After hearing Duan Gong's words, Basaravarmi's face changed slightly.
This Duan Gong usually seems honest, but he is actually an old fox.
Basaravarmi knew in his heart that Duan Gong's concerns were correct. If he killed those people who were deceiving the people in this situation, it would definitely destabilize the people. But if he left it alone, it would be even more worrying!
"Your Highness, the general is willing to lead troops to resist Chen Youliang, so that the thieves cannot cross Desheng Pass! Your Highness can sit in the rear, gather troops from all over the country, and provide support to the general at critical moments!" Duan Gong continued.
Duan Gong's words made Basara Varmi's eyes light up. He immediately stood up and said, "Yes, I think so too. If you and I work together, we will definitely defeat the red scarf thief Chen Youliang!"
Of course Duan Gong knew the purpose of Liang Wang Bazalawar's secret visit to Dali. Since he couldn't avoid it, he had to take the initiative to fight.
He smiled and said, "Your Highness is wise."
"Haha, General Manager Duan is really a loyal minister and good general. Let's go and follow this king to gather an army to destroy the traitor Chen Youliang!" Basara Varmi said happily.
Duan Gong also showed a smile and said: "I obey, Your Highness!"
The capital, Yingtian Mansion.
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty is discussing the latest intelligence about the southwest with Zhu Han.
"Chen Youliang is not simple. He has the strength to attack Yunnan so quickly!" said my brother Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Brother, I just received news. It is said that Basara Varmi, the king of Liang in Dali, sent Duan Gongguo to lead an army of 200,000 to prepare for Chen Youliang. It will definitely be a fight to the death." Zhu Han said worriedly.
"We heard that Duan Gong is brave and good at fighting, and under the Duan family's management for hundreds of years, the people of Dali have become loyal and have many advisers. If he is sent here this time, it is really possible to defend Yunnan." Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"Brother, Chen Youliang's Huguang veteran is not a decoration. Although Duan Gong is powerful, he may not be Chen Youliang's opponent!" Zhu Han said.
"It would be great if Duan Gong and Chen Youliang are in a fierce battle! Anyway, as long as the Meng Yuan forces in Yunnan are not resolved, Chen Youliang will never be able to free his hands to deal with us. We can concentrate on dealing with the Meng Yuan!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
The Ming Dynasty now has strong troops and horses, and Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang have discussed launching a final conquest against Meng Yuan.
In order to fully demonstrate the martial virtues of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang had already discussed and adopted the strategy of advancing the Northern Expedition in parallel with multiple routes.
The army of the Northern Expedition was divided into three groups: the West Route Army, the Middle Route Army, and the East Route Army.
The West Route Army was led by Xu Da, starting from Guanzhong, and mainly attacked Ningzhou, Xiazhou and Shanxi in the northwest.
The east route army was led by Zhu Han.
The attack is mainly from Liaodong to the north. The attack direction is mainly the eastern grasslands, nomadic tribes and Jurchen tribes.
The Central Route Army was personally commanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang have already discussed that this battle is the most critical battle for the Ming Dynasty.
As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang must personally take over the Sixteen Youyun Provinces to show the world the martial virtues of the Ming Emperor.
"When we defeat the Mongols and completely regain the Central Plains, it won't be a problem for Chen Youliang to live in the southwest. It will be a matter of time to deal with Chen Youliang sooner or later." Zhu Han said.
No matter how powerful Chen Youliang's ability is.
The best result is just to repeat the Shu Han regime in history. The Shu Han regime included Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, a pair of ceiling-level monarchs and ministers, as well as Jiang Wei, Zhuge Zhan and a group of loyal ministers who dared to die to inherit the legacy. But in the end
The result was still defeat to Wei! The biggest reason was the absolute gap in national power.
Therefore, as long as the Ming Dynasty regains the entire Central Plains, no matter how well Chen Youliang manages in Yunnan and Sichuan, he will not be able to withstand the attack of the Ming Dynasty army in the end.
Zhu Yuanzhang is very clear about this.
Now basically all the capable generals of the Ming Dynasty have to be mobilized to join the battle to the north to conquer the Ming army's biggest opponent, the Mongols.
