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Chapter 239: Peace in Burma (please subscribe for monthly tickets)

Mu Tianbo kept the matter between Yang Sichang and Zhu Cihong extremely secretive.

Yang Sichang used a pseudonym and grew a beard; Zhu Cixiang is just a 4-year-old child now, who can recognize him?

At this time, he could only grit his teeth and refuse to admit it.

He said: "I have never met Yang Sichang, and I don't even know where Zhu Cihong is. Why did your Majesty say this?"

Li Xianzhong said sternly: "In the first year of Chongzhen, when the Duke of Guizhou succeeded to the title, he went to the capital in person. It was Yang Sichang who received you at that time. You two are old acquaintances!"

"Now that you have appointed Yang Sichang as the coach of the Southern Expedition, can Yang Sichang just change his name and be completely dismissed?"

"The deposed prince Zhu Cixi was found in your residence. Doesn't this have anything to do with you?"

Facing Li Xianzhong's questions, Mu Tianbo was already sweating like rain!

But he still quibbled: "Although I have met Yang Sichang once, it has been many years. His pseudonym is Huang Xingming, and I really didn't recognize him. I worship him as my commander because I feel that this man is very knowledgeable in the art of war and can do it." Worthy of responsibility!”

"This child's name is Huang Shiyuan, and he is the son of Huang Xingming. I really don't know that he is the deposed prince Zhu Cihong. Please tell me clearly!"

Li Xianzhong snorted coldly and said: "Huang Shiyuan was originally the emperor. Yang Sichang was really straightforward in choosing his name!"

"Then the Duke of Guizhou sent someone to deliver food to Li Dingguo in Guizhou and agreed with him to raise an army together in the future. How do you explain it?"

After finishing speaking, Li Xianzhong threw the letter written by Mu Tianbo to Li Dingguo in front of him!

Mu Tianbo never expected that the secret letter he gave to Li Dingguo would fall into the hands of Li Xianzhong. Faced with such irrefutable evidence, he could no longer deny it.

It is true that by angrily calling Li Xianzhong a rebellious minister and traitor at this time, he can leave himself a reputation of being loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

But this would completely push the Duke of Guizhou into a situation that would never be restored.

Mu Tianbo can only choose to remain silent!

Facing the silent Mu Tianbo, Li Xianzhong said: "The crime of treason is unforgivable. I think that for the sake of the Duke of Guizhou, Mu's family has guarded Yunnan for the Central Plains Dynasty for more than two hundred years and has made great contributions to the state, I can give him You have a way out."

"As long as you cooperate with the imperial court in implementing the 'return to local rule' in Yunnan, not only will I not kill you, but I will also be able to retain your title of Duke of Guizhou."

"Of course, it is impossible for you to stay in Yunnan any longer. I have selected a brand new Duke of Guizhou mansion for you in the capital!"

"As for Yang Sichang, don't count on it. His tens of thousands of exhausted troops won't be able to accomplish much even if they return to Yunnan."

"Since I raided the lair of these chieftains, I naturally won't be kind to women!"

At this time, everyone was a slave, and Mu Tianbo could only accept this reality, so he said: "I am willing to donate the money and food of the Duke of Guizhou to help your majesty 'change his land and return to his hometown'!"

The Mu family has been in Yunnan for more than two hundred years and has been fighting openly and secretly with these chieftains, but they only control the three prefectures of Qujing, Kunming and Chuxiong.

Less than two years after the founding of China, the emperor had almost conquered the chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou, and swallowed up a large number of chieftains' territories in southeastern Yunnan.

He really had to admire these methods.

What makes Mu Tianbo feel strange is that it is obvious that Li Xianzhong used Daxi to wipe out the chieftains, and then he took action to "return the soil and return to Liu".

But why did Li Dingguo from Daxi cooperate with him so much? Could it be that...

After Li Dingguo and others swept through southeastern Yunnan, they continued to advance toward southwest Yunnan.

