplies are running out, and the soldiers and civilians are drowned. They want them to serve Chu, especially in such a short period of time. If they want to change their minds, everyone will strive to be loyal to Chu. If they don't

How can it be possible to grant favors and continue to suppress, causing resentment to grow? Wouldn't Mr. Zhang also think that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers? Is this a matter of course?" Guo Rong said, "And Tang Yi

I have tried my best to express such goodwill, and if General Wen repeats himself, it will only be criticized by thousands of people..."

Zhang Qian was relieved after thinking about it. Wen Bo was really going to change his mind. At this time, Han Qian was murdering the Wen clan members who were kidnapped in Tangyi. No one would say that Han Qian was cruel anymore, right?

Wen Bo led Cao Ba, Xue Chuan and other generals to welcome Zhang Qian in front of the county government office. A very simple banquet was also held in the hall. Wen Bo and the generals' robes were all patched, and there were even grass wadding.

It was revealed that after being besieged for more than half a year, Luoshan City was already in short supply of supplies.

When Zhang Qian first joined the Longque Army, he met Wen Bo and his son with Shen Yang. At that time, Wen Bo was still a Confucian and elegant general. He was in his thirties and took up the post of a senior general at the level of commander in Dachu. Everyone thought that

He will succeed his father as deputy privy envoy, or even serve as privy envoy. Who would have imagined that Wen Bo, who was over forty years old and had not seen him for seven years, had a full beard and his appearance had become much rougher.

Of course, who could have imagined that in the past six or seven years, the world would be in such chaos?

When Wen Bo and the generals met with Zhang Qian, they didn't have much to say. They just regretted working for Anning Palace and the Xu family and tried their best to express their desire to return to Chu and serve the imperial court.

Maybe Wen Bo was good at acting, pretending, and trying his best to hide his true thoughts, but many of Wen Bo's generals showed their hatred without concealment. They were dissatisfied that the Shouzhou Army had been defeated steadily over the years, and they were worried about the future of the Liang Kingdom.

Zhang Qian could also believe that the Luoshan garrison's desire to return to Chu was not a disguise. The real obstacle was perhaps the fear that one day they would be liquidated after accepting the surrender.

Seeing this, Zhang Qian was able to rest with some peace of mind after the night banquet. However, Wen Bo, Wen Zhanyu, Guo Rong and others were still busy counting the supplies brought into the city from Chengdong Operation and distributing them to each camp as quickly as possible.

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Even though Wenbo led his troops to guard Luoshan, strengthened Luoshan city defense to the maximum extent, and hoarded a large amount of supplies, after more than 15,000 generals and more than 20,000 civilians in the city were besieged for more than half a year, the supplies were almost exhausted.

Already.

Wenbo made preparations for long-term defense of the city early in the morning, and strictly controlled the ration supply of the military and civilians from the beginning. For more than half a year, the daily ration supply of the defenders was controlled to less than eight taels, and the ration supply of civilians was even lower.

Just barely ensuring not to starve to death.

After being in a state of semi-starvation for a long time, most of the soldiers and civilians were starved to the point of skin and bones and severely malnourished.

Therefore, Han Qian's first batch of emergency shipments of tens of thousands of coats, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain, tens of thousands of kilograms of dried meat, tens of thousands of kilograms of sucrose, more than 30,000 kilograms of cooking oil, and tens of thousands of kilograms of salt also hoped that Luo Shanshou would

The army was able to restore physical fitness as much as possible, and at the same time, Wen Bo was asked to increase the ration supply of civilians accordingly to avoid serious starvation.

Of course, the first batch of materials transported into the city were three thousand sets of armor, including more than five hundred of the most elite armors and scale armors, as well as a thousand arm-shaped crossbows and sixty bed crossbows.

Although Han Qianming did not make any more demands on the surface, Guo Rong would also discuss some necessary measures that would be acceptable to Wen Bo and his subordinates without causing others to become suspicious.

The Tangyi Army regained Huailing, Linhuai and other twelve counties, and incorporated a total of more than 90,000 households with more than 50 household registrations. Among them, more than 5,000 households were forced to cross the river by the Anning Palace in the early years and migrated to Huailing.

, the military households of the old Zuo Wuyi Army settled in Linhuai and other places were also the family members of the generals of the old Zuo Wuyi Army led by Wen Bo.

Taking into account the continuous wars over the years, the casualties among the generals of the old Wu Yi Army led by Wen Bo were definitely high. Han Qian estimated that among the more than 6,000 households of the old Wu Yi Army soldiers who moved north, there should be nearly 3,000 generals.

The soldiers are still waiting in front of Wen Bo's tent to serve.

