"Qiqi County has jurisdiction over Seventeen Yi, including Lan, Juan, Pingyi, Wuyi, Tanzhi, Izudan, Yelang, Tonghe, Tanyan, Leaky River, Wushan, Wanwen, Rongfeng, Leaking, Jumachi, Jincheng, and Xisui. According to the www.biquge.info of the office, more than half of the Yi and county magistrates have been "Shibi", also known as "Yelang", and the Weng finger of the "Yelang" is ......"

Above the main hall of the Taishou Mansion, Zhang Fang, Chen Li, Changshi, Duwei, and all Cao are there. Chen Li's deputy, Du Wei Wannian, was reporting to Zhang Fang.

"Slow down, 'Shabi' I know, what is 'Yelang'? Who is Weng Zhi? Zhang Fang heard two unfamiliar nouns and personal names, and immediately interrupted the inquiry.

Wan Nian bowed down and said: "Yelang is a Yi language, the meaning of singing, and the eyes are witch blessings." Weng Zhi is Yelang's witch wish, and he is also the maternal uncle of Yelang Wang Xing, and the ancestor of the new Yelang Junwuxi. ”

Zhang Fang nodded, I see. A country wizard originally had a strong appeal, and Wu Tuo, the national teacher of Kangju, had let him see the energy of the wizard, plus this Weng Zhi was still the elder of King Yelang, and the divine power and the royal power were merged, this appeal was not ordinarily strong. It is not difficult to understand that more than half of the county magistrates of Qiqi County obeyed his orders.

"Not only the counties of Qianqi, but also the southeastern provinces of Qianwei County, they are also confused by it, and the number of responders in the two counties has reached twenty-two at present."

"It's only twenty-two eups......" Zhang Fang touched his chin, remembering that when he first looked at the map, he was really taken aback by Yelang's former sphere of influence. Before Tang and Meng entered Yelang, although the core of Yelang was in the southwest of Guizhou today, its power was extremely wide, reaching Huguang in the east, Guizhou and Yunnan in the west, reaching Sichuan and Hubei in the north, and Southeast Asian countries in the south, with a land of thousands of miles, which was comparable to the territory of the early Western Han Dynasty.

However, Yelang, like the Xiongnu, was a military alliance system, and the allied states fought under the command of the Yelang State. When the war ends or the power of the Yoro Kingdom declines, some of the allies may secede and go their own way. Compared to the two countries of Oyer and Jumachi, which had an inseparable fight with Yoro this time, they were once one of the subordinate allies of Yoro Country. In his heyday, Yelang seemed to be powerful, but this kind of scattered tribal alliance was completely incomparable with the central royal system of the Han Dynasty. This can also be understood that "its rise is also vigorous, and its demise is also sudden".

Zhang Fang raised his eyebrows: "If the commander of the twenty-two Yi rebels, how many barbarians can he order?" ”

Changshi looked at the data on the desk and replied: "There are ...... for thirty or fifty thousand."

Zhang Fang frowned, thirty or fifty thousand? Thirty thousand or fifty thousand? That's a big difference. This is not a military merit report, pouring water and playing word games, this is a major event related to the stability of the country and the safety of all the monarchs here!

Wan Nian saw that the envoy's face was uncertain, and he hurriedly said: "No matter 35,000, most of them are rabble, and they are definitely not the enemy of my Hexi powerhouse, but please rest assured." ”

Zhang Fang glanced at Wan Nian and said lightly: "Princes of Heaven, I never worry that we can't win, only worry that we can't find an opponent." Fighting in a dignified formation, perhaps the other party is really a rabble and vulnerable; However, the other side has the advantage of the geographical advantage, drills through the forests and mountains, and makes guerrilla raids, but I am afraid that we may not be able to get the army. If it is delayed for a long time, the chaos continues, and it will lead to erosion in the southwest, and if so, my envoy's face will be gloomy, and you will not be able to pay the ......."

The purpose of Zhang Fang's remarks was to remind all the officials present, especially the Hexi officers headed by Wan Nian, not to despise their opponents, let alone take the complex geographical environment of the southwest lightly. They are not stuffed with Zhuhu, and they are also different from Xian Lingqiang, and they should not be confused.

