Success is always a matter of luck. This is a wise saying of the Song Dynasty. However, in later generations, many successes can be achieved by luck. For example, the lottery does not require too advanced skills, but only good enough luck.
It takes a certain amount of courage to stand in front of a phalanx of more than 10,000 people early in the morning and look at each other coldly, but Yun Zheng doesn't need it. The people standing here are all his subordinates, although they are not really soldiers.
, but compared to the rest of the Xiang army, they can be called the elite among the elite. Everyone is in high spirits, because today, the general will take them to wash away the roads of Jiazi Camp to make a fortune.
They also want to eat meat every day and live in a house made of blue bricks. They even secretly thought about owning a cow. The Jiaziying widow has a cow at home, and some families have more than one, with the old cow and the calf.
The children of the widow's family led the children to eat grass. They felt itchy in their hearts when they saw it. It would be great if their own children led such a cow.
There are very terrifying salt bandits in Luzhou. They do all kinds of evil. They live happily on the road from Luzhou to Yanzhou, robbing families and homes. This is what the general said. What he wants to do is to cut off the heads of the salt bandits and rob them of their money.
Come here, the general said, 30% belongs to himself. This is Wu Shengjun's rule.
Previously, everyone had asked the soldiers of Jiazi Camp to find out whether the commander's words would count. The soldiers in Jiazi Camp only responded with ridicule. Finally, they asked the veteran, who said slowly: "The commander's words will count."
Does it count? This is an interesting question. Our Jiazi camp never asks this question, and I won’t tell you whether it counts. I put it here. If you die fighting bravely, your wife will not have a basket of copper coins to support the family.
, just let your wife go to my house to take care of the cows."
Now that the general's credibility is high enough to be endorsed by others, it would be a bit shameful to doubt him any more, so everyone straightened their backs today, hoping that they would be lucky enough to be among the first batch of people to follow the Jiazi Battalion to fight.
Yun Zheng's voice is not loud, so everyone needs to listen attentively. It is good that a weak scholar can accompany everyone to train for so many days and still stand here. How dare you expect him to roar like a savage?
"The salt bandits are very powerful. In the early years, they were surrounded and suppressed by large armies. However, they all failed. It's funny to say that the dignified army was defeated by a group of bandits. That's why this time the prefect of Luzhou Prefecture was willing to spend a lot of money to hire
Let's go to suppress the bandits, haha, it's funny to say that the bandits are actually our source of wealth. Kill them and take away their money. I don't think any of the brothers here will feel embarrassed, and so do I.
But they are very powerful, so we should also pay attention to it and send out our most powerful battalion to fight. The most powerful battalion of Wu Shengjun is the Jiazi Battalion. I don’t know if you have any opinions. I don’t think you will.
Yes, after all, you have been beaten badly by them these days...
If you are not convinced, just step forward and show me those heroes. If you are not convinced, I will incorporate you into the army of Jiazi Camp. As long as you perform meritorious service on the battlefield, you will immediately enjoy the same treatment as them.
I wonder if there is such a person?”
As soon as Yun Zheng finished speaking, a hundred or so strong men came out of the queue. Starting from the first row, they took a step forward and stood in front of Yun Zheng.
Yun Zheng looked at the first person all the way to the last person, looking at them very seriously, as if he wanted to remember the appearance of each of them firmly, walking from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the end, standing in front of the team and saying:
"I spent some time remembering your faces. They are all good. This is the way the world is. The bold will be starved to death and the timid will starve. I guarantee that you will not suffer any loss.
Because you can't ride a horse, you can only move forward in a cart. What we have to do now is to raid the salt bandits without giving them any time to prepare. Let's go!"
Yun Zheng got up on his big green horse. He was going to fight today so he was fully clothed. The soldiers of Jiazi Battalion, led by Liang Ji, got on their own horses at the same time, preparing to raid the salt bandits 280 miles away.
Yunzheng's destination was Rongzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Luzhou Prefecture. In the early years of the Song Dynasty, Fuyi County in Rongzhou was promoted to Fuyijian and belonged to Tongchuan Road; Rongzhou governed the five counties of Xuchuan, Gongjing, Yingling, Weiyuan and Ziguan.
Rongzhou belongs to Dongchuan Road. In the first year of the Taiping Xingguo Period, to avoid the taboo of Zhao Yi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Fuyi Prison was renamed Fushun Prison.
Since the first salt well was dug in this area during the period of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, towns, counties, and cities have been established because of salt. Almost all construction processes are related to salt. In fact, this is also the richest place in Sichuan.
a state.
White jade flows from a spring, gold travels thousands of miles, and salt brings abundant harvests to the people here. At the same time, it also breeds another kind of livelihood, that is, banditry. The purpose of Yun Zheng's trip is to deal with the wealthy bandits here.
Because the well salt produced here can reach the Yangtze River directly from the Fuxi River, and the land route can also reach Chengdu very smoothly, thereby distributing the salt here to the land of Bashu. Therefore, there are so many thieves on land, and they are already on the road from Rongzhou to Chengdu and Luzhou.
