306 Le Shi Zaigong
Quelling the rebellion is already a sure victory. Yang Ling submitted the counterinsurgency matters to the Shu Wangfu and Jingshi respectively.
There is also news from Beijing from time to time that Liu Jin has mastered the overall situation of the government and is constantly expanding his power, and at the same time he is constantly issuing various decrees, as if he is the first person in the center of power, and Yang Linghun does not care about this. Now Yang Ling is no longer Wuxia Ameng in the officialdom, a eunuch who completely uses his favorites and engages in local complaints and has no foundation, is no longer in his eyes.
His current power is actually developing simultaneously with Liu Jin, Liu Jin takes the center, and his connections and influence are all over the place, but at the same time he is not estranged from the emperor, and his closeness and trust in the emperor's heart make his power in the court still as solid as a rock, and it is not shaken at all, so it is much easier to deal with Liu Jin.
When Yang Ling presented the Zhengde Song, he also brought with him eighty bronze drums representing the barbarian forces and powers, and the captured barbarian flags, weapons, and several important prisoners of the A clan were sent to Beijing together, showing off the national prestige with great fanfare along the way. During the pacification and recovery of Manchuria, he also selected the spoils of war and the first offender with rich representative surnames to escort them into Beijing, which was a sign of respect for the central government and the Zhengde Emperor.
It is conceivable that these prisoners and trophies were delivered, and for the warlike Zhengde, the meaning was far better than playing with him and sending a few rare things to make him happy, both of which could get the favor and closeness of the little emperor, but although the emperor was playful, he did not lack brains. After a long run, in his heart, he will naturally have a concept of who is the important minister who can be used in major affairs of the court and politics, and who is the close attendant who can accompany him for entertainment and entertainment.
These seemingly inconspicuous actions are of indescribable significance for pacifying the locality, boosting the morale of the army, and establishing the authority of the Zhengde Emperor. Pingwei, who began to fight when he was grandfather Taizu, was completely pacified in the Zhengde Emperor's dynasty; The rebellion of the time of the barbarians has not stopped for more than a hundred years, and it has been completely solved in the Zhengde Dynasty. This martial art brought the prestige of the little emperor who had just succeeded to the throne to the peak.
For martial affairs, Yang Ling pays attention to the momentum like a thunderbolt and a quick decision. As for Wenzhi, he is cautious. First of all, he is not a qualified politician, and for the national economy and people's livelihood, especially the people's feelings, productive forces, and the development of various places in this dynasty, even if he is making up for it now, he will not be able to catch up with those old ministers in the DPRK and China.
His advantage lies in the fact that he has a clear understanding of the correct general direction of historical development, and as long as the general direction is correct, the specific policies must be carried out in a steady manner, and even if there are some mistakes in this, they must be tolerated for the time being, and they must be slowly adjusted.
Some reforms in history are recorded in the history books in just a few sentences, and those few sentences were completed and achieved in 10, 20 or even longer years. Thinking about the contemporary reforms, in a more advanced and effective ruling system, it often takes ten years for a government decree reform or policy change to be implemented and developed, and it is unanimously recognized by all the people.
If it was just a special zone, a region that could be ruled by him alone, with a small area, a backward culture, and relatively little resistance from the old forces, he would be confident that he would be able to create a miracle in a short time, but even with Emperor Zhengde's trust in him, would he be allowed to do so? After all, Zhengde is also an ancient person who was bound by the concepts of this era.
This thought often jumped into his mind, making Yang Ling's ears and heartbeat for a while, but when his mood calmed down, he gave up this ridiculous idea again: It's difficult, correct the big wrong historical decision, let this giant ship slowly change direction, maybe one or two hundred years later, we can see how meaningful some of the measures made by the imperial court are today, and in my lifetime, I am afraid that the changes that can be seen are still very limited.
Yang Ling knows that the development of civilization has its basic laws: the changes he makes may only be one or two aspects, and it is not the only means and comprehensive policy to change the strength and weakness of the country, but when it spreads over a large area, it will give rise to the emergence and progress of more technologies and cultures at relevant levels.
New technologies and new cultures will still evolve more types of technologies and knowledge, and gradually improve the development needs of the whole country like a pyramid, and this process is indeed very long and takes a considerable amount of time. If he can be given a place to carry out in a small area, then the construction speed of this small pyramid will be quite fast, and the experience and knowledge found from it will promote the construction of the big pyramid.
But now Daming is a huge pyramid, and he is in this big pyramid, and standing at the top of the position, how can he expect to build a small model next to it?
Yang Ling had clearly known that he did not expect to see much change in his lifetime, perhaps as his power became greater and larger, everything he could control became bigger and bigger, and his ** and appetite would make him often dream of accelerating the development of the historical process faster. But all this is like a sweet dream, after thinking about it, facing the reality, he can only sigh deeply, and dare not make too advanced and unrealistic moves.
I remember when I just moved out of Yangjiaping, my wish was only to earn a property for the young lady, so that she could live well, who knew that today, I actually thought about the fate and future of the country? Yang Ling smiled lightly, lifted the sedan curtain and looked out, it was still lush, dense with mountains and forests, and vines and roses, this kind of scenery was pleasing to the eye at first glance, and it made people a little sleepy after seeing too much.
