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Under the city of Yongping, 20,000 Qin troops plus 20,000 Tusi troops set up camps for ten miles, and the rumbling drums of gathering generals resounded throughout the Qin army camp.
Wuding Miao Xi, Mi Le Tusi Huang Zhigao, Hequ Tusi Duan Changqing and seven or eight other Tusi hurriedly rode to Cui Feng's central army tent;
Only Yaoan chieftain Jili was nowhere to be seen.
Inside the big tent, everyone looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Cui Feng was secretly angry, but he remained calm and waited quietly.
It was almost the third drum when Jili finally arrived with twenty or thirty of his personal soldiers.
When he entered the tent, Cui Feng looked at him coldly and asked, "Jili, the drum for gathering the generals has sounded, and you dare to be late. You are so bold!"
Ji Li's slightly fat face couldn't help but tremble slightly. He bowed and clasped his fists, and the bird feathers on his head kept shaking. "General Cui, isn't the third drum not over yet?"
"Be careful, Chief!"
Just as Jili was about to stand up, he heard a sudden scream from the guards outside the tent.
Clang! Bai Wenxuan suddenly drew his sword and slashed it out like lightning. Before Ji Li could stand up, his huge head fell to the ground with a plop. Scarlet blood spurted out, splashing all over Miao Xi and Huang Zhigao, scaring them so much that they dodged again and again.
The Qin army in the camp had received orders in advance. As soon as the fight broke out in the tent, they immediately raised their rifles and pointed the black muzzles at the twenty or thirty personal soldiers brought by Jili. Anyone who made the slightest movement would be shot immediately. The gunshots continued one after another, and soon more than a dozen of those personal soldiers were shot down. The rest glared with anger and screamed, but they dared not move.
Cui Feng shouted, "Yao'an Tusi Jili is slow to make plans, complains a lot, and angers his commander. He refuses to obey orders and is tongue-tied when he is deployed. He lowers his head and looks embarrassed. He delays the march and threatens the commander. He should be executed according to the law. I will execute him on the spot today to set things right and clarify military rules. You should take this as a warning, otherwise I will not tolerate it."
Wuding Miao Xi, Mile Tusi Huang Zhigao, Hequ Tusi Duan Changqing and others looked pale, hunched over and dared not move.
At this time, Chen Guimin led two thousand Qin troops and quickly left the camp and rushed towards Jili's camp. Cui Feng, with Miao Xi, Huang Zhigao and others, as well as Jili's head, also followed.
In the Jili camp, its deputy general Baipi and counselor Wu Jushan heard the sound of gunfire from Cui Feng's camp and knew that something was wrong. Seeing the dark mass of Qin troops coming straight towards them, the two hurriedly commanded their 3,000 soldiers to defend the camp and prepare to break out.
As soon as Chen Guimin arrived with his army, he shouted to the camp: "Yao'an Tusi Jili is dragging his feet. He disobeyed military orders and has been executed by General Cui. You are ordered to lay down your weapons and open the gates. Those who obey orders will be exempted from punishment. If you disobey orders, you will be charged as a rebel and will be killed without mercy!"
After hearing this shout, the three thousand soldiers were shocked and confused, and talked about it a lot. Then they saw the commander Cui Feng coming in person with Ji Li's head, and they couldn't help but be shocked.
Chen Guimin shouted again: "I will count to three. Anyone who does not lay down his weapon will be killed without mercy! One, two..."
"Don't listen to him, he killed our leader..." Wu Jushan and Bai Pi shouted loudly.
"three!"
As soon as Chen Guimin finished speaking, there were sudden chirping sounds in the Qin army's formation, and three rockets with dazzling tail flames whizzed towards the village wall.
boom!
boom!
boom!
There were three loud bangs, shaking the earth. A large section of the wooden wall was blown away in an instant. In the rising flames, broken wood could be seen flying. Two thousand Qin soldiers were arranged in three neat firing formations. Without waiting for the smoke to dissipate, they immediately began to fire in unison.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The fierce gunfire was like the sound of firecrackers during the New Year, continuous and echoing throughout the fields. Rows of bullets were fired, and the 3,000 soldiers in the camp had no time to dodge, and were mowed down to the ground one by one like wheat in autumn. The bullets rained down on people's bodies, causing blood holes to burst out and screams to be heard.
This was an astonishing suppression. The three thousand soldiers were so frightened that they had no time to think before they were shot to the ground. The ones behind saw the rows of people in front of them falling to the ground with blood everywhere, and they were so scared that they dropped their weapons and fled in panic.
But it's too late!
