Chapter five hundred and ninety fourth: the burning river
Li Min smiled slightly, and then said: "Of course it is possible to light a fire. It will definitely be a big fire. At least one-third of their tribe will be on fire."
Hearing Li Min's words, Duan Gongming couldn't help but be overjoyed and said quickly: "If this can really be done, the Langqiong edict will definitely be broken!"
Li Min smiled slightly and said, "However, I need a lot of tung oil."
Duan Gongming immediately patted his chest and promised: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely prepare a large amount of tung oil within three days."
Li Min nodded. Next, Li Min led the Tang Dynasty infantry to do something.
That is, outside the city of Lang Qiongzhao, the river flowing through their city was cut off.
He built a high dike upstream to completely cut off the river.
Yunnan has many rivers, including five large rivers with large flows.
However, due to terrain reasons, these five large rivers are extremely difficult to navigate, and the rivers do not bring convenient transportation to the people of Yunnan.
If this were not the case, the development of Yunnan would never be like this.
But even so, Yunnan is actually very rich in water resources.
In the city of Langqiongzhao, a river was introduced, running through the middle of the city.
With this river, it is very convenient for the tribesmen in the city to use water for laundry.
But now, the Tang army directly cut off the flow of this river.
This made the people in the city very uncomfortable.
The commander of Langqiongzhao couldn't help but laugh loudly after hearing the news.
Rumors say that the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that he knew everything about astronomy and geography.
He was simply said to be a fairy-like figure.
But when I looked at it today, I saw that it was just an embroidered pillow with a silver-like wax gun tip, which looked pretty but useless.
This King of Shu is simply too naive.
Does he naively think that as long as this river is cut off, the people in our entire city will be short of water?
There are many wells in our tribe.
Even if you cut off the flow of this river for three to five years, our tribe will not be short of water.
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At this time, Li Min was ordering his soldiers to raise the height of the river leading to Langqiongzhao City.
Soon, the news was delivered to the king of Langqiongzhao again.
Hearing the news, the king of Langqiongzhao couldn't help laughing, even crying.
"Haha, I'm laughing so hard. It's so funny, isn't it?"
"Is he planning to fire Guan Yu and flood the Seventh Army?"
"But our tribe has waterways extending in all directions. How much water do you need to submerge our tribe?"
"Is this King of Shu from the Tang Dynasty here to make a joke? Does he want to laugh me to death? Hahahahaha!"
From the perspective of the king of Langqiongzhao, this is really a very funny thing.
Just take a river, how long will it take for you to block it before the city is flooded?
The most critical issue is that the gap between the upstream and downstream of this river is not large.
How big of a dam do you need to build to store water for a long time?
The king of Langqiongzhao concluded that if they stored water, it would take at most three days for the dam to be washed away.
Three days of water storage would not have much impact on their entire city.
As everyone knows, Li Min is also smiling at this time.
Three days of water storage is enough for him!
Before the third day, Duan Gongming sent a large amount of tung oil to Li Min.
All the tung oil was secretly transported to the embankment that intercepted the river water.
Then, on the night of the third day, Duan Gongming ordered 10,000 troops and horses, and quietly waited for Li Min to set fire.
Everything is ready now, all we need is a fire!
Duan Gongming had some vague guesses about how the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty set the fire, but it was not clear.
Because he felt that using this method, he might not be able to set off a fire, right?
However, if the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty came to use it, it might be possible or not.
After all, the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty was no ordinary person!
On the night of the third day, Li Min ordered people to dig out the dam.
Although this river is not too big, the amount of water it can hold in three days is quite considerable.
When the dike was dug, the water that had been stored for three days suddenly came crashing down.
If there are no reinforced river embankments, the flood will inevitably spread beyond the river embankments.
But after reinforcement, the river water can only flow along the river course and into the main city of Langqiongzhao.
The river in the main city was not reinforced, so the river instantly broke out of the dam and spread into the city.
Of course, the city is very large, and although the river is spreading, its momentum is far from enough.
At best, it will cause some trouble to the people in the city, but it is far from destroying any buildings.
However, Li Min's purpose was not to use river water to destroy the entire city.
"come on!"
Following Li Min's order, the soldiers quickly poured buckets of tung oil into the river.
Water is heavy and oil is light. After tung oil is poured into the water, it floats on the water and soon enters the city along the river.
Then it followed the spreading river water and drifted around the city.
At this time, the Langqiongzhao soldiers patrolling the city knew nothing about it because of the darkness.
After pouring out most of the tung oil, Li Min found that the water flow was no longer so fast.
Li Min immediately ordered: "Light the fire!"
The next moment, hundreds of torches were lit and all were thrown into the water.