It is rare to have a sedan chair to sit in this mountain, of course, it is not lenient, the sedan chair is very small, Yang Ling leaned back on the backrest, and sighed with satisfaction with the frequency of trembling: "I don't want to think so much, I will enter October at my sight, it seems that Zhang Tianshi is right, I don't know what went wrong, my life limit in the past two years must have been really extended indefinitely."
So far, the military and government of Sichuan are all in my hands, and tens of thousands of troops are walking with me, and I don't believe that anyone can take my life. There are now many soldiers in the army who are sick and infected with the epidemic, but since I practiced the superior qigong of the inner family with Han Chao, my body has become stronger and stronger, and there is no possibility of getting sick at all.
My son is already full moon, and I don't know if he is fat or thin, whether he looks good or not, after returning to Beijing, he will pick up the mother and daughter to live for a while, and enjoy more happiness with his wife and children! Crazy children love daughters, beautiful wives and beautiful concubines, hehe'.
Yang Ling swallowed his saliva, and thought beautifully: "When I bring down Liu Daguan, I can just be an idle marquis, I have said everything I know, and those who can do it have already been done, it is time for the emperor to worry about himself, and it may not be a good thing to fight for more things."
'Oh? Yang Ling woke up from his fantasy, the sedan chair also stopped, someone opened the sedan curtain, Yang Ling came out of the sedan chair, and saw that the military and political local officials who arrived in advance were waiting outside, Zhu Rangjin, Counselor Feng, Su Imperial Envoy, Li Sen, Song Xiaoai and others came forward.
Yang Ling smiled and met with all the officials, and entered the city together, and when they arrived at the county government that was temporarily changed to Qincha Xingyuan, the poor county lord was squeezed to the most door, which was convenient for him to serve wine and food.
Yang Ling simply used some food and asked Zhu Rangjin with a smile, "Second Prince, how are the preparations for the war here in Rong County?" After defeating Dudu Village, Yang Ling immediately ordered the army to move to Rong County and began to deploy all preparations for the battle against Jiusi City, while he stayed where he was and assisted Yan Gaocai in dealing with the aftermath. Consolidating the occupied areas and eliminating all hidden dangers is the most important part of preventing recurrence, and construction is always more difficult than destruction.
On the one hand, the government wants to break up their original tribal model, ban the rebellious Tusi and chieftains, arrange the flow of officials, place military camps, and establish the people's strength, and at the same time, they have to relieve the oppressed people of other ethnic groups to retaliate, and disperse the barbarians who obey the court and the captured men, women, and children to various states and counties. So Yang Ling arrived half a month later than other officials.
Yang Ling's use of troops has made great achievements in suppressing bandits for more than 100 years, and these Shu officials now have great admiration for him, especially Yang Ling's decisiveness, not only did not appear the consequences of the chaos they feared, but the local people supported and trusted the government more.
When they were in Xuzhou City, they sent relief food to the door and were scolded by the people, but when they waved their troops to Rong County, the people actually welcomed them, especially the Tusi of the Tibetan, Miao, Qiang, Yi and other ethnic groups, not only no longer pulled their hind legs, but also exchanged for those old and weak soldiers, in exchange for the really brave and warlike wolf soldiers to assist the court to suppress bandits, and the chieftains who sent the troops were no longer showing off their might and were quite polite to the officers and soldiers.
As soon as he heard Yang Ling's inquiry, Feng Shenzheng immediately said excitedly: "Your Excellency, rest assured, according to your orders, all kinds of war preparations are ready. Niu Dali, the prefect of Chengdu, Feng Jianchun, the governor of Xuzhou, and Wu Wending, the governor of Chengdu, are in charge of the military supplies, so many troops are concentrated here, not that there is no food, but that the grain cannot be transported in.
Now it's good, the government has recruited civilian servants, and many people along the way, especially those who have been oppressed and have land, have rushed to help, and it took only half a month to dig and widen the two waterways of Zhaotan and Mutan, and grain can be directly transported here from Nanguang. The envoy of Su also said happily: "The six major clans have re-dispatched wolf soldiers, a full 3,000 people, hahaha, they are now stationed in a large camp, specializing in blocking the barbarians of some small tribes in the direction of Muai, Gaoxian, and Dulian in the deep mountains and old forests, those barbarians are small in number, and they can't fight, but if they destroy the military supplies and transport grain, two or three people can make the grain team unable to move for half a day, and these wolf soldiers who are proficient in jungle warfare can help us a lot."
Yang Ling smiled slightly when he heard this, and looked at Song Xiaoai, Song Xiaoai's marriage had been decided, and her spirit was different from usual, the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, and her two eyes seemed to be smiling at any time.
When she saw Yang Ling looking at her, she hurriedly replied: "The psychological tactics that the adults said, the last general also sent obedient barbarians to mix into the mountains and spread them around, and the barbarians on the mountains now regard the adults as Zhuge Wuhou in the world, these guys are not afraid of heaven and earth, they are afraid of Kong Ming, and now more than 2,000 deserters have run out of the mountain one after another before they fight, although no one has surrendered, but I heard that many of them are also frightened and hesitate."
