Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1183 Changbai Mountain

"Fuck you, will you give it?" In the Changbai Mountains, a warrior put a knife on the man's neck and asked loudly.

"You strong man, keep your hands steady." A green-robed official was held by his neck, and he couldn't help stepping back.

Wu Fu grinned grinningly, and clenched his hands again. There were faint blood stains on Xiaoguan's neck, and he almost peed in fright.

There were several sergeants beside them, some laughed loudly, some smashed the pillars with knives and threatened loudly.

"You don't have enough money in Bohai country, and half a coin is worth one coin. Take the money quickly!"

"Do you have any money? You tricked me into guarding the city for you. Is there no money?"

"Damn, it looks like he has no money, kill him!"

"If you don't give me any more money, I'll wait to collect it myself."

The sergeants were making a lot of noise, and the green-robed officer had an earthy complexion and was on the verge of fainting.

"Oh, why is this, why is this!" Pei Qiu left the state office, hurried to the barracks, slapped his thigh straight at the first sight, and said: "Fu Dutou asked you to wait to guard the city, not to bully the people. .”

As soon as the words "Fudutou" came out, the smiles on the faces of the soldiers subsided a little, but they were still very dissatisfied, and said angrily: "In a month, I only ate more than a thousand of your pigs and sheep, and I was killed." Can’t stop? The supply of food and meat is very small, and there is not enough money to pay, what do you want?”

"I have repelled a Khitan attack for you, how much kindness is this?"

"Without waiting for me, your Bohai people's wives and daughters have been in the Khitan camp for many days, and their stomachs are all grown up. Bah, if you don't have money and want to make people die, how can it be such a good thing?"

"You bird officer, do you want to test the knife with me?"

Pei Qiu felt bitter in his heart.

Last year, the Xia people's campaign against Khitan was quite successful, so the Bohai Kingdom dispatched [-] troops, led by the king's younger brother Da Shuxian, to attack Fuyu Mansion, intending to regain their homeland.

On the Khitan side, general Liu Rengong led more than 1 cavalry to fight. The two sides stalemate for many days. In the end, the Bohai Kingdom was defeated and defeated.If it wasn't for the sudden cold weather and heavy snowfall, Bohai would not only lose teachers, but might also lose land.

After the beginning of spring this year, the Khitan marched in large-scale and plundered everywhere. Bohai couldn't hold it back, so they asked the Xia people for help.

Shao Siwu, commander of the battalion in Andong, was very hesitant when he received the request for help, because he couldn't spare many soldiers.Liaoyang, Xincheng, and Fushun have occupied more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and the dispersion of troops is extremely serious-to put it bluntly, the spread is a bit big.

Moreover, these sergeants have been guarding a place where the birds don't shit all winter, and they want to go home a long time ago, and they have no interest in fighting for the people of Bohai.In desperation, Shao Siwu mobilized five hundred masters of Wei Bo, distributed some of the weapons seized from the Khitan people, and asked them to rush to Changling Mansion to assist the Bohai people in defending the city.

Just seven days ago, a group of Khitan soldiers entered the city, wantonly insulting and intimidating the people of Bohai, and then divided the troops into the villages to burn, kill and loot.The five hundred Master Wei Bo saw that the Khitan people were divided into troops, so they went out of the city at night, beat them hard, beheaded nearly a hundred of them, seized more than fifty horses, and retreated smoothly.

Khitan was hit by this, so they didn't dare to divide their troops, after a little looting, they retreated with a whistling roar.

Just when the people of Bohai were full of joy, Wei Bowufu saw their weakness and incompetence, and as a result, today's payment incident happened-the benefits promised by the people of Bohai were not fully fulfilled, how the hell can this be tolerated?
"The money I promised to you will definitely be given. Bohai is a country in the east of the sea. Can't you afford thousands of dollars? Be safe and don't be impatient! Our country is mobilizing money and food from Zhongjing, and it will be distributed soon. It will definitely be missing." Seeing several warriors approaching him with knives, Pei Qiu hastily said loudly.

But it was useless. Seeing that there was a convoy behind Pei Qi, the warriors surrounded him directly, picking up the bags one by one with their knives.

"Wow!" The admiration came out in unison.

The carts were so full of gold and silver, cloth, pearls, medicines, furs, and other treasures that one could not help but reach out to grab them.

"Everyone, this can't be done!" Seeing that Pei Qiu was in a hurry, he hurriedly stopped him.

"Shua!" Someone pulled out a knife, put it on Pei Qiu's neck, and said, "Get lost!"

But Pei Qi didn't dare to leave, and tried to persuade him: "Everyone, the Fushun talisman will be returned. This is the property to be sent over for delivery. Who do you want to give it to in the end? I just received the news that the Daxia sage will patrol Hebei, ask for Lu Yanwei, this is a tribute to Shao Sheng, everyone, think about it carefully, is it possible to move?"

Weibo Wufu hesitated.

If it was a gift to any official, they gritted their teeth and their heads got hot, and they really dared to grab it.But if it is given to the Daxia sage, it has a lot to do with it, and it is a bit troublesome.

Shao Siwu, the commander of the camp in Andong, is the eldest son of the sage.Father's money was robbed, if the son doesn't get back the place, it will be unfilial.If they dared to reach out their hands with these dozens of carts of goods, they would chase them to the ends of the earth, and An Dong's camp would kill them.

Kind of not worth it!

"Aren't you trying to lie to me?" Wu Fu asked suspiciously.

"How could it be possible to cheat!" Pei Qiu casually walked to a car, pointed to the bag that had been opened by the sergeant's sword, and said, "This is the famous Lucheng rice in our country. It is white and long-grained."

