As the fleet of Puhui Merchant Company continues to increase, the Xi Lie Army in Jichuan Village is also becoming more powerful. The supplement of supplies means that they are not worried about the shortage of supplies caused by being trapped in Jichuan Village.
Ye An felt that it was an extremely stupid decision for the clan to take action against Puhui Company. It not only allowed the Xi Lie Army to develop cohesion in advance, but also allowed Puhui Company to gain a reputation in the northwest.
The reputation of a business in the northwest often matches its strength. The strength here mostly refers to the power in the black and white circles. Without these, even a first-class business cannot hope to gain a foothold in the northwest.
The clan's business houses had been fighting in the northwest for many years and were already the overlord here. When they later established the Fufeng Company, their combined power became even stronger.
It's just that these so-called powers are not the clan's own, because the clan found that cultivating their own power in the northwest is too troublesome, and they have to avoid it because of their special status.
So they adopted simpler methods, using money and power to win over bandits and bandits, and even colluded with local officials to achieve the purpose of squeezing the people and robbing merchants.
The so-called green forest tycoons are not "acting for heaven". Their true appearance is that they are bandits who kill without blinking an eye and rob without mercy!
Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, acting as a chivalrous person, is only what the "Yangxiaer" advertises as justice. As for the definition of "xiaxia" by later generations...it is somewhat taken for granted.
How rampant were the robbers in the Song Dynasty? It can only be said that the description in Water Margin is only about one-third of it. Lawless places are really everywhere as described in the novel.
This is mainly due to the vast land and sparse population. Only those who have truly arrived in this era know that the ancient world was so closed and alternative.
People all live together in clusters, in villages, towns, counties, and state capitals. As for places in the wilderness, no one goes there at all. They are either woodcutters who are forced to collect firewood because of their livelihood, or
They are the farmers who collect herbs. As for the others, they are all gangsters who robbed homes and houses. There are even statues hanging in the county town!
Therefore, ordinary people take the official road. There are post shops on that road, there are patrolling government officials, and there are also many people rushing on the road. Therefore, there are generally no robbers on the official road, and it is stipulated in the "Song Xingtong".
Hijacking an official is equivalent to robbing a prison, and regardless of the value of the robbed goods or whether they are harmful to human life, they will be detained and reported to the prefecture government office, waiting to be reported to Dali Temple, submitted to the emperor for judgment, and beheaded by the Queen of Autumn.
Usually when an emperor sees such a document, he won't look at it carefully at all, and just go and judge it without even thinking about it.
Only in this way can the stability of the official roads be maintained, and only in this way can more people come and go on the official roads. The more people walking, the more evil people will be deterred and a virtuous circle will be formed.
However, places beyond the jurisdiction of the imperial power were outside the law, so traveling far was a very risky journey for the ancients.
Ye An wandered on the road for another half month before arriving at Qinfeng Road. Chen Lin had completely given up urging. Now he understood that Ye An had already had a countermeasure.
The closer he got to Jichuan Village, the more and more frequent messages he received. Only then did he realize how powerful Ye An was. The combat power of the Xi Lie Army was simply not comparable to that of the bandits.
Ye An regards these criminals as "whetstones".
Chen Lin, who is well versed in the art of using troops, knows best that no matter how powerful the Xi Lie Army's combat power is, it is just a showpiece.
But the more this happened, the more entangled Chen Lin became. On the one hand, he hoped that the Xi Lie Army would be stronger and could guard the northwest for the Song Dynasty. On the other hand, he was worried that the Xi Lie Army would be too powerful and threaten the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
After all, the Xi Lie Army was the Xi Lie Army of the Song Dynasty, not Ye An's Xi Lie Army. The Xi Lie Army, which was based on the Puhui Company, was very dangerous to Ye An's loyalty.
Ye An cannot rule the Western Lie Army forever, and after he left and other generals were transferred, can these "arrogant generals" trained by Ye An still obey the jurisdiction of the imperial court?!
As a supervisor, Chen Lin had to be careful and worried.
Just when Chen Lin was worried, the Xi Lie Army in Jichuan Village began a crazy killing spree, and the ten-man team sent by Ding Xiaoyi was ambushed...
Only three people from the ten-person team came back. These three people still fought their way out of the siege and came back to ask for help. The location where they were ambushed was a Tutu Temple in Jichuan Village, which was the only way for the convoy to pass.
This ten-man team set up a post there to receive the subsequent convoy, but was ambushed while waiting. Fortunately, the convoy arriving from Tokyo City did not arrive at Jichuan Village.
This ambush completely ignited the anger of the Xi Lie Army, and also made the clerks and shopkeepers of Puhui Trading Company extremely distressed. Three bloody soldiers of the Xi Lie Army came back wearing broken armor. The face armor had fallen off, and the armor on their bodies had fallen off.
It is also full of white divisions, and the longest one has even penetrated the armor, revealing the cotton lining inside.
They were all people he knew well, and they drank wine together. They were brothers who fished out rice from a big pot. This kind of anger came from the heart and went straight to the sky.
Even the clerks of Puhui Company who did not have to go to the battlefield put on their armor with red eyes and prepared to go out for revenge. The entire camp of the Western Lie Army was filled with anger and shared the same hatred. Ding Xiaoyi did not expect that this attack would lead to such unity in the camp. He
I thought some people would get scared and retreat.
Wen Zhongliang didn't think so. In his opinion, those who could come to the northwest already had firm ideas. What they lacked was the stimulation of this attack.
If it were a group of weak people and weak-willed people, they would have collapsed when they encountered such pressure. Now is a good time for them to vent, because most of them have their own pride and courage.
The Xi Lie Army took this opportunity and began to expand. Although the number was small, their courage and ability were beyond what they could have hoped for in the past.
The small Jichuan Village does not have much space to begin with. Since it was attacked in Jichuan Village, the next matter must be resolved in Jichuan Village. During this period, only entry and exit are allowed in Jichuan Village. Then
The attacker must be in Jichuan Village.
Wen Zhongliang sent people to support him as soon as he received the news, but even so he knew that the remaining seven people might be in more danger than others.
Seven broken corpses were carried back. Even though they were covered with white cloth, blood was spilled all over the ground, leaving a deep blood mark on the ground.
The armor had been turned into pieces. The attackers were familiar with the armor of the Xi Lie Army. They did not use swords, but blunt weapons such as giant hammers and giant axes.
This time Ding Xiaoyi found an excuse and sent someone with a message to spread the word in Jichuan Village. Whoever attacked the patrol of the Xi Lie Army had better admit it directly. If they don't admit it from now on, the Xi Lie Army will
They went to exterminate them one by one until all the forces in Jichuan Village were wiped out.
While everyone was hesitating and wondering how threatening the Xi Lie Army's words were, the Xi Lie Army had already occupied the city defense of Jichuan Village as quickly as possible.
The small Jichuan Village has only two gates, one in the south and the other in the north. It was originally guarded by the town general Meng Shan, but this time when the Xi Lie army set up their battle array, Ding Xiaoyi held up the Qinfeng Road soldiers and horses in Ye'an to guard the city.
After the official seal arrived, Mengshan handed over the city defense without thinking.
He had no choice whether in military affairs or politics. He couldn't bear the consequences of offending Ye An. The clan was far away, but Ye An was right in front of him!