Yang Yi rested in Guizhou for two days, and then led the army to continue to march south, in addition to pacifying the envoys, there were also 4,000 men and horses of Lan Jilong, the fifth general of Guangxi.

At present, except for the 300,000 forbidden troops of the Great Song Dynasty, all the rest have implemented the conscription system, and the areas south of the Yangtze River can be enriched by conscription from the North Fifth Road, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Southern Song Army in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, the northerners in the Liangguang area are prone to adaptation to the soil and water, so they can only recruit troops from the local area.

At present, Guangxi's population is small, there is a shortage of soldiers, and although the shelves of various generals have been erected, the shortage is very serious, and the establishment of 3,000 people can often only be recruited to 1,000 people.

Taking into account the special situation of Liangguang, the imperial court appropriately retained the original box soldiers stationed in the prefectures and counties. It's just that in wartime, these van troops can't be counted on.

After starting from Guizhou, the army is almost walking in the mountains, the mountains in this area are not high, each hill often forms a standing/standing mountain, the form is different, extremely delicate.

Halfway up the mountain is limestone, and between the rocks is low shrubs and vines. Halfway up the mountain, the soil is mostly green grass, and the grass is like a green carpet spread on the mountainside.

There are only some tall trees growing at the bottom of the mountain, and more are bamboos, which are in patches, and the south wind blows, like waves.

Occasionally, you can see some Miao, Gu (i.e., Zhuang) and other people's villages in the mountains, scattered in the mountains, the houses are usually made of bamboo and wood, and then the thatch is woven into a large piece with bamboo strips, and the layers are covered on the roof, and the walls on all sides are a small part of the all-wood structure, and most of them are covered with thatch. The brick houses are almost invisible.

Both men and women among the people wore turbans, and men wore bird feathers, and their clothes were mainly black, with various beautiful patterns in between, while women's tops were mostly short-sleeved, and their skirts were only knee-length, which looked bright and refreshing.

Every mountain you see is so beautiful, every river is so clear, walking in this picturesque landscape, it is a feast for the eyes.

For the feet, it is a kind of torture.

Up and down the mountain, the road is narrow and rugged, and the straight-line distance is obviously very short, but it takes half a day to walk it. The 30,000 horses were stretched for more than 20 miles, and there was no head or tail.

Yang Yi rode to the middle of the team, looked back and forth, and couldn't help but be very worried. Between Guizhou and Liuzhou is still under the control of the Song army, which is better, if it is after the battle, this long snake-like marching formation, once attacked, probably only slaughtered, and even the front army was almost cleaned up, and the rear army could not intervene, so it could only be in a hurry.

Yang Yi is helpless, unless he comes to open the mountain.

The 30,000 horses brought from Kaifeng, after two days of rest, the spirit is barely maintained, but the sun in the sky is like a furnace, every soldier is sweating profusely, some look as if they have just been fished out of the water, Fan Yang hat can only cover a face, many soldiers then pick down the roadside banana leaves or branches, block their heads.

At noon, Yang Yi was about to give the order to rest, when layers of black clouds suddenly filled the mountain, and the bright sunlight was quickly blocked, as if it was twilight all of a sudden.

Yang Yi rode on his horse and shouted loudly: "The heavy rain is coming, hurry up and check whether the grain, grass and ammunition have been wrapped in oilcloth, hurry up and check!" Check it out! ”

Before Yang Yi could shout a few words, the raindrops of beans fell with a bang, the world was suddenly foggy, the line of sight was less than 100 meters away, the raindrops hit the face and hurt slightly, pouring into the neckline like an injection, and the cool feeling made people can't help but feel excited.

Bao Yi immediately came up and shouted: "Don't worry, the grain, grass and ammunition are wrapped in oilcloth before departure, and the subordinates have personally checked it, Bao Zhun will be fine, this ghost weather is so hot, anyway, everyone's clothes are wet with sweat in the morning, and it is just cool when it rains." ”

Yang Yi immediately reprimanded: "You know a fart, even if the sweat gets all the clothes wet, but the body is always hot, so it's not a big problem, but when the rain falls down, the pores will shrink when the body is cold, and it is extremely easy to get sick." ”

"My lord, it's not like that, who is not an iron-clad man, and I haven't seen much of a problem along the way!"

"Don't be wordy, the battle in the south is different from the north, you must be more careful, pass me on the order, after the rain stops, everyone must change their wet clothes, and then wipe their bodies vigorously, until they are slightly hot before changing into clean clothes. In addition, he ordered the fireman to cook more ginger soup at noon and let the soldiers drink a bowl each! ”

Although Bao Yi felt that Yang Yi was making a fuss, he still went to pass the order honestly.

Yang Yi knows very well that when fighting in the mountainous areas of the southwest, the most terrible enemy is often not the opponent, but geography and climate are the biggest enemies.

In this southern expedition, he asked the soldiers to prepare three sets of clothes for each of them, stipulated that they must bathe and change their clothes every day, used realgar, mugwort leaves and other smoke to repel mosquitoes and ants when camping, and also prepared a large amount of ginger and medicines to prevent miasma, malaria, cholera and other diseases.

At present, there is no enemy yet, but for Yang Yi, the war has actually started a long time ago!

The rain in the mountains came and went quickly, and all the dark clouds in the sky dispersed in a pillar of incense, and the bright sun hung in the middle of the sky, which was particularly dazzling.

