I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"Subordinates obey."

Bei Gongchun and Meng Hai puffed up their chests at the same time. The young master's appreciation and trust made them both secretly determined to complete the task satisfactorily.

That night, the gate of Jiayue City was opened quietly, and [-] heavily armed special Yebubu set off quietly. After leaving the city, the team split into two and rushed towards Hongfeng Province and Qingchuan Province respectively.

Five days later, the first brigade led by Meng Hai successfully infiltrated into Qingchuan Province, gathered somewhere in Sanyangguan, and was picked up by internal guard secret agents lurking in Qingchuan Province, and placed in several farms in the countryside.

After resting overnight, Meng Hai divided the 500 people into ten teams based on what he found out, five teams for actual combat training, and the other five teams for cover and other tasks.

On the official road from Sanyangguan to Pingjin City, the provincial capital, there are few pedestrians. Since Kong Ning took over Qingchuan Province, in order to quickly consolidate the regime, he adopted bloody means to cleanse all officials and aristocratic families who opposed him. Arrested and imprisoned, beheaded for public display, even the former old prefect Kong Rong's old team was removed and replaced with people who were loyal to him.

Under the great purge, many innocent people were implicated, and Kong Ning's subordinates took the opportunity to make a fortune. Some wealthy merchants who kept their jobs were ransacked and their properties were confiscated.

The entire Qingchuan Province was shrouded in white terror, and people were in a state of panic. They didn't know when the disaster would befall them. Now that Prefect Kong was mentioned, the children were too frightened to cry.

On the flat official road, a caravan came from the direction of Pingjin City, the provincial capital. Each carriage had a big banner with the word "Dragon", accompanied by more than 20 bodyguards armed with weapons, swaggering all the way, passers-by They all gave way.

Those who are a little bit well-informed know that it is the caravan of Long Wuye, and the two daughters of Long Wuye are the most beloved concubines of the prefect Kong. The Long family has risen because of this, and officials of all sizes have to sell Long Wuye's face.

Long Wuye's caravan swaggered along the official road. Along the way, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians passing by. After walking for a while, they didn't even see a single pedestrian. However, no one cared about this abnormal phenomenon. The idea of ​​playing the Long's caravan, unless you are impatient.

When a group of burly men with their faces covered came out of the woods on both sides, and arrows aimed at them with flickering cold lights, everyone was frightened. Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?

Before they could react from the shock, arrows rained down, and the guards and coachmen escorting the caravan screamed and fell in a pool of blood, almost all of them fell in the blink of an eye.

The remaining few were scared out of their wits and fled desperately to the woods beside the road. No one was spared from the shooting of crossbow arrows.

This group of masked robbers quickly carried the corpse into the woods, threw it into the big pit dug long ago, filled it with soil and buried it, covered the surface with turf, sprinkled with hay and fallen leaves, if you don't look carefully, you won't notice it at all.

The bloodstains on the road were also carefully treated, and they were no different from the original state. Afterwards, the group of big men tore off the black cloth towels that covered their faces, revealing faces that were so ordinary that no one could remember them at a glance. They took over The caravan of Long Wuye was driven, and the carriage swaggered forward. The dragon flag on the carriage was also torn off and buried in the corpse pit.

In Guojia Village, not far from the provincial capital, Pingjin City, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came, and they rushed into the home of the old rich man Guo Dafu. The villagers heard screams faintly, but no one dared to approach. A ferocious military master, the shining thing in his hand is not for display.

An hour later, the team of officers and soldiers swaggered away, and the old rich man Guo fell to the ground and cried loudly. His gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and everything valuable were looted by the officers and soldiers killed by Juntian. This group of wolf-like officers and soldiers only have money in their eyes, and are not interested in his beautiful concubines and daughters.

On the same day, a robbery also occurred in Jinyang Market Town, more than [-] miles away from Pingjin City. The owner was a rich family surnamed Guan in the town. The one who squatted on the ground obediently with his head in his arms was tied up.

More than a dozen robbers ransacked the box and took away all the valuable stuff. When people found out that something was wrong and reported it to the police, it was already two hours later.

In the next few days, robberies occurred one after another throughout Qingchuan Province, and the victims were all wealthy and wealthy families, causing panic for a while.

I don't know who sent the news. This is one of the methods of Prefect Kong to make money. As long as you don't resist and obey, you will generally not lose your life. As for the robbery of Long Wuye's caravan, it's just to cover up people's eyes and ears. .

There is also another version of the legend that the new prefect even dared to kill his own brother, poisoned his own father, and forced his own mother to death, so what is Master Taishan?

Everything is floating clouds, and the white money is the most real.

