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"Therefore, many different ethnic groups migrated here,"
"Haibin County has the second largest population after Jinzhou."
"The salt workers were settled along the coast,"
"The rest of the craftsmen live in the state capital,"
"The farmers were settled along the banks of the Six States River."
"The general repeatedly raided salt fields across the sea last year,"
"Three or four out of ten salt workers were killed or arrested."
"Later, it followed the Liuzhou River estuary,"
"They plundered farmers in the lower reaches of the Six States River."
"This has made it impossible to collect salt taxes in the coastal county,"
"Nearly half of the county's land tax has also been collected."
Chapter 384 Entrapment and Killing
"For a period last year, military supplies passed through here,"
"At that time, everyone still had food."
"But later they dared not transport military supplies via the coastal route,"
"No more grain has been delivered to the county."
"Salt workers and farmers were relocated away from the coast,"
“We dare not grow grain in the most fertile Liuzhou River Estuary.”
"The salt workers could no longer make a living by boiling salt,"
"The Jurchen nobles initially recruited them as soldiers,"
"Later, when there wasn't enough food, they were laid off again,"
"They were all driven to the mountains north of the county town to reclaim wasteland."
"A number of salt workers have already starved and frozen to death in winter,"
"Life isn't easy for farmers either."
"After the start of spring, everyone thought that grain would be transported from western Liaoning."
"Who knew they wouldn't transport any grain,"
"The Jurchen noblewoman also ordered the requisition of grain,"
"They say there's a food shortage in western Liaoning as well,"
"The troops stationed in Haibin County can only requisition grain locally."
"We had over three thousand people migrate here at that time (actually, they were refugees from Bohai; this person is just trying to glorify himself)."
"Several hundred are dead now,"
"Some were also taken away by the general."
"If this continues,"
"Many more of our people will surely starve to death,"
"So we discussed submitting to the Celestial Empire."
"only....."
Li Bao was beginning to believe these words and asked:
"Just what?"
Da Mingyi said, "I only ask the general to send some grain."
"After taking the city,"
"Save the people here!"
Li Bao asked, "How many troops are stationed in the city?"
Da Mingyi said, "Initially, there were two hundred Jurchen soldiers and five hundred Bohai soldiers."
"There is also a naval force in Jiangnan,"
"Used to protect the salt fields."
"When military supplies passed through last year,"
"Another five hundred Jurchen soldiers and one thousand Han soldiers from Liaodong were added,"
"They also recruited a thousand salt workers to form an army,"
"This is to guard against the general seizing grain and capturing the city."
"Later, military supplies stopped coming from here,"
"The newly recruited Jurchen and Han soldiers have left."
"They also took away the excess military rations."
"Later, the army ran out of food,"
"Disperse all the recruited salt soldiers,"
"The entire Jiangnan navy has now surrendered to the general."
"Now there are only two hundred Jurchen soldiers and five hundred Bohai soldiers left in the city."
"However, if the general leads troops to attack,"
“We can recruit over a thousand more to defend the city.”
"If the general arrives slowly, we can issue another one or two thousand militiamen."
Li Bao asked, "How do you plan to surrender the city and submit?"
Da Mingyi said, "My mother's 60th birthday is on the fourth day of next month."
"My elder brother plans to host a banquet for the Jurchen nobles,"
"We'll kill all the Jurchen generals then,"
"The remaining Jurchen soldiers are not a threat."
"But surely some Jurchen soldiers escaped to report the news,"
"With the few hundred soldiers under my brother's command,"
"We could not possibly stop the Jurchen army's counterattack."
"The general must be here by the sixth day of next month at the latest,"
"Lead the troops into the city and defend it."
Li Bao thought about it carefully:
"When I led my troops there,"
"Open all the city gates,"
"Plant three flags on the south city tower."
Da Mingyi said, "There's no need for such trouble. If the ambush plan fails,"
"My whole family must be dead."
"If the plan to lure and kill succeeds,"
"My elder brother personally led the troops out of the city to welcome the general."
Chapter 385 Please Go Die
"If the general doubts us, we will rebel again."
"You can relocate my whole family to Shandong,"
"Please grant us a piece of land, Your Majesty."
"You are a man of loyalty and righteousness!"
Li Bao was overjoyed.
These Bohai people,
I really don't want to live in the north anymore.
Initially, the Liao Dynasty imposed heavy taxes and levies on them.
Then came years of war.
The Liao soldiers arrived, burning, killing, and looting.
When the Jin soldiers arrived, they also looted, burned, and killed.
Tens of thousands of Bohai refugees
They would rather flee to Korea to reclaim wasteland.
But then they were sent back by Goryeo.
And we can't go back to our hometown.
They were scattered and resettled in Haibin County.
Soon after, they were subjected to burning, killing, and looting by Li Bao, Zhao Li, and others who crossed the sea.
There hasn't been a single day of peace!
National hatred and family feuds,
They couldn't care less anymore.
All I want is a place where I can survive.
Da Mingyi said he was willing to take his entire family hostage.
In truth, isn't it just about finding a place to survive?
My family went to Shandong.
That's not for taking hostages.
That's definitely a trip to "enjoy life".
Li Bao sent a boat at night.
Send Da Mingyi back.
They landed more than ten miles away from the city.
Da Mingyi was dispatched out of the city to collect grain.
He followed the confluence of the Liuzhou River,
Returning to the Bohai people's village at night,
They forcibly requisitioned a small amount of military rations and swaggered into the city.
Officials at both the Xingzhou and Haibin County levels,
They all come from the Bohai ethnic group in Liaoyang.
These guys also need to be killed.
They cannot surrender.
There were only two hundred Jurchen soldiers in total.
There weren't many Jurchen generals either.
Even junior officers,