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  Chapter 869 865【Brother kills brother】

  Hundreds of years later in Xishuangbanna, the number is less than Thirteen Banna.

   Two Bannas, Mengwu and Ude, were ceded to French Vietnam by the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of ​​about 3,000 square kilometers.

  Ceding the land is not outrageous, what is really outrageous is the reason for the cession of the land by the Qing Dynasty.

  China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1888, and Japan opened its mouth. The interests of Russia, France and Germany were damaged, so they took the initiative to stand up for mediation. After the mediation of the three countries ended, they took the opportunity to ask for rewards. What France asked for was the land in Yunnan.

   Moreover, the request was successful.

  In addition to Mengwu and Ude, the land ceded to Vietnam at that time also included Huabang, Hadang, Helian, Mengmeng, Boding, Mobie, Moxing, and Manmei.

   Of course, everyone should not scold Vietnam.

  Because it was ceded to French Vietnam, French Vietnam is not a national concept, but a geopolitical concept. After World War II, the two Bannas of Mengwu and Ude all became the border of Laos, located in the northern part of Phongsali Province of Laos.

  The eastern front troops of the Datong Army on the North Road did not go to Xishuangbanna as a regular division, but a temporary reorganized division in Yunnan newly formed by 12,000 local inspectors.

  Teacher Lu Liangqi, deputy teacher Dao Kangmu, chief missionary Guo Kun.

  Because of an arm injury, Lu Liangqi couldn't use much strength, so he turned to be a patrolling general. About a quarter of the soldiers under his command belonged to retired veterans and disabled workers. Of course, these people must not have brought them.

  Most of the grassroots sergeants of the inspection soldiers who went out to fight this time belonged to farmers and soldiers. Only mid-to-high-ranking generals are more or less disabled.

  The troops marched to the territory of Chelisi, and the local chieftain warmly welcomed them. They were fed up with looting, and year after year they begged the Nanjing court to send troops, and now the Datong Army finally came.

   Arriving in Xiaomengyang (Jinghong), the head of the regent, Dao Muchan, came out with his young chieftain nephew.

   "The last general Dao Mu prayed, kowtow to meet the great general of the Celestial Dynasty!" Dao Mu prayed kneeling on the ground.

  Lu Liangqi said: "Get up."

   Deputy division commander Dao Kangmu translated: "The division commander asked you to stand up."

   Daomu prayed for Xie En to get up, and asked in surprise: "The general can speak Dai?"

  Dao Kangmu expressionless: "I am also from Dai."

  This appointment was intentional, otherwise, with Dao Yasuki's qualifications, he could at most be the temporary deputy brigade commander.

  The effect was remarkable. The army marched all the way, because of Dao Kangmu's identity as a Dai, the chieftains in the car were more trusted.

  Lu Liangqi asked: "Is your army ready?"

  Dao Muqian quickly replied: "The army has been assembled, and the food has been prepared since last year."

   "The army is resting outside the city and will set off early tomorrow morning." Lu Liangqi said.

  Dao Muqian invited: "Generals, go to the city to rest first, the last general has prepared wine and food."

  Lu Liangqi waved his hand: "No need. During the battle, you are not allowed to drink, and I will rest outside the city."

   Daomu prayed there in a daze, thinking that he had offended the other party.

  Dao Kangmu explained: "The army of the Celestial Dynasty has strict discipline, and it is the same wherever it goes."

   "I see." Dao Muqian was no longer nervous, but at the same time admired the rules of the Datong Army.

  The next day, more than 30,000 Datong inspectors and chieftain soldiers in Cheli marched towards the south.

  The target they want to attack is chieftain Meng Gen.

   Chieftain Meng Gen has long surrendered to Burma, and has invaded Che Lisi many times, and those guys are the ones who jumped the most.

  About marching to the occupied Mengban, the vanguard sent someone back to report: "Master Lu, Chieftain Meng Gen, detected our attack, and voluntarily withdrew from Mengban until the southwest of Daluo."

