When Zhu Ming captured Luo Luolong, the great ghost lord of the hundred barbarians was fierce, and he still hadn't dispatched a large army.

Tho Meng believes that with his son bringing more than 1,000 elites, plus his younger brother's troops to supplement the Soviet Union, there is no problem in holding on for a month.

He himself was still gathering troops and preparing food and grass at the same time.

There are two forest barbarians in the south, and Tho Meng must leave enough troops to defend before he dares to lead a large army north to meet the Han Chinese. This requires the gathering of more people in the middle of the mountain, there are always many tribes who are slowing down, and it is extremely fast to be able to come in half a month.

"This is the righteous man Chen Huan, the word is full of joy." Zhu Ming introduced.

Chen Huan bowed: "Jiazhou scholar Qiu Huan pays a visit to Yuwen Taishou!" ”

"Righteous people don't have to be polite," Yuwen often took Chen Huan's hand, "Zule is a Jiazhou scholar, why did he come to this barbarian land?" ”

Chen Huan didn't explain too much: "Something was done." ”

Yuwen often said: "As long as it is not the ten heinous crimes, I will play the Ming court and seek a background for Your Excellency." ”

"Qiao" is the ancient place name, that is, Bozhou, Anhui Province, and the descendants of the Marquis of Qian take the fief as the surname.

The most famous one is, of course, the Three Kingdoms Zhou, and there are a lot of surnames in the land of Bashu.

Although Chen Huan did not help to give advice, he did not plan against the barbarians during the battle. But he revealed a lot of important information in advance, which can be regarded as a great contribution to this expedition against the barbarians.

Chen Huan said: "Please Taishou arrange thirty entourages to escort you, and take the mountain road to persuade the barbarians to send troops." ”

"Are you sure?" Yuwen Chang asked.

"I am completely sure," Chen Huan said, "The big and small ghost masters who have already returned to the country will each send a son to follow me south." ”

Yuwen often praised: "You have the ability of Su Qin and Zhang Yi!" ”

The barbarian territory south of the Dadu River was divided into five counties in later generations, and it is conceivable how many barbarians there were.

It is common for various departments to grab people and territory, and Chen Huan is sure that he will go to the south and spread the news of the victory of the Han soldiers, and those wait-and-see tribes will inevitably rush to send troops - beat the water dogs!

Qian Huan said again: "Please keep the county and hold on to this place for a month." For a month, do not enter the army again. ”

Yuwen Chang instantly understood what it meant, and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for the good news of Zule." ”

One month is enough time for Chen Huan to convince several big tribes.

If Tho Meng leads his troops north, he will be united by all barbarians to take the old nest.

If Tho Meng pressed his troops and did not move, the barbarians confronted his Chen soldiers, and the Han soldiers could also attack southward.

Yu Wenchang and Zhu Mingzhen stopped advancing and seized the time to build riverside fortifications, making the low walls higher and the trenches wider. At the same time, the carpenters made more leveling cannons, and the stonemasons also polished the cannons every day.

Zhang Bo quickly brought the surrendered ghost master Ah Fu over: "Xianggong, Bo is fortunate not to be dishonored." The soldiers did not break a bit, killed more than 600 barbarian soldiers, and recruited the ghost lord Ah Fu and the rest. ”

"Well done!" Zhu Ming laughed.

Yuwen Chang was also surprised when he learned about the situation, and felt that there were so many capable people under Zhu Ming.

After asking carefully, I learned that Zhang Bo was a descendant of the famous minister Zhang Yong.

Yuwen is often in awe, because Zhang Yong's greatest achievement is to govern Shu, and he still has great prestige in Sichuan.

Zhang Yong can even be called the "father of Jiaozi", when he was in Sichuan, there was a flood of private relations in Shuzhong, and wealthy people often issued private relationships to engage in financial fraud.

