Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty had its basis for demarcating the Dadu River as the boundary.

In addition to population culture issues, the bigger constraint is climate.

To the south of the Dadu River, past a mountainous area, the climate becomes increasingly humid and hot.

It was already late autumn, it had been cool for half a month, and then it suddenly became hot again.

It rained a few days ago and the air humidity exceeded 60%. This is not bad. If you come in summer, the air humidity can often reach 80%.

Yuwen always keeps a lot of medicines to reduce heat, and he drinks the medicine soup when the weather is hot.

But it was autumn again, and it was raining again, which still caused non-combat attrition. Not to mention the infantry, even the cavalry has laid down a few, and now they are still staying in Luoluo cage to recuperate.

Sun Shu and other Han bandits carefully selected and dried firewood.

But after the fire was ignited, the first thing that came out was a large plume of smoke, and the wooden house did not ignite immediately.

There were more than 200 of them, and they set fire to many houses at the same time. They were soon discovered by the barbarian soldiers patrolling the camp.

"The Han soldiers are coming to kill us!"

Sun Shu shouted at the top of his lungs, and then yelled: "Run!"

These old men fled in the direction agreed upon, shouting as they ran: "The Han soldiers are coming to kill, the Han soldiers are coming to kill!"

The nearby barbarians woke up from their sleep and shouted to remind their companions: "Get up quickly, Han soldiers are coming to kill!"

There is a ghost owner whose territory is in the south. His village has probably been attacked by barbarians. He is always worried and wants to go home quickly to check what happened. At this moment, when he heard the commotion, he was like a frightened bird, calling to his son and brothers: "Hurry up and run away with your troops. The Han soldiers are coming to kill you!"

"Woooooooo~~~~"

This guy also blew the horn, and the tribesmen gathered in a panic, some carrying weapons, some not even caring about weapons, and they ran towards the south in small groups.

Not many people wear armor because the climate is hot and humid, and they will get sick if they sleep with their armor on.

Several houses that were set on fire finally burned more intensely now. But the fire was still not bright, instead there was thick smoke billowing, and the firewood was too damp.

It was difficult to see clearly in the darkness, and there was thick smoke floating everywhere. The barbarians who woke up were completely confused about the situation.

Feeling that the friendly troops were escaping, more and more ghost owners fled with their own clansmen.

Ju Meng's troops were not in disarray and quickly gathered more than three hundred people, but they could not figure out where the enemy was. He said to his sons and sons-in-law: "You ride on horseback and gather troops everywhere to prevent the tribes from fleeing. Blow the drums and trumpets quickly!"

The Chinese Army's rallying horn sounded at Congbao, and the chaos nearby subsided slightly.

But farther away, the chaos is getting bigger and bigger.

The closer the territory is to the barbarian ghost masters, the less willing they are to stop. They were worried about their village and had long wanted to go home, but they stayed to fight because they were afraid of Ju Meng.

Now that I encounter something like this, no matter whether it is true or not, I just take the opportunity to run away.

More than two hundred Han bandits had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape. They found that the barbarians had become confused and couldn't help but stop.

"Sun Xiucai, are the barbarians in chaos now? We didn't set off many fires." Kong Daguang said confused.

Sun Shu guessed: "It was probably the camp roaring. Ju Meng only deployed elite soldiers on the outside to prevent the officers and soldiers from robbing the camp at night. But we lit fires in the camp to cause chaos. The barbarians were unprepared and mistakenly thought that the officers and soldiers had broken through the bandits' stronghold. "

"Are you going to join the army now?" Hu Aqi asked.

Sun Shu smiled and said: "This is a great opportunity to perform meritorious service. Follow me and fight back the way you came. If you get separated in the chaos, each of you can lead your troops back to meet here."

These old men had already escaped from the bandit camp, but under the leadership of Sun Shu, they ran back to the camp again, shouting in barbarian language along the way: "The Han soldiers are coming to kill, the Han soldiers are coming to kill, run away!"

Wherever they passed, there was even more chaos. Many barbarians who were watching blankly ran away immediately when they heard their shouts.

"woo woo woo woo……"

The trumpet sounded again from the front, and Ju Meng's son-in-law was already riding towards him, with only about twenty people with him. He yelled: "Don't shout, everyone gather here!"

"kill!"

Sun Shu had an idea and changed his strategy: "Shout in Chinese, kill the thief, kill the thief!"

"Kill the thief, kill the thief!" the Han bandits around him shouted.

Did Han soldiers really rob the camp?

Ju Meng's son-in-law was also panicked. He stopped gathering troops and rode back to report to his father-in-law: "Master Du Dagui, Han soldiers are coming!"

Ju Meng did not doubt that the situation tonight was strange. He thought that he might have been robbed by Han soldiers, so he immediately said to his cronies: "Everyone leads his troops to evacuate, and the tribesmen should not be separated."

It would be weird if they didn't run away. They were in chaos in the dark, and they lost contact with each other as they ran.

Those Han people also ran away, so they had to go back to the previous area to meet up. After waiting for a while, they still didn't gather together. Dozens of people disappeared inexplicably.

"Sun Xiucai, what should we do now?" Hu Aqi asked.

Sun Shu thought for a while: "Send twenty people to contact the army. The rest will wait here with me. Remember to light the torch, so as not to be killed by the Han soldiers as barbarians."

"I'll contact the army!" Hu Aqi volunteered.

The man led the men at a trot. Less than two miles away, they heard the rumble of horse hooves.

Hu Aqi shouted at the top of his lungs: "The thieves are defeated, the thieves are defeated!"

