The Bazi in Luliang County is larger, but it belongs to two tribes, one is called the Luowen tribe and the other is called the Puma tribe.
The center of the Yuan Dynasty's governance of this large area was directly located in Shilin County further west, where the "Luomeng Wanhu Mansion" was directly established, with troops led by Pulu Hague and Princess Mingzhu stationed permanently.
That's because when the Yuan army came, the capital of Qi State had already been moved to Stone Forest, and city walls were built for defense.
The Lomon tribe means "the majestic big tiger tribe".
Tribes with the word "Meng" are mostly related to tigers.
Tribes with the word "Pu" are mostly related to their ancestors.
Yang Zaixing's main force arrived soon after, quickly captured Lu Liang's two tribes, and then swaggered north to attack Shicheng County. It seemed that he was going to attack Shicheng from the north and south with Bai Qi and Lin Chong.
In reality?
Yang Zaixing divided his troops!
Of the main force of only 7,000 people, only 1,000 were sent north, along with 900 tribal barbarians who were forced to submit. The remaining 6,000 soldiers marched westward, directly attacking the Luomeng branch of Yiliang.
In addition, the eastern Yunnan tribes further south are being attacked by the coalition of Guangxi chiefs. It seems that all barbarian tribes are being attacked by Yang Zaixing everywhere.
The mountains here are rolling and the message transmission is not smooth. The enemy has no idea where Yang Zaixing wants to attack.
Kunming.
Gao Zhenshou urgently gathered troops and came here, and also sent people to negotiate peace with the Thirty-Seven Barbarians.
He knew that if the Thirty-Seven Barbarians were destroyed, Kunming would be the next target to be attacked.
Therefore, Gao Zhenshou requested an edict from the leader of the Dali Kingdom, stating that as long as the thirty-seven barbarian tribes were willing to cooperate in the fight against the Ming Dynasty, he would recognize the Luoluo Kingdom jointly established by the various barbarian tribes, and officially reward Shicheng County to the Luoluo Kingdom as the capital.
"Father, the barbarian envoy is here!" Gao Shouchang walked quickly.
Gao Zhenshou immediately agreed to meet him.
The messenger simply saluted and greeted, and then said anxiously:
"Yu Yabu (Puan, Panzhou, and Fuyuan areas) has been destroyed, and all the villages along the trade route have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The Ming army from the north is approaching Shicheng."
"The Luoxiong, Shizong, Luowen, and Puma tribes in the south were all defeated by the Ming army from Guangxi. Some tribes even surrendered to the Ming army."
"The Huimo and Shezi tribes further south also received reports from messengers that they were attacked. The number of Ming troops who came from Guangxi is estimated to be tens of thousands."
"If you don't send troops, Shicheng will be outflanked by the north and the south."
Gao Zhenshou asked: "Are you willing to submit to Dali again?"
The envoy said: "As long as Dali sends troops, the thirty-seven barbarians will naturally submit."
"Okay," Gao Zhenshou said, "go back and tell your commander to abandon Shicheng and lead his troops to retreat to me."
The messenger immediately said angrily: "How is that possible?"
Gao Zhenshou said: "Shicheng County is about to be attacked from two sides, and the city wall is short. How can it be defended? You first withdraw your troops and guard Shanchan (Kunming) with me. The city walls here are strong and tall, and the terrain is more conducive to defense.
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The messenger scolded: "You thief, you don't even think about sincere peace talks!"
"I can't tell you clearly. Go back and tell your commander the truth. He will naturally understand that the only way to win is to withdraw his troops and defend Shanchan." Gao Shouzhen said.
The two were discussing cooperation matters when suddenly there were rapid footsteps outside.
Gao Zhenming couldn't wait for the announcement, so he rushed in and said: "Brother, the Ming army is coming from the east!"
Gao Zhenshou and the envoy were both shocked. The former asked: "Didn't the Ming army from the east go north to attack Shicheng? And even if they attack west, they should be defeating the Mongolian tribe at this time."
"I don't know about the Luomeng tribe, but the Luopu cage is definitely gone." Gao Zhenming said.