After Zhang Yong played the Ming court, he began to rectify the Jiaozi market. 16 issuers were selected, franchised licenses were issued, and Jiaozi's principal reserves were regulated. At the same time, the crackdown on illegal intercourse, Sichuan's commercial and financial environment has been rapidly stabilized.

"Unexpectedly, it was Zhang Gong, so I went to have a drink today." Yu Wenchang was very happy.

Zhang Bo arched his hand and said: "Taishou forgive us for leading troops to the battle, it is really not appropriate to drink." ”

Yuwen often liked it even more when he heard it, and praised it: "You have the style of a general!" ”

Zhang Bo subdued and surrendered the ghost lord Ah Fu, the grain route of the Han soldiers was stable, although there were still some small tribes in the mountains along the way, but those barbarians did not dare to take the initiative to go down the mountain.

Yuwen Chang sent people to the rear to appease him, and a few little ghost masters came one after another with hundreds of barbarian soldiers to take refuge.

Lin Yi sat in the state city, and his heart was quite impatient, because the news had been cut off for many days.

On this day, he was drinking, but he heard his relatives say: "Xianggong, there is a military situation from the front." ”

"Let him in!" Lin Yu hurriedly said.

A messenger entered the room and knelt down on one knee to hold out the letter.

Lin Ji quickly finished reading it, clapped his hands and praised: "Good Yu Wenchang, good Zhu Ming, it's really a big battle." He asked the messenger again, "Have all the grain ships returned?" ”

The messenger said: "It has docked at the dock outside the city, and there are more than 100 vans to escort it. ”

Lin Yu immediately called Hu Cao to join the army: "Move another thousand stone of grain and send it to the army at the front." ”

Zhu Ming seized a lot, and there was no shortage of food for the time being, and asking for this thousand stones of grain was nothing more than another insurance.

……

Zhu Ming's Luo Luo cage is only eighty miles away from the Pugu cage where Tho Meng is located.

Counting the twists and turns of the ravine and valley, the actual distance is not more than one hundred and fifty miles.

It is very close, and even if the ravine is not convenient for marching, it can be reached in three or four days.

Seeing his son come back in embarrassment, Tho was furious: "Of the more than 1,000 elite soldiers you were given, why are there only 800 left?" ”

Bili couldn't say clearly: "Uncle has thousands of soldiers, and he also occupies favorable terrain. I handed over the rest of the soldiers to him, and I took 800 elites around the night attack. In just half an afternoon, Uncle was somehow defeated, and his Luo Luolong was also occupied by the Han Chinese. ”

Tho Meng asked, "How many Han people are coming?" ”

"There are only a few thousand people, and many of them have no weapons. ”

The father and son stared wide-eyed, unable to understand what was going on.

After another two days, Busu finally arrived at Pugulong with hundreds of remnants from the mountains.

When they met, Tho Meng asked, "How did you lose your village?" ”

Busu didn't see it as his problem, explaining: "The Han soldiers had a weapon made of wood that could throw stones far away. Most stones are the size of a head, and a few stones are the size of a millstone. The clansmen were frightened, thinking that the Han soldiers were blessed by ghosts and gods. When I was fighting desperately, many of my troops surrendered to the Han and actually rushed at me in turn. ”

"A stone the size of a millstone?"

Tho Meng thought about it and couldn't understand it, and muttered: "Even if it is a cannon of Qingmi and Qiang, it is impossible to throw such a big stone." ”

Qingqiang and Miqiang lived in the area of Shimian County, Jiulong County and Mianning County in later generations. It belongs to the Qiang tribe integrated into Tibet, so it is also called "Tubo small race".

These Qiang people have learned to make catapults, which are called "cannon sitting".

Qing Miqiang is very difficult to mess with, good at raising horses, and the price is very high. Wars often broke out with other tribes over the horse trade. In order to appease them, the Han officials had to buy their war horses at a higher price.

