Chengdu in June has entered the midsummer season, the scorching sun is scorching the earth, and everything is shining brightly.

However, there is an endless stream of business travelers outside Chengdu.

You can even see many Tubo people coming from the west, leading donkeys, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, or riding horse-drawn carriages.

These Tubo people mainly want to buy tea in Chengdu.

The Tubo of this era is no better than the Tang Dynasty. The various tribes of Tubo have been divided and are no longer as brave as they used to be.

However, as the amount of tea in the Central Plains increased, a group of Tubo people immediately opened the door to a new world after drinking this magical leaf from the Central Plains.

Tubo people: There is such delicious food in the world! Go! Go buy it!

Therefore, tea became the happy and slimming drink for the Tibetan people.

Chengdu, as the largest city in the southwest of the Song Dynasty, is naturally worthy of the title of "Land of Abundance" since ancient times.

Shu embroidery and Shu paper were famous in the Song Dynasty.

Jiaozi was created by businessmen in this area of ​​Chengdu. Later, Zhao Ji and Cai Jing thought this thing was really useful: If you print it for me, I will print it to death!

Later, Zhao Ning: Turn on all the money printing machines for me!

This also illustrates the prosperity of Chengdu’s business.

At this time, a man rode a horse and galloped to the prefect's Yamen.

No one dared to stop him.

"Report! Magistrate Lu! A letter from the front!"

Lu Fayuan, the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture, received the letter. After reading it, he said: "A few months have passed and Fan Zongyin has not sent out any troops?"

"Prefect Lu, Fan Zongyin still sent two groups of troops, from Lizhou and Jiading, but I heard that they had been defeated and returned."

"When Fan Zongyin first arrived, wasn't he very confident and confident?" Lu Fayuan said with a smile on his face.

He immediately picked up his pen and started writing.

He wrote memorials.

The fact that Fan Zongyin went to the southwest to raise troops to attack Dali was not Fan Zongyin's fault alone.

All the forces in the court are staring at this.

There were even a large number of people in the capital who had prepared impeachment memorials long ago. As soon as the war situation was slightly unfavorable, someone would immediately write them.

Lu Fayuan was naturally entrusted by others to secretly stare at Fan Zongyin.

Yang Fan, the official of Chengdu Prefecture, said: "Prefect Lu, does Fan Zongyin have other motives for not sending troops?"

"What purpose?"

"I can't even guess it for a moment."

"Do you know how high Wumeng Mountain is? Do you know how cruel the barbarians in the southwest are?" Lu Fayuan said disdainfully, "That boy Fan Zongyin, even if he has never seen blood, dares to come to the southwest and act so recklessly!

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After finishing writing the memorial, Lu Fayuan immediately rushed 800 miles to send it to the capital.

Once this memorial reaches the capital, it will inevitably arouse huge repercussions.

Because the two groups of troops sent from Lizhou and Jiading were defeated successively.

This was undoubtedly a big stone thrown into the Song Dynasty court, which was already arguing about the conquest of Dali, and it was bound to cause thousands of waves.

Even if it can’t be rolled up, there are still people who want it rolled up!

But what Lu Fayuan didn't know was that at this time, Gao Liangcheng had already begun recruiting young people on a large scale in Dali.

Of course, recruiting young people is a technical job and cannot be done at will.

Although the Dali Kingdom is not a purely agricultural civilization, the young people of the tribe are also a labor force and cannot be used randomly.

Moreover, those near the royal capital cannot be recruited at will. The Shicheng County in the east is stationed on the eastern front and is defending from Qi State, so it cannot be recruited.

Therefore, they were transferred from Shanju Prefecture, Nongdong Prefecture, Shanchan Prefecture, and Weichu Prefecture.

The number of young people recruited this time is about 50,000, and the number of support personnel is 70,000, for a total of 120,000.

They all gathered in Huichuan Mansion, and then Gao Liangchengqin led the army to Dongchuan County to confront the Song army.

Including the previous 60,000 people in Huichuan Prefecture, the total number is 180,000.

It will be known to the outside world as three hundred thousand.

In mid-June, when Dali State entered a state of emergency, no one knew that an army of 5,000 people entered Dali along the Red River.

This army is not large in number, but it is an extremely well-equipped army.

Not only are they equipped with iron armor, but they are also equipped with a large number of crossbows. Every soldier is a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles.

Such a large number of troops naturally reduced a lot of burden for Wu Lin's rapid march.

And with the Red River, the Song army only needed boats.

By mid-June, Wu Lin followed the Red River and passed through rolling mountains.

This is something that extremely tests the endurance of the army.

"Wu Shuai, the guides said that ahead is Weichu Mansion, which is only about three hundred miles away from Dali Royal City."

"Report! Wu Shuai, find a place nearby to station."

After the scouts described the place carefully, Wu Lin said: "The whole army is resting."

Song Jun immediately stopped and began to march to the designated place.

Not long after, the military camp was set up.

Yan Pei said: "Wu Jie, on our way here, some people in Dali have discovered us."

"I know." Wu Lin took a big gulp of a pot of water and looked around, "We have entered the hinterland of Dali. Even if they send people now, it will be of no use."

As soon as he finished speaking, a scout rushed over: "Report! Commander Wu, there is a group of people in front of us approaching our army. The number is probably in the early 1,000s."

Yan Pei immediately asked: "What kind of costume?"

"It's just a very ordinary outfit, but it has weapons, bows and arrows. It's about five miles away from our army."

"We were discovered so quickly. It seems that there is really no way to hide the traces on the boat." Yan Pei said.

Wu Lin said directly: "Immediately organize five hundred sergeants to go over and discuss with them first. Just say that we are the King of the Song Dynasty. If the other party is not willing to negotiate, we will kill them without mercy!"

"yes!"

The Song army sent out a battalion. This battalion was equipped with armor and basic weapons, including crossbows, arrows and knives.

Because Dali soldiers don't wear much armor, they don't need armor-breaking weapons at all.

This is like fighting the original Jiaochin Kingdom. As long as there is a head-on field battle, the Jiaochin Army will be defeated at the first touch.

Why?

Because few of the Cochin army wore armor.

In ancient times, one armored infantryman could easily kill five unarmored infantrymen without any problem.

Many places in Dali are tribal, not to mention armored.

The main reason why the Tang army fought against Nanzhao for so many years was that the Tang army's armor rate was not particularly high, and the second reason was that the terrain of Dali was complex.

But now, Wu Lin has already penetrated deep into the hinterland of Dali Kingdom, and all of them are wearing armor and carrying crossbows.

It's not on the same level at all.

"Father! It's right in front!" A young man pointed to the front and said.

This group of people quickly rushed towards the camp where the Song army was located.

However, soon they saw the Song army coming towards them as well.
Chapter completed!