After retreating to Heyang, Sha Dingzhou reorganized his troops, built the city wall, and prepared to fight again.
Counselor Tang Jiajin offered advice: "General government, the matter is urgent! You can send people to the Qing Kingdom, Lijiang Mu Family, and Annan Kingdom to ask for help."
Sha Dingzhou pondered for a moment: "It is absolutely forbidden to go to the Qing Kingdom to ask for help. The Qing Kingdom and Yunnan are not bordering each other, so it will not be of much use. Instead, it will anger the Ming Dynasty and attack us with all its strength. Muyi and Annan Kingdom are two places we can try." .
Even though Sha Dingzhou drove away the Duke of Guizhou Mu Tianbo, he only wanted to replace the Duke of Guizhou and dominate Yunnan, and did not dare to truly rebel and become self-reliant. So after he took control of Kunming, the first thing he did was to go to Shuge Emperor Longwu expressed his loyalty and falsely accused Mu Tianbo of rebellion. Sha Dingzhou also reported that he would surrender if he couldn't defeat him. The chieftains of Yunnan often rebelled and then surrendered. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, there was no way out.
Tang Jiajin added: "General government, why don't you try to send out a message to spread the word and ask them to send troops to help in the war?"
Sha Dingzhou frowned and smiled bitterly: "The Ming Dynasty couldn't pacify those barbarians. How can I recruit them?"
During the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan Province was vast, and at its peak was nearly four times the area of later Yunnan Province.
The land is vast and abundant, and there are many natural toasts.
There are two types of toast in Yunnan. One is the toast that is located in the heart of Yunnan and has a high degree of Chinese culture, such as Muyi (Naxi ethnic group) in Lijiang, Nasong (Dai ethnic group) in Yuanjiang, and Shadingzhou (Luoluo ethnic group) in Wangnong. etc.; the other type is the chieftain who is relatively remote and has a low degree of Chineseization. The most famous ones are the Sanxuan Fushisi and the Liuxuanweishisi, known as the "Three Xuan and Six Comforts".
Even though Sha Dingzhou rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, he was highly Chinese. His father, Sha Yuan, had always been respectful to the Ming Dynasty and had hired him to teach Sha Dingzhou to study Confucian classics and history since he was a child.
This General Sha is an extraordinary person. He is born with extraordinary intelligence. He knows everything from poetry, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In appearance, he looks more like a great Confucian than a great Confucian.
In fact, not only the Lao Sha family, but also the three heroes of the Luo tribe were all deeply influenced by Han culture. When the Tartars invaded, Lu Hong of the Lu family in Ningzhou was so loyal that he took 3,000 elite Luo troops to Beijing to defend Emperor Chongzhen. The imperial court sent officials When receiving him, Lu Hong's etiquette was very thorough, and he was more proficient than the official officials of the Ming Dynasty. The officials of the Ministry of War exclaimed: "What kind of local official is this? He is clearly an official of the imperial court!" Lao Pu's family in Ami Prefecture , he has been a military attache of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and his reputation has grown up in the military.
In addition, Nasong from Yuanjiang was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and was historically appointed governor of Yunnan by Emperor Yongli.
The Laomu family in Lijiang Prefecture is even more remarkable. It was the first to accept Han culture. It is said in history: "The chieftains in Yunnan know poetry and calligraphy, love etiquette and observe justice, headed by the Mu family in Lijiang. Like the Lu family in Ningzhou, they were regarded as The ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Han surname: "Mu" and ruled Lijiang Prefecture in Yunnan and some surrounding areas from generation to generation.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Mu family of Lijiang, the Zuo family of Menghua, and the Na family of Yuanjiang were collectively known as the three major chieftains in Yunnan. Later, the Zuo family of Menghua was repatriated by the Ming Dynasty, and the Mu family of Lijiang and the Na family of Yuanjiang survived.
There was a TV series in later generations called "The Storm in the Mu Mansion", which was about the Lao Mu family.
The Lao Mu family not only has a vast jurisdiction, but is also very rich. There are silver mines, gold mines and salt mines in the territory. For money, their family often fought with Tibet in the north to compete for gold mines and salt mines.
In terms of strength, the Lao Mu family is not inferior to Sha Dingzhou. It has a vast territory and rich resources, and is richer than all the chieftains. But why can't they dominate Yunnan like Sha Dingzhou?
Caused by being too rich.
