There is a large village at the foot of Huafo Temple, named "Huang Pengqing", which later became Mouding County. It has not yet formed a city.
After being rescued first, he was temporarily placed here.
Instead of being given any more medicine by the Miao witch woman, he became more and more uncomfortable, itching terribly, and he began to cough up blood.
This strong Mongolian man began to lose weight rapidly.
"Kill him! Kill him! Get me another doctor!" Ye Xian roared angrily, but his voice was very hoarse.
"General, calm down, calm down... I really have nothing to do..."
"He still dares to say, Gao Nianfeng, kill him!"
Gao Nianfeng mentioned the old doctor and said, "Can you treat me first, general?"
"General, calm down. It is a custom in Sichuan and Yunnan that if a person is poisoned by poison, nine out of ten people will die. There is no way to cure it with medicine."
"What's the meaning?"
"Those who are poisoned by witchcraft may die if they engage in witchcraft... they cannot be cured by doctors like us."
Gao Nianfeng threw the old doctor out of his hand.
Ye first yelled: "Kill him!"
"Drag him out and kill him!" Gao Nianfeng turned around and shouted, then said, "Is this villain looking for a Miao witch to cure the poison for the general?"
He closed his eyes in pain first and hissed: "Go find it, go find it quickly!"
"General, please drink a bowl of medicine. After drinking it, you can sleep better..."
I drank a bowl of medicine first. I don’t know how long it took, but when I opened my eyes again, I saw Gao Qiong sitting in a wheelchair in the room.
"The general is awake, why is it like this?" Gao Qiong sighed.
Ye Xian's eyes were empty, and he still felt extremely uncomfortable.
He murmured: "I dreamed of the grassland...it is so vast and beautiful...but so far, too far."
"Yes, it's too far." Gao Qiong said, "This place is thousands of miles away from the grassland."
"On the grassland, it is not as humid and hot as here... there are not so many hateful poisonous insects. Exiute, there are really too many poisonous insects... too many, Exiute, damn miasma!"
When I said this first, there was already a cry in my voice.
A line of tears flowed from the corner of his eyes and fell on the pillow.
"There are only eagles and wolves on the grassland. The smallest bug is a louse as big as a fingernail. It's not like you in the south, which is very poisonous... You people in the south are as poisonous as bugs! Exiute."
Gao Qiong sighed and said: "General, don't worry, I have sent people to find the Miao witches, and I will definitely cure the general's poison."
It was as if I had never heard of it at first, and I really missed his hometown very much.
This kind of homesickness is not unique to today. Following Kublai Khan's southern expedition, he traveled through mountains and rivers into the vast southern border. Along the way, countless colleagues died from miasma and poisonous insects, and he also endured four years of heat, humidity, and loneliness...
…
Of course, in the past four years, he had been a master, enjoying the offerings of the Dali Kingdom and taking away everything. But once his body collapsed, he could no longer enjoy these things, leaving only endless homesickness.
"The eagle on the grassland was bitten by the little poisonous insect from the south. I hate it so much."
Gao Qiong lowered his head and looked at his hands and legs that were hanging down weakly. A cruel smile appeared on his lips, but he quickly stopped it and replaced it with a heartbreaking tone, saying: "I will definitely avenge the general."
For a long time, he endured the pain and itching on his body and asked, "Have you caught them? Have you caught Li Xia from the Song Dynasty and that Miao girl?"
"In this battle, I annihilated more than 500 Song troops, but the Miao girl must have died in the sea of fire." Gao Qiong said, "Li Xia fled to the west with more than 300 people, and I am sending people to chase her.
"
"Exiute."
Gao Qiong said: "I want to take the general back to Tongyacheng for treatment. Is it possible?"
"Ask a Miao witch to drive away the poison for me."
"Yes, I must find a Miao witch to drive away the poison..."
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May 17th, Tongyacheng.
He first lay on the hospital bed, opened his robe, and saw that the skin on his body was ulcerated. The skin was still itching badly, but he did not dare to scratch it.
Miao Wu said that there were poisonous insects laying eggs in his body, but they could not be seen with the naked eye and could not be driven away.
In a fit of rage, he also beheaded the Miao shaman.
Gao Qiong brought him good news on this day.
"General, I got news that the Song army has been defeated."
He also lay down first and looked at the map beside the bed.
"Those three hundred Song troops fled to the vicinity of Yunnan City again and were defeated by us when they looted Jiuding Temple."
"Ha... Okay! Okay! Where is Li Xia?"
"Captured alive. In this battle, more than a hundred enemies were wiped out and more than two hundred were captured."
"Okay!" Ye Xian hissed: "I'm going to skin him and dismantle his bones... Where is the man? Bring him here!"
