Chapter 242 Seizing Zhennan Pass (Part 1)

On October 8th of the first year of Gaia, the talents recruited by Cui's Chamber of Commerce arrived in Shanhai County.

There are a total of 1,200 talents in this group, including 1,000 skilled talents such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and tailors, and 200 special talents such as down-and-out scholars, grassroots officials, and sergeants who retired early.

Ouyang Shuo paid a total of 5000 gold coins for this group of people's settling expenses plus the transfer fee.

According to Ouyang Shuo's instructions, blacksmiths, carpenters and tailors were all assigned to the three major army workshops in the Eastern District. Scholars and officials, in addition to being assigned to various departments in Shanhai County, the most important thing is to be resettled in five subsidiary territories including Tianfeng County to enrich the administrative structure.

The sergeants were placed in various field brigades as squadron leaders or battalion officers.

Among the talents, there were two who attracted the most attention from Ouyang Shuo, namely Cui Shousi, a civil servant, and Sun Chuanlin, a military general. Cui Shousi is Yingyou's cousin, who was born as a Jinshi. He is one of the only two Jinshi among Cui's children. He has been working in the official office of Dali Mansion before.

Cui Shousi's arrival was a big surprise for Yingyou.

She didn't expect that the family would make such a big determination. The Cui family was based on business, which is why they paid more attention to the education of their descendants, hoping that they would embark on official careers and provide political protection for the family in the officialdom.

Cui Shousi is one of the most successful examples of Cui's education.

Ouyang Shuo roughly guessed what Cui was thinking, and without hesitation, appointed Cui Shousi as the county magistrate of Yishui.

【Name】: Cui Shousi (Gold Level)

[Identity]: Magistrate of Yishui County

[Occupation]: Civilian (Jinshi)

[Loyalty]: 85 points

[Commander]: 35 [Force]: 25 [Intelligence]: 50 [Politics]: 65

[Specialty]: Persuading farmers to teach mulberry (increase the efficiency of territorial agricultural development by 20%)

[Evaluation]: Cui's son, knowledgeable, unique vision, hardworking and upright.

As a gold-level talent, Cui Shousi only has one specialty, which is slightly insufficient. Fortunately, the specialties of [Quan Ke Nong Mulberry] are very suitable for Yishui County, which is mainly agricultural.

If Cui Shousi was the result of Cui's deliberate arrangement, then Sun Chuanlin was a surprise.

[Name]: Sun Chuanlin (Gold Level)

[Identity]: Resident of Shanhai County

[Occupation]: Intermediate General

[Loyalty]: 80 points

[Commander]: 60 [Force]: 65 [Intelligence]: 40 [Politics]: 25

[Specialty]: Throwing (increases bow and arrow range by 5%), strong shot (increases bow and arrow attack power by 10%)

[Cultivation method]: "Yuji Archery"

[Equipment]: Falling Goose Bow

[Comment]: He used to serve as a school lieutenant in the army, but was replaced by a family member because he was dissatisfied with his military achievements. He blatantly exposed the evil deeds in the army. Frustrated, he retired early.

What makes Sun Chuanlin special is that he is the only general in the Shanhai County Army who is famous for his archery skills. It reminded Ouyang Shuo of the village era, the first crossbow cavalry squadron in the territory.

Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate, and immediately appointed Sun Chuanlin as the deputy general of the East Camp and the brigade commander of the Fifth Brigade of the First Division, responsible for forming a crossbow cavalry brigade in the East Camp.

So far, the first division of Shanhai County is officially full, with five regular brigades and one guard brigade, with a total strength of 15,000, responsible for guarding the four directions.

With the army reorganization in Shanhai County in place, Ouyang Shuo looked at the northernmost tip of the Lianzhou Basin.

After the Battle of Muye, Mulan Town was successfully promoted to a first-level county seat. One and a half months later, the population of Mulan County once again reached the full population limit, and it was logically promoted to a second-level county seat.

Mu Guiying said that the time to seize Zhennan Pass is ripe.

Mulan County has just established a city guard brigade, including two sword and shield battalions, one cavalry battalion and two archer battalions. With the strength of the City Guards Brigade, if they wanted to capture Zhennan Pass, they would be unable to do so, and they would probably suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the assistance of Shanhai County is needed.

If Ouyang Shuo went with all his troops, he would naturally win in one battle. The crux of the matter is that sending large armies requires expensive teleportation fees. Taking 5,000 troops as an example, the round-trip transmission fee is 10,000 gold coins.

Chief of Military Affairs Ge Hongliang suggested whether it is possible to pass through the grassland directly without passing through the teleportation array.

Ge Hongliang's proposal was also full of difficulties.

Because it is to attack the city, the infantry should be the core. The marching speed of the infantry was slow. Even if it was a quick march, it would take at least a week or more to cross the grassland of more than 400 kilometers.

In addition, if the army wants to pass through the grassland, it will inevitably pass through the territories of the various tribes in the grassland. Nowadays, the situation on the grassland is complicated, and it is really not appropriate to startle the snake.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo decided to send the most elite siege troops to assist Mulan County and take down Zhennan Pass. In the end, he decided to transfer the two ace battalions in Shanhai County, namely the 1st Battalion of the Imperial Guard Brigade and the 1st Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division. In addition, there are five crossbows with three bows and eight cow beds and ten ladders.

