The next day, the sky is not yet light, just a little hazy light, the sun is still brewing under the horizon.
Mrs Yilan last night has not been asleep, tossing and turning late to sleep, just lying on the tiger skin mattress closed eyes fake sleep only, has been to this moment only a little bit of sleep, is about to take advantage of the opportunity to close their eyes and take a nap for a few moments, suddenly heard in the distance suddenly came “dong” a sound of the war drums.
In the valley, due to echo, polyphony all kinds of addition, this drum is very loud, as if heaven and earth have been hammered like.
Then, this drum sounded like a signal, and before the sound died down, I heard “dong dong dong dong dong dong ……”.Countless war drums came one after another, for a time, in all directions is the sound of war drums ringing.
dong dong dong dong ……Dong dong dong dong ……The entire heaven and earth were hammered.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”Along with the war drums, there were also burst after burst of shouting and killing sounds coming from all directions.
“What’s going on?”
Lady Yilan’s eyes snapped open, the corners of her eyes, which were covered in crow’s feet, were filled with the blood of sleep deprivation.
“Report! Lord Lord! Something big and bad has happened! The Ming dogs secretly occupied several surrounding hills last night, the hills are full of Ming dog flags, and the surrounding hills are full of Ming dogs! I’m afraid there are tens of thousands of Ming dogs.”
A southern barbarian Miao descendant ran in with his arse in his mouth, a face full of fear.
“What?!”
Lady Yilan’s face instantly turned pale when she heard this, and her shocked heart seemed to have temporarily stopped beating.
“Help me up.”Lady Yi Lan called out.
The accompanying serving maids rushed forward to help Lady Yilan up, and Lady Yilan leaned on her dragon head walking stick and walked to the open area, looking around. At this moment the visibility is not high, just a hazy, but still can see they occupy this mountain around the several hills, planted with the Ming’s military flag, the mountain silhouettes swaying, war drums beat the earth and sky, a burst of shouting and killing sound also resonates through the sky and the earth.
Now, the grass and the wind were changed to Lady Yi Lan.
She saw the Ming army flag on the hills in all directions, listened to the continuous war drums and shouts, and then look at the mountain swaying grass and trees are deeply thought to be Ming, and then listen to the whistling wind are deeply thought to be Ming shouts.
Seeing everything in front of her, Mrs Yilan couldn’t help but be shocked, and a cold sweat appeared on her back, “How are there so many Ming people? Didn’t the Ming people only increase by more than 4,000 men last night?”
“Insidious Ming people!”Lady Yi Lan instantly brainstormed a scene and couldn’t help but bite her teeth and spit, “Last night they explicitly increased their troops by 4,000, and while it was night, they secretly increased their troops by this much!”
While Lady Yilan was biting her teeth and spitting at the insidiousness of the Ming people, the southern barbarians of Miao descent under her command looked at the Ming military flags on the hills in all directions, listened to the alarming sounds of war drums and shouts, and panic quickly grew.
“Why are there so many Ming dogs? I don’t believe it ……”A southern barbarian Hmong shook his pale cheeks hard and murmured.
“Thousand-killing Ming dogs! It’s just relying on the fact that there are more people to bully fewer people! If it was one-on-one, I would kill them like a chicken!”The southern barbarian Hmong next to him cursed indignantly, and although his words were murderous, he looked towards the Ming army roaming the mountains in the distance, and his eyes were filled with horror.
“The Ming people occupy the plains, there are all fertile land, the land is rich, casually sprinkle a handful of seeds down, all can be harvested, they flourish there, can not be more? Unlike us, we are stuck in the deep mountains and old forests, there is no land suitable for farming, and the prey in the mountains is getting less and less, so we have to eat the first meal but not the next, so how can we compare to the Ming people in terms of prosperity!”
Another southern barbarians Miao hate cursed, he went out of the mountain with the head of the people to Jingnan County to sell animal skins, along the way witnessed the Han people plains endless rice paddies and rich life, that life is simply paradise.
“There are too many Ming people, all directions are occupied by the Ming people, not even a retreat for us, they are trying to drive us to extinction!”There was a more strategic southern barbarian Miao descendant, a small headman, who observed for a moment and said to the people around him with a gloomy face.
“The big deal is that the fish is dead! If they want to drive them to extinction, I’ll pull two cushions even if I die!”
Upon hearing this, each and every one of the surrounding Southern Barbarians of Miao descent were like trapped beasts, desperate, fearful, yet frantic.
“Aren’t the Ming people tired, these war drums never stop!”One of the southern barbarians wondered.
“I would like to tire these grandsons out! Unfortunately, there are many of them, this one is tired, then the next one ……”
The next Southern Barbarian Hmong let out a long, feeble sigh.
Yes, the Ming Dogs are crowded! How can this be good? A strong sense of powerlessness surged through the hearts of all the surrounding Southern Barbarian Hmongs.
At this moment, on all sides of the mountain, scattered with a green and strong people, each hand pulling a rope, the rope is either tied to a small tree, or connected to several military flags, pulling a bit, the tree shaking the flag shaking, like a team of people; the mountain is also scattered with a large drum of cowhide, conspicuous place in the drumming of the green and strong, hidden place there is a goat was bolted to the hind legs, with a rope hanging from a tree, the goat under the front hooves of the war drums, goats wereThe goat was hung upside down with its front hooves stomping about, and the drums were thumping ……
People who don’t know the inside story look from a distance, this one hill, it really seems like stationing a thousand troops.
“It’s almost time.”
Zhu Pingan finished nibbling the dry rations in his hand, drank a bowl of rice soup, got up and said to Liu Dianliang, Han Dianliang and the others.
“County Honour, do you really want to go? Please think twice, county honourable, the southern barbarians are not educated and have no benevolence and righteousness ……There are tens of thousands of southern barbarians on the mountain, it’s too dangerous for county honours to go ……”Qian Dianlian looked worried and discouraged.
“Qian DianLu and rest assured, the southern barbarians seedling robbery southeast flood avoidance area, did not intentionally violent injury, this shows that they this rebellion to leave room for error; Moreover, at this time in the eyes of the southern barbarians, I have a large army of ‘30,000’, they will not dare to me adverse; In addition, I as an official of the imperial court, not only is the county governor of JingNan, is theCommander of the Commanding Officer of the Zhejiang Tidings and Pressure Division, unless they are prepared to meet the wrath of the court and exterminate their clans, they wouldn’t dare to touch a single hair on my head.”Zhu Pingan smiled faintly and said with confidence.
“County Honour, as the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand against a dangerous wall, please allow me to persuade the southern barbarians before the rebel barbarian camp on behalf of County Honour.”
Liu Dianren got up and cupped his fists and said.
“County Honour, please allow me to go.”Dignitary Han also got up and asked for permission.
“Dignitary Liu, Dignitary Han, I appreciate your good intentions and I believe in your abilities, however, your identities are not enough to win the trust of the southern barbarians’ Miao descendants. Only if I go will I be convincing enough.”
Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and said firmly.
“County Dignitary ……”Dignitary Liu and Dignitary Han wanted to fight again, but they were interrupted by Zhu Pingan.
“It’s getting late. You don’t need to persuade or fight anymore, as the Prefect of Jingnan, I am duty-bound to make this trip! Moreover, your mission is also important, you sit at the rear and keep an eye on the camp and the ‘army’, so that the southern barbarian Miao descendants will not be able to identify the realities. After the success of this trip, I will give you a big credit.”
Zhu Pingan said with a firm face.
