Although Zhu Tsai did not have much contact with Zhu Chu and the relationship between brothers was not deep, he was right. Compared with Minzhou, Zhu Chu did like Yunnan more.
At this time, on the north-south road of Mengyang's military and civilian consolation mission, countless soldiers were marching from north to south. Although the climate in Mengyang's territory is humid and the land is soft, and there is no dusty sky, this road is still full of dust. The well-trodden roads are a testament to how many troops have passed through these days.
I don’t know how long it took, but this army found that there were fewer and fewer tall trees on both sides of the road, and the tropical jungles were getting sparser and sparse. Then the people walking at the front suddenly saw a change in their eyes, and an extremely vast wooden city appeared in front of them. before their eyes.
General Chu Jie, who was riding on the horse, breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally we have arrived in Mengyang!" He then told each of the thousands and hundreds of households to stop and rest, while he galloped towards the city.
At this time, there were several people riding on horses at the gate of the city, as if they were waiting for someone. They were all dressed in the uniforms of Han generals. The leader waited until Chu Jie stood beside him on horseback and immediately asked: "Have the troops arrived?"
"They're all here!" Chu Jie took a breath, took off the kettle from his horse and took a sip of water, and then said: "The last two Han Chinese Qianhu recruited from Yongchang and Dali have arrived, Lijiang Mujia, Shunning Ajia and The 15,000 troops sent by the Dahou Sword Family to assist in the battle also came together."
"The Mu family is led by Mu Chu himself?" the man asked.
"How is that possible? Mu De died only a few years ago? He hasn't completely subdued Mu De's brothers yet, so how dare he lead the troops here in person? It was his younger brother Mu Kui who led the troops here," Chu Jie said.
"Where are the Shunning family and the Dahou Dao family?" the man asked again.
"Oh, Li Guan, why are you asking in such detail now!" Although Chu Jie complained, he answered honestly: "A Yue Gong of Shunning's family sent his son A Ri Gong to lead the army. The Dahou Swordsman Family is the hereditary local magistrate of the state, and the swordsman Feng Ou personally leads the team."
Li Guan ignored his complaints, wrote all this down on paper, and said to him: "Meng Yang has prepared food and wood. You can take the quartermaster to get it. In addition, you must warn these new arrivals." Soldier, don’t fetch water casually, you must follow the guide to fetch water. In the past few days, more than fifty people have been bitten to death by pythons or other things hidden by the river because they went to the river to fetch water without authorization."
"There is no need for soldiers from local officials like Lijiang, Shunning and Dahou to give instructions. Their hometowns are not much different from Mengyang. Even soldiers from Yongchang don't need to be warned. The living conditions of soldiers in Dali are too good and they need special reminders." Chu Jay said.
"I don't care how you remind me, no one will be swallowed by the python anyway. Just remember to enter the city after giving the instructions. His Highness King Min is still waiting for you," Li Guan said.
"Since you are in such a hurry, why don't you let Meng Yang's people build the wooden house in advance? Since they can even cut down the wood in advance, why can't they build the wooden house in advance?" Chu Jie said.
"Haha, Meng Yang's people are still waiting for us to build wooden houses for them, so that they can get a batch of wooden houses for free." A young general behind Li Guan sneered.
"Shut up!" Li Guan glared at the man and told him to shut up. Although he was favored by King Min, he did not dare to offend Shangguan, so he could only shut up.
Chu Jie immediately smoothed things over and said a few words, then went to get food and wood.
After he finished distributing the food and wood, he asked his deputies to watch, and he left the place where the army was stationed with Mu Kui, A Zhi Gong and Dao Feng Ou.
He rode into Dazhai. It was already night, and there were not many people on the street. There were only groups of men wearing traditional Meng Yangren costumes patrolling with knives and guns.
Chu Jie knew that Meng Yangren did not actually have a curfew, but because a large number of troops who were not Meng Yangren passed by recently, Meng Yang's women were raped for several days in a row. Although the culprit was found and punished afterwards, Meng Yang
Chieftain Daomudan also issued a curfew, prohibiting people from going out at night.
When these meng Yangren on patrol saw Chu Jie and his party, the leader looked at Chu Jie's clothes and walked around them. Chu Jie was the commander of the third rank, and the armor on his body was very gorgeous, so the patrol did not dare to question them at all.
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They ignored the patrol and asked the guards to lead the way. After a while, the guards took him to the gate of the most gorgeous village in the center of the city.
They dismounted and followed the guards, walking into a room full of people.
After Chu Jie entered, he didn't care about anything else. He first knelt down to the person in the center who was wearing the prince's costume and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Min." Mu Qi, Arrigong and Dao Fengou also knelt down and said with a stiff
In Chinese, he said: "I have met His Highness King Min."
"Are you here too? Sit down." Min Wang Zhu Ming, who was sitting in the middle, smiled at him.
When they sat down, Min King Zhu Zhen asked: "Has the army been settled?"
"Your Majesty, I, Mu Kui and others have already settled the army." Chu Jie replied. Mu Kui and others did not speak, acquiescing to Chu Jie's answer.
Zhu Ming just asked casually, and after getting a definite answer, he said: "The last army has also arrived. Then we can formulate a war plan against Burma."
Yes, Zhu Ming gathered so many troops to Mengyang just to start a war against Burma.
In the 31st year of Zhu Hongwu's reign, he was officially granted the title of vassal king by Yunxi. Yunxi sent troops to Yongchang to comfort the army and the people, including Shunning Prefecture, Dahou Prefecture, Wandian Prefecture, Mengmian Division, Zhenkang Prefecture, Mengding Prefecture, and Pingmian Prefecture.
A large area including the Luchuan Xuanwei Envoy Division, Nandian Xuanfu Envoy Division, Mengyang Xuanwei Envoy Division, Mubang Xuanwei Envoy Division and Mengmi Xuanfu Division were all assigned to him as a fief.
Later, Zhu Zhen bargained with Yunxi, and Yunxi temporarily placed Menghua Prefecture and Lijiang Prefecture under his jurisdiction. Even Dali temporarily allowed him to mobilize the army, but he could not manage civil affairs and could not move the royal palace to Dali.
In this way, Zhu Chu had a very large feudal state, stretching to the north to the border of later Yunnan and Zang provinces, to the south to the border of later China and Thailand, to the east to Dali, and to the west to the Naga Mountains - the borders of later Myanmar and India.
The total area of the border is about 500,000 square kilometers, which exceeds the total area of any European country in later generations except Russia and Ukraine.
But except for Dali and Yongchang, all other places are under the jurisdiction of local officials. Even in Yongchang, there are local officials who are not all Han officials. Although most of these local officials are respectful, they will not be able to conscript soldiers and grain.
So easy to talk about.
Zhu Ming returned to Yunnan in the first year of Jianye's reign. He stayed in Kunming for two days and talked a lot with Mu Sheng. He then came to Yongchang and talked with his left minister He Fu for a few days before starting his own actions.