Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

At Chenjiaba, Badong, the flag of the Ming Dynasty was flying high. After joining the guards from various routes, Jiangling King Li Laiheng ordered Tongcheng Marquis Ma Tengyun and General Suo Yanlong to lead 10,000 troops to guard Wushan and Fengjie, and he led more than 80,000 troops to attack the Beijiang River where the general of the David Kingdom, Xi Rimo, was stationed. Who would have thought that the famous Oirat wolf would actually become a turtle, set up hundreds of camps, deep trenches and high fortifications, and hold on. People in the world say that foxes are cunning, but they don't know that wolves are actually very alert and generally won't take the initiative unless they see the right opportunity. Since Xi Rimo was compared to a wolf, he naturally has wolf nature, and the Ming army, which had an advantage in military strength, could not get any advantage for a while.

After spending more than half a month, Li Laiheng was anxious. Kuizhou, which had suffered many wars, was not rich. The food and grass needed for more than 90,000 soldiers and horses was not a small amount. If it dragged on, the main force of the guards might go north at any time, and the military rations would be insufficient. After thinking it over again and again, he decided to lead his army back to Xingshan, the old base, where he had been operating for many years and had cultivated many fertile fields, so it was not difficult to get food, and the people also supported him. As soon as he said it, the strategic King of Jiangling ordered Yuan Zongdi, Duke of Jingguo, and He Daoning, Marquis of Fuping, to lead 25,000 troops to station in Daning and Dachang, set up an ambush, and suddenly turned east with 60,000 troops. This move really confused Xi Rimo, who thought that the Ming army was pretending to retreat and wanted to ambush him, and ordered not to pursue.

When the Ming army suddenly appeared in Badong, an important town in Jingzhou, the guarding general Zheng Guoyin was shocked. He thought the Ming army was fighting with the general of Zhengnan to open up the road to Shaanxi, but he didn't expect that the Ming army was coming for him. He hurriedly led his men to defend the city, but he lacked sufficient supplies.

"Kill~Kill~Kill~" A young general led his subordinates and climbed up the city wall as agile as monkeys. They fought desperately and soon occupied a foothold on the city wall. The Ming army behind them climbed up the city wall from here one after another.

"What a brave general!" Li Laiheng praised repeatedly. After a closer look, he found that this man was Tan Shiying, the chief of Jindong Chieftainship under the command of General Yang Xun. Although he was young, he was a young hero. The hundreds of soldiers under his command grew up in the mountains and were very good at climbing. They played an important role in the siege.

As more and more guards climbed onto the city wall, Zheng Guoyin saw that the situation was not good and led his men to break out. The Ming army captured this important town with only minor casualties. In order to boost the morale of the army, Li Laiheng ordered a night's rest and rewarded the troops. The next day, he led his troops to continue attacking Guizhou along the Yangtze River.

Zheng Guoyin was in a state of panic when Li Yingming, the defender of Xingshan, led 5,000 soldiers to come to his aid. The combined forces of the two sides only had more than 8,000 soldiers, and after ten days of desperate defense, the city was in danger. Just when the city was in danger, the Ming army outside the city actually withdrew.

Li Laiheng, the King of Jiangling, received the news that Shizhou Wei had fallen and Wang Guangxing, the Duke of Jing, had died in battle. Wang Guangxing was defeated too quickly, and his entire army was wiped out in just one month. The fake king could go north from Shizhou at any time to threaten Wushan. Before he left, he repeatedly told him to defend the dangerous place and not to go to war, but he just wouldn't listen. Alas! You've missed my big plan! There was also bad news: Liao Lian'an, the deputy general of the Wei army in Yunyang, led 4,000 troops to Fang County. This meant that there was another layer of interference in his attempt to retake Xingshan. Fortunately, he got some food in the treasury in Badong, so it would be better to return to Wushan and join forces with other leaders to find an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

The army retreated to Badong, but Liu Tichun, the Duke of Wan, refused to leave. Badong was his territory, and he had finally recovered it, so how could he give it up? Li Laiheng had no choice but to order Liu Tichun to lead 10,000 troops to stay in Badong, while he led 50,000 troops back to Wushan.

It was dark, and Li Laiheng stared at the map hanging on the wall with a frown. The news from Shizhou Wei was getting worse and worse: after Wang Guangxing died in battle, the chieftains of Shizhou surrendered to the enemy one after another. First, Zhongjian Xuanfu Envoy Tian Yangmin and Gaoluo Pacifier Tian Jing surrendered to Wei under the persuasion of Zhongdong Pacifier Tian Chuzhen; then Shinan Xuanfu Envoy Tan Hongdao led Dongxiang Wulu Pacifier Tan Shengwu, Zhongxiao Pacifier Tian Jing, Zhonglu Pacifier Tan Chengguo and other chieftains to join the Wei State; later, Sanmao Xuanfu Envoy Tan Xunlin led Dawangshu Pacifier Tian Yongjue, Labi Chieftain Tian Qi, Dongliu Chieftain Tian Xing and others to submit a surrender letter to Wei State; the fake king now led his army to Gaoluo, and was forcing Rongmei Xuanfu Envoy Tian Ganlin to surrender to Wei. Once Tian Ganlin surrendered under pressure, the Wei army, which had no worries, would go north from Shizhou.

