"Brother Lan, I didn't mean it to you, so why would you dare to make trouble with me and say this to my father?" Zhu Zhen and Lan Yu had their own affairs in private and had always called themselves brothers.
"Your Highness said this, if I don't beg you, who can I beg? How dare you beg the emperor that he won't peel off my skin?" Lan Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
'Pfft...' Zhu Zhen almost didn't spray his face with a sip of tea. Lan Yu's mouth was really open. In the future, wouldn't he be peeled off by an old thief? He can still be seen in the museum more than six hundred years later.
Woolen cloth.
"Bah, don't talk nonsense."
"Hey, why is Your Highness so nervous? I just said it casually." Lan Yu was very happy. His Highness's reaction showed that he was in his heart. "With the protection of the Crown Prince and His Highness, the final general has designated that he cannot be skinned by the Emperor."
"Haha." Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "You can't be arrogant because of favors. The more you are one of your own, the more you have to take into account the overall situation."
"Alas..." Lan Yu sighed dejectedly, "His Highness is as good at persuading people as the Crown Prince."
"I can't stand and talk without back pain." Zhu Zhen pointed to himself and said: "This stall in Guangdong has just opened, and I am a hundred unwilling to leave now, but what can I do? We people have to obey.
Don’t worry too much about your own gains and losses when it comes to the emperor’s arrangements.”
"Hey, okay." Lan Yu was still the same as Lao Liu. Although she was reluctant in every possible way, she still nodded and agreed. "I will follow the arrangement. If you feign attack, you will feint attack."
"That's right." Zhu Zhen happily poured a cup of tea for Lan Yu and brought it to him: "Besides, with me here, can you still lose money?"
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Lan Yu's eyes lit up.
"You really have to feint at the beginning," Zhu Zhen knows people like Lan Yu. Even if he promises well now, he will definitely not be able to bear it when the time comes. It is better to give him a chance to save him from chaos.
He came. Then he laughed softly and said: "But when the army captures Qujing, what else is there to feign attack? Just do it directly."
"That's right," Lan Yu nodded and pondered: "After the army captured Qujing, they had to prevent the Duan clan from reinforcing Kunming. At this time, they really had to fight with real swords and guns to hold them back and prevent the two groups of enemies from joining together.
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"But there is no news on the battlefield. I don't know when the army will capture Qujing?" Lan Yu said worriedly again.
"Isn't there still me?" Lao Liu smiled and said: "As soon as the army arrives in Qujing, I will send you a message, and you will receive it in two days at most."
"That's great!" Lan Yu suddenly turned from worry to joy, bowed and cupped her hands, and thanked her profusely.
"But we have to make a three-part agreement." Zhu Zhen raised three fingers and said, "You have to agree. If you don't agree, let it go."
"Tell it, tell it, we all have to listen to His Highness." Lan Yu replied in a hurry.
"First, only attack the Duan family and the Liang King's troops, and don't conflict with the local barbarians." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "The people of Yunnan are very complicated. There are so many barbarians. A single move can affect the whole body. We must distinguish priorities.
That’s all.”
"Understood." Lan Yu nodded and said: "We have to let the barbarians stay as neutral as possible, and then slowly deal with them after Yunnan is conquered."
"That's right." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Otherwise it would be chaos."
"Second, even if you defeat the Duan family, don't attack Kunming, otherwise it will be difficult for Marquis Yingchuan and my sworn brother to deal with each other." Zhu Zhen ordered again.
"..." When Lan Yu heard this, his eyes flickered, he hesitated, nodded and said: "Okay. I may not be able to enter Yunnan yet."
"I believe you have this ability. But the Marquis of Yingchuan and the Marquis of Xiping have to carry King Liang's 200,000 troops, so we can't steal their chickens." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "Otherwise, the gain will not be worth the loss."
"Hey, I got it." Lan Yu scratched her cheek unnaturally and asked, "What about the third one?"
"The third is to strictly observe military discipline after entering Yunnan. You must not plunder people's property, kill prisoners indiscriminately, or insult women." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "We are recovering territory, not attacking enemy countries. The people of Yunnan will also become subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
If you violate military discipline, I will be the first to refuse to spare you, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Lan Yu nodded again.
At this time, Deng Duo came in and reported that everything was ready and ready to go.
"Okay, then we'll see you in Yunnan." Zhu Zhen stood up and said goodbye to Lan Yu.
"I will send His Highness off at the end." Lan Yu quickly stood up and sent His Highness out the door.
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The military situation was raging. Zhu Zhen gave a brief explanation, then left Guangzhou City under the auspices of all the civil and military officials in Guangdong, and rushed to Guizhou...
It needs to be explained that Guizhou at this time is not the Guizhou Province in later generations. Guizhou has not yet established a province. Guizhou in this era only refers to the Guiyang area in later generations.
Taking the shortest route from Guangzhou to Guizhou, the whole journey is 1,500 miles. Although the distance is half shorter than that from Suzhou to Guangzhou, there are mountain roads along the way. Not only are there no government-established inns to provide services, but there are also countless
On the way to the gathering of barbarians, the hardships and dangers of this journey were even greater than the previous trip south of three thousand miles.
But if he chose a safe route, he would go north to Huguang and then from Changsha to Guiyang. The distance would be almost a thousand miles longer. Zhu Zhen couldn't afford to delay, so he gritted his teeth and chose the route through the mountains.
Fortunately, for the sake of safety and to show the prince's grandeur, this time he brought a thousand horse guards with him.
Thousands of ferocious Ming army cavalry were still very intimidating, roaring by with lightning speed along the way. All the barbarian villages along the way pretended not to see them, and no one dared to stop them without opening their eyes.
Five days later, the group arrived at Longli Grassland, forty miles away from Guizhou, and rested on the alpine grassland in autumn.
Let the tired war horses have a good meal and wash them clean with river water.
From the King of Chu down, everyone also washed themselves from head to toe. They took off their dirty old clothes and put on brand-new clothes and armor, so shiny... went to express their condolences.
At this time, the guards responsible for guarding the outside brought several Han people dressed as businessmen.
Seeing the face of the leader clearly, Zhu Zhen couldn't help being surprised: "Brother Wenying? Why are you here!"
It was Xiping Hou Muying who came. He also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhu Zhen. After saluting, he smiled and said: "Of course I am here to stand in front of His Highness."
"Haha, that's great." Zhu Zhen happily walked to the river with him, and ordered his generals to roast the two legs of the goral they had just caught, and entertained Mu Ying with the Shibo shochu he brought.
"The wine brewed by Shibo Division is really strong." Mu Ying drank a few glasses, her face turned a little red, and she was determined not to drink anymore.
"Brother Wenying's drinking capacity is still the same." Lao Liu couldn't help laughing and said: "In the Southwest, it's hard to move without drinking."
"How did Your Highness know?" Mu Ying heard this and smiled bitterly: "It's true. I don't understand the language with those chieftains, so I can only communicate with them through drinking. If I drink more, I look up to them, and if I drink less, I look down on them. In the future, I will come here.
No matter where you go, you won't be left behind."
