choke element

Chapter 318 Savage

King Sui and Yang An'er fought until the sky was dark, and many Xuanfu envoys and Jiedu envoys of Zhou Bie not only sat and watched, but also seized the time to implement internal affairs and enrich their own strength.The Ding Navy is no exception.

Guo Ning got the job from the imperial court to prosecute the herdsmen, and immediately acted vigorously and arranged things.

The one who led the first group of people to Liaodong was Li Yun, the new herd envoy and judge.

Guo Ning does not value the background of Confucian scholars when employing people.These days, the scholars who have come to seek refuge one after another, except for some who have been inspected and identified as having outstanding abilities, most of them stay at the level of their own management, and do not have the authority to oversee certain things.

On the contrary, Li Yun, who has been tempered in business and officialdom, but was born in the army and dared to fight fiercely, was worthy of great use in Guo Ning's eyes.

Moreover, Li Yun was in charge of dealings with various merchants in Zhigu Village, and he was really effective in his work; later, he served as Yichai Chucai's assistant and participated in the negotiations between Laizhou and many Song Dynasty maritime merchants.When he went to Liaodong, he was able to deal with the complicated situation and solve the source of war horses for the Ding Navy.

In order to complete this important matter as soon as possible, Guo Ning transferred Wang Haoer and more than ten veterans from the Northeast Mainland as Li Yun's accompanying guards. His subordinates accompanied him, among them was A Duo from Bohai.

The group set off from Dengzhou Penglai by boat, followed the islands on the sea to the north, and spent a day at Changsong Island in Fuzhou. .

Although the territory of Shandong is not as rich as it used to be, it is better than Liaodong, which is poor and barely maintained.

Since Yeluliuge raised his troops, for more than a year, the Jin army, the Liao army, and the Mongolian army have seen-saw each other. Both Jin and Liao have used hundreds of thousands of troops.

At the beginning, the two sides repeatedly competed for important towns, relying on plundering military supplies to support the army; after a few rounds, even Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo changed hands four times, the people dispersed, and the treasury was exhausted.So all parties sent troops and horses to search for food.

In just a few months, all counties and villages near and far were looted.

There are various ethnic groups in the northeastern mainland, and the living areas are intertwined.Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan, Shiwei, Tieli, Mohe, Huligai, Goryeo and many other ethnic groups and tribes fought and plundered each other in order to survive. Soldiers and horses crossed the border like wolves. numb.By February and March of this year, a large number of starvation had occurred in various places, and as time passed, the hunger was spreading and the situation became more and more unstable.

The existence of the Dajin court in the Northeast has become more and more like a dam that is bound to collapse.But the people sitting on the embankment, in order to maintain their own survival, are digging their own foundations at the same time.

Not only the Khitan army and many tribes in the area were looting food and supplies everywhere, but the imperial court army also participated.Liaodong's own agricultural output has been destroyed by the war, and the central capital has no ability to provide relief. What do the soldiers and civilians under the government all over the country eat?
Heshi Liehuanduan and Wendihan Qinggou were officials with some integrity, but they could only turn a blind eye to the robbery of their subordinates, and they couldn't care less about the consequences.

At the end of the day, an official from Shandong Dinghai came to visit and offered to rebuild the business route and exchange grain for horses... This was exactly what Heshi Liehuanduan wanted.

Therefore, when Li Yun proposed to search for horses in Liaodong, set up transshipment pastures, and repair the port to facilitate sailing, Heshi Liehuan agreed without hesitation.

He told Li Yun that when Daliao was strong and powerful, the Jurchens traded with Song State at Huacheng County in the south of Fuzhou.The Hesihan Pass, which is interdependent with Huacheng County, means "Muzha" in the Liao language, and it was a pass set up by the Liao people to block the foreign trade of the Jurchens.

Today's Hesi Hanguan has long been abandoned.During the Daning period, this place was used as a hunting place by the Jurchen nobles. Later, the famous royal official Wan Yanqi came forward and said that this place is fertile, and if it can be given to the people to develop seeds, it will be beneficial to the public and private. He also recruited many wild or yellow-headed Jurchens from Huli Changed Road and Supin Road in the north to enrich the place and establish Hesi Hanmeng'an.

However, the imperial government has not had any long-term success in these years.The yellow-headed Jurchen has a fierce temperament and is difficult to control. After being detained here, she rebelled and rebelled many times. In the end, Meng'an, even Huacheng County in the north, was abandoned.Savages of various origins still live in this vast forest and deep mountains.

They live mainly by fishing and hunting, and also graze some cattle and sheep on the plains.

These savages are too poor, and the local officials are too lazy to take care of them.

There is an additional advantage, that these yellow-headed women are stupid and not afraid of death. The imperial court recruits strong men to join the army here every now and then. ".

"Since that's the case, they've had a lot of dealings with the imperial court, right? We came this time under the banner of the imperial court as well. Why are they so resentful?"

