Northern Dynasties

In the first year of Wuding in the Eastern Dynasty, after the Battle of Mangshan, King Gao Huan of Bohai felt that the Western Dynasty might not be able to solve it in a short time. In order to avoid the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, he actively repaired it with the surrounding forces and established a settlement in Beishan, Sizhou. Build the Great Wall and strengthen the border security in the northern part of Bingzhou.

Originally, although the northern part of Bingsi was also covered with rolling mountains and rugged roads, it was still unimpeded, and pedestrians and merchants could pass freely.

However, after the completion of this section of the Beishan Great Wall, all traveling teams passing through this route must pass through the fortresses along the route before they can enter the Jinzhong Plain where the Jinyang Bafu is located.Some large groups of people carrying equipment are often refused to go outside the Great Wall.

The Eastern Dynasty has not been used in northern Xinjiang for several years, and the local people rarely conduct large-scale circulation of people, so the most common travelers on this route are those Hu business groups.

These business groups often need to travel thousands or even tens of thousands of miles to travel for profit, and many of these areas are wild lands with no kingly law and order, so they must also maintain a considerable armed force for self-protection , to ensure the safety of people and goods.

When these barbarian business groups arrived outside the Beishan Great Wall, those merchant members might be able to pass through with their own people and goods by paying the fare or bribing the garrison officers, but their entourage, especially those armed guards, often It was isolated from the Great Wall, and it was difficult to enter easily.

Therefore, there are quite a few settlements scattered among the Beishan Mountains outside the Great Wall, and the people gather or disperse periodically, mainly the members of the armed forces of the Hu merchants.

These people often need to live here temporarily for several months. Whether the time is long or short, daily food consumption is essential, and the time is not enough for them to cultivate wasteland, so they can only buy from local soldiers and civilians nearby. Food has also formed a large market over the years.

In a valley in Beishan, there are many camping felt tents on both sides of the valley, and there are large herds of cattle, horses and camels at the bottom of the slope. Residents of various races come and go, and it looks very lively.

In the valley, a group of people gathered to fight together. There were a lot of money, silk and goods piled up beside the arena, as well as some small banners and even female orchid slaves.

These are all gambling funds for betting. The people living here are idle and dare not act recklessly so as not to punish the master who has entered the south of the Great Wall. They can only fight with each other and gamble. Anything can be used as a bet. The banners represent a camp. If you don't even have this, you can put yourself on it.

Accompanied by the crazy roar and cheers of the crowd, a tall angler on the field broke his opponent's arm, and then waved around the field to show off his victory.

His partner had already taken all the winnings from the area where the gambling funds were stored, and if he received any gambling funds he didn't like, he would sell them on the spot.

"Next time, don't make such a publicity again, you must give people some hope of winning!"

Li Yunxin, who was wearing a fur coat and a felt hat, was a little dissatisfied when he saw that the betting money collected was so little.During the two or three days that they entered here, after several duels, their fierce reputation gradually became so strong that the Hu merchant guards around them did not dare to fight with them casually.

A group of people returned to the camp in Xiangyang and shady with their gambling money, Li Yunxin went straight to ask Liu Kuzhen outside the tent where Liu Kuzhen lived. Sitting down at the idle table, he looked at Liu Kuzhen and said, "Patriarch Liu, we have been here for a few days, but we have no idea how we are going to get through this barrier. Come back!"

Before Li Yunxin was ordered to lead 1000 people to Yunyang Valley to accompany Liu Kuzhen to get married, the King of Beihai did not make things difficult and warmly entertained them.When he learned that they were going to return to Lishi, he was even more enthusiastic. He gave them a lot of money, and helped them disguise themselves as a caravan from the south, traveling day and night along the way, and arrived here smoothly.

Yunyang Valley is close to Monan, and has close contacts with Hu merchant groups. In addition, Li Yunxin's subordinates are all Longyou Erlang, and their conversation habits are quite different from those in northern Shaanxi, so even if they encounter some states and counties on the road, they can easily interrogate them. cover up.

But when they came to the outside of the Beishan Great Wall, they encountered difficulties. After all, they were different from normal business groups. In addition, the defenders here prohibited large groups of people from passing through the pass, and they were immediately stuck here.

Liu Kuzhen, who was newly married in Yaner, became serious when he heard this, and said: "The envoy sent by the King of Beihai is negotiating with the lord here, and there must be a result in the near future. Please wait patiently, General Lang. I don't dare to neglect the Lord's order, if we can't make it through here, we will find another place to sneak in."

Beishan stretches for thousands of miles and connects with the Luliang Mountains from the southwest. No matter how heavily guarded the Eastern Dynasty is, it is difficult to fill all the mountains and valleys with soldiers. As long as you search carefully, there will always be loopholes for sneaking in.Before Li Shihu was under the pressure of the army, tens of thousands of people could escape from the encirclement, not to mention the thousands of people they had now.

