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Guiyang.

Including the troops who originally stayed behind and the broken troops who fled back one after another, the city's garrison strength was about 7,000.

Everyone has been frightened by the news!

An Kun was lying on the top of the city, looking at his captured father outside the city, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

Although the teenagers often followed their father in battles, they were still disobedient little chieftains. He thought he was a born general, but ended up being defeated by a small number and defeated a large number. To this day, he still doesn't understand how he lost.

Now that my own father has been arrested, is he really going to surrender?

An Rupan's wrist was broken and his arm was still hanging in a hanging position. He was escorted to the city by the Datong army and shouted helplessly towards the city: "Akun, surrender! General Fei said that we can take 500 taels of silver and the whole family go to that Luzon Island. No matter how barbaric it is there, Could it be that our country is even poorer than Guizhou?”

An Kun hesitated to speak, then sighed, and finally ordered: "Open the city!"

When Fei Yinggon and Qin Yiming arrived at the city gate, An Kun and his generals were already kneeling there and waiting for a long time.

After several battles, including the surrender of Guiyang, a total of more than 20,000 native soldiers were captured.

The accompanying civil servants took the opportunity to register and wanted to find out the names and addresses of these people. As a result, most of them did not have Chinese names, and some did not even have Yi surnames. They had to make up random names based on the homophony of Yi names.

Each person received a small amount of food and went home, along with a piece of paper with their name on it.

Qian warned and urged not to lose the note. From now on, with this note, he can go to the government to settle down and allocate land.

Those soldiers were overjoyed. They were defeated, but they could still receive food?

They had no doubt about settling down and dividing the land. These Han officials were all good people and were willing to give them food. They would definitely not cheat them randomly.

Except for 1,500 strong native soldiers who were left as auxiliary soldiers, the rest of the native soldiers went home happily. Before leaving, I also recited the policy of Datong, that everyone is equal, there are no slaves, no corvee, no heavy taxes, everyone has fields to farm, everyone has clothes to wear, everyone has food to eat...

For hundreds of miles in radius, the news spread quickly. Both Han people and ethnic minorities were dubious but excited to wait for the land distribution.

If any chieftain wants to gather troops to resist, he will not be able to raise an army at all, unless the Datong Army fails to fulfill these promises.

An Rupan knelt on the ground and said: "General Fei, I will send a few personal followers, and the various departments in Shuixi will be able to send a message. If you can help General Xiang to regain Shuixi without losing blood, please general Fei to record your merits and give me an extra thousand taels of silver." Go to Luzon.”

Fei Yinggong smiled and said: "If I can really capture Shuixi immediately, I will definitely give you credit."

Bijie, Chishui, Dafang, Zhijin, Jinsha... these all belong to the Shuixi jurisdiction and are the home of Anrupan. The local people are mainly Yi.

Today, the Western Route Army under the command of Huang Yao is working hard to attack Shuixi, where the road is more difficult to walk than in northern Guizhou!

Huang Yao's first target was Du Yan, the commander of the Chishui Guards of the Ming Dynasty.

After this guy learned that the Ming Dynasty had been destroyed, he immediately raised troops in Chishui Guards. Thousands of households in Pushi, Mani, Baisha, Alomi, etc. all expressed their intention to continue following Du's command. Then, Du Yan sent troops to Bijie and captured Bijiewei and Qixingguan.

Just when Du Yan entered Guihuayi, he was beaten back by An Rupan's native soldiers. From then on, he could only stay in Bijie and Chishui. After a few more battles with An Rupan, the two sides shook hands and made peace. Du Yan nominally surrendered to An Rupan and proclaimed himself the envoy of Western Guizhou.

Huang Yao led his troops south and unexpectedly captured the Qianhu Office in Pushi. Du Yan immediately sent an envoy to negotiate.

As for the content of the negotiation, it was nothing more than keeping the land and property after surrender, and by the way, getting a minor official in the Datong court.

