"The Yellow Emperor killed (Chi You) in Zhongji, Chi You was dismembered, his head was in a different place, and his blood was turned into brine, both in Yanchi, Jiezhou."
"Three Dynasties of Confucius"
(Yuncheng Salt Lake is one of the world's three largest sodium sulfate type inland salt lakes)
—I am the dividing line —
In the summer breeze full of salty smell.
Li Cunjin (originally Sun Chongjin), the newly appointed deputy envoy of the Yier Army and Shizhou guardian envoy, also looked at the Great Salt Lake named Jiechi with a full face. He hurriedly rushed all the way to the territory of Anyi County, just to take advantage of the collapse of Wang Chongrong's tribe in the river, to preemptively control the salt production in this pond.
However, what disappointed him was that when he crossed many high mountains and ridges day and night, many horses died of exhaustion, and even the counties, counties and villages along the way did not stop to looting, and what he was able to gain in the end was actually by the side of the pond. There are only a few hundred bags of salt in the salt inspection courtyard.
As for more things, there is no hope at all. What's worse is that the local salt workers and Mrs. Salt's house have already escaped one after another; therefore, even if he is left with a large salt pond, he cannot use it; can he ask his subordinates to diversify directly to scrape salt
You know, even though he is named the deputy envoy of the Yier Army, he is also the eighth order of the false sons. But in fact, in addition to the more than a thousand men and women who drove right and left in his own way, he was no longer just a soldier and a soldier in the immobilized army.
On the contrary, it was the post of the guardian of Shizhou, which was actually the place to eat and support the army under his name. It is just that Shizhou, as one of the western barriers outside Taiyuan Prefecture, was also the first to receive self-reliance. The door enters the clan tribe, where the plundering and poisoning are rampant.
Therefore, it is inevitable that the localities will suffer from various degrees of depravity; later they were attacked by the Beishang River Army. Therefore, the state border of the so-called five counties has only been in the north of Fangshan, Linquan, and Dinghu counties for a long time, and they are still under the control of the Daibei coalition forces.
In this case, even if he is a guardian who holds the power of governance, it is difficult for him to obtain and collect enough money and food and Ding Zhuang from the locality, thinking that he will strengthen his subordinate strength. However, at the same time, he has to undertake certain taxation and servitude to Hedong Town/On behalf of the Northbound Camp.
In addition, during the four seasons and holidays, he must also have enough privately to "fulfill his filial piety"; otherwise, after falling behind the fakes, he will be easily criticized and criticized, and even attempted to replace it, even this point. The place to survive and sustain is gone.
Recently, because the adoptive father Li Ke used to support the new emperor, and revived and restored Li Tang, he began to work hard to rebuild the Taiyuan Palace and build Yanxin Garden and Yanhui Palace (Jin Dynasty Palace); their fake sons had to, Voluntary and involuntary he bleeds a lot.
As one of the fakes of Han surname responsible for guarding the periphery of Taiyuan Mansion, Li Cunjin is the most embarrassed one in his pocket. Therefore, this time he still asked the second brother Li Sizhao (Han Jintong) for advice, and this was a chance for such a light soldier to go south.
I thought that a military order was made and risked going deep behind the enemy lines. I could ransack and gather in the relatively wealthy and stable hinterland of the river in order to enrich my net worth and baggage, and also alleviate the accumulation of insufficient food and clothing. Resentment
Be aware that this Jiechi is a well-known, high-quality and productive place in the world. Since the beginning of the Dali years, the local "reclamation method" has produced 1.5 million yuan in salt profits every year, accounting for about one-fourth of the national salt income and one-eighth of the total revenue of the imperial court.
When Hezhong Town was dissatisfied with the three-point rule of sending the state, supplying the army and losing, and began to intercept and monopolize the pool and salt profit, Hezhong was built into a strong and rich town with strong soldiers.
During this period, Yanli obtained steeds, fine weapons, and strong men from all directions, and became more and more powerful; even the people of the capital where the imperial court was located had to rely on the supply of Hezhong Town to avoid eclipses.
In order to ensure that the interests of Yanchi are not large-scale outflow and stolen mining, the local government even did not hesitate to levy hard work and build a forbidden wall around the salt pond with a circumference of more than 60 miles; and set up decent things. The stores and gates are coming.
Naturally, Li Cunjin did not dare to expect to be able to monopolize and monopolize such a huge profit of Yanchi; he was satisfied to be able to take advantage of the first hand in occupying the place and be a transitional defender for several years to enrich his army and private pockets. .
But he didn't expect that his enthusiasm would hit a wall in reality so quickly. You must know that in order to occupy the interests of Yanchi for several years, he patted his chest in front of people including his second brother Li Sizhao and promised that he would give sufficient rewards and feedback afterwards, which he was grateful for.
Thinking of this, Li Cunjin couldn't help becoming more frustrated and resentful. Why did everything seem to go wrong in the first place? That's it for Wang Chongrong, the iron-headed guy who hit the south wall and didn't give up. However, the ant petty people in these places have the confidence and resistance to resist.
