Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes, waiting for Diao Tuyu to come slowly.

Pingmian Xuanwei made Diao's unhurried appearance, which made Zhu Gaoxu a little annoyed.After all, everyone has to share the loot... Mrs. Diao's attitude of not wanting to do anything, but wanting to share the benefits of emeralds, Zhu Gaoxu thought, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The man and woman sized up Zhu Gaoxu, who was riding a horse and standing in the middle, and the woman asked tentatively in Chinese, "You are His Highness the King of Han from the Ming Dynasty?"

"It's not like it?" Zhu Gaoxu said with a wry smile.As he said, he turned over and jumped off the horse, and the heavy armor made a "bang-dang" sound.

Even in autumn, the sunny days were very warm. Zhu Gaoxu didn't even wear a cloak, and he was wearing a wide-brimmed armor hat. His face had already been tanned. At first glance, he was not much different from soldiers.So he didn't blame Diao for asking.

The woman said: "Don't dare." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zhu Gaoxu again. The woman's eyes were tired, and the corners of the eyes were drawn very long, so the eyes were a little flattering and bold.

At this time, Diao Tuyu put his hands together and said, "We have never seen His Highness the King of Han, and we couldn't recognize him when we met for the first time. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"It's easy to talk about." Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said, "Diao Shijun has come from a long distance, and the journey is exhausting. Please come to the big tent to drink tea and rest."

Diao Tuyu bowed: "Thank you Your Highness, respect is worse than obedience."

Zhu Gaoxu thought that the chieftains at this time were barbarians, but when he saw this Diao Tuyu, he felt that he was a bit noble, and he spoke Chinese calmly, and seemed to have a little ink, but it was a little surprising.

When a group of people came to the camp of the Ming army, a general of the guards clasped his fists and said, "Salute!" The guards all raised their weapons, held the wooden poles of their spears in both hands, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu and others performing the salute.

With neat movements and a straight line, Diao Tuyu and the others looked sideways at the soldiers.

Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu asked the guards to practice the formation to improve the military appearance and appearance, which is still somewhat useful. The first thing outsiders see is the military appearance.Diao Tuyu praised: "Your Highness's army is majestic and majestic, with the style of the upper kingdom!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, showing no modesty, at this moment he was about to strengthen his allies' confidence in victory.

I don't know why the woman was brought by Diao Tuyu to the camp of the Chinese army, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't ask her who she was, because in the Ming Dynasty it was inconvenient to inquire about other women's family members, unless they had a good relationship and someone introduced them on their own initiative.

Behind the chair at the top of the Chinese military tent, hung a pair of silk maps.After serving tea, Zhu Gaoxu and other sergeants pointed to the picture and said: "From here to Mengyangsi's administrative office, east of the Dajinsha River and west of the remaining veins of Gaoligong Mountain, there is a flat plateau, dominated by grassland, shrubs and vegetation. host."

Diao Tuyu looked up at the picture, looking very interested.However, at Diao Tuyu's position, he couldn't see the details on the map at all.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, skipped a paragraph, and said directly: "Three days later, we will join forces and go north. The Ming army is in the center, and the Pingburan army divides into left and right wings, searches and advances, and goes straight to the Meng Yangsi government office. Diao Shijun can do it. Are you there?"

Diao Tuyu nodded and said: "I respect the orders of His Highness the King of Han. I have one more question to ask Your Highness, after our two armies defeat Homesickness together, will the land of Meng Yangsi belong to Diao?"

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "This matter will be discussed after the chaos of thoughts and actions is settled. However, our Ming Dynasty values ​​faith the most, and the covenant signed before will not change. The emerald mines will distribute profits to the Diao family, and each mine will be eight dollars a year. Baiguan, Yunnan officials and merchants have the exclusive right to buy jade mines."

Diao Tuyu folded his palms together and bowed, as if to show his approval.Diao Tuyu lives extravagantly, and if he has money, he must be secretly happy.

Since the Ping-Burmese Army is an ally, and there are nearly ten thousand people, Zhu Gaoxu then began to tell Fanglue, "Sixingfa was defeated at the southern foot of Gaoligong Mountain, and there were many people scattered. We should take advantage of the victory to pursue and not delay .

This place is between Dajinshan River and Gaoligong Mountain, and there is no danger to defend. This king is determined to wipe out the resistance forces here, and go straight to Meng Yangsi's administration.If Meng Yang's army invaded by virtue of the mountains and rivers, Mr. Diao Shijun only needs to protect the two wings of the army, and the army will continue to advance, threatening|coercing the homesick lair.Force him to a decisive battle! "

After Zhu Gaoxu finished talking about military affairs with Diao Tuyu very quickly, he asked him to return to the camp to rest, and told him to set off in three days.

The woman next to Diao Tuyu with tired eyes turned her head and cast a meaningful look at Zhu Gaoxu when she walked to the door of the big tent.But Zhu Gaoxu pretended not to see it.

He has no interest in the chieftain's woman, and he doesn't want to affect military and political affairs for some bad things.What he cares most about is emeralds and a lot of silver and copper coins; secondly, the border situation in Yunnan.During this trip, having fun is not in his consideration.

Zhu Gaoxu thought: If it wasn't for the benefit, would I come to this place full of food?

...Three days later, the troops of all the ministries pulled out their camps one by one, and spread out horizontally on the flat wilderness.The elephant infantry of the Pingmensi native army were also mobilized to the two wings of the army as scheduled.The number of the main army and Mrs. Ding of the coalition army exceeded [-], and the horses, mules, donkeys, and elephants were insignificant. The army marched mightily northward.

