Sun Kewang did not make a noise, and directly led the troops to Yang Qiaoran's residence, and ordered someone to search carefully, and found that there was a stiff corpse in Yang Qiaoran's bedroom, with severely twisted limbs, which seemed to have died of poisoning, and went through a painful struggle before dying.

The corpse was wearing Yang Qiaoran's clothes, and his appearance was eight points similar to Yang Qiaoran, if he didn't identify it carefully, he really couldn't see that it was Yang Qiaoran's stand-in.

There was a letter next to the corpse, and Sun Kewang picked it up and took a look: "Sure enough, it's Yang Qiaoran's handwriting!" ”

"Lord Wang, what is this letter talking about?" Adjutant General Ma Jingzhong asked.

"Whatever he says!" Sun Kewang stuffed the letter into his arms.

Ma Jingzhong is Sun Kewang's henchman, so he didn't ask much, but nodded slightly: "The last general understands!" ”

Remembering that Yang Qiaoran had saved his life, Sun Kewang didn't want to do too much, not to mention that he could also go back to Wu Sangui to give an errand, and he said to his entourage: "Yang Qiaoran committed suicide by taking poison!" ”

Sun Kewang's subordinates clasped their fists together: "Lord Wang, I'll understand!" ”……

So, Sun Kewang lied to Wu Sangui that Yang Qiaoran had committed suicide by taking poison, and his subordinates were leaderless, so they were so frightened that they fled like black birds and beasts in the wind and night.

"Great!" Wu Sangui was ecstatic.

This time, Wu Sangui actually believed Sun Kewang's nonsense.

Yang Qiaoran used the golden cicada to get out of the shell and cheated to death in Chongqing, Sun Kewang lied about the military situation, concealed the murderous demon Wu Sangui, and the 3,000 men and horses of the Yang family group were able to safely withdraw from southern Sichuan into Kunming.

Sichuan's anti-Qing forces had no backbone, and they fought separately, and most of them were defeated by Wu Sangui one by one, and southern Sichuan soon fell.

The Qing army on the South Road and the East Road easily conquered Guizhou because of the accurate information provided by Sun Kewang, and Wu Sangui approached Yunnan Road, the last land of the Southern Ming Dynasty, after more than half a year of killing.

Yang Qiaoran led his own pro-army and got in touch with Mu Tianbo in King Mu's Mansion in time. Mu Tianbo saw that the Yang family from Chengbu's hometown would come to take refuge, and he was extremely excited, and he wanted to set up a banquet in the mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Yang Qiaoran.

Yang Qiaoran hurriedly stopped: "Qianguo Gong, you don't have to spend so much, just give Yang a big bowl of rice noodles across the bridge to satisfy your hunger." At present, the national crisis is at hand, so it is better to save some expenses and purchase more firearms to deal with the Qing army. ”

After a while, the Yunnan-characteristic cross-bridge rice noodles came up, and Yang Qiaoran asked, "Do my three thousand brothers have a place to settle?" ”

Mu Tianbo said: "It's all settled properly, Brother Yang can rest assured." ”

Yang Qiaoran said: "Yang thanked Qianguo Gong for this. ”

Mu Tianbo said: "You don't have to be so polite. Daming has been dead for more than ten years, and my lord is just a vain name, just call me brother. ”

Yang Qiaoran said: "Hong Wunian Qianguo Gong has been running Yunnan for decades, and he is powerful in Yunnan and Burma, and all the toasts are not afraid to obey. Why are there less than 1,000 guards in the Rimu Palace? ”

Mu Tianbo was silent for a while: "Hey, the little brother is not talented." Since the first year of Hongguang (1644), the situation in Yunnan was turbulent, the rebels of Shadingzhou raided the palace, my mother and wife Jiao did not have time to accompany them, fled into the nunnery and committed suicide, and my brothers Tianze and Tianrun died in the chaos. The wealth accumulated in the house for more than 200 years has been looted, so it has fallen to the point where the sun is stretched. ”

Yang Qiaoran said sadly: "The Ming Dynasty no longer exists, Emperor Yongli is not as good as Emperor Longwu, cowardly, and has no talent to control his subordinates, this is a catastrophe." ”

