Banzhou, later known as Zunyi, is located about 500 miles south of Chongqing and is the junction of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Huguang provinces. Due to the high mountains and dense forests, the central government's jurisdiction over the area was very difficult, and since the Tang Dynasty, the government has set up Tusi as the local ruler, which has considerable autonomy characteristics.

In the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the central government followed the rules of the Tang dynasty and appointed the Yang family as the local hereditary Tusi. The ruling body established in the Ming Dynasty was called the Xuanhui Envoy, and Yang Yinglong was the Xuanshu Xuanshu Envoy. If you count from Yang Rui in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Yinglong is already the 29th generation of toast.

Yang Yinglong was born in 55 years, the fifth year of Longqing, that is, in 57 years, Yang Yinglong, who was only 20 years old, inherited the position of his father Yang Lie and became the ambassador of Banzhou. Although Yang Yinglong is young, he is good at strategy and brave and good at fighting. In the battle to quell the local native rebellion, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats and won the favor of the imperial court. In the 4th year of Wanli, Yang Yinglong heard that the emperor was going to build a palace and lacked good wood, so he cut down 70 large trees from the mountains and transported them to Beijing with great difficulty, so that he was rewarded by the Wanli Emperor and was given the position of flying fish suit and commander.

On the one hand, Yang Yinglong flattered the imperial court, but on the other hand, he was arrogant and domineering in his own jurisdiction. Banzhou is an area inhabited by many ethnic groups, and Yang Yinglong colluded with a branch of the local Miao people to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and then looted the local ethnic minorities on the pretext of quelling internal strife, and the local people suffered unspeakably.

If it was just to oppress the local people, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty would not care, because after all, this is an internal matter of the local people. The court was happy to see them restrain each other. But Yang Yinglong's ambition was not limited to this, he found that the Ming army was weak in combat effectiveness from the experience of joint crusade with the Ming army, so he gradually formed a heart of disobedience.

Yang Yinglong's affair was revealed, from his own family matter. He favored a concubine named Tian Nufeng, so he divorced his wife Zhang for adultery. After some time, Yang Yinglong drank at Tian's brother's place, got drunk and violently, and killed Zhang's entire family.

After this tragedy. Zhang's uncle Zhang Shizhao and Yang Yinglong's subordinates He En and Song Shichen escaped from Banzhou and reported Yang Yinglong's rebellion to the imperial court. According to Zhang Shizhao, Yang Yinglong trained a large number of private soldiers, and used dragons and phoenixes as decorations in his own mansion, and also used eunuchs to serve him.

Arrogant dragon and phoenix, unauthorized use of the eunuch temple, this is enough to exterminate the clan, as soon as the news came out, the court was shaken, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

The disposition of Yang Yinglong's case. Two factions of opinion were formed in the imperial court. One faction of opinions, led by Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Guizhou, advocated sending troops to suppress it. Eliminate this hidden danger once and for all. The other faction of opinions was headed by Li Shangsi, the governor of Sichuan, who believed that Yang Yinglong had contributed to the imperial court and should be appeased.

Sichuan did not want to move Yang Yinglong because Yang Yinglong could deter the surrounding ethnic minority tribes in Banzhou. Disputes between local ethnic minorities and Han Chinese often erupted, sometimes leading to small-scale riots. Every time something like this happens, the Sichuan side transfers Yang Yinglong to pacify, and Yang Yinglong's performance is also quite satisfactory, and every time he makes a move, he can return with a big victory. This has saved Sichuan a lot of things in both the military and political aspects.

Due to the disputes between the parties, it was difficult for the imperial court to make up its mind in the end, and the matter was frozen there.

On the way from Jiujiang to Chongqing, Chen Dao and Su Hao discussed the world's major events, and also introduced Yang Yinglong's affairs to him, so Su Hao understood what was going on when he heard Fu Zhong's words at this time.

"The old man came to Chongqing from Guiyang this time. On the way, I also passed by Banshu Division. I look at the Banzhou Division, which has been run by Yang Yinglong like an iron bucket. The local natives only know the toast but do not know the royal law, and the Han officials form decorations in the local area. In the long run, the imperial court will be powerless against Banshu. In the old man's opinion. Yang Yinglong's incident is a matter of time. Ye Mengxiong said unabashedly.

"Isn't that the Sichuan side out of this?" Su Hao asked boldly, since he had been allowed to participate in the discussion of this matter, he did not have to worry about his humble official position. Of course, this is why Su Hao himself has such confidence, and if he changes to one of the other hundred households, he will definitely not even dare to breathe on this occasion.

Ye Mengxiong really didn't care about Su Hao's presumptuousness, on the contrary, there was a little admiration on his face, and he said: "Li Shangsi is a man and a mouse, and he only thinks about using Yang Yinglong to pacify the local natives, but he doesn't know that raising tigers will cause trouble, and he will suffer from it over time. If Yang Yinglong gets into trouble, the people of Guizhou and Shu will be devastated. ”

Li Shangsi is the governor of Sichuan, and Ye Mengxiong talked about him without the slightest respect, which shows how deep the contradiction between the two has been for Yang Yinglong. The other people at the table were not high enough to evaluate officials at the governor level, so everyone could only listen to Ye Mengxiong's accusations, but did not dare to echo them.

