Crossing the Unknown Country

General Wang An is very strict in military discipline. Thanks to him guarding here for so many years, the neighboring country Dongjie dare not invade. However, the heavy snowstorm in Dongjie last winter seriously damaged their vitality, so they took the risk of coming to Ansheng to take advantage of them. Recently, there have been small groups of enemies sneaking in, stealing some things and leaving, making the villages near the border miserable.

The common people had no choice but to flee the village. General Wang An saw that this was not going to work. If the Dongjie Kingdom lost the village, it would cause trouble for the city. Because the spies in the city had already noticed that foreigners were ready to make a move. Because it was a border town, both countries had border residents living on the other side. When there was no war, but trade, there would be marriages or trade between the two countries. Gradually, both sides had people from neighboring countries living there. Because they looked similar and had similar customs and habits, it was still difficult to tell them apart without careful identification.

Once the war begins, some people will become traitors for the benefit of their own country. There is no other way but to find evidence to punish them. General Wang An has stepped up the intensity of the investigation and kept a close eye on those suspicious people.

There were also some outsiders in Su He's village, all of them were peddlers walking around the streets. The villagers didn't care, but Su He was small, but Xinli, the adult, knew everything. This was a spy sent by the neighboring country to prepare in advance! He knew that Su He could only tell his family not to buy things from them, and he couldn't stop the villagers from buying things.

These people inadvertently inquired about some things from the villagers, because the mountain next to their village is connected to the mountain on the border in a winding way. If the neighboring country crosses the mountains, it can also come here to enter the territory of Ansheng. With these mountains, no matter how many soldiers and horses Ansheng has, it cannot guard every place tightly.

Fortunately, Shili Village where Su He and his friends lived was a poor village. The peddlers sold only small things like needles and thread, and the villagers did not buy anything else. These people also asked about their harvest last year. The villagers complained to them that the grain tax was too heavy and there was not much left at home. If it were not mixed with wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, who knows how many people would have starved to death.

In this dynasty, farming was not well developed, the yield per acre of land was not high, and the country's tax revenue was very high. In the end, the remaining grain in the hands of the farmers could not guarantee three meals a day. There were not many farm tools here, and farming was mainly done by manpower. How could they work fast if they were not well fed? The crops in the fields were grown little by little by human hands, and there was not much fertilizer. The manure in every household was a treasure, so Su He's compost made his father very happy. This was the guarantee for producing more food, so how could he not be happy.

Those people saw that the village here was extremely poor, and they reported back that there was really no need to come here for a long distance. If the border town was broken, it would be feasible to rob here. The villagers didn't know that because of their stinginess, they were really poor, and saved the lives of all the villagers.

Dongjie Kingdom has also cultivated a great general who led the army in recent years. Wanyan Ahan is in his twenties this year. He is brave and good at fighting. He has accumulated a lot of experience in the wars with other small countries. He strongly advocated the attack on Ansheng Kingdom this time. He always felt that he could fight against Wang An, the defender of Ansheng Kingdom. Under his repeated memorials, the emperor of Dongjie Kingdom made up his mind to send troops to attack Ansheng Kingdom, but he required that the border city must be captured and finally go deep into the territory of Ansheng Kingdom, so as to promote peace talks between the two sides and let Ansheng Kingdom compensate some gold, silver and food. They can also take the opportunity to plunder to relieve the difficulties of Dongjie Kingdom.