In a jungle in Gaoping area, a group of Zheng family soldiers who fled from Lang Son gradually gathered here. A Zheng family general wearing armor and holding a sword, in front of him was a pile of soldiers covered in mud and branches and leaves. In order to escape, they had not taken a shower for several days.

"I didn't expect that the hateful Ming people would take the initiative to cross the line and attack our territory. We lost Lang San when we were caught off guard. This does not mean that we had failed! We want to hit the Jiuzhou Army that invaded our territory and let us know how powerful we are!" The general glanced at everyone.

"But sir, the artillery of the Jiuzhou Army is powerful, we are no match for them..."

"We retreated in a hurry, and we couldn't even bring much dry food, and we couldn't eat enough to eat, so how could we fight?"

The morale of the soldiers was depressed and many people complained.

"Quiet, quiet!" The general knocked on the iron gong with his sword, and the harsh sound made all the soldiers in the audience quiet.

"There is a tribe nearby. Last year, we pacified the Gaoping area under their leadership, and last year we also sent a lot of silver. We just need to declare to them that the Jiuzhou Army would invade their territory and believe that they would be willing to provide us with food and help. This jungle is the best cover given to us by the gods. Here we have more than a thousand people than a hundred thousand troops. Even if the Jiuzhou Army comes, we are not afraid of it!"

The general's motivation made the troops who fled into the mountains and forests cheer up again. Yes, they are the people living on this land, and their familiarity with this land has increased their confidence.

Zhao Guirong led an infantry battalion to the official road of Gaoping City along Langshan City. It was said to be an official road, but the road in Annan Kingdom is a mountain road compared to the relatively spacious roads in the Central Plains. Many sections of the road are overgrown with weeds, and snakes, insects, rats and ants can be seen everywhere. There are still many mountain rainforests from Langshan to Gaoping, which has even exacerbated the difficulty of marching.

There were about a thousand people in the first infantry battalion, driving mules and donkeys were marching slowly. These mules and donkeys were basically collected from the local area. Annan Kingdom lacked horses, but there were still two elephants pulling cannons.

Zhao Guirong was riding a war horse brought from the Guangxi Provincial Administration, anxious. He was confident that he could pacify the Gaoping area in half a month, but at the current marching speed, it would probably take some time to arrive in Gaoping City.

"This elephant is really a good thing, with great strength and is most suitable for transporting artillery." An artillery soldier walked behind the elephant and watched the artillery.

"There are not many elephants at all. It is rare to find two of them here to train them." said a local person who trained the elephant.

"ah--"

Suddenly, a scream caused a lot of commotion among the marching troops.

"What happened?" Zhao Guirong saw that there was turmoil in the troops in the front section, so he sent people to the front to inquire.

After a while, the soldier who went to ask returned: "General, someone in front of him was bitten by a poisonous snake. It was a highly poisonous snake. The soldier who was bitten... has already died."

"Such a poisonous creature?" Zhao Guirong was shocked, "Should the poisonous snake be killed?"

"Have been killed by the soldiers."

"Let the soldiers be careful and avoid weeds as much as possible. If they have no choice, they must also be alerted to the snake before they can walk." Zhao Guirong thought for a moment, "In addition, the soldiers who died were buried on the spot, carved a stone tablet to give future generations a thought."

After watching the soldiers who were bitten to Gaoping City, they continued to walk along the official road after watching the soldiers who were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, but the atmosphere became a little heavy.

On the hillside not far away, several local people with mud and grass juice on their faces hid in the trees and found soldiers of the Jiuzhou Army on the winding official road from afar.

"As sure as the people of the Zheng family said, the barbarians from the north went south to invade our land, and they slaughtered the city in Lang Son, almost killing all the people in the city, and dozens of villages were slaughtered. Unexpectedly, they finally came to attack our Gaoping." A native citizen said worriedly.

"Let's go back and notify the leader quickly and find a way to attack our village before they find out, or they will bomb our village with artillery."

A few natives briefly communicated and quickly sank into the jungle and disappeared from their original place.

There is a larger tribe in the jungle, with thousands of people, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with their own paddy fields and hunting grounds. There are many such tribes in Annan. They are unruly and rely on their own villages to support themselves. Even the rulers do not give much face. If the rulers turn against each other and send troops to attack, these tribes and villages will join forces to resist, and they will hide in the mountains and forests if they cannot be defeated, so they will have a headache for the rulers and can only win over them as much as possible.

Especially the tribes in the north of Annan Kingdom, they are essentially no different from the chieftains of the Yunnan Provincial Administration and Guangxi Provincial Administration. However, the Yunnan Provincial Administration and Guangxi Provincial Administration had already surrendered a lot to the capital, and some chieftains even took the initiative to send troops to support the court in the Ming Dynasty.

The leader of this village was waiting at the gate for a reply from the tribe members sent to find the traces of the Jiuzhou Army, and beside him was the general of the Zheng family. According to the description of the Zheng family, the Jiuzhou army massacred cities and villages wherever they went, just like the Mongols who were fighting hundreds of years ago. The terrifying legend of the Mongols has been passed down to this day, and they are ready to face it.

"Chief, really, the Jiuzhou Army is really here!" Several local people who found the Jiuzhou Army on the hillside returned to the village and reported to the leader.

"They actually fought. This time it was a disaster!" The leader of the tribe with white hair beat his chest and stamped his feet.

"Damn the northern barbarians, they have coveted our plump farmland for a long time and have violated us repeatedly. They are really thief-hearted. Four hundred years ago, the Mongolians came here, and corpses everywhere they went. Two hundred years ago, the Ming people came here, and they captured our tribe members as slaves, transporting the plundered gold, silver, treasures, pigs, horses, and cattle to the Central Plains, causing us great suffering. I wonder if they will become worse this time." The general of the Zheng family said sadly, while looking at the leader of the tribe with his eyes.

"The old people in the clan said word by word, the northern barbarians are so hateful. They must be wiped out before they arrive." The leader of the tribe resolutely said, "I can't let our paradise be destroyed by them."

"It's so great that we can work together to eliminate them in the jungle and drive the hateful northern barbarians back to their place." The general of the Zheng family said quickly.
Chapter completed!