Guo Rong went to the city to talk secretly with Wen Bo this time, and also brought the corresponding list of military households. Han Qian asked Wen Bo to separate these three thousand generals and form a capital.

The generals such as the capital troops and horses, the governor generals and the battalion commanders can be appointed by generals designated by Wenbo. However, some seemingly unimportant assistant positions of the marching commander need to be filled by officials designated by Tangyi, and they also need to pay tribute to these generals.

Disclose the fact that his family was recruited and resettled by Tangyi.

In troubled times, ordinary generals and soldiers are at the lowest level. They can only drift with the tide and have no time to care about where their families are. But for those generals who know clearly that their families have been resettled in Tangyi, they

It can still form relatively stable centripetal force and cohesion.

In addition, after Wen Bo led his troops to leave Luoshan City, Luoshan City would be taken over by the Xiangbei Army, but the more than 20,000 civilians in the city would be handed over to the Tangyi Army and relocated to the east bank of the Gushui River.

Guo Rong, on behalf of Han Qian, also asked Wen Bo to organize the more than 2,000 men who had been forcibly recruited from local areas to strengthen the city's defense into a separate capital.

It would take some time for the imperial court to formally make the decision to surrender the Luoshan garrison and follow Zuo Wuxiang's army to attack Guanzhong. During this period, Han Qian asked Wen Bo to make preparations for the expedition...

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Zhang Qian stayed in Luoshan City for two days. Under Wen Bo's arrangement, he also met with the generals at the command level of the garrison camp. After visiting the barracks in the city and generally understanding some of the situation of the garrison, he went out of the city to meet with Li Zhigao.

After a while, he quickly rushed to Anfeng, then took a boat to go eastward via Chaohu Lake, Yuxi River, and the Yangtze River, and rushed back to Jinling on the 9th to report back to Shen Yang and other ministers who participated in the government what he had done in the past ten days.

The surrender journey.

At about the same time, the news that Li Xiu led his troops to successfully capture Wuguan also rushed back to Jinling.

Capturing Wuguan will open the way to advance into Guanzhong, but only capturing Aoguan in the southeast of Lantian County can truly open the door to the hinterland of Yongzhou.

At present, Li Xiu and Zhang Fengzheng are leading their troops to move north along the Shangluo Road (Wuguan Road), but there are nearly 300 miles of winding mountain post roads from Wuguan to Yao Mountain at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains where Yaoguan is located.

Huang Lu, Li Xiu, Zhang Feng and other generals were not worried about how strong the Liang army in Guanzhong would be when they were surrounded by enemies.

After entering the gate, the Chu army wanted to share as much of the victory as possible. Compared with the Shu army, the Mongol cavalry in the north, and the Weizhou rebels, their strength seemed insufficient.

Even if the Guanzhong Liang Army was defeated in the end, it would be difficult for them to capture Yongzhou City, the former capital of the dynasty, from the Shu Army and the Mongol people who had an absolute advantage in military strength, let alone control the entire Wei River Plain.

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Therefore, Huang Lu, Li Xiu, Zhang Feng and others will report to the court, and Shangshu will put forward two suggestions.

The first is to suggest that the imperial court recruit more troops and horses to the front line of Yaoguan. After the capture of Yaoguan, they will have stronger strength to participate in the carving up of the Guanzhong territory.

If they could not send more troops and horses, and only Zuo Wuxiang's army was the main force, they advocated temporarily stopping the use of troops against the hinterland of Yongzhou after the capture of Yiguan, and holding Yiguan, the gateway pass that can directly use troops against the hinterland of Yongzhou, and occupied

Shangluo and Shangluo counties between Yoguan and Wuguan were used to observe the subsequent development of the situation, instead of hastily entering the hinterland of Guanzhong.

The princes in the court initially decided to respond to Shu's proposal and send troops to attack Wuguan, and did not expect to participate in the carving up of the Wei River Plain.

In any case, even if Da Chu can divide troops into several counties in the Wei River Plain in the early stage, the investment will definitely far outweigh the gains.

What's more, the lone army hangs north of the Qinling Mountains. Once the Shu army and the Mongol people suddenly change their minds, it will be extremely difficult for them to hold the Pingchuan land north of Aoguan. If they are not careful, the whole army may be destroyed.

What the princes in the court were most looking forward to was to seize the Pass and control the narrow passage between Guanzhong and Xiangbei. However, the real opportunity they saw was in the Central Plains, the vaster land between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River.