There were a total of 65000 people when they retreated from Chengdu. After a year and a half, there are only 3 people left.

The mountainous areas of Yungui Sichuan are very barren, and the Daxi Army has naturally had a miserable life these days as they have taken food from the chieftains.

Fortunately, the remaining people are all elites who have fought many battles. When it comes to fighting chieftains, even the elite Forbidden Army under Li Xianzhong cannot compare with them.

After being baptized by countless battles, the Western Army is not only good at fighting in mountainous areas, but also familiar with the tactics of chieftains from all over the southwest.

They had already developed their own tactics on how to break through their stronghold, and they were completely adapted to the miasma and poisonous insects here.

However, Sun Kewang is not optimistic about the future prospects of the Great Western Army.

In fact, he has always advocated using Guizhou's favorable terrain to block China's attack, and then taking advantage of the situation to attack Yunnan and obtain Yunnan and Guizhou as the foundation.

However, the reality is that their troops are limited and it is difficult to divide their troops to defend Guizhou while sending troops to Yunnan.

In addition, these Guizhou chieftains already hate the Daxi Army and will never help them resist the Chinese Army.

Finally, they decided to take advantage of Yunnan's lack of military strength to raid Kunming.

But they did not expect that the Chinese army would respond so quickly. Not only did they quickly control Guizhou, but they also directly attacked Yunnan.

Fortunately, they didn't have too many entanglements in Kunming, otherwise they might have been entangled by China's main force.

Li Dingguo and the other four people discussed it and found that Yunnan was really not a place for them to stay for a long time. The only solution for now was to fight in Myanmar.

Fortunately, they had obtained a lot of supplies by looting the chieftains in Yunnan before, and there was no shortage of food and weapons.

After Sha Dingzhou and others learned that their home base had been captured by Li Dingguo, they returned northward overnight to seek revenge from the Great Western Army.

Just in response to the old saying "enemies meet on a narrow road", the two groups actually collided in the Xuanfu Division of Longchuan in southwest Yunnan.

The chieftain coalition army in Shadingzhou originally had 5 troops, but half of it was lost when Burma stole the camp in Mengmao. In addition, there were many losses in the subsequent campaign in Burma, and now the number was less than 2.

When they encounter the 3-strong Daxi Army who have experienced many battles, they will naturally not be able to get any favors from them.

What's more, Li Dingguo and the others also have a cavalry team of 5000 people.

Once the two sides collided, the chieftain coalition led by Sha Dingzhou was obviously outmatched.

The Western Army's cavalry easily rushed into the enemy formation and killed the chieftains. In just a quarter of an hour, the coalition's front line was overwhelmed by the Western Army's cavalry.

The chieftain army, which was originally a ragtag group, fled in all directions.

Sha Dingzhou himself was also beheaded by Liu Wenxiu among the rebels.

The battle ended in less than an hour. Most of the chieftain alliance was wiped out, and only a few people fled into the nearby virgin forest.

The number of prisoners alone was seven to eight thousand.

Li Dingguo was going to march into Burma, and these prisoners were a valuable asset. After all, the Western Army's troops were limited, and these prisoners were just used as cannon fodder.

Moreover, they have been to Myanmar before and know the terrain very well.

Through inquiries, they learned that Yang Sichang had reached an agreement with the Burmese, and their troops were less than 2 days' journey away from here.

This means that the Great Western Army has a chance to capture the Eight Passes of Tengyue before Yang Sichang.

In the 1594nd year of Wanli (), in order to resist foreign invasion and stabilize the border, Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, set up eight passes in his jurisdiction, which were called the Eight Passes of Tengyue.

The eight passes of Tengyue are divided into the upper four passes and the lower four passes. The upper four passes include Shenhu Pass, Wanren Pass, Jushi Pass and Tongbi Pass; the lower four passes are Tiebiguan, Huju Pass, Hanlong Pass and Tianma Pass. close.

