Chapter 2152 Gui Zi Scroll Destiny Gathers, Focus on Shannan
???????Man Gui took a deep breath, calmed down, and motioned for the two of them to take a seat. He calmly returned to his seat and sat down. On the surface, he was calm at all, but in his heart, he was racing
Think about countermeasures.
Changle Town is located ten miles southwest of Siyan City. It does not belong to Anyi County, but to Jiezhou. It is only seven or eight miles away from Jiezhou City. Changle Town is on the road between Jiezhou City and Xiezhou City.
It is right between the salt pond and the female salt pond (nitrate pond), and it is also a place called turbidity in ancient times.
????????Not long after the three families were divided into Jin, Wei and Han and Zhao fought here. Wei won in one battle and avoided being divided.
????????This turbid lake was originally a lake, but it was buried before the Tang Dynasty and is now a flat land.
There are also salt pools in Anyi, but they are not the same as the salt pools commonly referred to. Only the Jiezhou Salt Pool is a salt pool in the usual sense, and the Anyi salt pool needs to be added with the word Anyi. As for the female
The salt pond is more than ten miles away from the salt pond. The salt content is thinner, far less than the amount of salt produced in the salt pond, and the quality is also slightly inferior.
The Salt Transportation Envoy Si Yamen has officials stationed in these salt ponds, who are responsible for supervising the salt workers and running the entire process of salt drying, salt production, and salt transportation in and out of the warehouse.
Changle Town in Jiezhou and Shenghui Town in Anyi are both on the edge of the salt pond. They are the places where merchants and tax collectors live. In addition to paying the salt tax, the salt merchants also
You have to pay commercial tax, but the commercial tax rate is far different from that of salt tax. Both towns have inspection departments, which assist in transporting salt through the yamen and tax card inspection to collect taxes.
????????" Changle Town was attacked, what about Jiezhou?" Mangui asked slowly: "Is Jiezhou just watching?"
Zhu Xingquan shook his head in confusion: "I don't know. Maybe Jiezhou doesn't have the strength to rescue it, or maybe Jiezhou has already fallen?"
???????Shocked by his last words, Zhu Xingquan turned pale and stood up, faltering, "What should I do?"
"No, Jiezhou is not so easy to be captured by the rebel army." Mangui shook his head, "Jiezhou has a population of 3,000 people. The city is high and the walls are thick, so there are no rebels."
So easy to get?"
"I hope so." Zhu Xingquan regained his concentration and said, "General Man, what should we do? We still have thousands of stones of salt in the warehouse, and more than 60,000 taels in the salt class. This is terrible.
What should I do?"
????????The continuous "What can we do about this?" shows that this colleague of the salt transportation department was frightened and at a loss, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
?????????"Where is the salt transporter?" Mangui asked puzzledly: "It's up to him to make the decision."
Zhu Xingquan's face became paler and he gritted his teeth and said: "Yesterday he said he was going to Pingyang to ask for help, but he disappeared early this morning. I asked the people in the Yamen and said how many people he had brought with him early in the morning.
I left in a hurry and asked someone to leave a message for me. I will be back in two or three days..."
???????Man Gui stood up in shock. He was asking for help. He was clearly abandoning his official position and running away!
????????Now it’s his turn to say what should be done. Even the salt transport envoy has run away. You know that the highest official in this yamen has to take orders from him. What’s better now?
, actually ran away, leaving this pile of dead fish and shrimps to wait for death.
?????????"If Pingyang Guard can ask for help, why wait until the salt transport envoy comes in person? I have already done it, and now how can Pingyang care about our side?" Man Gui sighed.
In one breath, he said, "I have asked for all the help I should ask for, but now we have to rely on ourselves. Mr. Zhu, please make up your mind. Whether to defend or leave, you have to say something."
"Is it too late to leave?" Zhu Xingquan spread his hands with a wry smile, "If you leave these warehouse salt and salt class money and leave, I'm afraid you and I will only end up with one of us in the end."
To save the lives of the clan, leaving these warehouse salt and silver to the rebels is a way of supporting the enemy."
Man Gui also had a helpless look on his face. His mission was to protect Si Yan City. If the salt was transported in the capital, no one from Si Yamen would leave, or the salt warehouse and the salt class money would be left behind.
Even if they run away and transport salt, the people in the Yamen will certainly not be in a good position, and they will also be held accountable.
????????Man Gui always thought that he had a bright future and wanted to work hard, but now he found that he was suddenly faced with a dilemma.
?????????If we continue to defend, the rebels will attack. If a large-scale rebel army comes to siege, most of these two thousand soldiers will become victims again and are worthless.
????????You can just leave. If you don't find a reasonable reason and don't handle the money in the warehouse salt and salt department properly, it will be the result of being accused or even sentenced to death.
"Master Zhu, can you transfer the salt bank silver and warehouse salt together?" Man Gui suggested with hope, "If not, transfer it immediately, transfer it to Zezhou,..."
?????????"General Man, how far is it from here to Zezhou? It's a bumpy road, and the money is easy to say, but what about the warehouse salt? How can we transport thousands of stones of warehouse salt? I couldn't find so much in my hurry.
Secondly, even if a suitable carriage is found, it will be troublesome to transport, and the speed will definitely be very slow. If we are robbed on the road, not only will you and I leave our posts without permission, but we will also lose the salt and silver, then it will really be necessary.