In fact, in history, Captain Wannian suffered a big loss in suppressing this rebellion, and was almost beheaded by Chen Li.

The reason why Zhang Fang reminded him so cautiously was not because of how well he did his homework or how strong his military talent was, but because he had "foresight": the Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties, as strong as Qin and Tang, were defeated in the conquest of the southwest. Even the invincible Meng Yuan also broke the jungle. Most of the time, these strong soldiers were not defeated by the enemy, but by the unique climate (epidemic) and environment of the southwest. Even in the twentieth century, the world's number one power was also mired in the jungle and was defeated.

The officials are only the only ones, but they just open their eyes like torches, and they can naturally see that the local officials are all deeply convinced, and the lieutenants who have just been transferred from Jincheng are not convinced-no wonder, after all, it is the strongest Hexi strong army in the Han Dynasty, and fighting a group of barbarian soldiers has a feeling of killing chickens with a knife. You also want them to have a high degree of attention to killing cattle, which is really embarrassing.

Zhang Fang rubbed his chin, no matter whether this data is reliable or not, at least one thing is certain, Yelang, who was known as "100,000 with armor", is no longer what it used to be. Not only is the quantity not good, but the quality has also dropped sharply. Under the strict weapon control of the Han Dynasty, if you really want to rebel, you are afraid that everyone will not be able to match a ruler and a knife. This is not Zhang Fang's blind optimism, but there is a factual basis. In the past, Yero, Jumachi, and Leaky Lie attacked each other, and it is said that nearly half of the barbarians were beating each other with wooden sticks, and the bamboo bows shot out of stone arrows......

Despite the worrying performance of the Jincheng officers, Zhang Fang is still full of confidence, and his confidence does not come from this strong team, but from himself. He wants to solve all the sources of turmoil once and for all at the lowest cost.

The report continues: "...... There is also good news, the two kings of Olie and Jumachi, who had attacked each other with Yelang before, wrote to say that they obeyed the order of the imperial court and sent their servants to each other......"

Chen Li bowed his hand to Zhang Fang and said: "The prince was ordered to be in danger and sent an envoy by order, which has already shown his strength, and there is no need to go into the night to take risks." In the opinion of Li, the prince can go to the leaky lying and sentence town, and it is advisable to promote the grace of the Son of Heaven. Reward the king, appease the people, and send the second servant to Beijing......"

Chen Li's words couldn't be clearer, and he persuaded Zhang Fang not to go to the Yelang dangerous place in person, but to go around the two places of Leaky Lie and Jumachi, and to preach comfort, which can be regarded as completing the mission mission. Then settle in the city, wait and see what happens, and wait for Yelang to make any changes, and the army arranged by the court will immediately attack together to destroy this imperial food. After that, I returned to Chang'an with two waiters, no thrills and no dangers, and completed the task beautifully - perfect!

It seems that Chen Li really took great pains to repay this benefactor.

Zhang Fang smiled and said nothing, and after listening quietly, he only asked: "Where is the successor of the new king of Yelang?" ”

Chen Li hurriedly said: "The original has been passed on to Chang'an, and the temple has kept a copy." Please play Cao to take a look at the monarch. ”

Cao Peng is an official in charge of all kinds of scripts in a county, and if it is an important script, he needs to send it to Chang'an in person, and he is the official who runs the hardest errands. For example, Cao Peng's deputy Cao Shi personally sent the music book to Beijing this time, and it is estimated that he will only be expected to come back next year, which is really sad enough.

Zhang Fang looked at Yelang's notebook and asked Chen Li with a smile: "Yelang's new king succeeds to the throne and invites him sincerely, how about Yuan Angyi?" ”

Chen Li also smiled: "There is no good banquet, there will be no good meeting, ghost tricks, why bother." ”

The officials all laughed.

Zhang Fang shook his head: "How can it be disappointing to invite you so sincerely?" Prime Minister Yuan Ang is a county military and government, and in order to release the backing, he naturally cannot get involved in danger. This banquet will be done by Fang. ”

As soon as Zhang Fang said this, the audience lost their voices.