Chapter 362 The Last Resistance
Xiao Changche bent down, grabbed a handful of white crystals from the ground, stuck out his tongue, licked it, and spat it out with a sound.
It’s salt.
Salt Lake and Yancheng are the last forces outside the customs still fighting against the Beiting Protectorate.
As the name suggests, Salt Lake and Yancheng naturally make a living by producing salt.
The Salt Lake, located at the junction of Daqin and Beiyuan, is the real place where God feeds you.
The huge salt lake is rich in high-quality salt. It doesn’t even need to be processed. It can be picked up from the lake, dried in the sun, and then it can be bagged and sold.
Such a place is naturally not within the reach of ordinary people.
Without strong strength and backing, it is simply a dream to master such a land of natural resources and treasures.
For many years, the Wu family in Salt Lake has been able to prosper. In addition to its own strength, it has always relied on the support of the Yuan Kingdom.
The Yuan people obtained cheap salt from here, and then sold it to their own people at a high price, making more money than the Wu family. However, their endorsement of the Wu family also allowed the Wu family to firmly occupy the powerful outside the customs. a place.
After Li Dachui split the Northern Yuan Dynasty and unified the outside world, he naturally would not tolerate such a good place and good business to continue to be controlled by local powerful people. Businesses such as salt, iron, and grain could only be run by the government. , the economy outside the customs must be anchored by bulk materials such as grain and salt. Official control can ensure that there will be no ups and downs, and that they will not be harvested at will.
Of course, the Beiting Protectorate's policy is to be polite first and then to fight.
If the Wu family recognizes the situation, hands over the Salt Lake, and then takes the large amount of wealth accumulated in the past to places like Tai'an City or Aquarius City to enjoy happiness or do other business, then it will naturally be good for you and me. Hello everyone.
But unfortunately, the Wu family refused.
They believed that the Salt Lake had been the private property of the Wu family for more than a hundred years, and even Linghuye didn't bother them. Why would Li Dachui want to plunder it?
So after receiving the invitation, their response was to prepare for war. At the same time, they immediately cut off the salt sent to the entire Beiting Protectorate. This move immediately lowered the price of salt outside the customs. It increased more than ten times.
For the Beiting Protectorate, can this be tolerated?
Of course I can’t bear it.
And from this point, it can also be seen that salt, an important weapon of the country, cannot be controlled by private individuals at all. Otherwise, this trick will be done to you at any time. Can you bear it?
It doesn't matter now. If the Beiting Protectorate reaches a critical moment in the future and is manipulated by others, wouldn't it be a greater risk?
All risks must be nipped in the bud.
The Yancheng Wu family's behavior of cutting off confession immediately provided the Beiting Protectorate with the best excuse to start a war.
Deputy Protector Xiao Changche personally led the team, and Gu Xiaoman, Xia Zhi, Xiao Dongwei and other powerful generals were all present.
Wu's arrogance naturally has his reasons for being arrogant.
The guys who monopolize the salt trade are all very rich.
So the Wu family's army is also quite powerful. More importantly, Beiyuan has a real army stationed here. Although they never fly the flag of Beiyuan to avoid irritating the Qin garrison, everyone knows it well.
A long trumpet sound sounded in front, and a black line could be vaguely seen appearing in the sky. Then, countless flags suddenly appeared in everyone's field of vision.
It must be said that Wu Zheng, the contemporary head of the Wu family, is still very courageous. At least outside the customs, under the current circumstances, he dares to challenge Xiao Changche face to face and is ready to fight for real. There is indeed no one else to be found except him.
Because those who challenged Beiting before him are all dead now.
Tie Jia led his skinny horse and walked to Xiao Changche.
Xiao Changche looked at him sideways, but most of his eyes fell on the thin horse led by Qian Jia.
Qian Jia coughed dryly and said: "Captain, the Yuan people have already communicated with each other. They will evacuate immediately after the war breaks out."
Xiao Changche ordered. Nodding: "They know each other! Otherwise, we'll deal with it together!"
This Yuanren cavalry stationed in Salt Lake belongs to the personal troops of Yandu Akedun.
Salt Lake was once Akodon's money bag, and even now, it is something Akodon cannot let go of.
But faced with the aggressive negotiations from the Beiting Protectorate, Akedun had no choice but to give up the Salt Lake.
Because there is no salt from the Wu family in the Salt Lake, and there is no salt from the Beiting Protectorate.
The Beiting Protectorate has taken over the salt lake. The salt still has to be sold and the money still has to be earned. The price you get is higher. When the time comes to resell it, you can just add a little more.
But if they offend the Beiting Protectorate and form an alliance with Tie Le in anger, then they will be in trouble.
In fact, let alone an alliance, I just couldn't stand it if the Beiting Protectorate cut off all business ties with me.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Wu family could only be sold to the Beiting Protectorate.
Of course, the price offered by the Beiting Protectorate this time is not bad.
In addition to promising to continue to supply salt at a fair price in the future, he also disclosed to them the information that Tiele had purchased a large amount of strategic materials from Beiting, and clearly informed them that these materials were Tiele purchased it for Jebe in the north.
