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Duan Youhong is well-known in Yunnan for his extraordinary skills.This person's eyes are straight and he considers the long-term, but he has the talent of a military adviser.Now that Zhu Huiliu was trying to get his opinion, he stood up one step at a time, "Three princes, the army of the Nanming court is actually not difficult to deal with."

He uttered such confident words at the beginning, and when they heard the ears of the three princes, they couldn't help but feel their eyes light up, and then waited for the following to appear.

"Three lords, if you want to say that it was still a little difficult to deal with the imperial soldiers and horses before, they were always shrinking, and it would be difficult if we wanted to take advantage of them. But now it is different, the Emperor Nanming has now sent eunuchs Supervising the army, this is our chance. As long as we can reveal certain flaws, presumably even those court generals will not be able to think about it, and the eunuch in charge of supervising the army will force them to do so. So, as long as we plan to Properly, it is not difficult to injure them severely. If the Miao family supports us, perhaps the situation in Yunnan can be settled after one battle."

With a smile on Duan Youhong's face, he let go of the supervising army. I have to say, this is really a wonderful move.

"Okay, hahaha." Zhu Huixun laughed loudly after hearing this, "In this case, Duan Youhong will be in charge of this matter, and everyone else must give full cooperation. As for the matter of persuading the Miao family to join the war, I will leave it to you." Let Chen Tian handle it, no problem."

The eloquent Chen Tian nodded immediately and said: "Please rest assured, the three princes, I will definitely do my best to make this happen."

"Haha, okay, next we must work together. Once we achieve success in the future, everyone here will have the merits of Conglong, and they are all great heroes. Feng Ziyin's wife will not be concerned." It was resolved, and Zhu Huixun's laughter in a good mood spread throughout the lobby.

The situation in Yunnan has become more and more clear with Yingzong's enshrining of kings with different surnames.There has been a very clear change in the attitudes of all parties.

When all this reached the ears of Yang Chendong who was still training in the mountains, he couldn't help sighing, "In this way, everything is going fast, and it won't take long before someone will think of us, and then we will see How we swept the world."

Saying such heroic words is not only Yang Chendong's confidence in Yang Jiajun, but more because he has seen the opponent's shortcomings.Mutual distrust, serious internal friction, all of these, how can they be compared with the Yang family, which is developing at a high speed and has a unity of heart?

Fighting is more often about people's hearts.Yang Chendong, who has mastered the unity of human heart and has the sharp weapon given by Da Cangzhong, what else can make him afraid?

While Yang Chendong waited and waited, Xiping Wang Mubin really took the lead.

Different from the previous tentative attack, this time Mu Bin led an army of [-] vanguards and headed straight for Che Lisi.But on the way, he was intercepted by the Jiaozhi army and the army summoned by the three brothers of King Min.

According to the previously discussed plan, King Xiping dispatched troops, followed by the Nanming army in Yunnan.Headed by Dong Xing, the governor and Tongzhi, they led [-] troops to Che Lisi.Perhaps it was because King Min's army was going to stop the soldiers of King Xiping, which made their progress so fast that they had planned to kill Che Lisi in seven days, but they traveled three-quarters of the way on the third day. .

Such smooth progress made Dong Xing, who led the troops, think that King Min's troops were out of strength, so he underestimated the enemy.Coupled with the continuous urging of Qian Liang, the supervisor, under pride, regardless of the fact that the central and rear troops are still on their way, and regardless of the drawbacks of stretching the front line, they rushed straight forward with [-] vanguard troops.

But just when they were about to reach the city of Chelisi, the [-] Miao army suddenly rushed out, along with the [-] King Min's army.

So many enemies appeared like landslides and tsunami, and rushed into the army of Nanming, just like the river covered the embankment, drowning all [-] troops in it. Not only that, even Dong Xing, the commander-in-chief, was also among the rebellious army was killed.

Chapter 4 Reactivating Kuang Ye

The [-] pioneers were completely destroyed, and the next thing was the situation of defeat like a mountain.Nearly half of the remaining [-] troops were killed or captured, and half of the rest fled without knowing where to go. Only Qian Liang, the supervisor, led more than [-] generals and retreated to Guangnan Mansion. It can be regarded as saving a life.

When the news of the defeat of the Nanming army reached the ears of Xiping Wang Mubin, he was alone, fearing that he would fall into the trap, and hurriedly led his army back to Yunnan Mansion.

The defeat of this battle made Nanmingbu's elite army in Yunnan completely lost, and its strength dropped by nearly half.It was at this time that the counterattack of Min Wang's lineage, Jiaozhi and Miao troops arrived.They first sent a part of the army to monitor King Xiping in Yunnan Mansion, and then gathered the main force to surround Guangnan Mansion.

