Li Yi immediately ordered Jian Zheng to send a cavalry battalion to quickly bypass the dense forest in the back mountains, pursue in the direction of Kyaukpingdu, and then organize a capable force to search the nearby mountains and forests, and be sure to capture Zaal's gang alive.

Li Yi took the others and others back to Mengluo Village to take care of Lu Long's funeral.

In the Mengluo village, Li Yi met Lu Long's younger brother Puwu. This young man, who was about to become the chief of Mengluo, although not as strong and sturdy as his brother, was also full of shrewd and decisive heroism, and he looked quite satisfied.

Alas! Lu Long died early, and in the future, he unified the Liuyi, devoted himself to the integration of the Han and the barbarians, and ensured the stability of the Liuyi region, and the important task could only be handed over to him.

In order to enable Pu Wu to adapt to the role as soon as possible, establish the necessary prestige, and assume the responsibility of leading these tens of thousands of tribesmen, Li Yi summoned the Tusi of the other sixteen tribes of Liuyi to come to a meeting.

Li Yi announced on the spot that the Tusi of the other tribes, except for Zaal of the Somyane tribe, would still be appointed to their original positions, and they would be formally appointed after the report to the imperial court.

At the same time, it was also announced that because Zaal and others of the Somyanse tribe colluded with the thief Kou Wangchuan, disturbed the stable situation in Yunnan, and undermined the unity within the Liuyi, it had aroused the anger of the heavens and the people.

He ordered the land and population of Somyana to be incorporated into Mengluo, so that Mengluo's strength reached the point where he was strong enough to dominate the six Yi. In this way, the Suo-Burman tribe that posed the greatest threat to Mengluo in the Liuyi was eliminated, and the other tribes had limited strength, so no one dared to challenge Mengluo's authority and create internal divisions.

The handover plan of the Liuyi tribe was set, which virtually improved the status of Puwu and consolidated Puwu's prestige and power.

While Pu Wu was grateful, he also strengthened his determination and confidence to attach himself to the Han court.

Although this may make the Mengluo tribe dominant, Li Yi also clearly understands that in the current chaotic situation, he can only fully support Puwu, so that the Liuyi tribe can unite as soon as possible and return to the normal track.

What's more, the Liuyi tribe only has a population of tens of thousands, and even if they harbor different intentions, they cannot pose a threat to Yunnan for the time being.

As soon as the meeting ended, the cavalry battalion sent by Li Yi to search for Za'al and other rebels came back, along with Wei Jing and a hundred crossbowmen led by him.

Moreover, the cavalry dragged dozens of corpses of different colors behind their horses, and most of the corpses were full of arrows, which couldn't help but make Li Yi overjoyed.

Through Wei Jing's detailed report, it was only when they waited for several hours in Kyaukping that this group of people came into their sight in a panic.

In the face of these lost dogs on foot, Wei Jing chose a favorable opportunity and ordered a hundred crossbowmen to shoot together, under the cover of a rain of locust arrows, these desperate guys, although they wanted to disperse and flee for their lives, but because of the haste of the incident, there was no preparation, how could they escape such a dense arrow array.

In a short time, all 34 of the thieves were killed by random arrows, including Zaal, the chief of the Somene tribe.

But the only regret is that the cavalry battalion that passed by and arrived carefully counted and found that Murong He, who was like a god in archery, and Bahu, the 'god of mourning', were not among them.

Although Wei Jing ordered a careful search in the vicinity, no trace of them was found, and it seemed that the two had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape. It's a bit of a shame not to catch these two culprits.

Hearing this, Li Yi sighed slightly, it was really bad news that he had lost this Murong He and Bahu.

Bahu is still second, Murong He is cunning and wise, invincible with magic arrows, it is a pity that he failed to catch or kill him, he missed this golden opportunity, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to capture and kill him in the future.

But it has come to this, and it is useless to regret it.

Li Yi had no choice but to reward everyone, and instructed Jian Zheng and He Shoujie to clean up the battlefield, release the prisoners, and return to their respective stations.

Yin Quan and Wei Jing led the men and horses of the headquarters to immediately rush to Pingyang Pass to garrison, and Jian Zheng will be responsible for the transportation of the ordnance, food and other materials needed by the army to ensure that the Pingyang Pass garrison can immediately start normal operation.

As for the two young ladies Qian Hui and Guo Rong, as soon as the counterinsurgency was over, Li Yi sent someone to send them back to Ningzhou.

Li Yi didn't want Qian Shitang and Lin Yi to worry about it out of thin air.

Li Yi took the remaining more than 200 personal soldiers to stay to take care of Lu Long's funeral, and held a grand funeral for him in accordance with the traditional customs of Liuyi.

Shui Yi was also sent to Ningzhou and handed over to Wanru to take care of. Cai rushed to Dongchuan County non-stop, informed Qian Cong, the county commander who had just recovered from his injury, organized manpower to rebuild the Tangdan Inspection Division, and recruited a large number of craftsmen who were proficient in copper mining and smelting, so as to restore the operation of the Tangdan Copper Mine as soon as possible.

There is no way to restore the Tangdan copper mine in such a hurry. You must know that in the case that the other industries envisioned by Li Yi have not yet been launched, Tangdan Copper Mine is the largest financial source in Yunnan at present!

In order to benefit the people and reduce the burden on the people, the government has cut a lot of taxes, and is counting on copper mines to make up for the lack of wealth!

In particular, Yunnan has nearly 7,000 officers and men, and the cost is very staggering; if the Tangdan Copper Mine is suspended for a few days, Yunnan's finances will be in deficit, and it will not be possible to resume production without getting a good grasp of it!

Now Tang Jingtian is still seriously injured and has not recovered, it is impossible for him to come to see things, and others can't afford this heavy responsibility.

With a few craftsmen who escaped for their lives, and dozens of newly recruited local strong men, the mining work can be regarded as basically carried out.

However, since many of the craftsmen in charge of smelting have been killed, most of the rest are not very proficient. A large amount of copper ore had been accumulated, but for a moment it was not possible to get the smelting work back into operation.

Li Yi had no choice but to sit in Tangdan in person and discuss the process of copper smelting with the craftsmen. But for more than ten days in a row, the progress was minimal, and Li Yi was really a little helpless.

In the past few days, it has been raining continuously, whether it is big or small, it is not small, it is falling so lingeringly, and the sun has not even had a chance to show its face, which makes Li Yi more and more worried about the flood situation in Panjiang.

While he was sitting in a makeshift shack, a tall figure walked in. Li Yi looked up inadvertently, and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

What made Li Yi overjoyed was that the person who came was not Tang Jingtian, but who was it.

But he has been recuperating in Ningzhou, and seeing that his injuries are so serious, I really didn't expect him to recover so quickly and rush back in such a timely manner.

Listening to him shout with true feelings, "Da Shuai!" Li Yi's eyes were also slightly moist.

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