"Your Highness, this is the place where Zhuge Liang crossed Lu in history." Ren Wan, a former Hedong military official and Li Sizhao's staff on the south bank of Lu River introduced.
"Oh? Really?" Shao Mingyi was familiar with history books and of course knew about this, but he deliberately pretended to be surprised and asked.
Their location at this time was already within the territory of Yaozhou in the Tang Dynasty, or the area under the jurisdiction of Nanzhao Nongdong Jiedu. During the Tianbao period, there were many Han immigrants, but during the Nanzhao era, most of them moved to Lishui and Yongchang towns, and a few moved to Lishui and Yongchang towns.
Go to Yinsheng Town. They will be replaced by tribes who don't know where they came from - Nanzhao also likes to carry out ethnic migrations. He often threatens to use force to move the local aborigines away and then move the tribesmen from other places.
Shao Mingyi, who knew about this matter, always felt that these tribal people were too talkative. His father moved the Weibo people to the Qingtang Dynasty. I don't know how many turmoils occurred. The ancestral graves of Liang Huaijin, who was in charge of this matter, were dug up.
"It's absolutely true." Ren Wan has good abilities, but he is very concerned about other people's evaluation of himself. He likes to argue when things happen, but Shao Mingyi has a relatively easy-going temperament. In matters that do not touch the principles, he tries to use the strengths of others and ignore them.
They have shortcomings, so they are more tolerant of Ren Wan.
Moreover, Ren Wan is a native of Sanyuan County, Guanzhong, which is a plus for the era in which he was born.
"Since I was ordered, I have been lamenting all day and night, fearing that the entrustment would not be effective and would harm the late emperor's wisdom. Therefore, I crossed Lu in May and went deep into the barren..." Shao Mingyi looked at the villages and farmland everywhere and sighed: "When Zhuge Liang crossed Lu,
South of Lushui is still a barren land. Nowadays, the development here has achieved little results. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the changes are really huge."
Their location is the ferry on the other side of Lujinguan Pass.
Lujing Pass was located on the north bank and was built in Tianbaozhong. After the fall of Yaozhou, the Jinsha River became the first line of danger to Nanzhao, so a pass was built at the place where Wuhou crossed the river.
Shao Mingyi and his party crossed the river on a cowhide raft. After landing, they found that this was a rare and relatively flat area. According to the scouts, further south were the Qibu County of Mizhou (today's Yuanmou Riverside) established during the Zhenguan period.
), Moyu County (now the old city of Yuanmou), were later abandoned and the Jisi Governor's Office was established.
This area is actually a rare Bazi area (mountainous plain) in Yunnan in later generations. After Nanzhao took control of this area, the aboriginal people dispersed long ago. Now the people living here are Wuman and Baiman. They are highly civilized and good at planting.
Rice, beans, economic strength is not bad.
However, there seems to be something about it now——
Shao Mingyi asked someone to fetch the horse, got on it, and spun around.
There were still people in the village, but they looked panicked and looked at them with strange eyes, showing both hatred and fear.
If Shao Mingyi had some realization, he would be even more sure when he saw the corpse that had not yet been buried.
"Your Highness, Sizhou is poor and the Huichuan Governor's Office has tried its best but cannot provide for the entire army. Li Gong went south, so he had to raise food locally..." Ren Wan also came over and explained.
"I understand." Shao Mingyi nodded.
"Raising food" is a neutral word. Beyond this word, there are many unspoken meanings, as anyone who has fought in a war knows.
If the people are willing to hand over the food obediently, it won't be a big problem and there won't be many killings. Otherwise, during the war in the Central Plains, after the sea of plundering soldiers has gone, why not kill everyone?
But the problem is that there are always people who are unwilling to hand over food, and then they will kill people. Moreover, in order to ensure military supplies, most of the soldiers and horses going south will collect food and grass from the dead. The more the better, it is easy to take away the food in the hands of the people.
Sold out.
They don't care about the life and death of the people, especially the people of the enemy country.
At that time, Xianyu Zhongtong led 80,000 Tang troops to Erhai, burned, killed, and looted, but he caused misfortune to Geluofeng, who had just founded the country. Even though he won the battle, his own territory was also devastated.
Xianyu Zhongtong did not have the ability to transport grain from Jiannan to Erhai, and Xia Jun today does not have the ability either. In other words, he has the ability, but is it necessary to make the people of Jiannan suffer so much?
This is not Henan or Hebei, supported by canals.
It's not like the northern grasslands, where there are walking military rations.
This is a mountainous area of two thousand miles and the road is difficult.
Kuang Li, Ya is in ruins and doesn't have much money left. You have to at least transport grain and grass from Qiongzhou and Chengdu. The cost is even higher. I don't know how many people will be ruined and their families will be destroyed, which will cause unrest in Jiannan.