Wang Haoer followed closely behind Li Yun, and hurried towards the seaside camp, asking questions as he walked.

After resting for a while, he had tightly strangled his thigh with a piece of cloth, and got a short knife from Li Yun's hand.At this time, although blood was stained all over his body, he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, only murderous aura.

Li Yun Li Yun was walking in front, swinging his knife from time to time to chop off the branches in front of the sideways road, now hearing some complaints in Wang Haoer's words, he could only smile wryly.

This time he surveyed the terrain south of Hesihan Pass, he made sufficient preparations in advance, not only according to the opinions of his accompanying Xiren and Bohai people's subordinates, but also brought several kinds of pastries with more sugar and oil, and several large pots. drinks.

In addition, considering the women and children in the Wild Jurchen tribe, Li Yun also carried a few colorful headdresses and terracotta figurines in his sleeves, ready to curry favor with the local women and children.

But after going deep into Hesihan Pass for dozens of miles, they suddenly encountered the enemy and killed them indiscriminately. Li Yun's preparations were useless.

Those odds and ends, he lost them all while running.

He said in a deep voice: "It was caused by Heshi Liehuanduan's subordinates. There was a monk named Aotunma from a hundred households who led his armored soldiers into Hesihan Pass yesterday, killed all the old and weak women and children in the two villages, and robbed They destroyed the food and livestock in the village, and then set fire to it. So today, wild Jurchens, yellow-headed Jurchens, and Shiwei people gathered all over the place, thinking of rushing to Huacheng County to kill, loot and take revenge... We ran into them!"

Wang Haoer said angrily: "These savages have no brains, can't we explain it? You tell them, we are not all the way!"

"These savages are furious, and they are dizzy with hatred! Just as Lao Huang wanted to explain, he was chopped down with a knife. What should we do?" Li Yun sighed: "Let's rush back to the camp first. As long as the camp is fine, we can slowly find a way."

Wang Haoer suddenly quickened his pace.

"Hurry up, those savages are catching up! They are really... stunned and fierce!"

Li Yun looked back, and saw figures in the forest.

"They should be chasing on the slopes on horseback, and then go downhill to fight, and they move very fast." Li Yun said calmly: "We can't outrun them, so we might as well turn around and find a way to ambush a few and seize the horses. "

"Hey!"

Wang Haoer let out a heavy breath.Li Yun is light in stature, he can run like a rabbit, he can't outrun the pursuers, in fact only Wang Zai'er, who was shot in the thigh.

But both of them are old veterans, so there's no need to say any nonsense about me leaving you to go first.He immediately waved his knife and pointed: "There are six people on the left and three on the right. Let's go around behind the bushes and kill the three on the right first."

"it is good."

When Wang Jie'er and Li Yun launched a counterattack, just as Li Yun guessed, the camp they set up beside a stream near the sea was also under siege.

Hundreds of savages with yellow and green eyes rushed out of the cover of the woodland like a group of Hu Feng, and rushed towards the encampment surrounded by vehicles.The soldiers in the battalion shot arrows one after another, forced a group to retreat first, and then collided with the savages in the gap between the vehicles.

Knife against knife, man against man, metal colliding, human voices roaring, knife light sweeping across, blood bursting out.The savages had very few iron weapons, let alone sophisticated weapons, and they immediately suffered in this kind of face-to-face conflict. The first wave of attacking people retreated like a tide, and then came the second wave.

Leading the guards was Wang Er'er's deputy, a tall warrior named Zheng Rui.He widened his eyes, swung the big knife in his hand, and slashed continuously between the two cars, using his utmost strength every time.

After chopping down several people in a row, a small wild man rushed up.Even though his hair was disheveled and his body was covered in black dirt, Zheng Rui could tell that he was just a young man, not sure if he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

His eyes were immature, and although he bared his teeth as a threat, he was actually flustered.

With a dodge, Zheng Rui got out of the way of the young man's stick, and then slashed diagonally with his big saber.

With one stab, his wrist trembled, followed by a rain of blood, and the boy turned into a headless corpse.

After killing several people in a row, Zheng Rui was not happy.The number of the enemy and the enemy is too great, and the two leaders of one's own side lead a group of subordinates, and they are still trapped in the woods!This trip, I was planted!
Zheng Rui turned his head slightly, went to look at the officials who were guarding the center of the vehicle, and shouted: "Get ready, let's take a break and break out!"

Even if they break through, I am afraid that there will not be many people alive on their own side.Zheng Rui is a battle-tested old soldier, and he has long been aware of dying on the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, several officials didn't listen to him, instead they followed a young man from his own side around the newly built firepit in the center of the camp, busy.

That young man is called A Duo, he is from Bohai, and he is also Guo Jieshuai's servant.However, Zheng Rui has always looked down on him a bit, because this kid can't speak clearly, and he is also dumb. Somehow he is blessed and will be favored by Jieshuai.

So Zheng Rui shouted angrily: "Ado! Ado, you fool! What are you doing!"

(End of this chapter)