As soon as these words came out, King Ma Yan and other leaders of the Qiang and Di tribes beat their chests and stamped their feet, secretly saying, "This is not good."
Everyone thought that since this woman had married far away, she naturally became a member of another clan. If she were to be the co-owner, it would be the same as directly handing over the position of co-master to Wei Lang.
It's just that this woman carries the title of "King Ma's daughter", and it's hard for everyone to refute, so they can only swallow their anger.
After another commotion, King Ma Ya said helplessly:
"Since His Majesty has the intention and my daughter has complied with His Majesty's order, then Xiao Wang and other leaders of the Qiang and Di tribes should take the order.
It's just...it's just that we have offended the power of God and wanted to become enemies of the imperial court. I wonder how your majesty will decide? "
When Li Shimin heard this, he first looked at the tribal leaders in the audience, and then asked:
"Let's not talk about how I want to deal with you. I'll just talk about the new co-leader. Do you still have any objections?"
Everyone saw that King Ma Yao had already expressed his resignation and could not think of a reason to refute, so they all said in unison:
"We are all willing to respect King Ma Yao's daughter as our co-owner, return to the imperial court together, and guard the border from now on, never to rebel again!"
Now that everyone has expressed their stance, Li Shimin has no intention of pursuing the previous rebellion any further.
It's just that these people can't be easily exempted from punishment for rebellion.
"Well, since you have all expressed your intentions, I will no longer punish you severely for your rebellion.
However, in order to send troops to quell the rebellion, the imperial court suffered many casualties and wasted money, food and supplies.
The matter of providing compensation to the fallen soldiers and making up for the losses caused by the counterinsurgency will fall on you.
I heard that Wenshan County and the northwest border areas are rich in cattle, horses and other livestock, and the mountains here are rich in mineral deposits.
How about punishing you in exchange for cattle, sheep and other animals and livestock, mountain forests, mineral deposits and other resources to make up for the losses of the court during this judgment. "
When all the leaders heard this, they all thought that His Majesty was just for temporary gain, so they didn't think much about it and agreed in unison.
Li Shimin took the opportunity to order all clan leaders to sign and stamp on a blank animal skin.
He only said that he had not yet thought about what he wanted to ask for. He only wanted to complete the contents on the animal skin after he had thought about it, and finally handed it over to the new co-owner to collect the supplies on behalf of the court.
Everyone also felt that the war had just ended, many post-war matters had not yet been dealt with, and there was no rush to pay compensation.
So without thinking too much, they each signed and pledged their signatures on the blank animal skin, thus agreeing to let His Majesty ask for compensation.
After all discussions were settled, Li Shimin ordered Zhang Yi and others to stay in Wenshan County temporarily.
He helped various tribes deal with post-war matters and stabilize the people's hearts, and then moved south to Shu with all tribes to escape the cold.
He also ordered Zhang Yi and others to finish handling all matters and rush back to Chengdu before the end of the year to report on their work and receive their rewards, and wait until the spring comes and the flowers bloom to determine the candidates for various officials in Wenshan County.
Wenshan County has been established, and Ma Dai and Ma Cheng have been entrusted with matters such as the source of flying cavalry guards and surveillance of strong points.
Li Shimin thought of returning to Chengdu to rest first, and by the way, to see if any of Yueju County Wang Ping and others had reported the war to Chengdu.
After making up his mind, Li Shimin took Zhang Yan, Chen Zhong and Wu Ban, who was recovering from injuries, and the remaining flying cavalry and bodyguard troops to leave Wenshan County and go straight to Chengdu.
How Li Shimin led the crowd back to Chengdu will not be described for the time being.
It is only said that just when Li Shimin was defeating Ran Yiyi in Wenshan County, Wang Pingping and others in Yueyong County were also fighting the final decisive battle with the rebel Li Chengzhi.
Li Chengzhi's rebels are different from several other rebels. This person is a powerful commander under Gaoding, the king of Yi in Yueyong County.
This group of barbarians has never stopped since the death of the late emperor. The first two governors of Yueyong both died at the hands of Li Chengzhi.
After Wang Ping stationed in Yueyong County, he first went north to Su Shi and defeated Dongfeng and Weiqu in response to Li Chengzhi.
Then he went south and faced Li Chengzhi on the bank of Lu River east of Qiongdu.
In order to fight against the official army, Li Chengzhi went north to seek support from Dong Feng Yue Zhang Yao Niu Wang Langli and Ding Li Yi Wang Langcen in the name of "the successor of Yi Wang Gaoding".
Lang Li and other Yi kings in Yueyong County saw that the army was powerful and that their son-in-law was defeated by the army, so they were all afraid of the army.
After several discussions, none of them dared to directly express their rebellion against the imperial court and support Li Chengzhi.
They just gathered barbarian soldiers and acted as if they wanted to participate in the rebellion, so as to build momentum for Li Chengzhi.
In early November of the twelfth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty, the weather had been clear and crisp for the past few days. Wang Ping was observing the situation on the other side of the Lu River.
At this time, Fa Miao arrived and saw Wang Ping looking at the other side in a daze. He walked to Wang Ping's side and coughed lightly.
