On March 18, 5,000 soldiers from the Shangshui Army, led by the deputy general of the Shangshui Army, Zhai Huang, arrived outside Anling City and established a military camp outside the city. (
On the same day, Zhai Huang followed Zhao Hongrun's order and sent three thousand-man generals to take over the north, west and east gates of Anling respectively. In addition to the south gate in the hands of the five hundred Yanling soldiers, Anling
The city's defense has been officially taken over by Zhao Hongrun.
In order to justify the name and appease the people, Yan Yong, the magistrate of Anling County, issued a notice that day, telling the residents of the county that the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army were coming to suppress the bandits in the area near Anling.
Of course, this is just an excuse. After all, Anling is located near Yanling, and Yanling is stationed with Qu Cheng's 20,000 Yanling soldiers. How could any unsighted bandits dare to come to this place to cause trouble?
The reason for making an excuse was just to make it legitimate for Zhao Hongrun to take over the city defense of Anling. After all, although Zhao Hongrun had a lot of power, taking over the city defense of the local county without any reason still fell into the category of arrogance.
But if Yan Yong, the magistrate of Anling County, invited him to come and suppress the bandits, that would be a different matter.
The arrival of the Shang Shui Army made Yanling's generals, led by Yan Mo, a bit uneasy.
You must know that these five thousand merchant navy troops are the elite of the current merchant navy army, such as Ran Teng's thousand-man army, Xiang Li's thousand-man army, and Zhang Ming's thousand-man army. They were all in the battle of Luocheng during the Battle of Sanchuan.
The elite thousand-man team shows its prominence.
At the beginning, Zhao Hongrun was able to defend Luocheng with a small number of enemies under the crazy offensive of more than 200,000 Jiejiao troops from Bitatu. These soldiers were indispensable.
It is precisely because of this that Shang Shui's soldiers can now be said to have both fame and fortune. Not only have they become famous in the Wei Kingdom, but the rewards from the imperial court after the war made the Yanling army jealous.
Even ordinary soldiers were rewarded with three sheep, hundreds of taels of silver, and dozens of acres of fields after a battle. Can you imagine this?
Forget about hundreds of taels of silver and dozens of acres of fields, the problem is those three sheep. Do you know that in the private market, a sheep is worth more than hundreds of taels? Looking at the Wei State, even if the six battalions are stationed, they are not as valuable as Shang.
Such treatment from the navy.
It can be said that after the Battle of Sanchuan, all the veterans of the Shang Shui Army who survived turned into small wealthy owners, with fields, houses, and sheep, which were very rare in the Wei Kingdom.
Livestock have simply become small landowners.
And brave generals like Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, who were thousands of people, actually obtained noble status due to their merits. Although they are honorary nobles, they still have to be courteous when meeting real nobles, but it is already extraordinary. At least,
Already separated from the civilian population.
Therefore, when the Shang Shui army entered the city from the south gate of Anling to take over the city defense, the jealous Yanling soldiers were very cold towards them, and almost no one said hello to them.
Logically speaking, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army came from the Pingyang Army together, so their relationship should be very harmonious.
Regarding this, Yan Mo once complained to Zhao Hongrun in private. Although his tone of voice was very calm, Zhao Hongrun could still hear the complaint in his words.
As for what he was complaining about, it was simply that Zhao Hongrun was too partial to Shang Shuijun.
Yan Mo believes that the Yanling soldiers he trained will never be inferior to the Shang Shui army.
To be fair, if it was Qu Cheng who said these words, then Zhao Hongrun would probably have to give the latter a good beating. However, Zhao Hongrun gave Yan Mo a certain tolerance. After all, Yan Mo was also a very pure general, unlike Qu Cheng.
Ambitious people are very different.
Of course, even if Yiqucheng's city government was dissatisfied, he would not complain to Zhao Hongrun about this matter in person. He would only have two reactions: either be more attentive to Zhao Hongrun, or hint to the general to raise the matter with Zhao Hongrun. In short, he
I will never show up.
Regarding Yan Mo's complaints, Zhao Hongrun could only comfort him with kind words and promised him that if there was a war in Wei in the future, he would definitely send Yanling troops to the front line.
After all, Zhao Hongrun was indeed a little too partial to the Shang Shui Army because of Qu Cheng. After all, the three generals of the Shang Shui Army, Gu Liangwei and Wuma Jiao, were all self-aware and very satisfied with their current situation.
In terms of power and status, Wu Ji did not want to take another step forward, but Wu Ji was similar to Yan Mo. They were both very pure military commanders. Their lifelong ambition was nothing more than to prove themselves on the battlefield and strive to leave a name in history.
But having said that, despite his prejudice against the Shang Shui Army, when Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, three thousand Shang Shui soldiers came to the county government to report to Zhao Hongrun, Yan Mo, who was watching from the sidelines, had to admit,
These thousand-man generals, who gradually became known as "fierce generals" among the merchant navy, indeed had their own extraordinary qualities.
At least that evil aura made even Yan Mo secretly feel frightened and sighed to himself: The thousand-man generals who charged on the front line in the Battle of Sanchuan were indeed braver than most of the thousand-man generals in his Yanling Army.
"His Royal Highness King Su."
Under Yan Mo's silent observation, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, three merchant generals with a thousand soldiers, kowtowed to Zhao Hongrun.
