After hearing Duan Gong's words, Bazaravaalmi's face changed slightly.

This Duan Gong usually seems to be honest, but he is an old fox.

Bazaravaalmi knew in his heart that Duan Gong's concerns were correct, if he killed those chaotic people who were demagogic in this situation, it would definitely make the people's hearts unstable, but if he left it alone, it would be even more worrying!

"Your Highness, the last general is willing to lead troops to resist Chen Youliang, so that the thieves will not be able to cross the Desheng Pass! His Royal Highness can sit in the rear, gather troops and horses from all over the country, and give support to the last general at critical moments! Duan Gong continued.

Duan Gong's words made Bazara Valmi's eyes light up, and he immediately stood up and said: "Yes, I think so too, you and I work together, we will definitely be able to defeat the red scarf thief Chen Youliang!" ”

Of course, Duan Gong knew the purpose of the Liang King Bazara Val Mi to come to Dali, and since he couldn't hide, he would take the initiative to ask for battle.

He smiled and said, "Your Highness is wise. ”

"Haha, Manager Duan is really a loyal and good general, go, go with this king to gather an army and exterminate the traitor Chen Youliang!" Bazaravarumi said happily.

Duan Gong also smiled and said, "Obey, Your Highness!" ”

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Jingshi, Ying Tianfu.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty was discussing with Zhu Han the latest information in the southwest.

"Chen Youliang is not simple, he has the strength to attack Yunnan so soon!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Brother, I just received the news, it is said that Dali's Liang King Bazara Valmi sent Duan Power to lead an army of 200,000 to prepare to meet Chen Youliang, and it must be a battle to the death." Zhu Han said worriedly.

"We heard that Duan Gong is brave and good at fighting, and under the hundreds of years of management of the Duan clan in Dali, the people of Dali are attached to him, and there are many strategists under him, so if you send him this time, it is really possible to defend Yunnan." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Brother, Chen Youliang's Huguang veteran is not an ornament, although Duan Gong is powerful, he may not be Chen Youliang's opponent!" Zhu Han said.

"Duan Gong and Chen Youliang are in a fierce battle, that's the best! Anyway, as long as we don't solve the Mengyuan forces in Yunnan, Chen Youliang will never be able to free up his hands to deal with us, and we can concentrate on dealing with Mengyuan! Zhu Yuanzhang said.

The Ming Dynasty is now strong, and Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang have discussed launching a final conquest against Meng Yuan.

In order to make the martial virtues of the Ming Dynasty vividly displayed, Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang have already discussed and adopted the strategy of entering the Northern Expedition in multiple ways.

The army of the Northern Expedition was divided into three routes. The Western Route Army, the Central Route Army, and the Eastern Route Army.

The Western Route Army was led by Xu Da, set out from Guanzhong, and mainly attacked Ningzhou, Xiazhou and Shanxi in the northwest.

The Eastern Route Army was led by Zhu Han.

Mainly from Liaodong to the north, attack. The direction of the offensive was mainly the steppes in the east, nomadic tribes and Jurchen tribes.

The Middle Route Army was personally commanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang have already discussed, this battle is the most critical battle of the Ming Dynasty.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang must personally recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to show the world the martial virtues of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"When we defeat the Mongols and completely recover the Central Plains, then Chen Youliang will not have to worry about living in the southwest, and it will be a matter of time before Chen Youliang is cleaned up." Zhu Han said.

Chen Youliang's ability is no matter how powerful it is.

The best result is just to repeat the historical Shu Han regime, the Shu Han regime has Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, a pair of ceiling-level monarchs and ministers, and Jiang Wei, Zhuge Zhan and a group of loyal and daring courtiers to inherit the will, but the final result is still defeat to Wei! The biggest reason is the absolute disparity in national strength.

Therefore, as long as the Ming Dynasty recovers the entire Central Plains, no matter how well Chen Youliang operates in Yunnan and Sichuan, it will be impossible to resist the attack of the Ming army in the end.

Zhu Yuanzhang is very clear about this.

Now all the right-hand men of the Ming Dynasty basically have to be drawn out and join the battle to the north against the Mongols, the biggest opponent of the Ming army.

