PS: Yesterday the chapter number was wrong, I'm very sorry!

"The Mongolian Tartars have a total of 19 10,000 households in Dali, of which there are more than 26,000 Mongolian garrison soldiers, but only 10,000 of these people are cavalry, and most of the horses used are the Yunnan horses that were supplemented later, and the Yunnan horses are also bantam horses, and even half a head shorter than the Mongolian horses, which is better than the endurance of climbing the mountains, so the Mongolian Tartars These cavalry are greatly reduced compared with the cavalry in the north." Standing in front of the map, Ma Yan's voice was a little unconcealable excited, obviously these details about the Mongolian Tatars in Dali The old general is also familiar with them, but no one has supported him for so many years.

And Lou Yong stood beside the old general Ma Yan and added loudly: "Most of the Mongolian Tatar soldiers are concentrated in Dali, and there are also garrisons in Shanxifu (now Kunming) in the east and Sanzhi (now Lijiang) in the west, but most of them are garrisoned by local soldiers in Dali, after all, for the Mongolian Tatars, this Dali is surrounded by mountains and snow-capped mountains, and it is not a place that they have always adapted to, and it is good to be able to have so many people stationed." ”

After all, for the defenders of Guangnan West Road, the main task is to defend, and rarely send sentinels into Dali, so it is thankful to be able to draw such a complete map.

"Although the number of Mongolian Tatars in Dali has always been more than ours before this, it has to be said that the Mongolian Tatars are not unprepared for our attack," Lou Yong continued, stretching out his hand to point on the map, "Dali has rugged terrain and difficult marching roads, and the center of the entire Dali is Dali City, once the army breaks through Shanyanfu, then the Mongolian Tatars in Dali can receive the news before us, and when the time comes, it is possible to face the attack of Mongolian Tatars at any time on the road from Shanyanfu to Dali." Other than that······"

The expressions on Li Fu and Yang Ting's faces became more and more solemn, and it was not until today that they realized how arduous the task sent to them by Ye Yingwu was, the mountain road march was not a simple matter for the Xuanwu army that fought in the Lianghuai Plain all year round, not to mention that this was not a simple mountain road march, and it was necessary to always beware of the Mongol Tatar attacks led by the locals of Dali.

Seeing that Lou Yong wanted to speak and stopped, Li Fu couldn't help but ask softly: "What else is there?" ”

As if he knew what his right-hand man wanted to say, General Ma replied in a deep voice: "In addition, there is miasma in Dali in southern Xinjiang, which makes people often have difficulty breathing, dizziness and brain swelling, and may even faint. For thousands of years, the only people who really conquered Nanban Dali were General Fubo and Prime Minister Zhuge of Shu Han. The Tang Dynasty had the Anshi Rebellion, and it was also the fault of the fiasco of the Southern Zhao that caused the people to live in poverty. Therefore, since the former Song Yizu, Dali has been mainly appeased, when the Zhang Xiang made it public Wuxi Man, from Dongting all the way to cover up and kill the long drive Guangnan West Road, the military power was prosperous, no one stopped it for a while, but it did not move Dali at all. ”

(Author's note: General Fubo refers to the Eastern Han Dynasty General Fubo Ma Yuan, known for "the return of the horse leather shroud"; Zhang Xianggong refers to the left servant of the Northern Song Dynasty New Party, and the Shangzhu State Zhangdian)

Taking a slight breath, Li Fu and Yang Ting subconsciously glanced at each other, and they both saw the faint worry in each other's eyes, they didn't have read the information about Dali before they came, but these materials are limited, and they are also based on Dali's writing for the Song Dynasty. The book describes more of the beauty of Dali's natural scenery and the different customs and customs of the Central Plains, and it is difficult to attract people's attention to these bad places at most one or two sentences.

