The weather is beautiful, the sky is clear, and the sun is neither warm nor dry.
In the military camp in the east of the city, banners of various colors were fluttering in the wind, and drums and drums were shouting from far and near. The vigorous soldiers of each department, under the attention and encouragement of the officials and the people walking along the road, filed out and headed south.
After a while, amidst the flying dust, a car with a roof slowly came out.
At the head there is a golden yue leading the way, and there are ceremonial guards at the front and rear with Yu Bao drums, and in the middle there are sixty majestic Imperial Guards and tigers guarding them.
The person wearing the carriage has a slender body, sits upright, has half-closed eyebrows, and has a solemn and majestic appearance.
"Long live!"
"The great man is mighty!"
As the carriage slowly moved southward, the excitement of the crowds along the road suddenly burst out.
The sound of mountain roaring and tsunami continued to rise and fall, shaking off the dust accumulated in the house, causing ripples in the Zouma River, and reflecting the reflection of the grass smoke on the riverside that was already full of spring.
The hope of revival of all things in spring is swaying with pride.
The long-awaited ambition to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty has gathered strength and burst into full force.
Today, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang has sworn to go out and lead his army to the south to attack Buchen!
After the late Emperor Liu Bei's great success, he lay dormant for nearly three years and finally took the first step to revive the Han Dynasty!
The Southern Expedition was divided into three divisions, each aiming at Yuexi County, Yizhou County and Zanggao County.
Among them, the main force of 30,000 troops was personally led by the Prime Minister to attack Gaoding, the king of Yue Yi who had repeatedly disturbed Nanzhong and Shu!
Yizhou County was led by Li Hui, the commander-in-chief of Nijiang, with nearly 10,000 troops under his command; Xangqi County was dispatched by the prefect Ma Zhong, with more than 5,000 troops; both were partial divisions.
Depending on the number of troops, the responsibilities will also be different.
Li Hui's strategic purpose was to invade Yizhou County and contain the forces of the traitor Yong Kai so that he could not connect with Gaoding.
As for Ma Zhong, all he had to do was capture Qielan County, the county seat, and declare the authority of the imperial court.
As for other matters, the two factions acted according to the circumstances.
If you can ask for it, ask for it yourself; if you can't ask for it, just stick to it and wait for the Prime Minister to push it forward, and good news will spread frequently.
However, Ma Zhong, the prefect of Xianggao, who was jolting on his horse, had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Five days ago, he had waited for the more than 3,000 troops sent by the Prime Minister to be under his control. After a few days of rest, he followed the general's order to send troops to the dangerous pass between Guangtan County and Qielan County - where the traitor Zhu Bao was stationed.
Originally, he could have divided his troops and sent other troops to the east, first occupied Fan County, which had few rebel troops stationed, and then waited for other troops to march south to Qilan, threaten Zhu Bao's rear, and force Zhu Bao to abandon the dangerous pass and escape south.
Then march to Qielan.
In this way, the Prime Minister's general order can be completed.
However, he still resisted all opinions and left only a few troops to garrison Pingyi County to maintain public security and the terraced fields. Then he marched south with great fanfare and a massive army to attack the dangerous passes.
Seemingly ambitious, he attacked the dangerous pass at the expense of his soldiers' lives, hoping to defeat the rebels in a single battle.
In fact, they were creating an opportunity for Zheng Pu and others, who had already sneaked south, to ambush Zhu Bao.
However, he finally recognized Zheng Pu's dangerous plan.
It wasn’t Zheng Pu’s words such as “The Northern Expedition against the Wei Dynasty and the restoration of the Central Plains was ready, there was no need to waste time in the South”, nor was it inspired by the generous tragic song of “If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs”.
If he was someone who could be easily incited by lips and tongues, the Prime Minister would not think so highly of him.
In fact, the first time Zheng Pu wrote to ask for help, he refused.
The second time Zheng Pu came in person and asked for a fight, he still refused and sent him back directly to continue urging the hungry people to start spring plowing.
