Bazhou, which has been quiet for several months since last year's autumn harvest, is now shaken by news from Yiyang County: the barbarians on Osaki Mountain have come down from the mountain to disturb them, and many logging and quarries on the side of the mountain have been attacked, and many casualties have been taken.

Yiyang County is adjacent to the southern foot of Daqi Mountain, the so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, the people often go up the mountain to cut firewood, hunting, and collect medicine on weekdays, plus many people have a lot of relationship with the mountain barbarians, and they also do business with the owners of the village on weekdays, so it has always been peaceful.

However, since the opening of large-scale quarries and logging yards, the attitude of the owners of the mountain villages has been a little subtle, some do not care, but some do not agree, thinking that the quarrying and logging of the mountain will disturb the mountain gods and bring them disasters.

So sporadic conflicts continued, at the beginning of the owners still relied on the old relationship with these owners to mediate, although the two sides continued to quarrel, but they were able to sit down and talk about it, but now it is still going to be troublesome.

There are mountain barbarians attacking and disturbing the good people, Yiyang county guard naturally can not sit idly by, he gathered the county soldiers into the mountains to ask the guilt, the mountain barbarians retreated to the mountains to guard the dangerous place, the officers and troops at first went smoothly, and the mountain barbarians were defeated and retreated, but unconsciously chased deeper and deeper, and fell into an ambush without paying attention.

The Yiyang county guard escaped back with the remnants of the army, and the mountain barbarians carried the heads of the fallen soldiers down the mountain to show off their might, and saw the officials and soldiers guarding the city, and some bold mountain barbarians also tried to harass the surrounding villages.

Thanks to the large households in various localities organizing the village soldiers to resist, the mountain barbarians retreated to the mountains, but in this way, the quarries, lumber yards, lime kilns, and charcoal kilns stopped working one after another, because the workers did not dare to joke with their lives anymore.

Xiyang City, Bazhou Prefecture, and Yiyang County Shou Wangzhi are pleading guilty to the assassin Shi Yuwen Wenwen, and narrating the relevant internal information of the mountain barbarian rebellion.

Assassin Shi wants to protect the territory and the people internally to arrest bandits, or use troops externally to repel the enemy army, while Changshi and Sima are adjutant officers in charge of relevant military affairs, so Changshi Ren Chong and Sima Yangji are also here.

"It seems that the casualties of the county soldiers are not small, how is the movement of the mountain barbarians now?" Yuwenwen asked, Wang Zhi said that the mountain barbarians had shrunk back, and the county soldiers were more than enough to defend the city.

"The mountain barbarians attacked and harassed the county, and it would not work if it was not solved, the casualties of the people were not small, and they had to pay the price, so the question is, who are they?" Yu Wenwen said, "Where are they? How strong are they? What do they want to do? ”

"There are many owners on the mountain, who are on their side? Who is on the side of the government? ”

Yuwen Wen asked a series of questions, and Wang Zhi, who had been prepared, answered them one by one, and he had roughly figured out the owners of the village who were working against the government, and the location of the cottage and their respective forces also had a rough outline, and the chief who gathered the crowd to attack the mountain that day was Tian Yunshan, the owner of the Black Mist Village.

A few village owners, led by Tian Yunshan, believed that the government's behavior of allowing quarrying and logging in the mountains had angered their mountain gods and would make the cottage face a catastrophe, while others simply wanted to extort money, so several mediations were unsuccessful, and finally evolved into large-scale killings and attacks on the mountain.

The number of these cottage households ranged from five or six hundred to thousands, and most of the weapons used were bows and arrows, most of which were made of bone, mixed with medicinal crossbows, and the melee weapons were short spears and a small number of iron knives.

The mountain barbarians are basically without armor, and some of them are not even dressed in animal skins, but there are quite a lot of rattan cards, and the ambush officers and soldiers have also obtained some iron armor and iron weapons, so the strength has been enhanced.

Because their ancestors lived in the mountains, their daily life was mainly hunting, and they cultivated wasteland on the slopes of the valley to grow some crops, and the mountain barbarians were very familiar with the terrain of the mountains, which was the advantage of the other party.

As for the owner of the village who stands on the side of the government, there is a group of harmony on the surface, but in fact, how to think about it in his heart, Wang Zhi said that it is not for nothing that he really stands on the side of the government, but some may also be at both ends of the rat.

In particular, he had to beware of these people cooperating with the actions of the government while secretly reporting to Tian Yunshan and others, he suspected that someone had leaked the news when he led the troops into the mountain last time, and finally suffered heavy losses by the mountain barbarians.

Seeing that several bitter masters behind Wang Zhi wanted to speak and stopped, Yu Wenwen asked how the loss of the mountain attack was, and Zhang Ning took the lead in answering, saying that now the quarry cannot operate, and the workers are frightened, so they are unwilling to start work.

Everyone was worried that they would not be able to supply stones, charcoal, and quicklime, and that they would eventually delay the progress of the government's project.

"Natural and man-made disasters are beyond the power of manpower, and the government will extend the supply period as appropriate, so you don't need to worry." Yu Wenwen comforted, he is not an unreasonable person, "At the latest, the day after tomorrow, this official will send troops to Yiyang County to assist in the defense, and they will be stationed on the mountain, so you can rest assured that you can resume production." ”

Zhang Ning and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, they were originally nervous, they were afraid that the government would strictly order the supply of stones, charcoal, etc. for a limited time, but now Yuwen Wen let go, which can be regarded as a relief.

