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Chapter 184

The Jinsha River is turbulent, and its upper reaches are in the southwest of Sichuan and Sichuan.

Going upstream, it belongs to the territory of "Wumeng tribe".

The Wumeng tribe is probably the Zhaotong of Yunnan in later generations. In the Tang Dynasty, it was the border between Tang and Nanzhao, and in the Song Dynasty, it was the border between Song and Dali.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, wars continued. The Han people and Bo people who originally lived in Ningzhou migrated to central and western Yunnan, and gradually became the ancestors of the Yi people and the masters of the land of Wumeng.

In the first year of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty, in order to open up the road with Nanzhao, the "Shimen Road" was built on the "Wuchi Road" in Qin Dynasty and the "Nanyi Road" in Han and Jin Dynasties.

Starting from Xuzhou, Shimen Road passes through Qingfu County, Junlian Prefecture, Wumengshou tribe, and various tribes of the Yi nationality, and finally arrives in Dali.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Wumeng tribe was strong, and its leader, King Wumeng, returned to the Song Dynasty because of the Jimi policy.

Wuliang Hetai has reached Dali to raise troops, and in September, Shimen Pass was broken.

On October [-], the Mongolian army marched to the territory of Wumeng tribe. The pioneer Ashu, the son of Wulianghetai, lost fifty horses that night.

A Shu was furious, and sent troops to search, and found that the war horse had been stolen by the local aborigines. Because they didn't know what tribe it belonged to, they only cursed it as a "old man".

The mountains in Dian are high and steep, and those old natives built villages on the top of the mountains, probably because of this, and when the Mongolian army only had strong cavalry, they dared to steal war horses and hide them in the villages on the high mountains.

But Ah Shu didn't want to suffer such a small loss, so he personally led the troops to climb up the mountain, and leveled the three villages one after another.

The secretary of the army had no choice but to write down "October, pull out the three cities of bald man".

The Mongolian army was also taken aback, and found that there were more than [-] stolen horses in these native villages...

Afterwards, Wu Liang and his troops arrived and reprimanded A Shu for not moving forward.

A Shu also had a fiery temper, and scolded Wu Liang for joining the stage, and the father and son had a big quarrel.

"The horses have been stolen by those natives! How can I get out?!"

"Just because of these fifty horses, you dare to mislead my army!"

"Isn't this about grabbing back more than 700 horses?!"

Wu Liang slapped the whip on the ground with a "slap", and shouted: "You are disobedient!"

Ah Shu still refused to accept it, and sneered.

But these Mongolian generals came and went quickly, and soon climbed the mountain to observe the terrain.

"The Shimen Road is not easy to walk, and my army can't do it. Ashu, you take 500 people to walk the Shimen Road, pass through Yunlian Prefecture, pass through Qingfu County, and meet me in Xuzhou."

"Okay!" A Shu said, "But I will take the horse I snatched back, and you don't care anyway."

"Follow you." Wu Liang joined the platform and said, "Don't delay your march any longer. If I defeat the Song Army in the Jinsha River Valley, you will be dealt with by the military order before you reach Syria!"

Ashu snorted coldly: "Zhang Shi is not easy to deal with, don't be chased away by him, and cause me to lose my life as a teacher."

Wu Liang sneered.

As the head coach, he didn't bother to care about his son's bad temper. He led his own army out of the Wumeng tribe and went west through a valley towards the Jinsha River...

But A Shu had a bad temper, but he also obeyed the order, led the vanguard, one man and two horses, and slowly went north along the Shimen Road.

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The Shimen Road winds up, and Qingfu County on the other side of the ancient road is still peaceful.

In Qingfu County, at the back of the county government office, Jiang Di poked his head into the small courtyard in the west wing, and saw Han Qiaoer sitting on a stone bench, drawing something with a pen and paper in his hand.

Jiang Di looked around and saw no one else, so he went in.

As soon as the Xunjiang camp was built, Liu Jinsuo moved out, and now only Li Xia and the grandparents of the Han family lived in the west chamber, so she no longer had much scruples.

"Qiaoer, what are you drawing again?"

"Oh, I'll draw a new copy of the county government map." Han Qiaoer replied.

Jiang Di looked at her, feeling a little envious.

Han Qiaoer is not pretty at first glance, she is thin and small, her face is a little peeling, and there are sunburn marks, but if you look closely, she has a small face and marked facial features, she should be very beautiful when she grows up.

Especially in the past half a month, the skin on her face has gradually stopped peeling, which is quite different from when she first came here.

Jiang Di knew that he couldn't do it. He was two years older than Han Qiaoer, but he had already grown his face, but his face was a little...too wide.

