November 23 of the third year of the new year, a Ming army equipped with a new type of repeating musket in the city of Kunming began to march out of the city to the north, due to the improvement and mass production of repeating firearms, the Ming army has begun to gradually remove the steel crossbow, knives and guns and other weapons, and began to standardize the equipment of the continuous fire, the whole 40,000 new army, except for the mountain battalion and a part of the spearmen have all been installed.

Today's Ming soldiers are all unified continuous firearms, with a three-foot-long military thorn pinned to their waists, and their whole bodies are a set of new black military uniforms, with steel helmets on their heads, cowhide sandals on their lower bodies, and 10,000 black military uniforms meandering forward like long snakes, one after another like a black ocean rolling in the breeze.

Li Dingguo walked at the end of the team, side by side with several generals, he silently looked at the undulating mountains in the distance, green and verdant giant trees, but in his mind he was thinking about the Ming army military system, now the Ming army has swelled from the first 2,000 people to nearly 50,000, the original battalion system has lost its effectiveness, and now the combat is about the cooperation between the battalions, such as the Shenyong battalion, the Shenji battalion, the mountain battalion, between the Dingbei army, in the past, when the small-scale battle was also able to be divided into the battalion to enter the battle, However, once encountering a large-scale battle, the battalions will be mixed together, due to the different formations of everyone, some officers will inevitably be a little rusty in command, mixed operations have actually begun to become the main combat mode of the Ming army, but now it is not institutionalized, Li Dingguo is thinking about whether to raise this opinion to the emperor in the last concert. Seeing that his father was silent, Li Xiao quickly caught up with him and asked sideways.

"Huh? Oh. Li Dingguo came back to his senses and glanced at his sturdy son, this time Li Xiao was also one of the generals who fought with the army, while Mu Tianbo and his son stayed in Kunming to defend the city. As the saying goes, fighting tiger brothers, going into battle with father and son, what is really trustworthy in this world is actually brothers and sons. Li Dingguo glared at Li Xiao angrily, and began to put up his father's shelf: "Commander Li, didn't Ben Shuai often teach you that there is no favoritism in the army, should you call Ben Shuai a military officer?" ”

Li Xiao scratched his head, compared to tutoring. The Li family, who was born in the army, is much looser than the Mu family in Yunnan, and Mu Jianming doesn't even dare to come out in front of his father. Li Xiao was not, he followed his father and brother to fight when he was seven or eight years old, and later his brother died in Sichuan. He was only sixteen years old at the time, and he became his father's personal soldier, and he fought thousands of miles north and south, and the father-son was more often a comrade-in-arms who fought side by side, and the brotherhood of life and death together, so Li Xiao did not seem too restrained in front of Li Dingguo, and laughed in the face of his father's accusation: "Handsome." What are you thinking? Is it the Qing army on Sichuan Road? In my opinion, the Sichuan army is advancing lightly, and its commander seems to be an idiot, and it is not a big deal. ///”

Li Dingguo shook his head and was silent, and the anger on his face disappeared at once. Gently patted Li Xiaodi's broad shoulders, changed the topic and said: "Commander Li, you have indeed grown up, you are taller than Ben Shuai, you have grown up with the emperor in the past two years, this battle Ben Shuai will let you be a pioneer, do you dare?" ”

Li Xiao straightened his chest and said: "Naturally, I dare, our Li family has not produced a bad seed, when the eldest brother was surrounded by the Qing army in Sichuan Girl's Mountain, he didn't rush down the mountain with hundreds of brothers to fight with the Qing army." ”

Li Dingguo thought of his eldest son who died in battle. His eyes darkened. Looking a lot older, he sighed and said, "Your brother is a good boy." is a good man, you are willing to learn from him, Ben Shuai is very happy. ”

Li Dingguo suddenly cheered up and raised his voice: "Li Xiao." ”

"The end will be." Li Xiao responded energetically.

Li Dingguo's eyes turned into the distance: "This commander ordered you to lead two thousand elite soldiers as the forward, if anyone blocks your way, no matter who it is." Li Dingguo clenched his fists: "Destroy them and rush over!" ”

"Yes!" Li Xiao gave a military salute to his father and ordered all the people to go. ///

Li Dingguo resolutely looked at his son's back as he gradually moved away, target: Chengdu, the Qing army probably would never believe that the combat direction set by the 10,000 Ming army was neither to block the offensive of the Qing army on the three routes, nor to hold on to the city, but to quickly defeat the main force of the Sichuan army and attack the city of Chengdu. Never before has anyone ever taken such a bold action.

The corners of Li Dingguo's mouth overflowed with a smile, he must be able to do it, he told himself, no one can stop an invincible force, this is the most powerful fist, they are well-trained, they are equipped with the best and most exquisite weapons, they have been repeating training from the early morning to the evening, the court has provided them with the best food and weapons, so that each of them is as strong as a hill, even if they jog and march for a day and a night, they can also enter the battlefield with high morale, this is the barrier of Li Dingguo's madness.

