A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 395 The Bandit’s Choice

The Chinese army temporarily stopped at the border of Huguang, but this frightened the former bandits in Guizhou and the generals of the Western Dynasty.

They were not Zhang Xianzhong's trusted troops. They had been ordered to guard Guizhou during the previous war to resist the Mu family, so they escaped. However, the Chinese army still came after defeating Zhang Xianzhong.

"Surrender?"

Zuo Liangyu looked at Luo Rucai and asked. He had no idea now, so he had to find Luo Rucai together with a group of bandits. Among the group of bandits still surviving, Luo Ru was the oldest and the one with the most ideas. He had already become the backbone of the group of bandits.

The Chinese army defeated the Western army and moved south. An army of 200,000 people was nearby. Several people were completely panicked, fearing that one day the Chinese army would come over and chop off their heads. If you fight, you will definitely not be able to defeat them, so you will have to surrender.

"Surrender?" After Luo Rucai heard this, he shook his head and said in a low voice:

"I found Master and carefully studied the laws of the Hua Dynasty. Even if we surrender voluntarily, the crimes we carry are enough to be beheaded ten or eight times."

The military discipline of the rogue bandits is generally low, and robbery and coercion are the most common methods.

If they are like this, even if they surrender, they will definitely die, and they will not be given the opportunity to mine and build roads.

……

"Flow, keep flowing."

"What should we do?" The bandits looked at each other, already panicking.

"Flow south, run to Liuwei, or even further, away from Dahua."

Several people formed an alliance based on their blood, and together they elected Luo Rucai as the alliance leader.

These are more than 50,000 people who are not mixed with water, and the common people are not coerced, so they still have some fighting power.

"Even if you leave your hometown, you will still be free and happy for the rest of your life by becoming king and hegemon in another land."

For these people, the Mu family chose to take the initiative to fight, hoping to destroy them in one battle.

The bandits were silent, this was the only way.

"It's up to you, Lord Marquis."

In May of the fourth year of Dahua, two major events happened.

The Chinese army's record of winning every battle really frightened them.

The army is dispatched, and sentries and cavalry are sent out in all directions. This means a strategic decisive battle.

"When you get there, you will have your own world."

After Luo Rucai pondered for a while, he said:

After all, you are still alive, and there is hope when you are alive.

They themselves were rogue bandits, and now that Zhang Xianzhong died, they became rogue bandits again. Their combined strength totaled more than 50,000 people.

someone said.

One incident was that a group of princes and generals who were stationed in Guizhou and other places, and were relatives of the former Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong, suddenly gathered together and started working in their old trade.

"Although the Mu family's army is difficult to deal with, as long as we fight on the move as before, even they can't do anything to us. When we plunge into Liuwei in one go, the Mu family will definitely not care about us anymore, and even we will destroy this big They were given a piece of land as a gift, and it was too late for them to be happy.”

However, the rogue bandits did not engage in battle, so Luo Rucai used a false camp to deceive the Ming army. The main force bypassed the Ming army and headed straight for Yunnan.

When Mu Tianbo heard the news, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. He didn't know what the bandits wanted to do, but the sight of them going straight into the hinterland made his nerves tense.

Each city seemed to be facing a powerful enemy and closed its gates.

However, the rogue bandits seemed to be deliberately avoiding the battle. They did not attack the city, but quickly passed through various places, all the way south. Those who blocked the road were defeated, but as long as they were not delayed, the rogue bandits did not want to argue with them. . Not long after, Mu Tianbo also saw what the other party meant.

This is about running.

When Emperor Wuxing sent troops to the southwest, although he did not include all of that large area of ​​land in his territory, it was still a fairly large piece of territory.

But not long after, war broke out in the Central Plains. The government and army were busy suppressing the rebellion, so how could they care about the southwest? After the Liuwei Land was stable for a period of time, trouble broke out again. The Ming army's defense line was repeatedly compressed, and finally they were forced back.

This is also a common problem - when the Central Plains dynasty was strong, it was often able to conquer many areas around it, but it was always difficult to maintain it for a long time. Once it declined, it would lead to separation.

Only the Jiaozhi side has stronger control. It has been relatively peaceful for three hundred years - but I heard that after the fall of Beijing, riots began there. The commander-in-chief and the governor of Jiaozhi seemed to be fighting for the right to rule. .

Anyway, by now, the Mu family has already lost control of Liuwei and has fallen into chaos again.

Wherever the bandits go, Mu Tianbo doesn't bother to take care of them.

The second thing was that when the rogue bandits were making trouble with the Mu family, the Chinese army sent out troops.

Taking advantage of the situation, Dahua's army has understood the essence of this word.

Huguang has been pacified, and the Chinese army did not hesitate. After reorganizing the army for a while, and waiting for a new batch of supplies from Nanjing, the army marched westward.

Starting from Jingzhou, Yan Chengfang and Qu Yuanju gathered four armies and collected many ships from the local area. They set out from Jingzhou and went up the Shuo River.

The guard of Kuizhou opened the city gate, and the prefect and the civil and military officials knelt down at the city gate, dragging a seal in their hands.

They saw the form clearly, and at this time, the unification of Dahua was already the general trend.

Yan Chengfang reached out and took the seal in their hands.

Dahua then occupied Kuizhou and then began to enter Shu.

Wherever they passed, although there were many courtiers loyal to the Ming Dynasty who resisted to the death, the gates of many cities were opened directly.

The Chinese army continued to move up the river with overwhelming force, and defeated General Zeng Ying who was blocking the way in the middle of the river, and then conquered Chongqing without encountering much resistance.

……

Qin Liangyu mobilized the local Ming army. Under her command were not only more than 5,000 elite white-pole soldiers, but also more than 70,000 Ming troops from various places.

However, there is no military pay.

She came to the former Shu Prince's Mansion, now the Royal Palace.

"Your Majesty, please allocate some silver to strengthen the morale of the army."

She said in a deep voice.

When Zhu Zhishu heard this, he avoided her gaze, his face full of reluctance.

Although the vassal king of this time and space may not be as wealthy as the original time and space, he still has a lot of money, after all, he has accumulated it for nearly three hundred years.

But for this emperor, he had money but was unwilling to spend it.

Even though he had spent money and labor in the army before, it was in order to ascend to the throne of God and gain military morale.

This emperor was a master who loved money as much as his life.

In the original history, even when Zhang Xianzhong had already arrived at Chengdu, the officials who defended the city asked for money to reward the army, but he was rejected. It was not until Zhang Xianzhong broke the city that he was finally afraid, but by this time it was already too late. , which eventually led to the capture of Chengdu by Zhang Xianzhong.

(End of this chapter)