Yang Qing's forged holy decree finally won Zhu Cihong's acquiescence......

Of course, what if he doesn't acquiesce?

The holy decree was issued, and on the same day that King Fu received the holy decree, most of the vassal kings also received the same holy decree.

Because of the previous persecution by Yang Qing, in addition to King Gui and King Jingjiang, there were also King Qi and King Song who followed the emperor, King Ding and King Yong, who were continued to be captive by Li Zicheng, and the remaining clan vassal kings who did not die were all thrown in Huaixi and even Huaibei and Huguang. How can they care who issued this holy decree, anyway, at this time, just be honest, let them come to Zhongdu to worship their ancestors! No matter how Yang Qing is, it is impossible to attack them, that would be too much of a loss of identity!

In particular, Yang Qing was kind enough to give a check to his family......

This is the cost of the journey.

5,000 yuan for a family's travel expenses.

Don't underestimate the 5,000 yuan, at this time, many vassal kings may not be able to earn these in a year.

Not every vassal king is a blessed king.

King Fu is rich because the first fief far exceeds the quota of 100,000 mu, and his fief was divided by Zhang Yan and not by Yang Qing, and it is directly the designated area on the map rather than measured. The second and most important point is that his fiefdom is all owned by one person, he is only the second generation of Fu Wang, and of course no one else has separated from him.

But those that have lasted for many generations are really stressful at this time.

After all, not every vassal king is in a high position like the Tang king, and it is a lot of money every year, and there are still some commercial benefits in Yunnan.

Taking King Jing, who was originally sealed in Qichun, as an example, after the fertile land in Qichun was taken away by Yang Qing and used to settle Zuo Liangyu's troops to change to Huangzhuang, he took a family of thousands and had to go to Macheng, which was most severely damaged by the war before. But because the surrounding is full of imperial villages, and it is not as large as King Fu, even if it is barren, he can raise sheep, raise horses, and even have lakes to fish, he can only reduce the land rent to 30% before someone goes to him to rent land and open up wasteland, 100,000 mu has been recultivated less than 30,000 yuan so far, and the rent is 20,000 yuan a year, and the average person who distributes it to the whole family is less than 30 yuan......

It's better to be a soldier!

Now the men of the Jingwang family either farm their own fields or do small businesses, and most of them have given up their fiefs, and there are some who really run to become soldiers to find a way out.

5,000 yuan!

That's also a quarter of the annual income of the entire Jing King's fiefdom.

Of course, no one cares about them.

Yang Qing's decree was not directed at them.

The real targets, King Gui and King Jingjiang, also received the holy decree a few days later, and their reaction was not unexpected, and the two kings all refused on the grounds that they were sick and could not go north, but then the armies of Ganzhou and Hengyang began to move south to Shaoguan and Yanguan. At the same time, the Nanyang Fleet on Hong Kong Island returned to Humen, and the 18th Army of the Nanning Metropolitan Division quickly moved north, and engaged in a skirmish with a group of wolf soldiers, who were brave enough to be shot in line. The vanguard of the 18th Army Lingui County followed by the local poor people rebelled, opened the city gate and let the Ming army enter the city, the Ming army easily captured Guixian, and then began to fight the local tyrants and release grain, and then in a cheer, the cavalry appeared in Xunzhou, that is, under the city of Guiping.

Liangguang immediately became a rumor.

Obviously, after taking down Jin Shenghuan, Yang Qing's claws finally extended to Liangguang again.

Especially Guangxi.

After experiencing the backstab of the Ming army last time, the gentry of Guangxi already knew very well how vicious Yang Qing's move was, as long as the big move of fighting the local tyrants and dividing the fields while marching was released, then nothing could stop them! Unless it is blocked in the field, as long as they reach the outside of the city, then no matter how strong the fortress is, it is useless, as long as you see the banner of the Ming army, you will basically wait for the city to break!

Ninety percent of the people in the city are worried about opening the door to them, and what fortress can withstand such an attack from the inside out?

Then they can only beg for mercy.

Strict.

The fortress is completely European.

The main fort is a hexagonal fort, through manual excavation to transfer the spirit canal into the outer ditch of the main fort, forming a large open water, but there are angular forts outside the trench, like a small island to communicate with the main fort by bridges, these angular forts are also connected by walls.

And around them there are still moats.

Ships entering and leaving Guangxi had to enter Yanguan first, and then sail under the muzzles on the main fort and the outer forts, so that once the garrison of Yanguan locked off the entrance to the east, the attackers did not open the fortress, and did not expect logistics to transport through the Ling Canal. However, the defenders can use the spirit canal to continuously receive supplies from the rear, and even if the enemy bypasses the strict pass and locks off the water transportation from the rear, the city still has enough reserves to resist. This era is not the Mongolian cavalry that went south, relying on the advantage of mobility to bypass the water transport node to attack the city, after entering the age of firearms, fighting regardless of logistics is suicide, even if it is really replaced by those Mongolian cavalry back then, and then bypassing the strict pass to attack Guilin, it can only be self-defeating.

The cannons at the head of Guilin will teach them how to be human beings.

And to attack the pass, you must face the bastion system that is more than ten meters thick and wrapped in a solid hard shell.