Without the slightest preparation, the Nanming army in Guangnan Mansion retreated in a panic to avoid the bad luck of being besieged, so much so that they left Guangnan Mansion aside, and returned the food and grass that the army had originally prepared for the war. Most of them stayed and served the Min King's troops who had caught up.

After losing Guangnan Mansion, they originally wanted to march to Guangxi Mansion so that they could join King Xiping's troops.But he no longer dared to trust anyone, because he was worried that King Xiping would also stab him in the back. Under the proposal of Huguang Governor Wang Lai, Yang Xinmin, the former Chief Secretary of Guangdong, and Qian Liang, the new Chief Secretary of Yunnan, both voted for it.The army then withdrew from the land of Yunnan and headed towards Sicheng Prefecture in Guangxi.

But who would have thought that there was not enough communication in advance, and the Guangxi army was not prepared enough, which caused the army to advance too slowly. It was only after the army entered Sicheng Prefecture that they discovered the min king's troops chasing from behind. .After fleeing again and again, after spending one night in Sicheng Prefecture, the army continued to retreat eastward, passing through Qingyuan Mansion, Guilin Mansion, out of Guangxi, and passing through Guangdong's Shaozhou Mansion to Jiangxi Ganzhou Prefecture.

A few months ago, it was here that Yang Chendong joined more than ten thousand soldiers from Guangdong, and after gathering here, they resolved the Yellow Bandit Rebellion in Guangdong.But who could have imagined how long it took for Wang Lai and the others to retreat here?

After losing Yunnan, Guangxi and most of Guangdong's cities, the Nanming army finally settled down.King Min's [-]st Division is not chasing, but is starting to digest the land and city they just acquired.

And because this place was jointly captured by King Min, Jiaozhi, and Miao people, and the division of the city still needed to be discussed, this gave the Nanming army a chance to breathe.

But at the same time, it has to be said that after most of the land in these three provinces was occupied, the three armies formed by the Min Dynasty also showed their true nature. Burning, killing and looting were everywhere. The big households were robbed, and many people were displaced without clothes or food.

The news of the defeat of the army came straight to Nanjing, the capital of Nanming, like a gust of wind.When Yingzong Zhu Qizhen in the palace hall heard the news, it is said that he fainted on the spot, and not long after that, important civil servants and generals came to the palace.To everyone's surprise, this time, among the ministers who came with him was Kuang Ye, Minister of the Ministry of War who was asked to recuperate at home a while ago.

Kuang Ye stood on the court hall, showing no signs of illness at all, but his ashen face still told everyone that he was in an extremely bad mood at the moment.

Not only Kuang Ye, but probably no one in the court is in a good mood now.

One-third of these ministers were important ministers in the former Northern Beijing Division. They came to Nanjing with their family because they believed in Zhu Qizhen.Originally thought that following the Yingzong to establish the Southern Ming Dynasty first, and then after a lot of hard work, they would counterattack the Northern Ming Dynasty and complete the great cause of unifying the Ming Dynasty.At that time, they will all have the achievements of the dragon, even if they are recorded in the annals of history, it is not impossible.

Who would have thought that just two seemingly inconspicuous civil strife in the south would lead to such consequences. Nanming lost three provinces in a row. If it can't be curbed, it won't be long before the whole Nanming will die re-exist.At that time, not to mention going back to the capital, it was a question of whether or not his old life could be saved.

The sudden change and the bad situation left everyone speechless.All civil and military officials arrived one after another, and after that they all imitated Kuang Ye's expression and looked very ugly.

The ministers were so rare that they were silent, and when the eunuch Cao Jixiang appeared with a whisk in his hand to break the silence, the movement attracted everyone's attention.

Cao Jixiang's expression was not good at the moment, he first swept towards the group of officials, and when he found that everyone who should have come, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The emperor has a decree, Xuan Kuangye, Wang Zuo, Chen Xun, Xiao Xuan, Shang Ren and other ministers entered the inner hall and waited."

"I obey the order." Kuang Ye and the other five people hurriedly bowed and clasped their fists in agreement, and then followed Cao Jixiang and left the Jinluan Hall.

Once the five of them leave, the other courtiers will look at each other in every way, and it won't matter if they leave for a while, or if they don't leave.And some of the courtiers still looked at Liu De, Minister of Rites, and Jiang Yuan, Minister of Industry.

Of the six Shangshu, only the two of them were left behind, so it was inevitable that they would not be seen by others.Especially Liu De, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, left a lot of suspicious eyes on him.

Jiang Yuan is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, so he can't play a big role in the war, at most it's just a matter of supervising the manufacture of weapons.But I heard that a lot of usable weapons have been created a while ago, which can be used by the army at any time.In this way, the role he can play is already very small.Liu De is different, he is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and war is not just about fighting, but also negotiations and public opinion offensives, all of which require the Ministry of Rites to do.But he is indeed being left here now. Thinking of the fact that Kuang Ye Shangshu was sent home to recuperate because of his advice a while ago, which led to the defeat in this battle, he couldn't help but think of it. There were many question marks in the eyes of everyone looking at him.

