Fang Lao's decision made many Miao youths continue to gather in Maha Prefecture, where Zhu Youdong is stationed. Some Miao people were directly harmed by the Qing soldiers, and some of them were ruined by the Qing soldiers, and they continued to gather in Maha Prefecture anyway. For a time, the Miao people in Maha Prefecture gathered as many as 20,000, and these are still Miao people who Zhu Youdong has not organized, and Zhu Youdong has organized 6,000 people these days.

Before, Zhu Youdong was not sure that these Miao people were here to help him, and he thought that these Miao people were also here to exchange for salt. Seeing that the salt in his hand was getting less and less, Zhu Youdong was still worried that without the salt, these Miao people would go back and leave. But as more and more Miao people came, Zhu Youdong gradually understood why these Miao people came.

More than eighty percent of the Miao villages near the official road of the main road were robbed by the Qing soldiers, and those who were farther away were bullied by the local garrison. As Miao people from all over Guizhou came to take refuge, Zhu Youdong's sources became more and more extensive, and he knew a lot of information about the Qing army.

Zhu Youdong also took the opportunity to let the soldiers of the Restoration Army instill the purpose of resisting the Qing Dynasty and the military regulations and discipline of the Restoration Army into these Miao people. These Miao people may have started just to come to the Restoration Army in exchange for salt, or they may just be for a small favor given to the Miao by the Restoration Army. But the longer I stayed in the Restoration Army, the more I continued to understand and contact with the Restoration Army. is gradually accepting the Restoration Army, and integrated into the Restoration Army.

Zhu Youdong saw that the timing was about the same, so he asked these Miao people to attack the messengers of the Qing army everywhere under the leadership of the Restoration Army, so that the Qing troops everywhere fought separately. In addition, the roads and bridges were blown up by the Restoration Army, and now Guizhou Duyun, Xintianwei, Pingyuewei, and Longliwei are simply isolated from the outside world, and they can't get information from the outside.

On this day, Zhu Youdong was planning to directly and comprehensively recover the cities of Duyun, when Lin Asan came in and said: "Master Hou, just now from the Miao people over there in Zunyi, Zhao Tingchen, the governor of Guizhou, is in Pingyuewei, and there are only 2,000 soldiers around him. And they have no food now, so they rely on robbing the Miao people all the way to survive. ”

When Zhu Youdong heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Really? How could Zhao Tingchen suddenly go to Pingyuewei? Lin Asan said: "I don't know, but it is said that when Zhao Tingchen was in Xisi and Kaizhou, the Qing army had recently begun to eat human flesh to survive." If it weren't for the Miao people who captured and killed the lone Qing army all the way and forced the Qing army too tightly, it is estimated that the Qing army would have dispersed in a hurry. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Where is Zhao Tingchen now?" Lin Asan said: "According to the report from the nearby Miao people, they only arrived in Pingyuewei yesterday, and there are more than 3,000 defenders in Pingyuewei. Our men are too scattered these days, and now they are destroying bridges and intercepting the messengers of the Qing army, so they have not captured Pingyuewei. Now with the addition of Zhao Tingchen's 2,000 Qing soldiers, the Pingyue Guard has nearly 6,000 defenders, but the nearby passes such as Yangchang Pass are in our hands. ”

Zhu Youdong frowned and said, "If there are six thousand people, it is not easy to eat it now." Send a message to the Miao people behind Zhao Tingchen, and ask them not to chase so closely first, so that Zhao Tingchen and others can relax their vigilance. Then let our trained Miao people be arranged near Yangchangguan. Send a message to the Miao people who have not yet come, and let them gather in the area of Yang Yisi, creating the false impression that there are a large number of Miao people gathered on Yang Yisi's side. ”

After Lin Asan got Zhu Youdong's order, he went out directly to pass the order. After a while, Ta Tianbao came in and said, "Lord Hou wants to eat all the six thousand people of Zhao Tingchen?" Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, now Zhao Tingchen and the others are simply sent to the encirclement by themselves, if they don't eat it, they will be sorry for these Miao people." ”

Ta Tianbao said: "Master Hou, if we annihilate these more than 6,000 Qing soldiers, we will be afraid of a lot of losses." Zhu Youdong said: "Don't worry, we don't have to fight them head-on." I'm ready to play with a new style. Ta Tianbao asked, "What is the new way of playing?" Just these Miao people are just a pile of scattered sand, we have trained to say some of them, and now those who have not been trained are simply a rabble, and they are not vulnerable at all. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "When the time comes, you will know, gather the Miao people we have trained near Yangchang Pass, and when Zhao Tingchen starts to set off, I will let him see our new tactics." Ta Tianbao saw that Zhu Youdong didn't say anything, so he didn't ask in detail.

