Since Mu Tianbo agreed to surrender, the next thing was naturally arranged by his eldest brother Mu Tianze.

Mu Tianze quickly sent people out of the city to the Tang army camp outside the city to inform Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang army, about the surrender. At the same time, he also sent personnel to inform the defenders of the city and the people in all streets and alleys of the news that Kunming City had decided to give up resistance and return to the Tang army.

The defenders and the people in the city of Kunming were originally waiting for the arrival of tomorrow's cruel battle in a panic, but when they suddenly heard this good news, they suddenly thundered with joy and rushed straight to Xiaohan.

The originally lifeless city of Kunming was suddenly brightly lit and full of vitality as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and the people who survived the disaster poured into the streets to celebrate this sudden precious vitality.

In the troubled times, human life is like grass, and the people who escaped from the tip of the knife have indescribable joy in their hearts.

Soon, even more exciting and joyful news came from the camp of the Don army.

Huang Degong, the mayor of the ninth town of the Tang Army, immediately agreed to the surrender of Kunming City after meeting the envoy sent by Mu Tianze. He also assured the envoy that as long as the safety of the city treasury was guaranteed and handed over to the public in a unified manner, the entire defenders of the city would be able to save their lives without blame. After the Tang army entered the city, it would definitely be in order, and the autumn would not commit any crimes, and it would never infringe on the people in the city.

Moreover, Huang Degong particularly emphasized that in addition, as long as the Mu clan cooperates with the Tang army's actions, so that Kunming and even other areas in Yunnan give up opposing the Tang army, and all of them successfully surrender to the Tang army, the property and lives of the Mu clan, as well as the official titles and titles, can be extrajudicial and all retained.

Tang Jun's favorable conditions made Mu Tianze and the others feel deeply happy, and everyone was overjoyed. In addition to their excitement, they decided to go out of the city overnight to discuss in detail with Tang Jun how to cooperate with Tang Jun next.

What they didn't expect was that Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo at this time, made a small request.

"Second brother, third brother, Zhongxian, Zhongliang, now that the Tang army has agreed to our surrender, then after the Tang army enters the city, Kunming City will be taken over by it. So this prince wants to climb to the top of the city again before surrendering, and then look at the old scene in the city, okay? ”

Mu Tianbo's request, although it is a bit weird, but for Mu Tianze and the others, who are in a state of excitement and excitement, this small request can be completely satisfied.

So, they surrounded him through the streets and alleys, and then climbed the city wall road, all the way to the east gate of Kunming.

Ascending to the top of the city, Mu Tianbo held the battlements with his hands, looked at the brightly lit and well-organized Tang Army camp outside the city for a long time, and then turned to stare at the lights and familiar streets and alleys in Kunming, but the expression on his face became more and more complicated.

He stared blankly at the scenery in his eyes, his expression obsessive and yearning, allowing the night wind to blow his beard, but he didn't seem to realize it at all. It is as if the familiar Kunming City in front of you is the most rare beauty in the heavens on earth.

It's just that at this moment, his eyes gradually filled with moist tears.

Seeing him suddenly look like this, Mu Tianze, the eldest brother standing beside him, felt an inexplicable panic in his heart, and subconsciously asked: "Brother, why is this so, are you sad?" ”

Mu Tianbo didn't answer, but stared at it for a long time before slowly turning around, looking at Mu Tianze on the side, and said in a low voice: "Tianze, my brother is thinking, if you want to surrender to the Tang Army, it's actually not bad for your brother." “

"Brother, what do you mean by that?"

Mu Tianbo smiled miserably and sighed: "It's a pity, the Mu family has been loyal to Daming for hundreds of years, but now, there is not even a person who is willing to be loyal to Daming, which is too ridiculous." So, brother, I think, since I surrendered to the Tang Army, it is enough to have you, then let me be the last person in the Mu family to die for the Ming Dynasty. ”

After Mu Tianbo finished speaking, the whole person instantly exerted his strength, he slammed forward, jumped on the pheasant, and jumped down.

"Big brother, don't!"

Mu Tianbo screamed, and hurriedly reached out to pull it, but only grabbed the hem of Mu Tianbo's shirt.

Only a soft sound was heard, and Mu Tianbo's clothes were quickly torn off, and he fell silently down from the city like a weightless log in the gloomy night.

"Big brother!"

"Father!"

Mu Tianbo's sudden martyrdom caused Mu Tianze, Mu Tianrun, Mu Zhongxian, and Mu Zhongliang to be surprised. However, they reacted quickly and hurried down to the city, and when they lit the torches, they only saw Mu Tianbo's bloody corpse.

When Mu Tianze saw this tragic situation, they all knelt on the ground and let out a loud cry of grief.

