Brother Zhu Youxiao

"fart!"

When Hong Chengchou's letter was delivered to Maung Ji by the rout soldiers, the strong Maung Ki resolutely scolded him back, pointing at the rout soldiers and saying:
"Chop off their heads and hang them at the stone bridge!"

"No! My king, we are just passing on the message! My king..."

The two rout soldiers didn't have a chance to say the rest, and in the next second they were knocked to the ground by Si Nibei with a knife. The blood stained the wall bricks of the horse path, and Maung Ki also looked at the generals:

"Tell Hong Chengchou that the Burmese will never surrender. Before the blood of millions of Burmese is shed, the Ming people will not be able to eat a grain of rice planted by the Burmese!"

"Yes--"

The generals responded loudly, not only them, but even the soldiers around them responded loudly.

It is not shameful to be defeated on the battlefield, but no one is willing to give up their own interests.

Maung Ki was able to mobilize 10,000+ men to join the army, which was based on the fact that he distributed farmland to millions of Burmese.

Similarly, chieftains such as Meng Yang in the north wanted to seek refuge with Daming because they did not gain any benefits.

distribute land...

The simple four words gave Dongyu the capital to resist Daming. Although the capital was weak, he could at least fight Daming. Unlike Annan's Lord Zheng and Lord Ruan, the Ming army collapsed as soon as it arrived.

However, no matter how strong the morale is, it can't hit a hard bullet. Maung Ki's tenacity is only shown in his Dajinsha River defense line, and his back has already been beaten into a sieve, leaking everywhere.

Maung Ki could not conceal the failure of Toungoo, and he knew that if the city of Toungoo in the south fell, the defense line of the Dajinsha River would also be completely broken.

Once Dongyu City falls, the Ming army can attack from south to north and take down the plains in the hinterland of Dongyu, and then the troops and horses on the Dajinsha River defense line will also run out of food, and he will fail completely.

"If the Buddha Kingdom gave me ten years, I wouldn't be so embarrassed!"

At this moment, Maung Ki looked at the Ming army who kept logging in on the river beach, and his heart was bleeding all the time.

He has started to distribute land to Bamar farmers, and the next thing to do is to recuperate.

As long as he is given time, he will definitely restore Toungoo to strength, and make Siam and Nanzhang submit to Toungoo again, and then threaten Daming.

But Daming didn't give him time, and the 10,000+ army went south shortly after he divided the land, and he had nothing else to rely on except that little morale.

"The Ming army is going to transport artillery, so they probably won't launch an attack in a short period of time. Tell Ping Dali and the others, the speed must be fast, and they must stick to Dumodi City!"

Maung Ki looked at the Ming army who hadn't launched an attack, and probably knew why they didn't attack, but even if he knew, he couldn't do anything about it.

The confrontation just now has shown the strength of the Ming and Burmese armies. The Ming army did not attack because the artillery had not yet crossed the river, not because they were unable to attack the city.

The 15 Burmese troops were distributed in various mountain passes for more than [-] li around Miaodang City. There were only [-] troops in Miaodang City. Right now, Maung Ki did not plan to gather troops to fight the Ming army, because they could not fight.

What he hopes is to save the miasma and disease of the Bamar people many times.

Both the Yuan army and the Ming army were defeated in the climate of Burma, and it is impossible for the Ming army to get rid of this result.

As long as he delays until spring, Hong Chengchou can only withdraw his troops in despair, and Dongyu can also get a half-year respite.

"Jinglue, the king of the cave is not fooled..."

In the Jiangtan camp, Mu Yi stood at the door of the tent and looked at the top of Dongyu City. After realizing that the other party's semaphore was actually sticking to it, he immediately reported back to Hong Chengchou, who also shook his head and stroked his beard.

"He Long is a bit resourceful..."

Maung Ki's calm made Hong Chengchou a little disappointed, but also a little appreciative.

He thought that Maung Ki, like Zheng Zhu and others, were brave and foolhardy people. Now it seems that Maung Ki who knows how to give land to farmers is much better than An Nanzheng and Ruan who only know how to fight.

However, in Hong Chengchou's view, Maung Ki's resourcefulness is only a little bit.

"Throughout the ages, those who stick to the defense are often unable to escape defeat. If they want to win, they have to defend first and then attack, such as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and His Royal Highness the King of Qi in our court."

