In late December of the third year of Xuande, news came from the city of Zhancheng that under the frantic siege of the Jiaozhi rebels, Kata, the capital of the city of Zhancheng, was broken after only holding on for more than 20 days.

After the invasion of Kata City, the Cochin rebels burned and looted in Kata City, making Kata City a living hell, and more than half of the population died in the massacre.

After learning that the head of the king of the Champa State was cut off by a rebel general, and the royal family in the city was slaughtered, to Lei Ting's surprise, Li Yuntian, who was dealing with the official documents, did not have a trace of joy on his face, but was silent for a long time, and then let out a long sigh and continued to work at the desk.

Although the king of Champa died like this, there was no successor king in Champong, which eliminated the last obstacle for Li Yuntian to take the opportunity to annex Champong.

But Li Yuntian was not the kind of person who loved to kill after all, and in the face of the killings committed by the Jiaozhi rebels in Zhancheng, he had mixed feelings and an indescribable sense of guilt, so he was a little depressed.

As the Cochin rebels broke through Kata City, the Grand Chief of Dogesa and the Grand Chief of Lundus, who had been storming Qingyun City, saw that the general situation was gone, and they were not allowed to withdraw their troops back to the city, so as not to be besieged by the Cochin rebels.

Chen Yuan, the defender of Qingyun City, the rebel army of Jiaozhi, seized this opportunity to raid the retreating Grand Chief of Lundus, causing more than 20,000 people under the Grand Chief of Lundus to be killed and wounded, and the Grand Chief of Lunds fled under the escort of more than 2,000 personal soldiers, and his vitality was greatly damaged.

As a result, the only opponent of Jiaozhi in Champa was the Grand Chief of Dogesa in the southern region, and Dogesa's army was the largest among the five chieftains of Champa, with more than 40,000 men.

Moreover, the city of Dohai, where the Grand Chief of Dogesa is located, is the tallest and strongest city in the Champa state, and once Dogesa chooses to hold on to the city, the Jiaozhi rebels will face an extremely severe and brutal battle.

A few days later, the Chinese New Year's Eve of the fourth year of Xuande quietly arrived, and the sound of firecrackers in Taiyuan City.

Due to the bumper harvest of grain in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Ming army this year, coupled with Li Yuntian's policy of reducing and reducing taxes, as well as the capital investment of those businessmen who had won the commercial management rights and mining rights in Jiaozhi, the local economic and public security situation improved rapidly, and at the end of the year, the people had surplus grain and could finally have a happy reunion year.

According to Li Yuntian's agreement with those merchants who had won the commercial management rights and mining rights in Jiaozhi, those merchants had invested a lot of money in the state capital under the jurisdiction of the Ming army last year to build their own business system in the local area, which invisibly led to the development of the local economy.

Although the Jiaozhi rebels now occupy the area south of Jiaozhou, since Li Yuntian won three consecutive victories with the weak and the strong, so that the Jiaozhi rebels did not dare to act rashly, those businessmen no longer worried that their investment would be wasted, and believed that Li Yuntian would definitely be able to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi.

In the reception hall in the backyard of Taiyuan Prefecture, Li Yuntian summoned the generals of the counterinsurgency army and the chief officers of the three divisions of Jiaozhi to gather together and have a lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Just when everyone was chatting and laughing, Lei Ting hurriedly walked in, leaned over and whispered a few words in Li Yuntian's ear.

"Let her in, wait for me in the study." Li Yuntian smiled helplessly when he heard this, bowed slightly to Lei Ting, and whispered.

Just now, a hundred households guarding the southern city sent someone to report, and a woman named Wu Qian came to call the door, saying that there was something important to find General Dingnan, and the hundred households saw that it was related to Li Yuntian, how dare they slack off and hurriedly sent someone to the government to report.

Li Yuntian knew Wu Qian's intentions, now the last opponent of the Jiaozhi rebels in the Zhancheng State was the Grand Chief of Dogesa, Li Li was eager to capture the Zhancheng State, and would definitely concentrate his forces to attack Duohai City, and with the current strength of the Jiaozhi rebels, they would definitely be able to capture it within three months.

Therefore, Wu Qianlai asked Li Yuntian for help, wanting him to send troops to attack the Jiaozhou capital, so as to relieve the pressure on the Grand Chief of Dogesa.

It is worth mentioning that Duohai City is not only the strongest city in the Champa city, but also the richest and most prosperous city, with extremely developed commerce, which will undoubtedly make the Jiaozhi rebels attack the city more vigorously and then take the opportunity to loot the city.

When Li Yuntian went to see Wu Qian, it was already early morning, and his face was a little red, but today because it was the New Year, he drank a few more glasses and talked with everyone.

"Commander-in-Chief." Wu Qian, dressed in men's clothes, was fidgeting in the study, and when she saw Li Yuntian entering the door, she hurriedly greeted her and bowed.

"What is the so-called reason why Miss Wu came late at night?" Li Yuntian deliberately pretended to be surprised and looked at Wu Qian quietly.

"Lord General Soldier, now that the rebels in Jiaozhi have been attacking me and occupying the city for many days, I dare to ask the Lord General when I will send troops to attack Jiaozhou City." Wu Qian raised her head, and after steadying her anxious mind for a while, she said calmly, "The main force of the Jiaozhi rebels is all occupying the city, and if the chief soldier sends troops, he will definitely take them down in one fell swoop." ”

"Miss Wu doesn't know, this official has received an order from the imperial court to let this official attack the rebels in Jiaozhi in order to relieve the siege of your Zhancheng country."

Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "Although there are not many troops in the hands of this official, how can the order of the imperial court be disobeyed?" It's just that this official now has a last resort. ”

"Miss Wu, you must have known all the way that the troops under this official are fighting against those Tusi who are fornicating with the rebels, and they are not skilled enough to launch an offensive against the rebels in a short time." As he spoke, Li Yuntian's face showed a depressed look, looking quite helpless.

On the second day after Li Daniu and the others left Yuntun Port, Li Yuntian received an official letter from the military pavilion, in which he asked him to take advantage of the Jiaozhi rebels to attack the rebels in Jiaozhou Capital when they were attacking the city, and take the opportunity to defeat the Jiaozhi rebels in one fell swoop.

Since Li Yuntian is now sending all his troops out to deal with those Tusi who are suspected of being bandits, this official document from the military pavilion was suppressed by him.

Although Li Yuntian looked helpless, in fact, the Ming army's cleanup of the Tusi in Jiaozhi was very smooth, and he only used one trick to defeat those Tusi, that is, he announced that the land of Tusi would be distributed to the local people, and then quickly disintegrated the morale of the Tusi army, making those Tusi soldiers have no fighting spirit.

However, after the Ming army invaded Tusi's territory, not only did it eliminate the remnants of the Tusi army, but also had one of the most important things to do, that is, to carry out land reform, distribute Tusi's land to the local people, and set up a political power in Tusi to implement "land reform and return to stream", appointing officials to manage local affairs.

According to Li Yuntian's speculation, the Ming army in Jiaozhi will be able to preliminarily complete the "land reform and return to the stream" of the Tusi in the area under its jurisdiction before the end of February next year.

This means that the Ming army will not be able to launch an attack on Jiaozhou Capital until March next year, so before that, he hopes that the Grand Chief of Dogesa can hold Duohai City and do his best to destroy the rebels.

As for why Li Yuntian set the time in March, the main reason was not because of those toasts, but to avoid the miasma in the Jiaozhi Mountains in summer.

In Li's view, an attack on the rebels in March would allow them to capture most of the rebels' territory in Cochin before the miasma spreads in June.

At that time, the strategic depth of the Jiaozhi rebels will be greatly reduced, and most importantly, they will no longer be able to hide in the miasma when facing the Ming army, which will allow the Ming army to catch turtles in the urn and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

"Lord Commander, Duohai City is in danger, and once Duohai City is captured by the Jiaozhi rebels, the entire Zhancheng will become the world of the rebels, and it will take a lot of twists and turns if the Lord Commander-in-Chief wants to encircle and suppress it again!"

After listening to Li Yuntian's complaint, the look on Wu Qian's face suddenly became anxious, she naturally knew about the Ming army's battle with the local Tusi, but the Jiaozhi rebels were menacing this time, she was worried that the Great Chief of Dogesa would not be able to hold on to the time when the Ming army pacified the Tusi in the jurisdiction, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to persuade.

"Miss Wu, have you ever thought that if the official doesn't deal with those bandits first, in case they make trouble, the official will fall into a situation of being passively beaten."

Li Yuntian frowned and pondered for a while, as if he was seriously considering Wu Qian's words, then shook his head, looked at Wu Qian who was looking at him expectantly with a stern expression, and politely rejected her.

"Lord Commander, when are you going to attack the rebels?" Wu Qian knew that what Li Yuntian said was the truth, she had no way to refute it, her eyes darkened, and she asked nervously.

"As soon as March this year." Li Yuntian thought about it solemnly, and gave Wu Qian an answer in a deep voice, "As long as the safety of our army's rear can be guaranteed, so that our army has no worries, then this official will definitely go all out to attack Jiaozhou Mansion!" ”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Although Wu Qian longed in her heart that Li Yuntian would transfer troops to attack Jiaozhou Mansion now, which would definitely force Li Li to withdraw his troops from the Zhancheng State, but since Li Yuntian had already made up her mind, she couldn't force it, so she bowed to Li Yuntian again.

"Miss Wu, as far as this official knows, the city of Duohai City has thick walls and is guarded by elite soldiers, and this official feels that the rebels will definitely not capture it in the short term." Li Yuntian saw Wu Qian's worried expression, so he smiled slightly and opened his mouth to comfort her.

Wu Qian squeezed out a smile when she heard this, how could her family not worry about the safety of Duohai City, the only thing she could do now was to expect the Grand Chief of Dogesa to defend Duohai City before Li Yuntian sent his troops.

At this moment, there is a question that has been haunting Wu Qian's heart, she is very strange how Li Li caught the envoy sent by the King of Zhancheng to the Ming Jingshi, the messenger was secretly from the waterway to Daming, there are few people who know about this matter, it stands to reason that Li Li does not know about this matter.

Could it be that there was a traitor inside the city, or was it just a coincidence?

Wu Qian had been pondering this matter since Li Li sent the head of the envoy to the Champa State for demonstration, but after such a long time, she still couldn't think of the reason, and she didn't associate this matter with Li Yuntian anyway.