In late April, the 10th town of Wang Zhibang crossed the Chishui and successively Bijie Weiwei and Yiliang County.

At the same time, Yang Bingyi led the 5th town to approach Zhenxiong Mansion.

At that time, Yongning Damu Luyin was leading his troops to attack Zhenxiong, Zhenxiong Tu Governor Long Hongxun was invincible, and its Tusi Yamen had just been occupied, and now after hearing that the volunteers had arrived, they immediately sent a messenger to ask for help.

Ma Ying, who had just been attached to the Volunteer Army, led his troops to the rescue, and Yongning Damu Yin's brother Hao Baoshou saw that the Ming army was not in order, and the number was no more than 1,000 people, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were gathered to attack.

Ma Yingxuan feigned defeat and left, Hao Baoshou led his troops to pursue, fell into the ambush circle of the volunteers, Yang Bingyi and Wang Jiushao led their troops to kill respectively, and the local soldiers were defeated, including more than ten people including Hao Baoshou or were captured and killed, and the siege of Zhenxiong by the Yongning native soldiers was lifted.

After the volunteers returned to their division, the momentum was great, and the generals pleaded with the Northern Expedition.

In order to boost morale and coordinate the front-line departments, Yang Lin personally led the 2nd Association of Yao Chonglie's cavalry to arrive at the Zhenxiong Tusi Yamen first, along the way there are deep mountains and high ravines, sparsely populated along the way, lush vegetation, in addition to lamenting the good scenery, it is to sigh that the ancients lived a difficult life.

To the Zhenxiong Tusi Yamen, it makes people's eyes suddenly brighten, the Tusi Yamen leads the mountain to build, below is the bazaar, even if the war is in chaos, the merchants come and go among them, its prosperity is not inferior to the mainland at all.

The accompanying officials claimed that this Zhenxiong military and civilian mansion was the gateway to Shu, Yunnan and Guizhou, and its strategic position was very important.

Yongning Tusi Xuan Chongming used to control several surrounding counties, raising thousands of soldiers, and launched a rebellion more than 20 years ago, hoping to occupy Sichuan.

After the failure of the rebellion of Luxury Chongming, he colluded with his in-law Anxi Tusi An Bangyan and made a comeback again, and his rebellion lasted for several years, and the rebels once approached CD and Chongqing, and shocked the southwest.

After the rebellion of Luxury Chongming and An Bangyan subsided, the imperial court reappointed his son Luxury Yin as the local official of Yongning in order to appease the local people.

Coming to the Tusi Yamen, Yang Lin was even more shocked by its style, and the entire Tusi Yamen was built on the mountain, with more than 1,000 large and small rooms.

There are all kinds of training grounds, point generals, Yimen, the lobby, the second hall, and the third hall are lined up one after another, which is not inferior to the general state and county yamen, and it is completely a small palace with a radius of nearly a thousand miles.

Hitting the horse and looking at Yao Chonglie beside him, Yang Lin sighed: "Although the reputation of Tuzhi County is not good, but all the princes and husbands are alive, so it is not vain." ”

Qian Bangxin frowned, and arched his hand to admonish: "My lord, you are a hero in the world, you should care about the affairs of the world, and think about how to expel the Tartars and restore China, instead of worrying about some trivial matters. ”

Yang Lin pursed his lips, quite disapproving, the eldest husband is alive, in addition to pursuing fame, of course he pursues Lilu.

During the Song and Ming dynasties, the imperial court rewarded very little, taking his own Penghou as an example, but he only sealed 200 households, which was far worse than these toasts.

Came to the Tusi Yamen lobby, Yang Lin promoted the general, discussed with the generals, and was preparing to enter Yunnan to crusade against the rebellious Li Gande, Yuan Taowu, and the people, when suddenly the messenger came to report that Sun Kewang Li Gande and others had now formed an alliance, and the two sides joined forces to prepare to resist the army.

It turned out that while the Volunteers pacified the rebel forces such as Li Zhanchun, Wang Xiangma, and Yingjiao, they were worried that the Volunteers would enter Yunnan to fight, and the puppet Yunnan governor Li Gande ordered Yuan Tao, Wu Dading, and others to lead their troops to Qujing Mansion and Wuding Mansion to defend themselves, hoping to keep their position as governor of Yunnan.

Yuan Tao's troops were not very strong, but now they are divided to resist the volunteers, so the rear is empty, giving Sun Kewang and other rogues a chance.

