The Western Army swept all the way from the easternmost part of Guangyuan Prefecture, and when it reached the territory of Nong Zhigao in the northwest of Guangyuan Prefecture, it was already followed by a large number of indigenous soldiers from various small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Those small tribes were all scared of the toss of the Western cavalry, and now they all wish that the Western Army would hurry up and seize Nong Zhigao, so there is no excuse to toss them. Therefore, after those Western soldiers asked them to pay, they proposed to let them help search for Nong Zhigao to prove their innocence, and these small tribes immediately agreed.

The reason why they agreed so happily was because those small tribes on the territory of the Huang, Wei, and Zhou tribes had been wiped out by the Western Army because they did not cooperate or the strength of their cooperation did not satisfy the Western Army.

The second is because now the other three tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture except for Nong Zhigao are finished, and if Nong Zhigao is killed, these small tribes may be able to develop, and maybe they may be able to replace the status of the four major tribes, so they are still very keen on killing Nong Zhigao and eliminating the Nong people.

The third is that even if they do nothing, just to have a stable day, these small tribes also hope to kill Nong Zhigao as soon as possible, otherwise there will be this scourge in Guangyuan Prefecture, and those Western troops don't know how to toss them!

If these small tribes were naturally killed in the past, they would not dare to provoke Nong Zhigao, but now Nong Zhigao has become a water dog who has returned from defeat and fled in panic, and has also provoked the Great Song Western Army countless times stronger than him, these small tribes naturally don't have to be afraid of Nong Zhigao and those Nong people anymore.

With the help of these natives of Guangyuan Prefecture, the Western Army naturally made it much easier to hunt down Nong Zhigaolai.

The Western Army had already obtained a lot of information from those captured Nong soldiers, and the secret of this Golden Wind Valley was naturally among them. In addition to getting all the secrets about the Nong people from these Nong soldiers, the Western Army also learned from Li De'an's personal soldiers about the 1,000 Jiaozhi soldiers escorting Nong Zhigao to Yufeng Mountain to dig up treasures.

Therefore, after arriving at the territory of the Nong people in the northwest of Guangyuan Prefecture, Di Qing immediately ordered the cavalry of the Western Army to split into two routes, each under the leadership of the indigenous soldiers of those small indigenous tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture.

One of them went to Yufeng Mountain to search for and arrest Nong Zhigao, and Di Qing personally led the way, and went to Jinfeng Valley to control the women and children of the Nong people there, in case he couldn't catch Nong Zhigao all the way to Yufeng Mountain, and used these women and children to force him out.

Although the use of such means is a little inferior and despicable to the Western Army, but this Guangyuan Prefecture is full of lofty mountains and mountains, high mountains and dense forests, if Nong Zhigao blindly hides, even with the help of these many small tribes to search, I am afraid that it will not be easy to find, so the Western Army feels that it is appropriate to use some despicable means, which is also acceptable. Besides, Tongnong Zhigao and the Nong people are anti-thieves, and there is really no morality to talk about.

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Although the location of the Golden Wind Valley is secret, now that the Western Army knows this place, and generally knows the location of the valley here, and with the help of the indigenous soldiers of those small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture who are familiar with the geography and terrain of Guangyuan Prefecture, it is not difficult for the Western Army cavalry to find this Golden Wind Valley, and they quickly discovered the entrance to the Golden Wind Valley.

Since the entrance to this Golden Wind Valley was found by the Western Army, this Golden Wind Valley was naturally quickly controlled by the Western Army cavalry.

Although the mouth of this Golden Wind Valley is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Nong Zhigao did not leave many Nong soldiers to guard, and in the face of the powerful attack force formed by the joint attack of the Western Army and the indigenous soldiers of those small tribes, he did not resist for long at all.

The indigenous soldiers of those small tribes may not be able to fight regularly enough for the Western army, but in this mid-mountain war, it is quite effective. The Western Army was just an offensive front to attract the attention of the Nong soldiers, and the indigenous soldiers of the small tribe soon climbed the mouth of the Golden Wind Valley from the nearby cliffs, and had already circled behind the few Nong soldiers guarding the Golden Wind Valley, and then suddenly rushed over, and quickly subdued them one by one.

The cavalry of the Western Army shot a few rounds of feather arrows with a cavalry bow from the front, and without any damage, they took the mouth of the Golden Wind Valley with the help of those indigenous soldiers of the small tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture.

Di Qing was very happy, and he admired the indigenous soldiers of these small tribes very much, and immediately promised to capture Nong Zhigao, and these indigenous soldiers were rewarded. For a moment, the indigenous soldiers of the various small tribes were all rejoicing.