When Wang Ping heard the voice, he subconsciously turned his head to glance at Fa Miao, then turned back and said slowly:
"Now we have been confronting Li Chengzhi here for a long time. Li Chengzhi is on guard day and night and often orders scouts to patrol along the Lu River.
Due to the difficulty of crossing the Lu River, we have never dared to easily send troops to fight with him.
Recently, I often observe the situation on the shore and think about countermeasures, but I can't think of a feasible solution even after racking my brain.
Seeing that the New Year is approaching, we still have to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible. We can't keep Li Chengzhi to celebrate the New Year, right? "
When Fa Miao heard this, he knew that Wang Ping was a little anxious.
After all, when Prime Minister Zhuge was marching south, he often suffered losses in Lushui.
Although it is winter at this time, the climate is not as hot as in summer. No matter when you cross the river in a day, you don't have to worry about the miasma.
It's just that the barbarians here have learned experience from the southern expedition, and now the Lu River between the two armies is airtight.
For many days, Fa Miao had been suffering from a headache and couldn't figure out the solution.
“General Wang, for the present plan, we can only forcefully cross the river.
If we had not confronted Li Chengzhi before, we could have taken advantage of him and crossed the Lu River secretly.
Now that Dongfeng and Weiqu were defeated by us first, Li Chengzhi made preparations after receiving the news.
Since Li Chengzhi is guarding the front line of Lushui, it is impossible for us to cross secretly. "
When Wang Ping heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said:
"I originally wanted to minimize the casualties of my soldiers. If I can surrender, I will surrender. If I can take advantage of it, I will take it with a plan.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengzhi was so cunning that he only confronted us on the west bank of Lu River, hoping to use up our supplies and force us to retreat.
As soon as we leave, Li Chengzhi can contact other barbarians in various parts of Yueyong County and cause trouble in the county.
This remnant of haute couture is really a headache! "
While the two were hesitating, three young generals from the Guan family arrived.
Guan Tong, the oldest man, was walking among the three of them. When he saw Wang Ping and Fa Miao, he took two quick steps, bowed his head and said:
"The last general Guan Tong, my younger brothers Guan Yi and Guan Yue, have met General Wang and Mr. Fa!"
Wang Ping smiled and nodded, motioning for the three brothers to come forward and speak.
After Guan Yi and Guan Yue also bowed their heads to greet each other, they followed Guan Yi to Wang Ping's side, and stood still a little less than half their height.
"Mr. Fa and I are discussing a strategy to defeat the enemy here. Now that the new year is approaching, we can't keep putting off this matter.
For the current plan, we can only attack by force. It just so happens that you are all here, so we might as well agree on the attack plan at this time.
Once the plan is agreed upon, we can put down the rebellion here as soon as possible and try to return to Chengdu before the New Year to return to His Majesty. "
After hearing this, Guan Tong nodded in agreement, and then said to Wang Ping:
"Since General Wang has decided to force the crossing, we should fully cooperate with him.
Now that the crossing is forced, it is natural to find a narrow place to cross the river.
It happened that my three brothers were ordered to patrol the east bank of Lushui for several days, looking for favorable terrain.
From what we can see, there is a place with a narrow river in the southwest of Bei County that can be forcibly crossed.
In addition, not only is this place relatively narrow, there is also a shoal on both sides that extends into the river, and the two shoals are exactly opposite each other.
We can cross the river at this ford. In this way, the difficulty of crossing the river will be greatly reduced, and the time required will also be reduced a lot.
If the plan is proper, Li Chengzhi won't even have time to "strike halfway across the river", and our vanguards will be able to reach the other side and occupy the important road. "
When Wang Ping heard this, he quickly led everyone towards the tent.
"After you have entered the account, you will immediately mark the shoal on the map.
The strategy to forcibly defeat the enemy lies on these two shoals! "
Not long after, several people arrived at the Chinese army's tent.
As soon as Wang Ping entered the tent, he went straight to the map hanging behind Shuai's case.
"Brothers from the Guan family, come and point out the location of the shoal!"
After receiving the order, Guan and Tong quickly walked towards the map.
"General Wang, please see, where the river meanders, the east bank is a gentle slope, but the west bank is a low mountain.
The gentle slope of the east bank extends to the river, and beyond that is the shallow beach.
At the foot of the opposite mountain, there is a valley and a shoal extending towards the river.
The two extensions just form a river bend, and the two shoals happen to be opposite each other.
From what we can see, this section of the Lushui River is more than a dozen feet wide, but here, the distance between the two shoals is no more than a dozen feet.
Now this place should be the narrowest point nearby, and the general will think that General Wang should forcefully cross the Lu River here. "
When Wang Ping heard this, he first looked at Fa Miao, then pointed with his hand where Guan Tong had said, and stared at the map in deep thought.
Fa Miao stood aside, staring at the map in a daze.
Both of them were thinking about how to use this place to minimize losses and capture Li Chengzhi.
After a moment, Wang Ping and Fa Miao clapped their hands at the same time and said, "Yes!"
Seeing that each other had the same reaction as themselves, the two looked at each other and said in unison:
"I would like to hear from you, Your Excellency!"
