The Miao people of the Five Poisons Sect played a hand to cultivate the plank road and secretly Chen Cang.

On the surface, Lan Zhaoyun led an army of more than 100,000 troops, attacked from the north and south, and attacked Shaoyang Mansion, which had the potential to level this mansion in one fell swoop and open up the north-south passage.

Secretly, Lan Cai'er was sent to lead 30,000 Miao soldiers to attack Baling County Day and night, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the county government to capture the city in one fell swoop.

Such a bloody example is right in front of you.

As Lu Yuan, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, at this time, when he saw that the turtle could not shrink out, just like the Five Poisons Sect of Shaoyang Mansion before, he naturally couldn't help but think of the other party's old wisdom.

Anyway, now he has a lot of soldiers, enough to have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

And those Miao people had just been injured by themselves, lost their top-level combat power, and were now in a panic of being intimidated by the innate grandmaster.

Just like Lu Yuan last year, he only dared to hide in the city and hold on, and he didn't dare to come out to fight with the other party at all.

That being the case, what is there to say.

According to the trick of the Miao people, just do it all over again.

Let Zhou Qing lead the militia, which occupies the majority, all the way north, to recover the county towns abandoned by the Miao people, and bluff in order to confuse the other party.

He selected tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and then took Yan Wangqiu and those masters of the Nanhai faction to sneak attack the empty Nine Doubts Mansion and cut off the back road of the Miao people in the south.

No matter how good Wuling Mansion is, it is only a place. Moreover, it is the ancestral land of the Miao people, the main altar of the Five Poisons Sect, even if it is defeated, it is difficult to digest, and the harvest is limited.

The three provinces in the south are different.

Although there are also a lot of Miao people, they can't stand it, and the southern territory is also large.

The land of three mansions is better than the land of one mansion in any way.

Moreover, if he can defeat the three southern provinces, Lu Yuan will be able to have a big rear in an instant, and his own territory can be expanded to the five provinces, and they will be connected.

One is easy to eat and the fruit is extremely sweet. One is extremely hard to bite, and the harvest is limited.

It's clear how to choose this.

……

February 28, the sixth year of Hongdao.

After the army was stationed in Xinhua County for three days, Lu Yuan selected 30,000 soldiers, divided into 20,000 for his disciple Li Liang, and a first-class master of the Nanhai faction to accompany the army, and ordered him to lead the army and enter Wugang County.

Confronted the 50,000 Miao people who were entrenched in resources and Suining County.

Then he led 10,000 elite soldiers, took Yan Wangqiu and a group of masters of the South China Sea faction, went out day and night, and returned to Hengyang Mansion overnight.

February 30th of the sixth year of Hongdao.

Zhou Qing, who had already taken over the army, took the two first-class master bodyguards of the South China Sea faction assigned to him by Lu Yuan, and led 30,000 new soldiers and 70,000 people, a total of 100,000 people, to the north of Wuling Mansion with great momentum.

Two days later, the army arrived at Lipu and Yuanling successively, and recovered the two counties that had been abandoned by the Miao people.

Then Zhou Qing led the army to garrison Yuanling, and divided it into 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 people, respectively, to collect Wuling Fucheng, Longyang, Cili and other eastern and northern counties of Wuling Fu.

After the news of the recovery of the remaining eight counties in Wuling, except for Chenxi and Qianling counties, came back, Zhou Qing was relieved.

Then he left 20,000 people to guard Pupu and Yuanling, and guarded the back road of the army, so he led 20,000 soldiers and 30,000 people to Chenxi in the north and surrounded the city.

However, considering that there are 40,000 Miao defenders in the city, and he is just attracting and containing the Miao people, he uses it as a cover to confuse the other party.

Therefore, Zhou Qing did not send troops to attack the city, but just asked people to surround the city in all directions and cut off communication between the city and outside the city.

This time, the Miao people retreated too hastily, so although the people gathered back, they did not have time to transfer other materials.

In addition, Wuling Mansion is fighting every year, and hundreds of thousands of Miao people in the territory are frequently conscripted into the army, and they have no time to take care of local production. They could only rely on the local conquered Yue people to provide them with food, grass and military supplies.

After a few years of tossing, Wuling Mansion is already very poor.

In Chenxi City, there are 40,000 defenders and 30,000 civilians, which adds up to 70,000 people.

With so many mouths open, the amount of grain and grass to be consumed every day is a terrifying number.

Zhou Qing didn't believe it, just how long can the little food in the city feed these tens of thousands of people?

