Li Li was completely desperate: "Surrender, go and surrender to the Ming Emperor, I will let him dispose of it, and he will kill or kill him, and I can't watch Annan be ruined like this." ”

Ye Yang and Jiang Xinlong took the smoke of more than a thousand killers to kill all the way back and again, except for cremating the bodies of the dead Ming soldiers and taking them away, they didn't think of burying or cremating the bodies of those rebel soldiers at all.

A large number of corpses were dumped in the wild, coupled with the already humid and warm weather and the rampant mosquitoes in Cochin, and the outbreak suddenly broke out without the slightest precaution or concern.

Li Li did not think about throwing the corpses that died of the epidemic under the city of Yi'an, after all, the number of rebels was already large, and the number of Jiaozhi natives who died of malaria was also quite large, and it was easy to get a few such corpses.

However, what made Li Li desperate was that all the cities under the control of the Ming army in the entire Jiaozhi had blocked all the city gates, and even if he had more corpses in his hands, it would be useless.

Throw it under the city?

As soon as the front foot was thrown, the corpses of the back foot were burned, and it did not play a role in spreading the plague at all.

Throw it in a water source?

People have their own wells in the city, and they throw their bodies in the water source in the wild, but in the end, it is the Jiaozhi natives who are unlucky, and the rebels who need to get water to drink in the wild, which will not affect the Ming army and the Ming people in the city at all.

What made Li Li even more desperate was that the rebels did not have much medicine in their hands, and there was no good way to treat malaria, and there were few doctors in the whole Cochin......

In fact, if Li Li went to Yi'an City or other cities controlled by the Ming army to take a look, it is estimated that Li Li would be so desperate that he exploded on the spot-

Zhu Laosi personally issued an edict requiring all state, government, and county officials to strictly follow the epidemic preparation manual issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs to seal down and isolate the city.

The epidemic brought up by Ye Yang's stupidity did not spread to other cities at all, because the blockade and isolation were carried out before the epidemic began to spread, and the final result was that except for Ye Yang and the thousand or so killers, the entire Yi'an was not affected much.

By the time ten days passed, the epidemic in Yi'an City had basically ended, but the epidemic in those places outside Yi'an City that were not controlled by the Ming army had intensified.

Li Li couldn't hold on at all.

First of all, a Jingguan frightened the Jiaozhi natives, so that the cochin natives centered on Yi'an did not dare to have anything to do with the rebels anymore, and there were no more people to report the news, and it became more and more difficult to obtain supplies through the cochin natives.

However, Li Li did not dare to plunder.

Although Li Li's brain is not very bright, no matter how stupid Li Li's brain is, he knows the consequences of once the army plunders-

The reason why the rebels can still maintain a fighting situation with the Ming army is because the Ming army is not as familiar with the terrain of Jiaozhi as they are, and once they plunder, those who are now neutral will completely fall to the Ming army, and even rush to lead the way for the Ming army to kill themselves.

It is precisely because of this understanding, coupled with the increasingly fierce epidemic now, that Li Li came up with the idea of surrendering.

If you surrender, you may die, but the chances of surviving are greater.

If you don't surrender, you may live, but the face of death is greater.

However, Chen Yuanfang, Fan Wenqiao and others did not agree to Li Li's surrender.

For Chen Yuanfang, Fan Wenqiao and others, after Li Li surrendered, it was possible to get a title such as Marquis of Guishun and Marquis of Duan, but these people were dead.

Unless these people kill Li Li first, and then surrender to the Ming army, there is still a glimmer of life.

It's just a glimmer of life.

Instead of fighting for that glimmer of life, it is better to persuade Li Li to leave Annam, whether it is to occupy the city or go west to Burma, the final result will be countless times stronger than now.

After glancing at each other with Fan Wenqiao, Chen Yuanfang bowed to Li Li and said, "Your Majesty, this epidemic was originally provoked because the envoys of the Ming army went to occupy the city, surrendering at this time, how can the king face the people of Annan?" ”

Fan Wenqiao also bowed down and said, "Think twice about the king." The people of Annam have been suffering for a long time, and the king raised his arms and shouted and the people of Annam obeyed, and now the king has descended to the light, and where are the people of Annam?

Therefore, the minister thought that instead of surrendering to the Ming Kingdom, the king should take this opportunity to go west directly into Burma or go south to Jiaozhi, which would also save the people of Annam from misunderstanding the king! ”

Chen Yuan bowed and said: "The minister thinks that the epidemic was originally caused by the Ming envoys going south to occupy the city, and now they are going to occupy the city, but I am afraid that the epidemic in the city is even worse than that of Annan, so it is better to directly take advantage of the time when the Ming army has no time to take care of it and enter Myanmar westward?" ”

Chen Yuanfang's words fell, and the other ministers in the entire "hall" also began to discuss it.

