"After His Highness made such an analysis, the general felt confident." Mu Ying said sheepishly: "Originally, I came to help His Highness with the preliminary battle, but I didn't expect that His Highness would have to give the general some advice."
"Hahaha, Brother Wenying, come on, I'm just talking on paper, I can't compare with you." Lao Liu smiled, waved his hand, and asked, "What forces are there in the city now?"
"Nai Ye and Mu Kui from the east and west of the water." Mu Ying replied: "To put it bluntly, they are the wives and uncles and brothers of Aicui and Song Qin. They add up to twenty or thirty, and they don't listen to anyone else. That's called
A leaderless bunch."
"Then who has the best chance of succeeding Ju Mu?" Zhu Zhen asked again.
"They are just like us Han people. After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother." Mu Ying said: "Normally, the two sons should succeed, but their sons are too young, so it is probably the brothers.
Take over."
"This is not a strange thing. Ai Cui is the successor of his elder brother." Mu Ying added.
"What is the attitude of these people towards Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.
"They must be very respectful on the surface." Mu Ying replied: "No matter who becomes Ju Mu, they still expect the imperial court to appoint them as a consolation envoy."
After a pause, he was not sure and said: "But I will speculate that there may be serious differences within them, otherwise it shouldn't be like this."
"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded in agreement and said: "Normally speaking, they should be rushing to show their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty to win our support. But now they have put aside all their business. It is obvious that there is internal doubt about whether they should continue to help.
We have different opinions on attacking King Liang."
"What His Highness said is absolutely true." Mu Ying said in deep agreement: "But at this time, no one would dare to suggest joining Prince Liang."
"Of course, the death of Aicui Song Qin has blocked the way for the pro-Yuan faction to defect to the Liang Dynasty again." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "But they can turn to support the neutral faction to suppress the voice of the pro-Ming faction."
"That's right." Mu Ying raised her palms and praised: "I have talked with several Mu Kui at the end, and they all said that they strongly support the imperial court. But most of the other Mu Kui advocated staying out of the matter, saying that many people in Guizhou City are now talking about
, the two chieftains lost their lives just because they got involved in the dispute between the two countries, so they should not continue to get involved."
"This statement is nonsense!" Zhu Zhen spat: "When your leader was poisoned, shouldn't you just focus on revenge? Are people from the west to the east such a coward?"
"The general also asked them, and they said it's not that they don't intend to take revenge. It's just that Puding Chieftain is not weak and has the Yuan army as his backing. None of them can take revenge with their own strength. They have to elect Ju Mu first."
Let's take everyone together to take revenge." Mu Ying said with a bitter smile.
"Good guy, if you can't choose Ju Mu emotionally, then they can't do anything." Zhu Zhen laughed and scolded: "Are they all the same?"
"Maybe these Yi people are just the same." Mu Ying said speechlessly.
"It seems that our top priority is to help them secure that... giant tree." Zhu Zhen now knew what to do.
"That's true." Mu Ying agreed.
"Do you have a favorite candidate?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"I only arrived a few days earlier than His Highness." Mu Ying said with a wry smile, "I haven't fully recognized my name yet."
"Then let's talk about it when we get there." Zhu Zhen drank the wine in his glass, patted his butt and got up and said: "Let's go to Guizhou."
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Guizhou was called Juzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but the name was changed in the Song Dynasty. It is a plain area sandwiched between the Shuixian clan, the Shuidong Song clan, the Sizhou Tian clan, and the Bozhou Yang clan. It has fertile land and a suitable climate.
, it is also the intersection of several Tea Horse Roads. It is undoubtedly the most valuable piece of land in the whole of Guizhou.
Therefore, all major chieftains are interested in competing for Guizhou City. During the Yuan Dynasty, the eighth Shunyuan Xuanwei Division was set up here, and Shunyuan City was built to govern the Shuixi, Shuidong and Qiannan chieftains. Although it was only an inconspicuous building
Tucheng, but Guizhou has a city since then and has officially become the center of the entire region.
In the fifth year of Hongwu, Ai Cui, the Shuixi Xuanwei envoy, and Song Qin, the Shuidong Xuanwei envoy, returned to the Ming Dynasty. Boss Zhu combined the two chieftains into Guizhou Xuanwei Division and set up the office in Shunyuan City. And because the name Shunyuan is
It started in the Yuan Dynasty, so it was renamed "Guizhou Xuanwei Sicheng".
At this time, the city head of Guizhou was covered with black and white spiritual flags, and there were various paper figures and horses everywhere, like a huge mourning hall.
The senior officials of the Shuidong and Shuixi families were all wearing black robes and blue cloth buns, waiting outside the city for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to arrive.
In any case, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent his son, and it is said that he was the only prince in the Ming Dynasty to express his condolences, which gave them both families face.
The two families have experienced many dynasties, and no prince has ever personally visited a remote and remote place like theirs. Therefore, even though it was a funeral, the two families still welcomed the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Chu with the most solemn etiquette.
Two thousand barbarian warriors dressed in black and white 'charwa' lined up on both sides of the avenue. When distinguished guests arrived, they blew trombones and suonas to welcome them.
The Yi people in Guizhou City also poured into the streets and went out of the city to watch. Who doesn't want to see the majesty of Prince Ming with his own eyes? You can only see it once in eight lifetimes. If you miss it, you will have to wait another eight lifetimes.
His Highness the King of Chu did not disappoint them. The Yi people saw thousands of Ming army cavalry with bright armor rumble in.
The Yi people usually saw Yunnan horses the most, which were about the same size as donkeys. How had they seen the mighty and tall war horses of the Ming army? Thousands of war horses marched in neat steps on the loess-paved road, shaking the road surface.
Trembling.
Look at the Ming army on horseback, wearing shining silver armor and silver helmets with red tassels and phoenix wings on their heads. They are all tall, mighty and heroic. They are really nothing more than heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals.
They also saw His Royal Highness the King of Chu who was surrounded in the middle. They saw that he was wearing a luxurious dragon robe, a black gauze hat with vertical horns on his head, and he was riding on a huge black horse. He looked majestic and impressive.
No one dared to stare.
The people of the Yi tribe had their eyes opened, and they thought that the dragon species was indeed different, and could grow to such a big size. Only such a giant horse could carry his majestic and burly body, right?
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When His Majesty the King of Chu came closer, the senior officials of Shuidong and Shuixi all knelt down on one knee, put their hands on their chests, saluted, and said, "Welcome to His Majesty."
Zhu Zhen glanced around the crowd, and Fang was slightly disappointed and said: "Everyone, please get back on your feet."
After everyone stood up to express their gratitude, a Yi girl in costume presented a bowl of wine.
The leader of the group, the old man, said in relatively fluent Chinese: "Han people treat guests with tea, and Yi people treat guests with wine. Please get off your horse and drink this bowl of wine to welcome guests."
Hu Xian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness does not need food from outsiders."
Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "The guest does as the host does."
After saying that, he got off his horse, took the wine bowl from the girl's hand, and drank it all in one gulp.
