This time the conquest of the barbarians was more like Zhu Ming's military exercises.

He trained soldiers according to his own needs in accordance with the descriptions of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", "The Actual Record of Military Training", and "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness". Along the way, according to the content of the book, the vanguard was sent to reconnoitre, carefully selected the camping site, and tried to learn to deal with all kinds of daily chores.

At first, you will make mistakes, but gradually you will become familiar with it.

With a team of 3,000 people, including Minfu, Zhu Ming has become more and more handy.

Cutting down trees, digging pits, setting up camps, fetching water, making food...... Everything was in order, and the masons even had free time to get large and small stones to make stone bullets.

Yuwen often found that he didn't have to worry about anything, his mood was more pleasant, and at the same time, he was quietly familiar with the method of marching.

His father, Yuwen Changling, was also a fierce man when he was young, and he was awarded the title of Rongzhou Governor at the beginning of Jinshi. Kumamoto was ordered to control the two roads of Zikui, had the power to open the government, and directly recruited Yuwen Changling as a staff member.

The strategy of the conquest of Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road turned out to be the hand of Yuwen Changling to defeat the barbarians to obedience. The various fortresses of the Nanping Army (Nanchuan, Qijiang, Chongqing) were also built by Yuwen Changling. When he did these things, Yuwen Changling was only in his twenties.

Yuwen often grew up listening to his father's legendary deeds, and he has also read some of all kinds of military books, and now he is partnering with Zhu Ming to send troops, which can be regarded as transforming theory into practice.

Zhu Ming was still managing the camp, and Yuwen often rode out of the camp, with a long player and a few barbarians behind him.

When he reached the river, Yuwen often ordered: "Go and shout." ”

A few barbarians were protected by the long card player, and walked to the river and shouted to the other side: "The ghost master of the two forest tribes, you and Qiongbu Chuan are enemies. Qiongbu killed your people and insulted your great ghost master, but now you are taking refuge in Qiongbu, which will make the ghosts and gods angry and no longer bless you! Listen to the ghost lord of the two forest departments, whoever can kill Busu, the Han official will make him the big ghost lord and give him population and livestock! ”

The river was less than ten meters wide, and the barbarians who were building the wall on the other side could hear it clearly.

The barbarians, who were born in the two forest departments, stopped their work when they heard the words.

They belonged to the vanquished, and although they were able to survive, they were called and drunk by the Qiongbu Chuan barbarians from then on. Every time they fight, they are allowed to send troops, but the spoils of war are not divided into a few, and they usually have to pay for the big ghost lord of Qiongbu River.

They already have resentment in their hearts, but they just don't dare to attack.

"Archery!"

Busu's eldest son did not dare to let the other party continue to shout, and immediately ordered the bow and arrow to shoot.

The barbarians who shouted hurriedly hid behind the giant shield.

Several waves of arrows rained down, but because they couldn't cause damage, Busu's eldest son had to stop.

Those barbarians began to shout again: "There are six major tribes in the Qiong tribe, and now the Bedeng tribe occupies the most fertile land and has the most great ghost masters. Will your other five be able to endure it? Especially the Dream Tribe, you were the most powerful in the past, and now you are willing to obey the orders of the leader of the Bedeng Tribe? Listen, as long as you kill Busu, the Han officials will canonize you as a bigger official and reward you with more land and population! ”

There are a total of six parts of the Qiongbu, and when they first laid down this place, because it was too fertile, the Bedeng Department did not dare to swallow it alone.

So some meritorious servants of the other five tribes asked their descendants to migrate over with a small number of subordinates, and received the captured prisoners of the conquered Lianglin barbarians. They stayed here to be the little ghost masters, and each led a small number of villages, all of which obeyed the orders of the big ghost lord of Busu.

The eldest son of Busu was terrified and rode back to report the situation.

