Yanbei City, with its rolling hills, became more prosperous in Lingzhou. Under its rule, Rushun Youwuxin and Weimo Yingtanhuan were collectively known as the ten counties of Yanbei, dividing the land of Shenzhou from the outside of Yanbei Pass.
These ten counties form an angle to each other, stretch out, and merge with the Yanbei Mountains. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. If Emperor Zhao hadn't been stupid, he would not have been able to become a general or an army. If not, how could the north be defeated? The Jin moved south so easily, not to mention attacking Liangzhou. Even if they had to cross Yanbei, they would still lose their troops and generals.
Now under the rule of Qi Yun, after many years of management, the ten counties of Yanbei have stationed Qi Yun's 100,000 elite soldiers, and more than a thousand strong generals. Although the leader of Jin Zongwang has never given up his late father's last wish, he wants to set foot in the Central Plains again. But there is nothing that can be done about the ten counties of Yanbei.
There is an old saying in Yanbei, "When traveling from the south to the north, you must first enter Molai and then enter Wu." Mo and Wu counties are the only way to enter Yanbei. If you want to go south, you should first enter Wu County. If you want to go north, you must go to Yanbei. , you need to pass through Mojun first.
Logically speaking, with Qiyun's 100,000 elite troops stationed in Yanbei, these ten counties will no longer be harassed by the Northern Jin Dynasty. However, Mo County, the southernmost among the ten counties, is often harassed by bandits. As time goes by, more and more Many people pretended that these bandits were the knights of Jin, and the people were miserable.
I don't know how these Jin's rangers got past the layers of guards and arrived at Mo County, and how they disappeared without a trace after looting. The people of Mojun only knew that the smoke from the horseshoes was the sign that the northerners were coming to plunder again.
Wan Jun has been stationed in Yanbei City for more than ten years and has sent troops to encircle and suppress many times. However, these Jin's Rangers are like ghosts, coming and going without a trace. Whenever Qi Yun's army arrives, these Rangers have already fled and are nowhere to be found. .
In desperation, Wan Jun had to divide his troops to patrol ten counties. However, as a result, Yanbei City was depleted of troops and was often attacked by the Jin army. Fortunately, Qi Yun's defenders occupied the dangerous terrain, so the Northern Jin Dynasty returned without success.
But those Jin's rangers became even more aggressive. Because the Yanbei defenders were too easy to detect when they were marching, and they couldn't patrol ten counties together. As long as they left with their front legs, the Jin's rangers would come and loot them with their hind legs.
After a long time, Wan Jun had no choice but to report to the imperial court while patrolling, and set up county guards in ten counties to train local braves to protect themselves, and then cooperated with the patrol troops to prevent these Jin roving horses.
The reason why Mo County is called Mo County is because seven out of ten people in Mo County have the surname Mo, and the Mo family is also the largest family in Mo County. Whether they are businessmen or local heroes, they are all descendants of the Mo family.
Mo Ti is the ninth Sicheng of the Mo County Sheriff, and the last of the younger generation of the Mo family. The previous eight Mo Ti Sheriffs were all Mo Ti’s uncles and brothers, and they have protected Mo throughout these years. In the battle of the county, all died at the hands of the Northern Jin Dynasty's cavalry.
The Mo family, which was originally prosperous, gradually declined...
At this moment, Mo Ti was in the Sheriff's Department, listening to the report from the Sheriff's Guards, and couldn't help but rub the center of his brows to relieve his headache.
She shouldn't be the one to bear such a heavy burden as a daughter, but there are no men among the younger generation of the Mo family, and the Sheriff is responsible for not only the rise and fall of the Mo family, but also the safety of the entire Mo County.
"Sicheng, since the Yuan Ri Festival has come, we have already killed twenty-eight brothers before we were able to push back those thieves. But it's not because we have more people, but because the Yanbei patrol has arrived... This pension money plus salary money... our company really can't afford so much money." The guard under the hall was complaining with a bitter face.
Mo Ti has handsome features and a reddish-brown armor. She is less charming than a daughter, but more heroic as a man. She has a unique style. She sat in the hall and listened to Si Wei's report. She did not stop gently rubbing her eyebrows. Instead, he frowned, closed his eyes, and asked, "Who is the general on patrol this time?"
When Si Wei saw this, he hesitated to speak. He was well aware of Lord Sicheng's difficulties. He was not the only one who knew about the difficulties of the Mo family, not only in the Sheriff's Department but also in the entire Mo County.
