After staying in Anren City for two nights, the guard sent a transportation team of several hundred people to the other side to help transport food to Dongxiang. Feng Shen sneaked into the team with the help of Yang Tongsheng and then arrived in Dongxiang.
Yang Xing's main force is concentrated here. Feng Shen secretly killed a soldier, put on his uniform and sneaked to the tavern to listen to a corps commander and a chief bragging to each other.
From their mouths, they learned that Gangshan, Mawei and Yunshan had been occupied, and the siege of Fuzhou was shrinking, but the Yang family and his son seemed not to have made up their minds yet.
"I heard from them that many of the veterans brought out by Yang He wanted him to capture Fuzhou and become the king. It would be best to get ahead of Lou Zishi. But Yang Xing objected, saying that now was a good time to attack and he should not waste time on becoming the king. On things.
There seemed to be two quarrels between father and son. Although Yang Xing agreed to send a few troops south to assist, his main force remained in Dongxiang. "
"So, how many people are there in Dongxiang now?" Zhao Jingzi asked.
"There are still more than 3,000 people, definitely less than 4,000 people. Because during the chat, the commander accidentally revealed that Yang Xing has ten generals left, and each Jiangshan Army team has about 300 to 350 people, so I guess He Dongxiang still has this amount."
Feng Shen replied: "But the soldiers I saw coming and going on the street were very elite, either veterans or those who were recruited later. From observation, I think most of them must have been on the battlefield.
The two of them chatted more in favor of Yang Xing. They felt that the old commander becoming king too early would attract the army. It would be better to capture more towns and divide the land among everyone before discussing this matter.
Oh, the reason for talking about farmland is because they complained that the old commander took away too much food and left less for Yang Xing. Therefore, Marshal Yang had no choice but to go around collecting food and was unable to move forward. As a result, they also lost many opportunities to make meritorious deeds and make a fortune. "
Hearing this, Zhao Jingzi lightly patted the table: "Look, the inside is exposed, isn't it? Yang He took away the manpower and food from Yang Xing. I think this is the biggest reason why Yang Xing can't move!"
"This is indeed important news." Li Dan exchanged glances with Han An and Yang Dayi: "If you talk about it this way, a lot of things can be explained." Then he told everyone:
"Last night, the inspection department on the Donghe River, with the cooperation of the militia, caught a spy who wanted to sneak across the water stuck on horseback at night. The guy admitted on the spot that he was a subordinate of Tenghuazi and was sent to liaise with Dongxiang.
Liaohuazi had not seen Yang Bing for a long time and was anxious to go north, so he made an appointment to meet Yu Qian on the Mid-Autumn Festival! "
It turns out that during this period, Li Dan and others not only recruited a team of 2,000 people for training, but also set up a Yugan four-chamber inspection department, which was located in Baima, Santang, Wuni, Fenggang, Jiangbu, and Sha Hong Kong Branch.
Each branch has 60 patrol inspectors who are responsible for arresting suspects, checking identities, and rushing to rescue and warn, etc. They also organize local militia to carry out checkpoint patrols, interception of personnel, exchange protection, and daily training.
The chief, deputy inspection and chief officers of each branch are all former veterans of the Qingshan Team. The branch built a polder, using the bamboo tendon ramming method to build an earth polder with a circumference of 200 to 300 paces, with inside Xiangyong's dormitory, branch office, watchtower, stables and thatched cottage house four mules and horses and two carriages.
Inspection township yong all wear blue clothes and trousers, a green cloth t-shirt, with the word "yong" on the back, leggings, cloth rope straw sandals, a bamboo armor strung with bamboo slices on the front, a rattan helmet, and ten swords and shields. Armed with knives and shields made of bamboo, forty people held spears, five archers and five scouts and messengers.
Each village and village also set up a militia, wearing the same uniforms and colors, and either bringing their own weapons or using bamboo spears. Every fifth family has one person, the fifty families are called Shi, the sixth is sentry, and the fifth sentry is the district team. The positions of whistle commander and above are held by veterans of the Green Shirt Team.
A total of six district teams have been established in various towns outside the city. The first district team is divided into Baima branch and is stationed in Yangbu in the south;
The Second District Team's Santang Division is located in the northwest coastal port;
The Wuni branch of the third district team is located in Leijiawan in the north, and the Jiangbu branch of the fourth district team is in Shixi in the west;
The fifth district team is facing the Fenggang branch and is stationed in Yangjiaotang; the sixth district team is facing the Shagang branch and the team headquarters is in Gubu Town in the east.
In this way, a three-level defense system of militia, inspection division and regiment training was formed.
At the same time, a proclamation was issued in the name of the county magistrate. Xiaoyu County residents should immediately monitor and report lawbreakers to the militia. The militia would mobilize level by level and report to the branch.
According to the report of the Inspection Department, the branch can determine whether to dispatch Xiangyong, send people to the accident site to inspect, verify the results and report to the Southern Inspection Department for information.
