Zhou Che was very defensive.
Eye spies were placed as much as possible around the riding camp.
In the morning, he received news: the river guard cavalry camp was moved south.
Regardless of whether the other party had a conspiracy or not, he immediately uploaded the news to Shangshutai Bingcao and requested that other battalions be mobilized to protect the salt factory.
Bingcao's reply: The cavalry is in normal training and deployment. No large-scale gathering of bandit soldiers has been found yet. It is unreasonable to tamper with the protection system of each battalion.
There is nothing wrong with this answer.
The imperial court has a complete set of procedures for garrisoning the camp. You can't just say that you suspect something is going on and just run around immediately.
But Zhou Che still didn't dare to relax and frowned.
"Your Highness is worried that the Hedong bandits will attack if the cavalry camp is mobilized?" Zhen Wu asked.
"We have to guard against it." Zhou Che nodded.
Zhen Wu scratched his head: "Then let's retreat to Luo Jing first?"
"This is impossible!" Zhou Che shook his head and said, "After all, the salt factory belongs to us. If we withdraw, wouldn't we give things to others?"
"Moreover, if Yan Chengyi trains, we have to hide, shouldn't we let him lead the way?"
It's okay if the thief will attack, but what if the thief doesn't attack?
Yan Cheng only runs once every time he moves, so this salt factory is doing nothing, so he might as well let others pull him down!
He pondered for a moment and said: "But we have to be careful today...I'm going to give you the order and everyone will temporarily stop work today."
"Organize the coolies and civilians according to the Qu team system and go to various important roads to guard them!"
Nothing happened until noon.
In the afternoon, people from the east of the river crossed the river, pushing carts with brine salt mines to reach Mang Mountain.
When the people at the front of Mang Mountain saw that they were common people, they immediately led them to the mountain.
The informant arranged by Zhou Che came to report immediately.
"No one is allowed to go up the mountain for the time being!"
Zhou Che immediately stopped and shouted: "Drive them all back... No, let them unload their things where they are, give them food, and then drive them away!"
There are clues to this.
Guo thieves have cut off the river channel and strictly prohibit the people from transporting minerals to the east of the river without permission.
Isn't it strange that these people can come over suddenly?
In this way, the people who climbed to the mountain gate were persuaded to return.
Those who came one after another were controlled outside the north gate of Mang Mountain.
In the evening, more and more people were crossing the river, numbering more than a thousand.
Zhou Che's people are already too busy. Some of them need to transport the brine salt mines back to the mountains, while others need to carry grain to the people from Hedong.
Zhou Che came up with another countermeasure: suspending the transportation of brine ore and grain, asking the people in Hedong to unload the brine ore on the spot, and then record the accounts for them, and then slowly repay the money and grain.
The people in Hedong did not accept it!
They were worried that Zhou Che would break his promise, so either Zhou Che distributed the food or they wouldn't leave!
As a result, the number of people in front of the mountain gate swelled rapidly, and they could not be driven away for a while.
"There must be a problem?" Gai Yue frowned.
"You don't have to, there must be something wrong!" Zhou Che said in a deep voice.
"How to deal with it?" Zhen Wu asked.
Zhou Che thought for a moment and said: "1. Recall everyone and set up defenses along the mountain."
"People with clean foundations and relatively high reliability should all be stationed in key areas."
"If the situation is unknown, go outside Luoyang City first."
"Two...Li He!"
Zhou Che named a person.
Li He is the chief official of the Daoguan Lingcheng, a senior official in the Nong Mansion, and a ninth-grade minor official.
The rank is very low, but it is a position of real power here: responsible for supervising the inspection of granaries and salt works.
Here, we perform the duties of supervision and assistance.
But because his top leader Lu Huang was close to Zhou Che, he obeyed Zhou Che's words.
The man immediately stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please give me your instructions."
"You go to the cavalry camp immediately. You say there are changes at the Mangshan Salt Factory and call him back to lead the troops immediately."
"If he is not allowed, you will quickly return to Luo Jing and report the matter to the court."
"What you have to do is to let the court know that there is such a thing."
"yes!"
Li He responded, turned around and left.
"etc!"
When he reached the door, Zhou Che called out to him: "Take the small road back to Luo."
Zhou Che was worried, so he ordered two ranger masters to protect him, and told them not to enter the military camp and to just take care of him outside.
As night falls, more and more people gather in the north of Mang Mountain.
On the river, a boat rocked slowly.
On the bow of the ship, two figures stood.
Guo Zhenyue watched the sunset with his hands behind his hands, while Jia Dao twirled his beard in deep thought.
When he heard that Zhou Che did not allow the people to approach and repeatedly came up with countermeasures, his treacherous eyes flashed: "This sixth prince is very cautious and his reactions are quick enough. It's not easy!"
"There are not many people who can be praised like this by Sir." Guo Zhenyue smiled indifferently: "Does Sir think that with his caution and cleverness, he can avoid this disaster?"
"That's impossible." Jia Dao shook his head: "In the face of absolute crushing strength, he is already in a trap, and everything he does is in vain."
"That's right." Guo Zhenyue nodded: "He can't lead an army, and he has no generals under his command, only some temporarily recruited warriors."
"Mangshan can be destroyed with one drum!"
The sun has completely set.
"Have everyone landed?" he asked.
A follower bent down: "Three thousand elites have arrived at the north gate of Mang Mountain."
"Have you checked the surroundings clearly?"
"The cavalry camp in the south has not moved, and the rest of the garrison has shown no signs of movement."
"Very good." Guo Zhenyue nodded: "It's time to take action."
"yes!"
The entrance to the salt factory.
The group of people suddenly became commotion.
"We're hungry!"
"If you don't give us food, let us go in and have dinner first."
"That's right! The Sixth Prince said nicely that he would exchange brine ore for food. Now that we have brought the brine ore, we are left hanging at the door. What does this mean?"
"Believe what you say!"
After not getting a satisfactory answer, the 'common people' pulled out the antlers at the door and rushed inside.
"Stop!"
Zhen Wu led his team to appear and shouted to the group: "A night ban has been imposed on the important land of Mang Mountain. No one is allowed to approach!"
"You have to take care of the food!"
"Where's the food? Take out the food!"
"We want to see the Sixth Prince, let the Sixth Prince come out!"
The 'common people' still refused to listen and quickly approached Zhen Wu.
Zhen Wu took his bow and shot it at someone's feet, and shouted: "If you go further, don't blame us for being rude!"
useless.
The opponent is still pressing forward!
Zhen Wu's face turned grim, and he immediately waved his hand down: "Let go!"
Whoosh whoosh——
Behind him followed a centurion.
Following Zhen Wu's command, the crossbows fired in unison and pressed forward.
The other party obviously didn't expect Zhen Wu to be so decisive!
Because the distance is too close, the crossbow's damage and hit rate are greatly improved.
Hundreds of crossbows fired in unison, wounding and killing more than thirty people.
Those at the front fled.
Just as Zhen Wu breathed a sigh of relief, another group of people pushed the car forward from behind the crowd that was frightened away.
They opened the cart.
Under the tarp, where is the brine?
It's swords, guns, bows and arrows!
This group of people leaned on the cart and bent their bows to fight back!
There were more than a thousand people in the first wave who came to the front!
Zhen Wu's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately shouted: "Retreat!"
Whoosh whoosh——
