When Liu Mang was granted the title of Uncle Qiao, war finally broke out in Yunnan.
Huang Yao led 10,000 Datong troops, 5,000 peasant soldiers, and 30,000 civilians. He sent troops from Wusa Prefecture in southern Sichuan and went straight to Zhanyi Prefecture in Yunnan...
Liu Xinyu and Ding Jiasheng led two Guangxi divisions to attack Guangxi Prefecture and Guangnan Prefecture respectively.
Outside Zhanyizhou City.
The puppet emperor of Yunnan, together with Mu Tianbo and more than 3,000 remaining soldiers, marched several miles out of the city to welcome Huang Yao's arrival.
There were many snakes, insects, rats, and ants crossing the mountains. Huang Yao's march was extremely slow, and the military doctors were busy all the way.
"General, after climbing over this mountain pass, you will reach the state capital more than ten miles further," said a burly young man.
Huang Yao nodded and said: "Excellent."
The young man is called Wang Feng, and his ancestor is Wang Ziru. He followed Mu Ying to conquer Yunnan in the early Ming Dynasty. Wang Ziru was extremely brave, conquering three passes in the day and setting foot on eight villages at night. He 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 Dongshan Wang family, because of their desperate resistance, were also wiped out by Sha Dingzhou, leaving only Wang Feng, a young man, who managed to escape.
Historically, Wang Feng eventually defected to the Manchus. Due to his meritorious service in conquering Wu Sangui, he was granted the title of Dongshan Chieftain by Kangxi, which lasted until the Republic of China.
Now, he has joined the Datong Army and serves as a guide, following Huang Yao at all times.
The teenager, who is nearly 1.8 meters tall, has a handsome and handsome appearance. He is also proficient in swords, spears, horseback riding and archery. He has also learned the ancestral art of war and is particularly familiar with the terrain of Yunnan. Huang Yao admired him as soon as he saw him.
Getting closer and closer to the capital, Huang Yao said: "When Yunnan is recovered, you can go to Nanjing Military Academy to study. You have studied since you were a child, can write, do calculations, and understand martial arts and the art of war. After three years of studying at the military academy, at least what will you be able to do?
You start with a long career, and you can become a captain after a little military merit."
"Thank you for the advice, General," Wang Feng said through gritted teeth, "I have nothing else to ask for. I just want to kill Sha Dingzhou with my own hands and avenge my Dongshan Wang family!"
Huang Yao looked at the dilapidated mountain villages in the distance, frowned and said: "Throughout the journey, people's livelihood has declined, and Mu Tianbo has already made people resentful here."
Wang Feng sneered and said sarcastically: "Mr. Mu fled in such a hurry that he couldn't even take care of his mother and wife. Naturally, he had no time to take away the Mu family's money and food. All the family property accumulated by the Mu family in Yunnan over the past three hundred years was lost to Sha Dingzhou.
Take it away. If he wants to continue to raise his army, he has to rob the people."
The army marched back for a while, and the welcoming team could already be seen.
More than 3,000 remnant troops were defeated. The military appearance was extremely poor. They were not fully equipped with weapons and equipment, and their mental outlook was not as good as that of Datong peasants and soldiers.
The puppet emperor of Yunnan and Mu Tianbo stood in the road and led dozens of officials to kneel down.
Huang Yao glanced at them and said: "These two people will be escorted back to Nanjing to wait for their fate. The remaining puppet officials will go out with the army and may still be of use."
The false emperor of Yunnan and Mu Tianbo were very honest and obedient, and just wanted to survive.
They were lost dogs and were beaten back by Sha Dingzhou. Now they have nowhere to go. Their survival to this day depends entirely on the support of the Datong Army in Wusa Prefecture, which prevents Sha Dingzhou from attacking easily.
Huang Yao asked Wang Feng again: "How many of these defeated generals do you recognize?"
Wang Feng replied: "I recognize most of them."
Huang Yao said: "Well, you will be in charge of the remaining Yunnan troops for the time being, and I will send a few officers to help you reorganize the troops."
"Thank you, General!" Wang Feng was overjoyed.
The army moved outside the city of Zhanyi Prefecture, and along with the officers and officials, they quickly took over the government offices in the prefecture city.
Huang Yao called the Yunnan puppet officials and asked for more detailed information.
Wang Shide, the puppet chief assistant, said: "General Qi, Sha Dingzhou stole Kunming and falsely called it the 'General Palace'. His wife, Wan, called herself the 'mistress'. The mastermind was named Tang Jingbin, Wan's brother-in-law, who was originally from Lin'an.
Fusheng Yuan. Sha Dingzhou’s ability to rebel and occupy Kunming was all planned by Tang Jiajia.”
Huang Yao asked: "How are the Han people in Yunnan?"
Wang Shide said: "The false emperor was greedy for enjoyment and ordered eunuchs to exploit the people. Many of the powerful gentry in Yunnan were ruined by the eunuchs. After Sha Dingzhou seized Kunming, with the advice of the mastermind Tang Jiajin, he visited all the places near Kunming.
The Han people are powerful. Many of the local gentry were deceived by Sha Dingzhou and actually regarded a chieftain and barbarian as a wise master."
Huang Yao sarcastically said: "You are arrogantly proclaiming emperor in Yunnan, and you don't know how to win people's hearts. You are not even as good as a chieftain."
Wang Shide's face turned red and he did not dare to speak any more.
Military camp outside the city.
Wang Feng, with the assistance of Datong officers, was reorganizing the more than 3,000 defeated soldiers.
He was a teenager in his teens and knew that he could not be recognized by the soldiers, so he said: "My surname is Wang, my name is Wang Feng, and my family is in Jinning. Sha Dingzhou rebelled and killed everyone, and everyone fled with General Mu. My Wang family
But he fought bloody battles in Tieluguan. The whole Wang family was killed, and I was the only unfortunate person left. I am not blaming you, I just want to say that I, like you, have a blood feud with Sha Dingzhou..."