Could it be that the sword in his hand was not good enough, and the number of heads cut off along the way was not enough? Obviously, he has sent people to negotiate secretly with these "local elders" and "leading figures", showing enough intentions to show favor and win over.
They even promised them that as long as they can hand over enough salt and money and the Ding Zhuang ambassador in time, they can protect the people on the spot and continue to maintain their livelihoods. However, when Li Cunjin's men and horses arrived at the bank of the Jiechi, the people who had been sent to negotiate disappeared, and the local Yan Ding and Yan Fu almost escaped cleanly.
And the soldiers and horses of Shizhou who got almost nothing can only vent their anger and burn the dilapidated huts and tents on fire; and then give the few villagers who were too late to escape or who could not hide, to both men and women. The young and old were tied up by the road, tortured to death or dying.
Then by torturing these captured confessions, they divided their troops into the duck pond around the Jiechi, among the low hills, grasslands, and waters of Shengang, Changchi and other places, and searched out a lot of local people who were hiding. The first batch of people who entered the large pond to collect salt were collected.
However, just after one night, it changed and regenerated. That night in the field outside the camp, there was a sudden blast of noise and fires everywhere, disturbing them, the Shizhou soldiers and horses coming from afar, all night.
After dawn, it was discovered that the people who had been arrested for labor had escaped most of them, leaving only a few unusable old, weak, sick and disabled. Therefore, Li Cunjin did not hesitate to send several teams of Qingqi to hunt down.
Then, at this time there was another bad news. Anyi City, a few miles away from Chibei, also uncharacteristically rejected the conditions for surrendering to the city, and resolutely drove his envoy back with an arrow.
At this time, Li Cunjin smelled a certain uneasy and dangerous aura; he awoke from the faintness caused by the huge salt value expectation, and amidst his anger and shame, he quickly ordered Xing Bing to attack Anyi City, thinking that it would be the most unhelpful. It is also necessary to stop this important stronghold on the bank of the salt pond.
However, when Li Cunjin led his troops to the bottom of Anyi City, Anyi City, which had been proved to be quite empty, was still closed and silent, only a few of the banners of the Hezhong Army were weak* *Yang in the wind.
This made Li Cunjin a little surprised but even more uneasy. Despite this, he made the Sakon sergeants shout in unison, thinking that they were called the city. As a result, the voices called the city in unison, but they called out a fierce drum horn that was higher than a burst of hard to show weakness.
Immediately, on the east and west sides covered by the city wall, a green flag with Kunpeng pattern fluttering in the wind almost at the same time, with the word "Taiping" in the middle of the silver-white Dou Da; it turned into a sing again at random. The blue-gray brigade came out with the gezi fish.
This time, the unanimous shouts of the Shizhou army were immediately interrupted, and it became a blast of exclamation:
"It's a peaceful thief!!!"
"The ridge thief is here..."
"The head army..."
In this heart-piercing shout, Li Cunjin, who tried hard to hold down some pulsating horse's head, finally understood what he had neglected. It is the Taiping Army that is said to be faintly watching the Yellow River.
These enemies who left unforgettable memories of fierceness and toughness in the pass have actually advanced to the vicinity of Yanchi, and they have become the place where Anyi City has repeatedly relied on. The scouts and whistle who can only hate him seem to be unconscious.
However, along with the Taiping Army’s characteristic song formations, amidst the thunderous roar, the trajectories of artillery fired from the rescue, suddenly hit a piece of earth and rock flying out of the unprepared Shizhou army lineup. The clamor came with people turning their backs.
Although Li Cunjin tried hard to maintain the squad and morale of the neighborhood, and attacked to meet him. However, those Daibei Fan riders who had encountered similar scenes in the pass, turned around without hesitation like a frightened bird.
Then, the Shizhou regiments who rode in on mules and horses on foot, they also collapsed without an arrow; they went straight to the left and right rampage capital where the main formation was located, exposing them to the forefront of the Taiping Army. In front of the firearm.
The next moment, under the first round of calibrated projectile beyond a hundred steps to raise the gun, Li Cunjin did not hesitate to order to turn around and turn in. However, the road to the next retreat suddenly became difficult.
Because near the passable road, many obstacles and attacks suddenly appeared. They dug small holes in the ground, or tied mixed cables between adjacent trees, or put them in the trees to form obstacles.
This is of course useless for a normal marching army, but for the defeated army in retreat, it is enough to cause enough difficulties and obstacles. As a result, the retreating Shizhou soldiers were constantly tripping, falling, or intercepting them.
Then these wounded soldiers who had come down sporadically were surrounded by Minzhuang holding various equipment, leaving only a few horrible corpses in the midst of frightened and dazed glances around.
In a blink of an eye, the Shizhou Army, which once had a lineup of three thousand four hundred soldiers, was absorbed by the dry sand, and became thinner and thinner. Finally, with Li Cunjin, it rushed from left to right. In the end, more than a hundred cavalrymen were trapped in the salt temple on the concave platform between the female salt pond and the solution pond in a panic. (End of this chapter)