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  Chapter 590 587 [Death is not a pity]

  Huang Yao and Sha Dingzhou's main force hadn't started fighting yet, Chuxiong's side had already started fighting.

  The leader of the Han army in Chuxiong is called Gong Yi, a serious Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, and an official to the doctor of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. When Zhao Han sent troops to Zhejiang, Gong Yi felt that the situation was not good. In addition, he was not reused in Daming, so he simply ran back to his hometown in Yunnan ahead of schedule.

  Back to Yunnan, Gong Yi gathered people to give lectures, and devoted himself to spreading enlightenment, and his reputation grew.

   Mu Tianbo supported the establishment of the false emperor, and after several conquests, he invited Gong Yi six times before he invited Gong Yi to be an official. Sha Dingzhou stole Kunming, listened to the advice of counselor Tang Jiabin, and also respected Gong Yi.

  Gong Yi was superficially obedient, and asked himself to be the prefect of Chuxiong, because Chuxiong was very close to his home.

  Sha Dingzhou needs to collect food and grass, and Gong Yi also cooperates more, and persuades the gentry in Chuxiong Mansion to provide food, thus gaining Sha Dingzhou's trust more and more.

  Who would have expected that when the Datong army reached Yunnan, Gong Yi would be the first to raise troops to respond. And this is Chuxiong Mansion, not far from Kunming, the lethality of his backstab is like stabbing a chrysanthemum in Shadingzhou.

   "Fu Zun, the Lu family and the Luo family led the local soldiers to vote."

"it is good!"

  The uprising troops led by Gong Yi were all Han soldiers. The Lu family and the Luo family are both chieftain forces of the Yi nationality.

  There are many Yi people in Chuxiong Mansion. There are four major families of An, Long, Lu and Luo, and these four families also intermarry. Now, Lu's and Luo's votes are equivalent to drawing a clear line with An's and Long's.

  Long's strength is the strongest, and they are vacillating. They neither want to help Sha Dingzhou, nor do they want to unconditionally surrender to the Datong Army.

   "Master Fu, take this opportunity to cut off the Yi tribe of Long and An!" Lu Huaichu suggested.

  Gong Yi shook his head: "Don't act rashly."

  Lu Huaichu's ancestral home is in Jiangxi. In the Ming Dynasty, the salt system was implemented, and Yunnan is also one of the salt-producing areas. Lu Huaichu's ancestors moved from Jiangxi to Kaizhong, Yunnan, and became the most prominent Han family in Yao'an, and their descendants also extended to Chuxiong.

  There are four peoples in the state, and business and industry occupy the second.

  This sentence means that half of the Han people in Yunnan are engaged in industry and commerce.

   Moreover, the vast majority of these foreign businessmen came from Jiangxi, followed by Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan.

  Jiangxi is the land of Zhao Han’s prosperity. The Yunnan merchants whose ancestral home is in Jiangxi naturally feel close to them—no matter what, they can take the opportunity to build relationships and keep their family business as much as possible. After all, many generals of the Datong Army also come from Jiangxi.

  Sha Dingzhou's crazily exploiting Yao'an salt merchants has already angered the merchants headed by the Lu family.

  The reason why Gong Yi raised troops in Chuxiong so smoothly this time is also because of the help of Yao'an salt merchants.

Lu Huaichu analyzed: "Sha Dingzhou's soldiers are strong, and we can't compete with him head-on. And the Yi tribe's four surnames have now won the second, and the remaining two are uncertain. We must send troops, first cut off one family, and one family Come to stand up for our army, second to stabilize the situation in Chuxiong, and third to share benefits with the coalition forces!"

  Gong Yi thought over and over again, finally nodded and said: "That's how it is done!"

  So, Gong Yi released the news that he was going to attack Kunming, and led the Han army and the Yi soldiers of the Lu and Luo two tribes, marching towards the east in a swaggering manner.

  Long and An, surnamed Yi, completely relaxed their vigilance, and even wondered if they could take the opportunity to plunder Fucheng. Anyway, the defenders in the city have all gone to Kunming.

  Gong Yi led his troops to withdraw westward at night, and ran for tens of miles to attack the chieftain of the Long family.

