"My lord, what's wrong, there are many Dongwu soldiers coming from the direction of Chuxiong!"
Upon hearing the report, Mu Tianbo was shocked and quickly turned to the west of the city to check.
Dongwu is actually very far away from Yunnan Prefecture, with several Xuanwei Divisions or prefectures in between. If Dongwu's soldiers appear here, then there is only one possibility. The bandits and chieftains have colluded with Dongwu.
As the Prince of Mu who has been in Yunnan for a long time, of course he knows Dong Wu. Since the Wanli period, they have fought against them many times. To this day, places such as Mubang and Mengyang are occupied by them.
This is not to say how strong they are, but that the court has too much time to take care of itself. In the early years of Wanli, whenever Dong Wu caused trouble, he would fight back directly. Liu Ting even directly captured Dong Wu's most important position in the north.
Town Ava.
But later on, the rebellion in the southwest, the bandits in the Central Plains, and the rebellion in Liaodong made the imperial court too busy to take care of itself, so it ignored Dongwu at all.
I really didn't expect that Dongwu's side would dare to go deep into Yunnan.
That King Dongwu, let’s call him King Long. Since he came to power, he seems to be recuperating and no longer goes out to fight. Could it be that he thinks he has the strength?
Under normal circumstances, Mu Tianbo would have already faced great pressure from bandits and chieftains, but now that he saw Dong Wu's army joining the attack on Yunnan, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.
However, now that I understand the situation, I see that my soldiers are all panicking. After all, Dongwu's army came from Chuxiong, which means that Chuxiong has probably fallen.
As a result, Kunming became an isolated city. If the imperial reinforcements could not arrive in time, Kunming would definitely be in great danger.
"Don't panic! Don't panic, everyone!" Mu Tianbo said immediately, "These rebels have obviously mobilized their main force to attack us. Are Sun Benbing's imperial army just a decoration? As long as we hold on, the days of arrogance of the rebels will be over.
Got it!"
After hearing this, his personal guards rushed around and shouted loudly to convey his meaning.
Not only that, Mu Tianbo gritted his teeth and no longer felt distressed, and immediately ordered to increase the reward.
According to the secret message Yang Weizhi gave him, he knew that he didn't have to hold on for too long. Once the rebels concentrated their forces and started attacking their side, the imperial court would react.
Come to think of it, how could the imperial court really let all of Yunnan fall into the hands of the rebels? It's just a pity...
Thinking of this, Mu Tianbo couldn't help but feel sad for his empty warehouse.
As soon as he thought about this, he thought silently in his heart: "He is indeed the legendary emperor who confiscated the house. Is this a new pattern of confiscating the house?"
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Not to mention how distressed Mu Tianbo was, the rebels gathered outside Kunming City. Every leader was beaming with joy when they saw victory in sight.
At the pre-military meeting, the bandits were still on one side and the chieftains were on the other.
But what is different from the past is that this time, there are also representatives from Dongwu attending the meeting.
There is a small episode here. The representative of Donggo is a close minister of King Donggo, and his status is considered high. How to arrange this seat?
The arrangement was arranged on the chieftain's side. The chieftain was unwilling to be subordinate to King Dongwu's envoy. At least Sha Dingzhou was very dissatisfied and refused directly.
Arranged in the middle, it seems that he has become the largest force among them, which makes him even more dissatisfied.
If King Dongwu's envoy is asked to sit down, Dongwu will naturally not do anything.
The final solution was to sit next to Li Zicheng, sitting next to the thief, which solved this seemingly small problem.
At this time, Li Zicheng was full of joy. He stood up and spoke first: "Everyone, now we are missing the city of Kunming. The Dali side has been captured by Dongwu's army, and the Chuxiong side has also been captured by our three-party coalition.
Most of the imperial troops fled into Yao'an's Mansion, apparently intending to flee to Shu. But don't worry, my men are guarding that side. I just sent reinforcements there, but Yang Weizhi's remaining soldiers were defeated.
, it is absolutely impossible to escape into Shu."
Overall, to put it simply, the situation is great!
After Li Zicheng finished speaking, before anyone else could speak, he continued: "On the Guizhou defense line, I asked them to make a big fanfare and deploy suspicious troops. It is absolutely impossible for Sun Chuanting's dog officer to discover that our main force has been transferred to attack Kunming in a short time.
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During the conversation, it seemed as if under his leadership, a complete victory was already achieved.
I have to say that if this is true, it will establish Li Zicheng's position in this rebel army.
When Sha Dingzhou saw it, he was of course unwilling to accept that Li Zicheng was performing alone, so he immediately stood up and announced: "It is impossible for the imperial officers and soldiers on the front line in Guangxi to know that we have deployed the main force. If we fight here for half a year, it is estimated that
They’re all still in the dark!”
