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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 950
"Master Banner Leader, they are here."
In the dark jungle, Zhou Ting, the head of the First Independent Banner Regiment, was leaning on a tree trunk to rest. A brother ran up to him and pointed to the outside of the jungle.
Zhou Ting, head of the Independence First Banner, opened his eyes. His tiger eyes were shining. He stood up with his saber in his hand.
The 6,000 brothers in rebel uniform who were hiding in the jungle also stood up silently, and turned their eyes to Zhou Ting who was standing there.
Zhou Ting made a gesture, and everyone immediately rushed to the edge of the jungle with their weapons in their hands.
At the edge of this jungle, you can vaguely see the majestic pass outline of Yingzui Peak in the distance.
King Ning once suffered a loss in the hands of the Qinghe Army, so after he occupied Luyang Province, he has been on guard against his neighbor.
If it weren't for his lack of strength, and the fact that he has restrained a lot of troops from other directions, he would have gone south to fight the Qinghe Army long ago.
In the past, King Ning also went to fight Jiangbei Province, but the final result was that he fell short and suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, King Ning adopted a defensive policy towards the Qinghe Army, not only deploying a strong force of twelve corps in the southern part of the province.
Moreover, he also built a pass on Yingzui Peak leading to the south of the province. Once the southern part of the province is attacked, there will be no way to open it here, which is enough to stop the Qinghe army and buy them time.
King Ning enlisted a large number of civilian craftsmen, and it took more than half a year to complete the construction of the Yingzui Peak pass.
The Guan Wall was built on the most dangerous part of Yingzui Peak, and three thousand mighty troops were sent to guard it.
Here it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With 3000 mighty troops, it is enough to block 100000 enemy troops.
Because it is to guard against the Qinghe army, the southern wall of the Yingzui Peak pass is extraordinarily thick, equipped with battlements, arrow stacks, and equipped with thunder stones and rolling logs, but the northern wall is much thinner.
But what King Ning didn't know was that the rebel army active in the central and eastern part of Luyang Province was also secretly supported by the Qinghe Army.
Moreover, the Qinghe Army is reorganizing, reorganizing the rebel army active in Luyang Province into three independent banner groups.
The elimination of the old and the weak by these three independent banner regiments is also the same as the policy of the Qinghe Army's elite soldiers. The combined strength of the three independent banner regiments is only 15,000, but their combat effectiveness is not weak.
This time, in order to carry out the task of capturing Yingzui Peak, Zhou Ting's Independent First Banner Regiment and Tang Ping's Independent Second Banner Regiment secretly went to Yingzui Peak area.
However, Du Xiaoniu's Independent Third Banner Regiment launched operations in the territory of Lujiang Prefecture to cover this side.
Zhou Ting hid behind the bushes and set up a pergola to look into the distance. He saw a caravan slowly approaching Yingzui Peak along the official road.
There are two to three hundred people in this caravan, and more than one hundred carts full of goods are in custody.
The Qinghe Army vigorously developed trade, so there were caravans in all provinces of the Far East Dynasty conducting trade activities with the Qinghe Army.
Although Luyang Province is under the control of King Ning, although he and the Qinghe Army are hostile, he still needs food, cloth and salt from the south.
Therefore, King Ning is hostile to the Qinghe Army militarily, but the trade has not been completely cut off.
Caravans are free to enter and leave Luyang Province to go to the Qinghe Army, but they need to pay high tolls.
The sea salt produced by the Qinghe Army was also transported to Luyang Province, the hinterland of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and even the grasslands through this trade route.
Although many trade materials are within the scope of control, as long as the garrison generals in various places give benefits in place, the implementation is not so strict.
"Master General, there is a caravan coming from the north."
In the official hall of the mighty army general on Yingzui Peak, the general guarding the pass was gambling with several officers under him. A soldier strode into the official hall and reported respectfully.
"How many people and how many cars?"
The officer who received the pass asked questions while shaking the dice.
"Reporting to Lord General, there are more than one hundred carts, and it is a large caravan." The soldier who reported said happily.
"Master General, Fat Sheep is here!" A look of excitement appeared on the face of a closing camp general.
There are no villages or shops in front of Yingzui Peak. It is completely barren mountains and mountains. Although the pass has been built, it is still barren. Except for soldiers, they have no place to make money.
Fortunately, this is an important exit of the trade route, and they have made a lot of money by closing customs and extorting caravans.
"Go, go and have a look!"
Caravans with more than one hundred large vehicles can only meet once or twice a month, and they can get a lot of tolls every time, so they are looking forward to the arrival of caravans here, which means that their money will be paid again. There will be more.
Surrounded by more than a dozen mighty army officers in red shirts, the officer guarding the pass walked to the northern official wall and saw a mighty caravan approaching.
"Sir General, it belongs to the Far East Chamber of Commerce." The battalion general stared at the banner of the caravan and said with a smile.
"They are all fat and oily masters, we got rich today."
The Far East Chamber of Commerce has now established branches in various provinces, and no one knows who their leaders are, nor where they made their fortunes.
However, they have great powers and can obtain all kinds of scarce supplies, so they are very popular with all parties.
King Ning is no exception, because they can often smuggle a little grain, salt and iron from the Far East Chamber of Commerce, so for the Far East Chamber of Commerce, it is unimpeded within the territory of Luyang Province.
It's just that everyone knows that the Far East caravan is rich, and the officials and defenders everywhere are extorting some money openly and secretly.
The Far East Chamber of Commerce is also generous, and is very knowledgeable about current affairs, so the defenders and officials everywhere are very happy to see the Far East Chamber of Commerce.
Under the expectant eyes of the general guarding the gate and others, the caravan slowly arrived outside the northern wall, and the battalion guarding the gate had already personally greeted it.
"The caravan?"
Although he knew about the caravan going to the Far East Chamber of Commerce, the camp general with a big belly still turned a blind eye on purpose and asked in a strange way.
"My lord, we belong to the Far East Chamber of Commerce."
A middle-aged man in Chinese clothes greeted him with a smile, holding a bulging money bag in his hand.
In this money bag, there is a full amount of gold, which is the rule of customs clearance.
"Where is the customs clearance document, and what kind of goods are being transported?"
Although the battalion general took over the heavy money bag, he was instructed not to let the caravan pass the customs as usual.
"My lord, they are all daily goods."
The middle-aged man in the caravan explained with a smile while handing over the customs clearance document.
"Who knows if you have any prohibited items, search for me!"
The battalion guard who guarded the customs took a look at the customs clearance document. He didn't know how to read, and he deliberately found fault. As soon as he gave an order, a group of mighty soldiers behind him would come forward to search.
"My lord, my lord, we are in a hurry, please be accommodating."
The middle-aged man saw the cold arrows on the wall facing the outside. In order to avoid being exposed, he hurriedly sent another money bag full of gold up from behind.
"Brothers have worked so hard in this barren mountain, what do you want to send beggars for this little thing?"
"My lord, our caravan only earns a small profit, but for the sake of the hard work of the adults, we are willing to make some more offerings for the adults to buy wine and drink."
"I hope my lord will stop embarrassing the little one, otherwise I will not be able to do business when I go back. After all, among the goods are some things from the admiral of the Lujiang Mansion."
While the middle-aged man was talking, he also sent some gold up, which can be said to be full of sincerity.
The general guarding the pass on the wall has been watching everything condescendingly, he nodded, and the battalion general decided to let them pass the pass.
"Let's go, let's go, for the sake of the admiral of Lujiang Mansion, we won't search today."
The battalion general waved his hand, and was not ready to search again, so he let the switch go. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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