"What about people?" Wan Cailian asked with a gloomy face and a sharp voice.

She really didn't expect that so many people would be killed right under her nose!

"Madam, the twenty-five horsemen are all here, but the Ruan envoy is missing!" A general clenched his fists and said.

When Wan Cailian heard this, she was slightly stunned, and then immediately asked angrily: "Who can do it?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, look at the wounds, everyone and horses have been hit by arrows, and the force is very great, it seems that they were injured by a crossbow, and then they were hacked to death. Everyone was intercepted and killed, and there should be quite a few people coming. According to this estimate, it is likely that the imperial court did it! ”

Wan Cailian listened, turned over and dismounted vigorously, and the gold and silver jewelry hanging on her body collided, making a clanging sound. Moving to the corpse, apparently not shy away from the corpse, he leaned over to examine the wound himself. The general immediately pointed out the wound in a flattering manner.

After inspecting a few corpses, it was indeed as the general said, Wan Cailian's face was even more annoyed, she sneered again and again, and shouted sharply: "The court is corrupt, the emperor is mediocre, he can't beat us and use such despicable means, it seems that he is really worried that we and the Ruan clan will unite!" ”

At present, it has been so long since the rebellion was raised, but the imperial court could not do anything about it, and did not enter the army at all, but could only try its best to defend. Pu Mingming led the troops to try to fight out, but was blocked by the surrounding Tusi, and on the side of the rear base camp, Wan Cailian was in charge, but he didn't expect that the imperial court would come to assassinate the Ruan envoy because he couldn't beat it.

Whether the emissaries were captured or killed, they inevitably hindered their progress in obtaining firearms from the Nguyen Thi. What's more, this messenger made Wan Cailian very satisfied, and when he said it, he simply said it to his heart, and no one on Annan's side could compare to his beauty, and Lord Ruan had heard of his beauty and reputation, and he was amazed by it. No, I also gave a lot of expensive gifts to myself!

Wan Cailian thought so, immediately turned over and got on the horse, and at the same time shouted to the general: "The court really thinks that the old lady is muddy, and the old lady is bullied, prepare it, the old lady will personally lead the troops, and she wants to teach the court a lesson!" ”

After saying that, he galloped his horse and whipped his whip, apparently riding well, and rode away.

This woman is indeed as beautiful as a flower, not only fascinated her fame, but even the generals below are also confused by her beauty, and they mostly listen to her. Even if she is angry now, it will have a different flavor, so that the general will not come back to her senses until she rides away.

He naturally knew that his wife was also a person who knew the soldiers, and he usually had a lot of advice for the master.

At the beginning, the lord didn't want her to meddle in the war. But she said that Qin Liangyu, the wife of Sichuan Shizhu Tusi, is not still a woman, but still leads troops to fight, and there are a few men who can compare. That is to say, when leading troops to fight, don't look at whether they are women, but whether they have the ability! She Wan Cailian is no worse than that Qin Liangyu!

After hearing this, the lord saw that she insisted, so he tried to let her manage part of the military power, and as a result, in the competition of several teams in private, the team led by Mrs. fought as hard as chicken blood in the competition, and defeated several other teams, and finally established Madame's position in the army. It is also for this reason that the lord led the troops to the battle, and the military and political power in the rear was all led by the wife.

Now that Madame's order has been handed down, it is obviously not just talking. Okay, just follow your wife to teach the court a lesson.

At this time, they and the generals below all had the same idea as Wan Cailian. If the imperial court had the strength, it would have sent troops to suppress it a long time ago. But now they can't mobilize troops, and they all rely on the surrounding Tusi to check and balance. I heard that Zhu Xieyuan has no soldiers under his hands, and now he is temporarily cramming and is recruiting troops on a large scale, hehe, the court is really incompetent!

The most important thing is that the old man once worked as an errand under Zhu Xieyuan and understood Zhu Xieyuan's methods. According to what the old man said, Zhu Xieyuan is only good at countering and letting the toast fight himself. If the Tusi who raised the army did not mess up himself, then Zhu Xieyuan would not have been able to quell the rebellion of Lu'an so quickly. It's no wonder that there is nothing to do about it, so it began to destroy the alliance between this side and the Annam Nguyen clan. It seems that the imperial court only has this little means.

Thinking so, when he returned to Amizhou City, Wan Cailian was already gathering troops.