   Come on, before the battle was fought, chieftain Meng Gen spit out the occupied territory.

  Of course, it is also possible to lure the enemy to go deeper.

  The inspection division continued to go south, stopped in Daluo for two days to rest, and continued to send vanguard troops to the south.

   A few days later, Dao Yinkang, chieftain of Meng Gen, sent an envoy to ask China for forgiveness, willing to submit to China from now on, and sent his eldest son to Nanjing as a hostage.

   "General, you can't believe this man's nonsense," Dao Muqian quickly objected, "Chief Meng Gen has always been insidious. He proclaims his minister today and will resentence tomorrow. Once the imperial army leaves, Meng Gen's native soldiers will come and occupy the car again."

  Lu Liangqi asked the envoy, "Is it like this?"

  The envoy Meng Gen said: "My lord is sincerely surrendering, and will never rebel again, nor will he invade Che Lisi again."

  Lu Liangqi said: "How can I believe empty words? If Dao Yinkang is really loyal to the court, come to see me in person and tell me these things in person!"

   Immediately, the envoy was driven away, and the inspector continued to set off.

  Daluo is less than 400 miles away from Jingdong, the government office of Menggensi, in a straight line, and there are large river valley passages along the way for marching.

  The 3,000 vanguard troops of the Inspection Department have already started bombarding the pass, which is only 200 miles away from Jingdong.

"How to do how to do?"

  Jing Dong, Chieftain Mansion, Dao Yinkang walked back and forth anxiously.

  Although this guy has only been on the throne for four years, he is almost 50 years old, and his grandfather and father have lived longer.

  The eldest son Dao Ao said: "Father, there are several great passes in the northeast, and the Chinese army cannot penetrate them. Father can't ask for surrender in person. Once he goes, he will definitely be killed by them!"

   "You know what a fart, of course I am not afraid of the northeast, I am afraid that the enemy will come from the northwest (Meng Liansi)!" Dao Yinkang said.

  Dao'ao said: "My mother is from Menglian. We are related to Menglian for generations. Chieftain Menglian will not help the enemy."

Dao Yinkang said: "In order to fight for power, chieftain Menglian killed his brothers and uncles and nephews. They even killed their own people. How could they take care of my in-laws? Don't look at Menglian who usually surrenders to Burma. Once the Chinese army kills , the Menglian native soldiers are about to surrender!"

   Chieftain Menglian, indeed, was killed by the Chinese army, and it was a regular division led by Liu Xinyu!

  A regular division went to Mengliansi in the northwest, and an inspection department went to Chelisi in the northeast. They were about to attack Jingdong in a pincer shape.

   Chieftain Menglian can surrender, because there has been civil strife and has not yet invaded the territory of the Datong New Dynasty.

  The chieftain in the car can also surrender, because he had requested the Datong Emperor to be canonized early.

   Only chieftain Meng Gen couldn't surrender, and even if he surrendered, he wouldn't dare to let the Datong army come in. Because in the past few years, they have been the most violent, going to Che Lisi to rob every year, and even occupying Che Lisi's territory.

"kill!"

   While the father and son were talking, outside the chieftain's mansion, there was a sudden shout of killing.

  Daoao was surprised: "The enemy came so fast?"

   Dao Yinkang reacted very quickly: "It's not the enemy, there are internal thieves, follow me to defend the chieftain's mansion!"

  During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Southwest chieftains often rebelled, and there are generally three solutions.

  First, the trouble is not too big, and the compensation is pleaded guilty.

  Second, the trouble is not big or small, the chieftain is killed, compensation is made, and the descendants inherit the chieftain position.

  Thirdly, the disturbance was so big that the chieftain's family died. Either directly reform the land and return it to the local people, or divide the chieftain territory.

  Meng Gen chieftains are not big or small. This situation is easy to solve, and the chieftains have long formed a tradition. There are younger brothers who kill older brothers, sons who kill fathers, and mothers who kill sons. Anyway, as long as the chieftain himself is killed, the family and territory can be preserved.