Hong Chengchou got up and looked at the sand table in the military tent, he knew very well that Maung Ki had reached a dead end.

Judging from the fight just now, Hong Chengchou didn't think that Maung Ji could defeat the Ming army in the field.

Since it is impossible to win in the field, then Yimei's persistence is waiting for death.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin and Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou, both of them fought defensive battles, but they both fought back in defensive battles.

Defending first and then attacking is what these two have in common in defensive battles, but they are not the same when it comes to active offense.

Li Shimin is good at using small things to make big gains, mixing politics with the military, using the enemy's internal contradictions to gain the enemy's weaknesses on the battlefield, and then thundering to attack, defeating the opponent's main force and surrendering.

On the contrary, Zhu Youjian's attack was somewhat similar to Bai Qi's, that is, a large-scale encirclement and annihilation war. Every time one party was destroyed, the enemy, regardless of whether it was military or civilian, suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Youjian likes to fight encirclement and annihilation warfare, so Hong Chengchou does what he likes, and most of the time he fights encirclement and annihilation warfare, which is different from Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting and others care about one city and one place, Zhu Youjian cares more about the complete annihilation of the enemy's vital forces, and Hong Chengchou likes to go step by step, but Zhu Youjian likes total annihilation, so he leans in that direction.

Therefore, logically speaking, Hong Chengchou should be more favored by King Qi, whether it is politics or military affairs.

"I don't know what ecstasy soup that Sun Boya poured into His Highness, he doesn't look like someone with a smooth tongue, why..."

Looking at the sand table, Hong Chengchou shook his head.

Although he has great military exploits and good martial arts, he can completely leave Sun Chuanting behind, but Zhu Youjian's attitude towards him always makes him feel that he is not as good as Sun Chuanting.

"After fighting this battle, when I finish this battle and manage Luchuan well, the opportunity to ascend to the pavilion will come..."

After stroking his beard, Hong Chengchou couldn't help being a little happy, but when he was happy, a general walked in at the door.

"Jinglue, this is the residence report sent by Jinglue Mansion..."

The ginseng sent the report of Longchuan's mansion with both hands, which gave Hong Chengchou a bad feeling.

He was very good-looking when he was in Longchuan, and the officials of the Jinglue Mansion should be aware of such things as Dibao.

Now Longchuan's Jinglue Mansion sent someone to send this mansion report, unless he was involved in something.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou took the mansion newspaper and scanned it with a single glance.

Sure enough, with this scan, he soon discovered several important news in the mansion newspaper.

Concubine Qi and Concubine Zhou Ping of Prince Qi's Mansion are happy, Sun Chuanting has been reinstated, and the eunuch is Wang An...

Hong Chengchou made a comparison of the two important things, and found that the most important thing was the Qi Palace, followed by Sun Chuanting's resurrection, and the third was the candidate for the eunuch.

The two concubines of Prince Qi's mansion were pregnant, and regardless of whether they could give birth to male heirs or not, the news was enough to cause political turmoil in Ming Dynasty.

This point can be seen from the fact that Sun Chuanting was revived and the eunuch who delivered the decree was Wang An.

Sun Chuanting will definitely be revived, but it should not be the emperor who sent someone to revive him, but the king of Qi.

What is the reason why the emperor sent someone?To put it bluntly, it was because he felt that his position was unstable, so he wanted to issue an order to the important ministers to show his majesty, to show that the emperor's power and majesty were still there, and some of the important ministers would listen to the emperor's words.

What is an important minister?Those who can lead troops to fight, have outstanding military exploits, be involved in the army, and demonstrate political ability, are worthy of being called important ministers.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only four people who could deserve these words: King Qi, Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting.

Yuan Yingtai, Wu Aheng, and Yang Wenyue couldn't do it, because they couldn't stand firmly in the army.

Needless to say, Yuan Yingtai was in charge of logistics in Liaodong, which meant that he had no team in the frontal battlefield and in the combat system.

As for Wu Aheng and Yang Wenyue, among the two of them, Wu Aheng has no team at all, but this does not mean that he is not good, but that he cannot have a team.

Wu Aheng is the uncle of Tian Xiuying, the concubine of Prince Qi's mansion. If he has a team and Tian Xiuying gives birth to an heir in the future, then Wu Aheng's life will be difficult.

