The Jinsha River is turbulent, and its upper reaches are in the southwest of Sichuan and Sichuan.
Going upstream, you will fall within the territory of the "Wumeng tribe".
Wumeng tribe was probably Zhaotong, Yunnan in later generations. It was the junction of Tang and Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty, and the junction of Song and Dali in the Song Dynasty.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, wars continued. The Han people and Bo people who originally lived in Zhuti migrated to central and western Yunnan, and gradually became the ancestors of the Yi people and the masters of Wumeng.
During the Zhenyuan period of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, in order to open up the road to Nanzhao, the "Shimen Road" was built on the "Wuchi Road" of the Qin Dynasty and the "Nanyi Road" of the Han and Jin Dynasties.
The Shimen Road starts from Xuzhou, passes through Qingfu County, Junlianzhou, Wumeng Shou Tribe, various Yi tribes, and finally reaches Dali.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Wumeng tribe was strong and powerful. Its leader, King Wumeng, returned to the Song Dynasty due to the policy of restraining the emperor. The Wumeng tribe was included in the Song Dynasty, but it was not a place governed by the Song Province, but a "regime".
Wu Lianghetai had already arrived in Dali and raised troops. In September, he conquered Shimen Pass.
On October 2, the Mongolian army marched to the territory of the Wumeng tribe, but the vanguard Ashu lost fifty horses that night.
A Shu was very angry and sent troops to search. They found that the war horse had been stolen by the local indigenous people. Since they did not know what tribe they belonged to, they only cursed them as "Tu Lao Barbarian".
The mountains in Yunnan are high and steep, and those native barbarians built strongholds on the mountain tops. It was probably because of this, and because they thought Mongolian horses only knew how to ride horses, they dared to steal war horses and hide them in the strongholds on the high mountains.
Ah Shu did not want to suffer such a small loss, so he personally led his troops to climb up the mountain and leveled the three villages one after another.
The army secretary had no choice but to write down "In October, the three barbarian cities were plucked and bald".
The Mongolian army was also surprised to find that there were more than 1,700 stolen horses in these Tu Lao barbarian villages...
Later, Wu Lianghetai's army arrived and reprimanded A Shu's garrison for not moving forward.
Ah Shu also had a hot temper, and retorted that he was unfaithful and unreasonable.
"The horses have been stolen by those idiots! How can I leave?!"
"Just because of these fifty horses, how dare you mislead me about my military situation!"
"Didn't this bring back more than 1,700 horses?!"
Wu Lianghetai snapped his whip and threw it to the ground, shouting: "You just disobey me!"
Ah Shu was still dissatisfied and sneered.
But the tempers of these Mongolian generals came and went quickly, and they were soon climbing mountains to observe the terrain.
"It's hard to send off Shimen, and my army can't march. Ah Shu, take 1,500 people along Shimen Road, pass through Junlian Prefecture, pass Qingfu County, and meet me in Xu Prefecture."
"Okay!" Ah Shu said, "But I want to take away the horse I snatched back. You don't care anyway."
"It's up to you." Wu Lianghetai said: "Don't delay your march any longer. If you wait until I defeat the Song army in the Jinsha River Valley and you haven't arrived in Xuzhou, military orders will be dealt with!"
Ah Shu snorted coldly: "Zhang Shi is not easy to deal with. Don't let him beat you away or cause me to lose my life because of my bias."
Wu Lianghetai sneered.
As the head coach, he was too lazy to pay attention to A Shu's bad temper. He led his own army, left the Wumeng tribe, and headed west through a valley toward the Jinsha River...
Ashu had a bad temper, but he obeyed the order and led the vanguard, one man and two horses, and slowly went north along the Shimen Road.
Shimen Road winds up, and Qingfu County at the other end of the ancient road is still peaceful.
Qingfu County, the back office of the county government, Jiang Di looked into the small courtyard in the west wing and saw Han Qiaoer sitting on a stone bench, drawing something with a pen and paper in his hand.
Jiang Di looked around and saw no one else, so he walked in.
As soon as the river patrol camp was built, Liu Jinsuo moved out. Now only Li Xia and the Han family's grandparents live in the west wing, so she no longer has too many worries.
"Qiao'er, what are you drawing again?"
"Oh, I compared it with the county government map and drew a new one." Han Qiaoer responded.
Jiang Di looked at her and felt a little envious.
At first glance, Han Qiaoer is not pretty. She is thin and small, with some peeling skin on her face and traces of sunburn. But if you look closely, you will see that her face is small and her facial features are well marked. She should be very beautiful when she grows out.
Especially in the past half month or so, the peeling on her face has gradually stopped, and it is completely different from when she first came here.
Jiang Di knew that she was not good enough. She was two years older than Han Qiaoer and had actually grown out. Her face was just a bit... too grown up.
"Huh? Why does Miss Jiang look at me like this?"
"I envy Qiao'er."
