Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 636
From Li Zicheng's point of view, it seems that he has a series of countermeasures that can guarantee the defeat of Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo.So, Sha Dingzhou immediately asked: "What else is there, don't hide it, tell me quickly!"

"Yes, tell me quickly!"

"You Han people are not good at this. You like to talk half and hide half!"

"That's right, I hate this the most!"

"..."

When the other chieftains heard this, they echoed Sha Dingzhou one after another, a little bit to blame Li Zicheng.

Looking at these chieftains, Li Zicheng also had a headache, so he quickly raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and then said quickly: "As long as we can let King Dongwu send troops, his army is strong, and if we attack Yang Weizhi together, we will surely destroy Yang Weizhi!"

This topic has been mentioned before, but the stakeholders are unwilling, and there is no result in the end.

At this time, when Li Zicheng brought up the old matter again, it was naturally the same as before.

The chieftains of Longchuan and Nandian who were close to Dongwu opposed it one after another.In the previous conditions, Dongwu wanted their territory, so it was impossible for them to agree.

However, the other chieftains, those who were far away from Dongwu, thought that it was the right thing to get rid of Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo as soon as possible, so they all agreed.

In this way, the quarrel started again as before.

But this time, more people were in favor of Li Zicheng, because they were all eager to destroy Yang Weizhi and Mu Tianbo's troops.

Li Zicheng calmed them down, and then said to the chieftains of Longchuan and Nandian, "The reason why we want to form an alliance with Dongwu to deal with the imperial court is not to take down the entire territory of Yunnan as soon as possible, so that we can attack the imperial court with confidence." The Central Plains? After conquering the Central Plains, you can choose a prosperous and better place to compensate you, how about it?"

Sha Dingzhou and the others agreed after hearing this.

"That's right, the opportunity is rare now. If we don't destroy them sooner, maybe the Central Plains will be in chaos, and we won't have time to send troops, and the loss will be huge!"

"Ming is so big, we can get a lot of benefits if we have one more Dongwu ally."

"That's right, the wealth of the Central Plains is not comparable to ours here. It's not too cost-effective for you to change a place!"

"..."

In the face of interests, the chieftains in favor accounted for the vast majority at once.

Li Zicheng struck while the iron was hot, and said to the chieftains of Longchuan and Nandian, "I have already sent someone to talk to King Dongwu. Before we send troops to the Central Plains and lay down new territories, you can still stay in the original territory until you reach the new territory." Don’t give up the original place to Donggo until you have a new place, right?”

In fact, this condition was proposed by King Dongwu in the previous negotiations.Because King Dongwu is not an idiot, of course he knows that these chieftains must have new places to settle, unless they are destroyed.

At this moment, upon hearing Li Zicheng's words, the other chieftains echoed one after another.

In the end, the chieftains of Longchuan and Nandian became a minority, and they couldn't stop so many mouths from saying that after hesitating, they asked to write a letter of guarantee, guaranteeing that they would pick a piece of land in the Central Plains, and they finally agreed down.

Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. The two things have been agreed, and then the whole territory of Yunnan is just around the corner.

So, he concluded: "Everyone, let's go back, mobilize troops as soon as possible, attack Kunming together, and ambush Yang Weizhi's reinforcements. Regardless of whether we can defeat Yang Weizhi's troops, as soon as Dongwu's army arrives, we will take Dali, Chuxiong and Chuxiong!"

Sha Dingzhou and the others had no objection and agreed one after another. After explaining some details, they went back to prepare.

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Besides, the city of Kunming in Yunnan has been on the defensive all the time. Every day, when the soldiers see Duke Qian, they always have a gloomy face.

This is actually no wonder, Mu Tianbo's mood is definitely not good.

The court officers and soldiers obviously had the strength to directly rush in to rescue Kunming, but they never did so, they just let him stick to it.This made him definitely worried, fearing that one day if he couldn't guard against it, his Mu family might be ruined.

Also, sticking to Kunming all the time, food, supplies, military pay and other expenses are a very large expenditure.

And these expenditures, later on, all fell on his side and were paid by the Duke of Qian, which made him feel bleeding again.

Under normal circumstances, he must not be happy.

However, in the Central Plains, even vassal kings like Zhou Wang paid the cost of suppressing thieves one by one, but refused to pay for the cost of suppressing thieves. Death is forbidden.

Mu Tianbo is not a fool, he said that King Lu rebelled, he had no soldiers and no power, how could he rebel?

Relatively speaking, he is more likely to rebel than King Lu.There is no other reason, because he holds the military power in Yunnan.Therefore, if he refused to pay the money, if another charge of treason was deducted, he knew very well that his end would definitely be worse than King Lu's!

