Shanju County, Dali State, is Dandang Town (Zhongdian) north of the Jinsha River. This was the territory of the Tubo State during the pre-Tang Dynasty. Later, when Tubo declined and had civil strife, the Dali State rose to prominence and sent troops to occupy this place.
In fact, it is nothing more than erecting a stone tablet here and carving a line of words.
In the past, border troops often came here for inspections, but this place was too remote, and the border troops stopped coming when they came. There was only a tax collection checkpoint left, declaring the jurisdiction of the Dali Kingdom.
Later, the old territory of Tubo was incorporated into the Zhuque Banner of the Song Dynasty, and the area bordering the Dali Kingdom was assigned to the jurisdiction of more than a dozen chieftains. With the secret instigation and support of the Zhuque Banner, these chieftains continued to encroach, and soon they became kings.
The Dali state tax collectors were driven away, and the actual jurisdiction of this area was placed under the name of a certain chieftain.
Powari's pacifier, Legongpa, is the master of this land and controls the life and death of tens of thousands of people. Now he is nodding and bowing, telling a few people who look like military officers.
"One hundred and sixty miles south, there is an iron cable bridge in Jiuyang City (now northwest of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province). Many goods from Dali Kingdom are transported to the north bank through this bridge, and then go north along the riverside mountain road, first arriving at Dandang
town, and then go straight to the old land of Tubo. However, Jiufu City is a key place in the northwest corner of Dali Kingdom, with thousands of soldiers and horses stationed to guard the bridge entrance on the south bank of the Jinsha River."
"Seventy miles to the south, there is a ropeway. In fact, it is just a rope. People and objects are hung on it and slide back and forth, connecting both sides of the river. However, it still belongs to the Jiuyuan City Defense Zone. There is a team of soldiers and horses guarding there. If something is wrong,
, might cut the rope.”
Yang Weizhong and Yao Xiong listened silently.
"Chief Li Gongba, you speak Mandarin well." Yang Weizhong encouraged him with a smile.
Li Gongpa's dark face was like a sunflower.
"My subordinate attended a study class in Qiongang (Chamdo) for half a year and achieved excellent results. He was recommended to study at Bashu University in Chengdu Prefecture for two years."
"Not many chieftains have your academic qualifications. They have a bright future. Now there is a great opportunity. If you seize it and cooperate with the army, you will definitely stand out and rise to the top." Yang Weizhong said.
"Don't worry, Shangguan, my subordinates are very familiar with this area, and they have brought here people who often visit this area and are trustworthy and available. I will not hesitate to go through fire and water!"
"Good!" Yang Weizhong continued to praise a few words, and then asked Li Gongpa to listen to the work arrangements.
Yang Weizhong turned his face with a solemn expression.
"Old Yao, the first question before us is how to cross this river!"
Yang Weizhong and Yao Xiong were both members of the eight northwest generals when the official family was still in King Jian's residence. Although Yao Xiong had some twists and turns, they are still colleagues and their friendship is still there.
"It's very difficult to swim across. The mountains in this area are high and the gorges are narrow, and the water flow is fast. Now that it's the beginning of the rainy season, the river water has risen, making it even more difficult to swim across. I chose ten good swimmers to go into the water and try it, but it didn't work.
At most, they returned halfway through the swim. Two people were almost washed away, but luckily they were pulled back by their ropes. Three people were washed up on the rocks on the shore by the current and were injured."
Yao Xiong said distressedly, while Yang Weizhong looked at the Jinsha River in front of him and was speechless.
Wang Dagui, commander of the Zhouqiao Regiment, and several technical sergeants walked around the river and returned.
"Capital Commander, Deputy Capital Commander, my subordinates went to check it out on the spot. It's very troublesome." Wang Dagui said, shaking his head.
He was a bricklayer from Puzhou, and was incorporated into the Gyeonggi Xiang Army in the year of the flood. In the second year of Yuanfu, I heard that he was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. He was an official. King Jian at that time upheld justice, washed away their grievances, and released them.
Later, he was reorganized into the Construction Group. Because of his good skills and hard work, he was promoted along the way and now became the commander of the Sharp Blade Zhouqiao Group.