Du Yan felt that his request was reasonable and reasonable. Who would surrender if he didn't get benefits?

Unexpectedly, Huang Yao directly raised his troops to kill him and captured Mani Qianhu's place in half a day.

Du Yan was so frightened that he no longer dared to hold on to Chishui, so he quickly fled to Bijie with his army. On the way, thousands of households from Aluomi Qianhu Station were unwilling to leave the place where they had lived for generations, and they took more than a thousand soldiers to break up with Du Yan.

After a small friction, the two sides parted ways, and Aluomi Qianhu surrendered unconditionally to the Datong Army.

Du Yan himself withdrew all the way to Bijie, leaving 800 troops to garrison Laytai Pass.

Aluomi Qianhu acted as the leader and led Huang Yao to the platform quickly. Maliao, the 800 gatekeepers, chose to surrender. Seeing that Huang Yao's army was approaching, Du Yan led his troops to run away again, leaving Qixingguan in the west and heading straight to Wusa Mansion (Weining Yi Hui Miao Autonomous Region), where he went to join the Yi chieftain there - this place had not yet been occupied by the Datong army. the Sichuan border.

After easily capturing Chishui and Bijie, Huang Yaocai sent his troops east to attack the Shuixi'an clan's home base.

Then, it was hard to move!

"General, there are bandits shooting arrows in the forest again. One of the mountain search team who was exploring the road was killed and five were injured."

"Have you caught the bandits?"

"The bandit ran very fast and only caught one."

"bring it here!"

A Yi man was escorted in front of Huang Yao, screaming and cursing.

Huang Yao frowned and asked the guide: "What did he say?"

The Yi guide hesitated and said: "He said...he said..."

"Speak quickly!" Huang Yao scolded.

The Yi guide automatically filtered out the curse words and said: "He said that the God of Heaven, God of Earth, God of Water, God of Mountain, God of Stone, and God of Fire would punish him. He... was cursing the general."

Huang Yao glanced at the Yi people, frowned and said: "I don't think you are like a Yi noble. Since you are a commoner, the Datong Army is here to rescue you. Even if you don't know the truth, the Datong Army has not attacked the Yi village yet, why? Are you going to risk your life for a sneak attack?"

The Yi guide began to communicate with this man.

After chatting for a long time, the Yi guide said: "General, the local Mu Kui is talking bad about the Datong Army everywhere. He said that the Datong Army is coming and wants to kill all the Yi men, rob all the Yi women, and take away all the Yi children to be slaves. "

Huang Yao gritted his teeth and said, "These bastard chieftains are doing the same old trick of deceiving the people again!"

In the land west of the water, there are no states, counties or health centers.

The supreme ruler is An, the Xuan comfort envoy of Guizhou. The following is divided into multiple "Zexi", such as Zhijin County in later generations, which was called "Duoyou Zexi" at this time.

"Zexi" means "the place where the warehouse is located" in Yi language. Each Zexi has a warehouse, which is the money and grain storage center of that area, and then evolved into an administrative center.

In each Zexi, the Xuanwei Envoy will appoint local officials. The person in charge of affairs is called "Mukui", the person in charge of government affairs is called "Mo", the person in charge of sacrifices and war is called "Bu", and the person who leads the craftsmen is called "Gou".

Under the stream, there are tribes whose leaders are called "Tumu" (Mukui, Mo, Bu and Gou are all represented by Tumu).

That guy An Rupan is in charge of thirteen streams and forty-eight eyes.

Huang Yao thought for a long time and called the generals and said: "We can no longer march troops all the time. To get to Shuixi City, we have to cross mountains and ridges, and we will suffer countless sneak attacks along the way. Even if we can annihilate the main enemy force and successfully occupy Shuixi City, these Yi people They will also cause trouble in the rear. After we arrived at Jinjiyi, we immediately dispersed the troops. In groups of five hundred, we escorted the missionaries to contact various Yi tribes and explain policies to the tribal leaders and Yi people."

