Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 664
Chieftain Mengyang used to be the most frontier territory of the Ming Empire in the southwest, but was invaded by the Toungoo Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty.The Wanli Dynasty was unable to support the war in the southwest, and after decades of fighting with the Toungoo Dynasty, it still tacitly allowed the Toungoo Dynasty to take over.

On the mountain road from Chieftain Mengyang to Longchuan Xuanfusi, Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province, several fast horses were galloping at full speed.The mountain road is located in the jungle and mountains, and many branches on the road are criss-crossed, leaving scratches on the clothes of the man on the fast horse.

"Hurry up, turn over the mountain over there, you will be at the Tongbi Pass, they dare not chase after you." The leader said.

"Young master, do you think the Han people and those chieftains in Yunnan will protect us? We have no money, no soldiers, and we are being hunted down. They will fight a powerful Toungoo dynasty for us?" A person is full of hope for the future. worried.

"Believe me, we are still valuable to be used, so they will not only help us stop the pursuers, but also the Chief Secretary of Yunnan will be very polite to us." The leading man said.

"Is there still value to be used? What do we have left?" His men asked in puzzlement.

"Dayi."

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After a few fast horses passed by for a while, a large group of soldiers armed with various weapons rushed here. They followed the horseshoe prints on the mountain road to catch up with the top of the mountain, and then saw that the horseshoe prints disappeared into the forest and pointed directly at the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. The copper wall off direction.

A general in armor came out surrounded by many soldiers and looked into the distance. Among the high mountains, a long wall could be seen faintly.If you want to enter the Chief Secretary of Yunnan from this direction, you must break through the Tongbi Pass.

"General, it seems that the rebels have fled into the Tongbi Pass, looking for the protection of the Central Plains Dynasty, what should we do?" asked the surrounding Dongyu soldiers.

"The Central Plains Dynasty was strong on the outside and on the inside. 30 years ago we captured Mengyang and Mupang. What can they do with us? Immediately attack Tongbiguan and ask them to hand over Sihua and others." General Dongyu was very confident in himself and decided to Raising troops and important people.

Tongbi Gatekeeper Jiang Daojiao was the son of a nearby chieftain. Later, the Kyushu Army took over the Yunnan Chief Secretary to reform and return the land. In order to compensate the chieftain, he still gave a lot of compensation to many chieftains.Now in the system of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, there are a large number of chieftains.

Giving Tongbi Pass, one of the Eight Great Passes in the Southwest, to Daojiao is the trust in their chieftain.However, the Kyushu Army was busy opening up the territory, mass-produced muskets were equipped to the front-line troops, and these marginal troops were ignored. In addition, there has been no large-scale war since the loss of Mengyang and Mupang areas in the southwest border, so They are still using bird guns, bows and arrows.

The guard Daojiao, who was living a peaceful life every day, did not expect that troubles would happen in the southwestern border at this time.

"Boss, there are a few people outside the pass knocking on the pass, saying that they are homesick people." A soldier rushed into the pass and reported to Dao.

"Don't call me boss, Kyushu is coming and we have to change the wording, do you want to call the officer to know?" Dao Jiao was enjoying the coolness under the tree.

It can be said that the life of these descendants of chieftains can be said to be nourishing. Although they have no power to set rules, they still hold important positions in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. .Even if he is not promoted, he is still the leader of one party.

"People who are homesick? Go ask him if he knows how many people with the surname Si outside our Tongbi Pass? Even if I randomly catch a few among the mountain people outside the pass, there must be a person with the surname Si." Dao Jiao said .

"Head...sir, the person who came to knock on the pass may not be an ordinary person, but a descendant of Chieftain Mengyang." The soldier said.

"The descendants of chieftain Mengyang?!" Dao Jiao's pupils shrank.

He is the son of a local chieftain in Longchuan, and he knows the history and situation of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan very well. He knows that Chieftain Mengyang was one of the top chieftains in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan back then. He once confronted the Toungoo Dynasty head-on. Support, and was finally annexed by the Toungoo Dynasty. At that time, Sihong, chieftain of Mengyang, was defeated and died.

"Let them in and bring them to see me." Dao Jiao said without thinking.

Since he is a descendant of chieftain Mengyang, Daojiao thought that no matter what the other party wanted to say, he would meet him first.Moreover, there were only a few people who came, and they did not pose any threat to Tongbi Pass at all.

Soon several people who claimed to be chieftain Mengyang were brought before Daojiao. One of them was in his 40s, with an inch-long beard on his chin, tattered clothes, and blood stains that had not been cleaned for a long time.At his waist was a short knife.

"You are the descendants of Chieftain Mengyang? Why... have you fallen into this appearance?" Dao saw that these people were unkempt, more like hunters in the mountains, and they were very different from the once brilliant Chieftain Mengyang.

"Since being annexed by the Taungoo Dynasty more than 20 years ago, our descendants of homesickness have become a thorn in their eyes. We can only flee to the mountains and forests to resist them with the tribes that support us. After more than 20 years of struggle In the encirclement and suppression, our number of people is getting smaller and smaller, and even the tribes that originally supported us are gradually betraying us. Now our army strength is only a few hundred people, and it is still at the end of the battle. Not long ago, we had another internal rebellion, and only a few of us escaped. Come out." Sihua, a descendant of chieftain Mengyang, talked about the stories of chieftain Mengyang's descendants and subordinates over the years.

"It turns out that there are still such twists and turns, so you were hunted down and wanted to come to our Chief Secretary of Yunnan to seek asylum?" Dao Jiao asked.

"You can say that, but it's not just that... I heard that the chieftains of the Yunnan Chief Secretary have all defected to the Kyushu Army, a new force in the Central Plains, and the Yunnan Chief Secretary is establishing a new order. Is there such a thing?" Sihua asked. road.

"There is such a thing. In the Battle of Guilin, our [-] coalition army composed of hundreds of chieftains was defeated by Kyushu in Guilin, and then joined the Kyushu Army. At present, many chieftains have changed their lands and returned to the government. If you If we want to come here to seek asylum, we need to report to the local government office, and they will make a decision." Dao Jiao said.

"Have all the [-] chieftain coalition forces been defeated by the Kyushu army..." Sihua asked.

"More than that, there was also the Han army of Nanming at that time, but it was indeed defeated by the Kyushu army. In this battle, all the chieftains were defeated, and no one dared to raise objections." Daojiao said.

After hearing this, Sihua's eyes brightened even more: "How many troops does the Chief Secretary of Yunnan have now?"

Daojiao's eyes were also a little strange: "Why do you ask this?"

(End of this chapter)