Looking at the raindrops outside, Zhou Xin wiped the sweat on his forehead. [ ] It's May, and if it's June, how hot will it be?

An incoming heavy rain did not extinguish the heat outside. The air was humid and stuffy. At night, the mosquitoes are annoying. Zhou Xin glanced at Zheng Lang again, Zheng Lang was the same, he was born in the north, how could he not be hot? Beads of sweat are also falling from his forehead.

Zhou Xin sat upright.

It was all hot, but he had to hold back for the imperial court, took a sip of herbal tea, and said, "The Jiaozhi envoy left angrily, I'm worried." ”

"Zhou Fu, will Han Tang worry about Jiaozhi?"

“”

"I don't like to expand the territory, if one day the scourge of Western Xia is taken down, by the way, the imperial court can get a large piece of land for raising horses, and then recover the sixteen states of Youyun and repair the Great Wall, I will be satisfied. But the territory of our Song Dynasty, I will not give an inch, today I will give an inch, tomorrow will give a foot, the day after tomorrow will give a zhang, then a mile, a hundred miles, a thousand miles"

The role of the Great Wall cannot be magnified or ignored.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Great Wall was mostly barren, and the north allowed the Huns to take the opportunity to occupy it, and the Great Wall lost its effect. However, after the Han Dynasty took the Xiongnu, it immediately repaired the Great Wall, and started from Yinshan Mountain to Liaodong, and repaired a new Great Wall in the north of the Great Wall, enveloping the north and south of the Hetao together. However, he took in too many Huns, and did not break them up, let alone sinicize, and continued to let them maintain nomadic habits, so there was a trouble in the Western Jin Dynasty. Strictly speaking, this new Great Wall has become a protective wall for these Hu people, from the invasion of the more fierce Hu people in the north, and the scourge of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Sixteen Kingdoms will occur.

The Hu and Han families in the Tang Dynasty were originally half Han and half Hu, and they didn't consider building the Great Wall at all.

After the Ming Dynasty repaired, the Tatars were able to go south many times, and the Great Wall still played an irreplaceable role in it. If it weren't for a Chen Yuanyuan sister, Wu Sangui would not offer Shanhaiguan, the country would be in a period of chaos, and the Manchu Dynasty would really be able to enter the customs. Eminence?

In the Northern Song Dynasty, if the Great Wall is in the hand, the power is greater, the Song army is good at guarding the city, guarding the Yuan and Mongolia are fearful, the Song army is many, and there are sufficient troops stationed in various parts of the Great Wall. The Song Dynasty had a large population and the advent of gunpowder, which reduced the cost of building the Great Wall, and there were also laborers to build the Great Wall. The Song Dynasty was wealthy and had sufficient financial resources to repair the Great Wall, at least there would not be a tragedy like Meng Jiangnu's. When a great wall is built, it should be worth 100,000 soldiers. If there is still the story of Genghis Far, let them plague Central Asia and Europe.

"Zheng Xianggong. But"

"I know that Di Qing continues to lead his troops to the southwest, and the battle is not over. The development of the two provinces requires a lot of money. Once Jiaozhi starts a war with our dynasty, it will be a war of one country, far more difficult to deal with than Nong Zhigao. At this time, there is no need to offend Jiaozhi for at least these two years. But have you ever wondered why they dare to provoke me? And why are you provoking me? In recent years, Cochin has expanded rapidly, where to expand, to the east is the sea, to the west is the hinterland of Zhenla, the highlands, the mountains are lush and forested. Sparsely populated and not worth it, the only way to expand to the southwest to the densely populated areas of Chenla, to Champong, and to the north. It's just that they don't want to attack the two Guangzhous, and they don't want the two Guangzhous to become united. Rich and powerful. I continue to bear with it, and it is possible that the army will really be mobilized. ”

"Cochin"

"Don't disbelieve it, are you obedient to the story of Yoro's arrogance? And our dynasty has always been very weak, also because the north and northwest have dragged down, and they are very bold. I was frightened, at least they didn't dare to move for the time being, and they had to send someone to find out what was going on with us before they could make a decision. ”

"Will that be?"

