In 1934 AD, the British army invaded and occupied the silver mines in the areas jointly managed by the Wa tribes such as Banhong and Banlao in Yunnan (Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County).
The local Banhong tribe first united more than ten tribes of their own tribe to fight back. Although more than ten villages were destroyed by enemy artillery, they still persisted in the struggle. Han and Dai people in Shuangjiang, Lancang, Gengma and other places formed a "volunteer army" of more than a thousand people
", rushed to the Banhong area to provide support.
With the armed support of the local Han, Dai and other ethnic groups and the joint support of the people across the country, after half a year of resistance, the British invading army was finally repelled and the lost territory was recovered.
This is the famous Banhong incident in history.
During the Banhong Incident, more than ten tribal leaders, including the Banhong King of the Wa ethnic group, jointly issued a "Message to the Compatriots of the Motherland from the Seventeen Wa Kings" to the whole country, which mentioned that "the ancestors of Azu and Grandpa have been passed down from generation to generation, and it is our responsibility to protect our land."
, If I lose myself and the descendants pass on from generation to generation, and I don’t follow them, it will be difficult for me to see my ancestors and grandpas who are ghosts, let alone the descendants!”
The grandfather in it refers to Zhuge Liang.
In the 3rd century AD, in December of the fourth year of Zhangwu, there were many unknown ethnic minorities living in Yongshou, Ailao, Buwei and other areas of Yongchang County in the southwest. The Han people called them Qi, Yue, Min, Pu, and Jiu.
, Liaoren.
They are the ancestors of more than 20 ethnic groups in later generations, including the Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai, Miao, Lisu, Lahu, Wa, Naxi, and Yao ethnic groups in Yunnan.
The largest tribe among them is called the Kanamanjuan tribe, and its leader calls himself the Gourd King. In later generations, their nation had another name - the Wa tribe.
The ancestors of the Wa chieftains in the Banhong Incident were the Kanamanjuan tribe.
Historically, Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong and signed an alliance with King Gourd, the leader of the Kanamanjuan tribe, requiring him to submit to the Shu Han court, guard the border, and never rebel.
Moreover, in the covenant, King Gourd recognized that his territory belonged to the jurisdiction of Jihan. If someone invaded the Wa tribe, the Han army sent troops to support it. As the general king of the Yi tribe in Yongchang, the Kanamanjuan tribe ruled over all tribes of the Yi tribe. The throne was hereditary and would never be replaced.
This has been passed down from generation to generation. Even more than a thousand years later, when the Banhong Incident occurred, the leader of the Wa ethnic group still called on the compatriots across the country to rise up in struggle and provide them with assistance in the name of Zhuge Liang.
At this moment, located in the Yongshou Realm, which later became the Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, the leader of the Kanamanjuan Tribe, Calabash King Duosi, was in the tribe reading the letter Zhuge Liang had written to him.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road in Yunnan was opened as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and local trade continued. According to records, there were already poisonous people in the southwest ethnic minorities at that time. It can be seen that the culture and information here are not particularly closed and backward.
In fact, because they often have to deal with Han people, the leaders of the ethnic minorities in the southwest often speak Chinese, so the Calabash King Duosi is not illiterate.
"Your Majesty."
At this moment, Duosi's generals rushed in and said, "King Menghuo Mengyou of the northern tribe is here."
"Um"
Duosi thought for a while and said to his close relatives: "Meng Huo and Meng You are from the southwestern Yi tribe and we should keep an eye on each other. But the Han people have their own power, and Prime Minister Zhuge is not trying to drive us all out, but to rule together."
Nanzhong. If you do not help Meng Huo, you will lose your morality. If you do, it will be unwise to become an enemy of Prime Minister Zhuge."
The confidant said: "In that case, why don't your Majesty entertain Meng Huo and Meng You well, but don't bring up the issue of troops and let them go on their own."
"Meng Huo has always had prestige in Nanzhong and is friends with the Yi people in the seven counties. It would not be a good thing to send him away like this. I should leave them to entertain them in the tribe and lead the troops north to meet them.