Of course, Mu Tianbo didn't dare to really rebel.The news he got from official channels was more accurate than the news heard by Liu Zei Dao.

He clearly knew that Emperor Taizu had really manifested himself!

The Mu family was deeply favored by Emperor Taizu, how could they betray!
In addition, the strength of the imperial court's officers and soldiers has long been different from what it used to be. Even if the whole of Yunnan rebelled, the imperial court would still be able to put down the rebellion. Not to mention, those chieftains are all mobs, and one of them is Sha Ding who wants to take his position. continent.

However, Mu Tianbo still has a real headache if he sticks to it like this. Even though the Mu family has accumulated a lot of wealth since the Hongwu period, it can't stand such consumption!The most important thing is that we don't know when the imperial army will actually invade Yunnan!Is there any money left in the Mu family?
Mu Tianbo naturally didn't know that in the original history, all the wealth accumulated by his Mu family would have benefited Sha Dingzhou in the end.

Historically known as "Mu's world town in Yunnan, the mansion has a surplus of collections. The Buddha's top stone, green arrowhead, cinnabar, falling red, amber, horseshoe, and red gold are all packed in boxes. There are more than 250 coffers in total, and his treasures are innumerable. Dingzhou was transported into this cave, and it lasted for months."

But at this moment, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to hold on until the day when the imperial reinforcements arrived.

He didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen really had his eyes on his family's wealth.After learning about the original history from Liu Weichao, he decided to do this. He was not in a hurry to invade Yunnan, so that Sun Chuanting could have more post-war preparations and save the court more supplies and energy.

If it was really just to win Yunnan, the imperial court would have already been able to win it.

On this day, he was inspecting the defense of Yunnan Mansion. When he just returned to Kunming, he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.

Mu Tianbo already had experience, and it's usually not a good thing to hear this kind of rushing hooves!
Sure enough, when Kuai Ma saw his banner, he ran straight to him, got off his horse and reported: "Report, we found that there are multiple banners of thieves, and there are at least three chieftains coming to attack!"

Hearing this, Mu Tianbo was startled.Such a large-scale attack is obviously a bit unusual.

So, he hurriedly asked for specific details, and suddenly felt that he was in trouble.

Although the news from other directions has not come yet, Mu Tianbo can predict that the bandits and chieftains are attacking aggressively, and there will definitely be many enemies from other directions.

So, while quickly deploying defenses, he sent people to urgently report to Yang Weizhi's side, asking Yang Weizhi to quickly reinforce him.

As before, Yang Weizhi immediately led reinforcements after receiving the news.Unexpectedly, the allied forces of the rogues and chieftains turned out to be a strategy of besieging the city and fighting for reinforcements. Although he had planned this move, he did not expect that the number of ambushes far exceeded the estimate. In the end, he had to lead the troops back to Chuxiong to save himself. Save.

However, before withdrawing his troops, he also sent an elite group to enter the Yunnan Mansion to deliver a message to Mu Tianbo.

"This is Master Yang's order. The Duke must read it in person, and burn it immediately after reading it."

Mu Tianbo was startled when he heard this, and hastily handed him a piece of folded oil paper. After opening it, there was a piece of rice paper inside. After opening it again, he found a series of numbers.

Upon seeing this, he knew that this was the secret letter originally agreed upon.

Earlier, this matter had been mentioned in the edict given to him by the imperial court, but he had never received such a letter and almost forgot it.

Seeing him at this moment, Mu Tianbo immediately remembered.Immediately without saying anything, he left the defense to his subordinates, hurried back to the Duke's mansion, and then went directly to the study.After ordering no one to come near, he closed the door.

After about a stick of incense, the door of the study was opened, followed him, and the guards who were waiting at the door found a rare smile on the face of their Duke.

Needless to say, that must be a good thing!

It's just that they can't figure it out, what good will it be?
They only heard Mu Tianbo order them: "Send orders everywhere, keep it safe, this is the last counterattack of the rebels, and the imperial reinforcements will arrive soon."

Hearing this, his personal guard couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.They had heard the news that the court reinforcements would arrive soon, and it could be said to be a cliché, nothing more than the words of the Duke to boost morale.

But it's not necessarily true. This time, it's not a slap in the face that reinforcements will arrive, but a secret letter.

Thinking of this, these personal guards couldn't help being suspicious.Maybe, reinforcements are really coming this time!
After the news was passed on, especially about the secret letter, it made people think a lot, and their confidence suddenly rose.

Therefore, even if the army of rebels advanced, the Yunnan Mansion could no longer hold on, and they all retreated into Kunming City, and the connection with the Chuxiong Mansion was cut off, but the morale was still not affected much.

However, what they didn't expect was that a new situation appeared again, which immediately hit their morale.

(End of this chapter)