"I don't know, I did it, there is right and wrong when I do it, right and wrong can only be judged in the future, who dares to predict the future?" After Zheng Lang finished speaking, he began to write a recital, and soon the money and silk will be transported to Guangnan East Road one after another, and large-scale development will begin. Zheng Lang found a serious waste, gunpowder. …,

It is inevitable to build roads and blow up mountains and split mountains, especially where the stone is hard, but it is the most suitable to build the road, those places where the stone is soft and easy to excavate, but it is easy to have landslides. The stone is hard, and the cost is too high, and there is a lot of labor, so it must be replaced by gunpowder. The chiseled stones can not only pave the depressions of the road, but also use the waterway to transport them to Guangzhou or various weirs as seawalls, embankments, river embankments and weirs. It is not enough to dig the stone from the road, and if you want to build the seawall, you need a lot of stone, and this requires gunpowder.

However, the imperial court was tightly controlled, and even stones were turned into gold when they were transported from the capital to Liangguang, so it was hoped that the imperial court would make an exception and transfer a group of workers to Guangzhou to temporarily set up a gunpowder division and make gunpowder in Guangzhou. Even if soldiers are stationed to prevent technology leakage, the cost will be reduced by more than 80%. This was set up temporarily, and only three years later, the two large forms came out, and the gunpowder division was immediately revoked.

After writing this note, I finished some trivial affairs the next day and set off again.

First of all, I went to the Methodist path.

These two roads are extremely important and will promote the development of the entire backward area in the northern part of Quang Nam East Road. After all, Jiangnan West Road is now the most economically developed area in the south except for the two Zhejiang. A small Jiangnan West Road was crowded with 1.5 million households, and the number of households in the country was only more than 2 million in the early Tang Dynasty. But it is not the highest, in history, Jiangnan West Road reached 1.9 million households in Shaoxing, and if you add the barbarian households and hidden households that cannot be counted, it may reach 2.5 million households.

Therefore, the implicit role played by Jiangnan West Road in the development of Liangguang and Jinghu South Road is irreplaceable.

Arrived at that pier again, and in just two months, the face was completely new, and many buildings were erected. There were three or four inns alone, and there were more ships, not only salt ships, but also some merchant ships, carrying goods up and down. From the pious road to Anyuan, and then from Anyuan to transport the goods back to Xunzhou.

Entering the mountains and forests, many people are building roads.

Some of them were laborers organized by Xunzhou and Qianzhou, and some of them were fugitives who were intercepted.

Yuan Qian and Tian Yu intercepted the fugitives from Jiangnan West Road, concentrated on Xunqian Road, Jianlong Road, a worker gave a bucket of rice every day, twenty dollars, one foot of cloth, and six catties of meat and five feet of silk for a month. I worked for four hours every morning and evening, and it was too hot at noon, so I had to rest. Officials were also sent to inspect to prevent officials from deducting labor wages. For the south, the salary is relatively rich, but the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the work is very hard at this time, so it is not too rich, and it can only be said that it is much better than the previous imperial court to provide free or only food labor.

In order to take care of the outsiders. They are allowed to go back to eat and provided with some daily utensils and tools free of charge. He also followed Zheng Lang's suggestion and used the original resting place of the smuggler in the mountain road to open up some camps. The workers were dispersed, some stilted buildings were built, mosquito nets were provided, and special people were sent to boil tea to prevent malaria.

When Zheng Lang entered the mountain road, it was very lively, with people coming and going. Coupled with the people who work, it seems that there are crowds all the way. However, from time to time, it was blocked, and in order to widen the road, it was necessary to blow up the mountain with gunpowder, and the stones that blew it down were broken with an iron hammer and mixed with sand and mud to pave the road. Otherwise, the trail is too rugged. It is not conducive to the traffic of vehicles. This measure was also taken on the dozens of mountain roads on Jinghu South Road. Then the fine sand was transported from Anyuan Water and paved on the road. Once it was built, a beautiful path appeared.