Compared to the two of them, the other chieftains were unable to compete for the top spot because of their strength. However, after hearing the translation, the envoy of King Dongwu also followed suit and said: "We Dongwu sent one hundred thousand elites.
, you say that Yang Weizhi is so powerful, but in front of my Dongwu army, he is not a chicken or a dog! Even if the imperial army arrives, there is no need to worry about Dongwu's elite!"
An army of 100,000 people? Everyone present didn’t believe it, so who were they to scare? If there were 50,000 soldiers, that was a big deal!
After hearing this, the chieftain of Longchuan immediately sat there and said coldly: "Robbing things is better than ten. I see that there is indeed an army of 100,000!"
When Donggo's army passed through his territory, although there were friendly troops on both sides, they were sneaking around and harassing the place, which made him quite dissatisfied.
The chieftain of Nandian listened and agreed. Anyway, I don't like the cave.
When the envoy of King Dongwu heard this, he certainly did not accept such sarcasm and immediately responded by saying how weak they were.
As a result, a military meeting was about to begin with verbal sparring and civil and military action.
Li Guo, who was sitting on the side of Liu Thief, saw this and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The scene in front of him has been seen often since he participated in the uprising. In the past, he would also fight. However, after experiencing so much, he no longer had this intention.
It’s amazing that this ragtag group of people can defeat the imperial army!
The military orders are not unified, there are many mountains on each side, and no one obeys anyone, how can we fight?
Then read on, this kind of alliance, when there is benefit, you will rush to get it, and if you fight hard and kill people, everyone will push it away. This is the practice of this kind of alliance.
As expected, Li Zicheng saw that several parties were about to fight, so he quickly came out to persuade them, and finally calmed down the conflict.
Afterwards, they began to discuss the matter of attacking the city, but as Li Guo expected, they started to quarrel again.
Either a threat of strength, or an exchange of interests, noisily, and it took almost until night before the result was achieved.
However, Li Guo, who was watching with a cold eye, was not optimistic because he encountered that when the military negotiations were actually carried out next, the scene of bullying and fearing the strong would reappear.
In fact, let alone these chieftains, even they themselves cannot win a tough battle and then give up the benefits to others. Every force ultimately wants to preserve its own strength to gain benefits.
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When the offensive and defensive battle was about to begin on the Kunming City side, Gao Yigong led 5,000 troops to the Yao An Mansion to rush for reinforcements and arrived at the border with Shu.
Stationed here were Li Zicheng's generals Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi, both of whom were from Shaanxi. They were among the group who eventually rebelled, and had followed Li Zicheng in all his wars.
When they heard that Gao Yigong had arrived, Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi rushed out to greet him.
They are considered old brothers and have a good relationship.
When Gao Yigong saw them, he quickly asked about the situation: "How is it going? Did Yang Weizhi's men and horses attack fiercely?"
"Don't worry, we'll guard him, Yang Weizhi won't be able to get through!" Tian Jianxiu heard this and immediately replied with a smile.
Then, he and Yuan Zongdi welcomed Gao Yigong into the lobby.
"Come on, come on, let's have dinner together!" Tian Jianxiu pointed to the dishes on the table in the room and said, "You must not have eaten yet!"
When Gao Yigong saw it, he realized that they happened to be dining when he came. He happened to be hungry too, so he didn't refuse. Seeing that there was an extra stool beside the table, he sat down directly and said, "It's better you two." It’s so comfortable, you don’t have to run around, and you eat much better than I do!”
"Hurry up, put on the bowls and chopsticks!" Yuan Zong shouted first, and then said to Gao Yigong with a smile, "Looking at what you said, we are also under great pressure. There is no room for mistakes here, otherwise, Shu will The officers and soldiers marched into Yunnan!"
When Tian Jianxiu saw him, he took matters into his own hands and poured him wine while echoing Yuan Zongdi's words.
When Gao Yigong saw him, he didn't refuse. He just drank the wine in one gulp. He didn't know if he was thirsty, in a bad mood, or because he had a good drink.
Tian Jianxiu saw him and poured him wine again.
So, they started eating and drinking like this.
After a while, Yuan Zongdi seemed to be kind and said to Gao Yigong: "Then Yang Weizhi is already a defeated general, and he will definitely not be able to escape from us. It should be the time to use troops in Kunming. I think, It would be better for you to lead the troops back and listen to the general’s orders!”
After hearing this, Tian Jianxiu glanced at Yuan Zong for the first time, and finally nodded and said: "Yes, we have enough troops here, don't worry. That Yang Weizhi's remnant soldiers will be cornered when the pursuers arrive, and the entire army will definitely The end of destruction."
Hearing this, Gao Yigong did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. Then he put it back on the table with a "pop" sound, obviously smelling of alcohol, and said to Yuan Zongdi and Tian Jianxiu said: "Our friendship is not very shallow, right? I also know that Lao Tian, and you, Lao Yuan, you are all loyal and honest people. I have an unkind request here. I hope you two can agree!"