Like Empress Liu of Shuzhong, he has no ambitions and is willing to be a puppet. As long as he can enjoy himself in time, he will be satisfied.
However, Duan Zhengyan is by no means the empress of Liu. Not only that, he is also a very ambitious monarch. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time. Since he came to the throne, he has been acting as a puppet of the Gao family without any real power.
But this was definitely not what he thought. Unfortunately, his strength was too weak, and he was once discouraged and wanted to abdicate and become a monk.
But at this desperate moment, Li Qi suddenly appeared and promised him on behalf of the Song Dynasty to help him regain his power. He had no choice, so he decided to fight to the death. No matter what, he must regain Dali's power.
He believed that he would be able to become a wise king and benefit the people of Dali.
For him, this oath could be said to be the last resort or the last hope. There was no way out. For this reason, he worked hard for a whole year and laid out a perfect plan to help him escape from Gao's control.
, and he succeeded.
After he escaped from Shanchan Mansion, which was later known as Kunming, he rushed to Huichuan Mansion without stopping, and the 20,000 troops he recruited were also assembled there.
As soon as he arrived at Huichuan Mansion, he immediately raised the Duan family's banner and blew the rallying horn.
However, he did not attack Huichuan Mansion directly because Huichuan Mansion was too close to Shanchan Mansion, and the Gao family had accumulated heavy troops to guard Shanchan Mansion. The geographical location was not good, so he planned to bypass Huichuan Mansion early in the morning and march.
Jianchang Mansion.
After Gao received the news, his expression was so funny that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he was horrified again. This was really letting the tiger go back to the mountain, with endless troubles!
In fact, this is to blame, and it can only be blamed on the Gao family being too careless. They thought that after so many years of management, whether it was the government or the military, everything was under their control, unless the Duan family could ask for the help of heavenly soldiers and generals.
, otherwise it would be impossible to make a comeback.
But they never expected that the Duan family would use their only diplomatic power to actually invite a support force to help.
In fact, the Gao family did not want to hand over diplomatic advice to the Song Dynasty to the Duan family, but Duan Zhengyan was orthodox after all and had a very good relationship with Song Huizong. The Gao family hoped to use Duan Zhengyan to build a good relationship with the Song Dynasty on the one hand.
They did business with the Song Dynasty and obtained profits. On the other hand, they colluded with the secrets and Jiaozhi to constantly contain the Song Dynasty. It must be said that Gao's wishful thinking was really effective and achieved good results for a time.
During the years of Duan Zhengyan's reign, the relationship with the Song Dynasty has made breakthrough progress, especially in terms of trade. The two countries have always maintained close exchanges, and Dali's economy has also improved a lot. Of course, the benefits gained are as much as
The Duan family had nothing to do with it. The Gao family took it all away.
Gao used Duan Zhengyan to stabilize the Song Dynasty, and he had a good relationship with Jiaozhi. However, the small countries in the southwest and northwest used force to intimidate them. For example, countries in Myanmar had to pay tribute to Dali, which resulted in Dali having almost no external relations in recent years.
There was no war. This diplomatic strategy also allowed the Gao family to concentrate on internal affairs. This is why in the past ten years, there have been constant rebellions in Dali, but the Gao family's regime has been as stable as Mount Tai, and several major rebellions have ended without a cure.
But this time it’s different!
This time it was Duan Zhengyan who swore the oath. Although the Duan family had long since lost real power, it was still orthodox. After all, the person holding the jade seal was the one who held the jade seal. In ancient times, the emperor was the god in the hearts of the people. This can be said to be two different things from ordinary rebellion.
Maybe they will become rebels and traitors.
What's even more terrible is that it wasn't until Duan Zhengyan raised the flag that Gao woke up from his dream. Before that, Gao was completely in the dark. When he heard the news from the front, Duan Zhengyan actually had a weapon.
With an army of 20,000, the government and the public were in chaos.
Because Duan Zhengyan suddenly raised his army, and with the support of seven tribes, the number of troops suddenly increased to more than 30,000, catching the Gao family by surprise, and with high morale, they captured the border between Jianchang Prefecture and Huichuan Prefecture in one fell swoop.
