Chapter 278: Ask for help

Lu Fang returned to the mansion, changed into a casual robe, and was about to go to the backyard to have dinner with Lu Shuxian and Shen Liniang, but saw Chen Yunxing walking in quickly and stop and asked, "Fengtian, is there anything important?"

"That's right, Xu Zaisi sent his nephew to ask for reinforcements." Gao Fengtian nodded and presented a letter with both hands.

Lu Fang took the letter and read it carefully. The letter said that Wu Yongdu won consecutive victories after crossing the river and surrounded Yuezhou City. However, the Mingzhou Governor Zhao Yingong received a request for help from the governor of Yuezhou and led his troops to help. Xu Zaisi divided his troops to fight against him. He could not win, so he only untied the siege and retreated to build a base. Later, the two sides confronted several times. Although there were quite a lot of results, reinforcements from the eastern provinces of Zhejiang gradually arrived, and the situation became unfavorable to Wu Yong. At the end of the letter, Xu Zaisi said that he had a strange plan to defeat the enemy, but due to insufficient troops, he asked Lu Fang to send reinforcements to him. For the specific situation, Xu Wuji who sent the letter.

"Where is Xu Wuji?" Lu Fang casually put the letter in his arms.

"Resting in the villa on the left."

Lu Fang nodded and said, "Okay, let him come over." After Lu Fang finished speaking, he was about to change into the official robe, but he saw a hesitant look on Gao Fengtian's face, as if he had something to say, so he asked, "Fengtian, if you have something else, why not say it at this moment."

"The lord is the matter of the soldiers' land and houses."

Lu Fang's expression immediately became solemn. He distributed the land and houses to the soldiers in the army, making them a person with constant property. He has always been the top priority in his heart. He put the official robe in his hand on the tables beside him and said in a deep voice: "Fengtian, please report this matter carefully."

It turned out that after Lu Fang captured Hangzhou, the army expanded rapidly. In addition to the debts in Huzhou, many soldiers needed to allocate land and houses. However, due to the current situation, Mo Ye had strong enemies and no strong foreign aid, so he had to fight for the support of the local forces in Hu and Hangzhou. Therefore, except for a few powerful people who fought desperately, Lu Fang did not attack the local forces in Hangzhou, so naturally he could not get the population and land in their hands. In order to satisfy the appetite of the soldiers of Mo Ye, Lu Yi issued an order to re-examine the monk's certificate. As Wang Daocheng said, he could obtain some of the certificate money and increase fiscal revenue. Secondly, he could take advantage of the opportunity of re-examine the certificate to find out how many monks there were in Hangzhou in total, and add them.

The next step is to limit the land and property they can own according to the number of certificates, thus confiscating most of the land and using these land to resettle the soldiers of Moyedu. Without industry, the monk soldiers will naturally no longer exist. In this way, Lu Fang not only eliminated hidden dangers, but also increased the manpower and tax sources in his hands, which can be said to be a killing of two birds. However, after these days of review, Gao Fengtian found that not only the number of monks who came to be reviewed was very small, but the land was much smaller than expected. Even the gap to satisfy the soldiers of Moyedu was very reluctant, let alone the more than 4,000 towns of navy surrendered. You should know that these days, their morale has become increasingly unstable and there have been many mutinies. If this continues, big problems will occur sooner or later.

Hearing this, Lu Fang's expression became more and more serious. He walked back and forth in the hall and suddenly stopped and asked, "I remember you had estimated that the large temple under Guangzhou, Hangzhou had less than 30,000 acres of land, so how many are there now."

"Large, there are about 7,000 acres." Gao Fengtian also frowned deeply, looking helpless.

"Where have the rest of the land gone? Could it be that people will eat it?" Lu Fang suddenly shouted. His mood became extremely bad at this time. From later generations, he knew the power of the five generations of arrogant soldiers and generals. No matter how heroic you are, you can't escape the swords of the personal soldiers around you. In order to overcome this, he determined the strategy of allocating land to his soldiers so that they are not usually controlled by the superiors. Now something goes wrong and he can't help but get angry.

"After our army broke through the city, in order to avenge our father's revenge, Fan Changshi killed all the monks involved in Lingyin Temple. As a result, there were rumors that our army had a great grudge against the temple and would soon kill all the monks in Hezhou. As a result, the monks either took the initiative or were forced to sell all the fields in the temple to local tyrants at a low price, so, so." At this point, Gao Fengtian stopped talking.

"This Fannie Monk is so erratic." Lu Fang had already guessed this rumor. It must have been released by some local powerful people in Hangzhou. They poured sewage on them, but they could make profits from it and buy a large amount of fertile land at a low price. They were very skilled and courageous. They were lucky enough to suffer for nothing, but the big head was eaten by others.

"When did you know this, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lu Fang said hatefully. After all, if he had known it earlier, although he would not have time to dispel the rumors, he could at least temporarily ban the sale of land and reduce losses. At present, people in the city are already in panic. If he declared that those transactions were invalid, he would be afraid that there would be chaos immediately, which would make Gu Quanwu and Qian Chuanqiu in Suzhou laughed out loud.

