Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But as far as Zhao Qian was concerned, he felt that it was very likely that his father planned to let Zhao Qian calm down because he was worried that Zhao Qian would create another big situation similar to going to Fusang.

This situation made Zhao Qian very depressed, but he had nothing to do, so he had to stay in the imperial capital obediently.

The spring of the second year will soon come. After the spring plowing and other necessary tasks are over, Li Mu naturally summoned 2 soldiers and horses early and officially set off.

Standing in front of the ancestral temple, Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu who was eager to try, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Obviously, the past two years without a fight was really too difficult for Li Mu.

Zhao Kuo smiled at Li Mu and said: "How long do you think it will take to conquer the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau if you go this time?" ;

Zhao Kuo originally thought that Li Mu would confidently give an answer like a few months or a year, but Li Mu's answer surprised Zhao Kuo.

"Returning to His Majesty, if there are no accidents, the conquest should be over within two or three years. ;

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu in surprise, and said with a smile: "This estimated time doesn't seem to match your previous style." ;

Li Mu smiled and said to Zhao Kuo: "Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, this person will always change and mature, won't he?"Moreover, the situation in the Yunnan-Guizhou mountainous area has been investigated on the spot, and it is indeed very troublesome. If there is two or three years, it should only be said that most of it has been settled, not completely settled. ;

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu and smiled.

;You are right, indeed, everyone should grow and mature. If that is the case, then I will be here waiting for the day of your triumphant return! ;

Li Mu left in a mighty way with 5 Musketeers.

After leaving, Li Mu chose to go west to take Guanzhong first, then arrive at Bashu from Guanzhong, and finally launched an attack on the southwest mountainous area in the Bashu Basin.

In the southwestern mountainous area or the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, "Yun" is more southward, while "Gui" is more northward, so it is said that the many tribes and small countries on the Guizhou side were the first to be pressured.

Among these countries, the most powerful is actually the Yelang Kingdom.

Yelang Kingdom is a very interesting country. In history, this country was also named because of Yelang's arrogance, and it has been passed down by Chinese history.

In fact, during the previous pioneering operations of the Southwest Army, most of the northern part of Guizhou has been occupied, and the original capital of Yelang Kingdom has also been occupied. Today's Yelang Kingdom has changed its appearance and moved to the south of Guizhou, which is closer to the mountainous area of ​​Yunnan. position, re-rooted.

It is precisely because of this past that these people from the Yelang Kingdom are very concerned about the military strength of the Han Kingdom.

This just learned that the Great Han Kingdom had another funeral. After the conquest of the southwestern mountainous area, the king of the Yelang Kingdom hurried to another powerful country, the Dian Kingdom.

If the Yelang Kingdom is the most powerful country in Guizhou, then the Dian Kingdom is the most powerful country in Yunnan.

Because the Yelang Kingdom has been destroyed once, the current Dian Kingdom is truly the most powerful country in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

This Dian Kingdom is not the ancient empire with a very long history. It was actually founded by Zhuang Yu, a general of the Chu Kingdom, decades ago.

In the era of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Zhuang Yu fought against the Qin people as a general of the Chu state, but he found that his retreat had been cut off by the Qin people, and even the Ying of the Chu state was taken over by Bai Qi. occupied.

Under such circumstances, Zhuang Yu decided not to return to Chu State, but simply led his troops towards the southwest, entered the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and fought all the way to the Dian Lake to destroy the original Dian State. Became the new King of Dian.

The current king of Dian is the grandson of Zhuang Yu and the third king of the Dian Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Dian and the Kingdom of Yelang usually have some connections, so after the visit of the king of the Kingdom of Yelang, the King of Dian will also meet him soon.

King Yelang looked very nervous, and said to King Dian: "King Dian, now the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom have been captured, and their goal is to come to our Yelang Kingdom. If you don't help us, then After our Yelang Kingdom is destroyed, he will definitely continue to attack your Dian Kingdom. ;

The words of the Night Wolf King obviously resonated with the King of Dian. He frowned and said in a uncomfortable way: "For so many years, our Dian Kingdom has always been with the Central Plains Dynasty, and the well water does not interfere with the river water."How could they easily invade our land?Are you thinking too much, King Yelang. ;

As soon as King Yelang heard what King Dian said, he immediately became anxious, and quickly said: "This sentence in the power grid is wrong, don't you know it?"The current expansion of the Great Han Kingdom continues in all directions.

