The guide is a local Han in Puding, the official language is not good, and the official language is often sandwiched with the local dialect, Fu Youde is very tired to listen, fortunately, there is a small flag in the pro-soldiers, named Chen Maosan, who has run the merchant gang in the Yungui area, understands some local dialects and vernaculars, and relies on him to communicate with the guide all the way.

Chen Maosan listened to the guide's words, pointed to the direction of the back mountain and said: "These mountain roads in front of the mountain are difficult to walk, and except for the Miao people in the village on the mountain, few outsiders understand, the mountain road is narrow, and the widest place can only walk two people side by side, and there are forks in the mountain road, outsiders must be lost when they walk in, and maybe they will go to the mountains, but he has walked a road on the back mountain, and the road is wider, and it is easier for the army to go along that road." ”

Fu Youde listened to Chen Maosan's words, frowned, looked at the mountain, looked at the guide again, turned around and glanced around, and saw Yao Guangqi, who was not far behind him, building a pergola and looking at the mountain from afar, with a trace of worry on his face. Fu Youde shouted: "Yao Zhenfu, come over for a moment." ”

Yao Guangqi came closer, and Fu Youde asked, "What do you see?" ”

Yao Guangqi didn't answer Fu Youde's question, and instead said to Chen Maosan: "You ask the guide, which road do the Miao people in this Miao village often take to go down the mountain?" ”

After Chen Maosan translated to the guide, the guide said a few words, and Chen Maosan said: "The people in their own village take this road down the mountain, because this road is closer to the county seat and the market. ”

When Fu Youde and the others were surveying the terrain at the foot of the mountain, they didn't notice that in a hidden forest on the mountainside, several pairs of eyes were staring at them, and every move of the people under the mountain fell into the eyes of these people.

Tens of thousands of troops marched into Dongpu Mountain, dozens of soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain, had already alarmed the Miao people on the mountain, and among these people in the woods, among them there was the Tusi of the Miao village on the Dongpu Mountain, and it was also the largest leader of the Miao people on the mountain, his name was Alis, the Han name was Peng Dingtian, this person was brave, when he was young, he had killed a strong bull with a punch, and he was very righteous, the villagers in the Miao village admired him very much, more than ten years ago, Mongolian officials came to inspect, searched everywhere in Puding, after arriving at Dongpu Mountain, Peng Dingtian was dissatisfied with the extortion of Mongolian officials, killed all fifteen Mongolian officials, rebelled, and set up his own banner, proclaimed himself the king of Dongpu Mountain Miao, and confronted the Mongolian government. At that time, the Central Plains was full of smoke, and the Mongols could not cope with Liu Futong, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others, how could they have the energy and troops to deal with this rebellious Miao people, in order to appease the local Miao people, they simply acquiesced to the fait accompli that Peng Dingtian established himself as the king, and sealed a toast and did it hastily.

Peng Dingtian killed the Mongolian officials, the Mongols not only did not dare to come to the conquest, but also named it the Tusi, Peng Dingtian's prestige among the Miao people reached its peak at once, he simply called himself the king of Miao, and the Miao people around the Miao village expressed their obedience and attachment, which Peng Dingtian naturally became the most prestigious and powerful Miao leader in Puding.

It is precisely because of this that Peng Dingtian has become more and more arrogant in recent years, not only often asking other Miao villages to regularly pay tribute to themselves to show filial piety, if there is a contradiction between other Miao villages, Peng Dingtian also took the initiative to intervene in the adjustment, but he was not fair in his adjustment, often biased and arbitrary judgment based on personal feelings, and even bullied other Miao villages for no reason, so it has more and more grievances against it in the Miao villages in the mountains, some villages

secretly connected against Peng Dingtian, and even some villagers publicly stated that they would no longer obey his orders.

Just when Peng Dingtian felt more and more lonely, another opportunity came, and the consolation envoy sent by Fu Youde went to Puding and went to various Miao villages to lobby for surrender. Peng Dingtian thought that this was another God-given opportunity, thinking that back then, he became the leader of the Miao people in one fell swoop by rebelling against the harsh government of the Mongols, and now, the Han court has come to recruit again, Peng Dingtian hopes to take this opportunity to become a hero of the Miao people again.

Therefore, when the Ming army's consolation envoy came to Dongpu Mountain, Peng Dingtian unceremoniously rejected the surrender of the Ming army, and took out his own Miao king's style, not only refused to surrender, but also sent people to contact all Miao villages within a radius of 100 miles, calling on them to follow him against the Han people, so that Puding would completely become the Puding of the Miao people. But to Peng Dingtian's surprise, most of the Miao villages expressed their willingness to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and did not want to confront the imperial army. But Peng Dingtian was not discouraged, what could the Ming army do? Didn't the Mongols do anything about themselves back then? Peng Dingtian made up his mind that he must resist to the end, as long as the Ming army is defeated and the other Miao people can see their strength, they will support themselves again, and they will become the king of Miao again.

After seeing the large group of Ming troops under the mountain on the mountain, Peng Dingtian immediately returned to the stockade and began to arrange manpower. Peng Dingtian's deployment was to set up heavy troops in the back mountain, ambush on the way for the Ming army to go up the mountain, and when the Ming army went up the mountain, he suddenly came out from both wings and caught the Ming army off guard. In order to concentrate men and horses to ambush the Ming army, Peng Dingtian only left a very small number of men in Qianshan.

