Di Qing's attention was all on the terrain. In the next few days, he continued to observe the terrain, draw maps, and determine the main attack direction against the Li Dynasty.
At the same time, Yang Cha also began to mobilize troops and contact various tribes, asking them to send troops and gather in Xizhou.
The main force of the firearms army also began to move southwest.
However, the arrival of a small-scale Song army stationed near the Yongji Pass naturally attracted the attention of Guo Shengyi in Liangzhou.
After all, there are people coming and going on the border, and many Vietnamese go to the Song Dynasty to do business, so the news was quickly reported to Liangzhou.
Guo Shengyi was very surprised to learn that a Song army had arrived at the border and that a large number of troops were also being mobilized within the territory of Song. Could it be that His Majesty's offering of tribute to the Song Emperor did not appease the Song Emperor's anger?
He hesitated for a moment.
After some hesitation, he decided to incite a rebellion among the ethnic minorities on the border who were dependent on the Li Dynasty, attack the Song army squad, and test the enemy's situation.
On July 19th, at 5 p.m., Di Qing's team was stationed on a hillside north of Pingxiang Cave, which later became the Pingxiang Fort Scenic Area.
After they set up camp locally, each military camp was sealed with a mosquito net. When sleeping at night, they would burn mugwort and wormwood to use smoke to repel mosquitoes, or sprinkle patchouli and mint to prevent mosquito bites.
Even so, the mosquitoes in the jungle were so numerous that they could carry a person away. It was barely okay when sleeping in the tent, but it was unbearable outside the tent.
In the evening, several soldiers in the camp were lighting mugwort. One of them, scratching his itch, said, "There are too many mosquitoes in the southwest. Yesterday, I looked up and saw a cloud of mosquitoes overhead. I was almost scared to death."
"The newspaper said the epidemic was caused by the bites of these mosquitoes. In this hot weather, we have to cover every part of our bodies. I'm afraid we'll die from the heat if not the mosquito bites."
"The Southwest is not a place for people to stay."
They were complaining.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside, and all kinds of shouts and cries of killing filled the air.
Everyone rushed to Yingkou to see.
I saw hundreds of people wearing local indigenous costumes rushing in from outside, hacking and killing anyone they saw.
Nong Zhigao's indigenous troops were stationed on the periphery to protect them, and were in chaos at this time.
Nong Zhigao was commanding his troops to defend when someone hurried over and shouted, "General Di, General Di, the enemy is coming!"
"Beep, beep, beep!"
Almost instantly, whistles blew throughout the camp.
Then Di Qing quickly walked out of the tent and shouted, "Line up!"
Soon, the three hundred Song soldiers formed a formation at the entrance of the camp in less than a minute.
They formed a square formation with a hundred people as the base, with a hundred people squatting at the bottom, a hundred people standing in the middle, and another hundred people at the back to block the entrance of the village.
Then Di Qing ordered again: "Send a message to Nong Tongzhi, tell him to retreat to both sides and let the enemy in."
"yes."
A soldier immediately went out to deliver the order.
A moment later, Nong Zhigao, who was engaged in a tough battle, received an order. Although he didn't understand where Di Qing got his confidence from, his troops suffered heavy losses, so he had to obey the order and evacuate to both wings.
As they left, the road leading to the hill was suddenly empty, and more than a thousand people began to charge up the hill, shouting.
The hillside is actually not steep. It is just a long steep slope at an angle.
Moreover, since it is near the cave entrance, local people have cut down many trees in the mountains, resulting in a very wide view. Apart from the extremely lush vegetation, nothing else can obstruct their vision.
At least one or two thousand people charged up the slope in a mighty force, howling like wolves, as if they wanted to devour everything in front of them.
"shooting!"
Di Qing gave the order almost when the enemy was less than a hundred steps away from the camp entrance.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Flames spurted out of the muzzle and a loud noise erupted.
The next second, the soldiers in the first row retreated to the back and began to reload, while the soldiers in the second row crouched down and continued firing, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth rows.
Gunshots rang out continuously, forming a dense firepower network. All the enemies rushing forward were shot and fell down, wailing everywhere.
Less than a minute later, there was no one standing a hundred steps away from them. The ground was littered with corpses or wounded enemy soldiers. The remaining people were stunned, and then they screamed and ran away as if they had seen a ghost.
Everything happened so fast that no one expected that the Song army didn't even engage in close combat with the enemy. At such a long distance, these sudden enemies all fell down, and there were few survivors.
Nong Zhigao's troops in the bushes on both sides were stunned and took a long time to come back to their senses. They saw the continuous noises, and then the Song army's position was shrouded in white mist. In the mist, the enemy fell down like this, completely unaware of what had happened. It was as terrifying as a magical spell.
"this"
Nong Zhigao was so dumbfounded that he even forgot to give the order to pursue the remaining enemies after they escaped.
It was the sound of fighting coming from the bottom of the mountain that woke him up.
That was when the master of Pingxiang Cave, Qin Dafu, learned that someone was attacking, and hurriedly brought his men to help and fought with the enemy.
After about twenty minutes, Qin Dafu led a group of prisoners up the mountain and reported the situation to Di Qing.
It turned out that these were the natives of the nearby Qiyuanzhou, which was the Wenlang County area in Vietnam in later generations. It was controlled by the Vietnamese Ly Dynasty. When they heard that the Song army had arrived at the border, they were sent by the Ly Dynasty to spy on the situation.
Upon learning of this, Di Qing was furious and said, "I never thought there would be border inhabitants acting as running dogs for Jiaozhi. Qiyuan Prefecture was originally the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, yet they betrayed their country and surrendered to the enemy. This tribe deserves to be exterminated! I will send troops to wipe out these traitors, and the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty must also be destroyed for this!"
"The general is mighty!"
Qin Dafu shouted repeatedly that they had long been fed up with Li Chao.
Only Nong Zhigao, who had witnessed the power of firearms with his own eyes, came to his senses and hurriedly asked Di Qing, "General, are all the Song Dynasty's heavenly armies so powerful?"
"That's natural."
Di Qing grinned and looked towards the north: "There are things more powerful than this!"
The artillery fired.
No matter whether you have an army of 100,000 or 1 million.
All of them disappeared into thin air!
(End of this chapter)
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