The main force of the rebels comes from three Miao tribes, and their leaders are named: Ajia, Aza, and Aduo.
Moreover, not all of them are Miao people. Aza is even of the same clan as the Song family (Zhong family), but they are all called Miao tribe in official documents of the Ming Dynasty.
After the Sanmiao tribe captured Zhazuosi, strong internal differences arose. A'duo was afraid of facing the main force of the Han army and did not trust An Guirong, so he led his army north to attack Qingshan, Dizhai and other Changguansi (later Xifeng County)
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Ajia and Aza, one in order to fulfill the secret agreement with An Guirong, and the other in order to obtain the gold and silver treasures of Beiya Village, led the main force of more than 10,000 rebels to go south to attack Guizhu Village, and then surrounded Beiya Village and
Yunjin Village.
Beiya and Yunjin villages are at the corners of each other, connected by a mountain road in the middle, and are surrounded by mountains on several sides, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The two Miao chieftains collided with each other in disgrace. Ajia quickly wanted to retreat, but Aza was fascinated by the wealth. Beiya Village is hoarding the wealth that the Song family has accumulated for hundreds of years. As long as the village is broken, the things that can be grabbed are more than
Wreaking havoc throughout Northeast Guizhou!
"Aja, why did you stop? As long as you try harder, the Song family will definitely not be able to hold on!"
Aza rushed into Ajia's camp and immediately launched an army to accuse him.
Aja smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If you can't defeat them, there is no need to kill the tribal warriors."
Aza waved his machete and expressed his fantasy: "An Guirong promised that he would send troops to help us attack the Song family. As long as we work harder now, we can cripple the Beiya chieftain soldiers and wait for An Guirong to send troops.
If you help, you can easily capture the village. Ajia, the Song family's hundreds of years of treasures are all hidden in Beiya Village. When the time comes, you will share 40%, I will share 40%, and 20% will be left for An Guirong.
I won’t be able to enjoy it all for several lifetimes!”
"You actually believe An Guirong's lies?" Aja was surprised.
Aza said: "An Guirong has never lied to us. He will give money and food when he is told, and he will give soldiers when he is told. This is much more reliable than the chieftain of the Song family."
Aja didn't bother to explain to the fool, and said directly: "I have already sent the thousand-horse team to the north. If we attack the stronghold with a bluff tomorrow, and withdraw our troops overnight, the Song family will definitely not dare to pursue them."
"Withdraw the troops?" Aza suddenly became excited, "Why withdraw? Why withdraw! That is Beiya Village, the Beiya Village of the Song family. There are mountains of treasures, more food than can be eaten in a lifetime, and many, many beautiful women.
Waiting for us to grab it!”
"If we don't withdraw our troops, we will be in chaos ourselves," Ajia said. "In the past few days, the warriors of the small village have been fighting hard to attack the stronghold. They have given up their own control (the stronghold leader) and has refused to contribute. Continue to fight.
, they may want to seek refuge with the Song family, turn around and come over to fight us!"
Aza said disdainfully: "They don't dare!"
Ajia suddenly said: "I have asked Han scholars to write two letters of request. One will be given to the governor of Guizhou City, and the other will be sent to Huguang for the Han officials in Huguang to forward to the emperor."
"What exactly do you want to do?" Aza was extremely puzzled.
Ajia explained: "In the past few decades, there have been countless tribal uprisings in Guizhou, but which one can succeed? When the imperial court sends a large army, we will definitely not be able to defeat it. So I wrote to the imperial court, saying that we were forced to rebel by the Song family
Yes, please forgive us for our crimes and reward us with the four chieftains of Zhazuo, Guaixi, Dizhai and Qingshan. As long as the emperor agrees, from now on you and I, as well as Aduo, can all be chieftains.
Our descendants can also be chieftains for generations to come!"
Aza was suddenly moved and asked, "What should I do if the emperor doesn't agree?"
"Then fight," Aja said with a ferocious face, "I heard a story told by the Han people called "Water Margin". As long as we defeat the officers and soldiers a few more times and occupy more territory, the imperial court will send Han officials to recruit us!
