The Yongkang army was located in the west of Chengdu, not only to defend the various departments of Fanbang, but also to protect the Dujiangyan water conservancy.

The Miao army suddenly attacked the military town of Guan County at night, obviously heading for Dujiangyan.

The Yongkang army has at least 20,000 soldiers and horses, and if the Miao army dares to attack, the number will definitely not be less than this number.

Let the small tribes of Miao Xinjiang harass in the south, distract Chengdu's attention, and then gather a large army to attack the military town, a good move to "attack the east and the west".

"Do you know this Miao army?" Song Che asked Xiang Ahsan.

"It's the army of Xia Jiu, the leader of the Black Miao tribe, and he is the most powerful warrior in Miao Jiang." Ahsan spoke of this man, his eyes full of adoration.

"Do you think he would agree if we went to him for peace talks?" Song Che asked again.

Ahsan was silent and did not answer. It's just that I don't agree with it.

Song Che said: "If you can fight without blood, why do you need to bury your bones? If he had really been a leader with a big picture, he would have agreed to the peace talks. ”

From Chengdu to Dujiangyan, Mo is about 100 miles away, and the expedited march can be reached in one day, and the Yongkang army can hold out for one day no matter how bad it is.

"Brother Jiang, you quickly go to the Chengdu garrison camp, order three thousand horse infantry, and gather in the western suburbs; General Shi, General Yang, General Chen, you hurry back to the camp, reorganize the armament, this time it is a rapid march, there is no need to bring grain and grass, let the soldiers prepare two days' rations, let's travel lightly, gallop to Dujiangyan in the starry night! ”

"What about those people on the Skydeck?" Jiang Yuntian asked.

Song Che said: "They will not starve to death for a few days, there is a sect to watch, they can't make small moves, we just need to fight the battle in front of us, and when we return victoriously, everything will be settled."

No more delays, each doing his own thing.

Half an hour later.

Six thousand horses were assembled in the west of the city.

"Let's go!"

Jiang Yuntian gave an order, and the army advanced to the west.

"Why is there only one cannon? Didn't I say in the letter that you should bring at least two? ”

Song Che rode a horse and followed the carriage carrying the artillery, and asked Shi Tao, who was accompanying the guards.

Shi Tao said bitterly: "I originally brought two doors, but this thing is too heavy, and the southwest Shu Road is extremely difficult to walk. ”

Song Che said again: "Gunpowder can't be damp, and you have to rely on it to win by surprise."

Shi Tao patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, the gunpowder and cannonballs are all tightly sealed with oilcloth, and I checked them before leaving, no problem." ”

At this time, Ah San, who was accompanying him, pulled Song Che's sleeve fiercely, frowned and asked, "Didn't you say to go to peace talks?" How can you still pay attention to a surprising victory? ”

"Of course I'm going to talk about peace, otherwise why would I bring you here?"

Let Ah Sang be used as a bridge of communication, first go to explore the bottom of that Xia Jiu, if you can talk about Song Che, you will personally make an appointment to talk about it, if you can't talk, then you can only roll up your sleeves and do it.

But

What you can't get on the battlefield, how can you get it at the negotiating table?

Some people still have to be beaten, and if they don't know the pain, they will never bow their heads.

Song Che took out two letters from his sleeve and handed them to Ah San: "The first letter is the words I wrote to you, and the second letter is entrusted to you to bring to Xia Jiu, diplomacy is a technical job, if you feel that you are stupid, you can memorize it." ”

Ah Sang put the first one in his hand, opened the letter and glanced at it, thought about it in his heart, glanced at Song Che again, squeezed the corners of his mouth at him, snorted lightly, rode forward for a long distance, and then began to concentrate on memorizing.

For the rest of the night, she read it over and over again, memorizing word by word, without stopping.

The next day, dawn broke.

The lightly armed and rapid march, after walking 80 miles in one night, has entered the boundary of Pengzhou, and is still more than 30 miles away from Dujiangyan.

6,000 soldiers, all dreaked in clothes. There is sweat and dew.

The Yongkang scouts have come to report twice, the first time at the third watch, Guan County was still fighting, the second dawn, Guan County has been broken by the Miao army, the Yongkang army was beaten to pieces, 20,000 soldiers only left less than 5,000, had to retreat to Dujiangyan, to defend the last embankment.

"It's more than 20,000 pigs, and Miao Jun has to catch them for two or three days, right? It's only been one night that you lost the county seat? It's time to go home and raise pigs! ”

Jiang Yuntian scolded the scout.

The scout knelt on the ground and appealed: "General, don't you know, the project of repairing Dujiangyan is huge, there are nearly 100,000 laborers alone, and a good part of the Yongkang army is supervising the work on the embankment, just yesterday during the day, the group of Miao slaves also broke out in resistance, and Guan County transferred a part of the troops to suppress it, which led to the emptiness of the troops in the county, not to mention that last night the Miao army unknowingly touched the city, we ...... We were caught off guard! ”

"Idiot! You guys have fallen for the Miao army's scheme! ”

"Okay, Brother Jiang, there's no point in pursuing the fault again," Song Che asked the scout: "After the Miao army captures the county seat, can the Miao army send troops to attack Dujiangyan again?" How many of them are? War Horse Geometry? Armament geometry? ”

The scout replied truthfully: "There are about 30,000 Miao troops, almost all of them are infantry, and they wear ordinary rattan armor, but they have gunpowder. When I left, they only occupied the county seat, and did not attack Dujiangyan again. ”

Although the Miao army won, it also fought with the Yongkang army for a whole night, and it must have been exhausted, but Guan County is only ten miles away from Dujiangyan, and if the Miao army is repaired, it will definitely attack as soon as possible.

No matter how you analyze it, it is already 100,000 urgent.

"Brother Jiang, you quickly lead the light cavalry to Dujiangyan, and you must not let the Miao army get half a step close to the embankment!" Song Che ordered.

Jiang Yuntian stepped out of his horse, raised his arms and shouted: "All the cavalry, unload the excess load, and go straight to Dujiangyan with me!" ”

Thousands of horsemen came out and galloped towards the west with the momentum of thunder!

"Infantry, speed up the march, be sure to arrive at Dujiangyan within two hours!"

The soldiers took out the dry food they carried with them, and trotted while eating and drinking, and the speed went up again.

In less than two hours, the embankment came into view.

Song Che used a telescope to probe the situation, and there was no sign of battle, indicating that the Miao army had not yet launched an attack.

"White Division!"

Chen Hong led a cavalry squad to greet him and reported:

"After General Jiang arrived in Dujiangyan, he quickly organized a team of 5,000 people and stationed a fortification at the mouth of the river three miles away.

Turning defense into offense? Isn't it giving me a chance to sharpen my knives?

"Good."

Song Che nodded. After a night of rapid marching, he was exhausted as a horseman, let alone an infantry who walked on a pole.

"The whole army, stationed in the embankment, recuperate!"