At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Linjiang County is part of Badong County. A few days ago, Xu Zhi, the prefect of Badong County, had formally surrendered to Li Xiaogong, the appeasement envoy of Shannan Road in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Linjiang County already belonged to the territory of Tang State in name, and the county Wei Yueshao naturally became The magistrate of the Tang Dynasty.

The county lieutenant of Yue obviously knew Meng Zi, and said displeasedly: "Meng Zi, although you are from Miao, you can't look down on the superior official and speak rudely. Be careful that this official punishes you for committing a crime of chaos."

Meng Zi sneered and said: "Yuexian Lieutenant will go back to your Han people's place if he wants to play an official role. We Miao people have always taken care of ourselves. I don't know if there are any superiors. If you make trouble with your superiors, you are a fart!"

"Bold!" A man who looked like a military officer beside Yue Shao yelled sharply as he put his hand on the handle of the knife.

Meng Zi glanced at this person with disdain: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to shout here?"

The military officer's face darkened, he patted the knife on his waist, and shouted sharply: "Presumptuous, I am Sun Meng, the school captain under Li Xiaogong, the envoy of the South Shannan Road of the Tang Dynasty, and now Xu Zhi, the governor of Badong County, has returned to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the territory of Badong County, including you Miao people, all belong to my Tang Dynasty. In the past, you Miao people will not care about you, but from now on, you must obey the governance of my Datang local officials, otherwise you will be regarded as a rebellious minister Thieves—shoot to kill!"

As soon as this remark came out, Miao Ronggui couldn't help being slightly shocked. All the Miao people present who could understand Chinese changed their complexions. They had heard a little about the strength of the Tang army, and at present, more than half of the counties and counties in the Bashu area have surrendered. Tang Guo, wherever the Tang army passed, no one dared to resist at all, it can be said that they surrendered in anticipation.

Sun Meng saw that the Miao people present were all showing fear, and he couldn't help flashing a glimmer of pride in his eyes. He thought to himself, everyone said that the Miao people are so rebellious, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that, as long as the powerful Tang army arrives, it is not enough All of them bow their heads and stick to their ears, there is no need to play so many tricks.

At this time, the captain of Yuexian County coughed lightly, and the old god said in the authentic way: "Miao people have heard it, now our Linjiang County is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is black or white, it belongs to the Tang Dynasty. The common people must obey the governance of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, as long as the Miao people pay taxes on time and do not do illegal things, I will not interfere too much with your Miao people's internal affairs. However, if a large-scale fighting incident like today happens , I still have to take care of it.”

Miao Ronggui's face sank, and he frowned and said coldly: "Lieutenant Yue County, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Even when the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was in charge of the country, we allowed the Baimiao people to govern themselves and not be subject to the jurisdiction of the local government. Now the Sui Dynasty has perished. Well, we Bai Miao have not yet decided whether to accept the governance of the Tang State, and paying taxes is even more impossible."

Hearing the words, Meng Zi immediately said loudly: "We Heimiao are also the same. Whether to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty or not, we Heimiao will make a decision internally. If anyone dares to force it, then just try it. There are Heimiao in Banan and Badong. The number of white seedlings exceeding 100,000 people is not something that your Tang army can conquer if you want to."

What Mengzi said is indeed true. Badong, especially Banan, has the largest number of Miao people. There may be more than a hundred thousand people, and they are scattered and live in various mountains. It is too difficult to conquer them. up.

Because no matter how powerful your army is, it can't be used in the mountains, and the Miao people are good at climbing mountains and ridges. After chasing but not being able to catch up, fighting and not being able to fight, the officers and soldiers had nothing to do. When the officers and soldiers left, they came out of the deep mountains and old forests to live as usual, and occasionally launched a wave of counterattacks, ran to nearby counties to burn, kill and loot. Fan, which made the officers and soldiers exhausted. …

During the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui army did not fail to encircle and suppress the Miao people, but most of the time they would miss out, and even be disgraced. Later, the imperial court had to change its strategy, from suppressing encirclement to appeasement, enfeoffing the chieftains of the Miao villages. As for the taxation of the Miao people, it is only a symbolic charge, as long as the Miao people abide by the law and do not go to counties, cities, towns, etc. to loot and make trouble.

Seeing that Miao Ronggui and Meng Zi didn't know good from bad, Sun Meng couldn't help but change his face, and sneered: "You want to stop the traffic with your arms? Believe it or not, I will order you to kill them right now!"