Prime Minister Zhuge, if you can fight, then fight, if you can't, then retreat, so that you can give them an explanation."
Dosi said this.
Meng Huo had many friends and was a Yi king with high prestige in Nanzhong. Although he was defeated and suffered disasters everywhere, the people of Nanzhong still believed in him. If he couldn't give Meng Huo an explanation, he would be too embarrassed to think about it anymore.
Hanging out in Nanzhong.
Therefore, Duosi believed that troops should be sent out. He took his troops and horses north to meet Meng Huo, then placed Meng Huo in his territory to rest, and then went to meet Zhuge Liang.
If you think you can't beat Zhuge Liang, then surrender. If you can beat him, it's naturally better to defeat him and go south to become king.
At that moment, Dosi decided on the plan and immediately led his troops northward.
At this time, Meng Huo and Meng You fled from Bonan to Buwei, which later became the Baoshan area of Yunnan.
At the end of December, Duosi met Meng Huo and Meng You, comforted the two men, and then volunteered to lead his troops north to attack Zhuge Liang.
Meng Huo and Meng You also wanted to help, but Duosi left them in Buwei on the pretext that they had just lost the battle and urgently needed to rest and recuperate. When the war was unfavorable, it would not be too late to send troops.
At this time, Zhuge Liang also pursued Bonan.
At the beginning of Zhangwu's fifth year, Duosi led tens of thousands of troops to meet Zhuge Liang in Bonan.
The two sides talked happily. Zhuge Liang took Duo Si to inspect the majesty of the Han army. Duo Si found that the Han army was menacing, with complete helmets and armor, and extremely sharp weapons.
In comparison, the weapons and equipment of our tribe are backward, and most of their blades are made of pig iron and wrought iron. Compared with the weapons and equipment of the Han army, there is a huge difference.
Duosi knew that even if the Han army fought them head-on, he would never be able to kill them, so he decided to surrender without a fight.
He said to Zhuge Liang: "The Han army is so powerful that the southerners cannot stop it. But Meng Huo and Meng You are my friends. They are now guests in my tribe. It would be unethical to hand them over to the prime minister."
Zhuge Liang did not embarrass Duo Si and said with a smile: "If the Calabash King is willing to sign an alliance with me and guard the Han border for generations, I am willing to wait for the Calabash King to send Meng Huo and Meng Youli out of the country before raising troops to capture them."
Duosi then said: "Then do as the prime minister wants."
The two then signed a covenant.
This covenant was mentioned in the Ban Hong Incident in later generations when King Ban Hong announced to his compatriots across the country that Grandpa Azu ordered them to guard the Chinese border for generations.
After the covenant was signed, Duosi solemnly swore that after returning, he would make his people keep their promise and never rebel against the Han.
Since then, Yongchang County has been peaceful again.
At the end of January of the fifth year of Jian'an, Meng Huo and Meng You received bad news again.
Duosi went north to attack Zhuge Liang, but was defeated and returned. He had signed an alliance with Zhuge Liang, and now Zhuge Liang's army was heading towards Buwei.
After receiving this news, Meng Huo and Meng You could only follow Duosi's advice and flee to the southeast of Xinggu County.
Now among the seven counties in Nanzhong, Meng Huo, the leader of the Yi tribe in Jianning County, has been driven here and there, and the Yi tribes in the other counties have basically surrendered. Only the barbarians in Xinggu County have not yet been contacted.
Meng Huo fled to the southeast for more than a thousand miles and went to Bingu County, Xinggu County. His journey probably took him from Baoshan City, Yunnan Province to Mengzi City and Gejiu City, Yunnan Province, a total distance of more than 600 kilometers.
Jianning County is located in the center of the seven counties in Nanzhong and borders each of the other six counties. Therefore, Meng Huocai made a wide range of friends, and he knew people everywhere among the Yi people in the Nanzhong area.
After harming Long Youna, the leader of the Baiya Bo tribe, the ancestor of the Bai tribe, and Gourd King Duosi, the leader of Kanamanjuan, the ancestor of the Wa tribe, he thought of another person, the Pu people who were entrenched in the Wanwen area of Gouching, Xinggu County.