As Zhu Youdong's order spread, the Miao people who followed Zhao Tingchen really reduced their attacks on the Qing army. Zhao Tingchen and Daniel Zhang arrived at Pingyue Wei very embarrassed, only to learn that Duyun Mansion had begun to be attacked by a large number of Miao people seven days ago. Now Duyun Mansion, Pingyue Wei and Xintianwei have been destroyed by a large number of Miao people, and there is almost no communication between the various Wei Mansions, and now there is no one who dares to go out of the city to inquire about the situation.

Zhao Tingchen was shocked, and said to Yi Equ, the guard general of Pingyue: "How is it possible, I haven't heard this news in Guiyang half a month ago. Now that only half a month has passed, how can there be such a big change. Yi Chi wanted to cry a little and said: "Lord Governor, I don't know, just ten days ago, I went out to Miao Village to clean up, but it was the matter of the past seven days or so, these Miao people seemed to have become extremely powerful all of a sudden, they attacked patrols, sneak attacked grain transport teams, and destroyed roads everywhere, and even in dangerous places in the mountains, they directly used gunpowder to blow up the rocks and block the roads directly. ”

Daniel Zhang was shocked when he heard this: "What did you say, they used gunpowder?" Yi Equator: "Yes, if it weren't for gunpowder, it would be impossible for such a big cliff to be broken directly." And now the passes are attacked by them, there have been many passes occupied by them, from the Pingyue Wei to the official road only through the Yangchang Pass was occupied by them, I went to attack twice, but when I attacked the pass, a group of Miao people rushed out from behind to attack, I did not take it. If the governor wants to go to the official road, it is best to go to Yang Yisi's side. ”

Daniel Zhang said to Zhao Tingchen: "Lord Inspector, I see that these people are not a simple group of Miao people, there has never been a precedent for Miao people to directly use gunpowder against our army before, I suspect that there is a defeated army against the Ming Dynasty." Zhao Tingchen also nodded and said, "You're right, it's just that we don't know what they want to do now, and we don't even know where they are now." Fortunately, they didn't know that we were coming to Pingyuewei, otherwise it would not only be us who would have been chased by Miao people. ”

Speaking of the Miao people chasing behind him, Zhao Tingchen's teeth itched with hatred, because the Miao people who followed behind were too hateful, and they had been chasing Zhao Tingchen and others since they came out of Kaizhou, sneaking all the way, and the trap made the Qing army led by Zhao Tingchen miserable. Not only did I dare not worry about the bold journey, but I also had to worry about the poison darts that kept flying out of the trees and grass at any time. At night, there will also be Miao people who will constantly harass the Qing army, so that the Qing army will not dare to sleep at all.

Daniel Zhang said, "Yes, this group of Miao people who came from Kaizhou is annoying. But they only inflicted 200 casualties on us, and our biggest enemy now is the Miao people in Duyun Province, who obviously have the Ming army under their command, and the means are endless. We must first concentrate our forces and eliminate the Miao talents of Duyun Mansion. ”

Yi Equator: "Admiral Zhang's words are true, but the Miao people on the side of Duyun Mansion are too cunning, and now we can't find where they are at all." Zhao Tingchen said: "How is it possible, this Miao person can still go to heaven and earth?" There are always traces to be found, just send more people out and see where they can go. ”

Daniel Zhang also said: "Yes, if they are dispersed like this, they will not have much combat strength, so we will go out as a team of 100 people, if their number is small, it is impossible to pose any threat to us." Even if they are outnumbered, our men will be able to resist in formation, and the nearby armies will be able to support them. ”

As the Qing army changed its tactics, the casualties of the Miao people also increased. In the past, the Qing army came out to patrol and inquire about the military situation in small flags, so as long as the Miao people were slightly more numerous, the Miao people could easily win and quickly leave the battlefield. But now that the Qing army is coming out with a team of 100 people, the Miao people will not be so easy to destroy the Qing army, and if they are not careful, they will be defeated by the Qing army.

