The room goes through the late Ming Dynasty, and the back door leads to North America at the beginni

boom!
A cannon shot.

As soon as the Ming army rushed to the wall of Prince Mu's Mansion, they were knocked down in large areas and suffered heavy casualties.

Although these Ming troops were all elites under Fang Guoan's command, they were also afraid of death.

Seeing that the "Tiger Crouching Cannon" on the city wall fired so fast and with such great power, the remaining people immediately retreated.

Fang Guoan's face turned pale when he saw this scene.

Chen Bangfu said from the side: "This is very similar to the Yi Army's Crouching Tiger Cannon. Is it possible that Zhu Youlang is related to the Yi Army?"

Fang Guoan shook his head, "It shouldn't be Zhu Youlang, he doesn't have the courage. Looking at it now, it's either Fang Zhenru or the old man Wu Zhaoyuan."

"Isn't it Yang Weizhi?"

"If it were Yang Weizhi, the one blocking us right now wouldn't be the Beijing camp, but the Chuxiong elite soldiers."

Chen Bangfu's expression changed after hearing this, and he said: "If Yang Weizhi had not participated, then he would probably have been controlled if he went in. So, how about we contact Yang Weizhi's men to attack the city?"

The official name of Prince Mu's Mansion should be Duke of Guizhou's Mansion.

Because it was originally used to guard Yunnan, the mansion was built like an inner city.

There is no shortage of facilities such as city gate towers, archery towers, horse paths, and urns.

The city wall is even more than three feet high.

Although Fang Guoan urgently mobilized more than 10,000 troops and horses, it was not easy to storm in without siege equipment.

It would be best if Yang Weizhi's soldiers could be used as cannon fodder.

Therefore, after hearing Chen Bangfu's words, Fang Guoan's eyes lit up and he nodded and said, "Okay, you can do this quickly."

Chen Bangfu nodded and left, secretly happy in his heart.

He felt that he might be able to take this opportunity to seize Yang Weizhi's troops.

Although Yang Weizhi's tribe only has more than 10,000 people, it is not much more than his number of soldiers and horses.

But those three thousand Chuxiong elite soldiers are particularly good at fighting, especially in the mountains and jungles of Yunnan.

If he could take Yang Weizhi's troops and horses, and then take Mou Wenshou's troops and horses, Fang Guoan would lose some of his troops and horses.

Then in the future, his strength may not be much weaker than Fang Guoan.

Then there will be no need to be humble and petty like now.

After Zhu Youlang is intercepted and goes to Burma, he will probably be able to become a king...
Fang Guoan did not know that Chen Bangfu was interested in competing for his position as the first brother.

After Chen Bangfu left, he saw that morale was low and not many people were willing to sacrifice their lives, so he said: "I have ordered you to attack Prince Mu's Mansion this time. The first one to climb the city wall will be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver and be promoted to two levels!"

"If we can break into the palace, capture and kill the traitors, and rescue His Majesty, everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! Those who are successful will be rewarded three times!"

After the order was passed on, these Ming troops finally gained some morale.

Carrying long ladders, he rushed towards the wall of Prince Mu's Mansion while shouting.

Unexpectedly, before these Ming troops rushed across the moat, there were many loud Ming troops from the Beijing camp shouting together on the city wall.

"Your Majesty has a decree! I am determined to surrender to Wei! I have contacted the Wei army!"

"The main force of the Yi army will arrive in Kunming soon to take over the city!"

"Any loyal people of our Ming Dynasty must not be seduced by powerful traitors and invade the palace city."

"You should obey the emperor's order and return to the main camp and wait for the arrival of the Wei army!"

After shouting these words three times in a row, many Ming army officers and soldiers in the city heard clearly.

Although these people are Fang Guoan's subordinates.

But Fang Guoan transferred them here in the name of rescuing the driver.

At this time, after hearing the shouting from the top of the city, many soldiers couldn't help but look at each other.

They even stopped and started talking to each other.

"The Emperor has surrendered? Is it true or false?"

"I hope it's true, then we won't have to fight the Yi army."

"That's right, the Yi army is too terrifying and cannot be defeated at all."

"I heard that the general wants to take the emperor and us to Myanmar in the south, but I don't want to go. If you die there, you will really be a lonely ghost."

