"You know, Viel. At that time, I was thinking, I want to marry you and make you my wife. Lying in front of the beautiful woman's words, Zhang Shihua stretched out his hand to caress the pretty face of the beautiful woman, and couldn't help laughing.

"Huh. And then I really did it, I made you my wife, my Zhang Shihua's wife. But ......," said the man, putting away his smile and a look of remembrance on his face, "But, the more this happens, the more worried I become. I couldn't help but have a long nightmare, I was afraid that all this good thing would just dissipate.

Not anymore, though. With that, the man smiled again, "Look at me" He struggled to his feet, "Vier, look at me." I'm a king now, too. I am also the king now, the king of Chu! And you, Vier, are my queen. My Queen, there is no one under heaven who can hurt you, no one.

In the future, I will make you the queen, and I will make my Zhang Shihua's woman a woman who will make your mother ...... the world."

Muttering, the king fell asleep on the bed. The princess, whose eyes were moist, looked at him, asked him to straighten up, and covered him with a quilt, but she couldn't help caressing the man's face, and said softly in a voice that only she could hear: "Shihua, do you know. Follow you, I'm not afraid.

I don't want to be a queen or queen, I just want you to be safe, and peace will be good......"

……

At the same time, hundreds of miles away in the south, outside the city of Yuanling on Chenzhou Road, a Miao army with a strength of about 20,000 people couldn't help but hoard here.

Miao Jun, as the name suggests. This is an army composed entirely of the Tusi and Miao people.

In the Yuan Dynasty, especially at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. This armed force, composed of the Tusi and Miao people, can be said to be the most important force in the suppression of the rebel army in the Yuan and Mongolian Empire.

Perhaps because they belong to the same ethnic minority, during the Yuan-Mongolian Empire, the rulers of the Yuan-Mongolian Empire were far more favorable and trusting in dealing with the Miao army, which was completely composed of the Tusi and Miao people.

At this point, let's take the Yang clan, which was the most active in the late Yuan Dynasty (the Yang clan here is not the Banzhou Yang clan, but the Wugang Yang clan.) Although both have the surname Yang, they are not too related. ）。

As early as the twelfth year of Zhizheng, when the Red Turban Uprising had just broken out, and the Tianwan regime was rapidly rising in the south of the Yangtze River under the leadership of Peng Yingyu, the Yang clan of Shitong Feishan on Wugang Road (today's Shaoyang and Huaihua) was conquered by Tao Mengzhen, Wanhu of the Han army at that time, and participated in the war to suppress the Tianwan army.

And in this war that lasted for several years, the Miao army, which was able to fight well and endure hardships and stand hard work, made great achievements.

Yang Zhengheng, the leader of the Yang family, was even canonized as Huguang Youcheng by Emperor Yuan in the twelfth year of Zhizheng. Belch...... Although this right man has been in office for a few months, Yang Zhengheng was killed by the counterattack of the Tianwan Army, which was in a period of rapid development.

However, it can also be seen that the Yuan court has faith in the Yang family. Therefore, after the death of Yang Zhengheng, his son Yang Tongguan was the Yang Wanzhi in the romance (the one who finished was named and given by Emperor Yuan Shun), and was canonized by Emperor Yuan as the deputy marshal of Huguang in the third grade, and left Huguang Province in the thirteenth year of Zhizheng and went to Jiangxi and Huainan to participate in the war.

Now, according to the intelligence obtained by Zhang Shihua, this army also participated in the Battle of Gaoyou, and after the war, it went south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and was commanded by Timur, the prime minister of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Well, that's all off topic.

But it was precisely because of the Yuan court's trust in the Yang clan who participated in the suppression of the rebellion, so when Zhang Shihua came south to set off the Battle of Huguang, the Banzhou Yang clan and the Sizhou Tian clan also took the eight Shunyuan barbarian officials, meaning 20,000 soldiers and horses, and drove to Chenzhou Road, preparing to assist the Yuan court to resist Zhang Shihua's black-clothed army.

But I really didn't expect that the black-clothed army would end the battle so quickly.

After the black-clothed army conquered Jiangxia City, the 20,000 troops who had been dragged along the way had just arrived in Chenzhou.

Therefore, after coming to Chenzhou, they couldn't help but fall into an embarrassing situation.

To tell the truth, the reason why the Miao Tusi has been independent for so long in Chinese history is actually nothing to do with the Miao army's ability to fight well or something. Tusi maintains an independent status, mainly relying on geographical advantages.