I'm afraid that in less than two months, people will starve to death in the city, right?

At the beginning, he besieged the city of Luyangfu, relying on the strategy of cutting off food, and shaking the morale of the army with the rebels' families, and conquered the city in a few months.

Now it's just an old plan to come to Chenxi again.

"Within three months, if there is no foreign aid in this city, it will be conquered."

Outside Chenxi City, Zhou Qing stood on the high platform that had been built, looking at the city connected to several walled cities in the distance, with a cold expression.

In his eyes, the fate of this city, as well as those Miao people in the city, is already doomed.

It's just a matter of taking some time and waiting for the fruit to ripen.

……

Just as Zhou Qing led the main force of soldiers and horses, he went north to Wuling Mansion with great fanfare.

The first day of the third month of the sixth year of Hongdao.

It has been a three-day journey day and night, a march of more than 400 miles, crossing the land abyss at the junction of the mountains and mansions, and finally leading the troops to Dali County, Jiuyi Prefecture.

On the deserted road, a group of dusty soldiers, with heavy steps, walked hard towards the south of the road.

They had been walking for three days and three nights, during which time they had only taken two naps, each time for less than two hours, and they could be said to be very tired.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone had been trained for a long time on weekdays, many people would also be able to do martial arts, and such a high-intensity march would really not be able to sustain it.

In fact, the original team of 10,000 people had already fallen behind after driving 400 miles.

But even so, the soldiers looked at the firm back of the horse in front of them, and their hearts were still full of fighting spirit.

As long as you follow the general, then you will be able to win this time.

Isn't it just the Miao people?

Even if the master marched for three days and beat them, there was no lake.

This is the spirit of the elite soldiers and their pride.

And what shaped all this was the strong confidence brought by Lu Yuan who led them in the past and violently beat the Miao people and rebels dozens of times.

"Master, after the prefect of Jiang was communicated, the Hengyang Mansion has urgently requisitioned 20,000 people.

According to Governor Jiang's words, it only takes three days to send 10,000 people in advance to arrive at the Nine Doubts Mansion.

Five days later, the remaining 10,000 people will be able to make it.

At the same time, the grain and grass needed by the army will also be brought with it. ”

In the middle of the army, a disciple flew in on a horse from a distance, and then reported like Lu Yuan the results of this communication with the Hengyang Mansion government.

After hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: "Okay." This time, we made a surprise attack on the Nine Doubts Mansion and only brought 10,000 elite soldiers. This amount of people is sprinkled to the ten counties of the whole prefecture, and on average, a city cannot even distribute a thousand people.

And I used troops this time in order to cut off the back roads of the two Miao people who are entrenched in Resources, Suining County, and now have entered Kou Luyang Mansion.

In these two places, there are 50,000 Miao people each.

If you can cut off their back road and destroy them, without these 100,000 Miao soldiers, the three prefectures of Jiuyi, Lingling, and Yangshan can be easily pacified.

In this way, the southern part of Dongting will be completely settled. ”

Surprise attack is a kind of thing, what is important is an efficiency, a fast word.

It is impossible for Lu Yuan to waste his soldiers and horses on such things as defending and besieging cities.

But in the same way, he can't ignore the back road at all and go straight to the heart of the enemy.

That's too dangerous.

Therefore, it is necessary to recruit some people from Hengyang Mansion and let them help defend the city, maintain the back road, and transfer grain and grass at the same time.

Although this is for Hengyang Mansion, which has already drawn out 60,000 people, requisitioning another 20,000 people is equivalent to requisitioning all the other party's more than fifteen men.

Especially in this kind of spring sowing time, such a large-scale deployment of strong labor will definitely affect the summer harvest and will make it very difficult for the people of Hengyang Mansion.

But isn't it for the people to suffer at this time?

After suffering this year, when the Miao people in the three southern provinces have been swept away, without these traitors to make trouble, the local area will naturally be peaceful.

And the place is peaceful, and the people's lives will naturally gradually improve.

At that time, there was no war, and the people of Hengyang Mansion would not have to worry about where the traitors would come from every year.

There is no need to be like now, being requisitioned and pumped out every year, running to other prefectures and counties, and going into battle with his head to work hard.

The so-called bitter first and then sweet, that's it.

The army marched all the way and soon arrived within ten miles of the county seat of Dali.

"General, after our investigation, there are very few Miao soldiers in the city, but there are more than a thousand people. and guarded the emptiness, and did not notice the arrival of our army. ”

At this time, the spies sent out from the front also came back to report.