The brown and reddish armor worn by Sir Sicheng was dyed red by the blood of the Mo family. However, despite this, when Mo Ti heard that no one in the entire Mo County dared to take up the post of Sicheng, the county governor, he resolutely He stepped forward and asked himself to be the ninth Chief of the County Sheriff's Department.
Although there have been few women serving as officials since ancient times, the Sheriff's Department was not appointed by the imperial court. Instead, it was established by Wan Jun as a private citizen in order to defend against the Jin's cavalry who reported to the imperial court. He only allocated a small amount of money from the army's salary. The imperial court appoints and removes people, so no one has any objections.
Mo Ti saw the dilemma of the Si Wei, and also knew that these Si Wei may have some official titles on the surface, but in fact they paid for it with their lives. They could have settled down to serve the people and do some small business, but they were willing to do it for Mo Jun. Use your life to protect everyone. And those salary and pension money were obtained by the lives of these county guards and guards. Now that the county guards have no money to pay, how can they not let Mo Ti be annoyed.
"Tell me, who is the general who is here to patrol this time? I'm going to pay a visit. Mr. Wan has promised us that although the guards of the County Guard Department are not officials appointed by the imperial court, they will also share the compensation for those killed in Yanbei... .”
After being pressed by Moti, Siwei hesitated and said, "The person here this time is...General Gao."
"Bang!"
Hearing the name of General Gao, Mo Ti stood up and said angrily: "How could it be him? He wasn't... In previous years, the compensation for those killed in battle was quite generous, but this year there has been no movement. So that's it, no, I No matter how he escapes from prison, these brothers paid for this pension money with their lives...I will go to him to argue with him."
After saying that, Mo Ti threw away his cloak and angrily went to patrol the military camp. Seeing this, the Siwei quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Master Mo, you don't know who General Gao is, he... Why do you have to go... If it doesn’t work out, our brothers in the department will work together and let the brothers who died in the battle be buried in peace first, and then we can make long-term plans."
Although Mo Ti is a girl, her fiery personality is well known throughout the county. The Siwei calls her Mo Jiang, and she grew up in Mo County. When the county governors were established in Yanbei counties, all the people were afraid of those northerners. No one dared to sign up to join the Jin Rangers. Only Mo Jiang, who had witnessed those elusive Rangers killing civilians with his own eyes, felt blood welling up in his chest. He took the lead in joining with more than ten brothers, and this made the people watching. join in.
In the past few years, Mo Jiang has followed the first eight governors of the Mo family, Sicheng. He has personally watched these eight Mo family Sichengs die at the hands of thieves in order to protect County Mo. He has also watched this Mo family with his own eyes. The youngest daughter of the family resolutely took up the important task of Sheriff Sicheng for the sake of Mojun. He who originally wanted to leave the Sheriff's Department gritted his teeth and followed him all the way.
Mo Jiang knew very well who Gao Deng, the leading general of the patrol force sent by Yanbei, was. Because Gao Lian, the magistrate of Langzhou, was his elder brother, he became one of the three patrol generals of the Yanbei patrol force. People were lustful and misbehaved in Yanbei. Not only did they make a lot of money, but they also snatched away any pretty women they saw.
When Wan Jun found out, he was furious and took him into custody. He originally wanted to kill him under military law. But when Gao Lian found out, he used Wan Jun's name of abusing lynching to report to the court, and sent people to intimidate witnesses and destroy evidence. ..The mountain was high and the emperor was far away. When Qi Shao saw the memorial, he only saw the facts of the case lightly. In the end, he was only charged with misconduct and was given a small punishment of one year's salary.
In anger, Wan Jun reported to the court, angrily denounced the corrupt officials who harmed the country, and even said it bluntly. If this continues, Yanbei will not be protected... Such treasonous and unethical remarks made Long Yan furious, and the emperor issued an edict and personally denounced him. Wan Jun ordered him not to solve this case again...
It was okay that Mo Jiang didn't dissuade him, but Mo Ti became even more annoyed after this dissuasion. He was about to leave for Yanbei to patrol the military camp, but he heard a guard coming from outside the hall to report.
"Lord Mo, someone...someone has entered Mo County." Si Wei ran all the way and almost tripped over the gate of the county guard. However, with such important information, Si Wei ignored the pain in his feet and hurriedly reported it. .
It should be said that this Mo County is located at the southernmost end of Yanbei City. There are countless merchants and escort agencies coming and going from north to south, and it is common for strangers to appear. Especially after the establishment of the County Sheriff's Department, they have indeed repelled many intruders. The Northern Jin Dynasty Rangers did not expect that the next year, a group of unfamiliar bodyguards entered Mojun, but they tore off their disguises and looted and killed indiscriminately.
