Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Pugu cage.

Because Ju Meng mobilized too many troops to go north, the villages in the southern valley area had been destroyed by the combined forces of Lianglin Man, Azong Man and the indigenous Baiman.

Various small tribes also came to take advantage of the situation, and nearly 20,000 people gathered here one after another.

Yu Wenchang looked at the city wall and said with emotion: "The decline of the late Tang Dynasty was still able to build a strong city in the barbaric land. Today we can see the achievements of our predecessors again!"

Ju Ming smiled and said: "This city is not very glorious. It was beaten to Chengdu by Nanzhao."

"In the end, we will win and counterattack, and we will make a triumphant return." Yu Wenchang said.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao attacked all the way to Chengdu.

Just when Chengdu was about to fall, the famous general Yan Qingfu led his troops to rescue. Nanzhao was defeated, and Yan Qingfu counterattacked for hundreds of miles, regained Lizhou and Yazhou, and also entered the barbaric land to build Xin'an City.

At this moment, Xin'an City is right in front of you.

The remaining troops in the city, plus the remnants brought back by Ju Meng and the remnants who fled from the south, totaled more than 4,000. The old, weak, women and children were also brought to defend the city, and the total number of soldiers was over 10,000. It was really difficult to attack the city directly for a while.

Most of what Ju Ming brought were light cannons, and now he is stepping up his efforts to cut down trees so that carpenters can build heavy cannons.

Pugulong (Xin'an City) is located a few miles northeast of Yuexi County, near the ancient Tianhuang Temple in later generations. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The city is too small and too many people are wasted.

Therefore, Ju Meng also set up a camp on a nearby mountain and divided his troops to defend the stronghold, forming a diagonal relationship with the city.

"kill!"

The barbarians are attacking the stronghold, and they are fighting every day, which has exhausted the defenders in the stronghold.

The Han soldiers did not go to help, but kept an eye on the defenders in the city to prevent Ju Meng from sending anyone to rescue them.

A few days later, the Henan barbarians also came.

Qiao Huan is still continuing to contact the barbarians. His new task is not to get many soldiers, but to bring all the barbarians to join the alliance.

Baozhaiman and Fengpaman arrived one after another. They did not bring many soldiers, except for the leader, there were only about a hundred people.

Especially Fengpaman, which is close to the area actually controlled by the Dali Kingdom, is deeply influenced by the Gao family of Dali, but has no connection with the Song Dynasty.

"Abba, surrender!" Ah Fan begged.

Ju Meng shook his head: "The Han soldiers have already fought outside the city. What's the use of surrendering now? We can only fight to the death and rely on the fortified city to defend. There is no other choice."

While the father and son were talking, cheers suddenly came from the north.

Ju Meng walked to the north of the city and saw barbarian soldiers coming down from the mountainside. Although he couldn't see clearly, he understood that those people were celebrating, and the Qiongbu Sichuan barbarian camp on the mountain was breached.

Ju Meng also thought about sending troops to rescue, but he was blocked by the Han every time.

Now, we can only stay in the isolated city.

The moat outside the city had been filled in by barbarians, and several pontoons were built on the Qiongbu River. What followed was a bloody and cruel siege.

Three days later, under the watchful eyes of the barbarian ghost masters, ten heavy flat cannons and dozens of light flat cannons were slowly carried outside the city for assembly.

The light flat artillery was launched first, and the twenty or thirty kilograms of shells were enough to scare the barbarians.

"That's..." Feng Paman, the great ghost master, was stunned.

A stone weighing more than a hundred kilograms was put into the bomb bag. The barbarian leaders could not believe that the thing could really be thrown.

The big ghost masters of Baozhai were frightened. They lived in the mountains and built the strongest fortresses. For hundreds of years, it relied on its stone fortress to remain invincible, so it was called the "Baozhaiman".

If the Han soldiers can throw more than 100 kilograms of stone bullets, how can the Baozhai barbarians defend the fortress?

"call……"

A large stone bomb flew out, causing a whirring sound in the air.

"boom!"

The stone bullets fell outside the city and made a loud noise when they hit the ground.

This time it was just a test firing. It was found that the distance was too far to hit, so the ten heavy flat cannons moved forward collectively.

Twenty minutes later, ten boulders were projected collectively.

Some fell inside the city, some outside the city, and only one stone bullet hit the wall.

Ju Meng felt that the city walls were shaking and he quickly moved away with his son. The defenders on this city wall were so frightened that they either lay down or turned around and ran away. Some people knelt down and begged ghosts and gods for forgiveness.

It took a full forty minutes to project the giant stone projectiles, and all of them were used up, and the rotating rods of two flat cannons were cracked.

On the section of city wall in front of me, there was already a thigh-thick crack.

Ju Meng called his fifth son Ju Qiao: "You lead five hundred elite soldiers and go out of the city to destroy those Han artillery seats!"

Ju Qiao was horrified and said: "Abba, those cannons are heavily guarded by soldiers, how could they be destroyed?"

