Chapter 19: The Fish Takes the Hook, Coincidence
Nine Ququs of Hexi!
As winter goes and spring comes, the vast Hequ grassland is covered with a layer of new green, sweeping away the dead air of winter.
The spring rain fell sparsely, and Ganingbu was drilling into an octagonal tent with an oil umbrella, shook the water droplets on his body, and rubbed his hands with a breath, saying, "This damn weather is still so cold, and it's raining..." Halfway through his speech, he saw that the boss Marba in the tent looked at the map spread on the ground, and looked solemn, and seemed to be deaf about his complaints about his arrival.
Garning preached: "Is there news from Zamp?"
Marba said with some dissatisfaction: "Zamp said we were scared by a hairy boy, just like a snow monkey, and only knew how to scream."
When Ga Ningbu heard this, his face turned pale.
The heavy snow monkey is the Yunnan golden monkey, as precious as a panda. It is located in the Yunling Mountains on the Hengduan Mountains in the southern edge of the Himalayas. This kind of monkey is arrogant and timid by nature. He sees pedestrians from afar and is very rampant, grinning and even throws fruits and stones to provoke. But if you get a little closer, the heavy snow monkey will run faster than a rabbit and lose all its shadow.
In Tubo, the snow monkeys are worse than mice.
Chide Zuzan described them as heavy snow monkeys, and was obviously extremely dissatisfied.
"How can we blame us?" Ganingbu shouted angrily: "We gathered all the warriors to only six thousand. There are more than a thousand guards in Taozhou, and the Shence army is 5,000, and the number of people is even more than us. How can we fight?"
Marba had already complained before Ganingbu came, and was too lazy to complain at this time. Looking at the map in front of him, he thought of a way: he was a man with a handle, and he made his monarch laugh like a snow monkey, and he would have to find his face back no matter what.
But Pei Min was indeed extremely difficult to deal with, which made him feel helpless. Several of his previous governors intended to block their cavalry invasion, and no matter how they blocked them and how they used, the result was the same.
They may not be considered a nation on horseback, but compared with the Central Plains, the level and quality of the cavalry are slightly better. With the convenience of the Jiuqu of Hexi and many sources of information, they can easily find loopholes, thus attacking and rushing to make trouble.
The Tang army was able to defend this county, that village, this field, and that land. They came and went freely, and regarded Taozhou as their yard.
But as soon as Pei Min came, the situation changed immediately.
Pei Min's policy actions were too targeted. He completely gave up farming and set up another source to gather the people in the two counties. Five thousand elite Shence Army stationed in the middle of the two counties.
It’s not that they don’t want to attack, but they just face Pei Min’s targeted development method and cannot find an opportunity to attack.
A small group of troops attacked, facing the Shence Army that could be supported anytime and anywhere, is equivalent to seeking death. A large-scale advancement has no target worth attacking. It is not worth fighting head-on with the Shence Army.
Although the intention of Qilixu was clearly explained to them, they had to use all means to turn Taozhou into a place where no one died and force the Tang Dynasty to give up the use of their own use to build a military fortress, they were powerless even if they could not find the opportunity.
Seeing that Marba ignored him, it was boring to complain alone. She sat opposite him and looked at the map together. She saw Marba making a red cross on a red dot on the banks of Taoshui on the map, and said, "Do you want to attack this quarry workshop?"
Marba said helplessly: "Apart from this quarry workshop, are there any other goals?"
The sad words revealed the bitterness and that the people of Taozhou who gave up farming had the farthest scope of activities, which were just a few vegetable fields outside the county, and were still within the cruise of the Shence Army and the City Defense Forces. The only thing far away from the prefectures and counties was the newly built quarry workshop on the banks of Taoshui, which was also the only place they could attack.
Ga Ningbu was speechless and could only say, "The quarry workshop is not easy to fight!"
Marba said: "But as long as the purpose is achieved, Pei Min's complete layout will be broken for us!"
Whether it is the carving and selling of inkstones or strange stones, quarry workshops are indispensable. Quarry workshops are the foundation of inkstone making workshops and stone carving workshops. Once there is a problem with the quarry workshop, inkstone making workshops and stone carving workshops will collapse without attacking them.
"It's in this piece!" Marba's fingers drew a big circle on the map and said, "According to the news from the inside of the workshop, every day, there are two or three thousand people in Taoshui dig stones and wash stones to pick up stones and carry stones! If we have the right time, kill him, 800 people, and see if they dare to work in the workshop."
Knowing that his wisdom is not as good as Marba, Ga Ningbu asked, "What do you want to do? I will listen to you. I have such a big life, and I have never called anyone a snow monkey. Is it still Zampo! If you don't get your face back, how can you live?"
Marba kept smashing the grass with his fist and said, "We have to do something first and think of a way to transfer the Shen Ce Army! If we can't do this, we have a little time to do it!"
Garning preached: "One of the thirty-six strategies of the Han people is called digging the tiger away from the mountain! We can use this strategy to divide the troops and act. I will lead a thousand men to drive the Shen Ce army away. You will lead most of the remaining troops and horses to kill from here. Zanpu knows that we are not heavy snow monkeys, we have not moved, but it is not time."
Marba shook his head and said, "Pei Min is cunning and wise, and is not easy to deal with. Without reliable bait, he is afraid he won't be fooled."
Garingbu smiled and said, "I have one person available. He is a greedy and despicable Tang man. His name is Sun Zhou. I think he has some planning skills. Let him manage the accounts and cattle and sheep, which can come in handy..."
As the accountant manager, Sun Zhou has a good status. Each person owns a small tent. At this moment, he is drinking wine in the tent, feeling at ease.
The wine is Tubo’s horse-milky wine, with a faint smell, which is absolutely incomparable to Du Kang and Fenjiu of the Tang Dynasty, but it is better than nothing.
This Sun Zhou is the Sun Zhou who reported Yang Ju.
With the help of Sun Zhou, Pei Min successfully defeated the Tubo conspiracy. Sun Zhou made great contributions and received a lot of financial rewards.
This wealth and honor are not returned to their hometown, like walking in a night clothes with brocade.
Sun Zhou, a small-minded man, defeated a general like Yang Ju. He was worried that he would cause death, so he simply returned to his hometown. With some money in his hand, he bought a few pieces of land to hire a few people, married a wife, and while studying, he strived for a good fortune and a small official, and even if he couldn't pass the exam, he could become a small landlord and a gentry.
Sun Zhou has already planned the future path almost.
But I don’t want people to have good fortune and good fortune at any time!
Sun Zhou settled everything about him and went to Taozhou to visit friends, but encountered Tubo attacks, and captured Tubo and became a herd slave.
Chapter completed!