There was a "click" sound, and the sword that had struck the iron helmet of the enemy soldier finally failed to hold up and broke apart after dozens of violent cuts.
However, before the enemy soldier's fear turned to joy, Xu Zan twisted the sword back, and the broken blade flashed a piercing cold light, slashing down from the enemy soldier's face, breaking all his facial bones, and blood spurted out.
Xu Tang was holding a chopper | Ma Changdao. The blade was four feet long. It was broken in the middle. There was still a two-foot sharp blade connected to a three-foot hilt. So he did not rush to change the blade, picked up an iron shield, and led the soldiers to continue the fierce attack.
Hit hard.
He quickly pushed back the enemy troops in front of him and met up with a shield convoy surrounded by the enemy formation. Only then did Xu Pang let his troops take a break. Soon Jiang Ang and Liu Fujin also led infantry and cavalry from behind.
Bring reinforcements.
The enemy troops in the past two days were like taking aphrodisiac. One wave was driven back, and another wave rushed forward like a tide.
Since the battlefield was very close to the enemy's front fortress, the enemy not only brought many sidecars and other war equipment onto the battlefield, but also had dozens of Western Region stone cannons mounted on long balconies in front of the docks.
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Jiang Ang and Xu Pang could not continue to lead their troops to attack, so they formed a formation on the spot and used dozens of fine iron shield vehicles to organize defense and fight with the enemy.
The fighting on the banks of the Majian River continued until sunset, before both sides withdrew their troops.
Xu Huai stood on the watchtower, watching the generals who had fought bloody battles for several hours slowly withdraw to the east bank, and said to Xu Wuqi, Han Gui, Zhou Jing and others beside him:
"Cao Shixiong organized tens of thousands of horses and horses for several days to advance towards the Majian River in turns. Seeing that the rainy season is approaching, he made up his mind to consume us in a wave so that he could explain to his master——"
"Then let them do it! Chushan has never been afraid of anyone in a tough battle!" Xu Wuqi curled his lips and said.
The fighting had been fierce for several days, but Cao Shixiong's purpose was to wear them down and did not dare to send out all his troops. Generally speaking, their casualties were far lower than the enemy's.
This level of consumption is still acceptable to them.
"I just received the news that Shi Hu, Wu Sanrong, Zhang Xiongshan, and Xiao Xuan have led their troops to land in Nancai. Two thousand generals will temporarily stay in Nancai to rest for half a month. Shi Hu, Wu Sanrong, Zhang Xiongshan, and Xiao
General Xuan and other generals, should we let them come to Guangcheng first?" Zhou Jing came forward to report.
Wang Ju led an armed merchant group to pass the imperial edict on Guangnan West Road a few years ago. The Guangxi Economic and Strategic Envoy must have secretly informed the court afterwards, but the whole incident was like snowflakes falling into the lake, and neither the court nor the government caused a violent stir.
Due to the dispute, no envoys were even sent to Jingxiang to inquire about the matter.
Therefore, Wang Ju, Xu Pang, Xiao Chunyu and others rushed back to Biyang in advance to report the news. Xu Huai could only pretend that nothing had happened and ordered Shi Hu, Zhang Xiongshan and others to lead three thousand cavalry according to the planned route and plan.
Return to Jingxiang via Jingjiang Prefecture.
Shi Hu and others returned all the way without encountering any obstacles. However, due to the large number of people and the large number of horses they carried, they arrived in Nancai nearly three months later than Wang Ju and others.
No matter how elite the veteran is, traveling such a long distance is a huge test, and he needs to rest long enough before he can continue to fight in a new battle.
However, Shi Hu, Zhang Xiongshan, Wu Sanrong, Xiao Xun and other generals could not be so leisurely.
Especially the two generals Wu Sanrong and Xiao Xun, who came to serve Beijing and Xiangzhou on behalf of the remnants of the Khitan and led their troops this time. Naturally, they had to come to see Xu Huai as soon as possible. The production department also had to clarify Wu Sanrong and Xiao Xun as soon as possible.