When Bu Su heard the news, he immediately summoned the big and small ghost masters and announced: "Don't believe the words of the Han people, the Han officials always deceive people, have you been deceived less often?" You will fight for me, and I will not do me any wrong. All ghost lords have rewards, and so do all warriors! ”

Afraid that someone would really defect, Busu quickly took out his goods, and even the barbarians from the two forest departments received a few catties of food.

For a time, the morale of thousands of barbarians was greatly boosted.

But Bu Su was extremely uneasy in his heart, and he was particularly worried about the people of the two forests.

It has been less than ten years since the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians occupied this place, and there was a lot of discrimination and suppression of the surrendered Lianglin tribes. What if these people really rebel?

Several little ghost masters from Lianglin Man, Bu Su quickly transferred them to other places to perform tasks under various pretexts, which was tantamount to separating the little ghost masters from their subordinates. Immediately afterwards, the defensive positions of the two forest tribes were changed, and the Qiongbu soldiers were asked to separate the two forest tribes.

This move did make it difficult for the people of the two forests to defect, but it also made them feel clearly guarded and discriminated against.

The gap has been created and is difficult to bridge.

"Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~"

There was a burst of horns from the north, and Zhu Ming immediately turned on his horse, ordered all the soldiers to gather, and rushed out of the camp with his relatives.

A cavalryman in charge of reconnaissance and vigilance rushed over: "Zhu Shuai, there is a fight on the mountain in the north, and Guan Dutou is chasing and killing the barbarians!" ”

Zhu Ming ordered: "The whole army is in formation, Deng Chun will lead the cavalry to respond, and the rest will be ready to cross the river to fight!" ”

……

Guan Sheng led ten teams of mandarin ducks and walked around the back mountain of the enemy village.

The long cards were too heavy to be conducive to rushing to the road, and all of them were replaced with round shields.

In such a key position on the mountain behind the village, how could the barbarians not be guarded? Several cage forts were built a few years ago, and there were even barbarians farming in the mountains.

Ateng, the second son of Busu, commanded more than 600 barbarian soldiers and garrisoned the cage fort on the mountain.

Before Guan Sheng's troops reached the foot of the mountain, they had already been discovered by the barbarian sentinels.

When Aten got the news, he said to his generals: "Let them go into the mountains and ambush them in the most dangerous places!" ”

Guan Sheng sent some soldiers to explore the way, and those who explored the way quickly entered the ambush circle of the barbarians, but Ah Teng did not attack, he was ready to eat all of Guan Sheng's team.

"Guandutou, there seems to be a cage fort on the top of the mountain ahead." The pathfinders came back to report.

Guan Sheng ordered: "Soushan soldiers, withdraw as quickly as possible, and each queue will respond!" ”

"Dangdang, dang!"

The gong sounded, and the pathfinders turned and fled.

"Shoot arrows, chase and kill Han soldiers!" Ah Teng exclaimed when he saw this.

Dozens of earthen arrows were fired, and two pathfinders fell in an instant. Three other people were immortalized by arrows, and they ran wildly with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Six hundred brute soldiers rushed out of the mountain, armed with all kinds of weapons, and screamed and screamed.

Ten squads quickly formed a mandarin duck formation, and due to the limited terrain, the formation was extremely non-standard.

The squad leaders also lack actual combat experience, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions when arranging the formation. And all of them were terrified, and some even turned around and wanted to flee.

Guan Sheng could only stand at the front, holding a spear and shouting: "I don't die, you are not allowed to retreat!" ”

yelled again: "Did Zhu Zhixian give enough rations? ”

"Enough is enough!" The squad leaders immediately replied.

Guan Sheng continued to shout: "Did Zhu Zhixian give enough money? ”

"Enough is enough!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison.

Guan Sheng asked again: "If you have enough food, should you work hard?" ”

"Desperately, desperately!"

More than 100 soldiers shouted hard, and their morale soared instantly, and the soldiers who planned to flee also clung to their weapons.

The damaged pathfinders fled back and quickly hid in the formation.

Aten commanded more than 600 barbarian troops, divided into three divisions to attack. One rushed head-on, and the other went around to outflank left and right.