People who have mines at home and have big businesses are afraid of getting into trouble. Whoever gains power will listen to whoever is in power. The Ming Dynasty was powerful, and the Lao Mu family actively donated money, war horses, and soldiers to the court to help the Ming Dynasty in the war; Sha Dingzhou captured Kunming, and the Lao Mu family sent troops to
The Qing Dynasty came to kill the Qing Dynasty in history, and the Lao Mu family surrendered to the Qing Dynasty without saying a word. I will accept whoever of you becomes emperor, as long as I can make a fortune safely.
Because of his high degree of Chineseness, Sha Dingzhou looked down on those chieftains who were in remote locations and had low degree of Chineseness. The "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" were just barbarians in the eyes of Lord Sha of the headquarters.
But now that the situation was urgent, he had no choice but to lower his noble head, treat a dead horse as a living doctor, and ask for help from the barbarians he despised.
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History enthusiasts are unwilling to mention Yunnan's "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts", or they can't bear to mention it. Sigh! Of the 1.5 million square kilometers of Yunnan, only 390,000 will be left in future generations!
"Three Annals and Six Comforts" have the same language and the same race, and they are all from the Bai Yi ethnic group (Dai ethnic group).
Three Xuanfu refers to the Nandian Xuanfu Department, Ganya Xuanfu Department, and Longchuan Xuanfu Department; Liuwei refers to the Cheche Military and Civilian Xuanfu Department, the Myanmar Military and Civilian Xuanfu Department, and the Mubang Military and Civilian Xuanfu Department.
, Babaidian Military and Civilian Propaganda Department, Mengyang Military and Civilian Propaganda Department, Laos Military and Civilian Propaganda Department.
The Xuanfu envoys in the Ming Dynasty were from the fourth rank, and the Xuanwei envoys were from the third rank.
On the surface, the "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. In fact, each family has its own soldiers, which is like an independent kingdom. The Ming Dynasty can only do it, let the Xuanfu envoys and the Xuanwei envoys pay regular tribute and pay the annual quota.
Taxes are called "tax payments" and are only collected by the court during wartime.
However, the establishment of the "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" is still beneficial. The chieftains govern the local people and use traditional forces to control remote areas, making the territory of Greater Yunnan reach 1.5 million square kilometers.
The first of the "Three Propaganda" is the Nandian Xuanfu Division, which has jurisdiction over Xiaolongchuan Village in Tengchong in the east, Yuya in the south, Mubang Mengmuzhai in the west, and Tengchong in the north. Nandian Dao Clan (Bai Yi)
The clan has no surname, Dao is actually the name of an aristocratic official), and is known as the "Leader of the Ten Divisions". At this time, the previous Xuanfu envoy Dao Leqi passed away, and the current Xuanfu envoy has not yet been decided, and Dao Lebao has the greatest hope of succeeding.<
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The second among the "Three Propaganda" is the Ganya Xuanfu Division, which has jurisdiction over the Taiping River Basin in Yunnan. The current Xuanfu Envoy is Daozhenguo.
The third of the "Three Xuan" is the Longchuan Xuanfu Division, which has jurisdiction over areas such as today's Longchuan, Ruili, Zhefang and later Korea in Myanmar. Longchuan is called "Mengwan" in Dai language, which means
The place where the sun shines. At that time, the Si family in Longchuan was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty sent troops to "conquer Luchuan three times" to defeat the Si family and made Duo family chieftain. The current Xuanfu envoy is Duo'anjing.
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During the Yuan Dynasty, Sikefa, the leader of the Baiyi tribe, rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty and established himself as King of Mengmao. He moved the capital to "Jielan" and established the Luchuan Kingdom. The three Xuans were all part of the Luchuan Kingdom. Now, they are even more like each other. Let’s jointly resist Myanmar’s harassment.
The Ming Dynasty not only had the "Three Propaganda" but also the "Six Comforts" in Yunnan.
The first comfort among the "Six Comforts" is the Cheri Military and Civilian Xuan Comfort Envoy Division. Its jurisdiction is near today's Xishuangbanna.
The Dao family in Cheche is now being cannibalized by Myanmar. In the eleventh year of Jiajing, the Toungoo dynasty of Myanmar invaded; in the second year of Longqing, the Burmese army broke into the car and captured the Xuanwei envoy Dao Nuomeng; in the seventh year of Apocalypse, the Burmese army invaded again , the Xuanwei envoy Dao Yunmeng and some of his tribesmen were kidnapped, and the carriage was broken into pieces and then abandoned. It was controlled by the Yuanjiang Na clan chieftain. In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the people in the carriage fled back from Myanmar, and Dao Yunmeng's son Sri Sudama ascended the throne. .The current ambassador of comfort is Zhao Menghanle (the Baiyi tribe has no surname, Dao and Zhao are both noble officials).