"What should we do now? Go back to camp?"

"···"

Fang Guoan saw that the siege troops stopped because of the defenders' shouts, and he couldn't help but jump in anger.

"Stop for what?!"

"Tell the men in front that Your Majesty has been controlled by the rebels. What are you asking for? That is the traitor's false orders!"

"Let the soldiers go up to supervise the battle!"

"If someone fails to do so again, he will be dealt with according to military law!"

After all, Fang Guoan was a general who was the commander-in-chief of the army during the Chongzhen period, and he was still quite capable.

A meal of orders.

Finally, he asked his soldiers to cross the moat of Prince Mu's Mansion and begin to attack the city.

However, although Fang Guoan's soldiers attacked the city as he wanted, the morale they had boosted before disappeared.

Except for a few die-hard fans of Solid Eyes and Fang Guoan who are risking their lives, most people are fishing.

Therefore, the intensity of this siege was quite low, and the Beijing soldiers of the Hongguang Court could handle it.

The two teams of Shengjie Guards who came here to support did not need to use their full strength. They only shot and killed Fang Guoan's officers from time to time, which caused the opponent's morale to continue to decline.

Seeing that the ordinary troops were useless, Fang Guoan was ready to send elites and even some personal soldiers.

at this time.

A fast horse galloped from the deserted street.

"Report!"

Lai Qi rolled off his horse and gasped, "Your Majesty, thousands of troops suddenly appeared outside the city and attacked the south gate in a surprise attack!"

"what?!"

Fang Guoan was furious.

"What does Liu Shouzhen do for food? I have already ordered to strengthen the security, how can we still let the Yi army attack and occupy the city gate?"

The messenger said, "They have a team of elite soldiers disguised as soldiers from the Beijing camp who are out on a mission. They have all the military orders and documents. General Liu Shen didn't check for a while, and then he got the idea."

Listen to this.

Fang Guoan was completely sure that Fang Zhenru must have had an affair with the Yi army a long time ago and had planned to capture Kunming today.

Logically speaking, the current situation is extremely corrupt.

But after all, he and Chen Bangchuan still had 40,000 to 50,000 troops under their command. It would be extremely unwilling to abandon Kunming and Zhu Youlang like this.

'Even if we have to evacuate Kunming, we must take away Zhu Youlang and kill these two idiots Fang Zhenru and Wu Zhaoyuan! '

Fang Guoan thought fiercely.

Who knows the next breath, I heard a burst of cannons and explosions coming from the east of the city.

His expression suddenly changed.

Because the sound probably came from his mansion.

really.

Soon another horse came galloping over.

The messenger on horseback looked disgraced and embarrassed.

Before dismounting, the messenger anxiously said: "Your Majesty, a group of people are raiding the palace! They brought squatting cannons and grenades. They are most likely the Yi army!"

"We are no match for him, so the prince can only take his wife and others to escape through the side door."

"Please also ask the prince to send troops to support quickly, otherwise the prince's palace will be taken over by this group of people!"

After hearing this, Fang Guoan's face turned livid and he said angrily: "It's the Yi army again!"

Then he asked, "How many are there?"

The messenger from the palace said in shame: "Only about four or five hundred."

Fang Guoan stared in disbelief, "Four or five hundred people defeated you?!"

Since he became a warlord and lived in troubled times, Fang Guoan naturally attached great importance to the safety of his mansion.

On weekdays, there are more than 3,000 soldiers and horses guarding it, including 1,000 personal soldiers.

Of course, because something happened in the palace today, he transferred eight hundred soldiers behind him.

Even so, the protective force of Yuezhou Palace is not weak.

He was unexpectedly attacked by four to five hundred troops and was about to be breached. How could Fang Guoan accept this?

Logically speaking, since his son had already evacuated with his family, it would not matter even if the mansion was occupied. The problem is that there are gold, silver and jewelry that he plundered through various means in the mansion, which are worth more than one million taels.

If the mansion is really occupied by the Yi army, all his money will be gone!

Fang Guoan gritted his teeth, weighed it up, and could only look at Prince Mu's Mansion bitterly and issue a new order.

"Pass this king's order to withdraw the troops and rescue the Yue Prince's Mansion!"

