From what Li Zicheng said, it seemed that he had a series of countermeasures that could guarantee the defeat of Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo. So, Sha Dingzhou immediately asked: "Is there anything else? Don't hide it, tell me quickly!"
"Yes, tell me quickly!"
"That's the only bad thing about you Han people. When you talk, you like to talk half and hide half!"
"Isn't that what I hate the most!"
"..."
After hearing this, the other chieftains all agreed with Sha Dingzhou, a bit mean to criticize Li Zicheng.
Looking at these chieftains, Li Zicheng also had a headache, so he quickly raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and then quickly said: "As long as we can get King Dongwu to send troops, he has a strong army, and if we attack Yang Weizhi together, we will definitely be able to destroy Yang Weizhi!"
This topic has been mentioned before, but the stakeholders were unwilling, and in the end there was no result.
At this time, when I heard Li Zicheng's old story mentioned again, he naturally became the same as before.
The chieftains of Longchuan and Nandian who were close to Dongwu objected one after another. Among the previous conditions, Dongwu wanted their territory, so it was naturally impossible for them to agree.
However, the other chieftains, those far away from Dongwu, thought that it was the right thing to kill Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo as soon as possible, so they all agreed.
Then the quarrel started again as before.
But this time, more people agreed with Li Zicheng, because they were all eager to destroy Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo's troops.
Li Zicheng asked them to calm down, and then said to Longchuan Chieftain, Nandian Chieftain and others: "The reason why we want to form an alliance with Dongwu to deal with the imperial court together is not to capture the entire territory of Yunnan as soon as possible, so that we can attack with confidence.
What about the Central Plains? After we conquer the Central Plains, how about you pick a prosperous and better place to compensate you?"
After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou and others agreed.
"Yes, this opportunity is rare. If we don't destroy them early, the Central Plains may be in chaos and we won't have time to send troops, and the losses will be huge!"
"The Ming Dynasty is so big. If we have another Dongwu ally, we can still get a lot of benefits."
"No, the wealth in the Central Plains is not comparable to what we have here. Don't get too much of a bargain by moving to another place!"
"..."
The chieftains who agreed suddenly accounted for the majority in the face of interests.
Li Zicheng struck while the iron was hot and said to Longchuan Chieftain, Nandian Chieftain and others: "I have sent people to talk to King Dongwu. Before we send troops to the Central Plains and conquer new territory, you can still stay in your original territory until you
After you have a new site, you can give the original place to Dongwu, is that okay?"
This condition was actually proposed by King Dongwu in the previous negotiations. Because King Dongwu was not a fool, of course he knew that these chieftains must be resettled in a new place, unless they were destroyed.
At this time, hearing what Li Zicheng said, other chieftains agreed one after another.
In the end, Longchuan Chieftain, Nandian Chieftain and others became a minority. They could not stop so many people talking. After hesitation, they asked to write a letter of guarantee to ensure that they could pick a piece of land in the Central Plains. They finally agreed.
Come down.
Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. If these two things were agreed upon, the whole of Yunnan would be under control soon.
So, he concluded: "Everyone, let's go back, mobilize our troops as soon as possible, attack Kunming together, and ambush Yang Weizhi's reinforcements. Regardless of whether we can defeat Yang Weizhi's troops, when Dong Wu's army arrives, we will capture Dali in one fell swoop.
Chuxiong and Chuxiong!”
Sha Dingzhou and others had no objections and agreed one after another. After giving some details, they went back to prepare.
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Besides, Kunming City in Yunnan Province has always been on the defensive. Every day, when the soldiers saw the Duke of Guizhou, they always had a gloomy look on their faces.
It's no wonder that Mu Tianbo's mood never gets better.
The imperial officers and soldiers obviously had the strength to rush in directly to rescue Kunming, but they never did so. They just asked him to hold on. This must have made him worried, fearing that one day he could not prevent it, and his Mu family might be doomed.
Also, to stay in Kunming all the time, the expenses for food, supplies, military pay, etc. are all a very large expense.
Later, all these expenditures fell on his side and were paid by the Duke of Guizhou, which made his heart bleed again.
Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not be happy.
However, in the Central Plains, even the vassal kings like the King of Zhou paid for the suppression of thieves one by one, but refused to pay for the suppression of thieves. In other words, King Lu, who paid less for the suppression of thieves, was eventually charged with treason.
Death is prohibited.
Mu Tianbo was not a fool. He said that King Lu was rebelling. He had no soldiers and no power. How could he rebel? It was because he was not paying enough!
Relatively speaking, he is more likely to rebel than King Lu. The reason is for no other reason than that he holds the military power in Yunnan. Therefore, if he refuses to pay the money and is charged with another rebellion, he will
I knew very well in my heart that his fate would definitely be worse than King Lu!
