Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 670 A Living Excuse
Sihua, the descendant of chieftain Mengyang, woke up in a daze, the red blood in his eyes had faded a little, and the hostility on his body had also subsided a lot.

"Are you awake?" Seeing Sihua waking up, the descendants of Chieftain Meng Yang surrounded Sihua one after another.

"How long have I been asleep?" Sihua shook her head vigorously, a little confused.

His companions looked at each other and stretched out two fingers: "It's been two days."

"Two days! Has the army of Toungoo Kingdom retreated!" Sihua said eagerly.

"They did retreat, yes..."

"Damn it, once they shrink back, I'm afraid the Kyushu Army won't raise troops to avenge the descendants of our Mengyang mansion!" Sihua hammered the wooden bed unwillingly.

"However, the Kyushu Army also pursued them, and attacked from Jushi Pass, Tiebi Pass, and Tongbi Pass, successfully intercepted the Toungoo army, and captured the lackey of the Toungoo Kingdom—Jue Xin who betrayed our homesickness. Ty," said his companions again.

"Caught Juexintai?" Sihua turned from regret to overjoyed after hearing this, "Where is he now?"

"He has been escorted to Tongbi Pass, and there are [-] soldiers captured together with him, and other Toungoo soldiers have been scattered." His companion said.

"Follow me to Mr. Li. I want to meet the traitor Juexintai. It's best for us to clean up the house!" Sihua said.

"Now the highest official of the Kyushu Army at Tongbiguan is no longer Li Zongbing, but the civil affairs officer of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, that is, Mr. Chief Political Envoy. He personally sits at Tongbiguan."

"Even the Chief Secretary came here in person? I'm going to see him!" As a descendant of Chieftain Mengyang, Sihua knew that when Chieftain Mengyang belonged to the Ming Dynasty, he was always under the management of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. .

Shen Youlong, the civil affairs officer of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province, did not expect that this counterattack against Toungoo would win a complete victory, and he also captured their general in Mengyang. The outflanking troops at Guan and Tiebiguan were no more than a thousand soldiers each. Even if the encirclement strategy failed, it would not lead to the fall of Tongbiguan.However, Shen Youlong overestimated the military strength of the Toungoo Dynasty this time, and regarded the dispatch of troops by the Mengyang Mansion as the entire Toungoo Dynasty wanting to invade the Chief Secretary of Yunnan.

"Our side also suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, especially when the defenders of Tongbi Pass went out to pursue, they never thought that they would set up an ambush in the rear, and when they found our pursuing troops, they would rush out and kill them all at once. Dozens of our brothers were killed. Later, when the north and the south flanked them, our soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties. A total of hundreds of people were killed and wounded, which was almost the same as the casualties of the other side. But our central army had an absolute advantage, so we were able to They encircled and captured hundreds of prisoners of war." Li Dakui, the commander in charge of the central road, reported to Shen Youlong.

"It's a pity that I was too cautious and conservative. If we doubled the troops on the left and right flanks, our casualties may not be so many, and our prisoners will be more, and none of them will even try to escape." Shen Youlong sighed.

"My lord, you don't need to blame yourself. For things like marching and forming an army, three points are counted by people, and seven points are determined by nature. Fortunately, no other troops of the Toungoo Kingdom have been found yet." Li Dakui said.

"How dare we attack our Chief Secretary of Yunnan? No matter what considerations they have, they are the first to attack our Tongbi Pass, and we can make any kind of counterattack." Shen Youlong held his hands behind his back. On the wall in front of him hangs the topographic map of Mengyang Mansion sent by Sihua, once the territory of the Ming Empire.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean..." Li Dakui asked hesitantly, "We can even invade the Toungoo Kingdom right now, and regain the territory of Mupang and Mengyang that originally belonged to us?"

"If it can be done, I don't mind really doing it. It's a pity that I can't catch Huanglong and even hit their royal city of Duowa. Do you know that if you want to maintain 4 people and 40 horses? How much food do we need for a ten-month battle? [-] shi! Our frontier is covered with mountains and jungles, and transportation is particularly difficult. Together, the flames of war will inevitably lead to a war between the two countries. It is easier for them to supply troops, food and grass from the southern plains than us. The Chief Secretary of Yunnan was originally located on a rugged plateau, and food and grass had to be transported from Guangdong, Guangxi, Lianghu, and Sichuan." What Shen Youlong was worried about was not the morale of the current army, but the food.

"That is to say, even if we notify the military department, the military department will eventually come to a similar conclusion. Is it impossible to go to war with Taungoo?" Li Dakui asked again.

"It's true. The last time we conquered Annan, we consumed most of the grain reserves of the Chief Secretary of Yunnan. Where can we find food to start another war of annihilating the country? At least we can't go south from the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, otherwise we will have to After crossing many mountains and jungles, every time a soldier comes out, three peasants and two horses are required to supply it. It would be better if it is a flat plain..." Shen Youlong thought about it, and suddenly seemed to have caught some ideas.

"Master Civil Affairs Officer, the descendant of Mengyang Mansion, Sihua, who I mentioned to you last time, wants to see you." The Tongbi Gatekeeper handed over his sword to see you, interrupting Shen Youlong's thinking.

Shen Youlong quickly wrote down something on the paper, and then said while facing the knife: "He gave us the topographic map of Mengyang Mansion and its surroundings? In this way, he has made contributions to our Kyushu Army. No problem."

"Yes." Daojiao said respectfully.

Soon Sihua was brought over.When he saw Shen Youlong dressed like a Confucian scholar, he couldn't believe how the weak-looking Confucian scholar ordered hundreds of chieftains, large and small, from the Chief Secretary of Yunnan to lead troops to defeat the Toungoo people. .That is, the Mengyang Mansion where he lived belonged to the Ming Dynasty. The chieftains always listened to the orders of the Ming court and did not listen to them, acting according to their own preferences and interests.

"I am grateful to the chief minister for taking in our descendants of Mengyang Mansion, led his troops to expel the Toungoo army, and captured the traitor Jue Xintai who once betrayed us. I dare to ask the chief minister to hand over Juexintai to us Dispose, I promise to make his life worse than death." Sihua explained his purpose, hesitated a little, and still said his request.

Shen Youlong was quite surprised: "Chen Tang in the Western Han Dynasty had a saying that those who commit crimes against a strong man will be punished even if they are far away! Even without your business, as long as they dare to attack Tongbiguan, we will give them the most ruthless blow! But Jue Xintai still has some role in our hands, so I can't give it to you for the time being."

"What does the chief minister want to do with one of our traitors?" Sihua was puzzled.

"We need him to act as a living excuse for emergencies." Shen Youlong said.

　It's better to add more on the weekend, to die suddenly

　　
　
(End of this chapter)