Therefore, Baili Wuji needs to do everything in his power to remove the threat of these two countries.

Dali has not experienced war in these years, although when the uncle robbed the throne of his nephew, creating a precedent for the Dali Emperor to be a monk, but the country did not break out because of this.

It can be said that at this time, Dali was rich, which was undoubtedly a piece of fat for the Ming Kingdom's current embarrassed finances, which made Baili Wuji "salivate".

It's not that Baili Wuji has bandit logic, in fact, it has nothing to do with morality, it completely depends on interests.

Things in the world are like this, "the husband is not guilty of his guilt", this sentence profoundly expounds the truth of the law of the jungle.

Around a powerful Ming Kingdom, there is a country that is not big or small, and this country is very rich, which has completely constituted the reason for the Ming State to send troops.

But Baili Wuji has no intention of sending a large number of new troops, even if Dali is rich, but once the cost is more than what is obtained, or it is equal, even if it constitutes a reason to send troops, this deal is not cost-effective.

Therefore, when the five of them discussed the war plan, they set the precondition that the number of troops used should not exceed 100,000, and only by controlling the strength within 100,000 could the Ming treasury afford this high military expenditure after this year.

In fact, this is also to blame for the high military salary and pension set by Baili Wuji, if it is replaced by Chai Rong alive, the military expenditure of 100,000 troops of the Ming Kingdom is enough for him to fight a war of 500,000 people.

Of course, the different ordnance used also caused a large increase in military spending, and this time the troops were dispatched. It is impossible for cavalry to go into battle, and at most it is only symbolically sending a small number of cavalry to deter.

Fighting in the territory of Dali State, which is crisscrossed by waterways, can only rely on musketeers.

And the armor of the Ming musketeers is almost none. At that time, the crossbowmen also had a chain mail for self-defense, but Baili Wuji pursued the flexibility of musketeers, high speed, and low load, and the soldiers only had a military uniform, without the slightest additional protection.

In this case, if the musketeers fought entirely without the high-defense infantry or strong cavalry that could stand up to the front as a barrier, the survivability of the musketeers would be extremely low.

This is different from the hot weapon warfare of later generations. The combat of later generations is because the range and power of muskets are very different, and more importantly, there is a continuous fire gun like machine guns and long-range artillery, and the effective firing range of the largest caliber artillery in the Ming Kingdom now does not exceed ten miles. Therefore, it is unrealistic to rely on musketeers alone to destroy the Dali Kingdom.

With so many constraints, it is difficult to formulate a combat plan that can be short-lived and light-cost.

The five of them took advantage of the remaining alcohol and quarreled until the next morning. Fang barely came up with a plan. And this plan has mutated to the point that it is not a real battle, but it is a bit like the rebellion of later generations, no, it should be a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

Only at the end of the plan did the Ming army really appear, playing the role of deciding the outcome of the First World War.

Baili Wuji couldn't resist getting drunk, and under the strong plea of the four people, he agreed to this plan. After that, he returned to the dormitory and fell asleep.

But wait until you wake up. Recalling this plan, Baili Wuji immediately regretted it.

The early stages of this program are child's play.

It used Baili Wuji to arrange a large number of fine works to be mixed into Dali after the two envoys from Dali came to the court, and also hoarded a large amount of food and materials in the name of merchants and shops.

Xu Shouren and Bai Likang led a small number of followers and infiltrated Dali in batches.

After that, after the two groups got in touch with the two factions in Dali, they both used the identity of the envoys of the Ming State to induce the two sides to deepen hostility, and it was best to trigger a bloody struggle between the two.

When the two factions of Dali fought and lost both, 30,000 people from the first army of Baili Wuji led by Baili Wuji crossed the Minjiang River from the west of Chengdu Prefecture, and then attacked Lizhou (Hanyuan) and Jianchang in the south.

Then divide the troops from Jianchang into two routes, one route is Baili Wuji led 20,000 people to attack Luo Gongzhi and Sanzhi (Lijiang); The other route was Bailiyi led 10,000 men from Jianchang to the south to attack Huichuan, and then turned west to attack Sanzhi.

In addition, Yun Yang led a part of the Second Army with 20,000 people, crossed the Minjiang River to attack Aba from the Tera (Songfan) north of Chengdu Prefecture, and then crossed the Dadu River to the south to attack Litang, Daocheng, and Dandang (Zhongdian), and then crossed the Jinsha River to the south to attack Sanji.

After the three-way army met with the division, it was divided into three routes to attack Longshou Pass in the south at the same time, and to attack Dali along the Ershui River in the south.

If the royal family of the Dali court fled to the southeast Shanyan Mansion (now Kunming) at this time, then the Baili Wuji Department guarded Dali, and Yunyang cut off the northern road of the remnants of the Dali army along the south bank of the Jinsha River, and chased the Baili Yi Department eastward, completing the final blow of the war outside the Shanyan Mansion.

According to the plan, the total number of troops invested in this battle was about 50,000, which greatly reduced the burden on the Ming treasury.

As long as the operation is smooth, in the prediction of everyone, it is completely possible to achieve the purpose of raising the war with war, that is to say, the Ming State can not only get back the "capital" after the end of this war, but also obtain great benefits from this war, which is not the abstract interest of the land, but the real property interest.

After Xu Shiming's reconnaissance in the early stage and Xu Shouren's reconnaissance in the past year, Dali has been peaceful for decades, not only the people can be fed and clothed, but a large number of nobles and wealthy families in China are even richer.

Over the years, Dali, which is located between the Central Plains and Tianzhu, Bagan, Tubo and other countries, has a natural trade advantage.

The people of Dali don't even need to go out to buy and sell goods, as long as they stay at home, wait for the merchants from the east, west, north and south to bring the goods, and then buy with their left hand and sell them with their right hand to get a lot of profits.

And for Baili Wuji and others, the real significance of this battle is that maybe this will be the last battle of their lives.

Although now the Ming Kingdom has conquered the Dali Kingdom, it is not at the same level as a strong man bullying a young child, but this does not affect everyone's interest in this battle at all.

In any era, people are human beings after all.

The first thing to protect is their relatives, then their clansmen, then their countrymen, and finally the people of the world.

Undoubtedly, the realm that the five of them can achieve now is only to protect the countrymen.

Looting is a crime, but to put it in another name, that is, "robbing the rich and helping the poor", it has completely become a righteous act, both Confucius and Zhuangzi, have given this behavior a nice word - chivalry.

The rule set by the Baili Wuji people for this battle is to completely wipe out the nobles and rich people of Dali State, and use the plundered wealth as military expenses, while for the ordinary people, they will do nothing in the autumn.

This plan should be good, and the selected generals, including Baili Wuji, are all famous generals of the Ming State with rich combat experience. (To be continued......)