Zheng Lian said: "Yang Yinglong was able to quell the local riots in Banzhou, but he was also effective. However, according to what the lower officials learned, every time Yang Yinglong quelled a riot, he would include the brave people in the mob into his own army. is that after each suppression, Yang Yinglong's Zunyi army will grow a lot. Yang Yinglong's place to raise troops is very secretive, and no one knows the strength of his Zunyi army. According to the estimation of the subordinate officials and the commander Fu, there are no less than 10,000 people with armor in his army. ”

Fu Zhong also added: "It's just a crowd, it's nothing, the key is that Banzhou is vast and thousands of miles, the northwest moat mountain is the pass, and the southeast is attached to the river as the pool, if the imperial court sends troops to suppress, I am a guest army, the terrain is not familiar, let alone fighting, even if it is difficult to find the enemy." The opponent has been entrenched here for many years, and he is familiar with the mountains and rivers, which can be said to be offensive and retreating, which makes me invulnerable. ”

When Fu Zhong said this, everyone was silent, and they all smiled at Su Hao. Su Hao smiled bitterly, he already understood why he was sent to this place. Fu Zhong said very clearly, if you want to fight, you must be familiar with the local terrain, and it is best to have a detailed combat map, and this kind of thing is not Su Hao's director?

Yang Yinglong dared to make waves in Banzhou, relying on the complex terrain here as a cover. If the imperial court wants to send troops to suppress it, the foreign army will enter the mountainous area here, and it will be completely turned around as long as it walks dozens of miles. At that time, the Zunyi army will be in the dark, and the Ming army will be in the light, and the Ming army will definitely be completely passive when it comes to fighting. The imperial court was hesitant to attack the matter, but in fact, it also had concerns in this regard.

The contour map proposed by Su Hao gave the military a revelation. If a detailed map of this area can be drawn in advance, and the army can use the map as a guide, it will make up for the shortcomings of the unfamiliar terrain. In this way, if Yang Yinglong wants to make an accident, the Ming army can give him a thunderous blow at any time.

"At present, the imperial court does not have a clear attitude towards Yang Yinglong, and Governor Ye, Governor Zheng, and Commander Fu also mean to take precautions, and want to arrange for someone to draw out the map of Banzhou first. As soon as things change, we have a detailed map of Banshu in hand, and we can deploy troops to attack at any time. However, because the imperial court has not yet made a will, we have to draw a map of Banzhou, which can only be carried out in concealment, and cannot be detected by Yang Yinglong, so as not to cause disputes. Along the way, Chen asked the survey camp to keep a low profile, which is also the reason. Chen Dao explained to Su Hao.

Su Hao had actually figured out the reason for this, he was just a little surprised, could it be that Yang Yinglong's power was so big that the survey camp had to start camouflaging thousands of miles away.

Fu Zhong came up with Su Hao's thoughts, and he explained: "Yang Yinglong is thoughtful, and he has long had the intention of rebellion, so he has his own eyeliner everywhere. If we are not secretive, we will inevitably be peeped out by them. This time, Governor Ye came to Chongqing to meet us and others, and along the way, he was also light and simple, disguised and disguised, and his purpose was not to stimulate Yang Yinglong. ”

"Humble duty understood." Su Hao said, "Since it is sent by the imperial court, it is impossible to give up his humble position." It's just that if our army goes deep into Banzhou to conduct surveying and mapping, it will inevitably be detected by the local natives, and it will not be easy to keep it completely secret. ”

Chen Dao said: "Chen has already considered this matter, didn't Su Baihu also explore mines when he was in Jiangxi?" We went to Banshu for mapping in the name of mineral exploration, how about you? ”

"Sichuan mine supervisor Hu Yu, the old man has also dealt with him, and he can be informed when the time comes." Ye Mengxiong said.

Su Hao nodded and said, "That's fine, when the soldiers of my survey camp arrive, I'll unify the caliber with them, don't talk about it when the time comes." ”

Fu Zhong asked: "Su Baihu, with more than 100 soldiers in your survey camp, how much time will it take to complete the map mapping of the entire Banzhou?" ”

Su Hao asked rhetorically: "Commander Fu, I don't know how much there is in this Bozhou?" ”

Fu Zhong said: "If you count the surrounding area, the radius is about more than 00 miles." ”

400 miles, that is, 50 kilometers, calculated, the area of this piece is about 20,000 square kilometers. According to the simplest surveying and mapping requirements, a small flag of people and horses can survey and map 20 square kilometers a day, so it takes about 4 months to complete the surveying and mapping of this area.

The difficulty of surveying and mapping depends on the purpose. What Ye Mengxiong needed was just a combat map, which could reflect the general direction of the mountains and rivers, which was different from the surveying and mapping data required for the engineering and road construction in later generations. Su Hao is confident in the ability of the survey camp, and believes that they are fully capable of such surveying and mapping requirements.

"It takes 4 months." Su Hao responded.

"Okay, the old man will give you half a year." Ye Mengxiong said, "According to the old man's guess, Yang Yinglong is going to have an accident, at least a year later, as long as Su Baihu can make the atlas in advance and issue it to all departments by the Ministry of War, Yang Yinglong, a little loach, will not be able to make big waves." Su Baihu, this matter is related to the safety of the country and the peace of the people, please be more attentive. ”

"Obedience!" Su Hao stood up and solemnly agreed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )