Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, took the newly recruited army and the original garrison to the border between Chuxiong Mansion and Yunnan Mansion to call for battle, and now the troops in Chuxiong City are very empty.

Zhang Dingguo led a large army to attack suddenly, and the defenders of the city did not even have time to react before the city was broken.

After entering the city, the Onishi army did not burn and loot, but maintained considerable restraint.

In this case, the people of the city were very cooperative.

In their opinion, it does not make much difference whether the Ming army controls the place or the Great Western Army controls the place. The same must be fed, and the same must be served.

They just have to live their own little life, and they don't need to think too much about other things.

After Zhang Dingguo took Chu Xiong, Mu Tianbo's situation was extremely embarrassing.

He led the army to the border to call the formation, just to give Qin Liangyu space, and he didn't plan to really fight.

If the rebels of Shadingzhou came to pursue him, he would immediately lead his troops to flee back to Chuxiong City.

But now that Chuxiong has been conquered by the Great Western Army, he has been cut off from retreat, so he can only grit his teeth and evacuate to northern Yunnan.

After all, there are still some toasts there who support him, and it is safer than staying under Sha Dingzhou's nose.

Although Mu Tianbo wanted to cooperate with Qin Liangyu to fight a beautiful encirclement battle, he gave up considering the actual situation.

Except for the one or two thousand soldiers that Yang Weizhi knew about the soldiers, Mu Tianbo basically had recruits on hand.

Trying to win a battle with these recruits is tantamount to a dream.

Mu Tianbo knew very well that as long as these soldiers encountered a defeat, they would collapse in an instant, and the defeat would be like a mountain.

Mu Tianbo didn't plan to joke with his net worth, although he was extremely brave, but the heroes couldn't stand the crowd.

The big husband can bend and stretch, and forbearance for a while is the king.

As for Zhang Dingguo, there was no further action after occupying the Chuxiong Mansion.

He knew that there would be a big battle between the Ming army and Shadingzhou, so he was very willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Of course, he immediately ordered someone to send the good news of the capture of Chuxiong Mansion back to Sichuan.

The messenger then came to Chengdu via Jianchang and presented the good news to Emperor Zhang Xianzhong of the Great West.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was drinking happily and was stunned when he heard the news.

Then he laughed loudly and said, "Our Lao Tzu really didn't see the wrong person. Dingguo is really our Lao Tzu's Han Xinna. ”

Among the four righteous sons, Zhang Kewang's ability to deal with internal affairs must be the strongest. But if you want to say that you can fight the most, it must be Zhang Dingguo.

Zhang Wenxiu can be literate and martial, between Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Kewang. Zhang Nengqi is worse in all aspects, but he is also a rare general.

Zhang Xianzhong can have today largely because of these four righteous sons who are desperately serving.

Zhang Xianzhong got up and paced a few steps in the hall, waved his hand and ordered: "Call all the three princes, we have something to say." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was on the rise, pouring down a glass of wine, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he saw the scene where Zhang Dingguo defeated Kunming and planted the military flag of the Great Western Army in the head of Kunming.

If Sichuan and Yunnan are connected, the strategic depth of the Onishi regime will be greatly increased.

Whether it is the southward march or the westward advance of the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong does not have to be afraid.

In fact, why doesn't Zhang Xianzhong want to take Yunnan? It's just that he always felt that he didn't have a chance.

Although the Great Western Army claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops, there are actually only 100,000 soldiers who can actually fight. These hundreds of thousands of people look like a lot, but it is barely enough to guard against the sneak attack of the Eastern Captives and the Ming army at the same time.

If a large number of men and horses are allocated to attack Yunnan, Sichuan may fall at any time.

However, Zhang Dingguo only proposed to lead a few thousand people to raid.

This plan will not cost too much of the deployment of the Great Western Army. Zhang Xianzhong finally agreed.

In Zhang Xianzhong's opinion, Zhang Dingguo can fight one or two states and counties at the best, even if he can't beat it, it's nothing. Anyway, it can also take advantage of the situation to stabilize the rule of the Great Western Army in Jianchang.

Who would have thought that Zhang Dingguo would actually eat Chuxiong Mansion in one go, and drive Mu Tianbo, the old man, to northern Yunnan to eat ashes.

This is really cool, cool!

At this time, the internal official reported that the three princes had arrived, and Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand to bring a few people into the hall.

Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, and Zhang Nengqi entered the hall in turn to salute, and then stood respectfully with their hands tied.

Although the three of them are majestic on weekdays, they are always obedient in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

"Haha, let's get good news. Guess what, Dingguo took Chuxiong Mansion! ”

Zhang Xianzhong was very excited, swallowed and foamed at the mouth and continued: "Our Lao Tzu called a few of you here to discuss what we should do next?" ”

Zhang Kewang pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "Congratulations to my father." Erchen thought that he should send more troops to take Kunming. ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded.

Zhang Kewang's thoughts coincided with his. Kunming is to Yunnan what Chengdu is to Sichuan.

Why did Sha Dingzhou suddenly gain so much support for toast? It's not because he took Kunming and drove Mu Tianbo away.

If the Great Western Army can take Kunming, these wall-toasters will definitely swear allegiance. In this way, at least the Great Western Army did not have to worry about ruling in Yunnan in a short period of time.

"What about Wenxiu, what do you think?"

Zhang Xianzhong set his eyes on Zhang Wenxiu again.

Zhang Wenxiu replied unhurriedly: "Father, now that a big battle will inevitably start between the Ming army and Sha Dingzhou, Erchen thinks that we can hold our troops for now, and then come out to clean up the mess when they are both defeated." Of course, it is okay to send troops to Yunnan first. ”

This line of thinking is to seek stability.

"What about Nengqi? How do you think we should decide? ”

Zhang Nengqi is the least present among Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons.

Originally, he didn't plan to speak out, but since Zhang Xianzhong called his name, he could only bite the bullet and say: "The two brothers have finished everything that the son wants to say." The sons thought that this matter should be decided by their father. ”

Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a moment and said, "Which of you is willing to lead troops to Yunnan?" ”

The hearts of the three sank at the same time.

It can be seen that Zhang Xianzhong attaches great importance to Yunnan, and he even wants to send two sons to Yunnan to fight for territory.

Zhang Kewang didn't really want to go.

First, the conditions in Yunnan are difficult, and it is far better to stay in Chengdu. Second, he is not good at leading troops into battle. When I arrived in Yunnan, I am afraid that the military power would also have to be annexed by Zhang Dingguo, and all the credit would become Zhang Dingguo's.

So he hung his head and was silent.

Zhang Wenxiu hugged his fists and said: "Erchen is willing to invite Ying." ”

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he heard this.

Zhang Wenxiu's ability to lead troops is second only to Zhang Dingguo among his four righteous sons, and he is a rare general. With him leading troops to reinforcements, the possibility of the Great Western Army capturing Kunming will increase a lot.

"Okay, how many people are you going to take with you?"

Zhang Wenxiu hugged his fists and said: "Ten thousand people are enough." ”

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said: "Let's give you 15,000 people, and the 5,000 people in Dingguo will make a whole, if you can't beat Kunming, you won't come back!" ”

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