At night, the prefect of Ami Prefecture is full of soldiers, but in the back office, it is the maid holding the plate, and the river is endless, in and out.

In fact, there are only three people dining in the huge house. One of them is Mrs. Wan Cailian of Zhizhou, but her pomp is very large. There was one of her who sat on the upper seat, and the maids who served the food first brought the dishes in front of her, and the maids took the dishes for her, and put them in the golden bowl in front of her, and she ate them first, and if she was not satisfied, she frowned, and the maids took the dishes down, and those who were appetizing would stay on the table.

The rectangular table is actually full of dishes. On the other side of the table, a man and a woman sat opposite. There were only three people, and there were at least thirty dishes on the table.

was eating, Wan Cailian suddenly slapped the table and made a "pop" sound. When the maids saw this, they immediately held their breath and stepped aside. The two people opposite her looked up at the sound. I heard Wan Cailian say angrily: "This matter can't be finished, the imperial court can't do anything on the frontal battlefield, so it even uses this kind of assassination method to do it outside the city of Amizhou, the old lady can't bear this breath!" Guests? ”

When the man heard this, he first looked at the woman opposite, then stood up, turned to face Wan Cailian and hugged his fists and responded, "I don't know what my sister commands?" ”

This person's name is Tang Guest, and he is Wan Cailian's sister, that is, the husband of the woman here, a student of Lin'an Mansion, that is, a Xiucai.

"The government doesn't know your identity yet." Wan Cailian looked at the Tang guest and ordered, "In this way, you will go to Kunming to see if there is a chance to get close to the old immortal, spread the news, and I will send someone over when I turn around!" ”

Don't underestimate the identity of the Tang guest's show, it is really in Yunnan Province, there are very few talents, he can be a showman at a young age, at least he is famous in the local area. Otherwise, Wan Cailian's sister would not have married him. In the original history, he was the mastermind of Wan Cailian, and he played the role of a military advisor.

"This ......" the Tang guest dragged a long voice, a little hesitant.

He knew that the old thing that this domineering daughter-in-law sister was talking about was referring to the prominent governor Zhu Xieyuan. With his identity, it is very difficult to get close to such a court official. The thing she ordered was very difficult to do.

Seeing him like this, Wan Cailian's brows furrowed, stared at him and said, "This is a matter of the way, if you can achieve the best, it doesn't matter if you can't." The main thing is that you go to Kunming and act according to the opportunity. The old lady doesn't believe it, there is no other thing that the toast does not contradict in this kind of thing? There are also service houses and children's schools or something, and they have to be implemented in the territory of Tusi, why? ”

In the territory of the toast, according to the previous practice, everything is the final word of the toast. As long as Tusi pays tribute to the imperial court, after receiving the edict recognized by the imperial court, he is a local emperor. Of course, this is actually just a formality, and the toast is hereditary.

Almost all the Tusi did not allow the people in the territory to read and write, let alone participate in the imperial examination. All of them are actually slaves of Toast, and Toast has absolute power over them. The leaders of Toast's subordinates are almost all hereditary.

The reform of the land means that the hereditary ruling power should be abolished, and the imperial court will send magistrates for a certain term of office to govern it, which is the same as the management model in the interior. In this way, the biggest loss of profit is undoubtedly Tusi and his equally hereditary leaders.

The Tusi system, far back to the Tang and Song dynasties, flourished in the Yuan, the Ming Dynasty has realized that to change this situation, there is a change of land and return to the stream, but the change of land and return to the stream is very slow, and later because the court has no money, no soldiers, the north, the Central Plains erosion, resulting in the southwest Tusi has no time to take care of, and it is even more impossible to change the land and return to the stream. After the Manchu Dynasty stole Kyushu, it continued to implement the policy of changing the land and returning to the stream, and therefore, the rebellion of the Southwest Tusi, even the most prosperous Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was not uncommon.

For Xiucai's Tang guest, his identity as a Xiucai is very important in Lin'an Mansion in the southwest. But if the imperial court sets up a children's school, there will be more children, and there will be more talents. Nor is this something he can tolerate. What's more, he is Wan Cailian's brother-in-law, in this Ami Prefecture, it can be said that he is a human being, if the general reputation and Wan Cailian are suppressed by the imperial court, his good life will be gone. No matter what way you put it, there is no reason why he shouldn't help Wan Cailian.

