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  Chapter 589 586 [Yunnan affairs]

  When Liu Mang was awarded the title of uncle of the bridge, war finally broke out in Yunnan.

  Huang Yao led a Datong army of 10,000, 5,000 farmers and soldiers, and 30,000 civilian husbands. He sent troops from Wusa Mansion (Weining) in southern Sichuan and went straight to Zhanyi Prefecture (Xuanwei) in Yunnan.

   Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng led two Guangxi divisions to attack Guangxi Prefecture (Luxi) and Guangnan Prefecture respectively.

  Zhan outside the city of Yizhou.

  The puppet emperor of Yunnan, together with Mu Tianbo and more than 3,000 remnant soldiers, went out of the city for a few miles to greet Huang Yao.

  Crossing mountains and ridges, there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants. Huang Yao marched extremely slowly, and the military doctors were busy all the way.

   "General, after turning over this mountain pass, you will be more than ten miles ahead and you will be the state city." A burly young man said.

  Huang Yao nodded and said, "Excellent."

  The young man is called Wang Feng, and his ancestor is Wang Ziru. In the early Ming Dynasty, he followed Muying to conquer Yunnan. Wang Ziru was exceptionally brave, conquering three passes every day, stepping on Bazhai at night, and was ordered to guard Yuhu Haikou for generations.

   Chieftain Sha Dingzhou rebelled, and Mu Tianbo's mother and wife committed suicide because they had no time to escape. The Wang family of Dongshan, because of desperate resistance, was also wiped out by Shadingzhou. Only Wang Feng, a young man, escaped by chance.

  Historically, Wang Feng finally voted for the Qing Dynasty. Because of his meritorious service in conquering Wu Sangui, he was named Dongshan chieftain by Kangxi, which lasted until the period of the Republic of China.

  Now he has joined the Datong Army, and he is also serving as a guide, always following Huang Yao.

  A boy in his teens, nearly 1.8 meters tall, and handsome in appearance. Moreover, he is proficient in swords, guns, cavalry and archery, has also learned the art of war handed down from his family, and is especially familiar with the terrain of Yunnan. Huang Yao admired it when he saw it.

As the distance from Zhoucheng got closer and closer, Huang Yao said: "When Yunnan is recovered, you can go to Nanjing Military Academy to study. You can study at an early age, can write and count, and know martial arts and military art. Start as a leader, and with a little military merit, you can become a captain."

   "Thank you, General, for your reminder," Wang Feng gritted his teeth, "I have nothing else to ask for, but I just want to kill Sha Dingzhou and avenge my Dongshan Wang family!"

  Huang Yao looked at the dilapidated mountain village in the distance, frowned and said: "The people's livelihood has been poor along the way, and Mu Tianbo has caused people's resentment to boil here."

Wang Feng sneered and sarcastically said: "Mr. Mu's mansion fled in a hurry. He didn't even care about his mother and wife. Naturally, he didn't have time to take away the money and food of the Mu family. The family business of the Mu family in Yunnan, accumulated for three hundred years, was all taken away by Nasha Dingzhou. Take it away. If he wants to continue to raise troops, he has to rely on plundering the people."

  The army went back for a while, and the welcome team could already be seen.

   More than 3,000 remnants and defeated generals, the military appearance is extremely bad, and they only have complete weapons and equipment, and their mental outlook is not as good as that of Datong farmers and soldiers.

  The puppet emperor of Yunnan and Mu Tianbo stood in the middle of the road, leading dozens of officials to kneel down.

  Huang Yao glanced at it, and said: "These two are escorted back to Nanjing to wait for their release. The rest of the puppet officials will go out with the army, and they may still be useful."

  The puppet emperor of Yunnan and Mu Tianbo are very honest and obedient, they just want to survive.

  They belonged to bereaved dogs, and they were defeated by Sha Dingzhou. Now there is nowhere to go, and the fact that he can live to this day is all due to the support of the Datong Army in Wusha Mansion, which made Sha Dingzhou not dare to attack easily.

  Huang Yao asked Wang Feng again: "How many of these defeated generals do you recognize?"

