Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 398
The steward said again: "Could it be bandits?"

"Bandits may be, or they may be seedlings in the deep mountains." Wang Pingshan shouted sharply, "There is flat ground ahead, let the guys lead the mules, horses and donkeys to the flat ground ahead, and form a circle from head to tail!"

The Wang family caravan is not vegetarian either, they are not afraid of little thieves.

Under the yelling of Wang Pingshan and the steward, the Wang family caravan quickly made defenses.

At this time, groups of native soldiers poured out continuously from the valley in front.

Seeing the native soldiers pouring out of the valley, Wang Pingshan's heart sank instantly, the native soldiers from Yunnan!
Judging from the vine armor wrapped around the head and the rattan armor on the body, it can be distinguished that this is a Yunnan native soldier, because only the Yunnan native soldier wears red rattan armor and uses the red rattan card, which is in big trouble this time.

"Long feet, go to Yongning Prefecture for help!"

"Others, give up the horse team and enter the forest!"

A long-legged fellow immediately galloped into the path.

The remaining hundreds of fellows followed Wang Pingshan into the woods.

In the face of thousands of fully armed chieftain soldiers, resistance is meaningless, it can only be death, so it is better to simply give up the cavalry to the chieftain, and slow down their actions.

As long as the officers and soldiers arrive, they can take the horse team back.

……

The city of Yongning is sunny.

But Qinglong at this time is not called Qinglong, but An Nanwei.

I have to say that many place names in the Southwest are really easy to confuse, such as Guangxi Prefecture and Lin'an Prefecture in Yunnan, and there are even more place names called Annan.

Annanwei, as the name suggests, is a guard house established by Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty.

It's just that by now, An Nanwei has already existed in name only.

A guard of Ming Dynasty has more than [-] soldiers, but Annanwei can't even get [-] troops now. Once the chieftain makes trouble, he has to temporarily recruit civilians to help defend the city.

Of course, An Nanwei's family is not the only one.

The other guards in Daming are also like this.

Qin Liangyu's white soldiers and Li Xiangjun's women's battalion were stationed in Annanwei at this time.

The appearance of more than [-] female soldiers injected extra vitality into Annanwei, a small southwest city. In addition to the mature Miao natives in the city being attracted by female soldiers, they also attracted Miao girls from the deep mountains.

Did the Ming Dynasty actually have female soldiers in armor?This is new.

So they all ran to Annanwei from the deep mountains, wanting to see what happened.

When Miao Nu really saw the armored and heroic female soldiers, she was immediately envious.

Li Xiangjun also looked curiously at the Miao girls walking on the street, and felt that all of these Miao girls were vigorous and strong, and they were obviously more suitable for serving as soldiers than the girls in Nanzhili.

At that moment Li Xiangjun said to Qin Liangyu: "Master, turn around and ask the Holy Master for a decree to allow the disciples to come to Guizhou and Yunnan to recruit soldiers, because the Miao girls here are more suitable to serve as soldiers."

"Miao girls have been used to climbing mountains and ridges since they were young, and they can walk like flying even on rough mountain roads. They are indeed more suitable for soldiers than Han girls in the south of the Yangtze River." Qin Liangyu first affirmed Li Xiangjun, then changed the subject and said, "However, Xiangjun, you Why are you so obsessed with commanding female soldiers? Haven't you considered commanding male soldiers?"

"Leading the male soldiers?" Li Xiangjun was stunned when he heard that.

"That's right, after all, men have the upper hand in war." Qin Liangyu said, "Compared with men, our daughter's family is at an obvious disadvantage in all aspects. In ancient times, women were good at leading soldiers, and the soldiers who led them were all men. It was you. Master, I am also leading the good men of Shi Jiesi, not Shi Jiesi's women's army."

Li Xiangjun said thoughtfully: "This disciple has never thought about it."

"You need to think about this matter clearly." Qin Liangyu said, "If you really want to make contributions to Ming Dynasty and go down in history as a female general, it is definitely not enough to rely on female soldiers alone. You must learn to command male soldiers. It’s okay to leave a women’s army by your side as your own army.”

Li Xiangjun nodded heavily and said: "The disciple will seriously consider the master's suggestion."

"Okay, then let's continue." Qin Liangyu said, "I have already taught you everything from marching, camping, and formation to you. Today, I will focus on telling you about the insights of being a general."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then said: "The official road in central Guizhou is far from Tongguwei to Pu'an Prefecture, but why did the master station his troops in Yongning Prefecture? Why is it not Pu'an Prefecture, which is the closest to Yunnan, and is not located in Qianzhong Prefecture? What about Guiyang Mansion, which is the most middle of the road and the most convenient for support from both ends? Do you know why?"

Li Xiangjun pondered and asked: "Because Yongning Prefecture has the highest possibility of being attacked?"

"Children can be taught." Qin Liangyu nodded happily, "Then let me ask you again, why is Yongning Prefecture most likely to be attacked by Yunnan chieftains?"

Li Xiangjun replied: "Because Pu'an Prefecture is the closest to Yunnan, the Yunnan Tusi soldiers must think that Pu'an Prefecture is heavily guarded, so there is no chance even if they go there, and it is too far east from Zhenning Prefecture, too deep into Guizhou. For chieftain soldiers, it is a big taboo for a single army to work hard to attack far away, once the retreat is cut off by the chieftain of Guizhou, the entire army will be wiped out."