However, on the third day, he sent someone to recruit Zheng Pu back.
After giving careful instructions, he agreed on this dangerous plan of going deep behind enemy lines.
The reason is that Yong Kai died.
A very hilarious way to die: internal strife.
When word of mouth spread that the prime minister himself had led his army south to attack Buchen, a dispute broke out between Yong Kai and Gaoding, the king of Yue Yi, who had joined forces to besiege Yongchang County.
The tribe of Yue Yi King Gaoding killed Yong Kai.
Things are quite bizarre.
When the war is approaching, they fight among themselves and kill their allies.
But if we understand the reasons carefully, we feel that this is inevitable.
Yong Kai was the first to initiate rebellion, and Gaoding, the king of Yue Yi, had repeatedly raised troops to rebel in recent years, but this time he was deceived by Yong Kai in this joint uprising.
Due to the incomprehensible language and customs, Yizhou often chose to use the Southern people's surname as an intermediary to convey materials (year-old tribute) to the barbarian tribes in Nanzhong counties. Yong Kai wanted to rebel, so he sent a Southern people's big name.
The southerners, who were originally from the Han tribe and had always been subject to the Han barbarians, sent a message to Gaoding, the king of the Yue Yi barbarians, claiming that in order to make up for the shortcomings of the Yiling defeat, the imperial court had to requisition a lot of additional supplies.
The first batch was three hundred black dogs with white hair on their breasts (for worshiping the dead and summoning souls and other things), and three thousand giant trees three feet tall (for shipbuilding and building Yong'an Palace).
After hearing this, Gaoding, the king of Yue Yi, immediately became furious and roared like thunder.
Not to mention that black dogs rarely have white hair on their chests. The wood used to build ships is only two feet long, so why does it have to be three feet long?
And, the number is so huge!
How can we get rid of all the evil!
As for the rest of the small tribes that were closely related to each other, all the elders came angrily, clamoring for Gao Ding to take charge, and calling on all tribes to fight against the government's exploitation.
Therefore, Gaoding, the king of Yiyi in Yue, followed Shan Ruliu and formed a blood alliance with Yongkai.
Later, Yong Kai was appointed as the prefect of Yongchang by Sun Quanyao of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. However, the imperial court did not send troops to challenge him. Gao Ding went with his troops in order to profit from the war.
During this period, Yong Kai's deception was exposed.
Although King Yue Yi was furious, he could not make peace while he was there, and Yongkai promised to capture Yongchang County and grant him financial resources, etc., so he had no choice but to do it and cherish it.
However, things took a turn for the worse.
The siege of Yongchang County lasted for more than a year, but not an inch of land was lost, and no piece of cloth was harvested. Food and fodder were wasted in vain, and countless soldiers died.
Today, the Prime Minister personally led the troops to attack!
Moreover, it is the front line of the army, pointing directly at Yuesi County!
How can Yue Yi King Gaoding hold back this situation and situation any longer?
A fierce conflict broke out with Yong Kai, so he ordered his troops to kill Yong Kai in the tent.
What is thought-provoking is that Yong Kai's tribe did not cause chaos, nor did they swing their swords at the Yi King Gaoding.
Instead, he quickly selected a new leader and formed an alliance with Couture again.
The new leader is the lobbyist who has always been convinced by the Han barbarians.
Therefore, it is unclear whether Gao Ding was so angry that he ordered people to kill Yong Kai to vent his personal anger, or whether it was secretly instigated by the new leader.
Well, the new leader is from the Meng family, one of the eight southern surnames. He called Meng Huo to live there.
But it was not Zhu Timeng, but the Meng family from Yizhou County.
Naturally, Ma Zhong was not interested in the connection between the Meng family of Yizhou County and the Meng family of Zhuti.
However, he heard from his local officials that Meng Huo had a very high prestige in the counties of Nanzhong, and the officials were willing to die for him innumerable numbers.