In dismantling the Liang army in Guanzhong, Da Chu's strategic focus should also be to concentrate its elite troops and horses to cross the Huaihe River and march northward to invade Cai Ru, Yingqiao, Shang, Song, Xu, Si, Qingmi and other states. It is even expected that while the Mongolians digest the Hedong and Heshuo areas, the Chu army's

The front can advance directly to the banks of the Yellow River.

Of course, all the princes in the court realized that the Luoshan garrison was a major obstacle at the beginning of their decision-making.

As Han Qian said in his memorial, Luoshan is a small area with more than 10,000 weak troops, but the two main armies of Xiangbei and Tangyi, with 112,000 elite soldiers and horses, cannot cross the Huaihe River and go northward. At the current moment, it is undoubtedly a kind of

The huge waste may even cause the Chu army to miss the best opportunity to invade the Central Plains since the founding of the country.

Han Qian asked the Xiangbei Army to solve the problem of the Luoshan defenders within a month, which was harsh for the Xiangbei Army. But as far as the entire battle situation is concerned, once several troops defeated the Guanzhong Liang Army, the Xiangbei Army

, it is in the best interests of Chu that the Tangyi Army and the Huaidong Army can make timely preparations to move north before this.

Even if the Xiangbei Army suffered heavy casualties when they attacked the Luoshan Army, it would still be better than when the Liang Army was completely defeated and they missed the opportunity to attack Cai Ru, Shang, Ying, Qiao, Song and other states.

Zhang Qian's return will undoubtedly bring back an exciting solution that can resolve the current conflicts.

Even if Cishou Palace had the support of the Queen Mother, its opposition seemed insignificant at this time.

The memorial was made public, and the ministers discussed it for three days. On the 13th, Emperor Yanyou officially issued an imperial edict to recruit the Luoshan defenders into the Youshenwu Army - which can be regarded as re-using the banner of the Youshenwu Army - to give warmth.

Bo, Xue Chuan, Cao Ba and others will serve as the capital commander and deputy capital commander of the You Shenwu Army. At the same time, they also ordered the Ministry of War to reorganize the old Zuo Wuyi Army soldiers into the military households of the Tunying Army.

The Anning Palace rebels fled north across the Yangtze River, and a large number of ordinary generals and their families were abandoned on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After all, in the era of Emperor Tianyou, in addition to the bodyguards and personal troops, the families of the Forbidden Army served as military households, and the military camps under their jurisdiction were distributed on a large scale in prefectures and counties outside the capital. And like the Left and Right Dragon Bird Army and the Left and Right Shenwu Army

The military households were mainly settled in Tanzhou, Junzhou and other places.

During the Jinling Incident, the large-scale Forbidden Army officers had no choice but to follow their generals and were forced to rebel. However, their families who stayed on the south bank of the Yangtze River were demoted to prefectural and county government offices after Emperor Yanyou ascended the throne.

official slaves.

Wen Bo led his troops to accept the surrender, and the old Zuo Wuyi Army stayed in their hometown on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Naturally, their identity had to be re-clarified, which would also involve the imperial court's influence and penetration of the new Right Shenwu Army in the future.

The imperial edict also required that when the newly formed You Shenwu Army received the order, it would immediately go south through Jiuli Pass under the supervision of the Xiangbei Army, take the road from Suizhou, and then rush to Wuguan to accept the Marquis of Jiangyin along the Han River and Dan River.

Huang Lu's temperance entered the Aoguan pass.

As for Han Qian's letter suggesting that Wen Bo's troops join Zuo Wu's Xiang army and seize Yongzhou City before the Mongols, the princes in the court ignored it.

In addition to the small area of ​​Guanzhong, it is only connected to the Jianghuai land by a narrow Wuguan Road. Instead of competing with the Shu army and the Mongols for the city in the narrow Guanzhong, it is far better to put the strategic focus on closer contact with the Jianghuai and mutual interaction.

It is the Hehuai area of ​​the Central Plains inside and outside.

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On the 17th, Zhang Qian accompanied the minister of the Ministry of War, Li Changfeng, the Marquis of Linjin, and Chen Ruyi, the permanent minister of Chongwen Hall, and rushed to Luoshan with the imperial edict to declare it.

In addition to the fact that Wen Bo and his newly formed Right Shenwu Army needed to mobilize as quickly as possible to move westward, the handling of Luoshan City was generally carried out according to the previous compromise between the Xiangbei and Tangyi armies.

The more than 22,000 civilians in the city, including some sick and wounded generals, will all be handed over to the Tangyi Army and relocated to the east of the Gushui River. Huangchuan and Le'an counties will be placed under Huozhou.

Luosan, Yiyang, Tongbaek, and Qisi, which was still occupied by the Shouzhou Army at this time, were placed under Gwangju, and the new state government was established in Yiyang City.
To be continued...