, King Juding, the leader of the Liao people.
According to historical records, "Xinggu County was named Juding County, hence the name of the Kingdom of Juding. It was established by King Pu, whose surname was Wu, and has been enfeoffed since the Han Dynasty."
The king of Daigu Town was named Wu Tu Gu, and he had a close friendship with Meng Huo.
At this moment, Meng Huo hurriedly continued eastward, towards the Wanwen area, which was the area north of Yanshan County and south of Qiubei County in the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province.
However, while still on the road, they encountered Zhuge Liang's ambush and intercepted him.
After Zhuge Liang signed an alliance with Duosi, he retreated back to Jianning and did not immediately send troops to pursue him.
Because he expected that Meng Huo would have no choice but to go to Xinggu County.
So there was no need to chase after Meng Huo and simply returned to Jianning. Jianning was much closer to Xinggu. The Han army was waiting for work and captured Meng Huo alive in Caishan to the north of Bengu, which was later Gejiu City.
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"Get in!"
This time Wang Ping made great efforts to retreat brothers Meng Huo and Meng Younan into the tent, causing them to almost kneel in front of Zhuge Liang.
Ma Liang was also very angry and said: "Meng Huo, this is the sixth time I have captured you. The Prime Minister is tolerant and magnanimous. He has let you off many times because of your prestige in Nanzhong. However, he does not think of the Prime Minister's kindness and has never done anything.
Repent, will you obey this time?"
"I don't accept it!"
Meng Huo shouted: "We agreed that when I gathered all my troops, we would have a fair fight. But before I arrived, you ambushed me halfway and used such tricks. How could you convince me!"
Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "Meng Huo, I have defeated the Gourd King head-on, but you escaped. Is this your faith?"
Meng Huo shouted: "But I am not in the army. If I am not commanding it personally, it means King Gourd's command is wrong. If I were here, I would definitely not be defeated."
"well."
Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh and said, "Then I'll let you go again. You go to Xinggu County and prepare your troops and horses for a decisive battle with me."
Meng Huo was overjoyed and said: "Okay, if you defeat me head-on on the battlefield this time, I will never rebel again. The barbarians in Nanzhong will always obey the Prime Minister. But if the Prime Minister is defeated, the Han people will leave Nanzhong and Nanzhong."
Middle School is our Nanjing Middle School!”
"It's a deal."
Zhuge Liang nodded. Although it was rumored that King Gouding of Xinggu County was brave and good at fighting, he didn't think the Yi people could make any waves.
It's just that Nanzhong is rich in products, with a large amount of iron ore, copper, silver, gold, and timber resources. If the barbarians can be made to obey and help the Han people mine ores to nourish the country, they will definitely support the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, the Yi people in Nanzhong should not focus on killing, but should appease them. Only in this way can the Yi people be convinced, and they will willingly obey the government and avoid repeated rebellions.
At that moment, Meng Huo was released again. He took his younger brother Meng You and thousands of defeated soldiers to Wanwen in dejection.
In March of the fifth year of Zhangwu's reign, Meng Huo finally arrived in Wanwen and met Wutu Gu.
After learning what happened to Meng Huo, Wu Tugu immediately patted his chest and said that everything was on him. If Zhuge Liang came, his tens of thousands of vine-armored soldiers would definitely make it impossible for him to come back.
Meng Huo was overjoyed and immediately joined forces with Wutu Gu soldiers, readying their troops and waiting for Zhuge Liang's arrival.
In early April, after the follow-up supplies of food and grass were available, Zhuge Liang's army officially reached Wanwen.
The two sides faced each other on the plain.
The specific location was probably around Shupi Township, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province in later generations.
The terrain here is relatively flat, with rolling hills on both sides, lush pastures, mountains, and dense forests.
Zhuge Liang arranged his troops in formation, and without Tu Gu's order, he took the lead in attacking.