Of course, some of these torches were instantly extinguished by the river water.
But there were still torches, igniting the tung oil in the river.
boom!
A single spark can start a prairie fire, not to mention so many torches!
The fire burst into flames instantly.
Then whizzed down the river.
The speed of the river is already very fast.
The flames burned faster than the river water.
Looking from a distance, I could only see the river water burning rapidly and rushing down.
This river directly becomes a burning flowing fire dragon.
In the distance, the Mengxun soldiers who were preparing to go out were shocked when they saw this scene.
Oh my god!
Amazing?
River water actually burns?
How can this be?
But now, they finally understood why King Shu of the Tang Dynasty cut off the river and prepared tung oil.
It turned out that this was the method he was going to prepare to set fire to.
At this time, the most shocking thing was actually the Langqiongzhao soldiers patrolling the city.
They watched helplessly as the river suddenly burned.
Watching helplessly, the fire spread from the river, and most of the city was burning with blazing flames.
And the buildings in their city are mostly made of wood.
Moreover, there is a large amount of firewood accumulated in the city.
This is not a future generation that can burn coal gas, natural gas, and liquefied gas.
Now they are all burning firewood.
When these firewood come into contact with fire, they are quickly ignited.
Fires broke out everywhere in the city, and thick smoke billowed up, emitting a choking smell.
And these firewood, with the help of the wind, quickly ignited nearby houses.
In just a quarter of an hour, the entire city was engulfed in flames.
The patrolling Langqiongzhao soldiers couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
They hurriedly prepared to put out the fire, but were frustrated to find that it was impossible to save them.
What did they use to put out the fire?
Use water?
Now almost everywhere in the city is covered with water.
But this water is still burning with blazing flames. How can we save it?
Countless members of the Langqiongzhao tribe were awakened by the fire. Fortunately, the fire was not so big or so fast from the beginning.
This was fortunate among the misfortunes. Most people fled from the house in panic.
Of course, there are also a small number of people who were choked by the thick smoke and could never come out, and could only be buried in the sea of fire.
In an instant, almost the entire city was engulfed in flames.
Even Li Min didn't expect that there would be such a big fire.
There is no way to stay in the city.
Lang Qiongzhao's clan members quickly opened the city gates and fled out of the city.
This scene made Duan Gongming a little dazed.
His original plan was that if there was a fire in the city, he could take the opportunity to rush into the city, massacre and occupy the city.
But now, there is no need for them to enter the city at all.
The Langqiongzhao tribesmen in the city escaped by themselves.
How could Duan Gongming miss this opportunity? He quickly commanded the army and rushed over.
At this time, Li Min was not idle either.
Command an army of 20,000 to surround the remaining three gates.
Those who escape will not be killed if they surrender their weapons, and those who dare to resist will be shot without mercy.
Of the 70,000 clansmen in the city, more than 10,000 were killed by the combined forces of Tang Dynasty and Duan Gongming.
The rest surrendered.
Of course, because Li Min led more troops, a total of 20,000 troops.
Moreover, he occupied three gates, so the captive population far exceeded that of Duan Gongming.
Li Min captured about 40,000 people, while Duan Gongming only captured less than 20,000 people.
Duan Gongming was very greedy when he saw that Li Min had captured so many people.
Now, Langqiong's edict has also been struck down.
These people will all be his people from now on!
The land of Nanzhao was in turmoil and lacked population.
It would be best to get these 40,000 people from the hands of King Shu of the Tang Dynasty.
The King of Shu was originally here to help him.
Besides, it was probably only a matter of time before he and his little daughter began to flirt with each other.
At worst, these 40,000 captives can be regarded as his betrothal gift.
Thinking of this, Duan Gongming was about to ask for these 40,000 prisoners.
Li Min looked at him with a half-smile, and then asked: "Your Majesty, now the entire city of Langqiongzhao will be burned down. Can you feed the more than 60,000 prisoners?"
Forehead--
This is a problem.
Their tribe doesn't have much food left.
Now if you directly give him 60,000 people, he really can't support it.
If I had known this earlier, it would have been better not to have set off this fire.
The wealth of the entire city was destroyed in just one day!
Of course, then again, without this big fire, how could he have won the Langqiong Edict so easily?
Alas, it seems that these 40,000 prisoners can only be given to Datang in vain.
Next to him, Li Min immediately ordered Xue Rengui to arrange manpower to send these 40,000 prisoners back to the Tang Dynasty.
With a population of more than 40,000, after being arranged to Tuyuhun, the development of Tuyuhun can go further.
This time, it was really a pleasure.
However, I am afraid that Meng Xunzhao's advancement will have to slow down.
After all, his entire tribe only has 10,000 soldiers.
