As the chief rebel, An Bangyan recently occupied a dangerous bandit stronghold and held it with several thousand remaining soldiers.
Zhu Youxiao's troops were all cavalry and could not fight at all, so he had to quickly mobilize Qin Liangyu's chieftain soldiers to support him, and then dispersed the cavalry to block all the openings going down the mountain.
Cut off all means of survival for An Bangyan and completely block him in the mountains.
But even so, they still spent a lot of effort to attack the mountain.
Seeing that the stockade was in danger, An Bangyan started a guerrilla fight with the government troops in the mountains.
Zhu Youxiao knew that he could not fight in mountainous areas, so he completely handed over the command of the war to Qin Liangyu, who was responsible for annihilating An Ni's remnants.
He was in the big tent at the foot of the mountain, waiting to read military reports and important government affairs from various regions.
In this battle, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and chieftain soldiers were the main force, and all 10,000 troops entered the mountain to fight.
It took nearly ten days to finally completely wipe out the remnants of An Ni's army. An Bangyan committed suicide when he was defeated. He knew better than She Chongming, and this was the best ending for him.
If he dies by suicide, if he meets someone else and changes to another emperor, as long as he doesn't really hate him so much, his death will probably be wiped out.
But Zhu Youxiao doesn't have such a big heart, nor does he have such a kind heart. How could he let go of such a typical punishment example.
He immediately ordered that An Bangyan's body be collected and transported back to Dafang intact. His body should be hung in the most conspicuous place in Dafang to frighten the locals.
After Qin Liangyu returned his orders to him, Zhu Youxiao immediately led his army back.
Although the She'an Rebellion has been put down, his trip to the southwest is not over yet. He still has many things to do.
He must deal with the chieftains from Guizhou Xuanwei Division and Yongning Xuanwei Division as soon as possible, otherwise things will change later.
If he hadn't captured these two main areas of rebellion, immediately sent troops to control them, and found reasons to put these chieftain leaders under house arrest, there would have been chaos by now.
For these chieftain leaders, Zhu Youxiao divided them into three different targets for disposal.
The first step is to investigate their respective backgrounds, as well as their relationships and power networks.
Anyone who followed She Chongming and An Bangyan to rebel, participated directly, or secretly helped with supplies, weapons, troops, horses, and money will all be punished one by one.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, these people will be sentenced to the death penalty of confiscating their homes and killing the nine clans, as a warning to others.
They were all direct rebels and had no mercy at all. Zhu Youxiao even increased the punishment.
In addition to killing the Nine Tribes, he also issued a special order to behead the people under their jurisdiction who strongly supported them.
The Ming Dynasty's strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians was not wrong. What was wrong was that the court did not have iron-blooded tactics and insufficient confidence.
No matter what you want to achieve, first of all, you must not be soft-hearted, you must be ruthless, and your hands must be sharp, and you must not hesitate or think about this or that.
Although such people had already died during the battle, or had become prisoners of Zhu Youxiaodu, there was no guarantee that someone would still slip through the net.
These days, the Ming army has been very busy. They are either checking here or arresting them there. Thousands of traitors have been kidnapped.
Upon hearing this, Qin Liangyu and Zhu Xieyuan immediately went to the imperial tent to remonstrate with the emperor, asking for forgiveness for those below, and at least not to kill them all.
Didn't Zhu Youxiao know that if too many people were killed, the local people would hate the imperial court even more and want to get rid of the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it might even trigger a civil uprising.
But in order for the people in the southwest to change their status quo and truly live and work in peace and contentment and live a stable life, this killing is inevitable.
The conflict between Han people and people of other ethnic groups was so great that even Zhu Youxiao could not mediate it.
Therefore, he had to take this strategy, and it is too easy for these people with previous criminal records to commit crimes again.
If you forgive them easily this time, there will definitely be a second and third time.
Just like in history, Emperor Chongzhen surrendered Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others.
After surrendering, he rebelled again. Seeing that he was about to be ruined, he contacted the officials and said that he wanted to change his ways. When he was desperate, he surrendered again.
I don’t know how many times this has happened, it seems like an infinite loop.
The second type is those chieftains who neither participated in the rebellion nor participated in the counter-rebellion.
These people are ambiguous, they belong to the kind of two-way people, and there must be some secret exchanges with She'an rebels.
It's just that they are much smarter than the chieftains who serve as cannon fodder, and will not easily express their stance positively before the general situation stabilizes.
When the imperial guards interrogated other chieftains, they would also ask them about what was going on behind the scenes.
Zhu Youxiao and his confidant generals would also make insinuations when dealing with them.
All the Jin Yiwei in the law enforcement team were dispatched during this period to investigate these people secretly.
If people don't know, unless he doesn't do anything, Zhu Youxiao will never believe that there is a state in this world where things can be done without leakage.
As long as there is a little clue and evidence, Zhu Youxiao will be ruthless and follow this line to investigate thoroughly.
This time, he wanted to completely remove the roots of their rebellious group.
After all, waiting and watching was very common in the Ming Dynasty. Only when they believed that they had a chance and a chance of winning would they reveal their true colors.
The third type is Zhu Youxiao's ruling team in the southwest in the next few years.
There are also many people like Qin Liangyu who are loyal to the country and the king.
Just like the Miao and Zhuang chieftains in Sichuan, they were willing to fight for him and make contributions to the country.
Naturally, you should treat them with courtesy, treat them well, and win them over to your side.
No matter how bad the chieftain system is and no matter how serious its drawbacks are, the main problem is still the system, not the people.
The Shuixian clan and the Yongning She clan were equally loyal to the Ming Dynasty decades and hundreds of years ago, but after development, they naturally changed.
In a short period of time, if Zhu Youxiao wants to control Sichuan and Guizhou as quickly, effectively and authoritatively as possible, he really needs the help and support of these local snakes.
Therefore, in order to show his sincerity to them and his magnanimity as an emperor, he personally drafted an imperial edict in front of everyone.
In view of Qin Liangyu's many years of military exploits and his family's contribution to the Ming Dynasty, Qin Liangyu was granted the title of Pingnan Bo of the Ming Dynasty, which was hereditary and not replaced.
Officially with the title of earl, he was also in charge of Sichuan's military equipment, admiral of the general military affairs, a right general who was awarded the third rank of military general, leader of the general seal, and the left governor of the right army governor's palace.