Chapter 866: Inside the Mountain (Part 1)
The 100,000 mountains are not really there are 100,000 mountains in this area, but it is just a symbolic name. This is used to describe the vastness of this mountain area. In this mountain area, there are dozens of mountains above 100,000 mountains. Including the surrounding area, the 100,000 mountains have hundreds of square kilometers in a radius.
The danger is not only high mountains and roads, but also rugged and difficult to walk. What is even more frightening is that there are many miasma in the mountains and forests. If people who are not familiar with this mountain, if they accidentally enter these places, ten lives will be reimbursed.
Even the Qiang people dare not go to some places.
The Qiang people living in this mountainous area have been a country for many years. No matter the dynasties outside, the 100,000 mountains are always calm as usual. For countless years, there have been rulers who want to conquer this mountain. However, after losing troops and returning in vain, everyone realized that the price to pay for the tribes in this mountain is completely disproportionate to the harvest. No ruler will pay a huge price for a mountain that they think is poor and hundreds of thousands of rebellious barbarians.
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So he admitted that the tribal chiefs ruled this mountain and even spent money, and rewarded these barbarians to stay in the mountains peacefully and not come out to make trouble. Then hello, I, everyone.
All Qiang chiefs also followed this law, which was to guard their homes and not covet the colorful world at the foot of the mountain, because once they came out of the mountain, the Qiang people would lose their greatest weapon to fight the enemy - the geographical advantage. Until Mata's generation, the huge empire began to decline, and the local government was in power. The central government ordered that no one could leave Luoyang for hundreds of miles. The empire was only famous. This gave Mata a chance. Unlike other chiefs, Mata went out to study when he was young, and had to understand clearly outside the mountain than any other chief who had passed. The chaos outside the mountain made Mata, who had great ambitions, determined to walk out of the mountain and open up another new world for the Qiang people.
The timely win over King Ning hit it off with Mata, and he could easily obtain a state land and a wealthy Qingzhou. This made Mata very happy. Despite the opposition of other Qiang elders, he led his troops out of the mountain. After 50,000 Qiang soldiers came out of the mountain, he made contributions to help King Ning defeat Qiu Zhi's army in Luoyang and occupy Qingzhou.
In Mata's view, the Qiang people live in the mountains and have no room for development. Only by walking out can they have the opportunity to develop. After occupying Qingzhou, the Qiang soldiers in the past did start to replace cannons. They had standard weapons, but not as diverse as before. They had unified uniforms and full-body armor that they never dared to imagine before. Everything made Mata full of confidence. Even if the situation on the mainland changes, Mata strongly believed that as long as his 50,000 Qiang soldiers were there, no one could take away Qingzhou from his hands. On the contrary, he could take advantage of the chaos on the mainland and gain a share of the pie.
But obviously, although Mata is familiar with history books, he is more wiser than any Qiang chief in history, compared with these stormy politicians on the mainland, his heart is not dark enough or cruel enough. The Qiang tribe's rule model is based on his own, which makes King Ning succeed with one blow. After killing Mata, 50,000 Qiang soldiers of the Qiang tribe immediately fell into chaos. Taking this opportunity, King Ning attacked, grabbed, bribed a large number of Qiang generals and elders, and recruited most of the Qiang soldiers. He killed the group of people who refused to subdue. The Qiang generals who came down the mountain have gained a lot of wealth at the foot of the mountain in recent years, enjoying the luxurious life they had never thought of before. The ruthlessness of the previous generation has long been wiped out by luxury, and the Qiang tribe who lost these will no longer have the same strength as before. Under the use of both soft and hard work of Ning, they all went to King Ning.
But the ambitious Mata was already full of bones at this time.
Although the Qiang soldiers began to decline, some of their inherent traditions were rooted in their hearts. Even King Ning would not touch this bottom line. At this time, his grandson, his son and Malanhua's son Qin Ping became the most important weapon. Mata had no son, only Malanhua, and now, Qin Ping became the only heir to the chief family. Qin Ping, who was still in his infancy, sat on the position of patriarch. In the name of Qin Ping, King Ning subdued most of the Qiang elders. The large amount of wealth he brought also gave him sufficient funds to buy most of the Qiang elders. After King Ning entered the mountain for several months, he quickly stabilized the Qiang form that had become somewhat chaotic because of Mata's death.
Ninety percent of the thirty-six cave masters of the Qiang tribe sent envoys to the Tarot village that originally belonged to Mata, but now they belonged to King Ning, expressing their surrender and loyalty to him.
Taro Village lives on Taro Mountain in the 100,000 mountains. Taro Mountain is not the highest among the 100,000 mountains, but it is definitely the most dangerous. There are five smaller peaks surrounding Taro Mountain. These five small peaks become the first barrier of Taro Village. The suddenly suddenly rising mountain in Taro Mountain makes it have no other way except for a big road to go up the mountain. On the way up the mountain, the barriers built based on the mountain are called "one man blocking the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. Taro Village has never been broken since its completion, and its village has never been directly exposed to the military front.