  Wang Feng replied: "Most of them recognize them."

  Huang Yao said: "Okay, you will be in command of the remnant soldiers in Yunnan for the time being, and I will send some officers to assist you in reorganizing the troops."

   "Thank you, General!" Wang Feng was overjoyed.

  The army moved to the outside of Zhanyizhou City, accompanied by the army officials, and quickly took over the yamen of the state city.

  Huang Yao called the puppet officials in Yunnan and asked for more detailed information.

Pseudo chief assistant Wang Shide said: "General Qi, Sha Dingzhou stole Kunming and falsely called it the 'General Mansion'. His wife, Wan Shi, claimed to be the 'Mistress'. The mastermind was Tang Jiabin, Wan's brother-in-law, who was originally from Lin'an. A member of the prefecture. Sha Dingzhou was able to rebel and occupy Kunming, and it was all planned by Tang Jiabin."

  Huang Yao asked: "How about the Han people in Yunnan?"

Wang Shide said: "The false emperor was greedy for enjoyment and sent eunuchs to exploit the people. Most of the powerful gentry in Yunnan were ruined by the eunuchs. After Sha Dingzhou stole Kunming, under the advice of the master Tang Jiabin, he visited all the places near Kunming. The Han people are powerful. Many of the local gentry were deceived by Sha Dingzhou, and they even regarded a barbarian chieftain as a Ming lord."

  Huang Yao sarcastically said: "You are arrogant and proclaimed emperor in Yunnan, you don't know how to buy people's hearts, you can't even compare with a chieftain."

  Wang Shide blushed and dared not speak anymore.

  Barracks outside the city.

   With the assistance of Datong military officers, Wang Feng reorganized the more than 3,000 remnants and defeated generals.

He was a boy in his teens, and he knew that he could not be recognized by the soldiers, so he said: "My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Feng. My family is in Jinning. Sha Dingzhou rebelled and killed, and everyone fled with President Mu's mansion. My Wang family But they fought **** battles at Iron Furnace Pass. The whole family of Wang was killed, and I was the only one left. I am not blaming you, but I just want to say that I, like you, have a deep blood feud with Shadingzhou..."

  Suddenly, Wang Feng yelled sharply: "You and I have left our homes and left our homes. Would you like to come back to Kunming with me for revenge?"

  The remnant soldiers and defeated generals looked at each other, and were all moved by these words. Whether it is a general or a low-level soldier, most of them have their relatives killed, or have their family property taken away by Sha Dingzhou.

   "Go back to Kunming, revenge!" Finally a small officer shouted.

   "Go back to Kunming, revenge!"

   More and more soldiers shouted together, and the demoralized morale began to rise.

  A few days later, the army went south and went straight to the city of Qujing.

  The defenders of Qujing Mansion are the Han forces who surrendered to Shadingzhou. Seeing the army attacking, regardless of whether Sha Dingzhou is the Ming Lord or not, he skillfully surrendered the city.

  The Datong army continued to move south to the Acropolis of Yuezhou, where the Han generals went out of the city for ten miles and surrendered.

  Lu Liangzhou City, Lu Liangwei City, surrendered one after another, and the war went smoothly to the point of breaking through.

  The reason is very simple. The defenders of these cities are all Han Chinese. Either it is the trilogy of the local tyrants, or the guards left by the Ming Dynasty. The fighting power is not as good as that of Datong peasants and soldiers. How can they dare to resist?

  At the same time, the two Guangxi divisions of Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng encountered difficulties as usual. One attacked Guangxi Prefecture and the other attacked Guangnan Prefecture, both of which had high mountains, dense forests and many chieftains. It is not difficult to win a battle, but it is very troublesome to fight.

  …

  Kunming.

  Sha Dingzhou has received battle reports from various places and is hesitating.

  He didn't know whether to fight Huang Yao who was approaching Kunming first, or to leave a part of the army to defend Kunming, and secretly sent a large army to ambush the two Guangxi divisions. Because the two Guangxi divisions, after occupying the two prefectures that are being attacked, the next goal is to attack Mengzi, the old nest of Shadingzhou.

