As soon as we set foot on the territory, the mountain people suddenly attacked us.

On and off the two big boats, everyone suddenly woke up. The military men had been performing Yangko, singing ditties, and collecting wild flowers just now. They all fled onto the boat with a "boom".

Waves of mountain warriors rushed over from the woods on the shore. They ran in a messy manner, but they were all fierce and life-threatening. With their constant roars and ferocious expressions, they seemed to want to pounce on the enemy's flesh.

Tear it off.

Most of the sailors and soldiers on the two large boats were shirtless and were about to go down to the river to play in the water together. They all rushed around to grab weapons. They were all elite soldiers and quickly entered a fighting state. They grabbed shields and weapons and jumped ashore.

They lined up to meet the enemy, and 12 archers on the ship's side set up arrows and pulled strings, waiting for Jin Shiqi's order. The grenadiers hurriedly scraped their scythes, and after a few strokes, they ignited the match ropes.

Jin Shiqi stared at the incoming mountain warriors. Although they were powerful, their loose formation could not break through Jin Shiqi's shield formation. They had no armor on their bodies and could not withstand arrows, grenades and 20 spears.

of thrust.

Even if this kind of battle was commanded by Yao Mengyang, there would be no suspense about victory. If it were Cha Yingcai, he could even form an encirclement array to capture the prisoners. If it were his younger brother Shijun... he would have probably rushed forward and cut down the ground.

people.

But the current commander is Jin Shiqi. His thoughts are tumbling at a higher level. He immediately ordered: "The whole team retreats! Get on the boat and leave!"

When the military order came, the soldiers immediately evacuated onto the ship like water. "No attack and killing!" Jin Shiqi ordered. The archers put away their arrows one after another, and the grenadier stepped on the fire rope.

The sailors were in a panic pulling on the cables to control the sails. The mountain soldiers were faster and had already rushed to the river, jumped down, slashed with knives, and stabbed the two large ships with spears. They waved their weapons while roaring and venting their anger.

He was filled with incomparable resentment. The arrows pierced the solid hull of the ship with a thud, causing everyone on the ship to hide behind the side of the ship and not dare to raise their heads. Then another spear was thrown up and stuck on the mast.

The shieldmen hurriedly protected the sailors, quickly raised the sails and anchors, and the two boats slowly drifted away from the river bank and downstream. Some people climbed onto the big boats and were kicked off. Some people grabbed the cables and dragged them desperately, overturning them in the river.

Behind me, there were mountain soldiers jumping into the water with knives in their mouths, swimming in the ripples of the big ship and chasing after them, as if they were crazy from hunger.

Jin Shiqi stood on the stern of the Longze, looking at the mountain warriors who were still running and howling along the river bank. He said affectionately: "It's so cute!"

"It's so damn scary!" Several gentlemen squatted beside him tremblingly. "They are all madmen!" Yao Mengyang roared. "Jin Qianhu, why don't you do something?"

"They are my people!" Jin Shiqi said ecstatically, "They are treasures given to me by God!"

Jin Shiqi burst into tears. He had such a hard journey to Guangxi and yet he had gained something like this - these mountain soldiers were the most powerful soldiers in the entire land of China, and they were the only warriors who could confront Jiannu head-on!

They are the legendary wolf soldiers!

What a fate!

The three traditional sources of troops in the Ming Dynasty: Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Guangxi. The indigenous mountain people are all famous for their fierceness and fearlessness. The best of the Sichuan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers were all lost in the Battle of Hunhe five years ago, but Guangxi

The mountain soldiers are still there. Look, those soldiers on the river bank

, they are short in stature but muscular, naked and defenseless, but they have no fear! How handsome they are in waving their swords at me, their voices are so loud when they curse, and the sound of arrows hitting the stern is also

Extraordinarily beautiful.

Jin Shiqi shouted: "You are all mine!"

"Brother, squat down quickly!"

…

The two boats drifted for more than ten miles and finally returned to the shore of Qianjiang County.

There was a simple little pier on the shore, and a few local men were lying lazily in the shade of the trees next to the pier. When the big ship passed by here in the afternoon, they saw them lying like this. The two big ships made a gesture of docking.

They stood up slowly...

A dark and thin old man shouted: "Ha. I've guessed you were coming back for a long time. We've been waiting for you."

They caught the cables thrown by the sailors and helped the ship to dock steadily. Jin Shiqi first called the thin old man to ask questions.

The old man got on the deck and saw that Jin Shiqi and others were dressed in extraordinary costumes, so he knelt down and kowtowed. Jin Shiqi first rewarded him with silver, and then asked the mountain people in front of him why they were not so hospitable!

"Master, haven't you heard of it?" The old man laughed, "'Rebellion across generations'!"

"What's the difference between generations?"