Gao Qiong was silent for a moment and said: "He was escorted away by someone sent by General Manager Duan."
"What?" Ye Xian gritted his teeth and frowned: "What is Duan Xingzhi doing? Why did you give the person to him?"
"After all, we are in the area governed by Dali Mansion. The fact that the Song army was able to be annihilated this time was also the result of the cooperation of the defenders from all sides. In addition, the people in charge of Duan said... This was a sneak attack on the evil thief who killed the old marshal. We need to wait for the young marshal to return.
The teacher will deal with it personally later."
He was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Li Xia was the one who killed Wu Lianghetai, and he should really be handed over to A Shu.
Although he was displeased, he still endured the pain and said, "I know... Duan Xingzhi wants to take away your credit."
Although the war is over, the aftermath still needs to be dealt with first.
The first is to determine the merits and demerits.
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Yang Yuan's performance in this response was extremely mediocre.
With 4,000 and 6,000 men chasing down a small Song army, they should have divided their troops to encircle them and guard each important road to prevent the Song army from fleeing. However, Yang Yuan still refused to divide his troops and foolishly followed with all his troops.
Chasing from behind is a waste of food and grass.
Of course, Duan Shi did even worse. He shirked his responsibilities as a general and left all the pursuit and suppression to Yang Yuan; he took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and framed Gao Qiong; he abandoned his command and fled from the city to help confuse the Song army.
But Duan Shi had already committed suicide out of fear of the crime. Considering the Duan family's influence in Dali, the blame should be entirely placed on Yang Yuan.
Only Gao Qiong was the most loyal to the Great Mongolia and showed the most outstanding performance.
After being wronged, he could not hold back any complaints, regain his authority, rescue him first, and annihilate the Song army...
These results are listed here and can be seen at a glance.
Ye first said: "Don't worry... when the marshal comes back, I will... show my merits for you."
"Thank you, General." Gao Qiong said.
His limbs were disabled and he could not salute, but he still bent deeply beside Ye Xian's couch and lowered his head, appearing very respectful...
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Dali City.
"Report to the manager, the Song army that invaded has been wiped out."
"Okay, it's annoying enough." Duan Xingzhi said, breathing a sigh of relief.
Duan Xingzhi was lying on the Taishi chair, looking lazy.
Although the chair he was sitting on was just a Taishi chair, it was made by him specially by skilled craftsmen. It was made of the finest sandalwood and covered with fox fur. It was much more comfortable than the dragon chair he sat on when he was the Emperor of Dali.
Becoming the General Manager of Dali in Mongolia is better than being the Emperor of Dali, but it's not just this one thing.
Compared with Gao Taixiang, a treacherous official who controlled the government and oppressed the Duan family, although the Mongols demanded more in terms of conscription and tribute, they actually did not take care of the affairs and left the national affairs of Dali completely to Duan Xingzhi.
What Duan Xingzhi had to do was to help the Mongols suppress the rebellion, tax money and food, and provide troops, which was enough. For the rest, the Mongols left him alone.
Therefore, Duan Xingzhi had very complicated feelings about the destruction of Dali.
He was ashamed that his ancestors had perished on him; he was also terrified of being deceived; but he was also elated because he had gained power.
What he wants is very simple, everyone should stop making trouble and serve the Hao Meng people honestly, so that he, the general manager of Dali, can feel more comfortable.
Gao Changshou is very annoying, always coming back to plot rebellion.
This time Duan Shi was asked to deal with the matter, but Duan Shi ended up losing the battle and committing suicide.
As a result, Duan Xingzhi lost a capable younger brother... Anyway, Gao Changshou was kicked out, and the Mongols just didn't hold him accountable.
"Now that it's over, so be it."
The commander standing in front of Duan Xingzhi called "Dong Kuang" and said: "Gao Qiong's retainer Gao Nianfeng has taken Li Xia to Dali City."
"Added here?" Duan Xingzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Li Xia, the leader of this Song army...is the man who intercepted and killed Du Lianghetai, the marshal of the capital?"
Dong Kuang said: "It is this person."
Duan Xingzhi straightened up, a little surprised.
"Gao Qiong gave me such a great achievement. What do you want?"
"No request was made." Dong Kuang said: "Gao Nianfeng only said that since he was captured near Gyeonggi Province, he was taken to Dali City to wait for Marshal Ashudu to deal with him."
Duan Xingzhi said: "Then just keep him."
"Does the manager want to meet Gao Nianfeng? Give him a compliment."
"He's here too?"
"He brought more than a thousand soldiers and horses to escort the prisoners and wanted to hand over to the general manager."
Duan Xingzhi frowned and said, "It's not easy to see people from the Gao family. Just go and hand them over. Keep an eye on these prisoners and wait for Marshal Ashudu to come back and deal with them."