The terrain of these passes is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Whoever controls this place first will take the initiative in the war.

It is obvious that the Western Army has been traveling through the mountains of Sichuan and Guizhou in recent years, either escaping or on the way to escape, and its journey is much faster than that of the Yunnan Army under Yang Sichang.

When Yang Sichang's vanguard troops arrived at Tiebikuan, the Western Army in the pass had already been prepared.

After being greeted by the Western Army's stone rolling logs, they had no choice but to retreat in despair. After learning the situation, Yang Sichang was even more shocked. He did not expect that Li Dingguo actually came from Kunming to Tiebikuan on the border of Yunnan and Myanmar.

It seems that Sha Dingzhou's troops have been defeated by them.

What surprised him even more was that Li Xianzhong personally led the army to relieve the siege of Kunming and had now entered Kunming City.

He didn't know that Mu Tianbo had been captured by Li Xianzhong. In his opinion, this was a God-given opportunity.

If Li Xianzhong can be captured in one fell swoop with Mu Tianbo and Li Yingwai, then the restoration of the Ming Dynasty will be a success.

Therefore, he could not continue to quarrel with Li Dingguo and must return to Kunming as soon as possible.

Yang Sichang left more than a thousand old and weak people to bluff in the camp, while he led the main force around to Tianma Pass dozens of miles away.

However, before his troops could resist Tianma Pass, they encountered an ambush from the Great Western Army.

As a hail of arrows fell, the Daxi Army also fought out from the surrounding jungle.

Yang Sichang's men and horses were not many, and they were quickly dispersed by the Western Army.

Under the leadership of Li Dingguo, the Western Army became more and more courageous in fighting. In less than half an hour, most of Yang Sichang's men became prisoners of the Western Army!

At this time, Yang Sichang's face was full of despair, and he shouted: "You have the intention to kill the thief, but you are unable to save yourself. I have failed your majesty's trust!"

After saying that, he will draw his sword and kill himself!

Fortunately, the Western soldier on the side had quick eyes and quick hands and snatched his sword!

Li Dingguo glanced at Yang Sichang and said: "You should take good care of him and don't let him seek death and survival again. I will hand this person over to Li Xianzhong."

When Yang Sichang heard that Li Dingguo was going to hand him over to Li Xianzhong, he became anxious and shouted loudly: "Li Dingguo, you have proclaimed yourself emperor. There are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the country. Even if he hands me over to Li Xianzhong, he will It’s impossible to let you go.”

"It would be better for us to join forces and work together with Duke Mu Tianbo of Guizhou to capture Li Xianzhong!"

After hearing this, Li Dingguo laughed loudly and said, "It seems that you still don't understand the current situation. Li Xianzhong has already jailed Mu Tianbo."

"Now Ma Xianglin has led an army of 3 to join forces with Li Xianzhong in Kunming. Soon the Chinese army will reach these eight passes!"

There is no greater sorrow than the death of the heart, and the death of a human being is the second worst!

After hearing the news, Yang Sichang was completely desperate. He knew that there would be no chance of Prince Zhu Cihong surviving if he fell into the hands of Li Xianzhong.

All his hopes were gone.

After defeating Yang Sichang, there was no obstacle for the Daxi Army to advance into Myanmar.

Li Dingguo has completed his original agreement with Li Xianzhong.

Now it is naturally time for Li Xianzhong to fulfill his promise.

So he asked Sun Kewang to take Yang Sichang to negotiate with Li Xianzhong.

Sun Kewang had long been unhappy with Li Dingguo. He also agreed with Yang Sichang's words. Li Dingguo had already proclaimed himself emperor, and Li Xianzhong could not let him go.

There has never been an emperor who would let go of someone who had become emperor.

He didn't know that Li Dingguo was originally released by Li Xianzhong, so he decided to betray Li Dingguo.