Therefore, after Wan Cailian drank angrily, he finally stopped hesitating, and immediately agreed, promising to leave the next day.

When Wan Cailian heard this, she turned her anger into joy, and said to the Tang guest: "When you go to Kunming, you should bring more money." Those court officials are all goods that see money, as long as they use money to open the way, there is nothing that cannot be done. It would be best to say that other Tusi would rebel, even if they couldn't, it would be good to hear the truth and truth of the imperial court clearly. ”

"What my sister said is very true!" Guest Tang replied flatteringly.

Wan Cailian made a gesture, and the maid standing next to her went over to serve her for dinner, and herself, after pondering for a moment, looked up at the Tang guest and said, "The imperial court is obviously useless, and the local guard is rotten, so you don't have to worry about this." The only thing I'm a little worried about is whether the imperial court will jump over the wall in a hurry and transfer the white pole army far away in Dongwu? ”

"It shouldn't be, the imperial court has just destroyed Dongwu, if the white pole army is transferred, aren't you afraid of the resurgence of Dongwu's side and fall short?" Guest Tang frowned, a little worried in his heart, but he still thought about the good.

Wan Cailian listened, she pondered again, and then frowned and said: "No matter, even if the White Pole Army comes, what if she Qin Liangyu can lead the troops to fight, can't I Wan Cailian?" Besides, with Qin Liangyu's man's wife, she has a beautiful old lady, and she doesn't have this woman's capital at all, she is so tall, and only Shizhu Tusi can look at her! ”

Speaking of this, she seemed to stroke her face proudly, and then continued: "Tomorrow, I will go to Tulong Mountain, help the master get the Tulong Mountain Sha family, open up the passage to Annan, and join forces with the Ruan family, you can attack and retreat, even if Qin Liangyu leads the troops to come, the old lady can let her suffer defeat!" ”

"Sister mighty!" Tang Guest and his daughter-in-law all praised Wan Cailian together, no way, they all know that this sister likes to listen to nice words the most.

After setting a general strategy, the atmosphere of the meal was a little higher. The longing for the success of the rebellion in the future increased their appetite.

However, none of them expected that at this time, they were like a few toads at the bottom of the well, discussing the field at the bottom of the well, and seemed to be able to dominate the place at the bottom of the well, but they didn't know how big the world outside the well was!

Of course, they can't be blamed for that. After all, they don't have a chat group, and they are in the most remote Yunnan, separated by Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, which are also inconvenient.

Otherwise, if they knew what was happening along the coast, south of the Yangtze River and north of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the imperial driver's expropriation and recovery of Liaodong, North Korea, etc., even if they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they would probably have to weigh it and look at it again.

However, they are not well-informed, but it does not mean that the court is not well-informed. Just a few days later, Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Beijing, received a message from Yunnan through a chat group.

The Ruan messengers captured by Han Wu recruited a lot, not only about the alliance with Pu Mingming, but also about the internal affairs of Annam.

This time, Annan's turmoil is far from being comparable to before. At least in the past, it was mostly the Zheng clan in the north who attacked the Nguyen clan in the south. It can be said that basically no one won a landslide victory, and it was still bounded by the actual areas controlled by both sides. To distinguish the winners and losers between them, in the original history, it will take another hundred years.

But this time, after defeating the attacking Zheng clan and resting for a few days, the Ruan clan was like crazy, it can be said that he gambled on the national fortune and made a big move on the land front, but it was mostly a bluff, attracting the Zheng clan to send the main force to garrison on the border line. After that, the Ruan clan was assembling the main force, preparing to bypass the Zheng clan's main force from the waterway, and go upriver from the mouth of the red cave to smash the Shenglong Mansion. He even contacted Pu Ming's side and asked them to go down the Pear River and attack Shenglong Mansion.

The Portuguese also helped in this process. Not only did they send fleets from Nanyang but even from Macao to escort the convoys, transport troops, and even gave a lot of firearms to the Nguyen Thi on credit to equip the army. Later, he felt that the strength was not enough, so he transferred more than 2,000 Portuguese soldiers to directly participate in the war in the form of mercenaries.

"What a big deal!" After Emperor Chongzhen got the news, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "I'm afraid that you won't move, but now it's okay, I'll play with you, and by the way, a few things can be solved together!" ”