Sometimes, it's just a matter of making a choice.
Do you harm the people of your own country or the people of the enemy country? Li Tangbin chose the latter.
"Send someone to appease the people. If anyone is hungry and has no food to eat, reward them with some dry food." Shao Mingyi ordered.
"As ordered." Ren Wan immediately ordered his entourage to handle the matter.
He knew that this was just for show.
The food they carry is limited, how many people can they help? It is not certain whether people will appreciate it or not. If King Yan is willing to show off, then accompany him to show off. A lord who is willing to show off is better than pretending that he is not willing to show up at all.
Ren Wan is still very satisfied.
"People who have received dry food should collect their unowned corpses and don't expose them in the wilderness, which can easily lead to plague." Shao Mingyi said again.
Ren Wan: "..."
He and Shao Sheng are really carved out of the same mold! You have to work after eating, so you really don’t get enough money in vain.
"Yes." Ren Wan sent someone to chase after him again and ordered.
Shao Mingyi continued to ride forward.
The time for the army to go south was just right. At the end of July or the beginning of August, the rice was already harvesting season. Judging from the bare appearance of the fields, it seemed that the harvest had been completed - it was just a transfer of hands, and most of them were now in Li Tangbin's army.
Moreover, there seemed to be no heat in Shuzhong here, which made him feel a little comfortable - relatively speaking.
From what my father said, it seems to be related to "altitude". Daxia is higher in the west and lower in the east. Places with high altitudes, even in the south, are not that hot.
Go further south and see if there is a cooler place. If Nanzhao is like this, then it is not impossible to establish a feudal lord here. At least it will be much more comfortable than the hot and humid areas like Wuguan.
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"Get rich! Get rich!" The sergeants rushed forward and opened the warehouse. The piles of white diéjibei inside blinded everyone's eyes.
Jibei, the name given to cotton in the Tang Dynasty.
Jie, fine woolen cloth or fine cotton cloth, also called "fine silk cloth".
It's actually fine cotton.
This thing has always been valuable in the Central Plains. It is rare and expensive. It is several times the price of silk.
A small school captured Nanman officials, and after questioning, they learned that there were at least 150,000 pieces of silk cloth stored in this large warehouse in Nongdong City (Yao'an). When word spread, the whole army was shocked.
"Unexpectedly, the southern barbarians actually like to weave this kind of stuff." Wang Jiao was also shocked after hearing the report.
Of course, he had some economic common sense and knew that with so much muslin flowing into the Central Plains at once, the price would plummet, but - it was still very profitable.
In addition to the muslin, there are 60,000 to 70,000 pieces of silkworm silk, but I don’t know how much they are worth.
Yang Zhao beside him turned a deaf ear to the word "Nanman" and said with a flattering smile: "General Wang doesn't know something. Nongdong City is the hometown of Yaozhou in the Tang Dynasty. After Nanzhao captured this place, he moved Han'er away and then moved from Erhai
Come to the common people, these people love growing Jibei and weaving cloth. Even the dragon robe of the leader of Nanzhao was made of this material."
"This is because I am ignorant." Wang Jiao said.
In his impression, the Western Regions also liked to grow this kind of stuff. Among the tribute gifts from the Khotan Kingdom, there were many white flowers.
It seems that some are also planted in Dunhuang and have a long history of planting, but the scale is very small, similar to the Jibei Garden in Sinong Temple in Lingzhou.
Co-authored that this kind of thing is grown all around Daxia, but Daxia only has such a small field in Lingzhou to grow jibei. He suspects that the barbarians' quilt weaving technology has far surpassed that of Daxia, after all, they have been doing it for hundreds of years.
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"All the seized property will be recorded and kept under unified custody. Anyone who dares to reach out without authorization will be killed without mercy." Wang Jiao called his general and asked him to go down immediately to deliver the order.
The army has its own laws and uniform distribution of spoils, otherwise it would be chaos? Who would want to fight to the death under the heavy burden of plunder?
The general immediately went to deliver the order.
Wang Jiao thought about his next move again.
He led his army to conquer Nongdong City, beheading 800 people and capturing 3,000 people.
As an important city connecting the two capitals, it was unrealistic to capture it without a fierce battle. However, considering that the main force of Nanzhao had been destroyed, this was reasonable.
Just look at the captured people and you will know. There are a lot of old people in their forties and fifties, but they are the ones who can fight because they have been on the battlefield when they were young and have certain military experience.
There are also a lot of younger people, but most of them are farmers and city residents who have been temporarily mobilized. Their fighting power is hard to describe. Anyway, they are the first ones to collapse.
The Southern Barbarians are indeed running out of gas, at least in the area under the jurisdiction of the Nongdong Jiedushi.