The three tribes have been killed, and mobs and riots are happening all over the place. From Anyi to Zezhou, we have to cross Wangwu Mountain. The road is difficult and dangerous, and there are many bandits. It is impossible to go. We cannot go on this road, and we dare not go on it.
ah."
Mangui was desperate. What could he expect from such a rigid and indecisive boss who might even end up passing the blame on him?
???????This guy obviously hopes that he can hold Si Yancheng. The problem is that he also wants to hold it, but can he hold it?
???????But what this guy said is not unreasonable. The road from Anyi to Zezhou is too difficult and is indeed not feasible.
????????" Then go to Pinglu and cross the river to Shaanzhou?" Mangui suggested again: "Maojin Ferry is still in our hands. It's okay if we don't go to Modi Ferry..."
"Across the river is Henan. I have no right to transport the salt and silver out of the province. Moreover, I heard that there are also rebellions on the banks of the Yellow River in Henan. It is also unsafe..." Zhu Xingquan hesitated.
Follow the path.
Man Gui was completely convinced. He knew that this guy had no intention of leaving at all, he just wanted to come up with an idea that could save Si Yancheng.
????????He is a civil servant of the Salt Transport Bureau, so Mangui can only obey. Now all he can think about is how to defend the city. It seems that he has to leave more than one hundred kilograms here.
Man Gui thought pessimistically, even if he was very confident in his men, he could defeat three times the rebel army, five times the force, and one, what about ten times?
How long can we hold on without reinforcements? The food in Yancheng is only 500 shi, enough to feed 2,000 people for a month. But the question is, can we hold on for a month?
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?????????Feng Ziying received letters from Duan Xipeng and Bao Qin on the way to Xi'an.
The situation in northern Shaanxi has opened up. Modlen swept through Qingyang and rushed into Pingliang Mansion. He even had a small-scale confrontation with the Guyuan Army in Zhenyuan. There were casualties on each other, so they diverted.
He went south and captured Jingzhou, which also shocked the entire Pingliang Prefecture.
????????When the Guyuan Army couldn't figure out the whereabouts of Modlen's tribe, they had to retreat to Pingliang City. Even Chongxin didn't dare to defend it. Losing Chongxin could be tolerated. If even Pingliang City was lost,
, then Guyuan Town really has no choice but to be abolished.
????????Modelun took the opportunity to launch a massive attack in the Jingzhou and Lingtai areas, beating local tyrants, dividing food and floating wealth.
????????We dare not divide the fields, and it is useless.
Immediately afterwards, the Tufeng Battalion rushed up from Qingyang, and just in time joined forces with the Guyuan Army to "drive out" Modlen's Boyan Village from Qingyang.
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????????Modelun's Boyan Village moved to Ningzhou. Although it did not capture Ningzhou City, it swept all the way and cleaned up the gentry of all sizes in the state. The entire Ningzhou landowners and gentry mourned.
But there was nothing they could do, and they all criticized the Tufeng Battalion for its slow movement and weak attack.
Letters of help and complaints flew like snowflakes to the yamen of Xi'an City's Administrative Envoys' Department, the Inspection Envoys' Department, and the Commander's Envoys' Department. Feng Ziying's place was even more crowded.
Feng Ziying has long been used to it. Ever since Modlen and Qiu Zixiong acted according to the plan, he has been mentally prepared for this. He even knew that the letters from these gentry had already been sent to
There must be many people in the capital, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet, but are they saying that the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not aware of the situation in Shaanxi?
How will millions of hungry people live without giving anything? Should they all be killed, or should they be exported to Shanxi and Henan?
Even so, tens of thousands of Shaanxi rebels crossed the river and entered eastward, not to mention that the eastern part of Xi'an Prefecture is not far from Henan. If they really cross the river and enter Henan, the trouble will be even greater.
????????After reading the letters from Duan Xipeng and Xue Baoqin, Feng Ziying knew that something was bad.
?????????This is the trouble caused by information asymmetry.
Feng Ziying thought they should have passed Tongguan long ago and were about to reach Xi'an. Unexpectedly, they were still in Linfen. They only considered going south at this time. Wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap?
????????Feng Ziying was not sure at first whether the rebel army would go east or south after capturing Hejin and Ronghe, because the rebel army did not have a unified command and was divided into multiple hills, especially after absorbing the local Shanxi
After the rebels joined, they became more commanded by multiple leaders, each going their own way.
?????????But there is no doubt that it is a little late to go south from Linfen at this time. Feng Ziying has already received the news that the rebel army has captured Wanquan and Jishan, and even Wuping Pass has fallen. It depends on the Jiangzhou defender.
Liveable or not.
???????? Moreover, the other two armies of the rebel army are attacking Linjin and Yishi. If these two places also fall, then Puzhou will be in danger, Jiezhou will be in danger, Anyi, Quwo, Xiaxian, and Jiang will be in danger.
Places like these in the county are all dangerous. It can be said that nothing is safe south of Linfen, and it will only be a matter of time before they fall.
Can Duan Xipeng and the others get through before the rebels cut off the post road from Linfen to Puzhou?
????????Feng Ziying did not dare to take this risk.
At this time, he was also a little panicked. He never thought that leaving Baoqin and the others behind and walking slowly would wait for such a big moth to come out.
????????When the rebel army entered Jin, he did not expect that the offensive would be so fierce after entering Jin, and the defense of southern Shanxi would be so weak. He also did not expect that even if some of the guards were taken away by Shanxi Town, what about the people?
????????In the final analysis, I’m afraid it’s still a problem with local officials.