Luopulong became Yiliang County in later generations.
Not attacking the main headquarters of the Luo Meng tribe in Shilin, but directly killing the Luo Meng tribe in Yiliang is tantamount to exposing your back to the enemy.
Once the Looming tribe sends troops, Yang Zaixing's retreat will be cut off.
But Yang Zaixing had no so-called food road, and he was not afraid of being cut off from his retreat. He attacked along the way and subdued four tribes to replenish food. Although the food was still very tight, it was enough to support six thousand soldiers and horses to fight to Kunming.
Gao Zhenshou said in horror: "How many Ming troops are coming from Guangxi?"
Gao Zhenming guessed: "There may be tens of thousands of people."
Damn tens of thousands of people.
Yang Zaixing only had 7,000 soldiers in hand, and the rest were all barbarian servants. He actually made it look like he divided his troops into three groups and had an army of tens of thousands.
Gao Zhenshou could no longer take care of Shicheng County. He urgently deployed Kunming city defenses and sent people to urge the princes to rush for reinforcements. He then divided his troops and asked his younger brother Gao Zhenming to guard Guandu City (Guandu Ancient Town).
Even before the city defenses were deployed, a group of defeated soldiers came from the south.
"Xiangguo, our stronghold is gone!" The barbarian general, covered in blood, wailed.
Gao Zhenshou asked: "How many enemies are there?"
The barbarian general shook his head: "I don't know. Most of the warriors of our tribe have been recruited to Shanchan (Kunming), and there are not many troops in the village. Suddenly a group of enemies came to kill, and there was a non-stop bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
, the warriors left behind to guard the village cannot stop them!"
Gao Zhenshou asked: "Is it boom, boom, boom, or bang, bang, bang?"
The barbarian general was startled, and then replied: "Both."
These remaining defeated generals came from the Jiazong Tribe, located in Chenggong District, Kunming City. Although they were also one of the Thirty-seven Barbarian Tribes, they were determined to help Dali in the war and rarely joined in rebellion.
During this battle, the barbarians from the Jiazong tribe were transferred to Kunming to gather. Naturally, the defense of their own village was empty. Yang Zaixing sent 800 men to surprise and capture it.
Now, Chenggong District has become Yang Zaixing's main camp, and some food and grass have been supplied by the way.
As for Shanchan City defended by the Dali army, half of it is in Wuhua District and half is in Guandu District.
The two armies are separated by less than thirty miles.
And Guandu City (Guandu Ancient Town), the hometown of the Gao family in Dali, is only more than ten miles away from Yang Zaixing's camp!
"Da da da da..."
"Prime Minister, there are enemy troops approaching Guandu City!"
Gao Zhenshou hurriedly asked: "How many have come?"
The messenger said: "There are only a few hundred cavalry. The guard (Gao Zhenming) was worried about fraud and did not go out of the city to drive away the enemy."
Gao Zhenshou roared angrily: "Are those Ming troops not sleeping or resting? Two or three days ago they defeated the Wen tribe, and today they went over the mountains and ridges to Shanchan. They didn't even set up camp to rest and break up the Jiazong tribe's stronghold.
Come to spy on Guandu City again! Get your troops together and I will kill them!"
"Prime Minister, you must not be impulsive." A general named Gao Mingtai quickly dissuaded him.
Everyone, including Gao Zhenshou's son, also spoke out to stop him.
Gao Zhenshou said: "The enemy's march was too fast, and they had to fight with the barbarians on the way. They rushed over the mountains and ridges to get here. There couldn't be too many people, and only a few thousand died. And they were running all the way and fighting continuously, and there was no time to rest.
If you are alone and exhausted, you should fight them quickly!"
When all the generals heard this, they all thought it made sense.
It really makes sense. Yang Zaixing did only come with 6,000 soldiers, and they were indeed exhausted.
Gao Zhenshou continued: "These thousands of soldiers must be the vanguard of the Guangxi Ming Army. If they don't seize the opportunity to annihilate them, they will gain a foothold in the Jiazong tribe's village and wait for their main force to come and join forces.
