Chapter 121: Entering the Salt Pond
In the north of Yanchi, in Siyan City, which is only a few miles away, people come and go at this time, like ants scurrying around in a city.
Early this morning, the steward of the Dong clan stationed here in Lintao, a member of Dong Zhuo's clan, summoned the stewards of the major families, saying that there were 600 thieves rushing to Xie County, intending to cut off everyone's retreat and wipe out all the people of the major families stationed in Yanchi, and claimed that they had sent 800 elite horsemen to Xie County to pursue, and the army of the Son of Heaven and Dong Zhuo would soon enter Hedong to break the thieves, and asked the major families to form an alliance to organize family soldiers to advance and retreat together.
When the stewards of the major families heard the news, they couldn't sit still anymore, and responded to the Lintao Dong family with a false face, and after they dispersed, they quickly divided into several camps in private, and secretly gathered to discuss countermeasures.
The stewards of several families in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, including the Wuwei Yang clan, the Taiyuan Wang clan, the Jingzhao Wei clan, the Jingzhao Jin clan, the Fufeng Dou clan, the Feng Yiji clan, the Jingzhao Du clan, and the Hongnong Yang clan, decided to support Dong Zhuo for the time being, after all, their family heads are now in Chang'an, Guanzhong, and they are nominally one with the Son of Heaven and Dong Zhuo, but the soldiers and horses that now occupy Hedong County do not know their origins.
The Anding Huangfu clan also decided to support the Dong clan, after all, their current head of the family, Huangfu Song, was under the control of Dong Zhuo under the control of the Son of Heaven.
Yingchuan Xun, Han, Zhong, Chen, Yangzhai Guo, Xingyang Zheng have always advanced and retreated together, and after several stewards discussed, they decided not to take action for the time being, but only gathered 600 soldiers, neither attached to the Dong family, nor acted rashly, so as to respond to all changes without change.
The Nanyang Yin clan has been very low-key in recent decades, and this time it did not look for other families to form an alliance, and there was no movement.
Fufeng Geng's family had already gone to the empty building, and they all rushed to Xie County with Geng Zhong in the second half of the night.
The steward of the Yuan clan in Huainan naturally did not dare to disobey the orders of Yuan Ji, the eldest son. also hurriedly gathered the soldiers and prepared secretly.
Boling County and Zhongshan County are adjacent to each other, so the Boling Cui family and the Zhongshan Zhen family have also been friends for generations, and the arrival of Cui Jun has made the stewards of the two families feel a lot more stable.
But at this time, Cui Jun's face was not much joy, he and his father Cui Lie caused a feud because of the purchase of officials, and now the steward in Yanchi is Cui Lie's cronies, although he listened to his orders on the surface and did not act rashly, but what kind of person is Cui Jun. Vicious eyes. Naturally, it can be seen that this steward is just a temporary obedience, and once the situation on Ji Ping's side changes, he may turn back.
Ironically, it was the steward of the Zhongshan Zhen clan who was very convinced of him. The steward of the Zhen family in Zhongshan is the husband of Zhen Jiang, the eldest daughter of his family. He has asked Cui Jun for advice on scriptures many times. Therefore, he has a lot of respect for him.
Cui Jun went to find the Hedong Biqiu clan again, and the steward of the Biqiu clan was Biqiu Yi's nephew, and heard that Biqiu Yi served under Ji Ping. Although he couldn't fully believe it for a while, he didn't dare to slack off and expressed his willingness to stand still.
In addition, it is Hedong Weishi.
There are two Wei clans in Hedong, a Wei family respects the great Confucian Wei Wei as an ancestor, this is the family of the county of the state, more than 100 years ago, the Ming Emperor summoned the great Confucian Wei Hui, Wei Wei came out of the county, to Hedong Anyi when he died of illness, the Ming Emperor gave Wei Wei the place of death and burial, and his family and descendants also multiplied in this Hedong Anyi.
Half a year ago, Dong Zhuo's confidant Cai Yong married his daughter Cai Yan to Wei's son Wei Zhongdao, and Wei and Cai Yong married, so that the Qianghu soldiers stationed in Hedong County at that time did not dare to offend his family.
The other Wei family is a real local family, which is the Wei family of the Western Zhou Dynasty Kangshu Feng Wei to the country, Paiyan Hedong, and the descendants are scattered all over the place. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the queen Wei Zifu and the famous general Wei Qing appeared in the branch of the Pingyang Wei clan, and the Pingyang Wei clan reached the peak of prosperity.
And today's Hedong Wei clan, but also claims to be a side branch of Weiqing, mainly engaged in salt industry and grain, has become a local powerhouse, extremely wealthy, and there are often people in the clan who serve in the county, and the power is quite large, and thousands of family soldiers are raised, which is rampant.
