Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 84 Delayed Battle Report

After winning another battle, the entire army of nearly two thousand people drank and ate meat in Hukoubao.

"It's horse meat again. We've been eating horse meat with every meal for the past few days. I feel like throwing up just looking at this meat!"

Woko laughed and cursed.

Several Hu people were drinking and laughing heartily.

The Tongzhou army was large, numbering nearly a thousand. At this moment, these people gathered together to eat horse meat and thin porridge, listening to the conversation of the others.

A soldier from Tongzhou walked to a table next to what appeared to be a soldier from Hukoubao.

"Brother, what's going on here? How come we can still move around freely after surrendering?"

The soldiers at the tiger's mouth replied, "We surrendered just yesterday, not much earlier than you."

One of the soldiers at the table explained, "The soldiers of Gaoliuwei surrendered yesterday morning, and those of Beiyuanwei surrendered two days earlier. Anyway, it's about the same."

Tongzhou soldier asked curiously, "With so many people here, doesn't the clan chief care about them?"

The soldiers of Beiyuanwei replied, "What's there to worry about? As long as everyone has food and drink and money to pay, there won't be any trouble. Besides, even though you came with more than two thousand men, you were all beaten and forced to surrender. Now, even if we all attack together, we are no match for the clan chief."

Several soldiers from Tongzhou approached.

"There's more silver to be had?"

The soldiers of Beiyuanwei replied, "Yes, in fact, in addition to our rations and pay, the imperial court also gives us a monthly military salary of one tael of silver. Unfortunately, the corrupt officials embezzled it and kept it in the treasury instead of distributing it to us. After the clan chief came, he distributed the silver. One person here at Hukoubao received five taels of silver!"

Hearing that there was still money to be made, the Tongzhou soldiers were no longer in a hurry to go back and listened attentively to the inside story.

As everyone was talking, a man dressed as a mountain farmer walked in from outside.

Mu Chuanliang shouted loudly, "Those who go out to kill the enemy this time, go to the training ground to collect your money, one string of cash each! One tael of silver will be awarded for each person killed. Those who didn't go out, don't join the fun!! Watch your dog's life!"

Wokoji and the others didn't even bother with their meals; they quickly got up and went out to collect their rewards.

The soldiers from Tongzhou felt a pang of resentment as they watched the man who had killed their comrade go out to claim his reward.

However, it's not wrong for them to reward those who have made contributions.

The soldiers in Tongzhou now knew that a mutiny was no longer an option.

Those who took the reward money would never unite with them to capture Arctic Wu.

Capturing Arctic militants will definitely result in deaths, at least a hundred.

The composition of the three guards in Tongzhou was complex. Among the non-Han people alone, there were more than a dozen ethnic groups, not to mention the various regional and class distinctions among the Han people.

The Han people of Zhenbian Beiyuan and the Han people of Tongzhou are not the same thing, and the Han people of Gaoliu and the Han people of the other two places cannot be considered fellow villagers.

Today, the mountain farmers of Beijiwu have become the backbone of these people.

The rules of the Arctic Warriors are the same as the rules of the Mountain Farmers. Everyone likes the rules of the Mountain Farmers, so naturally they are willing to be Mountain Farmers.

***
Beijiwu pondered his next plan while looking at the map he had obtained from the Hukoubao government office.

Not long after, Mu Chuanliang, Beigong Dingbian, the three Beitian brothers, the Ma brothers, Ai Dake, Meng Hetong, Lang Wubing, Wokoji, Tuoba Niu and others arrived.

"Clan leader!"

Everyone knelt down in unison to pay their respects.

Beijiwu looked up at the group of people standing in the courtyard, nodded, and said, "Come in."

Mu Chuanliang was the first to enter and immediately reported the news.

"Chief! We found two thousand taels of silver, along with various Western Region jewels, silks, and satins, in the ten Hundred-Household and Thousand-Household residences of Tiger's Mouth Fortress!" "Hmm," Beiji Wu said casually, "Keep them in my room for now, and reward whoever makes a contribution."

"Yes!" Mu Chuanliang happily agreed.

Beijiwu continued, "Come here, everyone, and take a look at the map of Beiyuanwei."