Han Qiaoer quickly shook his head and said, "You are the county magistrate's daughter, why should you envy me?"
Jiang Di sat down opposite her and asked, "I heard that Lieutenant Li is back?"
"Well, Brother Li came back last night."
"Did you hear that he went to Xuzhou for training?"
"Yes, I've been there for three days."
Jiang Di saw the light in Han Qiaoer's eyes and suddenly asked: "Qiaoer, do you want to be Li County Lieutenant's concubine?"
Han Qiaoer was stunned and seemed to be in a daze for a while, lowering his head and saying nothing.
Jiang Di took her hand and looked around again. Seeing that there was no one else around, he whispered: "I can promise you."
"Ah?" Han Qiaoer was stunned again.
Jiang Di hesitated for a moment, then took out a gold hairpin and handed it to Han Qiaoer's hand.
"Given to you."
"No, this is too valuable, I can't accept it."
"Take it," Jiang Di said, "I'm not asking for your help... I'm just giving it to you."
"Then I don't dare accept it. Besides, Brother Li is engaged."
Seeing that Han Qiao'er refused to accept it, Jiang Di had no choice but to take the gold hairpin back. He seemed to have not heard the last sentence. He supported his head and murmured: "He... is a really nice person."
Han Qiaoer lowered his head and flattened his mouth helplessly, but there was nothing he could do against this young lady from the Jiang family.
She felt that Jiang Di was good in every aspect, but he was a little too...enthusiastic, which made people feel uncomfortable.
This is probably due to County Magistrate Sui Jiang. Magistrate Jiang always asked her, "Are you going to eat at the table too? OK, OK, OK." He also asked her to eat more.
"By the way, did County Lieutenant Li go to patrol Jiangying again?" Jiang Di asked.
Han Qiaoer shook his head and said, "No, he is talking to Magistrate Jiang today, right over at the waiter."
"ah?"
Jiang Di regained his energy, thought for a while, and asked: "Then can we also go and have a look?"
"Not so good?"
"It's a good idea to take a look."
Jiang Di stood up, stepped cautiously, and walked towards the waiter.
…
In the tea room, Jiang Chun opened a can of tea, looked at it, and muttered: "Feiyu asked Shimen Dao... it's been abandoned."
"Abandoned."
"Yes." Jiang Chun said slowly: "The Qin Dynasty built the Wuchi Road, the Han and Jin Dynasties built the Nanyi Road, and the Tang Dynasty built the Shimen Road. However, since the construction of the Shimen Road, the Tang Dynasty was unable to control the southwestern Yi. Along the Shimen Road,
It is still within the sphere of influence of the Wuman tribes."
"What about the Tea Horse Trade Road?"
"In the past, there were people who took the Shimen Road, but if there were no local people to lead the way, they would be easily robbed by the Wuman tribes. It is safer to take the Jinsha River by water."
When Jiang Chun said this, he shook his head and said: "In the two years since I took office, I have not seen a few groups of merchants going south via Shimen Road... How should I put it? On the one hand, the Dali Kingdom was destroyed and the trade routes were cut off; on the other hand, Wu
The Mongolian tribe is different from the areas governed by Southern Sichuan Province. It is a Jisi land with poor mountains and harsh rivers, and the people's customs are fierce. In the past, merchants were always kidnapped and killed."
Li Xia spread out the map and looked at it for a while.
He already has a general understanding of the traffic in this area.
From Xuzhou, Sichuan, to Zhaotong, Yunnan, you can take the waterway along the Jinsha River, and the land route is along the Shimen Road.
He had an idea in his mind... If Zhang Shi won a big victory, he could take the Shimen Road and stop Wu Liang Hetai.
Of course, this is just an idea.
"Is it possible for the Mongolian army to come from Shimen Road?"
"Unlikely." Jiang Chun said: "The road is difficult and large groups of troops cannot get through. There may be small groups of soldiers and horses, but the court is also on guard. In that kind of place, one man can guard the gate and be invincible, so it will not be easy
Let the Mongolian army break through."
Li Xia asked again: "The Wuman tribes robbed passing merchants. Is there any money in the village?"
Jiang Chun was stunned and said: "I'm afraid not, the Wuman tribes also know how to buy things from us, and even if they have money, they will spend it. Besides, the trade routes have been cut off for many years, but there may be some horses and antiques."
"Horses? Curios?"
"What does Feiyu mean by this? At this time of year, why don't you lead people to the Wumeng tribe to suppress the bandits? It's not worth it. Those barbarians are so fierce that the imperial court does not dare to send troops south easily. You three hundred people..."
Li Yu said: "The terrain from the north to Xuzhou is familiar, but the south is the least familiar and uneasy."
"Don't think too much, don't think too much. We have Zhang Du to control the enemy. We can just defend Qingfu County."
After Jiang Chun finished speaking, he hesitated again and suddenly asked: "Feiyu, I heard that you have been engaged to be married?"