For this, Liu De naturally felt it early in the morning, and he also knew that this time the front army was defeated, and the emperor needed to find a scapegoat.Although it may not necessarily be yourself, a proper beating is always needed.It is already a kind of proof that he didn't announce that he was waiting to drive just now.

But even after knowing these things, Liu De still stood there without showing the slightest timidity.He knows these courtiers too well. Once you gain power, you can say all kinds of good things, even nasty things.On the contrary, once you lose power, you can also say what kind of ugly words.

In the main hall, standing there, Liu De was suffering greatly.In the inner hall, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, whose expression had returned to normal, was already seated on the golden dragon chair.Apart from the fact that his face was still a little pale, there was nothing wrong with it.

"All loves, please sit down." Seeing the five ministers coming in front of him, Zhu Qizhen pointed to the tables and chairs that had been set up and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The ministers are guilty, so I really dare not sit down." After the five ministers looked at each other, they all shook their heads and said their own guilty words.In many cases, the more polite the emperor is to you, the more it often proves that it is not a good thing. They have seen this a lot, so naturally they dare not sit down casually at this time.

"Hey, what are you guilty of? The one who is guilty is the general who commanded the battle. It has nothing to do with you. Take a seat. Kuang Aiqing, you are the oldest, and you were not in good health a while ago. You should take the lead and sit down. By the way, you Your body is fine now." Zhu Qizhen expressed his concern as much as possible, and told Kuang Ye and others to listen.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, I'm fine now." Kuang Ye said with a tearful expression on his face.

"Okay, okay, it's fine if there is nothing to do. I can't lack a capable minister like you by my side. By the way, you can sit too." After some feelings, the other courtiers also showed gratitude one by one. Everyone found a seat and sat down.

After everyone was seated one by one, Zhu Qizhen let out a long sigh and said: "My dear friends, you must all know the news of the defeat of the army ahead. It was all Wang Ji's bad idea, which caused us to make mistakes in decision-making. And the generals in front are afraid of death and fear of fighting, and this is the reason for the current situation, I really regret it."

After some self-criticism, Zhu Qizhen shook his head vigorously, with a look of remorse, and then nodded to Cao Jixiang who was standing beside him.

"Yes." Cao Jixiang agreed quickly, then took out the imperial decree on the golden back in his hand, and read it out: "By God, the emperor, the edict said: Wang Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of War, retreated in fear of the enemy, and immediately removed from his official position and returned Jingdu was imprisoned and convicted; Jinyiwei Qian Liang’s supervision was unfavorable, so he was demoted to a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and he was fined for half a year to see the effect. Wang Lai, governor of Huguang, Yang Xinmin, chief secretary of Yunnan, and others were fined for one year, demoted by half a rank, and stayed in the army In the middle effect, to see the after effect"

In the imperial decree, all the generals and officials in Yunnan were punished over and over again.Especially Wang Ji, who has just gone to Yunnan for less than a month, and has changed from the original scenery to the present prisoner. .

Punishing a group of courtiers, especially taking down a left servant of the Ministry of War, is equivalent to putting an end to the failure of the war, and the next thing to talk about is the current situation.

"Loves, the traitor Zhu Huixun and others have already caused trouble in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, and they may arrive in Jiangxi soon. What can you do to teach me?" Zhu Qizhen will be full of hope His eyes fell on the five veteran ministers, and his anticipation was beyond words.

There was a burst of silence in the inner hall.Nanming's army was not very large in the first place. When Kuang Ye inspected the guards last time, he found some phenomena of being overpaid, so that the guards were not fully staffed.At that time, the approximate statistical result was less than one million people.

Chapter 4 Seventeen is still Yang Chendong

The strength of less than one million troops was more than 30 in the land of Yunnan before. They were defeated several times, and another hundred thousand were added, but they were still defeated. Looking at it this way, Quan Nanming's army Even if they were all collected, it would only be about 50, or even less.These people still need to guard many cities and state capitals, and it is absolutely impossible to mobilize all of them. Otherwise, not only Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, but also other places will cause riots because of the absence of the army. of.

Having no soldiers to use is like a clever woman who can't cook without rice, and no one is afraid that it will be difficult to solve the problem in a short time.

Of course, just because it can't be solved now doesn't mean it won't be solved in the future.For example, you can re-conscription.After the Renxuan rule, the population of Daming was still large, and it was not difficult to recruit a million troops under the coercion.The difficulty is that there is no such time.

Recruitment takes time, and training also takes time. If a million people are really recruited, it may not be perfect within two years.For such a long time, will people from the King Min family give it?What if they kill them during this time?I'm afraid the situation will become even more chaotic.