Mu Tianbo said: "The general trend has gone, and there is no way to save it." The Mu family has been rewarded by the emperor's grace for generations, and they have abandoned it for injustice. I am determined to live and die with Nanming and die for my country. ”

Yang Qiaoran said: "Brother Mu, this is great loyalty and righteousness. And ask the family how to settle it? ”

Mu Tianbo responded: "I have already given my adult sons to the local toast, and I want to leave incense for the family." Can Brother Yang think of a way out for his family? ”

"The enemy is at present, and I have not thought about it." Yang Qiaoran said.

"The big Tusi Dao Muqi in Cheli (now Xishuangbanna, Yunnan) has a good relationship with me, where there are Lancang River natural hazards, wild elephant valleys, lofty mountains and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. With a radius of more than 30,000 miles, it is an ideal place for training and hiding soldiers. Mu Tianbo suggested.

"What are you going to do in the car?" Yang Qiaoran asked.

"More than 1,200 miles, the mountains are high and the roads are far away."

"Then tomorrow I will lead my troops to the car to recruit troops and horses to counterattack the Qing army. Please ask Brother Mu to repair a book in the name of the Duke of Qianguo, so that I can meet with Dao Mu. ”

"Okay. Seeing a letter is like seeing a person, and with the paperwork, the toast in the car will be respectful. ”......

The next day, in front of King Mu's mansion.

The armies of the four generals Yang, Bai, Peng, and Luo gathered together as a guide, preparing to escort Yang Qiaoran and the others into the car.

Mu Tianbo is good at using the Meteor Hammer, and often hides this weapon in his sleeve. On this day, he was still a little worried that someone in the general's team would sneak to the Qing army halfway to Gaomi, give birth to an accident, and resist the great cause of the Qing Dynasty for the sake of disaster.

Before leaving, Mu Tianbo said: "Your Excellency, the war in the north is tense, so I won't send you to the car." I'll play with the Meteor Hammer, and I should see off the adults. ”

Yang Qiaoran said: "The Duke of Qianguo has every opportunity, and Yang appreciates it. I have heard of the gods and martial arts, it is better to see than to hear, please-"

Mu Tianbo said: "Then I will be ugly." ”

So, Mu Tianbo took out the meteor from his sleeve and danced the hammer, the meteor hammer flew up and down, whirring and windy, and everyone watching was shocked. In fact, he is warning those who have two hearts: I Mu Tianbo treats you well, and if anyone dares to rebel, I will kill your entire family.

Mu Tianbo sent Yang Qiaoran out of Kunming City, and held Yang Qiaoran's hand tightly for a long time: "Send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." Brother Yang, take care! ”

Although Yang Qiaoran was a little reluctant, time could not allow him to delay any longer, so he wrote a poem "Heroic Ghost Xiang Yu": Breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat to fight the giant deer, and driving straight into the valley of receiving letters. Selling fame and fishing for the Hongmen banquet, there is no way to secretly cross Chen Cang. Tears sprinkled Wujiang farewell Yu Ji, thirty fame turned into dust. Whose fault is it that Qiang Chu is returned to Han? When the sky is dead, I cry at sunset......

After chanting, Yang Qiaoran gave Mu Tianbo a musket he was carrying, then turned over to his horse, hugged his fists and said: "Guogong, the defense of Kunming will be handed over to the brothers, farewell!" ”

Yang Qiaoran waved his sword and gave an order: "Let's go-".

More than 4,000 people set off and headed for Yuxi. Zebra Xiao Xiao, flag hunting, dusty, sunset.

Mu Tianbo stared at the people for a long time, until it turned into a small black dot and disappeared, and then returned to the city, muttering: "I go to the mountains and rivers here, I don't know when we will be able to meet?" ”

Yang Gaoxue, the usually silent attendant, immediately responded: "Lord Wang, it's coming, it's coming-"

Hearing Yang Gaoxue say this, Mu Tianbo couldn't help but be stunned, his brows tightened, could it be that God's will is like this?