As for Yang Wenyue, he has a team, and his team is Cao Dingjiao, Zheng Zhilong, and Liu Xiang.

In this group of people, except for Cao Dingjiao, the others were supposed to be Li Dan and Yan Siqi's team, but Li Dan didn't dare to accept them at all, and Yan Siqi even regarded them as hot potatoes.

If Li Dan wants to accept them, then for Huanglong, Li Dan will be a bit of an eyesore. After all, this group of people is the navy. If they want to develop, they will also develop at sea.

If this is the case, what if there are some capable people among them in the future, what will happen to Huang Fei's position as a naval commander?
Therefore, after many considerations, Li Dan did not dare to accept them, not to mention Yan Siqi.

Yan Siqi has too much black material. Right now, he can get an earl to be in charge of the five cities in the capital. This is already a great treatment. He will be among the first to fall if party struggle breaks out again in the future.

No one accepted, Zheng Zhilong and the others naturally wanted to find a backer.

Look for Huanglong, Huanglong doesn't like them, so it's better to look for Yang Wenyue who commanded them.

As for why Yang Wenyue can't be called an important minister despite his military merits, seniority, and team members, the main reason is that his team in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion is not strong enough.

Excluding Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting can summon at least five generals in the five-army governor's mansion, and Yang Wenyue has only three.

Not only that, but Yang Wenyue's power in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was too scattered, while the three of them were all connected together.

Who is Xiong Tingbi's old subordinate?He Shixian, You Shigong, and many generals promoted after this battle, such as Zhao Liaojiao, Zu Dashou, Mao Wenlong, Wu Sangui, Wu Xiang, Zu Dabi and others...

Who is Hong Chengchou's team?Wu Bikui, Mu Yi, Mu Qiyuan, Long Zaitian, Mu Zeng...

It can be said that the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Cochin are all Hong Chengchou's base camps.

As for Sun Chuanting, he does not form cliques, but the Northwest needs a political figure, so Man Gui, Cao Wenzhao, Guan Fumin, Cao Bianjiao and others all help Sun Chuanting.

It is also because of this that compared to Xiong Tingbi and Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, who is pushed away by the general trend, is easier to make orders.

Moreover, Sun Chuanting killed the gentry in Sichuan, governed the country, exiled many conservative party officials, and corrupt officials from the Yanshan faction.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked Sun Chuanting to take over the decree and let him recover. This behavior also means that the emperor has his own people, and this person is not the emperor's wooing, but the parties push him to the emperor.

You all hate Sun Chuanting, so I will accept Sun Chuanting.

This is what Zhu Youxiao meant, and in order to strengthen Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youxiao used some of the strategic plans he heard from Zhu Youjian.

To put it bluntly, it is the governor's mansion of the powerful Northern Army.

In the Dudufu of the Five Armies, when the Shangzhi, Eastern, Southern, Western, and Navy were all fighting, only the Northern Army in the northwest was eating sand.

When Sun Chuanting recovered, the Northern Army took military action, and the soldiers of the Northern Army who had been resting for six or seven years also took military action.

With military operations, there will be beheading rewards, and in the imperial decree issued by Zhu Youxiao to Sun Chuanting, the first-level reward for the heads of the Western rebels is 30 taels.

What is this concept?You must know that when Hong Chengchou and the others attacked Annan, the leaders of the Zheng and Ruan armies were only rewarded with ten taels of silver. This time, Pingdongwu was also rewarded with ten taels of silver.

The Mongols in the north are also twelve now, and the only one who can match this standard is the Jianlu who has been swept away by Liting.

Can Xifan be as powerful as Jianlu?Of course not!
No matter what time period Xifan was in, the reward silver issued by the Ming court was between 15 taels and 30 taels, but now it has suddenly risen to [-] taels. Sun Chuanting started.

Is Zhu Youxiao's move a fight for power with Zhu Youjian?

Naturally not...

If Zhu Youxiao really wants power, Zhu Youjian may give him the power directly. Of course, Zhu Youjian may say many things, such as his New Deal cannot be changed.

Zhu Youxiao is not stupid. Even if he wants power, he will not reform the government. After all, Zhu Youjian has already regarded this bad guy.

"The Zhu family..."

Hong Chengchou squinted his eyes, and felt that the two brothers were not easy to get along with, but if he really had to choose, Hong Chengchou would rather choose Zhu Youjian.