But in this way, it will inevitably waste some time. If you really get lost in Beishan while searching for a way out, then the fun will be even greater.

Li Yun had already decided in his mind whether to attack by force. He had a thousand soldiers from Longyou, plus several hundred clans accompanied by Liu Kuzhen, and King Jihu Beihai of Yunyang Valley also sent more than 1000 soldiers to accompany him. Escorting Liu Kuzhen back to Lishi, so they have nearly [-] troops. It is not enough to completely capture the Great Wall, but they have to choose a weak point to attack, and the chance of success is not small.

However, they don't know what's going on inside the Great Wall. Once a strong breakthrough is made, the defenders on the entire Great Wall's defense line will be alarmed. to containment.Moreover, the current news is not the same as that of the master's men and horses. If the execution of the master's plan is affected by the rash actions at present, it will be a disservice to the master.

Therefore, Li Yun's confidence was also very tangled, and he was a little confused about what to do next.

At this time, the Yunyang Valley envoy who was sent to contact the garrison here returned, but the news he brought back was not very optimistic.The guards and soldiers who had some interaction with Yunyang Gu Jihu before all went south with the army, but now the guards here are troops transferred from Jizhou, Dingzhou and other places.

Although these people are willing to charge money to let them go, not to mention the high price, the number of places is also very limited. At most, only 30 people are allowed to pass, and there is no room for negotiation if there are more than [-] people.

If their small group of 3000 people wanted to smuggle across in batches through this method, the money and silk needed would be enough to bury the Great Wall, which simply wouldn't work.

There is another piece of news, that is, the Jinyang Overlord Mansion will recruit some Hu merchants to join the defense in Jinyang, and the merchants who intend to do this will have to go to the nearby Maling Garrison City to accept recruitment within a few days.If you are selected, you will be rewarded with treasures of the Overlord's Mansion when you complete the defense mission.

Li Yunxin's eyes lit up when he heard the news, Dang even decided to sneak into it through this method.

So he immediately mixed and split the troops of Magong Yunyanggu into three teams of 500 people, which was in line with the size of the general Hu merchants' armed forces, and then set off in the direction of Maling Garrison one after another.

Maling Garrison is the western starting point of Beishan Great Wall, located in Xiurong County, and it is also the largest defensive fortress in this area in the Eastern Dynasty.

As the recruitment order was issued, many armed Hu merchants who were blocked outside the Beishan Great Wall rushed here.These armed forces are meant to use people's money to eliminate disasters. If they can serve such a big guest as the Jinyang Bafu well and be accepted as an official army, it will undoubtedly be like a carp jumping into the dragon's gate. Why bother to go back and forth to Monan Commercial Road Eat dirt.

Although there were many people here, Li Yunxin was also worried that his subordinates would reveal their identities in a panic, so he first sent a small team to throw stones to ask for directions.

The so-called recruitment here is naturally based on whether they are strong or not, and secondly whether they have bow armor or not. As for the origin and ownership, they are just simple inquiries, after all, they are used as consumables.After several rounds of inspections, the people Li Yunxin sent to test quickly passed the test and were successfully recruited.

Seeing this scene, Li Yunxin also heaved a sigh of relief, and faintly guessed in his heart that the recruitment of people here is so sloppy, it is absolutely impossible for these Hu merchants who were recruited to be stationed in Jinyang.

The reason why the Jinyang Overlord Mansion wanted to recruit Hu people was to deal with some sudden unexpected changes, which also showed that the remaining troops in Jinyang should not be sufficient.And this unexpected change is very likely because Li Tai's troops have made a lot of noise after entering the country.

After realizing this, Li Yunxin became even more excited, and sent out small teams one after another to accept the inspection, and all of them were successfully selected.

But at this time, the road leading to the school grounds was lowered with wooden fences, and an officer announced that the recruitment had ended, and other unselected candidates could disperse separately.

Li Yunxin was dumbfounded when he saw this scene, most of the others had sneaked in, but he didn't expect to be excluded when it was his turn.In desperation, he didn't care about the danger, and went out ahead of the crowd, and shouted to the soldiers of the Eastern Army inside the gate: "A certain class is full of courage, and they are all willing to serve the King Gao to kill the thief. Excluded from the camp?"

The general Hu who was in charge of the recruitment naturally didn't bother to explain, after hearing this, he impatiently waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to drive him away.

But at this moment, a middle-aged general galloped over on the other side of the school field, looked Li Yunxin up and down, and said with great interest: "Listen to the strong man's accent, he seems to be a man from Longyou? Do you recognize me?"

Li Yunxin heard that this person had a strong tone, and his voice was also from the Longyou dialect, but after looking at it again, he couldn't figure out who it was, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

The middle-aged man sighed after seeing this, and then said: "A certain Luo Chao, also from Qinlong, has been away from his hometown for a long time, and he can't recognize the young and strong in the village... Forget it. It's a fate, since you are so eager to repay, then let me lead the part to my account."