The territory of Guizhou is mountainous, and there are many places in Guizhou. If the army from the outside world wants to march into Guizhou and eliminate these toasts, it will be a thankless task.

After all, compared to the rest of the South, this place is completely a backwood. Enzhou, Banzhou, and the so-called three major Xuanfu Divisions of Baban Shunyuan combined, the tax revenue that can be obtained in a year is estimated to be less than that of a random state capital in the Jiangnan region.

In this way, the dynasties in the outside world will naturally not be idle to trouble them.

But it would be nonsense to say how strong they are because of this. Not to mention anything else, just say that in the original history, the three major Xuanfu Divisions did not send a single arrow, and they obediently surrendered to Ming Yuzhen, who was not very strong at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and obeyed Ming Yuzhen's dispatch, so you will know how strong these Xuanfu Divisions have become.

Absolute rule inevitably leads to absolute corruption. The longer these Tusi officials rule the place, the more corrupt they will naturally become without the intervention of external forces.

This can be seen from the fact that these Tusi never sent troops to intervene in the outside world, and obediently chose to surrender after the establishment of the outside regime. These Tusi families, which have been inherited for hundreds of years, don't even have the courage to step into the family and communicate with the outside world.

Therefore, when the black-clothed army only took more than three months to conquer such an important town as Jiangxia, this force that came to assist in counterinsurgency simply chose to stay on Chenzhou Road.

Going north to fight against the Black-Clothed Army took the initiative to find trouble with the Black-Clothed Army, and to be honest, they didn't dare. But if they just pat their butts and go home, they are afraid of the black-clothed army...... Oh, it should be said that it is the Chu army. They were afraid that the Chu army would look down on them because of this, so that they would have thoughts that were unfavorable to their Tusi family.

Under such circumstances, these people could not help but hope that Zhang Shihua would take the initiative to send someone to negotiate with them, and then agree on a non-aggression and non-interference regulation, and both sides were very happy.

In this regard, Zhang Shihua, who has been familiar with human nature for a long time, naturally saw the clues.

After all, they were neither going north nor south, and there was no desire to fight, but there was no sign of withdrawing troops. Naturally, there is only one possibility left, namely, negotiation.

Therefore, on the third day of the official title of queen, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but appoint Lu Sicheng, who was recommended by Mao Sui in this matter, as an envoy, and transferred Zhang Shihui, Bai Xi, and Shi 13 to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, with his younger brother Zhang Shihui as the main generals Bai Xi and Shi 13 as deputy generals, a total of more than 25,000 Chu troops went south to help the momentum and prevent accidents.

……

On the tenth day of the first month of March, outside the city of Liyang, Lizhou Road, Tao Zhengyang, the original governor of Changde Road in the Yuan Dynasty, is now the manager of Lizhou Road.

At this time, he was taking the officials of Liyang City and waiting early in the ten-mile long pavilion in the north of Liyang City.

"Look, my lord, someone's coming." In the long pavilion, an entourage who had been staring at the north saw smoke and dust rising from the north, and several knights rode their horses to rush here. He couldn't help but report to Tao Zhengyang, who was sitting there.

Hearing this report from his subordinates, Tao Zhengyang, who was originally sitting there, couldn't help but get up from his seat.

"Hurry up, stand up straight and respectfully for me. When Duke Lu and Brother Wang led the troops to come. With that, the adult couldn't help but bow his head again and carefully sort out his appearance, and then put it in front of the line, and waited.

"Stampede, trample~~" After a while, several knights rode their horses.

"Your Excellency is Lord Tao Zhengyang, the head of Lizhou Road, right?" After these knights rode their horses, one of the leading knights turned over and dismounted, and couldn't help but look at Tao Zhengyang at the front of the crowd and asked.

And Tao Zhengyang, who was standing in front of the crowd, couldn't help but take a step forward when he heard this question, "This official is Tao Zhengyang." Dare to ask the general, can General Lu Xiang and General Zhaowu (Zhang Shihui's military officer) come soon? ”

"That's right, the general and Lu Xiang are already coming. Adults will be here in a moment. After saying that, the knight, who had come to inform him, couldn't help but turn over and ride back to reply to the news.

And after seeing the knight lead people away, this Tao Master sorted out his appearance again, and then couldn't help but continue to wait silently.

