The night in Uzang is not dark.
At least Yuan Yue thinks so, especially when standing in the valley, you can still see the white snow in the distance, as if it has stayed here for countless years.
Guo Yao tightened his clothes and folded his arms in front of him: "Fortunately, we climbed the mountain in July, otherwise I don't know how many soldiers would have been lost. However, we must keep an eye on the subsequent cotton-padded clothes and quilts so that the Yunnan Dusi can supply them properly."
Yuan Yue glanced at Guo Yao and nodded slightly: "Don't worry, Yunnan Dusi will not be short of supplies. Things will change here, so you have to be prepared and don't try to force yourself here. I won't be able to do business after I go back."
Guo Yao rolled his eyes at Yuan Yue who was cursing him to die, blew a breath and said, "It's just that the temperature difference between day and night is a bit big, but that's nothing. But there seems to be something strange here, and it's a good place to study knowledge."
"knowledge?"
Yuan Yue was a little puzzled.
Jiang Chen walked over and smiled heartily: "He must be talking about Hu Qiyi from the Imperial College."
Yuan Yue frowned slightly.
Over the years, Yuan Yue was either in Western Xinjiang or Congling. After being transferred back, he was originally going to Uzang. However, he encountered a world-famous attack and was ordered to go to the northeast to exterminate Wuliangha. Soon after returning to Jinling, he was ordered to station in Uzang. Not much is known about the people and things in the Imperial College.
Guo Yao took a deep breath: "Marquis Zhongyong, although you don't know Hu Qiyi, do you want to know about hot air balloons?"
"The sentry in the sky knows that."
Yuan Yue nodded.
Compared with ordinary watchtowers, hot air balloons are more convenient and faster, and it is not suitable to build high wooden towers on the grassland. Hot air balloons do not have such troubles. Once prepared, they can fly, with heights of more than ten feet or tens of feet. The height is fine, and you can see far away at a glance. It's a bit difficult to sneak attack on the camp.
Guo Yao pointed to the snow-capped mountains in the distance: "Hu Qiyi is a lunatic from the Imperial College, as famous as Guo Jiale, Song Duanduan and others. Compared with Guo Jiale's madness in the laboratory and Song Duanduan's breakthroughs in materials, Hu Qiyi's madness is even more impressive. Look up."
Jiang Chen explained: "Looking up here just means looking up..."
Yuan Yue listened carefully.
Guo Yao explained: "Hu Qiyi used hot air balloons as a research platform. He wanted to understand what was in the sky. He can be said to be the first person to fly in the Ming Dynasty, and the first person to come back alive after passing through the clouds."
"Flying?!"
Yuan Yue raised his head and looked at the sky. Can people really fly to the sky?
Guo Yao sat on a stone: "Hu Qiyi's research found that the higher the temperature, the lower the temperature and the more difficult it is to breathe. He believes that the breath of human beings will become thinner at high places. And this Uzang is not also Confirmed this?"
"We climbed up a high mountain, but there must be a reason why we can't keep up with our breathing here. If we find this reason, as long as we can create something to assist breathing, we can conquer the highest mountain and fly to the highest place. Let's see. Are there any gods in the sky?"
Jiang Chen was a little envious: "Hu Qiyi said in his letter that the air is probably composed of different components. He also proposed to bottle the air from high places and weigh it when he comes back to see if it is as heavy as the air on the ground."
"The theory that air is like stone ore was also proposed. It is said that stone ore contains many components, and the same is true for air. The components in stone ore can be separated by means such as calcination, so there must be a way to separate the components in air. .”
After hearing this, Yuan Yue was deeply shocked: "What are the Imperial College studying now?"
It doesn't sound very clear, but Yuan Yue always feels that these knowledge are extremely powerful. Once there is a breakthrough in the future, it will be extraordinary. Just like this Wu Zang, once the problem of the Ming Dynasty sergeant's shortness of breath is solved, he can adapt to it. Without Uzang, there will be no obstacles for the Ming Dynasty to garrison Uzang!
"Over the years, the Imperial College has really made people look up to me. After the war is over, I also want to go to the Imperial College to study."
Yuan Yue said seriously.
Guo Yao and Jiang Chen looked at each other, a little shocked.
You must know that Yuan Yue has been granted the title of Marquis, and he can fully enjoy the future glory and wealth. But he seems to have a sense of worry and has
A kind of mentality that is afraid of falling behind, and instead devotes itself to learning.
Yuan Yue was serious. Many years ago, he was just an inconspicuous sergeant in the Nanning Guards. Later, Zhang Fu's appearance changed his life.
From Nanningwei to Annan, from Annan to Qilian Mountain's horse racing field, to Western Xinjiang to fight against Harry and Timur, and after coming down from Congling to massacre Wu Liangha, Zhang Fu's teachings have never been forgotten along the way:
If you want to become a master and achieve success, you must be knowledgeable.
Knowledge is the foundation of rise and the secret of lasting prosperity.
There will be no war in the future, and the knowledge of the Imperial College will affect all aspects of life. If one day the court is summoned, but I don’t know how to use the new guys who have appeared in the army, don’t know the new ideas, don’t know the new theories, how can I When leading an army, how do you control your subordinates and unite people's hearts?
Yuan Yue does not want to become a person abandoned by the times, but wants to catch up with the times.
Huo Lin hurried over and said, "There's news!"
Yuan Yue quickly retracted his thoughts and walked towards Huo Lin.
Huo Lin grinned: "Phadrupti Sizdrakpa Gyaltsen sent Rinbung Zong Penangka Gyaltsen to contact us, and they have arrived five miles outside the camp. I said, these people can't fail to see the general trend."