Not to mention our Yelang, even if your Dian Kingdom and even your tribes further south are all annexed, I am afraid it will not be able to satisfy the appetite of the Han Kingdom.

If you don't believe it, you can send an envoy to contact the generals of the Han Dynasty and see what their attitude is, and you will know. ;

It has to be said that what King Yelang said was indeed reasonable. After thinking about it, King Dian decided to accept King Yelang's suggestion.

So the king of Dian dispatched an envoy, went through many mountains to the front of the Han team, and met Li Mu, the leader of the Han team.

Li Mu was a little puzzled at first, not knowing why the messenger came, so he laughed after asking.

;Is it your king who asked you to ask me to ban us if the Han Kingdom has any hostility towards the Dian Kingdom?Then you can go back and tell him now that this general will conquer the entire Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau including Dian Kingdom.

If you think that the king is sensible, if he surrenders now, then he will be able to gain a lifetime of glory and wealth in the future. If he is not sensible, then he will only end up with the destruction of a country and family in the end. ;

Seeing the envoy whose expression suddenly changed, Li Mu's expression didn't change a single bit.

For Li Mu, only Chinese people can be regarded as human beings in his heart, and those who live in the southwestern mountainous area of ​​Yelang Kingdom and Dian Kingdom can only be regarded as wild people.

As a civilized person, Li Mu is very proud. Naturally, he would not have any good impressions or say good things about these so-called savages.

Anyway, if these guys are not convinced, then just come over and fight a battle. This general will kill you all directly, which can be regarded as an easy way.

There is no doubt that Li Mu's attitude directly angered the Dian king.

After hearing the envoy's report, the Dian king suddenly became furious and attacked the case.

;This big Han country is really too much. For decades, our Dian country has not had any contact with the Central Plains dynasty. They actually want to fight over and occupy our land. Is it paper paste? ;

Now that the matter has reached this point, even a fool would know that this matter cannot be resolved except by war. Therefore, the King of Dian immediately gathered 5 soldiers from all over the country, and began to fight against King Yelang with 15000 soldiers. The horses converged, and then headed north in a mighty way.

65,000 soldiers and horses are obviously not many for the princes of the Warring States Period in China, but in this southwestern mountainous area, it is definitely an overwhelming force that can wither and rot.

After the assembled troops, King Dian also confidently said to King Yelang: "Don't worry, the troops of the Han Kingdom may be invincible in fighting on the plains, but if it is the turn of the mountainous area In the middle of the battle, it is definitely up to us people to decide! ;

King Yelang looked at the thousands of troops and horses in front of him, and his confidence increased a lot, but even so, he still did not forget to remind the King of Dian: "Although the truth is the same, don't forget the Han Kingdom and the others." But there is a magical weapon called dynamite, and any city wall is completely vulnerable to dynamite. ;

Since the capital of the Yelang Kingdom had already been conquered by the Han Dynasty, of course King Yelang still had a fresh memory of the explosives.

King Dian glanced at King Yelang, and then burst out laughing.

"Night Wolf King, do you think I'm a fool?"In fact, I already knew that the Han people possessed explosives, but, does that really matter?Explosives can only be used against city walls, and they cannot be used to fight in the wild.

So as long as we defeat the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty in the mobile warfare in the wild, then we can completely win, and maybe we will be able to capture a batch of explosives for our own use. ;

King Yelang always felt that there was something wrong when he heard what King Dian said, but he couldn't refute it, so they gathered the two troops together like this, and traveled northward, finally meeting the troops led by Li Mu.

When the main generals of both sides found out the existence of the other party, they all became happy by coincidence.

King Dian smiled and said to King Yelang in front of him: "I have already said that these Han people are really not suitable for fighting in the mountains and forests. Look at this time they only sent 5 soldiers." Thousands of soldiers and horses, but we only have a full 6 soldiers and horses.