Then, more than half an hour passed, just when this Master Tao was already standing with some numb legs. A black tide in the distance couldn't help but appear in front of him.

"This, is this the military appearance of my Chu army! It's really majestic and majestic, and it's hard to resist! ”

This official who is very familiar with current affairs saw such a large scale of Chu Army for the first time, so he couldn't help but sigh like this.

At this time, this Master Tao is still like this, so naturally he will not talk about the others behind him.

When they saw the black tide in the distance pressing with unstoppable power, they couldn't help but feel like they couldn't breathe. But at the same time, I can't help but be very happy. They are glad that they made the right choice wisely.

Otherwise, such an army would not be something they could resist at all, even with the so-called reinforcements of the three major Xuanfu Divisions.

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"Xiaguan Tao Zhengyang led the officials of Liyang City to greet the prime minister and the general!" The army slowly pressed, and as the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, surrounded by hundreds of Chu army knights, Zhang Shihui, Shi Shisan, Bai Xi, and Lu Sicheng, who were riding a horse, couldn't help but come to the crowd waiting here.

And when they came, after knowing that the person who came was the person they were waiting for, Tao Zhengyang, the governor of Lizhou, couldn't help but pay a big salute.

"Mr. Tao. Boss, let's be polite. In the carriage, Lu Sicheng lifted the curtain and walked out, looked at Tao Zhengyang and others kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help waving his hand to let them be exempt.

In this regard, Tao Zhengyang and the others, after thanking them loudly, couldn't help patting the soil on their bodies and stood up from the ground one after another.

"Xiangye, General. The lower officials have already prepared wine and food for Xiangye, the general and the generals, and the Xiangye, the general and the generals, if they don't dislike it, they won't let them go into the city to use some wine and food. ”

"Wine and food. Heh, the general is not here with his army to eat. In this regard, Zhang Shihui, who was bent on making meritorious contributions, couldn't help but give no face this time, "As the head of Lizhou Road, you are also adjacent to Chenzhou Road, what is the movement of Miao Jun at this time, do you know?" ”

"Rest assured, general, we have been keeping an eye on them. Now the group of Miao troops has been stationed outside Yuanling City on Chenzhou Road, and the army has not even entered the city. You know, even if it is reinforcements, no one will believe in the military discipline of this group of Miao barbarians. ”

"Good. In this way, I think this negotiation will be easier for Lu Gong. I would recommend a half-day rest here and leave early tomorrow morning. After all, the sooner this kind of thing is solved, the better, don't you think? Riding on a war horse, Zhang Shihui asked. But from the tone of voice, he obviously did not allow Lu Sicheng to refuse.

However, in this regard, Lu Sicheng did not hide it at all, and still nodded with a smile, "As the general said." ”

"Good. Now, pass on my military order. Let the army find a suitable camp in the south of the city. Without a military order, no one is allowed to enter the city at will to disturb the people. ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, a herald sang a fat promise, and then urged the war horse under his crotch, and immediately conveyed such a military order.

In this regard, this Tao Zhengyang Tao from Lizhou Road couldn't help but make a fuss, flattering Zhang Shihui constantly, and saying "hard work".

After all, after so many years, the people in Liyang City have long been frightened by the endless military disasters. If the army does not enter the city, it should be able to save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

……

Subsequently, just as Zhang Shihui planned and arranged, after only half a day of rest and stationing in Liyang City on Lizhou Road, Zhang Shihui and Lu Sicheng led the army to cross Lishui early the next morning and killed along the mighty Changde Road along the official road.

Yes, although Lizhou Road also borders Chenzhou Road. However, it is undoubtedly more convenient to go south to Changde Road along the official road, and then go south to Chenzhou along the Yuanjiang, a tributary of the Yangtze River.

But even so, the army walked for four days in a row before arriving at Taoyuan Prefecture on Changde Road.

Taoyuan Prefecture is also a city located on the bank of the Yuan River. This city is very close to the Wuling of Changde Zhizhi. Although it is a state, there is only one city in its territory, Taoyuan.

Looking at the location and name of the castle, I think you can also guess the origin of this castle.

That's right, the origin of the name of this state and city comes from Tao Yuanming's popular "Peach Blossom Spring".

However, although the name of this city and this state is Taoyuan, it is too different from the paradise written by Tao Yuanming.

The people who live here still have to endure harsh taxes and years of military disasters. So while the scenery is wonderful, there's really nothing to praise about this small town.