No resistance was encountered for the first few days.Zhu Gaoxu was informed that the friendly army of the chieftain ransacked and slaughtered the villages along the way one after another. He sent someone to order Diao Tuyu to dissuade the indiscriminate killing of innocent people; Diao Tuyu replied that the enemy was hiding in the village.So Zhu Gaoxu suggested that the chieftain army should drive the people to the mountains. After the army left, the people would naturally return to the village.

Then it didn't have much effect. The military discipline of the native army was extremely poor, and they did a lot of bad things when driving out civilians.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Ming army did not slaughter civilians.It's not that the soldiers of the Ming army are morally high, but because the military discipline of the Ming army is still relatively strict at this time, and everyone dare not easily violate military orders.

Zhu Gaoxu is not a sage, he just thinks it is useless to kill innocent people indiscriminately.It is not these villagers who slaughtered the mines of the Ming army; killing people indiscriminately cannot avenge the real enemy.Getting angry from embarrassment can only be a sign of powerlessness, and even homesickness does not necessarily care about the life and death of the villagers.

The native villagers are also aware of current affairs.A few days later, when the villagers along the way saw the Ming army wearing iron helmets, they didn't run away, but took out some melons, fruits and grains to please the soldiers.

At this time, various people and horses were fighting sporadically, and Meng Yangsi's main force had not yet appeared.The coalition forces attacked local army strongholds that were homesick.

The right-wing Ping Burma Army besieged a military village for a day, delaying the speed of the army.The next day, the central army of the Ming army dispatched troops to reinforce them. When Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse to observe, the battle was almost over.

The military stronghold on the hillside has been engulfed in fire and thick smoke.All kinds of artillery and rockets of the Ming army formed a circle and were still firing. The entire hillside and village seemed to be erupting from a volcano, with flames flickering on all sides.

The messy natives and soldiers ran out from the army camp, and there were people everywhere on the hillside. In addition to the rout of the natives, there were also a mess of Ming army households. They rushed up to cut off their heads with knives.

No matter how the remnants of the natives screamed, the householders of the Ming army were not soft at all, and cut their necks with knives.It seems that they are not cutting off the heads, but harvesting the crops.

It didn't take long for many military households to gather in one place with their bloody heads. While counting the numbers, the civilian and military generals of the Chinese army burned their heads with matches.It's like doing business over there.

At this time, the guard army's scouting team of hundreds of households had dispersed more than ten miles away from the main army, but they had not found a large group of enemy soldiers.

The coalition forces are advancing every day, and they are getting closer and closer to the city where Meng Yangsi ruled.

Chapter 281 The Heavenly Kingdom

The decisive battle was delayed again and again. From late September to early October, the Ming army had not found the main force of homesickness except for destroying some military camps.

It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu wanted to solve the problem of Meng Yangsi before Guo Wei gave birth, which seemed impossible.

He also had to consider a thorny conundrum: the possibility that Homesick might choose not to fight the battle.

Sixingfa still has a choice, he can completely abandon Meng Yangsi's administrative office, as well as the surrounding villages and fields, and avoid the Ming army's front.In this way, homesickness will lose a lot of wealth and population, but it will definitely preserve its troops; the Ming army is in the mountainous woods, and it is too difficult to catch the homesickness chieftain army.

But the facts are in front of us, if Sixingfa believes that this battle has no chance of winning, there is indeed only one best tactic: not to fight.

...At this moment, the Burmese comfort envoy Tatome Poye and the envoys rushed to the Ming army camp.

The Burmese Propaganda Department is farther away from Yunnan, and the customs seem to be even more different. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't even pronounce the name of their leader; he couldn't remember the name of the envoy he sent.

After the army set up camp, Zhu Gaoxu first asked Chang Shi Qian Xun about some things about Myanmar.

The Burmese Xuanweisi is also known as the Awa Kingdom, because the city of Awa is located in Mandalay.The ruler of the Ava country is a nobleman of the Zen nationality, who used to be similar to the natives in the Luchuan area; but the ruler of the Ava country has now accepted the customs and language of the Burmese.

Zhu Gaoxu received the envoy of Tatami Poye in the big tent of the Chinese army.

After the envoy bowed, he spoke Chinese.Zhu Gaoxu listened intently, guessed and confused, and finally understood what he said; the Chinese spoken by the messenger was so difficult to understand that Zhu Gaoxu even wondered if he was listening to a foreign language.

The Burmese envoy denounced Si's disrespectful acts of disrespect to the superior country, and insisted that the Burmese consolation envoy Tatomapoya recognized Daming as the suzerain state and would pay tribute to Daming every year.

At the beginning, Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand what it meant to send an envoy from Burma all the way to see him, a vassal of the Ming Dynasty; and he couldn't understand the language.For a while, I heard it in a fog.

Then the emissary finally finished the flattering bullshit and talked about the actual stuff...

The envoy presented the written letter, and Zhu Gaoxu understood the Chinese characters more clearly.

Tatomapoye writes to the effect that Meng Yangsi is too far away from Central China, and it is inconvenient for the Ming army to crusade and govern. The Ming army completely defeated the homesickness who did not respect the king.

After the event was completed, the Burmese Consolation Envoy hoped to obtain all the land west and north of the Inowady River on the Dajinsha River, and all the land in the Naga Mountain area.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw this, he suddenly realized that all the boasting about Daming being the kingdom of heaven is simply a routine!