After sending Chu Wei to Yangshan Mansion, Lu Yuan stayed in the city for another day, and then waited for the 10,000 civilians from Hengyang Mansion, followed by nearly a thousand soldiers and horses who had fallen behind.
One thousand soldiers and horses and five thousand civilians were left to guard Jiuyi Mansion, and the remaining five thousand civilians were sent to Yangshan Mansion, asking them to chase the Chu Wei army from behind and take over the captured cities.
After arranging all this, Lu Yuan took Yan Wangqiu and the remaining five thousand elite troops to attack Lingling Mansion from the west.
After two or three days of delay in Jiuyi Mansion, the news that the imperial troops were attacking had already reached Lingling Mansion.
Therefore, although Lu Yuan had used his troops as quickly as possible, by the time he reached Lingling Mansion, the Miao people here were obviously on guard.
But even if they were prepared, the total number of Miao people in the entire Lingling Mansion was only more than 3,000.
With just this few troops and horses, they were scattered to ten cities in the whole government. No matter how prepared they were, the power they had was limited.
Under the siege strategy of Lu Yuan himself, Yan Wangqiu took the lead, and the elite soldiers followed, there was almost no enemy in the entire Lingling Mansion.
Even though the Miao people in Lingling Fucheng urgently gathered two thousand soldiers and horses to guard them, under the strict foreign minister Wan Tao, they still killed hundreds of people, and then the whole army collapsed, and Fucheng was immediately conquered.
At this time, only two days had passed since Lu Yuan entered Lingling Mansion, but he had already conquered three cities.
All the Miao garrison troops in the remaining counties in the government have also been mobilized. Only a hundred or ten people can be sent there to easily take over the city defense.
However, Lu Yuan was not interested in doing these things of planting flags, and instead handed them over to the second batch of Hengyang civilians who arrived.
After allocating five thousand civilians to a few registered disciples to take over the counties and cities, Lu Yuan's energy was transferred from here.
Lingling City, inside the government office.
In the lobby, Lu Yuan stared at a Miao man kneeling on the ground with his hands bound, and asked with a stern expression: "Is what you said true?"
This Miao man is none other than Lei Tongtian, the guardian elder of the Five Poison Sect who stayed in Lingling Mansion. His strength is probably at the peak of second-rate, and he seems to have mastered ten meridians.
When he just entered the city, when he saw Yan Wangqiu, the innate master, he was instantly frightened. He didn't dare to resist at all, and he knelt down and begged for mercy.
So Lu Yuan asked for the news, but did not kill him directly, but spared his life.
Unexpectedly, this move has actually paid off.
"Back to General, everything the villain said is true."
Lei Tongtian kowtowed heavily on the ground and said flatteringly: "Just the day before yesterday, after General Tanzhi invaded Jiuyi Mansion, the villain quickly sent someone to summon Elder Yang and urgently sent troops to withdraw and assist in the defense.
Now that two days have passed, the news should have reached the Shaoyang Mansion army.
At this moment, Elder Yang should have led his troops back and could retreat to Lingling Mansion in less than two days.
If the general leads his troops north now, he may intercept the army in Dong'an County.
Dong'an County is mountainous, and the road to Lingling is cut off by the Xiang River. Elder Yang led his army back and had to pass through mountains and rivers.
If the general takes this opportunity to ambush him, he will be able to cut off his front and back, attack him halfway across, and he will definitely be defeated. "
In order to survive, Lei Tongtian didn't care much.
He began to actively make suggestions and help Lu Yuan find ways to defeat his fellow students.
"Okay!" After hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but look happy. He looked at the Miao elder below with admiration, and personally untied him and said, "If this time it really goes as you said, help me defeat Yang Yujin. Fifty thousand Miao troops.
Then after this battle, I will not only pardon your crime of rebellion, but also give you a high official position as a school captain. "
The Elder Yang mentioned by Lei Tongtian is Elder Zuo Yang Yujin, one of the newly promoted left and right elders in the Five Poison Sect. His strength has reached the top level in the world.
Now, after the right guardian who was originally responsible for the affairs of the three southern prefectures was transferred back to the Qianling General Altar, the left elder has become the de facto governor of the three southern prefectures, taking charge of all military and political affairs of Jiuyi, Lingling, and Yangshan prefectures.
Therefore, if we can lead the army to defeat the left elder of the Five Poison Sect this time and capture and kill Yang Yujin, then the three southern mansions occupied by the Miao people will completely fall into leaderless chaos.
This will undoubtedly be of great help to Lu Yuan's plan to quickly wipe out the Miao people and regain the three mansions.
