King Sui and Yang An'er were fighting in darkness. Many propaganda envoys and Jiedu envoys were not only sitting back and watching, but also seizing the time to implement internal affairs and enrich their own strength. Ding Haijun was no exception.
Guo Ning received the post of controlling various pastoral offices from the imperial court, and immediately acted vigorously and resolutely to make arrangements.
Leading the first group of people to Liaodong was the new Qun Mu Envoy Judge Li Yun.
Guo Ning does not pay much attention to Confucian backgrounds when employing people. Except for some scholars who have joined him one after another after inspection and were identified as having outstanding abilities, most of the others are in charge of their own affairs without having the authority to take over anything.
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On the contrary, it was people like Li Yun who had been tempered in shopping malls and official circles, but who came from the army and dared to fight fiercely, who were of great use in Guo Ning's eyes.
Moreover, Li Yun was responsible for dealing with merchants from all sides in Zhigu Village, and he was really effective in doing things; later he served as an assistant to move Chu materials, and participated in the negotiations between Laizhou and many Song Dynasty maritime merchants. He went to Liaodong, just in time
Respond to complex situations and determine the source of war horses for the navy.
In order to handle this important matter as quickly as possible, Guo Ning mobilized Wang Bao'er, who was from the northeastern mainland, and more than a dozen veterans as Li Yun's escorts. He also selected a few additional people with backgrounds in the northeastern mainland or from various ethnic groups in the northeast.
He was accompanied by his subordinates, including Aduo from Bohai.
The group set off by boat from Penglai, Dengzhou, and headed north along the maritime islands. They spent a day repairing on Changsong Island in Fuzhou. They then paid a visit to Fuzhou guard He Shiliehuanduan and presented him with the official document of appointing the navy, as well as several gifts.
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Although the territory of Shandong is not as prosperous as in the past, it is still better than Liaodong, which is barely surviving in poverty.
Since Yelvliu Ge raised his troops, for more than a year, the Jin Army, the Liao Army, and the Mongolian Army had been going back and forth. Both the Jin and Liao armies had used what they claimed to be hundreds of thousands of troops.
At the beginning, the two sides repeatedly fought for important towns and relied on plundering military supplies to support the army; after a few rounds, even Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo changed hands four times, the people were dispersed, and the treasury was exhausted. So all parties sent troops and horses to search for food.
In just a few months, all the county towns and villages near and far were looted.
The various ethnic groups in the northeastern interior are mixed together, and their living areas are intertwined. The Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan, Shiwei, Tieli, Mohe, Huli Gai, Goryeo and many other ethnic groups and tribes attack and rob each other in order to survive, and soldiers and horses cross the border like wolves.
Wherever they went, they grinded their teeth, sucked blood, and killed people. By February and March this year, a large number of people died of hunger in various places. As time went by, hunger spread and the situation became more and more unstable.
The existence of the Jin Dynasty in the Northeast has become more and more like a dike that is bound to collapse. But the people sitting on the dike are also digging the foundation of their own homes in order to maintain their own survival.
Not only the Khitan army and many local tribes were plundering food and supplies everywhere, but the imperial officers and soldiers were also involved. Liaodong's own agricultural output had been destroyed by the war, and the Central Capital had no ability to provide relief. The soldiers and civilians under the local government had to eat
What?
He Shi Lie Huanduan and Wen Di Han Qing Gou were officials with some integrity, but they could only turn a blind eye to the looting behavior of their subordinates. As for the consequences, they could no longer care about it.
When he was at his wits end, officials from Shandong Dinghai Navy came to visit and offered to rebuild trade routes and exchange grain for horses... This played into He Shi Liehuanduan's plan.
Therefore, when Li Yun proposed to collect horses in Liaodong, set up transshipment pastures, and repair ports to facilitate shipping, Heshi Liehuan agreed.
He told Li Yun that when the Liao Dynasty was strong and powerful, the port where the Jurchens traded with the Song Dynasty was in Huacheng County in the south of Fuzhou. And Hesihan Pass, which relies on each other in Huacheng County, is the word "Muzha" in Liao language.
It means a pass built by the Liao people to block the Jurchens' foreign trade.
Today's Hesihan Pass has long been abandoned. During the Daning Period, this place was used as a hunting ground by the Jurchen nobles. Later, Wanyanqi, a famous official of the clan, came forward and said that this place was fertile and that if the people could be cultivated, it would be beneficial to both public and private interests. The court
Then the ban was relaxed, and the herdsmen settled in, and the road was changed from Huli in the north. Many wild Jurchens or yellow-headed Jurchens were recruited from Supin Road to enrich the place and establish Hesihanmengan.
However, the governance of the imperial court has not shown much progress over the years. The yellow-headed Jurchens are fierce and difficult to control. After being detained here, they rebelled and rebelled many times. In the end, this Meng'an and Huacheng County to the north were almost abandoned.
Savages of all kinds of origins still live in this wild forest and deep mountain.
They mainly make a living by fishing and hunting, and also graze some cattle and sheep on the plains.
These savages are too poor and local officials are too lazy to take care of them.