Therefore, I am worried that if Zhu Bao's power declines and he sends people to bring Meng Huo to help, I am afraid that the counties in the southern part of Xangda County will be difficult to achieve peace!
After thinking like this, he finally agreed with Zheng Pu in taking risks.
However, approval does not mean total agreement.
Ma Zhong thought to himself, moved Zheng Pu's lone army deeper, and made some changes.
After he planned to break through the dangerous pass that Zhu Bao was guarding, he sent a force of two thousand soldiers and horses to follow him in pursuit.
In this way, when the traitor Zhu Bao retreats south, he can put a large number of troops behind him and put his vigilance on the pursuing soldiers; it can also serve as backup when Zheng Pu and others ambush.
If Zheng Pu and others can kill Zhu Bao in one fell swoop, the soldiers who follow up can respond, intimidate him into surrender, or otherwise.
If Zheng Pu and others fail, they will serve as reinforcements to prevent their entire army from being wiped out.
Get the best of both worlds.
A deeper consideration was that Ma Zhong had been serving in the prime minister's office for a long time, and he also realized that the prime minister had a very extraordinary talent, Zheng Pu, and deliberately cultivated and trained him in the hope that he could grow into a powerful city of the country.
In this way, how could he not arrange a backup plan to prevent Zheng Pu from being harmed by Nanzhong Xie?
Naturally, the strategy of not letting Zheng Pu participate in the ambush can better ensure safety.
However, after Ma Zhong persuaded him several times, he finally understood why Prime Minister Zhuge Liang asserted that this son had a strong temperament.
This boy, first of all, claimed to serve the country with great righteousness, even if he died!
Immediately, he used benevolence and righteousness to argue the case, claiming that the plan to penetrate into the tiger's den was his. How could he allow Pao Ze to take risks alone, while he spared his own life and refused to do evil himself?
Once again, he took the trouble to ask for orders.
He claimed that he was following Qi Yacuo, who was a living person in the Tanman area and knew the topography of the southern part of Xianggao County very well. However, he was quite stubborn by nature. If he didn't go there, Qi Yacuo would rather die than go!
There is such a vague and despicable means to threaten Shangguan, how dare you act on it!
When Ma Zhong heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes with a cold light.
I almost couldn't hold it back, so I called the soldiers to take the boy out and punish him with military law!
However, in the end, seeing that he is dedicated to serving the public good, he still shows that those in power should have a tolerant mind.
Unable to bear his troubles, he sent him away to find someone to help him.
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Due to the geography of the county and the environment densely populated by snakes and insects, it was decided that only the Banzhenman, who could climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground, could travel quickly and still have the energy to rush into the formation.
Except for himself, there are few generals in Ma Zhong's army who can make Ban Zhenman heartily convinced.
Jufu is one of the few.
However, for some unknown reason, after Zheng Pu was allowed to participate, Ma Zhong actually appointed him as the governor, and Ju Fu and Liu Yin became deputies instead.
test?
Or do you just trust me?
After receiving the general's order, Zheng Pu looked at the 400 carefully selected Banzhenmen and was puzzled.
But soon, they forgot about it, and asked Jufu and Liu Yin to take charge of the barbarian soldiers. They also ordered Qi Yacuo to lead the scouts to explore the road first and set foot on the road to the south.
Time was running out, and they had to travel many miles to reach the ambush site.
When walking in the mountains and rivers of Zanggao County, the valley created by the water flow is the best way.
From Pingyi County, go down the Yanjiang River, go up the Han River (Sancha River) to the west, and enter Yelang County; then go over the mountains, go south along the Beipan River, and find it and the Nanpan River (Wenshui River).
The place where the water merges to form the Zangda River is the best place to set up an ambush.
Because if the traitor Zhu Bao wants to go south to Gouding County, he must pass through here.
Moreover, this place is already to the east of Tanzhi County and belongs to the south of Zangda. Zhu Bao would never have thought that the Han army would set up an ambush here!