Everyone laughed out loud when they heard this, this trick may not work against others, but it is more powerful than knives and guns to deal with those uncivilized barbarians, and the barbarians who entered the mountains did not have the intention to deceive people, but Song Xiaoai first told people about it vividly, so that they were convinced that Yang Ling was the reincarnation of Zhuge Wuhou, who was invincible and clever, and then let these brainwashed barbarians go into the mountains to publicize, and those barbarians will only have ghosts if they are not fooled.
Yang Ling said with a smile: "Xuzhou counterinsurgency, this kind of wisdom and strategy, is a method that everyone came up with together, in fact, where is this official so good that he can handle it single-handedly?" But the emperor is there, everyone's credit will not be robbed by the officials, this Ah Da has no chance to make any royal decrees, to add officials to you, I will be cheeky to count all the credit on my own head, so that it scares people'."
Everyone laughed even more when they heard this, only Zhu Rangjian's eyebrows were frowning, and his face was not happy, Yang Ling couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly asked: "Second prince, but what's on your mind?" Zhu Rangjin glanced at him and the officials, and sighed lightly: "My lord, the more brave the imperial army is, the more worried the barbarians are that although they are stupid, they should also be able to see that with only one Nine Silk City, they will not be able to confront the imperial court, and the surrendered Bangwen has been sent into the mountain three times, but Ah Da has ignored it so far, he was willing to force us to give up Xuzhou with Brother Wang's surname, wouldn't he try to use Brother Wang to force us to withdraw now?" I'm worried'.
Yang Ling was silent for a long time, and said softly: "It was the official who overestimated the wisdom of the barbarians, I thought that they would never harm the life of the prince, but now it seems that I am afraid that the prince is more than auspicious, and this is the fault of the official."
Zhu Rangjin hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't blame yourself, Lord Yan was right at the beginning, I am inviolable, even if the emperor is captured, he has never bowed to the barbarians, how can he trade with the court for the sake of Brother Wang's surname and selfishness."
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "There is only one thing to ask your lord, and I hope that Lord Qincha will be able to answer."
Yang Ling was very surprised, and he got up and said, "The second prince doesn't need to be polite, please have something to say."
Zhu Rangjin said: "This time I sent troops to Jiusi City, and I beg my lord to let me lead all the way to the army, personally behead the enemy chieftain, and avenge Brother Wang!" Before Yang Ling could speak, the officials had already dissuaded him one after another: Isn't this a joke? The prince seems to be dead, Zhu Rangjin is currently the only heir to the King of Shu, there are no eyes on the battle array, in case he has a good one, it is really a smashing iron pot and smashing a casserole, and the King of Shu will not have to open a gang in the future.
Everyone dissuaded him, and Zhu Rangjin said awe-inspiringly: "You don't need to persuade you anymore, Yu Gong, put down the rebellion against the Bashu thieves, and let Jin, as the son of the king of Shu, be duty-bound!" Yu privately, Brother Wang was killed, as a sibling brother, avenging his brother, why should I regret this body? What's more, I, Zhu Rangjin, am not a weak scholar, I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and it is more than enough to deal with a few barbarians! Seeing that he was resolute and not persuasive, everyone turned to Yang Ling for help. Yang Ling thought for a while, and suddenly had a plan in his heart: it doesn't hurt to ask him to follow, as long as he is not allowed to go to the battle array. The son of the world has died, let him make a contribution, and the prince of Shu can also deserve his name.
Thinking of this, Yang Ling smiled and nodded, "Okay! The land of Bashu was originally under the rule of the King of Shu, so the second prince would pacify the Nine Silk City on behalf of his father! 'Jiusi City is in the depths of Jiusi Mountain in the southwest of the county for more than 100 miles, the mountain is high and steep, the rock overhangs the cliff, the forest is deep and the stream is wide, the wild grass covers the path, and the terrain is very treacherous. The barbarians are called kings according to the mountain, build a city here according to the mountain, it is said that after repairing the castle, I don't know how big it is, use the rope to measure, the rope is used up, only half of the circle is around, think about it, decide to use silk to re-measure, enough to use nine taels of silk, so the barbarians named the castle nine silk city, and there is a saying that there are nine surnames in the palm of the barbarian, so it is named after it.
Nine Silk City grain will be wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack, all say that the barbarians are poor, but it is said that the Nine Silk City is full of cattle and sheep, grain into mountains, the mountains can be grazed, hunting, and there are fertile soil and fertile fields, if such a place is besieged but not attacked, it is not a problem to defend for hundreds of years.
There is a palace built by the barbarian who calls himself the king in the Nine Silk City, there are Dazhai Gate and Xiaozhai Gate in front of it, and there is the Dawang Warehouse and the West Pass in the back. Since the fall of Lingxiao City and Dudu Zhai one after another, Ah Da dug trenches and bunkers around Jiusi City, and the defense was tight, and he and his brother Ah Er, as well as his cronies and barbarian generals Fang San, were guarded by him, known as the three heroic generals of Duzhang.
To enter the Nine Silk City, there is a long valley in the middle, and if the army enters the valley, the barbarians will attack from the rocky mountains on both sides, and there is nowhere to escape. When Yang Ling arrived in Rong County, he began to organize men and horses to try to attack the mountain, and even built a lot of wheelbarrows with inclined wooden roofs as umbrellas to cover the soldiers into the mountain, but this could not cope with the huge boulders thrown by the barbarians from the top of the mountain, such as a large boulder thrown by the barbarians, and attacked for several days in a row, with heavy losses.
