Chapter 20 Yalong River War (3)

At its shallowest point, the Yalong is about thirty yards wide, narrowing as it flows between banks five feet high.There are some very good fishing areas on the northern end of the disputed stretch.Hu Yi's raiding party often encountered fierce resistance from the Meiyun people.After the Hu Yi people retake the disputed area west of the Yalong River, they will build a semi-circular wall and embark on their return journey.At this time, the Meiyun people will gather and rush through the wall, drive the Huyi people back to the east bank of the Yalong River, push down the wall, and build another wall along the east bank of the river.

But Hui's herdsmen were used to drinking their cattle in this section of the river. Immediately they will begin to destroy the walls that the Meiyun people have built.Meiyun archers shot at them, sometimes wounding men or cattle.The Hu Yi people were furious, and once again sent a raiding team to reoccupy the west bank of the Yalong River.Then came the role of peacemaker. The council of Mei Yun's father held a secret meeting, and the council of Hu Yi's mother also held a secret meeting. They ordered the soldiers to retreat, and sent envoys and diplomats to the other side of the Yalong River to try to reach an agreement, but all failed.Sometimes they will reach an agreement, but soon some shepherds will come to graze on the pastures that have been assigned to each other, or incidents of fishermen fighting each other will occur.And then things started to go round again.Not many people were killed in these operations, but the death rate among young men on both sides was steadily increasing.The Ladies of Parliament of Huy have decided to put an end to this issue in a bloodless move.

As always, invention is the mother of discovery.Huy's copper miners develop a powerful dynamite that the ladies of Congress see as a means of ending the war.They ordered the mobilization of a large number of labor forces. Under the protection of archers and spearmen, these Huyi people excavated enthusiastically and buried the explosives in the ground. Within 26 hours, their explosives diverted the Yalong River. , which flowed west of their claimed boundary, that is, the original river course.The ruins of the city wall that were overthrown by the Meiyun people countless times and rebuilt countless times by the Huyi people are right next to the new river.

Then they sent envoys to Meiyun, and announced in a polite and cautious tone that the peace between the two cities could officially begin, because Hu Yi had decided to accept the boundary terms proposed by Meiyun—that is, the border of the Yalong River. east coast.Hu Yi's cattle can also drink water at a fixed point on the east bank.Many people in Mei Yun's council are willing to accept this proposal.They admitted that Hui's wily women had cheated them out of their property, but since the pasture was not more than two miles long and half a mile wide, so what if they gave it to them.