In short, rumors are flying all over the sky, making the people after the Great Cleansing more and more anxious.

In the Pingjin City Yamen and Baihu Hall, all the civil servants and generals were silent. Under their feet, there were ceramic shards everywhere. The new prefect Kong Ning broke countless teacups.

Chapter 67 I make money and you take the blame

Kong Ning was really furious. In just a few days, dozens of robberies occurred in the whole province one after another. A business was also robbed. Although no one dared to let him lose money, it was a great embarrassment.

As for his reputation, he killed his eldest brother, poisoned his father, and forced his biological mother to death. What reputation does he have?

However, he doesn't care about this false name. He is the legal prefect of Qingchuan Province, and it is king to have real power in his hands.

A group of his subordinates were scolded so badly by him that they all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak out, fearing that unlucky people would be treated as scapegoats. A few unlucky county magistrates were beheaded and ransacked, and served as poor scapegoats.

At this moment, they felt that the old magistrate was well guarded. Even if the Dalang Lord Kong Su was in power, with his gentle temper, he could only scold people at most. Follow the master in front of him, but he is a demon king who kills without blinking an eye.

At the same time, Hongfeng Province was also thrown into a panic by a group of robbers who appeared out of nowhere.

These robbers played the banners of flying dragons, sky wolves, black winds, etc., and robbed everywhere. Those who resisted were killed. If they did not resist, they only robbed gold, silver, jewelry and goods, and many large caravans were looted.

These robbers who came out of nowhere are enough to cause headaches. There are still many small bandits hiding in the Qiyun Mountain Range. Affected by this, they have come out of the mountain one after another to fish in troubled waters. Some even joined forces. , captured a small county, ransacked the entire county, and drove Lan Yun, the prefect of Hongfeng Province, to the point of madness.

A few days ago, he had just wiped out the two very powerful bandits in Feilong Village and Tianlang Village, and he was still panting, and so many bandits came out all at once, driving him to the point of going crazy.

Hongfeng Province's standing army is only 3 people, and they are scattered in several major cities. If they want to wipe out the bandits, they have to recruit a large number of young and strong. At this time, it is approaching the autumn harvest season, which has aroused public resentment.

Tens of thousands of troops dragged their nets to suppress them. After successfully eradicating more than a dozen bandits, the rest of the bandits learned their skills. When the army arrived, they scattered like black beasts, and when the officers and soldiers left, they immediately emerged to make trouble. , so that the officers and soldiers were exhausted and had to leave soldiers and horses to guard.

It is said that the soldiers and bandits are a family. Those officers and soldiers who stayed behind took the opportunity to exploit and blackmail the local people. Sometimes they simply pretended to be robbers and robbed the people. The people were miserable.

During Lan Yun's administration, he carried out tyranny and levied a lot of miscellaneous taxes, which made the people in the province miserable. 80 taels of tribute silver was robbed. So far, the case has not been solved. Lan Yun's 80 taels of silver were all taken from the people Common people, he raised the tax rate by [-] to [-] percent, peeled off every layer, and almost killed the common people. He didn't lose a penny, which made the people even more resentful, and gave him the nickname Lan Peeling.

Now, the entire Hongfeng Province has dozens of gangs of bandits, large and small, messing around, and the soldiers and bandits are colluding together, creating a miasma, and the people are about to be driven to a dead end.

The two provinces are flying like cats and dogs, and the government soldiers are overwhelmed with work, but Jiayue Province is peaceful and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Li Wei and Tian Ce Wuyou, the masterminds behind the scenes, were both snickering. According to the news sent back by Bei Gongchun and Meng Hai respectively, within ten days, they looted several caravans and more than 50 large households. The accumulative discounted amount of dirty items reached more than [-] taels, all of which were buried in rural farms by internal secret agents lurking in the local area.

50 taels of silver is not a small amount, at least it can last for a short time in military expenditure, and it also makes Li Wei, who has been thinking about how to earn more silver all day long, take a little breath.

What makes him most happy is the turmoil in Hongfeng Province. The special night does not accept such a commotion, which has caused all kinds of unexpected consequences. If there is another natural disaster or man-made disaster, I am afraid that the people there will be really desperate. And got up.

The Meng Hai Unit that infiltrated into Qingchuan Province has been successfully withdrawn. Except for seven people who were accidentally injured during the mission, none of the [-] special forces were killed. It can be regarded as a successful completion of the actual combat training mission.

Bei Gongchun's unit did not take over for a thousand nights, but a little accident happened. When the team was retreating, they accidentally encountered a group of small bandits. Bei Gongchun made a decisive decision and wiped out all the small bandits. Although they did not reveal their whereabouts, they also lost their retreat. opportunity.

