Since the main force of the Jiaozhi rebels was concentrated in Jiaozhou, the only heavily guarded area from Jiaozhou to Shenghuafu, the southernmost part of Jiaozhi, was Thanh Hoa City.

Therefore, with the capture of Jiaozhou City, Lilian City and Dongguan by the Ming army, the rebels in Jiaozhi could no longer stop the Ming army's southward footsteps, and the rebels in the state capital fled one after another, and the generals and officials fled to Qinghua City with the collected property.

In mid-April, Li Yuntian and Mu Sheng followed the army to the city of Thanh Hoa.

At this time, the four gates of Qinghua City were closed, and the city walls were full of panicked rebel soldiers, and the loss of Jiaozhou Mansion was a huge blow to the morale of the rebels, and no one would have imagined that the first city of Jiaozhi would be captured by the Ming army so quickly.

As the rebels in the state capital south of Thanh Hoa Province fled into Thanh Hoa City, the strength of Thanh Hoa City has surged to 60,000, it is the last fortress of the rebels in the territory of Cochin, once it is broken by the Ming army, there will be no danger to defend, and the Ming army will go all the way south to Shenghua Province.

Li Yuntian did not order the siege of the city, but let the Ming army camp outside the city, besieged the city of Qinghua, and sent people to the city every day to shout to the rebels in the city to surrender.

At the same time, many seaports.

A fleet of more than 20 ships slowly docked at the dock, and there were nine huge Zheng He treasure ships inside, attracting many people on the shore to come and watch, pointing to those Zheng He treasure ships and whispering and discussing.

As a Zheng He's treasure ship came to rest at the dock, the Grand Chief of Dogesa appeared on the deck, and the people on the dock immediately cheered in unison.

Dogesa smiled and waved to the people on the shore, then turned behind him and bowed to welcome a young general dressed in Ming army uniform, Wang Bin, a guerrilla general under Li Yuntian.

According to Li Yuntian's instructions, Wang Bin led 10,000 sailors and 10,000 Xiaowu troops from Yuntun Port to Duohai Port by water, preparing to engage the rebels after landing at Duo Haigang.

On the way, Wang Bin met the great chief of Dogesa, who had fled to Yuntun Port in Xin'an Province, so the two sides met together and rushed to Duohai Port together.

Wang Bin not only brought 20,000 troops with him this time, but also a lot of grain, which was originally used as a military food reserve, but because there was not much grain in Duohai City after the rebels looted, this batch of grain could just solve the problem of eating for the people.

Under the leadership of the Grand Chief of Dogesa, Wang Bin and other generals and officials of the Ming army entered the devastated Duohai City after the war, and were welcomed by the surviving people in the city.

Entering the city, the first thing Wang Bin did was to order the Ming army to unload the grain loaded on the three Zheng Hebao ships to help the people in the city, so that the people were all grateful.

At this time, the Grand Chief of Dogesa already knew that Jiaozhou City was captured by the Ming army, so he began to recruit troops on the second day of Duohai City, and went north with Wang Bin to pursue the Jiaozhi rebels, and decided to attack Li Li from the north and south with Li Yuntian.

Wang Bin did not bring 20,000 troops, he only brought 10,000 Xiaowu troops, and the naval division was responsible for garrisoning Duohai City and Duohai Port, after all, there were so many ships stationed in the port, and he was careless.

Because he was anxious to pursue the Jiaozhi rebels, Dogesa did not know that after he left, the officials of the Ming army who followed Wang Bin began to appoint officials in Duohai City, and organized the regime of Duohai City in an orderly manner.

In the process of Wang Bin's journey north, the Ming army officials who accompanied him quickly formed local governments in the important cities he passed, appointing local scholars or famous people as officials to govern government affairs, and gradually began to control the political power of the Zhancheng state.

To Li Yuntian's surprise, he originally thought that Li Li would rush back to Jiaozhi to relieve the siege of the rebels in Thanh Hoa City, but when they arrived at Nghe An Province in the south of Thanh Hoa Province, the rebels stopped their advance and began to hold on to Nghe An City.

According to Li Yuntian's previous strategy, he was ready to use the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, luring the main rebel army led by Li Li to Thanh Hoa Province and ambushing them in the south of Thanh Hoa Province.

For this reason, Li Yuntian had already transported all the remaining 800 mines from Sanjiang City to Thanh Hoa Mansion, preparing to give Li Li's rebels a feast of mines.

After learning that the rebels were entrenched in Yi'an City, Li Yuntian shook his head with some disappointment, it seemed that Ruan Yan had seen his intentions, so he dissuaded Li Li, otherwise Li Li would definitely come to the rescue of Thanh Hoa City.

Since this is the case, Li Yuntian has no need to be polite, and immediately ordered the Ming army to besiege Qinghua City.

Just when the outside world thought that the rebels in Thanh Hoa City would resist, the result was once again unexpected, as soon as the Ming army attacked the rebels in the city, they began to break through, broke through the Ming army's defensive circle outside the city of Dongcheng, and escorted the families of the main generals Li Ge and Li Li to flee to the direction of Yi'an Province.

The Ming army pursued closely behind, killing the rebels who were eager to flee for their lives, and did not stop the pursuit until the rebels fled into the territory of Yi'an Province.

After this pursuit, when Li Ge entered the Nghe An Mansion, there were less than 10,000 rebels left around him, and the wolf bèi entered the city of Nghe An unbearably, and led Cai Fu and other generals who had escaped from Thanh Hoa City to kneel in front of Li Li to plead guilty.

Li Li knew that Li Ge and the others had done their best, and it was already a miracle that they were able to break out of the encirclement in the face of the siege of more than 100,000 Ming troops.

