"Yes. What the general originally thought was that since the Duan family is leaderless now, we can definitely try to force them to surrender and take Dali without a single blow." Mu Ying sighed again and said: "But after listening to His Highness's words, the general also understood.
, it is not a good thing to accept Duan’s surrender at this time.”
"That's right." Zhu Zhen sneered: "There is no such shop in that village. When my father promised to be the king of Dali, they didn't bother to pay attention. Now it's too late to surrender."
As he spoke word by word, he pronounced Duan's death sentence and said: "Dali has been subjugated for more than a hundred years, and Duan's rule over Dali should also come to an end."
"As ordered." Mu Ying hurriedly responded in a deep voice.
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In February of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the armies of Lan Yu and Jin Chaoxing arrived at Weichu Road.
Can Yuan Pingzhang, Yan Naimai, and Liu Cheche, who participated in politics, opened the door and surrendered without any surprise. They did not dare to resist the advance of the army.
At this point, all seven states and six counties in Central Yunnan's three routes have surrendered.
After the Ding in central Yunnan was settled, the army took a short rest and prepared to march into Dali.
At this time, Dali sent an envoy to deliver the credentials, firstly to inform the Ming army that Dali now had a new king, the younger brother of the Dali general manager who had just been killed by Lan Yu, named Duan Shi.
The second is to ask the Ming Dynasty to follow the preface and confer Duan Shi the title of King of Dali. Lan Yu and others read his book and said: "...Dali is a foreign country after the Tang Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. It is a remnant state of Shanchanshi Song Dynasty. It is difficult to form camps and it is in vain."
Soldier Armor. Please follow the stories of the Tang and Song Dynasties, be lenient to me, Duan, Feng Zhengshuo, wear Chinese seal script, pay a small tribute every year, and a big tribute every three years.'
Roughly speaking, Dali has maintained a friendly and non-aggressive diplomatic relationship with China since the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the two countries was even closer. Shanchan, also known as Kunming, was painted on the jade ax of Song Taizu.
s country.
Moreover, it is difficult to station troops in Shanchan or Dali. Even if you use force to defeat it, it will be useless and just a waste of effort. So please follow the old practices of the Tang and Song Dynasties, canonize our king, and let Dali govern Yunnan.
For this reason, we are willing to worship the Ming Dynasty as the first day of the Celestial Dynasty, wear the Ming Dynasty's clothes, and pay small tribute once every two years, and pay great tribute once every three years...
All the princes laughed angrily after reading it, and cursed as they passed it around.
"Good guy, not only do you want Dali, but you also want Kunming!" Marquis Jingchuan laughed angrily.
"Working together with us for a long time is just for the Duan family?"
"You want to eat shit?!" Xuandehou glared at the messenger and sneered: "Are you dreaming? That's awesome. I would never dare to have such a beautiful dream!"
"Dali has been dead for more than a hundred years, where did the king of Dali come from?" Wang Bi couldn't help but sneer.
"Dali was the master of Yunnan during the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Yuan Dynasty has fallen, we will naturally restore the country." The envoy said plausibly: "What's more, the Ming Emperor had promised to ennoble our general manager as the King of Dali and return all the land of Yunnan to Dali!
Don’t you generals not know this?”
The generals felt disgusted with this face that was sure to defeat the overlord's country. Lan Yu, who had been silent all this time, said coldly: "That was a few years ago? Can it be the same then as now?"
"That's right!" Jin Chaoxing nodded and said: "At that time, King Liang was so powerful that Yunnan was not owned by our Ming Dynasty. If you were really serious, you could have killed King Liang for the imperial court and taken Yunnan for yourself, and the imperial court would have entrusted Yunnan to you.
They."
"Now we have 300,000 heavenly troops fighting fiercely all the way. We have defeated Qujing and moved down to Kunming, destroyed the king of Liang, conquered eastern Yunnan, central Yunnan, and southern Yunnan. Northern Yunnan is also in sight, leaving only a small corner of your land. How dare you mention the Old Testament again?
, how shameless!”
The envoy was at a loss for explanations, so he had to repeatedly bring up the old events of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and promised to talk about them today. Lan Yu was irritated when he heard this, and slapped the table and said:
"Stop talking nonsense to him, he's just a messenger who knows his stuff?!"
"Here comes someone!" Lan Yu raised her voice again: "Cut out his tongue and drive him out of the camp!"
"Ah?!" The envoy was frightened and hurriedly shouted: "If the two countries are at war and don't kill the envoy, then the great dynasty must respect martial ethics!"
"Did I kill you?" Lan Yu sneered and said, "The purpose of cutting off your tongue is to warn the Duan family not to talk nonsense in their sleep. Tell that generation to kill himself quickly if he wants to survive.
Bie Chu surrenders, otherwise when the heavenly soldiers arrive, he will be reunited with his elder brother!"
As he said this, he waved his hand and the soldiers pulled the struggling envoy outside the tent. Soon he heard a scream of "Ah" and then died.
~~
Dali City, located between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, not only has the beauty of wind, flowers, snow and moon, but also the city is backed by Dian Cangshan Mountain and is bounded by the Erhe River to the west. To the east is the Longweiguan Pass built by Nanzhao Piluo Pavilion as a barrier, making it extremely dangerous.
The famous Duan clan of Dali has been dominant in Yunnan for hundreds of years thanks to this city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Even when Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, personally led his troops to attack Yunnan, he only reached Kunming and did not try to attack this ancient city with dangerous mountains and rivers. After the Duan family became a minister, Kublai Khan only went to the throne of the Duan family.
, still sealed Dali to their management.
Therefore, in the view of the Duan family, although the Ming army is coming fiercely, they can defend their basic position as long as they rely on the favorable terrain of Dali City and the deep foundation of operating here for hundreds of years.
Then by making a humble surrender, sending more generous gifts, saying some silly words, and expressing willingness to become a vassal and pay tribute, the independent kingdom of Dali can almost be preserved.
They are very familiar with this skill. They have used it from Nanzhao to Dali, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and they have tried and tested it repeatedly. So in the eyes of the senior leaders of the Duan family, this time is no exception...
As for the letter of credence to the Ming Dynasty, which expressed the hope to restore Dali's old territory and confederate the entire Yunnan to the Duan family, in fact they themselves knew that there was no hope.
But people always have dreams. What if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't like this remote and wild land and agreed to it as soon as his brain was hot? Then wouldn't they have made a lot of money?
So under the urging of Duan Shi's uncle Duan Ming, they decided to ask for a high price first and wait for Daming to pay back the money. Let's talk slowly...
Unexpectedly, without saying anything, they cut out the tongue of the envoy they sent.
Ming Jun's meaning is very obvious. Talking about this kind of dream is sinful, but talking about it is nonsense!
Duan Shicai was in his twenties. He had always been a young man who was ignorant of the world. Suddenly he took over the position of his eldest brother and was crowned King of Dali by his uncle. He was completely confused.
But now everyone in Dali was immersed in the ecstasy of the restoration of the country, and he was deeply affected, so he agreed to his uncle's suggestion and sent an envoy to test Ming's reaction.
Now seeing the envoy whose tongue had been cut out, he finally sobered up and couldn't help complaining to Duan Ming: "Uncle Wang, you think this is a mess. What should I do if I offend Daming?"