Reaching out and gently knocking on the table, Li Fu was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "No matter how difficult this Dali is to conquer, since it has come, standing here, there is naturally no reason to retreat." Moreover, His Royal Highness King Ming was able to personally entrust this task to a certain person, which is the trust of His Royal Highness King Ming in a certain and the entire Xuanwu Army, and it is also a commission to General Ma Lao and everyone here. ”

Ma Yan and Lou Yong both looked at Li Fu with some surprise, and Li Fu still solemnly continued: "What's more, the Mongolian Tatars will be stationed in Dali one day, and the Ming Dynasty will one day lay heavy troops here to guard against it, which is equivalent to having a sharp knife on the soft underbelly, which makes His Royal Highness have to guard against the back of the Northern Expedition in the future. ”

Stretching out his hand and patting the table, Yang Ting stood up and said in a cold voice: "I, Xuanwu Jun'erlang, transferred to Huainan and Huaibei, and fought a bloody battle with the Mongolian Tatars in Lin'an, and I have never been afraid, even if this Dali is indeed difficult and dangerous, it has not lived up to His Highness's high hopes and entrustment, and the reason for wandering here." ”

Seeing that Lou Yong and Ma Yan were a little surprised, Li Fu said lightly: "If some people are afraid, then there is nothing, even if the Xuanwu Army rushes up alone, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

"Who do you say is afraid!" Lou Yong suddenly heard the question, his beard was all open, and he said angrily, "Although Lao Tzu has not fought any big battles with the Mongolian Tartars on this Guangnan West Road, but in terms of the confrontation between the scouts and the white knives and the red knives, there are no less than 100 battles, and there are more than 100 Mongolian Tartars with blades, if not 200 people, but also more than 100 people, you can tell me what Lao Tzu has to be afraid of!" ”

With a smile on his face, Li Fu did not look at Lou Yong, but at General Ma.

Ma Yan suddenly smiled helplessly, his subordinate was still a little impetuous, just let the family be stimulated like this with a few words and a radical method, but this is good, at least it can show that he is not afraid, but is just explaining the facts.

Yang Ting was also smiling, and he didn't look at Lou Yong, who was a little trembling with anger.

And as if he realized something, Lou Yong looked at Ma Yan beside him, he was able to walk step by step to the position of the soldiers and horses of Guangnan West Road as Ma Yan's confidant, and naturally he was not a rough man who only knew how to slash and kill, and at this time he also understood that he was just being provoked, and touched his nose in embarrassment.

"Dali still has to fight." Li Fu stood up, "But how to fight, so that the brothers can suffer the least casualties, but they can occupy Dali." After all, it will take a few months or even a year to two years for His Royal Highness to prepare for the Northern Expedition now, so there is still plenty of room left for us. Although the miasma is terrible, if there is no way to overcome it, and to deal with the enemy who is fortified at all levels in Dali, as long as we advance carefully and resolutely annihilate the enemy, the number of Mongol Tatars in Dali is limited. ”

Ma Yan and Lou Yong both fell into deep thought, and Li Fu then said lightly: "What's more, not long after the Mongol conquest of Dali, the people of Dali will more or less have a sense of resistance, especially when someone supports them, they want to drive away these invaders more and more." ”

"You mean?" The expression on Ma Yan's face suddenly changed.

"Gold and silver," Li Fu replied coldly, "Funding the people of Dali, buying Dali generals, and even giving them firearms such as thistles in private." ”

In the lobby, Ma Yan and the others suddenly took a light breath.

"Let Dali mess up first." Li Fu slapped the table, his voice was cold, but with irresistible power, "Let the Mongolian Tartars have no guide to lead the way at all, and even have no place to stand at all!" ”

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The loud sound of "boom" echoed from the valley, and one after another boulders rolled down from the mountain, brutally cutting off the grain convoy that was passing through the valley, and even a boulder smashed straight into the flagpole on the front of the car, and the black flag fell messily in the wind.

"The ambush of the Southern Barbarians!" The Mongol commander who was at the forefront of the horse slammed his horse's reins, and before he could react, figures appeared on the top of the mountain, and dense arrows roared down the slopes on both sides, sweeping through the unobstructed convoy.

