I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

Chapter 122: Keeping the Enemy in the Rescue and Stabilizing the New District

"Everyone, let's talk about what we should do next." This action was originally a spur-of-the-moment action, without careful arrangements or follow-up plans. It completely broke the original plan to take Baizhang first and then attack Jizhou. As the brain was hot, it was easy to take the Enyang area, which was an important water and land town. The business and transportation here were more developed than the Baizhang area, the agricultural conditions were superior, and the population was large. However, the disadvantages were also obvious. The terrain was flat and difficult to defend.

Lei Jianqin was holding a helmet with food inside and was eating it in big mouthfuls. "Master Chenyu, now that we are here, we might as well make the best of it. We drove away the bandits and the territory is of course ours. If we don't do anything and the people are robbed by bandits again, what shall we do?", he began to speak.

"Brother Lei, that's good. You can use idioms now and know how to make the best of things," I said with a smile, looking at him.

"Haha, Brother Lei, you are just like Confucius dancing with a sword, you are both civil and martial, haha..., Brother Lei is right, there is no constant position of war, there is no constant shape of water, I have been here before, the water and land transportation here is convenient, it is a prosperous place," said He Chaowu.

Luo Feng put down his chopsticks and raised his head. We all looked at him, "It's my turn..." He usually speaks little and slowly, but he always rides the fastest on horseback.

We nodded together and continued to look at him. It was customary for each of us to speak a sentence.

"This is a good place. Our reconnaissance team can finally go all out. We can fight ten enemies with one and patrol an area of ​​a hundred miles a day. We can be on call at any time." Luo Feng always answers questions from his own perspective.

I put down my bowl and chopsticks and said formally: "Since everyone agrees, you will not leave now. Please immediately transfer Huang Kunyang to take 100 reserve team members to be responsible for administrative management, and Du Qian to assist; transfer Tang Zhihao to be responsible for commercial affairs; Hu Haisheng to lead the 1st Squadron and the 11th Squadron to garrison in Enyang area for a long time, responsible for military affairs; a team should be selected from the Sailor Squadron to form the Enyang Sailor Squadron. When everything is stable, our team will take the next step." With just a few words, I arranged all the management affairs of the Enyang area. Basically, no one had any objection to the personnel arrangements, and I basically had the final say.

"Report..." At dawn the next day, a reconnaissance signalman came running to report. Lei Jianqin woke me up before I woke up yet. It seemed like something big had happened.

"Report, the bandits were loading the carts before dawn this morning, probably preparing to evacuate," the scout reported outside. I had just sat up and immediately shouted when I heard the news, "Captain Lei, prepare the horses and bring the reconnaissance team. I'll go to the scene immediately to check it out." I was wondering if I could have another chance on the battlefield to get a bite of meat.

We sped along and came to a high ground, where Liu Heng was waiting, and handed me a telescope for observation. I could see that the bandits had already begun to evacuate, but the frontal defense was still quite tight, and the bandits guarding the carts were all carrying luggage tied to their bodies, ready to set off.

"Please ask He Chaowu to lead the reconnaissance cavalry team and the 9th and 11th squadrons to monitor the bandits' movements along the way. Do what is appropriate, but do not force it." At present, the bandits are still no less than 500 people, and it is not easy to ambush and win, so I let them act freely and do not force any results.

We returned to the camp and waited for news from all sides. After breakfast, we received news that Hu Laosi had led his troops into action. They had led their troops to Dongjialiang overnight yesterday and surrounded the joint defense brigade. They took action at dawn today. One round of attack broke the opponent's defensive position, and then most of the personnel surrendered. Then the army prepared to march into Sanhui Township, which is connected to Zhenziba in the north and Enyang in the south. It is an important stronghold and an important checkpoint for our return journey. Hundreds of militiamen are stationed there.

Later, they received news from He Chaowu that when the bandits were about to withdraw completely, they launched an attack, also with cavalry charge and infantry coordinated formation, they broke into the bandit camp, looted tens of thousands of kilograms of food, salt, cloth, several carts of money, and some property that was difficult to move, and wiped out the more than 70 people who were left behind.

"Send a message to He Chaowu, telling him to try not to continue attacking the bandits. As long as they don't harass the civilians, let them go. Then we will retake the villages and towns in the south and establish jurisdiction control," I said after thinking for a while.

"Master Chenyu, why don't you wipe out all the bandits? Instead of just letting them go, aren't you letting them get away with it?" asked a staff guard.

"If we wipe out all the bandits, who will rob in Enyang? If the garrisons in the south come back, who will be wiped out?" I asked.

"Of course it was Enyang that was looted by bandits," he answered casually.

"Where is the bandit?" I asked.

"We wiped out the bandits!" he replied.

"Do the county, the province, and the garrison believe this?" I continued to ask.

"Well, Master Chenyu is planning to let the bandits in the south to attract the attention of the provincial government and the garrison, and then we develop quietly, so we can't wipe them out completely. This is like driving away wolves and attracting tigers. Master Chenyu is truly a god." He instantly figured out the logic behind this.

"Brother Yuliang, you are very smart and understand everything," I said with a smile. His original name was Yu Liang, a poor child who lived in Xiguanbao area. His parents hoped to have surplus food, so they named him Yu Liang.

In fact, if we let Zheng Qihe go south smoothly, firstly, we would not be able to defeat him anyway, and our most important thing now is to gather the local people and establish effective jurisdiction as soon as possible; secondly, if we capture Zheng Qihe as a troublemaker, he will stand between us and the provincial government, attracting firepower and buying us the maximum time. If they accidentally wipe out Zheng Qihe, we may not be able to defend Enyang, and we may not be able to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars even if we grab them.

The waves of the Enyang River kept rolling southward. Three days later, the northern and southern teams progressed smoothly without too strong resistance. Many places were under orders, but some village chiefs actually led their teams into the mountains to become bandits. They probably thought we were bandits. Of course, we also prohibit the existence of any bandits within our jurisdiction.

Huang Kunyang, Tang Zhihao and Du Qian also arrived with 100 reserve troops. They immediately held a meeting and began to take over various aspects of the work. Du Qian was sent by me to Wufeng area to be responsible for southern affairs, and I arranged for the 11th Squadron to be stationed in Wufeng to establish a southern defense line.

By mid-November, almost all the surrounding townships and villages had been cleared, and the militiamen were screened and reorganized, and more than 11 new garrisons were recruited. In order to recruit enough troops as quickly as possible, the resettlement fee for new recruits was increased to three oceans, thus attracting many young and middle-aged people to join the army. As for the future military pay, land allocation had been promised.

Together with the urban garrison and the 1st Squadron of Sanhui, the 10th Squadron of Wu Xuyang of Zhenziba, and the 11th Squadron of Wufeng Liu Heng, the three squadrons are distributed in a circle around Enyang. Together with the sailors, each squadron can basically achieve 3 hours of mutual support. A total of more than 700 garrisons have been established in the Enyang area. As time goes by, the strength will continue to increase. Currently, the business situation in the Enyang area has recovered to one-third of the state before the looting. It is estimated that it will take at least two years to fully recover.

"Mr. Chenyu, this is the information from Guangyuan County," Lei Jianqin brought me an urgent letter.