The government moved quickly, so that they had a foundation in their hearts, and having officials and soldiers stationed on the mountains could also give the workers the confidence to do things, and some things could only be taken one step at a time.

Yu Wenwen comforted the 'civilian representatives' of Yiyang County, reassured these people who had suffered heavy losses due to the mountain barbarian attack, and asked the other party to 'go back to rest' after saying some scenes, and after the idle people were cleared out, they began to get to the point.

The ravages of the mountains have led to a serious deterioration of the security situation in Yiyang County, so the government does not suppress it, but it is a taboo for soldiers to raise troops in anger, so everything must be planned and then moved, Wang Zhi presented the map of Daqi Mountain, his suggestion is that if you want to enter the mountain, you have to ask someone to be a guide, so you must carefully screen those cottages, and choose reliable people to use soldiers.

"It's not so complicated, it's either a friend of the government, or an enemy of the government, and those who dare to resist will be killed." Yu Wenwen said murderously, "Recruit all those harmonious village owners down the mountain to discuss matters, and if you don't come, you won't be your own people!" ”

"Envoy, this will force many wait-and-see village owners." Ren Chong reminded.

"On the other hand, it's a pot, and the provincial government has to be false and wrong, and you have to worry about trust or distrust all day long." Yu Wenwen didn't care, "Going down the mountain is just one of them, and I have to send my son as a hostage, and if you don't obey, you have no other intentions!" ”

"Envoy, do you want to completely solve the mountain barbarians?" Yang Ji asked, he felt that the meaning revealed in Yu Wenwen's words seemed to be to take this opportunity to do it once and for all, but it was not realistic to do so.

"Osaki Mountain is the remnant of Dabie Mountain, and I don't know how many barbarians live in this stretching mountain, and it is not possible to complete it overnight to completely clear it." Ren Chong persuaded tactfully.

It is said that the governor history is appointed by the governor's office, and he is responsible for the military power of the assassination history like the state Sima, that is, as a constraint to avoid the assassination history, but Ren Chong's sense of existence is very low.

Changshi generally serves as the county guard of the county where the state governs, but Ren Chong basically governs the county according to Yuwen Wen's orders, after all, he has only one mission: to remind this Yuwen Erlang from time to time that he should think clearly about everything and do it again, don't mess around.

"Ren Changshi is right, it is not an overnight thing to solve the problem of mountain barbarians, so we must think long-term." "First of all, we must set a goal for action, and then make a plan based on that goal. ”

"First, it is necessary to restore production in the quarries and logging yards in Yiyang County, so as not to slow down the construction of water conservancy facilities, which is not difficult, as long as troops are stationed on the mountain."

Yu Wenwen said that the key point is second, those village owners on Osaki Mountain have to pay the price if they kill people, otherwise the majesty of the government cannot be talked about, so it is inevitable that the official army will enter the mountain to crusade.

But the other party is not a fool, if the officials and soldiers go less, it is easy to be ambushed, if the officials and soldiers go too much, the owners of the village will probably hide, and drill into the mountains to avoid the edge, so that the officers and soldiers are in a dilemma.

Keep chasing, the terrain is unfamiliar and it is easy to be consumed by various traps and traps, and the grain route will also be extended, and the soldiers transporting food are easy to be attacked; If you don't chase it, the other party will come back sooner or later.

If the officers and soldiers enter the mountains again, the other party will continue to hide in the mountains, so that the officers and soldiers will waste money and food but not achieve an inch, which will not only affect the morale of the people but also make the people unable to feel at ease.

The stupidest way is to set up a village on the edge of Yiyang County to guard it, and prevent the barbarians from coming down the mountain to attack the people, but this can be done for a short time, and if it is a long time, it will not only waste troops, but also waste money and food.

The bloodier way is to send troops into the mountains, move the obedient residents of the cottages outside the mountains, and then burn all the villages that can be burned, and destroy the cultivated fields, so as to ensure stability for a while.

But it still treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and the government cannot gain a foothold in the mountains, so sooner or later the mountain barbarians will make a comeback and re-establish the village to settle down, so that the government can only send troops to the mountain again to crusade and burn the cottage to the ground.

But the other party is not a fool, it is possible to sneak back and go down the mountain to retaliate, whether it is successful or not, and leave after the fight, although the official army has set up a village, it is impossible to defend it without leakage, as long as the mountain brutal attack is disturbed once, the blow to the people's hearts is heavy.

"Bazhou will not stop repairing water conservancy in recent years, so the supply of stone from the quarry is very critical, and quicklime and charcoal are also indispensable, so we must find a countermeasure to solve the problem of mountain barbarians."

"Do you want to completely solve the mountain barbarians?" Wang Zhi asked, Yiyang County is adjacent to the mountains, if the problem of mountain barbarians can be solved, then the people's lives will be much more stable, there are many mountain goods on the mountains, according to the consumption power of Xiyang City today, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains can feed a lot of people.

"Exactly, this official has an idea, just let you plan together" Yu Wenwen said mysteriously, "First of all, this crusade against the mountain barbarians is in charge of Yang Sima, assisted by Wang Junshou, and Ren Changshi can be dispatched in the center" (to be continued.) )