After crossing countless mountains and rivers, Xiong Chu's Eastern Route Army finally approached the northern edge of the Luowu Tusi district.

Along the way, the ones who exerted the most strength were those Gaxi who were exchanged for cattle and yaks by Xiong Chu.

These lowest-level slaves have done all kinds of work, endured all kinds of hardships, and traveled everywhere, so they know a lot of things that others don't know.

For example, where to cross the mountains, where to cross the river, such as where to camp.

Although it is a cold winter, as long as the river needs to be erected a floating beam (pontoon bridge), there is no need for Xiong Chu and others to order, and those Gaxi who were exchanged for cattle ** have been divided into three.

One group of young men went up the hill to cut logs and bamboos, one group of girls began to cut rattan and weave yard ropes, and another group of young men jumped into the icy water with rattan ropes to swim across the river, using rattan ropes as indexes, and then began to erect floating beams.

The first time we crossed the big river in the upper reaches of Dujiangyan, only more than 900 Gaxi volunteers to erect floating beams.

Seeing the more than 900 people who were bought by himself along the way busy, Xiong Chu's eyes were full of tears.

Because he had done all these things before, when he was a slave in the foreign mansion of the king of Luoyang, he did it for almost a year.

However, at that time, he was chained to his ankles by the king, and he was forced to work under the leather whip, and he was never willing.

If it weren't for Xiaoyaozi killing Wang Yuanwai's family, Prince Xiong might still be working under the leather whip, or he would have been beaten to death. So when he saw these people in front of him, he felt the deepest in his heart.

Xiong Chu felt that he hadn't done anything at all, and these people didn't want to work, and he was really sorry for them.

He just took the cattle out with the troublesome cattle, and then announced that these people were free and could leave on their own accord to pursue a new life of their own. Whoever is willing to leave can go to the baggage camp and receive fifty pounds of grain and fifty taels of silver.

Xiong Chu thinks that everything he does is what he can do, nothing more.

But when he encountered the river for the second time, Sima Cheng's trapped camp and Wanying's female battalion all joined in.

No one gave orders, all of them acted spontaneously.

If it weren't for Prince Xiong's strict order, more than 1,700 people from the juvenile camp and the boy scout camp would have to participate.

The youngest of the Boy Scouts was only six years old. When marching, two small children sit on the back of a horse, and a female soldier protects them.

This is the future of Xiong Jiajun, and Xiong Chu will not let these children take risks.

Only Zhou Chang, Zhou Xi, and Li Dingguo, with more than 300 people in the juvenile camp, are responsible for taking care of the cattle that have not yet been traded out and are kept as food.

It was because 5,000 people later erected the floating beams together, that there was no river that could block their way. And the speed of progress is getting faster and faster, almost reaching the unstoppable Cheng dù.

Since the Xiong Chu took all the cattle out and announced that the Gaxi would be free, and he also distributed food and silver, Feng Suqin never took the initiative to speak.

Lan'er saw that Feng Suqin was in a bad mood, of course she understood the reason, so she also told her: "You are the future successor of the Luo Wu clan, but you have to understand a truth." In fact, the truth is very simple: it is not the toast who is truly invincible in the world, but those slaves. ”

"This truth is still what my brother said, and I didn't believe it at first. But my brother and I used to be slaves, and then we were free, and then we had our own brothers and sisters, and then we had this qiē that you see. ”

"See this army? Most of them were slaves, at least they were. There are slaves in the Central Plains, slaves in the Mongolian steppe, and now there are slaves in the land of the Southern Barbarians. ”

"The reason why they can defeat a qiē enemy is because they were once slaves. I didn't understand why slaves would form a huge fighting force once they got up, but now I understand it. ”

"Actually, my brother doesn't have many ideals and ambitions, but he can't see others suffering, so he will find a way to free more slaves. Because he himself was once a slave, he didn't want there to be slaves in the world. ”

"My brother was adamantly reluctant to form an army at first, but as more slaves were freed, he finally discovered a problem. If no one is the master of these slaves, they will become slaves of others. ”

"In order not to free the slaves of oneself and become the slaves of others again, this is what my brother is doing now. Sister Suqin, you are a smart person, and you have read books, I believe you can understand more truths. ”

"If you really marry my brother, then you will be a family from now on, and the family will not speak two words. If you don't understand what my brother is, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome in the future. Do you say?"

Along the way, Feng Suqin has always struggled with a question: "If there are no these Gaxi babies, will the toast still be the toast, and the head man will still be the head man?"

Regardless of whether Feng Suqin can figure it out or not, anyway, Xiong Chu's Eastern Route Army has gone through a lot of hardships and finally achieved its first goal: that is, to come to the chaotic Sichuan-Yunnan border.

Southern Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, which are chaotic areas of the Southern Barbarians that the imperial court cannot control at all, are also places where wars and killings are continuous.

Along the way, more than 900 slaves were exchanged in six times, which made Xiong Chu see what a slave owner is, and at the same time, Xiong Chu was more determined to do something here.

Shuicheng Village in Wusa County (now Qiaojia County) has a long history because it is the seat of the Dongchuan Military and Civilian Government.

The government governs the mountains and rivers in front of the mountains, and the left and right fences, so there is a saying that "logging is a fence to defend the government".

