Chapter 766 Niu Jinda
Lulong, Shanhaiguan.
Qinhuangdao Wharf, thousands of large and small ships were urgently recruited here, including fishing boats of coastal fishermen and commercial ships of merchants.
Except for the boats that were frozen in the port fishing village due to freezing, all the boats that could go to sea within the scope of the Governor's Mansion in Youzhou were urgently recruited by Lao Niu.
A large number of people received a door-to-door notification from the government, asking them to quickly take on an urgent task. One hundred dollars a day, plus food and lodging, and after the errands are completed, each person will be rewarded with a blanket.
The wages for this employment are much higher than usual.
"At this time of year, the canal has not yet thawed. What are you going to do? Transport food?" Many people who were recruited asked doubtfully.
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Niu Jinda urgently mobilized 8,000 soldiers, of which 3,000 were stationed at the frontier, 5,000 were trained in the Youzhou regiment, and 12,000 civilians were also urgently recruited.
The peasants urgently recruited by various states and counties, some were assigned the task of transporting grain, and were responsible for transporting grain, grass and military equipment from Youzhou and other places to the seaside of Pingzhou.
Youzhou has stored a large amount of military equipment, food, grass and other materials, but it is still 800 miles away from Pingzhou Qinhuangdao Wharf. If it is a few months later, after the sea is thawed, it can save more than half of the distance by directly departing from Tianjin Port.
Unfortunately, time waits for no one.
Lao Niu resisted the pressure, despite the opposition of the officials of the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion, he still stood up to all the differences and insisted on sending troops. He shouldered all the responsibilities alone.
"The imperial court wants to question the crime, and I will carry it alone, but Duke Wei has already led his troops to fight in Liaodong. Thousands of soldiers are bleeding and dying. We can't watch from the rear. All responsibilities will be discussed later. Now let's cooperate with Weiguo. Let’s talk after this battle is over!”
Lao Niu personally issued an indictment to the court, but while issuing the incrimination, Lao Niu issued an emergency mobilization order.
And personally rushed to Pingzhou to sit in town.
Countless people, horses, money and food gathered all the way to Qinhuangdao, Pingzhou. This small island port near Yingzhou in western Liaoning and located near Shanhaiguan, because of the ice-free port, is now extremely hot.
After the first batch of 1,000 soldiers arrived, Lao Niu didn't care about other things, and immediately led the troops on board and set sail for Liaodong.
While floating with the waves in the sea, Lao Niu was only thinking about one thing, hoping that Qin Lang was still waiting for him.
Lao Niu couldn't understand why Qin Lang acted so recklessly this time. He was obviously patrolling the southeast of the province, so why did he suddenly send troops to Liaodong?
And just took his thousand soldiers and another thousand newly recruited sailors, and sent troops to Goguryeo?
Taking down Changxing Island can barely explain the past. It is said that there are pirates and smugglers on the island, but attacking Beisha City is too bold.
Beisha City is not easy to fight.
Even if Qin Lang is really defeated, it may lead to a full-scale war between the two countries. If the Goguryeo people lead an army to seize it, should Tang defend it?
The most important thing is, what is the emperor's intention?
As a courtier, it is too bold to decide such an important matter without authorization.
Regardless of whether the matter is successful or not, when Chang'an learns the news, there will be an uproar, and there will be countless people impeaching Qin Lang.
Even with him, Lao Niu, he couldn't escape. Lao Niu was even sure that in a short time, an envoy from Chang'an would come with an imperial edict to remove other officials from taking other posts.
Old Niu could only smile wryly.
Relying on the help of Qin Qiong and Qin Lang in the past few years, he was able to grow from a middle-ranking general to the current governor of Youzhou, the governor of Youzhou, and the governor of Youzhou, and was promoted to the Duke of the country.
These are all favors, and they have to be paid back.
Trying to get rid of the official and seize the post, he can only swim in this muddy water, he can't just watch Qin Lang die alone, if Qin Lang leads those thousand people to die under the city of Beisha, then his old cow will have to spend his whole life Guilt.
From Qinhuangdao to Changxing Island, the straight-line distance is only 320 miles, and it can basically be reached in one day.
After battling against the wind and waves for a day at sea, Niu Jinda finally arrived at the pier of Changxing Island before dark. He jumped off the boat and rushed to the island without worrying about dizziness. In the end, he only saw countless merchants and slaves, and a small number of Tang soldiers.
"Where is Duke Wei?"
Lao Huang was in charge of the island. He took Mrs. Anong and the caravan to set off from Chang'an later. He originally planned to take a boat from Mizhou Port to the south of Hainan, but he received a letter from Qin Lang on the way, asking him to go to the island first. Come to Changxing Island.
After Lao Huang arrived at Changxing Island, he and his stewards immediately took over the affairs of Changxing Island. At this time, he was busy receiving batches of slaves brought back from Beisha City.
Changxing Island became a temporary slave market, and slaves were continuously transported from Beisha City, and Lao Huang held a slave auction here.
A large number of businessmen came after hearing the news, making Changxing Island even more lively.
"Duke Wei has just captured Beisha City, and at this time he is sending troops to wipe out the Goguryeo villages near Beisha City, arresting people and transporting them here to sell as slaves."
Lao Niu froze for a moment.
"Has Beisha City been captured?"
"Yes, it was taken a few days ago."
"How can this be!"