Bei Gongchun ordered the troops to move in. Under the guidance of the secret agents of the inner guards, the team entered the Qiyun Mountains and went to Shuanghugang to rest. There were 11 battle casualties and 18 battle injuries. Li Wei was quite satisfied with such casualties.

After discussing with the two military advisers Tian Ce and Wu You, Li Wei knew that the gold, silver and jewelry robbed by the special night collection station would not be able to be shipped back in a short period of time, so he decided to let Bei Gongchun's troops stay in Shuanghugang to rest and continue training while waiting for the next step Instructions, that is to say, Bei Gongchun's troops are expected to stay in Shuanghugang for two to three years until Li Wei launches an aggressive war against Hongfeng Province.

The arrival of Bei Gongchun's troops really made Shuanghu Gang lively for a while, and also made Zhongli Shengnan He Jin and the soldiers of the Gale Wind Camp envious of their excellent weapons and equipment. The same odds and ends can be sold for at least 20 to [-] yuan in the market. Those iron swords that cut iron like mud are even more valuable. jealous?When He Jin reported the situation in Shuanghugang and the training progress of the soldiers of the Blizzard Battalion in the letter, he also complained that their weapons and equipment were not at the same level as those of the special Yebushu, and asked when they would be able to equip similar weapons and equipment?

Li Wei can naturally see the sour tone in He Jin's letter, but the extreme backwardness of steelmaking technology has also greatly restricted the mass production of steel weapons and equipment. In addition to being able to equip weapons, the heavily-built tiger and leopard cavalry The thousands of sets of Mo Dao and heavy armor that I want have not yet been made of good steel.

However, he still affirmed He Jin's ability. In a short period of time, the number of soldiers in the Stormwind Battalion has expanded to 3000, with another 500 serving as reserve soldiers. The population base of Shuanghugang has reached More than 3000 people, mostly family members of soldiers.

Bringing the soldiers' families into the mountains, all the soldiers will have no worries, so they can train with peace of mind and fight with all their might. This is also one of the ways to buy people's hearts.

Due to the surge in population, Shuanghugang Castle can no longer accommodate more people. The whole castle is being expanded. At the same time, another new castle is built on the left hill. Due to the lack of iron ore, all of them are built with huge wooden piles. , and then spread a layer of thick wooden rafts to connect the two buildings of different heights to form a large air fortress.

Li Wei was worried that the rapid population growth in Shuanghugang would cause food supply pressure. He wrote to Zhongli Shengnan and He Jin to limit the total population to 3 as much as possible, and at the same time ensure self-sufficiency as much as possible. Stay low-key and wait for the time to come.

The development in all aspects is good, and Li Wei is very relieved. He still needs about two years to develop vigorously, secretly accumulating strength and accumulating strength.

However, God didn't seem to want to give him this time. At the beginning of September, a major event happened between the Jin and Zhou empires that shocked the entire Cangyun Continent.

Chapter 68 A Chicken's War

In the Cangyun Continent, there are many empires, and wars often break out between the empires due to conflicts of interests. However, there is no permanent enemy in the world.

Between Shangluo City and Heishi Pass, which bordered the southwest border of the Jin Empire and the Zhou Empire, there was a long and narrow buffer area for merchants and local residents of the two countries to exchange various commodities.

There are similar buffer zones between the empires as border trade exchanges, so there is no defense, only a tax inspection department is set up to collect past tariffs.

In the early morning of this day, the residents and businessmen on the border between the two countries still carried all kinds of goods into the buffer market as usual, and set up stalls to sell them.

At the demarcation line, a group of naughty-looking young men from the Jin Empire were picking poultry when a majestic big rooster got out of the coop, flew across the demarcation line, and landed on the side of the Jin Empire.

The naughty young man with sharp eyes and quick hands reached out to grab the big rooster, laughed and said, "Anyone who catches the rooster will own it."

"How can you do this? Pay me back."

The chicken sellers were in a hurry and yelled at the young people to return the chickens.

It’s not that this kind of thing has never happened before. Simple people never get into trouble because of it. Buyers and sellers are talking about credit, and for many years, there has never been a quarrel over such a thing.

However, the naughty-looking young man seemed to be trying to embarrass him, insisting that the rooster flew over the boundary of its own accord and became a chicken without an owner, and refused to return it to others, so the two sides quarreled.

Quarreling was a common thing, but the young man with splashed hair became very angry. After arguing for a while, he raised his fist first, and the villagers fought back, not to be outdone.