Of course, Mu Tianbo didn't dare to really rebel. The information he got from official channels was more accurate than the information heard by thieves.
He knew for sure that Emperor Taizu had really shown his spiritual power!
The Mu family is deeply favored by Emperor Taizu, how can they betray them!
In addition, the strength of the imperial army is no longer what it used to be. Even if the whole of Yunnan rebels, the imperial court can still put down the rebellion. Not to mention that all the chieftains are a mob, and among them there is Shading who wants to take his position.
Continent.
However, Mu Tianbo is really having a headache if he just sticks to it. Even though the Mu family has inherited it since the Hongwu period and accumulated a lot of wealth, it can't withstand such consumption! The most important thing is that he doesn't know when the imperial officers and soldiers will
Will they really invade Yunnan! Is there any money left in the Mu family?
Mu Tianbo naturally didn't know that in the original history, all the wealth accumulated by his Mu family would eventually benefit Sha Dingzhou.
It is known in history that "Mu's family has been in Yunnan since ancient times, and the treasures in the palace are full of treasures. The Buddha's capstone, green arrowhead, cinnabar, fallen red, amber, horseshoe, and red gold are all packed in boxes. Each box is a hundred pounds and hidden in a high board. The warehouse is fifty
There are more than 250 treasuries in total, and his treasures are incalculable. They have been transported to this cave from Dingzhou for months and months."
However, at this time, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to hold on and wait until the court's reinforcements arrived.
He didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen was really interested in his family's wealth. After learning the original history from Liu Weichao, he decided to do this, not to rush into Yunnan, so that Sun Chuanting could have more
Prepare for the war, saving the court more supplies and energy.
If it was really just to capture Yunnan, the imperial court would have already had the strength to capture it.
On this day, he was inspecting the defense of Yunnan Prefecture. When he just returned to Kunming, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind him.
Mu Tianbo has already experienced it. Hearing the rapid sound of horse hooves usually means nothing good!
Sure enough, when the horse saw his flag, he ran straight to him, turned over and dismounted and reported: "Report, we found multiple flags of the bandits, and at least three chieftains came to invade!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Tianbo was immediately shocked. Such a large-scale attack was obviously a bit unusual.
So, he quickly asked for specific details, and suddenly felt that he was in big trouble.
Although news from other directions has not yet come, Mu Tianbo can predict that the bandits and chieftains will invade in large numbers, and there will definitely be many enemies from other directions.
So, while he quickly deployed defenses, he also sent people to report to Yang Weizhi urgently, asking Yang Weizhi to quickly provide reinforcements.
As before, after receiving the news, Yang Weizhi immediately led troops to reinforce. Unexpectedly, the allies of the bandits and chieftains actually used a strategy of siege and reinforcements. Although he had used this strategy, he did not expect to ambush the troops.
The number far exceeded expectations, and in the end, he had no choice but to lead his troops back to Chuxiong to protect himself.
However, before withdrawing his troops, he also sent an elite force into Yunnan Mansion to deliver a message to Mu Tianbo.
"This is Master Yang's order. It must be seen by the Duke in person. After reading it, it will be burned."
Mu Tianbo was shocked when he heard this, and quickly handed him a piece of folded oil paper. After opening it, there was a piece of rice paper inside. When he opened it again, he found that it was a series of numbers.
At this sight, he knew that this was the secret letter originally agreed upon.
The imperial court had mentioned this matter in the decree given to him before, but he had never received such a letter and almost forgot about it.
Upon seeing this, Mu Tianbo immediately recalled it. Without saying a word, he left the defense to his subordinates, hurried back to the Duke's Mansion, and then went directly to the study. After ordering no one to approach, he closed the door.
After about an hour of burning incense, the door of the study room was opened, and he followed him. The guards waiting at the door unexpectedly noticed a rare smile on the face of their prince.
Needless to say, something good must be coming!
It's just that they can't figure out what a good thing it would be?
They only heard Mu Tianbo order them: "Send orders to everyone and be on guard. This is the rebels' final counterattack. The imperial reinforcements will arrive soon."
Upon hearing this, his personal guards couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. They had heard this news many times that the imperial reinforcements would arrive soon. It could be said to be a cliché, nothing more than the morale-boosting words of the Duke.
But that's not necessarily the case. This time, instead of patting his head and saying that reinforcements would arrive, he received a secret message.
Thinking like this, these personal guards couldn't help but become suspicious. Maybe reinforcements are really coming this time!
After the news spread, especially about the secret letter, the people below thought a lot about it, and their confidence suddenly increased.
Therefore, even if the rebel army advanced and the Yunnan Mansion could no longer hold on, and they all retreated into Kunming City, and the connection with the Chuxiong Mansion was cut off, the morale was not affected much.
However, what they didn't expect was that a new situation appeared, which immediately hit their morale.