Except for a few Nong soldiers in the Golden Wind Valley, the rest are all old and weak women and children, and as soon as the valley mouth is opened, there is naturally no resistance.

When the Western Army marched into the Golden Wind Valley, those Nong women and children did not make much resistance, and under the leadership of an old woman, they honestly submitted to the Western Army.

That old woman was Nong Zhigao's mother, Ah Hu, after Nong Zhigao's incident, she actually had a premonition that there might be such a day, so after seeing the Western Army rushing into the Golden Wind Valley, she didn't feel too surprised, and she didn't lead people to resist senselessly.

The old woman, Ah Hu, knew that most of the women and children in this Golden Wind Valley were old and weak, and if they resisted, they would only cause unnecessary casualties and would not have any effect. It is said that the Song people advertised "benevolence", and if they were captured, they might not die, so there was no need to resist meaninglessly and cause more casualties.

At that moment, the old woman Ah Hu took all the old and weak women and children in the Golden Wind Valley and surrendered to the Western Army.

"The sinner woman Nong's Ah Hu led all the women and children of the Nong clan to surrender to the general, and let the general fall!" The old woman understood her current situation very well, so she took those old and weak women and children of the Nong tribe to take the initiative to kneel down and confess their guilt!

Di Qing sat on the horse, and was not shown any sympathy because there were some old and weak women and children of the Nong tribe in front of him, and said with a cold face: "Nong Zhigao committed a rebellion, poisoned Lingnan, and failed the grace of the Holy Grace, which is really a great crime, and the crime cannot be punished." This conspiracy to rebel is a great crime of the nine clans. You Nong people follow Nong's wisdom and rebellion, and you deserve to be punished! ”

The old woman Ah Hu knew that as soon as the Western Army arrived, as Nong Zhigao's mother, it would naturally be impossible for her to escape punishment, but she still wanted the Wei Nong people to leave a bloodline, so she kowtowed to Di Qing again: "The sinner woman Ah Hu is willing to confess her guilt and bow to the law, I just ask the general to have mercy on these women and children and let them live!" ”

Di Qing was not interested in slaughtering the old and weak, women and children, and the Western Army did not bother to do such a thing!

If you catch them and sell them to those wealthy families in Tokyo as maids, I am afraid that most of these Nong women are not very good-looking and do not understand the language, even if they are caught in Tokyo, no one will buy them. And if you get it from here to Tokyo, I'm afraid that you can die more than half of it just by making a long journey along the way.

Since he couldn't slaughter these old and weak women and children, he naturally had to let them go.

The men of the Nong tribe have basically been killed, and the remaining women and children may not be able to survive, so let them fend for themselves.

Of course, not all of these women and children are spared, and the families of Nong Zhigao and the generals in his army cannot be easily forgiven, and they must give an explanation to the dead officials and people in Lingnan, as well as to the Great Song Dynasty. Nong Zhigao and those generals in his army need to pay for this rotten mess, and they need to pay the price for this rebellion.

At the moment, according to the list of the main generals of the Nong soldiers in the Nong Zhigao army that was interrogated, the Western Army brought out all the family members of those generals one by one. Nong Zhigao's family naturally can't let go, in addition to Nong Zhigao's mother Ah Hu, there are also Nong Zhigao's younger brother Nong Zhiguang and son Nong Jizong.

When the old woman Ah Hu saw Nong Zhiguang and Nong Jizong being picked up by the Western Army, her eyes suddenly darkened, and she no longer had a trace of anger.

When her husband Nong Quanfu was killed by the Jiaozhi people more than ten years ago, she was not discouraged and disappointed, because he still had a son, and their Nong family still had hope of rising. But this time, there was only a dead ash in her heart, because they were afraid that the Nong family would be uprooted.

In fact, since the day Nong Zhigao raised his army, Ah Hu had guessed that there was such a possibility, and he was somewhat mentally prepared for this situation. But when it did, she found herself still overwhelmed.

In fact, when Nong Zhigao raised troops against the Song Dynasty, Ah Hu was always opposed. First, because she felt that the oppression of the Nong people by the Great Song Dynasty was far less resentful than that of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, and the Jiaozhi Kingdom and Nong Zhigao still had a grudge against their father, even if they attacked her, they felt that they should attack the Jiaozhi Kingdom.

The second is that the Great Song Dynasty is a super behemoth in the final analysis, even if the Nong people can take advantage of it at the beginning, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand consumption. Even if the Nong people can win many battles at first, once they encounter a major defeat, they may completely collapse. And the Great Song Dynasty has a strong foundation and rear support, even if it has been defeated repeatedly, it can always send an army to attack the Nong. The final result of Nong Zhigao's incident also verified Ah Hu's idea.

