"Minion Command!"

Ortai accepted the decree with a solemn face, but the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, and he did not seem to be disappointed at all because his suggestion was denied.

From "changing the land and returning to the stream" to "uniting the land to resist Chu", it can be said that Yang Mingshi's and even Ortai's plans have been completely denied by the Qing court, and it can even be said that they have not been denied, but have been completely reversed.

"Duxian, don't worry, your old man, the emperor doesn't mean to blame you, it's really the wrong time...... Besides, whether it is to change the land and return to the stream or join the land to fight against Chu, it is all for the imperial court, and the emperor will understand your hard work! ”

In the study, a gray-haired old man sighed softly, he was Ortai's staff found in the Governor's Palace, named Li Zhuan, who was also quite famous in Yunnan Province, and served as a teacher in the early years, and then lived in seclusion in Qianxi, Zunyi and other places, until Ortai became the governor, he began to come out to do things.

When Ortai went to look for Li Zhuan, there was a teaching test, which probably meant that he could do something for Ortai, and Li Zhuanze's words could open up land for him and fill the treasury, so he was appreciated by Ortai.

Hearing the consolation of Li Zhuan's words, Ortai nodded and said with a wry smile: "When I first came to Guizhou Province, I was hospitalized by Lord Yang, and I wanted to change the situation in the southwest, but unfortunately Chu was forced to work hard, and I really couldn't continue Lord Yang's past, so I had to change course, so I still need Mr. Li's teaching." ”

"Don't dare to give teaching, since the court has given a clear way, adults might as well follow the road. It's just that the affairs of the southwest are complicated, if you unite the Tusi and fight against Chu Wei, it depends on how much capital the imperial court has....."

Li Zhuan sighed faintly, it was not that he didn't want to give Ortai some ideas, but now that the Qing court's rebellion had already become inevitable, how could one or two ideas be able to change?

As for uniting the Tusi to fight against Chu Rebellion, it is not so easy, after all, the Tusi also know in their hearts that they know the situation of the conflict, so they naturally take a neutral posture and do things to reap the benefits, how can they easily end up helping the Qing court offend Ning Chu?

Ortai naturally could also figure out the bends in this, and said in a low voice: "Even if the toast is difficult to buy, you must beware of the toast being used by Chu Wei, otherwise it is just a delusion to want to hold the southwest." Fortunately, however, I have already exchanged letters with Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, a few days ago, and he will send Zhang Guangsi south to assist us. ”

"With the current 40,000 troops in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, plus the 80,000 troops of Governor Yue, there are 120,000 troops, but it is not without a chance to fight......

Li Zhuanfu thought for a while before he said in a low voice: "Duxian, Yue Zhongqi wants to guard against the main army of Chu Rebellion in Sichuan, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to mobilize more troops to the south. ”

"Mr. Li is polite, if I can persuade Tusi to fight against Chu Yi with us, I will naturally do everything. It's just that Mr. Li has been in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces for many years, so who can be used by me in this toast now? ”

Ortai nodded, this is the reason why he asked Li Zhuan to be his staff, if there is no one who is familiar with the local forces to use it, I am afraid it will be difficult to touch the overall situation.

"Lord Duxian, if you say that the Tusi forces of the year, among them there were three major Tusi Mansions in Yunnan and four major Tusi families in Guizhou, but after so many years, most of these families have disappeared, and although the Tusi forces are smaller today, they are also a little more chaotic."

The three major Tusi Mansions in Yunnan, namely Mu's, Menghua, and Yuanjiang, are the best in terms of strength in the entire Yunnan Tusi, of which Mu's has been changed last year. The four major Tusi families in Guizhou refer to the Shuidong Song family, the Shuixian clan, the Sizhou Tian clan and the Banzhou Yang clan, and Yang Yinglong, who rebelled in the Ming Dynasty, was born in the Banzhou Yang family, and the later Banzhou Yang family was destroyed with Yang Yinglong.

Li Zhuan knew everything about the Tusi forces in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, and said softly: "Lord Duxian, among the Tusi forces now, Wumeng Tusi Lu Wanzhong and Zhenxiong Tusi Longqinghou have greater influences, and the old man is willing to go to appease the adults for them. ”

Ortai was overjoyed at the moment and said with a smile: "With Mr. Li doing things for the governor, the governor is relieved, but this time it is hard for Mr. Li." ”

At that moment, Ortai sent Li Zhuan, in the name of the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Palace, to Wumeng and Zhenxiong to appease Lu Wanzhong and Longqinghou, and promised that if they were willing to accept the appeasement, they could be awarded the title of general.

When arranging for Li Zhuan to go to Zhaofu, Ortai also made great efforts in Kunming, rectified the green camp, and prepared to have a good fight with Ning Chu in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.