"More than a thousand?"

When Lu Yuan heard the number of defenders, he couldn't help but nod slightly.

According to the information he had previously discovered, after stationing 50,000 Miao troops to Shaoyang Mansion and Luyang Mansion respectively, the defenders left behind in the three prefectures occupied by the Miao people such as Jiuyi were less than 10,000.

There can be more than 1,000 people in Dali County, and it is estimated that it is still because of the barrier of the province because the county guards the northern part of the Nine Doubts Mansion and connects to Hengyang Mansion.

In other counties in Fuzhong, except for Fucheng, it would be good to have one or two hundred people.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Yuan took a fancy to this at the beginning, so he formulated this surprise attack plan.

As far as the defense of the Nine Suspicions and Three Mansions is empty, if he doesn't lay down this piece of meat, he will be sorry for the gift of the Miao people.

"The Miao garrison is so empty, this is a godsend. The order, the pioneer battalion is ready, and the general will go straight to this city, and today I will spend the night in the city. ”

Lu Yuan gave an order, then turned his head to Yan Wangqiu and said, "National Teacher, I'll bother you later." ”

This old grandmaster naturally has nothing to disagree: "Don't worry, general, if there is a need, the old man will take action." ”

"Then please leave it to the national teacher." Lu Yuan smiled and nodded.

He has always been rigorous and conscientious in his work.

Although the scouts have already said that Dali County's defenses are empty, and the defenders have not yet noticed their arrival.

But just in case, it would be more appropriate to bring an innate grandmaster as a backhand.

In this way, even if the defenders found that a large army was approaching, at that time, with their innate power, they would go down in a few moves, and it was estimated that the defenders at the gate of the city would be killed.

Before, Lan Cai'er could easily slaughter hundreds of Lu Yuan's troops in the midst of ten thousand armies, and that relaxed appearance was like entering a no-man's land.

Now that he is Yan Wangqiu, he can naturally easily kill all of them, and there are more than 1,000 Miao defenders in the city.

The innate grandmaster at the top level is so easy and comfortable to deal with those ordinary soldiers at the bottom.

As long as it does not form a certain scale, the innate grandmaster can simply kill ordinary soldiers.

How else to say that the innate grandmaster is the pillar of the god of the country, which can determine the rise and fall of a country?

That's why.

You don't have an innate grandmaster, people will kill you by hundreds today, a thousand tomorrow, and a year and a half of killing, and millions of people will be killed for you.

But you can't help the other party.

Then what strength does your country have?

It's going to be extinguished.

……

The order was given, and soon more than 1,000 people in the vanguard began to put on armor and hold spears and gathered.

Lu Yuan counted the number of people, and then led them to run towards the county seat of Dali not far away, which didn't know what was going to happen.

As it turned out, what the scout said was true.

Maybe he felt that there was no danger on his side, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, Lu Yuan's army was in Wuling Mansion in the north at this time, hundreds of miles away from here, separated by several prefectures and counties, and very far away.

And Shaoyang Mansion in the north is guarded by 50,000 troops. In Luyang Mansion to the south and east, there were also 50,000 troops attacking day and night.

In this situation, who would have thought that the Nine Doubts Mansion in the rear would be targeted?

What, Hengyang Mansion?

Just those guys who have been pumped tens of thousands of people, can they have the courage to come to the trouble of the master?

In the past few years, I have been used to it, and from time to time I go to Hengyang Mansion to fight the autumn breeze and rob some grain, grass and goods.

Therefore, for these reasons, when Lu Yuan's handsome soldiers arrived in the city, the gate of the city was still wide open, and some Miao people and people in the city were entering and exiting there.

The way the door is opened so that you can enter, then what else is there to say.

Lu Yuan personally took the lead, took the lead, and rushed in with the army.

The pedestrians who came in and out of the gate were killed and dispersed in an instant, and the dozens of Miao people who were responsible for guarding the city were killed in an instant.

It only took a few dozen breaths for the entire city gate to be contained.

Then the army entered the city, and those Miao soldiers who reacted and wanted to transfer troops to recapture the city gate were directly killed and dispersed on the street.

Among them, Yan Wangqiu may want to save some of the face he lost because he failed to leave Lan Cai'er. At this time, he took the initiative to take action, and one person killed more than 300 Miao people, and directly killed the other party with a chill, and collapsed and fled.

Lu Yuan also killed the rise.

Although he is not as efficient as Yan Wangqiu's killing, as soon as Chiyang's aura is opened, he can also take more than a dozen lives with his hands.