"This, this." Gao Fengtian, who had become unparalleled in his daily life, stuttered at this moment. After talking for a long time, he could not say a single word except for one "this". What a smart person Lu Fang was. Seeing him like this, he immediately guessed the reason and sighed: "Is it because you have a rift with Changshi Fan and don't want to tell me what he is wrong, so as not to make me think you are taking revenge on your own?"

Hearing Lu Fang's question, Gao Fengtian changed his hesitation just now and said in a stern manner: "That's not the case. The lord is well-versed in the world, and you can understand the truth and falsehood by checking this matter. I am not afraid of this, but other people may not be as lord as they are. You must know that people's words are terrifying."

Hearing this, most of the anger in Lu Fang's heart had passed away. He naturally knew that this person's words were terrible. No matter how you are like a sage, you can't be sure of your completeness in the public. You can only sigh and wave your hand to show that this matter is so complete and there is no need to mention it.

"Thank you for your understanding, lord." Gao Fengtian bowed and said, "A certain family also knows that those who are ministers should ignore their own praise and criticism, but this kind of direct minister is too hard for them to do."

"Forget it, you finally said that this matter will be forgotten. If there is any such incident next time, you will report it to me alone." Lu Fang reached out and helped Gao Fengtian up. He was quite depressed at this moment. He was inexplicably disguised and secretly made up his mind to wait until the situation was settled, so he must give those guys some color.

After Lu Fang changed his robe, the king and his minister went to the small courtyard where Xu Wuji was resting. When they entered the courtyard, they saw Xu Wuji naked and sitting on a bed at the door of the house. They asked the doctor to help him change the ointment on his right shoulder. They saw that there was a black blue on his right shoulder, which was obviously a heavy blow with a blunt weapon. I guess he was wearing heavy armor at that time, otherwise the man who could not let him beat him up would not be able to save his life.

"Sit down, there is no need to be too polite." Seeing Xu Wuji standing up and bowing, Lu Fang quickly rushed forward, pressed him down, and said, "You are so seriously injured, why do you need to come in person?"

"A certain generation of generals is not as delicate as this." Xu Wuji smiled, and then his face became heavy: "The situation in Wu Yong is critical now, so it is not my time to rest."

Then Xu Wuji asked the doctor and others to retreat and whispered to explain the situation in detail. It turned out that after Qian Miao's death, the eastern provinces of Zhejiang had no leader, and each family had the intention of annexing each other. Among the states, if the terrain was critical and the population was rich, it was naturally Yuezhou. However, after Qian Miao tried to destroy Dong Chang, in order to prevent another powerful man in eastern Zhejiang from using this strong city as a basis for separatism, the severely damaged Yuezhou city was not repaired, and the local Tumen soldiers were also suppressed. As a result, Zhao Yingong, the governor of Mingzhou, had the strongest force.

All states were prepared for him. After Wu Yongdu crossed the river, the defenders of Yuezhou left the city to fight in the field and lost a lot of battles. They had to surrender themselves in Yingcheng. They had no choice but to ask for help from each state. Zhao Yingong then led his troops to attack, and Wu Yongdu divided his troops to fight with him. Zhao Yingong broke through the military strategy. Wu Yongdu's troops came, but he was firm and did not fight. He just sent a wandering army to attack his grain collection team. Xu Zaisi could not win quickly, so he had no choice but to give up his siege of Yuezhou. Zhao Yingong then set up camp outside the city, and served as a supportive force with the defenders in the city, and fought with Xu Zaisi.

When Lu Fang heard this, he asked, "I heard what you said, Zhao Yingong had already entered the city, and reinforcements from all the states were about to arrive. Their situation was no longer possible. Unless I gave up all the Hang and Huzhou states and crossed the river, the entire army would be unable to break through Yuezhou."

"Mr. Lu is indeed awesome, but my uncle has his own thoughts." Xu Wuji smiled and said, "Then Zhao Yingong is quite ambitious and also means annexing Yuezhou. If our army does not cross the river, he will sooner or later take action against Yuezhou. Therefore, the Yuezhou garrison was in a desperate situation and asked him for help. After the end of our army, the defenders did not allow him to enter the city, but only let him camp outside the city. His defense can be seen. As long as his heart is different, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. My uncle will start from here."

When Lu Fang heard Xu Wuji's analysis, he nodded. Although the military tactics of the city often set up camps outside the city to support each other, it was because the city was usually very small and could not put down too many guards. If the entire army was placed in the city, once the enemy blocked the city gate, it would become a turtle in a jar. Moreover, the city was small and there was no room for maneuver. Once the city was broken, the remaining army could no longer be reorganized, and the entire army would be wiped out. However, by the Tang Dynasty, the area of ​​ancient Chinese cities was much larger than that of the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the economy was as prosperous as Yuezhou.

, It is another capital, the circumference of the city wall is more than 30 miles long, enough to accommodate reinforcements. If you want to defend the city, you will have six or seven thousand people alone. Although you can usually replace male and strong women, once you reach a critical moment, you will still be unable to use it. The Yuezhou defenders have only three or four thousand people in full battle. They lost several times in the field before. I am afraid that there will be only more than a thousand soldiers in the city at this time, and their troops are extremely embarrassed. But under such circumstances, the guards will not allow reinforcements to enter the city, which shows their vigilance.
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