After a pause, he said again: "Only Yongning Prefecture is next to Pu'an Prefecture, which is the most suitable."

"Girl, now I believe that you are really a good material." Qin Liangyu said with a smile, "The reason why the Holy Majesty is willing to appoint you as a general to aid Xuzhou is probably not just because of your beauty."

"Master." Li Xiangjun's pretty face rarely showed a childish look.

Qin Liangyu smiled, and when he was about to say a few words of heart to Li Xiangjun, his nephew Qin Yiming hurried over.

"Auntie." Qin Yiming saluted Qin Liangyu first, and then bowed to Li Xiangjun, "General Li, just received an urgent report from the Wang family's caravan, saying that they were attacked in Guansuoling!"

"Guan Suoling?" Li Xiangjun said, "The master really hit the mark."

Guansuoling is located between Yongning Prefecture and Zhenning Prefecture, and belongs to the boundary between the two states.

After saying this, Li Xiangjun said again: "Master, let's send troops quickly!"

"Don't worry." Qin Liangyu waved his hand and asked Qin Yiming, "How many bandit soldiers are there?"

Qin Yiming said: "The ones who attacked the Wang family's caravan were native soldiers from Yunnan. It is said that there are thousands of them!"

"Thousands of people?" Qin Liangyu said with a smile, "So this Yunnan chieftain knows the art of war? This is one of the thirty-six strategies!"

"Throwing bricks to attract jade?" Li Xiangjun said, "What do you think Master said?"

Qin Liangyu asked back: "Girl, if you were Sha Dingzhou, would you send an army of [-] people deep into Guizhou to cut off the army's food transport channels?"

"Of course it's impossible." Li Xiangjun said, "A thousand people is too little."

"So, this is just a brick thrown by the Yunnan native soldiers." Qin Liangyu smiled and said again, "The intention is to lure us to rescue, but they set an ambush halfway and killed us by surprise."

"The thieves are so insidious." Li Xiangjun was surprised when he heard this, "If it wasn't for the master, the disciple would have almost been ambushed."

"Girl, urgent is the most taboo word when leading troops in battle." Qin Liangyu said earnestly and kindly, "The more anxious you are, the easier it is for you to make mistakes, and if you make mistakes for a general, you will pay thousands of dollars." Tens of thousands of lives were lost, so you need to think twice before making any major decisions."

After a pause, he said again: "If you can't figure it out or see clearly for a while, you'd rather wait for a while. Of course, it's not okay to delay the battle. The commander's insight is most needed here."

"I would like to be taught." Li Xiangjun bowed to the ground.

Seeing that Qin Liangyu cared so much about the professor Li Xiangjun, Qin Yiming was a little jealous, and said that his aunt did not put as much effort into teaching them as she did teaching Li Xiangjun.

Li Xiangjun asked again: "Master, what should we do now?"

"Girl, it's up to you to decide." Qin Liangyu said, "What do you think should be done?"

After thinking for a while, Li Xiangjun said: "Since this is a trick of the bandits to lure others, then we will give him a trick. First use a part of the troops to lure the enemy, and then attack back and forth after the bandits are drawn out."

"Very good." Qin Liangyu said happily, "Girl, then do as you said."

Li Xiangjun said again: "Master, this disciple will lead half of the troops first, and you will follow up later."

"No, I will go with you as a teacher." Qin Liangyu waved his hand, and then told Qin Yimin, "Yimin, you, Gong Ming, Zuo Ming, and Wannian and Wanchun led the army to follow up."

"Yes." Qin Yiming respectfully agreed.

……

Soon, one thousand white soldiers and two thousand female soldiers drove out of the city and rushed towards Guansuoling.

From Annanwei to Guansuoling, you must pass through a precipitous place called Jigongbei. This place is exactly like the name of the place, just like the back of a rooster, with cliffs on both sides.

The [-] native soldiers of Xiwushidongsi in Lin'an Prefecture were hiding in the valley near Jigongbei.

Wang Shuo, chieftain of Xiwushidong, is Sha Dingzhou's hard-core confidant. Because the mountain is closed, Wang Shuo didn't know that Sha Dingzhou's army had been wiped out, and even Sha Dingzhou had been beheaded.

All Wang Shuo could think about was to cut off the food supply of the Ming army and force them to retreat.

In mid-September, Guizhou was getting colder and colder. Wang Shuo ordered the soldiers to light a bonfire.

Another iron pot was set up on the fire, in which was boiled haggis, caught from the mountains yesterday.

The haggis soup in the pot has begun to steam out of the bones, and the air is filled with the smell of haggis.

A Tumu suddenly walked up to Wang Shuo, gasped and said, "Toast, the officers and soldiers are about to reach Jigong's back!"

"Have the officers and soldiers finally arrived?" Wang Shuo regained his energy for a moment, and asked again, "Did you see how many officers and soldiers have come?"

"There must be at least three or four thousand people, maybe more." Tumu paused, and then said, "It's just that there are a lot of female soldiers in there. I don't know why, but there are female soldiers in the army."

"Female soldiers?" Wang Shuo's eyes lit up immediately, "How many female soldiers?"

"A lot, less than a few thousand." Tsuchime licked his lips excitedly.

(End of this chapter)