Lu Yuan's original plan to deal with Yang Yujin was to occupy Linglingfu City and then defend this fortified city.
After Yang Yujin was beaten to death under the city, his morale was greatly reduced, and he lost his troops and generals.
Li Liang then led 20,000 soldiers from Wugang County to support him. The master and his disciples attacked from inside and outside, using 25,000 elite soldiers to defeat the 50,000 Miao soldiers in Yang Yujin's hands.
But now it seems.
With the advice of this Miao traitor, perhaps there is no need for such trouble. At this time, with the 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 civilians in hand, the 50,000 Miao soldiers in Yang Yujin's hands can be dealt with.
And for such meritorious service, being rewarded with the rank of school captain to Lei Tongtian was nothing, just a sixth-grade official on his left and right.
"Moreover, these Miao people are so unbearable, and this victory is so neat, the original plan to slaughter all the Miao people in the three prefectures may have changed.
Although the Miao people are unruly, not all of them are tough and not afraid of death.
If we can capture some of these people who are greedy for life and fear of death, and then select some people to lead them, they can be regarded as a good group of cannon fodder.
This Lei Tongtian may be used for a try to see if the plan is feasible. "
Lu Yuan thought so in his heart.
Lei Tongtian below was immediately overjoyed after receiving his promise. He kowtowed several times and said, "General, please rest assured. I have been suffering from the Five Poisons Sect for a long time.
The reason why I became a thief before was because I was coerced by him and had no choice but to do it.
Now I can see the heavenly army of the imperial court, and the general is favored and can be pardoned without death.
The villain will definitely work hard in the future, be loyal to the court, serve the general, and never give up! "
Lei Tongtian burst into tears with gratitude and swore seriously.
After hearing his words, Lu Yuan just smiled and responded without saying much, saying: "Elder Lei can abandon darkness and turn to light and break with those traitors. He can be said to be a person who knows the current affairs.
Elder Lei is guarding this place, so he should know which places in this area are suitable for ambushes, and which places are suitable for attacking halfway across the river.
Since Elder Lei has surrendered to the imperial court, why not discuss the details with me and make a plan. "
This is asking for a certificate of surrender.
As long as Lei Tongtian does this, he will never be able to look back since his hands have been stained with the blood of so many of his own people.
Lei Tongtian naturally understood this and knew that this was his last test before surrendering to the imperial court, so he said with a solemn expression: "Returning to the general, in Dong'an County, when it comes to mountains suitable for ambush, Yuecheng Mountain is naturally the first one. This mountain is located to the east of the county..."
In the hall, Lei Tongtian opened the map of Lingling Mansion and began to explain the local geography to Lu Yuan in detail, as well as the ambush plan he made based on the geography.
Lu Yuan listened on the side and couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.
It has to be said that when it comes to setting up underworld people, local snakes like Lei Tongtian are far better than outsiders like me.
And after surrendering, the other party was really ruthless in dealing with his own clan in order to gain a future.
At this time, when ambushing, some vicious killing moves were made.
And after gathering the Miao prisoners, how to target the attack, who should be eliminated, and who can be won over, all were explained in an orderly manner, which greatly impressed Lu Yuan.
According to Lei Tongtian's plan, it is really easy to defeat Yang Yujin's 50,000 Miao soldiers this time.
After defeating the Miao soldiers, there is great potential for surrendering the prisoners.
Although it is impossible to collect all 50,000 people, there is still hope for leaving 10,000 to 20,000 reliable traitors.
So with the prospect promising, Lu Yuan couldn't help but decide: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
…
The next day, Lu Yuan left more than a thousand civilians to guard Linglingfu City, and then headed westward to Dong'an County with 5,000 elite soldiers and 4,000 civilians.
After arriving in this county, we are faced with the mighty Xiang River, which divides the land of Dong'an County into the east and west.
According to the plan, Lu Yuan left two thousand elite soldiers and six thousand civilians here, and let a disciple lead them to ambush in the woods of Jiangdong and stare at the ferry.
Then he led three thousand elite soldiers, together with Yan Wangqiu, to cross the river upstream, then to the south, to Yuecheng Mountain behind the ferry, and ambush on both sides of the mountain.
Yang Yujin wanted to withdraw his troops from Shaoyang Prefecture and return to Lingling Prefecture, which would inevitably pass through Dong'an County. When rushing from Dong'an County to Linglingfu City, you will inevitably pass through Yuecheng Mountain, and then cross the river at the Xiangshui Ferry to the east of Yuecheng Mountain.