The son was already frightened and obviously unwilling to take on this task.

The fourth son, Ah Fan, said: "Abba, surrender!"

Ju Meng said nothing.

That night, Ju Meng personally led 800 elite soldiers and went out of the city to attack the camp of the indigenous Baiman.

The indigenous white barbarians do not have many troops, and their camp is adjacent to the two forest barbarians.

The two barbarians were unprepared. They felt that they would win this battle and it was only a matter of time before they could break the city. They didn't expect that Ju Meng would dare to fight out.

Ju Meng's eight hundred elite soldiers actually killed them through the camp of the indigenous Bai barbarians, and then moved towards the camp of the two Lin barbarians. The two camps were in chaos, and countless barbarians scrambled to escape. They were actually defeated and fled for several miles.

Yu Wenchang put on his armor and came out, saying with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we didn't camp next to the barbarians!"

Ju Ming was riding on horseback to appease the soldiers and ordered them to guard the camp until dawn.

Han soldiers and barbarians recruited along the way camped on the east bank of Qiongbu River. Henan Man and A Zong Man were stationed in the mountain village in the north.

The two forest barbarians and the indigenous white barbarians who were defeated at night camped in the south of the city.

Ju Ming sat back and watched the friendly forces collapse without even sending a single soldier to rescue them.

Ju Meng fought for a while and then led his troops back to the city. He was covered in blood and said with a ferocious smile: "Finally, I got out of my bad breath. It's been killing me these days!"

Ah Fan asked: "What should we do next?"

Ju Meng said: "Surrender at dawn. You guys stay in the city while I go out alone!"

Ah Fan hesitated to speak, but did not dissuade him in the end.

After daybreak, the defeated troops of the two forest barbarians and the indigenous white barbarians returned one after another.

Ju Ming ordered the entire army to prepare and attack from three sides when the city wall collapsed.

The flat cannon had just been transported up, and before it had time to be assembled, Ju Meng, the Great Ghost Lord of Baimandu, rode out of the city alone.

The soldiers did not choose to attack and allowed this man to come on horseback.

Ju Meng stood on horseback in front of the Pingyi artillery, looked at it for a while, and praised: "The Han people really have skillful craftsmen." Then he said to the artillery commander, "I surrender, take me to see the Han officials!"

Everyone couldn't understand the barbaric words, but they could guess what they meant.

Not long after, Ju Meng came to Yu Wenchang, dismounted and knelt down and said, "I give up."

Yu Wenchang asked: "Why don't you open the city gate if you admit defeat?"

Ju Meng said: "The prefect can cut off my head. I still have many tribesmen and clansmen, please spare their lives. If the prefect does not agree, kill me now, and my son will lead his tribe to death." "

Yu Wenchang looked at Ju Ming and said, "This person is quite daring."

Ju Ming suggested: "Send his whole family to the capital and hand it over to the officials. As for his tribe, reward some to Qu Mang and some to Sun Shu."

Yu Wenchang thought this was a good idea, so he asked Qimang to translate, and then said: "The emperor is kind, if your family goes to Tokyo, you will definitely survive, and maybe you will be given a mansion."

Although Ju Meng resented Sun Shu for cheating, but when he heard that his tribe would not be handed over to the feuding two forest barbarians, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you, eunuch, for making the decision. Please let me go back and lead my tribe to surrender!"

Yuwen Chang smiled and said: "I believe you."

Ju Meng rode into the camp alone and left the camp alone. He spent half a day making preparations, arranging the funeral arrangements, and then led his family out.

Xin'an City, built in the late Tang Dynasty, returned to the hands of the Han people again after more than 200 years.

But the reward will be given out again soon. There are no Han people here, so even holding the city is meaningless.

Zhu Ming led his troops into the city to receive the prisoners, and ordered all the Pingyi cannons to be destroyed so that the barbarians could not learn their skills.

Just as he was counting his belongings, Deng Chun came on horseback to report: "The county magistrate, Li Shun'en, the great ghost master of the Lianglin Barbarians, led his troops into the city to plunder the property, and he also indiscriminately killed the Qionbu Sichuan Barbarians who surrendered! There are also people who followed him all the way. Our barbarian cavalry are also plundering everywhere in the city."

"damn it!"

Ju Ming did not allow the Liang Lin tribe to enter the city and ordered the barbarian cavalry not to rob, but now no one was disobedient.

Zhu Ming summoned more than 20 Han cavalry around him and galloped through the streets, killing any barbarians who were looting them.

After killing more than a dozen people in succession, the plunderers were finally suppressed.

"Li Shun'en, you are so brave!" Ju Ming shouted.

The two Linman Demon Lords quickly dismounted, knelt down and said: "These Qiong tribe thieves killed many of my tribe last night. I will not be happy if I don't kill a few of them!"