The second consolation among the "Six Consolations" was the Burmese Military and Civilian Propaganda Department. Its jurisdiction was the old land of the Ava Dynasty in Myanmar, and the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River centered on Mandalay, Myanmar. It lasted until the fifth year of Jiajing (1526) , Myanmar was part of the Ming Dynasty.
In the fifth year of Jiajing, the Mang clan of Myanmar was destroyed by the alliance of the three chieftains of Mengyang, Mubang, and Mengmi, and the territory was divided among the three families. The Ming Dynasty sent envoys to dissuade the three families, and the three families did not buy the Ming Dynasty's account.
Later, Mang Ruiti, the son of Mang Ji Sui, the Burmese Xuan comfort envoy, fled during the war and went to Taungoo to establish the Toungoo dynasty. Mang Ruiti saw that his family was in trouble and the Ming Dynasty could not help, so he simply declared himself king.
The Taungoo dynasty of Myanmar reached its peak in national power during the Mang Yinglong era. Mang Yinglong was Mang Ruiti's half-brother.
Not only did he refuse the Ming Dynasty's offer, but he went north to attack the states of Mu, Manmo, Mengyang, Mengmi, and Che, which were under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
By the 34th year of Wanli, many areas in the "Liuwei" were occupied by Myanmar. The Toungoo Dynasty became a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty.
The third consolation among the "Six Comforts" is the Mu State Military and Civilian Xuan Comfort Envoy Division. Its jurisdiction is in the northeastern region of Shan State in present-day Myanmar. The Han clan of Mu State surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and was conquered by the Ming Dynasty in the thirty-third year of Wanli. Annexation of Burma.
The fourth comfort among the "Six Comforts" is the Eight Hundred Dadian Military and Civilian Xuan Comfort Division. Its jurisdiction is in the eastern part of Shan State in Myanmar and Chiang Mai and Jinglai in Thailand. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called the Eight Hundred Daughter-in-law Country. Hongwu II In the eleventh year, eight hundred Dadian Dao clan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but were invaded by Burma repeatedly. In the fifteenth year of Wanli, the Dao clan sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, asking the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help them recover their lost territory. The Ming Dynasty had just completed three major conquests and was unable to deal with this matter. .Later, the remaining Dao clan territory gradually became part of Siam (Thailand).
The fifth comfort among the "Six Comforts" is the Mengyang Xuanwei Envoy Division. Its jurisdiction is in the area north of Kaitai, west of the Irrawaddy River and east of the Naga Mountains in today's Bhamo, Myanmar. The Mengyang Dao clan (Si clan), In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. In the thirty-second year of Wanli, he was annexed by Myanmar. The current native official is Sihua.
The sixth consolation among the "six consolations" is the Lao Military and Civilian Propaganda Department. Its jurisdiction is in the central and northern part of today's Laos. In the first year of Yongle, it surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
Laos, also known as the Kingdom of Lancang, means "million elephants". The capital of the country was Sichuan Copper, which was later renamed Luang Prabang. The Kingdom of Lancang was transliterated as Nanzhang during the Jiajing Dynasty. In the 15th century, Laos was under the rule of Vietnam's Li Shengzong In the 16th century, Myanmar invaded Laos three times and asked the Ming Dynasty for help again, but the Ming Dynasty ignored it and wrote to mediate.
Seeing that it was useless to cling to the Ming Dynasty, in the 41st year of Wanli, Laos simply surrendered to the Li Dynasty of Annan Kingdom and lost contact with the Ming Dynasty.
The "Three Xuan and Six Wei" are all hereditary, and non-direct relatives cannot succeed to the throne. However, because the Baiyi people at that time had no surnames, the Ming Dynasty added "Dao, Ba, Dao, Zhao, Meng" in front of their names. These nominal names Laurel is not a surname, but an official name of different noble ranks used in different periods.
In addition to the "Three Propaganda and Six Welfare", Manmo, Simi and other places were still under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty Yunnan until the Wanli period, and were later conquered by Myanmar. In the early Ming Dynasty, Yunnan also had Dakula, Demasa and Dewu La. The three Xuanwei Divisions later gradually lost contact with the Ming Dynasty due to the long distances.