And the news of Mu Tianbo's death also quickly spread into the city, and the people in the city who were originally happy to celebrate were also very sad to see Mu Tianbo die for the Ming Dynasty.

Mu Tianze and the others cried bitterly for a while, and then they had to give an order to let their subordinates bury Mu Tianbo's body alive and wait for dawn before mourning. Then, Mu Tianze and the others put on heavy filial piety and went to the Tang military camp to discuss matters.

Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, was surprised when he saw Mu Tianze and others coming to the camp with heavy filial piety, and hurriedly asked why.

Mu Tianze choked up and briefly told Huang Degong about Mu Tianbo's death and the reason why he died for the Ming Dynasty.

However, although he sighed in his heart, he was thinking that although it was a pity that Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, was martyred for the Ming Dynasty, it was actually a good opportunity for Tang Jun.

After all, now that Mu Tianbo is dead, this Mu family, and even all the forces under it, is the only one who is the eldest brother Mu Tianze. And this Mu Tianze is now bent on befriending the Tang Army, serving the Tang Army, and preserving his own power and wealth in this way. Such a character may be more suitable for the Tang army that wants to recover Yunnan.

So, Huang Degong ordered a grand funeral ceremony for Mu Tianbo the next day, and buried him in the Mu family cemetery outside the city. At the same time, Mu Tianze was ordered to temporarily replace all of Mu Tianbo's duties, and his title of Duke of Qianguo was also inherited by him to show his trust.

Huang Degong's arrangement made Mu Tianze and the others grateful, and everyone competed in front of Tang Jun to express their allegiance to Tang Jun.

Next, after the Tang army ceremoniously buried Mu Tianbo, with the help of Mu Tianze, successfully surrendered the rest of the Mu clan in Yunnan Province, and even many Tusi forces also surrendered when they heard the wind, and they gave gold, silver, grain and straw to the Tang army to show their submission. Therefore, as soon as the Mu clan fell, it made a great contribution to the Tang army's sweeping of Yunnan Province and eliminated many obstacles.

Therefore, after taking Kunming, in just a month, the Tang army had taken most of Yunnan except for western Yunnan, which was occupied by Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui. Even some remote Tusi, which were temporarily out of reach of the Tang Army, also expressed their surrender one after another, and they wanted to completely draw a line with the original Hongguang puppet dynasty.

Of course, not all toasts are so aware of current affairs, and there are some toasts who want to take advantage of the current chaos in Yunnan to expand their territory and plan interests.

Among them, the king of Tusi Shadingzhou is a model of ignorance of current affairs.

Sha Dingzhou, a native of Nanbao Hekou, Yunnan, is the son of Sha Yuan, Wang Lane Tusi. His father, Sha Yuan, once conquered Shuixi with the same reputation as Amipu, suppressed the rebellion of Lu'an, and had a small reputation in Yunnan. Since the death of his father, Sha Dingzhou has inherited the position of Shayuan Wang Lane Tusi.

Sha Dingzhou was a man, cunning and greedy, co-opting local bureaucrats, bribing Mu Mansion, and controlling the elites of the clan, setting up the local authority of the Ming court, so that the people no longer knew that there were Ming officials, and under his rule he was like a soil emperor.

After the death of the reputation of Tusipu in Amizhou next to him, his wife Wan remarried Dingzhou, and the two Tusi became one, and Shadingzhou's power increased more and more. The land under his rule, including Nanbao in Yunnan, arrived in Mengzi County; North Bao Maitreya Prefecture, arrived in Luxi; East Bao Yan Mountain, arrive at Qiubei County to govern the west; It is located in the east of the Red River in the southeast of Yunnan and the vast area in the west of Wenshan, and is one of the most powerful local Tusi in Yunnan.

The vast territory and strong strength naturally gave birth to great ambitions.

Under the secret planning of Tang Guest, a member of Lin'an Mansion (Wan's brother-in-law), Sha Dingzhou planned to take advantage of the good opportunity of the battle between Mu Mansion and the Tang Army, and wantonly annexed the weak Tusi next to him and the land of the rest of the Mu Clan, so that he would become stronger and stronger, and even eventually become the true master of the land of Yunnan.

Such unrealistic ambition and greed naturally became the first target of the Tang Army.

In the words of Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, that is, if you don't kill this fang, how can you subdue the Tusi, and how can you show the prestige of our Tang Army.

At a time when Shadingzhou was still expanding to the surrounding areas, the Tang army had quietly gathered troops and ordered the mobilization of the rest of the Mu clan, as well as Shiping Tusi Long Zaitian, Wei'e Tusi Wang Yangzu, Ningzhou Tusi Lu Yongming, Jingdong Tusi Diao Xun and other departments to attack Shadingzhou's old nest Ami.