Yuan Yue chuckled and looked at Guo Yao: "Let the sergeants work hard and prepare for the reception."
Guo Yao nodded heavily: "Then prepare a meeting gift for them."
Namkha Gyaltsen originally wanted to meet Yuan Yue in the Ming Dynasty's camp, but to his surprise, Yuan Yue brought his sergeants out to see him. Before even saying a few words, Guo Yao ran away and shouted: "General, Qamdo is actually here." Spies were sent to spy on our camp!"
Yuan Yue immediately ordered: "It's okay if you don't surrender, but you dare to spy on the camp! Go and lead the people to destroy Qamdo City!"
Namkha Gyaltsen trembled when he heard this.
Let me go, is this the momentum of Ming Dynasty?
If you want to kill someone, you have to get drunk and use some means, but Ming Dynasty kills people directly and hard. Well, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to see how powerful the Ming army is, and how big the gap is between Pazhu and the Ming Dynasty!
Soon, Namkha Gyaltsen's face turned pale.
Qamdo City is a stone city, solid and well-defended.
There are at least one or two thousand people guarding the city wall. Although more than half of them are old and weak, and there are also women, the formation is not small, and the strength is not weak. But facing the Ming Dynasty's army, they were destroyed in an instant!
The Ming Dynasty used firearms. In the thunderous roar and the exploding fire, people became the most vulnerable existence. Those slaves wielding weapons tried to block the gunpowder bombs, and then became a piece of rotten flesh.
Namkha Gyaltsen had seen scenes of people being eaten by vultures, and had beheaded people with his own hands, but he had never seen a scene like hell before him!
Is this the Ming Dynasty's world-shaking firearm?
There is no need to fight in close combat, you only need to stand a few miles away to kill the enemy mercilessly! Then send troops to clear the battlefield and kill or capture those who have lost their fighting ability and will to fight.
Qamdo City fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty so easily. During the whole process, the Ming army only suffered five wounded soldiers, which were caused by sneak attacks while handling the battlefield.
Namkha Gyaltsen never thought that the war could be fought like this!
Comparing Pazhu to the Ming Dynasty is simply an insult to the Ming Dynasty, because they wanted to exterminate all the soldiers of Pazhu, kill all the slaves, and destroy all the temples, without any effort!
The emergence of firearms allowed the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to no longer need to run or expend too much strength. They could continue to fight on the plateau. As long as the firearms were not used up, they could continue to fight!
Facing today's Ming army, Uzang has no chance of winning. Even if he mobilizes all his men to fight, he will still wail in hell.
Yuan Yue was very dissatisfied with the battle and reprimanded the sergeants: "How many times have I told you that if you face an enemy who still has the ability to resist, if he cannot surrender, you must be on guard and strike first. But you are actually being killed." Someone attacked me secretly, and someone attacked me successfully! This time it was a minor injury, but next time it will be a serious injury or death!"
"I brought you to Uszang to fulfill the mission entrusted to you by the emperor, to incorporate Uszang into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so that the emperor's will and the court's decrees can be conveyed here unimpeded. I did not want you to die! Now! The world is about to be settled. If anyone is killed before the last dawn, how painful will it be for your parents and children? In the next battle, if anyone dares to be careless again, the whip will be at your service!"
After blaming the sergeant, Yuan Yue entertained Namkha Gyaltsen: "I'm going to make you laugh. These people have really forgotten a simple truth. When a lion fights a rabbit, you have to use all your strength. What's more, this Uzang, no, this People in Qamdo are not rabbits.”
Namkha Gyaltsen was terrified. In the eyes of the Ming general, the entire Uzang was just a rabbit in the mouth of a lion. Facing the unparalleled Ming army, Namkha Gyaltsen lowered his head: "Last year, There were internal problems in Uzang. Many lords suddenly took action and cut off the ancient tea-horse road, interrupting the trade between Uzang and the Ming Dynasty. Masters from various places called for the opening of the channel, and Pazhu Dixi also supported the restoration of relations with the Ming Dynasty. Live in peace and accept the Ming garrison."
"It's a pity that the lords of various places did not obey the orders. In addition, Pazhudhishit was seriously ill and was unable to attack the lords of various places. Some time ago, he was feeling better, so he consulted with the White Sect Master Harima and summoned all the lords again. The master came to discuss how to welcome the Ming Dynasty. On the orders of Drakpa Gyaltsen, I led people to Luolong first. When I heard that Luolong was rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, I killed him as a gift to welcome the Ming Dynasty. "
Yuan Yue, Huo Lin, Chen Cheng, Guo Yao and others all saw the heads of Wa Bo and others.
Namkha Gyaltsen expressed his surrender: "Ust Tsang is special in Ust Tsang. The local lords have been disobedient for a long time. It is not that Pazhu and the various religious masters are against the Ming Dynasty, but that these local lords are deceived and wanton. It’s arrogant, that’s what lies ahead. Now we are willing to welcome the Ming Dynasty’s army to settle in Uzang, please allow us to be the vanguard and open the way for the Ming Dynasty!”
If you can't do it or run away, you can only surrender according to the previous agreement.
Yuan Yue looked at Chen Cheng and Huo Lin, and then praised Nanka Jian: "If Pazhu surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, then you are not the pawns of the Ming Dynasty, but friends of the Ming Dynasty. You are a family. There is no need for pawns. You can bring them with you." The two of them will go to Lhasa to discuss specific matters, and I will rush there with my army, how about that?"
What should be established must still be established, and what should be controlled must be controlled.
The Ming garrison in Uzang did not simply set up a tent to live here, but wanted to ensure that the main roads were smooth and that the Ming's control of this land would not be compromised!
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