Listening to the ministers in the palace beginning to argue whether they should go west directly or first kill the Ailao Kingdom and then go west to Burma, Chen Yuanfang and Fan Wenqiao glanced at each other, and they both breathed a long sigh of relief.

As long as he doesn't want Li Li to surrender now, it doesn't matter whether he will go west to Burma or go west to Burma after killing the mourning prison.

Being persuaded by the civil and military ministers in the palace like this, Li Li also fell into a dilemma.

From the point of view of his heart, Li Li wants to surrender more, as long as the attitude on the surrender letter is more sincere and the words are more earnest, he can get a title of Marquis of Guishun anyway, and his wealth can be preserved.

But now the attitude of these civil and military ministers in the palace made Li Li hesitate a little-

Once they are impatient to surrender now, will these people kill themselves first, and then take their own heads and surrender to the Ming army?

After pondering for a long time, Li Li said with a gloomy face: "Attack the mourning prison first, and then enter Burma." ”

Chen Yuanfang was immediately overjoyed, and led the civil and military ministers in the "main hall" to bow to Li Li and said, "The king is wise! ”

Li Li's face did not look good at all because of the behavior of Chen Yuanfang and others: "Even if you want to go west to Myanmar, you have to discuss how to solve the current epidemic now."

Now there are two or three out of ten infected people in the army, and five or six out of ten people outside are infected with the epidemic, if they just leave, what should those infected soldiers and people do? ”

Chen Yuanfang lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, maybe it will work." ”

After getting Li Li's permission, Chen Yuanfang pondered and said, "Didn't the Ming army recruit our soldiers before?" It is said that as long as you work the construction site for ten years, you can be exempted.

In this case, the king can order the infected soldiers to surrender to the Ming army, if the Ming army accepts their surrender, they need to be treated, and they will naturally survive, and the same is true for the infected people.

If the Ming army does not accept their surrender, they will naturally hate the Ming army even more in their hearts, and they may pass the epidemic to the Ming army around the Ming army, which is also a double win for the king? ”

Being so pampered by Chen Yuan, Li Li really ordered the infected rebel soldiers and the people in the south of Jiaozhi who were secretly making peace with the rebels to rush to Yi'an or the nearest city to surrender to the Ming army.

And the Ming army's approach also made Li Li, Chen Yuanfang and others fall through the glasses - take it all!

Regardless of whether there were rebel soldiers and people running to surrender, the Ming army accepted them all and then arranged them to be dispersed and isolated outside the city, and there was no scene of the Ming army refusing to accept surrender as imagined by Chen Yuanfang.

Of course, it is naturally impossible for these rebel soldiers and people to surrender to Cheng to be treated like those Jiaozhi natives in Yi'an City who are determined to follow Daming.

First, they were placed in isolation outside the city, and then the well-protected Ming soldiers began to disinfect the resettlement site, and then doctors began to diagnose and treat these people, neither completely cured nor let these people die, anyway, it dragged on.

And then there was someone who was going to sell Li Li—

There is no difference between giving grain to Emperor Daming and giving grain to Li Li, anyway, they are all paying grain, and these people found that after surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, the taxes they had to pay were less than the taxes they had to pay to Li Li before!

What's more, at the moment of life and death, Li Li let his people run to the city controlled by the Ming army at the risk of being shot by the Ming army to wait for death, while Da Ming arranged doctors and medicines, which is equivalent to Da Ming giving himself a glimmer of life, so why can't Li Li be sold?

Even if you can't exchange it for glory and wealth, at least you can save your family from the fate of going to work as a laborer on the construction site, right?

It's just that to the disappointment of these people, the Ming Dynasty doesn't seem to have a plan to clean up Li Li, although these people who betrayed Li Li have been rewarded, but all the Ming army has not moved, which makes people a little confused.

Li Li didn't know that these people were planning to sell themselves, but after arranging for these people to defect to Cheng, Li Li had already taken the remaining soldiers who were not infected with the epidemic and went straight to the country of Ailao.

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Mr. Yuan Gen once said that the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, and those who choose to embrace the ideal are often awakened by the bones.

"The widow wants to know what is going on in this mourning country!"

finally ran to the border of Ailao Country with 300,000 five troops, but found that the city of Ailao Country was erected with big banners with clear characters, as if this was not Ailao Country at all, but the city of Daming!

What makes Li Li even more incomprehensible is that there are not one or two cities like this at all, but almost all the territories controlled by the Ailao State have already erected a banner with clear characters!

This inexplicable situation made Li Li unable to figure it out: "Send spies to check on the widow!" Find out! ”

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