At noon, Huang Laowudian led his army to Guide Town, not far from Jinan Fucheng.
Huang Laowudian had walked this road himself. It was only a little over eighty miles long and flat. It was still early now, and the army would march more than ten miles to Changqing County. If they rested in the county for one night and sent light cavalry and fast horses tomorrow, they could reach Licheng County, where the capital is located, within one day.
However, Huang Slap Wudian was not in a hurry.
Huang Laowudian has been an official since the late Dading Dynasty, and it has been more than 20 years now. He started from guarding ten captains, served as the defense envoy of Shouzhou and Yunneizhou, and then followed the old prime minister and famous general Wan Yanxiang in Shaanxi There were battles on the way to Beijing. Later, Wan Yanxiang died of illness, and Huang Laowudian lacked the powerful aid from the court. As a result, he went through a lot of hardships before he became the current official who knows the affairs of Dongping Prefecture, is the military governor of Tianping Army, and is in charge of the troops and horses of Shandong and East Routes.
How could such a character be just a money-grubbing idiot?
It is true that he is greedy for money, and he is not lacking in knowledge. In terms of military management ability, he has fought with Wanyan Xiang in battles and has been influenced by him for many years.
He has always shown his greed for money, and even made it worse, but it was actually used as a disguise.
In the past few years, the political disputes in the court have become more and more intense. Even if the prime minister or marshal sits down, he will be unlucky if he says he is unlucky, and he will be killed if he says he will be killed. And the powerful factions in the army are all arrogant and domineering, and they are self-respecting.
The newly appointed emperor Wanyan Xun was originally stationed in Xiangzhou, advocating for the German army. Wanyan Xun's jurisdiction is only separated from Dongping Prefecture by Daming Prefecture. Although one belongs to Hebei and the other belongs to Shandong, the two sides are close neighbors. Therefore, Huang Slap Wudi has long heard that Wanyan Xun appears to be lenient on the outside, but strict on the inside. It is best to use personal information. Such an emperor would not have any dirt in his eyes, and there was no telling how many powerful people in the place would have to be cleaned up!
And Huang Slapwudian can conclude that Wanyan Xun's principle in selecting the officials of the border is not based on ability or merit at all, but only on loyalty, only on whether he is diligent to the new emperor and whether he regards the emperor as the emperor!
Therefore, Wanyan Sala, this idiot, doesn't understand at all. He was always ambitious and wanted to do something, to control territory and armies. But hasn't this guy ever thought that he is Hu Shahu's remnant! Hu Shahu's entire family was beheaded. The more ambitious this remnant became, the more disgusted and suspicious the emperor became of him. Sooner or later, he would be finished.
Huang Slap Wudian is much smarter and has no worries at all. During this period of time, whether Liu Erzu rebelled in Tai'an Prefecture or the Mongolian army invaded, Huang Slap Wudian didn't care.
What does it matter? Didn’t the Mongolian army finally retreat?
The new Dinghaijun Commander Guo Ning was a ruthless character, and he actually drove the Mongols back. It's a pity that in such a fierce battle, Guo Ning's elite troops will lose a lot of money, and if he doesn't have any troops... he will still suffer a loss!
Huang Slap Wudian wouldn't do that. He just guarded his Dongping Mansion and worked hard to collect food and supplies. He had already planned that when the situation calmed down a little, he would divide the wealth collected during these days into two parts, keeping half for his own enjoyment and sending the other half to Zhongdu.
The last time the Mongolian army invaded, the central capital was caught off guard and was short of major generals. When Tu Shanyi was staying in Beijing, he sent 20,000 people to Zhongdu to serve the king, and he was promoted to the right prime minister. Nowadays, China is short of money, food and materials. I sent this batch of materials to them, which is like providing help in times of need.
The Mongols will eventually leave, and after they leave, their merits and rewards must be commended in court. My contribution will never be ignored.
I don't want a high-ranking official position in the court. I just ask the emperor to issue an edict to kick Wanyan Sala away for me so that I can command the military affairs of Shandong's east and west routes. It shouldn't be difficult, right?
Ha ha ha ha!
Thinking of this, Huang Slap Wudian was no longer anxious.
Jinan City was washed away by the Mongols, how much is left? If you want to collect money, food and materials, you have to start from the wealthy cities around Jinan. At the moment, the army is stationed in Guide Town. It will arrive at Changqing County tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow it will arrive at Fengji Town, a prosperous commercial place that is as famous as Guide Town. They are safe and sound, passing through the camp step by step, taking action along the way, so that they are not in vain. Once.
At that moment, he ordered one group of soldiers to stay in the camp and the other group to go to Guide Town for business.
He himself, surrounded by generals and staff, rode his horse to circle outside the town to take a look.