Yang Ling stood on a high peak, looking at the steep peaks shrouded in clouds and mist, and was silent for a long time. After a while, he sat down on a boulder, frowned, and said: "This mountain is dangerous, it is not suitable to set fire, if it is said to be a hard attack, the difficulty is that the double wall of the nine wires is narrow and long, I don't know how many soldiers and horses will be lost to be able to attack it." If you want to besiege but not attack, the grain and grass on the mountain are endless, the four seasons are unpredictable, the army has nowhere to be stationed, not to mention, just the silver rain and miasma, can make the army give rise to a plague, we go all the way down, all the way down, all the strong, is this last pass, just can't get through? Song Xiaoai said: "Yes, all the soldiers in the Nine Silk City are only about four thousand, and if they really want to fight, they are not the opponent of the 70,000 army of the imperial court, the question is how do we attack the Nine Silk City, this double wall will not really dig it up, right?" Yang Ling listened to a wry smile, it was difficult for Song Xiaoai to remember the bold words at the beginning, but look at this double-peaked narrow wall, even if you use the blasting explosives of later generations, it is not easy to blow it down, how can it be possible to hollow it out.
At this moment, Zhu Rangjin led a bearded man with a beard under his jaw and a ruddy and black face to climb up from the bottom of the mountain.
Zhu Rangjin saw Yang Ling and arched his hand: "My lord, have you ever come up with a strategy to break the mountain?" Yang Ling got up to meet him, shook his head and said, "It's difficult, this Nine Silk City is like a walnut, but this layer of hard shell outside is difficult to break through, if you can attack it, there is nothing to be afraid of." Yesterday, the official sent someone to surrender to Ah Da, but Ah Da did not reply in a word, but instead sent two more defenders, and it seems that he has decided to resist to the end.
Zhu Rangjin understood what Yang Ling meant, his expression couldn't help but darken, and it took a while to perk up and say, "My lord, this is my friend, a Yi brother, his name is Ji Pan. He had done business with the barbarians, and had driven cattle and sheep in exchange for brass drums made by the barbarians, and he had walked this road many times, and he told me that in addition to this road, there was a path in the mountains that could lead to the foot of the Nine Silk Cities, and I wondered if it would be helpful to the adults'.
Yang Ling perked up, and hurriedly asked Ji Pan to sit down and inquire about the situation in detail. In today's development situation, Jipan's father judged the situation and his support for the imperial court has also increased greatly, Jipanwasi originally came here with him only because of his friend's face, but now he sincerely wants to assist the officers and soldiers and make a contribution to his clan.
At that moment he recounted in detail what he had found when he entered the mountains, and finally said: 'This trail is also in the valley, and the brass drums of the barbarians are very well made, and they are very expensive treasures among our southwestern tribes, and it takes a thousand heads of cattle to change a good copper drum.
However, although this path is hidden, it is not easy to find pedestrians entering and exiting from the top of the wall, but it is extremely difficult to walk, I am afraid that two or three hundred people passing by, it will inevitably reveal the line hidden, and if you enter, you will not be able to take the pass'.
Yang Ling couldn't help but be a little discouraged when he heard this, but after all, this was a glimmer of hope, he asked Ji Panwasi to pick up the stone, draw a figure on the ground, and explain it repeatedly, until he knew the entire terrain by heart, then nodded, thought for a while, and slowly shook his head.
Zhu Rangjin saw that he still couldn't think of a feasible way, so he said, "Brother Jipan and I will go down the mountain again and see if we can come up with another way."
'Okay, you bring more people, be more careful', Yang Ling sent them away, sat back on the stone, held up his chin and looked at the valley in a daze: "It's not feasible to follow the right road into the mountain!" Entering from the trail, even if it is not discovered, but the number of people is limited, and there are at least a thousand barbarians guarding the pass, even if it is a surprise attack, it is difficult to capture. The sides are steep, and I can't turn around and cut off more than a thousand barbarian soldiers on the walls on both sides to protect the passage of our army, alas! Still no! No, no, alas! Yang Ling sighed sadly, and when he turned his head, he suddenly saw Song Xiaoai squatting next to him, also holding his cheeks with both hands, and staring at the valley in front of him with a pair of big round eyes. Her hands held her face and lips a little out of shape, looking a little childish.
Yang Ling was thinking about what was going on, but it was obvious that Song Xiaoai was doing nothing, sitting there bored, Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh.
'Huh? Song Xiaoai glanced at him strangely with slanted sparkling eyes.
Yang Ling smiled and said: "You think it's boring to stay here, just walk around, there are so many soldiers and horses around me, and I don't need you to accompany me, what about Han Chao?" Song Xiaoai patted her buttocks, jumped off the stone and said with a smile: "I don't have anyone anymore, since the arrival of Deputy Marshal Li, all my soldiers and horses will be handed over, and the soldiers I brought myself are good at crossing mountains and forests, so let Xiaowu be divided into more than 100 groups, all of them to touch the terrain, I am alone now, where can I go?" Yang Ling had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and suddenly jumped off the rock, staring at Song Xiaoai, his eyes shimmering, and he approached step by step and smiled: "What did you just say?" Your men have been sent out in hundreds and ten groups, and you have no one left? ''This isn't a smiling silver smile, is it?'' Song Xiaoai was a little hairy, and her heart trembled and asked, "Yes, yes, what are you going to do?" She said as she stepped back, her hand reaching for the hilt.