Peng Dingtian's housekeeper is called Brother Ma, a serious old man, and he raised doubts about Peng Dingtian's arrangement: "There are no people left in the front mountain, what should the Han people do if they attack from the front mountain?" ”

Peng Dingtian confidently retorted: "The Han people have walked through the front mountain? Those old roads in the mountains, crooked and staggered, only the most shrewd old people in our village can walk, they go to the front of the mountain, they will only go around in the mountains, and will turn to the mountain streams, and finally become the delicacy of poisonous snakes, he is 10,000 people go to the front of the mountain, he can't go up. ”

After nightfall, Fu Youde led the whole army to set off, all the soldiers, including Fu Youde himself, all abandoned their horses on foot, in order to increase the concealment and mobility of the night march, all the soldiers took off their armor, so as to avoid night reflection, and also reduce the burden on the mountain. Before leaving, Fu Youde ordered all the soldiers to eat only half full, and only bring a piece of dried meat, a dough cake and a small amount of water with them, and no other dry food could be carried.

After walking for less than an hour, the army came to the foot of the mountain, Fu Youde looked at the long line behind him, and ordered in a low voice: "Everyone rest in place, eat half a cake and half a piece of dried meat, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Fu Youde has always shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and he, like the soldiers, only ate half a cake and half a piece of meat.

A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers finished their meal and set off again. Fu Youde walked in the front row of the army with the guide and Chen Maosan, and at every intersection, Fu Youde ordered to mark it well, so as not to scatter the soldiers who had fallen behind. The road behind the mountain is wide, enough for six or seven people to go in parallel, but Fu Youde ordered that only three people in each row are allowed to go side by side, and people on both sides should pay attention to both sides of the road at all times. Along the way, ordinary soldiers were not allowed to speak, Fu Youde ordered the order, which must also be whispered, and under the leadership of the guide, the team soon came to the mountainside.

Since torches are not allowed

, Fu Youde himself can't see the back of the team clearly, but he has a lot of information about his team, near the mountainside, Fu Youde was just about to order another short rest and recuperate, so that the soldiers could eat and replenish their physical strength, when he heard a rapid gong sound in the surrounding jungle, and then a burst of chirping and shouting came from all directions, Fu Youde secretly screamed that it was not good, and he was ambushed.

"Don't panic, don't light a fire," Fu Youde repeatedly shouted, "form a formation on the spot, don't light a fire." Rush up the hill. ”

At the critical moment, the veteran Fu Youde's mind is sober, igniting a fire in the dark, he will definitely become the target of the enemy's bow and crossbow, if the team in front of him retreats down the mountain at this time, it will definitely collide with the team behind, and it is very easy to cause a tragedy in which his own people trample on each other, in that case, he will be defeated without the enemy killing, and at this time his own strength is superior, so as long as the enemy does not have thousands of bows and crossbows in his hands to cover himself, with the quality of these veterans under his command, he should be able to deal with it.

Fu Youde's self-confidence is not unreasonable, the team of 10,000 people are all veterans who have been on the battlefield, although they encountered unexpected situations, most of the soldiers were extremely calm, and there was no major panic from front to end, and what is more valuable is that although the field of vision was not wide, the soldiers quickly approached each other with their nearby companions, and the simple battle formation quickly unfolded.

Fu Youde and Chen Maosan and other more than 30 people formed a combat unit, under Fu Youde's order, this squad formed two oval rings inside and outside, the outer circle has more than 20 people, the inner circle has ten people, Fu Youde is in the inner circle, all face outward, once someone on the periphery falls, the inner layer of people can quickly make up.

The soldiers on the outer layer, each less than one step apart, all protected their chests with the flat ends of their shields, and the knives in their hands were next to the shields, ready to strike at any time.

After a burst of arrows, many of the soldiers of the Ming army hung up the colors, and the Miao people who were hidden in the jungle on both sides of the road shouted and rushed out, some of them held meow knives in their hands, some held simple spears, some held maces, and even some held farm tools and sickles and axes, although the equipment was different, but the fierce and desperate strength was the same.

Fu Youde's circle array moved forward, and more than a dozen Miao people rushed towards Fu Youde's round formation, and Fu Youde shouted: "Don't panic, keep the formation, and cover each other." ”

A lean Miao man held a meow knife, jumped up high at a distance of three steps away from the circle array, and slashed down the body volley towards the Ming soldiers in front of him, the Ming army was not flustered, calmly raised the shield to take the knife, and at the same time the knife in his hand was raised obliquely from bottom to top, and the knife just touched the left arm of the Miao people, and the left forearm of the Miao people was cut off by Qi brush. The Miao man screamed and rolled to the ground, and the Ming soldiers on the side rushed forward and cut off the head of the Miao man with a single sword.

In this way, although the Ming army was secretly attacked, relying on the temporary battle queue and the tacit cooperation between the veterans, the Ming army not only did not suffer losses, but also killed and injured many Miao people.

The first round of charging down, the Miao people did not take advantage, Peng Dingtian was not flustered, he shouted in Miao language and gave an order, and then a rapid gong sounded, the Miao people quickly retreated, retreated to the jungle on both sides of the road, Fu Youde saw this and hurriedly ordered loudly: "Don't chase, don't move where you are." ”

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