   At this moment, it belongs to the younger brother to kill the older brother.

  Dao Yinkang's younger brother, Dao Mengsai, took advantage of the fact that the main force of the chieftain was transferred to the front line, and led soldiers from various villages under his jurisdiction to attack the chieftain's mansion.

   As long as he kills his chieftain brother, Meng Gensi can be forgiven by the court, and Dao Mengsai can take the opportunity to rise to power—at least, this was the case in the Ming Dynasty, and they played this trick very well.

  Dao Yinkang put on his armor urgently and took his son out to defend. Dao Mengsai had already broken through the gate of the chieftain's mansion.

  The two armies fought across the inner gate, and arrows flew all over the sky.

Dao Mengsai was still there personally persuading him to surrender: "All the people inside are listening, Dao Yinkang doesn't care about people's strength, and has conquered the Northeast for years. Now that the Chinese emperor has been offended, the Chinese army has arrived outside the pass, and Dao Yinkang is not dead. We all have to be implicated! "

  Dao Yinkang was furious when he heard the words, climbed up the wall and reprimanded him: "Every time you plunder the goods, you also have a share. Every time you send troops, you also send soldiers. How can you blame me?"

   "You are the chieftain, you are the leader, of course it is your fault!"

  Dao Mengsai continued to shout to the defenders: "Quickly put down your weapons and arrest Dao Yinkang, I promise I won't kill you! If you wait for the Chinese army to come, you will all die without a whole body!"

   "Shoot the bastard!" Dao Yinkang growled.

  The two sides continued to fight, and the defenders were few and gradually unable to hold on.

   Dao Yinkang's main force has already been sent to the northeast border, leaving only the standing guards of the Tusi Mansion. The main force of Dao Mengsai was sent to the northwest border, and came back halfway to attack the chieftain's mansion, with a force more than ten times that of the chieftain.

   "Boom!"

  The inner door of the chieftain's mansion was knocked open by a log.

  Dao Mengsai took his son Dao Shanpi and led his troops to rush in. Dao Yinkang and Dao Ao's father and son retreated steadily.

Dao Ao was the first to be besieged to death. Dao Yinkang watched his son fall down and was covered in injuries. He pointed to his younger brother and said, "If you kill me today, you will be killed by the enemy tomorrow. There is no good end for you." !"

Dao Mengsai smiled and said to his elder brother: "In the past, in Daming, in Datong now, the Chinese imperial court is very kind. You are a chieftain, as long as you die, the imperial court will not pursue you. Brother, for the prosperity of the family, you should hurry up go to hell!"

   "I'll kill you!" Daoyin Kandy Dao rushed over.

   Only a few steps forward, Dao Yinkang was stabbed to death by random guns, and fell to the ground with regret.

Dao Mengsai took advantage of the situation to occupy the Territory Office. He said to his son: "You take a few hundred people and stay here to garrison. Take good care of your aunt and present them to the court to plead guilty. I will lead the troops to the northeast and switch to meet the army of the Celestial Dynasty. From now on Meng Gensi is the world of our father and son!"

   "Father, please rest assured, whether it is the aunt or the chieftain's mansion, the son will take good care of him." Dao Shanpi said happily.

  Among the mountains in the northeast, the inspector just broke through a checkpoint, and Dao Mengsai led the army to open the second checkpoint to meet him.

   This guy went to see Lu Liangqi alone, knelt down and kowtowed and said: "General Rong Bing, Chieftain Dao Yinkang is dead, please lead the general to Jingdong to take over the chieftain's mansion!"

   "Very good!" Lu Liangqi smiled.

  The chieftain was killed, and the chieftain's younger brother surrendered himself. Could it be possible that the fight continued?

  Of course, in order to obtain the court's forgiveness, Meng Gen's chieftain soldiers had to go with the army to fight Burma, and they had to provide some food and grass for the Datong army.

  (end of this chapter)