"The Holy One has also arrived at Pingyi Guard?" Mu Tianbo was surprised when he heard this.
"Don't you know, Duke of Guizhou?" Ding Kuichu was also a little surprised. He originally thought that Chongzhen must have also issued a secret edict to Mu Tianbo. Otherwise, how could Mu Tianbo's army come back to Kunming by such a coincidence?
But in fact, this was entirely the judgment of Yang Weizhi, deputy military envoy of Jincang Road.
"I really don't know about this." Mu Tianbo really didn't know that Chongzhen was actually driving the army to conquer Yunnan. He thought that some important official from the imperial court was leading an army to conquer Yunnan. He then said, "In that case, I will go with him."
Ding Kuichu just smiled when he heard this, saying that there was no point in going together, you can't take away this military merit.
At that moment, Mu Tianbo sent another servant back to inform Yu Zhonglin, asking Yu Zhonglin to directly deliver the beef, mutton, wine and meat to the Eighteen Villages in Guangxi Prefecture, so that there was no need to travel back and forth.
Mu Tianbo was speechless and said: "Ding Butang, I haven't thanked you for taking back Lin'an Mansion. If you hadn't led the Guangxi wolf soldiers to capture Lin'an Mansion and cut off Sha Ni's retreat, if you wanted to pacify Sha Ding,
The continental change will definitely be much more difficult than it is now, but now, the defeat of Shadingzhou is already a certainty."
"Well, I don't dare to take credit for this matter." Ding Kuichu felt proud in his heart, but said modestly on the surface, "This matter all depends on the strategizing of the Holy One. What's more, if the Holy One's army hadn't attracted the main force of Sha Dingzhou's rebels to Ping An
Yiwei, I'm afraid it won't be that easy for me to take over Lin'an Mansion."
"In any case, Ding Butang was the first to achieve success this time." Mu Tianbo chatted for a few words and finally got to the point, "After Ding Butang captured the old village of Jigelong in Shadingzhou, did he ever search for anything from it?
Wealth?"
"Wealth? Yes, of course there is." Ding Kuichu said, "A lot of wealth, it's like a mountain."
Mu Tianbo said: "To be honest, all the belongings that Sha Dingzhou stored in the old village of Jigelong were snatched from my treasury. Among them were more than 10,000 boxes of fine items and more than 800 pieces of silver.
There are countless treasures such as silk, Songjiang cloth, Sichuan brocade, and ginseng. I wonder if Ding Butang has ever counted the number of goods?"
"The number is wrong." Ding Kuichu frowned, "There is no gold or silver in the old village of Jigelong, the sand bandit, and there is only more than 100,000 taels of silver. However, there are quite a lot of Songjiang cloth, silk and ginseng, etc., but they are not
and inventory.”
"Ah?" Mu Tianbo's face suddenly fell, "It's not as soft as gold, and the silver is only more than 100,000?"
"Yes, just a hundred thousand taels of silver." Ding Kuichu said seriously, "I didn't find any gold."
"But, but..." Mu Tianbo said with a dark face, "The thief Sha Dingzhou commandeered hundreds of carriages and drove them from Kunming to the old village of Ji Gelong for several months. How can this be false?
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"I don't know what I am doing here." Ding Kuichu said, "Perhaps Sha Dingzhou used some kind of blinding method. The real treasure hiding place is not Ji Gelong, but somewhere else."
Mu Tianbo looked deeply at Ding Kuichu.
It seemed that he was trying to distinguish whether Ding Kuichu's words were true or false.
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On the tenth day of September in the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen personally led a large army to the gates of Qujing City.
This time, Chongzhen no longer gave Sha Dingzhou a way to retreat, but directly ordered 100,000 native soldiers to surround the entire city of Qujing, and ordered the native soldiers to dig trenches around Qujing.
I have to admit that digging trenches to seal off the city is really useful.
While surrounding the city of Qujing, Chongzhen also asked Wu Wenying, the censor of Yunnan Province who had just arrived in Qujing, to send envoys to persuade the chieftains such as Jiaohua, Wangnong, and Bazhai to surrender.
Chongzhen's will is very clear. Except for the two chieftains of Amizhou and Mengzi who must be severely punished, the other chieftains are just trapped or bewitched by Shadingzhou. As long as they bring the soldiers to Qujing to surrender, all past crimes will no longer be borne.
However, if he does not come to Qujing Mansion to ask for surrender within ten days, he will be treated as a traitor.
At the same time, Yunnan soldiers with loud voices were also sent to shout into the city.
Even the local soldiers from Ami Prefecture and Mengzi, as long as they are willing to surrender, will not be held accountable for their past mistakes. Only the rebellious leaders such as Sha Dingzhou, Wan Shi and Tang Jiajia must be severely punished.
While shouting, he also asked the artillery battalion to bombard the city wall.
Under the threat of political offensives and Hongyi artillery, every day Tumu from Amizhou or Mengzi came out of the city with more or less local soldiers to ask for surrender.
Three days after the siege, the east wall of Qujing was blown down.