'Hahahaha', Yang Ling laughed rampantly from the top of the mountain.
The laughter echoed among the mountains, and it was really a bit like a wolf howling five days later, General Li Ze led his troops to leave Rong County, and the troops went out of Yinhage Mountain, cutting off the roads of Lügao, Wumeng, and Cheng'e around the west; Staff General Lin Yingyuan's troops went out of the valley and rushed to the south to garrison Dangmang and Yuexi; The guerrilla general Cui Gui cut off the retreat of Jiusi Mountain from the northeast; In the northwest, Jiao Hong led the troops to dispatch; Jinji Ridge was handed over to the wolf soldiers of the six tribes to be stationed. Yang Ling, Li Sen, and Song Xiaoai sent troops to Black Hat Mountain, and the five-way army was like a continuous bead, responding to emergencies, supporting each other, cooperating with each other, and making a posture of attacking from all directions at the same time.
The three male generals of Duzhang also dispatched troops and stationed them in various key passes, making the appearance of resisting the enemy outside the Jiusi Mountain. The soldiers and horses from all walks of life have made a detour and have not yet reached the vicinity of Jiusi City, and Yang Ling, as the main attacker, has already clashed with the barbarian army, and the garrison of Jin Guoying has led the men and horses of the headquarters as the vanguard, struggling to attack the mountain, and the strong force is fighting with the barbarians.
After the officers and soldiers withdrew from the mountain, more than ten mountain gates fell into the hands of the barbarians again, and the barbarian army retreated to the two walls of Jiusi Mountain again, the officers and soldiers attacked the mountain, and the barbarians used strong bows and crossbows, and ten thousand arrows were fired together, and the lifelike lightning was scattered endlessly. The officers and men then changed to wooden parachute carts, and the barbarians switched to throwing boulders, burning grass, and other objects, and the officers and men retreated, and the two sides re-entered a state of stalemate.
At this time, the soldiers and horses of the detour and the attack arrived near the Nine Silk Mountain one after another, the Nine Silk City exhausted the elite soldiers, divided the main road, with one as a hundred, the officers and soldiers also had to pay a lot of corpses, the casualties were quite large, and the officers and soldiers fell into the stage of siege and difficult to attack, A Dawang breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to be careless, the defenders from all walks of life were waiting for each other, and both sides were tired.
After these two days, it suddenly rained again, and after the silver rain, the miasma was filled, and Ah Daqing knew that the officers and soldiers were not suitable for this kind of weather, so they only had to hold on for two more days, and the officers and soldiers would inevitably retreat, so they sent people to send meat and wine to the defenders of various dangerous passes, and rewarded the three armies, and there was a great appearance of victory in sight.
As soon as the rain started, the officers and men really retreated, built a camp on a high place, and did not launch an attack for two consecutive days.
That night, the silver rain fell. Yang Ling selected 700 people from Song Xiaoai's wolf army warriors, led by Wu Hanchao and Ji Panwaxi, all of whom wore ropes around their waists, waist knives on their shoulders, straw sandals under their feet, and necks in their mouths, and quietly escaped into the night.
Fog and rain, it is night, if you want to attack the mountain, it is clear to send death, all the barbarian army slaughters cattle and sheep, rest assured to drink, but still send many guards, but the night is foggy and rainy, and there is no movement of officers and soldiers.
Ji Panwasi led seven hundred wolf soldiers to hurry up, flying up and climbing, under the cover of night, fog and rain, quietly passed through the path between the two walls of the nine silks, before dawn, seven hundred warriors had arrived at the city of nine silks, they hid in the forest and rested quietly, waiting for the prescribed time to come, and making some preparations.
Now the Nine Silk City has really become a walnut shell, Yang Ling's 70,000 army is divided into five routes, and has attracted all the main forces of the barbarian army, distributed in various key passes, and the barbarians defending the city are not many warriors left except for the old and weak women and children.
The sky was hazy, and the early hours of the morning were the time when people were most sleepy, and there was not the slightest movement outside, and the defenders at the head of the city were sleeping comfortably, and hundreds of scratching iron hooks were thrown on the city wall at the same time, and one by one the wolf soldiers climbed up like apes.
The shouts of killing began, the barbarians jumped up in panic, and a large number of enemies flew from nowhere, and what was even more terrifying was that these people couldn't see the way at all, all dressed in strange green patterned clothes, wearing strange hats on their heads, and their faces were painted with markings, like the frog gods played by the sorcerers during the sacrifice and prayer.
The frog god has an incomparably sacred position among the barbarians, and the barbarians who can't figure out the situation dare to confront tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, but they don't dare to do anything with the gods, and when they see clearly that these gods are also going to kill with knives, they will also bleed to death, and when they wake up to the fact that these people are the gods pretended to be officers and soldiers, the general trend has gone, and the only remaining 300 elites in the barbarians guarding the pass have been killed, and the rest of the old and weak have scattered in a hurry.
These wolf soldiers did not rush to chase, and while setting fire to the village, they plundered everywhere. The officers and men of all walks of life on the periphery launched an attack together at the appointed moment, and this time they not only rushed to attack with all their might, but also used the big brass drums of the barbarians to cheer them on. The bronze drum, which represented the spirit of the god of war of his own clan, sounded in the other party's military camp, causing a lot of panic to the barbarian armies.
