[283] Li Dingguo triumphs in Burma 1

The war against Myanmar is already on the verge of being launched, but Song Youliang's mind at the moment is domestic. Shortly after the surrender of Annan, Jin Yiwei sent Song Youliang a foot-thick investigation document, which involved the embezzlement, embezzlement of public funds, and the deduction of migrant workers' wages by officials of several state capitals along the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River during the river excavation project.

In fact, after a series of previous reforms, the officials of the empire were no longer under the previous low-income system, but implemented high salaries and incorruptible pensions, and there was a large amount of pension after the Zhishi. "Corruption~~" Song Youliang raised his head a little painfully, "Zhao Yu Shi Shi can be seen by law." ”

"Yes, sir."

After a stick of incense, Shi Kefa came to the side hall in high spirits, and he also held a stack of dossiers and notebooks in his hands. "Grandpa, the minister is also trying to meet Grandpa." Shi Kefa presented the notebook and others, "In the second half of this year, seven corrupt officials were investigated and punished, which was more than half less than last year, which shows that the rule of officials in my Ming Dynasty is being clarified." ”

Song Youliang smiled slightly and said, "Lord Yushi has worked hard. Saying that, Song Youliang pushed the dossier that was more than a foot thick in front of Shi Kefa and said, "Aiqing, look at this." ”

Shi Kefa was taken aback, "This is~"

"You know it when you see it." Song Youliang's expression began to become grim

Shi Kefa flipped through the file page by page, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and only turned more than ten pages, Shi Kefa's back was already wet, and he quickly fell to his knees with a puff: "The minister is guilty of negligence, please surrender to the grandfather." ”

Song Youliang said sternly: "My father has long abolished the kneeling ceremony, what are you still kneeling for?" ”

Shi Kefa hurriedly stood up, "Chen~~"

Song Youliang waved his hand, interrupted Shi Kefa, and said: "There is a huge Ming Kingdom, and all the official inspections are borne by you alone, and the burden is a little heavier." It's because I didn't think it through, so let's do it, you recommend one more person, and I will divide the Yushitai into two parts, the left and right, and you share it together. ”

Shi Kefa breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is a person who thinks it is very suitable. ”

"Who?"

"Liu Zongzhou."

"Liu Zongzhou? That old stubborn? Song Youliang smiled a little playfully

Shi Kefa also smiled, "Liu Zongzhou is a little pedantic, but he is upright, and he attaches great importance to character and integrity, and his self-discipline is very strict. It is only fitting that he will investigate and deal with the corruption of ink. ”

"Okay~!" Song Youliang said with a smile: "As long as he no longer holds a grudge against me, let him be a leader back then." ”

Song Youliang's worries are actually a bit redundant, Liu Zongzhou is very frank, and after returning to his hometown, he writes books and talks about studying knowledge, and he is also enjoying it. Later, I witnessed that the Ming Dynasty went from internal and external difficulties to prosperity, Shinong and industry performed their duties, and the people's lives were better day by day, and the original mustard in their hearts slowly disappeared

On this day, Shi Kefa rushed from Nanjing to Shaoxing to invite Liu Zongzhou out of the mountain, Liu Zongzhou still wanted to exert his residual heat in his heart, but he still said: "An Guogong dismissed my official back then, and now he has sent your brother to invite me out of the mountain. ”

Shi Kefa thought that Liu Zongzhou was really hating Song Youliang, so he persuaded: "At that time, the political views were different, but for greedy ink, An Guogong and the old brother are the same, and you can't wait to kill him quickly." ”

"Greedy for ink?" Liu Zongzhou's eyes widened, and he said: "I heard that now a prefect's annual salary costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, and after Zhishi, there is a sum of five or six thousand taels of silver to raise incorruptible silver, how can there still be people who are greedy for ink?" ”

Shi Kefa shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself who would be disgusted with more money? So he took out the one-foot-thick file and showed it to Liu Zongzhou, Liu Zongzhou turned a few pages, slapped the table, and scolded: "These silverfish of the country, the old man doesn't want to give up this old bone, and he also wants these silverfish to fight." Let's go~"

Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa immediately rushed to the Lianghu area, and Jin Yiwei's thunderous methods, coupled with Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa's iron-faced selflessness, a large number of corrupt officials fell in this storm. At this time, they learned that in addition to the Yushitai, there were also the pervasive Jinyi guards who were also monitoring them. The civil officials of Yushitai may be a little foolish, but Jinyiwei is not a joke, so whether it is out of their own self-cleanliness or reverence for the "Da Ming Law", the wind of greed for ink is almost extinct. Of course, it is inevitable to give some gifts during the New Year's holidays

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For the strategy of Burma, the Ming attacked in two directions. The north road is the Yunnan army led by Wu Sangui, with a total of hundreds of thousands; The east road is the expedition to Annam led by Li Dingguo, after the reorganization, there are 60,000 troops that can be mobilized, and there are 80,000 Siamese troops sent by the Siamese king Basethong to help the battle. However, the Ming Dynasty still submitted a credential to Myanmar in accordance with the principle of salute before the soldiers, asking Myanmar to return the Mengyang and Mubang regions that the Wanli Emperor rewarded them to the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time to reset the five major Xuanwei Divisions in the southwest region.