So while Lu Yuan had people guarding the east side of the ferry, waiting for Yang Yujin's troops to cross the river, he also laid an ambush on the mountain behind the ferry, waiting for the enemy troops to pass by and set up an ambush.
With such a traitor, the army is divided into two sections, and is attacked from the front and back, so the position will inevitably be in chaos.
With Lu Yuan and Yan Wangqiu taking the lead, even if the Miao people were five times their number, it would not be difficult to defeat them.
…
Just as Lu Yuan was busy setting up an ambush, an army numbering tens of thousands was moving rapidly at the border between Xinning County of Shaoyang Prefecture and Dong'an County of Lingling Prefecture.
"Elder, those over-the-top sentries are coming again."
In the marching army, Yang Yujin was riding on horseback. At this time, a subordinate came over and pointed at a group of more than a dozen Yue cavalry in the distance and said.
Since Yang Yujin received the news the day before yesterday that the Yue people had made a surprise attack on Jiuyi Mansion, aggressively attacking the city and territory from the rear, and their troops were approaching Lingling Mansion.
The left elder of the Five Poison Sect, who was in charge of the three governorates in the south, could not help but be shocked.
Yang Yujin knew clearly that if the three mansions in the rear were lost.
No, as long as Jiuyi Mansion is lost, Lingling Mansion and Yangshan Mansion will fall into a difficult situation of being isolated and fighting on their own.
On the other hand, if the Yue people mobilize their troops and horses, they can calmly deal with Lingling Mansion and Yangshan Mansion, defeating each of them.
If this thing really comes true, then Yang Yujin, who is deeply trusted by the leader, will really die without redemption.
Therefore, after hearing the news, he did not dare to hesitate at all, and he no longer had any intention of entangled with the Yue army in Wugang County.
Leading the troops and horses, they began to evacuate.
But the Vietnamese army in Wugang County seemed to have expected his withdrawal.
After seeing Yang Yujin trying to escape, he immediately sent troops to fight, forcing him to leave five thousand dead soldiers behind to delay the Yue people's pursuit.
Then, three thousand soldiers and horses were left in Ziyuan and Suining counties each to serve as nails to restrain the Yue people.
So that they could not go straight in and followed them all the way.
After making all these preparations, Yang Yujin finally withdrew from Shaoyang Mansion with less than 40,000 troops.
But even so, the Qingqi, which ranged from a dozen to hundreds of people, kept chasing after them like flies. From time to time, he harassed the army and tried his best to hinder their withdrawal speed.
But Yue Ren's attitude made Yang Yujin even more panicked.
The Yue people did not want him to withdraw their troops so much, no doubt, in order to buy time for the Yue people officers and soldiers who broke into Jiuyi Mansion.
If the Yue people really succeed on their side and the speed is a little slower, and the officers and soldiers capture Jiuyi Mansion, or even attack Lingling Mansion, then everything will be over.
Yang Yujin glanced at the distance, and rushed forward while making a gesture, but then quickly retreated. From time to time, he wanted to intimidate himself, waved his troops and horses to the Yue cavalry, and coldly snorted: "Don't worry about those Yue people.
They are only a dozen or dozens of people, so they cannot make a difference.
Let some of the martial arts masters in the sect keep an eye on him and be on guard. If he dares to rush over, he will just kill him directly. "
"Yes." The subordinate who came over responded, and then went down to arrange manpower.
In terms of martial arts masters, especially second- and third-rate warriors, there is still no shortage of the Five Poison Sect.
Among the tens of thousands of troops under Yang Yujin's command, there are twenty or thirty second-rate masters, and the third-rate masters are over a hundred. Just pick a few people at random, and they are enough to deal with the Yue people.
Ignoring the harassing rangers, Yang Yujin led the army and quickly headed towards Dong'an County.
By noon, the army arrived at the county seat.
Yang Yujin called the city guard and asked about the situation.
Because of the news that Lu Yuan captured Lingling City very quickly and then quickly blocked it, the situation in Dong'an County was not very clear at this time.
In response to Yang Yujin's inquiry, he only said that Yue people had appeared outside the city of Lingling Mansion. The thieves were heavily armed and there were two thousand defenders in the city. The current situation of the battle was unknown.
Elder Zuo couldn't help but become even more anxious when he heard the news.
"When those Yue people reached Lingling City, Jiuyi Palace must have fallen. The thieves came so fast. If they were allowed to capture Lingling City again, everything would be over and we would all die without a burial."