"By the way, Tang He is about to come back from Guizhou, and the Tusi rebels in Guizhou have caused us a lot of trouble this time, but there is an officer named Luo Guanzhong who has made a lot of contributions, according to what you said before, should some medals be awarded to this kind of meritorious generals and soldiers?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

For the modern army, the medal is a very useful thing.

It can motivate morale and enhance cohesion.

As long as they are meritorious generals or soldiers, they can receive corresponding medals.

After all, rewards such as Danshu iron coupons or gold and silver treasures are not convenient to display in ordinary times, so there is less demonstration for other soldiers.

The medals are different, these medals can be worn on the body of soldiers in ordinary times or when there are major ceremonies, which can show their merits and status, and also have a good incentive effect on other soldiers.

"I'm ready for this matter, let's first set the name of the first batch of military merit medals, and the word is called the Hong Martial Arts Medal." Zhu Han said.

The Hung Martial Warrior Medal is divided into four ranks.

They are third-class meritorious heroes, second-class meritorious heroes, first-class meritorious heroes and special meritorious heroes.

Each meritorious person is offered a silver reward ranging from one hundred taels to one thousand taels.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has won more and more victories in the silver mining of the Iwami Domain in Japan, a large amount of silver has simply poured into the treasury of the Ming Dynasty like flowing water.

It is not too simple to take out more than a hundred taels of silver to reward the heroes.

"The soldiers of the Ming army, as long as they have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, even if they do not have great military merits, whether they are killed or disabled, they can also get medals, then this kind of medal is called the Hongwu Dedication Medal."

The Ming soldiers who won the Ming Hongwu Dedication Medal can receive a silver reward of one hundred taels to five hundred taels.

They will also receive a share of land based on merit.

The Ming Hongwu Dedication Medal is to highlight these soldiers who have dedicated themselves to the country, so that their descendants and themselves will not be unable to maintain their future lives after bloody sacrifices.

In fact, there is also a pension silver in the feudal dynasty, but this kind of pension silver is not transparent at all, and after the layers of deduction by the upper civil and military officials, the number that is really implemented in the hands of soldiers and their families is pitiful.

After careful consideration, Zhu Han's medal system has been polished to perfection, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod in admiration after hearing it.

"After we have this medal system, the soldiers must be brave and brave and not afraid of death! Defeat the enemy to obtain military merit rewards, is if you are disabled or martyred, then there will be a dedication reward, I can really be invincible in the world from now on! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have seen the heroic demeanor of countless Ming soldiers, who are not afraid of hardships, dangers, casualties, and fighting everywhere.

The first batch of military merit medal awarding ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty was held just two days later.

Luo Guanzhong, as the first batch of winners of the Hong Martial Arts Medal, was rated as a first-class meritorious service because of his heroic achievements in Guizhou Zuowei Buffalo Village.

"Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures."

Luo Guanzhong stroked the first-class meritorious medal on his body with one hand, and the other hand was the reward of the first-class meritorious hero, and the exquisite military merit box contained a silver ticket of one thousand taels of silver from the Ming treasury, and a pioneer certificate of five hundred acres of land.

The pioneer certificate is the latest thing that Zhu Han has added to the medal and military merit system, and with the pioneer certificate, you can get the same amount of land in the frontier land that the Ming Dynasty will open up in the future.

Zhu Han's hand is a basic preparation for the Ming Dynasty to open up colonies outside in the future, and these military merit winners can sell or give away these lands at will, so there will be a large number of people who will settle down in new territories for these lands.

Today, the awarding ceremony of the winners of the Ming Military Meritorious Service Medal is being held in the Ming Palace.

This palace hall was originally also used as a place to hold the Jinshi exam.

Zhu Han put the awarding ceremony of the winners of the Military Merit Medal here, which is also to show the people of the world, whether it is a meritorious hero or a jinshi, it will be valued equally by the Ming Dynasty.

The attention of the imperial court made these Ming soldiers move to tears one by one, such as Luo Guanzhong, who has ink in his stomach, and will use an ancient poem to express his inner emotions.

And most of the people clenched their fists one by one and choked up, repeating their oath of eternal loyalty to the Ming Dynasty in the palace hall

Yunnan Desheng Pass.

Chen Youliang led the Han army to march high, and the battle along the way can be described as chopping melons and vegetables, and the defense along the way could not stop the Han army led by Chen Youliang at all.