The five major consolation divisions are:

Mengyang Xuanwei Division (jurisdiction is in present-day Bhamo, Myanmar, west of the Irrawaddy River, east of the Naga Mountains, and is located in present-day Myanmar Monyang)

Mubang Xuanwei Division (the jurisdiction is equivalent to the northeastern region of present-day Shan State, Myanmar, and the seat of governance is in present-day Hingwei, Myanmar)

Myanmar Propaganda Division (in the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River centered on present-day Mandalay, Myanmar)

800 Missionary Divisions (located in present-day eastern Shan State, Myanmar and Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Lao Propaganda Division (in present-day Laos)

And said that in the capital of Ava, the king of Myanmar Ta Long received the letter of state sent by the Ming Rite Department, and suddenly tilted his nose angrily, four of the five major propaganda divisions are located in Myanmar, if these five major propaganda divisions are established, the northern part of Myanmar will be divided into the hands of the Ming Dynasty

Ta Long quickly made his choice, which was to refuse Zheng Tianrui's order to ask Donghu to surrender. Because in his impression, the Ming army is vulnerable, and his invincible 100,000 elephant soldiers will let the enemy learn what it is like to be afraid!

In the face of the Ming army's two-way attack, Ta Long's countermeasure was to fight the Eastern Route Army first, because Mangda seemed to be negligible with the 60,000 Siamese soldiers, and his real opponent was only the 60,000 Ming army led by Li Dingguo. He took his 100,000 elephant soldiers to the expedition, and if he fought more and fought less, he would definitely be victorious. After careful selection, Manda chose the location of the decisive battle on a plain near the Tani River. It is bordered by a primeval forest to the east and the Tani River to the southwest. With the exception of a few hills, the terrain is very flat, which is ideal for large-scale expansion of elephant soldiers.

When Li Dingguo heard the news, he sent people to dispatch ships as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he led his troops to the Tani River and set up a large camp on the west bank of the river. In the camp, Li Dingguo could clearly see the well-equipped and well-organized Burmese army on the other side. He Long also saw Li Dingguo's commander's camp, so he personally sat on the opposite bank to focus on defense. Li Dingguo carefully observed the surface of the river and the terrain on both banks, and knew that it was not easy to cross the river, especially the section of the river where Ta Long himself was stationed, and it was impossible to cross it. Even if the Ming warriors under their command are not afraid of sacrifice, neither can their horses. For his elephants were guarding the water's edge, and the strange behemoths and their strange roars frightened the horses, so that when the horses were drinking by the river, they would turn around and flee in fright. Although before this, Li Dingguo put the war horses of the Ming army and the elephants of the Siamese army together, hoping that the war horses would overcome their fears, but the result was still a failure.

On January 8, the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty, the boats to cross the river were quickly transported, and the Siamese soldiers unloaded the boats, and the big ones were dismantled into three sections, and the small ones were divided into two sections, and then loaded into large carts and transported. At this time, Li Dingguo divided the troops into three parts, quietly gave some orders, and began to move. I saw that on the west bank of the Tani River, there were either cavalry or infantry, and one team after another set off in different directions. On the river, ships of the Ming and Siamese armies sailed frequently.

All this seemed to be a harbinger that the enemy army seemed to be looking for the right time and place, ready to cross the river at any time. He did not dare to be negligent, and also led the elephant team to run back and forth on the opposite bank without stopping. This went on for several days, every day, and before the Ming army crossed the river, Talong's men and horses were already tired and out of breath.

After Li Dingguo tossed the Burmese army for a while, he brought food and other military supplies from all directions

A steady stream of operations towards the capital. Thus, in Thiron's view, it was clear that the enemy, having been blocked, seemed to be ready to remain on the bank of the river for a long time. Li Dingguo even sent a letter to the other side of the river, saying: "I have a lot of land and resources, and there are mountains of grain, I can station 100,000 troops here for a year, can Your Excellency?" ”

Although Ta Long knew that this was a big deal, he Long understood that it was spring now, and although the river would rise sharply in the summer, it would be more difficult for the Ming army to cross the river, but he couldn't wait. Because there is still an army of Wu Sangui in the north, which is approaching step by step. "Could it be that the Ming army is really deliberately delaying time here, just a feint, and the army from the north is the real main force?" He couldn't figure out Li Dingguo's true intentions and became hesitant. However, Ta Long did not catch his breath, and the Ming army began to harass at night again.

Li Dingguo personally led part of the cavalry to gallop left and right at the mouth of the riverbank, shouting charging slogans while galloping, and used all means to deliberately make a boil and a bustle, as if they were about to force the crossing under the cover of night. Taron tensed again. But after this had been going on for quite some time, Talong did not notice the enemy's actual maneuver except for the shouting of the voice. From this, he concluded that the enemy did not dare to actually cross the river, but only bluffed. From then on, no matter how he acted or shouted on the other side, he always stayed in the barracks and never came out again, and the large army was no longer dragged around by Li Dingguo like a fart. Talon simply sent sentinels all along the river.

Li Dingguo saw that he was paralyzed, so he began to take the next step. In the process of frequent troop movements, Li Dingguo detected a place in the upper reaches of the Tani River that was very conducive to the smuggling of his large troops. The place is less than 30 km from his base camp. There, the Tani River made a great bend to form a peninsula-like corner, covered with trees suitable for the concealment of the troops, and there was an island in the river, also overgrown with trees, which was never inhabited, and very appropriately obscured the view of the sentries on the opposite bank. It was in such a place where he was chosen to be smuggled out, Li Dingguo did not forget to pour some ** soup on the enemy on the other side in advance, he asked the soldiers to light a bonfire, shouted loudly, and worked for several nights in a row, secretly actively preparing to cross the river.