Chapter Seventy-Eight: Snow Mountain

Old Tusi looked at the people around him and said, "What are the regulations of the imperial court?" ”

Qiu Jun said: "The imperial court has no other meaning, it is nothing more than to rebuild the Songpan Guard, let the capable generals guard the town, and harass the trade routes, but it allows you to participate, just in the Songpan Guard, build a yamen for your family, you can let their people station, and trade with the merchants, which is also a matter of two conveniences." ”

Qiu Jun's gaze swept over all the toasts, observing the movement between their eyebrows.

Compared with the old fritters on the Wuying Hall of the Wenhua Palace, there is no emotion on their faces, but these toasts are different.

Although these toasts tried their best to cover them up, they still made Qiu Jun see a lot.

There are some who are overjoyed, and most of these people are small toasts.

Just as the Ming Dynasty and the Tile Thorn were soldiers, it was the Jurchen Mongolian tribes that really suffered, they charged in front as cannon fodder, and retreated in the back as outcasts, what good is it, it is also their turn in the end.

The same is true in Songpan.

These little toasters, the youngest can even be regarded as a village chief, they don't have the heart to compete with the imperial court, and it would be great if they could return to the situation in the Yongle period.

After all, between the toasts, there may not be no conquest, but if the imperial court has authority, the big toasts will not dare to easily encroach on the small toasts.

And a few big toasts, but their faces were silent.

That is, they are not satisfied with this condition.

It's not that they don't want to normalize with the imperial court, but they feel that the price offered by the imperial court is not enough.

A few others had angry faces, as if they didn't care about anything at all, and they probably got a lot out of the raid.

Reluctant to stop.

Qiu Jun looked at it, and it was about the same as the person he had estimated before.

Qiu Jun said: "You don't know, the imperial court wants to open the tea and horse market, and I have already told the governor of Sichuan that the road in Songpan is not impossible to repair. ”

"It's just that there are so many bandits in the mountains, what's the use of the imperial court?"

"As for your concerns, I can promise here that this is the road under the jurisdiction of the chief military officer sent by the imperial court, and that the affairs of the mountains are the responsibility of your lords. Moreover, the imperial court strictly inspected the tea introduction, and anyone who saw a merchant on the mountain road could be caught in Songpan City, and the court had its own reward. But on this one road, you can't move. ”

Qiu Jun's sentence actually made a big concession.

It even hinted that even if something happened to the Han people in the mountains, he wouldn't ask.

These toasts seem to have only benefits and no limitations. You can agree to this matter first. As for whether it will be done in the future, it is another set of rhetoric.

They deliberated, and basically agreed. Although there were several toasts who were dissatisfied, they couldn't turn the big thing around.

Qiu Jun said: "How can such a big event be neglected, today is here for the time being, ten days later, it is an auspicious day of the zodiac. I'll come here again and swear to the heavens. ”

These toasts didn't say anything.

In fact, Tusi has much more respect for the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth than the Han people. Naturally, I felt that the more grand the ceremony, the better.

Qiu Jun returned to Songpan City, immediately called Fan Guang over, and said, "General Fan, there is something I want you to do today. ”

Fan Guang said: "My lord, please speak." ”

Qiu Jun said: "Fan people are afraid of power and do not have virtue, today I give in so much, these people don't know what to do, and they will take the government of the court lightly, so I want one thing." Go and fetch it for me. ”

Fan Guang said: "My lord, what is it? ”

Qiu Jun said: "The Tusi of Gulu Village only sent his own son over, and he did not come, and looking at his son, I know that he has no heart of harmony with the court, and I checked the old files of previous years, this Gulu Village has a lot of evil deeds, and I must get rid of it, I want you to take the head of Gulu Tusi." And it's within three days. ”

Fan Guang said: "This ------, adults are a little too anxious, and I am not familiar with the terrain, I am afraid that if I go to Gulu Village, I will be known by the toasts." ”

Qiu Jun said: "There is a road that leads directly to Gulu Village, just to see if you have the courage." ”

Fan Guang said: "My lord, there is nothing else in the end, but he is full of guts." ”

Qiu Jun said: "Okay, I have checked the map, and I have also asked the elder, from Songpanwei to Gulu Village, there is a nearest road, that is, over the snow mountain." And a road is inaccessible, as long as you take advantage of the night to choose a warrior, no one will find out. ”

Fan Guang felt his scalp tingle for a while.

