Chapter 315: Northern Dilemma
Chapter 315 The Northern Dilemma
More than one hundred versus more than five thousand, and they were still facing the elite Ye Family Army and Dingbei Army. Those Hu people suddenly changed from executioners who chopped melons and vegetables to melons and vegetables that Ye Anlan and the others chopped at will.
The battle started abruptly and ended quickly. Ye Anlan and the others spent a little time appeasing the people, but the schedule was not delayed at all.
"These thieves came over the mountains to harass the people again!" Although it was not the first time Bai Ruiwen had experienced this kind of thing, he still despised the wretched way of fighting against innocent civilians.
Ye Anlan didn't mean to despise these barbarians. For war, of course everyone has to use their own unique tactics to defeat the enemy at all costs.
The Hu people sent the most elite group of people to infiltrate the northern border to burn, kill and loot, and the supplies they got were second to none. The most important thing was their move, which could affect the strength and hearts of the Dingbei Army to a large extent.
The party in the position of "protection" will always have more things to worry about than the party in the position of "aggression". No one can avoid this.
Dingbei Army is now in such a position as a protector. In order to protect the ordinary people living in the northern border, even if they know what the intention of the Hu people to cross the mountains and pass through the pass, they have to allocate part of their troops to fight in the northern border every day. Several states are constantly patrolling and taking strict precautions.
"Don't be angry, they won't be rampant for long." Ye Anlan rode on the horse, and while following the team, began to figure out how to solve the problem of barbarians crossing mountains and sneaking into the northern border.
She asked Bai Ruiwen, "How many mountains on both sides of Juyongguan can a barbarian with good skills climb at will?"
Bai Ruiwen opened his mouth and came, "Three places."
Ye Anlan frowned, "Then why don't you block these three places too? Is it because of insufficient troops or the terrain does not allow it?"
Bai Ruiwen didn't hide it from her, "It's because the terrain doesn't allow it. The old Hou Ye and the Hou Ye have always wanted to build two passes, and even thought about renovating and expanding Juyong Pass, but because there are not enough people, craftsmen, money, so I have not been able to do this.”
When Bai Qingzhi's father, Lord Bai Lao Hou, was guarding the northern border, Juyongguan was once breached by the Hu people from the two wings of the pass. At that time, he realized that with the current Juyongguan alone, if he wanted to stop the Hu people from invading again, he would have to order the soldiers of the Northern Army. You have to make more sacrifices.
At that time, he wrote a note to the court, asking the court to allocate craftsmen and civilian husbands to renovate and expand Juyongguan.
However, for the royal family members and dignitaries who are accustomed to being superior, the lives of ordinary Dingbei Army soldiers are not worth mentioning at all.
The blood and sacrifices of countless great men, but they only got a righteous sentence from their mouths, "There is no one who will not die in a war. Why should you be a soldier if you are afraid of death?"
Those insightful people who helped mediate were even convicted and demoted for being too annoying.
So far, no one in the DPRK and China dared to speak up for the soldiers of the Dingbei Army.
Later, Juyongguan was once again breached by Hu people in the hands of Bai Qingzhi. Bai Qingzhi couldn't bear it anymore, and in the end he sent a note to the court again, asking the court to adopt his father Bai Laohou's suggestion.
His note explained in detail why Juyongguan needed to be renovated and expanded, and how many soldiers would be saved by the Dingbei Army if it was renovated and expanded. A pile of awards and a sacrificial oration.
The sacrificial rites are for the dead soldiers, and the decrees of awards, gold and silver are for the living to be rewarded for meritorious deeds. However, Bai Qingzhi's proposal to renovate and expand Juyongguan was directly ignored by the court.
It would be fine if the imperial court had no money, but in the same year, the imperial family built a new palace, and held a grand ceremony for the young and beautiful empress who had just married into the palace as a successor at that time and was being favored by the old emperor. A grand and extravagant Qianqiu feast.
Thousands of miles away, the capital city is full of flowers and brocade, and the fire is cooking oil. It is a scene of extreme prosperity and luxury. It seems that Juyongguan, which has been forgotten by the people in the pass, is empty and lonely, full of holes, and the guards are always defending their homes. country sacrificed their lives.
Comparing two completely different worlds together, how could the soldiers of the Dingbei Army not feel chilled?
Even though they were disappointed, they still used their lives and blood to firmly guard the northern defense line including Juyongguan. They neither broke down nor tried to get out of here.
After listening to Bai Ruiwen's simple talk about how the imperial court and the royal family are irrelevant, Ye Anlan couldn't help but slander, "It's their fault that they can't sit still."
She said to Bai Ruiwen: "The peasants and craftsmen are indeed a problem. If you have money, you can choose wood, stone, etc. nearby. What you need is only the rations and wages of the peasants and craftsmen, right?"
Bai Ruiwen nodded, "The imperial court only needs to take care of the food for the peasants, and does not need to pay extra wages. The wages of the craftsmen are also very limited, plus the money for purchasing and transporting some materials, a full wage of 300,000 taels is enough."
Ye Anlan asked: "Three hundred thousand taels should only be enough to renovate and expand Juyongguan?"
Bai Ruiwen nodded, "If you want to build two more passes to the north, you need another 300,000 more."
Ye Anlan hissed, she robbed money. Ahem, she has robbed the rich and helped the poor for so many years, and the money she saved from her private house was full, but the total was only more than 200,000 yuan.
Even if she took out the ancient books and antiques, famous calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and jade that she had piled up in the warehouse, she still couldn’t make up a total of 600,000 taels of snowflake silver_(:з」∠)_
ε=(ο｀*))) Well, money is so much that you can’t help but spend it!
Taking a deep breath, trying to suppress the heartache of years of hard work in vain, Ye Hamster Lan said to Bai Ruiwen: "I can make up three hundred thousand taels, and when the spring and summer are handed over next year, I will have someone give it to Hou Grandpa sent 300,000 taels over."
As for the remaining 300,000, she doesn’t care, she has no money╭(╯^╰)╮
Bai Ruiwen was stunned. He never expected that Ye Anlan would also support another 300,000 taels in the northern border for the renovation and expansion of Juyongguan.
But he still had to remind Ye Anlan, "Thank you Miss Ye for your generosity, but, as I said just now, the biggest difficulty in renovating and expanding Juyongguan is not money, but manpower."
Ye Anlan nodded slightly, "I know. But I think Lord Hou can solve this matter by himself."
She reminded Bai Ruiwen, "Nowadays, there are frequent civil wars in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there are many displaced people. When the war resumes in late autumn and early winter, there will definitely be more refugees who cannot survive. These people have no house, no land, no There is no money for food, and in order to live better in the north, they certainly don’t mind finding some work for themselves during the slack season.”
(end of this chapter)