It was also that year that Moti saw with her own eyes the father of Sicheng, the then county governor, killed by this group of strangers. Later, he found out that these strangers were actually the Northern Jin Dynasty Rangers pretending to be soldiers. . 33
Since then, Mojun has intensified its inspections of merchants and escort agencies. Every time a new face enters Mojun's territory, everyone in Mojun feels like they are facing a formidable enemy.
Hearing the report from Si Wei, a real face came forward. Moti, who was furious and wanted to find Gordon's theory, calmed down instantly, frowned slightly, and immediately asked: "What does this person look like?" I checked carefully."
Si Wei hurriedly reported: "The person who came here is a young man, one man and one rider...We have stopped him at the checkpoint at this moment."
Moti couldn't help but replay the scene of that day before his eyes. The seemingly kind-hearted merchant took off the escort clothes he wore outside his armor and slashed his father's chest with the steel knife.
With her eyes slightly red, Mo Ti withdrew her thoughts, turned around and walked to the weapon rack behind her, took out the family sword, put it on her waist, and said to Mo Jiang and the guard who came to report the news: "Instructions go down, Sheriff Secretary All the guards are stationed at their posts, and they are not allowed to leave without my order... I will go to the post first, Mo Jiang, after you have gathered the 20 county guards and guards, go to the post as soon as possible to respond."
"Yes." Mo Jiang and the two Si and Wei who came to report were ordered to leave.
After lighting a stick of incense, Mo Jiang had gathered twenty county guards and guards, each armed with a sword, and clapped their horses and headed towards the sentry post outside Mo County.
Moti was worried that the guards at the sentry post would be in danger, so he kept twitching and sat down on his horse, galloping all the way, seeing that the sentry post was already visible in the distance.
It is not so much a sentry post, but a few horse-repelling stakes set up on the only way to Mo County. There are many poisonous miasma in Yanbei Mountain, so only three or five county guards can be sent to guard the mainland. However, at this time, these Siwei were holding horses and questioning them, and Mo Ti had already vaguely caught sight of the stranger whom the Siwei had stopped.
"Xu..."
Moti stopped his horse, lowered his face, and said to the county guard who was raising his head on guard: "Just now someone came to report that someone with a face wanted to enter Mo County."
The county guard Si Wei who was on guard saw Sicheng arriving and hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, you came just in time. This kid was sneaking forward on horseback and was stopped by us. But he didn't tell the truth. We were just thinking about it." Report to your lord, do you want to take him back to the Sheriff and interrogate him strictly?"
When Mo Ti heard this, he followed the directions of several county guards and guards and saw a person not far away, who was being held by the neck of two horse poles by the county guards and guards.
"Brothers, I've explained it many times. I'm from the south. I'm going to Yanbei City on this trip. I'm really just passing through Mo County." The young man has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a green shirt and a leather waistband. Carrying the ebony wooden box on his back, he kept explaining with a wry smile.
Moti suddenly became wary. This young man was alone and thin. Although he was held up by two horse poles, there was no trace of fear in his bright eyes. With just one look, Moti knew This young man is no ordinary passing merchant.
Turning over and dismounting, Mo Ti walked up to the young man and asked, "Boy, where are you from and what are you doing in Yanbei?"
The young man was Gu Xiao who came all the way north from Fengjiabao. He was in a hurry and saw that he had passed the Yanbei boundary monument. He felt relieved and was about to continue moving forward, but he was blocked by a horse pile on the road. When Gu Xiao dismounted to check, he was stopped by a few people who looked like officers and soldiers of Qi Yun holding a plate.
Seeing that they looked like officials but not exactly like Qi Yun's officers and soldiers, Gu Xiao couldn't tell whether they were soldiers or bandits for a while. He was worried that forcing his way in would cause unnecessary trouble, so he dealt with them verbally. Unexpectedly, these people were not familiar with the situation. Come in, Gu Xiao said all the good things, but he just won’t let me go.
In a hurry, Gu Xiao was already thinking about breaking in, but he saw horse hooves raising dust in the distance. Not long after, the woman in black armor had arrived, and the few people blocking his way respected her so much, they already knew about this woman. He was of high status and wanted to step forward to explain. However, he got off his horse, but two big men beside him pressed their horseshoes against his chest and back. He could not take another step forward, so he had to stand still and reply.
"My surname is Mu and my given name is Yi. I am from Liangzhou. I am going to Yanbei to look for someone."
Moti sneered: "Looking at your figure, you don't look like someone from the north. You go to Yanbei City to find someone."
The young man looked innocent and asked: "Who are you?"
Some people died, but not completely...