How to use the more than a thousand Khitan cavalry led by the general.
"Let them go directly to Biyang, and we will return to Biyang in two days," Xu Huai said.
"Is it okay here?" Xu Wuqi asked.
Xu Huai waved his hand and said: "No matter how fiercely Cao Shixiong grins, this is the only trick he can do..."
Not only have the enemy forces in Heluo been trying their best to strengthen the construction of frontline fortifications in the past few months, and are determined not to withdraw their troops in Guangcheng, Yue Hailou's troops in the west of Beijing also have no intention of leaving the battlefield.
They even spent a lot of money to block the Yingshui River in the south of Xuzhou City later that year.
Before the establishment of the Dayue Dynasty, the Yingshui River emerged from the valley north of Jishan, reached the south of Xuzhou City, and then flowed southeast, passing between Xiangcheng and Linying Old City, flowing eastward, and then turning southeast of Linying Old City.
To the north, a large bay in the shape of a few letters is formed almost in the south of Xuzhou.
After the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, in order to reduce flooding in the upper reaches of the Yingshui River, new river channels were dug in Xuzhou and Chenzhou, making the upper reaches of the Yingshui River straight.
What the enemy forces in the west of Beijing are doing now is actually to restore the old river course of the Yingshui River and use the Yingshui River to restore the old course, turning most of the buffer zone, including the old county of Linying, into their actual control area.
Yue Hailou also made great efforts to rebuild the ancient city of Linying. In fact, he pushed the confrontation battlefield between the two sides southward to the south of Shigong River, close to Xiangcheng and to the side of Zhaoling.
However, after the rainy season comes, the rivers near Jishan are turbulent, the low-lying areas are flooded, the roads are muddy, the turnover of grain and war equipment is inconvenient, and the bows and crossbows will become weak when encountering the tide. These factors all determine the next step for both sides.
The battle in this stage will become weaker.
Regardless of whether the enemy troops will retreat or not, Xu Huai decided to first withdraw all the troops and horses that suffered serious losses in the early stage to Ruyang, Liangxian, Wuyang and other places for rest and recuperation. In the future, he will further reduce the scale of the troops and horses confronting the Rucai front line.
The preliminary preparation work for the Majian River Iron Bridge has been completed, and many components have been transported to Liang County. However, although the rainy season is coming, the subsequent installation work can only be postponed until autumn.
Although showing weakness to the enemy did not deceive the Chihu people, and even made the Chihu people strengthen their determination for a long-term confrontation in the middle, it was at least effective against Emperor Shaolong and the officials in the court who were hostile to Jingxiang.
If the defensive confrontation between Jingxiang and Xiangzhou since the autumn and winter of last year had been successful, it is difficult to imagine that the imperial court would have turned a blind eye to the armed merchant group's pretentious edict to leave the country, and the subsequent thousands of Khitan cavalry who came directly to accept the dispatch of the Jingxiang Production Department.
In addition, the production department also negotiated with various road supervisors to set up warehouses on various roads and reduce or exempt tax, housing (tax), vehicle and vessel taxes, and many points.
In addition to having a store in Jianye, Zhufengtang mainly sells goods to Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places. On the one hand, the bulk goods that Chushan could export before were limited, and since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the demand for salt and iron
A strict quotation and sales system is implemented for tea, wine, etc.
For example, in the tea sales system, the imperial court set up tea farms in major tea-producing areas, and all the tea produced by tea farmers had to be sold to the government-run tea farms under the jurisdiction of the Changping Cangsi of Zhulu Tiju.
Tea merchants from various places need to pay a corresponding amount of money to the imperial court in exchange for tea citations (notes), and use the tea citations to purchase corresponding tea leaves at government-run teahouses; at the same time, the areas where tea merchants sell are also strictly limited.