"General Yang, you are a local, how do you think we should advance the army next?" Wang Jiao pulled Yang Zhao to sit down and humbly asked for advice.
Whether or not there are locals to lead the way, the effect will definitely be different.
As a vanguard attack envoy, he crossed the river with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Under the leadership of hundreds of sergeants from the Huichuan Governor's Mansion led by Yang Zhao, he passed through Mozhaguan, Jiapiguan, and Qingqupu, and ran for 170 miles.
, then flew to seize the rope bridge, marched at night, and the cavalry raided Yangbao Pavilion, killing thousands of thieves, then crossed the mountains and captured Nongdong City.
The whole journey was 3,780 miles, fought and walked, and took less than ten days. Calculating carefully, it was faster than a normal march, which almost made people mistakenly think that they were not fighting on the enemy's territory, but on their own side.
Domestic outings.
Without someone to lead the way, it would be impossible to achieve this speed.
It wouldn't have been so easy without anyone trying to persuade him to surrender.
No one can tell me where to find money, food and supplies, so I'm afraid I'm still wasting time looking for supplies.
The contribution of Yang Qianzhen and Yang Zhao brothers is actually not small.
"General, according to reports from scouts, the puppet emperor Zheng Renmin has just escaped back to Dali and is gathering troops and horses to resist. The general thought that he should not be given a chance to breathe and should pursue him all the way and defeat him in one battle." Yang Zhao said.
Speaking of which, Zheng Renmin was really unlucky. When he crossed the Lu River in mid-July, he thought that the Huichuan Governor's Mansion would let the Xia people wait for a long time. However, after thinking for a few days, the Yang brothers actually surrendered. Then the situation became out of control.
The Xia army crossed the river in the vanguard and pursued him all the way. He was so frightened that he did not dare to stop at Nongdong City. After hastily appointing the city envoy, he rushed towards Dali.
However, the city envoy he appointed did not buy much time. The buildings were empty, and the soldiers and horses were not good at fighting. He allowed Wang Jiao to defeat them in a single battle, and then immediately pursued them again.
He had never been in such a hurry in his life. He couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, lost his armor along the way, and was so frightened that he didn't even have time to stop to summon officials and organize a resistance. He was chased all the way.
In fact, he also understood that Xia Ren would not give him time to react.
Recruiting soldiers and preparing supplies all takes time, but what he lacks most is time.
Sometimes when he gets annoyed, he wants to loudly ask General Xia who is chasing him, "Do you dare to stop and give me a month to straighten things out before fighting again?"
Now it seems that he can finally take a breath, but he is already in the capital. Being chased to the capital, this is crazy!
You chased me for a thousand miles, are you still a human being?
"How to go? Even though we are chasing so fiercely, there are actually dangers everywhere." Wang Jiao said.
Pushing your buttocks to pursue and beat fiercely means that you have given up the flank of the battle line.
The Southern Barbarians' Jianchuan Jiedu Envoy could attack the Huichuan Governor's Mansion from west to east and cut off the Xia army's retreat.
The Kunming tribe can march from east to west and carry the Xia army on its back - if they are still obedient.
Shanchan Prefecture is the capital of Tokyo. Even though they mobilized troops to go northward this time and lost them in the first battle, there are still some troops left behind. They attack from the southeast, which is also a troublesome matter.
Yin Sheng Jiedushi can attack from south to north.
Wang Jiao is now chasing the enemy in his belly. The reason why he hasn't encountered any trouble yet is because he came so fast and the enemy hasn't reacted yet.
If it is delayed for a long time, it may fall into a quagmire, and Zheng Inmin can take a breath.
The soldiers and horses of the Jiedushi of Yongchang, Lishui, Yinsheng, Jianchuan and other border towns will also gather one after another, and then the significance of the raid will be lost - especially Yongchang Town. I heard that "the cities and towns are facing each other".
The population is large, but because it was too far away, no troops were sent here.
"If the general is brave enough, he can go straight to Dali." Yang Zhao encouraged: "My brother has gone to Xi'er River. We can call 20,000 tribesmen to come to help, if there is a chance."
"Where are the other big families?" Wang Jiao asked: "Now that the matter has come to this, haven't they abandoned the Zheng family?"
Wang Jiao knew how to fight political battles. He knew that if he could get the Duan, Gao, Dong, Zhao and other wealthy families to abandon Zheng Renmin, there would be a great chance of annihilating the Southern Barbarians. Otherwise, the war would be delayed for a long time.
"General, if you want them to abandon the Zheng family, you have to add more firepower. You have to attack the city, right?" Yang Zhao said.
"That's right." Wang Jiao slapped the table and said, "Tomorrow we will send troops to Mi Dang to fight towards the West Erhe River."