Guide Town was once the capital of Jibei Kingdom during the Han Dynasty and had always been very prosperous. When the Mongolian army came before, all the townspeople fled. The Mongols set fire to half of the town and immediately withdrew their troops. But Huang Slapwudian knew very well that there must be something good hidden in the town.
The Mongolians were too vulgar, and such things as looting still had to be done thoroughly through experience.
For example, Huang Slap Wudian only looked inside and outside the town, and saw that many people were cleaning up the ruins, so he knew that the townspeople must have something in their hands. It's all because deep winter is approaching. If there are so many people in a town, if there is no food and supplies stored, they will all starve to death. The reason why they come back is because they are sure to survive the winter, and the supplies they use to survive the winter... Hehe, it's just right. What I use!
At this moment, Huang Slap Wudian's close aide, Pu Sansaohe, was yelling and scolding in front of a group of gathered people.
He shouted for a while, and seeing that all the people had dull expressions and no reaction at all, he ordered a dozen of them to be pulled out with particularly ugly expressions.
More than a dozen people were pulled out. Some began to get scared, while others knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy. However, it seems that no one is willing to hand over materials and property.
Huang slapped Wudian from a distance and sneered: "Do these people want money rather than their lives?"
Among these people, there are some who are bold enough to open their mouths and curse.
Pu Sansaohe suddenly urged his horse forward, and with a wave of the long knife in his hand, he chopped off the head that was talking nonsense. After it landed on the ground, it rolled away far away, and blood was still spurting out from the neck.
Pu Sansaohe is one of the most powerful generals in the Tianping army, and this sword is really powerful. He himself was also very satisfied with the power of this knife. He held the knife in the air and made a few false strikes before turning back to look at the other people with pale faces.
Under his ferocious eyes, everyone bowed their heads, and the crowd was obviously shaken.
"Good job!" Huang Slap Wudian turned his horse back with satisfaction and looked elsewhere leisurely.
Pusan Saohe didn't notice that Huang Laowudian was nearby. He reined up his horse in front of the crowd and continued shouting. After shouting twice, he didn't know who provoked him. He rushed his horse straight into the crowd and immediately killed another person.
In the bushes more than a mile away from Huang Laowudian's military camp, Yan Shi, with a trembling voice, whispered: "Look, look, these are the officers and soldiers of the Jin Dynasty! Dog thieves! Dog thieves!"
If he hadn't been concerned about the safety of his companions, Yan Shi would have jumped out to fight these so-called officers and soldiers.
Zhang Rong stretched out his arm and pressed Yan Shi's shoulder.
He is also angry, but he can control his emotions far better than Yan Shi.
After all, Zhang Rong was a private salt dealer, and if something happened around him, he would gather his companions to protect themselves by force. After the Mongolian army invaded, Yan Zhi went to Dongping Mansion to find a position to arrest hundreds of households...
Isn't this ridiculous?
Zhang Rong had long felt that Yan Shi always liked to act like a hero, but in fact he was a bit too kind and took the court too seriously. He should see more scenes like this! The more you read, the more you realize that there are no beasts in the world that don’t eat humans! Only after watching it too many times do I realize that the world is in ruins... The only person who can be relied on to remain a human being even after becoming a high official is Ding Haijun Guo Jieshuai!
There was nothing they could do about the current situation.
Fortunately, the people in Guide Town, Changqing County and even Fengji Town who trusted Yan Shi had already boarded the boat in an orderly manner the day before yesterday and headed for Laizhou along the Beiqing River.
That's not hundreds or thousands of people, but thousands or tens of thousands of people. In the past ten days or so, Zhang Rong, Yan Shi, Dong Jin and others were very busy, and even Monk Luo's fleet was constantly on the river.
Such a large-scale migration of people caused great momentum in Jinan, Zizhou and other places. Even in Binzhou and Dizhou, people heard the legend of dividing their fields and came to vote with their families. If you ask the officer who Huang slapped Wudi a few more questions, you will know that there is not much food in Guide Town. Most of the money, food and materials, along with most of the people, are already on the river, and may have entered the sea by now.
Zhang Rong asked in a deep voice: "Do you still want to go?"
Yan Shi was stunned: "What?"
"The Mongolian army is regrouping cavalry in Texas and will attack at any time. Do you still want to tell them?"
Yan Shi looked at the kneeling people, then at Pu San Sao He who was holding a knife in his hand and laughing loudly, and at Huang Slap Wudian who was casually patrolling. Those two people were his former superiors, and of course their status was seventy or eighty levels higher than him. Yan Shi had placed hope in them by joining the army that day.
"The Mongolian army will probably come here, and they are expected to arrive tomorrow morning." He said, "Let's leave quickly, it's not safe around here."
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