But it was Zhu Ming who came with his cavalry. When he saw someone blocking the road with a torch and shouting, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

Hu Aqi said: "Master, we are Han people. Sun Xiucai led us to rob the camp. The barbarians were frightened and ran away!"

"There are many rewards, get out of the way!" Ju Ming shouted.

Ju Ming also planned to rob the camp, but not tonight, because the barbarians must be on guard. He planned to postpone it for two more days.

Unexpectedly, a group of old men made a big noise in the bandit camp.

He immediately led his cavalry to pursue him all night long. Even though he was holding a torch, he could not see the road clearly. Occasionally, the unlucky horse would stumble and fall into the road.

Sun Shu lit a fire and waited by the roadside. Ju Ming stopped and asked, "Which one is Sun Xiucai?"

"I am Sun Shu. I have seen the county magistrate. I don't dare to be a scholar. I am just a failed scholar." Sun Shu said, "The barbarians have fled. Please the county magistrate to pursue them quickly!"

"Remember you!"

Ju Ming led the cavalry and rushed into the enemy camp. Chaos was vaguely visible everywhere. He stopped and said to Deng Chun: "Take a few cavalry back and ask Governor Yuwen to come over and take over the enemy camp. Don't burn all the food and belongings!"

Ju Meng was still confused. He had clearly set up a large number of sentries, so how could Han soldiers sneak into the camp and set it on fire?

He did not doubt Sun Shu at all, because those Han people had committed serious crimes in their hometown, and they also went with the barbarians to rob Han people, and they had already married and had children in Pugulong.

Sun Shu has made many suggestions and used strategies to help him expand his territory, and he has long been regarded as a confidant by Ju Meng.

The running in the darkness became more and more chaotic. Ju Meng only had more than 200 troops left to command, and the rest did not know where they went.

After escaping for several miles, Ju Meng no longer panicked and gradually regained consciousness. He reined in his horse and stopped and said, "Aren't the Han soldiers chasing you?"

"I don't know, they are shouting everywhere," said his son Ah Fan.

Ju Meng rode back in person and encountered many defeated troops along the way. He asked his soldiers to blow the trumpet continuously. Some of the broken soldiers stopped to join up, but more of the broken soldiers turned a deaf ear.

After quickly confirming that there were no pursuers, Ju Meng said to his son: "Go to the front to collect the defeated troops. The Han people are not pursuing us!"

Not long after the order was issued, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the night, and Ju Ming finally came with his cavalry.

The few groups of soldiers who had barely gathered together were so frightened that they broke up again when they heard the rumble of horse hooves and saw hundreds of torches coming from far away.

This time they were completely defeated, and Ju Meng had no choice but to flee with his son, son-in-law and personal soldiers.

Running away, not even paying attention to his own soldiers, Ju Meng only speeded away with his horsemen.

Ju Ming held the torch with his thumb and forefinger of his left hand, and held the reins with his remaining three fingers. He held the sword in his right hand and chopped along the way. There was no need to use a long gun in this situation, his iron gun was too heavy.

The defeated troops who were fleeing had no resistance, and Ju Ming did not know how many he killed.

Many defeated soldiers found that they could not outrun their horses, so they jumped into the river and swam to the other side, or fled towards the mountains to the west.

The barbarians are everywhere in the mountains and plains, and they are too numerous to kill.

After chasing until dawn, Ju Ming finally stopped and found that his cavalry was missing by more than twenty (six Han cavalry and more than ten barbarian cavalry). Some went elsewhere after chasing defeated soldiers, some were injured when they fell off their horses while running at night, and some were probably thrown to death or trampled to death for no apparent reason.

Yuwen Chang had sent infantry troops to clean up the battlefield along the way and captured hundreds of people one after another. Severely wounded prisoners were cut down, while lightly wounded prisoners were captured.

Sun Shu actually followed Yu Wenchang, telling about the situation of Pugu Long, as if he wanted to guide the officers and soldiers to occupy Ju Meng's lair.

"Caught some barbarian chiefs!"

The one with gorgeous clothes, fine leather armor, and expensive hair accessories is the barbarian leader.

The leaders were all injured, and some were even trampled and hacked to death. Except for one of Ju Meng's sons-in-law, the others are all ghost masters.

Yu Wenchang found Ju Ming and said with a smile on his face: "This battle is a great victory over the barbarians, and I should be the first to succeed."

Ju Ming said amusedly: "That Sun Xiucai was the first to do it. He actually dared to set fire to the camp. He must have done many audacious things."

Yu Wenchang said: "Taking advantage of Ju Meng's defeat, I selected elite soldiers to drive directly to Pugu Lung."

Ju Ming said: "After capturing Pugulong, the prefect should ally with the barbarians there and re-divide the territories to each tribe. The valleys south of the Dadu River must be allocated to the Henan barbarians. The Henan barbarians are all familiar with the barbarians and can speak Chinese. , are good at farming. When they grow strong, they can serve as a barrier for Lizhou. This Sun Shu is not a good person, so I gave Luo Luo Long to him as a territory, and then rewarded him with some barbarian prisoners, and let Sun Shu manage the surrounding villages."

Yu Wenchang said: "Such a talent should be entrusted with important responsibilities."

"Isn't it an important task to give people land?" Zhu Ming explained. "The barbarians must be civilized. Sun Shu was brave and resourceful. He was a scholar and was good at dealing with barbarians. He led the Han people to manage the barbarians, and gradually Just change the customs, and the barbarians around Luo Luolong will become mature barbarians in twenty or thirty years. This can prepare us for the future transformation of the land and the return to the local people."

Yu Wenchang nodded and said: "If you want to succeed, consider the long term. It's not as good as me."

Ju Ming laughed: "The prefect is busy with affairs. I can't think of anything today, but I will think of it in a few days."