In this way, a large number of Miao people were killed and wounded by the Qing army, and as more and more Miao people were captured, the Qing army also knew that among the Miao people there was a Ming general named Pingyu Hou Zhu Youdong who commanded these, and also knew that Zhu Youdong lived in Maha Prefecture. Zhao Tingchen said: "Where did this Zhu Youdong come from, what he did before, we don't know anything now, this person can make the Miao people listen to his orders in a short time, and he is not a simple person." ”

Daniel Zhang said: "I'm afraid of what he does, and now I know that he is in Maha State." We are now in a hurry of fifty or sixty miles to Maha, and we will just lead the army directly to quell the rebellion. Yi Equator: "Admiral Zhang, don't be impulsive, there are still a large number of Miao people around here, and I am afraid that I will be ambushed by the Miao people if I attack rashly." ”

Daniel Zhang said: "It seems that you were frightened by those Miao people, now our patrol team is a team of 100 people, they are already helpless against us, our army is still afraid of those rabble?" After speaking, he said to Zhao Tingchen: "Lord Governor, as long as you give me 2,000 people, I can take Zhu Youdong's head." ”

Zhao Tingchen saw Daniel Zhang asking for battle, and immediately said: "Okay, then General Zhang will go on the expedition, I will wait for your good news in Pingyuewei, and then we will clean up the Ming army and Miao people in this capital together." Tomorrow you will set out with 3,000 men. Seeing that Zhao Tingchen and Daniel Zhang did not listen to him, Yi Chi immediately had to sigh.

Zhao Tingchen didn't know that Zhu Youdong, who they were going to conquer, had secretly come to Yang Laobao, only thirty miles away from Pingyuewei. Zhu Youdong was also talking to Ta Tianbao and Lin Asan and others: "Now that the Qing army has increased the number of patrols, it is difficult for us to cause losses to the Qing army in our previous methods, so we must change it now." Yesterday I taught you how to contact people, and everyone is familiar with it. ”

Now Zhu Youdong is not only Ta Tianbao and others who have been summoned, but also a large number of reorganized Miao generals and the village elders who arrived later, Fang Lao and the like, and now Zhu Youdong has no time to reorganize them, so he has to be led by these original Miao people. When everyone saw Zhu Youdong asking, they all replied that they were familiar.

Previously, Zhu Youdong saw that the Miao people still sent people to run to contact, and immediately asked them to learn the gong and trumpet contact method of the Ming army. But now, in view of the need to sneak attack the Qing army and adapt to the new tactics, Zhu Youdong borrowed from the method of using cuckoos in the dense forests in later movies, and simply changed the military order to attack, retreat, disperse, gather, ask for help, respond and other orders, and then express them with different calls. These Miao people studied for two days and could barely use it.

Then Zhu Youdong said: "After these few days of fighting, I estimate that the Qing army already knows the intelligence that we are stationed in Maha Prefecture, and they will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress us, this is an opportunity for us." After their army comes out, we can gather a large number of our forces to wipe them out of the city, and then turn around and attack Pingyuewei, because the Qing troops out of the city were wiped out by us, so it will be much easier to attack Pingyuewei. ”

Those Miao heads all said: "Master Hou, how do you want to fight, just say it, we have a deep hatred with the Qing army, as long as we can kill the Qing soldiers, we can do anything." Ta Tianbao said: "Master Hou, I have been familiarizing various leaders and generals with the new contact order for the past two days, and I think it should be fine." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, since everyone is so confident, I want to believe that we will definitely be able to drive out the Qing soldiers in Guizhou and prevent them from doing anything here." Ta Tianbao, wait a minute, all the defenders of Yangchang Pass will be withdrawn, leaving only a small number of people to defend, and make it look like we can't help the Qing soldiers to flee. ”

Ta Tianbao said: "Why do we want to let the sheep farm out? It took a lot of effort to get it. Zhu Youdong said: "We are so tightly blocked now, the Qing army does not dare to come, if we go to other places at that time, we will not be able to stop the Qing soldiers." Only then did Ta Tianbao understand.

Then Zhu Youdong said: "When you go back, you must take down Yang Yisi desperately, and quickly." Now there are about 6,000 people gathered outside Yang Yisi, and it should be no problem to take Yang Yisi. The leaders of the Miao people gathered near Yang Yisi said one after another: "Don't worry, Master Hou, now there are only more than 1,000 people in Yang Yisi, and we can fight more than 6,000 people." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Now the Miao people and the army near Yangchangguan are quickly ambushing in the areas of Leidapo, Sifangpo, and Jiazhuozhai, and all of them are hiding in the mountains, waiting for my orders to surround them. I will lead people to ambush near Wotian and lead people to copy the back road of the Qing army. ”

At this time, a scout came in and said, "Master Hou, I see that the army is preparing supplies, and it should be out of the city." Zhu Youdong said: "Do you see how many of them are gathering?" The scout said, "I think the size of their assembly should be about 3,000 people." ”