The conditions that Li Dingguo asked Sun Kewang to bring to Li Xianzhong were: Li Dingguo deposed as emperor, Daxi surrendered to China to accept the canonization, and requested to guard Burma for China.

In order to anger Li Xianzhong, Sun Kewang deliberately did not mention Daxi's surrender to China and request for canonization.

It was only said that Li Xianzhong was willing to give up the imperial title and be demoted to the king of Daxi; and asked Li Xianzhong to give Burma to Daxi.

Naturally, Li Xianzhong would not agree to Daxi's splitting the earth and making him king.

He knew very well that Sun Kewang was causing trouble, so he used his plan to see what medicine Sun Kewang was selling in the gourd.

He deliberately got angry and cursed angrily: "Li Dingguo is just wishful thinking, I will cut him into pieces!"

Sun Kewang saw that Li Xianzhong had taken the bait, so he said: "Your Majesty might as well agree to Li Dingguo's conditions and lure him to the camp to be sealed and then capture him."

"I am willing to lead the Great Western Army to surrender to China and conquer Burma for Your Majesty."

After Li Xianzhong praised Sun Kewang, he let him go!

After Sun Kewang returned to Tiebikuan, he said that Li Xianzhong had agreed to their conditions, but asked Li Dingguo to go to the Huaxia camp in person to receive the title.

Li Dingguo had no doubt about Sun Kewang's words, so he went to the Huaxia camp 20 miles away in person.

The two have not seen each other for nearly 2 years since they parted ways in Hanzhong.

When Li Dingguo saw Li Xianzhong, he knelt down and worshiped.

It was obvious that the power of the Chinese Empire in the past two years had completely convinced him.

But at this time, he was still uneasy. Although he had fulfilled his original agreement, it was hard to say whether Li Xianzhong would fulfill his original promise.

Li Xianzhong said: "Don't worry, I won't break my promise."

Li Dingguo was canonized as Pingxihou by Li Xianzhong. Even his sworn brother Liu Wenxiu was canonized as Zhennan Bo, and his sworn brother Ai Nengqi was also canonized as Pingnan Bo.

Then Li Xianzhong revealed Sun Kewang's plan in full.

After Li Dingguo heard this, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. If he followed Sun Kewang's plan, it would be easy for Li Xianzhong to capture him.

Li Xianzhong said: "If you don't let me down, I will naturally not let you down!"

At this time, Sun Kewang joined forces with Feng Shuangli in an attempt to force Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi to submit.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, they discovered that Li Xianzhong had led his troops back to Tiebikuan.

Sun Kewang, who knew that his plan was exposed, knew that Li Dingguo would not let him go, so he fled to Myanmar with a small number of his subordinates.

Li Xianzhong said there was no need to pursue him any further.

It is obvious that Sun Kewang must have gone to King Thalong of Myanmar.

Li Dingguo's Western Army joined Li Xianzhong's Chinese army going south, totaling 7 people.

Facing the Chinese army's pressure, King Talong decided to cede territory and seek peace.

Soon he sent Sun Kewang's head to Li Xianzhong's camp.

At this time, Li Xianzhong had led his army to Awa in central Myanmar. While in Awa, he negotiated with the envoys of King Thalon of Myanmar to paralyze the Burmese people.

On the one hand, Li Dingguo and others were sent to raid Bago, an important port in southern Myanmar.

After capturing Bago, Myanmar lost foreign aid.

Then he, King Long, could only be trapped in Dongxu.

On July 7, the second year of Qianxi, the allied forces of China and Daxi invaded Toungoo under the cover of artillery. King Talong set fire to himself in the palace. This "Burmese little power" Toungoo dynasty, which had invaded Yunnan several times, was destroyed. .

Li Xianzhong appointed Pingxi Marquis Li Dingguo as the governor of Myanmar, and together with Sun Chuanting, the governor of Annan in Guangdong and Guangxi, continued to conquer Siam, Laos and other places, and completely restored the Ming Dynasty's "Three Proclamations and Six Comforts"!

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