"The General Mansion, the Datong army is invincible, so we should send another envoy to ask for surrender," Tang Jiabin said, "It's okay not to be the Yunnan consolation envoy, we donate half of Yunnan, and continue to be the chieftain of Mengzi. "

  Sha Dingzhou was in a state of distress and said: "It has already been dispatched. I am afraid that the Datong Army will not agree. As a soldier, I know that if they accept the surrender, their military achievements will be greatly reduced."

  Wan suddenly said: "In my opinion, we should fight two hard battles first. Only when the Datong army is hurt, they will know the benefits and harms, and they will agree to us as consolation envoys."

Tang Jiabin is the brother-in-law of the Wan family. He said to the aunt who knew nothing: "The mistress does not know that the Datong court is the Han Dynasty Zhengshuo, and the Datong army is also the court's heavenly soldiers. Tens of thousands of Datong troops came in three directions. We Even if we design an ambush, we can only win a small victory or two. If the three Datong armies are defeated, Emperor Zhao in Nanjing will be furious, and he will send 100,000 to 200,000 troops to march next year. How can our local soldiers resist it? ?”

   Wan said disdainfully: "It's not that I haven't seen the Han army before. How can it beat our warriors? Brother-in-law, don't scare yourself."

  Guest Tang hesitated to speak, he didn't know how to explain to the ignorant woman.

   What's more, this is a vicious woman.

   Adulterous with my brother-in-law (Sha Dingzhou) and killed her second husband. In order to expand his lover's territory, he killed himself and his first husband's son. Shameless and daring, she doesn't even look down on Emperor Zhao.

  The three discussed and discussed, but they had no choice but to continue to wait for the chieftains from all over the place to gather troops.

  Wait left and wait right, all the chieftains in southern Yunnan are releasing pigeons in Shadingzhou. Some said that they were sick, and some said that there was not enough money and food to send troops, and even not a single soldier was sent.

   "General Office, it's not good, the Han army in Zhenxiong rebelled!"

"what?"

  Sha Dingzhou stood on the spot blankly, Zhenxiong Mansion was to the west of Kunming, and Huang Yao had already attacked to the east of Kunming. The Han army in Zhenxiong Mansion turned their backs, and Sha Dingzhou was waiting to be attacked from both sides.

   After being stunned for a long time, Sha Dingzhou was furious: "The Han people are really unreliable, and they should have been killed in the first place!"

  Guest Tang said: "Minister, why don't we escape?"

   "Where else can I escape to?" Sha Dingzhou asked back.

Tang Jiabin said: "Mengzi can't go back, and Kunming can't keep it either. The wealth accumulated by the Mu family for three hundred years is in our hands. Let's take soldiers and wealth and simply go to Annan Kingdom, or kill Go to the southwest and occupy Mubang."

   Mubang is Mengbang, which already belongs to Myanmar.

  The leader of Mubang was also a chieftain conferred by the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he reported to the imperial court to attack his post, but was blackmailed by Yunnan officials and refused to issue the successor chieftain. Mubang simply betrayed the Ming Dynasty and voted for Toungoo. As the saying goes: The government cherishes a piece of paper and loses two thousand miles.

But Sha Dingzhou was a ruthless man, clenched his fists and said, "If you run away without fighting, what is that? I really don't believe it, his Datong army really has three heads and six arms. Since the chieftain in the south doesn't want to send troops, then we will fight on our own." Hit, beat that surnamed Huang until it hurts!"

  Wan Shi actually clapped his hands and applauded: "That's the reason. The Han people are very weak, and the Han soldiers don't know how to fight. The Datong army will definitely not be able to defeat us!"

  Sha Dingzhou clapped the case and said: "Call the soldiers and horses, I will lead the army to go out!"

   Tang Jiabin, as a counselor, was dumbfounded at the moment.

  He withdrew without saying a word, and took his wealth, concubine, son, and more than a dozen confidantes overnight, and went to the Northern Dynasty of Vietnam across the mountains and mountains.

   Pig teammates can't move, and counselors can only run away.

  (end of this chapter)