Seven counties and twelve townships are like a broken bamboo, and the sword is pointing at Jianchang Prefecture.
At this time, the Prime Minister of Dali was Gao Mingshun of the Gao family. Gao Mingshun can also be said to be the real emperor of Dali. After Gao Mingshun learned about this, he immediately called a meeting with all the family members.
Since Duan Zhengyan was making great progress, they did not dare to neglect and decided to mobilize troops from Chengji Town. This Chengji Town would later become Yongsheng County and was an important base area for the Gao family in the northwest.
The leader has always been a hereditary member of the Gao family. On that day, he sent an urgent letter to Gao Ping in Chengji Town. This Gao Ping was Gao Mingshun's nephew, asking him to quickly mobilize troops to support Jianchang Mansion. This Jianchang Mansion was
The granary cannot be thrown away no matter what.
The troops in Chengji Town were all deployed on the border, especially Yucheng City, which was an important place for military strategists. In addition, a few days ago, Tubo Zhao Yanqin began to pursue Chakaluo's idea, which led to Gaoping hoarding heavy troops in Yuluo City at that time.
City, I didn't know that the east side was not bright, but the west side was bright.
Although Zhao Yanqin's army was stationed in Mangkang, they did not take a step forward, and the Jianchang Mansion behind them was suddenly in danger.
Gao Ping was also panicked at the time. Once Jianchang Mansion was lost, Chengji Town was completely exposed. He quickly mobilized troops from Yugao City, but he only mobilized the 10,000 troops from his headquarters and did not let the tribes around Yugao City go.
Instead of supporting, he ordered these tribal troops to confront Zhao Yanqin to prevent Zhao Yanqin from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack and take Chakalo away.
There is a reason for their arrangement.
Jianchang Prefecture is very important, but these tribes have always been in harmony with the Gao family, because after the Gao family came to power, these thirty-seven tribes rebelled from time to time, which made the Gao family very angry with these tribes, so they tried their best to weaken the power of these tribes.
Invading their territory, the relationship between the two sides has also reached a freezing point. However, the relationship between these tribes and the Duan family is very good. Now there are seven tribes who immediately joined Duan Zhengyan as soon as they heard that Duan Zhengyan had raised troops, so Gao Ping and he could not
If you don't guard against this, if you ask these tribes to send troops to rescue Jianchang Mansion, and when they arrive at Jianchang Mansion, these tribes will turn against each other, it will be a serious problem.
But if you ask these tribes to guard Yufu City, they will definitely do their best to defend it. If the salt well area of Chakaluo is occupied by Zhao Yanqin, they will suffer a big loss. This is related to their vital interests. Even if you say a word
If nothing else, they will defend Yulu City with all their strength.
It can be seen from this that Gao Ping is not stupid and made the wisest choice.
But there is a saying that goes well, there is a sky outside the sky. There are people outside the world, and there is a mountain as high as the mountain.
Wu Jie would have done this long ago when Gao Ping arrived. He had even laid out the tactics. Just waiting for you, Gao Ping, to get into this trap. He had already arranged for people to pay close attention to the movements of the Yulu City army. After learning about Yulu City,
After the Dali army returned to defense, they immediately ordered Zhang Xian to lead three thousand death squads from the Jinshui River and follow the hidden rapids into Dali.
For this reason, Wu Jie had already secretly sent people to inquire about the situation of this rapid, and cleared away some rocks that could not be removed. They were also marked. Moreover, although Li Qi did not send troops here, he did not
Use less equipment, especially water equipment. Because there are many rivers in Dali, you don’t have to choose water warfare, but you must have the capital for water warfare. The latest type of boat is the hovercraft.
Because although Dali has many rivers, it does not have one of the largest rivers like the Yellow River. If you send those giant ships, they may not be able to operate, and these giant ships are not mechanical ships. They require a lot of manpower support. Fuzhou Navy
I still have to go to Cochin, so why not come here when I have time?
Therefore, what Li Qi gave to Wu Jie were all small warships. Among them, air-cushion rafts were the main ones. This air-cushion raft was made of sheepskin bags, wooden rafts, and bamboo rafts. It has high agility and elasticity. It is most suitable for riding in mountain streams.