The place is more difficult to fight. Fighting opportunities are fleeting, and you must not be afraid of the enemy and fight cowardly."
This time, I guessed wrong. It was not the vanguard, but Yang Zaixing's main force.
The troops and horses of the Dali Kingdom have not yet been assembled.
The troops from the westernmost state capitals are still on the road, moving towards Kunming.
However, the highly successful Chuxiong army did not send troops at all and kept complaining that there was insufficient food and grass.
Gao Zhenshou's current strength, including the recruited barbarians, is only over 40,000.
Eight thousand of them are defending Guandu City - it is the private city of the Gao family, but it is larger than the ordinary Wubao and is the commercial core of the Kunming area.
Gao Zhenshou left five thousand troops to guard Shanchan City, and all the remaining troops went towards Guandu City.
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The small city of Guandu is not much bigger than Wubao, but it has built six Buddhist temples.
Naturally, some were built outside the city.
Cao Xun came with his exhausted cavalry to get food for the Buddhist temple outside the city! If they don't do it quickly, they will all be moved into the city.
Sure enough, as soon as I arrived, I saw monks fleeing, transporting grain and grass from the temple to the city in large and small vehicles.
"kill!"
Hundreds of cavalry rushed out, and the monks were so frightened that they threw away their belongings and ran away in terror.
Gao Zhenming held 8,000 troops and faced hundreds of Mingqi outside the city, but he had no intention of going to war. He allowed the monks to flee and turned a blind eye.
"No wealth, just food!"
"Throw away the money in the car and put the bags of food on it!"
Watching the Ming army cavalry dismount to carry grain, Gao Zhenming remained motionless.
When the Ming army loaded the grain into dozens of carts (including ox carts, horse-drawn carriages and mule carts) and began to transport it back, Gao Zhenming finally smiled: "The time has come, go out of the city and kill the thieves!"
The city gate opened soon.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
The Ming army sentries immediately blew their horns, and the Ming cavalry mounted their horses one after another.
Then, regardless of the dozens of carts of food, they all headed to the east to gather.
The first to leave the city were a thousand Dali cavalry, coming out from the south gate in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Ming cavalry. However, Cao Xun fled directly to the east, avoiding the enemy cavalry and running to a small mountain forest eight miles away.
Cao Xun's horses were relatively tired, and they fled slower and slower considering their power.
The general in charge of the Dali cavalry, named Gao Guangxiu, was even more delighted to see this situation and ordered his cavalry to pursue them at full speed.
"Ming Jin blows the trumpet and brings Gao Guangxiu back!"
Gao Zhenming quickly ordered.
He wanted to stop the Ming army cavalry here and annihilate it, but the Ming army was very vigilant and did not flee south at all.
Since he was not stopped, there is no need to pursue him.
This time the Ming army appears and disappears. What if there is an ambush?
Anyway, the food has been snatched back, and all that's left is to defend the city honestly.
Gao Zhenming was very timid in fighting. He didn't even dare to take back the Shicheng County occupied by the barbarians. How could he dare to chase the fierce Ming army all the way?
Cao Xun gradually slowed down his horse speed, turned to look at the retreating enemy cavalry, and spat out: "He's also a loser."
The Ming cavalry continued eastward and came to the mountain forest area eight miles away, where Yang Zaixing personally led the main force and was ambushing it.
Yang Zaixing did not go to Jiazongbu Village in Chenggong District at all, but sent 800 infantrymen to make a surprise attack.
He personally led the main force to march quickly at night and arrived at the mountain forest at dawn. Then the whole army rested for four or five hours before sending the cavalry out to lure the Dali army.
Unexpectedly, the garrison of Guandu City was too timid and did not even dare to chase hundreds of Mingqi.
Yang Zaixing sighed: "It is said that the Dali army is weak, but in fact there are still good generals. The guard general of Guandu City is calm and measured, and will not forget the responsibility of guarding the city for small profits. Return to Jiazongbu's mountain stronghold and have a good day's rest.
Fight again."
There was not much time to rest, Gao Zhenshou's army was coming soon.