"In addition, dispatch 10,000 soldiers and horses from the main camp to Nancheng to stop the Yi army!"

"Send someone to give Chen Bangfu the order to prepare to withdraw from Kunming!"

"···"

Qianyuan three years, October 21st.

Zhu Youlang, Emperor Hongguang of the Can Ming Dynasty, surrendered to Wei, triggering civil strife.

The Second Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of Shengjie Guard took the opportunity to make a surprise attack and cooperated internally and externally to capture Kunming.

Except for Fang Guo'an, Chen Bangfu and others who led 20,000 to 30,000 men to withdraw from Kunming and fled south to Myanmar, most of the Ming army in Kunming chose to surrender.

In this regard, Damei nominally occupied the former Yunnan Chief Envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

After this battle.

Zhu Youlang, Mu Tianbo, Yang Weizhi, Mou Wenshou and other important personnel of the Hongguang court were sent to Nanjing.

Li Dingguo and Zhang Ao led the Wei army and divided their troops to the various prefectures in Yunnan to attack those who refused.

···
It's November.

The weather in Nanjing has also become colder and cooler.

Forbidden City.

Tianxin Palace.

Liu Sheng held an enlarged meeting of the Military Aircraft Department.

In addition to several military ministers, the meeting also included Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, Zhang Youyu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, He Yingrui, the Minister of Industry, Qian Yunsheng, the Minister of Finance, and Luo Huaiyu, the Minister of the Patrol Department.

Before the meeting began, Liu Sheng asked the guards to hang three large maps in the hall.

One is the latest version of the Da'ei territory map.

You can see it from this map.

Today, Dalei has South Zhili, North Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, Huainan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan.

There are seventeen provinces in total.

The territory of each province is basically similar to that of the previous Ming Dynasty.

As for Shaanxi, Liaodong, Liaoxi and other places where the Ming Dynasty owned Dawei but had not yet collected it, they are covered with gray diagonal lines to mark them.

The other two maps in the hall are administrative maps of Guangxi and Yunnan from the pre-Ming Dynasty.

After the meeting starts.

Liu Gaosheng sat on the dragon chair and said loudly: "According to the latest battle report from Yunnan, our army has captured Kunming, Chuxiong, Dali, Menghua, Jingdong Prefecture, and half of Lijiang Prefecture."

"Since Fang Guo'an, Chen Bangchuan and other former Ming warlords fled to Myanmar in panic, the main obstacles to our army's control of places are local chieftains."

"Based on the reactions of Li Dingguo and Zhang Ao, today Yunnan chieftains can be roughly divided into three categories."

"The first type is more civilized. After learning that Zhu Youlang and Mu Tianbo have surrendered to our country, they also took the initiative to surrender."

"The second category is dominated by rebellious chieftains such as Sha Dingzhou and Wu Bikui. They are entrenched in various places and rely on geographical advantages to defend themselves in an attempt to seize the opportunity."

"The third category belongs to the neutral faction. They are neither willing to surrender to our country nor rarely fight with our army. They should wait and see."

Having said this, Liu Sheng paused for a moment and then said, "Let's discuss this. In view of the current situation in Yunnan, what strategy should I take?"

The ministers listened and started communicating in low voices.

Because there were not many people, and the Tianxin Palace had its own amplification effect, Liu Sheng could basically hear the words of these ministers.

"If you want to pacify the whole of Yunnan as soon as possible, it is best to continue the policy of the previous Ming Dynasty and grant chieftains official positions and titles."

"We can reward those chieftains who take the initiative to surrender to me."

"For those chieftains who dare to use weapons against me, I need to kill a few of them to scare the monkeys!"

"Sha Dingzhou and Wu Bikui must be destroyed. This generation is ambitious and colludes with Myanmar. We must not stay!"

"I think the imperial court can also use this opportunity to weaken the power of some powerful chieftains to facilitate local government governance in the future."

"···"

About a quarter of an hour passed.

The discussion among the ministers stopped.

Liu Sheng said: "I have probably heard what the ministers just said. Now, just listen to my thoughts."

"I believe that it is important to quell the war in Yunnan as soon as possible, but we must not miss this opportunity to change our country and return to our country."

"Therefore, while roughly continuing the policies of the previous Ming Dynasty to appease the loyal chieftains, we must not hesitate to use troops."