The officers and soldiers all learned a few barbarian words in advance, and at this time they shouted in unison: "Zhuge Wuhou's method, the gods have abandoned you, quickly abandon your weapons and surrender, Jiusi City has been breached!" Looking back at the direction of Jiusi City, sure enough, a thick smoke rushed into the sky, which was originally the most morale-boosting copper drum for the army, but at this time it was panicking: the Han people invited Zhuge Liang, and Jiusi City was broken, can this battle still be fought? The barbarian armies of all walks of life no longer obey the command of the barbarian generals, and they will be disrespected. At least eight of the ten dangerous passes were self-defeating, and the mountains were full of chasing officers and soldiers and brute soldiers who ran away.
The barbarian army on the Nine Silk Double Wall only resisted for a moment, the copper drum in front of the sound, the back village firelight, the huge stone and wood thrown down on the mountain were few, the officers and soldiers rushed through the Nine Silk Double Wall, and killed the base camp of the Nine Silk City.
The barbarians were defeated, the officers and soldiers entered the Nine Silk City, while setting fire to the house, while waving the army to cover the killing, King A heard the report and was shocked inexplicably, he put on a self-made dragon robe crown, brandished a big knife and personally led the dead soldiers to rush out of the palace of the king to meet the enemy, but although his people were brave, they could not stand the swarming Ming officers and soldiers.
From the early morning to noon, King A has retreated to the West Pass, at this time there is fire everywhere in the city, the officers and soldiers also set the big king's warehouse on fire, where there are mountains of rice and corn, this granary burns, even if King A invites the frog god to come up and recapture the Nine Silk City, he can not hold on here.
At this time, King A's crown was gone, and the dragon robe on his body was broken into strips, seeing the raging fire in the king's warehouse, King A's tears flowed, so he had to lead the remnants of the army to abandon the city and flee, out of the West Pass, and fled into the reckless jungle.
When Yang Ling, the second prince, Li Sen and other lords rushed to Jiusi City, the Great King Cang was still in flames, there were not many remaining rebels in the city, and the officers and soldiers were collecting prisoners. Jiusi City is the lair of King A who has been entrenched for many years, and there are many gold and silver artifacts in the palace of the king, all of which have been collected by the officers and soldiers, so although they are covered in blood and have just finished the war, their bodies are bloated a lot.
There are still good porcelain from Jingdezhen in the main hall, it can be seen that although this king is a barbarian, he also knows the goods and knows how to enjoy, but it is a pity that this barbarian knows the goods, and those officers and soldiers do not know the goods.
Yang Ling stood on the empty palace of the king that had been looted, and ordered: 'Ah Da Ah two and three, none of them have been caught, immediately order the officers and soldiers to search and pursue, and all checkpoints must be checked urgently, and no one can escape'.
Zhu Rangjin followed closely and said, "Bring the barbarian generals who have been arrested in Nine Silk City, interrogate them immediately, and find out the whereabouts of my brother Wang."
Yang Ling secretly screamed ashamed: I forgot about this. So he hurriedly called Wu Hanchao and Song Xiaoai to mention people. After some interrogation, Wu Hanchao brought a long list of captives into the hall, Yang Ling wanted to sit down and interrogate, but when he turned his head, this Emperor A Da learned from the emperor very much, except for his big king chair made of stone, there was not a single small horse in the palace.
Take a closer look at the stone chair, there are a lot of pry marks on it, it is estimated that it was also inlaid with gold and silver jewelry, all of which were pried away by the rebels, but after all, the chair is engraved with a dragon, although the craftsmanship of the craftsman who carved the dragon is almost, this stone dragon looks a little embarrassing, Yang Ling still does not want to leave anyone with any handle, so he has to stand in the hall and ask people to ask one by one in brute language.
The barbarian generals were silent when they heard this, Yang Ling asked people twice and couldn't get the point, Zhu Rang Jin was furious, and shouted: "If you don't confess the whereabouts of my brother Wang, I will pull you all out and behead you!" One of the older barbarians babbled a few words, then turned his head away with disdain as he closed his eyes and Yang Ling asked, "What did he say?" The soldier who knew barbarian opened his mouth for a long time before he ate and said: "He said that the imperial court was going to take the opportunity to destroy them, so he found an excuse to attack the mountain, and the prince had already been quietly rescued by Zhuge Liang of the Han people, but he was still in their hands."
'What? Yang Ling and Zhu Rang Jinqi changed color together, and they rushed forward together, taking two steps back in fright: "Rescued by someone?" When? The soldier asked the barbarian general a few more questions, coerced and lured, and the barbarian replied: "When the news of the destruction of Duduzhai came, King A wanted to exchange the son of the world for the safety of Jiusi City, but you Han people rescued him, and then sent people up the mountain to ask us for people, isn't this a clear excuse to destroy us?" Yang Ling and Zhu Rangjin looked at each other after hearing this, and after a long time, Zhu Rangjin stammered: "My lord, you really saved my brother Wang?" ''No wow!'' Yang Ling was inexplicable, and suddenly saw Song Xiaoai at a glance, this little girl had a look of adoration on her face, Yang Ling couldn't help but be angry and funny, he paused and said: "What do you see?" I can't fly, how can I touch into Nine Silk City to save people? "But it's been nearly a month since Duduzhai was wiped out, and if Brother Wang was rescued, why didn't he go to us?" Why is there no news from the government at all? My lord, you must help find Brother Wang', Zhu Rangjin said happily and anxiously.
