Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 980: Set in Kunming

After driving his wife and children into Dianchi Lake and drowning them, King Liang ordered people to light a fire and burn all his dragon robes, jade belts, seals and other items.

"After my death, you can burn my body and let my soul return to heaven. Scatter the ashes into Dianchi Lake. Don't let others get my body and offer it to the Ming army. This will cause me to be humiliated. "Then he ordered the people who had been guarding him for many years to say:

"After that, you can take as much of my king's belongings as you like, and each of you can escape for your own life."

Several shy people shed tears and said: "I am willing to accompany the prince to death and continue to serve the prince in the underworld."

"Okay, it's good if you have this heart." Prince Liang nodded with satisfaction and said, "But it's better to live well, and then offer sacrifices to me during the holidays."

The timid Xue kept crying but refused to agree.

"Just listen to the prince. Do you still want to disobey him at this time?" Lu'er and Dade advised while wiping away tears. The two of them had a quarrel in their hearts. If King Liang died, these cowards with well-developed limbs and simple minds would have no idea what to do next and would have to listen to them.

"As for you two," I didn't expect that the prince had other plans for them. King Liang glanced at the two of them and said, "I really can't bear to leave you, so just die with me."

"Huh? I... uh..." The two of them immediately panicked. They wanted to say that we don't want to die, but they couldn't say it. After holding it for a long time, Erfang said: "I, I want to burn paper for the prince during the holidays..."

"I will build a water and land dojo for the prince." Dade also agreed.

"No need, I want you to die. If I don't have loyal ministers to accompany me to death, I will lose face in the underworld." King Liang looked at the two of them with a half-smile.

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me..." The two of them couldn't stand it any longer. They knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy.

"It's all because of you treacherous ministers and cowardly officials that this king is in this situation. Do you still have the nerve to beg for mercy?!" King Liang glanced at the two of them coldly and said with disdain:

"If you are willing to accompany me to death, I can spare your life. Now, hum, just go to death with me."

"We are willing to accompany the prince to death!" the two people shouted quickly.

"Okay, this is what you said, I didn't force you." King Liang sneered, and with a look, four cowards swarmed up and tied and gagged the two of them.

King Liang ignored the two struggling men and looked around, looking for a place to die. Finally, his eyes fell on a thatched cottage not far away, which should be a place for fishermen to take shelter from the rain.

"Emperors must not die in the wilderness," King Liang walked towards the thatched cottage.

When I went in, I saw that it was quite clean inside. A thick beam was enough for three people to hang themselves together.

"This place is very nice." King Liang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Please give me a ride."

Xue, who was timid, wept and tied up the three hangers, first hanging Lu'er and Dade on both sides, and the captain of the guard prostrated on the ground to serve as a stool for the king of Liang.

The King of Liang, with the support of two timid Xue, stepped on the back of the captain of the guard, grabbed Bai Ling with both hands, looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "O late emperor, I have come to follow you. Got it!"

As he spoke, he tied Bai Ling's neck around his neck, kicked off his legs, and hanged himself.

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The day after King Liang hanged himself, it was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourteenth year of Hongwu.

Led by Mu Ying, the vanguard force of the Ming army arrived at Dabanqiao in Kunming County. King Liang's right prime minister, Guan Fubao, led the civil and military forces of Chicheng to surrender. On the 24th, Mu Ying and Jin Chaoxing marched into Chicheng, ending the Yuan Dynasty's 130-year rule over Yunnan.

This was also the first time since the Tianbao Rebellion that the Han Dynasty resumed direct rule over Yunnan.

Yunnan, this beautiful land south of the colorful clouds, finally returned to the Chinese territory after more than 600 years...

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Of course, the Ming army currently only occupies the line from Qujing to Kunming, and 99% of the entire Yunnan land is still in the hands of Yuan Dynasty officials, as well as various chieftains such as the Duan family and the Yang family.

However, the top priority of the Ming army is to quickly reinforce Usa.

Wusa is located at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and you have to pass through here when going to Tibet. In fact, its geographical location is more important than Qujing.

However, because it was too important and had been completely turned into a fortress by King Liang, and with the Jinsha River as a barrier, it was much more difficult to attack than Qujing. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose this place as the main direction of attack. He just asked the governors Guo Ying, Hu Haiyang, Chen Huan and others led 50,000 troops from Yongning, Sichuan to Wusa to coordinate the attack of the main force.

After the Northern Route Army left Yongning, it was blocked by Yuan Youcheng in the Chishui River area and was unable to advance. However, he also completed the coordination task perfectly and firmly pinned the nearly 80,000 yuan army under Shi Bu's command to Usa.

According to the battle plan formulated by Boss Zhu, after the main force has defeated Qujing Yuan's army, it will divide into two groups, advance all the way to Kunming, and go north to attack the enemies of Usa with the Northern Army.

Of course, the frontline generals of the Ming army would not implement the plan completely rigidly. After learning that King Liang was likely to abandon the city and escape, Fu Youde decided to let the army attack Kunming together and make a posture of attacking with all strength to give King Liang Increase the pressure.

As expected, King Liang fled and the whole city of Kunming surrendered. Fu Youde didn't even enter Kunming City, so he immediately divided his troops and personally led his troops north to Usa to support the Northern Route Army.

Fu Youde's 50,000-strong army, led by the guides of the Pu'an Department, went north along the Gegu Mountains. In just five days, they penetrated into the heart of Usa and conquered Shibao Mountain, which was heavily guarded by the Shibu faction.

Shibao Mountain is the southern gate of Usa. Ever since he heard that the Ming army had occupied Shengjing Pass, Shibu was worried that they would go north to join the Northern Route Army and attack him from both front and back.

Therefore, he sent heavy troops to garrison at Shibaoguan in Shibao Mountain, hoping to withstand the Ming army's attack. Unexpectedly, Fu Youde did not respect martial ethics and sent troops to attack at night.

What’s more, I didn’t expect that corners were cut when building the wall. The outward side was built very well, but the inward side started to get messed up. Within a few years, the gaps in the masonry were large enough for the Ming army to use their strength to climb.

Maybe I didn't expect that someone would attack Shibaoguan from behind. As a result, the impossible happened, and someone really attacked from behind.

As a result, the Ming army climbed up Shibaoguan in one breath, and the Yuan army was caught off guard and was killed. When the gates were opened and the main force of the Ming army poured in, the Yuan army gave up resistance and fled, abandoning Shibao Mountain.

At dawn, Fu Youde was already standing at the Shibao Pass. Looking at the majestic scenery of the mountains in front of him, he couldn't help but become interested. He changed the name of the Shibao Pass to Xuanwei Pass, which means 'proclaiming the mighty virtue of the imperial court'.

At this time, the defeated troops also brought the news to Shi Bu that Fu Youde's army had broken through Shibaoguan. Shibu was shocked. He didn't expect that Shibaoguan, which he had placed high hopes on, was completely ineffective. For fear of being attacked from both sides by the Ming army, he hurriedly led his troops to withdraw from Chishui River.

Guo Ying took the opportunity to lead his army across the river.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Fu Youde and Guo Ying's 100,000 troops joined forces with Usa, and the situation on the northern battlefield was completely reversed.

(End of this chapter)