After more than two months of anxious waiting in Taiyuan City, in early March of the fourth year of Xuande, Wu Qian finally waited for Li Yuntian to send troops to the state capital.

At this time, the Tusi Yamen in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ming army has all been captured by the Ming army, and the Tusi have either died or surrendered, fled or captured, and the once prominent Tusi Yamen collapsed in just a few months.

Different from the conflicts that broke out between the officials and the army and the Tusi Yamen in the past, because Li Yuntian distributed the land and property of those Tusi to the Tusi people at the lowest level of society in the name of the government, and then won the support of those Tusi people in one fell swoop, and soon gained a firm foothold in the local area.

With the collapse of the Tusi Yamen, the Ming army, under the order of Li Yuntian, quickly began the matter of "changing the land and returning to the stream", changing the Tusi Yamen into county or state yamen, and then governing them through guò recommendation and imperial examinations.

At the end of February, the Xiaowu troops stationed in the Tusi Yamen successively received Li Yuntian's orders, handed over the defense to the local Ming army that assisted them in attacking the Tusi Yamen, and then quietly withdrew, and rushed to Jiaozhou City according to the established route through the secluded mountain and forest areas.

Li Yuntian decided to use the leapfrog jumping tactic to surprise attack Jiaozhou City, Jiaozhou City is the location of the rebels' base camp, and it is also the tallest and strongest city on the ground of Jiaozhi, as long as Jiaozhou City is captured, those rebels on the ground of Jiaozhou Capital will definitely fall into panic, and it will be easier to deal with at that time.

Due to the swift and stealthy movements of the Xiaowu army, and the fact that the Ming army in Sanjiangfu and other places was unusual, the rebels in Jiaozhou City were defenseless against the sudden attack.

On the morning of March 12 of the fourth year of Xuande, Li Yuntian resumed his identity as a general of Dingnan and set off from Taiyuan City to lead the officials of the three divisions of Jiaozhi to Sanjiang City.

At the dawn of the same morning, more than 40,000 Xiaowu troops who had secretly rushed to Jiaozhou City, with the cooperation of the city's internal response, took advantage of the cover of night to enter the city and rushed directly to the rebels' garrison camp, causing heavy casualties to the rebels who were still asleep.

After a night of fierce fighting, the Xiaowu army took control of Jiaozhou City at noon the next day, capturing a large number of high-ranking officials and family members of the rebels.

More than 35,000 elite rebels stationed in the city were killed and wounded, more than 10,000 were wounded, and the rest surrendered in the face of the brave attack of the Xiaowu army, and only two or three thousand escaped from the city by luck.

To be honest, this result was not only surprising to Li Yuntian, but also a logical thing.

Last year's battle of Anliang County and the battle of the fallen leaf slope of the rebels were very stubborn, and the rebels in Jiaozhou City were the elite of the rebels, coupled with a large number of people, if they really resisted, it would bring huge trouble to the Xiaowu army, and the two sides would start a fierce battle in Jiaozhou City for several days.

However, since Li Yuntian and Li Li reached an agreement on a tacit truce, especially after Li Yuntian transferred the Xiaowu army to Guangxi and cut down the old and weak in the Ming army in Jiaozhi, the rebels without the pressure of the Ming army naturally relaxed their vigilance, and their armaments were also relaxed.

It can be said that the psychology of the rebels has changed subtly after a year of comfortable life, and they no longer have the sharpness they used to have, so they only held out until the morning in the battle with the Xiaowu army.

It is worth mentioning that many rebel generals took the initiative to lead the people to surrender, hoping that the Ming army could protect their personal safety and property safety.

The capture of Jiaozhou City by the Ming army immediately caused an uproar in Jiaozhou Capital, which surprised the rebels in Lilian City and Dongguan, and the morale fell sharply, no one thought that the Ming army would suddenly attack the rebels, and also took Jiaozhou City in one fell swoop.

Dongguan is a mountain checkpoint in the east of Jiaozhou, only 20 miles from the boundary of Lang Son Province, where 10,000 rebels are stationed.

Like Lilian City, where 20,000 rebels were stationed, Dongguan was an important military fortress for the rebels in Jiaozhou, used to defend against the Ming army in the direction of Lang Son Province.

Now Jiaozhou City has been captured by the Xiaowu army, which is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the rebels in Lilian City and Dongguan and the rebels in the rear, making them in a situation where they are attacked by the enemy.

If it is replaced by Li Yuntian, he will immediately withdraw his troops from Lilian City and Dongguan and return to Jiaozhou City, and launch a counterattack while the Ming army is not firmly established in Jiaozhou City, and there is a great chance that Jiaozhou City can be recaptured.

It's a pity that the defenders of Lilian City and Dongguan were stunned by the news of the sudden fall of Jiaozhou City, and Jiaozhou City was captured in less than a day, which means that the Xiaowu army has an overwhelming advantage.

Therefore, the guards of Lilian City and Dongguan did not dare to act rashly, and ordered to hold the city and wait for Li Li to send troops to come to the rescue.

In the anxious waiting of the guards of Lilian City and Dongguan to sleep and eat, on March 16, Lilian City and Dongguan appeared at the same time in the figure of the Ming army.