After the Yellow Bird Catching Cicada and Mantis Disaster, the Liukou who withdrew from Yunnan Mansion had already strengthened their troops and strengthened their strength after several months of rest, and now seeing the emptiness of the rebels' rear, how could Sun Kewang let go of such a great opportunity.

Sun Kewang led his troops to approach Yunnan Mansion, how could the traitor Li Gande be the opponent, after a day of fierce fighting, Li Dingguo, the leader of the Liukou, led his troops to attack Kunming City.

Under some threats and temptations, in order to save his life, Li Gande announced an alliance between the two sides.

Li Gande went to Yuan Tao of Shuqujing Mansion and Wu Dading of Wuding Mansion respectively, and the two are now returning to Shunliukou one after another.

After the alliance was formed, the rebels joined forces and numbered more than 60,000 people.

Now Li Dingguo and Yuan Tao are stationed in Qujing Military and Civil Mansion, and Liu Wenxiu and Wu Dading are stationed in Wuding Mansion to guard against the Volunteer Army.

After the defeat in Hanzhong, the Qing court changed its strategy, stationed troops in Guanzhong and western Hubei on the one hand, in a vain attempt to block the route of the volunteers like Sima Yi, and on the other hand sent a large army to attack other anti-Qing forces, so it would not take a few years of effort, and after the people of the Central Plains made up their minds, it would be more difficult to think about the Northern Expedition.

Time is running out, Yang Lin pondered that although Sun Kewang and Li Gande joined forces, their subordinates would inevitably deviate from Germany, so why not take this opportunity to march into the army in a big way to ensure the stability of the rear.

The generals under him discussed a lot, and everyone listed the six major problems of marching, hoping to delay the march.

To sum up, it is nothing more than:

First, since the Northern Expedition to Hanzhong, the volunteers have been fighting for many years, and now the soldiers are tired.

Second, the current rebel army of the Rogue Gang has more than 60,000 troops in one place, and its power is strong, and it is difficult to calm it down in the short term.

Third, after years of campaigning, the army consumed a lot of grain and grass, and now the grain and grass stocks of each battalion are limited, and the roads are difficult and the transportation is difficult.

Along the way, there are high mountains and deep ravines, and there are many river beaches, and even if a large number of transport boats, tricycles, and carts are used, only a small half of the grain is transported to the front line, and the difficulty of grain transportation along the way is even more difficult to supply to the front line.

Fourth, it is almost June, the hottest season of the year, and the weather is unfavorable for the volunteers.

Yunnan is located in the south, and the weather is much hotter than in central Sichuan. Some of the withered branches in the mountains, and the miasma prevailed after the decay of dead animals.

In this era, life is difficult, and many people are in extremely poor health and cannot defend themselves against the virus.

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Just when Yang Lin was hesitating and difficult to judge, Qian Bangxin, the envoy of the inspector, admonished: "As the lord said, the rebels of the Liukou are now united, although the two sides are separated from Germany, but if the volunteers attack with all their might, in order to protect themselves, they will inevitably be together, and it will be difficult to attack.

In history, Yuan Shao was defeated, and his son fled to Saiwai and became a group with the Hu people.

In order to separate the two, Cao Cao delayed the march, and finally the Hu people killed Yuan Shao's second son, so that the Yuan rebellion had to be quelled. ”

Yang Lin fell silent for a while, and General Staff Member Yin Chengqi shook his head and said: "Now that the battle is not good for our army, although I am in favor of postponing the army, it is even more difficult to separate Li Gande and Sun Kewang.

Sun Kewang was ambitious, Zhang Xianzhong was named the right pillar country, and his single-minded attempt to make a comeback, or to occupy one side, or to dominate the world, will inevitably be a fierce enemy of my volunteer army in the future.

Li Gande and others were mad and murdered Yang Zhan, the commander of the Sichuan Xingdu, which was a heinous crime and would inevitably be dealt with quickly.

These two are the mortal enemies of our volunteers, and they are irreconcilable at all. ”

Everyone fell into a long thought, and Yang Lin said for a long time: "Having said that, it's not impossible for me to make a fuss.

Although Sun Kewang and Li Gande appointed treacherous and selfish, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were all in the grass, I heard that they were still loyal and righteous, and the two of them had a similar reputation with Sun Kewang in the past, so we can make a big fuss. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, Yang Lin immediately called Senator Jiang Dingzhen, whispered a few times in his ear, the other party nodded repeatedly, and turned to leave.

Yang Lin intended to withdraw from the army, and before retreating, he convened all the Tusi on the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou border to discuss the matter, but only Yongning Tuguan Xuan Yin and Shuixi Tusi An Kun did not come under the pretext of excuses.