It has been raging for many years, and now it is time to harvest.
The horse team of 1,200 people ran wantonly on the official road, and the mule carts behind them were also chasing closely. However, Yun Zheng did not intend to wait for them. As logistics personnel, everything they need to do can only be carried out after a victory.
of.
With Xiaolin in the army, Yun Zheng always feels great happiness. He can always bring the most detailed local intelligence and information to the army. The Secret Intelligence Service of the Song Dynasty may not have much ability to the outside world, but its monitoring of the mainland has indeed achieved
Reached the pinnacle of success.
"Niukou Mountain, this place is a dangerous place that we need to attack with all our strength. Speaking of which, you have to thank Gao Tansheng. Back then, with an iron gun, Gao Tansheng defeated all the invincible enemies in Shu. The same goes for the salt bandits in Rongzhou.
For one group, in order to facilitate management, Gao Tansheng set up a altar in Niukou Mountain to compete for interests with the Pai Gang on the Yangtze River.
I suggest you ignore the Pai Gang. These people are not easy to mess with. They seem to be involved with the nobles in the capital. If you wipe out the Pai Gang, you may not only achieve nothing but make a mistake. Besides, you are not a navy soldier, so you can do something with them.
If you don’t have any, don’t think about it.
Niukou Mountain has established itself as a king since it heard that Gao Tansheng died. The current leader is called Qu Wuyi. This man is cruel and ruthless. Through plunder and robbery, he has attracted a large number of bandits in a short period of time, numbering no less than 600 people.
, Rongzhou and Luzhou joined forces to conquer three times without success, so don’t treat Magistrate Zhang as a fool. People also know that Niukou Mountain is rich, but there is nothing they can do about it. The three campaigns should be considered as non-secrecy and leakage.
He caught wind of the situation, jumped into the air twice, and was ambushed once. Magistrate Zhang himself almost died, so he hit it off with you."
Yun Zheng stretched out his hand and asked Xiao Lin for a map. Xiao Lin rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think there is a detailed map of any place? Niukou Mountain is a place where no one cares. If it weren't for being stuck on the main road for transporting salt, it would probably not even be possible."
I don’t even have a name, but according to my brothers in Rongzhou, the mountain is not dangerous, but the road is rugged, so it’s difficult to walk across it without anyone noticing.”
Yun Zheng looked up at the vast mountains. Today's campsite is thirty miles away from Niukou Mountain. He can't go any further. If he goes further, he will be discovered by the bandits from Niukou Mountain. Once these people know that something big is going to happen.
Wonderful, if you abscond in advance, there is nothing you can do against these bandits who have sneaked into the mountains.
The old method of Jiazi Camp was that when the terrain was unknown, a small group of soldiers would naturally go to investigate. However, this time Xiao Lin led the group, followed by Wu Jie. Before Zhou Tong came back from Qinfeng Road, Wu Jie became Yun Zheng's number one
choose.
The twelve soldiers stepped on the path in the afterglow of the setting sun. By the time they approached Niukou Mountain, the sky would have turned dark. Today was the eighth day of the lunar month. Xiao Lin and the others had finished resting in the dark, and the first quarter moon would be here.
It appeared in the west. Although the moon would only appear for two hours and then disappear in the west, this time was enough for them to explore the topography of Niukou Mountain and return.
The weather was cold and gloomy, and the mist in the mountains slowly rose up shortly after the sun set. It swam close to the ground like cold snakes. The clouds did not allow lighting fires, so all the staff of Jiaziying had to cover themselves with thick
The clothes were wrapped tightly. The strenuous exercise during the day had consumed most of the body's heat. Now that it was quiet, it seemed particularly cold.
"Sleep!" A military leader hurried over with a blanket wrapped around his head, stopping his subordinates from whispering. Rest before a battle is very important.
Yun Zheng's body was completely buried in the fur. At this time, he didn't think about anything. He had to shoot the arrow on the string. He didn't know what kind of person Qu Wuyi was, and he didn't want to know. He only knew that Wu Shengjun needed them to rob him.
With the wealth I have received, since my goals are more righteous, I no longer need to consider whether my actions are appropriate enough.
In the seemingly clean world of the Song Dynasty, what is still believed in here is the law of the jungle. The law of the jungle has always been the main behavior in this land, but we have used a lot of beautiful language to package it. Yun Zheng likes it the most
A famous saying is "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy."
Monkey lay beside the young master and listened to his long breathing, and couldn't help but calm down. He had already experienced many big battles, and he still felt nervous when things were about to happen. As for Han Niu, he didn't even know what it felt like to be nervous.
His snoring was loud. Butler Liao said that Han Niu was heartless. Maybe that was true, but how to describe the young master's performance? Madam seemed to have commented on the young master. What did she say about him? He seemed to have a heart of stone.
Yes, those are the four words, hard-hearted! (To be continued)