......

Guangxi Sicheng Mansion, the former name of the ancient mountain, and Yunnan, Guizhou and Miao settlement staggered soil, all dynasties are remote and remote places, here the mountains are beside the Qin, the cliffs are long, the steep and steep people still live in eight or nine, that is, there are also rotational twists and turns, can not gallop and ride, the road around the waist and shin of the mountain is more, can be called the barrier of the west of Guangdong.

In Sicheng Mansion, the government is not able to penetrate into the people at all, so the only people in the whole government who can really give orders are the Cen Tusi family, and the current Sizhou Mansion Tuzhizhou is Cen Yingchen, the son of the Cen family.

Cen family in the west of Guizhou can be called a big name, is the local famous family, its ancestor Cen Nu Muhan in the first year of Yuan Tianshun, was awarded the Sicheng Road military and civilian governor, and later is the descendants of the hereditary palm seal Sizhou City, until today's hundreds of years, the entire Guixi can almost be said to be the world of the Cen family.

As a child of the Cen family, Cen Yingchen's strength is naturally not to be underestimated, with more than 4,000 wolf soldiers, all of whom are elite soldiers, so when he was in the battle of Liangguang, Cen Yingchen was summoned by Kong Yuxun, the governor of Liangguang at that time, and asked him to lead his troops and horses to Guangdong to fight against the Han army.

However, the Cen family originally belonged to the local Tusi, so they were naturally unwilling to work for the Qing court, so after the Fu Han army captured Liangguang, Cen Yingchen chose to take refuge in Ning Chu very interestingly, and at that time, Ning Chu wanted to stabilize the place, so Cen Yingchen continued to be his Tuzhizhou.

However, with the gradual advent of the war in the southwest, there are already several divisions of the Southwest Group Army formed by the Fu Han Army stationed in Guangxi, and they will be ordered to attack Guizhou at any time, so the status of Sicheng Mansion at this time is more important, not only related to the passage of attacking Guizhou, but also related to the back road of the Fu Han Army.

In the Sizhou Mansion, at this time, everyone was talking and laughing, and it was the Fu Han Army who sent an envoy to negotiate with the Cen family.

Coming as an envoy was Deng Ziyi, deputy director of the General Staff Office of the Southwest Group Army, who originally served in the Privy Council, and then was transferred to the Southwest Group Army, and the first thing he did was to completely solve the problem of the Cen family, and the key point was to transfer the four thousand wolf soldiers of the Cen family to the subordinates of the group army and become a usable force.

Cen Yingchen of Sizhou Tuzhizhou sat at the top, and Deng Zi also sat in the first seat on the right, as for the other Cen family, like Cen Yingchen's younger brothers, Cen Yinghan, Cen Yingbi and Cen Yinglin Cen and others were on both sides, and they were not lively for a while.

"Lord Cen, the intention of this official to come here today, I think you also know it, we are all in the army, so we don't need to go around in circles......" Deng Ziyi had a smile on his face, but he was not polite at all when he spoke.

Cen Yingchen, who was sitting on the main seat, only drank a glass of wine and did not speak, but his younger brother Cen Yinghan said softly on the side: "Where the army arrives, the lower officials and others naturally know that 20,000 stone grain and grass have been prepared, just wait for the army to go north, and there will be no delay at that time." ”

"Oh?"

Deng Ziyi's face was not moved at all, he just said softly: "Could it be that Tuzhizhou, the capital of Sizhou, is Lord Cen Yinghancen?" But the name that this official knows is Cen Yingchen and Master Cen are right. ”

Hearing Deng Ziyi's unceremonious culture, Cen Yinghan's face instantly turned red, and he said in a low voice: "The meaning of this is also what my eldest brother means, don't worry too much about Lord Deng, you go back and tell Cheng Dashuai, although my Cen family is just a country people, but this little thing can still be done." ”

After saying this, Deng Ziyi's face became a little blue, and he sneered: "Your Cen family is not a small country people, who doesn't know that this Sicheng Mansion is the world of your Cen family?" The toast family that has been around for hundreds of years is really majestic! ”

"Hmph, it's ....... to be interesting"

"Shut up!"

Before Cen Yinghan could finish speaking, Tuzhizhou Cen Yingchen, who was sitting on the main seat, interrupted his younger brother coldly, and then looked at Deng Ziyi with an indifferent face.

"Master Deng, don't blame, my family is used to being a disciple, and this temperament is difficult to change for a while....... Hehe, the army has passed through Sizhou, and my Sizhou military and civilians should all cooperate, so let's do it, in addition to the original 20,000 stone grain and grass, the lower official will give another 3,000 taels of silver to show comfort to the army. ”

"Lord Cen's kindness, but this official understands it. As for the grain, grass and silver, I still don't bother Lord Cen....... I can't talk about anything today, so I'll leave the official! ”

A trace of coldness appeared on Deng Ziyi's face, so he didn't talk about it anymore, and walked away with his sleeves, but it made the faces of the Cen family members present turn blue one by one.