Several roads leading from Guangnan West Road to Jinghu South Road will be expanded. This meaning cannot be said to be unprecedented, but it is absolutely unprecedented. It is possible that in the Qing Dynasty in later generations, they would not have invested so much money and overbuilt so many roads.

But what effect it will play will take at least several years to see.

Out of the pious way, it is Anyuan City. This is the first time Zheng Lang has set foot on the boundary of Jiangnan West Road. So far, there are more than a dozen roads in the Song Dynasty, only Kuixia Fourth Road and Fujian Road, and he has not been there. Without stopping, he could ask the officials of Jiangnan West Road to cooperate with him. But he did not have the right to meddle in the affairs of Jiangnan West Road. Quickly came to Longnan, and entered Jianlong Road from Longnan. The status of Jianlongdao may not be as good as that of following the pious path, but it is also well arranged. …,

"Zi Zhong is a good official," Zhou Xin sighed.

"You too," Zheng Lang smiled slightly. The conditions of Guangnan East Road are better, mainly because of the rebellion of illegal salt. To eradicate this hidden danger, as long as the policy is appropriate and the officials do not come in nonsense, they will be able to quickly put it on track. But the situation on Quang Nam West Road is much worse. brought Zhou Xin to let him observe and learn.

Out of Jianlong Road, start the normal patrol. The trip will inspect Nanxiongzhou, Shaozhou, Yingzhou, Lianzhou, Hezhou, Fengzhou, Kangzhou, Fengzhou, Duanzhou, and Guangzhou, and rush to Guangzhou City at the end of June to finalize the water conservancy plan. Finally, I went to the seaside, took a look at Chunzhou and Xinzhou, and made some small additions. Enter Gao, Lian, Hua, Lei, Qin, Heng, and return to Guizhou.

But the weather was hot and he had to stop and rest at noon, Zheng Lang could eat it, but Zhou Xin's body couldn't bear it. In Xunzhou, because of the delay of the case, the time is tight, and this line is relatively rushed.

Moreover, this line of work is very "dangerous", and many states and counties are famous for their large and small killing fields. Zheng Lang intends to do this, what miasma, don't be afraid, as long as you avoid those few areas with a vicious environment, pay attention to good hygiene, and don't let yourself get malaria, you will be safe.

In fact, the people were very safe.

But Di Qing's side was tricked.

When Zheng Lang arrived in Hezhou, he received a message from Kuaima.

The terrain of Temo Road is complex, and it is a place where miasma is rampant. Di Qing also felt a headache in the face of this dense mountain forest. It is impossible to wipe out all the villages one by one, even if 500,000 troops are mobilized, it is impossible to do so in the complex environment of Temo Road.

It's just that Anon is easier to deal with, but there is also Nong Xiaqing, and the original court adopted the Huairou policy, which made the Nong clan stronger, and the three major surnames of Wei, Zhou and Huang were either swallowed up, or forcibly changed their surnames, and once owned the territory of fourteen feudal states under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou.

Among them, Temodao is one of the nests of the Nong family, and has close contacts with the Nong Zhigao family. After eliminating Nong Zhigao by himself, these people hated him to the core. But you can't beat everyone to death with a stick, there are also people in the Nong clan who are loyal to the court, or who are not loyal to the court and don't want to rebel, and there are other tribes. I am here, I can't understand words, and it's hard to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. So I came up with a plan.

The army quickly marched west and captured the next Xiangshui, which was very crucial. Otherwise, as soon as the summer water rises, the enemy will pass through the ferry, and it will be very difficult to attack Wenxiangshui by force. Then arrive at Baoyue Pass, only fifty miles away from Temo Village, but the terrain here is treacherous, the mountain is tall and steep, and the pass has three layers, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Hearing that the army of the Song Dynasty arrived quickly, it was much beyond the expectations of Anon and Nong Xiaqing that Wen Xiangshui was too late to set up a fortress to obstruct it, so they set up gates and forts at the three passes of Baoyue Pass, and guarded them with heavy troops. Di Qing crossed Wenxiangshui and arrived at Baoyue Pass, but repeatedly failed to attack. The two armies spent on this.