Now, there are three tribes left in Nanzhao.
Each of their tribes has at least 20,000 troops.
Without Li Min's help, it would have been very difficult for Meng Xunzhao to conquer the remaining three tribes and even protect himself.
However, when Li Min helped Meng Xizhao, he could not help them unconditionally.
For the other three tribes, the road conditions are very poor, and steam chariots cannot drive into most places.
You can only rely on cavalry to fight.
The terrain here is even difficult for cavalry to pass in some places.
The Yizhou Army had no experience fighting in this kind of terrain.
Once the battle breaks out, the Yizhou Army will inevitably suffer considerable losses.
Under such circumstances, it was certainly impossible for Li Min to sacrifice his army to benefit Meng Xunzhao.
Even if you help Meng Xizhao, you are actually helping yourself, and it won't work anywhere.
It was necessary for Meng Xunzhao to have a certain strength. They would take the lead and fight a tough battle. Only with the help of the Yizhou Army could Li Min stand up for them.
In fact, after taking down the two tribes, Duan Gongming already had a lot of manpower in his hands.
He can pull out another 20,000 troops in a short period of time.
After training for a period of time and gaining combat effectiveness, you can then conquer the other three tribes.
Duan Gongming himself, how could he not understand this truth?
They have eaten these two tribes to their limit.
Even without the help of Datang, he would not be able to defend it at all.
It will definitely be swallowed up by the other three tribes.
Therefore, after Duan Gongming and Li Min considered it together, they decided to stick to the current results and gradually digest them.
After it's completely digested, it won't be too late to capture the remaining three tribes.
In order to give Meng Xizhao the ability to protect himself, Li Min left a thousand steam chariots and ten thousand Tang troops to help them guard.
As long as the remaining three tribes don't attack at the same time, defense won't be a problem.
Of course, if the remaining three major tribes attack together, Li Min will naturally not sit idly by.
The Tang army will arrive soon.
After making the decision, Li Min took the remaining troops and began to withdraw.
Duan Gongming led the important generals of Meng Xunzhao and sent them ten miles out of the city.
Both sides bowed their hands as a courtesy and said goodbye reluctantly.
At this moment, a young girl suddenly stepped out of the queue, looked at Li Min with a lively look, and said a little shyly: "Brother, I want to say a few words to you alone."
This girl is naturally Princess Yutong.
To do such a thing in front of tens of thousands of people can almost be said to be a bold show of love.
However, in the Nanzhao area, girls from these ethnic groups have always been relatively open and bold about love.
If it were in the Central Plains, even in the open-minded Tang Dynasty, few women would be able to do such a thing.
The army of Tang Dynasty immediately cheered.
They also said goodbye to the Mengxunzhao tribe and others with smiles on their faces.
For them, if the princess can marry the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty, it will be beneficial to them without any harm!
In their opinion, isn’t the princess just for marriage?
Now the king of Shu in the Tang Dynasty is just using them.
Of course, in fact, they were also using King Shu of the Tang Dynasty at the same time.
Both sides are just using each other.
But if the princess can marry the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty, I believe the friendship between the two parties will be stronger.
And, they can also get more help.
Well, among everyone, only Duan Gongming felt quite unhappy.
But for the sake of Meng Xunzhao, not only could he not have any objections, but he must also support Yutong in doing so.
In order to give the two of them a private space, Duan Gongming led Meng Xun and ordered the generals to leave directly.
And Xue Rengui also led the army to set off.
This time, they were the only two people left at the scene.
Duan Yutong looked around and found that everyone had gone away. Finally, he mustered up the courage to step forward and hug Li Min.
"Brother, will you miss me when you go back?"
"In no mood!"
Hearing Li Min's words, Duan Yutong opened her delicate mouth and looked at Li Min in surprise.
My eyes soon became filled with mist.
Seeing that the little girl was about to cry, Li Min quickly laughed and said, "Yutong, I'm just kidding you. You are so smart and cute, how could I miss you?"
Hearing Li Min's words, Duan Yutong burst into tears and smiled, but there was a trace of sadness on his face that passed away in a flash.
In fact, Li Min was quite conflicted at this time.
Duan Yutong is like a lily bird in the mountains, not only bright and charming, but also lively and cute, daring to love and hate.
I'm afraid there are not many men who wouldn't like such a girl, right?
But there are already many women around Li Min now.
And the most important point is that Li Min felt that Duan Yutong only came to get close to him because of her tribe and did not really like him.
So, just now Duan Yutong asked him if he would miss her?
Only Li Min would directly say he didn't want to.
But when Duan Yutong was about to cry, Li Min couldn't bear to make her sad.
