The first thousand two hundred and ninety-seven chapters
There were a lot of people, very many people. They were filled with Southern Barbarian Miao descendants all over the mountains and plains, making noise and roaring with great momentum.
Phew! Phew!
Just then a mountain breeze blew, and the vegetation on the mountain swayed left and right in the wind, mixing with the noisy Nanman Miao people. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, it was impossible to tell which was the vegetation and which was the Nanman Miao.
In people's eyes, the countless vegetation swaying in the wind on the mountain are the noisy Nanman Miao descendants.
To people's ears, the whine of the trees blown by the mountain wind is like the roar of the Miao descendants of the Southern Barbarians.
It was like the Ming Dynasty version of the Ming Dynasty, where all the grass and trees were deserted, the wind roared and the cranes roared, and the young and strong people all looked ashen, terrified.
"Why...why are there so many barbarians? Last...last time, how many Japanese pirates came to attack the city?"
The worried young man on the road looked at his companions beside him with a pale face, his voice trembling.
It's the end of autumn, why is it so cold?! It's like winter, I'm getting goosebumps...
"Three...five thousand..." The companion who was still confident on the road was no longer able to speak at this moment.
At that time, there were only three to five thousand Japanese pirates, but now the rebellious Nanmanzi are all over the mountains and plains. There are so many people that it is difficult to count them. There must be at least 70,000 or 80,000! We only have 1,000 people, how can we possibly defeat them!
Looking at the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants all over the mountains and plains, deep despair arises from the bottom of my heart and grows wildly.
"Your Majesty, you are incompetent in your humble position... Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Liu Dianli came back with a look of shame on his face and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty to Zhu Pingan.
"Liu Dianli, please come. As I said just now, just give it a try and you don't have to force it. Besides, Liu Dianli did not return without success. Through Liu Dianli's first try, I already know the reality of the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants."
Zhu Pingan stretched out his hands to help Liu Dianli up and encouraged him with a smile.
"Ah? The county magistrate already knows the true and false status of the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants?!" Liu Dianli couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and asked hesitantly, "The county magistrate has discovered that the Southern Barbarians are so numerous that nothing can be done today? Do you still need to go back and think about it in the long run?
"
Liu Dianli felt that he had just tried it, and his greatest achievement was that he discovered that there were too many rebellious Nanman Miao people, and the mountains and plains were covered with Nanman. If they had attacked in large numbers from the beginning, the thousand of them would not have been enough for the Nanbarians to send their teeth.
Sewing.
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and shook his head, pointing to the mountains where the rebellious Southern Barbarian Miao descendants were entrenched and said to Liu Dianli, "Haha, Liu Dianli, look carefully, how many Southern Barbarian Miao descendants are there all over the mountains and plains?!"
"That's a lot." Liu Dianli didn't know why.
"Haha, don't you think it's strange? Since the other side has a large number of people and we only have a thousand, why didn't the other side take advantage of the situation when we just arrived and before our foothold was stable, to cover up and kill them?!"
Zhu Pingan said with a smile.
When Liu Dianli heard this, he suddenly broke out in cold sweat. If the rebel Nanman really attacked and killed his side while his own foothold was not stable, as the county leader said, his side might have been wiped out.
But why didn’t the Nanmanzi take the opportunity to attack? Did they miss this great opportunity in vain?!
"Perhaps it's because the rebelling Southern barbarians don't know the art of war? They can't seize the opportunity to fight." Liu Dianli hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly.
"No. If the Nanman Miao people don't understand the art of war and act recklessly, they will attack us without hesitation when they see that we have few advantages to take advantage of." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and said softly.
"Why is that?" Liu Dianli asked in confusion.
"That's because they are fierce in appearance but weak on the inside, strong on the outside but hard on the inside. Seeing that they are powerful in numbers, they are only superficial. The number of people they can fight cannot be much more than ours, otherwise they would not be so cautious. It is precisely because they do not have to
The certainty of victory is precisely because they were afraid of our army, so they did not attack when our army was not yet stable." Zhu Pingan turned his head, looked at Liu Dianli and the people behind him, and stretched out his fingers to point at the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants all over the mountains and plains.
, explained loudly with a confident look.
"The more they bluff, the more timid they become." Zhu Pingan said to everyone with a confident look.
When Liu Dianli and everyone heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realized, and the color returned to their gray faces.
yes.
What the county magistrate said was that the Nanmanzi looked like they had a large number of people, but in fact they were like silver-colored pewter spearheads, which looked useless. My family knew their own situation, and the Nanmanzi knew their own situation very well, so they didn’t do it.
Attack and kill.
The fear and despair in everyone's hearts suddenly dissipated a lot, and their morale, which was on the verge of collapse, also recovered a lot.
"Liu Dianli, you lead 300 people to cut down trees, set up antlers, fences, and set up camps; Han Dianli, you lead 200 people to build military tents; Qian Dianli, you lead 100 people to bury pots and make rice...
." After Zhu Ping'an stabilized his people, he waved his hand and ordered everyone to set up camp and bury pots to make rice.
Cutting trees, setting up camp, burying pots to make rice...
Zhu Ping'an's party was majestic at the foot of the mountain, setting up camp in a swaggering manner, burying pots and making rice.
When everyone was setting up camp, Zhu Ping'an called Liu Dadao, Liu Daqiang and the others, and said to them: "Dadao, Daqiang, you have to work harder. Take fifty brothers to guard two miles ahead to guard against surprise attacks."
"Don't worry, young master, as long as we are here, we will never give the Nanman any chance to take advantage of us." Liu Dadao and the others took the order and left.
Soldiers who, deception also.
His arrogance and confidence were just for show to the Southern Barbarian Miao people, but Zhu Ping'an was actually very cautious. When setting up camp and cooking pots, he patrolled, scouted, and stood guard.
On a mountain where the Miao descendants of the Southern Barbarians were entrenched, a man with bare arms and a wolfskin came to an old woman in her fifties, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Majesty, Ming Gou has set up camp at the foot of the mountain, burying pots and making pots."
It’s time to eat.”
This old woman is the chieftain of Wuxi Miao - Mrs. Yilan. She was originally the wife of Longlu, the chieftain of Wuxi Miao. Later, Longlu was hit by a poisonous arrow and died in a war against the disobedient tribes.
It has been more than 20 years since Mrs. Yilan inherited the position of chieftain. Mrs. Yilan is a strong woman. She not only suppressed the opposition within the tribe, inherited the position of chieftain as a woman, but also rehabilitated Longlu.
Qiu, annihilated the disobedient tribe, and over twenty years ago, firmly held the position of chieftain. Her prestige among the tribe was much higher than when Longlu was at his peak, and she was deeply supported by Wuxi Miao.
"If you have nothing to fear, Ming people will have something to rely on. Fight with dry bones and send an order to Ahuman and the others not to act rashly and not to fall into Ming people's trap."
Mrs. Yi Lan leaned on a tiger-head crutch and was supported by a girl. She walked a few steps forward and came to a protruding stone. The girl helped her to climb onto the stone and looked down the mountain for a moment. Zhu Ping'an's troops, who were arrogantly and confidently setting up camp and making rice, turned their eyes more cautious. Shaoqing turned his head and gave instructions to the man kneeling on one knee.
"I obey, my lord." Qiangu took the order and left.