"Rebellion is the tradition of the mountain people here. The earliest one was a hundred years ago, and it was very violent. Later, Master Wang Yangming came and killed all the men. The mountain people are one generation every ten or twenty years, and thirty-five

, skip the generation after six years, and wait for the grandchildren to collect enough

If the number of people is reduced, they will continue to rebel, and another generation will be killed. Those who are lucky to be alive will continue to have babies." The old man counted with his fingers and said with a smile: "Master, you are lucky to catch up with the excitement. This is the seventh generation of descendants.

When you grow up, it’s time to rebel again!”

"..." Jin Shiqi said sadly. "Old man, what are they trying to do?"

"This... do you want to hear the court's statement or the mountain people's statement?"

Jin Shiqi looked around and said, "We are officials, so of course we will listen to what the court says."

The old man said solemnly: "The unruly people in southern Xinjiang are barbaric, ignorant, and stubborn. They should be killed!"

"What about the mountain people's statement?"

The old man sighed and said: "The life of the mountain people is hard, otherwise they will have no way to survive."

This sentence is enough to kill someone!

Several young military officers on the deck jumped up and called him nonsense. Jin Shiqi received a different education than them, so he naturally sided with the working people at the bottom. He quickly said that country people were ignorant and didn't need to care.

The old man was a Han Chinese named Li Liuyue. Seeing that he spoke clearly, Jin Shiqi rewarded him with a few pieces of silver and asked him to explain the situation of the mountain people in detail.

Old Man Li pointed to the upper reaches of the Hongshui River and introduced that there were 10 village villages among the thousands of mountains and ridges. The so-called "villages" included a "main village" and natural villages dotted around it, with a total population of tens of thousands.

The leader of the village is known as "Lord Chieftain" to the outside world and considers himself "the king" internally.

The names of the 10 Dazhai are: North Slope, South Slope, Blood Stone, Collapsing Mountain, Broken Horn, Red Hoof, Fang, Iron Scale, Thorny Beard, and Bronze Head.

Jin Shiqi slapped his thigh: "It's just 'Beipo Nanpo', the names behind it are so impressive!"

Old Man Li said: "'North Slope and Nan Slope' were originally called Bones and Teeth, but the name was changed later."

Those ten villages spanned the mountainous areas between Liuzhou, Qingyuan, and Sien Prefectures, with a total of more than 100,000 people. If they rebelled, they could gather more than 20,000 men. They attacked and killed officers and soldiers everywhere, captured the county seat, and caused the most trouble.

It was so fierce that they took over Liuzhou Prefecture at once!

Jin Shiqi secretly said: So handsome!

Old Man Li also said that the mountain people are extremely fierce. Every time a rebellion is quelled, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from Guangxi, Guangdong, and Huguang must be mobilized, and they must be personally led by senior officials at the level of minister of the Ministry of War to quell the rebellion.

Jin Shiqi secretly thought again: If you really give me a face...well, it's not mine yet.

Old Man Li also mysteriously introduced: There is an army nearby, named "Nandan Guard". It was originally stationed in Nandan Prefecture. Why did it move to Liuzhou? It was to deal with the mountain people. It has been relatively peaceful in the past few decades.

The mountain people are working hard to have children

.But a while ago, the Nandan Guard went to Guizhou to quell the rebellion. The rebellion was not suppressed, but he was killed miserably. Three of the eight thousand-household offices he belonged to were wiped out, and the remaining five were all disabled. Now the local area

The mountain people started to make trouble, and the Nandan Guards were afraid that they would be completely wiped out.

Hearing this, there was silence on the deck of the Longze. After a while, Ji Rui said: "Brother, now you understand why we were sent here."

Yao Mengyang said angrily: "I knew you would never get any advantage in doing business with Dongchang!"…

"What's the use of saying that!" Jin Shiqi roared: "I don't believe it, our heroes on the Liaodong battlefield can't defeat them!"

Hearing the words of these military masters, Old Man Li jumped up in fright, "What?"

"Don't panic, old man." Jin Shiqi took off his veil, "We are not tourists passing by, we are the new Qianhu officials of Nandanwei."

When the old man heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed, and repeatedly confessed his guilt.

After Jin Shiqi inquired again, he found out that the mountain people had only begun to gather in the past two months to cause trouble. Qianjiang County and nearby villages here had not yet been attacked. However, thousands of mountain soldiers blocked the mountain pass to the west and guarded the west side of the mountain pass.

The land on both sides of the Minghongshui River. The reason why the two large ships were attacked just now was because they entered the occupied zone.

Yao Mengyang roared: "That's the land granted to me and Zha Yingcai over there!"

Jin Shiqi corrected him: "It belongs to 'all of us'."

Then he received another important piece of information: in Qianjiang County, a Nandan Guard army was stationed. Jin Shiqi immediately decided to enter the city.

Jin Shiqi saw that old man Li was knowledgeable and eloquent, so he hired him for 2 taels of silver for a period of one month. He was not allowed to refuse. Then he made some arrangements: Yao Mengyang led most of the troops to guard the two large ships and their families.