In the end, Di Qing was reluctant to sacrifice, brought a large stone throwing machine, threw boulders and gunpowder bags into the city, and killed many barbarian soldiers, but never took down Baoyue Pass.

This delay was delayed from the arrival of Baoyue Pass in early March to the end of April. Guan has not yet been taken. But a very bad thing happened in the barracks, the miasma was severe in spring and summer, and the Song army was hit by the miasma. Every day, some corpses were dragged out and buried.

In the end, Di Qing had to slowly withdraw the army backwards, in the process of retreating. And the soldiers were dying all the time. Even fearing contagion, some of the living soldiers were buried alive. The morale of the entire Song army was sluggish.

Anon was eager for revenge, and when he saw this situation, he was overjoyed, and led his soldiers and horses out of Baoyue Pass and pursued behind. That's it, the Song army was not so easy to defeat. After several encounters, Anon was fiercely repulsed. But in this way, the Song army retreated more and more slowly.

When they arrived at Wenxiangshui, the Song army suffered heavy deaths, not by Anon's men, but by miasma. The stove that used to be buried in the pot for cooking is also decreasing day by day. Anon didn't have Pang Juan's eyes, and he didn't see it at first. When the reduction was almost half, she couldn't tell. Someone can see it, and then can't see it, it's all stupid. Immediately report this good news to Anon, Nong Xiaqing, and Nong Xiacheng. The three of them were overjoyed. Gather all the children surnamed Nong and launch an attack on Wen Xiangshui. …,

After a few days of bloody fighting, the Song army was demoralized and had to retreat like Wen Xiangbazi. The brute soldiers successfully crossed the Wenxiang water and forced towards the Wenxiang Dam. This is one of the largest dams in Temodo and has a wide area. It was originally conducive to the Song army to fight, but at this time some soldiers died, and the morale of the three armies was low. Di Qing had no choice but to take the soldiers step by step and evacuate to the east of Wenxiang Dam. Famous generals, even in this kind of field. It's hard to gnaw on, too.

Anon led his subordinates to compress again, as long as the Song Dynasty army was forced out of Wenxiang Dam, and when they reached the mountain road, it would be the world of barbarians, and their husband's revenge could be avenged. Seeing that the Song army was forced to the corner of Wenxiang Dam and had to retreat to the mountain road. The play meat is coming.

This is Di Qing's strategy.

First, they feinted to attack Baoyue Pass, and then sent Guo Kui, Chong Ge, Zhang Yu, and Zhao Xun to guard Wenxiang Dam under the guise of guarding Wenxiang Dam, and with the help of intelligence provided by the special service battalion, they again sent scouts to inquire about the situation of the tribes around Wenxiang Dam. Co-optation is the mainstay, supplemented by repression. Although an olive branch was extended, most of the tribes were not very happy. Wooing again, I also tried my best, but it still didn't work, and a village also killed the envoy of the Song Dynasty. The four generals continued to be Tang monks when this incident did not happen, persuaded each other hard, and then took advantage of the fact that they thought that the Song army was as weak as before, and selected a few tribes with obvious malice, and the four generals quickly led the army to attack. All five villages were suppressed in just three days. The other barbarians were frightened when they saw that the Song army was so fierce and immediately sent people over to express their allegiance.

On the surface, it is normal that these tribes are obviously hostile, and if they are not suppressed, it will seriously affect the logistics supply. But the secret change came out, and the dead bodies of these barbarians were transported to the front line, dressed up a little, and buried as Song soldiers. Di Qing stepped back. The four generals, with the cooperation of some surrendered barbarian troops, went a little deeper, and once again destroyed several villages with obvious hostility. The corpse was dragged to the front. This was so miserable that it was not published in the newspapers after the war.