"We must resolutely eliminate those chieftains who dare to resist me, so as to deter those vacillating chieftains with evil intentions!"

Listen to Liu Sheng finish.

Zhang Youyu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, both Yunnan and Guizhou are provinces with many chieftains. Yunnan has also experienced wars and the people's livelihood has been in decline."

"So, why not follow the strategy of governing Guizhou and first stabilize the chieftains and recuperate?"

Liu Shengdao: "Yunnan and Guizhou are very different. First of all, Guizhou is included, but Yunnan is on the border, adjacent to Myanmar."

"Even if the chieftains of Guizhou are powerful and ambitious, they are at best rebellious and self-reliant."

"In fact, as long as the imperial army is intimidating and don't push the chieftains into a hurry, they will not rebel."

"Even if the court changes its policies in the future and makes some changes, they will only be frogs in warm water."

"And if the Yunnan chieftain has ambition and strength, he will collude with Burma like Sha Dingzhou and Wu Bikui."

"Once that generation rebels, it is likely to attract a large army to invade the border, and then trigger a war between the two countries."

"In addition, now our army is strong and powerful, and we can suppress them. But if the imperial court is as weak as in the Ming Dynasty in the future, they may collude with foreign countries and divide the country."

"So, for the chieftains in Yunnan, we should take advantage of the army's presence in Yunnan to ruthlessly eliminate a group of chieftains and accelerate the reform of the local chieftains."

"While strengthening the imperial court's control over the border areas, we will also severely intimidate the chieftains so that they will not dare to rebel for a hundred years!"

After hearing Liu Sheng's words, Li Changwen, Li Banghua and other important ministers could not help but nod slightly.

They all felt that Liu Sheng was right.

Yunnan is a border province, and its policies must not be completely in line with Guizhou.

In fact, Qianming is a good example of what Liu Sheng said.

Let’s not talk about the loss of Annan in the previous Ming Dynasty, but here in Myanmar, when the martial arts was strong in the early Ming Dynasty, the border was hundreds of miles further south than it is now.

Later, when the Ming Dynasty's military weakened, all this land was lost due to the ambitions of the chieftains and Burma.

Chieftains are originally the imperial government's policy of restraint, and their control over local areas is very weak.

Only by reforming the land and returning it to its current position can we strengthen control and stabilize our rule over the border areas.

At this time.

Liu Sheng added, "You can take a look at this administrative map of Yunnan in the pre-Ming Dynasty. There are so many state capitals that they are almost countless."

"Why? Isn't it because there are so many toasts?"

"I have also learned that many chieftains here began to accept Han culture in the early Ming Dynasty, and now many of them can integrate into the Han family."

"That is to say, after more than two hundred years of governance and influence in the pre-Ming Dynasty, the conditions for many places in Yunnan to change their land and return it to local rule have become mature."

"Although the former Ming Dynasty has been promoting the reform of the country, the progress has been relatively slow in order not to cause rebellion."

"Now that there is war in Yunnan, if I don't take the opportunity to speed up the reform of the country, do I have to wait until there is peace in the future and then risk causing war?"

"In addition, even if the promotion of reform and return to local rule is not conducive to peace in Yunnan as soon as possible, the war will not be too big."

"Leaving part of the standing army to carry out this matter in Yunnan can just be used to train troops in small-scale wars."

"In this way, if a war breaks out with Myanmar in the future, we will not be without elite soldiers suitable for local fighting."

After hearing this, more ministers agreed with Liu Sheng's words.

Since there are benefits in terms of governance and military affairs, it is worth doing.

Next.

The enlarged meeting on military discipline was able to have a more detailed discussion on "taking advantage of the pacification of Yunnan to speed up the reform of the country and return it to the locals".

Finally, it was initially decided that the small-scale war in Yunnan should be limited to two or three years.

When the war completely subsides, the number of chieftain capitals divided by the former Ming Dynasty will be reduced by at least half!
This matter is over.

Liu Sheng asked the eunuch to serve tea to the ministers, and took a quarter of an hour's rest to give some old ministers a chance to go to the toilet.

After the meeting resumed, Liu Sheng motioned the ministers to look at Qian Ming's administrative map of Guangxi. (End of chapter)