So, stop staring at Beiya Village, go back north and east, and conquer as much territory as you can. Then wait for the Han officials to come and recruit you!"
Aza still couldn't bear to part with the treasured beauty in Beiya Village, so he muttered: "Kill Beiya, and then we can recruit something else to make it safe?"
Ajia felt very tired and patiently explained: "Even if Beiya Village is captured, how many warriors will we have left? By then, the officers and soldiers of Guizhou will be able to destroy us, so how can the imperial court agree to recruit troops?"
Aza was extremely troubled and said: "Then we will try our best tomorrow. If we really can't win, we will withdraw our troops tomorrow night."
"good!"
Aja breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Aza would be stubborn.
The two Miao chiefs reached an agreement, and Ajia went out with his sword again and went to appease the villagers in person.
Each small village commander is equivalent to the leader of the rebel army, with great independence. Aja must use coercion and inducement to make these guys obedient. In order to gather military morale, he now does not even dare to share the looted goods.
, I was afraid that the various villages would disperse in a rush if their goods were divided.
"There's thick smoke over there!" Aza suddenly pointed in the direction of Guizhou City.
Ajia smiled and said: "Don't worry about him. It's impossible for An Guirong to send troops within half a year, and the officers and soldiers in Guizhou are all rubbish, and they don't have the guts to leave the city on their own initiative. The thick smoke over there may have been deliberately set on fire by the officers and soldiers."
, want to scare us."
After saying these words, Ajia thought for a while: "The Han people have a saying called 'outside the knot.' Let's do this. You and I will each send five hundred warriors to escort the money, food and women back to Zhazuo, and they will be distributed in Zhazuo after the troops withdraw. No more distinctions.
Wealth, those below are disobedient. Attack the stronghold tomorrow morning, make preparations tomorrow afternoon, and evacuate overnight tomorrow night."
Aza said: "I will convene the clan members to discuss."
Half an hour later, a thousand rebels escorted their belongings and women and withdrew from the rebel camp ahead of schedule. They followed the foot of the mountain, took a shortcut to the official road, and then took the official road to Zazuosi.
This is the scene that Wang Yuan and others saw.
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The four of them quickly returned to Guizhou City, but on the way, they met Uncle Wu and others again.
Uncle Wu asked: "Li Sanlang, it was you who set fire to the corpses in the village?"
"It's us." Li Ying said.
Uncle Wu smiled bitterly and said: "You scared the defenders in the city. You thought the bandits were going to attack the city. The superiors sent us to come and find out the news."
Well, the village where the military families lived was closer to Guizhou City and further away from Beiya. The reckless move of setting fire to the corpses did not disturb the rebels, but frightened the officers and soldiers.
Li Ying said: "Uncle Wu, the bandits are moving property and women, and they may withdraw their troops soon. I plan to return to the city and persuade my father to send troops to ambush the official road in the mountains. By then, I will kill the bandits without leaving a trace!"
Uncle Wu shook his head and said: "The thieves are not necessarily withdrawing their troops when they move their property. Even if they were to withdraw, your Majesty would not dare to send troops to ambush. His most important thing now is to secure Guizhou City. As long as Guizhou City is not lost, he will have merit.
Not guilty, anyway, the thieves were provoked by the Song family."
Li Ying suddenly stopped talking because he knew his father very well.
The title of Commander-in-Chief is not hereditary and requires solid military merit. As for Li Ying's father, Li Ang, who was promoted from hereditary commander to Commander-in-Chief, his military strategy is nothing more than two words: prudent!
General Li has always fought like this -
Sir, we have spotted bandits ahead.
Be careful of ambush and retreat quickly!
Sir, the bandits are already in chaos.
This is a tactic to lure the enemy, the priority is to defend the city, don't leave lightly!
Sir, such and such county has been captured by the rebel army.
Hurry and urge the An family to send troops, we will secure the camp!
Sir, An's victory is great.
Hurry up and attack with my whole army, don't let any of the bandits escape!