"By the way, Tang He will be back from Guizhou soon. The chieftain rebels in Guizhou have caused us a lot of trouble this time. However, I heard that an officer named Luo Guanzhong has made great contributions. According to what you said before
, Should such meritorious generals and soldiers be awarded some medals?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
For the modern army, medals are a very useful thing.
It can inspire morale and enhance cohesion.
As long as they are meritorious generals or soldiers, they can receive corresponding medals.
After all, rewards such as elixirs, iron coupons or gold and silver treasures are not convenient to display in ordinary times, so they will have less of a role model for other soldiers.
But medals are different. These medals can be worn by soldiers in ordinary times or during major ceremonies, which can highlight their merits and status, and also have a good motivating effect on other soldiers.
"I've already prepared this matter. Let's first set the names of the first batch of military medals, which will be called the Hongwu Meritorious Medal." Zhu Han said.
The Hongwu Meritorious Medal is divided into four levels.
They are third-class meritorious officials, second-class meritorious officials, first-class meritorious officials and special-class meritorious officials.
Each meritorious deed is provided with silver rewards ranging from one hundred taels to one thousand taels.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's silver mining in Japan's Iwami Domain has become more and more successful, and a large amount of silver has poured into the Ming court's treasury like running water.
It is not too simple to spend more than one hundred taels of silver to reward meritorious officials.
"As long as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's army have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, even if they do not have great military merits, whether they are killed or disabled soldiers, they can still receive medals. Then this kind of medal is called the Hongwu Dedication Medal."
Ming soldiers who receive the Hongwu Dedication Medal of the Ming Dynasty can receive silver rewards ranging from one hundred taels to five hundred taels.
And you will also receive a piece of land awarded based on your merits.
The Hongwu Medal of the Ming Dynasty is to highlight these soldiers who dedicated themselves to the country, so that their descendants and themselves will not be unable to maintain their future lives after the bloody sacrifice.
There was actually pension money in the feudal dynasty, but this kind of pension money was not transparent at all. After layers of embezzlement by upper-level civil and military officials, the amount that actually reached the hands of soldiers and their families was pitifully small.
Zhu Han's medal system has been polished to perfection after repeated consideration. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod in admiration after hearing this.
"After our Ming Dynasty established this medal system, the soldiers must have fought bravely and not feared death! If you defeat the enemy and gain military merit, you will be rewarded with military merit. If you are disabled or die in battle, you will be rewarded with dedication. From now on, our Ming Dynasty will truly You can be invincible in the world!"
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have seen the heroic demeanor of countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were not afraid of hardships, dangers and casualties, and fought everywhere.
The awarding ceremony for the first batch of military medals of the Ming Dynasty was held just two days later.
Luo Guanzhong was one of the first batch of recipients of the Hongwu Meritorious Medal, and was rated as a first-class military meritorious service because of his heroic performance at Zuowei Buffalo Village in Guizhou.
"Man, why don't you take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?"
Luo Guanzhong stroked the medal of first-class meritorious service on his body with one hand, and in the other hand was the reward for the first-class meritorious service. Inside the exquisite military merit box was a silver note of one thousand taels from the Ming Dynasty treasury, and a five-cent silver note. A pioneer certificate for one hundred acres of land.
The pioneering certificate is Zhu Han's latest addition to the medal military merit system. With the pioneering certificate, you can obtain an equal amount of land in the frontier lands that will be developed by the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Zhu Han's move was a basic preparation for the Ming Dynasty to expand external colonies in the future. These military merit recipients could sell or give away these lands at will, and then a large number of people would go to the new territories for these lands. Settling down and taking root.
Today, the awarding ceremony for recipients of the Ming Dynasty Military Medal is being held in the Ming Dynasty Palace.
This palace hall was originally used to hold Jinshi examinations.
Zhu Han placed the awarding ceremony for recipients of military medals here to show the world that whether they were meritorious officials or Jinshi, they would be treated equally by the Ming Dynasty.
This attention from the imperial court moved the Ming Dynasty soldiers to tears. People like Luo Guanzhong, who had ink in their stomachs, would use an ancient poem to express their inner emotions.
Most of the people clenched their fists and choked with sobs, repeating their vows to always be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the palace hall.
Deshengguan, Yunnan.