In addition, the newly established Shuiguanying (based on the original Zuoshao of Zhou Qin) also played a great role.
This team currently has about 1,300 people, divided into five parts: the Chinese Army Brigade, Donghe District Team, Buhe District Team, Santang District Team and Jiangshang District Team. The main sources are merchant sailors and fishermen stranded in the county. .
The strict organization is the reason why those female cadres who have no way to lead and try to hide and flee across the border are often captured. A detailed operation like the one captured last night was the result of the cooperation between the militia, the navy and the inspection branch.
Each craftsman and spy was worth twenty taels if he was alive and five taels if he was dead. Everyone present had a share, and the participants were naturally very excited!
"Zhong Siqi went to meet with Zhou Dutou for interrogation. I asked him to know more about the current internal situation of Liaohuazi and the others." Li Dan said: "From Feng Ziyi's (Feng Shen's courtesy name) report, can we get Have you concluded that Yang Xing will not go north for the time being?"
Everyone nodded, and Li Dan suddenly remembered and asked, "Ziyi, did you just say that you came back from Meigang?"
"Yes! Because the road was full of Jiangshan Army checkpoints, I couldn't go back the way I came, so I went north to Meigang.
Later, with the help of a monk from Yingtian Temple, I found a kind-hearted person who was willing to help, and I paid two taels of silver to ask him to send me to Yangbu. Then he was sent to the inspection branch.
I heard from the monk that Yang Xing once sent his generals to Meigang, but the four local surnames Hu, Yu, Yao, and Li organized a group to train thousands of people and drove back the Jiangshan army. "
"Oh?" Li Dan sat up straight in surprise: "I thought Meigang had fallen, is it still holding on? If so, Lao Zhou, could you send a fleet to contact us and see if we can join forces?"
Zhou Qin immediately agreed, but Li Dan added inexplicably:
"Also, there is a child from the Hu family in Meigang named Hu Juren, who is known as the 'child prodigy. Please inquire about his current whereabouts for me. If it is convenient, you can bring his family to the county for refuge." After that, he asked Feng Shen if there was any more. Need to report.
Feng Shen nodded and said, "There is another piece of news that should be useful to us. I heard from Yang Tongsheng that after the defeat of Huangxi Town, more than two hundred officers and soldiers fled to Zhongzhou and died.
Now Yang Xing had no time to take care of them, so these people hid in various villages. However, all the boats on the island were requisitioned by the county when the pontoon bridge was being built, and they were surrounded by water and couldn't escape. "
"Oh? Then how did this news reach the city?"
"It was a fellow who was good at water who crossed the river with bamboos and passed on the news. When Yang Tongsheng invited his friends to travel to Zhongzhou, he stayed at the fellow's house for one night, so the man lied that he was a tenant farmer of the Yang family. When he saw him, he said Got this."
Feng Shen said: "Two hundred people to eat and drink is not a small number. There are not many people on the island. How can we withstand such a large number of soldiers? And I don't want to report, I just want to pass the news out and let the government on the shore try to inform the government to pick them up quickly." Walk."
"Do they have a leader?"
"He's a boss, I heard his surname is Dong."
Yang Dayi thought about it and said to Li Dan, "How about I go there to do this?"
Li Dan looked at Han An and saw him nodding in agreement and said, "That's fine. You can follow Lao Zhou's fleet to Meigang to make Meigang feel at ease. At the same time, we can see if we can pick up all the remaining officers and soldiers in Zhongzhou." return."
These people have fought hard battles and fought against Yang Xing. If they are all brought back, it will be of great benefit to improve the combat effectiveness of the team training! Everyone realized this unanimously.
Master Ba, who was more attentive, suddenly interrupted and asked, "I remember it was at the end of the war. In the end, hundreds of people were captured by Yang Xing. I wonder what happened to these people. Has Ziyi heard of it?"
"I know," Feng Shen nodded: "They were cutting wood on Daguling outside Anren City. When I walked from the north wall to the top of the city, I saw a lot of wood piled up by the Xima River. I felt strange and asked Yang Tongsheng, That's what he told me.
As for what the rebels would use it for, it was unclear. I don't have time to investigate in detail. "
"Building a ship?" Zhou Qin was born in the water, and her first reaction was that the other party wanted to build a ship.
"It's possible to build a boat and go down the river. Not only can we control the water surface and isolate the two sides, but we can also directly enter the lake!" Li Dan frowned and said with a solemn face:
"Since he has time, Yang Xing may take this step. Besides, Anren also has craftsmen. It seems that he doesn't want to put all his hopes on the Lake Bandits. His two families still don't trust each other, which is good for us!"
After speaking, he looked at Master Ba and smiled: "You are probably thinking about rescuing these people too?" Master Ba chuckled.
Before Li Dan could say anything, Han An waved his hands and said, "I don't think it's necessary for the time being. The main point now is to deal with the north with all our strength. It's better not to alarm Yang Xing first."
