Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The Bazi in Luliang County is larger, but it belongs to two tribes, one is called the Luowen tribe and the other is called the Puma tribe.

The center of the Yuan Dynasty's governance of this large area was directly located in Shilin County further west, where the "Luomeng Wanhu Mansion" was directly established, with troops led by Princess Pulu Hague and Princess Mingzhu stationed there.

That's because when the Yuan army came, the capital of Ziqi State had been moved to Stone Forest, and city walls were built for defense.

The Lomon tribe means "the majestic big tiger tribe".

Tribes with the word "Meng" are mostly related to tigers.

Tribes with the word "Pu" are mostly related to their ancestors.

Yang Zaixing's main force arrived soon after, quickly captured Lu Liang's two tribes, and then swaggered north to attack Shicheng County. It seemed that he was going to attack Shicheng from the north and south with Bai Qi and Lin Chong.

In reality?

Yang Zaixing divided his troops!

Of the main force of only 7,000 people, only 1,000 were sent north, along with 900 tribal barbarians who were forced to submit. The remaining 6,000 soldiers marched westward, directly taking Yiliang's Luomeng branch.

In addition, the eastern Yunnan tribes further south are being attacked by the coalition of Guangxi chiefs. It seems that all barbarian tribes are being attacked by Yang Zaixing everywhere.

The mountains here are stretched and the message transmission is not smooth. The enemy has no idea where Yang Zaixing wants to attack.

Kunming.

Gao Zhenshou urgently gathered troops and came here, and also sent people to negotiate peace with the Thirty-Seven Barbarians.

He knew that if the Thirty-seven Barbarians were destroyed, Kunming would be the next target to be attacked.

Therefore, Gao Zhenshou requested an edict from the leader of the Dali Kingdom, stating that as long as the thirty-seven barbarian tribes were willing to cooperate in the fight against the Ming Dynasty, he would recognize the Luoluo Kingdom jointly established by the various barbarian tribes, and officially reward Shicheng County to the Luoluo Kingdom as the capital.

"Father, the barbarian envoy is here!" Gao Shouchang walked quickly.

Gao Zhenshou immediately agreed to meet him.

The messenger simply saluted and greeted, and then said anxiously:

"Yu Yabu (in Pu'an, Panzhou, and Fuyuan areas) has been destroyed, and all the villages along the trade route have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The Ming army from the north is approaching Shicheng."

"The Luoxiong, Shizong, Luowen, and Puma tribes in the south were all defeated by the Ming army from Guangxi, and some tribes even surrendered to the Ming army."

"The Huimo and Shezi tribes further south also received reports from messengers that they were attacked. The number of Ming troops killed from Guangxi is estimated to be tens of thousands."

"If you don't send troops, Shicheng will be outflanked by the north and the south."

Gao Zhenshou asked: "Are you willing to submit to Dali again?"

The envoy said: "As long as Dali sends troops, the thirty-seven barbarians will naturally submit."

"Okay," Gao Zhenshou said, "go back and tell your commander to abandon the defense of Shicheng and lead his troops to retreat to me."

The messenger immediately said angrily: "How is that possible?"

Gao Zhenshou said: "Shicheng County is about to be attacked from two sides, and the city wall is short. How can it be defended? You first withdraw your troops and guard Shanchan (Kunming) with me. The city walls here are strong and tall, and the terrain is more conducive to defense. "

The messenger scolded: "You thief, you don't even think about sincere peace talks!"

"I can't tell you clearly. Go back and tell your commander the truth. He will naturally understand that the only way to win is to withdraw his troops and defend Shanchan." Gao Shouzhen said.

The two were discussing cooperation matters when suddenly there were rapid footsteps outside.

Gao Zhenming couldn't wait for the announcement, so he rushed in and said, "Brother, the Ming army is coming from the east!"

Gao Zhenshou and the envoy were both shocked. The former asked: "Didn't the Ming army from the east go north to attack Shicheng? And even if they attack to the west, they should be defeating the Mongolian tribe at this time."

"I don't know about the Luomeng tribe, but the Luopu cage is definitely gone." Gao Zhenming said.

