When Guo Ning first arrived in Laizhou, he landed at the port of Haicang Town. Later, he fought successively and always relied on the Tunbao in Haicang Town. This is because Haicang Town is located at the westernmost end of Laizhou. Fighting here can limit the war as much as possible.
Outside Laizhou.
Once the war has stopped, Ye County, the seat of Laizhou, is truly suitable as the center of the military state.
The name of Ye County was first seen in the Warring States Period. Tian Dan won the support of thousands of households in Yeyi for his contribution to restoring the Qi Dynasty. This Yeyi is today's Ye County.
The whole of Laizhou is generally flat, except around Ye County, where there are many dangerous mountains and rivers. There are Fushan Mountain and Lushan Mountain in the northwest of Ye County, Gaowang Mountain and Tianzhu Mountain in the south, Donglai Mountain in the east, and the sea in the north, and Sanshan Island.
It was the place where ships were managed and grain and equipment were stored during the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Goryeo during the Zhenguan period.
After Guo Ning took control of Ye County, he used Jing'an Min, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, to manage it accordingly. Jing'an Min had built up a powerful force in Zhuozhou from scratch and was quite good at governing it. Most of the houses that the heroes here had merged with were destroyed.
Guo Ning raised his troops and wiped them out, and the remaining people were honest and honest. Therefore, wherever the government orders came, they were like the wind blowing and the grass dying.
Over the past few months, the city's atmosphere has become very different from the past.
The south gate of the city has obviously been heightened and reinforced. There is a sheep and horse wall made of rammed earth and stone on the outside. The towers and arrow towers on the walls are all newly built. The towers are three stories high and are very rough in appearance, but they have enough military functions and are convenient.
It has its own humble majesty.
The city wall itself has probably not been repaired in decades, and it is inevitably overgrown with grass. The shrubs on the platform are as tall as a person. Several teams of strong men are cutting down miscellaneous trees along the platform to clear the way for the team carrying gravel behind.
Someone was laying ink lines down from the top of the city wall, shouting and giving orders from time to time, presumably to build an additional horse face here.
Because of the large movement, the earthen lumps and rubbish at the top of the wall were in disrepair and rolled down. Below the platform was the city trench. It turned out that someone was widening the trench. The earthen lumps and rubbish all fell on them, stirring up choking dust, so those people were
He cursed loudly in the ditch, causing everyone to laugh.
On the high ground to the east of the city, there is also a garrison fort under construction.
The fort rests on the slope and has an irregular shape. The walls are built with gravel and rammed earth slabs. There are turrets at the four corners. There is only one fort gate, facing the gentle place in the south.
The open space between the fort and the city is a huge school ground. In the center of the school ground, there are rows of soldiers holding swords and guns, making assassination gestures as the orders and flags change, and the shouts of killing can be heard all around.
To the north of the school grounds, several groups of cavalry were galloping back and forth, stabbing each other with long wooden poles in their hands.
To the east of the school grounds is a place for practicing archery. Some soldiers did not hold bows and arrows in their hands. They just lined up and raised sticks with stones hanging in their hands, pretending to take aim.
At this time, there was a knight of medium height and dark complexion leading a few knights. They stopped their horses not far from the school ground and stared at them for a long time. These soldiers kept their posture, motionless, and did not even glance around randomly.
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After all, the cold wind was unbearable, and there were several men standing there. Their hands did not move, but their bodies were a little crouched. Then an officer took a wooden stick and hit them on the head and face: "Stand up! Stand up straight! Elbows."
keep it!"
The knight nodded slightly.
"There is also a school ground in Xiyou Town, which is smaller than here. I heard that there is also one in Zhaoyuan County. There are also some in Haicang Town, Laiyang, Jiaoshui and other places. Many of the soldiers newly recruited by Guo Jiedu in Shandong have already seen it.
He has been bloodied and killed people, but for a while, he still has to go through simple training there, and then he is gathered here and trained hard again. This person is known as the evil tiger, and he really deserves his reputation."
While I was sighing, someone from behind shouted: "Master in front, give way! Give way!"
The knight took his servants with him and retreated to the withered grass beside the road.
In November and December, it is already the depth of winter.
According to normal circumstances, there will be nothing going on in the fields at this time, and the government offices will not be doing anything at this time. Therefore, there will be few travelers on the road, and only merchants returning goods will still be running around.
But the situation in these few months was different from the past. As soon as the knight moved his horse to the side of the road, a long procession passed by.
The crowd was bustling, and most of them looked like they were traveling far away.
At the front of the team were warriors riding war horses with fierce expressions.
Most of the people behind were walking. Some people pushed wheelbarrows, put the boxes and cages on the carts, and asked the old man to sit on the top of the boxes and cages. Most of them had no luggage, so they just used branches as crutches, wrapped their ragged clothes tightly, and carried or
Carrying the package on his back, he walked forward slowly.
