The Ming army won a complete victory in the first battle, and the military and civilian brigades successively passed through the mountains and came to the Dongwu Heights west of the Dajinsha River (Innovady River).

Not long after, Diao Tuyu led the army to the Ping-Burma Propaganda Envoy and approached the Ming army camp.

Zhu Gaoxu received a report that Diao Tuyu had less than 10,000 reinforcements; Moreover, when the thinking and practice method was fighting with the Ming army in the mountainous area at the southern foot of Gaoligong Mountain, the Diao family did not move and did not block the thinking and practice method.

These things made Zhu Gaoxu feel disappointed, and the Diao family, the head snake, did not provide strong support for the Ming army.

However, at this time, the Ping-Burma Propaganda Division is indeed much worse than before. At first, the territory of the Ping-Burma Propaganda Division was very large, but it was actually a kingdom. After the large and small Tusi fell apart, it was changed to the Luchuan Ping Burma Military and Civilian Propaganda Division in the early Ming Dynasty; When Diao Tuyu took over, it was once again divided into two propaganda divisions, Luchuan and Myanmar.

Today, the biggest toast in this land is no longer the Ping Burma Division.

There are three main powers in the Burma-Dian region: in addition to the Sijia Mengyangsi in the north, Burma in the south-central part and Mubang in the east.

…… The Ming army camp was encamped on a relatively flat meadow, surrounded only by shrubs. This morning, the army of the Ping Burma Division finally arrived at the camp of the Ming army.

Zhu Gaoxu rode out on horseback with his generals and personal soldiers to greet the arrival of friendly troops. I saw that the open field was full of native soldiers, and the war elephant was walking leisurely, and he was about to ask where Diao Tuyu was.

At this moment, a cheerful orchestral piece of "Boom Woo Woo" sounded. Zhu Gaoxu followed the sound and saw a group of well-dressed people and elephants coming this way.

Two teams of men in colorful clothes walked and surrounded a huge elephant; Flags fluttered around, and there were even seven or eight women following. The elephant's back was covered with a yellow chair seat, an umbrella cover and a drapery, which was very gorgeous.

The military general Zhao Ping stepped forward and raised his hand to signal those people to stop. At this time, the clamor gradually subsided, and the well-dressed elephant stood meekly in place, and knelt down on the elephant's leg very obediently.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu rode to the elephant.

The two natives lay on the ground and arched their backs. After tossing for a while, a man and a woman finally walked down front and back.

The man is obviously Diao Tuyu, he is a man estimated to be in his thirties, with a good face, a thin body, and whiter skin than other natives. He wore a white skirt and a red and yellow satin robe, and a cylindrical hat on his head; A large ring in yellow gold and rubies stands out on the finger.

Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes, waiting for Diao Tuyu to come over slowly.

Ping-Burma's consolation made Diao's unhurried appearance make Zhu Gaoxu a little angry. After all, everyone has to share the stolen goods after the fight...... Diao's attitude of not wanting to make any effort, but wanting to share the benefits of jade, Zhu Gaoxu thought about it, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The man and woman glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing in the middle on horseback, and the woman said tentatively in Chinese: "You are His Royal Highness the King of Han in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Isn't it like that?" Zhu Gaoxu said casually with a wry smile. As he spoke, he rolled over and jumped off his horse, and the heavy armor made a "clang" sound.

Even in autumn, the sunny days were very warm, Zhu Gaoxu didn't even wear a cloak, a wide-brimmed hat of armor, and his face had already been tanned, which was not much different from the soldiers at first glance. So he didn't blame Diao for asking.

The woman said, "Don't dare." After she said that, she glanced at Zhu Gaoxu again, this woman's eyes were tired, and the corners of her eyes were drawn very long, so her eyes were a little charming and bold.

At this time, Diao Tuyu stepped forward and clasped his hands together and said: "We have never met His Royal Highness the King of Han, and we couldn't recognize it when we met for the first time, please forgive Your Highness." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhu Gaoxu hugged his fists and said, "Diao Envoy Jun came from afar, the journey is tiring, please go to the big tent to drink tea and take a breath." ”

Diao Tuyu bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought that the toasts at this time were all barbarians, but when he saw this Diao Tuyu, he felt that he was quite noble, and he spoke Chinese calmly, and seemed to have a little ink, but it was a little surprising.

The group came to the Chinese army of the Ming army, and a guard general hugged his fists and said: "Salute!" The guards lifted their weapons together, held spears and wooden poles in both hands, and watched Zhu Gaoxu and the others perform the military salute.

With neat movements and a straight queue, Diao Tuyu and the others looked sideways and deliberately took a look at those soldiers.

Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu called the guards to drill the queue and improve the appearance and skin of the army, which is still somewhat useful, and the first thing outsiders see is the military appearance. Diao Tuyu praised: "Your Highness's army is majestic and has the wind of the kingdom!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, not modest, and was about to strengthen his ally's confidence in victory at this time.

I don't know why a woman was brought to the big tent of the Chinese army by Diao Tuyu, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't ask her what her identity was, because it was inconvenient to inquire about other people's female dependents in the Ming Dynasty, unless the relationship was very good and someone else took the initiative to introduce her.