After experiencing the Battle of Sanchuan, the Shang Shui Army was convinced of the Wei court's system of clear rewards and punishments.
Although there are still some cases of nobles oppressing common people in some places in the Wei State, the Wei State court is generally clean and honest. The rewards after the victory of Sanchuan are so generous that the Shang Shui soldiers and generals still find it unbelievable.
If you were in Chu State, would you like to get such a generous reward? Wake up, the money was only enough for your family to survive the winter of that year.
"I'm asking you to run again."
Zhao Hongrun smiled and made a gesture of help, and asked the three thousand generals to stand up. After all, after solving the problem in Yangxia County, he told Wu Ji that the Shang Shui Army could enter the training stage next. Unexpectedly, he only passed
A few days later, he summoned the Shang Shui Army again, which made Zhao Hongrun a little embarrassed.
In response to Zhao Hongrun's self-deprecation, Ran Teng and others expressed that it was their honor to be summoned by His Highness King Su.
Also, the more times they are summoned by Zhao Hongrun, doesn't it mean that they are more valued by His Highness, Prince Su?
On the sidelines, Yan Mo couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Come to think of it, if he has been following Zhao Hongrun these days, how could he not know that Zhao Hongrun is planning to attack the nobles of Anling?
This is a fat mistake.
God knows how much wealth these noble families have?
During this period, the two sides fought harder, and in the end, Zhao Hongrun dealt with those nobles more harshly, ranging from heavy fines to severe confiscation of property. Even if the money would eventually be turned over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, to be honest, just from Zhao Hongrun's fingers.
What was left out was enough to keep the Yanling soldiers happy for a while.
This fat job should have gone to their Yanling Army, but considering the conflict between Anling and Yanling, Zhao Hongrun gave up summoning the Yanling Army and changed his mind to summon the Shangshui Army.
This made Yan Mo very depressed.
After all, his Yanling Army was not like the Shangshui Army who had just won a battle. The entire army, even the soldiers, were extremely rich.
Because of this, Yan Mo's eyes when looking at Ran Teng and others were not so kind.
Ran Teng and others also knew this very well and pretended not to see it.
Under the command of His Royal Highness Zhao Hongrun, Prince Su, one party will receive more resources, while the other party will naturally have fewer resources. In this case, how can the other party have a good look?
After giving some instructions to Ran Teng and others, Zhao Hongrun sent them to patrol the city.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun is not afraid that the nobles in the city will gather to fight with him. The only thing he is worried about is that the nobles will incite the civilians in the city and instigate those blind and innocent civilians to riot because of some unfounded things.
For example, a few days ago, countless civilians gathered outside the county government office to denounce him.
As long as those nobles cannot incite the common people in Anling City, no matter how they jump, Zhao Hongrun has the confidence to hold them down.
But having said that, the "preparatory work" of the nobles in Anling City was so slow that Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear to look at it.
You must know that three days ago, Zhao Hongrun had already learned that the Wang family was inviting nobles near Anling to join hands to deal with him, but to this day, this gang is still preparing.
What to eat?!
Zhao Hongrun simply couldn't imagine that if he hadn't deliberately caught them all, how could the nobles in the city have survived to this day?
Of course, when complaining about this matter, Zhao Hongrun obviously did not consider the role of the Green Crows in this matter. It is precisely because the Green Crows are always watching the troubles in Anling City that Zhao Hongrun can
Grasp the movements of that group of people in every detail.
Therefore, it is not that those nobles are too slow in doing things, it is actually that the abilities of the Blue Crows are too amazing. Who can imagine that they can sneak into the mansions of those nobles quietly and spy on the secret gatherings of those nobles?
Zhao Hongrun felt more and more that it was really wise for him to listen to the advice given to him by the former Fuqiu people who received Jin Gou. Now that he had the Qingya people in his hands, he smiled and watched a bunch of young people jumping around, thinking that he was incompetent.
People knew about it and were plotting against him, but they didn't know that everything was in Zhao Hongrun's eyes. I have to say, this feeling is really good.
"Your Highness."
Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, once again appeared around Zhao Hongrun like a ghost. Under the speechless gaze of Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei who was frightened and slowly retracted his sword, he knocked on the ground and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, those gangs
People have taken clear actions... They dismissed the people of Anling County who were employed in the past, whether in the earth mines outside the city or in the shops in the city. There is even news that those people are moving away from Anling..."
"Who came up with such a stupid trick?"
Zhao Hongrun teased angrily.
But joking aside, this matter really makes Zhao Hongrun unable to ignore it. After all, the nobles in Anling support more than 70% of the economy in Anling, and at least a quarter of Anling County residents are in those areas.
Industrial jobs in the name of nobles. Now that those nobles are doing this, it means that at least 20% of the people in Anling County have lost their jobs.
Without a job, naturally there is no way to support the family. It would be strange if the common people don't make a fuss.
As for the trump card, which is to move all the nobles in the city away from Anling, it is even more difficult. After all, once these nobles transfer their property to other cities and counties, Anling's economy will undoubtedly plummet. At that time, who will support the lost people?
Working civilians?
Unfortunately, those people were facing Zhao Hongrun.
"Interesting!... Let them move! Duan Pei, find out which nobles are leaning towards the Wang family. Mu Qing, write down these people in your book. I will settle the accounts one by one."
"yes!"
Duan Pei and Mu Qing responded. (To be continued.) 8