Some people were walking, pointing to Laizhou City in front, and talking expectantly to others; others were looking sad and sighing. On the other hand, children and teenagers were generally very happy, and they gathered in groups from several years old to teenagers, chatting and laughing.
Fighting and walking through the crowd.
Sometimes they ran to the back of the team, where there were heavily armed soldiers walking in formation. Surrounded by the soldiers were vehicles carrying grain and supplies, which were closely guarded. As soon as the children approached, they were immediately shouted away.
But the children were still laughing and laughing, and they were not too scared.
"Ask these people where they come from."
The knight ordered his companions to wait.
The companion immediately rode over and shouted a few words as he approached the crowd. A warrior with a bow and sword in front of him came over to ask.
Both parties have certificates issued by the Dinghai Navy, so there is no chance of misunderstanding.
The warrior was Dong Jin. He asked a few questions and ignored him. He rode his horse back directly and said to Zhang Rong: "The black-faced horseman is an official of the imperial court. Well, he is the governor of Ninghai Prefecture. His name is Wugu Lun."
Rongzu. He has a talisman and says he was invited by Commander Jie."
The governor of Ninghai Prefecture is already a big shot in Shandong. With his status as a person, it is inevitable to feel weak when hearing such an official here. But at this time, Zhang Rong and others didn't even bother to take a glance.
He said: "Let's hurry up and leave him alone. Pay the order and have a good rest for two days."
It turned out that Zhang Rong and others had been on the road day and night after leaving Changbai Mountain. But on the way, they bumped into Zhang Qian's troops who were responsible for collecting grain and materials in Le'an area, and had to stop and help.
Le'an City was originally an important town that Wanyan Sala worked hard on. There were three to five thousand people permanently stationed there, and the stored grain and supplies could last for several years. However, when the news of Wanyan Sala's defeat came, these three to five thousand people immediately
They dispersed. In order to compete for the reserves, several troops fought with each other, and fighting broke out.
Zhang Qian was leading his men around the area, and after hearing the news, he immediately rushed to suppress it. Relying on the reputation of the Ding Navy, no one dared to stop the stragglers, so he took control of the food storehouse, summoned friendly troops from various places, and his colleagues came to carry it overnight. Zhang Rong
The group of people was not large in number, but they had a lot of mules, horses and livestock, so they naturally had to help with this task.
However, if there were too many altars and jars, the marching speed would inevitably slow down. When the marching speed slowed down, the people on the road heard that there was going to be a war and joined forces one after another, making the marching speed even slower.
No matter how majestic the navy is, there are always unscrupulous thieves along the way, trying to take advantage of the chaos. When the group was stationed at the camp at night, they were unprepared and were broken into several times by thieves, causing a series of turmoil. Zhang Rong
Facing the enemy at night, he shouted for orders, but the unhealed wound on his face was torn again, and blood flowed until half of his body was red. He didn't even notice.
A few days later, the brigade passed Shouguang, and Yang An'er's troops had already crossed Muling Pass, and gathered the forces of Li Quan, Zhang Lin and other powerful men in Yidu.
When Yang An'er's troops passed by Zhang Qian and others, both sides sent envoys to contact each other and promised not to use weapons. However, the two teams were still heavily guarded and stared at each other.
Fortunately, Xiao Mo Le also led the troops to gather at this time. Zhang Qian and others felt relieved and relaxed. The group passed through Weizhou and returned to Laizhou.
When they arrived at Haicang Town, Wang Shixian, who was staying here, came forward to pick him up. Only then did everyone know that Guo Ning had gone to Ye County, the seat of Laizhou Government a few days ago. Because Haicang Town already had enough people and supplies, Wang Shixian sent special personnel here.
Arrangements were made for transfers and a group of medical officers were dispatched to diagnose and treat people who were weak or sick.
Everyone rested in Haicang Town for two days, and then continued eastward for four days with the people before arriving at Ye County. This journey took nearly twenty days, during which there were countless trivial problems, even for Zhang Rong and others.
Although he was very capable, he also felt exhausted.
Wugu Lun Rongzu's companions drove their horses back and said angrily: "They are the people Guo Ning brought back from Le'an, Boxing and other places in Yidu Prefecture. The soldiers and horses behind are all with them. They came just now."
The one who asked was a man named Dong, Alixi."
At this point, he looked at Wugu Lun Rongzu and said: "Ali Xi, a mere Alixi, didn't take the governor seriously! I told you that I was here, but they didn't come to see me!"
Wugu Lun Rongzu ignored Bandang's nonsense.
He was just an empty governor in Ninghai Prefecture. As the situation became more and more chaotic, he was no longer worth anything.
He immediately stood in the grass and watched the group of soldiers and civilians slowly walk to the city gate. At the city gate, there were some strong farmers coming in and out. When he saw the large group of soldiers and civilians arriving, the soldiers on guard called their superiors to come out for questioning.
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The warriors all had badges and talismans. As for the common people, they had probably made a general statistics and the compiled books had been sent to them a long time ago. So the two sides took the books and called their names one by one to check.