Chen Youliang led the Han army to advance with great success. The battle along the way was like chopping up melons and vegetables. The defenses along the way were unable to stop the Han army led by Chen Youliang.
However, at Desheng Pass, Chen Youliang led the Han army and finally encountered a strong opponent, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Not long ago, the King of Liang made a strategy with Zarawalmi and Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali. Duan Gong led 30,000 elite Dali troops to Desheng Pass to resist Chen Youliang. The King of Liang sent Zarawalmi to Dali to take advantage of this time. Gather all the armies in southern Yunnan to Dali City, and then lead these armies to Desheng Pass to support Duan Gong under the leadership of Liang Wang Balazavarmi.
Now Chen Youliang's Han army encountered the 30,000 elite men led by Duan Gong himself.
On the wall of Deshengguan, the Dali army's swords and guns were shining, their armor was neat, and they looked like an elite.
"The people came forward and said that as long as Duan Gong is willing to surrender, I will give him the treatment of the hereditary king of Dali. Guarding Yunnan for the Han is much better than being the general manager of Dali for the Mongols." Chen Youliang said with a wave of his horsewhip.
After receiving the order, several new soldiers recruited locally from Yunnan immediately went forward to the gate of Deshengguan to shout.
Chen Youliang not only gave Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, treatment like a Dali king.
Moreover, he also ordered that all Dali soldiers would receive double the original treatment, and each would be rewarded with land, gold and silver, as long as they were willing to submit to him.
But these newly recruited soldiers from Yunnan did not even finish their words when they shouted.
He was shot by a burst of arrows from the top of the city and fled.
"Chen Youliang, you rebel!"
After firing arrows from below and chasing away Chen Youliang's troops trying to persuade him to surrender, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, also sent someone to persuade him to surrender.
"Rebel Chen Youliang, surrender quickly and spare your life!"
"The Yuan Dynasty had millions of elite soldiers. You, a rebel, dare to invade our Yunnan province with tens of thousands of rabble under your command. If you don't surrender, you will definitely die without any body parts."
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The generals around Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, shouted threats to the city.
After hearing these words, Chen Youliang's face turned pale.
It seems that this Duan Gong doesn't appreciate praise and actually rejected himself in this way.
"Huh, since you don't eat the toast and drink it as a fine, then you can't blame me! Pass the decree and attack the city!" Chen Youliang shouted angrily.
"General, I obey!" Zou Pusheng, the general of the Han Dynasty's military division, responded immediately.
Following Chen Youliang's order, the Han army immediately began to charge.
"Quick, prepare to meet the enemy!" Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, shouted hurriedly when he saw this.
"Kill, kill all these Tatars!" The Han officers also cursed angrily.
As the shouts of killing below the city were deafening, the Dali defenders on top of the city also leaned out half of their bodies from the crenellations, holding weapons and fighting with the Yunnan Han army.
For a moment, blood and flesh were flying all over the city, and broken limbs and broken arms were flying all over the sky.
The soldiers of the Han army were extremely brave, but the combat effectiveness of the Dali defenders was relatively weak. Coupled with the narrow city wall, the soldiers of the Han army easily scaled the city wall.
"Kill!"
When the Dali soldiers on the top of the city saw this, they also shouted and rushed towards the Han troops.
The Yunnan defenders fought back desperately, and melees broke out again and again.
"Sir, what should we do? These red scarf thieves seem to be really powerful!" A staff officer nearby said to Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali.
"Whatever you are afraid of, bear it all with me!
"Duan Gong shouted.
"kill!
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The soldiers of the Dali Army roared one after another.
The Dali army in Yunnan tried their best to stop the enemy's advance.
Most of the Red Turban soldiers under Chen Youliang were veterans of Huguang. They had fought at least hundreds of battles with the Yuan army in Huguang, and they were simply not something that soldiers like Dali could withstand.
Duan Gong's Dali soldiers and horses would not have been able to withstand the attack of the Red Scarf Army if it were not for the help of the city wall of Desheng Pass.
Seeing the critical situation, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, immediately burst out with the courage to fight to the death.
"Whoever dares to step back even half a step will be killed without mercy!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, drew out his sword and shouted loudly.