By some strange coincidence, Li Min suddenly asked: "Yutong, what do you like about me?"
After asking, Li Min regretted it.
Didn't you make up your mind not to provoke her?
Isn't this a tease?
Duan Yutong took a deep look at Li Min and suddenly chanted:
"The plum blossoms and snow are fighting for the spring but are not willing to fall, so the poet stops writing to waste time thinking.
The plum blossoms are three cents whiter than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms.
There are plum blossoms but no snow, but there is no spirit,
It’s vulgar to have snow but no plum blossoms.
Poetry at dusk and snow all day long,
Together with the plum blossoms, it is very spring."
Huh?
Aren’t these two poems the same ones I wrote about Mei Xue?
How did she know these two poems?
"The thin clouds make tricks, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is far away in darkness. When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world..."
Next, one song after another.
Duan Yutong actually recited all of Li Min's works.
Even the charcoal seller and the poor farmer are within the period.
Li Min, on the other hand, was stunned.
After finishing chanting, Duan Yutong looked at Li Min longingly and said faintly: "Brother, you haven't done anything new for a long time!"
In recent years, Li Min's reputation has been high enough.
There is really no need to embellish yourself with poems and songs.
Moreover, Li Min has been keeping a low profile as much as possible in the past few years.
In this case, of course there won't be any new works coming out.
Li Min couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Yutong, where have you seen my poems?"
Duan Yutong smiled and said: "Brother, Yutong is a graduate of Yizhou University! What Yutong likes the most is my brother's poems. I used to always dream of seeing His Highness in person one day. I didn't expect it to happen now.
When I saw it, it was more perfect than Yutong imagined!"
It turns out that this little girl is still a fan of mine!
I can keep all my poems in mind.
This is definitely a true fan!
At this time, Duan Yutong suddenly stood up on tiptoes and kissed Li Min gently on the lips.
Then he shyly turned around and ran away.
He ran to the war horse that Duan Gongming left for him, jumped on the horse, and said to Li Min: "Brother, you must remember to miss Yutong!"
After saying that, he shook the reins and rode away without looking back.
There was still a sweet fragrance and tenderness lingering on Li Min's lips.
Looking at the back of the little girl walking away, he sighed softly.
Looking back, Li Min suddenly felt a little dazed.
"Fuck!"
It turns out that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had left long ago.
Li Min followed the steam chariot.
But before, Xue Rengui set off directly with his army, leaving not a single vehicle behind.
Now, can't we let him walk back to Datang?
In this wilderness, the sky is really not responding to the sky, and the earth is not functioning properly!
If that doesn't work, the only option is to go to Meng Xunzhao first and ask for a horse to hit the road.
But if you really go, it will probably be embarrassing and embarrassing.
However, there is nothing better than walking back!
If we walk, it will probably take ten and a half days, right?
Just when Li Min turned around, he heard a roar.
Ahead, a steam car roared towards us.
Xue Rengui was in the car, specially coming to pick him up.
After getting in the car, Li Min stared at Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui felt uncomfortable all over, smiled awkwardly, and asked: "Your Highness, what are you looking at?"
"What are you looking at?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just asking."
Li Min asked with a dark face: "How did you come here by such a coincidence?"
"Hey, I guessed it!"
"Do you think I believe it or not?"
"letter!"
Li Min continued to ask with a dark face: "What are you holding in those bulging bags?"
Xue Rengui's expression changed and he hurriedly went to hide.
He chuckled and said, "No, it's nothing."
Li Min reached out and pulled out a telescope from Xue Rengui.
This guy has been spying on them just now!
…
After nearly a month, Li Min returned with his troops.
Princess Qin Mengxin and several other ladies greeted her at the door.
Next to them, there were three little guys.
Li Min came over happily and wanted to hug Li Rong.
Unexpectedly, this little guy became afraid and backed away timidly.
Hey, it’s only been a month and you almost don’t know dad anymore?
Li Min felt a little uncomfortable.
But that’s just how children are. If a few more months pass, they might simply forget about it.
Li Min took a small step forward and forcibly picked up Li Rong.
After being picked up, the little guy was a little nervous and couldn't help but look back at Wu Meiniang.
Wu Meiniang came up and said with a smile: "Rong'er, haven't you always missed daddy? Now that daddy is back, why don't you call him daddy?"
"dad!"
"Why!"
Li Min was extremely happy when she heard the voice "Dad".
Then, not long after, Li Min played with the three little guys again.
Li Min really dotes on children, and even played with the three little guys by making mud and getting all muddy.
This is simply unimaginable for other nobles.
They are all people of high status, let alone letting them accompany their children to play in the mud.
Even the children can’t play by themselves!
This is something only untouchables play. How could they play with such valuables?
