Chapter 338: Tartar's Salt
The Jin army in Nanxinkou naturally saw the wolf smoke on Changsheng Island.
After all, the shore here is actually not even 500 meters away from Changsheng Island, and it is actually quite difficult to see the column of smoke.
However, the Jurchen Mouke, who commanded the defenders here, was somewhat undecided about whether to reinforce Changsheng Island.
If it was in the past, or to be more accurate, three months ago, when he saw the wolf smoke, he would have quickly overcome his fear of the sea and led his troops to Changsheng Island in small boats and rafts to reinforce him.
The reason is very simple: all along, the enemy who will go to a place like Changsheng Island is either Fusang or Goryeo pirates, and their common characteristic is that the land battle is as stupid as a bunch of quails, if he can't block the narrow strait at the first time, as long as more than 100 golden soldiers land on the island, he has the confidence to defeat thousands of Japanese pirates - just to catch minions, why not?
But now, Mok no longer dares to be so big.
Because Jinzhou and Lushun were occupied by Han people from Qi Province.
They can cross the sea to capture Jinzhou, which is garrisoned by Meng'an, and it is naturally not a problem to cross the sea to Changsheng Island to destroy these hundreds of people.
Therefore, before knowing whether the attackers were pirates or the Qi army that came in and became famous, Mook was very hesitant about whether to reinforce Changsheng Island.
"Master, do you want to send someone to the island to see the situation?" A sign leaned over and asked in a low voice, "The minion thinks it's not too late to see who the enemy is." ”
It's a good idea, but who should I send?
Send slave soldiers? Aren't they afraid that they will get a small boat and go directly south to the Qi army?
Sending a true Jurchen or giving birth to a Jurchen? But their fear of the sea is too great, and it is good that everyone has a collective support, if only a few scouts are dispatched, it is unknown whether they dare to get on the ship.
What's more, if you land on the island in a small boat, you will definitely not be able to transport the horse over, and if you are discovered by a large group of enemy troops, the scouts who have landed on the island will not be able to escape.
True Jurchen Ding is scarce, and the little nobles at the level of Mouke don't dare to waste the lives of real Jurchens like this.
"Made, just light the wolf smoke, those mocking dogs don't know how to send a small boat to report it!"
Mou Ke said hatefully:
"Wait for this time, Lao Tzu is going to make his mother-in-law angry!"
It's useless to put these cruel words now, and you have to find a way to solve this incident first.
"Why don't you contact Beixinkou first?" The head of the brand continues to suggest.
"Well, that's fine." Namouk nodded.
The two Mok forces acted together, and if they couldn't beat it, they could at least escape...... Probably.
The Zhuda sent by Moke had not yet set off, but the Zhuda on the Beixinkou side came first.
As soon as he got off his horse, before he could catch his breath, he loudly told Mou Ke in Nan Xinkou that he had already boarded the ship and set off, and it was the garrison that Mou Ke personally led the troops, and all the Jurchens, Shengju Jurchens and most of the slaves totaled 500 people, divided into 60 small boats and rafts, and went into battle together to reinforce Changsheng Island.
"Is Khattab crazy?"
Hearing this news, Nanxinkou's garrison Mouke couldn't help but exclaim:
"He doesn't even know who the enemy of Changsheng Island is, if the Han dog from Qi Province comes, what will his 500 people do?"
"Master, my master asked the slave to come and pass a message to you: no matter who comes, hurry up to the island and drive them away, otherwise it will affect this year's salt class, and we won't be able to explain to the master of Bo Jilie at that time."
Nanxinkou garrison Mouke fell silent all of a sudden.
Khattab was right.
Changsheng Island still has to be rescued, the Dajin army is strictly disciplined, and it is a capital crime for friendly troops to be unable to move like a mountain.
What's more, Changsheng Island is an important salt producing area of Dajin, and if it is lost, the masters of Bo Jilie will lose at least 150,000 catties of salt every year, which is an unacceptable loss for the already stretched finances of the Jin State.
In fact, now that the gains from entering the customs and plundering are getting less and less, so that the gains outweigh the losses, salt has become the most important material used by the Wanyan Jurchens to win over the subordinate small tribes, as well as some of the Jurchen and Mughal tribes who have taken refuge in them.
Now, the Qi army has occupied Jinzhou, Lushun and other places, and the Jurchens have lost an important salt-producing area, and if they lose the salt field of Changsheng Island, the sea salt production in Fuzhou will be reduced by more than half.
Moreover, the Fuzhou salt works will also be threatened by the enemy forces on Changsheng Island, so that the stable salt production area in the hands of the Jurchens will only be the Gaizhou-Haizhou line.
At that time, it would be good for Jin Guo to be able to maintain his salt consumption, and he didn't need to think about the salt and horse trade with the Mugyu and the Shengnu Zhen.
These grand strategies, a small Mok is impossible to know, but he knows how important salt is in the country.
He was stationed in Beixinkou to take care of the salt factory, and he could privately get some salt as extra income every year, and this few thousand catties of salt every year could make him one of the richest people in the whole country in addition to meeting his own needs.
However, this also just shows the importance of salt to the Jin country, he is a small Mouke, how can he not easily throw away the salt field with an annual income of 150,000 catties of salt.
In that case, his vigor would have peeled him alive.
Thinking of this, this Immortal Island has become an existence that must be saved no matter what.
"Made!"
Nan Xinkou couldn't help but scold.
Since Immortal Island is so important, why didn't you send more people to watch it in the first place?
However, he thought about it, if there were too many people coming, there would definitely be many people who could benefit from the salt works, and his previous life would not have been so comfortable.
What's more, Dajin people have always been nervous, if every important area is stationed with thousands of true Jurchen armor soldiers, the entire Dajin may not even be able to make up a mobile force of 10,000 people.
"Gather everybody! Let those minions go rowing, and get ready! ”
Mouk screamed:
"Let's go now, let's go to Immortal Island too!"
……
"My lord, the Tartars are here!"
A communications soldier on horseback ran up to Xu Shiyang and announced loudly.
"Oh?" Xu Shiyang raised his head in surprise: "How many are here?" ”
"There is news from the beacon tower that the Tartars in Beixinkou will move first, about 50 to 60 small boats, 500 people up and down."
The messenger replied:
"Then the Tartars of Nanxinkou also came out, and the troops were about the same."
"It is estimated that the enemy of Nanxinkou will arrive first."
Nanxinkou is only more than 400 meters away from the nearest place to Changsheng Island, and you can basically reach it by lifting your feet.
Beixinkou was much farther away, so they were the first to set out, but they arrived late.
With only a thousand enemies, it has actually become a refueling tactic, giving Xu Shiyang a chance to break through.
It feels so real and beautiful!
"Tell Feng Sanhu that I won't command this time, let him do it himself."
Xu Shiyang said to the herald:
"Tell him that the request I gave him was to completely annihilate the Tartars who landed in Nanxinkou."
"As for the Beixinkou side, the sailor is enough to send them to feed the fish."
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