Zhu Yang first activated the Dali Duan clan and used their fame to bring some places in his fiefdom into submission.

Dali Duan began to establish Dali in 937 AD, and successively ruled most of Yunnan for more than 400 years, even after the Mongols destroyed Dali in 1254, they still appointed Duan as the governor of Dali, and managed Yunnan together with the king of Liang canonized by Kublai Khan. Duan Xingzhi, the last emperor of Dali, served as the governor of Dali for another seven years after the fall of Dali.

The general manager of Dali Duan passed on the thirteenth generation, and it was not until the fifteenth year of Hongwu that the Ming Dynasty captured Dali, and the hereditary Duan family was completely eliminated. "The land of the Duan family is extinct so far."

After the fall of the Duan regime, the clansmen were divided into several branches, some of which were migrated to Yanmen Pass by Zhu Yuanzhang, and some were migrated to Wuchang, Huguang, and those who stayed in Yunnan also left Dali and scattered all over the country.

After repeated choices, Zhu Yang got Duan Guiyi, the son of Duan Ming, the penultimate governor of Dali, back from Wuchang and asked him to assist him.

Relying on the prestige of the Duan clan and the military deterrence of the Ming Dynasty, including the battle to quell the Daogan Rebellion in the 31st year of Hongwu, Zhu Yang successfully subdued most of the local officials assigned to him, and could collect money and food from them, and he could also send troops to follow them in battle.

However, although several of the most powerful Tusi are also very deferential on the surface, they are not so easy to talk about when it comes to key issues, including the Mu family in Lijiang, the Si family in Luchuan, the Han family in Mubang, the knife family in Meng Yang, the knife family in Meng Lian, and a Tusi force that he successfully appeased after his arrival: Meng Gen's knife family.

These big families are very powerful, with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in their hands, and tens of thousands of troops can be recruited under the system of military and civilian integration. The reason why they are willing to obey his orders to a certain extent is because they are afraid of the Ming behind him.

Since Zhu Yang wants to use this as a feudal country, he can't tolerate this situation, and he also needs Liwei when he first arrives in Yunnan, so he pondered fighting in the second year of Jianye.

He originally targeted the big Tusi in the territory under his jurisdiction, such as Mengyang or Mubang and Luchuan. Especially in Luchuan, originally Mengyang, Mubang and other toasts were subordinate to the Luchuan Propaganda Envoy, and the Ming Dynasty was also afraid of Luchuan; However, in the first year of Jianye, Luchuan Yuan Tusi Si Lunfa died, and the successor Si Xingfa was unable to maintain such a large country, so the Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to canonize ten local officials and split Luchuan. Zhu Yang originally wanted to fight Luchuan and completely eliminate the power of the Sijia.

But at this time, he learned that there was a country called Myanmar in the south of Mengyang, and this country was quite strong, often fighting with Mengyang, Luchuan, and Mubang, and also harassed Meng Lian and Meng Gen.

After learning about the strength of Burma, Zhu Yang first felt that the army he could mobilize now was enough to defeat Burma; Second, after all, Mengyang and these places have already expressed their submission to the Ming Dynasty, and they have not rebelled recently, and they are nameless; Thirdly, Mengyang has a feud with Myanmar and will try his best to fight Myanmar, and he can also take this opportunity to consume the power of these Tusi. So he decided to send troops to Burma, and at the same time conscripted all the local officials in his fiefdom to send troops.

At this time, Zhu Yang sat on the main seat, pointed to the map on the table, and said to his generals and local officials: "In this expedition, we have mobilized a total of 27,000 Han troops, 4,000 Shunning, 4,000 Dahou, 7,000 Lijiang, 16,000 Mengyang, 15,000 Mubang, 10,000 Luchuan, 10,000 Menggen, 6,000 Menglian, 5,000 Mengding, and 6,000 other places, a total of 110,000 troops, and we will definitely be able to break through Burma." ”

The reason why Zhu Yang waited until this time to formulate a battle plan was because although some local officials promised to send as many troops, in fact they might not actually send so many troops, and he had to determine how many troops would participate in the war first.

'The Mu family in Lijiang obviously promised to send 8,000 men, but in the end there were 1,000 less; The army sent by Meng Lian Tusi was too small, and only 6,000 people were sent because I was not on the southern front. But it doesn't matter, these troops are enough to defeat Burma, and when the battle is over, it will be used as an excuse to punish Meng Lian for sending a toast. Zhu Yang thought.

He continued: "Lone intends to divide the army into two ways. Among them, the northern route was led by Gu himself, with 22,000 Han troops,......, a total of 86,000 people. ”

"Most of the armies on the North Road are now assembled in Mengyang City, but Gu has already sent 5,000 Mengyang troops and 5,000 Han troops to be stationed in Jiangtou City. It was the southernmost city of Mengyang Tusi, and the troops now stationed in Mengyang City also set off for Jiangtou City, from where they marched south by land and water, along the Dajinsha River (Irrawa River) to attack Taigong City, the northernmost city in Burma, and after capturing Taigong City, they continued down the river until Ava, the capital of Burma (near present-day Mandalay, Burma). ”

"The southern front is dominated by Mu Ang, with 10,000 Meng Gen, 6,000 Meng Lian, 13,000 Mubang, and 5,000 Han troops, totaling 34,000 people. Now that they have gathered in the city of Sibo in Mubang Tusi, they will also attack Burma along the Ava River (Nandu River), and finally join up with the Northern Route Army led by Gu himself under the city of Ava and besiege the city of Ava. ”

The crowd did not speak. This combat deployment has been known to everyone before, and there is actually no other better route to march. Unlike the Central Plains, many places in the southwest have not yet been developed, and there are only three routes from Yunnan to Burma: one is the northern route this time, the other is the southern route this time, and the other road is from Longchuan (Ruili) and attacks Ava through Monmi (now Monmit, Myanmar).

