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Chapter 1445 Does the Daming Society require Dali to act in accordance with Daming's decrees?

In the two months of war, there was no large-scale battle, and some were small-scale raids.

It is unrealistic to want to engage in large-scale operations in the undeveloped areas of mountainous and dense forests in southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan.

Only a small-scale break-in battle can be broken down into pieces.

This requires a high degree of discipline in the Ming army, as well as the combat capability of small units, attacking in an almost guerrilla warfare-style combat mode.

This was almost unimaginable for the old feudal army.

Judging from the discipline of the old feudal army, whenever a guerrilla war is broken into pieces, the first thing the big-headed soldiers have to do is definitely not to fight according to the order, but to desert.

Such a good opportunity to escape is impossible in normal times, so how can the big-headed soldiers who are bullied by their superiors not to run away immediately?

If a division can run for you, there will be only one company left, and at most one division headquarters, but if there is more than one division, it can be considered that your division commander loves soldiers like a son, so the old feudal army is destined to be unable to fight guerrilla warfare as a whole.

In this dense forest and mountainous terrain, large corps cannot be deployed, and only the fighting method of breaking up into pieces is the most effective. Therefore, feudal dynasties are often very helpless when facing these frontier tribes.

The Ming army was not.

These anti-Ming armed tribes were considered unlucky. They hit the iron plate and happened to encounter the strongest and most disciplined Ming army in history, but they still regarded them as the cumbersome opponents of the traditional Central Plains Dynasty. .

So they were miserable.

Under Xu Tong's plan, the Ming army used the battalion as a combat unit, abandoned the best corps for joint operations, and launched a special attack on one or two tribes with a battalion or a combination of two battalions, with a clear route and multi-line attack. .

While fighting, he set fire to the woods with kerosene. Through small-scale raids again and again, Xu Tong gradually realized the pre-war layout of accumulating small victories into big victories, and wiped out 80.00% of the anti-Ming tribes in southern Sichuan. above.

The rest have completely lost the courage to compete with the Ming army, and do not think that surrender will have a good end. They can only choose to flee all the way to the southeast, it seems that they want to flee to Southeast Asia.

But as far as Xu Tong knew, they had to go through a lot of primitive jungles to find the human settlements, and the possibility of reaching their destination alive was very low.

It can be said that with the assistance of the Dali Kingdom, after two months of small-scale battles, the Ming Kingdom basically wiped out the anti-Ming tribal armed forces in the southern Sichuan area, and initially carried out a deep radiation of the ruling power in the southern Sichuan mountainous area.

The words of the Daming officials in this area are effective, and those tribes will obey, and will not violate the yang and yin.

For example, after a series of extermination operations, the Daming government asked some pro-Ming tribes and neutral tribes to move out of their original residences and settle in the areas designated by the Daming government, so that the Daming government could conduct census and formal governance on them.

Don't even think about this kind of thing before, these people won't agree at all, and they will even rebel immediately.

But now they have to seriously consider the feasibility of this kind of thing, and send people to connect with Daming officials to discuss a series of possibilities, seek more favorable policy treatment and so on.

This is the implementation of the right to rule.

The soldiers of the Eighth Corps made an outstanding contribution to this.

In this battle, Su Haisheng and the garrisoned troops of the Second Corps under his command were responsible for logistical support tasks. The main combat tasks were all handed over to the recruits of the Eighth Corps, so that they would fight to the death with the anti-Ming tribal armed forces. , in order to exercise their practical ability.

Fortunately, the recruits of the Eighth Corps have withstood the severe test of the natural environment and the combat effectiveness of the enemy, and successfully completed their mission.

Although they themselves paid the price of more than 1000 people killed in battle, wounded and sick, but compared to the results of the battle, these losses are not unworthy.

Xu Tong erected a monument among the ruins of the last annihilated anti-Ming faction tribe to commemorate the young soldiers who died in order to achieve this victory.

He imitated Su Yonglin, engraved the Ming army's entire process of destroying the enemy on the stone tablet, and swore to future generations Daming's sovereignty over this land and the price Daming paid for victory.

These young warriors deserve to be remembered forever.

In this way, the last remaining thing worth mentioning is the help provided by the Dali Kingdom to the Ming Kingdom.

In this military operation, the Dali Kingdom dispatched more than 5000 soldiers. Gao Zhenming, who had previously been an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, served as the leading general. He cooperated with the main force of the Ming army to carry out some difficult military operations, and paid some casualties.

So after the war, Xu Tong allocated a portion of the spoils to the Dali army, and presented a table to Su Yonglin to show the military exploits of the Dali army and Gao Zhenming, and asked Su Yonglin for an award.

In the end, Gao Zhenming got the physical reward from Su Yonglin, as well as the Daming official position and honor. For this, Gao Zhenming thanked Xu Tong very much, sent many gifts to Xu Tong, and also tried to give Xu Tong a Dali beauty for him to enjoy. .

All gifts Xu Tong received, and they were stored in the military warehouse and put into the public account to further improve the treatment of soldiers in the army.

As for the beauty of Dali, Xu Tong did not want it.

"Thousands of years ago, there was a god of war in the Central Plains, named Huo Qubing. He once said that the Huns are not destroyed, so why should I be my family? Although I am far inferior to Huo Qubing, I am willing to follow his example. What's the problem?"

Gao Zhenming admires Xu Tong, a man whose mouth is as hard as the knife in his hand.

He smiled vaguely.

"Even if you accept them, these women are nothing but your concubines. No matter how bad it is, you can use them as servant girls, maids in the room, whatever, they are beautiful, gentle and pleasant, can sing and dance, play chess, calligraphy and painting. It's a little bit familiar, and it will never make you feel boring.

Besides, you are not married yet, you have no wife and no one to take care of you. In addition to the battle, you still need some caring people in the room to bring you tea and water, serve your daily life, and do your laundry for you. Wouldn't it be nice to fold the quilt, or warm the bed? "

Xu Tong did not change his face, shook his head and refused.

"I am a member of the Renaissance. The Renaissance Association has requirements for its members. Concubines and girls in the house are symbols of exploitation and oppression in the old times. The members of the Renaissance must not do it. I appreciate the kindness of General Gao, but I really can't. accept."

Gao Zhenming's complexion changed.

"I've heard of the Revival Society, but I didn't know that you are also a member, and that members can't take concubines, and you can't have concubines... This is a bit unreasonable, isn't it?"

Xu Tong slowly shook his head.

"I am a member of the Renaissance, and a revolutionary. Taking concubines is something that revolutionaries must avoid. Although Da Ming has not explicitly banned everyone from taking concubines, this order is also here. Between the two, it won't be long before it becomes a reality."

Xu Tong looked at Gao Zhenming for a while and said with a smile: "Fortunately, although Dali is a vassal state of Daming, it does not have to act according to Daming's rules. If this is the case, many people in the Gao family may feel dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts. "

Gao Zhenming has read "Hongwu Political Theory" and is not ignorant of Su Yonglin and Ming's policies. It is because of this that he and the Gao family behind him are worried.

"Although it may be a bit taboo to ask this question, in your opinion, will Daming ask Dali to act in accordance with Daming's decrees?"

Gao Zhenming tentatively asked Xu Tong: "I have also read His Majesty the Emperor's masterpiece, and I deeply feel that His Majesty the Emperor cares about the country and the people, and serves the country and the people, but I don't know if His Majesty the Emperor has the same requirements for Dali. , what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)