"Huh? Why does Miss Jiang look at me like this?"

"I envy Qiaoer."

Han Qiaoer quickly shook her head and said, "You are the county magistrate's daughter, why should you envy me?"

Jiang Di sat down opposite her, and asked, "I heard that County Lieutenant Li is back?"

"Well, Brother Li came back last night."

"Have you heard that he went to Syria for a drill?"

"Yes, I've been there for three days."

Jiang Di looked at the light in Han Qiaoer's eyes, and suddenly asked, "Qiaoer, do you want to be Li Xianwei's concubine?"

Han Qiaoer was taken aback for a moment, she seemed to be in a daze for a while, she lowered her head and did not speak.

Jiang Di took her hand, looked around again, saw that there was no one else, and said in a low voice, "I can promise you."

"Ah?" Han Qiaoer was taken aback again.

Jiang Di hesitated for a moment, then took out a gold hairpin and handed it to Han Qiaoer.

"Give it to you."

"No, this is too expensive, I can't accept it."

"Accept it." Jiang Di said, "This is not for your help... it's just for you."

"Then I dare not accept it. Besides, Brother Li has a marriage contract."

Seeing that Han Qiaoer would not accept it, Jiang Di had no choice but to take back the golden hairpin. He looked like he didn't hear the last sentence, supported himself, and murmured, "That guy...is really nice."

Han Qiaoer lowered her head and bit her mouth helplessly, but she had nothing to do with the young lady of the Jiang family.

She felt that Jiang Di was good everywhere, but he was too... enthusiastic, which made people feel uncomfortable.

This is probably due to Suijiang county magistrate, Jiang county magistrate always asks "Are you going to eat at the table too? All right?", and asks her to eat more.

"By the way, Li Xianwei went to Xunjiang camp again?" Jiang Di asked.

Han Qiaoer shook her head and said, "No, he's talking with County Magistrate Jiang today, and he's over there in the teahouse."

"what?"

Jiang Di came to his senses, thought for a while, and asked, "Then can we go and have a look?"

"Not so good?"

"It's good to have a look."

Jiang Di stood up, stepped carefully, and walked towards the waiter.

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In the tea room, Jiang Chun opened a pot of tea, looked at it, and pondered, "Feiyu asked Shimen the way...it's already abandoned."

"Desolate?"

"Yes." Jiang Chun said slowly: "Qin built Wuchi Road, Han and Jin built Nanyi Road, and Tang built Shimen Road. , is still the sphere of influence of the Wuman tribes."

"The tea horse business?"

"In the past, there were people who used the Shimen way, but if there were no locals to lead the way, they would easily be robbed by various tribes of Wuman. It is safer to take the Jinsha River by water."

Jiang Chun shook his head when he said this, and said: "Since I took office for two years, I haven't seen a few merchants going south through Shimen Road... How should I put it, one is that the Dali Kingdom is destroyed, and the business roads are cut off; the other is that Wu The Mongolian tribe is different from the land governed by the southern Sichuan province, it is a land of Jiji, with poor mountains and bad waters, and the folk customs are tough, and in the past there were always merchants who were kidnapped and killed."

Li Xia spread out the map and looked at it for a while.

He already has a general understanding of the traffic in this area.

From Xuzhou in Sichuan to Zhaotong in Yunnan, you can follow the Jinsha River by water, and the Shimen Road by land.

He had an idea in his mind... If Zhang Shi won a big victory, he might copy Shimen way to stop Wuliang Hetai.

Of course, this is just an idea.

"Is it possible for the Mongolian army to come from Shimen Road?"

"Improbable." Jiang Chun said: "The road is difficult, and large groups of troops cannot get through. There may be small groups of soldiers, but the imperial court is also prepared. In such a place, one man is invincible, and it will not be easy. Let the Mongolian army break through."

Li Xia asked again: "The Wuman tribes robbed the merchants in the past. Is there any money in the cottage?"

Jiang Chun was stunned for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's not true. The Wuman tribes also know how to buy things from us, and they will spend all their money. What's more, the trade has been cut off for many years, but there may be some horses and antiques."

"Horses? Curios?"

"What's Feiyu's meaning? At this time of year, you still have to take people to the Wumeng tribe to suppress the bandits? It's not worth it, those barbarians are fierce, and the imperial court dare not send troops south easily, you 300 people..."

Li Yu said: "The terrain from the north to Syria is familiar, but the south is not so familiar, so I don't feel at ease."

"Don't think about it, don't think about it, since Zhang Du is in charge of the enemy, we should guard Qingfu County well."

After Jiang Chun finished speaking, he hesitated again, and suddenly asked, "Feiyu, I heard that you made an appointment?"

(End of this chapter)