Now Tarot Village has become the garrison of King Ning. The Southern Army has 20,000 elite troops stationed on Tarot Village and the other five peaks. Most of the important elders of the Qiang tribe were moved to this place by King Ning. In name, of course, in order to prevent the Dingzhou army from entering the mountain to endanger the safety of these elders, so they were asked to move to Tarot Village to ensure safety.
It is not very common for Ning Wang, who is used to living in a luxurious palace, to move to Taro Village. The climate here and everything are too different from the foot of the mountain. Ning Wang, who suffered a lot, is already very weak. After going up the mountain, his body seems even weaker. Fortunately, they have prepared for a long time, at least in terms of diet, and for the time being, they have ensured that there is not much difference from the foot of the mountain. However, with the blockade of the Dingzhou Army, such days must not be too long.
Although his physical condition is getting worse day by day, King Ning still has to hold on to his sick body. At least in front of the Qiang elders, he cannot show any weakness. Although his son is not young, he still seems immature and cannot support the overall situation. In dealing with the matter of Malanhua, King Ning is extremely annoyed. If he had killed Malanhua with one knife at that time, why would she become a hidden danger that King Ning is worried now?
Shang Haibo made a clear statement in his letter that the Malanhua incident had nothing to do with Luoyang. According to his estimate, Malanhua must have fallen into the hands of Dingzhou. If this is the case, then King Ning could conclude that Li Qing would not miss this opportunity. Malanhua must have sneaked into the 100,000 mountains now, staring at him in the dark, accumulating strength in secret, hoping to give him a fatal blow.
If those Qiang elders who usually seem to be convinced by themselves know that Malanhua is still alive, how many people will be loyal to them and keep following them? Ning Wang was unsure and knew his body well. Wang Ning was determined to clear all possible obstacles for his son before he died, so that his son could stand firmly in the 100,000 mountains in the future, control the Qiang people, and plan to fight out of the mountain one day.
It was already deep in the night, and King Ning was still standing in front of the sand table, planning countermeasures.
The house where he lived was completely made of stone, wide and tall. The torches in the house were peeling off Bibi, illuminating the house clearly. However, compared with the special candles in the previous Ning Wang Mansion, it is of course not the same as those of the Ning Wang Mansion. There were more than a dozen of these torches in the house, and the smoke was relatively large. Although it had been up the mountain for a long time, Ning Wang was still not used to it, and his eyes were often smoked red.
"Your Highness!" Zhong Ziqi stepped into the door.
"Ziqi, you are back!" Ning Wang raised his head and rubbed his eyes, "How is Ma Hong there?"
Ma Hong is an elder with real power among the Qiang tribes and one of the twelve major village leaders of the Qiang tribe. The Niujiao Village controlled by him is the largest village leading to the outside of the mountain with a hundred thousand mountains. If the Dingzhou army is determined to enter the mountain, then Niujiao Village will definitely be the first to be its troops.
"It has been deployed. Your Highness, in addition to Ma Hong's own tribe soldiers, we have also deployed our own three thousand elite troops in Niujiao Village. With Niujiao Village as the center, we have set up three defensive points, which are foolproof." Zhong Ziqi said.
"Ma Hong is still obedient?" King Ning raised his head and said.
Zhong Ziqi said: "Being obedient is obedient, he is too greedy. He wants everything for us, for money, weapons, armor, and even women."
"Give it to him!" King Ning said without thinking, "These things are nothing. As long as he firmly guards this first line of defense, I will give you whatever he wants. Ziqi, here, you must be more careful and slowly control Niujiao Village, so that this place is completely controlled by us in the end. In the future, we will use this as a base."
"Your Highness let go of defense, I have already started to make arrangements!" Zhong Ziqi nodded.
"Well, Ziqi, come and take a look. Shang Haibo promised to give us weapons and provide us with supplies, but there are too few passages to Bozhou to the 100,000 mountains, and it is not easy to transport it to Tarot Village, too far apart!"
"Yes, Your Highness, but no matter how difficult it is, we cannot give up. Even if we can only transport very few things at a time, we must work hard for this, because this is not just a matter of weapon supply, but also a morale issue. We must let our soldiers see it and those Qiang people see it. We are not isolated, and our foreign aid will do our best to provide support to us."
"You can see thoroughly!" Ning Wang nodded and said, "That's right, I have asked Tai'er to set up a special department to handle the materials transported. Let him control these materials, and to facilitate him to have more contact with these Qiang elders. I believe that those greedy elders will run to Tai'er more diligently for these things."
"Your Highness is far-sighted!" Zhong Ziqi said.
King Ning sighed, "I only worry about one thing now, that is Malanhua. If this woman does not die for a day, we will not be able to really stand firm in the 100,000 mountains."
Chapter completed!