But in doing so, it has paid off.

retreated all the way and reduced the earthen stove of raw rice all the way, further confusing the other party. When the water retreated from Wenxiang to the Wenxiang Dam, Anon gathered all his subordinates together and concentrated on the open dam. The bloody battle begins.

Di Qing saw that the enemy's main force entered the dam together, and immediately gave an order. The soldiers who fell on the hospital bed were not sick anymore, they got up energetically, put on their armor, and the soldiers were divided into three ways, Guo Kui and Zhang Yu each led a man and horse, outflanked left and right, and Di Qing led several generals to kill in the middle.

But it's not really killing yet.

The horsemen who were lying in ambush in a nearby stockade heard the sound of the trumpets and followed a path to Anon's back.

After only a short battle, all the barbarians were defeated.

There are also Fan Riders behind, and it's not easy to escape.

Anon led his subordinates and several children of Nong Zhigao to fight a bloody road and crossed Wenxiangshui in a hurry.

In this battle alone, Di Qing killed more than 4,000 barbarians, captured more than 3,000 people, and at least more than 1,000 barbarians jumped to Wenxiangshui in the flood season under the pursuit of the Song army, and Shizhi was drowned by Wenxiangshui. Anon's main army was almost swept away.

When the news of the victory reached Zheng Lang's hands, Zheng Lang was trying the case of smuggling salt and the murder case in Xunzhou.

Di Qing took advantage of the situation to lead Zhang Yu and Guo Kui and the 8,000 Song army to chase westward.

The rest was handed over to Zhao Xun and Chong Ge, forced the prisoners, and then led the army to escort these prisoners to various villages and forced them to surrender unconditionally. These clansmen were escorted together to Guangnan East Road, and from Guangnan East Road to Jiangnan West Road, they were resettled in the Central Plains. If you don't kill, maybe you can live a better life, but you can't let them continue to stay in Temo Road, and Lingnan won't let them continue to stay.

Di Qing himself led the army to quickly cross the Wenxiang Water, although the Baoyue Pass was dangerous, Anon did not have any hands to hold on, quickly took the three passes of Baoyue, urged the destruction of Temo City, went to Keyan in the west, and arrived at Keyan, which has truly belonged to the boundary of Dali. …,

This is also Zheng Lang's instructions.

Dali is not as bold as Jiaozhi, and it will not be friendly to the Song Dynasty, Temo Dao was originally strictly speaking, it is still the jurisdiction of Dali, Anon and Nong Xia Qing have made a lot of trouble here, Dali ignores it, and will not send troops to help Anong, but has the intention of watching a good show.

After repeated urging and migration, Anon was able to return to Temo Dao, and it was not a matter of fact, and it was not harmful. But Zheng Lang didn't want Di Qing to kill, but Dali to kill. The Song army pursued, and under the banner of Nong Zhigao among the fleeing army, forced Dali and shocked Dali. So Dali is not allowed, the Song Dynasty is not allowed, Jiaozhi is not allowed, the world is big, where else is Anon going?

Therefore, Di Qing led the army to Bada Sentinel and Amizhou, stopped again, let Anon escape, let Anon rectify the desertion army in Henia, and let Anon buy some tribes in Dali to send their children to join. The actual scouts are paying close attention to Anon's every move, preparing to annihilate them in one fell swoop, and use this to intimidate Dali. Not only Anon, but also, many tribes in the south of Kuizhou Road are the same as Dali, and if they don't govern Kuizhou Road, they will be very troublesome.

At this moment, I was recruited, really recruited, not fake.

Many soldiers were feverish, cold, and sweating profusely. Sima Guang, as the secretary of the marching army, was also in the army, and not only Sima Guang, but also Zhang Yu were recruited successively. No prescription worked, Di Qing was anxious, and sent soldiers to send the news to Zheng Lang as quickly as possible, asking Zheng Lang for help. Fighting is okay, this miasma Di Qing doesn't understand at all.

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