The whole person was killed from scratch, and more than 100 people died at his hands.

And both generals were so brave.

The vanguard soldiers under his command who were inspired also rushed up one by one, chasing and killing wildly, for fear of falling behind.

Joke.

In a battle situation like this, if you don't work hard to perform at this time and earn more credit, it would be stupid.

You must know that Lu Yuan has always been rewarded for meritorious service, and punished for mistakes. For the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, the rewards offered are very attractive.

I will not mention the rewards of gold and silver.

Other martial arts cheats, promotion and wealth, acceptance as a disciple or something, it is a shortcut to achieve a class jump in life and earn glory and wealth.

There have been too many examples before and in front of the soldiers.

If there is a precedent, there are naturally too many people who want to follow suit and become the next person to soar.

So with the efforts of these two gods and more than 1,000 Mengmen, the Miao defenders in the city were killed in just half an hour.

Yes, they were all killed, not a single one remained.

This time, Lu Yuan fought a surprise battle, and the follow-up defense was also a few people.

Therefore, leaving those Miao people Ding Zhuang basically has no benefit except for leaving hidden dangers in the rear and burying them inside and outside that will erupt at some point.

As for ruling over them, collecting taxes?

Before the banner of the Five Poisons Sect fell, Lu Yuan didn't think that he could get the allegiance of those Miao people.

Not even to mention allegiance, it is a question mark that can make them produce locally with peace of mind.

If these Miao people are really honest, how can they continue to provide batch after batch of soldiers to the Five Poisons Sect for several years in a row, and there are nearly 300,000 people before and after.

You must know that the Miao people in the entire Dongting County add up to more than one million.

Out of 300,000 Miao soldiers, it is almost equivalent to a man, as long as he is an adult, he will rebel with the other party.

Such a rebellious race, although it is not without hope of surrendering and naturalization, it is still too difficult and time-consuming and energy-consuming to do this.

During this period, I don't know how much risk and how much loss I have to bear.

Rather than so.

Lu Yuan still chose to do it in Shaoyang Mansion before.

Kill those Miao adult males and physically eliminate each other. Then the captured Miao *** women were distributed to meritorious soldiers and local militia groups.

In this way, after twenty or thirty years, even if there are still Miao people in Dongting County, it will no longer be possible to become a climate.

Exterminating their clans, taking their wives and daughters, and destroying their culture is the most effective, simplest, and most direct means of assimilation.

What about other places, Lu Yuan didn't know.

Anyway, he did this in Shaoyang Mansion, and after five or six years, the place is still very stable, and there has been no chaos.

This proved to be effective.

Then at this time, in the three prefectures of Jiuyi, Lingling, and Yangshan, according to this policy, it is necessary to continue to implement it.

As for doing so, will it cause heavy losses to the population of the land of Sanfu?

Lu Yuan felt that for the sake of his own rule and the hundreds of thousands of good people in the three prefectures, the sacrifice of these 200,000 people was still acceptable.

He is a firm believer in this.

……

After receiving Dali County, Lu Yuan led the troops to rest here for a day, and then left a hundred people to guard the city, waiting for the follow-up people from Hengyang Mansion to station.

He led the main force of the brigade and went directly south to the camp road of Jiuyifu City.

During this period, passing through Dao County, there were only more than 100 defenders in the city, and they were defeated in a battle.

Then he did not stop and continued to the camp road.

Finally, in the evening of the same day, they were killed under the camp road.

There were more than 1,000 defenders in this city, but like Dali County, they did not expect that there would be enemy troops to kill them.

So when they saw the officers and soldiers of the court killing, they all panicked.

Lu Yuan still took the lead with Yan Wangqiu, led people into the city easily, and it took half an hour to recover this mansion that had been trapped by thieves for two years.

Then after a night of recuperation in Fucheng, Lu Yuan divided the army into two parts, and asked Gu Wei, a disciple who had previously commanded the Xiandeng army, to lead four thousand soldiers and horses eastward, wanting to attack Yangshan Mansion and cut off the back road of those Miao thieves who were attacking Luyang Mansion.

For the sake of safety, the last remaining first-class master of the Nanhai faction was also assigned to Gu Wei.

With 4,000 elite soldiers and a first-class master, it is enough to attack Yangshan Mansion, where the defenders are only more than 2,000 at most.

And Lu Yuan himself, with Yan Wangqiu and 4,000 elite soldiers, attacked Lingling Mansion in the west.