Jin Shiqi only brought Master Tian and 20 private soldiers into Qianjiang County to find his relatives!

…

Qianjiang County is more than a mile away from the south bank of the Hongshui River. Now that I have walked in, I can see that it is not as beautiful as it was when I saw it from a distance. The city walls are low and damaged, and the dilapidated houses made of wood and bamboo exude a musty smell.

It was already dark, and some scattered people were entering the narrow city gate, carrying walking burdens on their shoulders. There was not even a guard at the gate.

Jin Shiqi left five soldiers at the city gate to respond and led the rest of the people in. Inside was a small empty space with a temple-like building in front of it. A group of men were seen leisurely surrounding the steps of the temple in the center.

But there were two old men sitting there, drinking tea and chatting. They were both dressed in silk and satin, and they looked like two rich country gentlemen.

Master Tian grabbed Jin Shiqi, and Jin Shiqi immediately saw the trick: Most of the men around him were wearing commoners, but two of them were wearing hoods, but the hoods were shabby. But in the Ming Dynasty, armor was forbidden, and only

Only officers and soldiers can equip them. When those people saw Jin Shiqi and his group coming in, they were not nervous, but looked over blankly. They all looked slack, as if they had just lost money.

Jin Shiqi took a few steps closer, cupped his fists and said, "May I ask if you are from Nandan Guard?"

Someone on the other side immediately responded, "Yes, who are you?"

Jin Shiqi let out a long breath and said loudly: "My officer, Jin, is the newly appointed Qianhu Officer of the Zhongzuo Station of Nandan Guard. Please lead the way to see your commander, brothers."

"Oh, you're looking for me." A "rich man" stood up slowly on the steps in the distance. He was an old man with pale skin, his gray hair looked a bit fairy-like, and his face was rosy and happy. He was wearing a brown satin robe.

The words "福" embroidered all over it were wide and watery and swaying close to the body, and he didn't look like a "chief" at all.

The old rich man waved his hand and said, "Are you Jin Shiqi?"

"Huh? Yes."

"Where are Cha Yingcai and Yao Mengyang?"

"They..." Jin Shiqi frowned. How could he shout out of this military situation? "May I ask, sir, what do you call them?"

The old rich man waved his hand again, just like a landowner greeting long-term workers to calculate their wages. "Commander Bai Xishan, that's me." After saying that, he also took out a bronze medal and dangled it.

Jin Shiqi almost fell there. The structure of the Ming Dynasty guard station was very simple. It was basically a three-level system of "guard commanders-thousand households-hundred households". This old man was actually the hereditary leader of the Nandan Guard, a third-grade general.

Jin Shiqi's immediate boss.

"Your Majesty, please pay homage to your Majesty the Commander!" Jin Shiqi quickly paid homage...

"Finally here." The old rich man...Commander Bai stepped forward and grabbed his arm, touching his chest muscles, which frightened Jin Shiqi. "Okay, he is indeed a tough guy trained in Liaodong!"

Commander Bai turned around and shouted to another rich man (perhaps an adult) on the steps: "My new general, Jin Qianhu! He is from Liaodong and has killed thousands of people!"

"Not so much."

Commander Bai looked at the elite soldiers behind Jin Shiqi, his eyes shining brightly, as if he wanted to touch their chest muscles. But he got closer to Jin Shiqi's face and asked: "How many people did you bring? Speak softly."

Jin Shiqi hurriedly replied in a low voice: "There are fifty soldiers and seventy sailors waiting here together with the boats outside the city. Cha Yingcai is still on the way with a large group of soldiers and horses."

Commander Bai shouted: "What? Fifteen hundred elite soldiers and seventy cannons? What about Cha Yingcai?"

Jin Shiqi was shocked. After thinking for a long time, he finally told the truth: "Zha Yingcai led a group of 2,000 military households, including 800 soldiers."

"What, there are still 2,800 elite troops on the way!" Commander Bai laughed loudly, "Okay! I heard that they are all troops with great achievements in the Liaodong war, and everyone is a bloodthirsty tough guy. We, the Nandan Guards, are very lucky!

"

Jin Shiqi suddenly understood that the old man was bluffing.

At this moment, another "rich man" on the steps also walked down with a cold face. He was a thin guy, about 50 years old. He had a narrow face and a fierce look. He walked quietly on the sand, pretending

Make a posture that hides Kung Fu. Can you let Master Tian test him?

Jin Shiqi cupped his fists and said, "May I ask who this gentleman is..."

The man only smiled slightly but did not answer. Instead, Commander Bai hurriedly introduced him: "Come, meet our old friend. This is the leader of Nanpo Village, Chief Mo."

Jin Shiqi almost couldn't hold his breath. Isn't Nanpo Village the first of the ten mountain villages? If you don't rebel, Mr. Chieftain, why are you dawdling here?

(Note: In history, the "Ten Villages Moved to Jiangjiang" had another name, but this is a fabrication in this book)
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