Jebie has formed an alliance with Tiele. This is not good news. Of course, we must do our best to destroy it.
After saying this, looking at Xiao Changche, his eyes still fell on his horse. Qian Jia said dryly: "This horse is as thin as me."
Xiao Changche snorted coldly and held a spear in his hand. He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the saddle of the thin horse. With just a slight pressure, the horse neighed, raised its head and looked at Xiao Changcha, and it slowly gained weight. Watching the hair spread out layer by layer, Qian Jia's eyes rolled around, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to pry away Xiao Changche's spear, got on his horse, turned the horse around, and with a driving sound, the horse swooped out and jumped more than ten feet.
“What a horse!” A group of people around him were all knowledgeable. They praised loudly and couldn’t help but burst out laughing when they saw Qian Jia running away in embarrassment.
“You still want to hide it from me! I’ll get it away from you sooner or later!” Xiao Changche shook his gun and said angrily.
Hearing this, everyone laughed again.
In fact, Xiao Hei under Xiao Chang's chariot was Li Dachui's mount in the past. There is probably no better war horse than Xiao Hei in the whole country.
It’s just that people like Xiao Changche, when they see a good horse, want to take it for themselves. Everyone has begun to mourn Qian Jia in their hearts. Sooner or later, his horse will not be saved. At the worst, he will have to live on Qiyue Island for a few months, and then he will let it go.
“Gu Xiaoman!”
“The end will be here!” Gu Xiaoman immediately took a step forward.
"The Yuan people's cavalry will leave after the war begins. There will be a huge gap on Wu's left wing. Lead your subordinates and fight in!"
"Yes!"
"Xiao Dongwei! "
"The general is here!"
"Lead your subordinates to bypass and get behind the opponent to surround him. I don't want their main cavalry to escape!"< br>
"Yes!"
"Xia Zhi!"
"The end is here!" Xia Zhi, dressed in red armor and a red cloak, rode forward.
"You are in reserve and will clean up the battlefield after the war."
"Got it!" Xia Zhi pouted!
"What did you say? I didn't hear it!" Xiao Changche glanced at Xia Zhi.
"Yes!" Xia Zhi said loudly.
Xiao Changche took out the devil mask from her arms, slowly put it on her face, then waved her hand, and the generals surrounding her immediately galloped towards their respective troops.
Raising the gun, Xiao Hei slowly moved forward.
Behind him, a thousand personal guards followed suit, and a sharp arrow formation formed naturally.
No one needs to take command. After fighting with Xiao Changche over the years, everyone has become perfect with practice.
Xiao Changche's five thousand iron cavalry are crisscrossing the pass, and one thousand of his personal guards are the main force following Xiao Changche's formation. One will die and one will be replaced.
There are two soldiers behind him, one holding a flag and the other holding a horn.
With the sound of the horn, Xiao Chang's car began to accelerate gradually.
A thick arrow shot straight towards the enemy in the distance.
Behind him, Xiao Dongwei led four thousand light cavalry, following leisurely.
The coach dug into the enemy's formation, and the personal guards tore a big hole. They, the light cavalry, immediately followed up. They had fought this kind of battle countless times, and they were always unfavorable.
Behind them, Xia Zhi stood under the banner of the Chinese army, holding the drum stick in both hands, vigorously beating the big cowhide drum in front of her, which was not much shorter than her, with envy in her eyes.
She also wanted to be the vanguard of the battle, but she was choked back by Xiao Changche's words.
When will we reach the ninth level of Xuanyuan? Let’s talk about rushing into the formation.
Otherwise, it would be like the bloody mess at the foot of Yuan'an City, which would be difficult to explain to Li Dachui.
This made Xia Zhi so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas were born, but he still couldn't refute it.
Some time ago, I accidentally broke through the eighth and ninth levels of Xuanyuan, which was too far away from me.
Even Brother Xiaoman has just been promoted!
Wu Zheng was very angry.
Yancheng has always respected the Duhufu. Whether it is Anton, Anxi, or Beiting, the tribute that should be paid is not less.
But this does not mean that Yancheng is afraid of you.
This battle must be fought.
Hit with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches.
After winning this battle, I will send someone to Aquarius City to subdue him, talk about face, and offer a sum of money to try to put an end to the problem.
Isn’t it good to maintain the status quo?
Why do you think about eating alone!
The Wu family has been running Yancheng for hundreds of years, and they are not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. The demise of the Yan family has reminded the Wu family that they have been strengthening their armaments in the past two years. We will not foolishly go to fight you on the outside.
If we go to the outside, we will definitely not be able to defeat you, but when it comes to our own territory, we can’t tell who will lose and who will win!
Wu Zheng looked at the mighty army moving forward, and his heart was filled with pride.
On the side, a total of 3,000 seemingly inconspicuous cavalry troops were actually the personal troops of the Beiyuan Emperor. There was no doubt about their strength.
Xiao Changche, even if you are a strong man, I will make your front teeth break in Yancheng this time.
Let you know that outside the customs is not a place for you to do whatever you want.
It is only right for everyone to sit down and talk, and make money together.
(End of this chapter)