Suddenly, Wang Feng screamed loudly: "You and I are both people who have lost their homes and left their hometowns. Are you willing to follow me back to Kunming to take revenge?"
The remaining defeated generals looked at each other and were all moved by these words. Whether they were generals or low-level soldiers, most of them had their relatives killed or their property taken away by Sha Dingzhou.
"Go back to Kunming and take revenge!" Finally a young officer shouted.
"Fight back to Kunming and take revenge!"
More and more soldiers started shouting together, and their depressed morale began to rise.
A few days later, the army went south and headed straight for Qujing Fucheng.
The defenders of Qujing Prefecture were the Han forces who surrendered to Sha Dingzhou. Seeing the incoming army, they surrendered the city with great skill, regardless of whether Sha Dingzhou was the master or not.
The Datong army continued southward to the Yuezhou Acropolis, where the Han generals surrendered directly ten miles out of the city.
Luliang Prefecture City and Luliang Acropolis surrendered one after another, and the war went smoothly to the point where it was overwhelming.
The reason is very simple. The defenders of these cities are all Han people. They are either local powerful tribes or guardsmen left by the Ming Dynasty. Their combat effectiveness 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 always. One attacked Guangxi Prefecture, and the other attacked Guangnan Prefecture. Both had high mountains, dense forests, and numerous chieftains. It was not difficult to win the battle;
Very troublesome.
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Kunming.
Sha Dingzhou received battle reports from various places and was undecided.
He didn't know whether to fight Huang Yao who was approaching Kunming first, or to leave part of the army to defend Kunming. He secretly sent a large army to ambush the two Guangxi divisions. Because after the two Guangxi divisions occupied the two prefectures they were attacking, the next goal was to jointly attack Shading.
Mengzi, the old home of Zhou.
"General headquarters, the Datong army is outnumbered. We should send another envoy to ask for surrender," Tang Binbin said. "It's okay if we don't let him be the Yunnan consolation envoy. We sacrifice more than half of Yunnan and continue to be the chieftain of Mengzi."
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Sha Dingzhou said anxiously: "We have already sent them, but I'm afraid the Datong Army will not agree. As a soldier, I know that if they accept surrender, their military merit will be greatly reduced."
Wan suddenly said: "In my opinion, we need to fight hard twice first. Only after we beat the Datong army hard will they understand the pros and cons and agree to us being the ambassadors."
Tang Jingbin was Wan's brother-in-law. He said to this eldest sister who didn't know anything: "My mistress doesn't know that the Datong imperial court is the Han people's Zhengshuo, and the Datong army is also the imperial army. There are tens of thousands of Datong troops, and the soldiers came in three groups. We
Even if an ambush is planned, it can only be a small victory or two. If all three Datong armies are defeated, Emperor Zhao of Nanjing will definitely be furious. He will send an army of 100,000 or 200,000 troops in the coming year. How can our local soldiers withstand it?
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Wan said disdainfully: "It's not like I haven't seen the Han army before. How can they defeat our warriors? Brother-in-law, please don't scare yourself."
Tang Jiabin hesitated to speak. He didn't know how to explain to the ignorant woman.
What's more, she is a poisonous woman.
She committed adultery with her brother-in-law and killed her second husband. In order to expand her lover's territory, she killed her and her first husband's son. She was so shameless and so bold that even Emperor Zhao didn't look down upon her.
The three of them discussed it over and over again, but they had no choice but to continue waiting for the chieftains from all over the country to gather troops.
Waiting left and right, all the chieftains in southern Yunnan were flying pigeons from Shadingzhou. Some said they were sick, and some said they didn't have enough money and food for the army, but not a single soldier was sent.
"Headquarters, it's bad, the Han army in Zhenxiong has rebelled!"
"What?"
Sha Dingzhou stood dumbly on the spot. 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 had switched sides, and Sha Dingzhou was waiting to be attacked from both sides.
After being stunned for a long time, Sha Dingzhou became furious: "The Han people are indeed unreliable. We should have killed all the Han people in the first place!"
Tang Binbin said: "General Administration, how about we escape?"
"Where else can we escape?" Sha Dingzhou asked.
Tang Binbin said: "Mengzi can't go back, and Kunming can't be defended. The wealth accumulated by the Mu family for three hundred years is all in our hands. Let's take the soldiers and wealth and simply go to Annan Kingdom, or kill them.
Go to the southwest and occupy Mubang."
Mu State is Meng State, which already belongs to Myanmar.
The leader of Mubang was also a chieftain enthroned by the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he applied to the imperial court for succession, but was blackmailed by Yunnan officials and refused to issue a certificate to succeed the chieftain. Mubang simply betrayed the Ming Dynasty and joined Donggu. As the saying goes: the government cherishes a piece of paper.
, lost place two thousand miles.
Sha Dingzhou was a ruthless man. He clenched his fist and said, "What's the point of escaping without a fight? I really don't believe it. His Datong Army really has three heads and six arms. Since the southern chieftains are unwilling to send troops, then we can do it ourselves."
Beat him until the man surnamed Huang is hurt!"
Wan actually clapped her hands and applauded: "That's the truth. 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 snapped the case and said: "Assemble the troops and horses, I will personally lead the army to go to war!"
As a counselor, Tang Jiabin was dumbfounded at this moment.
He retreated without saying a word, and overnight took his belongings, concubine and son, and more than a dozen confidants with him, and crossed the mountains and ridges to join the Northern Dynasty in Vietnam.
Pig teammates cannot be brought along, and counselors can only run away.
