After the reconquest of Kunming, I did not celebrate the achievements in a big way, let alone be arrogant, but gathered Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Zhang Zhao and others to discuss the next strategic plan.

The reason why we want to discuss the next strategic plan is actually what I mentioned earlier, because now the vast area of western Yunnan and the whole of Sichuan are still in Tsering. Dorje's hand.

These areas are the places where our Han people live in the world, and they should be taken back no matter what.

When it comes to the next strategic plan, Liu Wenxiu took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, Sichuan was originally a place for the last general to guard, but the previous general was incompetent, so it fell into the hands of Tibetans, so please let the last general lead troops to recover Sichuan!" ”

Liu Wenxiu is right, although Kunming has been recovered, but in terms of strategic position, Sichuan is far higher than Kunming.

Sichuan crossed the Qinling Mountains to the north and entered the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi, and to the west it could control the Tibetans from re-incurring; At the same time, Chengdu, the land of abundance, is also a large granary behind the imperial court, which is of great significance to the imperial court's future Northern Expedition.

After Liu Wenxiu finished speaking, I said: "General Liu, since you have this heart, then I will allow you to lead troops to Sichuan!" But this time you can only succeed, not fail! ”

"The last general will not fail in his mission!" Liu Wenxiu said generously.

After arranging Liu Wenxiu, Sun Kewang stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, since you have asked the third brother to recover Sichuan, why don't you let me recover Western Yunnan!" ”

Sun Kewang has a strong desire to fight, but I don't want him to go to western Yunnan, but I have other arrangements for him.

I pointed to the military map and said: "General Sun, the land of western Yunnan will be recovered by me personally, and you will lead your troops north to Sichuan with General Liu, but you don't have to go to Chengdu, but you will guard the archery furnace and wait for Tsering. Dorje. Once Tsering. Dorje has arrived at the Arrow Furnace, you must kill him! ”

The reason why I wanted to send Sun Kewang to fight the arrow furnace was because I deduced that after the First World War in Kunming, Tsering. It is highly likely that Dorje fled back to Chengdu.

Think about it, once Chengdu is breached, then Tsering. Dorje will inevitably flee west to the Archery Furnace.

So I arranged for Sun Kewang to go to the arrow furnace, just to intercept and kill Tsering. Dorje, don't leave him a chance!

Although I didn't explicitly tell Sun Kewang, Tsering. Why did Dorje appear in the Arrow Furnace, but he was quite smart, knelt on the ground and said, "The emperor has such a layout, the last general will admire!" ”

After arranging the combat mission in Sichuan, I said to Zhang Zhao: "General Zhang, you can go to western Yunnan with me!" ”

Zhang Zhao smiled and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

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After the strategic plan was set, I held a banquet in King Mu's mansion and practiced it for my main generals.

When I saw the banquet, I couldn't help but talk about the Western Regions man I met on the West Mountain.

After talking about the Western Regions man, everyone talked about Ganzhou and Suzhou in the Hexi Corridor, as well as the vast area of the Western Regions.

Originally, I thought that the Hexi Corridor and the entire Western Regions were still under the control of the Ming army, but as soon as I heard from them, I found that since Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, these places have not been subject to the management of the imperial court, but have their own policies and dominate one side.

After learning the news, my heart was very sad.

You must know that during the Han and Tang dynasties, Gansu, Xinjiang, and even the vast areas west of the Green Mountains were controlled by our Han Dynasty. For this reason, the emperors of the Han and Tang dynasties also set up the Western Regions Protectorate and the Anxi Protectorate to protect the safety of merchants traveling to and from the Silk Road.

Unexpectedly, in the Ming Dynasty, the national strength declined, and the inherent land of these Han Dynasty was already out of the control of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh for a while, raised my head to a glass of spirits, and then said to everyone: "Although the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions have been separated from the imperial court for a long time, the imperial court cannot ignore them. When I have quelled the rebellion of the thieves, it will be time for you generals to march westward! ”

After hearing this, everyone generously raised their glasses and said in unison: "The ministers keep in mind the emperor's mission!" ”

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The day after the banquet was finished, Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang took more than 30,000 people and horses to start a trip to liberate Sichuan; As for me, I took Zhang Zhao and others and personally led a 10,000-strong army to leave Kunming to recover western Yunnan.

Since before Tsering. Dorje pressed his heavy troops in Kunming, which led to the unusually weak Tibetan troops stationed in western Yunnan, and I took Zhang Zhao with me to quickly recover the Chuxiong military and civilian government.