Ten days later, Yang Qiaoran flew a pigeon to pass on the message, telling him that he had arrived in Mengla, and that Tusi Dao Muqi was very enthusiastic and gave great help, and a military base in southwest Yunnan could be built soon. After reading the letter, Mu Tianbo's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally landed.

Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops approached from the south and north, and Kunming was in an emergency. In order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army and preserve their strength, Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo agreed to move the capital to Jianchang, Sichuan, avoid the main force of the Qing army, transfer to the enemy's rear, and establish an anti-Qing base area with the army of the Thirteen Families of Kuidong, fight guerrilla warfare with Wu Sangui, and carry out a protracted war to drag down the Qing army.

How do you know that Zhu Youlang's favorite minister Ma Jixiang has an enemy in Sichuan, owes dozens of lives, and returns to Jianchang, afraid of the enemy's revenge, so he added oil and vinegar in front of Zhu Youlang and said: "Good horses don't eat back grass, Jianchang has not been a good place to establish the capital since ancient times." Moreover, Chengdu and Chongqing were captured by the Qing army, and if you go back, you will send sheep into the wolves, how can you not be defeated? ”

Zhu Youlang was an unassertive wreck, and said without thinking: "What Ma Aiqing said is very true, if it wasn't for your reminder, I would have almost decided to go back to Jianchang." Then Jianchang won't go, let's go to Yongchang instead. What do you think? ”

Even Zhu Youlang opposed returning to Sichuan, and the ministers who were greedy for life and afraid of death echoed one after another: "The emperor is shengming, Yongchang is auspicious, Yongchang is auspicious——"

Mu Tianbo admonished: "Your Majesty, don't do it." Once we arrived in western Yunnan, we were about to leave the country, and it would be difficult to communicate with the anti-Qing forces from all walks of life, which would not be conducive to the dispatch of the battalions, and the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty would be ruined. ”

Zhu Youlang Longyan was furious, and he slapped the case: "Bold, Mu Tianbo!" Hugh is babbling! If I hadn't read your meritorious service in saving the driver, I would have punished you with death today. Stand down for me—"

Mu Tianbo had no choice but to retreat and say no more.

Li Dingguo saw that Zhu Youlang was deceived by Ma Jixiang, so he had no choice but to retreat to western Yunnan. Zhu Youlang's order was changed overnight, which made the Southern Ming army completely lose its fighting spirit, the army's morale was weakened, and people's hearts were fluctuating.

Before retreating, Mu Tianbo suggested burning a large amount of grain and grass and not leaving it for the Qing army. Li Dingguo felt that the common people had no food to eat, so he did not agree, and as a result, Wu Sangui, who did not have much food, picked up a bargain, got the material replenishment, and entered Kunming.

When Li Dingguo retreated, there was no careful deployment, the organization was scattered, and the team was scattered like birds and beasts. Many of the troops behind surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and soon the Ming army of more than 100,000 was less than three.

Zhu Youlang, who ran in the front, was so frightened that he softened, and barely got on the war horse with the support of the generals, and after telling Li Dingguo in a panic, he sniped the pursuing Qing army, and asked Mu Tianbo to take Yang Gaoxue and other Mu Wangfu pro-troops to protect him into Burma. The emperors all ran away, and the already chaotic situation was even worse.

Zhu Youlang led thousands of people to the Shuben River, and when the Burmese heard that the Duke of Qianguo was coming, they dismounted one after another to pay homage to Mu Tianbo. Zhu Youlang saw that the Burmese people respected Mu Tianbo so much and snubbed him, he was very depressed, his face was very ugly, and he thought that he would have to rely on Mu Tianbo in Myanmar in the future, so he didn't lose his temper.

After arriving in the desert, Mu Tianbo discussed with his uncle Wang Weigong and Dianxi Li Chonggui and said: "The emperor enters Burma, we should ensure that the young master enters the tea mountain, so that we can not only dispatch the camps, but also make the Burmese people fearful, not to mention that it is also very important to us." ”

The indecisive Zhu Youlang couldn't make up his mind for a while, and secretly told his queen about it.