In terms of the number of troops, we obviously have the upper hand. In addition, we are fighting in the local area. The hope of victory this time can be said to be very high. ;

Hearing what King Dian said, King Yelang felt a lot more relaxed, so he said: "This is indeed the truth, but in the past few years, the so-called Southwest Army of the Han people is not for our side." The nations and tribes that have caused much trouble are also very familiar to us. ;

The meaning of King Yelang is also very obvious, that is, he hopes that the king of Dian will not be too arrogant, so as not to be very embarrassing if he is really defeated by the army of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, the King of Dian could hear what King Yelang meant, but he obviously didn't think so, and said: "You don't really think that this place where our ancestors lived for generations, these so-called Han people, only took a few years to get rid of it." Can you fully understand?This is impossible.

Just watch, I will let you know how I beat them in a few days! ;

Since King Dian is so confident, King Yelang has nothing to say. In fact, King Yelang wants to complain a little bit. After all, the Kingdom of Dian established by King Dian is actually a matter of decades. Where did the saying of ancestors come from?

On the other side, Li Mu was also very happy. He called the generals under his command to start a meeting.

"Have you seen that these natives of the Dian Kingdom and Yelang Kingdom may have lost their minds, and dared to take the initiative to engage in a decisive battle with us outside the city here? We will let these guys know what it is called tomorrow." Destroying power! ;

Facing Li Mu's order, many generals of the Great Han Kingdom naturally took the test in unison, eager to try and gear up.

For them, this is a very rare opportunity, because everyone thinks that the indigenous people in the southwest mountainous area are very weak, and everyone only needs to come here and fight a wave of battles to get enough credit. Is there anything better than this?

You must know that the army has just entered half of the spring, and it has just entered the southwest mountainous area. Judging from the current situation, everyone may even return to the Central Plains in summer.

All in all, under the strong fighting spirit of both sides, this decisive battle broke out soon after the war had just begun.

The 5 soldiers of the Han Kingdom faced the 65,000 coalition forces of the Dian Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom. The generals of both sides felt that their side had a great chance of victory, and they all believed that the other party had basically lost.

So the question is, who is the real winner?Obviously only time will be able to tell.

Chapter 1192 The Dian Elephant Soldiers (No. 20 [-]th Update)

Both sides are also the type who don't talk nonsense. On the second day, everyone set up soldiers and horses and started fighting.

This is a canyon in the middle of a mountain. The two sides each occupy one side of the canyon. There are lush forests everywhere on both sides of the canyon. From the perspective of terrain, it is quite steep.

In other words, if either side wants to win, there is no other way to talk about except to defeat the other side head-on.

King Dian was very satisfied with this terrain, and he said to King Yelang beside him: "Today, I will let you see the real ultimate weapon of our Dian Kingdom, the elephant soldier!" ;

When King Dian said this, his face was full of pride.

After listening to King Dian's words, King Yelang's face changed slightly, as if he remembered something, and he was obviously relieved a lot.

Following the order of King Dian, dozens of elephants came up with heavy steps.

The figures of these elephants are extremely tall and burly, and each one is a sign of adulthood, weighing at least a few tons. Their long trunks are swaying, their heads are painted with strange shapes of oil paint, and there is a big elephant on their backs. There are several people sitting on the huge back basket, which looks very impactful.

But if it is an elephant, it is already very shocking, and dozens of elephants lined up together, it feels like dozens of small moving castles, which is quite scary.

King Dian waved his hand confidently, and said, "What are you waiting for?"Hurry up and launch an attack on these damn Han people, let them know the power of our Dian country! ;

So amidst the thundering drums, these elephants took big strides and made an angry blind sound, and began to rush towards the Korean team's position.

Along with the elephant's charge, many soldiers of the Dian Kingdom also uttered exclamations of excitement, and then they also followed the elephant and launched a charge.

This is actually a common tactic used by the Dian team when fighting other countries in the past few decades.

Relying on the elephant's burly and huge size to open a gap and open a gap, and then other soldiers continue to attack, and they can easily defeat the enemy.

