The next day, the sky was not yet bright, just a little light, and the sun was still brewing below the horizon.

Mrs. Yilan did not fall asleep last night, tossing and turning and not falling asleep for a long time, just lying on the tiger skin mattress and closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, until at this moment she was a little sleepy, and was about to take the opportunity to close her eyes and take a nap, when she suddenly heard the sound of "dong" beating war drums in the distance.

In the valley, due to the various bonuses of echo and condensation, this war drum was very loud, as if the heavens and the earth had been hammered.

Then, this war drum was like a signal, and before the aftersound subsided, I heard "dong dong dong...... countless war drums came one after another, and for a while, the sound of war drums was beating in all directions.

Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock...... The whole world was hammered and exploded.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Accompanied by the drums of war, there were bursts of shouts of killing from all directions.

"What's going on?"

Mrs. Yilan opened her eyes suddenly, and the corners of her eyes were covered with crow's feet, full of bloodshot from lack of sleep.

"Report! Lord of the Lord! Big things are wrong! Ming Dog secretly occupied several surrounding mountains last night, and the mountains were full of Ming Dog's military flags, and the surrounding mountains were full of Ming dogs! I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of dogs. ”

A Nanban Miao ran in to pray, a face full of fear.

"What?!"

When Mrs. Yilan heard this, her face instantly turned pale, and her shocked heart seemed to have stopped beating temporarily.

"Help me up." Mrs. Yilan called.

The girl who served with her hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Yi Lan, and Mrs. Yi Lan walked to the open place with a cane and looked around. At this moment, the visibility is not high, just a haze, but you can still see that the mountains around the mountain they occupy are full of military flags of the Ming people, the figures on the mountain are shaking, the war drums are beating earth-shattering, and the shouts of killing are also resounding through the world.

Now, the grass and trees are all soldiers, and the rumors are loud, and they are replaced by Mrs. Yilan.

She saw the Ming military flags on the mountains in all directions, listened to the continuous war drums and shouts of killing, and then looked at the swaying grass and trees on the mountain, and thought it was the Ming people, and then listened to the whistling wind, she thought it was the Ming people's shouting and killing.

Seeing everything in front of her, Mrs. Yi Lan couldn't help but be shocked, and a cold sweat appeared on her back, "How can there be so many Ming people?!" Didn't the Ming people only add more than 4,000 horses last night? ”

"Insidious Akito!" Mrs. Yilan instantly made up a scene in her mind, and couldn't help but grit her teeth and spit out, "Last night, they openly increased their troops by 4,000, and took advantage of the night to secretly increase so many soldiers and horses!" ”

When Mrs. Yilan gritted her teeth and scolded the Ming people for being insidious, the Nanban Miao descendants under her command looked at the Ming military flags on the mountains in all directions, listening to the earth-shattering war drums and shouts of killing, and panic quickly grew.

"Why are there so many Ming dogs?! I don't believe ......," a Nanban Miao shook his pale cheek vigorously and muttered.

"The Ming dog who kills a thousand knives! It's just that there are more people and fewer people are bullying! If it's one-on-one, Lao Tzu kills them like slaughtering chickens! The Nanban Miao next to him scolded indignantly, although the words were murderous, but he looked at the Ming army in the distance, and his eyes were also terrified.

"The Ming people occupy the plains, where they are all fertile land, the land is rich and oily, just sow a handful of seeds, you can harvest a lot, they multiply there, can they not have much?! Like us, trapped in the deep mountains and old forests, there is no land suitable for farming, and there are fewer and fewer prey in the mountains. ”

Another Nanban Miao scolded hatefully, he went out of the mountains to sell animal skins in Jingnan County with his head, and witnessed the endless rice fields and rich life of the Han plain along the way, and that life was simply paradise.

"There are too many Ming people, all directions are occupied by Ming people, and they don't even leave us a way out, they are going to kill us!" There was a more strategic Nanban Miao descendant, who was a small-headed man, he observed for a moment, and said to the people around him with a solemn face.

"It's a big deal! They want to kill them all, and Lao Tzu will pull two backs when he dies! ”

Hearing this, the surrounding Nanban Miao descendants were all like trapped beasts, desperate, frightened, but crazy.

"Aren't Ming people tired, this war drum has never stopped!" A Nanban Miao wondered.

"I want to exhaust these grandsons! It's a pity that there are a lot of them, so when this one is tired, he will replace the next ......"

The Nanban Miao next to him let out a long sigh of weakness.

Yes, there are a lot of dogs! How can this be good?! The surrounding Nanban Miao descendants all had a strong sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

At this moment, on the mountains in all directions, there are young and strong people scattered one by one, each of whom is pulling a rope in his hand, and the rope is either tied to a small tree, or connected with several military flags. There are also a large cowhide drums scattered on the mountain, there are young people beating drums in conspicuous places, and there are goats in hidden places that are tied to their hind legs and hung on the trees with ropes, and the goats are war drums under their front hooves, and the goats are hanging upside down with their front hooves kicking around, and the war drums are ringing loudly......

People who don't know the inside story look at it from a distance, and it does seem that thousands of troops and horses are stationed on these mountains.

"It's almost time."

Zhu Ping'an finished the dry food in his hand, drank a bowl of rice soup, and got up and said to Liu Dian, Han Dianzhi and others.

"County Zun, do you really want to go?! Please also ask the county to think twice, Nanban is not educated, and there is no benevolence and righteousness...... There are tens of thousands of Nanban on the mountain, and it is too dangerous for the county to go......" Qian Warden said with a worried face.

"Qian Warden and rest assured that the Nanban Miao people robbed the southeast flood refuge area and did not deliberately kill people, which shows that they have room for this rebellion; In addition, as an official of the imperial court, I am not only the magistrate of Jingnan, but also the chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Procuratorate, and unless they are ready to meet the wrath of the imperial court and exterminate the clan, they will not dare to touch a single hair of me. Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and said confidently.

"County Zun, the so-called gentleman does not erect a dangerous wall, please allow me to persuade the Southern Barbarians on behalf of the former rebel camp of the county honor."

Liu Dianyan got up and hugged his fists.

"County Honor, please let me go." Han Dian's official also got up and asked for his life.

"Liu Dian, Han Dian, I understand your kindness, and I also believe in your ability, but your identity is not enough to win the trust of the Nanban Miao descendants. Only if I go will it be convincing enough. ”

Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly and said firmly.

"County Zun ......" Liu Dianguan and Han Dianguan still wanted to fight again, but they were interrupted by Zhu Ping'an.

"It's not early. You don't need to persuade anymore, you don't have to fight anymore, as the magistrate of Jingnan, this trip is incumbent! Besides, your task is also very important, you sit in the rear, you must be optimistic about the camp and the 'army', and do not be recognized by the Nanban Miao descendants. After the success of this trip, I will remember a great success for you. ”

Zhu Ping'an said with a firm face.