Walking in.
Because Zhang Xian led his troops from the plateau into the mountains, and it rained frequently here, so there was plenty of water in the river. Zhang Xian led the three thousand death squads down the river without much need to use his hands to row. The boat was like an arrow.
We passed through three canyons and sneaked into Dali.
Of course, many accidents happened during the journey. After all, the terrain of this torrent is narrow and the water flow is fast and fierce. If you are not careful, the boat will capsize in the ditch. About a hundred warriors fell into the water accidentally, and their life or death is unknown. But the survival is
The possibility is still very high, because these soldiers tied themselves to the hovercraft with ropes. As long as they are not hit by stones in the water, they can still rely on the hovercraft to prevent themselves from drowning.
But Zhang Xian has no time to wait for them. You can figure it out yourself. He is still urging the troops to move forward.
It only took a few days for Zhang Xian to lead the three thousand death squads to a place called Daoba, which was probably the territory of Daocheng County in later generations. This was also the end of the torrent.
Because the three thousand death squads brought by Zhang Xian were all Qiang people, there were also many Qiang people in Dali. They were quite familiar with these places and had identified the place where they would set up an ambush before arriving.
Although there are many roads from Yucheng to Jianchang Prefecture, it is difficult to predict which way the Dali Army will take under normal circumstances, but it is different now. Jianchang Prefecture is in danger, and this supporting army must go nearby, but
After all, there are more than 10,000 troops, so they will definitely choose a road to march.
In Mangkang, the Qiang people offered advice, saying that the Dali army would definitely pass through Daaba and we could set up an ambush there. Wu Jie looked at the map and agreed very much with the Qiang people's words, so he gave the Qiang people an official position.
As Zhang Xian's adjutant, he took Zhang Xian to set up an ambush.
It was already evening when Zhang Xian arrived near Daoba, and he traveled all night. When he arrived at the place where the ambush was set, it was just dawn, because Dali is full of mountainous areas, and there are high mountains and ridges on both sides of the road.
There are also two middle mountains on both sides of this road, which happens to be a corner.
Zhang Xian first ordered people to patrol the surrounding areas. If anyone broke into the area, they would all be killed. He also asked the enemy troops to inquire about their movements, and then ordered the soldiers to prepare quickly.
Bang bang bang!
I saw a group of soldiers digging ditches and holes in the road with hoes, but others didn't know it and thought they were a group of tomb robbers.
"Hurry up, hurry up, the enemy is coming soon."
Zhang Xian held a spear in his hand and desperately urged the soldiers to dig holes quickly.
When the holes were almost dug, the soldiers quickly took objects similar to iron pots and put them into the holes one by one. There was a long lead on the "iron pot", and the soldiers threaded the lead through
It was inserted into the thin bamboos, buried in the dug ditch, and extended into the mountain forests on both sides.
This iron kettle can be said to be the predecessor of landmines. It was a great invention of the Ordnance Supervisor during the signing of the Yunsang Alliance. In fact, burying gunpowder underground for combat came from the Song Dynasty, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was called
I don’t know if anyone in the local area has used the gunpowder cannon, but before Li Qi took over the Ordnance Supervision, the gunpowder cannon had not been included in the weapons list.
Having said that, this idea was really not thought up by Li Qi. It was Yu Yunwen, a child who loves strange ideas, who first thought of it. However, these are just the earliest batch of landmines, and the method is to detonate them with fuses, because the current technology can
It is impossible to build a pressure device.
However, if you still want people to stand next to the mines and light the fuses, isn't that like setting off firecrackers? If the enemy is not killed, you will be killed first. Moreover, in this case, the mines will lack concealment. There is no concealment.
For mines, you might as well throw bombs. At least the enemy won't be stupid enough to see someone lighting "firecrackers" and come over to ask for a bomb.
Li Qi recalled the method of using hidden wires in later generations and thought of using bamboo tubes to hide the leads. In this way, the leads could be buried underground and the characteristics of landmines could be brought out.
Landmines, a trump card, will finally make their shining debut on the stage of history. (To be continued...)