Several loud explosions were heard, and the fires flashed, and the fire-thistles thrown down from the mountain blew up the carriages in front of them, causing the convoy that was already struggling to move to a complete stop. The Mongolian commander had a blue face, looking at the figures that kept appearing around him, as well as the red flags fluttering proudly in the wind, Nanbanzi, where did this Nanban come from?!

You must know that this valley is located in Lingquan Mountain outside Suizhou City, not to mention some distance from the Diaoyu City controlled by the Southern Barbarians, not far away is the Qingju City that Mongolia is concentrating on.

The commander only felt that his heart was in turmoil, after all, because he was advancing on his own territory, he did not have any defense, and he did not expect that he would be killed by the Southern Barbarians unconsciously, the only thing he could do was to scold the sentinels of Qingju City and Suizhou for being all damned, and silently watch the grain and grass that was enough for the three thousand defenders of Qingju City to use for half a year be destroyed.

It's just that what really surprised the commander of the thousand was not the sudden killing of the Southern Barbarians, but the Southern Barbarians did not use many firearms, after a few arrows poured down, the red flags in front and back of the valley waved, the smoke and dust rolled, and I don't know how many Southern Barbarians roared angrily!

One by one, the crossbows of the gods were raised, and the arrows pierced the chests of the Mongolian soldiers who were caught off guard, and one after another neat figures appeared in the smoke and dust, and the spears raised high in their hands were like undulating waves.

"Hezhou sons, kill with so-and-so!" A Xiao general was a pioneer, raised the spear in his hand, and a flag with the word "history" fluttered in the wind behind him, which was Shi Xunzhong, a general under Zhang Jue of Hezhou.

The Mongolian commander gritted his teeth and drew his saber directly: "Mongolian heroes, you can't be killed, the golden eagles on the grassland have no reason to surrender to rabbits, kill!" ”

"Kill!" The Mongol cavalry guarding the convoy roared and rushed forward.

The black flag is rolling, the red flag is high, and the two sides are like two tides that also want to drown each other, colliding fiercely together, blooming with blood flowers and dyeing the earth red.

"This grain team really has a lot of grain and grass." Standing on the cliff, Zhang Jue didn't care about Shi Xunzhong, who was fighting with the Mongolian cavalry, but looked at the scene below the mountain with a smile.

A commander behind him nodded: "Yes, let's kill all the way from Diaoyu City, although the victory is in the speed of the soldiers, but the grain and grass transfer can no longer keep up, completely rely on the dry food carried by the brothers, this is not a way after all, now this Mongolian Tartar is really caring, knowing what we lack, it is really sent to the door." ”

Zhang Jue said in a deep voice: "It's not that the Mongolian Tartars are intimate, but that Qingju City is already short of grain and grass, when we break through Qingju City, the granaries inside are almost empty, indicating that the Mongolian Tartar grain transportation team is already on the way, and if you want to go from Suizhou to Qingju City, you will inevitably have to cross this Lingquan Mountain. ”

The commander smiled and looked at the gradually clear battle situation below: "This battle made Lao Shi happy, and he was cheap to take thousands of people to deal with the panicked cavalry of less than a thousand people." ”

Zhang Jue smiled: "The exploits of the first battle of Qingju City have been robbed by a few of you, this kid is responsible for the break, and when he comes, there is not a single Mongolian Tartar left, and now if you don't let him kill him happily, I'm afraid he will have an opinion on a certain one!" ”

"But then again, this flying thunder cannon is really a first-class weapon, and his subordinates can break through Qingju City in two hours, although it is related to the lax Mongolian Tatar guards, but it is also indispensable to the credit of this flying thunder cannon." The commander recalled the previous battle, and couldn't help but secretly speak, "With such a firearm, it is no wonder that His Royal Highness King Ming was able to sweep through the Jianghuai and make the Mongolian Tartars cry and cry for their mother." ”