And Lao Huang told him that in fact, Qin Lang had captured Beisha City three days after Lao Niu left Changxing Island, "It only took one night."
"Thirty-seven people were killed in battle, and twenty-one were seriously injured and disabled."
The number of casualties was a joke, but Lao Niu was confused when he saw the scene on the island.
"How can it be?"
"Duke Wei invited the Dragon King of the East China Sea to help out, and borrowed the **** Lei Tianhuo."
Old Niu almost spat out the saliva on Lao Huang's face, fooling the ghost.
After turning around the island, Lao Niu couldn't help it. Regardless of his exhaustion all the way, he hurriedly got all the Youzhou soldiers who had just landed on the boat again. Regardless of everyone's dazzling turn, he let the sailors continue to eat pancakes. Sailing Bay Sands.
Because the coast on the Bohai Bay side of Beisha City has not yet thawed, Lao Niu had to take the fleet around the southern tip of the peninsula, and ran to the ice-free Qingnipu Port to land. It took two days and traveled nearly 500 miles by sea. .
Along the way, on the sea along the coast, Qin Lang's ships can be seen from time to time, which are all loaded with Goguryeo slaves and transported to Changxing Island.
There are also some small boats that directly transport people to the islands near the coast, such as Snake Island, Pig Island, Bear Island, Ant Island, Rabbit Island, Sanshan Island, etc. These islands, large and small, were originally controlled by the Goguryeo people. Tang Jun controls.
They not only broke down the fishermen's villages on the island, but also built a temporary captive camp on the island, where the fishermen on the island and the slaves transported from Beisha were temporarily detained.
Many merchants drove merchant ships and brought guards to accept Qin Lang's temporary recruitment and joined this vigorous action.
When he arrived at Qingnipu Port and landed, he found that the port was in full swing.
The original small port fishing village has now turned into a huge temporary camp, with tents and shacks everywhere.
Many large and small ships stop here.
Because Beisha City was breached, the entire area to the south of Beisha City has now been regarded as occupied. Cheng Chu Mo Niu saw that Hu, Wu Shisheng and others were splitting up and attacking those villages everywhere.
Then the merchants followed, and every time they broke through a village, they swarmed up, and there was nothing left of the population, livestock, and money that they could divide.
Cheng Chumo and the others don’t need to deal with these troublesome things, they will all be packaged to the merchants behind, whether it is slaves or materials, they will be packaged to the merchants at a cheaper price.
Merchants will use the fastest speed to transport the purchased trophies to Qingnipu Port, where there will be more merchants sorting and purchasing the various trophies brought back from the battlefield, and some merchants will directly ship them to Qingnipu Port. Things were transported to those islands in the sea.
This can also reduce the risk, and there is no need to worry about the loss after the Goguryeo army counterattacks.
Lao Niu was shocked when he saw this scene.
One thousand Youzhou soldiers who had been sailing at sea for three days in a row and were already dazed, also looked at the scene in shock.
A group of merchants saw so many ships coming, and they all flocked over.
They want to hire Lao Niu's boat at a high price, so that they can transport the loot piled up in Qingnipu away as soon as possible, at least to the Sanshan Islands outside the port first, which is safer and more secure.
Lao Niu didn't have time to pay attention to these people, so he directly sent for the officer in charge of the port.
"Where is Duke Wei?"
"In the city of Baisha."
Old Niu didn't say a word, and waved his hand to let the one thousand Youzhou troops who had just disembarked follow him to Beisha City twelve miles away.
When a group of people entered Beisha City, they were exhausted.
Lao Niu finally saw Qin Lang, and also saw Beisha City, an almost intact Beisha City, and Qin Lang's army that was almost intact.
"What's going on, did you really invite the Dragon King?"
Qin Lang laughed out loud, asking the Dragon King to assist in the battle was just a propaganda, in order to increase the mystery of the Tang army breaking the city, and also to intimidate the Goguryeo people.
"Uncle Niu came so fast!"
"That's not as fast as your kid. Didn't you agree to wait until I transferred Youzhou soldiers to Changxing Island before doing it? Why did you take such a risk, kid? Didn't you consider what happened?"
"There is no eventuality, everything is calculated."
The old man wanted to give Qin Lang a blow.
Regardless of the hard work, he walked around Beisha City. Lao Niu had to sigh, this Beisha City is really dangerous.
"In terms of danger and solidity alone, this Beisha city is probably still above my Youzhou city. Two thousand people broke through ten miles of strong city. This is really a **** miracle."
"It's not a miracle, it's a miracle, the might of the Dragon King!" Qin Lang laughed loudly.
When Lao Niu heard that Qin Lang had conquered Beisha City with the help of the secret Forbidden Army Shenji Battalion, he was amazed at such a mysterious firearms unit.
He is also one of the new big men in the military, and he is also a big man with the rank of General of the Twelve Guards. He didn't expect that the emperor had such an amazing army in his hands, but he didn't know it.
"What should we do now?" Niu Jinda asked.
"Have you thought about how to deal with the court?"
"How about the Goguryeo people's reaction?"
Lao Niu's soul asked three times.
"The Goguryeo camp on the other side of Changxing Island has already known that Beisha has fallen, and Gai Suwen has been detained, but now there is no leader in the group, so they did not rush to Beisha City for the time being, but retreated northward to Jili City."
(end of this chapter)