However, under the Desheng Pass, Chen Youliang led the Han army and finally met a strong opponent, that is, Duan Gong, the Dali governor of Mengyuan.

Not long ago, the king of Liang set a strategy for Zarawalmi and Duan Gong, the head of Dali, Duan Power led 30,000 elite Dali soldiers and horses to Desheng Pass to resist Chen Youliang, and the king of Liang sat in Dali and used this time to concentrate the various armies in southern Yunnan to Dali City, and then led these troops by Liang King Bazara Valmi and then rushed to Desheng Pass to support Duan Gong.

Now Chen Youliang's Han army encountered the 30,000 elites led by Duan Gong himself.

On the city wall of Desheng Pass, the swords and guns of the Dali army are shining, the armor is neat, and there is an elite atmosphere.

"Someone came forward and shouted, as long as Duan Gongken surrendered, then I would give him the treatment of the hereditary king of Dali, and defend Yunnan for the Han Dynasty, which is much better than being a Dali governor for the Mongols." Chen Youliang waved his horsewhip and said.

After several locally recruited recruits in Yunnan received the order, they immediately went forward to shout under the Desheng Pass.

Chen Youliang not only gave Duan Gong, the chief manager of Dali, the treatment of a Dali king.

Moreover, he ordered that all Dali soldiers should receive double the original treatment, and that each of them be rewarded with land, gold and silver, as long as they were willing to submit to him.

But these new recruits in Yunnan didn't even finish their words when they shouted.

He was shot by a flurry of arrows from the top of the city and fled.

"Chen Youliang, you thief!"

After shooting away Chen Youliang's persuasion to surrender with arrows below, Duan Gong, the head of Dali, also sent people to shout the same to persuade him to surrender.

"Anti-thief Chen Youliang, surrender quickly, spare you from death!"

"The Great Yuan Dynasty has millions of elite soldiers, and you are a thief with tens of thousands of rabble under your command, and you dare to invade my Yunnan, if you don't surrender again, you will definitely die without a whole body."

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The generals around Duan Gong, the head of Dali, shouted and threatened the city.

And Chen Youliang's face suddenly turned blue after hearing these words.

It seems that this Duan Gong doesn't know how to lift, and he actually rejected himself directly in this way.

"Hmph, since you toast and don't eat and drink, then it's no wonder! Tell the word, siege the city! Chen Youliang shouted angrily.

"The last general obeys!" Zou Pusheng, the general of the Han Army, immediately responded.

With Chen Youliang's order, the Han army immediately began to charge.

"Quick, get ready to meet the enemy!" Seeing this, Duan Gong, the chief manager of Dali, hurriedly shouted.

"Kill, kill all these Tartars!" The Han officers also scolded angrily.

With the deafening shouts of killing under the city, the defenders of Dali at the head of the city also leaned out half of their bodies from the battlements, holding weapons and fighting with the Han army in Yunnan.

For a time, the flesh and blood of the city head flew sideways, and the stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky.

The soldiers of the Han army were extremely brave, the combat effectiveness of the Dali defenders was relatively weak, and the city wall was narrow, so the soldiers of the Han army easily climbed the city wall.

"Kill!"

Seeing this, the Dali soldiers at the head of the city also shouted one after another, and then rushed towards those Han troops.

The Yunnan defenders fought back desperately, and melee after scuffle broke out.

"My lord, what shall we do? These red scarf thieves seem to be really powerful! A staff officer next to him said to Duan Gong, the chief manager of Dali.

"Whatever you're afraid of, give me all the resistance!

Duan Gong shouted.

"Kill!

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"Kill all these damn red turban thieves!"

The soldiers of the Dali Army roared one after another.

The Dali army in Yunnan tried its last best, but it still couldn't stop the enemy's advance.

Most of the soldiers of the Red Turban Army under Chen Youliang were veterans of Huguang, and they had fought with the Yuan army at least hundreds of times in Huguang, which was not at all something that Dali soldiers and horses could resist.

If it weren't for the help of the city wall of Desheng Pass, the Dali soldiers and horses under Duan Gong would not have been able to resist the attack of the Red Turban Army at all.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Duan Gong, the head of Dali, immediately burst out with the courage to fight to the death.