This time Cui Feng was ruthless enough to not let any of them go, even those who had already dropped their weapons were killed as if they were not there at all. He did not stop until all 3,000 soldiers were slaughtered.
Looking at the corpses lying all over the camp, and the bloody atmosphere lingering in the air, Miao Xi, Huang Zhigao, Duan Changqing and seven or eight other chieftains turned pale and had sweat on their backs. It was a hot June day, and the sun was scorching. They felt like they were falling into an ice kiln and were cold all over.
Especially Wuding chieftain Miao Xi. Jili had come to him before and asked him to join in the trouble and force Cui Feng to supply food and fodder. Fortunately, he did not want to be the first to do so and decided to wait and see if Cui Feng softened his attitude and provided food and fodder to Jili.
Fortunately, if he had agreed to Jili and joined him in asking Cui Feng for pay, he and his soldiers would probably have suffered the same fate now.
Too cruel! I have never seen such a cruel person. After three shouts, even those who surrendered were not spared. Miao Xi and others bowed unconsciously in front of Cui Feng, and did not even dare to look at him.
Cui Feng walked back and forth in front of them, and then said coldly: "Before you came, I asked you to prepare your own food and grass, and we agreed on the conditions. If we win the battle, you will get 50% of all the spoils. Now that we are halfway here, Jili actually went back on his word and threatened me. He is simply courting death. Don't learn from him, otherwise, hmph!"
"Marshal, we dare not, we dare not."
"Yes, yes, Marshal Cui, Jili deserves to die."
"Marshal, we must obey your orders and will not neglect them in the slightest."
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Seven or eight chieftains quickly expressed their opinions. At this moment, none of them was not sweating profusely from fear.
Cui Feng's tone turned gentler: "Don't think too much. As long as you obey my orders, I will never give you less than a penny of what I promised you. Now, let your men bury these bodies. The military supplies and weapons in the camp will be yours."
"Thank you, Marshal!"
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Afterwards, Cui Feng sent another order to Kunming, immediately sending troops to control the Yao'an chieftain and implement the policy of changing the chieftains into officials. All of Jili's family members were executed, and anyone else who dared to resist would also be beheaded.
Needless to say, the seven or eight chieftains were shocked after cleaning up the three thousand corpses.
Afterwards, Cui Feng ordered to continue advancing towards Baoshan City. No one dared to complain, and they ran faster than rabbits.
Baoshan City is located at the southern end of the western Yunnan longitudinal valley of the Hengduan Mountains. The terrain in the area is complex and diverse. It is the only way to reach Myanmar, India and other places in the south. The county seat was established in the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.
Due to the complex terrain, the climate is also unpredictable, with four seasons in one mountain and different weather every ten miles. Most of the winding mountain roads are narrow paths that can only accommodate two horses side by side.
Although both Cui Feng's 20,000 Qin troops and the local soldiers were well adapted to this terrain and climate, they still moved very slowly. This was why Mu Tianbo was able to hold on even with only two or three thousand remaining soldiers.
The ancient trees in the mountains are gloomy and the old vines are twisted. Even on sunny days, the leaves are damp and people's clothes will soon be wet when they walk past.
Faced with such a complex terrain, Cui Feng did not dare to be careless. He sent out a large number of scouts and divided the tens of thousands of troops into three sections. Bai Wenxuan was the vanguard with a thousand troops, followed by the troops of various chieftains in the middle, and finally his army. The three sections were separated by five to ten miles to avoid an ambush and chaos in the army.
Bai Wenxuan's 1,000 elite soldiers had been fighting in Yunnan for more than two years. They were marching at high speed on the mountain road. When they reached a place 20 miles north of Baoshan, the scouts ahead came back and reported that there was an enemy ambush in the woods ahead.
Bai Wenxuan asked hurriedly: "Have you been discovered by the enemy?"
"General, no." The scout was dressed in colorful clothes, with grass wrapped around his head and even his face painted with oil paint. When he squatted on the side of the road, it would be difficult to tell that he was a human. This kind of invisibility skill was unique to the Qin army.
After Bai Wenxuan carefully inquired about the terrain where the enemy was ambushed, he came up with a plan. He pretended not to know about the ambush and let his men continue to move forward.
The one who led the ambush this time was Shiping chieftain Long Zaitian.
Watching the thousand Qin soldiers approaching the ambush point step by step, his heart couldn't help but become inexplicably nervous.
Come here, come a little closer... Long Zaitian prayed silently in his heart, lying in the woods, eyes wide open, watching Qin Jun approaching his meeting point step by step, almost there, almost there...
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