The king of Linyi in front of Luo Yi was indeed thin and dark-skinned. He was not much different from the people of Linyi he had seen before.
The origin of the Linyi royal family was known to Luo Yi before he came. The earliest Linyi was not established by the local natives, but during the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty. Xiang Lin Gongcao killed the county magistrate and then established himself as king. The court
At that time, it was already devastated by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and naturally no one cared about it far away in the south of the country. Qulian had no heirs, and his nephew Fan Xiong succeeded to the throne. From then on, the Linyi royal family fell into the hands of the Fan family.
The marriage between the royal family and local prominent families naturally resulted in the current situation where the royal family and the nobles jointly rule Linyi. However, although there are many local blood mixed in, the surname of the Linyi royal family is still Fan, and
He is also an out-and-out Han Chinese by blood, at least he cannot be an out-and-out dark and thin native like the guy pointed at by Luo Yi's knife.
"I've been fooled!" Luo Yi snorted coldly, "I think Fan Fanzhi must have run away."
"General, hand these people over to someone. Baipao will find a way to get them to talk."
"Okay!" Luo Yi nodded and ordered his men to quickly catch up.
It didn't take long for them to rush into the city. Even if that damn Fan Fanzhi ran away, where could he go?
Pei Yun frowned and said: "As his name suggests, Fan Fanzhi has always had great ambitions. Over the years, he has harassed the Han Dynasty's borders and plundered the people, making Linyi's territory the most prosperous since the founding of the country. But this man should also be clear in his heart.
The big man was just temporarily involved in the war in the north and couldn't escape, so he had already made preparations."
The anger in Luo Yi's heart calmed down a bit, and he said in a deep voice: "So, it is possible that Fan Fanzhi has disappeared long ago?"
"I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up now, and we only captured an elephant forest. The problems we will face later are still very severe." Pei Yun is also worried, "Baipao has been operating in the elephant forest for many years, but he doesn't dare to
No matter how much we know Fan Fanzhi, we can be sure that this person is definitely not willing to abandon the foundation of the Fan family for generations, and it should be expected that he will rely on Hengshan and even the wider mountains and forests in the west to resist."
Luo Yi gently rubbed his chin: "Does that mean the war has just begun?"
"Does General Luo intend to end the war now?" Pei Yun asked.
Luo Yi was startled for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, since Fan Fanzhi wants to fight us, then we will kill the entire Linyi!"
"put!"
The sound of muskets was very neat, and countless frightened birds flew out of the woods.
Several figures walking through the woods were shot and felled, but some still managed to escape.
"Close the team!" the leader of the team ordered loudly.
This was a convoy transporting grain and grass, but just in case, Li Xun sent twenty musketeers to escort it. Facts have proved that this is indeed a correct decision. If it were not for the reaction of these musketeers quickly enough, leaving
The corpses lying on the ground were probably not from Linyi, but from the Han army soldiers.
"These guys come and go without a trace. I'm really scared to death." The general standing on the grain truck said helplessly. As a logistics worker, he never expected to encounter such a fierce confrontation.
fighting.
Just half an hour ago, the convoy passed through this valley and was suddenly attacked by at least two to three hundred Linyi people. Fortunately, they won in the end, but because many of the Han army were civilians without armor,
So the casualties were not small.
The partial general was born in the Xiajiang Tang family. He was not actually a member of the army. He was the head of a caravan of the Xiajiang Tang family. This caravan was traveling to the south. This time, Li Xun went south with a large amount of food.
They needed to be transported, so almost all of these caravans were called up temporarily.
According to the "Law of War" of the Han Dynasty, the general is qualified to temporarily requisition any public property belonging to the Han Dynasty, but if there is any loss, the court will be responsible for compensation.
In order to facilitate management, these caravans that temporarily became the army's baggage teams were also given corresponding official titles. Therefore, the former shopkeeper became a general, but the power of this general was limited to this team.
Among them, they even have to obey the commander who leads the musketeers and the rest of the infantry.
"Spread alert!" the commander shouted loudly and turned to look at the wounded.
"Bandage this way, there's still hope!" Sun Simiao looked at one of the wounded and pointed, then moved on to the next one.
For this team that encountered the attack, the greatest luck was that a team of imperial doctors who had gone south with the army were also there, including Sun Simiao who led the team. After staying in Lingnan for just half a year, Sun Simiao was already a well-known miracle doctor. With him here
, everyone feels much more at peace.
"Old Sun, how long will it take?" the battle leader asked anxiously.
"There are three more to deal with, one stick of incense!" Sun Simiao raised his head and answered.
"Hurry up!" The battle leader stamped his feet and then murmured to himself, "With so many teams, one is the unluckiest. I don't know what happened to that guy Fu Gong."
The leader of this battle was none other than Du Fuwei, one of the leaders of the musketeers who had entered Kuaiji County.
The last time he and Fugong were successful in breaking the city, they both changed from generals to battle leaders. As the war in the south began, Li Xunchen mobilized Lu Shizhen's troops who were repairing in the south to go south and put them under Li Xun's command. Li Xun immediately
Order the musketeers in Lu Shizhen's department to be first deployed to escort the food team south.
The Han army has been advancing very smoothly these days. They crossed Lang Son and entered the former Jiuzhen County, regaining the Han's control over this area. However, the Linyi people obviously had no intention of relying on the city to defend the area before that. Jiuzhen County had long been
It was already an empty city, and even the camps around the city were empty.
Li Xun was not surprised by this. If the Linyi people faced the Han army head-on, even if they had elephant soldiers, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg. Therefore, they abandoned some strongholds on the plains and retreated sharply, dragging the enemy into the mountains and forests, and
Continuously lengthening the enemy's supply line is indeed a good choice.
Putting himself in his shoes, Li Xun would do the same thing.
And sure enough, after the Han army captured Jiuzhen County, the supply lines began to be attacked. Fortunately, the Han army officers and soldiers had already taken precautions, otherwise there is no telling how much losses there would have been.
Just in case, Li Xun dispatched musketeers to protect the grain and fodder convoy.
Otherwise Du Fuwei would not have appeared here.
Looking around, surrounded by mountains and forests, such a place is indeed suitable for an ambush. Such a situation makes Du Fuwei really uneasy. Just because these Linyi people failed in one attack does not mean that they will not come back later.
Once more people come, even with muskets, they may not be able to resist for long.
"Okay, let's go!" Sun Simiao patted the car.
Just as Du Fuwei was about to speak, there was a sound of wind in his ears.
To be precise, it was the sound of arrows piercing the air.