Luopulong is Yiliang County in later generations.

Not attacking the headquarters of the Luo Meng tribe in Shilin, but directly killing the Luo Meng tribe in Yiliang would be tantamount to exposing one's back to the enemy.

Once the Looming tribe sends troops, Yang Zaixing's retreat will be cut off.

But Yang Zaixing has no so-called food road, and he is not afraid of being cut off. He conquered and subdued four tribes along the way to replenish food and grass. Although the food was still very tight, it was enough to support 6,000 troops and horses to fight to Kunming.

Gao Zhenshou said in horror: "How many Ming troops are coming from Guangxi?"

Gao Zhenming guessed: "There may be tens of thousands of people."

Damn tens of thousands of people.

Yang Zaixing only had 7,000 soldiers in his hands, and the rest were all barbarian servants. He actually made it look like his troops were divided into three groups and the army was tens of thousands.

Gao Zhenshou could no longer take care of Shicheng County. He urgently deployed the city defense of Kunming, sent people to urge the princes of various surnames to rush for reinforcements, and then sent troops to his younger brother Gao Zhenming to guard Guandu City (Guandu Ancient Town).

Before the city defenses were even deployed, a group of defeated soldiers came from the south.

"Prime Minister, our stronghold is gone!" The barbarian general was wailing, covered in blood.

Gao Zhenshou asked: "How many enemies are there?"

The barbarian general shook his head: "I don't know. Most of the warriors of our tribe have been recruited to Shanchan (Kunming), and there are not many troops in the village. Suddenly a group of enemies came to kill them, and there was a non-stop bang, bang, bang, bang, bang , the warriors left behind in the village can’t stop it!”

Gao Zhenshou asked: "Is it boom, boom, boom, or bang, bang, bang?"

The barbarian general was startled, and then replied: "Both."

These remaining defeated soldiers came from the Jiazong tribe, located in Chenggong District, Kunming City. Although he is also one of the thirty-seven barbarians, he is determined to help Dali in the war and rarely joins in rebellion.

During this battle, the barbarians from the Jiazong tribe were transferred to Kunming to gather. Naturally, the defense of their own village was empty, and Yang Zaixing sent 800 men to surprise and capture it.

Now, Chenggong District has become Yang Zaixing's camp, and some food and grass have been supplied.

The Dali army defended Shanchan City, half of which was in Wuhua District and half in Guandu District.

The two armies were less than 30 miles apart.

And the old nest of the Gao family in Dali, Guandu City (Guandu Ancient Town), was only more than ten miles away from Yang Zaixing's camp!

"Da Da Da Da..."

"Prime Minister, there are enemy troops approaching Guandu City!"

Gao Zhenshou asked hurriedly: "How many are coming?"

The messenger said: "Only a few hundred cavalry. The garrison (Gao Zhenming) was worried about a fraud and did not go out of the city to drive away the enemy."

Gao Zhenshou roared angrily: "Don't those Ming troops sleep or rest? Two or three days ago, they were still fighting against the Luowen tribe, and today they crossed mountains and ridges to Shanchan. They didn't set up camp to rest here, and broke through the camp of the Jiazong tribe and came to spy on Guandu City! Gather the troops and horses, I'm going to kill them!"

"Prime Minister, don't be impulsive." A general named Gao Mingtai hurriedly dissuaded him.

Including Gao Zhenshou's son, they all spoke out to stop him.

Gao Zhenshou said: "The enemy's marching speed is too fast, and they have to fight with the barbarians on the way. They have crossed mountains and rivers and rushed here. There can't be too many people. At most, there are only a few thousand. And they have been fighting all the way and have no time to rest. They are alone and exhausted, so they should fight them quickly!"

When the generals heard this, they all thought it made sense.

It really made sense. Yang Zaixing did only bring 6,000 soldiers, and they were indeed exhausted.

Gao Zhenshou continued: "These thousands of soldiers must be the vanguard of the Guangxi Ming army. If we don't seize the opportunity to annihilate them, they will gain a foothold in the village of Jiazong, and it will be even more difficult to fight when their main force arrives and joins forces. The opportunity for battle is fleeting, and you must not be afraid of the enemy and be afraid of fighting."