Yang Ling nodded, suddenly remembered that there was something wrong with him, he looked down, and suddenly fell down, everyone looked at Yang Ling's movements curiously, only to see Yang Ling put aside the messy things and broken porcelain on the ground, carefully looked at it for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed: 'Gold bricks! This is the gold bricks! A soldier next to him closed his eyes in pain: "How much is the silver collar worth with those two silver collars in your arms?" I knew that this was a gold brick, I pry a piece and hide it, do you still need to be a soldier? ''BRICS? Song Xiaoai also squatted down curiously, pulled out a knife, knocked the ground with the hilt, and said, "What is not gold and wood is not like gold, my lord."
Yang Ling stroked the delicate and smooth huge brick surface, and muttered with his eyes: "That's right, this is the gold brick!" It is a royal brick that can only be paved on the Jinluan Palace. It was here, it was here, it was like this, and this king has learned a lot'.
Everyone didn't know what he was reading, but they all understood what this kind of gold brick meant, and dared to use the imperial bricks that only the emperor could use, this king really regarded himself as an emperor.
The soldier who was in agony was also returned from hell to heaven at once, and he touched the two heavy silver collars in his arms with satisfaction, and sighed softly: 'It is good to be content.'
It turns out that this gold brick was bought by King A, who wanted to be the emperor in the mountains, with a lot of money, so that King Shuxian rebelled, but it was a vain? Also, if the people of the factory guard heard that someone in Sichuan was buying gold bricks, the only thing that came to mind might be the rebellion of the King of Shu. Now that this problem has been solved, I can finally go back to Beijing immediately to make a business trip, so that the emperor can rest assured', Yang Ling thought of this, and his heart couldn't help but rejoice.
But he stood up and looked up, and obviously no one in the palace cared about the gold brick issue: carrying a sedan chair without permission, a yellow umbrella python clothes, and claiming to be the king, these are enough to rebel, and what is it to add another gold brick to be paved? The question is: where is the prince of Shu?
Yang Ling thought of the problem that everyone was concerned about, he smiled awkwardly, and was about to order people to search the whole city, when suddenly Jiao Gui escorted a few Han people into the palace, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, these guys are outcasts and bandits who are attached to the barbarians, and after being arrested by us, they said that there is a very important matter to face Lord Qincha."
As he spoke, he raised his leg and kicked a man in the ass, and scolded: 'This kid still fucking threatened me, saying that I couldn't afford to delay a big thing, so I brought them here to show the eldest minister, if it didn't matter, I had to cut off these turtle grandchildren.'
Yang Ling looked at those Han people, the clothes they wore seemed to be quite Han, but their facial features were clearly Han, his heart suddenly moved, and he walked up and said: "I am the Qincha Yang Ling you want to see, what do you have to tell me?" A few of the arrested people looked at Yang Ling up and down, and then looked at a large group of officials around the left and right, and then they believed it, and the leader quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Lord Qincha is above, and the small one is the second dog of the grass people, and a few of us were ignited by the little prince of Shu and decided to take refuge in the imperial court, so we secretly saved the little prince and hid him, but unfortunately the barbarian watched it tightly and couldn't send it out, we'."
Before he finished speaking, all the officials had already gathered together, and Zhu Rangjin rushed to the front, his face turned red, and he shouted excitedly: "What did you say? My brother was saved by you? Where is he, take us to him quickly! Wang Ergou didn't know who this man was, anyway, he had to listen to anyone in this room, so he hurriedly agreed, led everyone out of the great palace, and walked around to their dwelling.
Listening to these people along the way, everyone knew a little bit about it. It turned out that after the prince Zhu Rangxu was pretended to induce him to negotiate by King A and took him into the mountains as a hostage, he also attached great importance to this prisoner, hoping to make a big profit from the prince. He felt that most of the barbarians guarding the prison did not know Chinese, so he specially asked these Han people who had committed crimes to go up the mountain to wait.
According to their statement, the little prince is knowledgeable, very good at educating, often talk to them about the way of life, the principle of life, so that they feel deeply, and so on to Lingxiao Mountain, the capital of the village and then lost, these people panicked, felt that the little prince said a lot of reason, so by the little prince ignited, so that the wine stunned the barbarian guards, rescued him, and then killed the barbarian, the body was also thrown away.
Although the barbarians are obedient, they will not say some flattering words, but these people are eloquent, and often shoot the king of Ah Fei, so they trust them very much. After some sophistry by them, the king did not suspect them, let alone sent someone to search their dwellings, and there was indeed no suspicion.
At this time, the news that Yang Ling is Zhuge Kongming went down to earth also continued to spread to the mountains through the mouths of many people, and the two were compared, and several Han people took the opportunity to pry it out, and Yang Kongming made the five ghosts carry ** to save the prince of Shu The matter was a certainty.
Seeing that no one doubted it, a few guys were afraid that the little prince would hide in the mountains and be taken by wild beasts, so they hurriedly took it back and hid it in the cellar of their home.