Seeing that the Tang army and the Tusi coalition army were attacking together, Sha Dingzhou was very panicked, and immediately retreated and returned to his homeland, and urgently discussed countermeasures with his wife Wan Shi and brother-in-law Tang in the cottage hall.

"Two, now the Tang Army and the Tusi are allied forces, and they want to attack my Ah Mi with all their might. And our army's strength and equipment are not enough to confront the other side, but what should we do now? ”

Sha Dingzhou, who was stout, trembled slightly, looked around the two of them nervously, but what answered him was an awkward silence.

Sha Dingzhou was very annoyed when he saw that the two were silent, and his gaze as pressing as a knife blade stabbed straight at his wife Wan's face, intending to ask her to speak first.

Wan Shi had no choice but to reply stubbornly: "The head of the family, I think it is the opinion of his wife, now that the Tang army is coming from afar, if our army wants to defeat him, the only way to defend it is to defend it with geographical advantages, set up obstacles all the way, set up ambushes along the way, and constantly send people to snipe and kill his soldiers, so that he is tired and helpless, and when the veterans of his division are tired, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, the way to win."

After listening to Wan's strategy, Sha Dingzhou frowned.

Because he knew that Wan's strategy seemed reasonable, but in fact, it was difficult to implement.

After all, if the Tang army came alone, Wan's strategy of sniping and ambushing along the way was still feasible. However, with the Tusi from all over the country leading the way, any ambush soldiers they set up on the road would be easily seen by them, and they would not have the effect of a surprise attack at all.

Sha Dingzhou sighed softly, and his sharp gaze fell on his brother-in-law, the Han Tang guest.

Guest Tang kept his head down and kept brushing his beard, but he felt the pressure of Sha Dingzhou's gaze, and finally had to bite the bullet and step forward and reply: "Sha Leader, Madame's words, although they are reasonable, but they are too difficult to implement, and with the help of other Tusi, I am afraid that the Tang Army will attack all the way, and it will definitely be able to peek through our army's attempt." In my opinion, if we want to defeat the Tang army and keep our foundation, there is only one way, but we can try. ”

Seeing that the most trusted strategist spoke like this, Sha Dingzhou's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "What is the good plan for the guests, but you can speak quickly!" ”

Guest Tang replied in a deep voice: "Sha Chief, now that our army is retreating to Ami, we must first fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and strictly prevent grain and grass from falling into the hands of the Tang army, so that it cannot get supplies on the spot. Then, the main forces can be concentrated in the dangerous terrain of Gelong (now Dehou, Wenshan County), and the Sha leader and his wife will share the danger and defend the important places, and at the same time strictly guard the Tang army to send troops to sneak attack. In addition, the generals Chen Changming, Tie Laohu and others were sent to set up camp on the periphery of the Gelong, each based on a mountain, and the soldiers and horses of each battalion were dozens of miles apart, and they were each other's horns. At the next level, it dispatched and contacted the various armies, so that they could pay close attention to the movements of the Tang army, so that they would have no chance to take advantage of it. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Ke paused, took a deep breath and said: "As long as the Tang army cannot quickly conquer our army's strong fortresses and various passes, then, if they come from afar, the grain and straw will not continue, and when the veterans of their division are tired and unable to persevere, they will have to retreat obediently." ”

Guest Tang's words made Sha Dingzhou nod again and again.

"Excellent! According to what the guests said, arrange the troops and garrison them on the spot, Lao Tzu can't defeat the Tang army, and he will consume them alive! Sha Dingzhou slapped his thigh heavily, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "When they have no choice but to retreat, Lao Tzu will send troops to pursue again, and they will definitely be able to catch the Tang army by surprise, and they will definitely make those lackeys of the Tang army suffer heavy losses, and make them regret that they have been enemies of our army!" ”

Next, Sha Dingzhou immediately began to arrange troops according to Tang Guest's strategy, and was fully prepared to meet the Tang army.

Soon, the Tang army, who came to the boundary of the territory, heard the report of his sentry cavalry.

The sentry told him that now the department of Shadingzhou is doing its best to defend Ami Gelong, and the rest of the troops are stationed in other important places on the hills, all of which are steep and difficult to attack, and the road is difficult to walk.

After listening to the report of the sentry cavalry, Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He originally thought that he had come all the way to find the main force of the Shading Continent Department as soon as possible, fight it face to face, and wipe it out in one fell swoop. But he didn't expect that this Shadingzhou was avoiding a fight, only thinking about sticking to its place, intending to rely on the dangerous terrain and abundant reserves to fight against himself, and have a long-term attrition confrontation, which was indeed a great surprise to him.

So what should we do about the current situation?