It may seem ridiculous to discuss land allocation policies with tribal leaders, but it is actually completely feasible.

Because the leaders of the Yi tribes are not the owners of the land, but the managers of the land! Let's put it this way, Tumu does not have ownership of the land, but it has the right to use and operate the land.

Wumeng Department.

Lu Ahuan is worried about this year's harvest. The weather has failed, and the Xuan Comfort Envoy is going to war again, so he simply cannot collect so much food to hand over.

His earth head is probably similar to a county magistrate or a town mayor. The size of the territory is similar to that of a county, but the population within its jurisdiction is comparable to that of a large town in a wealthy area (slaves are not counted as people).

"Ada (father), the Han soldiers are coming!" Lu Tiande rushed in panting.

Lu Ah Huan was so frightened that he stood up immediately: "Gather warriors to defend our village!"

They have no ability to protect themselves at all. Their population is small to begin with, and their young people have been transferred to Shuixi City. Shuixi City is the home base of the An family. Now there are 20,000 troops gathered there, waiting for Huang Yao to attack the city.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

The iron plates were being hammered in the village, and the hammering was very rapid. This message expresses the urgency. Not only the tribal men want to join the war, but the tribal women also need to take up arms.

Many tribesmen gathered quickly, and there were only more than 200 young and middle-aged men left, and the rest were all recruited to Shuixi City.

Lu Tianxiang, who was only fifteen years old, also came with a bow and arrows, and a short knife at his waist. This strange woman who was named a first-class wife by Kangxi has now been betrothed to An Kun and will go to Guiyang to get married when she is sixteen.

Logically speaking, it would be difficult for a girl like her with small earth-like eyes to marry the legitimate son of Xuan Weishi, but she couldn't resist the fact that he was beautiful and well-known for his martial arts.

Lu Ahuan glanced at his subordinates and felt that he was still unsure of how to defend the stronghold, so he ordered again: "Call the slaves. Tell the slaves that as long as they defend the stronghold, those who have made meritorious deeds will be free!"

Not long after, hundreds of serfs, both men and women, gathered here.

Some of these slaves were snatched, and some were descendants of slaves. The Shuixi Yi people still practiced serfdom.

In principle, all their lands belong to the Xuanweishi, which means they belong to An Rupan. Mu Kui and Tu Mu all help An Rupan manage and manage the land.

The first Tumu were all the concubines of Tusi.

The eldest son of the chieftain stayed with him to inherit the family business, while the other sons were thrown to various places as local officials, which was similar to enfeoffing the sons to manage the land. Gradually, Tumu became hereditary, just like the princes, who actually owned the land given by the Emperor of Zhou (Tusi), but in name they were only land managers.

The slaves who were summoned were very excited. They did not know the reputation of the Datong Army. They only knew that they would be free after winning the battle.

Regardless of whether they were men or women, they all guarded the main roads in the village, waiting for the Datong Army to come and attack.

Unexpectedly, these 500 Datong troops were several hundred meters away from the stronghold, and the whole army stopped.

A Yi guide was sent to shout: "Who is the local Tumu? Our army is not here to kill and rob. Please come out and talk about important matters."

Lu Ahuan hesitated for a long time. He didn't want to fight and was ready to go out and talk.

Lu Ahuan said to the Yi guide: "The Han people are cunning, I can't go out easily. You ask the Han officers to come outside the stronghold, and I will go outside the stronghold. We don't have troops on either side, just sit there and have a good discussion."

"Ada, I'll go with you!" Lu Tianxiang said.

Lu Tiande said: "Ada, I will accompany you too."

Lu Ahuan ordered: "Ade stays in the stronghold. If an accident occurs, lead the troops to come out immediately. Axiang goes to talk to me. You are highly skilled in martial arts and you are a girl. The Han officers will not be on guard. If you see me Clench your right fist and immediately draw your sword to subdue the Han officer."