I don't know if it was because of the hot weather or some other reason. Everyone was a little angry. It was just a one-on-one fight, and then it turned into a gang fight. The entire buffer market was in chaos, and both sides had to send government officials to suppress it.

In the chaos, it was unknown who shot the arrow. A yamen of the Jin Empire was hit by a cold arrow and fell down screaming.

"Hack these sons of bitches!"

The yamen leader of the Jin Empire let out an angry roar, and rushed up with his sword first, stabbing down a yamen of the Tang Empire with his sword.

The civil strife turned into a bloody incident, and finally escalated into an international incident. The yamen on both sides were slashing and killing, everyone was red-eyed, and there were screaming and running people everywhere.

In the chaos, a cavalry of the Jin Empire suddenly rushed out, crushing dozens of yamen from the Tang Empire into meatloaf.

"kill!"

Lang, who was in charge of the cavalry army, pressed his iron sword forward, and led his cavalry to charge towards Heishiguan.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."

The soldiers guarding the city gate were stunned for a while before screaming in panic.

At this time, many frontier residents and businessmen of the Zhou Empire were running desperately towards the open city gate. Some fell to the ground, and countless feet trampled over them, while some were screaming and fell into the moat.

"Close the city gate quickly, close the city gate!"

The small school on duty brandished iron swords and hissed, but the soldiers under him remained indifferent. They were all natives, and among the people calling for help outside the city were their relatives. Who could be cruel enough to abandon their relatives? "The city is on fire..."

The soldiers at the top of the city screamed in panic.

At this time, it is unknown who set the fire, and there were so many places, billowing thick smoke covered the sky, there were cries for help everywhere, and the people and defenders in Heishi Pass were in a mess.

Heishiguan was built on the cliffs of Tieling Mountains. There are only two gates in the north and south. The terrain is dangerous and the walls are high and thick. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are [-] standing troops stationed in the pass all year round, but there has been no friction between the Jin and Zhou empires for many years. The comfortable days have made the defense slack, and the sudden war made the generals guarding the pass panicked and did not take decisive measures.

The patrolling officer was very conscientious and ordered his soldiers to close the city gate decisively. However, the soldiers were worried about their relatives outside the city and did not carry out the order. In a fit of rage, the officer swung his sword and cut down the two soldiers, but someone slapped him from behind. He stabbed a sword and fell to the ground.

It was just a little delay, the people outside the city flocked desperately into the city, the usually wide gate passages seemed very narrow at this time, they were all crowded in the aisle, even if the soldiers guarding the city wanted to close the gate now, they had no choice .

The iron cavalry of the Jin Empire approached from far away. Although dozens of soldiers guarding the city head shot arrows desperately, although several rounds of arrows shot down dozens of cavalry, they could not stop the iron cavalry at all.

Thousands of iron cavalry came crushed like a torrent of iron and steel, and the people crowded in the aisles of the city gate screamed and flew, and were trampled by countless iron hooves, leaving no bones left.

The soldiers of the Zhou army guarding the border failed to organize an effective resistance at all, and were quickly defeated. They ran desperately to the south gate, and the crowd of fleeing people blocked the entire south gate. The number of soldiers hacked to death was twice as many, and the stampede didn't end until the Jin army's cavalry killed them.

As the infantry of the Jin Empire poured into the city, the last sporadic resistance of Heishi Pass was wiped out. After the Jin army occupied Heishi Pass, it did not stop because of it. The hinterland of the Zhou Empire advanced.

This sudden and inexplicable war was not so much triggered by a rooster, but rather a war of aggression planned by the Jin Empire for a long time.

The Jin Empire invaded massively, and the Shihei Pass was lost, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties of the Zhou Empire, and at the same time shocked the entire Cangyun Continent. The kings of all empires are closely watching the changes in the war.

When the news spread throughout the Cangyun Continent, important towns such as Laiwu Jianye of the Zhou Empire had fallen one after another, and 18 Jin troops besieged the important town of Jinyang, directly threatening Jin'an City, the capital of the Zhou Empire.

Zhou Wangchu Wangjiang issued an edict, and the whole country was mobilized, calling on the young and strong to take up arms to protect their families and the country, and at the same time sent messengers to ask for help from the kings of the empires.

During this period, many young and strong were called to join the army and took up arms to defend their homes and the country. The guards in various places also used their soldiers to serve the king. There were also young and strong in many places who spontaneously formed volunteer troops and marched all the way to Jin'an. The number of teams became larger and larger. Many, in just a few days, at least nearly 30 young and strong flocked to Jin'an City, the capital of the country.