As the size of the army expands, pre-war preparations are no longer what they used to be, and can be completed in a short period of time.

The Humming Bird of the Military Intelligence Department, took Ouyang Shuo's military orders and flew to the camp in the west of the city. After receiving the military order, the camp in the west of the city had to assemble troops, and then rush to the base camp to assemble. It would take two days on the road alone.

The Daying Camp in the west of the city is cooperating with the construction of Tianhai Road to wipe out the surrounding rogues.

The captured funds were handed over to the headquarters, namely Ouyang Shuo. In order to increase the enthusiasm for suppressing the bandits, Ouyang Shuo stipulated that one tenth of the seized funds, as a special reward, would be distributed directly to all the soldiers of the bandit suppressing troops.

The captured captives were sent to the Military Affairs Office to serve as reserve forces; the rest of the captives were placed in Yongye Town or Guangshui Town nearby to supplement the population of these two territories and strive to be promoted to the county seat as soon as possible.

These captives were basically assigned to serve in the Tianhai Road Project.

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On October 11th, Ouyang Shuo sent a thousand elite troops and a large number of siege equipment to Mulan County. Because the ladder is still huge even after being disassembled, Ouyang Shuo had to teleport back and forth several times.

"Brother Wuyi, you're here!" Mulanyue was waiting for him in the teleportation array.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Well, Sister Mu is waiting for you at the barracks." Mulanyue said with a smile.

"Let's go!"

In the barracks, the Mulan County City Guard Brigade has assembled.

Before the expedition, Mu Guiying invited Ouyang Shuo and others to the barracks meeting hall to hold a pre-army meeting.

Mu Guiying asked Ouyang Shuo to sit at the top, but Ouyang Shuo shook his head and refused: "General Mu, this time we are attacking Zhennan Pass, the general will be the commander in chief, and the troops in Shanhai County will follow the general's arrangement." He and Shi Hu were introduced to Mu Guiying.

Mu Guiying has been paying attention to Zhennan Pass for a long time, and his understanding of Zhennan Pass is far higher than that of Ouyang Shuo. He must have a mature battle plan for how to attack Zhennan Pass.

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not go overboard and focus on customers.

Mu Guiying is a heroine with a bold temperament, and she didn't refuse. She sat at the top and said, "Through this period of investigation, I finally have a general understanding of Zhennan Pass. The bandits occupying Zhennan Pass The number is around 3,000, and the leader is Li Anbai. He was originally a knight-errant who was famous all over the world, but he was expelled from his school by a traitor, and he was exiled in the wilderness. He also has a chivalrous heart, after planning to occupy Zhennan Pass, he restrained his subordinates from killing innocent people indiscriminately."

"The problem is that Li Anbai suffered from internal injuries due to an accident in his early years, and has never recovered. In addition, he is getting old and gradually unable to do what he wants. It seems that he will not be able to restrain the gang of strong men under him."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, no wonder Mu Guiying wanted to eradicate Zhennan Pass so eagerly, it turned out that something happened. It can be predicted that when Li Anbai died, Mulan County would suffer first.

"Li Anbai still has a daughter, named Li Feixue, who was born in 28 years after Li Anbai fell into the grass and became a bandit. Li Anbai loves this daughter very much, and imparts everything he has learned throughout his life. This Miss Li, in the Under the conscious cultivation of his father, he emerged from the silt without being stained, slim and clean, and did not have the habit of bandits. Because of this, Li Anbai was worried that after his death, not only would his daughter not be able to gain a foothold in Zhennanguan, but under the gaze of the wolves, even The innocence of the daughter's family may be lost."

As Mu Guiying narrated, Ouyang Shuo never imagined that there would be such a twists and turns in the story.

"Because of this matter, Li Anbai couldn't sleep at night. It just so happened that at the end of the day, a secret agent who was assigned to Zhennanguan was discovered by the shrewd Li Anbai. This person is also very powerful. Coming from Mulan County outside the pass, Li Anbai immediately thought about it. After learning about it in detail, Li Anbai was even more excited, and made a decisive decision to sacrifice Zhennan Pass to protect his daughter's innocence."

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, no wonder Mu Guiying knew so much about Zhennan Pass, even such secret things. What followed was a puzzlement. Since Li Anbai was willing to sacrifice the pass, why did Mu Guiying ask for assistance from Shanhai County? !

"What happened in the middle?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

Mu Guiying sighed, and said: "Your Majesty's prediction was right, there was indeed an accident. Just the day before yesterday, for some reason, the news that Li Anbai was going to sacrifice the pass was suddenly leaked, which caused an uproar in the pass. Although the bandits respect Li Anbai This leader, however, absolutely cannot accept the offering of the pass. Coupled with the fact that some people with ulterior motives are behind the scenes, according to the last news from Xiaozuo, Li Anbai and his daughter have actually been placed under house arrest. The head of the pass , has already changed hands. Not only that, the bandits also threatened to attack our Mulan County as a punishment."

Ouyang Shuo shook his head amusedly, "These bandits are too ignorant. It's good for them to hide in the pass honestly; once they leave the pass, are they the enemies of Mulan County? I'm afraid it's not true."