Ouyang Xuan hurried back to Chongqing Prefecture and found out that the reason why the Mongolian army was gathering was not to attack the Perak Army, but to prepare to go south to Meizhou and Jiading Prefecture.

It turned out that after Cheri escaped from Mingshan City, he went straight to Pengshan City along Hongya, causing chaos among dogs and cats along the way.

The defenders in these places did not expect the Mongolian cavalry to suddenly appear. They thought that the Cheri tribe was still fighting fiercely with the Perak army in Mingshan.

Cherry relied on the mobility of his cavalry to move lightly and quickly. He would sneak attack on cities and fortresses if he could, and if he couldn't, he would take a detour.

Since the boundary along this road is farther south than the plains of western Sichuan, the harvest season is a few days earlier. It is already late August, and the countryside is full of grain that is about to mature. There is no shortage of food for horses and people.

Gu Cheli was not in a hurry to get to Pengshan City. Instead, he burned, killed and looted everywhere. Meizhou and Jiading Prefecture were the core areas of Yu Xing. There was no room for hundreds of cavalry to interfere with the top priority of grain harvest, so he sent

A large number of elite soldiers were ready to encircle and destroy the Cheri cavalry.

It is said that although Yu Xing was extremely greedy, he was quite methodical in leading troops to fight. Based on his military exploits, he was promoted to the position of deputy envoy to appease Chengdu and prefect of Jiading.

In 1254, the famous Mongolian general Wang Dechen captured Chengdu, but was defeated in Jiading Prefecture, which made Yu Xing even more famous.

Since then, the Mongolian army has not easily entered the territory of Jiading Prefecture, and the people within the territory have been able to recuperate and recuperate.

Jiading Prefecture, together with Chongqing Prefecture and Kuizhou, became the three core areas of the imperial court in Sichuan. Its population, financial resources and number of soldiers were second only to Chongqing Prefecture.

Jiading's large-scale troop movement made Liu Heima, Mi Zhehuoli and others extremely nervous. The defeat of Hengyuan Fort had already injured the Sichuan army. Could it be that Yu Xing wanted to

"Killing you while you are sick"? In addition to hurriedly asking for help from Niulin who was attacking in the east of Sichuan, Liu Heima also mobilized all his troops in the west of Sichuan to prepare for Yu Xing's attack. The assembly point was in the county where Longzhou belongs.

Ji County is located on the east bank of the Minjiang River, only a few dozen miles away from Pengshan City on the west bank of the Minjiang River. In Yu Xing's view, the Mongolian army's formation was to take advantage of the autumn harvest season to grab grain, so they could fight with all their strength.

soldiers.

Just when the battle was about to begin, Cheli fled to Pengshan City before the encirclement was formed. At this time, Liu Heima knew that Qiongzhou had been lost and why the Jiading Prefecture army went to war.

Yu Xing's land and sea armies followed Cheli and advanced on Pengshan City. However, seeing that the Mongolian army was heavily defended and could not capture it in a short period of time, and there were a large number of cavalry on the other side of the Min River waiting for an opportunity, they retreated.

The autumn harvest requires a lot of labor to harvest food, so it is really not a good time to start a war. Although the Mongolian army had the upper hand, it was unable to cross the river to pursue it because the waterway was controlled. Seeing that Pengshan City was safe, they also withdrew.

Although the Mongolian army occupied Pengshan City, the navy was suppressed by the Meizhou and Perak armies. Scattered small boats could sneak across the river, but it was impossible to cross the river on a large scale.

It is said that the Perak Army was unable to fight anymore at this time. In fact, despite the continuous battles, the casualties of the Perak Army were not large, and the soldiers' physical strength was not serious due to adequate nutrition.

The main problem of the Perak Army is that the weapon and ammunition consumption is too serious. In particular, the naval warships have run out of ammunition. The gun barrels have also been damaged due to high-intensity use and need to be recast.

Ouyang Xuan ordered the cannon foundry to give priority to meeting the needs of the navy, and the fire salt scraped from the newly occupied cities would be given priority to the navy.

The artillery urgently needed in important pass cities such as Guankou Village, Baizhang City, Pujiang City, etc. were mobilized from Qianjiazhai, Liuli Village, Huaguoshan, Wanjiabao and other places. Even Hengyuan Fort's artillery was mobilized for three points.

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Although these places are important, they are now in the central area under the rule of the Perak Army. They are protected by naval forces and land fortresses, and the possibility of being attacked by the Mongolian army is extremely small.

Of course, after the Pili Army's artillery production capacity is expanded, these places will be equipped with enough artillery again. It was the end of August when the field camp returned to Chongqing Fucheng.

At this time, Ouyang Xuan had summoned the top brass of the Perak Army to Chongqing Fucheng. As soon as Cao Ergou arrived, a joint military and political meeting was held. The theme of this meeting was autumn harvest.