Behind the chair on the top of the Chinese army's tent, there is a silk map. After Zhu Gaoxu and the other sergeants served tea, they stretched out their hands and pointed to the picture and said: "From here to the Mengyang Division, east of the Dajinsha River and west of the remaining veins of Gaoligong Mountain, it is a flat plateau, dominated by grassland and shrub vegetation. ”

Diao Tuyu raised his head to look at the picture, looking very interested. However, at Diao Tuyu's location, it was impossible to see the details drawn on the map at all.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, skipped a paragraph, and said directly: "Three days later, let's join forces and go north." The Ming army was in the center, and the Ping Burmese army was divided into two wings, left and right, searching and advancing, and went straight to the Mengyang Division. Can Diao Zhijun do it? ”

Diao Tuyu nodded and said, "Under the order of His Royal Highness the King of Han." There is another matter to ask Your Highness, after our two armies defeated the Si family together, the land of Meng Yangsi will be owned by the Diao family? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "This matter will be discussed after the chaos of thinking and practicing the law is calmed down." However, our Ming Dynasty attaches the most importance to faithfulness, and the covenant signed before will not change. The jade pit gives Diao's dividends, each pit is 800 per year, and Yunnan officials and businessmen have the right to buy jade mines. ”

Diao Tuyu clasped his palms together and bowed, as if in approval. Diao Tuyu lives a luxurious life, and if he has money, he must be secretly happy in his heart.

Since the Ping Burma Army was an ally, and there were nearly 10,000 people, Zhu Gaoxu then began to inform Fang Xue, "Sixingfa was defeated at the southern foot of Gaoligong Mountain, and there were many people who dispersed. We should pursue while we are victorious, and we must not delay time.

This place is between the Dajin Mountain River and the Gaoligong Mountain, there is no danger to defend, and the king is determined to sweep away the resistance forces in this place, and go straight to the Mengyang Division. If Meng Yang's army relied on the terrain of mountains and rivers to attack and disturb, Diao Zhijun only needed to protect the two wings of the army, and the army continued to advance, coercing the old nest of the homesick family. Push it to a decisive battle! ”

After Zhu Gaoxu talked to Diao Tuyu very neatly about military affairs, he asked him to go back to the camp to rest and recuperate, and told him to be sure to start after three days.

The woman with tired eyes beside Diao Tuyu, when she walked to the door of the big tent, turned back and cast a meaningful look at Zhu Gaoxu. But Zhu Gaoxu pretended not to see it.

He didn't have much interest in the women of the Tusi chief, and he didn't want to affect military and political affairs for some bad things. What he cared about most in his heart was jade and a lot of silver and copper coins; The second is the border situation in Yunnan. On this trip, having fun is not in his consideration.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: If it weren't for the sake of profit, would I have come to this place with a full stomach?

…… After three days, the men and horses of each division marched out in turn, and spread out horizontally over the flat terrain. The soldiers of the army of the Ping-Burma Situ people were also moved to the two flanks of the army as promised. The coalition army numbered more than 30,000 regular troops and dingfu, and the horses, mules, donkeys, and elephants were not counted, and the army marched northward in a mighty way.

No resistance was met for the first few days. Zhu Gaoxu received a report that Tusi's friendly forces looted and slaughtered villages along the way one after another, and he sent people to order Diao Tuyu to discourage the indiscriminate killing of innocents; Diao replied that there were enemy troops hiding in the village. So Zhu Gaoxu suggested that the Tusi army should drive the people to the mountains, and after the army left, the civilians would naturally return to the villages.

Then it didn't have much effect, the military discipline of the native army was extremely poor, and they did a lot of bad things when they drove out the civilians.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Ming army did not massacre civilians. It is not that the soldiers of the Ming army are morally noble, but because the military discipline of the Ming army is still relatively strict at this time, everyone does not dare to easily violate military orders.

Zhu Gaoxu is not a sage, he just thinks that it is useless to kill innocents indiscriminately. The people who were wronged and had debts and owners, and slaughtered the Ming army mines, were not these villagers; Killing indiscriminately cannot take revenge on the real enemy. Annoyance and anger can only be a sign of powerlessness, and even homesickness does not necessarily care about the life or death of the villagers.

The native villagers are also aware of current affairs. A few days later, when the villagers along the way saw the Ming army wearing iron helmets, people did not run, but took out some melons, fruits and grains to please the soldiers.

At this time, sporadic battles were taking place in all walks of life, and the main force of Meng Yangsi had not yet appeared. The coalition forces fought some homesick local military villages.

The right-wing Ping Burmese army besieged a military fortress for a day, delaying the speed of the army. The next day, the Chinese army of the Ming army sent troops to reinforcements, and by the time Zhu Gaoxu rode to observe, the battle was almost over.

The military fortress on that hillside had been sunk into flames and smoke. All kinds of artillery and rockets of the Ming army were in a circle, still firing, and the entire hillside and village were as if a volcano had erupted, and there were flashes of fire on all sides.

The chaotic local soldiers ran out of the military village, and the hillside was full of people, in addition to the local rout, there were also chaotic Ming army households, they scrambled to go up with knives to cut off the head.

No matter how the remnants of the native soldiers screamed, the Ming army soldiers were not soft at all, and cut their necks with knives. It was as if they were not cutting heads, but reaping the crops.

It didn't take long for many military households to gather in one place with bloody heads, and the civilian and military generals of the Chinese army burned their heads with matches while counting the numbers. It's like they're doing business.

At this time, the scouts of the escort army had dispersed to a large army more than ten miles away, but they had not yet found a large number of enemy soldiers.

The coalition forces are advancing every day, and they are getting closer and closer to the city of Mengyang Sizhi.