"Hmph, I don't know what to do!"

Cen Yinghan sneered, "Big brother, since they don't want our grain, grass and silver from the Han Army, we simply won't give it!" If we are forced to be in a hurry again, let's simply go to Ortai! ”

When Cen Yinghan's words were finished, the other Cen family members also clamored, they had been the overlords of Sizhou Mansion for hundreds of years, how could they have swallowed their anger?

"Nonsense, my Cen family has been inherited for 600 years, how can I be so decisive? Don't talk about it, if the situation is different today, since he wants to see the sincerity of the Han army, let's give him some sincerity! ”

Cen Yingchen said coldly: "Third brother, in two days, you will take our four thousand coyote soldiers, escort 40,000 stone grain and grass, and 3,000 - no, 5,000 taels of silver, and send them to Si'en Mansion." ”

Si'en Mansion is the temporary station of the Fu Han Army in Guangxi, and the distance between the two is not too far.

"What? 40,000 stone of grain and grass and 5,000 taels of silver? Big brother, how can this be true? ”

Cen Yinghan couldn't figure it out, in his original opinion, giving 20,000 stone of grain and grass and 3,000 taels of silver was enough, but now it has doubled, what else is wrong with this money?

Cen Yingchen sighed, "The Fu Han army is not easy to deal with - this time they came with tens of thousands of people, and being able to beat the Qing court like this shows that they are indeed not simple, as long as they don't come to embarrass my Cen family, they will give some silver if they have more silver, and they will be able to collect it from below after all." ”

"Hehe, the eldest brother is spicy, this grain and silver are one thing, our Cen family's four thousand coyote soldiers are on the other, if they refuse to give up, our four thousand coyote soldiers are not vegetarians!"

Cen Yingbi had a sneer on his face, he was not boasting, but in the entire Guangxi, the coyote soldiers of the Cen family in Sizhou could be called first-class elite soldiers.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, the coyote soldiers have become famous, in the Zhejiang anti-Japanese front, as well as the Liaodong battlefield there is no lack of coyote soldiers, these local armed forces formed by the Zhuang Tusi, not only very brave, but also its system is also very streamlined, very good at dividing the strategy of attack.

On the battlefield, the Guangxi wolf soldiers are usually a team of seven people, each army fights independently, four people in each team are dedicated to stabbing, and three people are dedicated to cutting off the head, so as to ask for merit and reward, and each time they charge, one person forward, the left and right people of the same army are shouting and attacking, to support, and when a team charges, the left and right units are supported, and the whole team closely cooperates.

When engaging the enemy, the wolf soldiers are also very strategic, often with the spear in front, the crossbow bearer guards on both sides, forming a sharp knife formation, and the troops are also very rich, divided into horse spearmen, foot archers, foot spearmen, waist soldiers, bird soldiers, firefighters, standard-bearers, crossbowmen, skirmishers, loose hands and so on.

In addition, because the wolf soldiers use the organization of the army and the people, the people in the same battalion are generally people of the same clan, and the clan law and discipline are replaced by military discipline, so everyone in each battle is brave and forward, with high morale and very strong combat power.

Even if Ortai now has 40,000 green battalions in his hands, he may not be able to please these 4,000 coyote soldiers, so for Cen Yingchen, with these 4,000 coyote soldiers, he has the confidence to dare to watch from the wall.

However, after Deng Ziyi returned to Si'en Prefecture, he immediately went to meet Cheng Ming, the deputy commander of the Southwest Group Army, and made the attitude of the Cen family clear.

"This generation is rampant, if our army is fighting with the Qing army on the front line in the future, they are secretly doing things in the back, I am afraid that it will be very disadvantageous to our army, and from the perspective of humble duties, it is better to exterminate it as soon as possible."

Deng Zi didn't speak like this because he was humiliated, in fact, he had already felt that dangerous atmosphere, if he indulged these toasts, he was afraid that it would cause great trouble in the future.

After listening to Deng Ziyi's words, Cheng Ming said softly: "Your Majesty has issued a decree, this battle to conquer the southwest, firstly, is to pacify the Qing army forces in the southwest, and secondly, to completely solve the Tusi in the southwest, to realize the transformation of the land and return to the stream, and must not compromise with it!" ”

"Since the Cen family thinks that they can break their wrists with my Fu Han army, then there is no need to be polite, send an order to the third division, immediately march into Sizhou, and uproot the Cen family for this commander!"