A spectacular scene appeared, with Yang Yi's order, tens of thousands of horses took off their clothes on the side of the road, and looked around, white flowers, yellow Chengcheng, black and swarthy, in short, all skin colors, all the soldiers were bare-assed, in pairs, giggling and helping to wipe their bodies, the scene was called a spectacular.

Huang Tingjian, who was the secretary of the army, sat on a big rock, lowered his head and closed his eyes, obviously unwilling to see this kind of sweeping scene.

The girls that Yang Yi brought to serve as military doctors hid in the woods, and they didn't dare to come out at all!

Yu Xing smiled strangely, leaned up and said to Yang Yi: "My lord, my subordinates have a proposal, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

"Speak!"

"My lord, it's better to let everyone stop wearing clothes, just march like this, it's cool and majestic, anyway, there are no people in this ghost place for dozens of miles, what are you afraid of!"

30,000 streaking? Carrying a gun in both hands and a gun in both legs, these two guns are really invincible in the world!

Yang Yi dispelled the spectacular scene in his mind, coughed lightly and said to Yu Xing: "This idea is good, but whether it is suitable or not has to be tried by someone, so let's try it first, you don't need to wear clothes from here to Liuzhou, you have to carefully experience the good and bad, and report to me when the time comes, if it is feasible, and then promote it to the whole army." ”

Yu Xing was so frightened that his face turned miserable, and he hurriedly begged: "My lord, please spare me, my subordinates are not in good shape, and they will embarrass the army!" If you don't want to let Master Bao try it, he is majestic and mighty, let him represent our army...... Yes! Who? Who kicked me...... Hehe, Mr. Bao, I'm talking about you, you're just in time, my lord has something to tell you, I still have something to ......"

Yu Xing was kicked to the ground by Bao Yi, and he couldn't care about asking for it, so he ran away with his butt in his hands.

After lunch, the army continued to advance, because of the rain just now, the weather in the mountains was much cooler, but the road was more difficult to walk, tens of thousands of pairs of feet stepped over, the mud on the ground did not reach the surface of the feet, it was difficult to pull up the feet, from time to time someone fell, covered with mud.

The speed of the march was very slow, and Yang Yizhi frowned: "Yu Xing, follow Ben Shuai to the back and take a look, don't let anyone be left behind." ”

"Whoa!"

Yang Yi took a group of guards and rode back, and the soldiers called Yang Bachelor when they saw him. Yang Yi shouted while beating the horse: "Don't worry about me, pay attention to your feet, there are those who can't walk, the brothers next to you should help them, the captain is optimistic about his Wu, and when the chief sees his own, he must not let people fall behind." ”

"Brothers, work hard, the hairy monkey killed tens of thousands of my people, and now I still occupy Yongzhou and refuse to retreat, we will fight to Shenglong City this time and capture Li Qiande, the king of Jiaozhi!"

The morale was slowly boosted by Yang Yi, and the soldiers shouted to capture Li Qiande alive, and the speed of their march accelerated a lot. But those who were responsible for transporting grain and grass were not so easy to handle.

The grain and grass of the army are mostly carried by donkeys and horses, and there is a kind of wheelbarrow, the wheels of this kind of wheelbarrow are half a person high, and two bags of grain are carried on each side of the wheel, and the front is pulled by donkeys and horses, and one person in the back holds the handlebar; If the road is better, when it comes to such a muddy mountain road, it is very difficult for the person holding the handlebar. A wheelbarrow requires two people to hold the handlebars, and if you want to follow a large army, a car needs to be equipped with four people, who rotate from time to time.

This is also a helpless thing, this mountain road is narrow and rugged, and the two ** cars can't go at all, so they can only use this kind of wheelbarrow, pull less, but it can be used.

A cart in front of it crushed the stones under the mud and fell to the ground, and the grain was wrapped in tarpaulin, but as soon as the cart overturned, the donkey roared and stopped the whole procession, and the four coachmen were lifting the wheelbarrow up with all their strength, covered in mud.

Fortunately, this kind of cart only pulls a few bags of grain, and a few people can still help them up, and the team quickly moves again, but there are thousands of donkeys, horses, and carts, and as soon as a cart falls to the ground, the team has to stop for a while, not to mention the speed of travel.

Fighting in this kind of place, the enemy has not yet seen it, he has been exhausted by tossing, Yang Yi also thought about directly leading a fleet from the sea to the capital of Thang Long (Hanoi), but now it is June and July, the sea storms are continuous, and if one is not good, the whole army will be wiped out.

What's more, this southern expedition is by no means as simple as conquest of Jiaozhi, there are still too many things to do in the north and west of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no energy to always entangle in the southwest.

The Great Song Dynasty has sent envoys to Dali, Zhenla, and Zhancheng. Yang Yi has also ordered the leaders of forty-four states, five counties, and eleven caves to gather in Pennsylvania, all in preparation for sorting out the southwest.

This time, Yang Yi only brought 30,000 troops, not the Great Song Dynasty to underestimate the enemy, in fact, this was only one of the southern expeditionary troops. Yang Yi's main task is to be responsible for the land reform and return to the southwest.

It is time to change the policy of the natives governing the natives, otherwise it will be difficult for the southwest to maintain long-term peace and stability, let alone develop the southwest.

But it is extremely difficult to change the land and return to the stream, the Ming and Qing dynasties did it for hundreds of years before slowly solving the form of the autonomy of the southwest natives, Yang Yi has to complete this task in a short period of time, how difficult it is!

(To be continued)