Furthermore, those prisoners are not as dangerous as the officers and soldiers in Central Continent. The rebels still have use for them and will not kill them. Can we consider the matter of taking prisoners after we have our hands free? "Li Dan nodded in agreement.
Feng Shen returned and finally had a general understanding of the situation in the south.
Knowing that the Yang family and his son had different opinions, it was estimated that Yang Xing would not have the strength to go north for a while. Li Dan realized that Meigang and Huangbu were two important frontiers that must be defended!
The role of Meigang is to spy on the Jiangshan Army and threaten Dongxiang when necessary, while Huangbu is the starting point for the future southward march to Anren.
He instructed Zhao Jingzi and Feng Shen that if Meigang was willing to cooperate, then set up a new inspection branch in Meigang, and at the same time station two people each from the Staff Section and the Intelligence Section.
The former is responsible for terrain reconnaissance and mapping of the Meigang and Dongxiang areas, trend control, and disruption and sabotage activities. The latter is responsible for infiltrating and buying Jiangshan Army, understanding and contacting the gentry families and the forces opposed to Jiangshan Army.
In Huangbu, the Staff Section and the Intelligence Section each stationed one person. The former carried out the same task on Anren, focusing on reconnaissance of the enemy's defense situation and making plans and preparations to attack and capture Anren. The latter focused on communication with the resistance people in the city. , monitor the movements of enemy defenders.
Li Dan realized the importance of Huangbu and decided to include the town within the scope of the Baima Inspection Division and the First District Militia Team. But this is not enough!
He finally decided to let Song Xiaoniu and Crab King Wu bring two hundred spearmen (bamboo spearmen), thirty rattan players (sword and shield soldiers), thirty crossbowmen, twenty horsemen (also firemen), and one Shishaoqi (who also served as messengers) drove six four-horse carriages and more than twenty ordinary carriages, and took seventy to eighty mules and horses to set up a stronghold at the foot of Nanxia Mountain in Yangbu.
He put a quick reaction force here.
This team, plus the original hundreds of local warriors in Huangbu, as well as all the power of the first district team, the Baima Inspection Division, and the Navy's Mabeizui checkpoint, should be enough to stop the invasion of Anren's enemies.
After arranging the south side, he can deal with the north side with all his strength.
Li Dan ordered all inspection divisions and militia teams to cut off all the claws of Liaohuazi that might reach out to Yu Qian to spy on military affairs, and at the same time intercept him from Junshan Lake, Chenjia Lake, Jinxi Lake, Qinglan Lake, Yangzhou Lake in Huxi Province. Fanghu, and even any messengers going to Anren, Dongxiang and other places, those who capture the messengers will be heavily rewarded (see above).
The two tentacles he extended towards the lake area were the Santang Inspection Division in the west and the Wuni Inspection Division in the east. The former was Song Qian and the latter was Ma Jiu.
The reason for choosing these two people is mainly because it is too close to the front line and requires people with rich combat experience to lead the team and hold down the formation.
Yang DaYi went to Meigang, Ma Jiu went to Wuni Town, and even Song Xiaoniu was sent to Yang Bu. Thinking about his aunt, Li Dan sighed softly, handed the matter to Liao Sanqing, and called Mao Zaidi, who wanted to go home and have a look.
After returning to the county, Li Dan only stayed home for three nights. Then he hurried back to take a look, change clothes or eat something, and then ran out to do things again. No way, there are too many things to take into account!
Even after he got home, he suddenly thought about the wall project on Mianshan Mountain, and wondered how far the soldiers' quarters were still missing.
After a while, I thought again that the construction speed of Beiguan was lagging behind a bit, and I needed to be reminded and speed up.
There is also the production of cement, the transportation of stones, the sewing of military uniforms...
The sewing of military uniforms was led by Su Siniang, and the main craftsmen came from eleven tailor shops in the city.
Originally, they operated according to the usual way of making ready-made clothes. Li Dan immediately realized the problem and helped Su Siniang split the entire process of making military uniforms into eleven parts.
There are several processes, and then workers are paid on a piece-by-piece basis for assembly line work. The work speed and efficiency immediately increased.
Aunt Qian, together with the Chen Song family who were still in the city, took Zhen'er, Bei Xi, and Yueying to make military rank armbands. The old Ji family was responsible for patchwork, leggings and tents, and Chen Gang's family united six carriage houses. Refit or build a new carriage...
In short, there are now various organizations in the city that are responsible for the production of logistical materials. The entire Yugan City is beginning to look more like a huge arsenal.
People are busy all day long, but actually everyone is thinking about one thing: Why haven't the Lake Bandits come yet?
"Brother Dan, tell me...why haven't the lake bandits come yet? When will they come?"
They had just met, and as expected, Aunt Qian couldn't help but ask this question, and then she sighed deeply for asking such a stupid question to her stepson.