To put it bluntly, it is human nature, people are all strong, and they all hate cumbersomeness, and Hong Chengchou is no exception.

Hong Chengchou came from a poor family and dropped out of school at the age of 11. He helped his mother make dried tofu at home, and went to Yingxupu to sell dried tofu every morning.

At that time, Hong Qiyin, a talented man from Xixuan Changfang, ran a village school in Shuigou Pavilion. When Hong Chengchou sold dried tofu, he often attended classes outside the school, and occasionally helped students do pairs and homework in exchange for family expenses.

Hong Qiyin found that Hong Chengchou was extremely talented and ambitious, so he accepted Hong Chengchou as a disciple for free and returned to school.

He is different from Sun Chuanting and others. He comes from a poor family and knows that people who are poor will be bullied. Only those who are powerful can avoid being bullied.

He sharpened his head and climbed up, just to avoid being bullied.

In his opinion, Zhu Youjian is capable and capable, and he seems to look down on him, Hong Chengchou, but so what?
The emperor's family has always been merciless and ungrateful, and it is precisely Zhu Youjian who pays attention to kindness.

Hong Chengchou didn't know if Zhu Youjian was acting, but he knew that with Zhu Youjian's ability and character, no matter how hard he climbed, Hong Chengchou could still die under Zhu Youjian's hands.

Zhu Youjian is not afraid of rebellion by his subordinates at all, which is why people like Hong Chengchou feel safe following Zhu Youjian.

As for Zhu Youxiao...

Hong Chengchou admitted that Zhu Youxiao is good at balance and has a high attainment in the art of controlling the world, but it is this kind of person who least regards the lives of his subjects as his own.

If Zhu Youxiao was in power, and Zhu Youjian was still in Daming, then Hong Chengchou would immediately retire and return home, no matter how old he was at that time.

Because as long as Zhu Youjian relinquishes power, Zhu Youxiao will monopolize the power, and with Zhu Youjian sitting in charge, Zhu Youxiao is not afraid of others' rebellion, so his methods can be unscrupulously used on his courtiers.

It is not a good thing for an important minister like him to gain power for an emperor who does not regard the lives of his subjects as his own.

But if Zhu Youxiao is in power, and Zhu Youjian wants to take over, then...

Hong Chengchou glanced at the mansion newspaper in his hand, only to feel that the time seems to be running out.

He has his own information. According to the information, the current Ming Dynasty's Tianqi [-]-type rifles are basically equipped with the Navy and Shangzhi, as well as the Duogan [-]th Battalion of the Northern Army's Governor's Mansion.

Huang Fei was able to quickly destroy the Arakan Kingdom and seize the rear of Toungoo, even Hong Chengchou was a little surprised at this speed.

He understood Huang Fei's ability, and with Huang Fei's ability, he would definitely not be able to achieve this level, so what helped him achieve this level was actually the more than 1 rifles.

Huang Fei can do this, but what about Sun Chuanting?

The people of Xifan are only a few hundred thousand, but they can only send [-] to [-] troops. If Sun Chuanting wants to pacify Xifan, there is no need to recruit civilians at all, and he will directly use the [-]th Battalion of Duogan as the basis. In less than three months, Uzang will be pacified.

Judging from the time when Sun Chuanting received the order and Hong Chengchou's understanding of him, this guy probably set off on the second day after receiving the order, and now he may have entered Shaanxi and arrived in Yulin.

At the latest on the [-]th of the first lunar month, he will arrive in Duogan, send troops from Dafeichuan, and raid Lhasa and Sanzhujie (Shigatse).

Hong Chengchou had learned about the Uzang matter through Mu Zeng and Mu Yi's father and son. At present, the most powerful one is Zangba Khan who is entrenched in Sanzhujie.

Since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the three major dharma kings and the five kings of the five major regions have been entrusted in the Uzbek region.

Although there were no garrisons, soldiers and horses were sent to inspect Uzang from the Hongwu period to the Zhengde period until Jiajing abolished the Uzang capital.

Although Zhang Juzheng later presided over the re-establishment of Uzang during the Wanli period, at that time many officials in Ming Dynasty believed that this was a loss-making business, so they no longer sent troops to patrol, and the rule of Uzang was only mobilized when three victories were achieved in Huangzhong. The soldiers and horses in the Nagqu area went to encircle and suppress the Mongols.