At present, the plain area between Jinma River and Nanhe River is controlled by the Perak Army. This fan area includes Dayi, Yizheng, Anren, Pujiang, Huojing and six counties of Linqiong where the city is located; there is Chongqing Prefecture.

Yongkang, Jiangyuan, Xinjin and Jinyuan County where Fucheng is located; Qingcheng County under the jurisdiction of Yongkang Army, part of Daojiang County and the surrounding areas of Guankou Village; and Baizhang County of Yazhou.

In the thirteen counties of the four prefectures (prefectures and armies) involved, there are more than three million acres of fertile land, all of which are first-class fertile land.

However, due to war and banditry, less than 800,000 acres of grain were grown in this area. Based on the agricultural production level of the Southern Song Dynasty, it took about five acres to feed one person, and about ten acres to support a soldier.

However, these thirteen counties belong to the fertilized land of western Sichuan. The land is extremely fertile and can be cultivated for two seasons. Two acres of land can feed one person, and about five acres of land can feed a soldier.

Since this area was just captured, there is no precise population number, but it is roughly estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000 people. The food should be sufficient, but the prerequisite is that the autumn harvest cannot go wrong.

These grains were coveted not only by the Mongols, but also by bandits and refugees hiding in the mountains. Even Cao Zhizhou of Yazhou had ideas - he wrote a letter asking for the return of Baizhang and autumn grains.

For this reason, the military and political meeting decided that Huang Dagen would lead the navy to prevent the Mongolian army from crossing the river to grab food, and Cao Ergou would lead the field battalions to suppress bandits in various counties, and to provide assistance to Baizhang City, Guankou Village, Pujiang City and other places at any time, without undertaking military tasks.

All the soldiers also participated in the autumn harvest; in the economic sector, except for the continuous construction of Guankou Village, Baizhang City, and Pujiang City, the rest of the laborers participated in the autumn harvest on the spot.

As for factories and mines, except for military factories and cement plants that continue to operate at full capacity, other personnel also need to temporarily participate in the autumn harvest.

In addition, tens of thousands of refugees in Jiguan Mountain also need to go down the mountain to participate in the autumn harvest. After the Battle of Hengyuan, Li Shuang and others began to plan to move the refugees to cities and settlements in the plains, but it was not until the Qiongzhou Mongolian army fled westward that the refugees were allowed to leave.

It will take another five days or so to complete the migration and be able to participate in the autumn harvest.

At the meeting, Ouyang Xuan proposed to move the Perak Army headquarters to Chongqing Fucheng. In these troubled times, Wanjiaping is indeed a good place to take refuge.

But everything has its strengths and weaknesses, but its terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack also creates serious bottlenecks in transportation and economic development.

On the other hand, Chongqing Fucheng is located in the core area of ​​the rich plains, with convenient water and land access and the Jinma River and Wenjing River as a barrier. Moving the headquarters here will help to slowly map the entire western Sichuan area.

As for security issues, there is no need to worry. The Perak Army headquarters is not located in Fucheng, but on an island in the middle of the river outside Fucheng. Even if the Mongolian army attacks, they can only look at the water and sigh.

In Ouyang Xuan's positioning of the entire city under his rule, Chongqing City will be the political center, while Qiongzhou City will serve as the economic and commercial center, and Dayi City will also become an important industrial city.

Factories and mines in Jiguan Mountain will also be gradually moved away. In addition to the gradual depletion of resources in the mountain, it is also due to the fact that the resources in Qiongzhou and Dayi Mountain are even better than those in Jiguan Mountain. Not only are iron, coal, limestone and other ore resources extremely rich, but also

There are a small amount of copper, fire salt, mercury and other resources, and even natural gas and other resources.

Xinjin City, Baizhang City, and Pujiang City are built as fortress cities. Yongkang City, Dayi City, the vicinity of Qiongzhou City and Qingcheng County are extremely rich in wood resources, and navy shipyards will be established respectively.

Over the past year, the Pili Army has been developing industry and reclaiming land in Jiguan Mountain, and almost all of the large trees suitable for shipbuilding have been cut down.

In terms of trade, which the Pili Army attached great importance to, in addition to using Qiongzhou as the most important center, Guankou Village and Baizhang City were also used as the distribution centers for tea and horse trading in the north and south respectively.

Baizhang City leads to Diao, Yanzhou and Dajianlu, so its importance goes without saying. Guankou Village is the choke point leading to Wei, Maozhou and Songzhou and other Tibetan areas. Although these places are now attached to Mongolia,

But he was still willing to trade with the Han Dynasty.

After all, the local lords needed tolls and taxes, and the peasants also needed tea, cloth and other daily necessities from the Han region.
Chapter completed!