Battle of the Other Worlds: Summon the Traveler Wu Song at the Beginning

The battle was over.

After more than 20% of the Hong family's private soldiers were killed, they all fled in disarray, wishing their parents had given them two less legs.

Lin Chong led the cavalry to mow down the defeated soldiers like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

Wu Song and Xu Jin also rushed over, but the cavalry was too fast, and the battle was over before Wu Song could catch up.

Xu Jin looked pale as he saw the corpses and broken arms scattered all over the ground, as well as the wounded Hong family soldiers lying on the ground wailing.

"Lord, what should we do with these wounded soldiers!"

"Kill them all. What's the point of keeping them alive?"

Li Yichen issued a cruel order to massacre them. No matter how the wounded soldiers cried and wailed, or begged for mercy, they were killed by Li Yichen's soldiers one by one.

Xu Jin took Li Yichen to the salt-making workshop in the town. He saw a camp surrounded by countless thatched houses on the open space in the town. Dozens of private soldiers guarding the door were killed in an instant.

Li Yichen walked into the camp and saw hundreds of people in coarse cloth gathered together in fear, looking at Li Yichen and others.

Xu Jin whispered in Li Yichen's ear: "These are the residents of Yuanshan Town, who were forced to make salt here."

Li Yichen showed a kind smile and said: "Don't be afraid, we are the rebel army, and we are here to rescue you."

The middle-aged man who led the group knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Please don't kill us, sir. We are all residents of Yuanshan Town and have never done anything bad."

These people didn't quite understand what the rebel army meant. They only knew that the soldiers never took them seriously and killed people at will.

After a good explanation, these residents realized that Li Yichen and others would not hurt them.

Li Yichen thought for a long time. After taking over the salt mine and salt workshop, he also needed these skilled people to continue making salt. However, he would not force these people to work like the Hong family did, but was prepared to pay some compensation, and believed that the people were willing to do so.

Thinking of this, Li Yichen said, "Are you willing to continue to refine salt for my Qin army? If you don't want to, I won't force you. I will let you go. Those who are willing to stay will be paid ten taels of silver per month, plus fifty kilograms of food. I will never default on them!"

Everyone looked at each other in amazement. Before, they helped the Hong family refine salt. Not to mention the reward, it was good enough to give them a full meal a day, not to mention the private soldiers who were usually domineering.

They would vent their anger on them when they were not satisfied. They were often beaten and bruised all over, and had to get up and continue to work.

The leading man was full of tears and his eyes were red. He said, "Sir, you are really a good man. We are willing to stay and continue to refine salt."

Now that they can get money and food if they stay, these people are willing to stay and work for the Qin army.

Li Yichen nodded, and after arranging matters at the workshop, he took Lin Chong to the mine and killed the private soldiers guarding the salt mine one by one. If the people were willing to stay and continue mining, Li Yichen would give them rewards, and if they were unwilling, he would let them go.

In this way, the Hong family's cornucopia, Yuanshan Salt Mine, fell into Li Yichen's hands.

According to Li Yichen's understanding, the Yuanshan Salt Mine and workshop can refine 100,000 jin of refined salt every day, which is not worth mentioning compared with the output in later generations, but now, this amount is very amazing.

You know, in the Beiting Dynasty, a jin of rice is only five coins, and the price of salt is ten times the price of rice. A jin of refined salt is fifty coins. According to one tael of silver and one hundred coins, two jin of salt is one tael of silver.

In other words, this Yuanshan Salt Mine can create a profit of 50,000 taels a day, which is definitely a rare cornucopia.

It is no wonder that the Hong family attaches so much importance to this salt mine. Over the years, the Hong family has been able to earn tens of millions of taels of silver every year from this salt mine.

Li Yichen left Wu Song to lead 300 infantrymen to temporarily garrison Yuanshan Town, and he took other people and rushed back to Anshan City overnight. Now the Mozhou army could be at the gates of the city at any time, and he was worried about the situation in Anshan City.

On the morning of the second day, the 60,000 troops from Mozhou finally arrived outside Anshan City under the leadership of Chen Qing and Leng Yuntao.

However, the flag of the Qin army had already been replaced on the top of Anshan City.

Chen Qing sighed in his heart. He led the army to travel day and night, but he was still late.

The 60,000 reinforcements from Mozhou, together with Chen Qing's personal soldiers, the Divine Eagle Guards, a total of 63,000 troops, set up camp five miles outside Anshan City.

Camp

In the tent, Leng Yuntao was angry: "The defenders of Anshan City are really useless! The city is strong and tall, and there are more than 10,000 troops stationed there, but they couldn't even hold out for two days before being broken by the Qin army."

On the contrary, Chen Qing said calmly: "I have said that the Qin army is not simple. Although there are not many people, they are all elite soldiers, and there are many capable people. It is not beyond my expectation that they can quickly take Anshan City."

As Chen Qing said this, he sneered: "It's just right. If the opponent is too weak, it would be too boring."

Leng Yuntao secretly complained, is there something wrong with King Qing's brain? The stronger the rebels are, the more excited he is?

But he only dared to think about it in his heart and didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Your Highness, I have seen that although the Qin army has captured Anshan City, it must have suffered heavy losses. Why don't we take advantage of the fact that the Qin army is not yet firmly established and attack Anshan City. We have a 70% chance of taking it down."

Leng Yuntao was able to become the governor of the army of Mozhou, and he is also a good fighter. Although the Qin army is elite, it is on the siege side. It must have paid a lot of price to capture the tightly defended Anshan City. At this time, attacking the city can be twice the result with half the effort.

Chen Qing looked at the map and shook his head, saying, "General Leng has a point, but the Qin army is now defending the city. Our army will suffer heavy losses if we attack the city by force, and we are not absolutely sure that we can take it."

Chen Qing paused and continued, "Instead of attacking Anshan City by force, it is better for our army to take a detour to attack Daqu County and go straight to Huanglong! Daqu County is the place where the Qin army started its army. If Daqu is taken, their morale will be chaotic."

"Of course, what I mean is to surround but not attack, forcing the Qin army to send troops to support. This time, the Qin army will definitely come out in full force to attack Anshan, and Daqu County is empty at this time."

"As long as Daqu County is surrounded, their rear will be in danger, and Anshan City will definitely be in danger. Soldiers, this king will write another letter and ask Mozhou to send out another 20,000 troops. As long as the Qin army dares to leave Anshan, the 20,000 troops will go straight to Anshan City and make him unable to take care of the end! "

"Although the Qin army is elite, its biggest shortcoming is that it has been developed for too short a time and has not yet become a climate. It lacks foundation. With only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it has to guard three counties and one prefecture. The troops are weak. Use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. This is the best strategy!"

"Pass on this king's order, the army will set out immediately and go straight to Daqu County!"

"In addition, this king will send a letter of divorce and send someone to the prefecture at full speed. Governor Wu will naturally know what to do."

In Anshan City, a spy reported that more than 60,000 Mozhou soldiers and horses were camped outside the city.

Just when Li Yichen thought that the Mozhou army was about to attack the city, new news came again. After a brief pause, the Mozhou army set out again and headed straight for Daqu County.

Li Yichen's face darkened when he heard the news. The Qin army had mobilized almost all the troops they could to attack Anshan Prefecture. At this time, only Xing Daorong and more than a thousand people were guarding Daqu County.

Facing the Mozhou army of more than 60,000 people, it was like an empty city, without any deterrent power.