Climbing over the snowy mountains, Fan Guang didn't try, and he knew that it was an extremely difficult task to complete.

To be honest, how many people can there be in a Tusi village? Four or five thousand people is good.

Fan Guang selected more than 1,000 people, and there was no problem at all in breaking through a village.

The problem is that the road is extremely difficult.

It's just that he is not allowed to speak at this moment, after all, this is a military order, Fan Guang said: "The last general obeys the order." ”

"Okay," Qiu Jun said, "With General Fan here, I can rest easy." ”

Qiu Jun didn't come up on a temporary basis, but had been planning for a long time.

In fact, Qiu Jun should first fight with the Songpan tribes, so that they are all convinced, and then take a gentle strategy.

It's just that Qiu Jun's time is very tight, after all, this road, in winter, will be closed by heavy snow, and it will be impassable. And the imperial court sent Qiu Jun here, not to let him govern Songpan, but to open up reasonable business.

That's the most important thing.

He came out of Zhu Qizhen's side, how could he not know Daming's financial difficulties.

Let the tea tax be paid as soon as possible, this is what Qiu Jun has to do, and he can only solve it quickly.

That's why he singled out such a military operation.

The intention is to tell the toasts that no matter how difficult and dangerous your cottage is, it can be compared to the snow-capped mountains, and the great soldiers of the Great Tomorrow, even if they are on the snowy mountains, they can come and go freely.

If you have this ability, you don't need it, it's just that the court is gentle with the world.

Moreover, Qiu Jun has also secretly watched the Jingying exercises, and in his opinion, he is already a rare elite. It's just that Qiu Jun still underestimated the difficulty of crossing the snow-capped mountains for a while.

Although in summer, it is the season when it is easy to climb over snow-capped mountains.

After Fan Guang received the order, he immediately selected more than 1,000 elite soldiers from the whole army, all of whom brought long ropes, iron hooks, and no firearms, and each of them brought a single sword, or a bow and arrow on their backs.

Setting out late at night, they went all the way up, and by the time it was dawn, they were no longer stepping on dry land, but snow.

At this moment, many soldiers felt that it was difficult to breathe, as if they were carrying something extremely heavy and could not breathe. Even Fan Guang felt this way.

It's just that Fan Guang is in good health, and this feeling is not deep.

Fan Guang had to let the soldiers dress lightly again, put down the bows and arrows, and only had a cotton coat, a single knife, and then a rope.

However, in general, the slope of this snow-capped mountain is not low, but it is not very difficult to climb.

When the rope was stuck on the mountain pass, the Ming soldier grabbed the rope one by one, and from a distance, it seemed as if there was a black line on the snow-capped mountain.

It's a pity that Fan Guang encountered altitude sickness.

If they are on flat ground, with the training of the Beijing camp, their physical fitness is quite good, and it is not a big deal to climb the mountain like this. But at this moment, many soldiers only felt as if they had been stretched out of their muscles and bones, and they couldn't exert their strength at all.

A dozen or so soldiers fell down the mountain, and they fell down the snow, and they didn't know where they fell.

Fan Guang had to leave the soldiers who were really not in good condition behind in batches.

Because the time for this mission is very limited.

Fan Guang couldn't wait for him to adapt.

In this way, after Fan Guang crossed the snowy mountain, there were only seven hundred people around him, leaving two camps in the snowy mountain, and more than a dozen lives.

The road down there is much easier.

When they got off the snow line, they saw the bone deer village in the distance.

Gulu Village is a typical cottage, after several generations of operation of Gulu Toast, the outside with the help of the mountain is not high stone wall, from the outside, there is a feeling of thousands of miles of Guanshan like iron.

The population of this Gulu Village is not large, and it seems that there are less than 1,000 households.

Although this cottage looks like an impregnable city, they never imagined that the Ming army would come suddenly. If you go around the snow-capped mountains, it will take several days to get to Songpan City from here.

As far as Fan Guang himself is concerned, he prefers to fight wars rather than climb mountains, especially snow-capped mountains.

Fan Guang ordered: "All departments eat dry food, and after eating dry food, it's time to do it." ”