On September 21 of the new year, the date of the northward expedition was getting closer and closer, and rumors suddenly spread in the capital of Ava, up to the nobles, down to the market, and constantly spread this appalling information, the new emperor, that is, the Yongli who was once known as the fleeing son of heaven, had raised troops in southern Burma, sending 200,000 foot soldiers, 50,000 cavalry, bows and arrows, fire guns, golden helmets and iron armor, and the grain and grass were heavy for thousands of miles, and they were rushing towards Ava.

Immediately afterward, some people talked about Wang Mangbai's tyrannical nature, murdered his brother, and exterminated the royal family, and other bad acts, and some people even compiled his evil deeds into small segments and sang them among children, and some people posted the new emperor's essay on the thief, which added oil and vinegar, and counted Wang Mangbai's 20 sins, and affirmed that the king's expedition was for the heavens, with the intention of punishing the traitors, and helping the Burmese prince heir to inherit the throne, so as to correct the Burmese national system.

For this kind of hundreds of thousands of people crusading against Wang Mangbai's information belief is still a lot of people, people are always willing to accept the information they want to receive, Wang Mangbai's usurpation of the throne was originally unpopular, coupled with the wanton hunting and killing of the Burmese clan and former courtiers after the throne, in Dawei City spread widely, resulting in public resentment, by the entire civil official group hate, and the civil official group exerted the power of public opinion is infinite, in the secret agent and people with a heart to fuel, Wang Mangbai has become a thief who everyone gets and is punished, And the new emperor, who had a bad reputation, suddenly became a big hero in the eyes of the Burmese people, and all kinds of 'heroic deeds' of the new emperor when he was a teenager were compiled and widely disseminated.

And Cheng Zhu Lixue, Donglin Xuexue, and Yangming Xinxue in southern Myanmar also began to publish all kinds of Wang Mangbai's bad deeds, and even in the school, the Hanlin masters were also willing to discuss the situation in Myanmar with the students, and the content was also very different, nothing more than how great it is today, sympathetic to the Li people, unbearable to live in misery, and raise troops to fight thieves and the like.

At this time, Jinyiwei, who was sent to northern Myanmar to contact Li Dingguo, also returned, and with them came several middle and low-ranking generals in Li's army.

"Li Xiao, a thousand households in the spear camp under the command of the King of Jin, knocked on the emperor, and the King of Jin missed the emperor day and night, and got the news of the emperor a few days ago, and he was very grateful. The last general of the special order will come to see His Majesty. ”

"Li Aiqing, please get up, the King of Jin and all the soldiers are fighting against Wu Rebellion in northern Burma, and they have worked hard." Zhu Jun left his seat and helped Li Xiao up, and he also sighed very much: "The national disaster is so far, if it weren't for the King of Jin and all the loyal people to turn the tide, how could there be the current situation." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Xiao remembered his previous encounters, and seemed to be secretly sentimental, and his tone was a little choked.

Li Dingguo had two sons, the eldest son died in the battle of Guangdong, the second son was Li Xiao, this time Li Dingguo sent the second son to the south to the saint, the danger can be imagined, if accidentally discovered by the Burmese, and ambushed Li Xiao along the road, Li Dingguo is considered to be the last one, which shows how excited Li Dingguo is to get the news of Yongli.

"Your Majesty, the King of Jin has been worried about His Majesty's safety since His Majesty entered Burma, and has inquired about the Burmese side many times, and the Burmese only said that His Majesty went to southern Burma, which made the King of Jin worried. Li Xiao's words were a little muna, perhaps mixed with emotion, and his words were a little unclear, only intermittently.

At this time, the ministers in the hall saw Li Xiao with tears in the corners of his eyes, and remembered the cold eyes and suffering he had endured when he entered Burma, and they couldn't help but burst into tears, and there was a faint cry in the court.

Later, more and more people cried, and although Zhu Jun had not experienced what happened before, he couldn't help but have a layer of mist rising in his eyes in this situation. Suddenly, a loud cry reached his ears, and Zhu Jun turned his head to look, only to see Zhou Mubai half-kneeling on the ground beating his chest, crying to death.

"Spicy next door." Zhu Jun secretly despised it, it was understandable for others to cry, this bastard was an accomplice to the bereaved ministers of the Burmese king at that time, and now he is crying so hard.