"This is what King Ming started with, and it is also the treasure at the bottom of the box of the Tianwu Army, and it can be given to a certain person, which can be regarded as King Ming's trust in a certain person." Zhang Jue sighed, "I didn't expect that this person, who is just a few sides of the relationship with His Royal Highness King Ming, can be so supported by His Royal Highness, from Hezhou Zhizhou all the way up, and become the person who is in charge of the Sichuan and Shu army side by side with General Gao, it is really fortunate." ”

The commander shook his head: "General, you can see it wrong, His Royal Highness King Ming's reliance and trust in you is far more than that, General Gao is our Sichuan Shu Zijin Liang, without General Gao Luzhou would have been lost, Sichuan and Shu are naturally not guaranteed, General Gao is in charge of the Sichuan and Shu army is reasonable, but in the final analysis, General Gao is also an old man, it is estimated that it will not be long before the situation in Sichuan and Shu settles down, it is time to return to his hometown and retire for the elderly, and then the Sichuan and Shu army is your final say." ”

"You mean?!" Zhang Jue was stunned.

"Once Sichuan and Shu are pacified, it will be the general, you will lead the brothers to the Northern Expedition, who else is the most suitable person besides you?" The commander saw it through and said with a smile, "So the subordinates show that His Royal Highness's trust and reliance on the general is far more than that, and there will be more in the future." ”

After being silent for a moment, Zhang Jue couldn't help but nodded: "You can see clearly, so it seems that a certain authority is confused, but no matter how it is explained, His Royal Highness entrusted Sichuan and Shu to a certain person, and even used the Shence Army to contain Liu Quan, then a certain naturally can't let him down, and this battle will beat him to a loss!" ”

The sound of footsteps behind him hurriedly sounded, and Shi Xunzhong, who was already covered with blood on half of his clothes, strode over, casually threw a head on the ground, and gave it to him loudly: "General Qiyu, the Mongolian Tatar commander who led the team has been beheaded by his subordinates, and I ask the general to signal." ”

Zhang Jue snorted: "Have you counted how much grain and grass there is?" ”

"That's enough for us for three months." Shi Xunzhong had a smile on his face, "I thought everyone was going to starve when I hit Qingju City yesterday, who knew that this Mongolian Tartar would be sent to the door so straight, so of course we don't want it in vain." ”

"Three months?" Zhang Jue looked at the valley again, the grain team is very long, there are hundreds of carts, and each of them is an ordinary bulging bag, and there is really a lot of grain and grass, "The news sent by Jinyiwei before said that Mongolian Tatar grain and grass are transported once every six months, and I think this is the amount of half a year, and it is really a lot of harvest." Since it is three months, then within three months, pacify this Sichuan Shu for King Ming. ”

"Obey the general's orders!" Several commanders and Marquis Yu who were standing beside him all bowed with Huo Ran.

And Zhang Jue's eyes were blazing, looking down the mountain.

Qingju City was taken, and Suizhou was quite open, but two or three thousand Mongolian Tatars could not resist the attack of tens of thousands of Sichuan Shu troops under the cover of flying thunder artillery. After Suizhou, it is Jianzhou, Dazhou, and Chengdu Mansion, I didn't expect that I had been fighting in Sichuan and Shu for so many years, and I had been pressed and beaten by the Mongolian Tatars, and now I finally have a chance to get everything back.

"Go, send someone to inquire where General Gao has advanced, and report the battle situation here." Zhang Jue said loudly, "Shi Xunzhong! ”

"The last general!" Shi Xunzhong hurriedly stood up.

Zhang Jue looked him up and down: "This battle is just more than a thousand Mongolian Tatars and some people, it's nothing, even if you kid is hungry, take Suizhou before sunset!" ”

"Obey!" Shi Xunzhong yelled.

After seeing Shi Xunzhong leave, Zhang Jue raised his head and looked at the sky, a ray of sunlight poured on the clothes and armor of the soldiers in the valley, and the weather was just right. (To be continued.) )