Yang Yujin sighed, and then he originally wanted to take a rest in the city, but gave up the idea of setting off after lunch.
They ignited the exhausted army and continued on their way amidst the complaints.
Linglingfu City was in danger at this time. If he didn't lead his troops to the city to rescue it early, he might really lose it.
In order to get to Fucheng quickly, we can only make the soldiers a little tired at this time.
Because of the lack of information, Yang Yujin's impression at this time was that there were two thousand defenders in Linglingfu City, and they should still be holding on.
After all, if there are no innate masters or top-notch moves, then it will not be easy to break through a city guarded by two thousand people with ordinary first-class warriors acting as sharp knives.
Therefore, Yang Yujin subconsciously believed that the Yue people should be stepping up their attack on the city at this time, and there should be no enemies in Dong'an County.
Therefore, in order to save time while galloping all the way, we did not send time to investigate, and just led the army to run all the way rashly.
So towards evening, the vanguard of the army finally arrived at the Xiangshui Ferry at the foot of Yuecheng Mountain.
At this time, no one could be seen on the ferry, and it was completely silent.
But now that the war is in chaos, it is normal for people to hide and not dare to go out.
Yang Yujin waited and watched for a while, but found no problem, and then ordered to his army: "After crossing the river today, we will set up camp on the east bank, rest for the night, and camp again tomorrow."
After crossing the river, the opposite side is the Linglingfu City area, and there may be Yue people exploring and riding over there.
Now that his soldiers and horses have been traveling for a day, they are all tired and exhausted, and it is getting dark. It is impossible to take the risk and suddenly reach the city.
Therefore, the safest way is to spend the night first and then break camp and go out to fight after dawn the next day.
After receiving this order, the Miao people below could not help but cheer for joy.
After a tiring day, I can finally rest.
Therefore, no matter how tired they were, they still cheered up, gathered the boats at the pier, and began to cross the river east.
However, the Miao people were loose and undisciplined, and some who were good at water jumped directly into the river and swam in the river while using the river water to wash away the sweat and fatigue on their bodies.
Yang Yujin looked at this scene, but did not stop it.
The brothers are all tired and want to take a cool bath at this time. Can we still stop them?
In this way, it took about half an hour for nearly ten thousand people to cross the river.
As for the rear army, more than half of it passed through Yuecheng Mountain.
Then.
"Kill the thief!"
"There's an ambush!"
"Kill!"
Winter winter winter! Rumble!
A series of noisy shouts, the sound of golden drums, screams and roars instantly rang out in the mountain passes of Yuecheng Mountain behind.
Yang Yujin turned around and saw an unknown number of Yue officers and soldiers. At this time, they dropped rolling rocks and huge trees from the mountain, dropped torches and arrows, and charged at his army.
Unprepared, the already exhausted Miao soldiers were immediately panicked by this attack and fled in disarray.
Just when a sudden change occurred here, the Miao soldiers who had crossed the river on the other side suddenly discovered that more and more people were pouring out of the river bank.
Then they started to kill the Miao people who were scattered in formation and even playing in the river.
Under attack from both sides, some Miao soldiers who still had the will to resist were completely panicked.
At this time, under Lu Yuan's instructions, Yan Wangqiu also led a thousand elite soldiers and rushed down the mountain, heading straight for Yang Yujin, preparing to capture and kill the Miao leader.
After a while, the fight ended.
Yang Yujin fell into a pool of blood, his eyes blurred, and what came into his eyes was the blue water splash and the endless blood light.
And in the roaring Xiang River, countless corpses and blood, wails and screams, cruelty and hell, all floated up and down in it, eventually leading to an unknown place and settling down.
Countless cheers also sounded from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
…
The seventh day of March in the sixth year of Hongdao.
Lu Yuan, the Pingxi general of the Yue Kingdom, led his army to defeat the 40,000 Miao army on the banks of the Xiang River in Dong'an County. He killed the Miao army commander Yang Yujin, killed 30,000 thieves, and surrendered 10,000.
General Pingxi then divided his troops to plunder in four directions, and in three days, all the counties in Lingling Prefecture were settled.
During this period, Hengye General Li Liang led 20,000 troops to gather.
Then General Pingxi led 40,000 troops and marched eastward to Yangshan Mansion, where he defeated the Miao people again and captured tens of thousands.
At this point, all the Miao men in the three prefectures were dead, the main force was exhausted, and there was no more climate.
The three prefectures of Jiuyi, Lingling and Yangshan were peacefully restored and returned to the imperial rule.
The five southern prefectures of Dongting County have become one again since the Miao Rebellion.