Dai Viet relies on its strict taxation and sales system to maintain extremely high tax revenue.
During the Chushan camp period, Lifengtang's tea farms in Xinyang and other places, according to regulations, could only produce and sell fried tea in the three prefectures of Rucaishen under the jurisdiction of the camp; if they wanted to sell to Nanyang Prefecture, Xiangyang Prefecture and Jinghu North Road, etc.
Theoretically, it can only be sold at a low price to the government-run tea farms under the jurisdiction of Zhulu Tiju Changping Division (Cangsi), and then these government-run tea farms will resell it to tea merchants.
The bulk commodities involved in the iron material waiting list sale system are subject to corresponding restrictions.
However, when Emperor Jianji was still alive, he specifically allowed tea, iron and other goods from Chushan to be sold across the border. He only had to pay a certain amount of points to the warehouses in various places to be exempted from sales tax, transit tax and vehicle and vessel tax.
At that time, it was limited to Nanyang Prefecture, Xiangyang Prefecture, Jinghu North Road, Jianye Prefecture and other places.
After the establishment of the Jingxiang Manufacturing Department, bulk commercial goods wanted to be exported, especially tea, iron and porcelain, which are currently the largest exports that Jingxiang can export to the outside world.
The three types of commodities also involve restrictions on the sales system.
If you don’t want to break through the restrictions of the negotiation and sale system and still want to export bulk commodities, there are only two traditional ways in theory:
One is that merchants from various places pay corresponding taxes to the court, and after obtaining permission, they come to Beijing and Xiang to purchase goods and return them; the other is to sell them to various warehouses, who then resell them to local merchants, which are officials in the traditional sense.
Buying and official selling.
If there is no way to break through the restrictions of the negotiation and sale system, and Jingxiang wants to expand through commercial goods in exchange for sufficient resources, the efficiency will be too slow.
Jingxiang can’t say anything wrong about others. After all, in the early days, the Xingying (production department) was in the three places of Ru, Caishen, and later in the counties of Jingxiang and Xiangzhou, the unified purchase and marketing of grain was implemented. This was to introduce the sales system into the grain trade and implement official purchase of grain.
and official sales—it’s just that grain trading is allowed in other places.
In order to break through the restrictions of the discussion and sale system, after the establishment of the Zhisi, Xu Huai directly placed Zhufengtang under the direct jurisdiction of the Zhisi, and then sent people to negotiate with the various warehouse si with the old decree of Emperor Jianji, demanding that the old regulations be followed.
Set up warehouses directly in the prefectural cities where the various road supervisors are located. In addition to drawing points, the bulk commercial goods exported from Beijing and Xiangzhou will be exempted from sales, taxes, residence taxes and vehicle and vessel taxes, so that they can be exchanged for goods in short supply during the war in a timely manner on the various roads.
Salt, cloth, sucrose, soybean meal, horses and other supplies.
Of course, the various road and warehouse officials did not dare to make their own decisions, so they sent letters one after another to ask the court for a ruling.
The imperial court has always remained silent on this matter, so Xu Huai took it as the imperial court's tacit consent and directly set up warehouses in the capitals of various roads to handle his affairs. The warehouse administrators of various roads did not have the clear will of the imperial court and did not want to sharply confront Jingxiang and cause unnecessary conflicts.
At the same time, it involved a large number of points that could not be rejected thousands of miles away, so the whole thing was just confused.
Of course, it was mainly the Jingnan, Huaixi, and Huaidong areas controlled by the direct line of Emperor Shaolong that lacked high-quality iron materials, and could not refuse the sophisticated armor produced by Jingxiang. They were the first to break through the restrictions, and other places naturally
It's a matter of following one's example.
These layouts are generally completed. There is no need for Beijing and Xiang to continue to cry and pretend to be poor. It is enough to maintain enough troops to support the defense line in Rucaishen and Xixian. The other troops have to withdraw and continue to rest and recuperate...