Among them, the whole territory of the Longchuan-Mengmi route is in the territory of Luchuan, and now not only Zhu Yang has the intention to completely kill Luchuan, but Luchuan's thinking and practice method also hates the Ming because of the Ming Dynasty's split Luchuan, so he is very afraid that the thinking and action method will destroy their army in the territory with a hot head, so he does not take the Longchuan-Mengmi route, and the army of Luchuan is also transferred to the northern line to fight with the army.

After that, Zhu Yang instructed the armies of each family who was the middle army, who was the rear army, who was the left army, who was the right army, and who was the front army, and each appointed the chief general. The Han army had only 22,000 people in total on the northern front, and Zhu Yang did not dare to disperse these real main forces too much, so the left and right armies were both Tusi's troops, and the main general was also Tusi.

In the end, Zhu Yang said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't have much to say, since this time I am following my Ming Dynasty to fight, then I must obey my Ming orders, if there is a disobedience and violation of military discipline, Lone will definitely not be emotional!" ”

The people present said one after another, skillfully or unskillfully: "Your Highness, but please rest assured, we will absolutely obey Your Highness's orders. If any of the ministers do not obey the order and do not wait for His Highness, the ministers will dispose of that person first. ”

Zhu Yang suddenly smiled again: "Lone actually knows that you won't do such an unwise act, but I'm afraid that your subordinates will act recklessly. Since you all said that you should strictly restrain your subordinates, then Lone has nothing to say. ”

He smiled at Meng Yang Tusi Dao Mu Dan and said, "Lord Dao, why don't you serve us food?" Why, Lord Dao still regrets this meal? ”

Dao Mudan smiled: "Your Highness, where are you talking about?" No matter how poor I am, I can afford to entertain a meal. Then he instructed his son Dao Siluan to say a few words in Thai. Dao Siluan hurriedly stood up and went out.

Dao Mudan said to Zhu Yang again: "Your Highness, I, Meng Yangren, will not entertain distinguished guests in such a small place, please come with my ministers." ”

Zhu Yang hurriedly followed him out. After walking for a while, I came to a clearing in the middle of the stockade.

Dao Mudan turned his head and said to Zhu Yang: "Your Highness, I, Meng Yangren, entertain distinguished guests, not only with food and wine, but also with singing and dancing. Your Highness hasn't seen the songs and dances of our southwestern peoples, right? ”

"Lone in Yongchang and Dali, Shunning, Qujing, and Kunming, I have seen the songs and dances of the southwest people, but I don't know if it is the same as you here." Zhu said.

Dao Mudan listened to his words, his heart was relieved, and he said with a smile: "The songs and dances of Yongchang and Dali are different from those of my Mengyangren, Your Highness can see how the songs and dances of my Mengyangren are different from them." ”

"Oh, that's going to take a good look." Zhu Yang said with a smile.

However, Luchuan's Si Renfa and Meng Ding's sword name and others were disdainful in their hearts. What song and dance of the Mengyang people is not the common song and dance of their Dai people? It's just just just in time for His Royal Highness King Min to come to your Mengyang first.

Of course, Dao Mu Dan couldn't hear the voices of Si Renfa and Dao Mingjiao, and even if he heard it, he wouldn't care. Dao Mudan arranged for Zhu Ling and others to sit down in the place where the gorgeous carpet was laid, and then began to let people perform songs and dances while arranging the dishes.

He first introduced to Zhu Yang: "This is our famous sour meat, which is made of beef marinated and then fried. It is very sour and has a strong aroma. ”

Zhu Yang tried to take a bite, and immediately showed a disgusted expression, and said, "What kind of taste does this taste like!" Still, he swallowed the food in his mouth.

Dao Mudan saw that Zhu Yang didn't like sour meat, so he asked people to take away all the sour meat in front of him, and immediately served the second dish.

"Your Highness, this is the fire fish of our southwestern nation, Your Highness will taste it?" Dao Mu Dan said a little nervously.

Zhu Yang also carefully took a piece and tasted it, but this time his brows immediately relaxed, and said: "Yes, soft and sweet, very good." ”

Seeing that Zhu Yang liked it, Dao Mu Dan said with a smile: "Your Highness will eat more if you like it." ”

Zhu Yang ate all the fish in front of him, and asked unsatisfactorily, "How to make this dish?" ”

"Your Highness, the method of this dish is to remove the gills and internal organs of fresh fish, wash it, mix chopped green onions, ginger, minced garlic, etc. into a filling, put it into the belly of the fish, fold the head and tail, and then bundle it into a cross with lemongrass grass, and the outer bread is made of banana leaves, buried in charcoal or hot ash after firewood is burned, and the banana leaves and citronella grass are taken out and put on a plate." Dao Mudan said again: "If Your Highness likes it, the minister will send a chef to His Highness's palace." ”

"It's not necessary, why do you have to eat food all the time." Zhu Yang said.