Therefore, Li Li did not punish Li Ge and Cai Fu and others who abandoned the city and fled, but instead put wine to suppress them, now is the most difficult period for the rebels, what he needs is to win the hearts of the people to tide over the difficulties.

Moreover, the reason why Li Li is responsible for the current situation is that if he hadn't been bewitched by Li Yuntian, the Ming army would have no chance to breathe at all, and he would have been driven out of Jiaozhi a long time ago.

At this moment, Li Li was extremely annoyed and remorseful, he never imagined that the dignified General Dingnan would lie!

After a series of fierce battles in Champ, especially the brutal Battle of Duohai City, the rebels brought by Li Li to Champa have only 1120,000 left, plus the more than 10,000 people brought back by Li Ge this time, the strength in his hands is only 1230,000.

As for Nghe An Province and the Yanzhou Province, Tan Binh Province, Hue Province and Shenghua Province to the south of Nghe An Province, there were not many rebels in the first place, and they had to maintain local order, coupled with their weak combat effectiveness, they could not be transferred to Nghe An Province to fight.

Therefore, in order to make up for the lack of troops, the only thing Le Li could do now was to forcibly recruit soldiers among the people, also known as Lajang Din, and ordered the rebels to recruit troops in Nghe An, Yan Chau, Tan Binh, Hue and Shenghua.

For a time, the villages and towns of Yi'an Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion and other state capitals were jumping, and the rebel soldiers who forcibly pulled Zhuang Ding could be seen everywhere, they not only pulled Zhuang Ding, but also harmed the local people by the way, robbed property, **** women, and made the local people very resentful.

With the defeat of the rebels in the Jiaozhi battlefield, the military discipline of the rebels also became lax and lax, and Li Li's order to forcibly recruit soldiers was undoubtedly the fuse that caused the rebels' military discipline to collapse.

When Li Li was anxiously and busy reorganizing his army in Nghe An City, the Ming army did not take advantage of the situation to attack the rebels in Nghe An Province, but stationed in Thanh Hoa City.

According to Li Yuntian's order, only 20,000 Xiaowu troops and 30,000 Ming troops from the local government were left in Qinghua City, and the rest were sent out by Li Yuntian to clear out the remaining rebels in the state capital occupied by the rebels in the north of Qinghua Province, and took advantage of the situation to capture the local Tusi in the name of bandits, and "change the land and return to the stream" of the local Tusi.

Originally, Li Yuntian planned to eliminate the Lai Li rebels who came to reinforce Thanh Hoa City in Thanh Hoa Province, and then clear out the remnants of the rebels in Jiaozhi, and at the same time implement the policy of "changing the land and returning to the stream" for the remaining Tusi in Jiaozhi.

However, because Li Li was not fooled, he stayed in Yi'an City, consolidated the city defense in Yi'an City, and wanted to rely on the city defense of Yi'an City to fight to the death with the Ming army.

It can be expected that if the Ming army forcibly attacks Yi'an City, it will definitely cause heavy casualties, and Li Yuntian does not want his soldiers to die in vain.

Therefore, he changed his strategy and prepared to consolidate the rebel territory that he had already conquered first, and fight steadily and steadily, step by step, together with Wang Bin and the Grand Chief of Dogesa, to trap the Jiaozhi rebels in Yi'an Province.

While pursuing the Jiaozhi rebels in the north, the Grand Chief of Dogesa continued to recruit soldiers from Champa, and the defeated soldiers and young and middle-aged people who were scattered by the rebels under his call joined the ranks.

Since Le Li faced the pressure of the Ming army in Thanh Hoa City, he would definitely not dare to divide his troops to deal with Wang Bin and Grand Chief Dogesa and his party, which would make the troops of Wang Bin and Grand Chief Dogesa capture Shenghua, Hue, Tan Binh and Yanzhou, which were under-strengthened by the rebels, so that Le Li could only be trapped in Nghe An.

Things were just as Li Yuntian expected, in late May, Wang Bin and the Grand Chief of Dogesa led 70,000 soldiers and horses into Shenghua Mansion, the southernmost part of Jiaozhi, and the rebel guards of Shenghua City fled when they heard the news.

Subsequently, Wang Bin and Grand Chief Dogesa led their troops north, and Shun Lì conquered Hue, Tan Binh and Yanzhou.

Among the 70,000 soldiers and horses led by the two, in addition to Wang Bin's 10,000 Xiaowu army, the other 60,000 were soldiers recruited by the Grand Chief of Dogesa in Zhancheng, these Cham soldiers came for revenge, and fought bravely along the way.

When he arrived at Yanzhou Mansion, Wang Bin ordered to rest in Yanzhou City, and he had already received Li Yuntian's order to suspend his journey north to deal with the affairs of Yanzhou Mansion, Tan Binh Mansion, Hue Mansion and Shenghua Mansion.

Although Dogesa couldn't wait to attack the city of Yi'an, he grabbed Li Li and cut him down, but since Li Yuntian had already issued a military order, he had to carry it out, so he cooperated with Wang Bin to suppress the remnants of the rebels in Yanzhou Mansion, Tan Binh Mansion, Hue Mansion and Shenghua Mansion, as well as to implement "land reform and return" to the local Tusi.

In just over four months, the rebels in Jiaozhi experienced great joys and sorrows in their lives, they had already captured the city of Zhancheng, but before they could enjoy the fruits of victory, they were caught off guard by the Ming army, and then fell into passivity in one fell swoop, and were besieged in Yi'an Mansion in a daze.

After nearly two years of long waiting, the stalemate in Cochin was finally broken, and the rebels in Cochin originally had an absolute advantage, but in an instant they were in a comprehensive passivity.

This situation came as a surprise to everyone, and it was unbelievable that the rebels were inexplicably in a difficult situation.