"Alright." Zhu Jun was made to lose his sadness by Zhou Mubai's crying, and said sharply: "The past is over, now is not the time to cry, now the rebel king Mangbai has brought about his own destruction, and it is God who gave Myanmar to my Ming Dynasty as the cornerstone of the restoration of the country." If we don't seize this opportunity, won't we be disobedient? The time of conquest is just around the corner, so you should cheer up and give it a go. ”

"Mu Aiqing, pass on my mouth, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, is loyal and commendable, and has outstanding military achievements, he is the minister of my great Ming Zhushi, I take his loyalty, change the king of Jin to the king of righteousness, and his son Li Xiao, follow his father's will, and be named a filial piety marquis. All the soldiers in northern Myanmar will be rewarded according to their knighthood after the traitors are eliminated. ”

"Obey." Mu Tianbo leaned over and answered.

After Zhu Jun finished the reward, he was about to retreat, but he saw Mu Jianming in the ranks of generals squeezing his eyebrows at Li Xiao, and called to Mu Jianming: "Commander Mu, do you have something to say." ”

Mu Jianming said in a sneer: "Your Majesty, the last general also follows his father's will and is loyal to the emperor, why is Li Xiao filial piety to be named a filial marquis, and the only general is like an unworthy descendant." ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officers who were originally in tears couldn't help laughing, and Mu Tianbo couldn't help but be angry, and hurriedly went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the rebel son has no form, and the micro-ministers have no way to discipline him, and I ask the emperor to punish him." ”

Zhu Jun just laughed, but he thought in his heart that Mu Tianbo was a hereditary prince, and his contribution after entering Burma was no less than that of Li Dingguo, not to mention that in the history books, when Wang Mangbai wanted to tie up Yongli and hand it over to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mu Tianbo was so angry that he smashed more than a dozen Burmese soldiers to death with a meteor hammer, and he was not far behind Li Dingguo if he was more loyal, and it would not be reasonable to give some rewards, not to mention that the title was just a false position in the Ming Dynasty, and he did not have much real power, so he said: "Mu Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, what Mu Commander said is also the truth, I was negligent. It's not as good as this, Commander Mu is a person who can't hide his words in his heart, so I will take you as a straight word and make you a straight marquis. ”

"Naohou?" Mu Jianming said: "The last general will thank the emperor." ”

"The emperor can't, the dog has not made an inch, how can he rashly seal the marquis, it violates the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope that the emperor will take back his life." Mu Tianbo Road.

Zhu Jun knew that Mu Tianbo was in a hurry to resign or was afraid of the master's knot, and said: "Mu Aiqing doesn't have to shirk, although the merits of the Zhihou are not obvious, but I have a lot of assistance from Mu Aiqing, this is my gift to the Mu family, and it is also an affirmation of your Mu family, the King of Jin and the Duke of Qianguo are my right-hand men, and I will have to rely on them more in the future." ”

After Zhu Jun finished speaking, he didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore, and hurriedly said: "Let's discuss this today, Li Xiao and Mu Jianming's two Qing families will go to the valley with me to see how the soldiers are doing and the children I adopted." ”

Zhu Jun and Li Xiao and Mu Jianming are of the same age, and both of them are loyal and brave, the old ministers will always die, and the future Ming will still rely on these young people to bear, so Zhu Jun is also willing to be close to them, the three of them rode into the valley, Li Xiao was dumbfounded by the layout of the village, and accompanied Zhu Jun to see the soldiers' drill first, and he also felt very admired.

It turned out that after Li Dingguo's department retreated to the border between northern Myanmar and Yunnan, he relied on the terrain to deal with the Qing soldiers in the mountains and mountains, and after a year, the battle in the mountains and forests was fought dozens of times, and he was experienced, Li Xiao was originally a stupid person, but when it came to the mountain war, it was endless, and it was very methodical, and when it came to the gains and losses of the battles he participated in in northern Myanmar, even Mu Jianming was admired.

Zhu Jun's mind moved, after the formation of the mountain battalion, because no one had experience in mountain warfare, Zhu Jun had no choice but to appoint Su Changsheng, one of the four generals of the Mu family, as the commander, but Su Changsheng's skilled bow and crossbow firearms, the experience of mountain warfare is really lacking, this Li Xiao is a talent, if he can be the commander of this mountain battalion, it would be the best, but Su Shengchang did not have a big mistake, if he was rashly withdrawn, he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, and Li Xiao was Li Dingguo's subordinate and Li Dingguo's only son, Transferring him may also make Li Dingguo think that he doesn't trust him, and transferring his son is just for proton use, and it is inevitable that there will be suspicions, and he can't help but secretly say that it is a pity.

At this time, I only listened to Li Xiao said: "Although the training of this mountain battalion is good, but it is inevitable that there will be some omissions in actual combat, and the most important thing in mountain and forest combat is to hide the two words, and turn the whole into nothing, in the huge mountains and forests, the department should be like a ghost, not only to constantly harass the enemy, but also to make the enemy search for no traces, and when the enemy is tired, then use the momentum of the mountains and forests to attack him, so that he can win all battles." ”

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