Ju Ming said angrily: "You have the nerve to say this? You brought more than 3,000 soldiers, but hundreds of people robbed the camp, and you fled for miles. You didn't contribute to the war, but you were more active in robbing than anyone else!" Well, rewards will be given based on merit. If you go into the city and plunder against orders, don’t even think about getting so many rewards!"

Li Shun'en felt unhappy, but did not dare to talk back.

The county magistrate in front of me was the one who led the troops to defeat Ju Meng.

Li Shun'en has found out clearly that the Han coach is Yu Wenchang on the surface, but it is Ju Ming who actually leads the troops.

Li Shun'en kowtowed repeatedly, was scolded by Ju Ming, and led his troops away in despair.

Another day later, Qiao Huan came with the leaders of Qingqiang and Miqiang.

In addition to the five tribes of barbarians, all the barbarians in Lizhou have basically arrived, leaving only a few small tribes practicing slash-and-burn farming in the mountains.

Yu Wenchang, on behalf of the Song Dynasty court, slaughtered cattle and sheep outside Xin'an City to unite the barbarians and redefine the barbarian forces.

First: Pugulong restored its old name and changed it to Xin'an City.

Qu Mang, the great ghost leader of the Sichuan barbarians in Qiongbu, was the first to send troops to help the government kill the thieves, and he made the greatest contribution among the barbarians.

Xin'an City and the forty surrounding villages were all rewarded to Qimang.

Second, Luoluolong was renamed Pingyi City.

Sun Shu and the Han people under his command made great achievements and pacified the city and thirty surrounding villages. They were rewarded to Sun Shu and the Han people under his command.

Third, the Henan barbarians made great achievements. All the valleys on the south bank of the Dadu River were rewarded to the Henan barbarians and restored their original territory. (These are familiar Yi people with a high degree of Chineseization.)

Fourth, the Lianglin Barbarians were rewarded with ten villages. They could have been rewarded with more, but Li Shun'en disobeyed orders and entered the city to plunder. (Actually, it was deliberately suppressing the two barbarians, fearing that their family would become dominant.)

Fifth, the indigenous Baiman were rewarded with fifteen villages.

Sixth, Azongman was rewarded with ten villages.

No matter how much territory these tribes have seized before, they must obey the allocation honestly and spit out what they eat.

Fengpaman, Baozhaiman, Qingqiang, Miqiang, these tribes arrived late, so they could ignore the troops and only randomly rewarded them with some cloth.

The various barbarians, as well as the five barbarian tribes who have never come, all have to send representatives to Tokyo to meet the saint.

Seeing that Li Shun'en was a little unconvinced, Yu Wenchang said: "I should ask your majesty to confer three great ghost lords in the Hundred Barbarians. One is Qu Mang of the Qiongbu Sichuan Barbarians, one is Li Shun'en of the Lianglin Barbarians, and the other is the indigenous Baiman. The Miwang."

Three hundred barbarians are all great ghost masters?

The barbarian leaders looked at each other. This news meant that they had three emperors at the same time.

Who should I listen to in the future?

"Thank you, Governor!" Miwang jumped out and kowtowed.

The indigenous white barbarians were weak, so he had the courage to take advantage of the situation. Not only was he rewarded with fifteen villages, but he also managed to sneak in a great ghost master from the capital of all barbarians.

Overjoyed, like winning a lottery jackpot, Miwang will be the most loyal among the three great ghost masters of Baimandu.

He must be loyal, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain his position!

This arrangement was the result of repeated discussions between Yu Wenchang and Ju Ming.

Sun Shu and Henan Man were in the north, acting as Lizhou's barrier force. They were also responsible for accelerating the process of Chineseization and received many barbarian captives as rewards.

The three great ghost masters of the Hundred Barbarians are restraining each other in the south.

The rest of the Barbarians are too remote to consider for the time being.

Lizhou.

Lin Xin, who was sitting at the rear, received the news more than ten days later and immediately sent a report of success to the court to ask for credit.

In the good news, Lin Xun is the coach, and he planned all the actions.

Of course, Yu Wenchang and Ju Ming are the executors, so there is really no way around this.

But for no apparent reason, some more officers appeared and made great achievements in conquering the barbarians. The origins of these officers were very strange. They were obviously in the Gyeonggi region, but they had made military exploits in Lizhou out of thin air.

Yu Wenchang's victory document also mentioned many meritorious soldiers, but the names of these people were all erased by Lin Xin.

Including Deng Chun, Zhang Boring, Li Bao, Guan Sheng, and Yu Dian, the commander of the Lizhou Xiang Army, their credit was all robbed, and not a single bit was left.

A traitor will always be a traitor!

(Climate in the previous chapter, when Lao Wang checked the information, not only the encyclopedia information, but also the local government propaganda website said so. I copied it without thinking too much. When I saw your chapter, I realized that there was no such thing. climate type.)

(In addition, Liangshan Prefecture has a very complex climate with "dry in the south and humid in the north, moist in the east and dry in the west, low heat and high coolness." We fought in the northern valley before, so it was hot and humid.)