Meng Huo was wearing rhinoceros leather armor and riding a red-haired ox. The cane-armored soldiers were covered in cane armor, painted with grimaces and disheveled hair, and rushed towards the Shu camp like savages.
When he first saw this rattan armor, Zhuge Liang didn't take it seriously. After all, what kind of defensive power does an armor made of rattan have?
However, as soon as the two sides met, the Han army suffered a loss.
The arrows rained down and could not hurt the vine armor soldiers at all. Moreover, the vine armor was light and the Han army's armor was heavier. When fighting at close range, the vine armor soldiers had the upper hand.
Soon the two sides became entangled. Although the Han army was brave, their swords and guns could not break the defense. Instead, the rattan armored soldiers broke through the middle formation and were slightly defeated.
"Hahahahaha."
Seeing this, Meng Gu laughed with satisfaction and said to Meng You, Jin Huan Sanjie, Dong Dana, A Hui Nan and others: "The Han army is nothing more than this. This time we fought head-on and we won a great victory."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Everyone also laughed, as if they already had a chance to win.
When Zhuge Liang, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw this scene, he immediately frowned and ordered: "Call the gold and withdraw the troops!"
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
The sound of golden clangs suddenly sounded on the hillside.
Under the command of many generals, the Han army began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
Meng Huo and Wu Tugu pursued the Han army all the way to the camp, and then stopped.
In the evening, Zhuge Liang summoned everyone to discuss matters.
Ma Liang said: "Prime Minister, we have found out that the armor is called Teng Jia. It is made by soaking vines in water for half a month, drying them for three days, then soaking them in oil for one year, taking them out to dry, and finally coating them with tung oil.
"
"This thing is invulnerable and harder than steel armor. If we all wear this vine armor, wouldn't we be invincible?"
Wang Ping was surprised.
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "If this thing has no flaws, it is indeed invincible, but everything must not be so perfect."
"good."
Ma Liang said: "We have inquired with the friendly local Youle people and found that although this object is light and invulnerable, because it is soaked in oil, it is extremely fire-resistant and flammable once it burns."
Zhuge Liang frowned.
Everyone looked at him.
After a while, he sighed: "If this is the case, we can only use fire to attack. Fire attacks will harm Tianhe. Even though I have made great contributions to the country, my life will be lost."
After that, he said to the generals: "In order to prevent the fire attack from burning the mountains and forests in all directions, I need to find a place with less vegetation. I will make a decision after I check the terrain here."
"only!"
All the officers and men obeyed the order.
Zhuge Liang immediately began to inspect the terrain of the surrounding valleys.
A few days later, a valley was quickly discovered to the north of Caishan. The Yi people called it Snake Mountain. The valley had less vegetation and venomous snakes, so it was inaccessible.
This place is indeed good. Zhuge Liang sat on the four-wheeled cart, overlooking the valley, and sighed: "Let's choose this as a place to ambush."
So he planned to go back and prepare fish ointment. When the time came to fight, he would pretend to be defeated and lead the enemy into Snake Pan Mountain.
But at this moment, dozens of people and horses suddenly came from the bottom of the valley, galloping all the way. The leader turned out to be Li Hui, the commander-in-chief of the surrender in Jianning.
Zhuge Liang was very puzzled when he saw Li Hui coming over, so he waited for Li Hui to come over.
Soon Li Hui was approaching. What surprised Zhuge Liang was that behind him were Ma Dai, Li Yue and other cavalrymen under Shen Chen.
"Prime Minister!"
Li Hui came quickly, got off his horse and bowed to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang asked: "Why are you here?"
"Prime Minister."
Li Hui said: "The governor said that when the prime minister went to Nanzhong, there were many barbarians in the mountains, so it was easy to attack with fire. However, attacking with fire would destroy the peace of the world and would definitely shorten your life span. It is up to him to do this. After that, I sent five thousand heavy armored cavalry to assist the prime minister."
"Xiaoqing."
Zhuge Liang looked towards the north with moved eyes, his eyes filled with emotion.
He's always like this.
Keep the pain to yourself and give tenderness to others.