However, at that time, Nong Zhigao thought that the Great Song Dynasty and Liangguang region were erosive, and insisted on marching into Liangguang, and Ah Hu could not stop it.

Now that the matter is defeated, I can only accept the result of being slaughtered by the family!

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The cavalry of the Western Army on the way to Yufeng Mountain did not find Nong Zhigao, because Nong Zhigao only stayed there for one day at Yufeng Mountain!

After killing the two battalions of Jiaozhi soldiers led by Zhu Dayue and Guan Santong that day, Nong Zhigao and his Nong soldiers rested in that cave for one night, and after sending Huang Shimi away the next day, they immediately came to Jinfeng Valley.

The cavalry of the Western Army who went to Yufeng Mountain did not find Nong Zhigao in Yufeng Mountain, but found many traces, so they launched a search on the spot, and with the assistance of the indigenous soldiers of those small tribes, they traced the footprints of Nong Zhigao and those Nong soldiers under him.

Nong Zhigao was in a very good mood with his subordinates at this time, and they couldn't wait to rush to Jinfeng Valley, they all missed their families a little, and they didn't notice the pursuers behind them at all.

At this time, Nong Zhigao, who was rushing to the Golden Wind Valley, and the Nong soldiers under his command did not expect that the very secret lair of their Nong people had been completely controlled by the Western Army at this time.

So Nong Zhigao and his Nong soldiers crashed headlong into the encirclement of the Western Army.

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After Di Qing led the Western Army to occupy the Golden Wind Valley, he was stationed here for repairs, waiting for news from the Western cavalry who went to hunt down Nong Zhigao.

Of course, the daily stationing of the Western Army is also rigorous and moderate, and the guards at the mouth of the valley and the sentinels outside the valley are naturally well arranged.

Outside the Golden Wind Valley, in addition to the sentry of the Western Army, there are also many indigenous soldiers of the small tribes of Guangyuan Prefecture who hide in the dense forest as sentry sentry. These indigenous soldiers lived in the mountains and forests all year round, and they were hidden, and even the soldiers of the Western Army were difficult to find, and their sentry was released far away.

The reason why the vigilance and sentinel of Golden Wind Valley were so strengthened was because Di Qing comprehensively analyzed all the information of Nong Zhigao and the Nong people, and felt that in this situation, Nong Zhigao should either go to Yufeng Mountain to hide, or come to Golden Wind Valley. After all, he was now in a state of panic, and he must have felt that his lair was the safest.

The purpose of strengthening the sentinel and vigilance is to catch them all if Nong Zhigao is caught by himself.

Nong Zhigao led his Nong soldiers to the Golden Wind Valley in a cheerful mood, because they didn't expect the Western Army to come to hunt them down so quickly, so they didn't have the slightest defense and sentry at all. Those Jiaozhi people still didn't know that the two battalions of Jiaozhi soldiers led by Zhu Dayue and Guan Santong were killed, and the surrounding small tribes were afraid that even if they fell into battle, their Nong people's strength would be greatly reduced, and they didn't dare to provoke their Nong people, after all, the Nong people had accumulated power for a long time.

Therefore, in the territory of the Nong people, Nong Zhigao did not feel that anyone would pose a threat to them, so he did not release sentry agents.

Nong Zhigao didn't know that the mistake of not having a sentinel was fatal, because it wasn't until they reached the mouth of the Golden Wind Valley that they discovered the ambush of the Western Army and the indigenous soldiers of those small tribes.

Nong Zhigao and these Nong soldiers under his command have been in battle for a long time in the past half a year, and the response is very fast, as soon as they saw that they fell into the encirclement of the Western Army, they immediately took off the hand crossbow and swallow-winged crossbow on their backs, as well as those sleeve arrows to counterattack.

Those hand crossbows and swallow-winged crossbows were very sharp, and the penetration of crossbow arrows inspired by the powerful machine was extremely penetrating at close range, and those indigenous warriors who had no armor were shot by those crossbow arrows, and many of them fell to the ground in an instant. The rest didn't care about fighting back with the bamboo bows in their hands, and they all looked for cover to dodge.

The situation of the cavalry of the Western Army was not so bad, most of them had iron armor on their bodies, and their protection was very good.

Moreover, Nong Zhigao and his Nong soldiers have been surrounded at this time, and most of the soldiers of the Western Army occupy favorable terrain, most of them have cover to avoid feather arrows, and most of them are condescending shots, whether it is accuracy or lethality, they are very advantageous.

Nong Zhigao led his Nong soldiers to shoot desperately with short crossbows, while trying to break through the dense forest to the north. Most of the indigenous soldiers were defending there, and most of them were suppressed at this time, and there was still a glimmer of possibility where to break through and escape.

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