Not long after Mo Shaobai left, a large number of Black Tiger troops began to pass by Lingyun and the others, heading all the way into Liujia Village. As the troops passed by, bursts of dust rose from the ground nearby, but they did not leave, but stayed at their original position as before.
land.
When he saw Mo Shaobai again, he found that he was just behind and to the right of an acquaintance. This acquaintance was Li Siyuan, and in front of Li Siyuan was a strange man.
This strange man looks to be nearly forty years old. He is dressed in a military uniform. His body is majestic and heroic. He is like a tree planted in the black mountains and white waters, showing the brilliance of glass. His eyes shoot up to the cold stars and his eyebrows are curved.
The eyes, which were as thick as paint and bottomless, were like a pool of deep water that was submerged, leaving no room for breathing.
Being able to have Li Siyuan follow him all the way did not require any careful thinking. Just intuition was enough to prove that this person's identity was not simple. Therefore, Ling Yun concluded that this person was Wang Mingzhi, the governor of Lingnan.
As soon as his mind moved, Ling Yun lowered his head and rushed forward. When Wang Mingzhi was approaching, he suddenly stopped, bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, Ling Yun, has met the governor."
"Xu~"
Seeing Ling Yun walking forward quickly, Wang Mingzhi gently pulled the reins, stopped the horse in an instant, looked at him up and down with his dark eyes, lightly opened his red lips, and said with endless majesty, "You are Nanyi
Zhizhou?”
Ling Yun calmly said, "Master Qizhen, I am the lower official."
When he finished speaking, Wang Mingzhi did not answer immediately, but paused for a while, "You... are very good!"
Ling Yun didn't know what his intention was, so he just declined, "I don't want to be a lower-ranking official!"
Wang Mingzhi laughed and said, "Haha... you... deserve it."
Then, without waiting for Ling Yun to answer, he said directly, "Ride on horseback and lead me to take Tujia Fort."
"Yes, sir!"
Ling Yun didn't dare to be careless. After hearing the order, he got on his horse. The whole movement was clean and neat, without any sloppiness.
…
Under the leadership of Ling Yun, the Black Tiger Army quickly entered the territory of Tujiabao. As a large number of troops entered, various ethnic groups in Tujiabao also received news one after another, causing a shock in the fort. They did not know why the government sent another
A large number of troops are coming in. Will the arrival of the troops be beneficial to them? Various thoughts breed among the people of various ethnic groups in Tujiapu.
The army was handed over to Zhang Wu, and Wang Mingzhi and others were directly introduced to the Holy Castle.
When Wang Mingzhi entered the front hall of the Holy Fort, Ling Yun explained to him, "Sir, this is the Tujia Fort Holy Fort!"
"Oh!" Wang Mingzhi let out a hint of surprise, then raised his head and looked around, saying with surprise, "Is this the Holy Fort of Tujia Fort?"
"Your Majesty, that's right."
"Well, it looks good!"
Ling Yun did not answer, but stood aside.
Wang Mingzhi walked directly above him and sat down slowly. When he sat down, he looked at Ling Yun naturally, with a calm face, and asked, "Ling Yun, please tell me, why are there only 20,000 soldiers now?"
Eight thousand left?”
The eight thousand soldiers mentioned here does not really mean that there are only eight thousand soldiers, but it means that there are only eight thousand soldiers who can fight.
After hearing this, Ling Yun obviously paused, then moved his eyes and glanced at Li Siyuan. In order to prevent Wang Mingzhi from seeing the clues, the latter lowered his head guiltily and did not make eye contact with him.
Li Siyuan's reaction immediately made Ling Yun alert, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "Sir, because when we captured Tujia Fort, we accidentally allowed a Tujia army of five or six thousand to escape. Afterwards, relying on our familiarity with the terrain, our army
During the encirclement and suppression campaign, it caused heavy casualties to our army."
When Ling Yun explained this, Li Siyuan felt inexplicably happy. He felt as if he had thrown away a hundred thousand mountains on his back. He was relieved and relaxed. He looked at Ling Yun again, his eyes full of admiration.
Wang Mingzhi knew the news of Yang Qinhai's escape, so when Ling Yun said this, he immediately recalled it, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully, "So, this fleeing enemy army is a potential threat."
Wang Mingzhi did not pursue the blame, but turned his head and said, "Do you have a complete solution?"
"Sir, I originally wanted to send troops to continue the encirclement and suppression. However, the enemy general Yang Qinhai led his defeated army to retreat to Beicang River and reached the boundary of Jiaozhi. Upon seeing this, our army had to stop the pursuit to avoid conflict with Jiaozhi."
Wang Mingzhi frowned slightly and whispered softly, "Beicang River, Jiaozhi?"