When Xiong Chu came to the land of Nanban Miscellaneous, what he saw and heard along the way was not as good as Miao Sanguan, Yuan Liqing, Huang Yanying and others said about how good Jiangnan was, so he was actually a little uneasy in his heart.

When he was absent-minded, a sudden report disrupted Xiong Chu's train of thought.

Looking at the handsome female soldier in her twenties in front of her, Xiong Chu was a little surprised: "Hu Meiniang, didn't you follow Feng Suqin to explore the road in front, how could you come back?"

Hu Meiniang is one of the twenty-four "Ming Mu Tanchang" brought out from Chongfu Temple in Shuozhou City, and she is also the backbone of Xiong Chu's personal guard.

When she was first rescued, Hu Meiniang was only eighteen years old, and she had just dropped from "Ming Mu" to "Tanchang", and she had not been ruined by many lamas.

After Fang Qianxun was transferred to lead the Boy Scouts, there was a vacancy in the position of deputy commander of the Chinese Army Guard, so the commander Mandeli recommended her assistant Hu Meiniang to take over the position.

Because he was already close to the territory of the Luo Wu tribe, Prince Xiong asked Mandeli to draw twelve people from the twenty-four female soldiers and iron guards to be led by Hu Meiniang as Feng Suqin's temporary guards.

Hu Meiniang belongs to the person who is close to Xiong Chu's pillow, and her title is different from others: "Miss Feng asked me to come back to report to my son: someone is blocking the road in front." ”

Xiong Chu was surprised: "Isn't it almost time here to reach the territory of their Luo Wu tribe, why are there still people blocking the way?"

Hu Meiniang smiled for no reason: "That's the case, Miss Feng said that after crossing the Dongchuan Military and Civilian Mansion in front, it is the territory of the Luo Wu tribe." Now, a guy named An Guoxiong is blocking the way. That guy is in his thirties, and he has bad intentions at first glance. ”

"An Guoxiong?" Xiong Chu patted the back of his head: "I seem to have heard of this name, and it feels very familiar." ”

Huang Yanying settled the Chinese army camp, and just came over and heard: "An Guoxiong? Hu Meiniang, whose territory is the Dongchuan Military and Civilian Mansion?"

Hu Meiniang was neither big nor small in front of Prince Xiong, but she didn't dare to be sloppy in front of Huang Yanying, so she still hugged her fists and said: "Miss Huang, the Dongchuan Military and Civilian Mansion is An Bangyan's territory. ”

"I remember!" Xiong Chu patted his head: "That time in Nanyang City, many people jointly gave me a Jianghu killing order, with his name on it, and a guy named Fan Hu." Mei Niang, what does An Guoxiong want to do?"

Hu Meiniang smiled very weirdly: "People got the news and came to block the road to ask for marriage." Hehehehe-hee ”

"I get it, too. Lan'er had been silent beside Prince Xiong, and now she also said, "Feng Suqin once said that the threat to the north of their Luo Wu clan is An Bangyan. This An Guoxiong is An Bangyan's son, it seems that there is a story in this, Feng Suqin did not finish it. ”

Xiong Chu looked up at the sun that was not very high in the west, and then said to Huang Yanying: "Senior sister, it seems that you can't leave today, so I ordered everyone to camp on the spot." ”

Speaking of this, Prince Xiong turned his head to Mandeli behind him and said, "Inform all the deputy commanders to meet at the Chinese military tent after setting up the camp, and they may have to sing tonight." ”

After giving two orders, Prince Xiong said to Hu Meiniang, who was waiting for the news: "Mei Niang immediately go to the front and let Feng Suqin completely understand the meaning of the other party." But you can't promise the other party lightly, leave it for tomorrow to discuss in detail, and then hurry back to meet. ”

"Senior brother, what do you want to do?" Huang Yanying asked Sima Cheng to deal with the problem of setting up a camp, but she stayed where she was and didn't move: "Since An Guoxiong is here, it's not over if you come forward directly, why is it so complicated?"

Xiong Chu's face was a little unsightly: "I risked my life to rescue An Guoxiong and Fan Hu in Funiu Mountain, not to let them do anything to 'revive the Great Yi Kingdom'. If the court is unfair, they can rebel and overthrow the court. But if you want to 'revive the Great Yi Kingdom' and split it from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it will be more than innocent. ”

"This is not a dispute between the rivers and lakes, but a major national event, and I will not use the order of killing in the rivers and lakes. Since it is a major national affair, and they engage in separatism and rebellion, then there is a big crime of punishing the nine clans. If the talks are good this time, it will be fine, otherwise, the Eastern Sichuan Military and Civil Government will be the first battle for us to enter the Southern Barbarians. ”

"First of all, knock out the rear bases of An Bangyan and Hao Chongming, so that they can't take care of each other, and Zhu Xieyuan in Guizhou will be much easier to deal with. It was my intention to minimize the losses of the imperial army as much as possible, so that they could find a way to send troops to the north to deal with the Jurchen Tartar Emperor Taiji. ”

"It's a pity that the imperial court can't forget my Jianwen Emperor bloodline, and they don't worry if I don't die for a day. Otherwise, I can also pull the team over and go head-to-head with Huang Taiji. But I don't want to die now, at least I don't want to be killed by Zhu Youzhen in a daze, so I can only do my best. ”

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