"Whoever dares to take half a step back will be killed!"

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, drew his sword and shouted loudly.

Then Duan Gong led his own personal guards into the battle group of the city wall.

With the encouragement of Duan Gong, the head of Dali, who personally went into battle, the Dali soldiers also broke out with a stronger will to fight.

"Kill!"

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, waved the sword in his hand, stabbing left and right on the city wall like a Menghu, and the ordinary Red Turban Army soldiers could not resist Duan Gong's personal guards at all.

Soon, under the strong counterattack of the strong army, the first attack of the Red Turban Army was defeated.

The first attack was completely tentative Chen Youliang, and he didn't care about this battle force at all.

Chen Youliang waved his hand lightly, and ordered the infantry behind him to launch a second round of charge.

"Tell me!"

"Whoever ascends first, after breaking the Desheng Pass, will be promoted to three levels in a row, and will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold."

Before the Red Turban Army launched an attack, Chen Youliang issued his own reward.

In the Han Red Turban Army, the promotion of the officer to the third level is not just as simple as the promotion of Yulu.

Since Chen Youliang occupied Sichuan, he has implemented the strategy of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land locally, and the rank of the soldiers is linked to the number of fields allocated.

Upgraded to three levels in a row...... That would almost give you more than a hundred acres of land.

The soldiers of the Han Red Turban Army suddenly burst into excited cheers.

"Break through the Desheng Pass, be promoted, reward money, and divide the fields!"

"Break through the Desheng Pass!"

"Promotion!"

"Reward!"

"Divide the fields!"

Under the guidance of the generals of the Han Red Turban Army, all the soldiers widened their eyes.

stared at Desheng Pass in front of him, as if he was looking at a mountain of gold and silver.

The land in Sichuan is fertile, and Chen Youliang's soldiers have already deeply experienced it in less than a year in Sichuan.

If you can be promoted three levels in a row and divide an extra hundred acres of land, you can make ordinary soldiers become small tyrants on the rich side.

The Dali army of Desheng Pass was no longer an enemy at this time, but a lively 'military exploit'.

"Rush!"

Urged by the drums of war, Chen Youliang's Han soldiers once again launched a charge.

The high fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Red Turban Army of the Han Dynasty immediately made the defenders of Desheng Pass unable to parry.

"Hold on! Resist it for me, and you are not allowed to retreat! ”

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, shouted in his throat this time, but it was difficult to save the situation.

Chen Youliang saw that the defenders were inferior, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

After a tragic battle, the Red Turban Army completely defeated the Dali army.

Duan Gong, the head of the Great Emperor, had no choice but to lead his soldiers to abandon the first wall and retreat to the rear.

Desheng Pass is located on a hillside, and the entire level is protected by two city walls.

The second city wall that Duan Gong retreated to after giving up the first city wall was even taller and stronger than the first wall.

For this city wall, Chen Youliang did not rush to order the whole army to attack.

Because this wall is a little too tall, if you use brute force to attack, it will only increase the unnecessary casualties on your side.

"Spread my will, immediately mobilize all artillery to bombard the city wall!"

Chen Youliang looked at the second wall of Desheng Pass and immediately gave the order for artillery bombardment to attack.

After repeated battles with Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming army, Chen Youliang also discovered the important role of artillery.

In the following days, Chen Youliang ordered artillery to bombard the city wall.

He planned to collapse the walls before attacking, so as to reduce the casualties of his own army.

A few days later, the Han army finally blasted a few gaps in the wall of Desheng Pass, and Chen Youliang ordered the Han army to attack.

After several charges by the Han army, the Dali army led by the Dali chief Duan finally couldn't support it.

The two sides began to fight fiercely in the Desheng Pass.

Just as the Han army gradually gained the upper hand, and Duan Gong, the head of Dali, led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to the last line of defense of Desheng Pass, suddenly a loud shout came from the rear of Desheng Pass.

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"

Liang King Bao Zha Valmi led tens of thousands of troops, and finally arrived at Desheng Pass.

At the beginning, Chen Youliang was not too afraid of the arrival of the Liang King Bazara Valmi.

Because Duan Gong, the head of Dali, no longer has many soldiers and horses, even if the defeated general of the Liang King Bazara Valmi arrives, it will be difficult to change the situation of the battle.