Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 776: The Emperor's Might Shocks the Southwest

The Linzhou City, which She Chongming had painstakingly built, was besieged for several days by the army led by Qin Liangyu. With the assistance of the hot air balloons controlled by the Huben Army, the city was captured in just a few hours.

In this battle, the Ming army destroyed the lair of She Chongming's rebels at a very small cost. Nearly 10,000 high-ranking rebels of the Pseudo-Liang Dynasty, including their relatives and children, were captured!

Since She Chongming started his rebellion, there have been dozens of chieftain families in eastern and southern Sichuan alone who have rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. Most of the remnants of the rebellion were captured in Linzhou City. With the end of the Battle of Linzhou, the size of the chieftains in eastern and southern Sichuan was greatly reduced.

According to common sense, after achieving such a victory, all the Ming army units and chieftains who followed the army should be happy. Without dying in the battle in Linzhou City, they captured the lair of She Chongming, and this military achievement was bound to be great. But the reality was that no one was happy.

Ok.

To be more precise, the awe in their hearts exceeded their happiness!

a few days later.

Linzhou City.

"Old He, have you heard?"

Bai Guangen, who was walking with a sword on his shoulder, said as he walked: "Among the chieftains who followed the army to suppress the rebellion, many have privately hung up the portrait of Your Majesty."

"what?!"

He Huchen glared and asked, "What do they want to do? How dare they hang up the portrait of Your Majesty? Where did you hear about this?"

"Don't get excited, don't get excited."

Bai Guangen glanced around, then whispered to He Huchen, "Yesterday I went to report the matter to Tirong. As you know, many of the chieftains and officials who responded to She Ni and An Ni have relatives among the captives. Tirong's intention is to identify all of them and behead them together with She Ni and An Ni!"

"Tell the important point!"

He Huchen didn't care about these. He frowned and said to Bai Guangen: "Privately hanging the portrait of His Majesty is no small matter. Besides, have these guys ever seen His Majesty? They just do this!"

He Huchen didn't care at all about beheading the captured traitors, including the remnants of the previous forces. As the saying goes, the victors take it all, and if they dared to betray the Ming Dynasty, they would have to pay the price.

How can we intimidate Sichuan and Guizhou if we don’t kill these rebellious officials?
If we want to ensure that Sichuan and Guizhou do not become chaotic in the future, the blood that needs to be shed must be shed!!
"That's what someone wants to say."

Bai Guangen frowned and said, "This matter was first discovered by the white-pole soldiers under Ti Rong. Coincidentally, General Bai also went to Ti Rong yesterday and discovered this situation."

"They privately hang up paintings of Your Majesty to worship Him. They call Him variously, some call Him the God of the Sun and Moon, some call Him the God of the Wise King, and some call Him..."

"Then Tiron didn't give orders to stop it?"

He Huchen interrupted, "This is no small matter. If word gets out to the capital, let alone what His Majesty would think, the officials in the court would definitely not give up if they knew about it."

"Initially, Tiron wanted to send someone to stop it."

Bai Guangen replied: "But he was persuaded by General Bai. General Bai said that people in eastern and southern Sichuan respect your majesty, which is good for Ming Dynasty and Sichuan."

"After all, your majesty's prestige is so great that if this battle spreads to Sichuan and Guizhou, and even to other places, who would dare to rebel against the Ming Dynasty in the future?"

He Huchen: “…” What the hell is going on.

Seeing He Huchen like this, Bai Guangen said, "Old He, don't be unconvinced. The tribes in the southwest ruled by our Ming Dynasty have many gods they believe in. Think about it carefully. If His Majesty is worshipped by these chieftains, when they return, will the people under their command follow suit?"

"That's what they said, but do they know what His Majesty looks like?"

He Huchen frowned and said, "If the portrait damages your majesty's authority, it will definitely have an impact on Tirong, and we may also be implicated."

"Tiron thought of this."

Bai Guangen grinned and said, "Tirong hesitated for a long time in response to General Bai's persuasion, and finally decided to turn a blind eye. However, all the portraits offered by the chieftains and officials will be confiscated. When Tirong sends someone to find a painter to draw the portrait of Your Majesty, it will be sent to them."

"You don't know, after hearing the news, many of the Shizhu soldiers and Youyang soldiers wanted to ask for His Majesty's portrait for worship. Until now, Ti Rong and the others have issued an order that only those who have killed 100 people can worship His Majesty's portrait. Before coming to you, many of the Shizhu soldiers were asking when they could continue to fight."

It can still be like this.

He Huchen was dumbfounded.

He Huchen was from Baoding in northern Zhili, and he obviously had no understanding of the beliefs of the southwestern ethnic groups. This kind of thing seemed inconceivable to him.

However, after the battle of Linzhou, He Huchen felt even more in awe of the emperor in Beijing. After all, no one had expected that the thing flying in the sky on the day of attacking Linzhou was actually made by the Military Preparations and Cleaning Affairs Bureau at the order of the emperor. It was called a hot air balloon. After the war, when he talked with the people of the Huben Army, he heard that the Ming Dynasty would equip itself with this thing in the future.

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He Huchen was not the only one who came to join the Huben Army. When the Ming army officers heard this, they all wondered when they would be able to have such a team.

But their idea is destined to be unlikely.

Under Zhu Youxiao's overall conception, the Ming army will complete the organizational reform and clearly divide the various military branches, including the army, navy and air force.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty's air force was destined not to have airplanes. At least the industrial revolution had not reached a certain level in the Ming Dynasty, so this could only be considered a luxury.

But even if we can't own airplanes, there is still hope for hot air balloons and airships. Even though in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the above products are somewhat useless, but at least the concept should exist.

Only with a concept can we keep moving forward through exploration.

"I don't know what the current war situation in Guizhou is like." He Huchen, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, thought of the rebel An who was wreaking havoc in Guizhou, and sighed.

"I haven't had enough of the battle with She Ni. As for An Ni, you know that She Ni has been wiped out, and he probably won't be able to resist for long."

"Who knows."

Bai Guangen shrugged and said, "We should not think about these things. According to Tirong's intention, we should first clear out the Yongning Xuanfu Division and the Bozhou Xuanwei Division. She Ni has been captured, but there are still many remnants in Bozhou."

"Humph, they are just a bunch of remnants, how can they become powerful?"

He Huchen snorted coldly: "Earlier, Yang Yinglong rebelled against the imperial court and caused chaos in the southwest. In the end, he was still suppressed by the army dispatched by the imperial court."

"It has only been quiet for a short time. Those guys from the Bozhou Xuanwei Office dared to follow the traitor She and An Ni to cause chaos. According to my opinion, we should take advantage of this opportunity to purge them and arrest all these chieftains and officials. Kill the leaders and take the rest to build and expand the highway. This way, the situation will be completely peaceful!!"

(End of this chapter)