"Your Highness, Tan Shiying requests to see you," he was thinking about it when his subordinate came to report.

"Hmm?" Li Laiheng raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Call him in."

"Your Highness, Tan Zongyu and Tian Jingguo intend to surrender to the Wei State and want to lead their troops back to Tangya and Muce." The first sentence that Tan Shiying said made Li Laiheng frown. Tan Zongyu was the pacification envoy of Longtan and the chief of Tangya Chieftain's Office. In name, the Longtan pacification office was under the jurisdiction of the Sanmao Xuanfu Office. After the Sanmao Xuanfu envoy Tan Xunlin surrendered to the Wei State, he naturally sent someone to contact him. In fact, Tan Zongyu was not only the chieftain of Longtan, but also the chieftain of Tangya. A long time ago, the Tian family of Longtan and the Tan family of Tangya were constantly fighting, so the chieftain of Longtan proposed the strategy of "marriage", marrying the daughter of the Tian family to the chieftain of Tangya, Tan Ding. Gradually, the two families of Tan and Tian merged into one, and the chieftains of Muce, Jindong and other places all obeyed his orders. Tan Zongyu was the chieftain of both Longtan and Tangya. Although he was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Sanmao chieftain, he actually did not obey his orders. This time he was willing to surrender to the Wei State mainly because he was afraid of the military power of the Wei army. Tian Jingguo was the chief of the Mu Ce Chieftainship under the Tangya chieftain. Naturally, when Tangya chieftain surrendered to Wei, he also followed him.

The main reason why Tan Shiying sued his fellow clan member Tan Zongyu was because of the conflict between the two chieftains of Jindong and Tangya. Back then, the Jindong Tan family and the Tangya Tan family were both equal appeasement envoys. Later, the Jindong Tan family offended the Ming Dynasty and was demoted from the appeasement department to the chief department. The Ming Dynasty also assigned the two villages that originally belonged to Jindong to Tangya, and the conflict between the two families was sown. Later, Tangya merged with Longtan, and the power of the Tangya Tan family increased greatly. After annexing the Xiping chieftain, they forced the surrounding chieftains such as Muce and Jindong to surrender. Although the Jindong Tan family surrendered verbally, they were always angry in their hearts. So when Tan Shiying learned of Tan Zongyu's plan, he immediately reported it to King Jiangling. There was no other reason, he was just killing someone with a borrowed knife.

As expected, after Wang Guangxing was defeated, these chieftains became disloyal. Li Laiheng stared at Tan Shiying, and suddenly a plan came to his mind: If he wanted to contain the fake king, he had to muddy the waters of Shizhou so that the fake king could not concentrate on going north. Isn't this man in front of him a good chess piece? So he said warmly: "Thank you General Tan for the news. After the rebellion is pacified, the general can be the envoy to command the areas of Jindong, Longtan, Tangya, Xiping, and Muce."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your support!" Qin Shiying was overjoyed.

Li Laiheng was a man of swift and decisive actions. After making the decision, he immediately ordered General Yang Xun and Tan Shiying's subordinates to disarm the armies of the two chieftains Tan Zongyu and Tian Jingguo.

Poor Qin Zongyu had just revealed his plan to surrender to Qin Shiying and Tian Jingguo, but Qin Shiying betrayed him and he was beheaded by Yang Xun without any preparation. Tian Jingguo was slightly better off, escaping with his life, but he lost all his subordinates.

After Tan Shiying annexed the subordinates of Tan Zongyu and Tian Jingguo, he obtained 3,000 local soldiers and returned to Shizhouwei with the 5,000 troops of General Yang Xun. When he arrived at Jiannan Chief Officer's Office, Jiannan Chief Officer Tan Pingshan had just received an order from Zhonglu Pacifier Tan Chengguo to change the flag. He was ordering his subordinates to change the flag of the Ming Dynasty to the flag of David, when the Ming army came back. Tan Pingshan was defeated and fled to Zhonglu Office. Seeing the fierce momentum of the Ming army, Zhonglu Pacifier Tan Chengguo changed back to the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag without saying a word.

Yang Xun and Tan Shiying then forced the loyal and filial appeasement envoy Tian Jing to surrender, and successively conquered Longtan, Xiping, Tangya, Muce and other places, and for a time they were quite powerful.

Melas, who was stationed at Gaoluo Anfusi, was originally very happy. Under his attack, Rongmei Xuanfu Envoy Tian Ganlin, whose attitude had been unclear before, finally surrendered. But before he could be happy for long, the northwest of Shizhou was in chaos again.

After staring at the map and thinking for a while, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi suddenly shouted: "Chahar Admiral Alinbao will lead 10,000 troops to Longtan and Jindong to quell the rebellion, and the rest of the troops will follow me north to Wushan." (End of this chapter)