Yang Lin looked quite annoyed and said to everyone: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have not been thin on Tusi, but Yongning Tusi Hao and Shuixi Tusi An did not think about sharing worries for the court, and actually rebelled when the court was in danger.

On the same day, the rebellion of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan, the imperial court sent heavy troops to pacify it, but it still retained its Tusi Yamen and searched for its children to follow the incense.

The son of the traitor extravagant Chongming, Xuan Yin, did not think about the grace of the imperial court, and now he took advantage of the chaos to send troops to attack the nearby Tusi, disturbing the place, and the sin could not be redeemed. ”

Everyone was shocked, and one by one they quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Yang Lin comforted: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official inherits the emperor's order, seeks to fight against the injustice of the Quartet, and ensures the peace of the people.

From today on, if the Tusi is bold and reckless, and does not send troops to attack the Quartet without the express order of the Imperial Court, and disturbs the local people's livelihood, the Imperial Court will find out the original punishment and punish him, or remove him from the position of this local official, and select from his close relatives to be loyal to the court native to inherit the incense, or abolish his hereditary position. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.

Yang Lin ordered to send troops to take Yongning Damu Haoyin into prison, and Shuixi Tusi Ankun, and ordered his family to move to Bazhou and Dazhou, and not to move back without the express order of the imperial court.

The lands under the jurisdiction of the Yongning Tusi were renamed Xuyong, Yunlian, and Gulin counties, and the imperial court was asked to change the title to the Marquis of Yongning, so as to temporarily manage the lands (after the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court ordered the abolition of the Yongning Xuanfu Division and set up the Taoist government to govern its land).

Visiting the close relatives of the former Tusi An Yaochen (An Bangyan's father), he obtained his grandson Ankun and became the local official of Shuicheng, and was not allowed to interfere in the affairs of Nayong, Zhijin, Liuzhi, Qianxi, and Jinsha. (After the rebellion of An Bangyan in the Ming Dynasty, An Bangyanzi surrendered to the throne, and the imperial court changed his title, so that he could not interfere in military and civilian politics)

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Everyone was shocked, but seeing that the righteous soldiers were very powerful, and after the rebellion of An Bangyan in the luxury of Chongming, the power of Yongning Tusi and Shuixi Tusi was not as good as before.

After that, Yang Lin set up a banquet to entertain the toasts, and swore with everyone that if everyone was still related at the beginning, now they are relieved to see that the other party is the honor of the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, and is willing to become a toast.

When the toasts left the table, Yang Lin was already drunk, and everyone was puzzled when they saw this.

Adults used to drink a drop of alcohol, but today they drink like this.

When the toasts left one after another, everyone was shocked and asked why, seeing that everyone was so angry, Yang Lin was quite angry in his heart, wine can be a bad thing, but it can also be a good thing.

There are a lot of things that are difficult to talk about between men and men, using wine as a medium, you can say anything after drinking, everyone calls it a drunken mantra, and a true temperament after drinking.

Talking about why he changed his title to Marquis Yongning, Yang Lin had nothing to say.

Since Lu Daqi alluded to the fact that he had a heart of disobedience, rumors spread during this expedition against the warlords of Zhulu, and various theories are now rampant.

From the nominal Penghou to Yongninghou, Xuyong, Yunlian, and Gulin as their fiefs, in addition to appeasing the emotions of the toast, telling the toasts that they are no different from everyone now, in addition, just like Wang Jian asked for the seal back then, he announced to the world that he was just for the glory and wealth of the future.

As for some people who are worried about the rebellion of the natives in Xuyong, Yunlian, Gulin and Yongning, there is no need to be too melancholy, after hundreds of years of ethnic integration, the local natives are only 23 out of 10 (less than 5% in Gulin County now).

In the past 20 years, the imperial court has appointed many officials, and most of the local natives have intermarried with the Han people, and the customs of the two sides are similar, not as excessively exclusive as in other places. (After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, these places were also immediately reverted.) ）

In mid-June, Yang Bingyi led his troops to attack Longchang, where the Yongning Tusi Yamen was located, and Yongning Damu Haoyin was killed.

At the same time, Shuixi Tusi Ankun was also restrained.

At this time, Yang Lin left Yang Bingyi's 5th town to garrison Yongning and Zhenxiongfu, and Wang Zhibang's 10th town to garrison Banzhou, Bijie, and Wusafu, and led the army back to Sichuan Province.