"In that case, what are you going to do?"
Wang Mingzhi asked again, as if he wanted to know what Ling Yun would do in the face of such a situation.
Ling Yun thought for a moment and spoke out his plan, "Sir, I want to station troops near the Beicang River. First, I want to be wary of Yang Qinhai's sudden attack. Second, I want to warn Yang Qinhai to give up the idea of returning to Tujiapu.
Completely homeless in Cochin."
According to Ling Yun's idea, as long as the army was stationed near the Beicang River, even if Yang Qinhai was unconvinced, he would not dare to launch a surprise attack easily. If there was a sneak attack, he would only need to let the garrison fire arrows, which would be enough for Yang Qinhai to eat a pot.
In this way, when he takes complete control of Tujiapu, he will seek opportunities to liquidate it in the future. Anyway, he has plenty of time, and he is not afraid of Yang Qinhai jumping up and down and making small moves.
After hearing Ling Yun's plan, Wang Mingzhi nodded and said in a low voice, "Well! Although this method cannot solve the problem once and for all, it is quite satisfactory and can be regarded as a good strategy."
After answering this question, Wang Mingzhi took a sip of tea and continued to the next question, and the next question was about the management of Tujia Fort.
"According to my understanding, although the population in Tujiapu is sparse, the territory is vast and complex. If you take a closer look, it is half the size of Nanyi Prefecture. At the same time, it borders Jiaozhi and has border disputes. If you let me
Governance, how are you going to govern?”
"Forehead…"
When Ling Yun heard this, he was stunned subconsciously. Because he had not considered this issue, he did not have a comprehensive governance plan. However, the reason why he did not consider this issue was because in his subconscious, Tujia Fort had been included in Nanyi Prefecture.
Governance, of course, must be based on his ideas.
Now when I heard Wang Mingzhi mention it, I suddenly realized that although Tujia Fort was conquered by him, it was not up to him, a small governor, to decide whether to include Nanyi Prefecture or not.
In addition, the soldiers he used were all from Lingnan Prefecture, and even he himself was under the jurisdiction of the governor. However, he wanted to take Tujia Fort for his own use without saying a word. Now that I think about it, I really feel
Somewhat naive.
Out of self-interest considerations, Ling Yun would have incorporated Tujia Fort into Nanyi Prefecture no matter what.
"Sir, at the beginning of the capture of Tujia Fort, with the help of the lower officials, the various ethnic groups in Tujia Fort were surrendered and asked them to obey the government's arrangements. Now they have agreed."
Using both soft and hard tactics, to put it nicely, is actually coercion plus inducement.
"Of course, there are many ethnic groups in Tujiabao, and they express obedience on the surface, but secretly there are undercurrents. If the official is here, it may also be a good deterrent to Tujiabao."
Lingyun's implication was that Tujia Fort was calm on the surface, but in fact it was restless, and there was a risk of counterattack at any time. At the same time, he also stated that if Tujia Fort could be under his jurisdiction, it would be tantamount to a deterrent for Tujia Fort.
He conquered Tujia Fort with his own hands. In any case, his existence is like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of everyone in Tujia Fort, making them always vigilant and not daring to refute at all.
After speaking, Ling Yun lowered his head and said no more words.
Whether it is light or serious is left to Wang Mingzhi to decide.
Who would have thought that when Wang Mingzhi opened his mouth, an inappropriate voice sounded in the fort.
"Tch! It's just a Tujia fort. If the general is here, they won't be able to make trouble."
Ling Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but wonder, whose mouth is broken and smelly?
Following the voice, I found that the person speaking was actually Mo Shaobai, whom I had just met.
As soon as Mo Shaobai opened his mouth, Wang Mingzhi glanced at him and smiled mysteriously. His plain smile was unpredictable.
But how could Ling Yun be willing to give up? Tujia Fort was captured by himself. Regardless of whether it was useful to him, he would not give it to others for no reason.
So he squinted his eyes and looked at Mo Shaobai, shook his head and said with a smile, "General Mo, this is wrong! General Mo knows very little about Tujia Fort and cannot make generalizations. For example, Tujia Fort seems to have a sparse population, but this is just
One of them is that General Mo doesn’t know the people of Tujiapu, he is stubborn by nature, and does not give in easily to outsiders... If the problem is solved by force alone, it may not be able to achieve the effect."
“Back then, I, the founding emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, also saw that Tujia Fort was sparsely populated and wanted to conquer the place by force. In the end, he encountered stubborn resistance from the local residents... With this lesson in mind, we should keep it in mind and not be ignorant and barbaric.
We must suppress it vigorously, otherwise not only will it not be effective, but it will be counterproductive!”