While Yang Ling and the others listened, they hurriedly walked with them, and when they arrived at the place, several Han people hurriedly lifted a piece of fishy and tattered animal skin, pulled up the wooden board and called inside: "Little prince, we have brought Lord Qincha, you can come out quickly."
After a while, the foot of the ladder shook, and a pale face emerged from the hole, squinting at everyone, Zhu Rangjin took a closer look, and called with a happy face: "Brother Wang! Brother Wang, you are really alive, God pity you! The man had a beautiful face, seven points similar to Zhu Rangjin, but his complexion was much worse, he also saw Zhu Rangjin clearly at this time, and couldn't help but shout happily: "Brother Jin, you are really here", Zhu Rangxu jumped out of the hole, and the two brothers hugged each other, and couldn't help crying.
'I heard that the prince of the world in prison to the Han people who were vassals and thieves in many ways, so that they suddenly woke up and sacrificed their lives to save the son, I don't know what means the prince used to ignite these thieves put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot? A few people walked down the mountain, and Yang Ling said to Zhu Rangxu beside him as he walked.
It was already the third day, and King A fled to Yupingdun after Jiguanling was captured by wolf soldiers, in order to prevent accidents, Yang Ling did not escort the prisoner into Beijing, and directly beheaded the head and presented it to the capital. Fang San fled to the sow village and resisted stubbornly, and was shot by the officers and soldiers with sharp arrows.
Yang Ling set up government guards in Jiusi City, and the officers, soldiers and prisoners withdrew from the mountain one by one, and they were the last people to go out of the mountain.
The prince has changed into a set of Confucian clothes, this is not only his appearance, but also his expression and temperament are very similar to Zhu Rangjin, but he looks older, although he is not very old, but he always looks old-fashioned, perhaps because the eldest son in the family often acts as an agent for the king of Shu to deal with the problems of official business, so Yang Ling has not asked him, until now that he is going down the mountain, everyone is in a relaxed mood, Yang Ling pretended to ask this question unintentionally.
Zhu Rangxu still looked unsmiling, he gently wiped his chin, and said lightly: "It's nothing, I have to thank Lord Qincha for speaking of it." What I used to ignite those bandits was nothing more than money, beauty, and fame, and they were still a little hesitant, but after the adults captured Duduzhai, my chips added another surname, so they came to their senses.'
Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud: It turns out that the prince of Shu is also such a lovely son.
The matter of Xuzhou has been over, when Ah Er, the last of the three male generals of Duzhangman, fled to the mouth of Guizhou, he was also captured by the defenders, beheaded on the spot, and presented the head, and the rebellion of Duzhangman was completely collapsed by Yang Ling with a thunderous force, and it was difficult to form a large-scale rebellion again.
The troops of various units have been rewarded for their meritorious deeds and have returned to the barracks where they are stationed one after another. The will of the imperial court also came down, and Yan Gaocai was officially appointed as the governor of the six counties of Xuzhou to control the affairs of the local military and political law. Yang Ling agreed with him: for a period of three years, Yan Gaocai would govern one side, and after three years, everything would be straightened out, and another official would be sent to take over his position and sponsor him to enter Beijing as an official.
Yang Ling, Zhu Rangxu, and Zhu Rangjin returned to Chengdu with Song Xiaoai's department, and Governor Yan was sent to a high cliff, Yang Ling stopped his horse and turned around and said: "Lord Yan, send you a thousand miles, and there will be a farewell." Xuzhou is busy with affairs, and adults need to work hard everywhere, please stop there'.
Yan Gaocai smiled and said generously: "Yes, I would like to send Lord Qincha, the prince, the second prince, the general soldier of Song and all the lords."
Yang Ling smiled slightly, turned the horse's head and raised the whip and shouted: "Drive! The brigade walked out of Lixu, and when he looked back, Governor Yan was still standing on a high place to see him off.
As he was walking forward, Song Xiaoai suddenly pointed to a smooth and steep stone wall on the opposite river and said in surprise: "My lord, look at it! Yang Ling looked up and saw that on the bluestone surface like a mirror, there were rows of big red characters, and the writing was strong and powerful:
In the first year of Ming Zhengde, in October, Yang Ling, the minister of Qincha patrol, Zhu Rangjin, the prince of Shu, and Li Sen were all commanded to participate in politics. Yuwang Mountain, Tongluo Ridge, Lingxiao City, and Dudu Zhai fought Lianke, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the army would be in Jiusi City.
The victory of the soldiers on the day is also the heroic plan of the eternal era. However, when the wind rolls up and the clouds grow, it is said to open the valley. The phase and reward are overwhelming, and the sword hangs on the rock; Looking down on Wanzao Xingtun, the wild nest is scorched earth; Looking at the southwest Zhuyi Essai, in the eye. Sincere wonders through the ages, is the use of stone, to immortality.
The governor of Xuzhou made Yan Gaocai sing poems to record the ages:
The Swinging Warriors came out of the cliff and came to catch Chen.
Fusang said that the universe is open, and the jade base is cloudy, and the tiger and leopard tun are piled up.
The fertile soil has been returned to the gods and Yugong, and Zhongxing has re-expanded the ghost Fangbin.
Huan Harmony and Strength of the Civil and Military, when the victorious army returns, it will be spring.
(To be continued)