This time his pontoon and bridge regiment was captured by Yang Weizhong and Yao Xiong specially from Longyou County to open a road and build a bridge for the Nanning Army.
"What's the trouble?" Yang Weizhong asked.
"Everyone is under control. It's easy to talk about ropes. You can shoot them directly with a bed crossbow, but it's useless if people can't get through. There's no one there to help. It's useless for us to tie a hundred ropes here."
Wang Dagui spread his hands and said.
"Yes, it's still a human problem." Yang Weizhong said distressedly, "What can you do?"
"We initially thought about using a bed crossbow to shoot iron arrows over to see if they could be nailed to rocks or trees, or shooting iron anchors or hooks over them. But after actual testing dozens of times, it still didn't work. First of all, the river valleys are separated by
It's a little far away, and the bed crossbow can shoot the iron arrows, but the force is already very weak, and the stone can't be nailed in at all."
"There are mostly shrubs and grasses along the river and cliffs on both sides of the river, and there are few trees. We shot the iron anchor and hook over, but they couldn't hook anything that was under pressure, and they decoupled with a little more force. So after much deliberation, we had no choice but to swim over.
"
"I've tried swimming. It's too dangerous. If I just act recklessly, how many lives of soldiers will be needed to fill a river that's so wide and so fast? No, absolutely not!"
Now we have fallen into silence, and the vast and green mountains are rolling up and down like waves, layer upon layer under the blue sky and white clouds.
The distant roar of the river rushing through the canyons reached everyone's ears, as if the Jinsha River was laughing at these people who did not know their own abilities.
"In that case, let's cut down the wood and build a boat."
Yang Weizhong said helplessly.
"This will waste time. Dandang Town has been under the Dali Kingdom for many years, and there must be their spies here. We have tens of thousands of people coming, how come we can't notice it? Those spies may already be on their way to report the news. Now we have to follow
They are rushing for time. If it takes too long, it will be bad!" Yao Xiong said with a frown.
"I know!" Yang Weizhong's tone was also very irritable, but he kept suppressing his mood.
"Li Canjun (Li Miao) is bluffing in the Jiazhou and Xuzhou areas, attracting the main force of the Dali Army. The troops here are empty, which is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of it. If the spies report the news, Dali
The country mobilized troops and horses to block us at the pass. At that time, we were neither able to advance nor retreat, and there was not enough food and grass to support us..."
Yang Weizhong was so distressed that he wanted to roar a few times and collapse the cliffs on both sides of the river bank, blocking the river.
Our ancestors surrendered to the Liao Dynasty, and now we need to rely on him to make contributions and clear away the shame. The officials also gave him enough trust, and he was named Yunling Economic Envoy. He was actually the commander of the Nanning military capital and was fully responsible for the important task of conquering the Dali Kingdom.
The achievement of destroying a country is enough to make the world change its view of itself and its ancestors! But it just stops here!
Yao Xiong was also full of grief and anger.
He was originally one of the eight northwest generals recruited by the official when he was hiding in his residence. However, in the thrilling days of the first month of the third year of Yuanfu, he became obsessed and almost made a big mistake.
Not only will you be ruined, but you will also drag the entire family into a situation that is beyond redemption.
Fortunately, I hesitated and did not take the practical step.
From then on, he watched the remaining seven of the Eight Generals rise to prominence, and one after another they jumped in front of him.
For example, Yang Weizhong, whose qualifications, official position, and reputation were far inferior to his own when he was in the Western Army, now became his own general.
I finally got the opportunity to prove myself by destroying the country, but I was blocked north of the Jinsha River again!
"I have a suggestion!" someone said.
Everyone's eyes turned around and stared directly at him.
Wang Dagui quickly introduced: "This is Gongsun Zhi, the general accompanying Rong of our regiment."
In Dupai Rong, that is the sergeant major, the senior noncommissioned officer. In the Pontoon Regiment, that is the technical sergeant major.
Yang Weizhong and Yao Xiong's eyes lit up: "Gongsun, please tell me!" This chapter has been completed!