There is an additional benefit. These yellow-headed Jurchens are stupid and not afraid of death. The imperial court recruits strong men here from time to time to join the army. Whenever they go to war, they will use these people as the vanguard wearing heavy armor, which is called "hard army".
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"In that case, they have a lot of dealings with the imperial court? We came here under the same banner of the imperial court. Why are they so angry?"
Wang Bao'er followed closely behind Li Yun and walked quickly towards the seaside camp, asking as he walked.
He rested for a moment, had already tightly tied his thigh with a piece of cloth, and got a short knife from Li Yun's hand. Although his body was stained with blood, he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, only murderous intent.
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Li Yun Li Yun walked in the front, slicing the branches in front of the horizontal path with his knife from time to time. Hearing some complaints in Wang Bao'er's words, he could only smile bitterly.
During this expedition to the terrain south of Hesihan Pass, he made adequate preparations in advance. Not only did he follow the advice of his Xi people and Bohai people, he also brought several kinds of cakes with more sugar and oil, and also brought several large pots with him.
of drinks.
In addition, considering the women and children in the wild Jurchen tribe, Li Yun also carried a few colorful headdresses and pottery figurines in his sleeves, preparing to please the local women and children.
But after going dozens of miles into Hesihan Pass, they suddenly encountered the enemy and started killing them indiscriminately. Li Yun's preparations were of no use at all.
He lost all those little trinkets as he ran away.
He said in a deep voice: "The incident was caused by He Shi Liehuanduan's subordinates. There was a monk named Aotunma from a hundred households. Just yesterday, he led his armored soldiers deep into Hesihan Pass and killed all the old, weak, women and children in two villages.
They stole the grain and livestock in the village, and then set fire to it. So today, wild Jurchens, yellow-headed Jurchens, and Shiwei people gathered everywhere, thinking of rushing to Huacheng County to kill, loot, and take revenge... but we bumped into them!"
Wang Bao'er said angrily: "These savages have no brains. Can't we explain it? Tell them that we are not on the same page!"
"These savages are so angry that they are fainting with hatred! As soon as Lao Huang was about 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 will slowly think of a solution."
Wang Bao'er suddenly quickened his pace.
"Hurry up, those savages are catching up! They are really... stunned and fierce!"
Li Yun looked back and saw numerous figures in the forest.
"They should have been chasing them on horseback on the slope, and then fought downhill. They moved very quickly." Li Yun said calmly: "We can't outrun them, so why not go back and find a way to ambush a few of them and seize the horses.
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"Hey!"
Wang Bao'er let out a heavy breath. Li Yun was as light as a rabbit and could not outrun his pursuers. In fact, only Wang Bao'er, who had an arrow in his thigh, could not outrun him.
But both of them are veterans, so there is no need to say nonsense about leaving you alone and leaving first. He immediately pointed with his knife: "There are six people on the left and three on the right. Let's go around behind the bushes and kill the one on the right first."
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"good."
When Wang Bao'er and Li Yun launched a counterattack, just as Li Yun guessed, the camp they set up near a stream near the sea was also under siege.
The savages with yellow and green eyes, like a group of Hu Feng, rushed out of the cover of the forest by the hundreds and rushed towards the camp surrounded by vehicles. The officers and soldiers in the camp fired arrows one after another, forcing the first group to retreat.
Then he collided with the savages between the vehicles.
Knives against knives, people against people, metal collided, people roared, swords flashed across, and blood burst out. The savages had very few iron tools, let alone sophisticated weapons. They suffered immediately in this face-to-face conflict.
The first wave of people who came up retreated like a tide, and then came the second wave.
Leading the escort was Wang Bao'er's deputy, a tall warrior named Zheng Rui. He widened his eyes, waved the sword in his hand, and slashed continuously between the two cars, using his greatest strength every time.
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After cutting down several people in succession, a very short savage rushed up. Even though his hair was disheveled and covered in black dirt, Zheng Rui could tell that he was just a teenager, maybe fourteen or fifteen years old.
His eyes were very childish, and although he bared his teeth in a threatening manner, he was actually very panicked.
Zheng Rui ducked out of the way of the stick swung by the young man, and then slashed diagonally with his broadsword.
With one strike of the knife, his wrist shook, and then blood rained down, and the young man turned into a headless corpse.
Zheng Rui was not happy about killing several people in succession. The number of enemies and ourselves was too disparate, and our two leaders and a group of subordinates were still trapped in the forest! This time, we were in trouble!
Zheng Rui turned back slightly to take a look at the several officials who were guarding the center of the vehicle, and shouted: "Be prepared, let's take a look at the gap and break out!"
Even if we break through, I am afraid that not many of our own people will survive. Zheng Rui is a veteran soldier who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has long had the consciousness to die on the battlefield.
Unexpectedly, several officials did not listen to him. Instead, they followed a young man of their own and kept busy around the newly built fire pit in the center of the camp.
The boy's name is A Duo, a Bohai native, and Guo Jieshuai's follower. However, Zheng Rui has always looked down upon him, because this boy can't speak clearly and is dull. He doesn't know how he is lucky.
Will be favored by the Commander-in-Chief.
So Zheng Rui shouted angrily: "Aduo! Aduo, you fool! What are you doing!"