Immediately, Chieftain Rongmei's native soldiers entered the city first, and the new army followed closely and entered the city of Qujing.
The local soldiers in Amizhou and Mengzi had little fighting spirit left. Once the city walls collapsed, they completely lost their will to resist. They threw away their weapons and knelt down to ask for surrender.
The Rongmei soldiers captured Qujing Mansion without any effort.
Sha Dingzhou, the Wan family, Tang Jiajia and Tie Zhihu were all captured alive by Rongmei soldiers.
"Are you Sha Dingzhou?" Chongzhen looked at Chief Mengzi who was kneeling in front of him. He was probably in his thirties and looked quite upright, but looked downcast.
Sha Dingzhou ignored Chongzhen, knowing very well that he would definitely die.
Chongzhen was not interested in further interrogation, and turned his attention to Wu Wenying, the censor of Yunnan Province, Tang Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan who had just arrived at Qujing Mansion, and Wang Xigun, the former left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was at home with Ding You.
"Several members of the family have looked carefully for me. They are Mr. and Mrs. Sha Dingzhou and a few of their confidants, right?"
Wang Xigun, Tang Zhaoyuan and Wu Wenying came forward to inspect it carefully, and finally Wang Xigun reported to Chongzhen: "Back to the Holy Spirit, it is indeed Sha Dingzhou and his wife and several confidants."
"That's good." Chongzhen nodded and said calmly, "Push out all the charcoal and chop it."
Mr. and Mrs. Sha Dingzhou and most of their confidants had no special reaction. They had obviously accepted the result for a long time. Only Mr. Tang struggled hard and begged loudly. He still wanted to live.
"Your Majesty, I was only threatened by Sha Dingzhou."
"Holy Lord, you said that those who are threatened by Sha Dingzhou can be exempted from guilt."
"Your Majesty, I have great talents and can make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty!
However, Chongzhen remained unmoved, as if he had not heard anything.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a while, Wu Batan presented the heads of more than a dozen confidants, including Sha Dingzhou and his wife, Tie Zhihu, etc.
This is the end of a great generation of heroes.
After hearing that Qujing was attacked and Sha Dingzhou and his wife were beheaded, the other chieftains finally couldn't resist.
On the second day, the chieftains of Dongchuan Prefecture, Lu Wanyi and Lu Wanzhao, came to ask for surrender. On the third day, the majestic chieftain Wang Yangzu came to ask for surrender. Then on the fourth day, more chieftains came to ask for surrender.
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By September 21st, in addition to the chieftain of Xiwushidong, more than a dozen chieftains who followed or were threatened by Sha Dingzhou all came to ask for surrender, and hundreds of thousands of native soldiers were disarmed and detained separately.
Another day, Ding Kuichu finally arrived at Qujing Mansion with 100,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers.
Following Ding Kuichu's army to Qujing Mansion was Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou.
Chongzhen was not stingy, and immediately asked Wang Chengen to organize a celebration banquet.
Because there were too many civil servants, military generals and chieftains participating in the celebration banquet, Chongzhen simply asked Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian to extend the banquet to the square outside the Qujing Mansion Yamen.
"Ding Qing." Chongzhen walked slowly to Ding Kuichu with a wine bottle in his hand.
"Your Majesty." Ding Kuichu hurriedly avoided the banquet and stood up to greet Chongzhen.
"Pingshen." Chongzhen freed his right hand to help Ding Kuichu up, and said, "I have to respect you for this first bottle of wine. If you hadn't arrived in time with 100,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers, and captured it in one fell swoop with the force of the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
After arriving at Lin'an Mansion, I don't know if we want to put down the rebellion in Shadingzhou until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse."
"I am scared, I am ashamed." Ding Kuichu said anxiously, "This all depends on the sage's calculations in the temple and the bravery of the forty-eight wolf soldiers in Guangxi. I really have immeasurable merit."
As expected of an old fox in official circles, he knows that not fighting is the most important thing.
"Ding Qing is humble." Chongzhen patted Ding Kuichu on the shoulder and drank the bottle.
Ding Kuichu also hurriedly raised his wine bottle and drank it down in one gulp. After one bottle of wine, Ding Kuichu felt a little better and more stable. With his success in pacifying Sha Dingzhou, it was a certainty that he would join the cabinet to assist the government.
Chongzhen lifted the wine bottle, and Gao Qiqian, who was accompanying him, quickly filled it for him.
Chongzhen picked up the wine bottle again and said to the forty-eight wolf soldiers sitting behind Ding Kuichu: "With this second glass of wine, I have to pay tribute to the forty-eight wolf soldiers. Thank you for your support of the Ming Dynasty!"
Officials who could speak Zhuang had long since translated Chongzhen's words, and the forty-eight Wolf Soldier leaders also quickly raised their bottles and looked at Chongzhen with fear and fear. Although these leaders were uneducated, they were very familiar with the identity of the Ming Emperor.
Clearly, now the emperor personally toasts to them, what an honor and glory it is?
Just this one thing is enough for them to brag about for a lifetime.