After the recovery of the Chuxiong Military and Civil Mansion, the army broke through Nanhua, Tianshengtang, Xiangyun and other military strongholds, and killed Dali within five days.

In Dali, Tsering. Dorje did not have many troops left, and the Ming army broke through the city of Dali in less than half a day, and I even killed Tenzin Karma, the main general who defended the city.

After the first battle of Dali, the army began to ban the military and civilian mansions in Lijiang along the ancient tea horse road.

Since the northern part of the Lijiang Military and Civilian Prefecture is the place where the Tibetans of Yunnan live, there are many more Tibetan soldiers stationed in Lijiang than in Chuxiong and Dali before.

But I don't know exactly how many there are and where they are armed.

In order to fight this battle well, I sent an envoy to Lijiang in advance to inform the Naxi Mu Tusi, hoping that they could join forces with the Ming army and annihilate the Tibetans in one fell swoop.

But what I didn't expect was that the army had captured the military stronghold of Heqing in the east of Lijiang, but the messenger I sent did not return for a long time.

This inevitably worries me.

Just when I was worried, the messenger ran back and told me that the Mu Tusi of the Naxi tribe in Lijiang had rebelled against the imperial court and had become a gang with the Tibetans.

After hearing this, I couldn't help but think of the historical records that during the Ming and Qing dynasties, many ethnic minorities in the southwest saw that the imperial court was turbulent, so they openly disobeyed the will and did not listen to the command of the imperial court.

It is precisely for this reason that during the Kangxi period, Kangxi directly introduced a policy, which was the policy of "changing the land and returning to the stream" that had a far-reaching impact on later generations.

The so-called "changing the land and returning it to the stream" is to weaken the rights of a small number of local officials, and let the Han officials appointed by the imperial court manage the minority areas.

To put it bluntly, it is a bit like the policy implemented by the state in ethnic minority areas today, where the first leader always belongs to us Han people, and the second leader is reserved for ethnic minority compatriots.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see that in many ethnic minority autonomous counties, the county magistrates are all ethnic minorities, but the secretary of the county party committee is definitely Han.

The greatest advantage of such a policy is that it is convenient for the imperial court to administer the minority areas. It is precisely because of the introduction of this policy that after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places have never been separated from the jurisdiction of the central government.

Thinking of this, I secretly decided in my heart that when I recovered western Yunnan, Lao Tzu would implement the "reform of the land and return to the stream", and abolish all those Tusi who did not obey the order and were dispatched by the imperial court.

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Although the Lijiang Mushi Tusi followed the Tibetans, I was not afraid of it, but stationed the army in Heqing, and then sent scouts to Lijiang to find out.

Three days later, the investigators brought back a military map of Tibetan troops stationed in Lijiang.

I took the map and looked at it, and most of the Tibetan soldiers were deployed by the river in the east of Lijiang City, trying to intercept and kill the Ming army by the river.

In view of this, I divided the army into two routes, one led by Zhang Zhao, along the Ancient Tea Horse Road to the west, from the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain back to Lijiang City; The other way, led by me, went directly east from Heqing to Lijiang.

Due to the long and circuitous journey of Zhang Zhao's army, after I brought the 3,000 Ming army to the mountains east of Lijiang City, I did not continue to advance, but waited for Zhang Zhao's arrival.

The soldiers of the Ming army stood on the top of the mountain, and when they leaned down, they could see the Tibetan soldiers stationed by the river at the bottom of the mountain.

Seeing that the stupid did not pull a few Tibetan soldiers, the Ming army was hungry and wanted to rush down and kill them immediately.

Some people even complained to me, saying that there was no need to wait for Zhang Zhao, and that we would 3,000 people to deal with these thieves.

Looking at the wolf-like Ming army, I couldn't help but think of the poem written by Mu Yingxi when he was in Lijiang: The beacon fire and wolf smoke shine on the west of Yunnan, and the iron clothes are broken on the battlefield of a hundred battles. Where to bury the bones of the loyal in Cangshan, and flatten the barbarian Han people's settlement!

Thinking of Mu Ying's work, the blood in my heart instantly boiled, like the soldiers of the Ming army, I also wanted to rush down immediately and slash these Tibetan soldiers.

However, once the success is achieved, I cannot rely on the speed of the moment, regardless of the safety of my brothers, and have no chance of winning.

So I endured it again and again, and waited for Zhang Zhao for two days.

Two days later, Zhang Zhao's army arrived at the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

When the Ming army guarding the mountain beam saw Zhang Zhao coming, they didn't let me agitate at all, and one by one, like wolves and tigers, they rushed towards the Tibetan soldiers under the mountain with their knives.