He walked to another car and said: "This is the kombu that was offered to the capital in the Nanhai mansion, and it is also top grade."

"Look at these herbs and pearls..."

"This is the seal skins, fur seal skins, and seal oil that were hunted and killed by the natives of Binfu..."

"This is Longzhou fine silk, woven with tussah silk..."

Pei Qiu introduced them one by one.

"Poor ghost! Also send rice, beans, millet, Shao Sheng is short of your food?" The sergeant said angrily.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the comrades around him, and he saw hesitation in the eyes of the other party, so he sighed, stepped aside, and stopped thinking about this batch of goods.

Seeing this, Pei Qi was greatly relieved, and immediately asked someone to take the convoy out of the city to Fushun, so as not to cause trouble and be robbed.

But he didn't dare to offend these Wei Bowufu too much.They are indeed a powerful fighting force. Although there are only 500 people, they are bold and cautious. They dare to go out of the city at night and fight with Khitan thieves.

The Bohai court unanimously judged that the Khitan suffered a loss in the Western Expedition last year, and this year they will definitely seek compensation from Bohai.Considering their repeated defeats, they really couldn't offend the Xia people, even if the soldiers they sent were really domineering.

"Everyone, the Changling Mansion has dispatched [-] pigs, sheep and cattle, and [-] altars of wine to reward the troops. The money and silk will be transported from Zhongjing in a short time. You can wait ten days. How about it? "Pei Qiu asked.

"Forget it, I'll wait for you for another ten days. If you don't have the money by then, don't blame me for taking it yourself." Wufu put away the knife and warned.

"No, no." Pei Qi smiled.

The dignified young minister of the Ministry of Information and Communication of the Bohai State cannot return to the court in Shangjing, and spends all day dealing with the Xia people in Changling Mansion and Zhongjing.It is impossible to say that it is not bitter, but there is no way.In today's world, it's so difficult.

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"General Fu, the Anton Mansion will be handed over to you. This is my painstaking effort..." In Lushun City, Shao Siwu hesitated again and again, and did not say the second half of the sentence.

"King Zhao, please relax." Fu Cunshen said with a smile: "The Khitan bandits are all focusing on Bo Hai, which just gives us a chance to recuperate, and nothing will happen."

In the six counties of Andong Prefecture, the biggest problem today is the lack of people, supplies, and everything.Because of this, they lack the ability to sustain combat.Last year we made a big move to the north, but this year there are so many mouths to eat, and all kinds of supplies are consumed quickly, so we can only take a defensive position.

Of course, guarding never meant staying at home, it was sticking to it, and it would be over sooner or later.

The real defense still has to combine offense with defense.That is to say, the overall strategy is defense, not rushing to expand, but focusing on digesting the existing territory and strengthening the foundation, but strategically sending some troops to attack Khitan, which makes it exhausted.

"General Fu knows the soldiers, I don't worry." Shao Siwu said with a smile, and then said goodbye to the generals and assistants of the Anton Mansion one by one, and went to the pier.

The sage is on a northern tour and will soon be stationed at Taishan Palace in Qizhou.As the eldest son of today, Shao Siwu is about to enter the palace to face the saint, to show the efforts he has made in the past two years.

As for whether he can return to Anton's mansion after the debriefing is over, it depends on what the saint wants. Shao Siwu has no ability to resist.

There are more than ten ships moored at the pier, and they are about to set sail.

Shao Siwu turned his head and took a last look at Lushun.

The indigo-colored city wall has surrounded a large area, and the city will definitely be completed this year.Anton Mansion is nominally located in Jili County, but its actual capital is Lushun.For a long time to come, the position of Lushun, which has the largest population, the most developed economy, and the first sprouts of industry and commerce, will be irreplaceable.

"Dangdangdang..." The bell rang on the pier, and some replenished ships began to pull anchor and set sail.

One after another, they sailed away from the harbor one after another, and after adjusting their formation in the open sea, they slowly disappeared into the sky.

Shao Siwu knew that this was a fleet heading for the mouth of the Daliao River.A total of ten ships, loaded with supplies, tools and nearly a thousand soldiers, went to Lizhai to defend.

Ping Haijun's people have already made a rough inspection and found a suitable place to set up a village.The terrain here is relatively high and relatively dry, which is suitable as an initial stronghold.

The [-] soldiers are also old soldiers who have retired from the Imperial Army, and they have extremely rich combat experience.In the lower part of the Daliao River, there are many swamps and dense water networks, and the Khitan people rarely pass by.Caught off guard, the village was erected by Xia people.And as long as they successfully took root and passed the most difficult early stage, the Khitan people would have nothing to do.

Constrained by the local environment, Khitan was unable to send a large group of soldiers and horses over.Fewer soldiers are useless, and they can't beat the thousand veterans of the Forbidden Army who have access to foreign aid at sea.

This loss, the Khitan people are determined, and can only watch helplessly as another strategic defensive direction is needed.

And the name of the village has also been given, and the sage appointed: Yingkou——It should be called Liaokou according to the convention, and the naming habits are like this, such as Wokou, Yingkou, Qingkou, etc., but the arms can't hold back the thighs, so it can only be called Yingkou.

"Dangdangdang..." The bell rang again.

Shao Siwu bid farewell to those who chased him to the pier to see him off again, and boarded the deck of the ship.

The establishment of six counties in Andong Prefecture, the development of fields and pastures, the repair and new construction of cities, the recovery of Fushun and other places in Liaoyang New City, and the most dazzling victory in the Khitan War are all achievements that can be divided with saints.

Shao Siwu sorted out his thoughts well, and started the draft he had made during the face-to-face meeting.

(End of this chapter)