Everyone walked over together and gathered around the table to participate in the military meeting.

Arctic Martial pointed to the location of Tiger Mouth Fortress.

“The city is located in the center, surrounded by garrison posts. There are a total of four garrison posts in Beiyuan County.”

"We are in the southwest region. To the north is the Great Wall Thousand-Household Garrison, to the northeast is the Shishankou Thousand-Household Garrison, and to the southeast is the Weizhou Garrison."

"The Great Wall Thousand-Household Garrison has the fewest people, about seven or eight hundred. They haven't had time to settle the immigrants there yet. I guess the people there don't want their families to go to the town. We can just send someone to persuade them to surrender."

Tuoba Niu explained, “Chieftain, the garrison there is composed of Han Chinese, but if we relocate all the herders from the surrounding area to the county, the garrison there will be no threat without their horses, cattle, and sheep.”

Beijiwu nodded. "Shishankou Thousand-Household Office is a bit difficult to handle. It's surrounded by high mountains and is the first fortress to defend against the Mongols."

“Weizhou Garrison controls Feihu Valley, which leads to Jizhou. It is one of the eight passes of Taihang and a strategic military location. Let’s ignore them for now. If they dare to come out, kill them all.”

"For now, we don't need to worry about the other garrisons. Those three garrisons are fifty or sixty li away from Beiyuan Garrison, while Hukou Fort is only thirty li away from Beiyuan Garrison. It's only about twenty li to go back to the mountain village from here."

"As long as it's within half an hour's horse ride, I can quickly get there to provide support and launch a direct and fierce attack on Kitahara Guard."

“The people we released must have told Beiyuanwei how many people we have here now. In just a few days, we have more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 civilians.”

“Beiyuan Wei couldn’t even beat us when we had a little over a hundred people, let alone now that we have over five thousand.”

"Have the craftsmen build floating ladders and cloud ladders. We'll set off after dinner tonight and attack Beiyuanwei under cover of darkness!"

"Meng Hetong will lead five hundred men to defend the city, and the rest of you will follow me to Beiyuan Guard!"

The crowd responded in unison, "Yes, sir!!"

***
The capital of the Wen Dynasty, Luoyang, Daye Hall
The 65-year-old Emperor Wanye summoned several civil and military officials.

"A report came from Beiyuan Guard: There is a man in Beiyuan County named Beiji Wu who is incredibly brave. He claims to be the chief of the Shan Nong tribe and has been killing and plundering people. Beiyuan County sent two thousand men to capture him, but he killed four or five hundred of them, and the rest fled in panic."

"This mountain tribe is a rabble, but this Arctic Martial God is exceptionally brave and can take on a thousand men single-handedly. Who can go and capture him? I want to see who can be so capable of taking on a thousand men single-handedly!"

Wanye started his rebellion at the age of thirty and spent thirty-five years fighting to build the empire he is today. In his old age, he wanted to govern the country with civil administration, but unexpectedly, a powerful figure from the Arctic emerged!

Li Laiyong, the most valiant general of the Wen Dynasty, volunteered for the mission.

"Your Majesty! This humble general is willing to go. With just a thousand elite soldiers, I guarantee we can capture this traitor and bring him to justice!"

Wanye nodded. "Alright, my dear minister, go back and prepare to capture this thief immediately. If it's troublesome, just bring his head over!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Laiyong would kill if he could, and would not let this person come back alive.

A thousand elite soldiers can solve many problems. As the Grand General of the Wen Dynasty, Li Laiyong can mobilize the border troops to assist him and easily assemble an army of ten thousand.

It wasn't just the Kitahara Guard that rebelled; every so often, unrest would break out in the border regions of the Mun Dynasty.

The larger the territory, the more troublesome it becomes to handle things, and often small things turn into big things.

Fortunately, no scholars or powerful families joined in the chaos, and the group of savages and refugees couldn't cause any real trouble.

Unlike the delayed battle report received by the emperor, the Prince of Jin's residence received the battle report that the reinforcements from Gaoliuwei had been defeated.

Tongzhou Guard received news that both reinforcements had been completely defeated...

(End of this chapter)