Among the empires in the Cangyun Continent, the Jin Empire has the largest territory, rich material resources, the largest population base, and the strongest national power. If there is no interference, half of the country's troops can easily destroy one of the empires .

It is precisely because the Jin Empire is too powerful that it seriously threatens the survival of the empires. Therefore, the kings of the empires have reached an unwritten agreement. No matter which empire is attacked by the Jin Empire, the other empires will send troops to rescue them. The back legs of the empire.

Everyone understands the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If the Jin Empire is allowed to grow, the one who will be destroyed in the end must be himself.

The kings of all the empires did not hesitate to ask for help from the King of Zhou, and immediately issued an order to mobilize a large army to solve the crisis of the Zhou Empire's subjugation.

In Jiayue City, King Qin's messenger had not yet arrived, but the old eunuch Li Gang had ordered the army to assemble and prepare for the expedition.

Chapter 69 Muddy Waters Are Easy to Fish

In two days, Li Gang assembled an army of 3000 soldiers, including [-] infantry, [-] veterans of the standing army, and [-] new recruits who had only undergone short-term training for less than a month.

Prior to this, the Jiayue provincial government had secretly recruited recruits for training under various names, which was why Li Gang was able to assemble [-] troops in just two days.

No matter how stupid a person is, it is impossible to send out all the elite in his hands. It is a normal phenomenon to make up the number. The three-to-two match is to prevent the combat effectiveness of the army from dropping too much. The best way to grow quickly, although a bit cruel, is also impossible.

The other 3000 infantry are auxiliary soldiers, that is, logistics troops composed of young and strong soldiers, and are generally not included in the battle order. The other [-] soldiers are elite cavalry. There are only [-] elite cavalry in the Jiayue Provincial Army. With [-] troops, it can be regarded as giving enough face to Chang'an.

The commander-in-chief of the army is Li Wei's second brother-in-law, who is in charge of Tang Tianhe who guards Baiwuguan, and Wu You follows him as a counselor to train and test him.

The army was already on standby, and two days later, the envoys from Chang'an arrived in a hurry. After Li Gang knelt down to receive the imperial edict, Tang Tianhe led the army to follow the envoys and set off straight to Shaoguan, where they waited for the arrival of the provincial capitals of Hongfeng and Qingchuan. After rendezvous, the army crossed the surging Nu River in warships and attacked Lintong Pass, one of the eastern gateways of the Jin Empire.

The Red Maple Provincial Government dispatched 8 troops, the Qingchuan Provincial Government sent 10 troops, and Chang'an's 30 Yulin Army, known as an army of [-], can be described as a huge force, but the troops of Hongfeng Province and Qingchuan Province are still gathering.

Such a large-scale assembly of the army has lost the miraculous effect of surprise and unpreparedness, but it is not without benefits. At least it has put great pressure on the Lintong defenders. The army has reached 5 people, which relieved the pressure on the Zhou Empire to a certain extent.

The armies of Hongfeng and Qingchuan provinces are still gathering. Seven days later, the [-] troops assembled in Qingchuan finally moved into Hongfeng Province, and joined forces with the Hongfeng provincial army stationed at Juyunguan Ferry and the [-] troops from Chang'an. The Habayashi Army rendezvous.

It seems normal for soldiers from the Qingchuan government to go to Hongfeng Province, but those with a keen sense of smell can smell the unexpected smell. Since Kong Ning took over Qingchuan Province, he secretly formed an alliance with the Hongfeng and Lan clan to suppress Jiayue Li Shi's meaning, the direction of the wind has changed a little with a different person.

At Juyunguan Ferry, 20 troops, hundreds of large warships and hundreds of small and medium-sized fishing boats have assembled, completely posing to forcibly cross the Nu River, which is even more massive than the tens of thousands of troops in Jiayue Province.

During this period, the navy of Jiayue Province and the navy of the Jin Empire fought several times on the Nu River, and both sides suffered casualties.

Although the Jin Empire is powerful, it doesn't pay much attention to the development of the navy. The only navy has to guard the three major crossings in Lintong, Jianghuai, Fengdu, and guard against the navy of the Qin Empire. This is the Jiayue Navy. The reason for daring to fight against an imperial navy with a navy of a province, but generally speaking, the Jiayue Navy is slightly disadvantaged.

In the evening of that day, a 12-member Jin army team sailed into the Reed Stream of Tuolong Mountain in two small fishing boats. The 30 troops of the Qin Empire assembled by the river and put on a posture of forcibly crossing the Nu River. Both the navy and the navy felt great pressure. In order to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river in the middle of the night and attacking, the Jin army strengthened its defense, and a large number of nights were sent out to inquire about the enemy's situation.