But no matter what, nominally speaking, for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, the power of Uzang was ordered by the Ming court.

The Ming Dynasty set up a post station in Uszang, and adopted a regular, fixed number of people, fixed roads, and customized tribute model for Uszang monks and lay leaders, and adopted the method of "sending horses as taxes" to collect taxes for the rule of Uszang.

However, from April of the 37th year of Wanli, the cabinet dismissed Wusizang Mahayana, Dabao Dharma King, and Protector because of "fans were impostors, party goods were indiscriminate and evil, and the imperial edicts were dubious and mended, and the old age was lured into adultery." For the tribute qualifications of Jiaowang, Chang Hexi, Dong Buhanhu, etc., only Chanjiaowang and Fujiaowang are allowed to pay tribute.

Therefore, at present, only the Chanjiao King of the Zhigong Sect and the Assistant Teaching King of the Sakya Sect are under the command of Daming.

However, despite the situation, Hong Chengchou didn't think that the other Bafans dared to conflict with Sun Chuanting.

It was too easy for the Ming Dynasty to regain Uzang and even garrison troops. It only needed to raid Lhasa and defeat the Zangba Khan in Sanzhujie.

The interruption of the ancient tea-horse road is enough to make hundreds of thousands of people in Wusi Tibetan get sick or die. Therefore, on the surface, Sun Chuanting needs to recover the entire Wusi Tibetan city and fight city by city, but in fact he only needs to fight two city.

With the speed of soldiers, at the beginning of February, Sun Chuanting was able to attach the entire Uzang to the Ming Dynasty...

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help closing the mansion newspaper in his hand. He knew in his heart that he had to defeat the Burmese army before Sun Chuanting, otherwise no matter how many Burmese troops he killed, Sun Chuanting would overshadow him.

"Apocalypse's first victory in 12 years, I must take the lead..."

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou walked out of the camp and looked at the Miaodang City in the distance.

With a gloomy face, he turned his back to the generals and ordered: "Within three days, all artillery pieces must cross the Dajinsha River, and then send an order to Governor Huang. Our army will launch a general offensive in ten days' time!"

"Yes!"

Mu Yi and the others immediately responded when they heard the words, but they were all curious why their own management suddenly changed from the unhurried one just now to the current one.

With doubts, they released the pigeons.

Two days later, when Hong Chengchou was racing against time to transport the artillery and Maung Ki was about to rely on the moat of Miaodang City to inflict heavy damage on the Ming army, the Ming army in the south and west was advancing triumphantly.

The armies of Meng Nai and Chiang Mai began to withdraw to Toungoo City, and Wu Bikui and Long Zaitian also led the army to take over the cities of Meng Nai and Chiang Mai.

Similarly, the navies landed in the west and south also completed finishing work, and their troops pointed directly at the hinterland of Taungoo.

In just four days, Caocheng, the west gate of Dongyu, was easily captured. Caocheng, which was originally crowded with people, has become devastated at this time.

The scorched land, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and some burning ruins of dead branches...

Of course, there are more of those scattered limbs and broken corpses.

"Captain! Hong Jinglue sent a message!"

On the horse path at the head of Caocheng City, when Huang Fei in armor was patrolling the city wall and watching corpses of Burmese soldiers being thrown off the top of the city, a commander ran to Huang Fei with a note.

He handed over a magnifying glass and a note, and Huang Fei, with a dusty face, also took it with a frown, looking at the note with a magnifying glass.

The words on the note were petite characters written with mouse hair. Although it was only one inch wide and three inches long, it contained hundreds of words.

Huang Fei struggled to read the whole content, and then threw the note into the fire where the corpses were burned under the city.

He looked blankly at Cao Cheng, who was empty and the streets were covered in blood:

"Order to the whole army, three days later I will kill [-] Southwestern Yi in the Qinshan formation!"

"Captain, that Miaodang City..." The commander obviously read the information and wanted to know how Hong Chengchou would arrange it.

But in the face of his questioning, Huang Fei took over the rifle of the soldier next to him, reloaded it, and aimed at a Burmese army pretending to be dead and trying to jump into the moat.

"Seven days later, the guards encircle Miaodang City..."

"boom!"

At the end of the month, there will be more work and more meetings.

Tomorrow's update is estimated to be around [-]pm and [-]pm.

It should be fine tomorrow.