These two Qiang tribes attacked Lizhou in a big way during the Southern Song Dynasty because the government did not give money to buy horses. He also pulled the five tribes and the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians and tried to besiege the officers and soldiers on several sides. The Chengdu Fulu transfer envoy relied on the means of throwing money to pacify the rest of the barbarians, and then concentrated all his efforts to beat Qing Miqiang back.

"If it's a bigger cannon, you just need to rush closer and you're not afraid." ”

After thinking about it repeatedly, he decided to take the initiative to attack.

Because the surrounding barbarians are ready to move, once the time is delayed for too long, the Han people are likely to connect with the barbarians and besiege the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians.

Who allowed Qiongbu Chuanman to expand everywhere and occupy the most fertile land?

In the past, they were afraid of their force, and the barbarians dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but now it is different with the Han people taking the lead.

Those Han soldiers must be killed as soon as possible!

After a few more days, Tho Meng no longer waited for the follow-up barbarian troops to assemble, and took more than 5,000 people to fight in a hurry, leaving only 1,200 soldiers to defend the lair.

There are even Han troops, all of whom fled from Lizhou and Jiazhou. These Han thieves, most of whom were civilians at first, could not stand the oppression of the government, so they abandoned their families and businesses to take refuge in Qiongbu and Sichuan, and sometimes even teamed up with barbarians to plunder the Han people.

After a day's march, take root to make a meal.

More than a dozen Han thieves and bandit leaders gathered together, and Sun Shu whispered: "I estimate that Tho Meng will lose the battle, and we can't follow him to death!" ”

"The officers and soldiers are weak, and they can't beat the barbarians." A Han man named Hu Aqi said.

Sun Shu shook his head: "This time is different, the previous Hanyuan Zhixian personally came to deliver the letter." Have you seen it, which county dares to enter the barbarian land in person? The magistrate is so bold, the magistrate can still call him, and the governor of Lizhou must be even more powerful. ”

"What then?" Another Han man named Kong Daguang asked.

Sun Shu smiled: "It's our great opportunity!" If you defect at a critical time, as long as you make great contributions, you can get away with the crimes you committed in the past. ”

There are more than 200 of these Han people, and they have already settled in the barbarian land and married the barbarian women who have been plundered.

But the customs are different, and there are always people who want to return to their hometowns.

The Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians take the family as a unit, and the leader is naturally the father who dies and the son succeeds, but the low-level barbarians are brothers and brothers.

The main reason is that the productivity is too low, and the younger brother inherits the elder brother's property and wife, and treats the elder brother's son as his own son, so that he can better survive.

Sometimes, the elder brother is only injured in battle, and after losing the labor force, the younger brother automatically becomes the head of the family, and the elder brother's wife and children belong to the younger brother.

Such a custom makes the Han people extremely uncomfortable, and it is understandable that the elder brother is dead, how can it be like this when he is alive?

Tho Meng continued to march with the army, and there were still more than ten miles away from Luo Luolong, and wolf smoke suddenly rose from the mountain. Immediately afterwards, wolf smoke rose one after another from one mountain after another.

"We've been discovered, be careful!" Tho Meng said to the big and small ghost masters.

Bili was still the pioneer, and this time he advanced with more than 500 cavalry.

The cavalry on Zhu Ming's side has exceeded three hundred, only fifty Han cavalry, and the rest are all barbarian cavalry who have taken refuge.

After receiving the message from the wolf smoke, Zhu Ming personally led the cavalry across the river to explore the reality of the enemy.

The two sides met in the flat land of the river valley, which was relatively open, with a flat terrain four or five miles wide - in fact, there were many small mounds, but they were already flat in the mountains.

Zhu Ming ran up to the small mound and took out a telescope to observe.

He hadn't decided whether to fight or not, and the cavalry had already come over with him.

"It's reckless."

Zhu Ming didn't bring an iron mace, anyway, the barbarians lacked iron armor, and the horse war spear was better.

He complained about Piri's reckless personality and was not much better, so he actually put away his binoculars and ordered: "Follow me to meet the enemy army!" ”

(End of chapter)