One against six.

Guan Sheng retreated slightly, but not far, just retreated to the formation to command.

Brush Brush Brush!

The barbarians' earthen bows rained down on arrows, with little power, and the sword and shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields to block, and the wolf millers and pikemen also brandished their weapons.

However, there were still several Han soldiers in the formation who were hit by arrows, but fortunately they protected their heads and throats with their cross arms, and there was a canopy nearby to naturally shield the arrow rain.

Earthen arrows came and pierced not deep into the leather armor.

These brutes were not in an orderly formation on the flat ground, let alone rushed down from the mountains.

There is not even a formation at all, it is just a swarm. They fought more and less, and they fought low with high, thinking that they had won, and as long as they rushed over, they could defeat the Han soldiers.

Guan Sheng and each squad leader are equipped with bows and arrows.

As soon as the enemy approached, they immediately released their arrows. Guan Sheng's archery skills were not good, and the first arrow missed, hitting only one brute's arm.

Ah Teng was conceited and brave, rushing to the front with a spear, and was very alert to avoid an arrow.

When he got closer, Ah Teng slowed down sharply, as wolves were erected in front of him.

The squad leaders were still firing their arrows, and the second wave of arrows was fired, only a few meters away, and all of them hit the brute who ran at the front.

Aten ate two arrows in an instant, because his leather armor was the finest, and there were silver ornaments on his bun.

"Go around, go around!"

Ah Teng stuck two arrows in his body but did not die, and continued to command in pain, while retreating behind the soldiers.

"Change formation!"

"Phew!"

The squad leaders blew the bamboo whistle and reflexively changed their formation according to the content of their usual training according to the situation they were facing.

The brutes were six times as numerous as the Han soldiers, but they could never attack, and even if they went around to the flank, they would be blocked by the boring palladium and pikemen. Occasionally, those who broke through the defenses were also dealt with by sword and shield men and pikemen, and even the muskets were carrying their swords to fill their positions.

More brute soldiers, scattered in the rear, sleepwalking, completely unsure of how to charge.

The mandarin duck formation of the Han soldiers has always maintained a local advantage, and it seems that they are fighting more and less.

The battle lasted only a little more than ten minutes, the brute lost more than 5%, and the morale had already dropped to the extreme.

The faint-hearted began to retreat, and it was only a matter of time before they collapsed.

On the Han soldiers' side, more than ten people were shot and wounded. The only casualties were the two men who were shot and killed while exploring the path.

The arrow wound on Ah Teng's body hurt so much that he could only let his henchmen lead the troops to resist it, and he took the main force to retreat to Tengbao on the mountain.

"The brutes are defeated!" Guan Sheng shouted.

"Kill!" Han Bing shouted excitedly.

The barbarians who were responsible for blocking the broken back were so frightened that they turned around and fled.

Guan Sheng put away his bow and arrows, rushed out with his gun, and more than 100 Han soldiers roared and chased after him.

Ah Teng was wounded, and when he heard the sound of chasing and killing behind him, he stepped on the air in fear. He rolled down the hill for several meters, and his henchmen came to his rescue, but more brutes were fleeing for their lives.

And they are scattered and fleeing, and they can't care about going back to the hilltop fortress.

Guan Sheng stabbed several people to death one after another, and when he saw hundreds of barbarian soldiers fleeing up the mountain, he knew that he would definitely not be able to capture the fortress on the top of the mountain today.

"Boss, the thief chief is going over there!"

"Chase!"

Ah Teng was injured and ran slowly, and was killed by the Han soldiers to the front, so he could only choose to escape down the mountain and run towards the village to the south.

Guan Sheng left a few soldiers to collect the corpses and take care of the wounded, and he led the rest of the soldiers to pursue at full speed.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon came to the bottom of the mountain, and both ran along the riverside to cultivate the land, and were discovered by the Han reconnaissance cavalry on the opposite bank.

(End of chapter)