   As early as the fifth year of Jiajing, this place has been reformed and returned to the people. But the Yi people refused to accept it and made various troubles. In the ninth year of Jiajing, the officials had to be dismissed, and the chieftain of the Yi nationality was allowed to be the local magistrate here.

  Most of the time, the prefect of Chuxiong was named Long.

   Before the Long clan had time to gather troops, Gong Yi led his troops to kill them, unable to resist in a hurry. The wealth accumulated by the Long family for more than two hundred years was divided up by Gong Yi and the soldiers of the Han army, the accompanying merchants, and the leaders of the two Yi tribes, the Luoluo.

  For a while, the morale of the coalition forces was boosted.

  An's chieftain was terrified, and hurriedly brought the soldiers to vote, and followed Gong Yi to attack Kunming.

  At this moment, Huang Yao's army had already approached Yiliang City, and Sha Dingzhou led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight.

  Gong Yi led a group of mobs, and soon arrived in Lufeng. The Han people in Lufeng City responded spontaneously to seize the city, and they cooperated inside and outside to kill the soldiers defending the city.

  Since Lufeng is in control, there is Anning ahead, and Kunming is tens of miles northwest of Anning.

  …

  Yiliang mountain area.

   As soon as he came galloping on a fast horse, Sha Dingzhou was shocked when he heard the news, and muttered to himself, "How did Lu Feng lose it so quickly?"

  It is very simple and unpopular.

  Although Sha Dingzhou wooed Han gentry, it was only limited to the surrounding areas of Kunming. In farther places, the Han people were exploited excessively, and the Han people in various states and counties had long waited for the opportunity to rebel.

After thinking about it, Sha Dingzhou called his confidant and ordered: "Go back to Kunming immediately and tell the mistress to move the goods. Go straight to the south and wait in Xinxingzhou (Yuxi). .”

  The Mu family in Yunnan has accumulated savings for three hundred years, and there are countless gold and silver treasures. Even if Sha Dingzhou wants to run for his life, he must bring these treasures with him.

  A few days later, the Datong army conquered Yiliang.

  Sha Dingzhou did not go to rescue, but guarded the lion's mouth. It is of course best to be able to ambush. If the ambush fails, you will fight against the Datong army in the mountains.

  But Huang Yao's army seemed to be tired from the battle, so they actually stayed in Yiliang City, and Sha Dingzhou waited in the valley for a lonely time.

   "How far ahead?" Zhao Mingzheng asked.

  Wang Feng replied: "Out of this valley, you can see Mount Haimu."

  Zhao Mingzheng said: "Before leaving the mountain, let me know and rest until dark before leaving."

  The Datong Army has mountain troops and a local guide like Wang Feng, so how could it be possible to fight head-on honestly.

  Those remnant soldiers from Yunnan also selected 200 people who were good at mountain climbing, and joined Wang Feng in a surprise attack with the mountain troops.

   Their marching route, the army's baggage cannot pass. More than 3,000 people brought dry food and drinking water, but they walked directly over the mountain and headed towards Kunming like walking on flat ground in the mountains.

   Estimating the time, Huang Yao's army dispatched and marched slowly to Shizikou.

   Then, they stopped again and sent a search team to the valley to investigate the situation. Six people were killed or injured in the search team, and it was confirmed that there was an ambush in the valley, and the two sides began to confront each other.

   "Headquarters, the Han army only has more than 10,000 people, I will lead the troops out to lead the battle!" Iron Tiger took the initiative to ask for a fight.

  Li Achu also said: "General Office, gather all the soldiers from the camp outside the valley. We have 70,000 to 80,000 troops. The Han soldiers only have 10,000 to 20,000. Let's fight one of four or five. Are we afraid that we will not win this battle?"

Sha Dingzhou shook his head and said: "Don't be impatient, the Datong army is not that easy to deal with. Our army guards the valley, takes advantage of the terrain, and waits for the enemy to attack and die. At this time, don't try to be brave, a fool will give up the advantage Kill the terrain."

  These generals were a little unhappy.

  Obviously you have a lot of soldiers, so hurry up and go out to fight. Is it possible to wait for the enemy to continue to increase troops?