Look at how stable General Li is. He has been on the battlefield for decades and has never lost a battle. Moreover, he is also a human-headed dog. He always delivers a fatal blow to the enemy at the most critical moment. Even if he does not get the first victory, he will definitely gain a lot.
rich.
There are so many hereditary commanders in Guizhou (including commanding colleagues, commanding officials, etc.), and the competition is quite fierce. If Li Ang can be promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief, he must have a few skills.
Li Ying was well aware of his father's routine, and when Uncle Wu reminded him of it, he immediately lost all intention of returning to the city.
Wang Yuan suddenly said: "Even if you can't ambush the main force of the rebels, you can also ambush their escort team. You don't need too many people, a hundred people are enough. Their mules, horses and camels are full of goods, and the women have their hands tied.
If they are strung together, they will definitely not be able to walk faster. We set up an ambush in the mountains in advance, each person holding multiple torches, and a surprise attack in the middle of the night can scare them away."
"Yes, we must rescue those women!" Li Ying said.
Uncle Wu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I only have a small flag, which is said to be responsible for ten soldiers, but including myself, there are only four soldiers in total. No matter how good your strategy is, I can't find a hundred soldiers."
There are no soldiers available, so what can you do?
Wang Yuan thought hard for a while and suddenly said: "I can go back to Chuanqingzhai to recruit troops!"
So much wealth, so many mules and horses, so many women.
All it takes is one or two hundred men to launch a surprise attack at night with fire, scare them if they can, and retreat if they can't. The leader of Fang Village will definitely be willing to take on this job.
Even if Chuan Qingzhai could only get half of the wealth, mules, horses and women, it would still be an unimaginable harvest. The owner of Fangzhai could make a fortune by making extra money!
And when the rebellion is put down, maybe you can report your merits to the court.
After thinking clearly, Wang Yuan clasped his fists and said: "General Zhou..."
Uncle Wu quickly interrupted and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously. I'm just a little flag."
Wang Yuan said: "Then I will also call you Uncle Wu. Ask Uncle Wu to take some people and carefully monitor the rebels' journey. I will go back to Heishanling to lead the troops and plan the night attack location according to the situation. All gains will be shared equally between Chuan Qingzhai and Uncle Wu.
As for how much you pay filial piety to your superior, that is your own business."
Uncle Friday is excited, who doesn’t want to make extra money?
Wang Yuan added: "Those women captured by the rebels, if they can find their relatives, let them reunite with their relatives. If their family members are dead, let them stay in Chuanqing Village. These women are not included in the distribution items."
"It's easy to say," Uncle Wu said excitedly, rubbing his hands together, "I've done this deal!"
Wang Yuan's thinking suddenly became clear. This was a great opportunity to develop his power.
In the early days when the rebels were raging, as long as Chuanqing Village could intercept this batch of property, it would be able to feed more people. And then secretly trick the people who were displaced by the war, whether they were Han Chinese or natives, to bring them up to the mountain and let them regroup on the mountain.
family, helping them reclaim wasteland.
In one or two years, the population of Chuanqingzhai may double.
When the officers and soldiers launched a major counterattack, Chuan Qingzhai raised the banner of the volunteers, helped the officers and soldiers suppress the rebellion, and took the opportunity to make another fortune.
The Song family was definitely going to decline. Wang Yuan wanted to use his relationship with the Song family to find an opportunity to hook up with Governor Wei Ying and find a chieftain for his father or eldest brother.
If the father or eldest brother becomes the chieftain of Zhazuo, first of all, he is supported by the Qingzhai village. It is very convenient for an acquaintance to become a chief. The Song family will also support it, because he can secretly swear allegiance to the Song family - the chieftain of Dizhai is named Cai, and he also accepts the Song family.
Dispatch, regarded by the Song family as one of their own.
If Governor Wei Ying continues to support it, it will basically be a certainty.
Wang Yangming thinks students have no desires?
This is desire, and it is a desire that ordinary people dare not think of!
Perhaps hundreds of years later, there will still be a Wang family chieftain in northern Guizhou.