Chongzhen raised his neck and drank the second bottle of wine, which was also a little bit heady.
Because the wine that Chongzhen used to entertain civil servants, generals and chieftains this time was not an ordinary low-alcohol wine, but a high-alcohol liquor specially shipped from Bozhou - Maotai wolfberry sauce wine.
This batch of Maotai wolfberry sauce wine was originally intended to clean the wounds of the wounded.
However, it was much easier to quell the Shadingzhou Rebellion than expected, so a lot of Maotai Goji Sauce Wine was retained, which was used by Chongzhen to entertain meritorious soldiers.
Chongzhen added: "I have also prepared a silver reward for the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers. As long as they participate in the battle of Shaluan, everyone will have a share. Everyone, please let the warriors of the Forty-eight Division enter the city to receive the reward. I also want to see them.
Seeing these warriors who have made great contributions to the country, I even want to toast them a bottle of wine!"
After listening to the translation, the leader of Forty-eight Parts became even more excited.
Chongzhen smiled and said: "By the way, in order to avoid frightening the people in the city, the warriors do not need to wear armor when entering the city this time, let alone carry weapons. They only need to bring their bellies and mouths. I have already asked the new army to prepare
There are enough beef and mutton and steamed cakes, as well as a jug of water and wine for each person, waiting for the warriors to enter the city to enjoy."
After listening to the translation, the Forty-Eight Leaders even cheered loudly.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" the leaders cheered.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will last forever, long live the Ming Dynasty!" Chongzhen raised the wine bottle again.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will last forever, long live the Ming Dynasty!" All the civil servants, military generals and chieftains who participated in the celebration banquet also raised their wine bottles and cheered loudly along with Chongzhen.
But the feeling inside is hard to describe in words.
Wang Xigan, who was sitting at the head of the civil service class, sighed softly.
Really, as much hope as there is, there will be great disappointment. I thought that after the Holy Spirit came to Meishan to realize Taoism, he would really become different from before, but when I saw him this time, there was still no big difference.
The Holy One is still like that... easy to trust others.
What kind of person is Ding Kuichu? This man is just a silverfish.
Mu Tianbo, who was sitting at the head of the military commander class, looked even more melancholy.
Mu Tianbo originally wanted to sue Chongzhen in front of him and ask Ding Kuichu and the forty-eight Guangxi wolf soldiers to spit out all the gold, silver and other valuables they had eaten, but now it seemed that there was no chance.
All the saints opened their mouths and designated Ding Kui Chuqin as the first to quell the chaos in the sand.
If he still went to complain at this time, wouldn't he be going against the Holy One?
The chieftains of Western Hunan and Western Hubei present looked envious and jealous, saying to themselves that the forty-eight wolf soldiers of Guangxi were really lucky this time. Why did this idiot Sha Dingzhou abandon Amizhou and Mengzi?
He ran to the Pingyi Guards to confront them? If he had insisted on defending Mengzi, this achievement should have come from the chieftain of western Hunan and Hubei. It would be a pity.
Zhu Cijiong, Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other Qin princes looked on with cold eyes.
Only they know that today's celebration banquet is not just a celebration banquet.
To paraphrase a poem by Emperor Taizu Gao, you drink from golden bottles together, but you will not spare each other with a bare sword.
After drinking and paying for the work, it was time to clean up the accounts. Not only the bad accounts of Sha Dingzhou who messed up Yunnan, but also other accounts of other people, and even the accounts of the Duke of Guizhou.
In a word, today's celebration drink is not that delicious.
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Forty-eight Guangxi Wolf Soldiers were stationed outside the four gates of Qujing.
After receiving the order from the leader, forty-eight troops of nearly 100,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers happily entered the city to receive the reward. In compliance with the emperor's order, in order not to scare the people, all the wolf soldiers did not wear armor or carry swords, and they were still delivering orders to the eunuchs.
At the request, they divided into four groups and formed neat six columns to enter the city from the four gates.
After entering the city through the fourth gate, they were left waiting on the ground on a side street near the city wall.
The wolf soldiers did not doubt that he was there. After all, nearly a hundred thousand wolf soldiers had entered the city. Apart from sitting on the ground on the street, there was really no other place where so many people could sit.
But what happened next made the wolf soldiers unable to believe it.
Accompanied by the sound of neat footsteps, groups of heavily armed native soldiers from western Hunan and Hubei suddenly came out of the alleys. These soldiers were all armed with spears measuring four feet in length, and they were heading straight towards them.
The Guangxi wolf soldiers realized something was wrong and instinctively wanted to retreat from the city gate.
But with just a bang, the city gate's thousand-pound gate has fallen.
"Go up to the tower and lower down the city!" The Guangxi wolf soldiers did not wait to be killed.
However, before the wolf soldiers could go up, groups of new troops leaned out from behind the female wall at the top of the city.
I saw that all these recruits were holding flintlock guns with sleeves and bayonets, and the black muzzles of their guns were already aimed at the Guangxi wolf soldiers on the street below. Forty-eight Guangxi wolf soldiers did not dare to act rashly.