Meng Zi's fiery temper immediately exploded, and he said with a smirk: "I don't believe it, dare to touch a hair of our Miao people, and I guarantee that you will not be able to get out of Maofeng Mountain."

"Okay, kid has the guts, then I will kill a chicken today to scare the monkeys." Sun Meng smiled cruelly, and shouted: "Archers prepare!"

Sun Meng gave an order, and the officers and soldiers behind him immediately bent their bows and set arrows, and the rows of arrows shining with cold light missed the Miao people present. Zaza's sharp arrows will be scary when pointed at, after all, if this thing is shot at the body, it will either kill or injure!
County Wei Yueshao immediately sang red-faced and said: "Lieutenant Sun calm down, speak up if you have something to say, there is no need to make blood flow into rivers, peace is the most important thing, peace is the most important thing!"

Sun Meng sneered and said, "These Miao people are stubborn. If you don't teach them a lesson, they won't know how powerful they are. In other words, will they obey Datang's governance? Dare to say no, hehe!"

Miao Ronggui's face was gloomy, Meng Zi and A Qing were gnashing their teeth, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. Although they were both hot-tempered people, it didn't mean they were stupid. Tang Jun brought so many archers, obviously there was They came prepared, and now the clansmen are gathered together, unobstructed, if a wave of arrows rains down on the Tang army, I'm afraid there will be countless casualties.

When Sun Meng saw that the Miao people were frightened, he couldn't help but grinned triumphantly and said, "Boy, now you know what it means to block a car with a mantis arm. My Tang Dynasty has millions of soldiers, so how can you mere non-human beings be able to resist them?" ? As long as the Emperor Tang gives an order, you Miao people will be wiped out from the roots..."

Sun Meng hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes, and a strong wind rushed towards his face. He hurriedly jumped back and tried to pull out the waist knife, but just as the knife was pulled out a little, his wrist was pinched by a hand like iron pliers I couldn't move at once.

Sun Meng was shocked, he raised his knee and bumped towards the attacker's lower abdomen, but before his knee could be fully lifted, he received a heavy punch in the lower abdomen, as if his heart, liver, spleen and lungs had all been displaced, the pain was excruciating on the spot After bending down, it took a long time to let out a scream: "It hurts—it hurts me to death!"

Gao Bufan grabbed Sun Meng's collar, and said with a leisurely smile, "It's okay if it hurts, now do you know what it means to block a car with a mantis arm?"

"Who... are you? What do you want to do?" County Wei Yueshao asked in horror, at this time Yang Qingruo was pressing his long sword against his throat.

Yang Qingruo glanced coldly at the officers and soldiers who were trying to rush up to save them, and said, "If you don't want to die, let them stay still."

Yue Shao hurriedly waved his hands and shouted, "Don't come over!"

Some of those officers and soldiers were the original officers and soldiers of Linjiang County, and some were Tang troops brought by Sun Meng. For example, all the archers were Tang troops.Yue Shao could point at the officers and soldiers, but he couldn't point at the Tang army, so the officers and soldiers stopped when they heard the words, but several Tang soldiers still rushed over.

Gao Bufan's eyes turned cold, and the waist knife in his hand slashed out. A Tang Jun who was rushing to the front was instantly cut into two pieces, and blood splashed like a waterfall.

Gao Bufan obviously wanted to show his prestige, so this knife almost poured all his strength into it. Poor Tang Jun almost exploded. Not only was he split into two obliquely, but all his internal organs were also shattered, and his limbs were also disintegrated. The picture is bloody and shocking.

In an instant, the audience was completely silent, so quiet that a needle could be heard!
Gao Bufan calmly said: "Whoever dares to take a step forward, kill him!"

The several Tang soldiers who rushed to the front all backed away slowly with fear in their eyes.

Gao Bufan lifted Sun Meng up by the back collar, tapped his forehead with a bloody waist knife and said, "Tell your men to put down their bows and arrows."

This Sun Meng was quite stubborn, he didn't follow what Gao Bufan said, instead he gritted his teeth and asked: "Who are you, dare to kill us Tang Jun, you are dead!"

Gao Bufan said in disbelief: "Not only did I dare to kill Tang Jun, but I also killed many Tang generals, even your Qin King Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong were defeated by me!"

Sun Meng's complexion changed drastically, he looked at Gao Bufan suspiciously, and then lost his voice after a while: "You...you are Qi Wang Gao Changqing?"