In Kunming City, hundreds of Jinyi guards galloped towards all corners of Yunnan with Mu Tianbo's conscription order, and they came to the Miao, Li, and Dai people's cottages to meet the local Tusi patriarch.

It was still the request two months ago, the Qing army launched an offensive, Yunnan was facing a crisis, and someone from each village was invited to fight against the Qing army together.

"Lord Tusi, Grandpa Mu said that as long as you are willing to give people, all the grain and grass will be paid ......" The messenger repeated Mu Tianbo's words, and halfway through his speech to the local toast, he was interrupted by the toast with a calloused hand, and they would look at the envoy angrily, as if they had been greatly insulted.

The ethnic groups in the southwest are different from the ethnic groups in the north, they do not have the aggressiveness of the northern Mongolians, Xiongnu, Turkic, and Manchu Qing dynasties, what they yearn for is a life without fighting with the world, as long as no one bullies them, and can gain the respect of others, they will treat you as their good brothers, good friends, in their dictionary, friends and brothers are defended with blood, friends are in trouble, we draw our swords to help, brothers need help, brothers are dead and will stand with you, if you are with us, then it is an insult to our cottage, did you see us Miao people fighting for our brothers and asking for money?

The Mu family ruled in Yunnan for three hundred years, has been pursuing the policy of recuperation, treating all ethnic groups equally, and appropriately allocating a part of the necessities for some cottages lacking salt and iron tools.

The scimitar on the waist of the toast is always hanging on the waist, which is a symbol of the authority of the toast, in front of the messenger, the toast has pulled out the scimitar, cut the fingers, a drop of blood from the fingertips left, the blood was dripped into the bowl containing the rice wine, and finally the toast was picked up and sent to the messenger: "For three hundred years, the water of the Caton River can not compare to the kindness of Mu Wangye to us, friend, drink this bowl of blood wine, you are the good brother of our cottage, we fight for Mu Wangye, and also fight for the good brother of Daming." ”

The messenger drank the rice wine, and was pulled away to break the arrow as an oath, and the enthusiasm of these simple natives gradually melted the brocade guards, who had always been known for their coldness.

The Kunming city gate that opened the hole, countless natives with bows and arrows gathered from all directions, they entered the city in groups of three or five, and there were immediately a few Ming soldiers who knew the local dialect at the city gate led them into the military camp in the east of the city to settle, and the Tusi of the cottage went to the Muguo Mansion one by one to visit, everything seemed to be in order, without the slightest disorder.

After a few days, more than 20,000 people gathered in the military camp in the east of the city, these natives lived in the poor mountains and mountains, except for a small amount of farming, most of the time in the forest fighting fierce beasts, they had faced countless dangers since birth, and from the moment they came of age, each of them had developed a strong physique and the most practical sword and archery skills in a difficult environment, as long as someone could restrain them, each of them could be immediately transformed into the most qualified soldiers.

"Honorable Lord Mu, greetings to you from the cottage in the mountains of Kalusa, my people and I have come to visit you with swords and arrows, and we will use swords and arrows to protect your safety."

"The tribes along the Lijiang River greet you, we have a total of two hundred and thirty-one of the most warlike warriors, who will assist you in guarding Kunming and present you with the head of the Qing Dog."

"Ada Bu Miao Village to Mu Wang Ye greetings, the Mu King of the past dynasties to our cottage has given salt, medicinal materials, so that our people can taste the most wonderful food in the world, but also let our people be able to resist disease, Mu Wang's kindness we remember, today, all the warriors of Abda have come, we will be with Kunming, even if it is death, Miao people will never abandon the city."

In the Muguo Mansion, more than a dozen cottage heads and toasters who arrived early this morning met Mu Tianbo and bent down to pay tribute to this spiritual leader of Yunnan.

With more than 5,000 Ming troops, as well as the people in the city, relying on the thick city walls, wide moats, and the use of 100 artillery, Mu Tianbo believed that it would be impossible for the Qing army arriving in Kunming to capture the city for less than a year and a half.

A smile appeared on Mu Tianbo's face, and he said in his heart: "Li Dashuai, Mu is guarding Kunming, and the rest is up to you." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Mu Tianbo looked at the sincere worship eyes of every toast and head, and shouted: "You can come to Kunming and serve the old man, and the old man is grateful." ”

But the old man said first, since the warriors of the cottages have gathered in Kunming, they must obey the constraints of military law, if someone disobeys the order, the old man will inevitably tear off his face to enforce military law. Do you have any objections? ”

"I am willing to obey the orders of Lord Mu, if someone in the village violates the military law, there is no need for the prince to do it, and we must not do it for the prince." The toasts and chieftains knew the general situation, and knew how important it was for the marching army to fight a war, so they all agreed.

Mu Tianbo could only smile bitterly, except for Mu Ying who was named the king, the descendants of the Mu family in later generations are only the titles of the dukes, these natives do not know what they are, and they have been commensurate with King Mu for three hundred years, and they have always been unable to change their words. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to qidian, more chapters, support the author, support positive.)