"The forward of the Song Army was defeated by us, and the Luo Shi Guo Kingdom surrendered to us." He Shitang, Minister of War, laughed and said, "The Song Army took the west route and was defeated by us. The Wumeng tribe had no way to go. If they took the east road, Luo Dianguo was

The only ones who are dependent on us are from Qi State, and they are the defeated generals of the Prime Minister!"

The Qi State he was talking about was the place west of Guangnan West Road, that is, the east of Yunnan.

Ziqi State was founded by Maitreya and Shizong of Wuman.

These two tribes were once affiliated to the 37 tribes of Wuman tribes in eastern Yunnan.

At that time, Duan Siping, the founding monarch of the Dali Kingdom, contacted thirty-seven tribes of Wuman and gathered 100,000 troops to attack the city of Yangzui and establish the Dali Kingdom.

From then on, the love-hate relationship between the Duan family of Dali and the thirty-seven Wuman tribes began.

When Duan Zhengyan succeeded to the throne, the thirty-seven tribes in eastern Yunnan rebelled and once captured Shanchan City, the eastern capital of Dali Kingdom.

He was later defeated by Gao Liangcheng and returned to eastern Yunnan.

That is the current Ziqi Kingdom and Luodian Kingdom.

The Luo Dian Kingdom submitted to the Dali Kingdom, but the Ziqi Kingdom did not submit to the Dali Kingdom.

"The situation is great!" He Shitang continued.

"I heard that over the years, Qi State has made a lot of money by trading horses with the Song Dynasty, and also exchanged a lot of good things with the Song people." Gao Liangcheng said, "The Song people have already made plans to check and balance us.

"

"Prime Minister, don't worry. Since Zi Qi was defeated by Prime Minister, Zi Qi will never rashly fight with us again."

Gao Liangcheng suddenly said: "Regarding the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty, is there any new information coming from Zizhou Road?"

"Xiangguo refers to the intelligence that Song State transferred its elite from the northwest to the south?"

"Yes." Gao Liangcheng said, "The Shaanxi army of the Song Dynasty is very powerful and should not be underestimated. It is better to be careful."

"There are indeed rumors everywhere among the people that Li Shifu is a famous general."

"I don't care what famous general he is, as long as we hide in the mountains, no matter how powerful the Song Army's famous generals are, they won't be able to come!"

"But I heard that the Shaanxi Army of the Song Dynasty also often fought in mountainous areas, so it should not be underestimated."

"Then do you have any good suggestions?"

"The lower official believes that we should recruit more manpower at any time, just in case." He Shitang said, "In case this famous figure from the Song Dynasty comes, we will remain unchanged to cope with all changes."

"The Song army can't even get through Luo's Ghost Country now, so there's no need to increase troops." Gao Liangcheng said, "The increase in troops involves many people's livelihoods, so we won't move for the time being."

Three days later, on May 26th, Dongchuan County.

Du Zhi received news from the Wumeng Department.

"What! You said that the Song army has arrived at the Wumeng tribe and Luo Jing has been captured!" Du Zhi was shocked.

"Not only that, Luo Jing was executed three days ago, and all the tribes of the Luo Ghost Kingdom have surrendered to the Song people."

"This is impossible! How could the Song Army have eliminated all the Luo Ghost Kingdom's ministries so quickly? This is absolutely impossible!"

Du Zhi knew very well that there was a natural distance between the tribal Southwest people like them and the Central Plains people.

Even if the Song Army could defeat Luo's Ghost Kingdom, it would never be possible so quickly.

Even Du Zhi was prepared, and the Song army forcibly attacked Luo Shi Gui Kingdom. Both sides killed each other with rivers of blood, so that the fishermen of Dali Kingdom benefited.

"Is there a mistake?"

"It's absolutely true, I saw Luo Jing being killed with my own eyes, and now Luo Yu has become King Wumeng."

"So, the Song army has arrived at Wumeng tribe?"

"It's here, and it's their commander who personally led the army."

"How many people came?"

Ah Chuan said: "I don't know yet."

Du Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Go to Wumeng Division."

Ah Chuan was stunned for a moment and said: "Now the Song army is in Wumeng tribe, wouldn't it be wrong for me to go to Wumeng tribe..."

"You go there on behalf of the Dali Kingdom. The two armies are fighting and the envoys will not be killed. The Song Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven. All the Luo clan's ministries are watching. The Song Dynasty does not dare to kill you at will."

After hearing this, Ah Chuan finally let go of his worries and continued to ask: "What did you want me to do in Wumeng tribe?"

"Go to see the commander-in-chief of the Song Army and ask why you want to kill Luo Jing and why you want to interfere in the internal affairs of Luo's Ghost Kingdom. This will cause dissatisfaction among the various ministries in the southwest."

"The Luo Ghost Country is a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, so naturally they..."

Du Zhi said: "Even so, the Luo Ghost Kingdom has not done anything treasonous, and the Heavenly Dynasty cannot kill King Wumeng at will."

"Ke Luo Jing killed his father, he..."

Du Zhi wanted to take off his size 42 shoes and slap Achuan on his size 40 face several times.

"There is no evidence that Luo Jing killed his father. Luo Yun was old and died of drinking too much. Luo Jing succeeded to the throne naturally. It is reasonable and reasonable. Do you understand?"

“I understand, I understand!”

"But the real purpose of your visit is to find out the specific strength of the Song Army. This is the key, do you understand?"

"Know!"

"Go for it!"

"yes!"

After Ah Chuan left, Du Zhi immediately sent someone to deliver the news to Dongchuan Mansion.

On May 29, Fan Zongyin was inspecting the army.

The Song army claimed to be 200,000 strong, but in fact only 60,000 came.

However, 60,000 people is still a lot for the Southwest.

Fan Zongyin was an amateur in fighting, but he was an expert in management.

Otherwise, how could this guy become the youngest prime minister in the Song Dynasty in history?

He made inspections throughout the day.

The Song army was either forming a battalion to go hunting, or helping farmers from the Wumeng tribe plow their fields, or helping to carry things and cut down trees.

As a result, many people from the Wumeng tribe even took the initiative to send some food.

In fact, the people of the Southwest in this era lived a slightly better life than the people of the Central Plains.

The people in the Central Plains had to farm and eat according to the fate of the sky, and were exploited by landlords and officials.

But here, the mountains are rich in resources, and hunting and gathering fruits can satisfy your hunger.

Fan Zongyin, accompanied by the leaders of various ministries, walked around and expressed his satisfaction with the relationship between the Song army and the local people.

He said to Luo Yu, King of Wumeng: "The Emperor has always emphasized to me that we must respect your customs and live in harmony with you. Not only that, but we must also bring some products from the Central Plains from time to time."

"We will never forget the emperor's great kindness to us."

At this time, the people below suddenly came over and said: "Fan Shuai, someone claims to be the envoy of Dali Kingdom and wants to see you."

"Oh, an envoy from Dali?" Fan Zongyin started thinking.

Luo Yu said: "Dali still dares to send an envoy, why not kill him!"

"Yes! Kill!" The other leaders also said.

"No." Fan Zongyin had roughly guessed what the Dali envoy was here for.

Dali should have known that Luo Jing was executed, but the country of Dali is far away from here and it is impossible to react so quickly.

Therefore, this envoy may have just been sent by Dongchuan County.

It is impossible to discuss core issues on behalf of the top leaders of Dali State.

That naturally has another purpose.

What is the purpose?

Fan Zongyin also guessed it.
Chapter completed!