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The envoys sent by Sha Dingzhou to various places to ask for help have returned.
The Mu family in Lijiang has always forced others to follow others. Sha Dingzhou suffered a defeat and asked him for help. Of course, there was no way. Mu Yi very politely rejected Sha Dingzhou's request, and then quickly sent envoys to flatter Zhu Hengjia.
Zheng Jie, the Qing capital king of Annan Kingdom, was willing to help Sha Dingzhou. He understood the principle of lips dying and teeth cold. But Ming Dynasty was big and Annan was small. If they directly sent troops, they might be doomed. Zheng Jie just let people sell some. The artillery and muskets obtained from the Hongmao Yi people were given to Sha Dingzhou, which not only helped the friendly countries, but also made money for arms. No one dared to send soldiers.
"Three Announcements and Six Comforts" were all granted by the Ming Dynasty, so naturally they care more about the Ming Dynasty. Who is Rusha Dingzhou? The official name of the General Palace, the various propaganda envoys and the Xuan comfort envoys have not even heard of it. As I said, naturally I won’t send troops to him.
Sha Dingzhou did not invite any foreign aid, and felt anxious. Suddenly he reported that his wife, Mistress Wan Cailian of Yunnan, had arrived with 13,000 reinforcements.
"Madam, I brought almost all the troops from Kunming to the front line. How did you manage to get these more than 10,000 troops?"
Sha Dingzhou saw that the men and horses brought by Wan Cailian were very capable, and he couldn't help but be curious.
Wan Cai Lian covers her cheeks and smiles, with all kinds of charms in her eyebrows.
"Master General was born and raised in Yunnan, how could he forget the children in the mountains of Yunnan?"
Sha Dingzhou suddenly realized.
It turns out that during the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan was rich in mercenaries. The village owners and leaders in the mountains had military armed forces composed of villagers and slaves. Usually, these people hunted and farmed at home. When the war broke out, some When the employer goes to the mountains to recruit, he collects money, and these people become the employer's soldiers.
Mercenaries in Yunnan only value money, not people. They have very professional ethics. As long as they receive money, they will be loyal to their employers. They would rather sacrifice their own lives to protect their employers. Of course, their employers must also provide good compensation. Disabled and killed mercenaries.
Historically, when Wu Sangui rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he recruited tens of thousands of native soldiers in the mountains of Yunnan. There were Luo, Miao, Tong, and Yao ethnic groups. These ethnic minority soldiers were very brave and made the Qing soldiers frightened.< /p>
"Oh, madam, you are really my wisdom star!"
Sha Dingzhou laughed, his decadent mood swept away.
He was rich, quite rich. After capturing the Duke's Mansion of Guizhou, he robbed all of Lao Mu's family. The wealth accumulated by Lao Mu's family for more than two hundred years was quite a lot, and Mr. Sha's Mansion had enough It took several months to transport it back to this cave.
In Yunnan, if you have money, you will have soldiers. Watch me recruit troops and build up the army to fight again!
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In Luxicheng, Shi Qiwen came to discuss with Li Dingguo.
"Hongyuan, do you think which route is better for our army to march into Kunming next?"
Li Dingguo was confident: "Commander, the sand thieves are locals, so their advantage is long-term; our army is a guest army, and the advantage is to fight quickly. The general thought that he could not give the sand thieves time to recruit troops, but should take advantage of their new defeat to capture Kunming quickly. ”.
Shi Qiwen's eyes lit up: "How to capture Kunming quickly?"
Li Dingguo smiled: "The key to taking Kunming quickly is not to fight against Kunming."
"Hongyuan, tell me, what does it mean to take Kunming quickly without fighting in Kunming?"
"Commander, there are still hundreds of thousands of Sand Bandits. No matter where our army attacks from, Kunming City will not be defeated for a while. So the key to quickly conquering Kunming is to mobilize the Sand Army. The main force of the Sand Bandits is in Kunming. The old nest of Ami and Wang Nong is empty. Our army can pretend to attack Ah Mi and Wang Nong with great fanfare. The sand thieves are worried about losing their nest and will inevitably lead their troops to rush to rescue from Kunming. In this way, the sand army can be mobilized. After they leave Kunming, we The army returned to the division and captured Kunming from Yiliang and Luliang. Kunming is easy to capture!"
Shi Qiwen carefully thought about Li Dingguo's battle plan, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Wonderful! Take Kunming quickly without fighting in Kunming, and Hongyuan's use of troops is really like the style of Wuhou!"