Duan Gong then led his personal guards into the battle group at the city wall.
With the encouragement of Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, who personally went into battle, the Dali soldiers also burst out with stronger fighting will.
"Kill!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, waved the sword in his hand and stabbed left and right on the city wall like a ferocious tiger. Ordinary Red Scarf soldiers could not resist Duan Gong's personal guards.
Soon, under the strong counterattack of the powerful army, the first attack of the Red Turban Army was defeated.
Chen Youliang's first attack was completely tentative, and he didn't care at all about the forces in this first battle.
Chen Youliang waved his hand gently and ordered the infantry behind him to launch a second round of charge.
"Pass my order!"
"Whoever climbs first and advances to three levels in a row after breaking through Desheng Pass will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold."
Chen Youliang issued his reward before the Red Scarf Army launched its attack.
In the Red Turban Army of the Han Dynasty, promotion to the third rank is not just a simple increase in salary.
Since Chen Youliang occupied Sichuan, he has implemented the strategy of attacking local tyrants and allocating fields to them. The rank of soldiers is linked to the number of fields allocated.
Upgrading to three levels in a row... you can almost gain more than one hundred acres of land.
The soldiers of the Han Red Turban Army suddenly burst into cheers of excitement.
"Break Desheng Pass, be promoted, rewarded with money, and be given land!"
"Break Desheng Pass!"
"Promotion!"
"tips!"
"Divide the fields!"
Under the guidance of the generals of the Han Red Turban Army, all the soldiers widened their eyes.
Staring at Desheng Pass in front of me, it was as if I was looking at a mountain of gold and silver.
Sichuan's land is fertile, and Chen Youliang's soldiers have already experienced this in less than a year in Sichuan.
If you can upgrade to three levels in a row and get an additional 100 acres of land, you can turn an ordinary soldier into a rich little tycoon.
The Dali army at Desheng Pass was no longer an enemy at this time, but a lively display of 'military merit'.
"Come on!"
Urged by war drums, Chen Youliang's Han soldiers launched another charge.
The high fighting spirit of the Han Red Turban Army soldiers immediately overwhelmed the defenders at Desheng Pass.
"Hold it! Hold it all to me, no retreat!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, shouted loudly this time, but it was difficult to save the situation.
When Chen Youliang saw that the defenders were at a disadvantage, he immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
After a fierce fight, the Red Scarf Army completely defeated the Dali army.
Duan Gong, the emperor's general manager, had no choice but to lead his soldiers to abandon the first barrier and retreat to the rear.
Desheng Pass is located on a hillside, and the entire pass is protected by two layers of walls.
The second city wall that the Earth Commander Duan Gong retreated to after abandoning the first city wall was taller and stronger than the first city wall.
Regarding this city wall, Chen Youliang was not in a hurry to order the entire army to attack.
Because this city wall is too tall, if you use brute force to attack, it will only increase unnecessary casualties on your side.
"Pass my decree and immediately mobilize all the artillery to bombard the city wall!"
Chen Youliang looked at the second city wall of Desheng Pass and immediately gave the order to attack with artillery.
After repeated battles with Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming army, Chen Youliang also discovered the important role of artillery.
In the following days, Chen Youliang ordered artillery to bombard the city wall.
He planned to knock down the city wall first and then launch an attack, so as to reduce the casualties of his own army.
A few days later, the Han army finally blasted several gaps in the city wall of Deshengguan, and Chen Youliang ordered the Han army to start attacking.
After several attacks by the Han army, the Dali army led by Duan Kengfeng, the general manager of Dali, finally could not hold on any longer.
The two sides began to fight fiercely in Desheng Pass.
Just as the Han army gradually gained the upper hand, and Duan Gong, the commander-in-chief of Dali, led the remaining defeated soldiers to retreat to the last line of defense at Desheng Pass, suddenly a loud shout came from behind Desheng Pass.
"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"
Liang Wang Baozala Valmi led tens of thousands of troops and finally arrived at Desheng Pass.
At the beginning, Chen Youliang was not too afraid of the arrival of Liang Wang Bazaara Varmi.
Because Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, did not have many troops anymore, even if Liang Wang Bazala Varmi, a defeated general, arrived, it would be difficult to change the situation of the battle.