There were 10,000 defenders, including a large number of European and Japanese mercenaries, totaling more than 200 light and heavy guns, the heaviest cannon of the same level as the Kamui Invincible General Cannon, which was also equivalent to the 32-pounder cannon in Europe. Because it is surrounded by flat ground, and the main fort of this fortress is two-storey, the heavy artillery at the highest point is fully equipped with the Ming army's Shenwei invincible general cannon bombardment ability, and even the same is equipped with mortar cannons, and there are also flowering shells.

Therefore, the Ming army was also very worried about it.

After all, with the experience of the battle of Geranza City back then, the generals of the Ming army knew that this thing was difficult to fight.

And Yanguan is far beyond the city of Geranza.

But it's just an attention, after all, no matter how strong a fortress is, it can be solved by a siege, and it is true that the strict pass is not easy to fight, and it is true that the material reserves are sufficient, but can it last for a few years in the siege?

After three years of sleepiness, what fortress is useless!

What's more, with the arrival of Nanning, there is no need to attack Yanguan at all, and it is much simpler to stab from Nanning's back.

In the autumn wind, a four-wheeled carriage came from the east along the official road and stopped outside the city gate, and then the carriage dropped off the drawbridge on the opposite side, and stopped at a fort, and the passengers in the carriage walked out, accompanied by the waiting officers, and continued forward, and then crossed the bridge to the gate of the main fort, and there were already many people waiting for him at the gate.

"Brother Gu, what did they say?"

A man in a civilian uniform stepped forward and said eagerly.

Gu Yi, the official of Guilin Mansion and the envoy sent to Hengyang by Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang, shook his head solemnly.

The sages who were waiting for him immediately lamented.

"Is it really irretrievable?"

A fellow sage looked at him with a blank eye and said.

"It's not really irretrievable, I heard what they mean as long as the king goes to the southern capital, what Yang Qing wants is just the king's will!"

Gu Yi said.

"But can the king come back when he goes to Nandu?"

Zhu Hengjia's confidant Sun Jinding said.

Gu Yi smiled awkwardly.

"What Gu Tuiguan means is that Yang Qing may not want to annex Guangxi, he just wants the king to go to the southern capital, and he just wants the king to listen to him and obey the holy decree he sent, but he actually has no intention of getting involved in Guangxi's territory?"

The old countryman pushed Sun Jinding away and said.

"Not only that, they also want us to give Xunzhou and Wuzhou to them."

Gu Yi said.

"They want to force us to go to Qinzhou?"

The other townsman immediately understood.

Then all the village sages suddenly realized, they are all smart people, this kind of thing can be understood as long as you think about it, why Yang Qing wants King Jingjiang to go to Zhongdu to worship his ancestors is an excuse, the real reason is that Yang Qing can't tolerate them not to go to Qinzhou and go to Guangzhou. After all, if you go to Guangzhou, the customs just established in Qinzhou Port not only cannot collect taxes, but also causes a large number of workers who make a living from it to lose their jobs, which is the reason why Yang Qing is unhappy.

It's the silver that's the point.

"That's not unacceptable!"

A countryman said with a relaxed expression.

Indeed, if it is not unacceptable for this alone.

They go to Guangzhou is purely a battle of will, but they don't go to Guangzhou without paying taxes, they all pay taxes, so Guangzhou or Qinzhou are the same, the transportation of the Xijiang River is indeed more convenient, but the shipping route of Qinzhou is shorter, and it is more convenient for their merchant ships to load goods in Qinzhou.

It's not worth tearing your face with Yang Qing for this little thing.

After all, if you really fight, you will definitely lose.

They know this in their hearts, Yanguan is just a bargaining chip, and they can't really expect a Yanguan to block Yang Qing, not to mention that now the Ming army in Nanning has been in Xunzhou.

"We're too careful!"

The fellow sage let out a sigh of relief and said.

"Let's go, go back to Guilin immediately, it is said that this sacrifice to Renzu is indeed a big deal, and the king is also the long house of Renzu in the end, and if you don't go, it will indeed be a loss of filial piety!"

Another villager said.

"So what do we do?"

Several villagers from Xunzhou and Wuzhou shouted anxiously.

This is even abandoned by them!

"What to do? Are they all the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still robbing you like bandits? Besides, the officials and soldiers went there to protect you, the Yao people in Datengxia have not been very honest recently, and the Duke of Chu is also to stabilize the place! ”

The fellow said righteously.

Then they left the dumbfounded Xunwu Erzhou Xiangxian together, and walked happily towards the passenger ship at the pier.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can you bear to let the king die?"

Sun Jinding said angrily in the back.

"Ridiculous, the holy decree is just to summon the king to Zhongdu to worship the ancestors, how can the king say life and death? Even if Yang Qing's traitorous ministers harbored evil intentions, did the king ignore filial piety? Ancestor worship is a big deal, even if there is danger, you can't retreat, if Yang Qing is really mad and dares to murder the king, of course we can't sit idly by, the king is not without a son, there is a son, then Yang Qing don't want to take my Jingjiang Domain! ”

The old countryman turned around and said.

"Yes, the king is gone and there is still a son, what is so terrible about this!"

Other villagers chimed in.

Then they boarded the ship without looking back.

Later, Sun Jinding was speechless with grief and indignation, and together with the few Xunwu Erzhou sages who were also abandoned, he stood by the Lingqu in late autumn like an abandoned woman......