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Sun Chuanting's 50,000 beggar soldiers were divided into two routes, one was the 20,000 beggar soldiers led by Ma Shilong who came out of Tianma Pass to approach Meng Mi, and the other was the 30,000 soldiers led by Sun Chuanting to approach Meng Yang out of Tiebi Pass. After the defeat in the last battle of Mubang, Anawaron of the Taungoo Dynasty completely adopted a strategy of shrinking the defense.

After the Taungoo dynasty was conquered by Arakan and Portuguese mercenaries in 1599 when the capital city of Bago was stormed, the Taungoo dynasty had already begun to decline, and although by the time of Anabilon, the Taungoo dynasty had regained its lost territory, but its power was not as strong as before. In the face of the aggressive posture of the 50,000 army of the Ming Dynasty, Anabilon decided to stick to the mainland with Ava as the center and abandon Mengmi and Mengyang.

Anabilon's contraction defense made Meng Mi and Meng Yang almost lose their resistance, and also made this battle far less fierce than the last battle of Mubang.

On the first day of the fifth month, the prefect of Jinan, Shandong Province went to the Chenghuang Temple to make incense, and just arrived at the temple gate, the prefect and his entourage suddenly fell into a coma inexplicably.

And on this day, Ma Shilong took the lead out of Tianma Pass, all the way like a bamboo, almost bloodless to capture Meng Guang, Ma Shilong adopted Xiong Tingbi's strategy, solid defense, step by step strategy. After Yunnan reformed its land and returned to the river and seized Mubang, both taxes and food were more abundant than before, and the only thing lacking was labor. Ma Shilong had to learn Xiong Tingbi's method and forcibly recruit local people to build a fortress.

On 2 May, someone in Beijing saw a fire on the corner tower of the front gate, and the cyan fireflies were as big as wheels. The successive visions made the key members of the Beijing Division speculate that Zhu Youxiao's heavenly punishment seemed to be coming true, and they were terrified for a while. At this time, rumors about "Heavenly Punishment" also began to appear in Jingshi.

On this day, Sun Chuanting's troops went out of the Iron Wall Pass, and the troops were divided into three ways to seize the three places of Leiha, Manha, and the line. Sun Chuanting had a different way of fighting from Ma Shilong, and he sent another 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack Meng Lun, preparing to cut off Meng Yang Tusi's retreat.

When Sun Chuanting's 3,000 strange soldiers appeared outside Menglun City, the entire Menglun City people didn't realize that the war had come to their doorstep. When the defenders of Menglun City reacted, the vanguard of the three thousand strange soldiers had already rushed into the city of Menglun, and the defenders of Menglun lost their fighting spirit almost at the same time, and the three thousand soldiers and horses cleared the remnants of the enemy in just one hour and captured Menglun City.

The capture of Menglun City almost made Sun Chuanting invincible in the entire battle of Mengyang.

On May 3, red clouds appeared in the northeast of Jingshi. Zhu Youxiao decreed that the people in the palace should stay away from the southwest, and Zhu Youxiao himself moved out of the Qianqing Palace and moved into the apse of Jingyang Palace to live temporarily.

"Your Majesty, is the heavenly punishment coming?" Zhang Yan asked worriedly.

"I don't know, anyway, it's just right to prepare early." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine has been flustered these days, I'm afraid something big is going to happen." Zhang Yan said softly.

"You must pay attention to the safety of Zhu Shuchang and Zhu Cijiong, why don't you take Concubine Rong and Concubine Cheng to live in Jingyang Palace together, and the other concubines will live in one piece for the time being, this one is the safest." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said. To be honest, Zhu Youxiao was also a little flustered.

"Concubine, let's arrange it." Zhang Yan said.

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On May 4, black clouds appeared in the sky of Jingshi. Jingshi's matter about heavenly punishment has become more and more widespread, and the rumors have become many versions, and everyone is talking about it, some say that the fireball fell from the sky, some say that the earth dragon turned over, and so on.

The dignitaries of the imperial court were also skeptical about the punishment of heaven, but now there are constant visions, and some people have completely believed in the punishment of heaven.

"If the punishment really happens, what should we do?" Han Yi asked.

"The minister will also fight on the basis of reason, and must not let His Majesty make a wrong step." Qiao Yunsheng insisted.

"If the heavenly punishment really happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop Your Majesty anymore." Han Yi said.

"As long as Wei Guangwei, Wang Shaohui, and Lin Yaoyu support us, it will be extremely difficult for Your Majesty to implement the new policy." Qiao Yunsheng said.

"I'm afraid that Wei Guangwei and Wang Shaohui will support His Majesty's implementation of the new policy." Han Yi said.

"Indeed, Wei Guangwei and Wang Shaohui have always been at odds with Donglin people such as me, and His Majesty also placed them in the cabinet to contain the Donglin people, and Lin Yaoyu is upright, but he can fight for it." Gao Panlong said on the side.

"I have a lot of friendship with Lin Yaoyu, let me go and find out his tone." Feng Congwu said. Feng Congwu was the culmination of the Ming Dynasty's Guan Xue's integration of Cheng Zhu Lixue and Lu Wang's Xinxue, and was the leader of the Donglin Party in the northwest.

"It's a good thing." Han Yi agreed.

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Lin Yaoyu was also paying attention to the matter of heavenly punishment at this time, and he became a little wavering about the new deal.

"Brother Shaoxu is here this time for the New Deal?" Lin Yaoyu said. Feng Congwu is less than a year older than Lin Yaoyu, and Feng Congwu is a master of Guan Xue, so Lin Yaoyu has always called Feng Congwu his brother.

"It's for this reason, I wonder what Jian Yu thinks about this matter?" Feng Congwu asked.

"I'm thinking about this matter, I think the new deal is good for the country and the people, but the new deal is too extreme, and Your Majesty is too hasty, I am worried that the new deal will eventually become a government that will bring disaster to the country and the people, and if it is implemented gradually, I think it is still okay." Lin Yaoyu said frankly.

"Jian Yu, Your Majesty's new policy is one ring after another, and once it starts to be implemented, it will be difficult to stop." Feng Congwu said.

"That's true, for this reason, I carefully studied the new policy, and found that in fact, the abolition of fire consumption, this article is completely enforceable, since the abolition of fire consumption in Beijing, the people's income has increased by at least one and a half." Lin Yaoyu said.

"What about the rest of the terms? For example, the abolition of the imperial examination system of the eight-strand text. Feng Congwu asked.

"I am resolutely against this article, and it cannot be implemented in any way, this is definitely a measure that will bring disaster to the country and the people." Lin Yao Yu said righteously.

"I wonder if Heavenly Punishment will really happen?" Feng Congwu said with a sudden sigh.

"During this period of time, there were natural visions, and the people of Beijing also talked about it, and everyone had different opinions. If the punishment of heaven really happens, His Majesty has won the hearts and minds of the people, and he does not know that it will happen again to prevent His Majesty from implementing the new policy. Lin Yaoyu also said with a sigh.

"Yes, but if you want to oppose Your Majesty's implementation of the new policy, you need to pay more than before, if you really want to be infamy, it's up to me." Feng Congwu said.

"Elder Han Ge and Elder Qiao Ge must be strongly opposed to the New Deal." Lin Yaoyu said.

"The two of them agree with you." Feng Congwu said.

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On the fifth of May, the day was beautiful, and the vision of the previous days was swept away, as if the whole matter of heavenly punishment had passed.

(End of chapter)