At the same time, there are generations of in-laws of Hedong Fan and this Hedong Wei family, and they are in the same breath.
When Dong Zhuo first entered Hedong County last year, the Wei family and the Fan family intended to squeeze out Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo led the troops to kill the two family heads.
Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, so he ordered these two to be the heads of the Wei family and the Fan family, and since then the two have been attached to Dong Zhuo, and the two families have become more powerful.
The state and county families outside Hedong County are all sent to manage here, and these two families are the whole family here, the two most outstanding descendants of the clan Wei Gu and Fan Xian each led thousands of soldiers and horses, guarded in the salt pond, and often transported salt grain for the major families.
Previously, the Dong family convened the stewards of all the families, and these two people fully supported the Dong family.
In a courtyard, the steward of the Sima clan in Hanoi was wandering in the hall, and the young man on the side gritted his teeth and said: "Father, my lineage is a side branch of the Sima clan, and I am fortunate to be sent to Siyan City to take charge of the family's salt affairs, which is a great opportunity to rise, no matter what this time, we must not retreat!" ”
The steward sighed: "I don't know how my father knows, but on the one hand, there is the powerful Xiangguo Dong Zhuo, and on the other hand, there are strong soldiers who can defeat Dong Zhuo, and our strength is weak, what can we do?" ”
The young man sneered: "Father, why do we need to act, just wait and see what happens, if it is Dong Zhuosheng, we will still be as usual, just pay more money, if the unknown thief wins and robs my family of salt, we will secretly encourage other families to fight against that thief soldier, today, who dares to resist the power of the world's family!" ”
Speaking of this, the young man said in a dark voice: "The salt pond is a heavy place, the thieves must be important people here, if those families are unwilling to resist, we can let people secretly assassinate the thieves and soldiers, and then blame those families......"
The steward hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "This plan is feasible, but you have to be cautious, otherwise it will be a catastrophe......
At this moment, there was chaos outside, and a servant came to report: "Master of the house! Head of the house! The big thing is not good, Dong Xiangguo's 800 elite soldiers are all wiped out! ”
The father and son of the Sima family's steward were shocked at the same time, and the steward's son picked up his servant: "The Dong clan has only been out of troops for two hours, and eight hundred elite cavalry, how can they be defeated so quickly?" Could it be that you can't meet tens of thousands of troops?! Is the message exact? ”
The servant hurriedly said: "Young master, now the thieves have rushed into Yancheng and arrested the stewards and family soldiers of the Dong family and the Hu family......"
"So fast!" The faces of the steward's father and son are a little ugly, their family affairs, the most important thing is to pay attention to a stable word, and now that another force has entered Hedong County, they really don't know what kind of variables they have to face.
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In Siyan City, Ji Ping sat in the original Dong Mansion, and Geng Zhong was by his side.
This mansion was originally the office of the salt officials who collected salt taxes from the imperial court, and was later occupied by the Lintao Dong family, but now the plaque of the Lintao Dong family has been demolished by Dian Wei.
Ji Ping waited for work, and with the help of the terrain, after ambushing and killing Dong's eight hundred Hu soldiers, Dian Wei took the tiger battalion and rode the captured war horse all the way to Siyan City.
Before the stewards of the Dong and Hu clans in the city could react, they were beheaded by Dian Wei, their heads hung on the gate, and hundreds of soldiers who resisted were also killed, and there were patches of blood everywhere in the mansion.
Ji Ping then entered the Dong family's mansion in Siyancheng, and Yuan Ji and Cui Jun hurriedly came with the stewards of the Yuan, Cui, Zhen, and Biqiu families to report the situation to Ji Ping.
"Zhongshan Zhen?" Ji Ping heard Cui Jun's report, glanced at the middle-aged steward behind him, and said secretly, there should be a young girl in the Zhen family at this time, and later became the famous queen Zhen.
However, he didn't have the time to scout the gossip news at the moment, but looked at Dian Wei below and ordered: "Let the stewards of the major families here come here to see me." ”
"Don't worry, lord!" Dian Wei said loudly: "Whoever dares not come, I will chop him!" ”
Ji Ping smiled and said: "Don't kill innocents indiscriminately, if you don't want to come, you can be expelled from Hedong County, but if you have to resist, don't kill them!" ”
He only has thousands of soldiers and horses, and those who resist must be killed to deter these families, otherwise it will be difficult to control Yanchi.
Hearing the words and laughter of the young man in the hall, the stewards of several families in the hall were all cold, and glanced at Dian Wei, a hideous killing god covered in blood, and thought of the heads of the stewards of the Dong and Hu families who saw on the door when they came in, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but they were grateful to Yuan Ji and Cui Jun.
Although the interests of the family are important, they are not the heads of the family, and saving their lives is the first priority. (To be continued!)
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