After watching the elephant soldiers start to charge up, King Dian patted his chest vigorously, smiled and said to King Yelang in front of him: "Now you don't have to worry that we will be late and lose the battle this time, right?" ;

While speaking, there was actually a strange light shining in King Dian's eyes.

This King of Dian is actually an ambitious person. He has long wanted to expand abroad, but he has never found a good opportunity.

For King Dian, right now is a very good opportunity. As long as Yelang Kingdom can be annexed after defeating Han Kingdom, the entire Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau will be completely under the control of Dian Kingdom.

So this is a big step towards the future world for King Dian.

On the other side, Li Mu was also taken aback for a moment after noticing that the elephant soldiers had launched a charge.

"I didn't expect these savages in the mountains and forests to come up with such a method. It's really interesting." ; Li Mu sent out a compliment.

For Li Mu, in fact, this kind of tactic has been heard before, but he has never really seen it in reality.

When Sima Shang fought in Guangdong, Guangnan and Lingnan, he actually waged a war with elephants in Guilin County.

There is a county in Lingnan because there are too many elephants, and it was even directly appointed as Xiang County by Zhao Kuo.

It is precisely because of this that the generals of the Han team, including Li Mu, are not unfamiliar with elephants at all.

As for how to defeat the elephant, this matter is even simpler.

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said very calmly: "The enemy has already arrived, what are you still doing in a daze, let's shoot!" ;

The next moment, after the elephant soldiers rushed into the range of the musketeers, the musketeers fired directly.

The musketeer's bullets came with a huge impact, directly hitting the elephant in great pain, and a part of the spring shot through the thick skin of the elephant and entered into the flesh and blood, which made the elephant scream loudly. Roar.

The dozens of elephants that had been charging forward began to appear confused, and many elephants stood still, obviously not daring to charge forward anymore.

Although these elephants have indeed undergone some training, these elephants are animals after all. They have brains and can only think. After knowing that charging will become more painful, they are not very willing to charge.

After King Dian saw this scene, he became anxious immediately and couldn't help but roared.

"Where did the original Han people get this kind of weapon? It's really despicable and shameless!" ;

Here we will talk about the recent situation of the Southwest Army. For the Southwest Army, muskets are actually a relatively rare configuration, because most of the muskets are given priority to supply other more difficult directions.

It is precisely because of this that as the opponents of the Southwest Army, whether it is Yelang Kingdom or Dian Kingdom, they actually don't have much impression of muskets.

It is true that some people have seen muskets, but these people who have seen muskets have either become prisoners or have died.

So not only King Dian was furious, but even King Yelang was also speechless and speechless.

But the elephant soldiers sitting on the elephants were not built after all. They have raised elephants for so many years, and they still have some command effects on the elephants.

So after a brief pause, dozens of elephants continued to charge reluctantly under the order of Xiang Bing, even though they were already braving the hail of bullets and were injured in many places all over their bodies.

Watching the elephant gradually approaching, this time it was the turn of the soldiers of the Han Kingdom to be anxious.

A general of the Han Kingdom couldn't help but said to Li Mu: "Master Taiwei, this elephant is approaching, what should we do?" ;

Li Mu was still quite calm, and said to the general: "Don't worry, our rocket is here, hurry up and get the rocket here!" ;

This rocket was also one of the many logistics materials that Li Mu had prepared long before the expedition, so after Li Mu gave an order, hundreds of archers appeared.

At this time, the Musketeers of the Han Kingdom are actually very special, because they not only carry a musket on their backs, but also carry an extra bow and arrow on their backs. Use the bow and arrow to continue fighting.

It is precisely because of this that these archers came in handy at this time.

The arrows that they had already prepared for a long time ago, filled with kerosene, bent their bows, ignited them, and then launched them.

Immediately afterwards, these arrows fell on the elephant's body densely, and immediately ignited the elephant's fur.

All of a sudden the elephant became completely frightened and crazy. They began to run around in disregard of the command of the people on the elephant's back, and even turned their bodies upside down, fleeing towards the phalanx where the Dian Kingdom was located. .

As an animal, the fear of fire is something that is engraved on instinct, and no amount of training can resist this kind of thing.