Rise From the Humble

There were a lot of people, a lot of them. They were all descendants of the Southern Barbarians all over the mountains and plains, making noisy noises and roaring with great momentum.

call! call!

Just then a mountain breeze blew, and the vegetation on the mountain swayed left and right in the wind, mixing with the noisy Nanman Miao people. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, it was impossible to tell which was the vegetation and which was the Nanman Miao.

In people's eyes, the countless vegetation swaying in the wind on the mountain are the noisy Nanman Miao descendants.

In people's ears, the whine of the trees blown by the mountain wind is like the roar of the Nanman Miao people.

It was like the Ming Dynasty version of the Ming Dynasty, where all the grass and trees were deserted, the wind was roaring, and the young and strong people all looked ashen, terrified.

"Why, why are there so many barbarians? Last time, how many Japanese pirates came to attack the city?"

The worried young man on the road looked at his companions beside him with a pale face, his voice trembling.

It's late autumn, why is it so cold? ! It's like winter, I'm getting goosebumps

"Three to five thousand." The companion who was still confident on the road was no longer able to speak at this moment.

At that time, there were only three to five thousand Japanese pirates, but now the rebellious Nanmanzi are all over the mountains and plains. There are so many people that they can't be counted. There must be at least seventy or eighty thousand! We only have a thousand people, how can we possibly defeat him?

Looking at the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants all over the mountains and plains, deep despair arises from the bottom of my heart and grows wildly.

"Your Majesty, please punish me for your humble position and incompetence!" Liu Dianli came back with a look of shame on his face and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty to Zhu Ping'an.

"Liu Dianli, please rise. As I said just now, just give it a try, don't force it. Besides, Liu Dianli did not return without success. Through Liu Dianli's first try, I already know the reality of the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants."

Zhu Ping'an stretched out his hands to help Liu Dianli up and encouraged him with a smile.

"Ah? The county magistrate already knows the true and false status of the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants?!" Liu Dianli couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and asked hesitantly, "The county magistrate has discovered that the Southern Barbarians are so numerous that nothing can be done today? Do you still need to go back and think about it in the long run? "

Liu Dianli felt that he had just tried it, and his greatest contribution was that he found that there were too many Nanman Miao people who rebelled, and the mountains and plains were full of Nanman. If they had attacked with a large army from the beginning, the thousand of them would not be enough for the southern barbarians to bite their teeth.

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and shook his head, pointing to the mountains where the rebellious Southern Barbarian Miao descendants were entrenched and said to Liu Dianli, "Haha, Liu Dianli, look carefully, how many Southern Barbarian Miao descendants are there all over the mountains and plains?!"

"There are so many." Liu Dianli didn't know why.

"Haha, don't you think it's strange? Since the other party has a large number of people and we only have a thousand or so, why didn't the other party take advantage of the situation when we just arrived and before our foothold was stable, to cover up and kill us?!"

Zhu Pingan said with a smile.

When Liu Dianli heard this, he was sweating like rain. If the rebel Nanman really attacked and killed his side while his footing was not stable, as the county leader said, his side might have been wiped out.

But why didn't the Nanmanzi take the opportunity to attack and kill them? Did you miss this great opportunity in vain? !

"Probably because the rebellious Nanban didn't understand the art of war? They couldn't seize the opportunity to fight." Liu Dianli hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly.

"No. If the Nanman Miao people don't understand the art of war and act recklessly, and see that our people have few advantages to take advantage of, they will attack and kill them without hesitation." Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and said softly.

"Why is that?" Liu Dianli asked in bewilderment.

"That's because they are fierce in appearance but weak on the inside, strong on the outside but capable on the inside. Seeing that they have a large number of people, they are actually only superficial. The number of people they can fight is not much more than ours, otherwise they would not be so cautious. It is precisely because they do not have to The certainty of victory is precisely because they were afraid of our army, so they did not attack when our army was not yet stable." Zhu Pingan turned his head, looked at Liu Dianli and the people behind him, and stretched out his fingers to point at the Southern Barbarian Miao descendants all over the mountains and plains. , explained loudly with a confident look.

"The more they bluff, the more timid they are." Zhu Pingan said to everyone with a determined face.

When Liu Dianli and everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but suddenly realized, and their ashen faces returned to blood.

yes.

What the county lord said was that the Nanmanzi seemed to have a large number of people, but they were actually silver-like pewter spearheads, which looked fancy but were not useful. My family knew their own situation, and the Nanmanzi couldn't be more clear about their own situation, so they didn't attack and kill them.

The fear and despair in everyone's hearts dissipated a lot immediately, and the morale that was on the verge of collapse also recovered a lot.

"Liu Dianli, you lead 300 people to cut down trees, set up antlers, fences, and set up camps; Han Dianli, you lead 200 people to build military tents; Qian Dianli, you lead 100 people to bury pots and make rice." Zhu Ping'an is in people's hearts After stabilizing, he waved his hand and ordered everyone to set up camp and bury pots for cooking.

Chopping wood, setting up camp, burying pots to make rice

Zhu Ping'an's party set up camp at the foot of the mountain grandly and ostentatiously, burying pots and cooking.

When everyone was setting up camp, Zhu Ping'an called Liu Dadao and Liu Daqiang and said to them: "Dadao and Daqiang, you have to work harder. Take fifty brothers to guard two miles ahead to guard against surprise attacks."

"Young master, don't worry, with us here, we will never give Nanman an opportunity." Liu Dadao and the others took orders and left.

Soldiers who, deception also.

Swaggering and being confident are just for the Nanman Miao people to see, but Zhu Ping'an is very cautious. When setting up camp and burying pots for cooking, patrolling, scouting, and standing guard are all available.

On a mountain where the Miao descendants of the Southern Barbarians were entrenched, a man with bare arms and a wolfskin came to an old woman in her fifties. He knelt down on one knee and reported: "Your Majesty, Ming Gou has set up camp at the foot of the mountain, burying pots and making pots." It’s time to eat.”

This old woman is Mrs. Yilan, the chieftain of Wuxi Miao. She was originally the wife of Longlu, the chieftain of Wuxi Miao. Later, Longlu was hit by a poisonous arrow and died during a war against the rebellious tribes. . Mrs. Yilan has inherited the position of chieftain for more than 20 years. Mrs. Yilan was a strong woman. She not only suppressed the opposition within the tribe, inherited the position of chieftain as a woman, but also avenged Longlu and eradicated the disobedient tribe. For more than 20 years, she firmly held the position of chieftain. Her prestige among the tribe was much higher than when Longlu was at his peak, and she was deeply supported by Wuxi Miao.

"If you have nothing to fear, Ming people will have something to rely on. Fight with dry bones and send an order to A Human and the others not to act rashly and not to fall into Ming people's trap."

Mrs. Yi Lan leaned on a tiger-head crutch and was supported by a girl. She walked a few steps forward and came to a protruding stone. She was supported by the girl and climbed onto the stone. She looked down the mountain for a moment and looked at the bottom of the mountain. Zhu Ping'an's troops, who were arrogantly and confidently setting up camp and making rice, looked increasingly cautious. Shaoqing turned to give instructions to the man kneeling on one knee.

"I obey, my lord." Qian Guda took the order and left.

Deeply mourn the martyrs and compatriots who died in the fight against the epidemic! Way to go, hero! The dead rest in peace, and the living strengthen themselves.