Wang Jian led 30,000 Ming troops to camp in front of Dongguan, and Liang Shaojie led 40,000 Ming troops to Lilian City, forming a huge deterrent to the rebels in Dongguan and Lilian City.

Among the 30,000 Ming troops led by Wang Jian, 20,000 came from Guangxi, and 10,000 came to Dong'an, Langshan, Zhenman, Jianchang and Beijiang; Of the 40,000 Ming troops led by Liang Shaojie, 20,000 came from Guangxi, and 20,000 came from Xuanhua Prefecture, Sanjiang Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Langjiang Prefecture, Naturalized Zhili Prefecture and Jiaxing Zhili Prefecture in Jiaozhi.

At the same time, Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo in Yunnan, led 50,000 Ming troops from Yunnan to Guihua Zhili Prefecture in the name of Emperor Xuande's edict in the name of General Zhengnan, and rushed to Sanjiang Mansion to join Li Yuntian.

For a time, the northern part of Jiaozhi was suddenly stormy, and no one could have imagined that the Ming army suddenly concentrated 160,000 troops and launched a huge attack on the Jiaozhi rebels.

On March 20, the 50,000 Ming army led by Mu Sheng arrived in Sanjiang City, and Li Yuntian led the soldiers and civilians in the city out of the city to greet them, and held a grand luncheon in the backyard of the government to receive Mu Sheng and others.

Although Mu Sheng is the prince of the country, his identity in Jiaozhi is the deputy commander of Jiaozhi, assisting Li Yuntian to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi.

Since General Dingnan was newly established by Emperor Xuande, its rank has not yet been clarified, but judging from the current situation, General Li Yuntian's rank of General Dingnan is higher than that of General Mu Sheng's Zhengnan.

Therefore, although it is a little unreasonable, Li Yuntian, who has a lower title than Mu Sheng when commanding the army to fight, can command Mu Sheng to engage the enemy army.

Li Yuntian not only single-handedly reversed the unfavorable situation of the Ming army in the past, forcing the Jiaozhi rebels to confront the Ming army in Jiaozhou Mansion, but also won the support of the people of Jiaozhi.

This made Mu Sheng look at the young Li Yuntian with admiration and admiration, in his opinion, there are many people among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty who can pacify Jiaozhi, but there are no people like Li Yuntian who did not ask the court for a soldier and managed Jiaozhi in an orderly manner.

This requires not only outstanding military talent, but also rich experience in government affairs, and there is no doubt that Li Yuntian is the only one among the great Ming nobles who meets the criteria.

On March 25, in the camp of the Jiaozhi rebels outside the city of Duohai City, Le Le Le summoned important generals and officials of the rebel army such as Nguyen Yan to discuss the matter of launching the final blow on the city of Duohai.

After two or three months of fierce attack, the Jiaozhi rebels suffered numerous casualties, but also inflicted heavy losses on the Champa soldiers of Duohai City, who had attacked the city wall several times, but were finally driven down by the Champa soldiers defending the city.

In the continuous offensive of the Cochin rebels, the soldiers of Champa were extremely tired, which gave the Cochin rebels an opportunity.

In order to boost morale, Li Li has already issued an order to the besieging rebels, as long as the city of Dohai is captured, then the rebels can freely loot for three days.

This order made the rebels suddenly become more excited, and they became more courageous in battle, everyone knew the prosperity and wealth of Duohai City, and coveted the wealth of the city.

"Report~~" Just when Li Li was on the table to arrange the siege task for the generals around him, a rebel soldier ran in, holding an official document in his hand, knelt on one knee in front of the table, and held the official document in both hands and said loudly to Li Li:

"Lord Wang, the Ming army suddenly attacked Jiaozhou City in the morning of the 12th, and Jiaozhou City has been lost, this is an urgent document from General Li of Qinghua City to the prince."

The rebel Thanh Hoa City defender was Le Li's cousin Rigor Ligot, and since Thanh Hoa Castle was an important town in the central part of Cochin, Le Le Le let Le Ligor defend it.

"What did you say?" Hearing this, Li Li straightened up and looked at the rebel soldier who reported the news with a shocked expression, and did not react for a while.

Everyone present looked at each other, all of them were stunned by this sudden news, no one thought that the Ming army would suddenly attack the rebels, let alone that Jiaozhou City would be captured so quickly, and the rebels in Jiaozhou City would hold on for several days if calculated from the distance.

This is simply an incredible thing, you must know that Jiaozhou City not only has a strong city defense, but also has 35,000 rebel elites, it is not easy for the Ming army to capture it, how can it fall in a few days, is it not possible for the Ming army to use any powerful firearms?

Inadvertently, everyone recalled what happened on the Fallen Leaf Slope, and the Ming army used a series of mines to kill the rebels on their backs and collapsed.

Among all of them, there was only one person who remained calm at this time, and he was Ruan Yan, the first adviser and rebel military advisor by Le Li's side.

After hearing the sergeant's message, he was slightly stunned at first, and then his face turned pale, and he already realized that Li Li and himself had fallen for Li Yuntian's tricks, which not only gave the Jiaozhi Ming army a chance to breathe, but also fell into the battle with Zhancheng, which made the Jiaozhi rebels form a two-front battle pattern.

With the Ming army's attack this time, Li Li knew that the Jiaozhi rebels had fallen into a very critical situation.