"Grandma, all the important throats of Huangcao Mountain have been lost. All the baggage soldiers have been dispatched to replenish arrows to each unit and collect information on casualties." At the foot of Huangcao Mountain, Ma Wannian reported the military situation to Qin Liangyu.
Qin Liangyu nodded and looked at the retreating Dashi soldiers with some confusion.
In her impression, Zhang Xianzhong's troops should not be so weak.
Why does it collapse at the first touch?
"Your Excellency the Governor, Zeng Ying led the navy to a great victory over the bandits, killing more than a thousand enemies and burning dozens of enemy ships. The bandits were defeated and retreated." Just as Qin Liangyu was thinking, the messenger brought the news of the navy's victory.
Navy...
etc!
Qin Liangyu hurriedly took out the map and looked towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
"The upstream of Fuling is Changshou, and the upstream of Changshou is Chongqing..."
"No... Strictly speaking, there are two places upstream of Fuling, one is Changshou and the other is Wulong!"
"Yiming, how many warships does the Wulong County Navy have?" Qin Liangyu looked at her nephew.
Qin Yiming frowned and thought for a while: "There are not many warships, only more than ten, but..."
"But what?" Qin Liangyu asked hurriedly.
"Wulung County is full of merchants and there are many merchant ships. It is said that there are nearly a hundred of them."
Qin Liangyu broke out in a cold sweat as she finally realized why the bandits were not attacking aggressively.
Because their purpose was not to attack, but to tie down her main force.
Especially the navy.
Once the bandits take Wulong County, they can board merchant ships and come behind the navy. Under the pincer attack, even if the navy is not destroyed, it will be seriously damaged.
Without the navy's restraint, Zhang Xianzhong could carry out landing operations without restraint and carry out various roundabout maneuvers!
Thinking of this, Qin Liangyu issued a military order: "Order the navy to retreat to the west of the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River, and the rest of the troops to defend Huangcao Mountain."
After issuing the military order, Qin Liangyu looked towards Wangjiang Pass and murmured to herself: "Zeng Ying, Zeng Ying, I hope you can retreat in time!"
......
Outside Wulong County, a horse team consisting of several hundred people slowly approached.
The soldiers guarding the city gate immediately became nervous upon seeing this. They picked up their weapons, drew their bows and arrows and aimed at Gao Wengui who was pretending to be a businessman.
"Stop, what are you doing?" asked a Ming army sergeant.
Gao Wengui bowed and said, "In reply to your question, sir, we are all businessmen. This is a travel permit."
The Ming Dynasty stipulated that civilians were not allowed to travel more than 100 miles from home, otherwise they had to apply for a "road permit" from the local county government. Those who traveled without permission would be caught at the checkpoints and escorted back to their hometowns, and given 80 strokes of the cane.
Although this system existed in name only in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, merchants still needed to apply for travel permits to avoid all kinds of unnecessary trouble.
The Ming army sergeant was stunned when he received the pass: "Why don't you take the canal (waterway) from Fuling?"
Gao Wengui replied calmly: "The waterway was occupied by bandits, so we had no choice but to use the caravan."
The sergeant of the Ming army was stunned. He did not expect that Qin Liangyu would be defeated again.
If the situation continues like this, Wulong County will fall into the hands of the enemy sooner or later.
After a moment of daze, the sergeant looked at the horses.
These horses were mules and horses robbed by Zhang Xianzhong. They were good at carrying loads, so there were no flaws visible from the outside.
"What are you transporting?" the Ming army sergeant continued to ask.
Gao Wengui said in a low voice with a mysterious look on his face: "Silver."
"Silver?" The Ming army sergeant looked back in surprise and counted silently in his mind for a while.
Good job!
There were more than a hundred mules and horses, each carrying boxes and packages.
How much silver does this cost?
Thinking of this, Wu Chang smiled slightly and said, "I have to check it out."
"Please come in, sir!" Gao Wengui said respectfully.
The sergeant sent a look to the top of the city wall, and the Ming soldiers on the top of the city wall became more cautious. More than a dozen Ming soldiers stood beside the thousand-jin gate, ready at all times.
Once these people make trouble, they will immediately lower the gates to keep them out of the city.
As the sergeant just came to the first mule, Gao Wengui pretended to scratch his head with his right hand, and the blade hidden between his fingers scratched the mule's butt.
The mule and horse were suddenly startled, raising their front legs more than four feet high and kicking their hind legs violently.
The boxes and packages on both sides of the mules and horses suddenly fell down and scattered all over the ground.
The white silver instantly came into view.
Everyone was stunned, especially the sergeant who was closest to them.
It was actually silver!
While everyone was stunned, the rest of the mules and horses seemed to be infected by the first mule and horse, and they all started running around like crazy.
Countless boxes and packages fell to the ground. Snow-white silver was exposed one by one, reflecting an attractive light in the sun.
Gao Wengui fell to the ground with a pale face: "My...my, my money!"
"Quick!" He pointed at the caravan members and shouted, "Quick, pick up the silver."
However, the scene was so chaotic that no one could hear what he said.
Especially those manic mules and horses, kicking the silver on the ground everywhere.
"Whoever picks up the silver will own it, hurry up and grab it!" In the panic, someone shouted at the top of his voice.
This shout attracted everyone's attention.
Merchants passing by, mountain people coming into the city to sell herbs, farmers working the land, and...the defenders on the city walls.
At first they tried their best to suppress their inner desires and let the people below rob and loot.
After all, they are government troops and represent the face of the government.
But as more and more people came to grab the silver, they could no longer sit still.
Especially Gao Wengui's performance made them realize that this was an opportunity to make money.
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