   After a day of confrontation, Huang Yao still didn't appear to be attacking, but set up a big camp outside the valley.

  Sha Dingzhou was worried about the safety of the rear, fearing that the Mu family's property would not leave. He called some of his confidantes over and said, "The tiger will go out of the valley tonight to attack the camp. Achu, you lead five thousand troops and cross the mountain from the south to see if you can capture Yiliang again. If you can capture Yiliang, don't think about it." Defend the city and set fire to the enemy's food and grass in the city!"

  The "rebels" of the Chuxiong Mansion moved too quickly, completely disrupting Sha Dingzhou's deployment. He knew that it was impossible to gain a foothold in Yunnan, so he had already made up his mind to lead troops to join Vietnam.

   But before going south, the Datong army must be beaten, otherwise it will definitely be followed all the way.

  That night, Iron Tiger led the local warriors to attack the Datong barracks in the dark. They were discovered as soon as they approached. Hundreds of soldiers were killed and injured, and the iron tiger almost became a dead tiger.

  The night attack failed, and Sha Dingzhou could only wait. Perhaps a surprise attack on Yiliang over the mountains could burn the food and grass of the Datong Army.

  …

  Zhao Mingzheng and Wang Feng led the troops day and night, bypassing Minghu Lake (Yang Zonghai) and headed straight for Kunming.

  They rested in the mountains a few miles southeast of Kunming City. While recovering their strength, they waited for dawn to steal the city.

   However, something went wrong in the middle of the night.

  Wan Shi received a summons from Sha Dingzhou in the evening, and immediately led people to ship the treasures of the Mu Mansion.

  Sha Dingzhou sent 5,000 soldiers back to **** them, but it was impossible for those soldiers to do things like moving the goods, and there were not enough vehicles to carry the goods.

   As a result, five thousand chieftain soldiers were dispatched to arrest the people as civilian husbands everywhere, and collected the livestock and vehicles in the whole city.

  Although it was rude and unreasonable at the beginning, the chieftain soldiers were at least carrying out military orders. Gradually, it evolved into a large-scale robbery, and the chieftain soldiers began to burn, kill and loot the city of Kunming.

  A large number of people in the city fled. Under the chaos, they even opened the city gate, because the guarding soldiers also went to rob.

   "Head, I met some people down the mountain and said that Kunming is in chaos." The sentry who went down the mountain to inquire about the news came back with a few Han people.

  Those people managed to escape from the city and were planning to take refuge in the mountains, but they were arrested on the way into the mountains.

  Seeing Zhao Mingzheng at this moment, everyone was so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.

  Zhao Mingzheng said: "Don't be afraid, fellow. We are the Datong Army, specially here to wipe out Shadingzhou. What happened in Kunming?"

  These people can't answer this question. They haven't figured out until now why the chieftain soldiers suddenly attacked the civilians.

   But one thing is certain, the city of Kunming is in chaos, even the soldiers guarding the city gate have joined the ranks of looters, and the people in front of them ran out of the city gate taking advantage of the chaos.

   "General, the opportunity is not lost, please send troops quickly!" Wang Feng was very excited when he heard that.

  Zhao Mingzheng said: "The whole army set off immediately and rushed to Kunming as quickly as possible."

   Three thousand Datong troops and two hundred Yunnan remnant soldiers seized the opportunity to go down the mountain overnight. When they were two li away from Kunming city, they saw flames in the city bursting into the sky. They didn't know whether it was the chieftain soldiers who set the fire or the gangsters in the city were taking advantage of the fire to loot.

  Mu Family General Mansion.

  A Han official was begging bitterly: "Mistress, there is chaos in the city, please send troops to suppress it!"

Wan Shi said with a smile: "If the soldiers don't let them have a good time, why are they willing to go with me? Anyway, we have to leave Kunming. Whether the city is chaotic or not has nothing to do with us. Don't worry, I will take people with me early tomorrow morning." It’s time to go to the south, and then you can post a notice to comfort the people.”

  This woman is really a snake and a scorpion, and she doesn't take the life and death of the people seriously at all.

  (end of this chapter)