This time, he guessed wrong. That was not a vanguard, but Yang Zaixing's main force.

The Dali Kingdom's troops have not yet completed their assembly.

The armies of the westernmost prefectures are still on the road, moving towards Kunming.

Gao Liangcheng's Chuxiong army did not send out any troops at all, and kept shouting that there was not enough food and grass.

Gao Zhenshou currently has only more than 40,000 troops, including the recruited barbarians.

Eight thousand of them are defending Guandu City - it is Gao's private city, but it is larger than the ordinary Wubao, and it is the commercial core of the Kunming area.

Gao Zhenshou left 5,000 soldiers to guard Shanchan City, and the rest of the troops all headed towards Guandu City.

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The small Guandu City is not much bigger than Wubao, but it has built six Buddhist temples.

Naturally, some are built outside the city.

Cao Xun came with exhausted cavalry just for the food of the Buddhist temple outside the city! If they don't hurry up, they will definitely be moved into the city.

Sure enough, as soon as I arrived, I saw monks fleeing, transporting food and grass from the temple to the city with carts and carts.

"Kill!"

Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out on horseback, and the monks were so scared that they threw away their wealth and fled in panic.

Gao Zhenming had 8,000 troops in his hands, but faced with hundreds of Ming cavalrymen outside the city, he had no intention of fighting at all, and turned a blind eye to the monks fleeing.

"No wealth, only food!"

"Throw away the money on the cart, and put the bags of food on!"

Watching the Ming cavalrymen dismount and move the food, Gao Zhenming remained motionless.

Until the Ming army loaded dozens of carts (ox carts, horse carts and mule carts) with food and began to transport it back, Gao Zhenming finally smiled: "The time has come, go out of the city and kill the bandits!"

The city gate opened quickly.

"Woo woo woo woo!"

The Ming scouts immediately blew the horn, and the Ming cavalrymen mounted their horses one after another.

Then, they no longer cared about the dozens of carts of food and all went to the east to assemble.

The first to leave the city were a thousand Dali cavalrymen, who came out from the south gate and tried to cut off the retreat of the Ming cavalry. But Cao Xun fled directly to the east, avoiding the enemy cavalry and running to a small forest eight miles away.

Cao Xun's warhorse was tired, and he ran slower and slower because of the horsepower.

The general who led the Dali cavalry was called Gao Guangxiu. Seeing this situation, he was even more delighted and ordered his cavalry to pursue at full speed.

"Sound the horn and blow the horn, let Gao Guangxiu come back!"

Gao Zhenming hurriedly ordered.

He wanted to stop the Ming cavalry here and annihilate them, but the Ming army was very alert and did not flee to the south at all.

Since they were not stopped, there was no need to chase them.

This time the Ming army was elusive, what if there was an ambush?

Anyway, the food had been taken back, and the rest was to defend the city honestly.

Gao Zhenming was very cowardly in fighting, and he did not even dare to take back Shicheng County occupied by barbarians. How dare he chase the fierce Ming army all the way?

Cao Xun gradually slowed down his horse, turned his head to look at the retreating enemy cavalry, and spat out, saying, "He is also a worthless person."

The Ming cavalry continued to move eastward and came to the mountainous forest area eight miles away, where Yang Zaixing personally led the main force to ambush.

Yang Zaixing did not go to the Jiazong tribe stronghold in Chenggong District at all, but sent 800 infantrymen to attack.

He personally led the main force to rush at night and arrived at this mountain forest at dawn. Then the whole army rested for four or five hours, and then sent the cavalry out to lure the Dali army.

Who knew that the defender of Guandu City was too cowardly and did not dare to chase even hundreds of Ming cavalry.

Yang Zaixing sighed: "It is said that the Dali army is weak, but in fact there are still good generals. This Guandu City defender is calm and measured, and does not forget the responsibility of defending the city because of small profits. Retreat to the Jiazong tribe stronghold, rest for a day and fight again."

There is not much time to rest, Gao Zhenshou's army is coming.